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I have recently bought an Android smartphone and I would like to use the integrated GPS to geo-tag my photos. Does anyone have any experience doing that? (Which GPS logging app to use, with what settings...)
I use OpenGPS Tracker. It is free and open source and doesn't steal your data. You can get it at the link, on Google's Appstore, or through FDroid.
I then start tracking, it will ask for a name of the track, and at the end of the day/journey, I will stop tracking and then go on share.
On clicking share, a tool comes up, where you can choose between KMZ (Google Earth, etc), GPX, or Text (speed and distance). I choose GPX and either send it via email, or store it on the SD card.
I then open it up in Digikam and apply it to the photos. I'd image, you are not using Digikam, so you might want to pick a different format although GPX seems to be prevalent.
More open source GPS apps: 3
Go to the appropriate album, select all images and then go to: "Image>Geo-location". In the dialog, go to the Tab "GPS correlator". Open a GPX file and click correlate. Apply, and you are done.
The settings I use depend on the situation. I would recommend to se the default settings. And change it as you see fit.
You can also set a minimum time and distance to be covered between waypoings.
It really doesn't matter too much. I haven't changed settings much, as I never saw the need. The only thing fancy I can see yourself trying to achieve is long battery life. But I couldn't tell you how to achieve that other than to by a dedicated GPS unit.
Battery life
Battery life really depens on the phone, not on the software (although I've heard software can be blamed sometimes). On my Motorola Defy, I have enough battery for a full day tracking. If you want long battery life, get a dedicated GPS unit (Garmin, etc), they have significantly better chips.
The largest problem with accuracy will be in the GPS signal. It really isn't very good. You can get sudden jumps, and your phone thinks you are 100m to the side. Over time, the results actually get better, as I imagine some sort of filter is used.
The interpolation that Digikam does is quite good. I haven't got a complaint.
For me the use is simply to tell me what town and street I was in (i.e. what building could that be), and in the country side, to tell where I was, 100m is good enough for me there.
The most useful time, I used geo-coding was during a sailing trip. We moored in a river, and it gives a nice feeling to be able to say exactly which river we were in.
A couple of applications are available from the Android Market that will turn your handset into a Bluetooth GPS. I've experimented with Bluetooth GPS Provider for other applications and it works fine. With that set up, there are a few adapters available that will connect DSLRs of various flavors to a Bluetooth GPS. Foolography and others make them for Nikon DSLRs.
A number of manufacturers make GPS units that mount in your hot shoe and connect directly to the camera. some in the low $200 range. That makes them worth considering given that the Foolography unit runs in the high $100s and your phone would consume more battery while it's running. The down side to these units is that they don't get the benefit of AGPS, which might be useful if you often shoot in areas with good mobile service but poor GPS visibility.
Both options would put geo data directly into the EXIF in your images.
+1. I love the Foolography Unleashed. But while I have an Android smartphone, GPS usage eats battery. So I use a Holux GPS received with the Unleashed instead. – James Youngman Apr 12 '12 at 23:49
Using an Android smartphone you can make use of my tailor-made free (and ad-free) GeoTag application. It was designed to geotag gravestones for an online index.


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Grab your popcorn and come join us at the cinemas! Nothing beats seeing a good show on the big screen. We've perfected this art over the years to get the right blend of socialising, food, and debriefing after the movie. Please add your mobile number into your booking so we can keep in contact with any last minute changes. We don't market to your number but our hosts do connect to you directly (SMS mainly) in the lead-up and let you know of any changes on the day.
First, we will be meeting for introductions and drinks at 6 pm (SMS on the day advises location) for those that can make it. If not, no worries. :)
Pending on movie session times will dictate if we have dinner prior or after the movie. Generally, session times are released a week prior to the event, so check this space for times.
In most cases, we attend sessions 6.30pm – 8.00pm
The plot: A woman is boxed out by the male sports agents in her profession, but gains an unexpected edge over them when she develops the ability to hear their thoughts.
Note: This does not include drinks or dinner but just the movie
Driving in? There is parking behind Event Cinema on Kent St for $13 for the night.

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EC&M received close to 100 entries for its 2008 Product of the Year competition. A panel of judges, including electricians, engineers, and facility managers, evaluated those entries and selected finalists in 24 product categories. The following are the category winners, which were announced at the Electric West show in late February. These 24 finalists will now compete for the 2008 EC&M Product of the Year Platinum, Gold, and Silver awards, which honor excellence in new product development in the electrical industry.
- Ballasts
Emergency Ballasts
The Bodine Co.
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Adjustable mud ring
Thomas & Betts
- Computers & Software
Sub-billing software
Schneider Electric
- Conduits, Raceways & Wireways
Compression EMT
Allied Electrical Group
- Connectors & Terminating Devices
Protective ground clamp
- Lamps
Fluorescent tube replacement
LED Dynamics
- Lighting Controls (Devices)
Wireless dimmer
Lutron Electronics Co.
- Lighting Controls (Equipment & Systems)
Lighting power cabinet
Shawnee Lighting Systems
- Lighting Fixtures
LED linear lighting
Juno Lighting Group
- Monitoring Instruments
PQ recording meter
Electro Industries
- Motors, Drives & Motor Controls
Motor control center
Schneider Electric
- Portable Test & Measurement Equipment
Fluke Corp.
- Power Conditioning Equipment
Online UPS
Emerson Network Power
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Quick-connect tap box
Schneider Electric
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GFCI receptacles
Pass & Seymour/Legrand
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Rack enclosure
Emerson Network Power
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Wireless graphic workstation
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Industrial fan
Big Ass Fans
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Interchangeable drill tip bits
L.H. Dottie
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Jack stand
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FRITZ!Box 6490 Cable Service - Knowledge Base
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Operating the answering machine using the menu of a cordless telephone from another manufacturer
The FRITZ!Box supports all of the functions defined in the manufacturer-independent DECT-GAP standard.
DECT-GAP enables you to use cordless telephones with DECT base stations from different manufacturers. It also covers basic functions such as the procedure for registering a telephone with a base station and establishing telephone calls. However, DECT-GAP does not define convenience functions such as operating an answering machine using the menu of a cordless telephone.
As a consequence, different manufacturers use different technical solutions to implement such convenience functions. Normally they are not compatible with each other. For this reason, it is usually not possible to use these convenience functions when using a cordless telephone with the base station from another manufacturer (for example FRITZ!Box).
However, you can easily operate the integrated answering machine in the FRITZ!Box with any cordless telephone using the voice menu.


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This month, congratulations go to LSMtron whose NX image is featured in the calendar.
Injection Molding Machine - Electric Type 280ton
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Rob Roy Track
Rob Roy Valley is a good entry point to an area of spectacular alpine scenery, snowfields, glaciers, sheer rock cliffs and waterfalls.
Time: 3 - 4 hr return Distance: 10 km
The Rob Roy Glacier Track leads you into Mount Aspiring National Park, an amazing world of mountains, glaciers, river valleys and alpine lakes.
From Wanaka, the experience begins with a one hour drive along the beautiful Matukituki Valley into the national park. At the road's end, the track follows Rob Roy Stream through beech forest - enjoy waterfalls and the luxuriant understorey of ferns and mosses. At the tree line, the forest gives way to alpine vegetation and spectacular views of the hanging glaciers beneath Mount Rob Roy. The glaciers are active - from your safe viewing point you can watch and listen for avalanches and other signs of movement. Spectacular waterfalls line the jagged cliffs.
The walk to the viewing point is mostly uphill, but the incline is gradual. If you eat lunch at the viewing point, be aware that the kea (mountain parrots) can be very persistent - turn your back for a second, and they'll steal your picnic.
Allow three to four hours to complete this track.
Getting there:
The Matukituki Valley is an hour's drive west from Wanaka.
The track starts at a swing bridge, 15 minutes from the Raspberry Flat car-park.


