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Ever since I stopped doing my monthly summaries on blog statistics, as some had judged them as internal navel gazing and self-gratification, I haven't talked much about statistics and numbers, hits, page views or visitors. But in the interest of sharing, and wrapping up the year 2009, I thought I would expand on my yearly summary post from last week and show just what visitors were looking for that drove traffic. In aggregate, I should mention that total traffic in the year was not dramatically higher than 2008, which I take to mean more people read the content via RSS or in aggregators. In addition, there were fewer posts on the site in 2009 than in 2008, thanks to reduced guest posts.
The Top 15 stories authored in 2009, in order of highest traffic to least:
1. Google Wave Hits Shore. Flash Flood Warning In Effect.
October 1, 2009
The summary of my initial reactions to Google Wave was surprisingly visible. Although I felt as if my thoughts were actually late to the game, the post ended up being far and away the highest trafficked article of the year. The spike was led by Robert Scoble posting how much he thought Wave was overhyped. Subsequently, someone posted our pair of posts to Slashdot, and Der Spiegel of Germany also highlighted the summary. Although I was not overly negative of Wave, I did say it was very busy, and my reaction often got lumped in with Robert's much more critical response.
2. 40 Key Elements to Getting Started In Social Media
January 5, 2009
At the beginning of the year, Mike Fruchter wrote an extremely detailed guide on the necessary tools required to be engaged in social media. His effort was rewarded through the post being among the most bookmarked on Delicious, and being highlighted by Darren Rowse of ProBlogger. Mike is one of those talents that I hope to be working alongside someday, should I ever get the chance.
3. The Story of Google's Closure: Advanced JavaScript Tools
November 8, 2009
When Google released Closure tools to the Web, response to this was fairly neutral. Most folks tended to just repeat the news. But I thought it made more sense to ask Google developers how they had benefited from the tool while in house. Mihai Parparita of Google Reader gave a wonderful first person account of his use, and other geeks appreciated it. It was featured on Hacker News.
4. FTC Disclosures Made Simple For Bloggers With Conflicts
December 4, 2009
Among my most fun posts of the year was a collaboration with Jeannine Schaeffer earlier this month on some icons to help bloggers disclose relationships to the FTC. It was a fun idea, and Jeannine came through in a big way. Mashable and others highlighted the story, and I've enjoyed seeing the humorous icons make their way around the Web in the weeks since.
5. Facebook Drops the Walled Garden, Opens Up Possibility for Track
March 16, 2009
Jesse Stay, a preeminent expert on both Twitter and Facebook, highlighted Facebook's increased openness and the ability to let updates leak into Google and the wider Web at large. He is the author of multiple books on Facebook worth checking out if you ever want to write Facebook apps or just learn more about the largest social network in the world.
6. Twitter's Search Engine Is Very, Very, Broken
May 21, 2009
As Twitter has grown well beyond initial expectations, the service's fragility has shown in a number of ways. Among the most visible has been the disappointing index from the company's search engine. It's now widely known that the engine only goes back a few days, and it doesn't index some of the most visible accounts, making data discovery and retention difficult. It would be wonderful if this were to be solved in 2010.
7. Could A Real Apple Fan Completely "Go Google"?
October 29, 2009
At risk of having to throw away my Apple fanboy card, I became more entranced by Google in 2009, thanks to the company releasing solid product after solid product, many of which competed head to head for my attention with Apple's well-known suite of offerings, including iLife and the iPhone. The more I thought about it, the more realistic I thought about switching, and I am definitely watching this space closely.
8. What FriendFeed Needs to Do To Grow and Keep New Users
January 2, 2009
At the beginning of the year, seeing a lack of growth on FriendFeed's part that met my own aggressive expectations, I gave some unsolicited feedback as to how I thought the company could improve. They had other ideas, and launched many great tools, but didn't go the way I had thought. Months later, they were absorbed into Facebook.
9. The Newest Annoyance on Twitter: Follow and Refollow Spam
March 7, 2009
Twitter's problems weren't limited to their own back-end infrastructure. Users often got tired of being bombarded by different types of spam, either on the service itself, through direct messages, or through what I found as refollow spam. Some automated accounts were following my account every few hours to get in front of me and my connections. This annoyance was thwarted in time.
10. iPhone Call Recording: It Makes Too Much Sense Not to Do
August 9, 2009
While BlogTalkRadio's CinchCast product has largely filled this need, it seems to me that Apple could easily enable us to record phone call conversations for interviews and podcasts. So far, my understanding is that applications posted to the iTunes Store that accomplish this very thing have been slowed or stopped outright.
