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You all know my obsession with the South. Especially my desire to move to Birmingham, Alabama and hang out with my favorite ladies: Marianne, Brooke,Jennifer and Paula. During one of my many rants about wanting to hang out with these ladies another fellow blogger left me a comment to let me know that she to was from Birmingham, AL. With that comment I was introduced to Rhoda of Southern Hospitality and my oh my is she a force to be reckoned with. She has many, many, many, followers and her readers love her for her amazing before and afters and all of her thrifty finds.
I knew I needed to learn more about this Southern Belle so I asked if she liked to be part of my IN HER SHOES series since she runs her own home based decorating business. She was sweet as pie and replied that she would thrilled to join in on the fun.
So sit back, relax and take in a day with Rhoda.
7:00 a.m.
Get out of bed. I normally don't sleep much later than 7 ever. I knew that this happens as you get older and it's totally true. If I had to try to stay in bed until 9 now, I could not do it. I'm usually awake and ready to get up by 7. Wash face, put in contacts, and make the bed.
7:15 a.m. Say hello to hubby, he's usually been up for 2 hours by now, working in his office at home. We spend a lot of time together each day, he in his office and me in mine. Works out great like that. Go in the kitchen and make myself a yummy cappuccino every morning.
7:30 a.m. Usually start my morning with a devotional book and my Bible. I don't always do this first, but I try to go in my guestroom for my quiet time for about 30 minutes before I get on the computer.
8:00 – 9:30 a.m. Get my breakfast of usually Raisin Bran and Go Lean crunch mixed with fruit and get on the computer to check emails and the morning blog post that I've scheduled from the night before. Make sure the blog has posted successfully. Yay, it has. Read any comments. Start going through my Google reader to check my favorite blogs. There are too many of them and I am forever behind on that.
9:30 a.m. Get ready for the gym and leave by 9:50 a.m.
10 a.m. Step class at the gym for about an hour and then ½ hour of weight lifting. This has been part of my routine for many, many years and I love staying in shape. This gives me the energy I need for projects around the house.
11:30 a.m. Leave the gym and stop by Publix for my Monday stock up on their sale items. Look for the mystery coupon item for the week and be sure to pick it up, as well as buy one, get one free sale items. That's the way I shop Publix.
12:15 pm Come home, unload groceries and fix something for lunch. This day it was a fresh tomato sandwich from our garden. My hubby has really gotten into gardening this year and now we are being rewarded with fresh tomatoes.
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Blog surf and visit more people on my reader as I eat lunch.
3:00 pm – Finish up a Before and After project I've been working on, a small nightstand painted white to add to our master bathroom. Put it in place and take photos for the blog post I'll be doing on it.
3:30 pm – 5:00 Continue working on an Inspiration Board for an online client who wants help with her familyroom. Do some online shopping and pull together items for a Polyvore board to show her. Start typing up some detailed notes to share with her about her room. Send the board and notes out on Tuesday.
5:00 pm – Start work on dinner. Have left over roast from the crockpot from an earlier day, so I make mashed potatoes out of red potatoes and steam up some fresh broccoli.
6:00 pm – Hubby and I sit at our breakfast table and have dinner together, catching up on the daily news.
6:45 pm – Kitchen is cleaned up and I'm back on the computer for a little while, finishing up the day's items.
7:30 – 8:00 pm – Close down the computer for the night, take a shower and put on PJ's for an evening of reading magazines or a book in bed with hubby. TV is on and normally we catch a few DVR'd episodes of Law and Order, but on Monday night we finish up the 20th anniversary edition of Lonesome Dove, a favorite for both of us.
10:30 pm – Lights out and beddy-bye time.
And my main shoes that I wore Monday and most everyday. My New Balance Cross Trainers. Since I'm at the gym 4-5 days a week, these are a must for me.
Hope you enjoyed my exciting day. Ha! No really, I don't have a lot of stress in my life and that's OK with me. I put in 30 years working in Corporate jobs, so I'm really enjoying this pared down and non-stressful lifestyle we have now. My hubby is my biggest supporter in allowing me to do what I want to do. He was the one who wanted me to stay home and start my own business and I wouldn't be here now doing this if not for him.
Thanks for including me in your feature!
A big thanks to Rhoda for joining in on the phone. As always let me know if there is a special lady you would like to see featured. Or perhaps there is a fab man you know that would love to take part in an IN HIS SHOES post.


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This year marks the 35th anniversary of John Carpenter's horror classic, "Halloween" -- and, shockingly, we're still learning some little-known facts from the set!
In celebration of the brand new Bluray for the flick, toofab talked to Scream Queen P.J. Soles, who played Michael Myers' "totally" cool victim Lynda (center) in the 1978 movie.
Keep reading to see what she told toofab's Brian Particelli about making the film way back when -- and what it was like doing her now-famous topless scene.
toofab: What's it like to be still talking about "Halloween," 35 years later?
P.J.: I go to a bunch of horror conventions every year and the fans never let you forget. They remind you that it was such a great movie and people love it so much. It's amazing! I would have never thought when I was filming it that it would happen.
toofab: Do you watch the movie every Halloween, like the rest of us do?
P.J.: I will watch it when they show it on TV. I'll go "Oh my God, that's so cool. I remember what we had to lunch that day!"
toofab: The residuals must be nice every October!
P.J.: Not really! They're based on what your salary was, which was really poor back then. But the $50 here and there and the fact that it still comes and says what movie its for, I go "That's so nice, I just made $42.90!"
toofab: Did you watch any of the sequels?
P.J.: No! I have to say that I was upset that Lynda got killed off. I was like "Really? There were going to be sequels?!" She could have survived, like, she was in the hospital. Had I known!
I saw "H20," Jamie [Lee Curtis] invited me to the premiere of that and that was fun to see her, I hadn't in a long time. I also saw the first one of the Rob Zombie re-imaginings.
toofab: What's it like being in one of the most famous topless scenes ever?
P.J.: It like 2 seconds! But people have told me "Those were my first breasts, I was 13 and my mother wouldn't let us watch the movie!"
That was John Carpenter just saying "If you're comfortable with this, if we could have a little bit of nudity," so that was kind of thought up on the spot. John said "Your guiding light here is 'You can't believe that Bob [her movie boyfriend] doesn't come back to bed. Entice him, do anything you can to get him back in bed.'" If it was really Bob, it should have definitely worked!
toofab: "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Kyle Richards actually played one of the kids in the movie -- have you seen her reality show at all?
P.J.: She was so adorable! I haven't, but you put a good idea out there, maybe I will. I want to see what she looks like grown up!
Click here to see how Kyle has changed through the years.
Still want more fun facts? Keep reading!
1. The now-iconic mask worn by killer Michael Myers is actually William Shatner! Production purchased a Captain Kirk mask for $1.98, then widened the eye holes and spray-painted it that ghastly bluish-white color. Live long and...oh wait, no living.
2. The movie -- which was originally to be titled "The Babysitter Murders" -- takes place in Illinois but was actually shot in Pasadena, Calif. in the spring. To portray the feeling of fall, the crew bought and painted paper leaves, then scattered them on the ground. To save money, the leaves were collected and reused for other scenes.
3. The film was made on a tight budget of just over $300,000. Jamie Lee was paid $8,000 for her work, while Nick Castle -- who was the man behind the Michael Myers mask -- earned just $25 dollars a day!
4. Writer/director/producer John Carpenter idolized Alfred Hitchcock and his classic "Psycho,"naming Michael's psychiatrist Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) after Sam Loomis (John Gavin) of "Psycho." And he even cast "Psycho" star Janet Leigh's daughter in the starring role!
5. Will Sandin only appeared in seconds of the movie playing young Michael Myers in the beginning of the movie, but Will continues to speak at horror conventions. It ended up being his only film credit.