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|MLBPA Press Release
The Players Choice Signature Series jerseys, tee shirts and caps will go on sale for the first time during this evenings Mets game in The Players Clubhouse Store, located in Citi Field, and online at MLB.com. In keeping with the promise of unique player-related merchandise offered by The Players Clubhouse Store, the players produced the products in a two-month design and manufacturing process with the MLBPA and its apparel licensees, VF/Majestic and Twins.
The MLBPA and ARAMARK opened The Players Clubhouse: A Players Choice Store ®, a first-of-its-kind merchandise store at Citi Field, on April 3. This new concept in stadium retail sales features player-related merchandise licensed by the MLBPAs Players Choice ® group licensing program. The store provides the MLBPA and its licensees with a unique opportunity to launch new items, test future products and host player-related events.


text: This 1989 made for television movie is based on a Peter Wyden's history of the Manhattan Project features Brian Dennehy as General Leslie Groves and David Strathairn as Robert Oppenheimer. The movie begins with Leo Szilard fleeing the Nazis and trying to initiate Allied research on atomic bombs. It concludes in the immediate wake of the atomic bombings of Japan, as scientists of Los Alamos view slides of the destruction. The movie recreates with impressive historical accuracy many components of the effort, including the relationship of Groves and Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer's security problems, the fear of a Nazi project, the controversy over dropping the bombs, and the unlimited resources of the project. While at times the acting is dubious, the historical accuracy of this film approaches the impeccable. It is a swift and entertaining resource on the Manhattan Project.


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Breana Massie takes a break between classes on the Campus Green at Ohio University's Zanesville Campus.
Photographer: Christine Shaw
Ohio University Zanesville students Breana and Josh Massie are pictured with their two children, Westen and Braelen.
Photo courtesy of: The Massie family
May 1, 2014
By Christine Shaw
Students who come through the doors of Ohio University Zanesville have many reasons for wanting to earn a degree. For Breana Massie there were three. She entered college just out of high school in 2005, with the expectation that her parents wanted something more for her than they had. When she stopped attending in 2008, it was for a very good reason: She and her husband, Joshua, were expecting their first child.
While that may not seem a reason to stop, the circumstances were different for Breana, who has Spina Bifida. Her doctors were worried about her health and conceiving, but she and Joshua felt having a family was worth the risk, so she stopped attending classes to fulfill their dream of having a family. Breana returned after having her son, Westen, and daughter, Braelen, the second and third reason she was determined to complete her degree.
"I first met Breana and her husband Josh several years ago when they were taking my public speaking class together," said Cindy Linn, assistant dean for development and instructor. "The sacrifices they were making in order to be adult college students were for their children…they want their son and daughter to have all that life can offer."
While Breana faced the typical barriers that many adult students face such as distance to come to class, technology challenges and child care, she overcame even more to accomplish her goal. Between a lifelong battle with Spina Bifida and having dyslexia, the time it took her to accomplish classwork was much longer than that of her classmates.
"Breana is a hard worker," explained Linn. "She doesn't do less work because of her learning disabilities….she does more work that often takes twice as long." Linn went on to explain that Breana had the desire to succeed and excel and just needed some small accommodations. "With Breana's diligence for working to accomplish the job it was so easy on my part to make those accommodations."
Even while Breana was not taking classes, she dedicated time to gaining experience and giving back to her community through volunteer work. It was that volunteering, and her initiative in creating a brochure for Dr. Thomas Kamau's "Steps of Courage" project, that helped her secure an exciting and very competitive internship position with Mount Carmel East.
"In her own unique way Breana has demonstrated her ability to be a creative and suitable team player who consistently applies analytical and critical thinking in solving real and simulated problems," Kamau, assistant professor of health services administration, said. "As her academic advisor and instructor, I testify that Breana not only possesses the desire to learn but a profound sense of mission and endurance."
Breana's strong work ethic and diligence were undoubtedly influenced by her parents who worked hard to provide a better life for their children. Breana and Josh hope the same for their own children as they earn their degrees from Ohio University by attending the Zanesville Campus. "We are here for our kids," Breana said of her and Josh's decision to continue their education. Breana will complete her bachelor's degree in health services administration and Joshua will follow in the same steps this time next year.
Breana credits support of others for helping her along the way – family support from Josh, her parents and Josh's parents along with assistance from Ohio University that provided a reader for her and provided support and advocacy along the way. "Disability Services at Ohio University Zanesville has come a long way since I first started taking classes," Breana explained. "Nina Henderson and Carey Bush work well together to provide the services students, like me, need."
While those who have helped Breana realize that support is critical to success, so is the will and determination of someone who imagines her future as brighter than the generation before hers. Breana is a role model for others who say it can't be done, for those who make excuses along the way and, most importantly, for her children who will reap the benefits of their parents' love and encouragement to pay it forward well into the future.
When asked what advice she'd give to others, Breana thoughtfully said, "The first thing you need to achieve your goals in life is to believe in yourself." She went on to say, "When you believe in yourself, then others will believe in you as well and that's what builds a great support team!"
Breana also offered that if you come to college unsure, as many do, to seek out support. She said, "Find a special person you see as a mentor, someone you believe in and who believes in you – that you admire. For me that person is Cindy Linn. When I returned to school for a second try, she knew what I wanted and encouraged me to continue."
"Seeing Breana graduate is very exciting. I like to think that all of us at Ohio University Zanesville have provided Breana with what she has needed in the way of minor accommodations to help her reach her goals," Linn said with pride. "At Ohio University Zanesville we get to know our students in small settings and are really able to focus on each individual student."


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Remember date nights? (What are those? Ha!) I have found that good baby-sitters are hard to come by…AND expensive! I would much rather buy a bottle of wine and cook a nice meal at home after the kids are in bed. Sometimes, you just NEED a sitter though. I have come up with a few solutions for child care on a budget…if you have any more tip, please share!
Call on Family! This is is probably your first option if you are lucky enough to have family in the area. Many people don't want to "bother" their family with asking to baby-sit, yet you need to remember that many times, Grandma would LOVE to see her grandbabies! Just don't take advantage of the situation! Also, consider sending cookies or a treat with the kids to show appreciation.
Mommy's Helper: Someone in my twins group mentioned this idea and I loved it! When you are looking to get something done around the house, hire a neighborhood helper to play with the kids while you do so. Usually helpers' age ranges 12-15 and cannot exactly stay home alone with the kids, but they can help you out. Pay is much cheaper and you can accomplish things around the house. (Side note: when I was younger, I was totally babysitting by 13…but that's not quite acceptable any more…why is that?)
Babysitting Swap: If you have a group of friends that has kids, consider setting up a swap. Once a month, they will watch your kids and then next time you watch theirs. Big tip: set up guidelines beforehand: how many hours are allowed, frequency, etc.
Local Kids Nights: Our local YMCA has a parent's night out once a month, from 6-9 and it's $30 total for all 3 kids. They eat pizza and have fun, while you get a nice date night with your spouse. I have found other local organizations that do the same!
Check with a local college: If you need a nanny, check through a local school's job board. When we first moved to Michigan, we found a babysitter who was a college student to help us out. Many students want a part-time job or occasional extra money and are perfect babysitters! All of the students we found listed had a resume filled with referrals and it was a much safer route than Craigslist!
If you are lucky enough to already have a babysitter, how much do you pay per hour? It seems that the amount varies quite a bit across the country. Here in western Michigan, the rate averages around $10-13/hour! Yes, these people are taking care of your kids…but that seems like SO much. Some people in the South said they pay only $7-9/hour.