11. How To Cleanly Separate Personal and Work Social Media Personalities
March 22, 2009
Many people are looking for a way to act in social media on behalf of their company, while maintaining their own personality. Having accomplished this myself, I thought I would share how. It seems many others were curious and this post remained popular and shared through the second half of the year.
12. Blogger Quietly Turns Ten, Plans Slew of Feature Upgrades
August 23, 2009
As one Blogger holdout who hasn't moved to WordPress, I watch the platform closely, and Blogger turned ten years old this fall, without fanfare. Following my quick summary, this surprisingly hit the front page of Digg (only my second time ever), which was appreciated, but befuddling, as it was not a huge story, in my opinion.
13. Hi Facebook, It's Me, FriendFeed. This Relationship? It's Complicated.
August 10, 2009
The announcement that Facebook acquired FriendFeed struck the many people who like FriendFeed in a very personal way. I have talked to many top users of the site who felt as if the announcement had hit them emotionally, as no other simple merger or acquisition had before. Much of the concern lies in the fact that Facebook has a reputation that runs contrary to what some hoped FriendFeed would become. My amusing tongue in cheek response tried to explain just how we were feeling, rather than encapsulating the news like many other sites already had.
14. Feedly Explore Highlights Recommended Blogs, Reader Activity
September 26, 2009
Feedly, a 2008 debut here, has been among the most popular ways to get RSS updates. The service's Explore feature enhanced feed discovery. After posting this piece it was highlighted within Feedly and many users came to the blog to see what was new.
15. Twitter Caps Following Limits, Denting Auto-Follow Services
April 20, 2009
In a year I wrote many good things about Twitter, it's no surprise the more negative stories gained traction. Among them was a move that blocked some Twitter developers from using advanced auto-follow tools, reducing the option for some accounts to be automated.
In a year with more than 500 posts (the fourth straight above 500), these 15 top ones showed me that people are always eager to learn more about Google and Twitter, and how to best use these social media tools. While I don't let traffic define what I intend to cover, it's always worth making sure I keep on topic for what the readers want to see.


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NAUGATUCK — This year's Connecticut Icon hails from Naugatuck.
Alex Hernandez, 17, won the Connecticut Icon competition during Southington's annual Apple Harvest Festival. She won the top prize of $1,000 and the chance to record a song at a professional studio.
The competition began Sept. 21 when over 100 people from all over the state gathered to audition for one of the 12 finalist spots. The 12 winners went on to sing during the festival earlier this month. After each round of performances, judges and the public voted to eliminate contestants.
Melissa Ericksen, the competition's organizer, said the event began five years ago as a way for local performers to showcase their talent.
"When I was younger I was around the music industry in Manhattan, [N.Y.]. I felt that people in Connecticut didn't have many opportunities. I wanted to provide an opportunity for local talent to be seen and for people to learn how much talent we have," Ericksen said.
By the last day of the competition, Hernandez had sung five different songs and was in the final four. When the dust had settled, Hernandez was voted the winner.
"It was a shock," Hernandez said. "It didn't feel real at first. It didn't hit me. I was just up there with a great bunch of people I met."
Hernandez said she was happy to have been part of the competition.
"Everyone involved, the contestants, judges and everyone who came out were so supportive," Hernandez said. "Everyone just loved being around each other. It was a great environment to be working in."
This is not the first time Hernandez has won a singing competition. In August she won the Wolcott Idol contest.
Hernandez said she grew up in a musically-inclined family, joking that people would call them the Partridge Family.
"I grew up around music. My mom's a singer, my dad played a bunch of different kinds of instruments," Hernandez said. "My dad involved me in every type of music I could possibly be involved in."
Hernandez, who is a senior at Naugatuck High School, said she plans to continue singing in college and hopes to make a career out of either performing or in musical therapy.
However, her next step is to set up an appointment at Onyx Soundlab in Manchester to record a song.
"I'm not sure if I'm doing a cover, but I hope to do one of my own songs I've been working on," Hernandez said.


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Table of contents | Getting everyone involved | Successful parental-involvement programmes | Presentation | How to obtain this publication | Related documents
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PISA - Let's Read Them a Story! The Parent Factor in Education
Education begins at home. The first simple word a parent speaks to an infant opens the world of language to the child and sets the child on the path of exploration and discovery. When formal schooling begins, many parents believe that their role as educators has ended. But education is a shared responsibility of parents, schools, teachers, and various institutions in the economy and in society. New findings from the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) show that parental involvement in education is pivotal for the success of children throughout their school years and beyond.
