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The Samsung SyncMaster XL2370 is currently the reigning king of LED monitors. Compared with the LG Flatron W2486L, the SyncMaster offers better performance, lighter weight, and a thinner design. Granted, the W2486L comes with a VGA port and two HDMI ports–as opposed to the Samsung's single HDMI and DVI ports–but it also sells for $350–$50 more than the street price of the XL2370. So the question is, "How much is HDMI worth to you?"
Design and features
The 23-inch LG Flatron W2486L is nearly as thin as the Samsung SyncMaster XL2370, measuring 0.8 inch in depth, compared with the Samsung at just a tad more than 0.5 inch. The Flatron's bezel measures 0.8 inch on the sides–thinner than the XL2370's 1.1 inches. The full width of the display is 22.7 inches, slightly longer than the XL2370. Its screen has a slightly frosty, matte finish and the neck of the display uses a unique, slightly concave upside-down triangle with pink highlights. Overall, the shape and color lends a very organic look to the neck.
The Flatron uses an oval-shaped base that measures a relatively large 10 inches wide and 8 inches deep, yet it doesn't do much to minimize wobbling. For better or worse, the Flatron's weight of 10.32 pounds–more than 2 pounds heavier than the XL2370–worked as an effective anchor to prevent it from toppling.
The bottom of the bezel sits about 3.5 inches from the desktop, but unfortunately, the screen height is neither adjustable nor are there screen rotation or pivot options for portrait mode. The capability to tilt the screen back 25 degrees is its only ergonomic feature.
The W2486L's connection options include two HDMI ports (one more than the XL2370), DVI-D, VGA, and a headphone jack. Unlike the Samsung SyncMaster XL2370, the LG offers no analog and digital audio out connections. All of the ports sit on the back in the lower midsection of the panel and face backward, instead of down, like with most monitors. The connections are only recessed about half an inch into the monitor, making them easy to access.
The power button sits on the bottom-right corner of the screen bezel. To the left of the power button is the touch-sensitive onscreen display button array with six buttons: Smart, Fun, Menu, Engine/Down, Source/Up, and Autoset. Pressing Smart brings up an eco-friendly menu with on/off controls for the ambient light sensor, an autobright setting that lowers the monitor's brightness when displaying a bright screen, and a one- or two-hour monitor shutoff timer option. Listed under the Fun option is a mode for displaying the screen in a 4:3 aspect ratio. Also under Fun is a photo effect option that lets you set the screen to take on three photo effects: Gaussian Blur, Sepia, and Monochrome. The Engine/Down button offers four presets: Movie, Internet, User-defined, and Normal. Whether you consider any of these options "fun" is entirely up to you.
The Menu includes controls for brightness, contrast, and color temperature, including sRGB, which you use to adjust the custom color by changing the red, green, and blue values individually. Also included is a sharpness control that let you select from 10 levels. Adjusting it below level 4 caused Web sites to look blurry, but at higher levels, pages looked crisp and clear. We didn't notice a difference in quality when we adjusted the sharpness during movies, but we recommend a setting of at least level 5 for games.
Each OSD button is invisible, requiring a few unintuitive presses of names and lights to get an appropriate menu to appear. To change the brightness, we followed a clunky menu hierarchy: pressing Menu to bring up main menu, and Autoset to select brightness/contrast. The brightness and contrast gauges are aligned vertically, but you can't cycle through them using the up and down arrows. Instead, you must use the Autoset buttons to do so and then use the up and down arrows to change the value. The LG Flatron W2486L's screen is a 16:9 aspect ratio and supports a 1,920×1,080-pixel "Full HD" native resolution. This continues the trend of more monitor vendors moving toward 16:9 from 16:10 because high-definition content–in particular 1080p movies–can fit onto a 1,920×1,080-pixel screen in full-screen mode without stretching the image.
Manufacturer's specifications
Resolution: 1,920×1,080 pixels
Pixel-response rate: 2ms
Contrast ratio: 1,000:1
Connectivity: HDMI, DVI-D, VGA
HDCP compliant? Yes
Included video cables? VGA
Backlight: LED
Panel Type: TN
We tested the LG Flatron W2486L with its DVI connection. The display posted a composite score of 92 on CNET Labs' DisplayMate-based performance tests besting the Dell SP2309W's score of 90, but came in less than the Dell G2410's 97 score and the SyncMaster XL2370's score of 96. The W2486L scored well in our color tests, faltering only in our color ramp tests as it didn't show a smooth intensity color ramp. In our Dark Screen test, clouding or backlight bleedthrough was noticeable on the top and especially the bottom-middle edge of the screen, but not quite as much as we saw on the XL2370. We were pleased though that the display didn't crush dark grays and confuse them with black. We were able to see low levels of dark gray.
The W2486L achieved a brightness score of 226 candelas per square meter–much lower than the XL2370's 344 cd/m2, and slightly lower than the Dell G2410's 234 cd/m2. When we set the brightness of the W2486L and XL2370 to 100 and 75 respectively, we found the XL's whites were noticeably brighter without compromising the dark detail and deep blacks of the image.
We used the W2486L's Movie preset to check out "Kill Bill Vol. 1" on DVD and several 1080p movie files from Microsoft's WMV HD Showcase. Because of the Flatron's relatively low brightness level, its colors in scenes just didn't pop the way did on the XL2370, and images looked rather dull.
We looked at World of Warcraft and Unreal Tournament 3 and noticed no signs of input lag or any streaking or ghosting during fast movement. Games looked better than movies on the W2486L, but didn't quite approach the vibrancy of the XL2370.