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The Reception Issue
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Both us and our callers were using N routers. Calls were not quite full duplex – it was better if one person spoke at a time, and there was a second or two of lag. So it isn't exactly the instant tête-à-tête video call Dr. Heywood Floyd makes to trade Jordan Shoeshis daughter from the space station in 2001: A Space Odyssey, but the experience is both weird and fun nonetheless. You see yourself in a small window that can be dragged around to any of the four corners. But you and your caller are looking either at the tiny picture of yourself to make sure you stay centered in the frame or, more often, at each other rather than at the camera lens above the screen. As a result, you're not really looking eye-to-eye at your caller, but a bit off center, which makes everyone look shifty. Switching to the rear camera to give your caller a view of your surroundings is a neat and, in some cases, useful feature sure to be emulated by other phone makers. Two problems. One, who do you call? As noted, you have towholesale authentic nike shoes know someone else with an iPhone 4, and you both have to be connected via Wi-Fi. Why didn't Apple make FaceTime an extension of iChat, so anyone with at least a webcam-enabled Mac could make and receive video calls from the iPhone 4? One has to believe such a link will be established at some point. Or that Skype will create a video call app, if Apple allows it. Or better still, that AT&T's network will become capable enough to enable cell video calls. But we'll probably have to wait until 4G LTE before this happens. In the meantime, if you have an iPhone 4 and no one to FaceTime withnike running shoes (yes, we're already turning it into a verb), call Apple at 1-888-FACETIME (332-3846) between 8 am and 8 pm Central Time to chat with an Apple employee for testing purposes. The second problem: Why do we need it?nike athletic shoes Insurance adjusters, real estate agents, spouses who need an assist while solo shopping – okay. But both calls we made were primarily comprised of "Isn't this cool," reminiscent of the early "I'm calling you from a cellphone!" thrills from a generation ago. The techno thrill is bound to wane unless a desktop or HDTV video calling component can be created, or even just establishing compatibility with other emerging cell video telephony solutions, like Qik for the EVO 4G. Web Even more than it is for movies, the Retina screen is a boon for reading smaller Web site print, and drastically improves ease of reading for text of any size, especially e-mails. Web sites and pages all load a second or two faster on air jordan shoes onlinethe iPhone 4 compared to the 3G S, even on AT&T's much-maligned 3G network in Manhattan. Since both phones support high-speed 7.2 Mbps HSPA technology, the speed improvements must be attributed to the faster processor and improved antenna array. Camera Just because the iPhone 4's camera is "only"Air Max shoes online 5 megapixels rather than the 8- and even 12-megapixel imagers showing up on other phones doesn't mean squat. A 5-megapixel camera is all you need on any digital camera, unless you plan on creating billboards. It's all about the lens and the processing. And the iPhone 4's camera, sans flash, is the fastest we've used. We were frankly stunned at how quick – a second, maybe – the iPhone 4 captured and processed images and was ready to snap another. Shooting with the flash added a second or so delay between pushing the touch-screen shutter release and image capture. Larger icons would have been preferable for switching between still and video recording. In terms of quality, indoor images and video all had an air shox shoes onlineorange hue, even when we used the flash. Zooming was easy – tap the center focusing square and a touch 5x slider pops up, although indoor and night results look extra grainy. Photos also maintain focus across the entire frame, unlike the larger images on some of the other superphone cameras. Sadly, there's still no self-timer. -This sample video has been compressed for Nike Basketball Shoes onlinethe web. Battery Life Apple says the iPhone 4 will give you seven hours of talk time and six hours of 3G Web surfing, with 30 hours of audio listening, compared to five, five and 40 on the 3G S. Both are rated at 10 hours of video viewing. With only a few days of use under our belts, it's impossible to judge exactly how accurate these figures are, but FaceTime does seem to drain the battery faster than a normal call. After 45 minutes of FaceTime, the iPhone 4's battery went from 100 to 68 percent. Conclusion The iPhone 4's cool factor alone will grab your attention, but unless you're a current AT&T customer sans iPhone, we would say hold on to your 3G S for a bit. 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Former Spice Girls star Geri Halliwell is enjoying a new romance with a Russian millionaire, according to U.K. reports.
The unlucky-in-love singer is dating gambling company boss Anton Kaszubowski after they were introduced by pals.
A source tells Britain's The Sun, "They hit it off instantly and are seeing a lot of each other. Anton's just her type. He has friends in high places and loves shooting in the country.
"Geri's typically rushing into it with guns blazing, saying, 'He's the gentleman that I've been waiting for.'"
Kaszubowski is reportedly pals with Halliwell's aristocratic former lover, Henry Beckwith. She was also rumored to have had a short-lived fling with Russell Brand last year.


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BERKELEY — The Claremont Hotel Club & Spa in the Oakland-Berkeley hills is being eyed for purchase by the hotel group that owns the iconic Fairmont hotels in San Francisco, San Jose and Banff and the landmark Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, hotel industry sources said Wednesday.
Executives with the Claremont Hotel and its Boston-based manager, Pyramid Hotel Group, didn't return phone calls. Canada-based FRHI Hotels & Resorts, owner of the Fairmont hotels, provided only a brief comment about a pending purchase of the Claremont.
"FRHI Hotels & Resorts does not comment on rumor or speculation," said Mike Taylor, a spokesman. "Our company is continually evaluating opportunities for growth with all three of our leading luxury hotel brands through potential management contracts and attractive acquisition opportunities."
However, sources with companies that consult with the hotel industry said the Fairmont group has been considering a purchase of the Claremont for several months and has received detailed information about the property, which physically straddles the Oakland-Berkeley border but uses a Berkeley address.
"The Fairmont people have been looking at the Claremont for a long time, maybe six months," said Thomas Callahan, an executive with PKF Consulting, which tracks the lodging industry. "The Claremont is a classic property and is an icon. And Fairmont loves icons."
The Claremont once served as a residential hotel, convention complex and concert hall for legendary performers such as Count Basie and Louis Armstrong. The 279-room hotel opened in 1915 and commands views of San Francisco and the bay.
"Fairmont would be a great fit for the Claremont," said Alan Reay, president of Irvine-based Atlas Hospitality Group, which tracks the hotel market in California. "The interest in this hotel is a good sign that the market is bouncing back." Foreclosures and shutdowns plagued some hotels during the recession.
The Claremont hotel, which was purchased by the Paulson hedge fund and Winthrop realty trust in a bankruptcy proceeding in 2011, would probably not sell for more than $120 million under current market conditions, Reay estimated.
"The Oakland-Berkeley hills are an amazing area and a new owner should get a good room rate out there," said Ash Patel, a senior analyst with the hotel group of CB Richard Ellis in San Francisco.
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We want to thank everyone for their incredible support of Prop 37 to label genetically engineered foods. Unfortunately, last night we can up short at the voting booth. Despite being outspent 6 to 1, the California Right to Know campaign with 47 percent of the electorate last night, with more than 4.2 million Californians registering their support for labeling of genetically enigeered foods.
Dave Murphy, Co-Chair of Yes on 37 and Founder and Executive Director of Food Democracy Now! issued the following statement following the defeat of Prop 37.
"Over the last year, millions of Californians—moms and dads, farmers, retailers, nurses and consumers—have come together in support of our fundamental to know what's in our food – a right enjoyed by people in 61 other countries.. And today, we are (insert number) million votes is a giant victory."
"Tonight is also a grim reminder of the corrupting influence of huge multinational corporations such as Monsanto and other companies can have on our democracy. But, thanks to Proposition 37, millions of families learned for the first time that there are legitimate questions about the health and environmental impacts of genetically engineered foods, and that as moms and dads, they really don't get to decide what goes on their family's kitchen table . This campaign will go down in history as the galvanizing force of the food movement that will not be stopped until we win the right to know about genetically engineered foods for all Americans."
"We are so proud of the millions of moms, dads and consumers who have worked with us on this campaign and who stood up for our right to know what what is in our food. This is not the end of our campaign - Our coalition movement is too powerful to stop, and we will continue fighting for consumer choice, fairness and transparency."


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NMT's STC Chapter Garners Awards, Aug. 19, 1999
SOCORRO, N.M., August 19, 1999 -- Students in New Mexico Tech's Technical Communication (TC) program are hoping for another successful term following an award-winning 1998-1999 academic year.
Last year was a trail-blazing year for the TC program and its student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), an international professional organization. The student chapter earned the following awards:
- Chapter Achievement Award
- Merit Award for Technikos, Tech's STC newsletter
- Distinguished Service Award for former STC chapter president Rebecca Ideus
The awards are noteworthy in themselves, but have additional meaning to the students and faculty associated with Tech's TC program.
"From my standpoint as chapter advisor, the most noteworthy thing about the Chapter Achievement Award was that it was entirely a student initiative," said Dr. Charles P. Campbell, Tech's STC student chapter advisor.
"It was last year's officers who saw the possibility of earning it and made the application. Of course, they could have applied and not won anything, but they had also taken some previous initiatives to revive the newsletter, raise funds, get people to conferences, and recruit members. That really is a notable achievement for a student chapter," Campbell added.
The Chapter Achievement Award was presented at the international STC conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, last May. The award was accepted on behalf of the chapter by Dr. Jonathan Price, former advisor, who earlier had received a Distinguished Chapter Service Award.