The OECD is pleased to present its report, Let's Read Them a Story! The Parent Factor in Education. The report examines whether and how parents' involvement is related to their child's proficiency in and enjoyment of reading -- and it also offers comfort to parents who are concerned that they don't have enough time or the requisite academic knowledge to help their children succeed in school. Many types of parental involvement that are associated with better student performance in PISA require relatively little time and no specialised knowledge. What counts is genuine interest and active engagement.
This chapter discusses how parental involvement benefits students – and how particular forms of involvement may be more beneficial than others.
Parental involvement in a child's education should start at birth – and never stop. This chapter shows how telling stories or reading books to children when they are very young is strongly related to how well they read and how much they enjoy reading later on.
Older children benefit from their parents' involvement too. This chapter discusses how talking about social and political issues, or about books, films and television programmes with adolescent children is related to better reading performance at school.
When parents take the time to meet their child's teachers, or when they volunteer for activities at school, they signal to their children that they value education. This chapter examines some of the ways busy parents can be involved in school activities and emphasises that parents and teachers should not wait to meet each other.
Children – even older children, although they may not want to admit it – look to their parents as role models. This chapter explores how children whose parents have more positive attitudes towards reading are better at reading, themselves, and enjoy reading more.
The report also includes checklists that recommend specific ways in which parents can become more involved in their children's education. Teachers, school leaders and policy makers can also promote greater parental involvement.
Successful parental-involvement programmes
Examples of successful parental-involvement programmes throughout the world are given throughout the report:
Ireland: Legal recognition of parents as partners
Israel: Family as Educator
Japan: Homeroom teachers
Korea: School support for parental involvement
New Zealand: Working with Maori extended families
Poland: All of Poland Reads to Kids
Romania: Parenting programme in early childhood education
Sweden: Las For Mej, Pappa
United Kingdom: Bookstart
United States: 826 Valencia
United States: Harlem Children Zone
United States: The National Network of Partnership Schools
United States: Cool Culture
Worldwide: Reggio Emilia approach
Most important, the report shows parents that it's never too early and never too late to get involved in their child's education.
Presentation given at the launch of the publication on 11 May 2012 in Potsdam, Germany
How to obtain this publication
For complete data and analysis on which this report is based, see "Parental Involvement in Selected PISA Countries and Economies", OECD Education Directorate Working Paper no. 73, OECD Publishing.
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Wasatch Wind discusses impact of proposed wind farm
Representatives from Wasatch Wind discussed their proposed wind farm at an Open House held concurrently with the Monticello City Council meeting on April 23.
According to Wasatch Wind representative Julie Mack, the purpose of the event was the help local residents visualize the impact of the wind farm on the Monticello area.
Prior public meetings regarding the proposed wind farm were sometimes contentious. There were few public comments in opposition to the project on April 23
Mack explained that the company has made a number of accommodations that may explain the possible decrease in opposition to the project. They include moving the location of a number of the massive wind turbines in response to public concern.
In addition, negotiations have progressed with a group of landowners that owned property within the proposed wind farm. Several of the landowners were previous employees of the groups developing the project.
Wasatch Wind is proposing a 27-turbine wind farm immediately north and west of Monticello City limits. The closest turbine to residences in the city would be more than one mile away.
Mack explained that a second open house in June would include additional simulations and information regarding sound impacts, construction impacts and environmental impact.
Mack said the group hopes to sign formal agreements in June and begin construction in the Fall of 2013. After a busy construction phase, the project would bring four to six permanent jobs to the community.
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Seeing the Positive in the Negative: The Closure of Dell's Manufacturing Operation and Ireland's Movement up the Value Chain
The Midwest of Ireland was dealt a serious blow when, in 2009, Dell announced the relocation of its manufacturing operation to Lodz in Poland with the loss of 1,900 jobs.
New research carried out by Dr Patrick Collins and Professor Seamus Grimes of the Centre for Innovation and Structural Change at NUI Galway, has attempted to uncover the fallout of this decision and ask what it has meant for the competitive positioning of Ireland more generally.
"Dell's decision was led by many factors including consumer demand and changing tastes, but much of the media pointed to the fact that Ireland had 'priced itself out of the market' and had become uncompetitive", said Dr Collins. "The reality is that the Dell closed only its manufacturing operation in Limerick, it continues to employ many more in other higher end functions there."
