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When I think of luxury cars, I think of Jaguar first; I can't help it. I'm a fan.
The XJ model is the top of the Jaguar sedan line, a large luxury car with lots of amenities, cloud-soft ride and plenty of effortless power.
This Jaguar even looks powerful sitting still -- streamlined and elegant, yet bold and dramatic. The XJ embodies the soul of a sports coupe in a spacious four-door sedan.
Now, for 2013, Jaguar has made a major concession to those of us concerned about fuel economy: There's now a supercharged 3.0-liter V-6 engine available in the XJ, and that's the model I tested. The 3.0 is the new entry-level version of the XJ, with a starting price of $73,200 for the rear-drive model (my tester) and $76,700 for all-wheel drive.
It replaces last year's entry model, which came with a 5.0-liter normally aspirated V-8 engine.
This car is still beautiful and unmistakably Jaguar. It has 340 horsepower, compared to 385 for the lowest-priced V-8 model, the 2013 XJ Portfolio at $81,200. Jaguar says it can go from zero-60 mph in 6.1 seconds, compared to 5.4 seconds for the Portfolio rear-drive V-8, which is not supercharged.
An all-wheel-drive version of the Portfolio model, though, comes with the V-6 engine only, and the same zero-60 time as the rear-drive 3.0 model.
EPA fuel-economy estimates for the V-6, with its eight-speed automatic transmission, are 18 mpg in the city and 27 on the highway with rear-wheel drive, up from the 15/23 mpg for the previous year's V-8.
The all-wheel drive is also new for 2013, available only on the XJ and XJL Portfolio, and drops the mileage estimates to 16 city/24 highway.
Efficient use of power
Even with the V-6, my XJ had plenty of power when and where I needed it, and averaged a nice 24.5 mpg during my test, according to the on-board computer.
Jaguar has replaced the six-speed automatic with the new eight-speed automatic across the board for 2013, and added an engine stop-start system to every model.
These changes are all intended to improve fuel economy without compromising the Jaguar's effortless performance.
The XJ is not a hybrid, which is where you would usually find the stop-start technology. It's used to shut off the engine when the vehicle is temporarily stopped, at a traffic light or in heavy traffic, and automatically restart it when the driver's foot comes off the brake pedal. The first time that happens is a little startling, but I like the idea of not using fuel sitting in rush-hour traffic or in line at the drive-thru.
Standard equipment for the XJ line includes automatic bi-function HID xenon headlights, which provide powerful illumination as light levels fall. The headlight cluster is also attractive, with a strip of bright-white LED Jaguar signature lights along the base. The beautiful headlights also have power washers mounted flush with the body.
My XJ came with a Visibility Package with adaptive front lighting. Its sensors react to the car's speed and steering, directing the headlights around corners as the car turns. Extra LED corner lights illuminate the path beside the vehicle on straightaways.
Intelligent high beams switch between high- and low-beams to adjust to oncoming or preceding traffic.
The taillights are also eye-catching, flowing along the rear fender and sweeping down toward the rear bumper. Some of the 57 individual LEDs are arranged in three blades of light similar to claw marks of a cat -- a jaguar, of course.
Chrome side power vents with a sculpted chromed Jaguar badge, according to trim level, add a touch of bling to the front fenders.
The signature woven-chrome grille and 19-inch, 10-spoke wheels with all-season tires are subtle and elegant. Wider wheels are fitted in the rear to optimize grip and enhance the sporty, athletic stance.
Of course the XJ is very comfortable, with soft-grain leather seats heated in the front and rear with at least 12-way power adjustment. Depending on the model, 18-way or 20-way adjustment is also available, as well as front and rear active ventilation.
Front-seat adjustments include cushion tilt and four-way lumbar support. A front seat comfort package added massage to the front seats. I enjoyed taking the XJ for a drive just to experience the heat and massage -- very nice on a cold day. Front passengers had 41.5 inches of legroom and rear passengers had 39.9 inches.
Dual-zone automatic climate control and automatic air recirculation with air particle and odor filtration, humidity control and automatic window demisting made the cabin more comfortable.
Front and rear foot-well lights added ambiance as well as convenience, front and rear puddle lamps were a special touch, and an illuminated front storage tray and cupholders were convenient and special.
Adding to that, a lighting package brought Phosphor Blue accent lighting to the front and rear air vents, the stainless-steel front and rear tread plates, and the trunk-latch finisher. While these were a very special touch, I had a problem with the illuminated vents reflecting in the side glass and outside mirrors unless they were pointed slightly down.
Several pleasing amenities
The XJ came with a panoramic roof, which extends from the windshield to the front of the rear seat. The glass is dark-tinted and reflective to protect passengers from the sun's heat, with power sunshades on each section for extra privacy. The side windows were solar-attenuating, hydrophobic and acoustically laminated glass.
Other features such as rain-sensing windshield wipers, heated/power outside mirrors, heated rear window with a timer, three-flash lane change indicators, power-opening/closing trunk lid (using the Smart Key, an inside button or a button on the external trunk lid), garage door/gate opener and auto-dimming rearview mirror made operation of the XJ pleasant and almost effortless.
I especially enjoyed the power trunk lid and rain-sensing wipers.
The Smart Key system allows keyless entry and push-button start, which is very convenient during cold or wet weather.
At startup, the XJ's virtual instruments come to life. The 12.3-inch LCD instrument cluster looks like analog gauges with high-contrast, sharp-resolution graphics and provides vital information quickly and easily.
Total sticker for my XJ 3.0 was $78,025, including freight and options.
That's quite reasonable, considering that for $155,000, you can get the upper level XJL Ultimate with luxurious seating for four, including dual rear iPads with docking stations, a powered passenger table, champagne flutes and a spot to chill your favorite beverage.


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"There are 5 ways triumph can be known;
- Those who know when to challenge and when not to challenge.
- Those who recognise how to use the numerous and the few.
- Those who agree on superior and inferior objectives
- Those who prepare to lie in wait for the unprepared.
- Those who lead without interference from a Ruler. Those who know these five and the Tao (way), will triumph."
Sun Tzu - The Art of War


text: Italian artist Federico Lombardo's portraits are washy, delicate, and often straightforward, yet in their best moments they possess qualities that are strange and askew. His subjects look distinctly Angelo Saxon or Scandinavian, light skinned and fair, and are conventionally attractive. Their faces, bare and plain, stare straight at the viewer with the knowing look of being gazed upon, often smiling or glaring in response. He has series of women and men, as well as couples and children made with oil, watercolor and by digital tablet, but by far, his watercolors showcase his best efforts. The way Lombardo applies his paint is mostly very controlled, yet in crucial areas he gives way to the fluid nature of the medium and in effect produces subtle, bizarre deviations in his otherwise bland looking subjects. In this sense, these instances of surrender are reflective of the work of Marlene Dumas; however, Lombardo's work is wholly different in that it stays safe in its uncontroversial directive.


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The suspension of tackle Jordan Black for violating the league's performance enhancing drug policy (whatever he might have used to trigger a positive test) as left the Redskins' offensive line in a pretty bad way heading into Week 16.
It also left the Redskins with an open roster spot, although they've chosen not to fill it with another player at the same position. The Redskins announced Wednesday that they have signed linebacker Vic So'oto off of the Packers' practice squad. He'll be with the team for at least the next two weeks and would spend a guaranteed third week on the roster if they make it to the playoffs by virtue of the rules concerning signing players off of other teams' practice squads.
So'oto has bounced on and off the Green Bay practice squad over the last two years. He was an undrafted rookie in 2011 and wound up playing seven games for the team, recording one sack, and was released in September of this year. He was signed by the Raiders, for whom he played four games, then returned to the Packers after Oakland moved in another direction.
If So'oto is active, he'll likely see most of his time on special teams barring an injury to one of the Redskins' other linebackers.