Unlike the cold cathode fluorescent lamp-based backlights used on most backlit monitors, the LG Flatron W2486L relies on individual LEDs across back of the display that turn off or on independently, giving the display more precise control over the amount of light that comes through the screen. The purported advantages of an LED backlight are better energy efficiency, more accurate color reproduction, a conceivably thinner panel design, and a higher potential brightness level. While LG succeeds with its thin panel and energy efficiency, its low brightness is disappointing.
The optimal viewing angle for a monitor is usually directly in front, about a quarter of the screen's distance down from the top. At this angle, you're viewing the colors and gamma correction as they were intended. Most monitors are not made to be viewed at any other angle. Depending on its panel type, picture quality at nonoptimal angles varies. Most monitors use TN panels that get overly bright or overly dark in parts of the screen when viewed from nonoptimal angles. The LG Flatron W2486L uses a TN panel, and when it is viewed from the sides or bottom, we perceived the screen to darken about 6 inches off from center. Of course, when viewed from the optimal angle, we had no problems.


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Despite a Taliban threat to stay away, Afghans lined up Saturday to vote in a presidential runoff between two candidates who both promise to improve ties with the West and combat corruption as they confront a powerful Taliban insurgency and preside over the withdrawal of most foreign troops by the end of the year.
Whoever wins faces major challenges in trying to bolster Afghanistan's security forces against a relentless insurgency and improving the nation's economy and infrastructure at a time when international aid for Afghanistan is drying up. But many said just holding the country's first peaceful transfer of authority was a major success.
The presidential hopefuls —former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah and ex-World Bank official and former finance minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai — differ more in personality in policy. Both have promised to sign a long-delayed security pact with the United States. That would allow nearly 10,000 American troops to remain in the country for two more years to conduct counterterrorism operations and continue training and advising the ill-prepared Afghan army and police.
"I voted today for my future, because it is still not clear — the country is at war and corruption is everywhere and security is terrible. I want the next president to bring security above all and jobs," said 20-year-old Marya Nazami, who voted for Ahmadzai.
The Taliban intensified attacks ahead of the vote and warned people to stay away from the polls, but the Islamic militants failed to disrupthe first round on April 5 and security forces launched a massive operation. Troops frisked voters before allowing them into polling stations and erected checkpoints around the capital of Kabul to search cars for explosives or other weapons. Trucks also were banned from the city.
Still, the militants made their presence known. A series of rockets slammed into areas in the eastern Khost province, near the Pakistani border, killing six civilians and wounding eight, according to provincial government spokesman Mubarez Mohammad Zadran. Elsewhere in the east, a mortar shell killed two other civilians and wounded three in Logar province. Several other explosions were reported in Kabul and elsewhere, but those caused no casualties.
President Hamid Karzai, who has grown increasingly alienated from his one-time U.S. allies during his two terms in office, has refused to sign the pact.
Many voters said they were eager to get the bilateral security agreement signed after watching Islamic extremists seize large sections of Iraq nearly three years after U.S. troops withdrew from that country. Iraq's Shiite-led government had discussed with the Americans the possibility of a residual U.S. force but the two sides were unable to reach an agreement.
"Iraq is burning," Abbas Razaye, a 36-year-old shopkeeper, said after voting in a mosque in western Kabul. "We need the foreign troops for the time being. Otherwise our history of civil war will repeat itself and Afghanistan will deteriorate even more than Iraq."
Sayed Qayyum, 58, agreed the pact should be signed. "I am afraid if it isn't signed then Afghanistan will face the same fate as Iraq," he said.
Abdullah and Ahmadzai were facing off after none of the eight candidates in the first round won the majority needed to avoid a second round. Abdullah emerged as the front-runner after he garnered 45 percent of votes in the initial balloting; Ahmadzai was second with 31.6 percent. The two have since campaigned as much for the support from their six former rivals as from Afghans themselves.
Abdul Hakim, a 25-year-old businessman, said he voted for Abdullah in both elections, and he has high expectations.
"I want Abdullah to remove corruption and poppy cultivation and bring security. He should definitely sign the BSA," he said. "Afghanistan has no economy. Afghanistan has very bad security."
With Karzai out of the race, Ahmadzai has gained the support of many Pashtuns who voted against him five years ago, particularly in the Taliban heartland in southern Afghanistan.
"According to our will, Ashraf Ghani is the best candidate and the rightful leader of our country," said Abdul Saboor Zamaria, a 30-year-old working for a nongovernmental organization in the southern city of Kandahar. "If Abdullah Abdullah is made our leader more mistrust and rage will spread in our country and violence will keep increasing day by day."
Unlike the previous round, when long lines and ballot shortages prompted authorities to extend the voting, polls closed on schedule at 4 p.m. ( 1130 GMT, 7:30 a.m. EDT.) Official preliminary results to be announced on July 2, final on July 22. Interior Minister Mohammad Umar Daudzai said that in all, around 150 attacks were recorded, including rockets, roadside bombs and gunbattles.
Karzai, who has led the country since the U.S. invasion toppled the Taliban in the months after the Sep. 11, 2001 attacks but was constitutionally barred from seeking a third term, cast his ballot at a high school near the presidential palace.
"Today your vote will lead Afghanistan toward a better future, better government and a better life," he said to his countrymen. "Afghanistan is taking another step forward in a transition toward security, progress and stability."
Abdullah, 53, whose mother was a Tajik, draws his support mainly from that ethnicity although his father was Pashtun. During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, he served as adviser to and spokesman for Tajik warlord Ahmad Shah Massoud, who was assassinated by al-Qaida two days before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Later that year, Abdullah became the face of Afghanistan's anti-Taliban movement after the U.S. toppled the Taliban regime, giving frequent press conferences to international media. He served as foreign minister and then was the runner-up in Karzai's disputed re-election in 2009.