The research shows the Dell case to be something of a microcosm for Ireland's long term relationship with foreign direct investment. This is a relationship that has been evolving over the past 50 years that has seen lower value added jobs being replaced by higher valued added ones.
"In its most simplistic form it's a case of services replacing manufacturing, however, the picture is considerably more complex, some manufacturing techniques employed by the multinationals are highly evolved and quiet sustainable", added Dr Collins.
The research has been published in an article entitled 'Cost-competitive places: shifting fortunes and the closure of Dell's manufacturing facility in Ireland' in the international peer-reviewed journal European Urban and Regional Studies. This work tries to place Ireland in a global context in an era of economic turmoil.
The article equates Ireland to a developed country and notes that, like many of its neighbours in Western Europe, it has been losing jobs to countries in Eastern Europe and Asia. The research focuses on what it terms a 'grim' period for Ireland's job market in early 2009.
In a matter of months the technology sector haemorrhaged nearly 10,000 jobs, over 80% of which were relocated to other countries. However, the positive is noted by the fact that the same period of time saw over 6,000 jobs announced for the same sector. "Taking the positive from the negative here is that the jobs we are gaining are significantly higher paid and more sustainable ones with brighter prospects to the ones we are losing", Dr Collins noted.
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Distracted Bus and Train Drivers Under Scrutiny
An 8-month old girl in a stroller was killed when a bus driver talking on a cell phone jumped the curb and toppled a light pole in a New Jersey suburb last July. Seven bystanders were injured in the accident.
The accident focused the public's attention on the tragic consequences of distracted driving, especially among the operators of large passenger vehicles such as buses and trains.
Data on how often distracted bus and train drivers cause accidents are scant. But the incidents draw outsized attention because of how many passengers are potentially in danger, the size of the vehicles and the public nature of the drivers' jobs.
California high-speed rail officials had to reassure the public their trains were safe, after a Spanish train crashed this summer killing 79 people. The driver of the Spanish train was talking on the phone and traveling at 95 mph — twice the speed limit — when the train derailed.
More minor incidents have sparked uproars, too. For example, a school bus driver near Tampa, Fla., was suspended after an eighth-grade student shot a video of the driver texting while driving. In Kansas City, a bus driver reaching down to grab something hit an 86-year-old woman in a crosswalk, dragging her half a block. The woman suffered several broken bones.
Tightening Rules
Regulators are cracking down on distracted driving among all drivers, and that includes the professional operators of large vehicles. The industry standards for transit systems, for example, say drivers should turn off mobile phones and stow them while they drive.
The American Public Transportation Association, a group of public transit agencies, set the standards in 2009. The group also agreed to promote reducing interruptions caused by transit agencies from fare boxes, on-board alerts and dispatchers. The measures are voluntary, but they are almost universally adopted, said Bill Grizard, APTA's safety director.
Cutting down on distractions for bus drivers is especially important, because these drivers already have many other things to do besides driving, Grizard said, including customer service and taking fares. Transit agencies routinely test drivers on all of those tasks.
"If they are good drivers, they might not pass those tests because there are all of these other responsibilities they assume and have to deal well with," Grizard said.
Train operators also cannot afford to be distracted since they have to follow signals and keep an eye out for obstacles or signals that are missing or misaligned, Grizard said.
Laws Differ
Rail and bus drivers are subject to different laws and regulations on distracted driving. The federal government regulates rail more heavily. Buses that cross state lines are subject to federal rules, while local buses can sometimes escape most regulation.
Two years ago, the U.S. Department of Transportation banned the roughly 4 million drivers of trucks and interstate buses from using hand-held phones while they are driving.
States are following suit, said Stephen Keppler, executive director of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, a group of regulators who oversee private trucks and buses. About half of states automatically incorporate changes in federal rules into their own regulations, he said, while the rest go through a rule-making process or through the legislature.
Some believe the focus on distracted driving is misplaced. Larry Hanley, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union, called the surge in rules "distracted legislating," because what little data is available show only a small number of fatal bus crashes are caused by driver distractions. Driver "inattention" caused 13 percent of fatal motor coach accidents (and 6 percent of fatalities), according to a U.S. Department of Transportation review of fatal accidents between 2001 and 2010.
Regulators ought to focus their attention on more significant issues, he said, especially driver fatigue, a factor in more than a third of fatal bus crashes.