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NEW YORK - The void you're looking at on your DVR is the sitcom landscape post-"30 Rock."
When Tina Fey's bright, bouncy, irreverent showbiz send-up aired its last episode Thursday night, a light (Kenneth's toothy grin?) went out in broadcast television.
"30 Rock" was not perfect: It sometimes spun its wheels and its writing was often too showy. But "30 Rock" was the clear sitcom heir to "Seinfeld," pushing comedy forward by fusing the relationship set-up of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" with the flashback jump-cutting of the single-camera "Arrested Development." Its snappy, joke-packed universe was both tightly controlled and capable of going anywhere - a fiction funhouse version of Fey's "Weekend Update" social satire. Oh, and it had Alec Baldwin.
With "30 Rock" leaving the air, the sitcom again finds itself at a crossroads. Though acclaimed and award-winning, "30 Rock" was never highly rated. Sitcom fans and creators alike can reasonably wonder that if such a show as "30 Rock" had trouble finding viewers, what chance do other quality sitcoms have?
At least since the resolutely cynical "Seinfeld" and the absurdist (and underrated) "NewsRadio," the sitcom has been self-reflexive, a parody of itself. Laugh tracks and simple sets before studio audiences gave way to wider-ranging single-camera freedom. But aside from "30 Rock" and "Arrested Development," this has led to little more than better decorated interiors.
Many would say ABC's "Modern Family" is the strongest current sitcom, but, like many comedies today, it's better at being charming and heartwarming than funny in a fresh way. The same issue has crept into NBC's "Parks and Recreation," the likable small-town government sitcom from Fey's cohort Amy Poehler. Sliding into a rut has never been a problem for another NBC comedy, "Community." It has manic inventiveness going for it, but not much else.
The end of "30 Rock" heralds a sitcom shift, particularly in NBC's long-running Thursday night block - a grand tradition that includes "Cheers," "The Cosby Show" and "Seinfeld." Both "Park and Recreation" and "Community" have cloudy futures, and the long-running "The Office" will finally end soon. Elsewhere, CBS's "How I Met Your Mother," a studio audience vestige, is preparing its final season.
But there are actually quite a lot of broadcast sitcoms running now, including "The Big Bang Theory," "Whitney," "Happy Endings," "2 Broke Girls," "The Mindy Project" and the recently premiered and somewhat promising White House farce "1600 Penn."
Two Fox shows in their second seasons appear to have hit their stride: the animated "Bob's Burgers" and Zooey Deschanel's "New Girl." "Bob's Burgers," created by many of those involved with the improvised 1990s Comedy Central series "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist," has coalesced into the funniest family portrait on TV. H. Jon Benjamin voices a fry cook, and comedians Kristen Schaal and Eugene Mirman, as two of his adolescent kids, steal the show.
"New Girl," easily dismissed at first as cloying hipsterism, has also found a balance, thanks partly to the excellent Jake Johnson, whose chemistry with Deschanel is, for better or worse, TV's new Ross-Rachel.
Whatever the value of the shows, it's a great time for individual comedic performances: Rainn Wilson on "The Office"; Julia-Louis Dreyfus on "Veep"; Chris Pratt on "Parks"; Neil Patrick Harris on "How I Met Your Mother"; Julie Bowen on "Modern Family."
The flight to cable hasn't been as pronounced in sitcoms as it has been in hour-long dramas, but the trend is going that way. On cable, niche sitcoms like "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," "The League" and "Archer" have pushed the boundaries of taste, reveling in their freedom.
But there are only two must-watch comedies on TV now that "30 Rock" is over. Both are on cable and both draw more from independent film than from sitcom history: Louis C.K.'s "Louie" (currently on hiatus for FX) and Lena Dunham's "Girls" on HBO (maybe you've heard a thing or two about it).
A comedian interested in a TV series now is less likely to strive for the large broadcast audience of "30 Rock" than follow in the personal storytelling of Dunham and C.K. (C.K., after all, already tried updating the sitcom with "Lucky Louie," which kept the traditional multi-camera, studio audience formula but built episodes around real adult problems and mature jokes. It lasted one season on HBO.)
The most anticipated upcoming sitcom premiere isn't on broadcast or even cable. Netflix will debut a new season of "Arrested Development" in May, years after it was canceled on Fox. Sitcom nostalgia may already be in full swing.
"30 Rock" always skewered its own small stature at NBC and it went out that way, too. In the finale, Fey's Liz Lemon pitches the newly minted NBC president Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer) a show exactly like "30 Rock." He has no interest, though, in a show about "an angry New York crankypants."
Lemon replies: "I'll go to cable where you can swear and really take time to let moments land," at which point the scene abruptly shifts.
But the joke is a loving one. Lemon, like Fey, doesn't really want a cult comedy on cable. The episode ends with a vision of a future with flying cars where a network executive (an age-defying Kenneth) happily bankrolls a show like "30 Rock" from Lemon's great-granddaughter.
If that's what it will take for a successor to "30 Rock," we better start making cars fly.


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CFP 2015 Looks at Intelligence Abuses Then and Now
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Gabe Rottman (@GRottman) is a legislative counsel and policy advisor in the ACLU's Washington Legislative Office. He advocates in Congress and the federal agencies on an array of issues at the intersection of technology and civil liberties, including privacy, cybersecurity, free expression, telecommunications and internet policy, and intellectual property. He previously served as a litigation associate in private practice, with a focus on antitrust and foreign investment regulation, and as a media relations staffer and senior writer at the ACLU. Rottman has a B.A. from McGill University and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center, both with honors.


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It hasn't been long since the ESPN Fantasy Football app lost it's Nokia exclusivity and became available for all Windows Phones and now we are already seeing an update push out for the fantasy football app.
The version 22.214.171.124 update adds the feature to allow ESPN Insiders to manage push notifications. While the change log is brief, very brief, we are also hearing that more team controls may have been added (don't hold us to that).
If you are participating in ESPN's Fantasy Football League, the ESPN Fantasy Football app is a must have for your Windows Phone. You can't create teams from the app but it will let you monitor existing teams and manage players while on the go.
ESPN Fantasy Football is a free app for your Windows Phone that you can find here in the Windows Phone Store. It is available for both Windows Phone 7.x and 8 devices.
Thanks, Josh, for the tip!


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City of Lincoln
Fire & Rescue Department
Mission & Goals
Mission Statement
The Administrative Division coordinates support services for all Division of the Fire Department through the Deputy Chief of Administration, five staff personnel, and Community Volunteers. Daily operations require providing administrative services, human resource management, physical resource management and developing and maintaining operating policies.
Provide administrative services for all divisions of the Lincoln Fire Department.
Administer financial resources.
Provide mainframe and personal computer support for the department.
Maintain operating policies for the Fire Department.
Review fleet accident and job related injuries and implement policies to ensure safety of personnel.
Recruit, interview, and hire new employees.
Plan to prepare personnel for promotion.
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President Trump Nominates Brett Kavanaugh To Supreme Court
President Donald Trump has chosen to nominate Brett Kavanaugh to fill the Supreme Court vacancy following the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy. Trump made the announcement during a prime-time address from the White House and said Kavanaugh has "one of the finest and sharpest minds of our time."
Kavanaugh's nomination now goes before the Senate where he faces a tough road for confirmation due to the partisan divide in the Senate. Democrats are still angry with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel for refusing to allow a vote on Merrick Garland, who was nominated by President Barack Obama to fill a vacancy following the death Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016. He upset them again after changing Senate rules to allow Trump's nominee, Justice Neil Gorsuch to be confirmed by a simple majority instead of the 60 votes that would have been required by the old rules.
Kavanaugh's appointment would ensure a conservative majority on the court for years to come, and that prospect has many Democrats concerned with some vowing to oppose the nominee even before Trump made the announcement.
Democrats are limited in their ability to hold up Kavanaugh's nomination. The only option the party has is to convince at least one Republican to vote against Kavanaugh while ensuring their entire caucus remains united in opposition, which could be tough as ten Democratic senators are up for re-election in states that Trump won in 2016.
President George W. Bush nominated Kavanaugh to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and he has issued nearly 300 rulings during his 12 years on the bench.
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Luxurious Brentwood Park Residence in Beverly Hills
Among the finest locations in Los Angeles, Brentwood Park is a world class neighborhood with clean air and cool ocean breezes. With gracious homes on very large lots that give much of Beverly Hills' prestige, check out this extravagant contemporary residence that is currently for sale. With an exceptional eye for detail, the property is built on a 2 acre site. It has nine bedrooms and six bathrooms all built by following a modern airy theme, by adding steel framing and an extensive use of glass. And one of the most interesting things (if you don't care about the amazing views of the ocean and the city) is that it uses wooden floors AND wooden ceilings. It's currently for sale at $15.95 million, if you have the green stuff. – via


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South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
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S. Afr. j. econ. manag. sci. vol.12 n.1 Pretoria Apr. 2009
Active versus passive policies of unemployment: Growth and public finance perspectives
Rangan Gupta1; Charlotte B du Toit
Department of Economics, University of Pretoria
This paper develops a general equilibrium endogenous growth model in an overlapping generations framework, and compares, in terms of economic growth, a passive unemployment policy (unemployment insurance) with an active unemployment policy (government expenditures targeted towards improving the job-finding probability of an unemployed). Besides, the standard result of unemployment being growth reducing, under realistic parameterisation, we show that the government, under an active policy, can generate higher growth without any compromise on its own consumption, when compared to the unemployment benefit regime. The result, however, depends crucially on the efficiency with which the resources are spent in creating employment.
Keywords: Active and passive policies of unemployment; unemployment benefits; endogenous growth
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1 The authors would like to thank two anonymous referees for many helpful comments on an earlier version of the paper.