"We promise the people of Afghanistan that their future ... is assured with our team, which is a team from the people of Afghanistan, for the people of Afghanistan and for the future of this country," Abdullah said, flashing his finger stained with indelible ink used to prevent multiple voting.
Ahmadzai, a 64-year-old Pashtun, received a Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University, taught at Johns Hopkins University and worked at the World Bank. He gave up U.S. citizenship to run in the 2009 election, but received only 3 percent of the vote.
"These fingers, which used to fire the trigger of guns, now are being used to vote. We ask all the armed oppositions to allow the nation to choose its future," he said Saturday.
Khan reported from Kandahar. Associated Press writer Rahim Faiez in Kabul also contributed to this report.

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(April 24, 2003—Phoenix, AZ) H&R Block Services, Inc., has agreed to establish a fund to reimburse clients who paid for the tax-preparation company's "Peace of Mind" guarantee but may not have wanted to purchase the optional service, Attorney General Terry Goddard announced today. The agreement, reached by attorneys general of 41 states, the corporation counsel of the District of Columbia and H&R Block, concerns the company's guarantee to pay up to $5,000 of any additional income tax owed due to a preparer's error.
"This settlement will provide restitution to customers who were charged for the Peace of Mind guarantee but who do not believe they were adequately informed of their choice," said Goddard. "The agreement will prevent this problem from arising in the future, as well."
The attorneys general said Block added a fee of $22 for the guarantee to all consumer tax return preparation invoices without first obtaining the consumer's affirmative acceptance. Block denies that it violated any consumer protection statute and maintains that it did not deprive its customers of the choice.
The agreement calls on H&R Block to establish a fund of $1 million to be utilized to pay refunds to eligible consumers who had a tax return prepared at an H&R Block office in tax season 2001.
Under the terms of the settlement H&R Block will seek a consumer's affirmative agreement before charging for the guarantee in the future. The company may not make a representation that it "recommends" purchasing the guarantee until the customer has been provided the material terms and conditions of the guarantee.
H&R Block also agreed to reimburse the states for the cost of bringing the action against the company.
To be eligible, consumers must have had a tax return prepared in the 2001 tax season, has charged for the guarantee as an additional component, never utilized the guarantee and believe they were never informed that the guarantee was added for a fee to their tax preparation serve, Goddard said. Eligible consumers must make a request either by phone, toll-free at 866-522-7083, or on the web at
hrblock.com/customer_support/pom_jsp for English
hrblock.com/customer_support/pom_es.jsp for Spanish.
Consumers must make their application for refund within 120 days of the date of the agreement between the state and H&R Block.
Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Leonard was the lead attorney for the Arizona Attorney General's Office on this case.


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Barbara Walters has revealed some of the names on her 2012 Ten Most Fascinating People list. As is the usual, these folks are not necessarily technically fascinating — just zeitgeisty, popular, noteworthy, current. This year, that includes Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas; the tiny British tea cakes of One Direction; Oscar host and writer Seth MacFarlane; Ben Affleck and Fifty Shades of Grey author E.L. James. Also featured will be some serious heavy hitters: Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
Three names on the list have not yet been announced, and you've got to wonder: Who will be 2012's most fascinating? Barbara Walters is not just the lady from the screech-fest known as The View, but a respected journalist; even if you think she's become irrelevant, the fact remains that she's seen as authoritative to most Americans, and if she says it, it must be true. Last year's "most fascinating" was Steve Jobs; according to ABC:
Past choices have included J.K. Rowling, Nancy Pelosi, Camilla Park Bowles, Paris Hilton, Laura Bush, Gen. Tommy Franks, Colin Powell, Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela and more.
We can be pretty sure it's not Lindsay Lohan… After all, LL cancelled a 20/20 interview with Babs at the last minute. And Nicki Minaj is in some kind of feud with Babs.
But Taylor Swift? She might be in the top 3. After all, her new album has sold almost three MILLION copies in three weeks — very rare these days.
Other folks who seem possible: Anderson Cooper. David Petraeus. Justin Bieber. Any other suggestions?


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Daniels | Huff | Thompson | Wheatlake
Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's ice hockey team fought back from a two-goal deficit to earn an impressive 5-3 victory over previously unbeaten St. Lawrence in non-league action on Saturday (Oct. 19) night during the school's first-ever "Pink In The Rink" contest at the Ewigleben Ice Arena in Big Rapids.
The Bulldogs donned pink jerseys for the special contest, which benefited breast cancer research locally thru the Susan P. Wheatlake fund. A crowd of nearly 1,900 fans were on hand as the Bulldogs split the weekend series against the Saints to improve to 3-2 overall on the year.
The visitors got off to a quick start as St. Lawrence struck first at 9:16 of the opening period when Eric Sweetman notched his first goal of the year off an assist from Brian Ward on the power-play to give the Saints the early lead.
The lead grew to two goals only 32 seconds into the second period as Matt Carey found the back of the net for an even-strength goal. The marker was his first of the season as well and came from Jeremy Wick and Greg Carey.
However, the Bulldogs answered back quickly. FSU pulled within a goal at 2:07 of the second when senior Garrett Thompson recorded his third goal of the year on the power play to begin the Bulldog charge. Justin Buzzeo and senior captain Scott Czarnowczan picked up the helpers.
FSU then tied the game up at two goals apice at 11:04 of the second when Buzzeo recorded his third goal of the year. The roles were reversed as Thompson earned the first assist and Justin DeMartino picked up the second assist for FSU on the even-strength tally.
The score stood at two goals each heading into the third, but the Bulldogs came out of the locker room sharp and recorded back-to-back goals only two minutes apart early in the period to take the advantage.
The first goal of the final period was scored by senior Cory Kane in a 4-on-4 situation with senior Andy Huff credited with the assist at 1:27 of the third.