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PHILADELPHIA — Reminders of the Flyers' past are inescapable in and around the Wells Fargo Center.
Photographs from the Broad Street Bullies era hang in the locker room, and a photo montage of Bobby Clarke, Bernie Parent, Bob Kelly, Joe Watson and Gary Dornhoefer decorates the wall in one corner of the arena. Across the street, where the Spectrum once stood, is a new, bronze statue of Fred Shero, who coached the Flyers to the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975.
"There's a lot of history and a lot of memories," defenseman Kimmo Timonen said. "Every team acts as family, but the feeling here is so much history and tradition, and they really do take care of the players here."
Often, the Flyers have been a dysfunctional family. Goalies came and went, burned by criticism and the red goal light. Big contracts didn't translate into big results. They've been to the Cup final six times since 1975 — most recently in 2010 against the Chicago Blackhawks — but they missed the playoffs last season. For their fans, looking back at the glory days was more palatable than looking ahead.
That's slowly changing. Under Craig Berube, a former enforcer who took over as coach when Peter Laviolette was fired three games into this season, the Flyers have emphasized speed and defense. For once their goaltending hasn't been a weakness, thanks to good efforts by Steve Mason and Ray Emery. Center Claude Giroux, held without a goal the first 15 games, ranks among the NHL leaders with 24 goals and 74 points.
The Flyers, who had a five-game winning streak ended by the Kings on Monday, are optimistic about their future.
"I think we've come a long way from the beginning of the season," said winger Wayne Simmonds, who has transformed himself from a grinder into a scorer with 24 goals and a career-best 54 points.
"We've had our ups and downs this year. Right now I think we're going into every game expecting to win. We have a lot of confidence in everyone in this dressing room and we just want to make sure we come to play every game for the rest of the year."
Players have responded to Berube's demand for strong defense.
"You talk about it so long, you go out there and do it and it actually works," forward Scott Hartnell said. "It becomes habit, and those are good habits to get into."
Berube downplayed his contribution but acknowledged seeing improvement in several areas.
"Confidence, for one. Puck possession. We play with the puck a lot. We make plays," he said. "There's a few things that come in.
"You can break it all down in different ways and stuff, but really it comes down to competing and hard work. They're at a high level in both those areas and they've got to keep doing it. There's no breaks. There's no easy games. You've got to keep working and keep competing."
That's the formula for any successful team. It's also the way the Flyers might make new additions to their yellowing photo gallery.
"You can never forget where you come from and where the organization started, the Bullies," Hartnell said. "You've got to have a lot of pride when you're wearing the jersey and there's a lot of pride in this whole organization, starting with [owner Ed] Snider. We want to leave our mark in history on this city and win a championship. That's what it's all about.
"You win a Stanley Cup championship, it's forever."
Sounds like Shero's famous line, "Win together today and walk together forever."
The Flyers won't mind if that part of their history repeats itself.
Road fuels Bruins
The Boston Bruins, whose 12-game winning streak ended with a shootout loss at home against Montreal on Monday, last week became the first NHL team to clinch a playoff spot. Their 11-0-3 points streak on the road was a huge boost in getting them there so quickly.
"It comes down to simplifying our game and not being afraid of winning games by one goal or having to win a game in overtime," forward Gregory Campbell told the Boston Globe.
"Just being really solid, not making mistakes, not letting them feed off the energy of their home crowd. We are a team that has success because our game is pretty simple, pretty straightforward. A lot of times that's a good recipe for road success."
Slap shots
Chicago Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane, put on long-term injured reserve because of a lower-body injury, will miss the rest of the regular season. General Manager Stan Bowman said Kane "should be fine" for the playoffs.
What can a coach say after an 8-1 loss? "I apologize to the fans who had to watch that," Edmonton's Dallas Eakins told reporters Saturday after his team was routed by Calgary. "It was painful on the bench and I'm sure it was painful in the stands."
Forward Gustav Nyquist has helped keep the Detroit Red Wings in the East wild-card hunt with seven goals in his last five games.
Memo to the cowards who used Twitter to insult April Reimer, wife of struggling Toronto goalie James Reimer: Passion for a team is fine, but hurling slurs at players and their families is out of bounds.
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June 7th [June 1775].
Mr. Brigden and Wife went over the
Ferry to day, by whom I sent a blue-paint-
-ed Chest, and a Trunk with Goods, as also
a small Scotch Carpet, to be forwarded
to Taunton.
9th [June 1775]. The
Regulars landed at, and brought over
from Noddle's-Island a considerable quan-
-tity of Marsh-Hay, unmolested.
10th. [June 1775] The
Country People set fire to an empty
Store on Noddles Island, which had
been lately improv'd by the King.
12. [June 1775] Two
Transports arrived yesterday, from which
they landed to day. Horses & Recruits.
14. [June 1775] Several
Transports came in, from which were
landed Horses, Detachments of Regiments &
Recruits, together with some Cattle, etc.
17. [June 1775] A large
number (2 or 3000) of Regulars commanded by
Howe were boated over to
Charlestown to day to dislodge the Provincials
of a Hill which they had intrench'd on; this they
did, and set the Town of Charlestown on fire.
The Engagement was very warm whereby a great
many are killed & wounded, (10 or 1100 of the Regulars)
A melancholy Scene of Fire & Slaughter.
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Press-Gangs parading the Streets in quest of Labour-
-ers, Black; etc. likewise several Persons taken up
and imprisoned upon Suspicion. The usual Conse-
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As Beaufort County Council candidate Dan Duryea readies for a hearing Monday challenging opponent Cynthia Bensch's residency, he admits he's not sure how he'll prove she doesn't live within the bounds of District 7, but he says clearing the air can't hurt.
But the petition candidate, a Republican, who lost soundly to the official Republican Party candidate on Nov. 6 also hasn't ruled out appealing to the S.C. Election Commission if the nine-member Beaufort County Board of Elections and Registration sides with Bensch after a hearing Monday at 1:30 p.m. in County Council chambers.
"I think our options are out there," he said. "Whether we choose to go down that avenue, there will have to be discussion held."
The issue first came to light publicly at an Oct. 30 open forum when a commenter implied Bensch actually maintains residency in Eagle's Point, just outside the District 7 lines in Councilman Jerry Stewart's District 6.
Duryea's complaint to the board of elections, submitted by Bluffton attorney Jim Bannon on Wednesday, says Bensch resided at 1 Crabtree Ln. in Bluffton's Rose Hill neighborhood when she filed her candidacy, a property she's since sold. She lived at 63 Muirfield Drive, just outside District 7, at the time of the election, according to the filing.
The 29 Martingale West address where she now claims residency is within District 7 boundaries but is owned by Bensch's son, according to the filing and the county's property records.
Bensch has maintained the Martingale address is her true residence, though she has admitted to splitting time between the Muirfield Drive residence in Eagle's Point and 29 Martingale, saying the latter lacks a garage for her husband to use to run his contracting business. She didn't return recent calls for comment after the board of elections announced the hearing.
"I think there's just an awful lot of opinions out there," Duryea said. "But nobody really believes her story that she splits her time between those two addresses. Why would you rent a home in a residential community to store your household tools in the garage when he's admitted historically he didn't have any work, and that's why he didn't have a business license? I quite frankly don't know how we will prove that (she lives on Muirfield Drive) but, this seems to be the avenue the attorney wants to go down and this certainly doesn't exhaust any future options."
Bannon, Duryea's attorney, said he views the hearing as an "opportunity to shed a bit of light on this matter, not only for Mr. Duryea, but all the voters of District 7."
"I certainly think we have a chance of proving she doesn't reside there," he said. "But I'm afraid that will ultimately be up to the board."
He declined to discuss strategy or name witnesses he intends to call.
Assuming the board can muster the legally required number of members to take a vote, the matter will be settled that day, said Scott Marshall, executive director of the board of elections.
Any appeal would come before the S.C. Election Commission, according to Spokesman Chris Whitmire. The deadline to file is Nov. 26.
District 7 runs west from Buck Island Road to S.C. 170 between S.C. 46 and U.S. 278. It also includes the Rose Hill development north of U.S.278 where both Duryea and Bensch claim residency.


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(Reuters) - The NBA moved quickly to play down an ESPN report that the league was exploring the possibility of introducing a four-point shot and increasing the dimensions of the court to accommodate the increased athleticism of players.
"No one at the NBA, nor the competition committee, has had any serious conversations about increasing the size of the floor or adding a four-point line," league spokesman Tim Frank said in a statement on Tuesday.
In an interview with ESPN.com during the All-Star break, NBA president of basketball operations Rod Thorn and vice president Kiki VanDeWeghe acknowledged that the league office had informally weighed the possibility of making such changes.
They spoke of the concepts mostly from a hypothetical standpoint but conceded that both ideas have been presented for discussion at a league level, ESPN said.
The report brought a pointed response from Frank.
"Rod Thorn and Kiki VanDeWeghe were entertaining a line of questioning about out of the box ideas and ESPN.com chose to make a story that doesn't exist," he said.
The NBA has employed a 94 feet by 50 feet court since the 1940s.
"Making the court bigger - it's an interesting idea and we've actually looked at it," former NBA All-Star player and head coach VanDeWeghe said in the interview.
"We keep a list of ideas on what we should do and how we can make the game better, of course. But arenas are obviously built in a certain way and that would take a lot of adjusting to actually make the court bigger."
Thorn also raised the issue of spectator proximity.
"Those seats that are very close to the court are obviously very expensive seats to start out with. And most of them come right up to the floor," said the longtime former NBA general manager.
"You could probably extend it lengthwise easier than you can sideways. So there are a lot of things you have to look at there."
The NBA adopted the three-point shot from the old American Basketball Association starting in the 1979-80 season.
As for the prospect of a four-point shot, Thorn said that too, was "something that's come up" as an informal proposal.
Reporting by Larry Fine in New York; Editing by Gene Cherry/John O'Brien


