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When you go to create a mobile app for each major platform you quickly realise that it's a mind boggling task with many languages and tools out there to learn along the way. A number of products have arrived over the last few years that enable you the freedom of only having to care about one language and toolset, with the dream being that they take care of the rest. Does this type of approach work? DXTREME does a pretty good job of making the answer to this question Yes.
A recent product I've been playing with is called DXTREME from DevExpress. For US$899, it sells itself as enabling you to create hybrid apps for iOS, Android, Windows 8 and the web all in one toolset with a single codebase. While this is not necessarily something new, DevExpress does more than just cross compilation taking it further by also augmenting your app's design so that you can create native looking apps for each platform without having to do so much heavy lifting. One codebase, but your iOS app look like a cocoa-touch interface, and your Android app follows similar modern droid device specific design patterns.
Developing for the Web, when it's not developing for the Web.
When I first set out on my cross-platform adventure, I did a lot of reading on the DXTREME tooling from DevExpress. I soon came to realise that it is really a framework and tooling package for writing mobile apps by wrapping itself around Apache Cordova (PhoneGap), and then adding Visual Studio support for build, design and emulation. And this is a good thing. PhoneGap has been around for a considerable amount of time. It's stable and accepted as a robust solution for mobile development. What has been extremely lacking with PhoneGap on Windows to date is that there hasn't really been any good IDE support for it – and this is where DXTREME knocks it out of the park. So much so that even if it did nothing else I'd buy it just for this: it adds PhoneGap support to Visual Studio, including when using Visual Studio's Designer and Script Debugging features.
Because the apps that DXTREME produces are really hybrid HTML and JavaScript apps, in essence you're writing a single page HTML/JavaScript application (SPA). I'd hazard a guess that these two languages are the most well known in the world, making it easy for developers of all skill levels to get in and have a go at app development. Like Microsoft did with ASP.Net MVC, DevExpress have also used technology that is already commonplace in your web development toolbox, with the apps created by DXTREME using a number of common JavaScript frameworks like jQuery, Knockout and jQuery Globalize.
Another area where DXTREME stops being just PhoneGap is where, as I mentioned above, it adds a hell of a lot of custom CSS and JavaScript magic to make your app's view pages look platform specific so that your users will never know that you didn't write separate applications for each platform. It does all of this without you lifting a finger – this in itself is a very nifty trick.
An example page and it's code:

 My First DXTREME mobile app.

 Cross device development is off-the-chain!

What this looks like when exported to iPhone, iPad, Android Phone, and Microsoft Surface. Note the platform specific look and feel.
On top of the cross device design features. The built in Visual Studio Emulator that the above screens have come from supports an impressive list of devices to help you get a better feel for how your app will look:
- iPhone 4
- iPhone 5
- iPad
- iPad mini
- iPad 3
- Nexus Galaxy
- Galaxy Tab
- Nexus 7
- MS Surface
You have to admit, this is a huge list of emulation devices when you're only having to maintain a single codebase.
Hello World.
Taking a look at when you first fire up Visual Studio after installing DXTREME, if you go to create a new project you are met with a few new project templates:
The first two are cross platform applications, the first being a basic template that has a single project that cross compiles to multiple devices and the second is a template that helps you scaffold your application based on an OData domain model from a remote (or local) web service.
This is an interesting choice of approach for a scaffolding data source, and when I first played with it I tested with the Stack Exchange public OData sources as I didn't have any OData services on my speed dial list. Although I understand that OData is a great way to plug in a web-accessible data source, the fact that there is no other data source supported by the scaffolding tool feels a little limiting, especially if you require any form of more advanced authentication support for your remote data.
The second two templates are actually the solution to the above short-coming in that they are scaffolding project templates for WCF web services that allow you to serve out OData. These templates themselves are scaffolded from an Entity Framework data source. This means that even if you don't have an OData service today, the tooling tries hard to make sure this doesn't slow you down too much.
Getting Answers
When you learn any new tool or framework I often get a little worried when it comes to how fast you can get up and writing application code. While DXTREME is off to a good start with the very fact that they use HTML and JavaScript for their language support, the auto-magical cross-device CSS and JavaScript components where still new to me. It worried me that I would be spending time learning (banging my head against a wall?) an abstraction when I really could be learning the real thing by spending time using Objective-C or Java – but I was in luck because there appears to a fair bit of official documentation for their framework items.
The rest of the components used are in their original states. jQuery is the real thing, using Knockout for MVVM model binding is also the exact same as can be downloaded from their website. You can also upgrade these files out-of-band by downloading the latest versions of them, although one feature that I missed was being able to use Nuget to add Knockout and jQuery as packages for easy upgrading (Visual Studio wouldn't let me open the package manager for the DXTREME project type) – I hope they add this support in a later version.
There are documentation posts and examples of using jQuery and Knockout literally everywhere over the internet; This was a great move in choosing to use common frameworks.
The same goes for any of the device specific hardware calls, as these are completed by the PhoneGap/Apache Cordova wrapper so documentation can also found easily all over the place.
Hardware Interaction
Luckily the heavy lifting is done elsewhere thanks to the PhoneGap framework which has had long running support for this already:
function takePhoto() { navigator.camera.getPicture(onSuccess, onFail, { quality: 50 }); } function onSuccess(imageData) { var image = document.getElementById('photo'); image.src = "data:image/jpeg;base64," + imageData; } function onFail(message) { alert('Failed because: ' + message); }
Local storage is taken care of by a similar augmented JavaScript connection to the database technology SQLite, which runs the only slightly cut down SQLite SQL spec:
var db = window.openDatabase("Database", "1.0", "My App", 200000); function queryDB(tx) { db.executeSql('SELECT * FROM MYCONTACTSTABLE', [], querySuccess, errorCB); } function querySuccess(tx, results) { alert("Contacts found in DB: " + results.rows.length); }
Of all the hardware devices that DXTREME supports through use of PhoneGap, the only thing that lets this down a little is support for these technologies in the Emulator. It would be great for there to be support for each of the device hardware wrappers inside the emulator to make it easier to test and debug without deploying to a device. Being JavaScript this can easily been bootstrapped for testing.
Squashing Bugs
While talking about testing and debugging hardware it's worth taking a look at how debugging works for a DXTREME app, as they've created a pretty innovative approach to this mundane task.
Debugging a DXTREME app works very similarly to a normal Single Page Application you develop for the Web. You start your app inside Visual Studio, which fires up your favourite browser, but instead of looking at your app directly, it gives you a very cool abstracted emulator view that allows you to switch between devices (and therefore DXTREME hybrid views):
Navigating your app, and debugging it's JavaScript operates just as if you were debugging a JavaScript app. As I use a combination of Firefox or Chrome's debugging tools this works perfectly for me, but if you use Internet Explorer this means that you have full support for the Visual Studio Script debugging.
Another interesting thing to note is if you look at my screen shots you'll see a QR Code in the emulator (bottom left):
If you scan this with your device you'll be able to play with the app using a slick Reverse Proxy technology that routes requests to your local IDE/dev environment through DevExpress's website, and although you can't test device specific functions such as camera and location services this way, if you download the iPhone "Courier" app from DevExpress, you can test all of this native functionality in the same way by scanning the QR Code (apparently an Android app is on the way soon, no word on Surface or Windows Phone support yet).
Getting it on a Device
Once you've developed your app, whittled away your bugs, and are ready to actually try your app on a device DXTREME also appears to have you covered with Integrated Application packaging built into Visual Studio. From your application's properties page you can assign App icons, add your Android signing certificate and iOS Publishing Profile and actually build an iOS IPA or Android APK package.
This blew me away. In the past I didn't know there was any way to build iOS apps on Windows. Regrettably you still can't actually test publish your app to an iOS device without a Mac, but as with many Apple development traditions, this is an Apple-dictated hurdle rather than a DXTREME shortcoming.
Also, because you are really developing an app that sits on top of PhoneGap, you can also leverage a service like PhoneGap Build to take some of the hassle out of bundling your application. For Android this can be handy: PhoneGap Build allows you to download the app onto your device from the Web once it's finished."
In the End
If I was to dream up my own cross-platform development tool tomorrow it wouldn't be anywhere near as good, or as feature-rich, as the product that DevExpress has created in DXTREME. The thoughtful way in which the framework has been designed to use common languages and JS frameworks makes it a breeze to pick up, and the heavy Visual Studio integration alone makes it worth looking at purchasing just to help speed up any current PhoneGap development you might be doing.
When developing cross platform apps learning a hybrid development framework raises questions: Does this approach really work? Does it actually make you more productive? Is it worth learning a language that is native? After spending a few weeks with DXTREME, I believe strongly my answer to these questions is a resounding Yes. As it's easy for you to try it for yourself, why not go check out the free trial?
I received the product mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless of this, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe my readers will enjoy. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."