Then, slightly less than two minutes later at 3:25, a freshman notched his first goal of his collegiate career as Big Rapids native Seth Adams put one past the St. Lawrence defense with assists going to fellow freshman Kyle Schempp and sophomore Brandon Anselmini. The goal proved to be the eventual game-winner.
Ferris State pushed the lead to 5-2 with just over 11 minutes to play as Huff notched his first goal of the campaign to help seal the victory. Czarnowczan picked up his second helper of the night with junior defenseman Jason Binkley notching an assist as well.
The Saints accounted for the final scoring of the night as they trimmed the margin back to two goals at 18:29 of the third on Woody Hudson's first score of the year, but could get no closer. Patrick Raley and Gavin Bayreuther had the assists.
Ferris State junior goaltender CJ Motte tallied a game-best 31 saves in improving to 3-0 overall in net this season with the victory. He made 11 saves in the first period followed by 12 in the second and eight in the third.
Overall, St. Lawrence held a 34-22 edge in total shots, including a combined total of 25 in the opening two periods of action. Both teams finished with nine shots in the final period, but the Bulldogs took advantage with three goals in the frame to earn the win.
Matt Weninger suffered his first loss of the year for St. Lawrence as he surrendered all five Bulldog goals while making 16 saves. Tyler Parks came on in relief for 9:57 and had a single save before the Saints pulled him for the extra skater the final 1:10 of action.
Both teams totaled eight penalties for 16 minutes in the box. However, Ferris State was able to capitalize as the Bulldogs finished three-of-five with the man-advantage after entering the game with only two power-play goals on the year. FSU also held St. Lawrence to a single power-play tally in five tries.
With the setback, St. Lawrence dropped to 3-1 overall this season.
Ferris State will take next weekend off before the Bulldogs open Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) action for the first-time ever on Nov. 1-2 at Alabama-Huntsville. FSU then returns home for three consecutive league weekend stands in the month of November starting with a series against Bemidji State on Nov. 8-9 at the Ewigleben Ice Arena.
Single-game tickets for all 2013-14 Bulldog Hockey home contests are on sale and can be purchased in advance online at StarTickets.com, by calling (800) 585-3737 or in person at the FSU Athletics Ticket Office located inside the Ewigleben Sports Complex. For more information, please visit FerrisStateBulldogs.com or call (231) 591-2888.
Ferris State Hockey Battles Back To Claim "Pink In The Rink" Victory
St. Lawrence
Ferris State
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|Ferris State (3-2-0, 0-0-0 WCHA)
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Asian History News Dump, March 2007
This is a "dump": all the Asia related stuff I've saved over the last…. two months? Anyway, nobody else has blogged about it, so I thought I'd toss it out there. I hope to resume more … measured blogging soon.
[Crossposted at all three Frog Blogs; sorry about the irrelevant stuff.]


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"Go ahead and hate your neighbor; go ahead and cheat a friend. Do it in the name of Heaven; you can justify it in the end. There won't be any trumpets blowin' come the judgement day. On the bloody morning after, one tin soldier rides away." One Tin Soldier, Coven (1971)
"Someday you'll return to your valleys and your farms, and you'll no longer burn to be brothers in arms." Brothers in Arms, Dire Straits (1985)
If my Facebook timeline is any indication, the current Presidential campaign has been particularly harsh on my formerly-diverse friendships.… [Read more]


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Om 2008 Locations
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Om 2008
- Presentation
- Tips & tricks
- Keyboard guide
- Package manager
- Location sharing
Locations (codenamed Splinter) is a location sharing application based on GPS and SMS. It uses OpenStreetMap as its map source and allows users to manage and share saved locations.
In addition to downloading map images from the OSM server, Locations also supports local maps, which can be downloaded through the Installer. You can also create your own maps if your city is not available. For more information, refer to the #Create Your Own Maps section below.
Use the MAP view to manage Tags with options to save, edit or send. MAP view also allows users to browse maps with zoom in and zoom out for accurate locating. If you get lost while browsing, simply tap the REFRESH button to return to your current position. It's that easy.
LIST view is a a centralized place to view all of your Tags. The LIST view is a combination of your own saved Tags and Tags received by friends. Selecting a Tag takes you to the exact position of the Tag in the MAP view.
Save & Send Tags
Once you are connected to GPS, saving and sending tags to friends is fun and simple.
- Save a Tag
- Press the touch me bubble that hovers above your current position.
- After the message box appears, tap directly into the text boxes under Edit Title and Edit Messages to add your Tag title or message.
- After entering your title or message, press SAVE, at which point your newly created Tag will appear in both MAP and LIST views.
- In the MAP view, tapping on the text of your Tag provides further options to edit or send your your Tag to a friend.
- Send a Tag
- In the MAP view, tap on the text of your Tag, launching the edit * send bubble.
- Pressing on send will launch the Send a Tag message box
- Tap directly within the text boxes to edit your Tag before sending, or press Send and your Tag will be on its way.
A map (.eet) is a collection of tiles. You can install maps through Installer or create your own maps. When looking for tiles to use, Locations will first try downloaded (cached) tiles. If it fails, it will look for them in the available maps. If it still fails, it will ask diversity-daemon to download, and cache them. The following subsections provide instructions and tricks you can apply.
Maps can be installed from Installer.
Create Your Own Maps
|NOTE: om-locations-map-pack comes with Om2008.9 (and before) eats lots of memory to pack tiles and fails easily on NEO.
Locations comes with a tool called om-locations-map-pack. It can be used to pack tile images downloaded from the OSM server into a map package:
om-locations-map-pack -v /tmp/diversity-maps my_map.eet
Place my_map.eet in either of the directories
/usr/share/om-locations/maps /media/card/om-maps
and Locations will find it automatically.
