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Apple Music was heavily criticized for just about everything when it launched last summer, and rightfully so—the app was needlessly complicated to use and handled your purchased songs and streaming library in an opaque, confusing way.
So Apple redesigned the Music app in iOS 10, taking all of those critiques to heart. Apple Music cleaned up the clutter, reconsidered the navigation tools, put your library front and center, and added algorithmically created playlists to rival Spotify's. It's still not perfect, but the streaming service's 17 million paying subscribers will have an easier time finding and saving the music they love.
Bigger, bolder, brighter
After installing iOS 10, the first thing you'll notice when you open Apple Music is how much bigger everything is. The fonts are larger and so is the album art, with plenty of white space in between.
Then you'll see the new navigation bar, which is still pinned to the bottom of the app but now spotlights areas of the app that you actually need to see. Gone are Connect, the social network for musicians that no one uses; New, which was a catch-all for popular tracks and fresh playlists; and My Music, which had separated your streaming library from your playlists in a befuddling way.
Apple replaced those tabs with Library, Browse, and Search, which combined make it much easier to find exactly what you're looking for without all those extra taps.
We may never know why Apple Music's designers thought the best way to store your music was to divide it into your Library and Playlists, but those days are thankfully behind us.
Now your library is front and center, with shortcuts to your playlists, artists, albums, songs, and downloaded music right at the top. Recently added songs and albums live underneath those shortcuts in a two-column view that emphasizes album art. It's clean, simple, and gets the job done.
I had one complaint about how Apple Music organizes your Library, but I found a fix that was completely unintuitive. Songs and albums are by default organized alphabetically by artist name, which made no sense to me. The fix: Go to your iOS Settings > Music, then tap on Sort Songs & Albums under Library. Switch By Artist to By Title. Thank me later.
For You
At first I loved For You, which in version 1.0 seemed to know exactly which human-curated playlists I would love. But those playlists got stale, and I stopped relying on Apple Music to help me discover fresh tunes. In iOS 10, Apple has introduced algorithmically selected playlists, My Favorites Mix and My New Music Mix, which are placed squarely at the top of For You.
These are different from the Discovery Mix that Apple promised during the Worldwide Developers Conference in June, which sounded like a direct competitor to Spotify's insanely popular Discover Weekly playlists. Spotify's mix, which is refreshed every week, sounds like one your best friend would make you: deep cuts from your favorite bands combined with new music you'll probably like and tunes from artists you've never even heard of. Discover Weekly understands your soul. I was hopeful that Apple's Discovery Mix would be the exact same.
But instead, Apple split up its algorithmic playlists into a collection of favorites, either songs I've favorited in the app or songs by artists I follow, and a mix of new songs the algorithm predicts I'll like. The favorites mix is great, obviously, because I've listened to and loved those songs before. The new music was just OK. Neither were anything like Discover Weekly.
For You also features recommended playlists which seemed to have no relevance to stuff I like—Wednesday's Playlists featured a playlist of EDM samples and one called "Electronic BBQ." No thanks.
Then there's a section called Heavy Rotation, which features songs and albums you play too much, Aritist Spotlight playlists, new releases, and every artist post that would've gone under Connect but now is buried at the bottom of For You.
This still needs some work. Kill Connect already, Apple, and make those algorithmic playlists just as good as the ones made by humans.
Browse is brand new to Apple Music, and it's a tab that serves as a catch-all. From here you can navigate to New Music, where newly released songs and albums live alongside new artists, hot tracks, and "music you need to hear." Here you can also get to the curated playlists made by Apple Music's editors. You can browse playlists by activity, genre, or curator/sponsor (Shazam makes playlists, as do Pitchfork, Sonos, and Vogue).
Then there are music videos, top charts, and genres, which seem like afterthoughts. It feels like Apple should've kept New as its own tab, since a big reason why people use streaming music services is to quickly find the latest releases and check them out before buying them outright.
Apple is still clinging tight to Beats 1, as it should, and its 24-hour radio station is given top billing under Radio. Finding a Beats 1 show that already aired or listening to whatever show is currently streaming is easier than ever, which might turn Beats 1 into more of a go-to when I'm in the mood to let someone else play DJ.
This tab is also where you can see the stations you've created based on a particular artist or song, or view Apple's existing stations like Pop Workout, Classic Hip-Hop, or Francophone Indie, if you're feeling fancy.
Search is…search. Start typing in the bar at the top and you'll see an option to search either Apple Music or just your library. You can view recent searches and trending searches.
Does it need its own tab? I'm not sure. If Apple put a search bar at the top of Browse and gave new music its own section, I would be much happier.
Small changes feel huge
But overall, Apple Music's redesign is a huge improvement over its previous incarnation, and a clear sign that Apple is listening to its customers. There are small tweaks that feel huge, like the ability to navigate to an artists' pages from a song or album just by tapping on their name.
Apple has largely done away with burying options in menus denoted by ellipses (so, so annoying). Now you long press on a song title to download, add to a playlist, create a station, or queue it up to listen to next.
Then there are the addition of lyrics to the Now Playing card, which will help you slay at any karaoke party. These changes were so necessary.
What do you think of Apple Music 2.0? Share your thoughts (or complaints) in the comments.


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The Thymio comes from Switzerland, where it was developed by Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology. It wasn't developed to walk, take over human tasks or entertain—at least not without kids writing the software first.
The programming is designed to be easy, but kids can get their hands dirty with actual code if they wish. "[Thymio] has its graphical language where it says 'if this happens do this' and it's literally drag-and-drop," says Sharon Marzouk, founder Techy Kids who uses Thymio at a Silicon Valley school. "You click, and it's a visual programming language. And behind it, you can actually see real code being created, and so you can learn how to modify and edit real code."
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Saddened over the recent loss of HBO's hipster mystery (mipstery?) Bored To Death? So is Jonathan Ames, the guy who created it. But what's the point in wallowing in self-pity, if you can wallow in self-pity while drunk and surrounded by dozens of sympathetic fans? Wait, did I say dozens? How about hundreds! Thousands! No wait, dozens is probably for the best. Ames hopped on to Twitter tonight to announce that all fans of the series in the area should meet him at the Brooklyn Inn on Wednesday night for a drink on him. And he promised John Hodgman will be there! There is literally no down side here, people. Except the loss of Bored to Death, and the possibility of a fire hazard. But free drink! So... [@JonathanAmes]


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QB health an issue for No. 16 Texas Tech, WVU
Keeping quarterbacks healthy has been a challenge so far this season for No. 16 Texas Tech and West Virginia.
Neither team's coach has yet to disclose which signal caller will start when the Red Raiders (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) play the Mountaineers (3-3, 1-2) for the first time in Morgantown on Saturday.
The Red Raiders' Kliff Kingsbury hasn't indicated whether Davis Webb will get his second start or if Baker Mayfield will return from injury. Both are freshmen.
West Virginia's Dana Holgorsen said he'll make a game-time decision Saturday on his starter. Florida State transfer Clint Trickett started the last two games but had been bothered by a sore throwing shoulder.
The Mountaineers are coming off a bye week after stumbling at No. 12 Baylor 73-42 two weeks ago. During the break, Trickett was healthy enough to go dove and quail hunting last weekend in Tallahassee, Fla.
Paul Millard and Ford Childress also have started two games apiece. Millard is available, but Holgorsen said Childress is out indefinitely with a torn pectoral muscle.
