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Once Paul, the English octopus who lived at Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen Germany accurately predicted the outcomes of eight matches in the 2010 World Cup held in South Africa, the media search for next great animal psychic was on.
True it is remarkable that Citta, an African bush elephant in Krakow Poland, had a near perfect record of predictions in the Euro Cup 2012 as did Rocky the raccoon from Bristol, U.K. but let's consider that here in the U.S. our own weather predicting groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, has been prognosticating for some 127 years. Phil's been correct about the timing of winter's end only about 39 percent of the time over the years and he's not always in agreement with some of the newcomers-to-the business groundhogs, but since Phil is arguably our most famous furry forecaster here's some trivia to test your general knowledge about Groundhog Day.
1. Groundhogs are also known as land beavers or woodchucks or whistle pigs. To what order of mammals do they belong? (Rodent)
2. Groundhog Day is always celebrated on Feb. 2. What is the significance of that date? (It is halfway between the winter solstice of December and the vernal equinox of March so February 02nd is known as midpoint of winter. It is also Candlemas, the Christian festival of lights, when candles are blessed and the ritual purification of Mary 40 days after the birth of Jesus is honored)
3. Where is Punxsutawney located? (Western Pennsylvania about 80 miles northeast from Pittsburgh)
4. What's Punxsutawney Phil's year round home? (A climate controlled glass burrow at the Punxsutawney, Pa., library)
5. With whom does Phil share his home? (His mate, a female groundhog named Phyllis)
6. What is Gobler's Knob? (The little hill location of Punxsutawney Phil's temporarily heated burrow under an artificial tree stump from which he is pulled around dawn on February 02nd by his year round caretakers, the Inner ,who are men dressed in top hats.)
7. Name some of the other places in the U.S. which have named Groundhog Day mascots (a) in GA General Beauregard Lee; b) in Staten Island NY Charles H Hogg; c) in North Carolina Sir Walter Wally; d) in Ohio Buckeye Chuck; e) in CA Mojave Maxime who is a desert tortoise; f) in MI Tutor who is a llama)
8. In what years did Ty Industries create a Punxsutawney Phil beanie baby? (Each year from 2003 through 2009)
9. Which comedian played the male lead Phil Connor in the 1993 movie "Groundhog Day?" (Bill Murray)
10. In the movie "Groundhog Day" what was the profession of Murray's character? (Pittsburgh TV weatherman)
11. In the movie, Feb. 2 was relived day after day. The song that played on the bedside clock radio every morning at 6 a.m. was "I've Got You Babe" by Sonny and Cher. In what year was that the No. 1 pop song? (1965)
12. What was the weather prediction of Murray's character in "Groundhog Day"? ("I'll give you a winter prediction: it's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life")
13. At Phil Phest every September 8th Punxsutawney Phil is presented with a container of "Elixir of Life." What does he get with each sip of the brew? (Seven more years of life so he's now supposedly 126 years old)
14. Paul Simon, singer and songwriter of the folk music duo Simon & Garfunkel, wrote the song "Groundhog" but it was ultimately recorded by in 1973 by Peter Yarrow. Who is Peter Yarrow? (One third of the iconic folk singing group Peter, Paul and Mary)
15. Stanley Dancer was prominently mentioned in the song "GroundHog." Who was he? (A harness racing driver who was the only horseman to train and drive three Triple Crown winners)
16. On what TV program in 1995 did Punxsutawny Phil make his debut appearance? (The Oprah Winfrey Show)
17. Before he was re named for King Phillip what was Punxsutawney Phil's original name? Br'er Groundhog
18. What is Punxsutawney Phil's family name? (Sowerby)
19. According to the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? (About 700 pounds)
20. Which sitting president invited Punxsutawney Phil to the White House? (Ronald Reagan. Phil flew to Washington, D.C., in March of 1986 to meet him)
21. According to folklore what does it mean if Phil sees his shadow before he's returned to the burrow? (Winter will last six more weeks.)
22. Why do Phil's handlers claim he is "incapable of error" in his predictions? (Because he avoids being site specific on his predictions somewhere on earth there will be six weeks more winter after Febr. 2)
23. What is Feb. 2 called in Alaska? (Marmot Day." Marmot" is the Latin name of groundhog while "Woodchuck" is the Northern Native American name for groundhog)
24. How is Potomac Phil of Washington, D.C., different from the other groundhogs who are brought out to forecast on Feb. 2? (Potomac Phil is taxidermied)
25. Ontario Canada's Wiarton Willie is also very famous for being special. For what trait is he celebrated? (Willie is an albino groundhog. While albinism occurs about 1 in every 20,000 human births, the actual incidence of melanin-deficit rodents probably is unknown and we can't begin to guess either)
26. What Texas school made Groundhog Day an official university holiday? (University of Dallas at Irving)
27. What popular backyard lawn game is traditionally played at Phil Phest in Punxsutawney? (cornhole or bean bag toss)
28. Name the newspaper back in 1886 which published the first prognostication by Phil? (Punxsutawney Spirit)
29. Given that the average groundhog is about the size of a house cat weighing between 6 and 14 pounds and is primarily herbivorous, about how much vegetation does Phil, who weighs 20 pounds, eat every day? (About 3 pounds of leafy mixed salad greens and greenhouse raised annual flowers. He also consumes high fiber nuts and roots)
30. Groundhogs are true warm blooded hibernators. Name two other animals which also are. (Bats, chipmunks, prairie dogs and skunks)
31. In 1981 Punxsutawney Phil wore a yellow ribbon around his neck in honor of who? (The American hostages being held in Iran)
32. Why do people believe in Groundhogs' ability to predict winter? (Superstition reasons that since groundhogs live underground if they see their shadows they will immediately be frightened and will drop back into their burrow)
33. The tradition of Groundhog Day is North American. Why did the early German immigrants to Pennsylvania choose groundhogs as forecasters? (In European folklore badgers or hedge hogs were weather forecasters but these mammals were uncommon in the eastern U.S.. Groundhogs were plentiful and resembled these other animals so the settlers fancied them instead)
34. Recite another two-line folkloric about the weather predicting: (a) If weather be fine and frosty at the close of January and beginning of February there is more winter ahead; b) when a cat lies in the sun in February, she will creep behind the stove in March; c) If it thunders in February, it will frost in April)
35. No matter what Phil's prediction about the end of winter, there are two bird species whose consistent annual arrival in coastal cities about six weeks after Groundhog Day are considered harbingers of spring. Name the birds and the locations (Flocks of American robins usually land in Boston every St. Patrick's Day (March 17). Cliff swallows, who leave Mission San Juan Capistrano, Calif., every Oct. 23, return there every St. Joseph's Day (March 19))
36. In January 2002 Punxsutawney Phil's handlers decided that since Superbowl XXXVI was being played the day after Groundhog Day, they should test Phil's ability to predict the football scores of the Steelers. How did that work out? (Not well since the Steelers did not reach the play-offs that year. Phil, in fact, reportedly merely grunted at the suggestion he needed to be concerned about having football predicting skills because the Pittsburgh Steelers had not played in a Superbowl since 1996 when they lost to Dallas Cowboys and the team had not won since they beat the L.A. Rams in 1980 at Superbowl XIV)
37. According to "USA Today" Feb. 2, 2012 edition, since 1886 how many times has Phil not seen his shadow on Groundhog Day? (16. He has seen his shadow 100 times)
38. Three years ago PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) sent a letter to Phil's handlers requesting what? (They asked that Phil be retired to a cozy burrow and replaced with an animatronic groundhog for the Feb. 2 ceremony.)