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Lenten event
PRINCETON — Kris Gould will perform during Wednesday's Lenten musical meditation and luncheon at the Hampshire Colony Congregational Church in Princeton. The meditation begins at 12:10 p.m. in the sanctuary and will end at 12:30 p.m. when lunch will be served.
Spaghetti supper
PRINCETON — American Legion Woman's Auxiliary Unit 125 of Princeton will hold a spaghetti supper from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Legion post home, 1549 W. Peru St. in Princeton. Tickets will be available at the door for $6 for adults, $3 for ages 10 and under. There will be a 50/50 drawing plus a bakery table and something new this year will be a Country Store. The Auxiliary will serve spaghetti, meatballs with sauce, salad with dressings, garlic bread sticks, beverages and desserts. This is a major fundraiser for the Auxiliary.
Blood drive
PRINCETON — The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center will have a blood drive from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. March 19 in the fourth-floor multi-purpose room at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton. To donate, call 800-747-5401, ext. 119.
BCGS meeting
PRINCETON — The Bureau County Genealogy Society has changed the typical fourth Thursday monthly meeting due to Holy Week activities in the community. For March only, the group will meet at 7 p.m. March 21.
Workshop planned
PRINCETON — The Princeton Arts Academy will host an Easter basket weaving workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 23 for ages 6 to 15. Participants will be able to create their own basket than can be used as decoration or to hold Easter treats. They will also learn the history of basket weaving, basic weaving techniques and create one-of-a-kind basket. The workshop will include materials for practicing as well as a finished decorated basket to take home. Lunch will be served halfway through. The cost is $35. To register, call 815-915-7717 or visit www.PrincetonArtsAcademy.com.


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Sarah Hoyt gets a tip from Eugene Volokh:
FROM EUGENE VOLOKH: The linked-to article is at New Study Reveals 89% Of Nation's Food Stamps Squandered On Junk Food and a bunch of things don't quite check out — the Malbeck Data Institute doesn't seem to have a Web page, the author's supposed books don't show up on Amazon, and the quotes in the story have that made-up feel to them, if you know what I mean. In any case, I wanted to flag this just in case. — It's quite possible I've been taken. It agreed with my internal prejudices and the fact that ebooks you give away for free always get terrible reviews!
Hmm. Here is how the author is described at American Thinker:
Jane Agni, who writes satirical pieces for the National Report...
Well, yes. Here is a list of her recent articles, whose titles include:
Kate Bush Tour Sells Out In 15 Minutes Inciting Riots Worldwide
Oregon Town Using Fetal Tissue To Power Small Community
Animal Rights Activists Fume – Midwestern Man Insulates Barn With Hundreds Of Dead Wolves
Portland, Oregon Deemed "Most Racist" City In The United States
I haven't been to Portland but I've been to Boston. The Portland story cites the nearly web-invisible "Oklahoma Symposium of Racial Studies". The story does get a mention here as originating from "a satirical site".
Wikipedia says this:
National Report (nationalreport.net) is a satirical website devoted to often subtle parodies of real news which convince the unwary. It is published by Allen Montgomery.[1]


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After seeing a photo of an 11-year-old boy holding a rifle on Facebook (photo shown cropped at right), New Jersey police and Department of Children and Families officials raided the home of the boy's father, Shawn Moore, a firearms instructor. Moore was not arrested or charged, but immediately sought the counsel of his lawyer.
Moore is a certified firearms instructor for the National Rifle Association, an NRA range safety officer, and a New Jersey hunter education instructor. He posted a photograph of his son wearing camouflage and holding his .22 rifle. The photograph caused quite a stir, even though the boy has a New Jersey hunting license and has passed the state's hunter safety course.
"Someone called family services about the photo," said Evan Nappen, an attorney representing Shawn Moore. "It led to an incredible, heavy-handed raid on his house. They wanted to see his gun safe, his guns and search his house. They even threatened to take his kids."
On March 16, Moore's wife texted her husband to tell him that the Carneys Point Police Department and the New Jersey Department of Children and Families had raided their home. Moore quickly called Nappen and rushed back to his home to find police demanding to check his guns.
In response, Moore handed his phone to the officers so that they could speak to Nappen.
"If you have a warrant, you're coming in," Nappen told the officers. "If you don't, then you're not. That's what privacy is all about."
Moore, having heard what Nappen told the officers on his speakerphone, asked the officers to leave his home. He later wrote a post about his encounter on the Delaware Open Carry website.
"I was told I was being unreasonable and that I was acting suspicious because I wouldn't open my safe," Moore wrote on the Delaware Open Carry website. "They told me they were going to get a search warrant. I told them to go ahead."
According to Nappen, the police wanted an inventory of his firearms.
"We said, 'no way, it's not happening'," he said. "This is a guy who is completely credentialed and his son is also credentialed."
Nappen contends that the uproar over the photograph is entirely unfounded.
"If you look at the picture, his finger isn't even on the trigger —which is proper," Nappen told Fox News. "If half of Hollywood could follow that rule, we'd be thankful."
Nappen contends that the entire incident calls into question several of Moore's constitutional rights.
"He has a Fourth Amendment right and he's not going to give up his Fourth Amendment right or his Second Amendment right," he said. "They didn't have a warrant — so see you later."
While the Department of Children and Families has not confirmed or denied the raid, spokesperson Kristen Brown explains, "The department has a child abuse hotline for the state of New Jersey and anybody can make a call to that hotline. We are required to follow up on every single allegation that comes into the central registry."
She did add that it is not the role of the Department of Children and Families to peruse Facebook photos of children holding weapons, but to investigate cases of child abuse and neglect.
Brown also told Fox News that it's "prudent and wise to protect children."
"In many cases we may follow up on something and we don't find any problems and the case is closed," she said.
Meanwhile, any callers who report false allegations of abuse cannot be held liable, she noted.
"You can't be prosecuted for making an allegation of child abuse — even if it's false," she said.
Nappen points to the entire incident as a warning to gun owners.
"To make someone go through this because he posted a picture of his son with a .22 rifle on his Facebook page is pretty outrageous," he said. "Does that mean that anyone who posts a picture like that has to consent to a home inspection and a gun inspection? I don't think so."
A similar incident took place across the Atlantic in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, where Ian Driscoll posted a photo of a toy with a toy gun on his Facebook page. Driscoll had taken a picture of an Action Man figure and a toy Alsatian dog that featured a toy mortar in the background and made it his profile picture on Facebook. A month later, there were five police officers at the door, two of them carrying submachine guns. After careful inspection of the model mortar, the police apologized and left.
Mr. Driscoll said, "I was stunned. It was just mad. Five officers turned up in unmarked police cars."
"They flashed the search warrant in my face and said it was lucky I was in so they didn't have to break my door down," he continued. "Everyone has been laughing about it and I think it's funny. It's so stupid."
Moore, however, did not find his situation quite so funny. He and his attorney are considering pursuing legal action against the state for its raid on the Moore home.
The police raid on Moore's home is just one example of the anti-gun hysteria that is pervading the nation. Earlier this month, a seven-year-old Maryland boy named Josh Welch had been suspended from school for turning a breakfast pastry into the shape of a pistol. The school then offered counseling for any children who witnessed the boy's pastry gun.
Robin Ficker, a Montgomery County attorney hired by Welch's father, is representing the family in an appeal to have the student's record expunged. According to Ficker, this is the fourth time he has had to defend young children in cases where they have received suspensions for being accused of references to a weapon when there was in fact no weapon.
The Montgomery County incident prompted Maryland State Senator J.B. Jennings, a Republican representing Baltimore and Harford counties, to introduce a bill to prohibit principals "from suspending or expelling a student who brings to school or possesses on school property a picture of a gun, a computer image of a gun, a facsimile of a gun or any other object that resembles a gun but serves another purpose."