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About Lee Jeans
Lee Mercantile Company was founded by Henry David Lee in 1889, when Lee opened his first garment factory in Salina, Kansas, producing dungarees and jackets.
In 1913, the Union-All work jumpsuit was created, followed by the first-ever "Overall" in 1920 - laying the foundation for Lee's early growth. Also in 1920, the Buddy Lee doll was launched for promotional use, but quickly became a popular play doll.
Through the '20s, Lee introduced many new innovations to manufactured denim, most notably the zipper fly. Throughout the '30s and '40s Lee continued to build on their brand, becoming the nation's #1 manufacturer of work clothes.
The decade of the '50s was a time of intense expansion for Lee as the company ventured into casual wear. Lee expanded its presence throughout the '60s, spreading to 51 countries and consolidating with VF Corporation in 1969.
The company continued to expand its fashion lines throughout the '70s, '80s and '90s, launching Lee National Denim Day® in 1996. Today's Lee is all about bringing more fits, styles, finishes, features and choices than ever before to market.

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Art Briles admits he's intrigued by challenge of NFL
Baylor coach Art Briles said that he's focusing on his bowl game, and that someone else is holding his cell phone, but he admitted Tuesday that the idea of the NFL intrigues him.
Given that there's a coaching opening in Washington with his star pupil, quarterback Robert Griffin III, those dots are going to get connected.
But from an official transcript of his Fiesta Bowl press conference today, Briles said he's had no contact from the Redskins or any NFL team yet.
"I don't think I've got a missed call from Dan Snyder, do I? Okay," Briles said. "It's all rumors and speculation. I haven't had any contact with anyone collegiately or NFL."
He then went on to say the thing college coaches always say, about loving the job, and how great it was and how singular his focus was in the upcoming huge game against Central Florida.
But then he kept talking, and it got more interesting.
"As far as interest in the NFL, if we're just being honest, which I like to be, the thing that would interest me would be our style of play at that level," Briles said. "That's the only thing that would attract anybody I think in a position that I'm in, would be the style of play. I like how we play from a philosophical, schematic standpoint. I know the rules are different. The limitations on the number of people available in a game. To me that works to an advantage. If they have 46 guys available, there's going to be a few of them getting tired on one side of the ball.
"That would be the only thing that would spark my interest a little bit on that end. But it's not something I would pursue."
Of course, he's not holding his own cell phone right now, so it's hard for him to be pursued. But it sounds like he might listen.


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A controlled leak? The lost iPhone planted by Apple? You have no idea how Apple PR works —and how, like it or not, Gizmodo finally beat them at their own game.
The only way the iPhone 4 was a controlled leak is if Apple has completely upended its PR strategy, which is the envy of the entire business world. The only way it could even work, presuming it were true, would be the destruction of a decade of meticulously laid plans. It would be cashing in all the marketing chips for no clear gain; Does anyone really think the iPhone 4 wouldn't have been a huge story on its own in June?
The lives of other journalists
For the better part of a decade, Apple has been the most secretive consumer company in the world. In an age of blogging vice-presidents and corporate Twitter accounts, Apple communicates with all the garrulousness of a defense contractor.
Ask journalists who have dealt with Apple PR and they'll tell you the same story: Apple is the most annoying company to work with in the business. At best, they're finicky, imposing ridiculous demands for simple requests like borrowing test products; at worst — and most commonly — they just won't respond to requests.
Once you've got the ear of Apple, they're great. Human, considerate, and helpful. But make a mistake or step on their toes and they shut off your drip. That's their system—and it works brilliantly. If you want access to Apple, you can't upset them. And since nothing gets attention like Apple products, it behooves those in the tech enthusiast press to stay in Apple's good graces.
(It bears mentioning that Apple also will remove advertising from outlets that it is unhappy with, as they did with Gizmodo ever since we reported on Steve Jobs' health problems. Fortunately in organizations with a clear wall between edit and advertising — not perfect at Gawker, Gizmodo's parent company, but as good or better as any other outlet I've ever worked for — it isn't a concern for the writing staff.)
Access journalism isn't
The very reason this works for Apple is their legendary secrecy. By keeping their communication channels completely closed, they have leverage over those to whom they give access. I certainly don't think it's enough leverage to guarantee a positive review of a product but it's impossible to argue that "access journalism" has anything but a deleterious effect on the objectivity of journalists.
Journalists will often freak out if you point this out because you are implying they are ethically or psychologically compromised. Too bad. As someone who also gets sneak previews from gadget companies and free gear to test, even if temporarily, I have to cop to it, too. We do our best not to let it influence us, but to deny there is any influence at all is disingenuous.
Access journalism doesn't automatically corrupt the coverage, but it's certainly not free from poison, either.
So why would Apple trade this power away by leaking a prototype phone to Gizmodo? Why would it take a decade of careful grooming of the media and throw it away? And what advantage would it serve? I can't conceive of a single advantage that would come to Apple that isn't an inherent benefit of the system they already have — or had — in place.
Leak as distraction
There had been some that questioned why we ran our story on the same day the HTC Incredible reviews hit the stream. Here's why: Because it was a Monday. Good news day. If you really think Apple cares so much about mucking with the release of yet another Android phone that they'd screw up an iPhone launch you've got a out-of-kilter conception of Apple's fear of Google.
The iPhone is Apple's core product. It's their baby. Why would they leak it to a relatively niche site like Gizmodo? (The best argument for this is simply that of all the tech sites out there, Gizmodo, part of the Gawker tabloid empire, would be the most likely to actually run the story.)
Follow the money
What business advantage would leaking early give Apple? It disinclines customers from buying new iPhones or perhaps even new iPads. I know I'm considering selling my iPad now that I know the next model will surely have a front-facing videocamera.
There is some suspicion that Apple has fed stories to media outlets in the past, like when the Wall Street Journal floated the story about the iPad's cost being "at about $1,000". (No one I've ever spoken to at WSJ has ever confirmed that to be true, but they don't tell me much.) That made some sense, as it set the stage for the real price, which seemed "surprisingly" low.
Sacrificing Gray Powell
While the outing of Apple engineer Gray Powell was inevitable — his name was going to come out anyway, and there is a real if slight chance that foisting him into the public eye might help him keep his job at Apple — I think the way we did it was incredibly tacky. I've said my piece to my co-workers, but I bring it up here because it's important for another reason.
Do you really think Apple would hang one of its engineers out to dry like this? Gray Powell is a real person — hell, he's just a kid — who will now spend the rest of his life or at least the foreseeable future of his career living down one of the biggest gaffes in tech history. Apple may be cruel, but I don't think they're that evil.
Why it's important this wasn't a leak
As far as I can see it, the only antidote to access journalism is to be as ruthless in controlling the story as Apple and other technology companies attempt to be. There's no need to drape this in the flags of journalism and freedom — it's not Watergate — but it's as close as you're going to get in the enthusiast press.
If you think that Gizmodo shouldn't have shown you the iPhone before Apple wanted you to see it, you're accepting that Apple should be the one to control news about its products. That's not an irrational position, but let's be honest about what it means. You can't accuse Gizmodo and the tech press of only being shills for companies then pillory us when we break the cycle.
Presuming this was a leak is limp thinking. Worse, it hands back the control of the story to Apple because some are more comfortable believing Apple's machinations are infallible than that they're a company made up of human beings who try to control the news cycle — and that even the best laid plan can fall apart because of a single human mistake.