Mayfield, who's averaging 298 yards passing per game, twisted his right knee two weeks ago in a win at Kansas. Webb threw for 415 yards and three touchdowns in his starting debut, a 42-35 win over Iowa State last week. Also in the mix is redshirt sophomore Michael Brewer, who's played one game and has yet to attempt a pass.
''We'll see if we have all three available this week,'' Kingsbury said. ''We'll get as many reps to each guy as we can, and play the one that we feel gives us the best chance to win a game every week.''
While Mayfield and Webb have thrived, none of West Virginia's quarterbacks have consistently moved the offense in the post-Geno Smith era. But they could use some help.
''We are still trying to figure out how to do things well, instead of getting to a point offensively where you're trying to focus on what the defense is doing and how to attack it successfully,'' Holgorsen said. ''With an average offense and a lot of inexperience at key positions, it is tough to get first downs on second-and-5, let alone third-and-5.''
Here are five things to watch for as the Red Raiders prepare to play the Mountaineers:
COACH vs. COACH: Kingsbury and Holgorsen are going head-to-head for the first time as coaches. Kingsbury was the Red Raiders' quarterback from 1999-02. Holgorsen was the team's wide receivers coach from 2000-04 and added offensive coordinator duties from 2005-07. They were assistant coaches under Kevin Sumlin at Houston. Kingsbury credits Holgorsen for securing a job at Houston for him in 2008 and the pair ended up living together. ''I have a ton of respect for him and I wouldn't be here right now if it weren't for him,'' Kingsbury said.
RUNNING CHALLENGE: Texas Tech has the Big 12's second-best offense but is averaging just 135 yards rushing per game. The Red Raiders had a season-high 251 yards rushing last week, with DeAndre Washington, Kenny Williams and Sadale Foster each gaining at least 80. West Virginia's Charles Sims, who's fourth in the conference at 80 yards per game, will go up against a Texas Tech defense that leads the Big 12 in the fewest yards rushing with an average of 113.
STILL SMARTING D: West Virginia was the last team in the Big 12 to have a bye week and the Mountaineers needed it to try to forget the defensive disaster at Baylor. The 73 points and 864 yards surrendered to the Bears plummeted West Virginia to next-to-last in the conference ahead of Iowa State in scoring defense and total defense. ''I felt we took two steps backward against Baylor,'' said defensive coordinator Keith Patterson. ''Now, we just kind of hit the restart button and are trying to get off on the right foot again.''
UNSPECIAL TEAMS: Texas Tech allowed a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown last week, and a punt went off a Red Raiders player that Iowa State recovered and the Cyclones scored a few plays later. Kingsbury said he's made some lineup changes on special teams. ''Hopefully we'll get that fixed this week,'' he said.
RED RAIDERS ROAD: Texas Tech's first trip to the Eastern time zone in three years and first visit to West Virginia is the start of a challenging schedule in the second half of the season. The Red Raiders have four road games, including a showdown next week at No. 18 Oklahoma. After home games with Kansas and No. 21 Oklahoma State, there's a neutral-site game with No. 12 Baylor on Nov. 16 in Arlington, Texas. The Red Raiders finish the regular season at Texas.


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MURRIETA Calif. (Reuters) – Protesters shouting anti-immigration slogans blocked the arrival of three buses carrying undocumented Central American families to a U.S. Border Patrol station on Tuesday after they were flown to San Diego from Texas.
The migrants, a group of around 140 adults and children, were sent to California to be assigned case numbers and undergo background checks before most were likely to be released under limited supervision to await deportation proceedings, U.S. immigration officials said.
But plans to bring the immigrants to a Border Patrol outpost in Murrieta, 60 miles (100 km) north of San Diego, sparked an outcry from town mayor Alan Long, who said the migrants posed a public safety threat to his community.
The group is part of a growing wave of families and unaccompanied minors fleeing Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras and streaming by the thousands into the United States by way of human trafficking networks through Mexico.
Most have shown up in Texas, overwhelming detention and processing facilities there.
The surge has left U.S. immigration officials scrambling to handle mass numbers of Central American migrants who, by law, the government cannot immediately deport, as they normally could illegal border crossers of Mexican or Canadian origin.
More than 52,000 unaccompanied children from Central America have been caught trying to sneak over the U.S.-Mexico border since October, double the number from the same period the year before, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection figures. Thousands more were apprehended with their parents.
The group caught up in Tuesday's confrontation arrived by plane at midday in San Diego from Texas, where they had been apprehended while trying to cross the border, and were put on three unmarked buses for the ride to Murrieta.
As the buses neared their destination, some 150 protesters waiving American flags and shouting "Go home – we don't want you here," filled a street leading to the access road for the Border Patrol station, blocking the buses from reaching the facility.
The demonstrators disregarded orders from police to disperse, but officers did not attempt to intervene physically to break up the demonstration.
After about 25 minutes, the buses backed up, turned around and left. A board member of the union representing border patrol agents, Chris Harris, said the buses would likely be rerouted to one of six other Border Patrol stations in the San Diego sector.
Lois Haley, a spokesman for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, declined to say where the buses were headed.
Local television station San Diego 6 said the buses went to the Chula Vista Station where about 140 migrants, mainly women and children, could be seen entering, though it was unclear if they were processed inside. It also said several of the children were taken to hospital for unspecified treatment.
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Hamilton's Supercrawl Unveils 2019 Lineup with Bahamas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Bettye LaVette
Stars, Dilly Dally, Snotty Nose Rez Kids and more will also perform
Published May 28, 2019Having celebrated a decade of music-making last year, organizers behind Hamilton's Supercrawl have now announced the first wave of artists for their free 2019 edition.
Revealed this evening at Hamilton's Mills Hardware, the lineup features headliners Bahamas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Bettye LaVette, Stars, Fateh and Hamilton Blues All-Stars.
Also appearing in the lengthy list of artists are Begonia, Big Fir, Jennifer Castle, Nuela Charles, Tanika Charles and the Wonderfuls, the Commissionaires, the Crowleys, the Dill, Dilly Dally, Dizzy Spells, Don Vail, Ellevator, Ellis, Lacey Hill, LTtheMonk, Luckystickz, Samantha Martin and Delta Sugar, Motherhood, Mother Tareka, nêhiyawak, the Rural Alberta Advantage, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, the Sorority, Wax Mannequin, Yamantaka//Sonic Titan and more.
"Supercrawl has always had a mandate of cultural discovery, always been committed to celebrating local creators," festival director Tim Potocic said in a statement. "This year we've managed to bring together a really incredible group of artists — local, regional, national and international, emerging artists on up to icons and legends. We're excited as organizers but also as fans, and we're thrilled to start our second decade with a lineup like this."
Supercrawl 2019 is set to take place September 13 to 15 along James Street North in downtown Hamilton. A second lineup announcement will be made July 27 during the city's Fringe Festival.
July will also see an announcement regarding Supercrawl's annual Labour Day Classic Concert in collaboration with the CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The aforementioned event takes place September 2.
In addition to all the free programming, Supercrawl organizers are holding a special ticketed concert at Hamilton's Pier 8 on June 22 featuring the National, in addition to Alvvays, Hayden, Jennifer Castle and Hannah Georgas. You can learn more about that show here.