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When millions of dollars are being pumped into Washington by anti-government and anti-tax ideologues, you're bound to find Democrats willing to play along. And when your Washington press corps can't be bothered to get even the smallest details right – well, that must mean the Bowles/Simpson Medicine Show is back in town.
It's here, folks. Journalists are still cooing over a failed proposal they're calling "moderate" and "centrist," based on the radical and unpopular plan put forward by two individuals named Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles.
Another budget, one that's both economically sound and more politically popular, was summarily dismissed by the same media as 'partisan' and extreme.
All the News That Fits
Republican Steve LaTourette and Democrat Jim Cooper introduced a proposal based on the Simpson/Bowles assault on the middle class. It was promptly celebrated by the press as the "responsible" deficit-cutting alternative to the radical right-wing Ryan budget – even though it's not responsible and doesn't cut the deficit (not that deficits should be our national obsessions during this time of crisis).
By contrast, the budget proposed by the Congressional Budget Caucus did reduce the deficit, and in a way that suited the preferences of most voters – Republican as well as Democratic, Tea Party as well as Occupiers.
It was promptly dismissed by both journalists and the Washington elite.
Accuracy Optional
Your press corps can't even get the most basic details right: The Deficit Commission headed by Simpson and Bowles failed to agree on a set of recommendations. So Simpson and Bowles put out their own personal plan, based on ideas developed at the behest of anti-government ideologues like billionaire Pete Peterson.
Their ideas were rejected by members of the Deficit Commission, but a lot of journalists covering the budget don't seem to know that. Take a look:
Associated Press, March 28: " The bipartisan measure, patterned on a plan by President Barack Obama's 2010 deficit commission … "
Alan Fram, Business Week, March 29: "The measure was modeled roughly on a package produced by Obama's deficit-reduction commission."
Erik Wasson, The Hill, March 29: " a bipartisan budget plan based on the approach of President Obama's fiscal commission …"
Andrew Taylor, Associated Press, March : "The bipartisan measure rejected Wednesday was patterned on a plan by President Barack Obama's 2010 deficit commission …"
Ed O'Keefe, Washington Post, March 27: "… the House could vote this week for the first time on a bipartisan deficit-cutting plan, modeled on the suggestions of a presidential commission …"
There's more, but you get the idea.
Why does this matter? Because it tells you whether what you're reading was written by a journalist who cares about the facts and gets them right. And it matters because the myth-makers and propagandists pushing the anti-government austerity agenda want Americans to believe that this controversial and radical proposal represents the consensus view of a bipartisan commission – and mainstream political opinion.
It does neither.
A Radical Plan
Bloomberg's Mr. Fram compounds his errors in the typical fashion by saying that the LaTourette/Cooper bill, based on Simpson/Bowles, was a "compromise, bipartisan deficit-cutting plan by moderates of both parties that mingled tax increases with spending cuts."
Like Mr. Fram, a great many journalists have been trained or programmed into calling the Simpson/Bowles policy package "bipartisan" and "moderate." The Post's pre-vote headline even read "bipartisan bill appears headed for defeat" – a defeat that, as Ezra Klein satisfyingly points out, was truly bipartisan.
Moderate? Make no mistake: This is a radical plan that sharply cuts financial security for the elderly, guts other vital government programs, and – perhaps most radically of all – lowers taxes on the wealthy while raising them for everyone else. It's even more radical than the Simpson/Bowles proposal. As Michael Linden and James Horneyboth noted, it takes Bowles/Simpson's already-unacceptable 2:1 ratio of spending cuts to tax increases and hikes it to 7:1.
Those two self-promoting reprobates, Bowles and Simpson, were nevertheless happy to endorse anything with their names on it – even if that meant omitting the fact that this proposal was even more right-wing.
(Daniel Marans has more on the radicalism of the Simpson/Bowles plan here.)
Outside the Political Mainstream
The Simpson/Bowles plan is enormously unpopular among voters across the political spectrum. Members of all political parties and people across the political spectrum – including 76 percent of Tea Partiers – oppose cutting Medicare or Social Security to balance the budget. That hasn't changed in the two years since Simpson and Bowles introduced their own plan and only six percent of the electorate shared their priorities.
Voters also strongly prefer the exact opposite to the tax policy proposed here. They want tax hikes for millionaires to cover shortfalls in entitlements and other government programs that benefit the middle class.
Tax Hikes for the 99%, Tax Cuts for the 1%
Instead the LaTourette/Cooper proposal, like Simpson/Bowles, eliminates "tax breaks." One of the biggest "breaks" is the home mortgage deduction. Without it millions of additional homeowners would go into foreclosure, and the already-struggled middle class would be devastated once again. LaTourette and Cooper also explicitly planned to tax employer health insurance, leaving millions of working Americans even harder-hit over medical costs.
At the same time the wealthiest among us would have enjoyed a tax cut — of somewhere between 23 and 29 percent. That means somewhere between 17 to 34 percent less than they're paying with their Bush tax cuts! Sure, those deductions might be eliminated for them, too – but most of these deductions affect a much smaller percentage of their income.
The LaTourette/Cooper proposal compounded this tax assault on the middle class by linking tax bracket changes to the so-called "chained CPI," meaning that people who aren't already in the top bracket will find themselves moving up – and being taxed at a higher rate – much more quickly.
The Pitchman's Secret
The plan radically restructures Social Security and cuts benefits for middle-class varieties in a number of ways (including the "chained CPI" trick). It also raises the retirement age even more than the currently scheduled increases would do.
It's not surprising that the radical far-right Concord Coalition endorsed the bill, since it is as extremist as the Coalition itself – and as far out of the political mainstream. And its equally unsurprising that the nonpartisan Americans for Tax Reform rejected it, noting that it represents a radical blend of tax increass and benefit cuts for the middle class in order to bestow further privilege on the wealthiest among us.
Meanwhile the House Progressive Caucus budget, which includes all the provisions that most voters want – and which most savvy economists agree would be wise. Predictably, it wasn't described by a single media outlet as "moderate," "sensible," "politically popular," or "pragmatic."
Nothing ever changes down at the Medicine Show. As soon as one pitch ends, another begins. So this ain't over, folks, because every good medicine-show pitchman knows: You gotta keep on offering the crowd that "grand bargain" until you wear 'em down and they buy it.


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Hey whats in your dirty pocket?
by SIDNESS March 11, 2009
The act of performing sexual intercourse by thrusting ones member into the armpit of ones sexual partner, mimicking the feeling of a very tight, yet stinky vah jay jay.
My girl was on her period, and she doesnt do anal, so we did it in the dirty pocket instead.
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About Me
- Laura Krasinski
- I was 53 in June. I feel like I'm 30. I live in Cold Cold Wisconsin. But, I love it here.. I found fabric and quilting about 8 years ago.. I fell in love with it.. I also enjoy paper art.. I'm not sure how I kept my sanity before I started doing art. I found rubber stamps about 10 years ago and have gone on to anything and everything.. I have been blessed with creative talents and love to express myself in art. I have 2 children .. one girl who is 15 and a boy who is 17. My husband and I love to hunt,canoe and just enjoy the outdoors together.. We all love the outdoors and go up to northern Wisconsin as often as possible. I'm a 14 year breast cancer survivor.. you can view more of my art at http://laurakrasinskiquilts.blogspot.com www.picturetrail.com/barngirl or my teaching, lecture and vending schedule here http://laurakrasinskisartontherun.blogspot.com
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Geek DinnerJanuary 10, 2006
Geek dinner. Monday January 23rd. The Crown and Anchor, Covent Garden. London. Will I see you there?
Wow Dave, Vancouver to London is a long journey to make for a single meal! ;)
Sounds like an interesting night. Only in this industry would an evening of hell bent geekiness sound like so much fun…and I love it!
Indeed it's a long journey. It's probably worth it - this time of the year, London is beautiful.
London, Ontario, innit?
I am so going to this! First I get to meet the founders of WordPress, and now Dave Shea. Can't wait to meet you, Dave. :)
Will you see me there? Too right! I'm glad to see some cool meet up stuff going on for lonely geeks such as myself on this side of the pond! :)
I'll have had a week to recover from my jet lag by then, so i won't have an excuse for any nonsense i come out with. See you all then.
The modern art museum ModernTate near the Thames is worth a visit too!
Kel and I were just at the Crown & Anchor for lunch last Tuesday, the final day before flying home at the end of our vacation. Food was pretty good too.
So unfortunately, I won't be at your geek dinner. I guess I'll have to settle for lunch with you at Stubb's in March ;-)
Got anything planned for Dayton, Ohio? I know a few good eateries. :)
"Vancouver to London is a long journey to make for a single meal!"
True. Good thing I'll be there for the week surrounding the Carson Workshop then.
Aaron -
Glad to hear you vouching for the venue. Stubb's in March? You're on.
I'll be there.
Anyone fancy the Tate Modern beforehand then?
Be there if I can be! Nice food there.
Modern Tate: 4th floor free entrance all year
Max Ernst, Dali, etc
"Anyone fancy the Tate Modern beforehand then?"
You bet!
I won't be able to make it to the Tate before because I'm working till 5:30pm but enjoy the tate and remember to make it over to the bar around 7pm. Enjoy!
I won't be going to London any time soon, but I'll be at WDW in San Francisco on the 30th. I believe I still owe you a beer…
Yeh, Dave, don't be late like Molly! Unfortunately I can't make this one, but I'll be at the @media partés
Better warn 'The rock and anchor' to reserve some space :0
I'd be there myself if I had the time to nip over to London.
If you can, please also drop a comment on the geekdinner site. As it helps me count numbers for food and venue space - http://www.geekdinner.co.uk/2006/01/08/dave-shea/
See you all soon…
Hey Dave, I would join you … but I'll be off on honeymoon the day after so you can see why that might present a problem for me :-) Will be catching up with you at SXSW as usual though (and @media)
Tate Modern has a beautiful cafe too.
C'est bien, n'est-ce pas!
This event is very important! Even an Italian guy, it will join. :-)
Who's planning on going to the Tate Modern then?
I'll get to Waterloo around 1 or 2 o clock; it'd be great to meet up with some people so I don't have to go around it alone!
(there's a post on my site to try and organise this meetup - http://www.fifteenoclock.com/2006/01/20/GeekDinner).
I shall see you at both (and SXSW, etc). Trying to get a bit of freelancing work in London next week too as its my only dry week in ages.
Was out with Dave last night, post-workshop (which I found massively helpful) - his first in London.
Pleased to report I left him after a trip to the kebab shop on New Kings Road very much "in the spirit".
Told him he needs to catch the sunset from Waterloo bridge - here's hoping he takes heed - it's the best London has to offer!
Hi Dave- I'm Jen Dixon, the American girl that chatted with you after your presentation (that I unfortunately missed 98% of…). Love the work you do. Thank you for being such an approachable and lovely guy to chat with! Hope your travel back to Vancouver goes well and thanks for your time last evening. Next time I'll catch your whole speech! :)
Visited Tate Modern too?
I will try to make it, but flying in a few hours before. thanks for organizing.