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Carpenter, limited to just four Major League starts for the Cardinals in 2007 and 2008 because of elbow and shoulder injuries, bounced back strong in 2009 by throwing a one-hitter in his season debut. The 66, 34-year-old finished the 2009 season with a 17-4 record and led the NL with a 2.24 ERA. Carpenter also captured the 2004 Players Choice Award for NL Comeback Player, as well as Players Choice Awards for NL Outstanding Pitcher in 2005 and 2006. He joins teammate Adam Wainwright and San Franciscos Tim Lincecum as a finalist for the 2009 NL Outstanding Pitcher award, to be announced on Wednesday, October 28.
Hill, appearing in only 55 games for the Blue Jays in 2008, after suffering a concussion in Oakland on May 29, returned to the lineup full-time this season and set career highs in home runs (36) and RBI (108). He led all Major League second basemen in RBI and led the AL with 734 plate appearances and 682 at-bats. The 27-year-old former SEC Player of the Year (2003) while at LSU, was drafted by the Jays 13th overall in the 2003 June Draft.
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Players Choice Awards annually recognize the best player, pitcher, rookie and comeback player in each league. The Player of the Year and Marvin Miller Man of the Year awards bestow top honors without regard to league. Balloting of all Major League players for the Players Choice Awards was conducted in September under the supervision of accounting firm KPMG.
Each 2009 Players Choice Award winner will recommend the charity of his choice to receive a grant from the Major League Baseball Players Trust. Since 1992, the Players Trust has contributed more than $3.5 million dollars to charities around the world in honor of Players Choice Award winners.
The 2009 Players Choice Awards finalists are [winners in bold & underlined]:
American League:
Outstanding Player: Derek Jeter (NY Yankees), Joe Mauer (Minnesota), Kendry Morales (LA Angels of Anaheim)
Outstanding Pitcher: Roy Halladay (Toronto), Zack Greinke (Kansas City), CC Sabathia (NY Yankees)
Outstanding Rookie: Elvis Andrus (Texas), Gordon Beckham (Chicago White Sox), Jeff Niemann (Tampa Bay)
Comeback Player: Russell Branyon (Seattle), Aaron Hill (Toronto), Scott Podsednik (Chicago White Sox)
National League:
Outstanding Player: Prince Fielder (Milwaukee), Albert Pujols (St. Louis), Hanley Ramirez (Florida)
Outstanding Pitcher: Chris Carpenter (St. Louis), Tim Lincecum (San Francisco), Adam Wainwright (St. Louis)
Outstanding Rookie: Chris Coghlan (Florida), Tommy Hanson (Atlanta), J.A. Happ (Philadelphia)
Comeback Player: Aaron Boone (Houston), Chris Carpenter (St. Louis), Nick Johnson (Florida)
Either League:
Player of Year: Joe Mauer (Minnesota), Albert Pujols (St. Louis), Hanley Ramirez (Florida)
Man of the Year: Curtis Granderson (Detroit), Torii Hunter (LA Angeles of Anaheim), Albert Pujols (St. Louis)
ESPN Radios broadcast schedule for the 2009 Players Choice Awards:
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Tragedy overshadows Jackie Stewart's third title
Season's results | Drivers' Championship | Constructors' Championship
Jackie Stewart acquired his third title after a hard battle with Lotus and decided to quit while he was at the top. Once again the season was blighted, with the deaths of François Cevert and newcomer Roger Williamson.
Colin Chapman's fortunes certainly looked good. Fittipaldi and Peterson represented a Lotus team of two top drivers, but some people remembered the previous time the team tried that with Rindt and Hill in 1969 - and Stewart won the championship. Stewart and Cevert had developed into a fine partnership, and Hulme and Revson looked good at McLaren.
Ickx was joined at Ferrari by little Arturo Merzario, who had run a few races in 1972, while Regazzoni left to join Marlboro BRM. An intriguing new marque was the American-financed Shadow. The sinister black cars were handled by Jackie Oliver and George Follmer, an American veteran with no Formula One experience. Graham Hill quit Brabham to set up his own team.
Fittipaldi had a dream start to his title defence, winning in both Argentina and his native Brazil. The first was by no means easy, since Regazzoni and Cevert both led before having problems.
In South Africa McLaren introduced the sleek and very modern-looking M23, which would ultimately have a lifetime of six seasons. Hulme put it on pole, but fell to fifth as Stewart scored a fine win after a heavy practice crash. Mike Hailwood became a hero in the race as he rescued Regazzoni from his burning car.
Fittipaldi scored a third win in Spain, and then Stewart added a second in Belgium, where the track broke up and many cars skated off. Jackie won again in Monaco to make it three each for the main contenders. The race saw the debut of Briton James Hunt, in a March run by aristocrat Lord Hesketh.
For the first time Sweden hosted a race at the Anderstorp circuit and, although local hero Peterson was on pole, Hulme gave the M23 its maiden victory. Ronnie got his revenge in France, finally scoring his first win after suffering appalling luck in the early races. It did not help him much at Silverstone, where the race was stopped after a multi-car pile-up was triggered by Jody Scheckter. Revson won the restarted race after Stewart spun out.
Tragedy returned to Zandvoort, when Roger Williamson - in only his second race - was killed in a fiery crash. Stewart and Cevert scored a one-two, a feat they repeated in Germany. In Austria, Peterson waved Fittipaldi through, but won anyway when Emerson retired.
At Monza Peterson and Fittipaldi finished one-two, but the title went to Stewart. After an early stop he charged through the field to an amazing fourth place.
Revson won the chaotic, rain-hit Canadian race, which saw the first use of a pace car in Formula One. The circus moved to Watkins Glen where Stewart planned to have his 100th and last grand prix. But Cevert was killed in practice, and Tyrrell withdrew.
It was a bitter end to a fantastic farewell season for JYS. In the race Peterson picked up a fourth win, but he was pushed hard by the fast-improving Hunt.
Reproduced from The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Formula One published by Carlton Books


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Armando Salguero: Timing isn't right for Miami Dolphins to renew pursuit of Jim Harbaugh
Jim Harbaugh could be available again.
So what is Dolphins owner Stephen Ross going to do this time?
Well, the short answer is nothing. Contrary to rumors that have spread since the story about Harbaugh's tenuous situation in San Francisco made headlines, the Dolphins are not a possible landing spot for Harbaugh in the coming days if a divorce happens out west.
A Dolphins source with authority to speak on the subject said Ross has not and will not be vying for Harbaugh's services for the 2014 NFL season. So that kills that fanciful idea.
But, of course, that's not the end to the story. And to understand where all this might go, first you must understand the background.
Three years ago Harbaugh was ready to make the jump from Stanford to the NFL, and Ross saw that as an opportunity to do something bold, something dramatic, something "out of the box," as he said then.
So Ross got on a plane, met then-general manager Jeff Ireland in California and tried to hire Harbaugh even though Tony Sparano, a good man, was still sitting in the Dolphins' head coach's chair back in Davie.
The move cost Ross — and I'm not referring to the contract extension Sparano extracted in exchange for the embarrassment the coach suffered.
No, the cost was much higher in that Ross didn't land Harbaugh, and that has become a cornerstone to the argument he cannot close the deal on any prized talent he chases. Everyone found out about the flirtation, which surprised Ross, which in turn made him look naive. And the attempt ruined Miami's leadership chemistry because Sparano never trusted Ireland again.
Now Ross is facing the choice of making a similar attempt for the same Michigan man the Dolphins owner, himself a Michigan man, respects and admires.
So why isn't Ross going to make the attempt this time?
Ross doesn't feel repeating the thing same thing he tried and was roasted for three years ago is the right thing to do now.
Ross apologized for his first failed cross-country Hail Mary to get Harbaugh. He acknowledged trying to hire a coach when he still had a coach in place was wrong. He said he learned his lesson.
To chase Harbaugh now, even through back channels (which inevitably and eventually will be brought to light) would compromise the owner's integrity. It would mean Ross would be breaking trust with current coach Joe Philbin the same way he did with Sparano.
It would show that nothing's changed and Ross hasn't learned from his first failed experience.
The irony in this is I'm convinced a majority of Dolphins fans would cheer Ross if he were able to poach Harbaugh — behind Philbin's back or not — as long as it upgrades the Dolphins. It wasn't so much the fact Ross went after Harbaugh the first time that bothered so many fans but rather that the brazen attempt failed and made the franchise look bad.
But whatever most Dolphins fans might think, Ross doesn't think the timing is right.
And that leads me to this: The timing might be right 11 months from now.
The truth is Ross' Dolphins and Harbaugh are indeed a fit.
Consider that in the three seasons since Ross chased Harbaugh, the Dolphins have been treading water with a 21-27 record. Ross fired Sparano but has convinced no one he indeed found "the next Don Shula," he said he was looking for when he hired Philbin.
The Dolphins are just as mediocre today as they were in January 2011 when Ross first chased Harbaugh.
Harbaugh, meanwhile, has blossomed as an outstanding NFL head coach.
He turned a floundering San Francisco franchise that had been 6-10 in 2010 into a perennial Super Bowl contender.
He has not won it all, but he has been to the NFC Championship Game each of his three seasons and went to the Super Bowl in January 2013.
He might be able to fix the Dolphins.
But if he's so good why is Harbaugh's San Francisco future uncertain?
Well, Harbaugh is wound tighter than an alarm clock. Lately he has been irritated that he has outperformed the original contract he signed in San Francisco and hasn't been given an extension to bridge the gap between his performance and salary.
He also hasn't been given more say within the organization, and it's fair to say he would like that, too.
That has put Harbaugh and 49ers management, specifically general manager Trent Balke, at odds.
National and Bay Area reports have painted a vivid and unsightly picture that something is amiss in San Francisco. Local newspapers have reported Harbaugh and Balke communicate mostly by email rather than by speaking to one another. ProFootballTalk.com reported the Cleveland Browns saw an opportunity to hire Harbaugh by "trading" for him. The website also reported the 49ers might be open to letting Harbaugh go to another NFL team if they can get compensation.
We're talking about a coach who has a 36-11-1 record the past three seasons, but the only reason he's not the Browns' coach now is because he apparently didn't want to go there.
And where the Cleveland story ends is where the Dolphins rumors begin.
Those rumors are empty for the time being. Nothing is happening now. The Dolphins are making that clear.
But that says nothing about 11 months from now.
If Harbaugh remains in San Francisco this coming season but doesn't get his extension and doesn't resolve the issues with Balke, he might be available again after the season. If the Dolphins don't win in '14, which happens to be Philbin's third season with the team, there is no guarantee he will be the coach for a fourth season.
If the pieces to that complicated puzzle fit snugly, then the idea of chasing Harbaugh would be one Ross could consider.
It would require Ross firing his current coach first. It would require Ross being able to finally close the deal after chasing someone he covets. In other words, a lot of things would have to go exactly according to a well-designed plan.
That plan, however, does not exist right now.