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Thanksgiving Dos & Don'ts
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Love this post, I am laughing out loud :D The bra with the shoulder pad is intriguing! I'll take the chocolate dress any day, in fact its quite practical ! I'd have something to eat if I don't care for what's being served.ReplyDelete
Oops--I tried to post and it evidently didn't take. I'll try again:ReplyDelete
Thank God you educated me, because I was so planning to wear that edible chocolate dress. Love it! Have a wonderful THanksgiving, Carol! xo
A young man named Joe received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary.ReplyDelete
Every word out of the bird's' mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. Joe tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to 'clean up' the bird's vocabulary.
Finally, Joe was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. Joe shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even more rude. Joe, in desperation, threw up his hand, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer. For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed.
Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute.
Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, Joe quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto Joe's outstretched arms and said "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."
Joe was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude.
As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird spoke-up, very softly,
"May I ask what the turkey did?"
xox Pam
Dear Carol ,ReplyDelete
Are those pumpkin flavored macarons?
Only in Paris, and maybe New York.
Not in Cambria, I'm afraid. Well at least its nice to know my hair would be appreciated somewhere......
And today was supposed to be a BEAR post..but I got distracted..ReplyDelete
One MUST be a propos mustn't one...
This whole post looked like dessert to me. Can hardly wait 'til Thanksgiving.ReplyDelete
Indeed, 'Where are the MACARONS?'? This is the prettiest macaron torte I have ever laid eyes on! I would not mind at all if a guest would show up with this hostess gift. (Pass the collection basket, please!).ReplyDelete
I also would not mind wearing that camel colored buttoned sweater for an after-dinner walk. I promise I would keep it on my shoulders!
All in all, just pipe dreams. I am grateful, though, that you let me have them. Merci beaucoup for always being out there, capturing the world and carry it home for us!
Re: Bear PostReplyDelete
I have learned the hard way to never ever promise what I'll post about in the future. Each and every time I did, all hell broke lose. My pictures froze, hell froze, I got blog post writer's block, anything imaginable happened. Must have to do with something like creativity needs space or whatever. ;-)
Anyway, happy Bear Post, tomorrow. Or whenever! :-)))
- Geri, NJ11:57 AM
Merci beau coup for these helpful tips! I will definitely leave my "Lady Gaga's Secret" bra shoulder pads at home. Too bad my bottom is traveling south - no lace undies for me. Some of these ideas could make for a very entertaining day, though, don't you think? It could be almost as fun as singing Day-O! at the dinner table a la Betelgeuse...I'll stop now...happy TG!ReplyDelete
- marilyn12:24 PM
oh my! i have had dreams about being in the exact condition of your first two photos! wandering around a group of people and worrying because i have lost either my pants or top. wonder what your post will do to tonight's dreams??ReplyDelete
I kind of like the jaguar shorts, although, living in Michigan, I'm afraid they would be inappropriate to wear this time of year. The macaroons, however, would be welcome any time of year! It wouldn't matter what flavor, either.ReplyDelete
I think you really should host a contrarian Thanksgiving and make all of this required dress code. It would be memorable.ReplyDelete
Preparing THE turkey event in Paris!!!!! No macarons on Thursday....just turkey!ReplyDelete
As high as we have to set the thermostat for MeMe & Pepe, we may all have to shed some layers on Thursday & the Chocolat clothing would only melt! but promise to dress appropriately as a southern lady must.ReplyDelete
Happy Thansgiving to you & Bear too!
I can see immediately why the chocolate dress wouldn't fly & the shoes with pastry on the toes!ReplyDelete
Who dreams this stuff up :)
Fun post!! can see you are out and about taking pics in Paris, am sure you are having a blast!!ReplyDelete
Enjoy your thanksgiving have you chosen your outfit yet???
Carla x
The Chalayan get-up looks like it should be on the fashion runway...at a nunnery.ReplyDelete
Never a dull moment at Paris Breakfast. :)) I am rather partial to those chocolate shoes. :)ReplyDelete
ROFL!!! Where would I be without your guidance???ReplyDelete
flashing my fake souvenir emery boards, trying to make people believe I have been to Paris, while knitting another scarf and moaning for the macs! Thats where! But I would draw the line at showing my underwear. Really, I knew that much....really!
Now this is so funny! Love your sense of humour. Bottomless in Paris? Now that would be so much fun.ReplyDelete


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ATLANTA (AP) — Southern Co. has agreed to drop its request to raise its construction budget for a nuclear plant in eastern Georgia and will instead seek permission to recover that money as it spends on the massive project, utility CEO Tom Fanning said Wednesday.
If approved, the agreement would raise the financial risk on Southern Co. as it tries to control the costs of building two more nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta.
Regulators in Georgia review construction spending in six-month intervals and decide whether those costs can be passed along to utility customers. Under the preliminary deal, Southern Co. subsidiary Georgia Power would drop its request to raise the total project budget by $737 million to a total of $6.85 billion.
Instead, the utility would only seek approval right now for $209 million it spent on the project for the six-month period ending in December. Going forward, the utility would seek approval of its costs on a similar schedule.
The agreement allows Southern Co. to avoid publicly disclosing information about construction issues that are the subject of negotiations between the nuclear plant's owners and the firms that designed and are building the reactors. Those firms want Southern Co. and other plant owners to pay more than $900 million in extra charges stemming mostly from licensing delays. Southern Co. and the other owners deny they are responsible for those charges.
But the change shifts more financial risk onto Southern Co. If spending is below an approved budget, Georgia regulators must legally assume the utility's spending is legally prudent — and, therefore, can be passed along to customers — unless it can be proven otherwise. But if Southern Co. exceeds the construction budget, the burden is on the company to show its spending is allowable.
The deal is still subject to approval by the elected members of Georgia's Public Service Commission. Fanning said a vote is expected in October.
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use Math::Symbolic::Constant;
my $const = Math::Symbolic::Constant->new(25);
my $zero = Math::Symbolic::Constant->zero();
my $one = Math::Symbolic::Constant->one();
my $euler = Math::Symbolic::Constant->euler();
# e = 2.718281828...
DESCRIPTIONThis module implements numeric constants for Math::Symbolic trees.
EXPORTNone by default.
Constructor newTakes hash reference of key-value pairs as argument. Special case: a value for the constant instead of the hash. Returns a Math::Symbolic::Constant.
Constructor zeroArguments are treated as key-value pairs of object attributes. Returns a Math::Symbolic::Constant with value of 0.
Constructor oneArguments are treated as key-value pairs of object attributes. Returns a Math::Symbolic::Constant with value of 1.
Constructor eulerArguments are treated as key-value pairs of object attributes. Returns a Math::Symbolic::Constant with value of e, the Euler number. The object has its 'special' attribute set to 'euler'.
Constructor piArguments are treated as key-value pairs of object attributes. Returns a Math::Symbolic::Constant with value of pi. The object has its 'special' attribute set to 'pi'.
Method valuevalue() evaluates the Math::Symbolic tree to its numeric representation.
value() without arguments requires that every variable in the tree contains a defined value attribute. Please note that this refers to every variable object, not just every named variable.
value() with one argument sets the object's value if you're dealing with Variables or Constants. In case of operators, a call with one argument will assume that the argument is a hash reference. (see next paragraph)
value() with named arguments (key/value pairs) associates variables in the tree with the value-arguments if the corresponging key matches the variable name. (Can one say this any more complicated?) Since version 0.132, an equivalent and valid syntax is to pass a single hash reference instead of a list.
Example: $tree->value(x => 1, y => 2, z => 3, t => 0) assigns the value 1 to any occurrances of variables of the name ``x'', aso.