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Swedish Princess Madeleine fell in love in the Big Apple. Now she has said "yes" to New York banker Christopher O'Neill in an emotional wedding ceremony in Stockholm.
Madeleine was wearing a stunning white lace-top dress designed by Valentino Garavani when she tied the knot to British-American O'Neill on Saturday in front of around 470 European royals and top New York socialites.
O'Neill fought back tears as Madeleine walked down the aisle with her father, King Carl XVI Gustaf, to a traditional Swedish wedding march performed by a children's choir. The bride and groom were visibly moved as the ceremony proceeded with hymns in both Swedish and English, and performances by Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson and Broadway's "Phantom of the Opera" star Peter Joback.
With a smile on her face, Madeleine read out the wedding vows in Swedish while O'Neill read his in English.
Madeleine, 30, is the youngest of Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia's three children and fourth in line to the throne. The 38-year-old O'Neill works as a partner and head of research at Noster Capital, a hedge fund with offices in London and New York.
The couple met through mutual friends in New York, where they both live, and were first spotted together having lunch at the Central Park Boathouse in January 2011. They announced their engagement in October 2012.
Guests at the wedding include the U.K.'s Earl and Countess of Wessex, Prince Edward and Sophie; Princess Takamado of Japan and princes and princesses from Norway, Denmark, Greece, Luxembourg and Monaco.
O'Neill has also invited many of his super-rich friends, such as Opel heir Georg von Opel, Cadbury chocolate heir Joel Cadbury, Colombian billionaire Alejandro Santo Domingo, and Aidan and Fizzy Barclay. Other well-known invitees are Duran Duran band member John Taylor, the CEO of fashion retailer H&M, Karl-Johan Persson, and golfer Jesper Parnevik.
Outside the palace, several thousand royal fans had gathered in the sunshine waving Swedish flags and hoping to catch a glimpse of the couple.
"We hope she will be very happy in the future, the princess Madeleine," said Julia Huelsman, who had traveled from Munich, Germany for the occasion.
The marriage is the latest in a series of glamorous royal weddings that have mesmerized Europe in the past years. In June 2010, Madeleine's older sister Crown Princess Victoria wed her personal trainer Daniel Wesling in a grand ceremony in Stockholm and the year after Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton tied the knot in extravagant fashion in front of an estimated 2 billion television viewers. Also in 2011, Prince Albert II of Monaco wed Charlene Lynette Wittstock and in 2012, Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg united with Belgian Countess Stephanie de Lannoy.
The Swedish royal family has only ceremonial duties, such as attending award ceremonies, promoting Swedish businesses abroad and supporting charities. As the head of state, the king also receives foreign dignitaries on formal visits to Sweden.
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Royal marriages to commoners
This story was originally published June 7 at 11:59 a.m. ET. It was updated June 8 at 10:47 a.m. ET.


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Kids Preferred has been named the newest licensee for Biscuit, a preschool book series written by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, illustrated by Pat Schories, and published by HarperCollins Children's Books. Kids Preferred will develop plush and fabric-based toys, bath toys, accessories, lunch bags, and activity kits.
The Dimensional Branding Group is licensing all categories for the brand, including toys and games, apparel, interactive, collectibles, and room décor.


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Seal of the High Court of Chancery
In January, 1791, George Wythe wrote to Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia to ask his opinion about the design of a seal for the High Court of Chancery of the State of Virginia.[1] Wythe enclosed a design by Benjamin West, who had previous had a hand in designing the Great Seal of Virginia, in 1776. Wythe mentions the front of the seal picturing the story of Sisamnes, and the reverse representing "Patomoack, &c" (the Potomac River), with the words "state of Virginia." The story of Sisamnes, an unjust judge who was skinned alive for delivering an unjust verdict, is related in Herodotus' Histories.
Jefferson wrote back in July of 1792, to say that an engraver in Philadelphia, James Poupard,[2] could make the two-sided seal in brass for $64.00, or in steel for $128.00.[3] A seal as described was made, since at least one impression of it exists,[4] and a seal matching the description was donated to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1874, an impression of which was described by Benson J. Lossing in the American Historical Record (see below).[5][6]
Description of the seal
The seal would have been a coin-like two-sided metal disc or "matrix" made in brass or steel, approximately two inches in diameter. According to the query in the American Historcial Review (below), it was stamped with the mark of the engraver, "James Poupard, Philadelphia". Since this mark is not observed in impressions, it must have been along the outside edge of the seal.
The front, or obverse, of the seal is inscribed around the perimeter: HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY MDCCXC (1790). In the center is a judge seated at the entrance to—or inside—a temple; in his left hand is a scroll or proclamation; under his right hand is draped a flayed human skin. This is the son of Sisamnes, forced to sit in judgment on the punished remains of his corrupt father. Over the entrance to the temple is written in Greek, ΚΡΙΝΕ Δ ΕΥΘΕΙΑΝ ΔΙΚΗΝ: "Let thy justice be direct," spoken by the Erinyes (Furies) in the Eumenides of Aeschylus[7] To the right of the judge is a female figure, naked but for being surrounded by clouds, with light emanating from her head. She points to the inscription above the judge's head. On the left is a helmeted figure bearing the Roman fasces and a mirror.
The reverse of the seal is inscribed STATE OF VIRGINIA on the perimeter, surrounding two female figures: an image of a robed Justice in the sky, seated on clouds, bearing a sword upright on her right shoulder, and a set of scales in her left; and a Native American figure, supported by the four principal rivers of Virginia, inscribed JAMES, YORK, RAPAHANAC (?), and PATOMOAC (?), which empty into the bay of CHESAPEAK, holding a lance or oar in her right hand, and bearing tobacco leaves in her left.
American Historical Record, August 1874
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An OLD SEAL.—The seal from which the enclosed is an impression was purchased some time since by a metal merchant. It bears the stamp of "James Poupard, Philadelphia," who is registered as an engraver in the Directory of 1793. Can you give any information regarding it? It is about to be presented to the Historical Society of this State.1
C. Harrod Vinton.
Philadelphia, May, 1784.
1 The impression shows the seal to be much worn. The devices, &c., seem to be these: In the centre of the seal sits the figure of a grave man draped in robes, sitting at the portal of a temple, over which is an illegible inscription in Greek. This figure holds a naked short sword in his right hand, and evidently represents Justice. On one side of him stands, partly enveloped in clouds, and evidently representing Truth, the figure of a naked woman pointing to the inscription over the portal. On the other side is the figure of a partly-draped man, with a helmet on his head, and holding in his right hand a mirror which reflects Truth, and in the other hand the fasces and axe, symbols of the Executor of Justice. Around the edge of the seal is the legend: "HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. MDCCXC." Is it not a former seal of the High Court of Chancery of Pennsylvania?
Dunlap says there was an "M. Poupard, an engraver in Philadelphia, about 1790." May this not have been M. or Mr. James Poupard, above referred to? M. Poupard had been a player in a theatre in Martinique, and when he came to the United States, he turned his hand to engraving. Lawson, the celebrated engraver of birds in "Wilson's Ornithology," says Poupard married a woman of some property, who was a "fanatical Methodist," and that her husband, when with her, was "as far gone as herself; when away from her he was a very merry fellow, and amused his companions by reciting and acting."—[ED.]
See also
- Hai tou Aischylou Trageodiai Seozomenai Hepta
- Hērodotou Halikarnasseōs Historia
- Hērodotou Halikarnēssēos Historiōn Logoi 9 Epigraphomenoi Mousai
- Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 10 January 1791
- Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 12 July 1792
- ↑ Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 10 January 1791. The Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress.
- ↑ David McNeely Stauffer, "Poupard, James," in American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel, Vol. 1 (New York: Grolier Club, 1907),
- ↑ Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 12 July 1792. The Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress.
- ↑ Seals for the State of Virginia and the High Court of Chancery, University of Virginia Law Library, University of Virginia.
- ↑ "An Old Seal," American Historical Record 3, no. 32 (August 1874), 375.
- ↑ John Thomas Scharf and Thompson Westcott, History of Pennsylvania, 1609-1884, Vol. 2 (Philadelphia: L.H. Everts, 1884), 1055:
J. Poupard also engraved, for the Pennsylvania Magazine, a head of Dr. Goldsmith. He engraved several plates for the second volume of the "Transactions of the American Philosophical Society," and a curious seal for a burlesque "High Court of Chancery," which is in possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
- ↑ A.W. Verrall, trans., The 'Eumenides' of Aeschylus, (London: MacMillan, 1908), 76-77.