The newsletter Merit Award also was posted at the conference, said TC senior Rick Young, the former Technikos editor who represented Tech's STC chapter at the conference.Young said official notification and an accompanying plaque arrived in June. The plaques for both the Merit Award and Chapter Achievement Award are on display in the TC Lab in Cramer Hall. Technikos won its Merit Award in the "Publications, Newsletter/Student" category for STC chapters worldwide. A single entry was comprised of two consecutive issues; Tech's entries were for November and December, 1998.
The award noted the chapter's "dedication to publishing a high-quality newsletter."
Young served as Technikos editor from August to December, 1998. "It definitely was a great experience," he said. "But if I'd known what (being editor) would entail, I never would have volunteered while taking a full course load."
Young said he designed each of the four newsletters he edited according to a theme. "The first one was, 'what is TC?' The second one focused on software related to the field of technical communication," he said.
He also had the guiding hand of Ideus to help him. Ideus, who graduated from Tech's TC program in May and now works for Compaq in Houston, Texas, is credited with saving a student chapter on the brink of extinction.
"When I began my stint as chapter president, our chapter only had a handful of active members, and absolutely no direction or ambition," said Ideus. "Before my second year as president began, the chapter's council (all of the officers) decided to use the Chapter Achievement Award checklist as a planning tool. By using that checklist, we were able to determine what the 'good' chapters in the society do, and model our own activities in accordance. I don't think we ever really expected that we'd win that award in the first year!"
Ideus said the award should make every member of Tech's STC chapter very proud. "In such a small school, so far away from other chapters, it's important that we've finally made a name for our chapter in the society," she said. "Other schools with TC programs know who we are now, and the professionals in our field recognize the name New Mexico Tech.
"The same goes for our award in the newsletter competition. Rick and I put a lot of blood and sweat into getting the newsletter back off the ground, and to have such a positive response so quickly says a lot about the quality of the work that so many people put into it.
"In short, these chapter awards have presented our chapter and its members in a very positive light," said Ideus. "The STC is probably the largest and most active professional society in our field. Now our students can say that they've been part of an award-winning chapter--and that truly does look good on their resume."
Ideus said she takes a measure of personal pride in the awards. "But more importantly, I wanted everyone else to be proud of those awards. I wanted to give the students something to look forward to and something to top next year, and the year after, and the year after. I saw these awards as a way of instilling a sense of ambition in our chapter.
"If we've done it one year, we can do it the next," she said. "There is so much talent in our chapter, and I wanted to show it off some. And I firmly believe that the more active our chapter becomes, the better our TC program will look, and the more talent we'll attract." That, she said, was her primary goal. "Well, that, and I wanted to win!"


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Although it feels like forever since I have published anything here, I am finally back after an attack by cyber pirates. I have had a suspicion for months that my computer had been assaulted and turned into a zombie for someones nefarious plans, then the old hard drive was boarded and pillaged!
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News of greater political uncertainty in Italy and poor European data is spurring risk-off moves, with the dollar and yen firmer, emerging market currencies mostly softer, global equity markets lower and core bonds a bit firmer. Following much weaker than expected German industrial production figures last week has been followed in kind by disappointing French and Italian output figures today. Italy reported a 1.1% decline. The consensus was for a 0.2% decline and the Sept series was revised lower. French output fell 0.7%. The consensus was for a 0.3% increase. Yet it is really the Italian political scene that is the key driver today with the benchmark 10-year yield up more than 30 bp, dragging up peripheral yields generally. Italian shares have been particularly hard hit and a couple of banks were limit down and stopped trading. This week is the last before the holiday mood sets in. We identify ten considerations that will drive the capital markets. 1. Italian Politics: Monti has done a good job keeping Italy out of the cross hairs of Mr Market. The gig is up. Berlusconi's PDL party withdrew support at the end of last week. The situation is quite unsettled, but a few things are clear. Berlusoni is going to run for premier again, seeking a fourth term in office. Once the 2013 budget and financial stability act are passed, parliament will be dissolved and an election date provided. The most likely scenario, if we can say such a thing in such fluid circumstances, is for parliament to be dissolved January 7 with elections in late-Feb or early-March. Investors fear rearguard action that will dismantle the reforms of Monti's unelected technocrat government. 2. Fiscal Cliff: It now seems that going over the cliff creates a situation more in line with what the Democrats want than Republicans. Opinion polls suggest the Republicans will be blamed more than Democrats. The progress that is being reported in the media seems to be a function of a defection of a relatively small number of Republicans. Investors seem to be largely looking past this on ideas if the cliff is gone over, it might not be for long, as middle-class tax cuts (and some other measures) for example, are restored. In any event, drag on growth from fiscal policy is expected, but not what it is implied by going over the cliff. And the US is still expected to be among the fastest growing high income countries. 3. FOMC One of the supports for the US economy is coming from monetary policy. At the last FOMC meeting of the year, officials face two decisions. One is urgent and the other can be decided in the coming months. The urgent issue is with Operation Twist coming to an end, what the Fed will do. Most investors, like us, expect it to roll some of those Treasury purchases into QE3+ (this formulation recognizes the open-ended nature of QE3 compared with its two predecessors). It has been selling short-term coupons for longer-term Treasuries at a pace of $45 bln a month. The current QE3+ program is buying $40 bln a month of MBS. To roll the full Treasury purchases under Operation Twist would more than double the size QE. We suspect that is more than FOMC leadership is prepared to do and see a half measure, $20 bln-$20 bln and clear indication that it is prepared to do more as needed. The other decision involves how the Fed guides market expectations. Among its tool, the Fed presently gives a calendar time frame to how low rates will remain extraordinarily low. A move toward macro-economic measures has been discussed and seems to enjoy majority support, with technical details being worked out. As Bernanke enters what we expect to be his last year as Chairman, we recognize he has guided the Fed in a more transparent and more accessible direction. 4. Greece's Bond Buy-Back: The initial target of the bond buy back scheme was to retire 30 bln euros in debt for 10 bln euros of EFSF bills. Reports suggest that something a little shy of the target was achieved. Hedge funds reportedly kept some of the longer-term paper so they are still positioned for a further recovery in price. Domestic financial institutions understandably held back, perhaps hoping to minimize the impact of the second haircut of the year. However, the deadline will likely be extended and Greek banks will likely capitulate, seeing this as the only way to secure recapitalization funds. 5. Canada's Decision on Foreign Investment: After the markets closed last week, the Canadian government approved China's CNOOC $15.1 bln for Nexen and Malaysia's Petronas $5.2 bln bid for Progress. It warned that it will only grant further state-owned investment (aimed at majority ownership) in the oil sands on an exceptionally basis, but still welcomed their minority interest. This is the most pro-investment outcome that could be expected and would be generally supportive of the Canadian capital markets and the Canadian dollar. 6. Chinese Economic Data: Evidence continues to accumulate that the world's second largest economy has stopped slowing in Q4 for the first time since the end of 2010. Over the weekend, China reported industrial production rose 10.1% from a year ago, the fastest pace in 8 months. Retail sales picked to 14.9% year-over-year from 14.5% in October. Fixed investment was steady at a 20.7% year-over-year pace. Inflation ticked up to 2.0% in November from 1.7% in October, which was a 33-month low. Food accounts for about a third of the CPI basket and it is up 3% year-over-year, flattered by an 11.3% weather-induced rise in vegetable prices. The non-food components are up 1.6% year-over-year. The PBOC injections of liquidity in the coming sessions are likely linked to year-end considerations and not a policy signal. China's November trade surplus was reported at $19.6 bln, well below the Oct surplus $32 bln and expectations for a $26.8 bln surplus. The surprise was on the export side, which rose 2.9% year-over-year. In Oct, exports were up 11.6% and were expected to be up 9%. Imports were flat, while the consensus looked for a 2% rise after 2.4% in Oct. China's iron ore imports were up 17% to near a 2-year high in November and this detail seem to aid the Australian dollar's resilient tone. Separately we note that Australia's domestic data, remains soft and a rate cut in Q1 13 still seems the most likely scenario. 7. Swiss National Bank Meeting: The SNB meets on December 13. Credit Suisse recent decision to in effect change a negative interest rate on high franc deposits spurred speculation that the SNB would do likewise and the Swiss franc did sell off against the euro. However, the franc's losses were recouped as the focus turned to the ECB's economic downgrade and greater opportunity for a rate cut. We see no reason for SNB action. Credit Suisse is not the first bank to do so. The SNB is not opposed to efforts that lead to reduced speculation in the franc, but there the current efforts are yielding some benefits and the cost (reserve accumulation) appears to have slowed. 8. European Summit: The heads of state meeting in the second half of the week culminates what will be seen as a successful year even if a trying one. Contrary to much speculation, the euro zone is still together and more. The summit will demonstrate that the project of greater European integration is still very much alive, at least in Brussels. The most important measures did not, arguably come from governments as much as the ECB and the controversial LTROs and OMT programs. A banking union agreement may be a step too much for this summit. It is not clear whether the situation is clear enough for the heads of state to grant final approval for the Greek tranche or conclude an agreement with Cyprus. Spain's Rajoy is a flirt, showing now urgency to consummate the relationship and there is little than can be done, but carefully watch Italian political developments. 9. Juncker to Step Down: Eurogroup head Juncker has indicated he will step down at the end of the year. This has long been signaled and it appears officials are prepared to have an institutional solution. Germany had sought a permanent office, but appears to have backed. The creditor nations know they are outnumbered and can see how one-country one-vote does not protect their interest. While weighted voting at the ECB itself is controversial, there may be in its supervisory functions. At the same time France is anxious not to be at a disadvantage. It is possible that German and French finance ministers take turns as Eurogroup head. There is some indication that France's Moscovici would take the first term, allowing Germany's Schaeuble to focus on the election later in 2013. 10. Japanese Elections: Japan's Tankan Survey (December 13) will be overshadowed by national election a few days later (December 16). Many observers have boiled down the issue to the size of the LDP's victory. However, even if the LDP secures an outright majority, it may seek coalition partners to take a larger mandate to enact aggressive fiscal and monetary policies. The market has been anticipating Abe to once again be Prime Minister for several weeks. While the 10-30 year JGB spread has steepened, reflecting long-term concerns, indicative pricing in the CDS market, shows little anxiety. During this time the Japanese stock market has outperformed and the yen has weakened. The market is vulnerable to "buy the rumor, sell the fact" type of activity after the election.