If a variable in the tree has no value set (and no argument of value sets it temporarily), the call to value() returns undef.
Method signaturesignature() returns a tree's signature.
In the context of Math::Symbolic, signatures are the list of variables any given tree depends on. That means the tree ``v*t+x'' depends on the variables v, t, and x. Thus, applying signature() on the tree that would be parsed from above example yields the sorted list ('t', 'v', 'x').
Constants do not depend on any variables and therefore return the empty list. Obviously, operators' dependencies vary.
Math::Symbolic::Variable objects, however, may have a slightly more involved signature. By convention, Math::Symbolic variables depend on themselves. That means their signature contains their own name. But they can also depend on various other variables because variables themselves can be viewed as placeholders for more compicated terms. For example in mechanics, the acceleration of a particle depends on its mass and the sum of all forces acting on it. So the variable 'acceleration' would have the signature ('acceleration', 'force1', 'force2',..., 'mass', 'time').
If you're just looking for a list of the names of all variables in the tree, you should use the explicit_signature() method instead.
Method explicit_signatureexplicit_signature() returns a lexicographically sorted list of variable names in the tree.
See also: signature().
Method specialOptional argument: sets the object's special attribute. Returns the object's special attribute.
Method to_stringReturns a string representation of the constant.
Method term_typeReturns the type of the term. (T_CONSTANT)
AUTHORPlease send feedback, bug reports, and support requests to the Math::Symbolic support mailing list: math-symbolic-support at lists dot sourceforge dot net. Please consider letting us know how you use Math::Symbolic. Thank you.
If you're interested in helping with the development or extending the module's functionality, please contact the developers' mailing list: math-symbolic-develop at lists dot sourceforge dot net.
List of contributors:
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Where you are and what you're doing increasingly play key roles in how you search the Internet. In fact, your search may just conduct itself.
This concept, called "contextual search," is improving so gradually the changes often go unnoticed, and we may soon forget what the world was like without it, according to Brian Proffitt, a technology expert and adjunct instructor of management in the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business.
Contextual search describes the capability for search engines to recognize a multitude of factors beyond just the search text for which a user is seeking. These additional criteria form the "context" in which the search is run. Recently, contextual search has been getting a lot of attention due to interest from Google.
Utilizing contextual search, Google Now provides information based on location, and by accessing calendar entries and travel confirmation messages in Gmail accounts. Available on Android for the last six months, Google Now was just released for the iPhone/iPad platform.
"You no longer have to search for content, content can search for you, which flips the world of search completely on its head," says Proffitt, who is the author of 24 books on mobile technology and personal computing and serves as an editor and daily contributor for ReadWrite.com, one of the most widely read and respected tech blogs in the world.
"Basically, search engines examine your request and try to figure out what it is you really want," Proffitt says. "The better the guess, the better the perceived value of the search engine. In the days before computing was made completely mobile by smartphones, tablets and netbooks, searches were only aided by previous searches.
"Today, mobile computing is adding a new element to contextual searches," he says. "By knowing where and when a search is being made, contextual search engines can infer much more about what you want and deliver more robust answers. For example, a search for nearby restaurants at breakfast time in Chicago will give you much different answers than the exact same search in Tokyo at midnight."
Context can include more than location and time. Search engines will also account for other users' searches made in the same place and even the known interests of the user.
"Someday soon," Proffitt says, "you'll watch a trailer of the latest romantic movie, and the next time you search for movie times at the local theater, that movie will be prominently displayed."
Also on the horizon, contextual searches may be teamed up with the "Internet of Things," a euphemism used to describe an inter-connected network of devices large and small, reporting data on what's going on around them.
"Imagine a part in your car sending a malfunction signal that schedules your car for a repair appointment," Proffitt says, "followed up by an automated function that checks your calendar online and schedules the appointment for you. Or, consider a hydro-sensor in your garden that sends you a message to let you know the plants need more water."
This is just the tip of what the Internet of Things will do, according to Proffitt.
"Coupled with contextual searching, it could transform our online experience to something where, instead of us searching for knowledge, objects and machines around us will be delivering information to us or taking direct action," he says. "Clothes could grow more opaque if the UV rating is too high on a given day. Pricing information for a new TV in the electronics store might display right on your phone. Nutrition information for cupcakes in your favorite bakery…"
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Farmers are hard working folks. One of the benefits of living in "the heartland" is getting the opportunity to really know and understand how difficult the job of farming can be. I'm married to a man who grew up on a farm, and can tell you that every farmer I know has the most incredible work ethic instilled in them. They seem to be made from different stock.
I recently had the opportunity to take part in a Kansas blogger project with The Kansas Pork Association (KSPA). A group of us each chose one KSPA partner farmer to profile on our blogs and we each made their favorite recipe. I'd like to give a very special introduction to my farmer partner, Jerry Morris from the Morris & Bohrn Family Farm.
Jerry has been working as a Kansas Pork Farmer since 1968, and he continues to have a passion for farming. Jerry's grandson, Josh, recently joined the family farm after completing his tour of duty in Iraq. Jerry is happy to be working alongside his grandson each day and enjoys that his great-grandchildren are a part of his everyday as well. Pork farming on the Morris / Bohrn is a real family affair.
Jerry shared that the most rewarding piece of being a pork producer is that he knows he does it well and when you take pride in what you do, it shows. The size of the operations has changed over the years and there are fewer and fewer family farms left in Kansas, but Jerry continues to take all the necessary measures to make sure that he is always delivering on his promise of quality. Even though the industry has faced challenges of health problems and issues with bio-security, Jerry does what he can to make sure he does his part to sell a healthy pig, each and every time.
To find out more about Jerry, his wife of 53 years Mable, and Josh and his family, visit their profile on the KSPA website.
Also, before I get to Jerry's favorite pork recipe, make sure to head over to the KSPA Facebook page for a really great tailgating giveaway they have going on right now! And if you aren't from Kansas or aren't a KSU / KU fan, please make sure to spread the word to your Kansas friends. This $800 giveaway includes (4) tickets to the KSU vs KU football game, a Weber Q 300 grill, 4 fold-able lawn chairs, a Coleman cooler, grilling utensil set, digital probe thermometer, digital pocket thermometer, marinade injector, rib rack, 6 different types of rub, 2 types of BBQ sauces, a ton of other stuff and $50 worth of pork coupons.This is one game they won't want to miss!
And finally, please make sure to visit the blogs of my Kansas friends for more great farmer profiles and favorite pork recipes!
- Kelly has a really delicious Low and Slow Pulled Pork Recipe
- My mouth is watering thinking about the Pork and Bacon Sliders Alli is sharing
- I bet Amy's kitchen smelled amazing when she made these Carolina Country Style Ribs
- This recipe for Sante Fe Cured Pork Roast that Jenn shared is going on my next weeks menu
- These Autumn Glazed Pork Chops Amy shared has me ready for fall
- The Honey Pecan Pork Cutlets over on Beki's blog sound so good
Pork Chop and Cajun Sausage Picante
- 6 Pork chops-deboned I left mine bone-in
- 1 lb. smoked Cajun sausage links cut in 1 to 2 in. pieces
- 1 medium size chopped onion
- 1 Tbsp of chopped garlic
- ½ chopped green bell pepper
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup
- 1 15 oz. can of tomato sauce
- ¼ cup of vegetable oil
- Parsley
- Green onions tops optional
- Start with ¼ c. of vegetable oil in the pot. When hot, add onion, garlic and bell pepper and sauté. Add a little water if necessary so that garlic doesn't burn.