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'Summit' photo taken yesterday.
Part of my program each season is to replace the older earlier photos on my Blog to portray a more accurate photo for ID which is after all the purpose for the blog, its my record of the Irises growing at home.
The photo is as the Waterson Catalogue description below and shows the rich yellow of the falls.
Waterson Iris Garden, Wanganui, Irises 1960-61.
SUMMIT A lovely iris which, like Pinnacle, is a combination of white and yellow. The standards are the same pure white, without even a hint of cream, but the falls, instead of being primrose yellow as in 'Pinnacle', are a rich yellow. In the clump it is breathtakingly beautiful. There is an exquisite quality of beauty about this combination of white and gold which appeals both to the lover of bright colours for colour's sake and to the lover of artistic colour combinations- Summit is a tall and stately iris with widely branched stems carrying classically formed blooms.
D'Arcy Blackburn, Clifford Street, Gisborne, Bearded Iris Catalogue, 1957-1958
Summit (Stevens) A famous iris, one of the raiser's white and yellow amoenas, which has been acclaimed overseas as an outstanding iris. Tall and widely branched, with standards of pure white and falls of golden yellow, it makes a wonderful clump. Excellence substance and habits of growth. (48 inches)
Reproduction in whole or in part of this post, its opinions or its images without the expressed written permission of Terry Johnson is strictly prohibited. Photo credit and copyright Terry Johnson and Heritage Irises ©.


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My accordion menu is working while on my hard drive but when I upload to the server it is not working online. I'm sure it is something silly that I'm missing. Any thoughts?
You have links to scripts in the head of your page and also near the top of the body of the page, and also two links to the jQuery library, which can cause problems. Move all your scripts to the <head> (or just before the closing </body> tag), and remove one of the jQuery library links. That may not fix things, but will tidy the page a bit.
Thank you, ralph.m, you had given me that advice last week, which I took…then I ended up rebuilding it from the original Skeleton files and I forgot that they that planted in there at the end. I took it out again and viola- it fixed the problem. You rock!
It seems to be working in recent versions of Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. Which particular web browser and version are you having issues with?
If we can experience the same issue, we can help you to resolve it.
It might also be a development problem where the web browser has cached an older version of a file that has since been updated. If that's the case you can resolve it by using ctrl-F5 or shift-F5 to bypass the cache.
Thanks, paul_wilkins, I just fixed a little while ago with ralph.m's suggestion. I do appreciate your willingness to help! I have 2 other issues I do need help with, though:
- How come when I resize the browser to see if the responsive framework is working properly, my images cover up my navigation?
- How can I get all of my images to have a "masonry" effect like they are magically doing in the right-hand column?
It may not be your area of expertise, so let me know if I should post them in another forum.
That seems to occur due to the container being centered on the screen.
Someone who's more experienced in CSS should be able to help with that, so since we now seem to be in the realm of CSS things, I'll pass this thread back to the CSS forum.
Because the nav is set to position: fixed, the other elements don't see it and cover it over. a solution would be to remove
nav {
position: fixed;
in your @media rules for narrow viewports.
How can I get all of my images to have a "masonry" effect like they are magically doing in the right-hand column?
You can't, really, because of the different heights of the images. Each is trying to float to the left, but it gets stopped by taller ones to the left. The closest you can come (without a major redesign or a huge dose of JS, I suspect) is to replace float: left with display: inline-block:
ul#portfolio-list li {
display: inline-block;
[s]float: left;[/s]
[COLOR="#FF0000"]display: inline-block;[/COLOR]
[COLOR="#FF0000"]vertical-align: top;[/COLOR] /* optional */
margin-right: 18px;
overflow: hidden;
Thanks ralph.m! Getting rid of the fixed nav does fix the problem of it getting hidden. Any thoughts on how I can get the nav to be fixed so it won't scroll AND not be hidden upon resizing?
I tried the change you suggested to the ul#portfolio-list li, but it is not quite the effect I want. There may just be another dose of JS in my future. Any suggestions for a good masonry plugin? I think I'm going to switch to the Isotope plugin for filtering & it think it can do a masonry layout, too.
I assume those styles are for small screens, so is there much liklihood of resizing? Position: fixed doesn't work on iPhone (and possibly other such phones) so it may not be a good strategy for those anyway. Dare I say it, but it would probably involve even more JS.
Good to know! I will pick my JS battles…not sure this one is worth it.


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April 12, 2013
Study abroad e-newsletter launched
Check out the Spring 2013 Study Abroad Office e-newsletter. The e-newsletter highlights the recent increase in study abroad participation at Kansas State University, which saw participation rise from 518 students in 2010-11 to 612 students in 2011-12.
There is also information on the numerous study abroad scholarships available to students, and there is a great testimonial written by an international exchange student from Portsmouth, England.
We hope you'll enjoy reading about study abroad at Kansas State University!


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Human rights report names names in Kashmir, invokes international law
The report analyzes 214 cases and for the first time names 500 specific perpetrators working for India of crimes including enforced disappearance, killings, rape, and torture.
| Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir
Two prominent human rights groups in India-administered Kashmir Thursday accused New Delhi of institutionally blocking justice in thousands of cases of crimes like enforced disappearance, killings, rape, and torture allegedly committed by its forces in the disputed region during the past two decades.
A report "Alleged Perpetrators: Stories of impunity in Jammu and Kashmir" released by the groups analyzes 214 cases and for the first time names 500 specific perpetrators including 469 military, paramilitary, and police officials besides 31 government-backed militants and associates.
The report, which took two years to prepare by International People's Tribunal for Human Rights and Justice in Indian-administered Kashmir, or IPTK, and the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons, paints a grim climate of impunity under which Indian forces are operating in the territory controlled by India and also claimed by Pakistan.
"Beyond naming the alleged perpetrators, the report explains that the Indian state has not failed but succeeded in its policy of maintaining control [over the disputed region] through absolute impunity accorded to perpetrators of crimes," says Kartik Murukutla, an author of the report who has worked in a UN tribunal on Rwanda for five years.
Residents of the Kashmir Valley and resistance leaders opposed to Indian rule of the region have long accused the Indian government of using its institutions to meet the ends of control rather than address issues of justice and political rights.
In a shift in strategy, armed rebellion against Indian rule has been largely replaced with massive rock throwing street protests since 2008, but India has not countered with meaningful legal reforms or political initiatives.
Analysts say this latest report adds urgency to calls for an international legal intervention by bodies like the International Criminal Court (ICC) as well as movement toward a political resolution for the long-running Kashmir dispute. "This report should be sent to the prosecutor of ICC who can take suo moto cognizance on the basis of the evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity it contains and persuade the court for proceedings on the subject," says Professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain, who teaches international law at the Central University here.
Two Major Generals, three Brigadiers, and more
The accused perpetrators include two major generals and three brigadiers of the Indian Army, besides nine colonels, three lieutenant colonels, 78 majors, and 25 captains. A recently retired director general of police and a serving inspector general are also named along with 37 senior officials of the federal paramilitary forces.
The 354-page report contains significant evidence against the government forces' personnel named but notes that any institutional or political will was absent for "a trial where the crime and the guilt of a perpetrator can be proven beyond reasonable doubt."
The Armed Forces Special Powers Act, an emergency military law extended to Kashmir in 1990 in the wake of a full blown armed rebellion against Indian rule, requires New Delhi's permission for prosecuting federal armed forces personnel accused of crimes like extra-judicial murder. Not a single such sanction has been granted despite dozens of requests by the local authorities.
Based on the information gleaned mostly from official state documents, the authors of the report insist that crimes "have not been committed, despite the Indian state, but because of it" accusing the government of "willfully putting in place structures specifically meant to carry out these crimes."
"We call for international humanitarian intervention when the Indian state has failed to deliver justice and instead works its institutions for crimes with impunity in Kashmir," says Pervez Imroz, a prominent human rights lawyer and another author of the report.
Government officials said they were studying the report. "We will have first to go through the contents of the report and then we will respond," the region's law minister, Ali Mohammed Sagar told the Associated Press Thursday.
Security state
The report comes at a time when militant violence in the region has significantly dropped. However, India maintains a presence of an estimated 700,000 soldiers stationed in camps dotting its held territory and along the de facto border with Pakistan dividing the former kingdom between the nuclear armed South Asian neighbors.
International rights bodies like Amnesty International have long maintained that Indian forces have routinely operated with impunity in the region calling for impartial investigations into numerous violations blamed on them in the past. (Read more on the issue)
"The defining feature of human rights violations here is that in the name of countering militant violence the Indian State authorizes armed forces to carry out every kind of operation, often without adherence to laws and norms," the report says. "In a majority of cases crimes are not noted or investigated at all."
India: 'aberrations'
India has often responded to allegations of widespread human rights violations against its forces as "aberrations" saying a handful of military personnel have been punished after military trials found them guilty.
However, Thursday's report alleges that perpetrators of crimes are "assisted by a system where impunity is available right from the commission of the crime to the ultimate cover up." Its authors indict the Indian judiciary for "lowering the standards of justice delivery system" to ensure impunity and by highlighting the fact that India has not legislated for crimes of torture and enforced disappearance.
"Even if the state wanted to prosecute the guilty, what will it prosecute them for in absence of the required legislation?" Murukutla asked pressing for the need to invoke international law.
The report recommends, among other things, that international rights bodies such as those of the United Nations be allowed free access to Kashmir to investigate specific allegations under the international human rights laws.
New Delhi has consistently declined requests for international intervention in Kashmir even in matters like forensic investigations into more than 6,000 unmarked and mass graves in the region that are suspected to be linked to the thousands of cases of enforced disappearances. However, the government has also said that it does not possess the capacity for such wide scale investigations itself.
Earlier this year, the Indian government allowed, for the first time, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, and Arbitrary Executions, Christof Heyns, to visit the region. However, the groups say the visit was a "regulated one, being confined by the authorities."