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14295 Minuteman Dr.
Draper, UT 84020
New 2018 Liberty Outdoors Little Guy MAX
You are going to love camping in this Little Guy MAX teardrop trailer by Liberty Outdoors! This unit is ultra light in weight making it easy to tow, and it provides everything you need to enjoy being on the go!
Step inside and notice a booth dinette to your immediate right. The dinette offers roomy seating and table space for enjoying a meal, or even a board game. The dinette can also double as sleeping space at night with the table folded down, making it perfect for a third adult camper or child. Along the front bench seats there is plenty of cubby storage for your things, as well as overhead shelves on both sides. The large front window brings in a lot of natural light during the day, and the pull down shade makes it cozy inside at night.
Straight ahead, through the entrance, you will find a generous wet bath for your convenience as you travel.
When you don't feel like cooking over an open fire outside, you can easily enjoy the kitchen amenities inside. There is a large single bowl sink and a two burner cook-top to the right of the entry door. You will also find an overhead microwave oven for warming things up, and a 4 cu. ft. Dometic stainless steel refrigerator opposite to keep your perishables cold and fresh. The full height pantry nearby, plus cabinet and drawer space, provides ample storage for pots and pans, dishes and silverware, plus all of your dry food items/canned goods, and more. Handy sink and stove covers also allow you the counter space needed to prepare your food.
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Enjoy your next camping adventure when you have this cute Little Guy MAX ultra light teardrop in tow!
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We are very proud to announce that the Kickstarter for the Great Rift and Deep Space Exploration box set for the Traveller RPG is now live - come and join us!
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This is a project that has been very close to our hearts as we have prepared to explore one of the most mysterious areas of the Official Traveller universe - the Great Rift. Penned by fan-favourite M J Dougherty, this box set details not only the sectors of the Great Rift but also provides a comprehensive guide to deep space exploration and the mysteries that can be found far from the shipping lanes. Want to now what is in the empty hexes of a sector map? Want to know what happens when a Free Trader gets too close to a black hole (we have some excellent art for that!)? This box set will have all the answers.
We are working on the Great Rift box set right now, and already have some preview materials to show you - new ships, maps and sample chapters - all of which can be downloaded from the link above. We will also be doing regular updates throughout the Kickstarter process, showing you exactly what new text and artwork is being created, and giving you all the chance to influence this exciting new box set.
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Bedford and Dundee head to Battle Creek this weekend with one goal in mind: to come back with a state wrestling title.
Bedford and Dundee head to Battle Creek this weekend with one goal in mind: to come back with a state wrestling title.
The Mules and Vikings are tired of accepting less than the best.
Dundee has not won a state championship since 2007. Bedford has not been on top since 2001.
A five-year state championship drought would be nothing for most schools, but standards are different for Dundee. The Vikings have finished as state runner-up four times in those five years.
Bedford has a pair of runner-up finishes since 2001 and a number of close calls like last year when the Mules tied Hartland in the quarterfinals, but lost on criteria.
Both teams begin their journey with quarterfinal matches Friday. All the action will take place at the Kellogg Arena.
Division 3
The Vikings (20-2), the No. 1 seed in Division 3, open at 1 p.m. Friday against Belding (17-8).
The Redskins are a complete mystery team to Roberts.
The teams have no common opponents. The closest Roberts could find in that regard was that Manchester, the team that Dundee drilled 49-15 in the Regional semifinals, beat Leslie 70-6 and Leslie lost a close match to Belding.
The road will get tougher in Saturday?s 9:30 a.m. semifinals where either fourth-seeded Birch Run (27-3) or No. 5 Remus Chippewa Hills (26-4) would be the opponent.
Tim Roberts expects second-seeded Richmond (24-4) or No. 3 Whitehall (25-0) to make it to Saturday?s 4 p.m. finals.
Roberts knows as much about matchups as any coach in the state, but ultimately it comes down to how his wrestlers perform on the mat.
Division 1
Bedford (26-2) is the No. 4 seeds. That pits the Mules against 23-11 Rochester in a 3:15 p.m. quarterfinal match Friday.
Kevin Vogel says all of his wrestlers will have to be ready for that match.
Looming in Saturday?s 9:30 a.m. semifinals is top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central (22-3).
Bedford went to the Detroit CC tournament in early January and fell 39-21 to the Shamrocks. Vogel believes his team can do better if they get a rematch.
Who does Vogel expect to reach Saturday?s 4 p.m. finals from the other side of the bracket?
Bedford heads into weekend with its top lineup.
And the Mules are confident.
The Bedford wrestlers can?t wait to get to Battle Creek.


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Location: Quality & Safety Assessment ResearchTitle: Effects of fillet weight on sensory descriptive flavor and texture profiles of broiler breast meat Author
|Zhuang, Hong
|Savage, Elizabeth - Retired ARS Employee
Submitted to: Poultry Science
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/14/2012
Publication Date: 7/1/2012
Citation: Zhuang, H., Savage, E.M. 2012. Effects of fillet weight on sensory descriptive flavor and texture profiles of broiler breast meat. Poultry Science. 91(7):1695-1702.
Interpretive Summary: The success of poultry production over the last decades has resulted from the genetic improvements in growth rates, especially in breast meat yield. However, the effect of such genetic selection on eating quality of poultry meat needs to be investigated. In the present study, we investigated weight effects on eating or sensory quality of cooked broiler breast meat using different size fillets. Our results show that cooked medium fillets were less cohesive and more tender than either cooked large fillets or cooked small fillets. However, cooked large fillets were juicier than cooked small fillets. The juiciness of cooked medium fillets did not differ from either large or small fillets. Small fillets tasted cardboardier than the large and medium fillets, which were not different from each other. These results demonstrate that the breast fillet weight or size can significantly affect the eating quality of cooked meat. Medium size/weight fillets have the best eating quality
Technical Abstract: Four trials were conducted to compare sensory descriptive profiles of cooked broiler breast fillets categorized by fillet (pectoralis major) weight. In each trial, 20 heavy fillets, 20 medium fillets and 20 light fillets (deboned at 6-8h postmortem from 6-week old birds) were obtained from a commercial processing plant. On return to the laboratory, the fillets were trimmed and weighed. Ten fillets for each of 3 weight categories were chosen based on the weight follows: light, average weight = 112 g; medium, average weight 153 g; and heavy, Average weight = 204 g. Descriptive sensory flavor and texture characteristics were measured on the chosen fillets after frozen samples were thawed for 24 h at a refrigerated temperature (2oC) and cooked to an endpoint temperature of 78oC. Sensory evaluations were performed by trained descriptive panelists using 0-15 universal intensity scales for 10 flavor and 8 texture attributes. Our results show that there were significant differences (p < 0.05) in intensity scores of sensory descriptive flavor and texture attributes cardboardy, cohesiveness, hardness and juiciness between the three weight categories. The average cohesiveness and hardness scores of the heavy and light fillets were significantly higher than the medium fillets. The juiciness score of the heavy fillets was significantly higher than the light fillets. However, the juiciness score of the medium fillets did not differ from that of either light or heavy fillets. The average cardboardy score of the light fillets was significantly higher than those of the medium and heavy fillets, which were not different from each other. These results indicate that fillet weight could influence sensory descriptive flavor and texture profiles of broiler breast meat. Heavier fillets have the better sensory flavor quality compared to the light fillets. Medium weight fillets have the better sensory texture quality compared with the lighter and heavier fillets.