- Then add pork chops, sausage, tomato sauce, mushroom soup and 1 can of water from soup can. Bring to a boil, then lower temperature and let simmer and cook. When the meat is almost cooked, you can add the parsley and green onions tops. Cook a little longer until done. Approximately 1 to 1 ½ hours. Serve on cooked white rice. Sure to be a hit.
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Today's slightly off-topic post comes from the New York Times and their article about Wrangler and the fashionization of cowboy denim — like, pants that can actually withstand the rigors of rodeo. Two things to note: their main style for that line is 13MWZ (which stands for "men's Western zipper") and they have a premium brand called Wrangler47, which is carried at Barneys New York and other stores.
Bonus round: There's also a video by Collier Schorr, who interviews some cowboys staying at the Cinderella Motel during a competition. Why do I feel like I'm watching a Sean Cody clip?
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The Debbie Schlussel Experience Part 2: The Fixation
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Imagine, if you will, that you're a normal person and then one day a quasi-famous mentally ill blogger becomes fixated on you the way Gollum was fixated on the Ring. Even though she hasn't been setting the world on fire lately, she has been on TV, on the Howard Stern show and she's written for the New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, & The Washington Times. Most people in the know realize she's off her rocker, but how many people are in the know? How many fans does she have who don't realize what she's really like?
So this person, this quasi-famous mentally ill blogger, starts claiming you support death threats against her. She tells people you're an anti-Semite. She calls your job and tries to get you fired. When she hears of: people : connected with you, she tries to contact them to lie about you. When people mention your name on the web, she shows up to tell untrue stories about you. Then, she starts going after your friends. She accuses them of supporting death threats against her and being anti-Semitic for being associated with you.
You tried ignoring her. It didn't work. You tried sincerely apologizing for offending her. Not only did it fail, she misrepresented what you apologized for in an effort to use it against you. Since she was a lawyer, you even eventually tried filing a complaint with the Michigan Bar, trying to get them to keep her from obsessively harassing/cyber stalking you; : it didn't work. You hoped, over time, the obsession with you might fade. However, four years have gone by and it's still going as strong as it was in the beginning.
This, my friends, is not a rhetorical discussion. The victim here is named Emily Zanotti. The quasi-famous mentally ill blogger I'm speaking of is Debbie Schlussel.
Two years ago, I addressed this situation in a post because my name was getting dragged into it and I felt some responsibility for giving Emily attention in an article that apparently helped drive Debbie even further around the bend. A lot has happened since then that I haven't talked about, but I've decided it's once again time to step up and say something (besides just being mean to Debbie on Twitter when she acts up).
First off, let me take you back to how this all got started. There's more detail at the post I mentioned earlier, but here's the heart of the issue. Four years ago, Emily wrote something: very funny and yet also, very mean about Debbie and a lunatic who made threats against Debbie:
Random iPod Musings: "Its Like Two Special Needs Kids Hitting Each Other" Edition
Before I get any hate mail, let me say that that comment is in reference to this little scrap between Debbie Schlussel and a rather random University of Michigan Dearborn students/Muslim PAC worker who, though mostly insane, is making some very valid points. Perhaps, somewhere in all of the unsubstantiated claims being lobbed from both sides, there is a lesson to learn. Probably about helmets.
Again, that's extremely snarky, but you'll notice there's no thumbs up to death or rape threats there. There's no anti-Semitism there. In all honesty, it's not even all that brutal. On any given week, I probably have worse things written about me. That's true for a lot of conservatives.
The secondary complaint Debbie had about Emily was referenced in the other piece I wrote about this,
Yes, Emily was given incorrect info about Debbie (Note: it was about Debbie's legal record) and posted it in the comments section of another blog, but she also retracted it, apologized, and had it deleted — and keep in mind that we're almost 2 years out from when this happened.
There you go, folks. That's what has prompted four years of nasty, obsessive lying and harassment.
Let me also note that this fixation hasn't just been with Emily — it's been with people who are connected with Emily as well. Let me tell you a personal story about how Debbie Schlussel works that I haven't shared publicly.
A little less than two years ago, Debbie used to be a regular on the Jaz McKay show. I did occasional appearances on Jaz's show and to be honest, I didn't even realize Debbie was on there weekly.
In any case, once Debbie realized I was doing the show as well, she flipped out and demanded that Jaz stop having me on the : air — and of course, she played the anti-Semitism card against me. Yes, the same guy who has written articles like The Moral Superiority Of Israel and Seven Reasons Why Israel Will Never Get a Fair Shake was no different than Hitler in Debbie's eyes.
In fact, at one point (and, : yes, Jaz gave me permission to mention all this), she actually referenced the famous Pastor Martin Niemoller statement in regard : to me:
In Germany they first came for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me –
and by that time no one was left to speak up.
That's right. I'm apparently a Nazi who's coming for the Jews because I refused to cater to Debbie's delirium. Welcome to Schlussel world where the definition of anti-Semitism is "people who refuse to go along with Debbie Schlussel's psychosis."
Anyway, after Jaz and I discussed the issue, he believed her reaction was way over-the-top and he really didn't like feeling as if he'd been given an ultimatum about whom he could have on his own radio show. On my part, any residual sympathy I may have had toward Debbie ended the moment she tried to get me taken off the air. So, after talking about it, Jaz gave Debbie Schlussel the boot, he offered me her weekly slot on his radio show, and the rest: is history. I'm still doing his show every week today and I believe Debbie has been allowed on once during that time period.
I'm noting that story because a lot of people have told me similar stories about Debbie's vindictiveness that I can't mention publicly. Some of them are from names you'd know, some of them are from smaller bloggers who: she's stomped all over, and they didn't all work out as peachy keen as my conflict with her did. Now, let me explain why I've decided to speak out again.
Earlier, I referenced a complaint Emily Zanotti filed with the Michigan: Bar in an attempt to try to get Schlussel to stop cyber stalking/harassing her. In that complaint, Emily referenced a number of blogs where Debbie showed up and made comments about her. It wasn't like those people were filing complaints themselves or even testifying on Emily's behalf. Most of them didn't even know they were being referenced beforehand. It was just Emily giving examples of what Schlussel was doing for the Michigan Bar.
Well, Debbie apparently saw them as just more enemies who were against her because she actually started harassing those people, too. She said nasty things about some of them on her web page. She attacked some of them, rather randomly, on Twitter. In at least two cases I know of, she contacted where they work : in an effort to make trouble for them. To this day, it's still going on.
That brings us to yesterday, when Schlussel bizarrely accused Mark Levin (and Fred Thompson) of supporting Hezbollah and she started getting hammered for it on Twitter. Well, during her stream of insanity, where she accused various conservatives of hating Jews, she once again started smearing Emily and some of my other friends who defended her. Here are just some of Debbie's tweets from that 24 hour period:
"Brigitte Gabriel" a/k/a Hanan Tudor raised $ for grp that praised Muslim death rape torture threats on me/my family
So what? Dennis Prager promoted a terror-supporting Muslim on Yom Kippur. Do U buy that, too?
Yes, Even Mark Levin is Now Pandering to #Hezbollah
These Anti-Semite conservatives @MelissaTweets @pinkelephantpun Excused Muslim Death, rape & torture threats
. @infidelsarecool Aren't U supposed 2B working? Does Ur Company know Ur spending all day RTing excuses 4 Hezbollah & anti-Semitism?