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Someone at BrickCon built this undersea base. Can anyone identify the builder? Photo credit to Bolt of Blue.
Edit - This was built by Andrew Lee. Here is his Flickr gallery for this MOC. Thanks, Ochre Jelly, for the identification.
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I *believe* it was created by Andrew Lee (wintermute).
Thanks, I'll edit the post.


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The second of two Blue Note CDs (which differ in their content from the similarly titled LPs) contains two complete sessions that showcase trombonist J.J. Johnson. The first six titles (highlighted by "Old Devil Moon" and "Too Marvelous for Words") feature Johnson in a quintet with pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Charles Mingus, drummer Kenny Clarke and the congas of Sabu. For the later session, there are also six titles (including "Pennies from Heaven" and "Portrait of Jennie") plus three alternate takes; Johnson is joined by Hank Mobley on tenor, pianist Horace Silver, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Kenny Clarke. Both of these dates offer listeners excellent examples of the talents of the great trombonist who always played his instrument with the fluidity of a trumpet. Recommended. ~ Scott Yanow


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Welcome to the Education Advocacy Trust
The Education Advocacy Trust (EdAT) was established to promote the mutual professional interests of education and training psychologists through fund raising and other political activities. The Trust works with the American Psychological Association Practice Organization political action committee (APAPO-PAC) to support members of Congress or federal candidates who champion legislative initiatives that increase federal support and/or funding for psychology education and training.
Because EdAT is a separate 501(c)(6) organization, we are able to conduct advocacy activities free of the IRS provisions that constrain APA, a 501(c)(3) organization. Currently, our activities are primarily funded by voluntary contributions from psychologists and psychology faculty, students and researchers.
Nurturing Psychology's Champions
Since its inception in 2005, EdAT has created unique opportunities for the psychology community to personally engage in political activities. By attending fundraising events in support of key members of Congress, psychologists are able to speak directly to congressional leaders who are working to increase federal investments in psychology workforce programs. EdAT staff has also been able to attend fundraisers to underscore the contributions of health service psychologists in Community Health Centers, Federally Qualified Health Centers and National Health Service Corps sites. EdAT enables psychologists to speak directly with members of Congress about legislation of interest to the broad discipline of psychology and of vital concern to the psychology education and training community.
Did You Know?
- Hundreds of groups visit Capitol Hill on any given day (farmers, doctors, realtors, etc.)
- It takes $1-$2 million to run for a seat in the House of Representatives.
Political Giving
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New Rules Come Down In Racing After Death Of Driver
NASCAR has added a new rule telling drivers to not approach the track or moving vehicles after accidents. The rule comes less than a week after a driver was struck and killed during a dirt-track race at a small New York track.
NASCAR star Tony Stewart is skipping this weekend's Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway. It's the second straight Cup race he's elected not to compete in.
Last Saturday, Stewart's car hit and killed Kevin Ward Jr. at a sprint car event in Canandaigua, New York. After Stewart clipped Ward's car, sending it spinning, Ward left the car during the caution period, walked down the track and was hit by Stewart.
NASCAR Vice President Robin Pemberton says the new rule merely formalizes reminders that take place during drivers' meetings. NASCAR will address violations of the rule on a case-by-case basis.
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The Lady Bisons won 25-14, 25-17 and 25-14. It was the Atlantic Sun opener for North Florida.
"We are a very talented team," said Lipscomb coach Brandon Rosenthal. "When you look around the court and see what we've got we pose a lot of problems at a lot of positions.
"Our system seems to work for us. It is something we continue to preach. Our expectations and standards are higher because we have set them that way. And day in and day out we have to live up to them."
Lipscomb outside hitter Meghan Hinemeyer led the Lady Bisons with 13 kills, also a match high. Middle hitter Alex Kelly added 11. Hinemeyer also had a team season-high .542 hitting percentage. Kelly's hitting percentage was .444.
No player for North Florida finished in double figures in either kills or digs.
"Defense really sparked our offense," said Rosenthal. "We out dug them and out blocked them. Most teams are maybe one-sided, good offensively or good defensively. And when you put pressure on team both offensively and defensively they just don't get a break."
The Lady Bisons are 5-3, 2-0 in the A-Sun. North Florida is 4-4, 0-1 in the conference.
"What you are seeing from our players right now is a comfort level," said Rosenthal. "They know where everyone is on the court and knowing what plays everyone can make."
The team is guided on the court by junior setter Stefine "Jake" Pease. She had 29 assists against North Florida.
"The best part about it is that Jake is picking and choosing where the ball goes," said Rosenthal. "The bottom line is she is the quarterback of this team. It becomes one of those things where you can really manage the team and take it to another level.
"Jake has a pretty good idea of what is going on blocking-wise on the other side of the net. But I think most of all it is just the rhythm of the game. We talk a lot about how we want things to develop offensively. She knows exactly what we want. As a coach it is awesome to sit back and watch her."
The Lady Bisons have used substitutions sparingly this season, but 11 players saw playing time against North Florida.
"We struggled a little bit in the serving positions and we were able to bring in one server," said Rosenthal. "At the end, with a little bit of a lead, we were able to give some players an opportunity.
"These players work so hard day in and day out. I thought Elly Kaiser did a nice job. I think Kory Honel would like to have a couple of her swings back. Kelsey Neumann has worked so hard, and is really starting to come into her own. To let her block that final ball was exactly what we needed."
Saturday afternoon at 2 the Lady Bisons are back in action at Allen Arena against A-Sun foe Jacksonville, 3-4, 0-1. Jacksonville lost 3-0 at Belmont Friday night.
"Jacksonville poses some problems," said Rosenthal. "They are a taller team. They do a nice job blocking-wise.
"It is a matter of executing what we want to do. I feel strong that if we play defense it is going to be tough for any team to really go on runs against us. If a team scores, that's fine, but we have to limit their runs."


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Singer-songwriter Tori Amos grew up in Maryland and attended the prestigious Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. Her alternative tunes are known for their emotional, haunting vibe.
Amos gained some mainstream recognition after the release of "Little Earthquakes" in 1992. She also did a couple popular covers, including Led Zeppelin's "Thank You."
Her first big hit, however, came with the release of "Under the Pink," which sold more than a million copies. For her most recent release, "American Doll Posse," always-experimental Amos takes on five different female characters.