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Why Is Recycling Important
Recycling is an important part of a sustainable lifestyle and in preserving the resources used by society. Unfortunately, the vital role of sustainability and recycling today is often misunderstood. Although many people are familiar with recycling in general, the depths of this action are subtle and often ignored. An understanding of sustainability and recycling and the impacts of living consciously are necessary for the process of leading more meaningful and responsible lives. A greater understanding of these concepts is required for any one person to live in this manner.
To get a better grasp on recycling, an understanding of what sustainability means needs to be acquired first. According to http://www.epa.gov:
"Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations. Sustainability is important to making sure that we have and will continue to have, the water, materials, and resources to protect human health and our environment."
Here, in this definition of sustainability, lies the direct importance of recycling. Recycling helps to preserve the resources available to society and to reduce the impact of processing these resources on our planet. In reducing the impact of the resource processing, more clean water is available for use, human health improves due to fewer pollutants in the air and contamination of water and other life-sustaining resources, and finally, a healthier earth to live on.
Recycling, in accordance with sustainability, or even when applied to other aspects of life, has many definitions and ways in which the word is applied to actions. The definition of this word from http://www.merriam-webster.com is ": to make something new from (something that has been used before);: to send (used newspapers, bottles, cans, etc.) to a place where they are made into something new; and: to use (something) again." These three definitions are just the three basic definitions of the word that encompasses the entirety of what the word means, but they are the fundamental structure of what exactly it means to recycle.
With a solid understanding of what sustainability and recycling mean, the impact of recycling can now be explored. Recycling can save energy and resources as well as be providing jobs for citizens. According to the http://www.kab.org, the recycling industry employed over 1.1 million workers and generated over $236 billion in annual revenue in 2001. The site also mentions that recycling rates are increasing and that new collections programs are showing a growth in the industry. Not only does recycling help to preserve our planet and resources, it is also good for the economy and for employment.
The breakdown of certain recycled materials can show just how big of an impact recycling can make in saving energy and preserving our planet. Aluminum cans are one such product that can be recycled that save energy. Recycling aluminum cans alone in 2010 was enough to save energy equivalent to the energy produced from 17 million barrels of crude oil (which is equal to about two days' worth of all of the oil imported to the U.S.). The amount of pollutants avoided by recycling aluminum are also significant. Producing one ton of aluminum creates 3,290 pounds of red mud, 2,900 pounds of carbon dioxide, 81 pounds of pollutants, and 789 pounds of solid wastes. The energy to produce even one brand new can will produce twenty recycled cans. With the number of pollutants created from making a ton of aluminum, twenty tons of recycled aluminum can be made! These numbers show that a substantial amount of energy can be saved, and recycling those aluminum cans can reduce an even larger amount of pollutants.
Paper, plastic, steel, electronics, food, and clothing can also be recycled. Paper, plastic, and steel are recycled in the same manner as aluminum and can save energy and water and also prevent pollutants and water contamination from occurring. Food can be composted, turned into energy (i.e. reusing cooking oil as fuel for kilns and other vehicles as bio-fuel), and protein scraps can be donated to dog mushers to feed their dogs. Gently used clothing can be donated to many organizations and given to people who need them. Electronics can also be recycled. The electronic item is broken down; the materials are then sorted and broken down further to be made into new electronics. Recycling those old electronics means helping prevent contamination from lead, cadmium and other toxic materials and reusing gold, copper, plastic, and metals that would otherwise go wasted. This information and more about Electronics Recycling can be found at Interior Alaska Green Star.
Recycling, as shown from these examples, saves landfill space, energy, water, and the environment. To live a sustainable life and uphold the values of sustainability, recycling must be a step performed in daily life. By the very definition of sustainability, recycling is key to making this principle functional and meaningful. With energy and environmental concerns at the doorstep of society, recycling is a promising first step to take in reducing these issues and allowing for humanity to go on healthier and stronger. Recycling is more important to the survivability of humanity that is often accredited to the action. Recycling is an important piece in the puzzle of sustainable living and with strong efforts to participate in this action, we can all make a difference in our environment and the resources that we depend on.


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Papa Roach's Jacoby Shaddix Joins Motley Crue Onstage In Vegas
Over the weekend, Motley Crue were joined by none other than Papa Roach vocalist Jacoby Shaddix on their famous cover of 'Smokin' in the Boys Room' at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.
Motley Crue kicked off their Las Vegas residency with two sold-out shows where they rolled out explosive classics like 'Shout at the Devil,' 'Looks that Kill,' and 'Girls Girls Girls' as well as an acoustic set. The audience at Saturday night's (Feb. 5) show received an extra special treat, when the Crue were joined by Papa Roach singer and former Crue Fest tour mate Jacoby Shaddix.
Shaddix traded vocal lines with Vince Neil on the fan-fave 'Smokin' in the Boys Room,' which could be the first of several special guest appearances to take place during their nine remaining gigs at the Hard Rock. Motley Crue resume their residency on Wednesday, Feb. 8, while Shaddix will likely continue work with Papa Roach on what they've called "the record of our career."


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This following article shows you how to upload the image from CameraCaptureTask to Facebook in less than 10 steps. The following Assembly/DLL will take care of all the Facebook Security (OAuth) code for you. With this DLL, you will not need to learn about Facebook Graph API.
To start with this, you need to download the following
- GainSecure.WindowsPhone.dll
- ExifLib.dll (for more information about ExifLib.dll, can refer Tim Heuer's blog)
1. Add reference to this 2 files and Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Toolkit
2. Get your Facebook App ID/API Key from http://developers.facebook.com/apps. You will need the information in order to allow users to upload image to Facebook.
3. Open the WMAppManifest.xml and make sure the application allows Camera and WebBrowser capabilites
4. In order to call the API, you need to enter the following code into your application.
Dim facebook As GainSecure.WindowsPhone.Facebook
facebook = New GainSecure.WindowsPhone.Facebook(Me.NavigationService)
With facebook
'Your AppID/API key come here'
.AppID = "1234567890"
'In order to allow uploading photo to Facebook, the following scope is compulsory'
.Scope = "publish_stream,user_photos"
End With
facebook.Message = "Hello World"
4. The DLL will popup all the following screens as well as Login screen if user is not authenticated.
5. After that the photo will be uploaded to Facebook


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uControl is no longer being maintained. Take a look at fKeys instead.
uControl is a keyboard remapper and more. Meaning, those useless keys can now be reused, remapped, or reduced. Unix hackers will be pleased to remap the caps lock key to the control key. Indeed, that was the reason uControl was originally created; however, it has since evolved into a fairly sophisticated means of not only remapping modifier keys, but providing a virtual scroll wheel for track pad users, providing real function keys for laptop users, swapping the right and left mouse button for left handed users, and even providing a one handed typing feature for those with disabilities. Note: the one handed typing feature has been removed due to possible patent infringement (details here).
uControl is now hosted on sourceforge.net and has a mailing list. Also, bugs can be queried and reported using bug tracker.
|uControl version
|Mac OS X version
|source code
Please see the note on uControl's status for Tiger.
Updated the installer to work with Mac OS 10.3.8. Many thanks to Aaron Botsis for providing a patch that worked for some. And special thanks to Ingo Paschke whose patch seems to be working for all.
Note: uControl version 1.4.6 is NOT compatible with any version prior to Mac OS 10.3.8.
|10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.3.5, 10.3.6, 10.3.7
Updated the installer to work 10.3.6 and 10.3.7. No other enhancements.
Note: uControl version 1.4.5 is NOT compatible with Mac OS 10.2.x or Mac OS 10.3.8 and could cause a kernel panic if installed.
|Alex Harper has completely rewritten the "Real Function Keys" feature. It works much, much better than before. In fact, it uses the same method OS 9 did. Mapping modifier keys to the fn key and vice versa has been removed. It was a feature that just never worked quite right. One can now remap modifier keys to nothing. That was requested to squelch the caps lock key by a lot of people.
Note: This version has been pulled
due to an alleged patent violation regarding the Twerq feature.