. @pinkelephantpun is a Jew-hater who defends friends that praise Muslim death, rape & torture threats on Jews http://is.gd/cQwab #tcot
@KatMcKinley Emily Zanotti is psycho stalker who stalked me 4 yrs, lied about me online, praised death threats, filed cplts w/ bar, etc.
. @pinkelephantpun If I "made it up" Y did Ur Crush Emily Zanotti "apologize" in writing SEVERAL TIMES? @MaryHogan2
Wow, it's amazing how many anti-Semitic conservatives today R obsessing w/me and defend Emily Zanotti & Muslim death threats on me #tcot
RT antisemitic @MaryHogan @DebbieSchlussel No offense Christians, but @pinkelephant pun is Catholic. She is not a Jew, there's a dif
. to fat dude @johnhawkinsrwn Yes, that's why Ur Crazy Stalking Friend Zanotti Admitted to it all IN WRITING. Hellooooo . . .
. @CatsPolitics Yes, If U continue to follow Emily Zanotti who praised Muslim death rape & torture threats on my life then UR a jew hater
A few things.
First off, let me just note that it's objectively not true that Emily Zanotti has ever praised death or torture threats, hates Jews, stalked Debbie, got fired from a job over what Debbie said, or apologized for doing those things. As I mentioned earlier, Emily did apologize, but for the reasons mentioned above, not for the reasons Schlussel stated.
I'd also like to note that claiming Emily is obsessed with Debbie Schlussel is like claiming John Lennon was obsessed with Mark David Chapman. Aside from apologizing to Debbie for offending her, to the best of my knowledge, Emily has not contacted Debbie or mentioned Debbie on the web in four years other than in a non-archived post (I don't think there's a way to link it) from 2008, which was little more than a fairly tame re-statement of the facts in response to the article I wrote two years ago.
Of course, if you'll notice in Debbie's twitter feed there, she's accusing a whole hell of a lot of conservatives of hating Jews including Emily, Tabitha Hale, Melissa Clouthier, Infidelesto, Brigitte Gabriel, Mark Levin, Dennis Prager, and Michael Medved.
Also, you may note that pursuing a four year vendetta over an unflattering blog post doesn't constitute obsession in Debbie's world, but denying that you or your friends are anti-Semities on Twitter does. Again, enjoy your stay in Debbie Schlussel's world. The good news is that the nuts are free, but the bad news is that the paranoia level is cranked all the way up to X-Files level.
Although I do have some small measure of sympathy for Debbie because she's done some good work in the past and obviously has severe mental issues, I've passed the point of thinking I can talk rationally to her about this or that she'll hop off the crazy train and go back to normal. The way it seems to be going now, she'll be gumming strained carrots at ninety and mumbling to the nurse about Za-Nazi, Hawkins, and all those other anti-Semites who're "obsessed with her."
So, with that in mind, I'm writing this post as a reference point. That's so the next time Debbie writes some nutty story, lies about people, or generally acts like a lunatic, people will have something to point toward : and say, "See, this person is not someone who's right in the head." Although I can't claim to like Debbie at this point, I can say that I truly, honestly hope she goes to a psychologist or psychiatrist and gets some help because she needs it in the worst way. Obviously, she isn't ever going to take that advice from someone like me, but if she has any friends or family out there who care about her, this is the time to intervene for her sake. Whatever she ends up doing, she's had years to get help and it's now time for everyone out there to know how she's been behaving behind-the-scenes.
Update #1: Here's Schlussel's response.
Mr. Hawkins:
This is a cease and desist letter and a demand for retraction of false, defamatory statements on your blog. You have 2 hours from the time this e-mail is sent to remove the false information you knowingly printed, or I and my lawyers will not only pursue this, but we will contact your host and demand not only that the page in question be removed, but also that your site be removed for violating your host's terms of service, which undoubtedly forbid the publishing of false, defamatory information.
In your lie-filled piece of trash defending your anti-Semitic friend Emily Zanotti and displaying that your obsession with me mirrors hers, you wrote:
So, after talking about it, Jaz gave Debbie Schlussel the boot, he offered me her weekly slot on his radio show, and the rest is history.
In fact, I never gave Jaz any "ultimatum," and I was never given "the boot" by Jaz or anyone else. I quit on the spot on his show, when I was scheduled to go on. And Jaz begged me to come back. All of this took place in writing, and I have all of the e-mails from him to me and his inquiring listeners proving this in writing. I demand a retraction of this lie, and per defamation laws, a retraction must be printed in a prominent place on your site, including at the top of the entry in a correction note. (You should also note that Jaz McKay also said–in writing–in an e-mail that you said Emily Zanotti is "crazy" and "a bitch." I may publish that, since you've taken to lying.)
As you know, your anti-Semitic lunatic stalker friend, Ms. Zanotti linked to Muslim Holocaust-denying death, rape, and torture threats on my life in the part where she said that the person sending me death threats was "making very valid points." If you think that is humorous or funny, then clearly you are the anti-Semite and nutcase you claim you are not. You must also include a link to that piece, or that is more defamation, and we will pursue this if you do not and do not make a correction, stating so. Here is the link:
Again, you have two hours to do so. Time is of the essence, and we WILL pursue this.
The web may give you the freedom to say what every you want. But it does not give you the freedom to print false, defamatory information without consequences. I promise you this will not go away.
Please notify me that you have complied with the demands herein.
Debbie Schlussel
cc: Michael Schwartz, Attorney at Law
Here's my response to that, in public. Everything I wrote is, to the best of knowledge, absolutely true and my opinions about Debbie Schlussel's sanity and her bizarre accusations are constitutionally protected free speech. If Debbie wants to claim that she quit Jaz's show instead of not being welcomed back, that's a he said/she said dispute involving private conversations between the two of them. Whatever the truth may be, since I've now published her threat, her side of the story is now out there. So, there are no apologies coming, no retractions coming, and all I have to add is that the truth is my defense.
Update #2: In order to be fair, since Debbie said the description of what happened between her and Jaz was inaccurate, I contacted Jaz to get more detail. Here's what he wrote to me:
Just for clarification I didn't boot Debbie from the show she decided to boot herself. I just refused to allow her to dictate who is on my show and who isn't. I told her we could continue doing the regular segment but that I didn't want to get in the middle of her spat with you. She refused and that was that.
Maybe you can change that part.
Update #3: (Edited: Debbie asked that this update either be taken down or that I post her entire email. Since her email contained yet more unproven accusations she made against a third party, I'm not posting the whole thing on my website. To be honest, I wasn't inclined to take this update down either, but my lawyer, the incomparable Ron Coleman, told me that the law can be a bit murky in this area. People do have a copyright on emails that they send — although fair use still applies. So, I decided better safe than sorry and I'm removing her quote, which was a threat to go after my friends, and I'm going to also delete the tweets that reference it.)
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04-Feb-2006 -- This Confluence lies on the border of Namibia and Botswana. The international border is the 21°E line and we hoped to be able to reach the Confluence from the Namibian side via Kaudom National Park. Kaudom is tucked away in the Northeast; it covers 4000 km2 and is amongst Namibia's remotest national parks. It's a wonderful place, not only due to the variety of animals you may encounter, but moreover the isolation and almost guarantee to have it to yourself. This was our third trip and we have yet to encounter another vehicle in the park.