39. In 2004 Punxsutawney Phil was honored by the placement all around town of 32 blank fiberglass statues of groundhogs which were then decorated and hand painted like three years later we did here in Beaufort County with "The Big Swim.. 100 Mermaids." What is name of this public art project? (Phantastic Phils)
40. As part of this year's Groundhog Day celebration the Groundhog Club is sponsoring a wood carving art show and demonstration in Punxsutawney. What's the name of this event? (Woodchuck Whittle)


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Showtime(R) AND "THE BIG C" LAUNCH CAMPAIGNS IN SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
DIRECTV Customers Who Order Showtime Can Choose
To "Get or Give $25!"
SHOWTIME Launches "C Yourself," A Multi-Platform Campaign That Encourages Viewers To Upload Photos For A $5 Donation
NEW YORK, NY - (June 16, 2011) - To mark the return of the second season of the Golden Globe(R)-nominated original series THE BIG C, SHOWTIME will launch a number of campaigns in support of the American Cancer Society. The network has partnered with DIRECTV to create a special offer that allows DIRECTV customers to get $25 back when they subscribe to SHOWTIME - the customer can then choose either to receive a $25 prepaid debit card or contribute the $25 to the American Cancer Society. In addition, SHOWTIME will launch "C Yourself," a multi-platform campaign that encourages viewers to show their support for the series and the fight to eradicate cancer. For every photo uploaded on one of the campaign's sites, SHOWTIME will contribute $5 to the American Cancer Society.
DIRECTV customers who first subscribe to SHOWTIME now through July 15 will have the option either to receive a $25 prepaid debit card, or instead can choose to contribute their $25 to the American Cancer Society. Every time a DIRECTV customer opts to contribute, SHOWTIME and DIRECTV will match each $25 gift, for a total contribution of $75 made to the American Cancer Society.
"C Yourself," a multi-platform call-to-action campaign that will live on Facebook (http://apps.facebook.com/cyourself), encourages consumers to "C" themselves by uploading a picture of themselves making a "C" with their hands, arms, props, etc. Consumers can upload their photos directly through the Facebook app, or by using Instagram and tagging the photo with #CYourself. For every photo uploaded and shared, SHOWTIME will make a $5 donation to the American Cancer Society. Photo creativity will be rewarded - Showtime will select the most creative photo, submitted by consumers 18 years of age or older, and the winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize.
The second season of The Big C premieres on SHOWTIME on June 27 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT, immediately following the premiere of WEEDS. The series stars Laura Linney in her Golden Globe-winning role as Cathy Jamison, a reserved, Minneapolis wife, mother and teacher whose cancer diagnosis forces her to shake up her life and find hope, humor and the light side of a dark situation. This season, Cathy progresses from denial to anger on the grief cycle and will become an all-out warrior in the fight against her Stage 4 melanoma. THE BIG C is created and written by Darlene Hunt, who serves as executive producer, along with showrunner Jenny Bicks, Laura Linney, Neil H. Moritz and Vivian Cannon. It is produced by Sony Pictures Television.
The American Cancer Society combines an unyielding passion with nearly a century of experience to save lives and end suffering from cancer. As a global grassroots force of more than three million volunteers, they fight for every birthday threatened by every cancer in every community. The American Cancer Society saves lives by helping people stay well by preventing cancer or detecting it early; by helping people get well by being there for them during and after a cancer diagnosis; by finding cures through investment in groundbreaking discovery; and by fighting back by rallying lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer and by rallying communities worldwide to join the fight. The American Cancer Society is the nation's largest non-governmental investor in cancer research, contributing more than $3.5 billion. As a result, more than 11 million people in America who have had cancer and countless more who have avoided it will be celebrating birthdays this year. To learn more about The American Cancer Society or to get help, call 1-800-227-2345 or visit cancer.org.
DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV) is the world's largest pay TV provider delivering the premiere video experience through state-of-the-art technology, unmatched programming and industry leading customer service to more than 29.4 million customers in the U.S. and Latin America. In the U.S., DIRECTV offers its 19.4 million customers access to more than 170 HD channels and Dolby-Digital(R) 5.1 theater-quality sound (when available), access to exclusive sports programming such as NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM), award winning technology like its DIRECTV(R) DVR Scheduler and higher customer satisfaction than the leading cable companies for ten years running. DIRECTV Latin America, through its subsidiaries and affiliated companies in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, and other Latin American countries, leads the pay-TV category in technology, programming and service, delivering an unrivaled digital television experience to 10 million customers. DIRECTV sports and entertainment properties include three Regional Sports Networks (Northwest, Rocky Mountain and Pittsburgh) as well as a 60 percent interest in Game Show Network. For the most up-to-date information on DIRECTV, please call 1-800-DIRECTV or visit directv.com.
Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation, owns and operates the premium television networks SHOWTIME(R), THE MOVIE CHANNEL(TM) and FLIX(R), as well as the multiplex channels SHOWTIME 2(TM), SHOWTIME(R) SHOWCASE, SHOWTIME EXTREME(R), SHOWTIME BEYOND(R), SHOWTIME NEXT(R), SHOWTIME WOMEN(R), SHOWTIME FAMILY ZONE(R) and THE MOVIE CHANNEL(TM) XTRA. SNI also offers SHOWTIME HD(TM), THE MOVIE CHANNEL(TM) HD, SHOWTIME ON DEMAND(R) and THE MOVIE CHANNEL(TM) ON DEMAND. SNI also manages Smithsonian Networks, a joint venture between SNI and the Smithsonian Institution, which offers Smithsonian Channel(TM). All SNI feeds provide enhanced sound using Dolby Digital 5.1. SNI markets and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIME PPV(R).

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We offer replacement cases and inserts along with our heavy duty metal storage cabinets. Our storage cabinet is an ideal way to update and enhance your individual boxed gage sets. By combining your existing sets you will save valuable bench space and have your gages under lock and key.
Another important but commonly overlooked step is to protect the gages from heat and moisture. After use, each gage should be wiped clean of fingerprints and contaminants, and then oiled with a rust inhibitor. We recommend Tri Flow lubricant for gage maintenance.


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Man-sized jellyfish robot to roam the ocean
A research team at Virginia Tech is testing the waters of drones in a new project featuring a giant jellyfish robot.
The $5 million robo-jelly fish, named 'Cyro,' weighs 170 pounds and measures up to 5-foot-7 -- about the size of an average man.
Researchers hope to use Cyro to study the oceans, map sea floors and discover new things about marine life.
Cyro is modeled after one of the world's largest jellyfish -- the Lion's Mane jelly fish. It has eight robotic arms and its structure is covered by a thick layer of silicone, which resembles jellyfish skin.
The robot is still a prototype, years away from being in the water.
The idea for a robotic jellyfish did not originate at Virginia Tech, but rather the U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center and the Office of Naval Research.


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|AudioControl Concert AVR-1 Home Theater AV Receiver Review
|Monday, 08 November 2010
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I like movies but dislike the movie theater experience. I'll never understand the connection between attending the cinema and stuffing one's face with as much popcorn, candy and soda as possible in a 2-hour swipe. Inevitably, I'm surrounded by groups of folks more intent on demonstrating how loudly they can masticate than actually watching the film. Thus, I've acquired a reputation as something of a movie theater Scrooge and would rather do the whole movie thing at home. My critics counter, "But you can't get the same big-screen experience at home. And what about the special effects and the sound?" Granted, I can't drop a 30- or 40-foot screen into my living room without calling my insurance agent; however, you want movie theater special effects and sound? Really great sound? That's where AudioControl's Concert AVR-1 comes in to save the day. (At least mine.)