Another version should be available in a, hopefully, short amount of
Now featuring the ability to apply settings to a particular keyboard; Left Handed Mouse feature contributed by Paul Guyot; a number of bug fixes, and no reboots required to load the extension.
|Added control panel and fixed kernel panic that happened with the new OS. Installation no longer requires a restart. (I finally figured out how to run a few installation scripts.) Releasing binary as a zip file now.
|10.1.4, 10.1.3, 10.1.2, 10.1.1
|Changed name from iControl to uControl. Fixed kernel panic that resulted from upgrading from 10.0.x. Nicely packaged to allow for easy install. Unfortunately Apple still doesn't have the rest of the package system in place, namely uninstallation of packages.
|Initial release of iControl, really just a hacked up version of iJect. It has one feature: remapping caps lock to control.
Installation is simple. Open the uControl disk image (the
.dmg file). If you are upgrading, open the "Uninstall uControl" to
remove the previous version. Then open the uControl package (the .pkg
file). After installation, open the System Preferences to configure
uControl. You should find the new uControl icon on the bottom row in
the preference's window.
Conflicts: There are a number of other HID Hacks that uControl is currently incompatible with. They must be removed before installing uControl. Be sure to remove the following HID Hacks: iJect, DoubleCommand, CommandAndControl and PowerDelete.
There is an AppleScript called "Uninstall uControl" bundled on the disk image. Launch it and it will verify that you wish to uninstall, ask for the administrator's password, and remove uControl in full.
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
I found a bug. Where should I report it?
First, go here. Take a look at the bugs that have already been submitted on sourceforge. If you do not see one describing the behavior you have witnessed, then file a bug. If you do not have a sourceforge account, please leave your email address in the bug comment. DO NOT FILE a new bug to try and increase the priority of an existing bug. If you have more information on a particular bug you can add your comments to it.Why is the control panel not showing up?
System Preferences sometimes relies on a cache that isn't in sync with reality. To remove the cache do the following: open your home directory, open "Library", open "Caches", and toss "com.apple.preferencepanes.cache" into the trash.Could uControl differentiate between the left and right keys?
Currently the place where uControl is intercepting keyboard events doesn't allow it to differentiate between left and right keys, but maybe someday in the future.Can uControl remap any keys on my keyboard?
The question that one might want to ask is "should uControl remap any keys?" I think the answer is no. Mac OS X has a very good keyboard layout system that uses XML files to describe what key should produce what character and under what circumstances (read about it here). That is more than sufficient for many key remapping needs. It also has a remappable key binding system (read about one of its uses here). The only thing either of these two lack is a means of remapping modifier keys, and that's the hole that uControl aims to fill.Why does uControl make my caps lock key into a sticky control key?
This is not uControl's intended behavior. It's a bug. It should make caps lock behave like the regular control key. If this happens to your machine, send me a bug report and maybe we can fix it.Will this make my machine kernel panic?
The short answer: Possibly since uControl does link to internal kernel structures, which Apple can change at their whim. Luckily, now OS X will refuse to load a kext if it declares itself bound to a particular kernel version.Is it possible to distinguish between the right and left Option and Command keys?
Yes, it is possible (anything's possible) but, in short, the answer is no. The calls that uControl intercepts are at too high a level for it to distinguish between right and left keys. It might be possible to drag uControl down into a lower subsystem, but I don't envision myself doing it. Alex Harper, though, he's one you should watch.Could the Virtual Scroll Wheel feature be implemented without a modifier key? I have seen other trackpads that do this on windows.
(Technical answer provided by Alex Harper.)
This is a feature of many Win32 machines that use Synaptics trackpads. Some manufacturers include drivers to do this (Dell, for example).
Apple Power Books do use Synaptics trackpads, but those trackpads are hidden behind an ADB chip set that does the mouse emulation. Synaptics doesn't make drivers for Macs, and its not clear that even if they did they could get around the ADB chip.
Several years ago, before the move to Mac OS X, I spent some time using an ADB debugger utility to try to talk to the pad directly. Nothing worked. When OS X came out I also spent some time with the source of the track pad driver (as well as with the Linux driver for PowerBooks). Still no dice.
AFAIK the method used in uControl is really the only way to do scroll wheel emulation.Technical Question: I thought caps lock key event behavior was wired into the hardware; hence, there is no key up for caps lock. How did you do it?
After playing with iJect, I started to believe the same thing. When caps lock on was turned on, you got a key down event. When caps lock was turned off, you got a key up event. At that point I thought I was sunk. No one wants a sticky control key. Fortunately, in between those two events are "special" events which can be directly correlated with the regular key up, key down events. So by looking at both the regular and special events, you can make the caps lock simulate a standard key up/down sequence.
Here are the current set of features that uControl implements:
Left Handed Mouse since version 1.3.0
Swaps your left and right mouse buttons. Contributed by Paul Guyot.
Apply Settings to a Particular Keyboard since version 1.3.0
You can choose what keyboard you want a modifier mapping applied to. This is especially useful for external keyboards made for windows boxes that have the Option and Command key swapped (or alt and Windows keys in PC-speak).
Scroll Wheel Emulation since version 1.2.0
Gives your track pad, or mouse, a virtual scroll wheel. Hold down the key(s) of your choice, and your track pad instantly becomes a scroll wheel not just for vertical scroll bars, but horizontal ones as well. Use it once and you're hooked. Generously contributed by Alex Harper.
Real Function Keys since version 1.0.7
Removes the need to hold down the fn key to access the function keys (useful on laptops). The implementation of this feature was completely redone by Alex Harper in 1.3.5, and it works much, much better than before. It now uses the same method that OS 9 used. Also, many thanks to the Linux PPC folks, Jimi X and Matthias Grim, who discovered how to do the actual ADB muckery that was required.
Power Delete since version 1.0.7
Turns shift delete into a forward delete key. Generously contributed by Graham Bakay. (It should also be noted that fn-delete will give you forward delete.)
Remap Caps Lock to Control since version 1.0.1
The feature that started it all, and inspired this rant, "Tired of hitting all the wrong modifier keys on your laptop to get that simple control sequence? Are you forced to drag a keyboard around with you that has the control key in the right place? The place that Apple mistakenly put the caps lock key. Take control back! uControl maps your control key to its rightfully intended place on your laptops keyboard; the place that's currently occupied by the oft-unused caps lock key." (Actually as of version 1.0.7 you can remap caps lock to any modifier key.)
Twerq since version 1.0.1
Mirrors the key map by holding down the space bar. This is an accessibility feature I added for my mother who has a little trouble with her left hand. It makes one handed typing much easier. (Made available within uControl in version 1.0.7, was previously a separate hack.) Note: this feature has been removed due to possible patent infringement.
Known Problems
Found in version:1.0.1
The caps lock key will still light up even if it behaves as a control key. I do not think there is any way to change this behavior, but if anyone does figure it out a lot of people would be happy to have this changed. (I still sometimes tap caps lock again just to turn it off.)
Found in version:1.0.1
If caps lock is lit and you put the machine to sleep, when it comes out of sleep the control key will be locked as if it were being pressed down. (Work around is to press caps lock key again.)
All bugs found and fixed after version 1.3.5 can be found on bug tracker.
If you can consistently reproduce any of other cases that will invariably pop up, file a bug at sourceforge. For issues other than bugs, check the mailing list. And hey, if this utility just makes your life easier, by all means send me an email. It makes my day.-shane (at) gnufoo (dot) org
Shane Celis
The author and maintainer of uControl.
Christian Starkjohann
uControl was derived from iJect, a project by Christian Starkjohann who works for Objective Development, maker of other cool stuff. He wrote an excellent article on how to do the impossible with C++.
Alex Harper
Contributed the idea, code, and GUI panel for scroll wheel emulation, one of my favorite features. He also completely rewrote the implementation of real function keys. He also has some great software on his own site ragingmenace.com like MenuMeters which allows you to monitor your CPU, memory, disk and/or network from your menu bar. For those who enjoy scroll wheel emulation, Alex Harper created another application called SideTrack which does something similar but does not require holding down any key like uControl does.
Adam Megacz
Adam Megacz significantly restructured uControl to get it working on 10.3 (Panther). It no longer relies on the dreaded vtable hack but, I assure you, it still has a hack or two in there.
Michael Baltaks
The real magic behind making uControl configurable at runtime had to do with the work by Michael Baltaks's on DoubleCommand (another project derived from iJect).
Paul Guyot
Submitted the left handed mouse patch that he implemented for his friend and decided to share with the rest of us.