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What a terrible effort by the Knicks tonight. On a night where their other superstar Amar'e Stoudemire came back from injury, their simply was no effort, no sense of urgency, and no energy from the Knicks tonight.
The Knicks got manhandled on the boards 52-32 and got outhustled to loose balls. The Cavs waltzed down the lane untouched for easy baskets too many time in this game.
The Knick offense was simply out of sync all night until the fourth quarter when they scored 34 point which matched their output of the entire first half.
Mike Bibby is the only Knick I would say played above average as he scored 12 points on 4-5 from three point range to go along with 4 assists, 2 steals, and a block.
Toney Douglas did show something in the fourth quarter as they cut into the lead with 6 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. He is still struggling from the outside as he was 0-3 from 3. It's never a good sign when Toney Douglas is the leading rebounder on the team.
With regard to the lineup change (sort of) at the shooting guard position. I say sort of because Iman Shumpert has been starting there for the past 13 games with Amar'e out and Fields playing small forward. But now with Amar'e back someone had to go to the bench and it had to be Fields as he has struggled and Shumpert has played solid over the last several weeks.
Neither one of them fared well in this game. Fields started off 0-6 from the field, 0-3 from three point range, and 0-2 from the line. He did get 4 baskets late including a drive to the hoop, a breakaway dunk, and a putback off a Steve Novak miss.
Normally you would encourage a guy to keep shooting, but Fields is so broken right now, he needs to simply play within his limitations for the good of the team. He is going to have to fix his shot in the offseason.
Shumpert on the other hand was no very effective either. He had a couple baskets early in the first quarter on a nice drive to the basket and a step back jumper. Shumpert needs to use his speed and athletic ability more and get to the rim and put some pressure on the opposing team's defense. He was 3-9 from the field including 0-2 from 3 point range. In the last five games combined, Shumpert only has 5 free throw attempts. For someone of his ability, he needs to get to the basket and draw fouls as he is a solid free throw shooter at 80%.
The New York papers are going to have a field day tomorrow talking about how Amar'e and Melo can't coexist. Amar'e looked rusty early on, but got better as the game went on, at least offensively. Defensively, he got beat to the ball several times on the boards as he only had 3 rebounds in 27 minutes. He did have 4 blocks on the night. He finished with 15 points on the night shooting 5-11 from the field. I would say he performed as well as could be expected in his first game back.
Melo was simply not getting the ball enough on offense. He only had 13 shot attempts in 28 minutes and only had 1 free throw attempt on the night.
The Knicks were shooting jumpshot after jumpshot all night and weren't getting anything going to the basket. The Knicks only were 8-15 from the line on the night and 8 of those attempts were Amar'e.
New York is going to have to find a way to get their offense going to the basket as they are not going to survive solely on jumpshots. Long rebounds will kill them against a team like Miami in the playoffs.
This was a total team loss. There are games like this that you just have to throw out and forget about, but I would have thought they would have been much more pumped up to have Amar'e back right before the playoffs.
With the loss, the chance of the Knicks to get the sixth seed is that much more remote as all Orlando has to do is beat Charlotte (or someone before them) and they clinch it.
At this point, the Knicks are pretty much locked into the 7 or 8 seed.
The Knicks travel to Atlanta to face the Hawks on Sunday as they try to avoid their first back to back losses under Mike Woodson.
Back to the drawing board for the Knicks and play Woodson's former team who beat Woodson and the Knicks March 30 by the score of 100-90.
The Knicks need to come out with a sense of urgency as they want to keep the positive vibes and momentum going into the playoffs.
3 games left.
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Gales of up to 70mph are expected today (Saturday) as the country wakes up to the first snow of the winter.
A sprinkling of snow has fallen across the area overnight and gritters remain on standby for the weekend.
The Met Office has issued a yellow 'be aware' warning for wind and snow as a band of gales makes it way across the country on Saturday. Forecasters have also warned of icy conditions on untreated surfaces as temperatures struggle to reach more than 4C.
The Met Office said: "A swathe of gale force north to northwesterly winds, accompanied by bands of rain and snow, will move south across much of central and southern Britain.
"Wind gusts of 50-60 mph are likely in places, especially near coasts, with 60-70 mph gusts possible near eastern coasts. In any one area, the strongest winds will last for only a few hours, clearing last from southeastern areas of England. Additionally, some of the snow will settle this morning, especially on higher ground, but also temporarily at low levels, with a couple of cm in places. Ice will be an additional hazard.
"People should be aware of the likelihood of some difficult driving conditions and possible travel disruption due to any of these factors."