To share maps for other Neo users to install, see directions on how to * Add a package to Openmoko Repository
Use SD Card for Tile Storage (Om2008.9)
By default, tiles downloaded from the OSM server are stored in /tmp/diversity-maps. They disappear after rebooting. This default path can be changed to, for example, use SD card by adding/editing one line
tile_path = /media/card
to ~/.om-locations/config/om-locations.cfg.
Download Tiles of a Region (Om2008.9)
You can download tiles of a region by specifying -d option in om-locations-map-pack. The usage is
om-locations-map-pack -d version,source,min_level,max_level,lon,lat,width,height <tile-path>
version can be any integer and source should be "osm".
The easiest way to generate the description is through Description Generator. But you can also specify it manually. For example, to download tiles of Taipei and store them on the SD card, one can
om-locations-map-pack -d `date "+%Y%m%d"`,osm,5,16,121.5,25.0,0.1,0.1 /media/card
In this example, a region of longitude between 121.5 to 121.6 and of latitude bwtween 25.0 to 25.1 is specified. Tiles in this region and of levels from 5 to 16 are downloaded to /media/card. By instructing Locations to use /media/card as its tile path, one could pre-download tiles of any region and have Locations use them.
Locations relies on diversity-daemon to communicate with the GPS device. By default, the GPS device (/dev/ttySAC1) is opened directly. However, it is possible to configure diversity-daemon to talk to gpsd.
Using gpsd (git only)
After gpsd is installed and started, it listens on port 2947 by default. To make diversity-daemon talk to gpsd, one could add/change:
gps_device = 127.0.0.1:2947
to ~/.om-locations/config/om-locations.cfg.
Logging (git only)
It is possible to turn on GPS logging by adding
gps_log = /home/root/GPSLogs
in ~/.om-locations/config/om-locations.cfg.
Locations is written in C and EFL. It talks to diversity-daemon through D-Bus to, for example, send tags and download tiles.
To compile diversity-daemon,
$ svn checkout svn://svn.projects.openmoko.org/svnroot/diversity/trunk/diversity-daemon $ cd diversity-daemon $ ./autogen.sh $ ./configure --enable-session-bus $ make $ sudo make install
Please ensure that at least Control and OpenStreetMap backends are enabled. If not, check that you have libdbus-glib-1-dev and libcurl4-gnutls-dev (on debian) or similar packages installed.
To compile Locations,
$ git clone git://git.openmoko.org/git/om-locations.git $ cd om-locations $ ./autogen.sh $ make $ sudo make install
Locations depends directly on recent versions of eet, evas, ecore, edje, and etk from EFL. Please consult its website for instructions to build them.
Using Toolchain
|NOTE: More tests needed on a clean machine. At least, edje_cc is missing in this setup.
After the recent release of the Toolchain, it is possible to cross-compile Locations by following some simple steps.
First, one need to get the Toolchain,
$ wget http://downloads.openmoko.org/toolchains/openmoko-i686-arm-linux-gnueabi-toolchain.tar.bz2 # for x86 $ wget http://downloads.openmoko.org/toolchains/openmoko-x86_64-arm-linux-gnueabi-toolchain.tar.bz2 # for x86_64 $ tar -C /tmp -jxf openmoko-i686-arm-linux-gnueabi-toolchain.tar.bz2 $ sudo mv /tmp/usr/local/openmoko /usr/local
and install the dependencies,
$ . /usr/local/openmoko/arm/environment-setup $ opkg-target install libdbus-glib-1-dev curl-dev # requirements for diversity-daemon $ opkg-target install libetk-dev edbus-dev libts-dev # requirements for om-locations
You are ready to compile diversity-daemon and om-locations now. To compile diversity-daemon,
$ . /usr/local/openmoko/arm/environment-setup $ svn checkout svn://svn.projects.openmoko.org/svnroot/diversity/trunk/diversity-daemon $ cd diversity-daemon $ ./autogen.sh $ ./configure --host=arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi --enable-session-bus $ make
The binary is available at src/diversity-daemon. To compile om-locations,
$ . /usr/local/openmoko/arm/environment-setup $ git clone git://git.openmoko.org/git/om-locations.git $ cd om-locations $ ./autogen.sh --host=arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi $ make
The binary and theme could be found at src/om-locations and data/themes/default.edj.
Locations uses Trac for bug tracking. When report bugs, please choose category Locations so that they go to the developers directly. There is no mailing list specific for Locations. Please use http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/ for discussion.
Locations will be I18N-aware (support multi-languages) in the next release. To have your language(s) in the supported list, one can take this POT file and upload your translation to Trac by creating a new ticket.
[1] git repository of Locations - http://git.openmoko.org/?p=om-locations.git;a=summary
[2] Diversity project - http://diversity.projects.openmoko.org/
[3] Assassin project - http://code.google.com/p/om-assassin/
[4] OpenStreetMap - http://www.openstreetmap.org/
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Locations (codenamed Splinter) is a location sharing application based on GPS and SMS.


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Much like the wages divide that seems to be brought up at the minute whenever any conversation remotely touches on money, cocktails seem to be seeing a similar parting. We seem to be heading into an era where you have at one end the fruity, fun, aesthetically exciting drinks served in long extravagantly shaped glassware, which have a small fruit bowl attached to the top or a garnish that takes half the time the making of the drink does. At the other the cocktail that employs fewer ingredients, but meticulous mis en place meaning a simpler and swifter steps to make on the fly, catering to more elegant and regal market often with a nod to the classics and their methodologies.
Now, obviously this is not as bad a thing as the money/class divide debate, so do not think that is where I am heading with this. I don't really think either side is necessarily better than the other, both hold a market and both have a captivated audience who drink each style for different reasons.