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"What would you say... ya DO here?"gialyons Jan 17, 2011 8:31 AM
Bob Slydell: What would you say ya do here?
Tom Smykowski: Well look, I already told you! I deal with the [goshdarn] customers so the engineers don't have to! I have people skills! I am good at dealing with people! Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?
I love Office Space.
I'm working on this thing that includes a high-level list of what internal community managers do for a living. I know, it's almost impossible to create an exhaustive list, but I'm trying to give new community managers a feel for what their job might entail, at the micro level.
Can you comment on these lists, and let me know how to improve them?
Typical Community Manager Activities
Similar to answering the phone when it rings and responding to email when it arrives, ongoing online community practices are primarily reactive behaviors. They are ad hoc responses to something that has happened. They typically do not have formal success metrics. They are just "part of the job".
Such ad hoc activities include:
- Approving access to a private group
- Managing user permissions
- Answering questions from advocates and facilitators – sharing knowledge
- Keeping the environment lively by facilitating conversations
- Handling reports of inappropriate use
- Dealing with troublemakers
- Ensuring questions don't go unanswered
- Creating new accounts
- Creating new spaces and educating their facilitators
- Assisting with routine software updates as needed
Then there are ongoing, proactive activities that keep the social business software environment running smoothly. These activities can have formal success metrics tied to them, if appropriate.
Such proactive activities include:
- Periodic newsletter/blog to advocates/facilitators that communicates how they're doing, what new materials are available for their use, etc.
- Promotional campaigns designed to collect success stories, boost adoption or introduce a new version of the environment
- Periodic user surveys
- Periodic success metrics gathering, analysis, and reporting to executive sponsors and general users
- Onboarding additional key groups of employees
- Periodic refreshing of the homepage and/or landing pages for key places - e.g., update any featured content, people, or places


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Just. Look. At. It. If you love Japanese robots, this deluxe super alloy Mazinger Z is definitely worth your attention. And maybe even your cashola.
Priced at ¥36,750 ($440), this 30cm tall Mazinger Z leads the way in Bandai's newest Soul of Chogokin series ("chougoukin" or 超合金 is Japanese for "super alloy"). The figure is to mark the fortieth anniversary of Mazinger Z, Go Nagai's legendary series that helped to popularise super robots in Japan during the 1970s.
This latest figure comes with removable parts that allow you to see the super robot's innards. There's even an awesome hanger to store the figure. Have a look in the above gallery, which also includes pics of the add-on Jet Scrander Set, which is another ¥8,190 ($98). Now that doesn't seem worth it, but whatever.
Click the lower corner of each image to expand to full size.
バンダイ、超合金「DX超合金魂 マジンガーZ」を12月14日に発売 [Game Watch Impress]


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First launched back in 1999, Ad-aware was one of the earlier specialist antispyware tools, and the program quickly became a worldwide favourite. Eleven years on, and there's considerably more competition in the PC security market, but Ad-Aware has grown considerably too: if you've not used the program for a while (or perhaps ever), then it's definitely worth taking for a spin.
Ad-Aware Pro is no longer just about blocking web-based spyware, for instance. It now includes a powerful antivirus engine, and an e-mail scanner that checks every incoming message for malicious attachments and images. There's even a complete rootkit detection and removal system, for maximum protection against the widest possible range of threats.
Being able to remove viruses is good, but of course it's much better to avoid infection in the first place, and Ad-Aware Plus now employs many additional technologies to help keep your PC malware-free.
For example, the new Download Guard for Internet Explorer watches the files you're accessing, and alerts you to potential threats during the download process. Real-time monitoring blocks known malware before you can run it; Genotype examines threat signatures to more accurately detect new variants of the same core malware; and a heuristics module looks for programs that are behaving suspiciously, helping the program detect even brand new and unknown threats.
Of course no real-time protection comes with a 100% guarantee, so you're also able to run manual scans on everything from individual files and folders, to full drives, your choice of PC areas (just executable files and the Registry, say), or your entire system. And a powerful scheduler will set up scans to run automatically at the day and time you specify.
There's plenty on offer, then, but a revamped interface ensures it's all very easily managed. If you prefer the hands-off approach then you can run the program in Simple Mode, where it uses recommended settings and you've really nothing to do. Or, if you like to have fine control over what's happening, switch to Advanced Mode and you'll get full access to every Ad-Aware Plus option.
This is the brand new Ad-Aware 8.2 which ships with an email scanner so you can check attachments for malware, rootkit detection, as well as a much faster engine so system scanning takes a shorter period of time than previous versions.
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A data warehouse lies at the base of any business intelligence (BI) implementation project. And if you are designing your data warehouse to help you visualize your company's most relevant data (as well as streamline workflows — which can help your company cut down on redundancies significantly), then you need to map out all the areas where there is a potential for your project to fail, before you begin building.
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2011 was truly the year when Social Media and technology took big leaps making its presence felt in the mainstream discourse of the country. Impressed by the revolution brought about by Arab spring, Indians immersed themselves watching desi viral videos, tweeting about their love for fighting corruption and also being threatened of censorship.
The year of Social Media revolution
Anna's fight against corruption proved how to use Social Media socially in true terms. From uploading Anna's speeches to YouTube right from Tihar jail, to letting supporters know the nuances of Lokpal through collaborative Google docs and presentations. Facebook and Twitter was used to their best advantage garnering more than half a million followers on Facebook, and thousands of tweets every hour.
Internationally, the Tunisian Mohamed Bouazizi in Dec 2010 e posted his last message on his Facebook wall before setting himself on fire after repeated police harassment. What started in Tunisia was tweeted and blogged throughout the Middle East leading to Arab spring. Countries like Egypt, Libya and Syria erupted despite government imposed internet blackouts. Armed with their cell phones and access to proxy servers the Arabs let the world know about their revolution through YouTube, twitter and Google Maps among others. Common people like Google employee Wael Ghonim played their part in mobilising people, reporting the massacres and atrocities by using technology to stay one step ahead of the government.
India Wakes to Flash Mob viral video after 26/11 anniversary
A group of 200 dancers dressed in casuals danced to the tunes of 'Rang de basanti' at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus generating more than a million hits on YouTube within first 4 days. Organised by Mumbaikar Shonan Kothari this flash mob synced into the national psyche riding on a patriotic wave.
Inspired by the CST Flash mob, cities like New Delhi and Chennai organised their own riding the viral wave. Talking about viral Videos, Kolaveri Di a love song sung by Dhanush went viral within 24 hours of its launched. Loved and tweeted by celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan led to the viral onlslaught on YoutTube. In little over a month, the video now has 30 million hits and has been even featured on YouTube's blog. Several remakes of the original version has only led to its popularity establishing the importance of video as a critical content marketing tool.
Social networking top pass time among Indians
Nothing suggested otherwise but the final reaffirmation came in the month of December through a a report titled 'It's a social world' by ComScore which proved beyond doubt that online Indians are truly social as much as their international counterparts. From a total online population of 45.9 million users, 43.4 million spend time on social networks like Facebook, Orkut, BharatStudent, LinkedIn and Twitter. 94.8% of online Indians use social networking, that is an average time spent of 3.4 hours. Facebook became the dominant network in India last year and continued to stay ahead of the competition.
India gets tough on Social Media
Kapil Sibal, the Indian took the Social Media companies by the horns asking them to remove offensive material from sites like Facebook, Twitter and Google. As netizens cried censorship there was confusion all around regarding what measures he intended to take to clean the web for Indians. Pharses like #idiotKapilSibal were most tweeted the day this announcement was made. Sites like Facebook and YouTube have extensive set of guidelines to remove defamatory content from their streams. However, Kapil's pre-screening of content was considered just undoable and simply an impossible task which would required millions of pages to be screened.
India delivers Akash, the world's cheapest tablet
What was supposed to be worth $35, the Indian tablet was launched for $60. The wifi enabled tablet based on Android operating system is set to revolutionise the education sector. Akash was widely reviewed internationally for features that prove its worth for the money with rugged features suited for Indian conditions. However, it was also criticised for its poor battery life with limited options for apps,, software, and not so impressive construction.
Lets sign off 2011 with this interesting video from Google