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Males have their own distinct repertoire for attracting females and stick with it regardless of how successful they are; at least that's what Deakin University researchers have found with the great bowerbird.
The researchers with Deakin's Centre for Integrative Ecology, Alfred Deakin Professor John Endler and Dr Laura Kelley, have been studying the mating habits of the great bowerbird. Their focus has been on the importance of the visual illusions the birds create within their bowers in attracting females and ultimate mating success. (Bowers consist of a tunnel of sticks leading to a court area decorated with stones, shells and bones built specifically for mating purposes.)
Their recent findings, published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, show that while the male great bowerbird might be a master of visual trickery when it comes to luring females into their bower, they have a distinct way of decorating that they rigidly stick with, regardless of how successful they are at attracting mates.
"We know from our previous research that the quality of the visual illusion the males create with the objects in their bowers predicts their likelihood of attracting a mate," Professor Endler explained.
"We now know that each bird has a preferred approach that they stick too, even if that approach is not attractive to females, and regardless of the help we gave them in improving the quality of their display."
The key to mating success for the bowerbird lies in the quality of the optical illusion, or forced perspective, created by the way objects are placed in the court area of the bower. Objects are placed within the court to create a scene that only works from the female's viewing angle. Smaller objects are put closer to the female's view and larger objects further away, creating the forced perspective or illusion that anything within the court is larger than it really is. The males that construct courts that look evenly patterned to the female attract the most mates.
Despite efforts on the part of the researchers to improve the quality of the bower display, and therefore improve the bird's chances of attracting a mate, the bowerbird would rearrange the display back to the original form.
"They have their preferred approach and won't budge on this even if the new design is more attractive to potential mates," Professor Endler said.
"We improved the quality of the forced perspective to see if the males maintained the display at the new higher level, decreased the perspective quality back to its original quality, or allowed it to decay at random over time. We found that the original perspective was actively recovered to individual original values within three days."
Professor Endler finds it curious that the birds preferred their mediocre efforts over the researchers' improvements.
"The really interesting aspect is that they prefer inferior illusions (compared to what they can do) and that some males are considerably better than others.
"This is relevant to arguments amongst evolutionary biologists about honest advertising of male quality when it comes to mating. What makes males do worse than they could do? We cannot think of any cost, which is supposed to limit indicators of male quality. All of the cost for the bowerbird is in bringing the objects to the bower; once that is done it is just a matter of rearranging them. So why make a good arrangement worse by returning it to the previous value when females prefer the better ones, so why don't they keep the improved arrangements that we made?
"It is a curious situation, and one that I hope to find answers to in the future."
More about the study and great bowerbird
The great bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis) is found in northern parts of Australia and, as with all bowerbirds, is well-known for the large and elaborately decorated bowers the males construct to attract females.
The bird's bower consists of a 60 centimetre long tunnel-like avenue made of sticks that leads to a court area decorated with stones, shells and bones. As part of the mating ritual, the female stands in the avenue to watch the male put on a show in the court; he flashes his purple crest and waves coloured objects to entice the female to mate.
Previous studies by the Deakin researchers found that male great bowerbirds use an optical illusion known as forced perspective to construct their bowers. The scene created only works from the female's viewing angle and could trick her by altering her perception of the male's display. They also found that the quality of the illusion ultimately predicts mating success.
The forced perspective within the bower is generated by a gradient of court object sizes where smaller objects are placed closer to where the female is watching within the avenue and larger objects are further away, all within her field of view. This gives the female a view of an even textured pattern which may make the male's displays easier to see, possibly make the court appear smaller, and may induce further optical illusions.
For the current study, the researchers measured the forced perspective over the course of one breeding season and compared the forced perspective of individual males between two successive breeding seasons.
After improving the gradient of 25 bowers, the birds returned their courts to the original state within three days. Individuals varied significantly in their court parameters and these were consistent during the course of the breeding season and between two breeding seasons, indicating that great bowerbirds consistently vary in their ability or tendency to make gradients and therefore forced perspective.
These results demonstrate that males maintain characteristic illusions even when they have the materials available to produce better ones.


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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 21, 2013) - New Pacific Metals Corp. ("New Pacific" or the "Company") (TSX:NUX) is pleased to announce that the TSX has conditionally approved the Company's acquisition of an interest in the RZY Silver-Lead-Zinc project as set out in the Company's news release dated December 21, 2012 (the "Acquisition"). The Acquisition will involve the Company acquiring a majority interest in Silvercorp Metals Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary, Fortress Mining Inc. ("FMI") pursuant to the terms of an agreement dated December 14, 2012 (the "Agreement"). The Acquisition is a related party transaction.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Company will pay US$3.5 million to acquire an 80% interest of FMI (the "Initial Payment"), with an option to acquire the remaining 20% within two years for an additional US$5 million (the "Second Payment").
The TSX has approved the Agreement subject to certain conditions including the following: (1) the TSX pre-clearing the information circular disclosure pertaining to the Agreement including the form of applicable shareholders' resolution approving the Second Payment; (2) the Second Payment being approved by the disinterested shareholders of the Company before it is paid since the sum of the Initial Payment and Second Payment is greater than 10% of the current market value of the Company's listed common shares.
The Company will seek disinterested shareholders' approval of the Second Payment at its next AGM which is planned to be held in November 2013.
About New Pacific
New Pacific is a Canadian gold and silver exploration and development company which owns the Tagish Lake gold project in Yukon, Canada.
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Bein' Green (also called It's Not Easy Bein' Green) by Kermit the Frog is featured in Pot o' Gold, the fourth episode of Season Three. It is sung by Rory Flanagan.
During the performance, he walks around and sits down while singing, noticeably upset. Singing the lyrics It's not that easy being green is referring that it isn't easy being an Irish foreign exchange student, because he gets harassed by other students about his nationality.
It's not that easy being green
Having to spend each day as a color of the leaves
When I think it could be nicer being red or yellow or gold
Or something much more colorful like that
It's not that easy being green
It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things
And people tend to pass you over
Cause you're not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water
Or stars in the sky
But green's the color of spring
And green can be cool and friendly-like
And green can be big like an ocean
Or important like a mountain
Or tall like a tree
When green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why
But, why wonder why?
Wonder, I'm green and it'll do fine
It's beautiful and I think it's what I wanna be
- This song is the first solo sung by Rory Flanagan after being mistreated for his Irish background at his first days of McKinley.
- This song is mostly famously done by The Muppets, with Kermit the Frog singing it solo. Muppets creator Jim Henson, Kermit's original performer, as Kermit, sung this many times during his lifetime. Steve Whitmire, who has been the performer of Kermit since 1990, when Jim Henson passed away, has also sung this song as Kermit many times with many celebrities.


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EP438: Enjoy the Moment
by Jack McDevitt
read by Sara Tolbert
Links for this episode:
- This story is part of the Apocalypse Triptych – website | Amazon
- Get more of Jack McDevitt's work on Amazon.com
- Discuss on our forums.
- For a list of all Escape Pod stories, authors and narrators, visit our sortable Wikipedia page
about the author…
from Goodreads.com… Jack McDevitt is a former English teacher, naval officer, Philadelphia taxi driver, customs officer and motivational trainer. His work has been on the final ballot for the Nebula Awards for 12 of the past 13 years. His first novel, The Hercules Text, was published in the celebrated Ace Specials series and won the Philip K. Dick Special Award. In 1991, McDevitt won the first $10,000 UPC International Prize for his novella, "Ships in the Night." The Engines of God was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and his novella, "Time Travelers Never Die," was nominated for both the Hugo and the Nebula awards.
McDevitt lives in Georgia with his wife, Maureen, where he plays chess, reads mysteries and eats lunch regularly with his cronies.
about the book…
Famine. Death. War. Pestilence. These are the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse, of the End of the World. In science fiction, the end is triggered by less figurative means: nuclear holocaust, biological warfare/pandemic, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm.
But before any catastrophe, there are people who see it coming. During, there are heroes who fight against it. And after, there are the survivors who persevere and try to rebuild.
THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH will tell their stories.
Edited by acclaimed anthologist John Joseph Adams and bestselling author Hugh Howey, THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH is a series of three anthologies of apocalyptic fiction. THE END IS NIGH focuses on life before the apocalypse. THE END IS NOW turns its attention to life during the apocalypse. And THE END HAS COME focuses on life after the apocalypse.
Featuring all-new, never-before-published works by Hugh Howey, Paolo Bacigalupi, Seanan McGuire, Ken Liu, Jamie Ford, Tananarive Due, Jonathan Maberry, Robin Wasserman, Nancy Kress, Charlie Jane Anders, Matthew Mather, Ben H. Winters, Scott Sigler, and many others.
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EL PASO, Texas - A retired British businessman accused of plotting to sell missile components to Iran arrived in the U.S. late Friday to face charges after failing to overturn an extradition order.
Christopher Tappin faces charges in El Paso, Texas, that he tried in 2006 to buy specialized batteries for Hawk missiles for $25,000 from undercover American agents with the intention of exporting them to Iran.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Tappin arrived at the city's airport on a commercial flight Friday evening accompanied by U.S. Marshals, though he was able to slip by reporters. His first court appearance is scheduled for Monday.
The 65-year-old Tappin faces up to 35 years in jail if convicted. He fought extradition for two years until last month when he was denied a petition to take the case to Britain's Supreme Court. A subsequent appeal to the European Human Rights Court was also rejected.
Tappin denies any wrongdoing, saying he was the victim of a sting operation.
The order to deport Tappin sparked a debate in the U.K., where critics claim the country's extradition treaty with the U.S. does not provide equal protection for British and American citizens.
Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to carefully review the treaty and a recent independent study on its balance. That report, conducted by Lord Justice Scott Baker, largely endorsed the treaty and the overhaul demanded by many of the deal's critics doesn't appear to be in the cards.
U.S. Marshalls took Tappin into custody Friday morning at London's Heathrow Airport. He complained to reporters that he was receiving harsher treatment than Abu Qatada, a radical, Jordanian-born cleric accused of ties to al-Qaida who recently received bail in London.
"I have no rights," Tappin said as his wife looked on in tears. "Abu Qatada is walking the streets of London today and we cannot extradite him. He has more rights than I have. If I was a terrorist, I would not be going to America. I think it's a shame, a disgrace."
Tappin's attorney, Houston based attorney Dan Cogdell said he will aggressively seek bond.
"He is not a flight risk, not a terrorist, not a danger," Cogdell said. He declined to comment further.
Tappin was accused in a 2007 three-count indictment of scheming to export the batteries to the U.K. without a license. Court documents show that a cooperating defendant provided computer files that demonstrate Tappin intended to then send the batteries to a Tehran-based company and that he and the cooperating defendant had illegally sold U.S. technology to Iran in the past.
Two other men have already been sentenced to prison times for charges stemming from the indictment. Robert Gibson, another British national, pleaded guilty in April 2007 and was sentenced to 24 months in prison. Robert Caldwell, from Oregon, was found guilty in July of that year and received a 20 month sentence.