It can also process two-channel signals for multi-channel outputs via Dolby Pro Logic II, Pro Logic Iix and DTS Neo. Want to use the AVR-1 as a bridge across rooms? Zone 2 audio/video outputs make it easy to listen to and view a source independently of the main system. The receiver can also feed an additional amp through its Zone 3 audio outputs, providing independent volume control while maintaining the Zone 2 video source. The AVR-1 is radio ready: compatible with Sirius satellite radio, comprising an AM/FM receiver and can also be networked to play Internet radio and audio formats via Ethernet or a USB storage device including MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC, AAC, and Ogg Vorbis.
The AVR-1 is powered by a 120-watts per channel Class H amplifier. A Class H design makes it possible to build amps of higher power without needing to increase the chassis size or overall weight of the unit. The AVR-1 is still beastly, at 60 pounds, but its physical dimensions are no larger than other A/V receivers. Class H amps operate in a manner similar to Class G amplifiers. With Class G designs, the power supply voltage is boosted when higher output shifts are needed. Basically, the amp relies on two power supplies: one operates in lower output mode, accounting for the majority of sound signals; the higher supply kicks in when more power is needed to drive more demanding signals. Class H amps take the Class G design a step further by modulating the input signal in real time. The AVR-1 basically "responds" to the input signals as needed, generating only enough power as required. As a result, far less heat is generated as is the demand for power.
Set Up
A sense of humor is a good thing to have when setting up a home theater system, and I like how AudioControl keeps things light with its AVR-1 manual. For example: On page 16, under the "Connection Tips" section, the final bullet point suggests, "Don't stand in a bucket of water when working with electricity." And under the "Warranty" disclaimers, AudioControl describes unwarranted abuse as including "sadistic things. This is the best product we know how to build, but if you strap it to the front bumper of your Range Rover, something will break." Few electronics instruction manuals are worth reading for their entertainment value, but this 70-page guide does have its share of zingers. Beyond the comedy bits, users will find detailed, but not overwhelming, information to personalize the AVR-1 to their liking. Considering the receiver's numerous input and output options, there's little left to chance or leave out of the system.
I really like the AVR-1's back panel layout. All the zones" and input/output types (digital, analog, multi-channel, etc.) are arranged in vertical columns that make connecting easy and intuitive. A row of six HDMI inputs/outputs populate the bottom of the panel. The 5-way speaker binding posts are segregated at the edge of the rear panel and arranged vertically, too. This is particularly handy if a wire accidentally comes loose or you just want to add another speaker, etc. Instead of having to pull the entire receiver out to access the back panel's center area – where many A/V receivers house speaker posts – you can simply slide one corner of the AVR-1 out at an angle and have complete access. It's a logical arrangement that I wish other manufacturers would employ.


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Joan Huber
Joan Huber served as the 79th President of the American Sociological Association. Her Presidential Address, entitled "Macro-Micro Links in Gender Stratification," was delivered at the Association's 1989 Annual Meeting in San Francisco,and was later published in the American Sociological Review ( >ASR February 1990, Vol 55 No 1, pp 1-9 ).
Upon her retirement in 1993, Huber donated her professional papers to the Archives at Pennsylvania State University. A finding aid for Huber's papers is available online.The Penn State Archives provided the following biographical sketch of Huber:
Joan Huber was born on October 17, 1925 in Bluffton, Ohio to Hallie Althaus and Lawrence Huber. Her father was an entomologist with the Agricultural Experiment Station in Wooster, Ohio, where they lived. Huber was influenced by her father's education (Ph.D.), as well as the presence of a liberal arts college in the area. After graduating from high school in Wooster, she attended The Pennsylvania State University and earned her B.A. degree in German in 1945--completing the degree program in less than two years. Following graduation, Huber remained in Pennsylvania and married her first husband, Tony Rytina (with whom she had two children, Nancy and Steve). Between 1945 and 1947 Huber served as an instructor in the German Department at Penn State, and in 1947 she left the university to become a full-time housewife and volunteer. Huber enrolled in graduate school at Western Michigan University to pursue a master's degree in sociology (1963) and subsequently earned her Ph.D. at Michigan State University in 1967.
Huber secured her first academic appointment as a sociologist at the University of Notre Dame, where she taught from 1967 to 1971. In 1971, Huber married her second husband, William Form (Professor of Labor Studies), and both accepted positions at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. Huber taught numerous courses at Illinois, including: Introduction to Sociology, Sociology of Poverty, Social Stratification, and Introduction to Women's Studies in the Social Sciences. She consequently served as director of the Women's Studies Program (1978-1980), and Head of the Department of Sociology (1979-1983). In 1984 Huber and Form left the University of Illinois and secured new faculty positions at Ohio State University. In 1984 Huber left Illinois to become dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Ohio State (1984-1992), Coordinating Dean of the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences (1986-1992), and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and University Provost (1992-1993). Form became a professor of Sociology.
Huber held executive positions in several professional sociological organizations. She served as president of Sociologists for Women in Society (1972-1974), the Midwest Sociological Society (1979-1980), and the American Sociological Association (1988-1989). Huber has also received recognition and awards for excellence in teaching and scholarship; she was the recipient of the Jessie Bernard Award from the American Sociological Association in 1985. Huber served on numerous editorial review boards, research committees, and counseled many academic institutions on the development of their respective sociology departments. She published numerous scholarly books and articles, covering such subjects as social stratification and issues relating to race, class, and gender. Huber retired in 1993.


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restraintnoun arrest, ban, bar, barricade, blockade, bondage, brake, bridle, captivity, caution, censure, check, confinement, constraint, containment, control, curb, custody, damper, deprivation of liberty, detention, deterrence, deterrent, disallowance, discipline, dissuasion, durance, embargo, forbearance, forbiddance, guardianship, hamper, hindrance, holdback, impediment, impedimentum, imprisonment, incarceration, inhibition, interception, interference, limitation, moderatio, moderation, obstacle, obstruction, opposition, prevention, prohibition, proscription, repression, reserve, restriction, self-control, self-denial, servitude, shackle, slavery, stay, stop, stoppage, suppression, taboo, temperance, veto
Associated concepts: combination in restraint of trade, connpiracy in restraint of trade, prior restraint, restraint on alienation
See also: apprehension, arrest, bar, barrier, bondage, captivity, censorship, check, cloud, coercion, commitment, composure, compulsion, constraint, continence, control, custody, damper, detention, deterrence, deterrent, disadvantage, discipline, disincentive, durance, embargo, estoppel, fetter, force, handicap, hindrance, impediment, incarceration, incumbrance, injunction, lien, limitation, moderation, obstacle, obstruction, prohibition, propriety, quota, restriction, retention, servitude, stay, temperance, veto
RESTRAINT. Something which prevents us from doing what we would desire to
2. Restraint is lawful and unlawful. It is lawful when its object is to prevent the violation of the law, or the rights of others. It is unlawful when it is used to prevent others from doing a lawful act; for example, when one binds himself not to trade generally; but an agreement not to trade in a particular place is lawful. A legacy given in restraint of marriage, or on condition that the legatee shall not marry, is good, and the condition alone is void. The Roman civil law agrees with ours in this respect; a legacy given on condition that the legatee shall not marry is void. Clef des Lois Rom. mot Passion. See Condition; Limitation.


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Late last year, the Air Force began a sweep through its installations around the world looking for items that fell into the broad category of "unprofessional." The investigations found more than 32,000 such treasures. Not a small number of the offending objects were sexually offensive: an embarrassing collection of pornographic magazines, calendars, videos and other trashy depictions of women.
It may be no coincidence that the sweep happened shortly before news leaked that the Pentagon would lift the ban on women taking part directly in combat. Men will have little choice but to behave differently when women are fully included and respected as equals. Professional standards will have to change.
For too long, portions of the military have continued to be a "no girls allowed" clubhouse. Change that, and the disgusting institutional culture of misogyny will be pushed to change as well.