Graham Bakay
Submitted a patch for the inclusion of the PowerDelete feature. The original author of the PowerDelete kernel extension, another derivative of iJect.
Carsten Bormann
Submitted a patch to fix the broken fn key implementation so that function key remappings will now make the page up/down, home and end keys work.
Sean Gies
Submitted a patch for the inverted scrolling option for Scroll Wheel Emulation. He says it's more intuitive. I say to each his own.


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In an effort to embolden the next generation of cyber professionals, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is devising an initiative to encourage and equip young Americans with knowledge and skills in the science of cybersecurity. Writing a blog entitled, "Inspiring the Next Generation of Cyber Professionals" DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano announced a plan to extend "the scope of cyber education" beyond the federal labor force through the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, targeting students from kindergarten all the way up to post-graduate school.
In detailing the plan, the DHS emphasizes the need to educate young Americans about technology — primarily for the use of cybersecurity — alongside the traditional subjects of science, engineering, mathematics, reading, and writing.
Napolitano spoke at the Women in International Security conference on Thursday, hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about what she branded as one of the "most urgent and important issues facing our nation — cybersecurity." She explained how her agency was formulating a cyber-workforce composed of skilled and highly-qualified workers to contrive innovative techniques to combat this plaguing issue. The DHS Secretary wrote of the agency's goals:
At DHS, we're working to develop the next generation of leaders in cybersecurity while fostering an environment for talented staff to grow in this field. We are building strong cybersecurity career paths within the Department, and in partnership with other government agencies. We are also creating training and development opportunities to retain our most talented employees and ensure their professional development. In collaboration with the National Security Agency, we are strengthening the nation's educational infrastructure by supporting Centers of Academic Excellence across the country.
The DHS is also sponsoring the U.S. Cyber Challenge, Napolitano added, "a program that works with academia and the private sector to identify and develop the best and brightest cyber talent to meet our nation's growing and changing security needs." The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) notes that the National Science Foundation and the Department of Education are heading the Formal Cybersecurity Education Component.
"Their mission is to bolster formal cybersecurity education programs encompassing kindergarten through 12th grade, higher education and vocational programs, with a focus on the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines to provide a pipeline of skilled workers for the private sector and government," the NICE website explains. "A digitally literate workforce that uses technology in a secure manner is imperative to the Nation's economy and the security of our critical infrastructure."
Under a new recruitment initiative, the department is also calling on recent college graduates to embrace the federal government's cybersecurity vision, under "The Secretary's Honors Program." Napolitano's goal is to recruit entry-level workers to pursue the program, which would educate on cyber-related skills.
The Associate Press reports on how November's two presidential candidates stand on cybersecurity issues:
President Barack Obama wants owners and operators of essential U.S. infrastructure to meet minimum cybersecurity standards that the private sector and federal agencies would develop together. He says federal agencies and businesses should exchange information about looming cyberthreats or malicious software that can damage computer networks.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says within his first 100 days in office he would order all federal agencies to develop a national strategy to deter and defend the country from cyberattacks. Romney's Republican allies in Congress support the sharing of cyberthreat information but oppose giving Washington a say in how the private sector protects its networks.
While cyber-crimes could pose a devastating threat to American businesses, critics are questioning the freedom-related implications of government action, as regulations and government-private sector alliances could impede on civil liberties. One bill brought to the table late last year would establish a quasi-governmental entity, called the National Information Sharing Organization (NISO), which would be staged as a clearinghouse for exchanging relevant information regarding cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
The entity would consist of a DHS-appointed board of directors, comprised of members from five different federal agencies and 13 members of the private sector. In sum, NISO's goal would be to establish a point of connection between the government and U.S. businesses to pool information about potential cybersecurity threats and to collaborate on methods to hinder such threats from occurring.
Many civil liberties groups and freedom-minded lawmakers have expressed concern over such legislation, as these policies could lead to austere privacy rights violations. Gregory Nojeim, senior counsel at the Center for Democracy & Technology, a public interest organization working to maintain an open and free Internet, believes a completely privately-run organization would be an effective mode to combat cybersecurity threats, but that governmental involvement could lead to unfortunate civil consequences.
For example, under the purported legislation, if a business shares information on a user's web activities that it acquired to preclude the user's account from being hacked, the government would have the ability to use that information for its own purposes, including for criminal prosecutions independent of cybersecurity. While NISO would comprise mostly private-sector members, Nojeim added, companies could have limited say in promulgating rules, granting federal officials unprecedented influence over the entity's functions.
"Approaches to cybersecurity that would eliminate pseudonymous and anonymous speech online would put privacy at risk, chill free expression and erode the Internet's essential openness," Nojeim asserted in a May 2009 congressional testimony. "As the founders of our country recognized, anonymity and pseudonymity play essential roles in allowing political views to be aired."


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In the game of professional punditry there also clearly exists a special set of rules designed with one person on mind. Or, rather, one sort of person: Conservatism's parade of bomb-throwing, hate-mongering, race-baiting bottom feeders. That breed which makes their daily bread from grifting the Pig People by generating an endless flood of books, magazine articles, broadcasts, speeches and videos all telling the GOP base over and over again that their bigotries are noble and their paranoia is patriotic.
Of course, part of the downside of wallowing in the wingnut sewer and trafficking in slander and lies is that, sooner or later, you become a toxic mess. Your stink becomes unacceptable to the general public, which s where the Sunday morning talk shows -- the Mouse Circus -- comes in. Because despite having long ago devolved into a sinkhole of Beltway centrist twaddle, it is still viewed by altogether too many people as a bastion of Very Serious people -- it's the strip-mall of political opinion where casual shoppers go to feel smart and validated.And so a bargain is struck; the bottom feeders deliver a temporary hike in the only thing these show's owners really care about -- audience share -- and, in exchange for being teevee friendly and keeping the worst of their batshit crazy on a leash for a few minutes, their Mouse Circus deburrs the bottom feeders' public image, replates and burnishes their credibility and temporarily transfuses them with Seriousness, which can then be redeemed at ten times its face value back among the Pig People.And in the key to that bargain we find "The Gingrich Rules":an agreement that the moderator will never, ever ask the bomb-throwing, hate-mongering, race-baiting goon sitting directly across from them a single question about their bomb-throwing, hate-mongering or race-baiting activities. Instead they will be represented to the public merely as a Conservative commentator or talk radio host or pundit who, at worst, might be known for some "controversial" opinions, which the moderator will never bother to explicate. *
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Pity the poor members of local school boards who have to put a budget before voters this March.
At least our schools' administrators get paid to sort through the tangled mess that is Vermont school funding. But school board members go through this annual exercise in masochism out of their truly honorable sense of civic duty and doing what is right for our children.


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I used to live on motorcycles and bicycles back in the ninteen seventies and eighties when I lived in Rochester, N.Y. and out on Long Island. I sold my last moto, a 1979 Honda CX-500 wearing a black Pacifico Aero XP faring (whatever happened to Aero farings?), when I moved to Honolulu to take a job after grad school. The roads in Honolulu were just too nuts for a motorcycle. Well, at least I thought so. It was/is a little easier to ride a bicycle--life is in slow motion compared to being on a big motorbike.
Its important as an old fart who has been off moto for a quarter century to start slow and ease back in, something I would highly advise for anyone entering a long dormant activity requiring a skill set needed to stay in one piece. Ride careful and build up slow, moto, bicycle, hang glider, or otherwise.Keep the rubber side down, as we like to say. Especially when the rubber is attached to 580 lbs of very fast bike.
MSF instructor Frank Allen of Albuquerque
traded it in for an F800R


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WASHINGTON — After pushing through one of the most significant rule changes in Senate history, Majority Leader Harry Reid struck a solemn tone: "This is not a time for celebration."
But behind closed doors in a room off the Senate floor, some of the newer Democratic senators couldn't help themselves, gathering for a quick party to congratulate one another. They were the ones largely responsible for pushing the veteran Nevada lawmaker to pull the trigger on ending filibusters against most presidential nominations.
The partisan revelers were part of a new breed of Democrats emerging in the Senate. Mostly elected after 2006, these relative newcomers have only known a Democratic-controlled Senate and have little experience with successful bipartisan cooperation, due largely to the tea party's grip on the Republican Party.
Now they are hoping to become a new power center in the party, nudging the old guard to adopt more aggressive tactics in pursuit of legislative goals and largely brushing aside Republican threats of retaliation and obstruction. They see the rules and traditions of the Senate as having stifled the will of the majority and stalled President Obama's agenda.
"The Senate is a graveyard for good ideas," Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), who along with Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon led the filibuster reform effort and won over veteran colleagues in a body where seniority was once the most valuable currency.