In the end, many regulations, including those addressing distracted driving, are not well-enforced by the federal or state governments, Hanley said.
Large operators — such as transit systems or big bus companies — can more easily handle safety standards, such as testing drivers for illegal drugs or keeping buses well-maintained, he said.
But he said smaller operations and their drivers often do not keep up with those rules, because they do not have the economic incentives to do so. The small companies face little chance of getting caught if they cut corners, but they must still compete with larger carriers on cost, Hanley said.
One way they save money is by paying drivers low wages, but that means the drivers must work long hours or multiple jobs to make a living — raising the risk of driver fatigue, he said.
"Enforcement and regulations tend to follow tombstones. As people die, and as newspapers cover it, politicians snap into action and do some things," Hanley said. "The trouble is they have to have the guts to say there has to be a change in work rules."
Safety Push
Transit agencies have tried many approaches to combat distracted driving, said Grizard, the APTA safety director. Boston transit drivers are not allowed to bring their phones on board, while bus drivers in Nashville lock away their phones in boxes while they are on the road, he said.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit highlighted one of its own drivers in a flier sent to its bus drivers. It showed a photo taken by a member of the public of a DART driver reading a book laid across the steering wheel at a stoplight. It included several reminders about the dangers of distracted driving.
But it was only one piece in a broad effort to combat distractions on the road. The agency has incorporated lessons on distracted driving in its regular training process. It has also required bus drivers to turn off their phones and stow them before getting on the road. If bus drivers need to make a call as part of their job, they must get off the bus and make the call outside.
"If you have (a phone) on your person, you're much more likely to want to—or feel the need to—respond to that," said Tim Newby, the agency's vice president of transportation.
Over the last three years, the agency has seen a 48 percent reduction in complaints from riders about distracted drivers, Newby said.
The agency is also getting a better handle on being able to see what role distracted driving plays in bus crashes. DART is in the process of rolling out new buses that carry cameras. They can record what happens shortly before a bus stops suddenly, accelerates rapidly or makes a sharp turn. The agency can review footage later to see why a driver made such sudden changes.
Keppler, from the regulators group, said the proliferation of cell phones among passengers has helped crack down on distracted driving among drivers, since it is easier than ever to take pictures or videos of distracted drivers.
"You can look at the passengers being a distraction, but you can also look at them as their own enforcers," Keppler said. "They're watching the driver."
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text: A U.S. court has shut down an online operation that allegedly posed as the U.S. government and charged customers fees between US$200 and $2,500 for immigration processing fees at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, although the operation was not affiliated with the agency, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Monday.A judge in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada has frozen the operation's assets until a complaint brought by the FTC is resolved, the FTC said in a press release. The agency has asked the court to permanently halt the business practices and order the operation to repay people who paid the fees.Defendants Immigration Center and Immigration Forms and Publications set up websites that mimicked official government sites, then used the fake sites to steer immigrants to their telemarketing operation, the FTC alleged.The legitimate U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a division of the Department of Homeland Security, offers advice and counseling to immigrants in the U.S. and people seeking to immigrate to the U.S. USCIS provides application forms for such benefits as green card renewal, work visas and applications for asylum. The application forms are free, but processing can cost hundreds of dollars or more.The operation's websites depicted American eagles, the U.S. flag and the Statue of Liberty, and had URLs such as uscis-ins.us and usgovernmenthelpline.com. The sites directed consumers to call a toll-free number that an automated voice answered, "immigration center." Live operators at the site identified themselves as from USCIS or the U.S. immigration center and called themselves agents, immigration officers or caseworkers, the FTC said.Uscis-ins.us, usgovernmenthelponline.com and the website for Immigration Forms and Publications all appeared to be down Monday afternoon.The sites offered counseling and application forums, but the counseling was done by telemarketers who did not meet legal requirements to provide immigration services, the FTC said.The defendants charged fees for application forms that were the same amounts as government processing fees, leading customers to believe the fees covered the cost of USCIS processing, the FTC said. Some customers of the operation paid for applications that were never processed by USCIS because they did not pay the official processing fee and others were charged twice, once by the defendants and once by the government.The defendants violated federal law by falsely claiming they were authorized to provide immigration and naturalization services and that they were affiliated with the U.S. government, the FTC alleged. It was also illegal for the operation to tell customers that fees paid would cover all costs of submitting immigration documents to USCIS, the FTC said.In addition to Immigration Center and Immigration Forms and Publications, the FTC named seven individuals in its complaint. None of those associated with the operation could be reached for comment.Grant Gross covers technology and telecom policy in the U.S. government for The IDG News Service. Follow Grant on Twitter at GrantGross. Grant's e-mail address is email@example.com.