The extent of the problem isn't just a bunch of overgrown boys ogling girlie magazines. Consider the scandals at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, where all airmen report for boot camp. There, 32 basic training instructors have been accused of inappropriate conduct, including sexual harassment and assaults on more than 50 women and three men. Eight have been convicted, including a sergeant who was sentenced to 20 years for rape and sexual assault. Nine courts-martial are pending and 15 other cases are under investigation.
Testimony this month before the House Armed Services Committee highlighted an ugly reality at Lackland. Women in military service risk experiencing post traumatic stress disorder, not only from the combat they sign up for, but also from being sexually attacked or harassed by their fellows and their instructors. The hearings also provided testimony to the numerous sexual attacks on male victims.
Lackland obviously isn't the first scandal of this sort. And the infamous Tailhook incident in 1991 revealed stories of drunken aviators forcing women down a hallway where they were repeatedly groped.
According to the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, a U.S. Department of Defense survey of active duty members found that only 13.5 percent of sexual assaults within the services were reported in 2010. The true number is more than 19,000 annually.
For some, those incidents give weight to the idea that women do not belong in the armed forces. Consider Arkansas Rep. Tom Cotton, who recently commented in a radio interview that women's "natures" can hamper the missions of their units.
Cotton needs to check with the families of the 152 women who died in Iraq and Afghanistan. They can detail what military duties their daughters, sisters and wives completed before making the ultimate sacrifice.
Like other naysayers, Cotton needs to realize that lifting the ban on direct combat is not a politically correct effort at social engineering. It's about career. Pay and rank are linked to what jobs people can apply for in the military. More than 230,000 new positions potentially just opened up for women. Each combat role will be assessed to see if it's feasible to include women, and some elite units may continue to be male-only.
The Pentagon is stressing that qualifying standards will be gender-neutral, meaning that both sexes will have to meet the same strength and fitness requirements. That's fair.
But let's recognize that old concepts of fitness for the front line changed in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the recent conflicts, women have already stepped into roles that might have previously been considered frontline. Intelligence gathering is one where women have shown particular skill.
Yet because they were banned from some combat roles, women in the military faced those dangers without a chance at receiving the career-building accolades and pay that would otherwise have coincided with their service.
If that sounds unfair to you, congratulations on your enlightenment. You are seeing things as clearly as the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who recommended lifting the ban.
The chiefs know their service members. Women have already proved their stamina and valor in direct combat roles. Lifting the ban will align military policy with that reality.
Sadly, women's greatest ongoing battle will be slowly gaining their due respect from more of their male peers.
Mary Sanchez is an opinion-page columnist for The Kansas City Star. Her email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Our obsession with corn is well documented, which is why this cornfield image of Steve Nash made us so happy.
Apparently, they have corn in Arizona.
"It's bizarre I don't really know what to make of it. It's just pretty cool," Nash said.
Our favorite are the former honorees: Jay Leno, Oprah Winfrey, Larry King and Luis Gonzalez. Heady company, Steve!
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Metastasis (Greek: displacement, μετά=next + στάσις=placement, plural: metastases), or Metastatic disease, sometimes abbreviated mets, is the spread of a disease from one organ or part to another non-adjacent organ or part. Only malignant tumor cells and infections have the established capacity to metastasize; however, this is recently reconsidered by new research.
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kXML2 (or a compatible XML pull parser) should be available on all Android devices. Obtain a parser using this code fragment:
XmlPullParserFactory factory = XmlPullParserFactory.newInstance(); XmlPullParser parser = factory.newPullParser();
kXML is a small XML pull parser, specially designed for constrained environments such as Applets, Personal Java or MIDP devices. In contrast to kXML 1, kXML 2 is based on the common XML pull API.
Pull based XML parsing combines some of the advantages of SAX and DOM:
|XP was the predecessor of kXML, a simple wrapper that turned a given SAX parser into a pull parser. XP was originally implemented to simplify message (de)serialization in the Infolayer project, which is quite cumbersome with push parsers (SAX).
|To use the pull parser on embedded devices, it was necessary to get rid of the SAX dependency. kXML1 is a simple pull parser, based on event objects. kXML1 is now deprecated, please use kXML2 instead. kXML1 is archieved at kxml.objectweb.org.
|The current version of kXML. In contrast to kXML1, it features cursor API instead of event objects, leading to a reduced footprint and less object creation overhead. kXML 2 is released under the BSD license.
kXML has two "special" features that are intended to simplify developers' life in constrained environments:
In order to keep kXML as small as possible, no efforts are made to recognize certain well-formedness errors that would require additional detection code, such as
Thus, kXML will accept some XML documents that should actually be rejected. Of course, an XML parser should detect all syntax errors to discourage the creation of bogous documents that work with one parser and do not work with another. Thus, if you are not limited by memory constraints, please use MXP, which is also faster than kXML.
General XML content can be parsed with the XML pull API using a loop advanving to the next event and a switch statement that depends on the event type. However, when using XML for data transfer (in contrast to text documents), most XML elements contain either only text or only other elements (possibly with further sub-elements). For those common cases, the parsing process can be simplified significantly by using the XmlPull API methods nextTag and nextText. Additionally, the method require() may optionally be used to assert a certain parser state. The following sample illustrates both situations and methods. The outer element elements has element-only content; the contained text-elements have text-only content:
<elements> <text>text1</text> <text>text2</text> </elements>
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parser.nextTag(); parser.require(XmlPullParser.START_TAG, null, "elements"); while(parser.nextTag() == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) { parser.require(XmlPullParser.START_TAG, null, "text"); // handle element content System.out.println("text content: "+ parser.nextText()); parser.require(XmlPullParser.END_TAG, null, "text"); } parser.require(XmlPullParser.END_TAG, null, "elements");
nextTag() advances to the next start or end tag, skipping insignificant events such as white space, comments and PIs. nextText() requires that the current position is a start tag. It returns the text content of the corresponding element. The post condition is that the current position is an end tag. Please note that the calls require() are optional assertions, they may be left out completely.


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Over the summer, we presented 15 memorable games and goals from the club's first 15 seasons. We also asked you the fans who the top 15 players in club history were.
The tallies are in and with October 8 looming now less than a month away, we're set to begin unveiling the "#Fire15" in a new five-segment video series presented by TrueCar.
To be clear, you won't see numbers ranking the players. That's because this isn't a countdown but rather a series to honor 15 great players in Fire history.
Our first three honorees are Jesse Marsch, Logan Pause and Chris Rolfe.
Jesse Marsch – While never flashy, Marsch was a near constant cleaning up messes in the Fire midfield from 1998-2005. Coming to the club after spending his first two MLS seasons with reigning champions D.C. United, Marsch would go on to appear in 259 competitive matches (fifth all-time) while tallying 23 goals and 32 assists in his eight seasons with the Fire.
As Tom Soehn points out in the video, Jesse's lasting legacy with the Men in Red stem from the five domestic titles he won during his time in Chicago.
Logan Pause – Now into his 10th season as a member of the Chicago Fire, Logan Pause has long credited the likes of Marsch and Chris Armas as players he modeled his game after. The current Fire captain is the second longest tenured member of the club behind C.J. Brown and with 295 career appearances sits behind only the 13-year veteran (372) in games played for the club.
Not that he needed to prove he belonged on such a list but the captain's ability to play through two broken ribs and a collapsed lungs at Philadelphia on August 12 was heroic. It was only bested by the fact that he returned to the field to help the Fire win 3-1 over Houston exactly three weeks later.
No more explanation necessary here…
Chris Rolfe – Perhaps the closest thing the Fire have had as an answer to Ante Razov, Chris Rolfe stands behind the former U.S. international at second on the club's all-time scoring list with 45 goals across all competitions.