In the dry season much game frequents the waterholes, most notably elephants, but at this time of year the park is wet and overgrown offering limited visibility. Carnivores are well represented and we have been very lucky with wild dogs on our last two trips. There are no roads in the park that afford access to the Confluence but we guessed there had to be an international boundary road of some description, which would lead us there. Our vague inquiries produced results, as a park official conceded the existence of a boundary road, dismissing it as overgrown and impassable. We thought we would give it a go!
Seven km south of Sigaretti camp is the park boundary and a wide firebreak has been cut heading east towards the Botswana border, 30 km away. The 7-foot high grass proved passable and on arrival at the border we were confronted with a high game fence running along the 21°E line. We then had 18 km to navigate driving north alongside the fence on a very overgrown and little used path.
As we had begun to suspect while approaching the Confluence, the nearest point accessible from the Namibian side fell agonizingly short, just 128 metres away! Defeat at this stage wasn't an option, so while Hanne waited with the vehicle, I crossed the game fence only to find another fence now just 106 m short! Hopping over this fence now put me into no-man's land and inside the needed 100 m. A third fence (to enter Botswana) was tempting in order to get "zeros", but the nasty looking electrification and realization that my passport was in the car finally got the better of me, 77 m short.


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It's only fitting that Serena's outfit matched the purple courts (and the confetti) at today's Sony Ericsson Open final in Miami; the woman always looks good on the court. She came back in the third set to beat the Belgian Justine Henin, 0-6, 7-5, 6-3.
And while I won't knock Justine's playing style — she has one of the most amazing one-handed backhands in existence — I will say that she can do better to play in style…
That adidas outfit is blah. Unlike Serena's Nike getup, with her cute heart-shaped pendant and an even cuter set of "Serena" bamboo earrings. But, le sigh… a disappointing bland trophy that's so un-Miami. I would have expected a leopard print plaque, a bouquet of peacock feathers. perhaps a bust of Donatella Versace.
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Mexican police fail to stop protest for drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman
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Police in northern Mexico detained about 100 people Sunday in a failed attempt to stop a second demonstration in less than a week to voice support for captured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
A march Wednesday demanding Guzman's release drew about 1,000 supporters into the streets of Culiacan, the capital of northern Sinaloa state, which is the home base of the Sinaloa Cartel purportedly led by Guzman.
In the rally Sunday afternoon, a crowd of about 150 people gathered at a shrine to Jesus Malverde, a folk saint viewed as the patron or protector of people involved in the drug trade.
Some shouted "Long live Chapo!"
Disturbing the peace
Messages on social networking sites had urged people to gather at the shrine for a march in favour of Guzman, who is alleged to be the hemisphere's most powerful drug lord and who some local residents say provided jobs, money and security for inhabitants.
About 20 police patrol vehicles were sent to the scene, but many of the demonstrators refused police orders to disperse. Daniel Gaxiola, spokesman for the Sinaloa state public safety department, said 40 people were detained then for disturbing the peace.
Later, several hundred people evaded the heavy police presence by splitting into groups and marching toward downtown as dozens were detained along the way.
Culiacan judge Gabriel Pena Gonzalez said more than 100 people in total had been brought in on disturbing-the-peace and other charges by late Sunday.
Some of the marchers were from Badiriguato, where Guzman is from. The township is in the mountains near Culiacan. Some said they had been promised 700 pesos (about $53) for attending the protest, and some women and men could be seen at the end of the march writing down participants' names in notebooks.
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As the disorganized march reached the centre of Culiacan, shots rang out and protesters scattered. It was unclear who fired the shots, but Francisco Cuamea, editor of the Noroeste newspaper in Culiacan, said two of the paper's photographers were roughed up by police when they tried to photograph shell casings left behind.
In Wednesday's march, norteno musicians played trumpets while high school students in uniforms held up signs reading "We want Chapo free" and "We love Chapo."
After that march, authorities said they would not seek to limit freedom of expression, but would not tolerate marches that disturbed the peace or provided support or justification for criminals.
Guzman was arrested Feb. 22 in the Pacific Coast city of Mazatlan. Mexican federal judges have said he will have to stand trial on separate drug-trafficking and organized-crime charges in Mexico. The Attorney General's Office said he also faces organized-crime charges in six other cases in four Mexican states and in Mexico City.
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JUDGMENT OF THE GENERAL COURT (Ninth Chamber, Extended Composition)
10 November 2021 (*)
(Competition – Abuse of dominant position – Online general search services and specialised product search services – Decision finding an infringement of Article 102 TFEU and Article 54 of the EEA Agreement – Leveraging abuse – Competition on the merits or anticompetitive practice – Conditions of access by competitors to a dominant undertaking's service the use of which cannot be effectively replaced – Dominant undertaking favouring the display of results from its own specialised search service – Effects – Need to establish a counterfactual scenario – None – Objective justifications – None – Possibility of imposing a fine having regard to certain circumstances – Guidelines on the method of setting fines – Unlimited jurisdiction)
In Case T‑612/17,
Google LLC, formerly Google Inc., established in Mountain View, California (United States),
Alphabet, Inc., established in Mountain View,
represented by T. Graf, R. Snelders, C. Thomas, K. Fountoukakos-Kyriakakos, lawyers, R. O'Donoghue QC, M. Pickford QC, and D. Piccinin, Barrister,
supported by
Computer & Communications Industry Association, established in Washington, DC (United States), represented by J. Killick and A. Komninos, lawyers,
European Commission, represented by T. Christoforou, N. Khan, A. Dawes, H. Leupold and C. Urraca Caviedes, acting as Agents,
Federal Republic of Germany, represented by J. Möller, S. Heimerl and S. Costanzo, acting as Agents,
EFTA Surveillance Authority, represented by C. Zatschler and C. Simpson, acting as Agents,
Bureau européen des unions de consommateurs (BEUC), established in Brussels (Belgium), represented by A. Fratini, lawyer,
Infederation Ltd, established in Crowthorne (United Kingdom), represented by A. Morfey, S. Gartagani, L. Hannah, A. D'heygere, K. Gwilliam, Solicitors, and T. Vinje, lawyer,
Kelkoo, established in Paris (France), represented by J. Koponen and B. Meyring, lawyers,
Verband Deutscher Zeitschriftenverleger eV, established in Berlin (Germany), represented by T. Höppner, professor, P. Westerhoff and J. Weber, lawyers,
Visual Meta GmbH, established in Berlin, represented by T. Höppner, professor, and P. Westerhoff, lawyer,
BDZV – Bundesverband Digitalpublisher und Zeitungsverleger eV, formerly Bundesverband Deutscher ZeitungsverlegereV, established in Berlin, represented by T. Höppner, professor, and P. Westerhoff, lawyer,
and by
Twenga, established in Paris, represented by L. Godfroid, S. Hautbourg and S. Pelsy, lawyers,
APPLICATION under Article 263 TFEU, principally, for annulment of Commission Decision C(2017) 4444 final of 27 June 2017 relating to proceedings under Article 102 TFEU and Article 54 of the EEA Agreement (Case AT.39740 – Google Search (Shopping)), and, in the alternative, for annulment or reduction of the fine imposed on the applicants,
THE GENERAL COURT (Ninth Chamber, Extended Composition),
composed of S. Gervasoni, President, L. Madise (Rapporteur), R. da Silva Passos, K. Kowalik-Bańczyk and C. Mac Eochaidh, Judges,
Registrar: E. Artemiou, Administrator,
having regard to the written part of the procedure and further to the hearing on 12, 13 and 14 February 2020,
gives the following
I. Background to the dispute
A. Context
1 Google LLC, formerly Google Inc., is a United States company specialising in internet-related products and services. It is principally known for its search engine, which allows internet users (also referred to as 'users' or 'consumers', depending on the context) to locate and access websites that match their requirements by means of the browser they are using and hyperlinks. Since 2 October 2015, Google LLC has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc., the ultimate parent company of the group (together, 'Google').