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Holiday Gift Guide: Make Your Workstation Smile19 Oct, 2006 By: Sara Ferris
It's been with you through thick and thin. Show your gratitude this season by bestowing some nice accessories.
It's not even Halloween yet and already public relations people are going door-to-door, promoting products for inclusion in annual holiday gift guides. Cadalyst has never published a holiday gift guide, in the firm belief that our readers deserve something more fun than a new block library.
However, I got to thinking about the growing popularity of 3D modeling across all disciplines. 3D software requires more computing horsepower, so right off the bat adopters are looking at workstation and graphics card upgrades. Indeed, a recent survey by Aberdeen Group lists willingness to spring for new hardware as one of the key factors in gaining maximum benefit from 3D modeling in the manufacturing market.
Beyond that, working in 3D opens up many new possibilities for accessorizing. Here's a sampling of some of the 3D-related hardware add-ons on the market today. Think of it as a gift guide for your 3D workstation.
Easy-Bake Oven for Engineers?
At any trade show you'll always find a crowd around the 3D printing booths. There's something satisfying about seeing a model go from screen to little plastic prototype. Several vendors now offer 3D printers that start at less than $30,000 and can work in an office environment -- that is, no nasty smells or chemicals involved. Check out Dimension, Z Corp. and Objet, among others.
Look, Mom -- Two Hands!
Working with 3D models is much easier using a SpacePilot 3D navigation device ($499) from 3Dconnexion. Your left hand uses the SpacePilot to manipulate the model (pan, zoom, rotate) while your right hand takes care of modeling chores with the mouse. It comes with an assortment of programmable buttons, the function of which changes depending on what you're doing at any particular time. 3Dconnexion also offers the SpaceBall device for those who prefer trackball to puck. Users who travel frequently might want to opt for the SpaceTraveler ($199), which could serve double duty on an air-hockey table.
The SpacePilot puck (right) moves in six degrees of freedom for more intuitive navigation of 3D models. Its companion, the SpaceTraveler, can take road trips.
On-Screen Virtual Reality
If you're designing in 3D, why not view what you're doing in actual 3D? Sharp's Actius AL3DUnotebook computer ($3,499) implements 3D display technology that doesn't require special eyeware. You can switch back to 2D for applications such as e-mail that don't require the 3D treatment. Actius 3D works with only those applications that have partnered with Sharp to implement the technology.
If your software isn't on that list, or if you need more horsepower than Actius provides, the Monitor ZScreen ($2,045+) is available from Real D (successor to StereoGraphics). Monitor ZScreen will turn your 19"-21" monitor into a stereoscopic display. It works with any stereo-ready (Stereo3D) software, but does require groovy polarized glasses that are included with purchase.
Space-Age Topographic Modeling
The Terrain Table from Northrop Grumman brings topolographic maps to life. It uses vertical pins beneath a 52" x 40" silicon sheet to create actual curved surfaces on a tabletop display. The pins extend as high as 6". A synchronized overhead projector overlays terrain features and other data. It's compatible with ESRI's ArcGlobe software for use in applications such as civil engineering. This product is a derivative of the company's Touch Table, which displays an 84" image that users navigate by moving their hands across the tabletop.
Show Your Workstation Who's Boss
Once you trick out your 3D workstation, you'll want to spend as much time as possible modeling away. The V1 chair ($1,950+) was designed by Nex-sys for comfort, ergonomics and the "feel of being in an exotic car/motorcycle/helicopter" while you work. You can even specify a custom paint job and automobile-style seat. Heat and massage available too -- all for a price!
Work in style with a V1 chair, designed to fit in the space occupied by a traditional desk.
What Does Your Workstation Want for the Holidays?
Send us your wish list, or those accessories you can't live without. We'll publish the best suggestions in an upcoming edition of Cadalyst Daily and will send one lucky workstation its own SpacePilot 3D navigation device, courtesy of 3Dconnexion! E-mail email@example.com.
About the Author: Sara Ferris
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Six practices into their spring practice schedule, the Miami Hurricanes will host the first of their three spring scrimmages Saturday. The Canes' first spring scrimmage will be held at Miami's Traz-Powell Stadium at 10 a.m.
The Canes will then have four more practices before their second spring scrimmage of 2013 – an April 5 trip to Naples High School in Naples, Fla. (7 p.m. start). Miami's annual Spring Game will conclude spring practice April 13 at Sun Life Stadium (3 p.m.).
Admission to all three spring scrimmages is free and open to the public.
Head coach Al Golden and his Hurricanes squad opened their spring practice slate March 2, holding four practices before Spring Break.
Per NCAA rules, NCAA Division I football programs may conduct a spring practice segment in which a maximum of 15 practice sessions may occur.
The segment must be conducted over a span of 34 consecutive days, excluding institutional vacation periods and exam days.
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UPDATE June 9, 2011 11:05AM ET: Gov. Robert Bentley signed HB 56 into law Thursday morning, the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice confirms. The law is set to go into effect September 1. Immigrant and civil rights groups have vowed to file legal challenges against the new law before then.
Alabama is bracing for what may soon be the nation's harshest anti-immigrant state law after its state legislature passed an anti-immigrant omnibus bill called HB 56 last Thursday.
The bill, which has been sent to Gov. Robert Bentley, awaits his signature or veto. Bentley has until Thursday to act on the bill, which contains nearly every major anti-immigrant provision that localities and states have attempted to pass in the last few years.
Like Arizona's SB 1070, the bill mandates that police investigate and detain anyone they have "reasonable suspicion" to believe may be undocumented. It also contains provisions that are commonplace among anti-immigrant laws: it spells out explicitly that undocumented immigrants may not access public benefits. It mandates that the state take part in E-Verify, the flawed federal employment verification system. It forbids people from hiring, harboring or giving a ride to undocumented immigrants, and, forbids landlords from renting property to undocumented immigrants.
HB 56 contains a few especially harsh provisions. Under the current bill, undocumented immigrants who enter into any kind of contract would not be able to have the contract enforced because of the immigration status. And in a new twist on the attack on immigrants' education rights, primary and secondary schools will be required to verify the immigration status of students and parents, who will be required to go to their children's schools to provide an affidavit. The bill also would bar undocumented immigrant students from enrolling in any of Alabama's public colleges and universities.
The bill will in effect criminalize every aspect of life for undocumented immigrants.
"This is an Arizona bill with an Alabama twist," Alabama Rep. Micky Hammon, one of the bill's proponents has said.
Already, civil and immigrant rights groups including the ACLU and the Southern Poverty Law Center have said they are studying the provisions of the bill and are ready to challenge it should it become law.
"It's a sad state of affairs when lawmakers take pride in one upping another state that has now become notorious for inviting racial profiling to the state," said Vivek Malhotra, advocacy and policy counsel for the ACLU.
"Alabama's bill goes beyond what Arizona and other states have done to invite racial profiling to the state by mandating that police investigate people's immigration status … by basically inviting discrimination into people's everyday lives," said Malhotra, adding that the restrictions on students' access to education were "quite brazen," even in a landscape of increasingly harsh state immigration bills.
"Alabama is the first place of the civil rights movement," said Sam Brooke, a staff attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center. "We have been at the forefront of advancing civil rights for the past couple decades and this is a huge step backward."
Gov. Bentley has until Thursday to respond. Should he make any amendments to the bill he'll have to send it back to the legislature for a final approval, which is also coming up on its last day of the session this week as well.
Alabama immigrant rights groups are hoping that Gov. Bentley, who months ago gave his early support to the bill and told the legislature to send it on to his desk for his signature, uses the next few days to consider the impact the bill will have on his state.
"It's not totally impossible that he could run out of time and this bill could die," said Caitlin Sandley, the lead organizer with the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama, a social services and immigrant advocacy organization. "There's still room for something to change."
Sandley said, though, that people were preparing for the worst, even after delivering 1,500 signatures to the governor's office with other members of the statewide immigrant rights coalition. Sandley added that the recent midterm elections of 2010 made HB 56 possible in a way it hadn't been in previous years.
"Our legislature has for the last five years or so been trying to pass an anti-immigrant omnibus bill," Sandley said. "Long before SB 1070, this has been a huge issue for our Republicans." Once Republicans took control of the Alabama legislature in November after running on a platform that included promises to pass harsher immigration enforcement legislation, they finally had the opportunity to pass the bill they'd been attempting to win for years.
For now, immigrant rights groups are studying the law and what they see as its many vulnerabilities to a possible legal challenge, and watching closely as every day passes. Legal challenges to Arizona and Utah's attempts at immigration enforcement have so far been successful in the courts. Last week, the ACLU and the National Immigration Law Center and other organizations filed lawsuits against Indiana's new immigration enforcement law and Georgia's bill, too.
Still, Alabama remains undeterred by what seems to be an inevitable legal battle.
"It's not common sense," Sandley said. "Our argument is why are we going to waste our tax dollars on something that's clearly been indefensible so far."
"For us in Birmingham," Sandley said, "we're all aware of our unique history around civil rights. The similarities and the sentiment are not lost, and are impossible to ignore."