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Last post and more
Dear readers,
I have decided to stop blogging. I created this website a little over two years ago with the hopes that I can share with the world my experiences in medical school. I think that I have accomplished that goal. At one point, I was writing one of the most popular student-run blogs on the Internet. However, as I am about to begin residency, I must focus all of my time and effort into pursuing my specialty. Moreover, I have simply run out of things to write about. If I ever get an idea in the future, I will submit it to Kevin, MD.
I am regularly asked if I could go back in time, would I make the same decisions. Four years ago I wanted nothing more than to become a doctor; now that I've finished medical school, I know that was the right decision. While many people have become jaded by medicine and want to leave, I enjoy nothing more than practicing this field. While there are certainly lots of negatives—and I have written about many of them—I will still take medicine over any other occupation. If I could change one thing, however, I would never have joined the Air Force. Taking the HPSP scholarship was the single biggest mistake of my life. It is a financial setback. It is an educational setback. And it will wreak havoc on my personal life. If you gain nothing more from this website, please reconsider any decisions on joining the military.
I will continue to read the comments and emails that people submit me. I may even reply. But for right now, this is the end of HalfMD.com.
30 Comments
medaholic said,
Thanks for writing. Your presence will be missed! Good luck with all your future endeavors, I know you will become a good doctor.
Alex said,
Congrats on finishing med school! I've enjoyed your blog tremendously over the last few years. Good luck in internship and residency!
F said,
Thanks for all the posts – great info and humor. If you ever decide to come out of retirement, I'll be anxious to hear what you have to say.
DoubleA said,
Fare well, congratulations, and good luck
Frosty said,
You definitely accomplished your stated goal… and it's been fun reading as you have! Best of luck to you in this next phase.
bebe said,
aww I will miss you but congratulations on completing your education in med school!!
dragonfly said,
Good luck Doc.
bongi said,
good while it lasted. all the best for your future.
Allen said,
I've enjoyed your writing over the past two years, and thank you for sharing your interesting perspectives with me. Up until these last few posts, I've really related, but ironically now that I'm a 4th year (super senior), I feel the exact opposite – that med school may have been a colossal waste of time (or at least at this young stage of my life) and that the HPSP scholarship is one of the only redeeming things about it.
I actually really enjoy the military, and I think the culture is so much more positive and collaborative than medicine (at least for now)… shrug. The financial setback isn't that bad unless you're going into the surgical specialties, but at this point, I'm only concerned about the personal life interruptions.
Best of luck with your residency, and if you do GMO, best of luck with everything there as well. =)
Rishi said,
Just as you begin your residency journey, I'm beginning my med school journey. Reading your blogs posts makes me hope that I'll be able to share my experiences with the public as effectively as you have done over the last few years. Best of luck! 🙂
prep4md said,
What a lose to the community. One of the best written medical student blogs out there indeed.
Please reconsider blogging during residency.
I wish you the best of luck 🙂
A said,
Thank you for keeping me forever entertained as I try to retain some sanity on the twisted path to medical school. Because of your blog, many others, and countless hours on the SDN military medicine forum, I have decided against doing HPSP. I will always wonder what it would have been like, but for now, I do not have the patience to deal with that many "what if's". Knowing how ridiculous residency can be (Ah Yes, Residency blog seemed to disappear), best of luck to you and your career in medicine!
Ashlee said,
I know that this blog has officially closed, but this has been the most helpful Q&A blogs that I've read so far. I was hoping that you'd answer a question for me…
What type of ec is needed? I realize the normal answers are research and volunteering, but I was wondering about job shadowing a physician. Does this count under volunteering or research?
Rahul said,
Sad too see you go! Maybe, now you should start fullmd.com …. 😉
Kell said,
That's interesting about staying away from the military scholarship. The military residents I know were career military before med school cam into the picture, but I have heard that it's really not worth it if your only motivation behind signing up is offsetting the four years of big expenses.
Carl said,
I just came across your blog and have read several of your rantings. You seem to have no respect for several fields of medicine and lack the common decency to at least respectfully comment on areas of medicine about which you clearly have little knowledge. I am glad you stopped blogging. Now go fuck yourself.
Anon said,
Actually stumbled across your blog after your last post, but I've read several of the others — sorry I missed you. Hope you're doing well in residency, and I'm sorry you have tools like Carl stopping by to posthumously flame you for venting on a blog.
Chinku said,
Best wishes for your future…
Leonardo Bartowski said,
I just stumbled across your blog and I am sad I didn't catch you before! I am currently going through medical school and I have these great resources to share with others. I am glad to see that you have moved on to become a doctor. Congratulations!
sdub said,
Congrats on graduating! I'm just commenting to say that reading your last post inspired me to give myself a pat on the back. I've just started my second year, but applied for and was offered an USAF HPSP scholarship prior to starting first year. My dad was in the AF for 20+ years and I was pretty excited about it for awhile….then, days before I was due to sign the docs, my internal intuitive sirens started blazing. I did a bit more research and ultimately decided to pass on it.
Good thing, too, because it was overwhelming enough to attempt to meet my own standards re: academic performance last year–Lord knows what might have happened had I Uncle Sam's to consider, as well!
However, I'm sorry that it's making you miserable. I'm sure that good things will come of it in the long run, even if it's difficult to see that right now. In the meantime, thanks for serving our country! Mad respect.
Brenne Meirowitz said,
Congrats! Sorry you will not be sharing anymore, but perhaps you might change your mind someday! All the best!
Jennifer said,
So far so good. I am reading your blog from beginning to end of course. It's amazing you had the time to keep it up while in school! Where are you now, what is life like for you these days, where did life take you?
Aly Williams said,
You're a brilliant writer. I'm majoring in organic chemistry and English with the high hopes of going to med school. Another poster was right, your presence will be missed :). Hopefully you come back when you're finished with your residency and specialize! Congrats on getting this far.
Casey said,
Now that I've spent a few years in the workforce, I'm going back to college this fall to get a biology degree and hope to attend med school. Just finished reading your blog from start to finish. I feel like I learned a lot, and I appreciate your honesty. You're a talented, humorous writer. Thanks for sharing your life with us.
Dr. Dre said,
The fact that you had such a hard time appreciating so many of the specialties you rotated through means that you're probably surrounded by residents or doctors who are idiots. Which means that you probably went to a pretty shitty medical school, and you yourself probably aren't all that smart. Good luck with things, its tragic that the U.S. military ends up with docs like you. But I guess the good thing is that I'll probably never see you in practice.
Anton said,
In the past 3 days, I've gone through your entire blog. Most of it is hilarious, fascinating, and insightful. I may not always agree with everything you say politically. However, you have inspired me to potentially do something similar (in regards to this blog) in the coming years. You have also convinced me to stay away from the military scholarships, suck it up, and pay off my debt as quickly as possible. Luckily, my bride-to-be is willing to be my sugar-mama!
If you have a good list of finance books for physicians, I'd be interested in a reply. Good luck, buddy! After applying twice, I will finally be able to experience the whole spectrum of medicine next fall!!!
Nicole said,
Where are you now in your career? Did you get the EM residency?