The reason I bring this up is to highlight the absolute melange of cocktail styles, ingredients, methodologies and knowledge we have at our disposal. Whether it be the rich history that has steeped the bartending culture and the new range of old school re-printed books now easily available, or the very modern forward facing techniques that are taking front stage, often edging closer and closer to a absolute union between science and drink making. The stage is very much set to push boundaries and brek out of old routines.
With that in mind over the coming weeks I hope to bring you some insights into the world that is the Drink Factory Lab. What wonderful and misunderstood machinery they use and how all of the techniques can be applied practically and easily within any bar without slowing down service.


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Hillary Clinton apparently told a group of Latin American bankers in 2013 that she envisions a "hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders," according to purportedly hacked emails from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta released Friday by WikiLeaks.
The Clinton campaign said Friday they "are not going to confirm the authenticity of stolen documents," though Podesta acknowledged on Twitter that he had been hacked. However, he suggested some emails may be "faked," echoing a claim Democrats made about previous disclosures of hacked emails by WikiLeaks, the transparency organization.


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Since its inception, the Foundation has provided more than $1 million in annual financial assistance to support the Mission of St. Vincent's HealthCare.
Serving as a liaison between St. Vincent's HealthCare and our family of generous donors, the Foundation is rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer and devoted to putting our commitment to philanthropy into action. The Foundation supports St. Vincent's: Community Outreach Ministries, capital building and equipment needs.
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Drawing on the rich, 100+year history of St. Vincent's HealthCare, the Foundation has now embarked on a new journey – our next 100 years. To continue to provide funding for excellence in patient care for the entire community, St. Vincent's Foundation has established the Century of Service Fund. This fund will ensure the technology and equipment needs of our operating rooms and clinical areas continue to be met.
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We're back! My weekly Italy on a Plate roundup took a long hiatus, but it's finally back. Not only because many of you requested it, it's also that I've missed keeping up with all my fellow Italian-food lovers' recipes, restaurant reviews and travel stories. Weekly recipe picks, the Eating Italy section and the Upcoming Food & Wine Festivals sections are all back. Along with those, I've added another regular section called, "In Other Italy Travel News." As I read through all the food information on Italy, I always come across other posts and articles that, although they are not food related, are interesting reads I'd like to share with you.
This week, there's one more section: Sadly, last Sunday, Marcella Hazan, passed away. As the New York Times headline read, she changed the way Americans cooked and viewed Italian cuisine. She inspired many to cook and many of us to teach Italian cooking, to travel to Italy and learn Italian cooking firsthand. She also helped many others, who initially had no love nor interest in cooking at all, to learn to cook and love Italian food. She will be missed by us all. This week there is a special section dedicated to Marecella, a collection of some of the tributes written to her.
I hope you enjoy what I've found on the web this week. And, I'll see you all here at Italy on a Plate again next Sunday. Buon Appetito!
Italian Food Recipes I'm Liking this Week:
Fig Pecorino Risotto ~ Life Love Food
Pistachio & Shrimp Spaghetti ~ Elizabeth Minchilli in Rome
Ricotta and Plum Cake {Torta di Ricotta e Susine} ~ Volevo Fare Lo Chef (In Italian and English)
Zuppa Inglese for a Merenda - Giulia is talking afternoon snack's Italian-style and I'm loving her sweet choice ~ Jul's Kitchen
Cantucci al Cioccolato Speziati/Almond and Chocolate Biscotti with a Hint of Spice ~ Briciole
Eating Italy:
Gli "Intoccabili" 2013-2014 (The Untouchables) - Whether it's gelato, brunch in Rome, suppli, traditional trattorie, or Roman Reinvented, the people behind Tavole Romane have chosen their top picks, or untouchables as they call it, for eating in Rome. For the English Version: The Untouchables ~ Tavole Romane
Taste of Roma 2013 - Review of last week's food festival in Rome. Be prepared for many hunger-inducing photos ~ HeartRome
Grape Harvest at Val delle Rose, Tuscany ~ Browsing Rome
Grape and Olive Oil Harvests in Italy - Aglio, Olio & PeperoncinoStomping Grapes and Making Wine on San Michele Parts 1 and 2 - Stomping Grapes Story with photos that look like they're from an Impressionist's painting of stomping grapes in Venice ~ Venezia Blog
Harvest in Montalcino: Visiting Il Poggione ~ Hawk Wakawaka Wine Review
The Culinary Joys of Sicily's Harvest Season ~ FT Magazine
Bra Cheese Festival 2013 ~ ItaliAnna
Cheese e Non Solo - A look at the other food items at the Cheese festival in Northern Italy ~ Rubber Slippers in Italy
At the Vatican, a Brand-New "Slow-Food" Sandwich Shop ~ Revealed Rome
Tributes to Marcella Hazan ~
Marcella Hazan: An Appreciation ~ Domenica Cooks
Marcella and Me ~ Little Paradiso
Marcella Hazan - Changed the Way Americans Cook Italian Food ~ New York Times
The First Time I Met Marcella ~ Ruth Reichl
Ciao Marcella ~ Over a Tuscan Stove
In Other Italy Travel News:
A Ligurian Photo Album ~ A Path to Lunch
You Don't Know Beans About Beans! Or do you? ~ Funny insight about integrating into Italian life as expat ~ Life Italian Style
Treasures of the Cinque Terre ~ New York Times (make sure you check out the photo slideshow, too)
Upcoming Food and Wine Festivals in Italy:
Eurochocolate - October 18 to 27 - Perugia holds its annual chocolate festival in its hilltop historic center
Alba White Truffle Fair - Every Weekend from October 12 to November 17 - in Alba it's all about the white truffle
Frantoi Aperti (Open Olive Mills) - November 1 to December 9 - For 6 weekends throughout Umbria olive oil mills are opening their doors and providing tastings to promote the olive oil of Umbria
November Porc - Every Weekend in November - The Strada del Culatello di Zibello Association hosts events in the area of Emilia-Romagna to celebrate cured meats of the area. Each weekend there will be some type of salami competition (the biggest, the heaviest, the longest, the "biggest chocolate") in a different city along with food stands, street markets and other entertainment
Festa del Torrone - November 16 to 24 - Cremona celebrates the nougat candy
CioccolaTo 2013 - November 22 to December 1 - Gianduia and more! Turin's chocolatiers and other national and international chocolate makers are on hand for this chocolate festival
Showcolate - December 6 to 15 - Naples celebrates chocolate in Piazza del Plebiscito
Wine and Food Festivals in Emilia-Romagna - Autumn/Winter 2013 - A list, with links, to many of the food and wine events in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy
Events in the Langhe area of Piedmont - Site from the Alba Tourist office listing many festivals, mostly wine & food, happening in the Langhe area of Piedmont
Cioccolentino 2014 - February 12 to 16, 2014 - Terni - Chocolate festival and more in the Umbrian town half way between Rome and Perugia
Fiera del Cioccolato Artigianale - February 10 to 19, 2012 - Florence - Artisanl chocolate festival
Carnevale di Venezia -February 15 to March 4, 2014 - Venice - Not really a food and wine festival, but it is a festival, one where the entire floating city becomes a stage.