Rolfe would definitely have more in a Fire shirt if not for often being played on the wing during his first tenure in Chicago. There was also the two and a half years he spent away in Denmark that have his goal tally a bit lower than you would think.
However, Rolfe's return to the club back in April was one of the most welcome acquisitions the club has made in recent years and now a few years older, the striker will look to continue to chip away at Razov's goal record.
Stay tuned to Chicago-Fire.com as we name the rest of the #Fire15 players in the month leading up to the club's Anniversary match on Wednesday, October 3 vs. Philadelphia (TICKETS) and 15th Anniversary Party to be held Monday, October 8 at the Chicago History Museum. (TICKETS).


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Here are some commands that you can run in terminal emulator for configuring a2sd. You can find more info about them as well as other commands by typing a2sd help command.
- a2sd check : Checks a2sd status; displays information incl. where your apps, cahce and data are stored.
- a2sd cachesd : Moves dalvik cache to sd-ext partition.
- a2sd nocache : Moves dalvik cache back to internal storage.
- a2sd datasd : Move /data/data to /sd-ext/data .
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Metal prints represent a new art medium for preserving images by infusing dyes directly into specially coated aluminium sheets.
Because the image is infused into the surface and not on it, the image will take on an almost magical luminescence. I love the added depth that it gives to my work.
Metal prints come ready-to-hang and do not need a frame. Click here to read more about metal prints.
Metallic paper has a pearlescent base and high gloss finish that creates an elegant iridescence and helps to achieve a similar experience as if printed on aluminum, but at a lower cost.
Prints on paper are titled and signed in the margin. They are shipped flat and delivered in an acid free plastic sleeve to insure safe arrival. They are best preserved by framing under glass and keeping out of direct sunlight.
Please allow about 2 weeks for shipping on metal and canvas orders as I may not have in-studio, and will need to have shipped from my lab.
Paper prints are made by me in-studio, and ship in approximately 3 business days.
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Syrian government forces and their allies captured a major eastern Aleppo neighborhood and several smaller areas Monday, putting much of the northern part of Aleppo's besieged rebel-held areas under government control, state media reported.
Russia's Defense Ministry said the areas captured by Syrian government troops include 10 neighborhoods and over 3,000 buildings. The ministry said in a statement that more than 100 rebels have laid down their arms and exited the Syrian city's eastern suburbs.
Aleppo, Syria's largest city and former commercial center, has been contested since the summer of 2012 and a rebel defeat in the city would be a turning point in the five-year conflict. If Syrian forces capture all of east Aleppo, President Bashar Assad's government will be in control of the country's four largest cities as well as the coastal region.
The government's push, backed by thousands of Shiite militia fighters from Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran, and under the occasional cover of the Russian air force, has laid waste to Aleppo's eastern neighborhoods.
Syria's state news agency SANA said government forces captured the Sakhour neighborhood early Monday morning.
Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said Syrian government forces have captured some 10 neighborhoods over the past few days, putting nearly 30 percent of Aleppo's formerly rebel-held neighborhoods under state control.
Government forces captured the Hanano district on Saturday, the first time they had pushed this far into eastern Aleppo since 2012.
Thousands of east Aleppo residents have fled to safety in government and Kurdish-controlled areas of the city since Saturday.
State TV said 3,000 people, half of them children, have fled over the past few hours. It showed men, women and children in green buses being taken to government-controlled areas.
"It is stinging cold, food is scarce and people are shaken in the streets," Mohammad Zein Khandaqani, a member of the Medical Council in Aleppo, told The Associated Press in a voice text message from east Aleppo.
He added that some residents are taking refuge in mosques while others moved to homes of displaced people in safer areas.
He said although thousands of people have fled to government or Kurdish-controlled areas in Aleppo, many stayed because they are wanted by the state.
The Russian Defense Ministry also said Syrian government troops had pushed the rebels from Qadisia which it described as the "key neighborhood of eastern Aleppo."


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- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 can (4 ounces) sliced mushrooms, drained
- 2 packages (10 ounces each) frozen chopped broccoli, thawed and drained
In a large saucepan, combine soup, cheese, tomatoes with green chilies, garlic powder, and black pepper. Warm over medium heat, stirring frequently, until cheese is melted and mixture is bubbly. Mix in mushrooms and broccoli and continue to heat for an additional 10 minutes or until mixture is bubbly again. Serve with bagel crisps or low-fat snack crackers.
Yield: 8 cups.
Serving size: 1/4 cup.
Nutrition Facts Per Serving:
Calories: 21 calories, Carbohydrates: 2 g, Protein: 2 g, Fat: <1 g, Saturated Fat: <1 g, Sodium: 221 mg, Fiber: 1 g
Exchanges per serving: Free.
This recipe was developed by Tami Ross, a Diabetes Nutrition Specialist and Certified Diabetes Educator in Lexington, Kentucky.


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The Purchaser has paid total consideration of $1,178,052 to the Corporation for the oil assets.
The Corporation and BH Bio-Diesel entered into two short-term loan agreements for a total of $382,000. Both loans will be paid back in full by December 31, 2013. The details of the loan will not be disclosed in this press release. The funds will be used to purchase the re-newable diesel demonstration plant located in Reno, Nevada.
Don Allan, President and CEO of Blue Horizon said "It was important to diverse of our oil assets in order to concentrate on the development of the re-newable diesel business as well it allowed us to settle some debts in the oil company. The purchase of the plant, is a significant step forward in our business plan to be a major producer of re-newable diesel".
About Blue Horizon Industries Inc.
Blue Horizon Industries Inc. is a diversified industrial company with a four-fold strategic focus. The Corporation operates through three subsidiary companies; Blue Horizon Energy Inc. - 100% owned ("Blue Horizon Energy"), Blue Horizon Bio-Diesel Inc. - 100% owned ("BH Bio-Diesel") and Blue Horizon Mining Inc. - 74% owned ("BH Mining"). Blue Horizon Contracting ("BH Contracting") and BH Energy are wholly-owned divisions of Blue Horizon Energy. BH Contracting is currently working with BH Bio-Diesel on the dismantling and re-erection of the demonstration plant, while BH Energy is exploring for oil and gas in Western Canada having participated in 3 test wells and one producing well in 2011. BH Mining is advancing two mining projects in British Columbia and BH Bio-Diesel has an exclusive sub-license agreement to build green renewable-diesel plants in Canada.
The shares of the parent company, Blue Horizon Industries Inc., are listed to trade on the Canadian National Stock Exchange ("CNSX") under the symbol BH.
Further information with respect to the Blue Horizon Group of Companies can be obtained by visiting: www.blue-horizon.ca.
This news release may contain certain forward-looking information. All statements included herein, other than statements of historical fact, is forward-looking information and such information involves various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. A description of assumptions used to develop such forward-looking information and a description of risk factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking information can be found in the company's disclosure documents on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. The company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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Easy Vegan Pie Crust Recipe
1 cup all purpose flour
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup + 1 Tablespoon vegetable shortening (i used spectrum)
4-6 Tablespoons ice cold water
Makes 1 8-9 inch pie pan
In a large bowl mix together the all purpose flour, sugar and salt. Now cut in the vegetable shortening into the flour until the shortening becomes the size of a pea.
After that, begin to fold in the cold water by the tablespoon full. The pie dough may need more or less 4-6 tablespoons depending on the humidity. When the dough begins take shape of ball and is not dry or crumbly, should feel a little moister than play dough, then you are done. Form the dough into a loss ball, wrap it in plastic and allow it to rest in the refrigerate for about 45 minutes before rolling it out and baking.
For no bake tart fillings, pre-bake the pie crust for 8-10 minutes in a 475 F oven. You will know when it is done when the crust is slight golden and shrinks a bit.