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The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.
Oprah Winfrey
Great Courageous…
"Step Away from the Mean Girls… …and say bye-bye to feeling bad about your looks. Are you ready to stop colluding with a culture that makes so many of us feel physically inadequate? Say goodbye to your inner critic, and take this pledge to be kinder to yourself and others. "
This is a call to arms. A call to be gentle, to be forgiving, to be generous with yourself. The next time you look into the mirror, try to let go of the story line that says you're too fat or too sallow, too ashy or too old, your eyes are too small or your nose too big; just look into the mirror and see your face. When the criticism drops away, what you will see then is just you, without judgment, and that is the first step toward transforming your experience of the world."
Oprah Winfrey was born January 29, 1954. She is an American media executive, actress, talk show host, television producer and philanthropist.
Oprah Winfrey was the richest African-American of the 20th century and North America as first black multi billionaire. She was been ranked the greatest block philanthropist and American history. She is also considered to be ranked one of the most influential woman in the world.
Oprah Winfrey, born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a teenage single mother and later raised in an inner-city Milwaukee neighborhood.
Sent to live with the man she calls her father, Vernon Winfrey a barber in Tennessee. She landed a job in a radio while still in high school and began anchoring the local evening news at the age of 19.
By the mid-1990s she had reinvented her show
Her emotional delivery eventually got her transferred to the daytime talk show arena and after boosting a third rated local Chicago talk show to first place she started her own production company and became internationally syndicated.
I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.
Oprah Winfrey
Also, by the mid-1990s she refocuses her show on literature, self-improvement and spirituality. Criticize for unleashing a confession culture, promoting controversy all self-help ideas and having an overly emotional centered approach. She is often praise for over coming adversity which led to the benefit to others.
From 2006 to 2008 her endorsement of Barack Obama, by one estimate delivered over 1 million votes in the close 2008 Democratic primary race, that lead to Obama winning the election. She was awarded the presidential medal of freedom by President Obama and honorary doctorate degree from Duke and Harvard.
"Dogs are my favorite role models. I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon and I want to love like a dog, with unabashed devotion and complete lack of concern about what people do for a living, how much money they have, or how much they weigh. The fact that we still live with dogs, even when we don't have to herd or hunt our dinner, gives me hope for humans and canines alike."
Love Peace & Understanding


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Jervis B. Webb Company (Webb) of Farmington Hills, Michigan, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daifuku Company, Ltd. of Japan, has announced the retirement of Susan M. Webb, its president and co-CEO.
Webb will continue to serve on the company's Board of Directors. She will be succeeded as president and co-CEO by Ryuichi Kitaguchi, who will also continue as president of Daifuku America Corp. Webb, the granddaughter of founder Jervis B. Webb, has led the company since 2003, when she succeeded her uncle, George H. Webb. Ms. Webb guided the company through an expansion of its airport baggage handling system and automated guided vehicle business lines, and the consolidation of its operating structure. In 2007, she also directed the team which brought about the sale of the company by its founding family to Daifuku.
Masaki Hojo, Daifuku's president and Webb's chairman and co-CEO, thanked Webb for her leadership of the company. "The Webb family has an acknowledged place in the history of global industry," said Hojo. "In the early years of the automobile, Susan's grandfather, Jervis B. Webb, helped revolutionize how cars were made. Susan's father and uncle, Jervis C. Webb and George H. Webb, continued the emphasis on product innovation and international expansion, including developing close business ties with Daifuku beginning in the 1950s. Susan then guided the company into the 21st century and its union with Daifuku. Together, the companies will continue Webb's tradition by providing integrated systems that help the world-wide economy become ever more productive and efficient."
Jervis B. Webb Company is a world leader in developing innovative material handling technology and systems. The company specializes in the design, engineering, installation, and support of integrated systems used in the automotive, airport, beverage, warehousing and manufacturing industries. Webb has manufacturing locations in Harbor Springs and Boyne City, Michigan, Carlisle, South Carolina, Canada, India, and China. The company was founded in 1919 by Jervis B. Webb who invented the forged rivetless chain conveyor that helped revolutionize mass production.
Jervis B. Webb Company Announces Retirement of President and Co-CEO
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Jervis B. Webb Company (Webb) of Farmington Hills, Michigan, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daifuku Company, Ltd. of Japan, has announced the retirement of Susan M. Webb, its president and co-CEO.
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Ramona Singer has finally dumped her cheating husband Mario Singer.
"The Real Housewives of New York City" co-star filed for divorce Tuesday, according to court papers. They were married for 27 years.
Page Six exclusively reported Monday that Ramona had thrown Mario, 60, out of their Manhattan apartment last week and called cops to their Hamptons home after finding Mario and his 20-something girlfriend Kasey Dexter there.
We reported in October that Mario had been seeing Dexter since the summer after meeting her at a party thrown by Marc Leder.
Ramona tells us, "This is a personal and private matter for our family. For my daughter Avery's sake, I would appreciate everyone respecting our privacy during this difficult time."
She also tweeted, "Look for something positive about today. Even if you have to look a little harder than usual, it still exists."


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Apple CEO Steve Jobs may be pushing for music labels to lift copyright protection on digital music but he doesn't appear so eager to do the same for video content, despite his position as the largest shareholder in Walt Disney Co.
On Monday, Jobs joined EMI Group executives to announce that EMI music will become available on Apple's iTunes store without DRM (digital rights management), the copyright protection technology that limits the way that digital music buyers can share and use their music.
But even though Jobs has been pushing the music industry to drop DRM, he has different opinions about video.
When asked during the EMI conference call about the potential of lifting DRM from video, Jobs said: "Video is pretty different from music right now because the video industry does not distribute 90 percent of their content DRM free. Never has. So I think they are in a pretty different situation and I wouldn't hold it to a parallel at all."
Jobs was referring to CSS (Content Scramble System), technology that comes on DVDs that prevents users from copying the videos. He is arguing that CSS makes the video market different than the music industry because music CDs don't come with copy protection. As a result, Jobs' argument has been that digital music should be sold in an equivalent manner as CDs — without copy protection.
Anti-DRM activists and analysts don't buy that explanation.
"Most people believe he's taking advantage of a technicality when he says that," said James McQuivey, a principal analyst at Forrester Research. Programs that let users get around CSS are readily available and widely used so it's not a strong argument for why the DVD industry is different from CDs.
While some anti-DRM activists say that Jobs can easily set a precedent in the video industry by dropping DRM off video content produced by Disney, McQuivey says that Jobs is hampered by larger business issues.
"No movie studio would ever support the iTunes store if it was clear that Jobs would be pushing them to remove DRM," he said. If Jobs did start offering Disney content on iTunes without copy protection, the other studios might fear that he'd start pushing them to do the same, he said.
The reason that Jobs can negotiate with the music industry and encourage announcements like the one with EMI is because the iTunes store represents about 10 percent of music sales in the U.S., McQuivey said. By contrast, the iTunes store has only recently begun selling video and the store has yet to prove itself as a money-maker for video content producers. That means that even if Jobs did want to push for DRM-free video, he wouldn't have the same negotiating position with the movie studios as he does with the music labels.
"When a single retail outlet has the ability to control 10 percent of sales, you have to listen to him. Apple doesn't have that clout yet in the movie business," he said.
The politics behind why Jobs may not be pushing for DRM-free video doesn't placate opponents of DRM.
DefectiveByDesign, a campaign of the Free Software Foundation dedicated to encouraging DRM-free content, has collected 6,200 signatures on an open letter to Jobs asking him to remove DRM from certain content, including video. The letter notes that last year Jobs sold Pixar to Disney and in doing so became the largest shareholder in Disney. It also notes that Disney was the first to approve distribution of movies through iTunes.
"You can set the example in the arena of video and movies," the letter reads. "Disney can be the first 'major' to drop DRM. You have the direct power to do this."
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is another group that has been pushing the music and video industries to drop DRM. While the EMI announcement is a step in the right direction, "why shouldn't this apply to video sold in the iTunes video store? It seems the basic reason for removing DRM should apply there too," said Derek Slater, activism coordinator for EFF.
In Norway, which has a national consumer representative who has led the charge against the iTunes DRM policy in Europe, a consumer agency applauded the EMI move but also hopes for something similar in the video market.
"The movie industry, and any company in other cultural sectors for that matter, that's slowly entering the download service market should take special notice of this important step EMI has taken today. If they want the respect and business of consumers they also need to offer up a fair deal which among other elements includes true interoperability and the complete absence of lock-in technology," wrote Torgeir Waterhouse, a senior advisor on the Norwegian Consumer Council, in an e-mail.