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Anyone else ready to make this Donald Young vs. P-Mac story about Tim Smyczek instead? (Aside from Forty Deuce, we mean.) After all, Tim's the guy who beat Young 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 in that USTA six-man playoff in Boca West to nab a wildcard spot into Roland Garros this year. FYI: Smyczek's never played the French. On the women's side, top seed Irina Falconi beat third seed Julia Boserup 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3.
More news: Dunlop announced today that they're making Tim a part of their roster (though he's been playing with their racquets even before the signing). His apparel and shoes are via adidas.
Shirtless: Here's Smyczek getting sun and practice at this year's BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. On the other side of the net: Ryan Sweeting. Enjoy!
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Top 20 tough iPhone 4 and 4S cases
If you're looking for a rugged case that will keep your iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S protected and help it survive a drop unscathed, check out our list of highly protective iPhone 4/4S cases.
I first posted this roundup not long after the iPhone 4 hit stores and it's been through several updates, and now only includes cases that fit both the iPhone 4 and 4S and carry the "universal fit" tag.
Update, May 15, 2012: Added Griffin Survivor and Gumdrop Drop Tech Series.
As I've said before, how you choose to protect -- or not protect -- your iPhone is a matter of personal preference. But if some heavy-duty shielding is what you're looking for, this is the list for you.
While I tried to pick tough, protective cases that look good and don't make your iPhone too bulky, a few of the cases have more extreme designs that aren't necessarily intended for everyday use. I should also note that some of the more rugged cases can be a bit of a chore to remove and aren't friendly toward iPod docks and certain charging accessories due to how recessed the ports become when the case is on.
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Rare owned by Activision? Could have been!
Giant video game company Activision, who are publishing a Wii homage to GoldenEye next month, were thisclose back in the day to buying Rare, the studio behind the original 1997 Nintendo 64 first-person shooter, according to an interview in Develop.
Former Microsoft executive Ed Fries, who was instrumental in getting Rare purchased by its current Xbox-making owners almost a decade ago, tells the British gaming new outlet that he was convinced circa 2002 Activision was going to acquire Rare.
Fries talking to Develop:
"They made the best initial offer, and Rare looked at both of us and, from the way I saw it, was more interested in partnering with Activision. I think it's because they wanted to be third-party, independent of all platforms."
For reasons unknown to Fries, the deal fell apart and Microsoft was able to snatch up Rare. Since then, Rare's been a Microsoft Game Studio, producing sequels to its Banjo Kazooie and Perfect Dark series, creating new titles such as Grabbed By The Ghoulies and Kameo, and most recently creating the look of the Xbox 360's Avatar system and working on games for the console's controller-free Kinect.
Rare once made GoldenEye, though. On the Nintendo 64. With Nintendo. Some — all? — of that original design team is no longer at Rare. The new GoldenEye, published by Activision, is being developed by Eurocom. (Check out our comparison of the N64 GoldenEye to the new one.)
So close!
Activision's deal to steal Rare 'collapsed' [Develop Online]


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Obama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy - Stunning Break with Last Eight Years
In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say.
Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama's appearance on CBS' "Sixty Minutes" on Sunday witnessed the president-elect's unorthodox verbal tic, which had Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences virtually every time he opened his mouth.
But Mr. Obama's decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements carries with it certain risks, since after the last eight years many Americans may find his odd speaking style jarring.
According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it "alienating" to have a President who speaks English as if it were his first language.
"Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in agreement," says Mr. Logsdon. "If he keeps it up, he is running the risk of sounding like an elitist."
The historian said that if Mr. Obama insists on using complete sentences in his speeches, the public may find itself saying, "Okay, subject, predicate, subject predicate - we get it, stop showing off."
The President-elect's stubborn insistence on using complete sentences has already attracted a rebuke from one of his harshest critics, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska.
"Talking with complete sentences there and also too talking in a way that ordinary Americans like Joe the Plumber and Tito the Builder can't really do there, I think needing to do that isn't tapping into what Americans are needing also," she said.
The author, Andy Borowitz is a comedian. The historian Davis Logsdon as well the Gov. Sarah Palin mentioned in the column are imaginary figures.