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Shrek's Donkey poses with bustier-clad strumpet
Asinine fashion shoot shocker
DreamWorks and Paramount big-wigs are none too happy with a fashion shoot in men's mag VMan, featuring characters from the Shrek movie franchise cavorting with scantily-clad models.
The studio powers that be gave VMan the green light for the spread, apparently hoping for some top exposure before the imminent release of Shrek: Forever After. They did indeed get some top exposure, but not the kind they were hoping for:
In case you're wondering, Emma is seen here wearing an Agent Provocateur bustier, shorts by Designers Remix, leg warmers and shoes by Alexander Wang, headband by Benoit Missolin, and gloves by Malene Birger. Paolo, meanwhile, sports leggings and boots by Dolce & Gabbana, while Donkey's mane is styled by Bernardo of San Francisco.
Just how risqué the rest of the material is, you can judge for yourselves here. A Paramount spokesman said: "While we do respect Vman's creative vision, the shoot did not turn out the way originally envisioned when the idea was first presented by the magazine."
According to the Telegraph, the studio seemingly got the idea that VMan was planning something along the lines of the "tasteful" Harper's Bazaar punt of the The Simpsons Movie, in which Homer and family posed in Chanel, Hermes and Versace prior to the film's release.
While Paramount will not take legal action against VMan over the outrage, its spokesman sighed: "In hindsight, we would have declined to include the Shrek characters in such a magazine spread." ®


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Recently TI list member Matt Dicke very kindly sent me a PDF of Bernie Fuch's chapter from the 1967 edition of the Famous Artists Course. How better to learn about Bernie Fuchs' process than to hear it described in his own words?
Those interested in reading the text should click on each image to see a larger version of the scan.
The Famous Artists School continues to this day! Please visit the school's website for details.
The school also hosts a page devoted to guiding faculty member, Bernie Fuchs on their site, which includes a biography of the artist and a gallery of his work.
Many thanks again to Matt Dicke for providing this week's scans.
* My Bernie Fuchs Flickr set.


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Cara Subasic
Class of 2014
Major/Minor: Double major in French and International Studies
Campus Involvement
- Pi Delta Phi, president
- French club, president
- Alpha Omicron Pi sorority
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Pi Sigma Alpha
- Cultural Ambassador
- Service Club
- Peer Tutor for French and Political Science
High School: Abington Heights
Hometown: Clarks Summit, PA
Recommended Class: Politics of Development and Advanced French 302
What should every student do before graduating?
1. Study abroad!! Best decision I ever made in college.
2. Get involved in the community- there are so many opportunities for students to help out, participate, and give back to the town. All you have to do is ask!
3. Enjoy every second!
What do you do for a campus job?
I work in the Office of Academic Skills as a peer tutor and student assistant. I also have been a student worker in the Modern Languages Department for three years now.
What is your favorite spot around Chestertown?
Evergrain is a great place to do work if you want a break from the library, or it's nice getting a coffee and pastry with some friends! Also Lemon Leaf has the best crab soup around, everytime my family visits we make sure to go there.


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Until today, we couldn't have told you this: out of 97 million residential phone lines in the U.S., nearly 20% were VoIP subscribers. (Annoying technical footnote alert: this actually refers to "interconnected" VoIP, the most common form of VoIP service, which is voice service over a broadband connection that also allows users to both receive calls from and place calls to the public switched telephone network, like traditional phone service. We don't track non-interconnected VoIP, which generally speaking, enables voice service between two computers on broadband only.)
Anyway, that VoIP fact comes from our latest Local Telephone Competition Report, which, for the first time, includes information about voice services delivered over broadband connections. Why, you may ask, has it taken so long for the Commission to get these numbers? Well, interconnected VoIP is a relatively new product, and the Commission is careful about imposing potential burdens, like data reporting, on nascent services. The Commission in 2004 began considering the idea of collecting VoIP data, and finally, in 2008, concluded that the time was right to collect those figures. While private data firms have for some time estimated VoIP penetration, the FCC now has hard data on VoIP subscribers, data that give us a more complete fact base for understanding voice services.
And why, you may ask, are we just now publishing December 2008 data? What took so long? There are a couple of reasons. First, any time we change collections, it takes a fair amount of time to update and cross-check the analysis, and then a bit more time to create the new report. In addition to that, the data in this report come from Form 477, the same form from which we created the High-Speed Services for Internet Access report. We focused first on the high-speed report and the related work in the National Broadband Plan before turning our attention to the Local Telephone Competition report. Now that the National Broadband Plan is done and we have the new report format and collection process down, subsequent Local Competition Reports should be timelier.
Of course we recognize that, even though this is the first report that draws on the new Form 477 data, there may yet be room for improvement. As we undertake an upcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to discuss collection of data for broadband, we may have the opportunity to further improve the data collection for the Local Competition Report.
So take a look at the report. It opens a new window on the competitive landscape that should help the Commission make more informed decisions on behalf of consumers.
Thank you for a very interesting blog post. It's always exciting to hear about future voip development!
Best regard
/Michael Jeroms
Join the discussion to help improve the FCC. Your suggestions, ideas and comments will be part of a public discussion that furthers FCC reform.


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- resource type for proxying failover SMF services.
The SUNW.Proxy_SMF_failover resource type represents the proxy for failover of Service Management Facility (SMF) services.
Standard properties and extension properties that are defined for the SUNW.proxysmffailover resource type are described in the following subsections. To set these properties for an instance of the SUNW.Proxy_SMF_failover resource type, use the clresource command (clresource(1CL)).
See r_properties(5) for a description of the following resource properties.
Default: 3600
Minimum: 60
Default: 3600
Minimum: 60
Default: 3600
Minimum: 60
Default: 3600
Minimum: 60
Default: 3600
Minimum: 60
Default: 3600
Minimum: 60
Default: SOFT
Tunable: Anytime
Default: ""
Tunable: Anytime
Default: 2
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 10
Tunable: Anytime
Default: 300
Maximum: 3600
Tunable: Anytime
Default: 60
Tunable: Anytime
Includes information about the SMF services to be proxied by the resource. Its value is the path to a file that contains all the proxied SMF services. Each line in the file is dedicated to one SMF service and specifies svc fmri and the path to the corresponding service manifest file. For example, if the resource has to manage two services, restarter_svc_test_1:default and restarter_svc_test_2:default, the file should include the following two lines:
<svc:/system/cluster/restarter_svc_test_1:default>, svc:/system/cluster/restarter_svc_test_1:default>, </var/svc/manifest/system/cluster/restarter_svc_test_1.xml> <svc:/system/cluster/restarter_svc_test_2:default>, </var/svc/manifest/system/cluster/restarter_svc_test_2.xml>
Note - The entries above should each appear on a single line. They are broken into multiple lines here for legibility.
Default: ""
Tunable: When disabled
This example shows how to register the SUNW.Proxy_SMF_failover resource type, create a resource group for the application, create the failover application resource, manage the resource group, and enable a resource.
Register the resource type:
# clresourcetype -f <path-to-rtrfile> SUNW.Proxy_SMF_failover
Create a resource group called rg1 for the application :
# clresourcegroup create rg1
Create the failover application resource called myfailoverres:
# clresource create -t SUNW.Proxy_SMF_failover -g rg1 \\ -x proxied_service_instances="/usr/local/app/svc myfailoverres"
where /usr/local/app/svc is a text file.
Manage the resource group rg1:
# clresourcegroup manage rg1
Enable the myfailoverres resource:
# clresource enable myfailoverres
Use the following command to check the status of the application:
# clresource status
pmfadm(1M), scha_resource_get(1HA), clresourcetype(1CL), clresource(1CL), clresourcegroup(1CL), attributes(5), r_properties(5)
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MAKING STUFF Frequently Asked Questions
March 10, 2010
Last week I posted information about the small grants MRS and WGBH are offering to organize outreach events around the premiere of Making Stuff. Apparently, a lot of folks have had similar questions about the outreach events, so the team wrote up answers to the top questions:
- Question: Does a local Outreach Coalition have to do everything on the list?
Answer: No, you should propose what works for your community.
- Question: Do all of the activities have to occur in the month of November?
Answer: No, we'd like to see a number of the activities happen in November. Activities and events that are happening in October, November, and December are great! And of course, we hope that theMaking Stuff resources become tried and true activities that you'll want to incorporate into your ongoing programming.
- Question: How do we count the 2,000 people reached?
Answer: The number 2,000 is a target that we are hoping local coalitions will aim for. We understand that rural communities and other groups may have difficulty reaching that number, but we wanted to give a metric that people can shoot for. As for the reporting mechanism, at the end of the project we'll be asking local coalitions to give us a rough accounting of how many people they at each event, workshop or café that was hosted.


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Inspire by CanvasPop is a weekly blog series showcasing world-class décor ideas, products, art, or photography. Check back on Wednesdays for more inspiration!
"Wow", was the first thing that came to mind when we first saw these incredible images by photographer Paul Zizka. Zizka captured these stunning long-exposure photographs of his silhouette, against the dramatic backdrop of the Canadian wilderness.
Shot in well known locations such as Banff National Park, Kootenay National Park, and Yoho National Park he has managed to capture some seriously iconic scenery. Mountains, ice cascades, famous lakes, the Milky Way, and even Aurora Borealis — … Read more