Join me in 2014 in Puglia for this Food & Wine Lover's Culinary Tour - It's a food frenzy, cooking party, history & cultural lesson through food. You'll have "backstage-pass" entrance to kitchens and Italian homes like no other tour provides!
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Students recreate iconic art Holly Hedemark
Business Manager In the seventies, the Roseville High School art department led by Paula Rollette, began a program called Senior Art Seminar. Senior Art Seminar is a class for seniors who have shown passion, talent, and dedication in art classes from previous years in high school. Every year, there are from about one to eight seniors chosen to research a famous artist and choose one of their works to enlarge and duplicate as a mural on the walls of RHS.
'At the end of their junior year, students interested in being a part of the most prestigious art class in school, request to take senior art seminar. I must approve their enrollment in senior art seminar before it is included in their senior year schedule. I choose students based on their skill level and passion, but also based on trust,' art teacher Claudia Stieber said.
The first trimester of Senior Art Seminar is an independent study. Students choose an area of art, such as ceramics, photography, jewelry making, and painting to complete an individual project in.
'I liked the independent study portion of senior art seminar because it gave me a chance to complete a project that I chose. Usually, teachers assign us a project and the entire class must complete it together. It was a nice break from the normal art class,' senior Brianna Ferguson said.
As the first trimester of the class comes to a close, seniors choose the artist and the mural they would like to study and recreate. This year there were two groups. The first group of Brianna Ferguson, Cody Krogh, and Holly Hedemark chose to paint The Son of Man, originally painted in 1964 by Rene Magritte. The second group of Sabrina Doen and Taylor Smith chose Nighthawks, originally painted in 1942 by Edward Hopper. Students are able to choose the painting they would like to complete, the only criteria is that it must be done by a known artist, and if the artist is still alive they must get his or her permission to duplicate it.
'We chose Nighthawk because it was not too simple. We loved how when you look at the diner in the painting, you begin to create a story in your mind of the people inside,' Smith said.
The paintings begin as a grid drawing, once they have measured the wall and enlarged the original piece to size, they begin painting. The seniors are given the primary colors (red, yellow, and blue) as well as black, brown, and white to mix all of the colors they will need for the painting.
'I would say that only having the primary colors is the most challenging part of the mural. You must mix and test all of your shades and be sure that you mix enough the first time so you don't run out before you are completed, it is hard to mix the color again and have it look exactly the same,' Ferguson said.
To educate other staff and students on the artist and the piece they chose, the students were assigned to make a video giving background information on the artist and the category of art that their piece falls under. The Son of Man falls under the category of surrealism, Krogh shared. He also explained that one of the reasons his group chose this painting was because of their love for the mystery of art, which is showcased in surrealist works.
'Magritte's works always leave you wondering what he was thinking when he painted them, and I think that is the beauty of it. It leaves room to interpret it whatever way you want,' Krogh said.
The students are given 13 weeks to complete their mural and their video. Not only do they work during their class period, but also after school. The students get the experience of painting a large scale piece, but they learn valuable problem solving skills, patience, working in a group, and completing an assignment within a deadline.
There are over 70 murals on the walls in the halls around the school showcases famous works such as Starry Starry night, the Mona Lisa, and The Scream. On March 9, 2013 Roseville High School hosted Science Olympiad for elementary schools in the Macomb area. Parents who walked the halls were amazed by the artwork they saw.
'The parents of students in other schools could not believe the artwork our students did here at Roseville High School. They said it really brightened up the hallways and they wished that their students did the same,' The Roseville Community Schools School Board President Theresa Genest said.
The fine arts help students to think outside of the box. It requires critical thinking and problem solving, and teaches students to be more open to multicultural and historical perspectives. Senior Art Seminar is a valuable experience that these seniors will carry with them for the rest of their lives and their names will forever be on the walls of RHS.
Hospitality Management brings the heat
Alyssa Aggas Staff reporter Hospitality Management students of Roseville High School are getting the grill ready for their next step in the culinary field as instructor Jon Grommons paves the path to excellence this year.
All students who sign up for the Hospitality I and II classes are serious about getting a career in the food service industry. Students learn the basic skills of a chef: professionalism, nutrition, management, and business math with the two-hour full year class. Grommons takes his classes seriously; the students are actually running a restaurant, the L.B. Williams Room.