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Joe Corre said his father died of an aggressive form of cancer in Switzerland, declining to give the exact location because he said he wanted to avoid a media scrum.
"He was the original punk rocker and revolutionized the world," Corre told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "He's somebody I'm incredibly proud of. He's a real beacon of a man for people to look up to."
The multitalented McLaren rose to fame as the colorful manager of The Sex Pistols, but the art college dropout is also known for the infamous clothes shop he opened on London's King's Road with his then-girlfriend Vivienne Westwood in 1971.
The shop changed its name and focus several times, operating as "SEX" and "World's End" and "Seditionaries" at various times before she and McLaren split.
Music journalist Jon Savage, who wrote "England's Dreaming," a history of the Sex Pistols and punk, said that "without Malcolm McLaren there would not have been any British punk."
"He's one of the rare individuals who had a huge impact on the cultural and social life of this nation."
Although the Sex Pistols broke up after only one album, 1977's "Never Mind the Bollocks," their rebellious antics and raucous music would set the bar for bands to come.
Their bassist, Sid Vicious, died of a heroin overdose in 1979 after he was accused of killing his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, in New York City in 1978.
McLaren's career in music wasn't limited to managing the Pistols. He also had a regarded solo career in which he blended genres and acted as a kind of music curator. In the early 1980s, he had key songs in hip-hop, including the hit "Buffalo Gals," and bringing different textures to the developing genre; in his career, he worked in electronica, pop -- even opera.
In addition to music and fashion, McLaren also dabbled in journalism and filmmaking -- working in Hollywood with directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Steven Spielberg.
Corre, his son with Westwood, would continue the family tradition of blending shock with success, co-founding designer lingerie chain Agent Provocateur, which sells its risque, high-end wares across the world.
Earlier, the AP spoke with Les Molloy, which British media identified as McLaren's agent. Molloy said McLaren had died in New York but Corre said that was wrong, that Molloy was no longer McLaren's agent and that he was not authorized to speak for the family.
Repeated calls to Molloy since then have not been answered.
McLaren is survived by Corre and his longtime partner Young Kim.
Corre said that while funeral arrangements have yet to be made, McLaren had wanted to be buried in north London's stately Highgate cemetery, near where he was born.


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(HealthDay News) – Retinoblastoma patients who are younger than 6 months of age at the start of carboplatin treatment experience a higher incidence of ototoxicity, according to a study published online Feb. 27 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Ibrahim Qaddoumi, MD, of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN, and colleagues reviewed the results of audiologic tests for 60 patients with retinoblastoma who received front-line treatment with systemic carboplatin and vincristine according to either the St. Jude RET-3 protocol (23 patients) or best clinical management (37 patients). Three different ototoxicity grading systems were used.
The researchers found that 12 patients (20%) developed ototoxicity at some point following initiation of treatment; ototoxicity resolved in two patients, leaving 10 patients (17%) with sustained hearing loss. Nine of these 10 patients had grade 3 or 4 ototoxicity. Ninety percent of the 10 patients with hearing loss were less than 6 months of age at the start of chemotherapy. Age at the start of chemotherapy was the only risk factor that significantly predicted sustained hearing loss, and younger age was associated with an increased incidence of hearing loss. The different ototoxicity grading systems showed good overall agreement for identifying otoxicity, and agreement was greatest between the Brock and Children's Cancer Group systems.
"Young patients with retinoblastoma who were treated with systemic carboplatin had a higher incidence of ototoxicity than previously reported," the authors write.
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The Edmonton Oilers, parent club of the AHL's Oklahoma City Barons, have agreed to terms with goaltender Richard Bachman on a one-year contract.
Bachman, 25, played 13 games for the Dallas Stars last season and had a 6-5-0 record with a 3.25 goals-against average and an .885 save percentage. He also played six games for the Texas Stars of the AHL and was 5-1-0 with a 2.31 GAA and a .920 save percentage.
Bachman has made 84 career appearances in the AHL, posting a record of 44-30-6 with a 2.37 GAA, a .920 save percentage and nine shutouts. In 32 career NHL games, Bachman has a 14-10-1 record with a 2.94 GAA and a .901 save percentage.
The 5-foot-10, 175-pound native of Salt Lake City, Utah, was Dallas' fourth-round choice in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.


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Progeria is a rare genetic disorder that causes children to age prematurely. The classic type of childhood progeria is Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) or "Benjamin Button" disease, which is commonly referred to as progeria. It is characterized by dwarfism, baldness, pinched nose, small face and small jaw relative to the head size, delayed tooth formation, aged-looking skin, diminution of fat beneath the skin, stiff joints, and premature arteriosclerosis. Children with progeria syndrome usually appear normal at birth. However, within a year, their growth rate slows and their appearance begins to change and age prematurely. They often suffer from symptoms typically seen in elderly people, especially severe cardiovascular disease. Death occurs on average at age 13, usually from a heart attack or stroke.
Progeria is due to a single-letter "misspelling" in a gene on chromosome 1 that codes for lamin A, a protein that is a key component of the membrane surrounding the cell's nucleus. Most children with classic progeria harbor exactly the same misspelling in the lamin A (LMNA) gene, a substitution of just a single DNA base -- a change from cytosine (C) to thymine (T) -- among the gene's 25,000 base pairs. In a few progeria patients, there may be a different single base substitution such as guanine (G) to adenine (A) just two bases upstream. In every instance, the parents are normal indicating that the misspelling is a new, or "de novo," mutation in the child. The minute change in the LMNA gene changes the way in which the sequence is spliced by the cell's protein-making machinery. The end result is the production of an abnormal lamin A protein that is missing a stretch of 50 amino acids near one of its ends.
Different mutations in other regions of the LMNA gene are responsible for a half-dozen other rare, genetic disorders. Those disorders are Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy type 2, limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 1B, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder type 2B1, the Dunnigan type of familial partial lipodystrophy, mandibuloacral dysplasia, and a familial form of dilated cardiomyopathy.
There currently are no diagnostic tests or treatments for progeria which remains relentlessly progressive and fatal. Although Hutchinson (1886) and Guilford (1904) did describe the disorder, it was recorded that on "March 19, 1754, died in Glamorganshire of mere old age and gradual decay of nature at 17 years and 2 months, Hopkins Hopkins, the little Welshman.... He never weighed more than 17 pounds but for three years past no more than 12." The term "progeria" is derived from the Greek word for old age, "geras."