2 Google's search engine, accessible at www.google.com or at similar addresses with a country code extension, enables search results to be obtained and displayed on pages appearing on internet users' screens. Those results are either selected by the search engine according to general criteria and without the websites to which they link paying Google in order to appear ('general search results' or 'generic results'), or selected in accordance with a specialised logic for the particular type of search carried out ('specialised search results', also referred to as 'vertical' or 'universal search results'; 'specialised search results'). Specialised search results may appear without any specific intervention on the part of the internet user alongside general search results on the same page ('general results page(s)'), or they may appear alone in response to a query entered by the internet user on one of the specialised pages of Google's search engine or after links appearing in certain areas of Google's general results pages have been activated. Google has developed various specialised search services, for example for news, local business information and offers, flights or shopping. It is the last category that is at issue in this case.
3 Specialised search services for shopping ('comparison shopping services') do not sell products themselves, but compare and select the offers of online sellers offering the product sought. Those sellers may be direct sellers or sales platforms grouping together the offers of numerous sellers from which the product sought can be ordered immediately (eBay, Amazon, PriceMinister or Fnac being among the best known).
4 Like general search results, specialised search results may be what are sometimes referred to as 'natural' results, which are not paid for by the websites to which they link, even if they are merchant websites. The order in which those natural results are displayed in the results pages is also independent of payment.
5 Google's results pages, like those of other search engines, additionally contain results which, on the other hand, are paid for by the websites to which they link. Those results, commonly called 'ads', are also related to the internet user's search and are distinguished from the natural results of a general or specialised search, for example by the word 'Ad' or 'Sponsored'. They appear in specific spaces on the results pages or among the other results. They may take the form of specialised search results and in fact some of Google's specialised search services are based on a paid inclusion model. The display of those results is linked to payment commitments entered into by advertisers at auctions. In some circumstances, additional selection criteria may be applied. Advertisers pay Google when an internet user clicks on, and thus activates, the hyperlink in their ad, which leads to their own website.
6 Google's general results pages can include or have included all types of result referred to in paragraphs 2 to 5 above. As is also explained in paragraph 2 above, specialised search results, whether natural results or ads, may also appear alone on a specialised results page in response to a query entered by the internet user on one of the specialised search pages of Google's search engine or after links in certain areas of Google's general results pages have been activated.
7 Search engines other than Google's own offer or have offered general search services and specialised search services, such as Alta Vista, Yahoo, Bing or Qwant. There are also specific search engines for comparison shopping, such as Bestlist, Nextag, IdealPrice, Twenga, Kelkoo or Prix.net.
8 According to Google's uncontested account, it began providing internet users with a comparison shopping service in 2002, after or at the same time as other search engines such as Alta Vista, Yahoo, AskJeeves or America On Line (AOL). That initiative was in recognition of the fact that the processes that had hitherto been used by search engines did not necessarily return the most relevant results in response to specific searches, such as those relating to news or shopping. Google thus began providing comparison shopping results ('product results') from the end of 2002 in the United States, and, approximately two years later, gradually extended that provision to certain countries in Europe. Those results were not the results of its ordinary general search algorithms being applied to information presented in websites – such information being first extracted by a process known as 'crawling' by which Google explores web content for the purpose of indexing it, then selected in order to be added to Google's 'web index' and, lastly, sorted by relevance for display in response to the internet user's query – but the results of specific algorithms being applied to information contained in a database fed by the sellers themselves, called the 'product index'. These results were first provided through a specialised search page, called Froogle, that was separate from the search engine's general search page, then, as from 2003 in the United States and 2005 in certain countries in Europe, they were also available from the search engine's general search page. In the latter case, product results were grouped together on the general results pages in what was called the Product OneBox ('Product OneBox'), either below or parallel to the advertisements appearing at the top or at the side of the page and above the general search results, as shown in the following annotated illustration, supplied by Google:
9 If internet users used the general search page to enter their query in relation to a product, the responses returned by the search engine included both those produced by the specialised search and those produced by the general search. When internet users clicked on the result link in a Product OneBox, they were taken directly to the appropriate page of the website of the seller offering the product sought, where it could be purchased. Furthermore, a special link in the Product OneBox directed users to a Froogle results page with a wider selection of specialised product results. Google explains that Froogle results never appeared in general search results, however, while the results of other specialised search engines for comparison shopping did.
10 Google states that, as from 2007, it changed the way in which it developed product results.
11 The changes made included Google abandoning the name Froogle in favour of Product Search for its specialised comparison shopping search and results pages.
12 As regards product results displayed from the general search page on the general results pages, first, Google enriched the content of the Product OneBox by adding images. Google has provided the following illustration of the first type of image addition:
13 Google also diversified the possible outcomes of the action of clicking on a result link shown: depending on the circumstances, internet users were, as before, taken directly to the appropriate page of the website of the seller of the product sought, where the product could be purchased, or they were taken to the specialised Product Search results page to view more offers of the same product. Over time, the Product Onebox was renamed the Product Universal ('Product Universal') in different countries (for example in 2008 in the United Kingdom and Germany), while at the same time being made more appealing. Google has provided the following annotated illustration of the two variants of a Product Universal:
14 Secondly, Google established a mechanism called Universal Search which, if a shopping search was identified, made it possible to rank, on the general results page, products covered by the Product Onebox, subsequently the Product Universal, against general search results.
15 As regards paid product results appearing on its results pages, in September 2010 Google introduced in Europe an enriched format compared to that of text-only ads ('text ads') that had appeared previously. If the advertiser so wished, by clicking on the text, internet users could see, in a larger format than the initial text ad, images of the products searched for and the prices charged by the advertiser. Google has provided an annotated illustration of such a text ad extension:


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The University of Houston's success in working with the energy industry to establish its popular undergraduate petroleum engineering program will be the focus of a panel discussion next week at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC).
The discussion will be held Tuesday (May 7) from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at Reliant Center. The panelists will talk about a recent study by the Business Higher Education Forum that highlighted UH's undergraduate petroleum engineering program as a model partnership between industry and academia.
UH, which has long had a successful master's program in petroleum engineering, started its undergraduate program in 2009 with significant support and input from the energy industry. The program is designed to fill gaps in the industry's aging workforce and give graduates the skills they need in the evolving energy world.
The program started out with about 20 students and has since grown to more than 400 students this spring semester.
Ramanan Krishnamoorti, UH's chief energy officer, will be the moderator. The panelists are: Ron Harrell, chairman emeritus of Ryder Scott Company; Ali Daneshy, president of Daneshy Consultants International; Tom Holley, director of UH's petroleum engineering program, and Tim Deines, petroleum engineering manager-technology for Marathon Oil Corp.
The group will discuss their involvement in the development of the program and answer questions from the audience.
Space is still available, and those interested can register to attend by following this link and clicking on "Register Now:" http://www.otcnet.org/2013/pages/schedule/events_activities.php#2