For regular filling that needs to be baked, follow your pie recipe as is. May need to cover the outside of the crust with foil while baking the pie, so the crust will not burn. And take off the foil the last 10 minutes of baking the pie.
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Fairly often I'll find a desktop that I like on the Internet and download it. Usually the process is that it's not the correct size for my desktop and I'll open up Gimp and resize it. This can be a bit of a time taker if there is only one image. Imagemagick can do the job from the command line possibly faster.
For example, last night, I snatched a wallpaper from IamFreeman. Its a good wallpaper with rough texture, nice and simple. Now to resize it to the desktop size I use imagemagick's mogrify or convert program. Mogrify tranforms the image meaning making mistakes = bad, convert will write a new image. I use mogrify here, if using convert specify the new filename at the end of the line.
If I just wanted the top left part of the image, I could just crop it.
mogrify Clean_is_simple_by_iAmFreeman.jpg -crop 800x600+0+0
The 0+0 specifies the top-left portion of the image. But I don't want to just crop the top left, I want the whole image scaled down.
Since the proportions aren't equal between my screens aspect ratio 4:3 (800×600) and the desktop I choose is 5:4 (1280×1024), I'd need to crop part of the image before I resize. The image dimensions can be listed with the identify command:
identify Clean_is_simple_by_iAmFreeman.jpg Clean_is_simple_by_iAmFreeman.jpg JPEG 1280x1024 1280x1024+0+0 DirectClass 8-bit 729.758kb 0.700u 0:02
To discover if height or width needs to be cropped, find the difference of the aspects:
echo "scale=5;(1280/1024)/(800/600)" | bc .93750
This tells me proportionally the 5:4 picture is taller. If the value is less that one then the height needs to be cropped, greater than one and the width needs to be cropped. In this instance, the height needs to be cropped 93.75%. If the width needs to be cropped:
echo "scale=5;(1280/800)/(800/600)" | bc 1.20000 echo "scale=5;(100/1.2)" | bc 83.33333
To use mogrify to crop, tell the x and y in percentages:
mogrify Clean_is_simple_by_iAmFreeman.jpg -crop 100%x93.75%+0+0
Purists will say that, this isn't' good. That god will walk upon the earth and smite thee. Yes, and he'd be right to. Here:
mogrify Clean_is_simple_by_iAmFreeman.jpg -crop 100%x93.75%+0+32
I specified in the previous command 0+0 (the crop value from the top left) hence the bottom portion was cut off in the previous command. Since the image is being reduced to 960 pixels height and since – (1024 – 960)/2 will give us the proper offset. The image is now centered. (+) values will crop x and y from the top left, (-) values will crop x and y from the bottom right.
+ - ___________ + | | | | | | - |___________|
OMG, what a pain!
Anyways, its easy to resize now:
mogrify -resize 800 Clean_is_simple_by_iAmFreeman.jpg
I only specified the width here as specifying height would be redundant. If the image needs to be stretched or compressed use an ! after the value (800×500!).
All in One Command
Put the steps in order and this can be done in one command.
mogrify Clean_is_simple_by_iAmFreeman.jpg -crop 100%x93.75%+0+32 -resize 800
I'll talk about converting SVGs tomorrow and how I take screenshots.


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[ First Look at Apple's iOS 7 ]
Something as different as iOS 7 is going to raise questions. Fortunately, we have some answers. While there's still much to be learned about the new OS between now and its arrival later this year, we can still provide an overview based on what we've seen and heard so far from Apple.
The basics
What's the biggest change with iOS 7?
Where to begin? The entire look and feel of the system has been overhauled, with flatter icons, less skeumorphism, and thinner typefaces. That said, anybody who's used iOS will probably feel mostly at home: Apple hasn't changed the home screen much, and the basic gestures and interactions are largely the same, with a few new exceptions.
So how is the new look different from the old look?
How did you feel about green felt? Wood bookshelves? Stitched leather? I hope the answer is "not great," because they're all gone in iOS 7. Instead they've been replaced with a new cleaner design that's largely about simple lines and icons. While there are elements reminiscent of Microsoft's recent Windows Phone design, iOS 7 clearly has its own distinct style. These aren't just subtle enhancements either; they permeate every bit of the interface.
iOS 7 also takes design cues from your content too, tinting controls and panels with the colors from the photos behind them. Apple's Jony Ive spoke about layering the interface, with panels such as Notification Center and Control Center visually residing "on top" of apps and the iOS home screen.
Will the new design mean I have to completely relearn how to use my phone?
Not really. Launching and using apps is largely the same. But there will be some new things to learn. For example, you can now swipe up from the bottom of the screen to summon Control Center (a handy panel that gives you access to many of your most commonly-used system features). There's another new swipe-from-the-left-edge gesture that means "go up a level" when you're in Mail, for example.
But, as Apple's Craig Federighi described it, it's a bit like getting a new phone that you already know how to use.
When will iOS 7 be available?
Apple says the updated iOS arrives in the fall, which has become something of a standard for iOS releases. iOS 6 arrived last September, while iOS 5 made its debut in October 2012. (Before that, both iOS and the phones that it powered were on a summer release schedule.)
When iOS 7 becomes available, we expect you'll be able to upgrade the same way you could with iOS 6--either downloading the updated OS via iTunes or by taking advantage of iOS's over-the-air updating capabilities to pluck the new version out of the ether.
What devices will support iOS 7?
If you're looking to update to iOS 7 when it lands in the fall, you'll need to have one of these devices: the iPhone 4 or later; iPad 2 or later; iPad mini; or fifth-generation iPod touch. (And, of course, whatever new mobile hardware Apple releases between now and iOS 7's official launch, but why count our iOS devices before they're hatched?)
Specific features have more stringent device requirements (see below for details on these features):
- Panoramic photos are only available on the iPhone 4S or later and fifth-generation iPod touch.
- You can't shoot square photos or video using the iPad 2; all other devices can use this feature, however.
- For the nifty new live camera filters, you'll need an iPhone 5 or fifth-generation iPod touch. Putting filters on after the fact in the Photos app is an option for the iPhone 4 or later, third-generation iPad or later, iPad mini, and fifth-generation iPod touch.
- To AirDrop a photo or other file to your friends, you'll need an iPhone 5 or later, fourth-generation iPad or later, iPad mini, or fifth-generation iPod touch. You'll also need an iCloud account.
- Siri continues to be limited to those using an iPhone 4S or later; third-generation iPad or later; iPad mini; and fifth-generation iPod touch. It also may not be available for your country. And if it's a new Siri voice you desire, keep in mind that it'll only be available initially in English, French, or German.
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What is this Control Center thing? How is it different from Notification Center?
If you've ever grumbled to yourself while navigating three levels deep into Settings to turn off Bluetooth, you're going to love Control Center. This new panel, which you can summon anywhere in iOS by swiping up from the bottom of the screen, gives you easy access to common settings, including Airplane Mode, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Do Not Disturb, Orientation Lock, Brightness, AirDrop, and AirPlay. There are also media playback controls, and icons at the bottom enable you to launch frequently used apps and utilties: You can turn on the iPhone's camera flash to use as a flashlight, or open the Clock, Calculator, or Camera apps. But it's not to be confused with Notification Center...
Did Notification Center change?
It definitely received some overhauls. While you still summon it by swiping down from the top of the screen, Notification Center has a new translucent look, like much of the rest of the OS, and offers some different information. In addition to storing your notifications, as it did in previous version of iOS, it also offers a tab where you can view only your missed notifications, as well as a new Today view.
The latter acts a little bit like Google's Google Now feature, providing you an overview of what you have to do today, including the current weather forecast, upcoming appointments on your calendar, stock quotes, and even a quick paragraph about what kind of day you have tomorrow.