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For better or worse, BMW has been on the cutting edge of in-car technology. On the upside, it was the first automaker to offer in-dash navigation back in 1994. A decade later, BMW introduced iPod integration at a time when some competitors still had cassette players in the dash. On the downside, BMW's pioneering iDrive was pilloried as a convoluted and confusing interface when it debuted in 2001, although it's since become the template for center-console controllers used by several luxury automakers.
But the automotive infotainment landscape has shifted rather drastically, with mainstream brands such as Ford and Toyota providing some of the most cutting-edge connected, app-oriented systems. While premium European brands like BMW and Audi haven't stood still, aside from advanced safety systems, paying top dollar no longer guarantees top-shelf tech – as anyone who's been in a late-model Mercedes-Benz S-Class or Lexus LS can tell you.
This week BMW released a blitzkrieg of in-car tech that will appear in future models and seeks to re-establish the brand as the benchmark for embedded technology and infotainment. Under the umbrella term ConnectedDrive that BMW coined to include infotainment, navigation and Web-enabled services, the latest introduction encompasses everything from a refined touch-based iDrive controller to a removable LTE hotspot.
A cornerstone of ConnectedDrive is the next-gen BMW Professional navigation system that features a new design and layout for less distraction. It uses what BWM calls "an atmospheric lighting effect" on a black background that the automaker claims makes content easier to grasp at a glance and is also less cluttered. Menus are presented with a "virtual" 3-D visual effect courtesy of a 1.3GHz processor and dedicated 3-D graphics chip. A "spatial dimension" has also been added to the display so that when a submenu is selected, other menus fade into the background but are still visible.
Specific navigation-routing upgrades include "High Guiding," with critical information appearing in the instrument panel and heads-up displays, as well as in the dash when the vehicle comes within range of the next maneuver. At specified distances, the default arrow display switched to a more detailed bird's-eye perspective of the area. The new nav system also has a "3D City Models" option for a Street View-like depiction of a driver's surrounding in certain urban areas. Finally, the system relies on BMW's Real-Time Traffic Information (RTTI) technology to choose routes – and reroute a driver, if necessary – by collecting traffic-load data for highways as well as other arteries via a 3G connection provided by a built-in SIM card.
And if you do get stuck in traffic despite the nav system's best routing intentions, the latest version of ConnectedDrive strives to keep everyone in the car productive and entertained. This includes a new function for ConnectedDrive's Mobile Office feature that allows two phones to simultaneously connect to the vehicle, with the address book from both combined into a joint contact list for calls and e-mails. Calendar items also comingled and displayed in an e-mail-like format and in a daily view. Perfect for the power couple that shares the same 7 Series – unless an appointment for a tryst pop-ups, leaving a divorce lawyer to sort it all out.
BMW will also be the first automaker to integrate Nuance's Dragon Drive cloud-based voice-recognition platform into the car, staring with the 2012 BMW 7 Series this month and the 3 Series Touring and ActiveHybrid models later this year. Called Dragon Drive Messaging, the feature allows the driver to dictated messages that can then be sent via SMS or e-mail using ConnectedDrive's Office function. It can also record a voice memo up to two minutes in length, which can later be either e-mailed or archived to a USB drive. According to Nuance, drivers will be able to "speak simple commands" to add new lines, paragraphs and punctuation and other formatting. Nuance Dragon Drive will also allow the nav system to accept "one-shot" entries such as "Navigate to 520 Third Street, San Francisco, California." Nuance couldn't comment on how Dragon Drive will coexist with Apple's Eyes Free, since BMW was named as an automotive partner for the Siri integration feature. And neither did BMW.
The ConnectedDrive updates are short on entertainment functions. FM radio broadcasts gain graphics for the in-dash display, as with some satellite and internet-radio interfaces. If an FM radio station broadcasts radio text formats, the artist, album and genre cover will appear, and even if they don't, a generic genre graphic will be displayed. BMW claims that an improved music search function has been added that allows finding a certain music selection much faster when stored on an embedded 20GB. Let's hope this extends to music on an iPod, since the current iDrive has one of the most time-consuming processes for getting to a desired track.
But maybe that will be remedied with the introduction of the BMW's new iDrive Touch, which integrates a 45mm touch pad into the top of the controller, as reported earlier. Like Audi's MMI Touch, the new interface allows using a finger to enter characters by sketching them. iDrive Touch will also incorporates a pinch-zoom function for the navigation map. The new interface is intended for the Chinese market, where it will be available as early as this month, while other markets have to wait at least a year, according to BMW. But by that time, full internet access will be added as well and the iDrive Touch will include a mouse pointer, BMW says.
You won't have to wait a year to get Internet access in your BMW, because starting in November you can add the automaker's LTE Car Hotspot feature. It consists of a center-console cradle like the type used to dock a phone, into which users insert their own LTE SIM card. BMW claims that the Hotspot hardware – and its connection to the vehicle's antenna – improves reception and also reduces potential radiation inside the car. Anyone in the car can connect to the Hotspot and use the LTE connection, and anyone outside can as well since it comes with a built-in battery and antennae for portable use for up to 30 minutes or with a USB power supply connected. BMW notes that the LTE Car Hotspot fits into any BMW center console with a phone base plate so that it can be retrofitted to earlier models. In areas without LTE coverage, the Hotspot will switch to another network.
One of the biggest knocks against the first generation of ConnectedDrive was that it was too iPhone-centric for some functions. BMW Apps, for example, brings Facebook, Twitter, Internet radio and other connected features to the dash, only works with iPhones. Recognizing that being sequestered inside Apple's walled garden means that BMW Apps isn't available to a large chunk of smartphone owners, the next version of ConnectedDrive will incorporate Android devices – although Android compatibility won't come until July of next year. BMW has also chosen Samsung "as its pilot partner for Android integration" and it says that Android integration "will be gradually rolled out to include further manufacturers."
More encouraging for future compatibility is BMW's announcement that it will be offering an SDK to third-party developer for BMW Apps and also for the MINI Connected and Rolls-Royce Connect platforms. While Ford and GM have offered infotainment APIs to select outside developers, BMW's move represents a major opening of the dashboard by an automaker. BMW says "the prerequisite for all apps is that they meet the requirements for distraction-free operation" and that the SDK includes "the framework to seamlessly integrates the apps into the display and control concept."
Automotive electronics analysts and others observer have said that that the best way for automakers to keep pace with consumer tech is to open the dashboard to outside developers, in the same way that the approach has spurred innovation in mobile devices. Taken together with the rest of the ConnectedDrive's latest tech, BMW seems ready to respond to that call – and once again lead the pack.


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San Ġwann is a recently developed suburb which grew in the 1960s from several smaller communities. It is a sought-after residential area lying just inland from Sliema. So rapidly have shops and cafes sprung up here in the past decade, that San Ġwann has become a busy commercial centre in its own right. Tucked away in the residential area are some of Malta's enigmatic cart ruts. Thought to date back to the Bronze Age, these curious parallel grooves cut in the rock have defied clear explanation. They may have been used for some sort of prehistoric vehicle, perhaps for the carrying of soil. San Ġwann is the site of a remarkable troglodyte church, Tal-Mensija Chapel, dating back earlier than the 15th century. Its origins are shrouded in mystery and legend. Pope Leo XII granted the small church privileges in 1879 and it remains to this day a place of devotion.


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Being green and fashionable are not two things that always go hand in hand. But for the designers of the eco-friendly fashion brands, Neuaura Shoes, Restore Clothing and AUM Couture, it is just a part of their daily lives.
These cutting edge fashionistas offer Casa Latina readers a few simple steps that go a long way in keeping our world clean:
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- 70% of the environmental impact of clothing comes from garment care, for the least possible impact make sure to wash clothing responsibly with cold water, biodegradable detergent, no chlorine bleach and be sure to line dry each piece.
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Against the backdrop of a house steeped in history and a thriving new gardening business, three women unearth the memories of the past and uncover a dangerous secret—finding in each other the courage to take chances and embrace the future.
Stella has a passion for planning that keeps her from taking too many risks. But when she opens her heart to a new love, she discovers that she will fight to the death to protect what's hers.
Trying to escape the ghosts of the past, young widow Stella Rothchild, along with her two energetic little boys, has moved back to her roots in southern Tennessee—and into her new life at Harper House and In the Garden nursery. She isn't intimidated by the house—nor its mistress, local legend Roz Harper. Despite a reputation for being difficult, Roz has been nothing but kind to Stella, offering her a comfortable new place to live and a challenging new job as manager of the flourishing nursery. As Stella settles comfortably into her new life, she finds a nurturing friendship with Roz and with expectant mother Hayley. And she discovers a fierce attraction with ruggedly handsome landscaper Logan Kitridge
But someone isn't happy about the budding romance…the Harper Bride. As the women dig into the history of Harper House, they discover that grief and rage have kept the Bride's spirit alive long past her death. And now, she will do anything to destroy the passion that Logan and Stella share...
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THE TIME MACHINE: Lenox Hill Neighborhood House's Gala Preview of the Spring International Art & Antiques Show
Thursday, April 27, 2006, Cocktails & Preview: 6:00-8:30 PM, Dinner: 8:30 PM-Midnight at the The Seventh Regiment Armory (Park Avenue and 67th Street), NYC-- Lenox Hill Neighborhood House hosted �The Time Machine,� its annual spring celebration, sponsored by Rolex Watch U.S.A. The evening commenced with cocktails to preview The Spring International Art & Antiques Show produced by Wendy Management. Over 50 dealers from around the world had on exhibit a wide range of material including European, American and Asian furniture, oriental rugs, tapestries, rare books, autographs, antique boxes, clocks, silver, antique jewelry and more. The splendid night continued with dinner at 35 highly stylized tables, each with an original table decoration created by top interior designers to reflect the theme. The Benefit Co-Chairs were Audrey Gruss and Diana R. Quasha. The Honorary Gala Chair was Sydney R. Shuman. The Honorary Design Chairs were Bunny Williams and John Rosselli. The Design Chairs were Robert Rufino, Philip Gorrivan and Robert Lindgren. Sponsor Representative: on behalf of Rolex: Allen Brill, President & CEO of Rolex Watch USA, Inc. MEDIA INQUIRIES: Roger Webster | R Couri Hay/ Creative Public Relations | 143 West 81st Street � New York City 10024 | Tel: 212-580-0835 � Fax: 212-721-3813 �tel: 212.829.0002 or e-mail: Roger Webster PHOTO CREDIT: ©Manhattan Society.com 2006 by Christopher London EVENT HISTORY: 2010 "SHALL WE DANCE"--An Evening Honoring Albert Hadley to Benefit LHNH 2009 "NIGHT & DAY" Annual Gala Spring Celebration to Benefit LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE Sponsored by ROLEX Watch USA │ 2008 ONCE UPON A TIME: A Gala Preview of The Spring IAAS to Benefit LHNH │2007 "The Time Of Your Life," A Gala Preview of The Spring IAAS to Benefit LHNH Sponsored by Rolex Watch U.S.A., Inc. │ 2007 LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE Kick-Off Celebration for "Time of Your Life"--Gala Preview For Spring IAAS │ 2006 THE TIME MACHINE: Lenox Hill Neighborhood House's Gala Preview of the Spring IAASRead More