This newer class of Democrats came to Washington, not unlike the tea party Republicans, with a strong commitment to their ideals and policy goals. But while the tea party rule in the House has been characterized by attempts to stifle the president's agenda, Democrats see their goal as helping to implement it.
Thursday's action to limit the use of filibusters — seen as so drastic it was termed the "nuclear option" — shows they are willing to carve out a different path to get there.
"There's a time to reach across the aisle and there's a time to hold the line," said Sen. Christopher S. Murphy (D-Conn.), the body's youngest member at 40, who was elected in 2012. "And I think so far this year Democrats in the Senate have done a very good job of mixing across-the-aisle compromise with some heretofore unseen spine-stiffening."
The time has come for Democrats to take a harder stance against the tea party Republicans, he said.
"These folks have come to Washington to destroy government from within and will use any tool at their disposal," Murphy said. "To the extent that we have the ability to take tools away from the tea party, we should do it. And one of the tools was the filibuster. Another was the belief that Democrats would cave in the face of another shutdown or debt default."
For Murphy, the failure of the Senate gun control bill earlier this year was the final straw. He took on the issue of gun violence after the Newtown school shooting in his state in 2012. A bipartisan bill crafted by Sens. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) and Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.) had 55 votes but failed to advance.
"I was a proponent of filibuster reform coming into the Senate, but I became a revolutionary on this issue when we lost the gun bill," Murphy said.
The group also includes Elizabeth Warren, elected last fall in Massachusetts. Her firebrand style and unabashed liberalism have energized the party's left wing.
The senators' influence has already been seen in other fights, most recently in the 16-day shutdown, when new Democrats lobbied party leaders to stand up to Republicans — a tactic that seemed to shock many on the other side of the aisle, who were betting that Democrats would blink first.
Next on their agenda is extending the filibuster rule change from presidential appointments to legislation, which would enable the Senate to move on issues including gun control and climate change.
At times, their advocacy has presented challenges to the administration. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), elected in 2006, circulated a letter among his colleagues urging the president to appoint Janet Yellen — not Lawrence H. Summers — as Federal Reserve chair because Summers' banking policies were viewed as having contributed to the financial meltdown. About a third of the party, including Merkley and Warren, signed it. Yellen is now on track to take the post after advancing this week from the Senate Banking Committee, with Brown and Warren's support.
And Senate confirmation is virtually assured, thanks to the new rule change against filibusters.
"The Elizabeth Warren wing of the Democratic Party definitely are showing that they have growing influence in the caucus, and in government in general," said Matt Wall of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a group that works to promote progressive candidates and issues in Democratic primaries. On Friday, Warren circulated a fundraising letter to supporters on behalf of Merkley and Udall, thanking them for their role in changing the rule. Both men face reelection in 2014.
The changing Democratic tactics may reflect a generational shift occurring in the Senate. It's almost certain that by the start of the next Congress in 2015, more than half of the Democratic caucus will have been elected since 2008, when gridlock reached new heights. But nine of the new Senate Democrats are former Congress members, all of whom served at least part of their time under Republican majorities. Three were governors who served with Republican legislatures.
The shift among Democrats has at times confounded Republicans, particularly on the filibuster issue. Aides to Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), the third-longest-serving Republican, said they had felt that Reid's most recent moves telegraphing the nuclear option were a bluff.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday railed against the actions of "uninitiated newcomers in the Democratic caucus," reminding them they had never served in the minority in the Senate. Those who have a longer memory "should know better," he added.
Six-term Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan was the only Democrat to speak out against his party's move, citing the late institutionalist Sens. Edward M. Kennedy and Robert C. Byrd in arguing against tinkering with long-standing rules.
"Before we discard the uniqueness of this great institution, let us use the current rules and precedents of the Senate to end the abuse of the filibuster," said Levin, who will retire after next year.
But those pushing for the rule change won over one Democratic stalwart.
"There are many of us that really wanted to keep things the way they were, because that's the way they were," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). "One thing I know: that you learn from history. And right now we can't let the present be the future. So you've got to make the change, or this becomes a body that doesn't mutate."
Reid's thinking has also evolved. When Merkley, as a prospective candidate, first met with Reid ahead of the 2008 election, he told the leader that filibuster reform was one of his top priorities. Reid put his head in his hands, a Merkley aide recalled. "It's not about the filibuster," Reid admonished the younger man. "It's about the culture. We've got to change the culture."
Six years later, the culture is the same and the filibuster is gone.
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16.7 million American children – nearly one in four – live in households that do not have access to enough nutritious food to lead healthy, active lives.
President Obama has set the ambitious goal of ending child hunger by 2015.
With 22.5 percent of U.S. children in households experiencing food insecurity and the repercussions echoing across our society, this goal is critically important. For a nation as wealthy as ours, it is also achievable.
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- The "MS Turanor" is the first solar powered boat to sail around the world
- The circumnavigation took 585 days to complete
- The boat's top speed is 7.5 knots - about that of an oil tanker
- The "Turanor" set five Guinness World Records during its voyage
For 585 days, Swiss adventurer Raphael Domjan braved storms, pirates and cloudy skies in an attempt to circumnavigate the globe on a boat propelled by nothing but sun beams.
The boat, christened "Turanor" after a word meaning "power of the sun" in JRR Tolkein's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, is Domjan's brainchild. As heavy as a whale and 30 meters long, it's adorned with enough photovoltaic panels to cover two tennis courts.
After eight years of fundraising, 64,000 hours of construction, and 19 months at sea, the "Turanor" made history on May 6, when it cruised into Port Hercules, Monaco, completing the first ever round-the-world journey by a solar-powered vessel.
From the coast of Miami to the shores of Mumbai, Domjan and his four-man crew visited 28 countries on a voyage designed to showcase the practical applications of solar energy.
"The aim of this journey was to show the world that this technology is not science fiction, it is very real and it can help us change how we do things now rather than in the future," said Domjan.
"Everywhere we went people would flock around the boat. They had never seen such a strange design before," he added.
But for the 40-year-old skipper, whose youth was spent wading through pages of adventure books, the voyage was also a fruition of boyhood aspirations.
"I remember sitting on my grandfather's knee listening to him reading 'Around the world in 80 days' by Jules Verne. It made me want to go out and explore just like Phileas Fogg," recalled Domjan.
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As a young man growing up in Switzerland, Domjan developed his penchant for the unknown by exploring nearby caves. He then trained to become a mountain guide and a rescue specialist in hazardous environments.
This preparation would prove invaluable during the more perilous parts of his journey. On numerous occasions the boat had to endure winds of up to 100 kilometers an hour as it was rocked by storms off the Australian and Vietnamese coasts.
"We faced some really rough weather, but the boat always operated well during those times, even better than we expected," he said.
In fact, Domjan says that the most serious threat came not from Mother Nature, but from fellow man. While crossing the Gulf of Aden -- a waterway in the Arabian Sea notorious for kidnapping and hijacking -- Domjan faced little choice but to recruit six French soldiers for protection.
"Normally ships speed up to 15 or 20 knots when crossing this area but we couldn't go faster than five knots," said Domjan. Indeed, one of "Turanor's" comparative limitations is its snail-like pace. It has a maximum speed less than that of a large oil-tanker, just 7.5 knots (14 kilometers an hour).
Fortunately for Domjan and his crew, no pirates attempted to confront the muscle-bound French commandos or the unusual looking boat.
It would have certainly made a rare and impressive bounty. The $16 million vessel not only boasts 536 square-meters of shiny photovoltaic panels, but also the world's largest rechargeable lithium battery -- capable of storing enough power to allow the "Turanor" to travel for five full days without sunlight.
"Most people think that if the sun doesn't shine the boat wouldn't work, but it is impossible to sail for one year and only have good weather. The beauty is that you never get nothing from the sun, she is always giving us energy. Not once did we run out of power," boasted Domjan.
The ship's captain has reason to be proud. Having completed the 50,000 kilometer journey, the "Turanor" returns with five Guinness World Records to its name: Longest solar journey; first solar circumnavigation; fastest solar crossing of the South China Sea; fastest solar crossing of the Atlantic and - no surprises here -- a record for the world's largest solar-powered boat.
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Domjan concedes that that the "Turanor" and its crew have little competition in these categories, but hopes this won't be the case for long.
"I really hope our journey will make people realize the sheer power of solar energy and that it can be used efficiently for long-haul travel," he said.
Now back in Europe, Domjan is taking some time off to recharge his own batteries, before getting back to work, thinking of new ways to spread the solar power message to the world.