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Homer and Marge, Lisa and Maggie, we know this TV family better than we know our neighbors. It turns out that a woman fans of "The Simpsons" considered the true inspiration for sweet, blue-haired Marge was one of Everett's own — a neighbor indeed.
Margaret Groening, the mother of "The Simpsons" creator, grew up here and graduated from Everett High School. Her maiden name was Margaret Wiggum. That's right, "Simpsons" lovers, it's just like Police Chief Clancy Wiggum in the cartoon town of Springfield.
In real life, her brother Arnold Wiggum was a longtime principal of Everett's Hawthorne Elementary School. Wiggums Hollow Park near the Everett school is named in his honor.
Margaret Ruth Groening died April 22 in Portland, Ore. She was 94.
There is no mention of America's longest running sitcom in her obituary, published Monday in The Oregonian newspaper. Matt Groening, the cartoon's creator, is simply listed with his siblings Mark, Lisa and Maggie. Margaret Groening was preceded in death by her husband, Homer Groening, and by her oldest daughter, Patty.
Even without a mention in the obituary, "The Simpsons" connection was noted by hundreds of readers offering online condolences. A reader from Olympia offered this sentiment: "You may have been born a Wiggum, and married a Groening, but you died a Simpson." And a Maryland woman wrote, "Thank you for inspiring a great TV mom who is my inspiration, my laughter and my philosophy."
In Everett, Margaret Wiggum grew up the daughter of Norwegian immigrants Matt and Ingeborg Wiggum. The couple met on a boat from Norway, and settled in Everett "where the paper mill 'smelled like money,'" according to the obituary.
Lisa Labovitch, a history specialist at the Everett Public Library, found in Everett's Polk City Directories that Margaret's father worked for the Soundview Pulp Co., on the site of the now-demolished Kimberly-Clark Corp.
The Everett family lived in a tidy Craftsman-style house at 2305 Grand Ave. Margaret Wiggum is pictured in Everett High School's 1937 Nesika yearbook. At Everett High, she had a long list of accomplishments and in the yearbook was tagged "A favorite among all" — which could describe Marge Simpson.
She was Torch Society president, three years on the honor roll, twice a class president, an editor of Everett High's Kodak student newspaper and the Nesika yearbook, and was in the Senior Girls' Ensemble. The Polk directory lists her as a saleswoman at Sears, Roebuck and Co. in downtown Everett in 1939.
According to the obituary, she was Everett High's valedictorian and was named "Miss Everett." At Oregon's Linfield College, where she graduated in 1941, she was crowned "May Queen." It was also at Linfield where Margaret met classmate Homer Groening. Her obituary said she chose him because "he made her laugh the most."
Everett's John Wiggum, 75, knew Margaret and Homer Groening as his aunt and uncle. "Margaret had a very good sense of humor and was a lot of fun," said Wiggum, who worked for years as a food manager at the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe.
It's been fun to recognize family names on "The Simpsons," said Wiggum, who is Matt Groening's cousin. "Police Chief Wiggum is us," he said.
His mother's name, Helen Wiggum, was once used in a Thanksgiving episode. "She was at the Thanksgiving table reciting a prayer," the Everett man said.
John Wiggum said his late aunt's brother, Arnold Wiggum, the former Hawthorne principal, now lives in Wenatchee with his wife Irene. He is 92.
He recalled that Margaret Groening, who worked as a high school English teacher when she was young, stayed active as a swimmer and was very creative. He believes Matt Groening also inherited creativity from his father. "Homer was very witty, and had his own comic strip for years," Wiggum said.
As much as he admires his famous cousin, Wiggum admitted "I'm not an avid fan of 'The Simpsons,' to be honest with you."
For Bill Oakley, a longtime head writer for "The Simpsons," it's been a revelation to learn that many character names came from Matt Groening's family. Oakley, 47, lives in Portland and now writes for the sketch comedy series "Portlandia."
"It's very surprising to us, who spent so much time writing these characters, that they had real-life counterparts," Oakley said Tuesday. He worked on "The Simpsons" from 1992 to 1999. He co-wrote the two-part episode, "Who Shot Mr. Burns." He spent part of his time on the show as an executive producer.
"This is the weirdest thing. Matt, as far as I know, never talked about it. People had no idea. We thought he made it all up from scratch," Oakley said. Along with family names, Groening has used many Portland street names — including Flanders, Lovejoy and Quimby — as characters. "It's like layers of an onion," Oakley said.
It wasn't until learning that Matt Groening had a son named Homer that "people figured out some of the characters are named after his relatives," Oakley said.
At least one of the comedy's situations may have an Everett counterpart. Fictional Springfield's tire fire is as well known to fans as Moe's Tavern. In Everett, along the Snohomish River, a massive tire fire smoldered and raised a stink from September 1984 until May 1985.
"I suspect that's where it came from," Oakley said of the landmark tire fire on "The Simpsons."
"Matt was somebody who didn't like random funny names," Oakley said. "He wanted some private meaning."
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Nassau County Legislator Rose Marie Walker is warning homeowners about mailings that are circulating regarding the New York State STAR Program. Certain companies are taking the offering to file applications for STAR exemptions on the behalf of the homeowner for a fee - as high as 100% of the exemption. Legislator Walker would like to emphasize that these forms may be filed for FREE at the Nassau County Assessor's Office.
"It is sickening to think that there are people out there preying on residents who are not familiar with the process," said Legislator Walker. "It is free to file for both basic and Enhanced STAR, and there is always staff available to assist an applicant."
The STAR program offers an exemption towards school taxes (there is also an Enhanced STAR program for low-income households.) All homeowners may apply for this exemption once, and the application is automatically renewed each year.
Brochures and application forms are available at the County Assessor's office at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola or online at: www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/Assessor/index.html.
For this year, applications for the STAR exemption are due on or by Jan. 3, 2011.


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Louis Reyes Rivera. No, this is not a household name, but in many? urban centers, particularly in Brooklyn, Philadelphia and the Harlems of the world, it rings with all the conviction and integrity of a highly respected griot.
Rivera, who must have been in his middle sixties, died last? Friday evening in Brooklyn after a brief illness, it has been? reported. The idea that this progressive poet, this ?little giant,?? of words had joined the ancestors set off a barrage of phone calls and emails.?
Among the first to get the word on the airwaves was WHCR-FM, the radio station at City College of New York, where noted commentator and host Daa?iya Sanusi devoted portions of her programming to celebrating Rivera?s life and legacy.?
And that was propitious since it was at City College that Rivera ?gained notoriety for his radical politics and visionary leadership at? the helm of hundreds of students protesting the college?s reluctance to deal with minority rights and curriculum.?
Rivera was a budding journalist during those turbulent times and ?soon established himself as a writer of considerable talent and a feel for the world?s oppressed people, especially in the Black and Latino communities.?
Representatives from those diverse and various communities began commiserating with one another almost immediately upon hearing of Rivera?s unexpected departure. Poet Ted Wilson of New Jersey was stunned for a moment to silence, still unable to accept that his longstanding comrade was no longer available to exchange salvos of salvation through their poems.?
Renowned artist Danny Simmons alerted his colleagues and friends ?that a memorial service for Rivera was planned for March 8 in? Brooklyn. Bookstore owner Monroe Brown said that Rivera was? conducting a lecture series at his True South Bookstore in Brooklyn ?two weeks ago. ?He was on the march, teaching his class about the ?missing pages of world history,? Brown related.?
At the National Writers Union, a steering committee in which ?Rivera was a key component called an emergency meeting and set in motion a number of ways to remember their tireless member. ?He was intricately involved in so many activities that it will probably take a team of us to fulfill just half of what he was doing and what was on his agenda,? said Loretta Campbell.?
?Always, there is need for song,? Rivera wrote in one of his most ?memorable essays, Inside the River of Poetry. ?And every human has a poem to write, a compulsion to contemplate out loud, an urge to dig out that ore of confusion locked up inside. But with the ?contradictions of privilege and caste, of class and gender? distinctions regulating access, of those ever present distortions in? textbooks with their one-sided measure of human worth, and with the culture of white man still serving as ultimate yardstick to what is acceptable as matter, not everyone is permitted to learn to read, much less to study poetry or hone the art and take the risk of putting one?s self on paper.?
That risk was never an obstacle for Rivera and the only thing? missing from the quotation above is the sound of his voice reciting ?them, the melodious and edgy cadence that typified his delivery, the unblinking gaze from eyes shielded in part by ageless fedora, the colorful dashiki and the cane that came with the onslaught of ?ailments?this image gave his words added realness and urgency.??Later,? Rivera would tell his fellow workers at the NWU at the? close of a day and at the close of these words, ?Later, mi amigo!?