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"If you pay attention for just five minutes, you know some very fundamental dharma: things change, nothing stays comfortable, sensations come and go quite impersonally, according to conditions, but not because of anything that you do or think you do. Changes come and go quite by themselves. In the first five minutes of paying attention, you learn that pleasant sensations lead to the desire that these sensations will stay and that unpleasant sensations lead to the hope that they will go away. And both the attraction and the aversion amount to tension in the mind. Both are uncomfortable. So in the first minutes, you get a big lesson about suffering: wanting things to be other than what they are. Such a tremendous amount of truth to be learned just closing your eyes and paying attention to bodily sensations."
--Sylvia Boorstein, in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Fall 1992
I have found that the thoughts that go on in my head are also just as transient. If I simply observe them without getting caught up in a storyline that leads to a full blown fantasy that then triggers feelings, emotions, etc. they just go away and onto the next thought.
Sometimes I'd like to take my brain out and shoot it (to quote fellow, whose name I forget, on a tape that I heard years ago) but that would'nt be very "buddhist" of me, it being violent and all!
So, I've concluded that something sees using my eyes, something hears using my ears etc. and something thinks and its all good.
Many blessings,


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Expanded DMR Test Capabilities Added to Anritsu LMR Master
Morgan Hill, CA – For Immediate Release – Anritsu Company introduces two options that allow the industry leading LMR Master™ S412E to conduct digital modulation analysis and generation, and coverage mapping based on the ETSI Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) Tier 2 protocol. The expanded testing capabilities provide engineers, technicians, and contractors responsible with the deployment, installation and maintenance of DMR radio systems – including MotoTRBO™ systems – with a single, lightweight, durable test solution that meets their ever-evolving testing requirements.
The modulation analysis option enables the LMR Master S412E to conduct highly accurate measurements on the transmission characteristics of DMR networks. The LMR Master S412E is the first instrument in its category to be able to test emerging narrowband signals, such as DMR, as well as broadband digital public safety systems. With the option, the analyzer can also generate DMR signals, due to the vector signal generator built into the LMR Master S412E. The analyzer is also capable of generating data-modulated signals in other formats, including P25 and NXDN.
Performing DMR coverage measurements are simple and straightforward with the option installed on the LMR Master S412E. The user simply connects a receive antenna and a GPS antenna to the handheld analyzer. The instrument automatically stores results, along with the GPS location. Traces of mapping data are automatically saved, and can be later recalled and viewed from the front panel of the LMR Master S412E.
The LMR Master S412E significantly reduces the number of tools field technicians and engineers need, thereby saving time and money while ensuring accuracy. It is the only battery-powered P25 test solution to provide cable and transmission measurements, a high-performance spectrum and interference analyzer, and P25/NXDN/DMR EVM and BER measurements at -115 dBm signal levels. Unlike other portable solutions, the analyzer offers the most extensive P25/NXDN/DMR test capability, including analysis of uplink and downlink control channel traffic and BER/EVM coverage mapping.
Utilizing the field-proven, compact, rugged design of the Anritsu Site Master™, the LMR Master S412E was developed with field applications in mind. The analyzer has a field-friendly battery that can be changed in just seconds to extend measurement time. A standard transmissive color display is viewable in direct sunlight and at wide viewing angles.
The DMR options have a starting price of $1,875. The LMR Master S412E is priced at $13,950 and delivery is 4 to 6 weeks ARO.
About Anritsu
Anritsu Company (www.anritsu.com) is the American subsidiary of Anritsu Corporation, a global provider of innovative communications test and measurement solutions for more than 110 years. Anritsu provides solutions for existing and next-generation wired and wireless communication systems and operators. Anritsu products include wireless, optical, microwave/RF, and digital instruments as well as operations support systems for R&D, manufacturing, installation, and maintenance. Anritsu also provides precision microwave/RF components, optical devices, and high-speed electrical devices for communication products and systems. With offices throughout the world, Anritsu sells in over 90 countries with approximately 4,000 employees. For more information, visit www.anritsu.com.
Note: LMR Master is a trademark of Anritsu Corporation.
MotoTRBO is a trademark of Motorola Solutions.


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Story of a… Magician
Kostya Kimlat, 31, created a career out of magic using some sleight-of-hand and a lot of hard work.