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ESPN luminary and horsey specialist (and author!) Kenny Mayne took some of his precious, precious time to offer these salient insights to the readers of Deadspin who might be considering throwing a friendly wager or two on tomorrow's Belmont Stakes.
I think Big Brown will win by many lengths. Children should not take money from their mother's purse to bet on the race....but for those who do play it, the way to win money is to bet "horizontally" This means you need to figure out who is going to win races ahead of the Belmont and get lucky with a 40-1 shot as part of the Pick Three capped by Big Brown's win in the Belmont.
I heard the Japanese horse, Casino Drive, might not run. He's Japanese in the same way I am Japanese for having eaten at Maeda Sushi in Simsbury, CT last week. He's from Kentucky. Check the wires to see if he is in or out.
I like Denis of Cork to run 2nd to Big Brown.
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It's not like Dutrow calls for press conferences and reads from a scroll. He is just answering questions. People stand around for two hours and pepper him with questions and since he doesn't have much of a filter, you're going to hear him say some things other trainers don't usually say. Things like, "My horse is going to win."
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This page lists databases produced by states or their political subdivisions that provide online access to historical photographs, video, or audio.
Return to the subject focused databases page.
- Alaska
- Alaska's Digital Archive - Multiagency database managed by the Alaska State Library. Rich collection of media including photographs, video, and audio.
- Arizona
- Arizona Memory Project - Photographs, documents, artifacts and more available from a number of AZ cultural institutions. Searchable by keyword with limit to a specific collection. A RSS feed of newly added items is available.
- Historical Photograph Collection at the Arizona State Archives - Searchable by Subject, Place, Photographer, Description, Date, and PhotoID. Thumbnails and low resolution photos available. Rights and ordering information included in the record.
- California
- Online Archive of California- The OAC brings together historical materials from a variety of California institutions, including museums, historical societies, and archives. Over 120,000 images; 50,000 pages of documents, letters, and oral histories; and 8,000 guides to collections are available. Administered by the University of California.
- Colorado
- Heritage West - The Collaborative Digitization Program explains their database this way: "Heritage is a database that brings to the people of Colorado the special collections and unique resources of Colorado's archives, historical societies, libraries and museums in digital format. You can access photos, textual materials, artifacts, costumes, diaries, oral history transcripts, manuscripts, and a host of other materials on Colorado's cultural, scientific and historical heritage."
- Florida
- Florida Memory Project
- Call Family & Brevard Family Papers "contains correspondence, writings, and other papers of Richard Keith Call and his family, 1788-1916, and Theodore Washington Brevard and Mary Call Brevard and their family, 1820-ca. 1920s."
- Florida Photographic Collection & Video Clips - "Featuring over 135,000 digitized photographs from the State Archives of Florida, the Florida Photographic Collection is the most complete online portrait of Florida available--one that draws its strength from family pictures, the homes of Floridians, their work, and their pastimes."
- Florida Memory Project
- Georgia
- Digital Library of Georgia "is a gateway to Georgia's history and culture found in digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, government documents, newspapers, maps, audio, video, and other resources. The Digital Library of Georgia connects users to 500,000 digital objects in 90 collections from 60 institutions and 100 government agencies.
- Georgia's Virtual Vault - Digital Treasures from the Georgia Archives
- Ad Hoc Collection - miscellaneous items
- Chatham County Deed Books, 1785-1806
- Colonial Will Books, 1754-1779
- Colonial Wills, 1733-1778
- Confederate Enlistment Oaths and Discharges, 1861-1864
- Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1960
- County Records from Microfilm - includes marriage records and early tax records from some counties
- District Plats of Survey - original surveys of land districts in counties made prior to distribution of land by lottery, 1805-1833, plus resurveys or renewed surveys of districts
- Georgia Death Certificates, 1919-1927 - also includes a number of certificates from 1914-1918, with the bulk dating from from 1917 and 1918
- Georgia Power Photograph Collection - photographs of lighting installations for businesses by Georgia Power - shows the interiors and exteriors of many businesses in Georgia in the 1930s and 1940s and a few outside the state
- Headright and Bounty Plats of Survey, 1783-1909
- Historic Postcard Collection - from the early 1900s through the 1970s depicting many historical buildings and landmarks throughout the state
- Kentucky
- Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky Online Digital Media Database - A comprehensive collection of audio and video interviews and over 10,000 pages of electronic transcripts. All material is full-text searchable and can be sorted by county, subject or by decade.
- Kentuckiana Digital Library - Searchable database to archival collections' finding aids across Kentucky and images, maps, newspapers, and oral history.
- KHS Digital Collections - Access digital images, sound, video, and text from the KHS collections of historic photographs, manuscripts, oral history, maps, rare imprints, library resource lists, and museum artifacts.
- Ohio
- Ohio Memory an online scrapbook of Ohio history - Discover 26,000 primary sources from 330 archives, historical societies, libraries and museums that document Ohio's past from prehistory through the present.


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SOCORRO, N.M., Aug. 5, 2005 — New Mexico Tech has chosen four artists' public art works as finalists for consideration for placement in the university's soon-to-be opened Joseph A. Fidel Student Services Center.
The artists bidding for final consideration are: Gordon Huether; Koryn Rolstad; James T. Russell; and Shan Shan Sheng. Each artist recently gave a presentation of their proposed sculptures for the three-story building's entrance rotunda at a meeting of the New Mexico Tech Local Selection Committee (LSC).
Since New Mexico Tech received state funds to construct the new building, the university is required to spend one percent of the funds on art to be placed in, on, or around the building as part of New Mexico's Art in Public Places (AIPP) program.
AIPP was established in 1986 as a means to administer one percent of capital outlay projects for the acquisition of public art. The program has expanded and diversified to provide several new programs to better meet the needs of New Mexico's communities and improve the quality of life for every New Mexican.
Models of the proposed artworks for the Fidel Student Services Center are currently on display for public viewing on the second floor of the university's Joseph R. Skeen Library.
Public comments are appreciated by LSC, and can be dropped in the comment box, near the displays in the library.
Gordon Huether is an artist based out of Napa Calif. He specializes in working with glass as a medium. Examples of his art can be found in the Napa Valley Museum of Art, the USCF Comprehensive Cancer Care Center at Mount Zion, Arts for Recovery Collection in San Francisco, as well as several other corporate and private collections in various locations in California.
Koryn Rolstad is an artist based out of Seattle. She is educated in architecture and fine arts. Examples of her artwork can be seen in public buildings throughout the United States and Japan including the PNC Fireside Bank in Pittsburgh and the Mishima Hospital in Mishima, Shizouka, Japan.
James Russell is an artist based out of Lomita, Calif. He specializes in using polished stainless steel as a medium for his sculptures. Examples of his sculptures can be found throughout the United States and China, including the City of South San Francisco Cultural Arts Commission and the Motorola Corporate Headquarters in Beijing, China.
Shan Shan Sheng is an artist based out of San Francisco. She specializes in using cold-casting glass, a contemporary sculpture medium. Examples of her art can be found worldwide, including the Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai, China, the Peace Museum in Chicago, the Rohsska Museum for Design and Art in Goteborg, Sweden, and the Palazzo delle Prigioni Nouvo in Venice.


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