What's up with multitasking in iOS 7?
You can still switch apps by double-clicking the Home button, but the interface for doing so has changed: It now resembles the old interface for switching pages in Safari on iOS 6 and before, where you see a thumbnail of the page. A row of app icons still appears below, and you can swipe back and forth to find the app that you're looking for. Force-quitting apps is a little different though: Instead of tapping and holding on the icon, you flick a thumbnail up to dismiss it.
Behind the scenes, there are other, more significant differences. In iOS 4 and later, only certain tasks could run in the background (in order to save battery life). In iOS 7, we finally get full multitasking. So any app can run in the background, providing you with up-to-the-minute information as soon as you switch to it.
If any app can run in the background, what about battery life?
Apple's spent a lot of time making sure that battery life won't suffer from the new multitasking. It tries to collect updates from different apps and run them all at the same time, and keeps an eye on both power efficiency and the current network situation to make sure it doesn't run down your battery.
The apps
What's new with the Camera?
Like the rest of iOS 7, Camera's gotten a significant overhaul. It offers four different modes: standard camera, video camera, a square camera, and panorama; you can swipe back and forth between them. If you think that square camera might be Apple's way of taking a shot at Instagram, congratulations: You're spot on. The app also now includes different live photo filters that you can apply to your still or square shots. They're even non-destructive, in case you want to remove them later.
What are Moments and Collections?
For those of us that end up with thousands of pictures in our Camera Rolls, Moments and Collections offer a better way to organize those photos. Just as iPhoto on the Mac can automatically break pictures into events, Photos on iOS can use metadata like time and location to create different "Moments"--all the pictures you took on Thursday at dinner, for example, or all the photos you snapped while on that weekend trip to the country. Collections are larger groupings of Moments--often all the photos you took in a general area (around your house) during a time period of often several months. Beyond that you can zoom out even further to a Years view that breaks down all the pictures you took in various (you guessed it) years.
So iOS 7 has AirDrop?
It does! AirDrop in iOS 7 lets you exchange files like pictures, Passbook passes, and contacts between two iOS users over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, without any configuration and (as Apple's Craig Federighi pointed out) without the need to walk around and "bump" phones with people. AirDrop appears in the Share sheet, along with more conventional items like Mail and Messages; you can even use it to share multiple items to multiple people at once. Files end up right in the appropriate app and are encrypted during transmission. You can also change permissions to determine whether everybody can share with you, or only certain people nearby (or people in your contacts).
What we don't know is whether or not iOS devices will be able to AirDrop files back and forth with Macs.
What's new with Safari?
Apple's Web browser--which the company likes to point out is the most used browser for mobile devices--has some new tricks up its sleeve in iOS 7. There's a entirely new minimalist interface: The search and URL fields have been merged into one, which will now suggest URLs, bookmarks, and search results as you type. In addition, your favorites are quickly and easily available from that screen, allowing you one-touch access to your bookmarked sites. And the interface disappears into the background as you scroll, giving you even more space with which to view your content.
A new tab interface lets you scroll more quickly through open pages (and continue scrolling down to iCloud Tabs); there are also the same continuous-scrolling Reading List and Shared Links features that will appear in OS X Mavericks. And iCloud Keychain, a new feature that syncs your passwords between your devices and even helps you generate new passwords, should work seamlessly Safari.
Wait, isn't iTunes Radio basically Pandora?
More or less, yes. But that doesn't mean that it won't be plenty popular. As in Pandora, you can create stations based on a song, artist, or genre, then rate the songs as you go along, in case you want to hear more like that track, or never want to hear anything like that track again. You can also control the balance of your stations, determining whether they're hit-heavy, favor new music discovery, or opt for a mix of the two. A history tab gives you a full list of all the songs you've listened to, just in case you can't remember the name of that one track that had you grooving along.
But Apple's new streaming service has the additional benefit of being closely tied in with the rest of the iTunes ecosystem, meaning that you can easily buy songs from the iTunes Store, directly from within iTunes Radio.
Is iTunes Radio the only change in the Music app?
Most of the rest of the changes are cosmetic, it seems, reflecting the new design aesthetic of iOS 7. Despite the extensive overhaul of iTunes on the Mac that Apple did last year, there didn't seem to be much crossover to iOS--or, if there is, Apple didn't hasn't revealed it yet. In particular, there's no indication that iTunes 11's Up Next feature has jumped to Apple's mobile platform.
The rest
Is Siri finally out of beta in iOS 7?
We don't know. Apple's virtual assistant didn't get much screen time in Monday's keynote, and what time it did have in the spotlight was relegated to discussing its new integration features, such as in-Siri results for Bing search, Wikipedia, and Twitter, as well as some new control features for things like iTunes radio. Siri's also got new, high-quality voices (for the U.S. at the moment, but coming soon for other languages) and a fancy new interface--though it doesn't yet have the live-transcription feature that Google recently showed of for its voice search.
Activation Lock: How does this make my iPhone more secure?
Activation Lock's a system whereby a thief who attempts to disable Find My iPhone or wipe the phone won't be able to do so without entering your Apple ID and password. While dedicated hackers may still be able to find a way around it, the hope seems to be that Activation Lock is enough of a deterrent that thieves will think twice before stealing iPhones to sell.
When will iOS in the Car be available? And for what cars?
At the moment, Apple says that a dozen car manufacturers--including Honda, Mercedes, Nissan, Ferrari, Chevrolet, Infiniti, Kia, Hyundai, Volvo, Acura, Opel, and Jaguar--have already signed on to provide support for the new iOS in the Car initiative, which will allow drivers to use the screen in their car to use certain iOS features, including navigation, phone, and entertainment.
So these are the only changes in iOS 7?
Hardly. Apple's Federighi limited himself to previewing just 10 new features at WWDC. But one of the final slides during the iOS 7 sneak peek hinted at many more changes--everything from system improvements to developer APIs. Our own Serenity Caldwell dug into some of the iOS 7 features Apple didn't talk about during its WWDC keynote, and that's a worthwhile read if you'd like greater depth on what Apple has planned for its mobile OS.
We've only mentioned a few of the major changes in iOS 7, and Apple likely has many more hidden up its corporate sleeve.
What's still missing in iOS 7?
There are a few things we hoped iOS 7 would offer that it doesn't yet. For example, the Maps app has no transit directions; Siri doesn't feature live transcription, A la Google's Voice search; Home screen organization doesn't seem to have changed; you can't apparently set third-party apps as defaults for tools like browsers or mail clients; there's no Up Next feature in iTunes; and much more. But hey, that just means there's room for improvement.
This story, "FAQ: Everything You Need to Know About iOS 7" was originally published by Macworld.
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Local produce, vegan beers, allergy-conscious menus - these are just a few examples of restaurant touches that have improved the palettes, eating trends and food industry awareness of eaters across the country. But while there's a lot that can be done to make a menu green, what about that actual space of the restaurant? How does one best keep the architecture and design eco-friendly?
Luckily it's just as easy as greening your menu. Consider these tips to help you on your way to a sustainable restaurant.
1. Keep a garden. With limited space, this might not be the most appealing of options, but a garden is more than just a source of super-local produce, it's also décor - and some of the best you can find at that, recommends StarChef.com. Use trellises for tomato vines, a roof for an herb garden or simply grow flowers you can cut and place at tables. As far as green goes, it's hard to surpass a few plants.
2. Radiant floor heating. A sustainable and cost-effective option to other forms of heating, radiant floor heating can be placed under almost any surface. It's one of the most efficient methods of heat a space as large as a restaurant's dining room and also one of the greenest.
3. Eco-friendly restrooms. There's the obvious electric hand dryer option to cut down on paper waste, but also look into green toilets. High-efficiency toilets can save you money and avoid excess water usage.