"I was 12 years old when I watched a show called The World's Greatest Magic. I recorded it on VHS and watched it 50 times. I was hooked." Nearly two decades later, Kimlat has shared the stage with every magician from that show, performing on five continents. Not bad for a kid who got his start in the 8th grade when he walked into a Don Pablo's restaurant in Casselberry and asked if he could do magic tricks for the diners. "I walked out a half-hour later with $12 in my pocket, and I knew this was what I wanted to do with my life."
Building on the three-trick repertoire he used to launch his career, Kimlat read every magic book in the library. "Then I went to the local magic club in Orlando, the International Brotherhood of Magicians. My parents would drop me off for the meetings, and the magicians would see what I had practiced and then give me something else to work on. I think they were grateful for a new generation. One of my mentors told me it was my responsibility to pass it on."
In the 13 years since his first five-city tour, Kimlat has trained hundreds of up-and-coming magicians. He also started his own company, Magic Show Orlando, which employs a team of 10 who perform interactive magic at weddings, private parties, Orlando Magic games, and at Christner's Prime Steak & Lobster. Kimlat does a dinner show there every Saturday night that showcases his illusionist-meets-mentalist style.
"I have a very small number of tricks in the vault; a few select signature items that I won't teach to other magicians. For me it's an art form. Very little of what I do is other people's tricks. Most of what I do is my own."
"I use simple objects like cards, coins, lighters, markers, newspapers, magazines and dictionaries. The job of the magician is to make the impossible seem possible. That's what I strive to do whether I am performing up-close sleight-of-hand magic or presenting theatrical mind-reading on stage."
How does he do it? "Well it's not witchcraft, I promise. The theatrical conjuring that I present on stage is a combination of human psychology, misdirection, sleight-of-hand and showmanship. Magic is a beautiful and honest deception."
As for hecklers, he says he doesn't have them. "I can read someone's personality type and within 15 seconds be able to break the ice and win them over," says Kimlat, who teaches a course called Chemistry of Personality when he's wearing his corporate trainer hat to work with Fortune 500 clients like GE and Sysco. "I don't teach you to be a magician, but to think like a magician. Sales and service are very much like a magic trick; it's the art of seeing things from another person's perspective. In my shows, I'm always considering how everyone is seeing something I'm doing."


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- Dimensions: 39mm x 35mm x 7mm (1.54″ x 1.38″ x 0.28″)
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Public Theater reecntly announced the line-up for its 2012-2013 Season, beginning in the fall with an October rededication of The Public's historic downtown building. The season continues the theater's nearly 60 year tradition of developing new theatrical voices and presenting Shakespeare to the entire New York community. In the video below, Artistic Director Oskar Eustis continues his discussion about what's to come this season! Scroll down to watch.
In the spirit of A Chorus Line; HAIR; Caroline, or Change; and Passing Strange, The Public's 57th season will premiere two new musicals, beginning in October with GIANT, an epic love story with book by Sybille Pearson, music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa and directed by Michael Greif.
April will feature the world premiere of the new musical, HERE LIES LOVE about Filipina First Lady, Imelda Marcos, with concept and lyrics by David Byrne, music by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, and directed by Alex Timbers.
The Downtown Season will present world premiere plays by acclaimed actor/playwright Colman Domingo; best-selling author Nathan Englander; renowned international writer/director Guillermo Calderón; and theatrical genius Richard Foreman.
Award-winning playwright Richard Nelson returns to The Public in the fall with SORRY, the third in a series of plays about the Apple family that will open on election night, November 6, 2012. Original cast members from That Hopey Changey Thing and Sweet and Sad will reunite for this world premiere Public Lab production: Jon Devries, Maryann Plunkett, Laila Robins, Jay O. Sanders, and J. Smith-Cameron.
To see the first two parts of the interview, click HERE!
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Cops Collect Ever More Mobile Device Info
We rely heavily on our cell phones. And law enforcement increasingly relies on information gathered from those phones to investigate crimes. A victim or suspect's mobile phone records can tell police who they've been speaking to or texting with accurate time stamps. Some records also track the location of the call or text.
More surprising is just how often local, state and federal authorities ask phone companies for this information.
In 2011, law enforcement agencies made more than 1.3 million requests for customer cell phone records, according to a new Congressional report. Verizon says these requests have increased about 15 percent annually since 2007.
Congress is worried that the police may be gathering wireless data indiscriminately, grabbing information about innocent and guilty alike. Another concern is the fees charged to retrieve these records. AT&T billed law enforcement more than $8.2 million last year.
The data dump raises obvious privacy concerns. And reminds us that the more connected we are, the less privacy we can expect.
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