Four successful second year students have accomplished passing the challenging ServSafe exam, gaining their five-year certificate of safe food handling. This certificate is helpful on job applications in the food service industry because it separates them from other inexperienced job seekers.
Most recently, future culinarians prepared for the annual ProStart competition that was held on March 17 and 18 in Lansing, MI. Two teams competed among other culinarians around the state for a chance at a scholarship prize and bragging rights. Although neither team placed, the experience is something that they'll remember forever.
'It was a really difficult, but fun experience. Every other team had four teammates, and we bossed it out with two teams of two. This took dedication and hard work, but it was definitely an experience of a lifetime,' senior Brandon Sikon said.
Apart from the competition and ServSafe, L.B.'s caters special events, serving annual luncheons, hosting sports fundraisers, Teachers Appreciation Day breakfast, Thanksgiving pie sales, holiday cookies, and new this year: 'Take your assistant to lunch day;' the boss pays and their assistants eat for free.
'Put us to work! Give us an excuse to serve you,' Grommons said.
Call Grommons to schedule your next fundraiser, luncheon, or special event by calling (586)-445-5635.
Variety of career classes offered at Roseville High School
Destiny Crippen and Alisha Durr
Staff Reporters Bauilding Trades - want to learn to put a window in a house, maybe even put up a wall? Building trades might be the class for you.
'You get to get out of school and be more active , you get more freedom and it counts as a math credit,' junior Jesse Menendez said.
Students can do construction work, learn to read blueprints, finish buildings and install electricity. Including things like carpentry, electrical, plumbing, drywall, and roofing.
'I think kids should take my class because, the fact that you get to build a house from the ground up, I think that the fact that you get to build a house is cool to me because every school doesn't offer this class, so take advantage of it, and join our team,' Building Trades teacher David Diebold said.
Machine Shop - Students learn how to work in a shop, the fundamentals of machine shop, precision work and measuring. Students also learn to use different machines to build items such as hammers, name tags, hand saws and hand tools in general. There are two courses to take; the first course is learning safety and how to work the machines, then the second course you are actually working in the shop.
'Hard work pays off, you want to have as many skills as possible going into the work field,' machine shop teacher Matt Komarowski said.
Speech - There are two courses of speech class; course A and course B. Course A offers the opportunity to learn the valuable skills necessary to become efficient communicators in today's competitive world.
'Speech really does help you step out of your own little bubble and express yourself,' junior Zenab Khan said.
Course B is a continuation course that builds upon concepts learned in Speech A.
Journalism - This class is designed to develop skills in reading, writing , discussion, and analysis . Students will develop the techniques by learning the historical and ethical aspects of journalism.
'It's a great class and opportunity to gain good writing skills for those who love to write,' junior Khalil Dent said.
This class is a recommended prerequisite for those students who plan to become part of the newspaper or yearbook staff.


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Last week, as part of the administration's initiative to reduce energy use, waste and costs in Federal operations, the Commerce Department joined the other Federal agencies in releasing our annual updates on energy and sustainability performance. In October 2009, President Obama issued Executive Order 13514 (PDF), directing Federal agencies to lead by example in clean energy and to meet energy, water, pollution, and waste reduction targets. These performance scorecards benchmark annual agency progress and enable us to target the best opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce pollution and eliminate waste.
This year, the Commerce Department met most of the federal goals. Commerce scored "Green," which equates to meeting or exceeding the Federal requirements, on five of the seven metrics of sustainability and energy performance. Here's how we're doing:
- Scope 1&2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Scope 1 GHG emissions originate from onsite sources such as natural gas combustion in boilers, and Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions associated with consumption of purchased electricity. Commerce achieved a 4.7 percent reduction in these emissions from 2010 to 2011 and will continue to strive to achieve the overall reduction by 2020.
- Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Scope 3 emissions are largely made up of employee commuting emissions. As the Department grows, reducing these emissions becomes more difficult, but the Department has encouraged employees to use strategies such as telework, alternative work schedules, mass transit, and carpools. The result in 2011 was a reduction of more than 5 percent compared to 2010. While the Department is currently above the 2008 baseline, it will continue to strive to achieve the overall reduction by 2020.
- Energy Intensity: Energy intensity measures the Department's total energy use per square foot of facility space. The Department has already reduced energy intensity by 18.5 percent from 2003, surpassing the 2011 goal, and is on track to exceed the 30 percent reduction goal by 2015.
- Renewable Energy Usage: The Department has largely employed a strategy of using Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to purchase renewable energy and meet this goal, while striving to increase on-site renewable projects and direct purchase renewable energy. As a result, 6.3 percent of the Department's electricity was provided by renewable sources in 2011, surpassing the 5 percent target.
- Potable Water Intensity: Similar to energy intensity, this goal tracks the Department's ability to reduce the amount of potable water use per square foot of facility space. Through innovative measures such as installing low-flow water fixtures and upgrading of HVAC cooling tower equipment the Department has already achieved a 26.8 percent reduction in water intensity compared to 2007, surpassing the 2020 target for this goal and setting the pace for all Federal agencies.
- Fleet Petroleum Use: The Department has aggressively "smart-sized" its vehicle fleet in recent years, and older inefficient vehicles have been largely replaced with fuel-efficient models. This has resulted in a 16.2 percent reduction in fleet petroleum use from 2003 to 2011, putting the Department on track to meet the 20 percent reduction target by 2015.
- Green Buildings: The Department is making significant strides toward meeting this goal. In 2011, 4.4 percent of Department buildings met the Five Guiding Principles of "green buildings." This is a dramatic difference from 2008, when less than 1 percent of Department facilities were "green." The Department projects further progress in the coming years.
A number of innovative initiatives are being implemented across Commerce's bureaus to reach these goals. The Commerce Department will continue to be a leader on sustainability and efficiency within the Federal family.
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