4. Salvaged furniture. Consider repurposing furniture from a flea market or salvage site for a green way to give your restaurant some life, suggests StarChef.com. Sanding, painting and restoring old wood can turn any antique new again and the variations of style can be refreshing when they're tied together by a solid color scheme.
5. Compostable doggy bags. Take a step beyond recycling to make sure your visitors and staff have an easier time being green themselves. Using compostable containers mitigates your potential waste.
There are a great variety of options available to restaurateurs who want to incorporate green design improvements. Something as small as energy-efficient kitchen appliances can both save money and improve a kitchen's carbon-footprint. Sustainable design is trendy, so consider the best way to incorporate green into your business, even if you just start with some eco-friendly non-toxic paint.
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Well, um, yippee.
Wow. Congress has decided it won't trigger a global financial crisis out of pure pique. Can't get any better than that.
Plus, the government is going to be funded until after the holidays. Halloween is going to be so terrific.
Important Halloween note: When you're thinking about party costumes, forget going as Senator Ted Cruz. Everybody will be going as Ted Cruz. (Consider going as Representative Ted Yoho. You would need a name tag, but "Ted Yoho" would be so worth it.)
Even in defeat, Cruz was in the limelight on Wednesday. "It is heartbreaking to the American people that Senate Republicans divided as they did," he told his colleagues, demonstrating an unshakable confidence in his capacity to peer into the national mind.
Earlier, in a press conference, Cruz announced: "Unfortunately, once again, it appears the Washington establishment is refusing to listen to the American people." There have been about nine million polls taken since the government shutdown, all of which showed the American people shrieking do not shut down the government! Where do you think Ted Cruz gets his information about public opinion? Twitter, that's where. There is nothing so dangerous to national well-being as an extremist with a smartphone.
Also, he keeps pointing out that two million people signed an online petition to defund Obamacare. Two million people is approximately 0.6 of 1 percent of the American public. Two million is also about the number of Twitter followers for Adam Lambert, the runner-up for the 2009 season of "American Idol."
O.K., I'm done complaining.
Let's think positive. Americans want to get back to normal. We want to admire the fall foliage and plan for Thanksgiving and complain about Congress's failure to pass a farm bill. There is nothing we find more attractive than the sight of a bipartisan majority, holding hands to kick the budgetary can down the road.
As Congress began debate on the new get-out-of-this-ditch plan, the Senate devoted most of its time to a celebration of that sudden blossoming of bipartisanship. "I was wondering why I came to the United States Senate," confessed Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota. Heitkamp claimed she had despaired over the behavior of her colleagues until she joined a group of 14 Republicans and Democrats working on proposals to restart the government. None of their specific proposals actually got passed, but everyone except the Tea Party praised their team spirit. Besides Heitkamp, the group included both senators from Maine and New Hampshire. Perhaps people from cold places have a greater appreciation of the advantages of coming together.
The House whipped through its approval with virtually no comment. There is nothing more efficient than a sullen majority. Democrats said a few lukewarm words about the agreement. "It does have my support as a means to an end," said Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Good work in repressing the temptation to gloat, House Democrats!
It was the outcome Tea Party conservatives had theoretically feared — Democrats and moderates ascendant. But, by the end, most of them seemed sort of grateful for a way out. The Republican caucus gave Speaker John Boehner a standing ovation, which really did suggest that he'd been exceptionally canny in the way he played his cards. And it only required 16 days of government shutdown to put him on firm political footing.
About the plan: Everything goes back to normal and all the fights get postponed until early next year. Meanwhile, a House-Senate conference committee will try to agree on a budget. This is basically the same House-Senate conference committee that the Senate Democrats have tried to create nearly two dozen times over the past seven months. The Republicans resisted, arguing that it all might be a trick to raise the debt ceiling. Which is now being raised. So it's fair, if you have the urge, to say that this whole ordeal has been for nothing whatsoever.
Any further consideration of what is going to happen with Congress and budgets would require bringing up the sequester issue. Sequester is incredibly important, but, really, we've been through a lot lately and I believe a rest is in order.
Instead, discuss the following: Would you say that Congress is more like the movie "Gravity" (government employees helplessly adrift in space) or the movie "Captain Phillips" (hero trapped in small, sweaty place with unstable people waving guns)?
I am going for "Captain Phillips," which has Tom Hanks stuck in the end in a lifeboat-capsule with three Somali pirates: the navigator who does not know how to steer, the strongman who keeps shrieking and threatening everybody, and a nice kid who is in way over his head.
Obviously, we the people get the Tom Hanks role. Everybody likes Tom Hanks. I will allow you to attach Congressional identities to each pirate. Feel free to bring up Ted Cruz.


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TRUCKEE – Three engine strike teams from the Eldorado/Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Plumas and Tahoe National Forests were recognized by the Regional Forester as Honor Award recipients recently for their response to the Waldo Canyon Fire near Colorado Springs, Colo.
Strike Teams 4601C, 3660C and 4660C arrived at the Waldo Canyon Fire on June 26, 2012. Driven by winds up to 65 mph and burning through historically parched fuels, the fire raged into the Mountain Shadows community, spotting extensively and displaying extreme fire behavior creating very challenging conditions. The strike teams, each composed of five engine crews, worked through the night to protect lives and property.
"Comments from Incident Management Team members who were directing the suppression efforts, local agency personnel, and Colorado Springs residents consistently praised the outstanding efforts of the engine strike teams. They emphasized that the strike teams were responsible for saving many homes on the night of June 26 and 27 with their decisive and aggressive actions and that their efforts directly contributed to the 80 percent survival rate of residences impacted by the fire," stated Tahoe Forest Supervisor Tom Quinn, who was working on the fire as Agency Administrator. "I am very proud of these men and woman and their effectiveness in fighting this fire which eventually burned over 18,200 acres and has been described as one of the most destructive fires in Colorado State history."
The Strike Teams were also specifically recognized for their efforts by the President of the United States when he toured the Waldo Canyon Fire on June 29, 2012.
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Engine 31, Camptonville: James Prince, Captain; Matt Mullins; Daniel Sadlo; Christopher Buckbee; and Danny Rasmussen.
Engine 42, Foresthill: Mike Durocher, Captain; Eric Husmann; Tyler Bosworth; Daniel Manry; David Foster.
Engine 71, Truckee: Jesse Green, Assigned Captain; Ryan Herrera; Wade Boan; Bryce Dana Boyer; and Sabrina Retterer.
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- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions and sauté 2-3 minutes, until tender. Then add rice and continue sautéing 2-3 minutes. Add salt, pepper, and ¼ cup wine; stir; and let cook until wine evaporates.
- Begin adding warmed stock, 1/3 cup at a time, stirring often. When the stock has almost evaporated, add another 1/3 cup, until you have used all of the stock. It will take approximately 25-35 minutes until the risotto is cooked. (It should be tender, but have a slight bite to it.)
- Meanwhile, heat butter in another large skillet over medium-high heat. Dredge scallops in flour and add to skillet, cooking 2-3 minutes per side, until golden and just cooked through. Add garlic, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook 1-2 minutes, until garlic is fragrant. Remove scallops and set aside.
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Justin Guarini is a married man.
The former "American Idol" star, who finished second to Kelly Clarkson in the Fox show's first season, tied the knot with Reina Capodici on Saturday, Access Hollywood has confirmed.
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"The wedding went off without a hitch," the singer's rep told Access on Sunday.
Justin, 30, met Reina, 27, during their high school days. The longtime couple has a 4-year-old daughter, Lola.
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The star announced his nuptials to Access earlier this week.
The September ceremony came after a planned summer date was pushed back.
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In February, Justin told Access that he popped the question while working on Disney's "American Idol" Experience in Orlando.
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