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Top-seeded David Ferrer rallied to beat Taiwan's Lu Yen-hsun 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 in a hard-fought match Wednesday to advance to the Heineken Tennis Open quarterfinals.
The fifth-ranked Ferrer is attempting to become the first player since Australian great Roy Emerson to win the tournament four times, including three years in succession.
''It was tough. It never is easy in the first round,'' said Ferrer, who had a bye into the second round. ''My opponent played a very good game.
''The court is very fast and sometimes I need to play with power, I can't just play defense. Anyway, I won the match.''
Fourth-seeded Sam Querrey hit 19 aces in beating Belgian wild-card Olivier Rochus 7-5, 6-3 in just over an hour.
''That's probably one of the best serving matches I've ever played and everything felt pretty good,'' the American said. ''It's my first match of the year, everything felt pretty good and I'm just looking forward to playing tomorrow.''
Second-seed Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, who counts the 2008 Auckland tournament among his four career titles, had to work harder for his 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3 win over Colombia's Alejandro Falla.
Seventh-seeded Tommy Haas beat Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands 6-3, 6-4 in just over an hour to reach a quarterfinals matchup with Gael Monfils of France, who beat Australian qualifier Greg Jones, 6-4, 6-2 in 66 minutes.
Monfils made an impressive statement of fitness and form as he claimed his place in the final eight. The Frenchman's ranking slumped from 13th in February 2012 to 99th in January as he battled injuries and other setbacks last year.


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Ted Rall / TedRall.com – 2009-05-30 10:32:14
An Early Call for Obama's Resignation
With Democrats Like Him, Who Needs Dictators?
Ted Rall / TedRall.com
(May 28, 2009) — We expected broken promises. But the gap between the soaring expectations that accompanied Barack Obama's inauguration and his wretched performance is the broadest such chasm in recent historical memory. This guy makes Bill Clinton look like a paragon of integrity and follow-through.
From healthcare to torture to the economy to war, Obama has reneged on pledges real and implied. So timid and so owned is he that he trembles in fear of offending, of all things, the government of Turkey. Obama has officially reneged on his campaign promise to acknowledge the Armenian genocide. When a president doesn't have the 'nads to annoy the Turks, why does he bother to show up for work in the morning?
Obama is useless. Worse than that, he's dangerous. Which is why, if he has any patriotism left after the thousands of meetings he has sat through with corporate contributors, blood-sucking lobbyists and corrupt politicians, he ought to step down now–before he drags us further into the abyss.
I refer here to Obama's plan for "preventive detentions." If a cop or other government official thinks you might want to commit a crime someday, you could be held in "prolonged detention." Reports in U.S. state-controlled media imply that Obama's shocking new policy would only apply to Islamic terrorists (or, in this case, wannabe Islamic terrorists, and also kinda-sorta-maybe-thinking-about-terrorism dudes). As if that made it OK.
In practice, Obama wants to let government goons snatch you, me and anyone else they deem annoying off the street.
Preventive detention is the classic defining characteristic of a military dictatorship. Because dictatorial regimes rely on fear rather than consensus, their priority is self-preservation rather than improving their people's lives. They worry obsessively over the one thing they can't control, what Orwell called "thoughtcrime"–contempt for rulers that might someday translate to direct action.
Locking up people who haven't done anything wrong is worse than un-American and a violent attack on the most basic principles of Western jurisprudence. It is contrary to the most essential notion of human decency. That anyone has ever been subjected to "preventive detention" is an outrage. That the President of the United States, a man who won an election because he promised to elevate our moral and political discourse, would even entertain such a revolting idea offends the idea of civilization itself.
Obama is cute. He is charming. But there is something rotten inside him. Unlike the Republicans who backed Bush, I won't follow a terrible leader just because I voted for him. Obama has revealed himself. He is a monster, and he should remove himself from power.
"Prolonged detention," reported The New York Times, would be inflicted upon "terrorism suspects who cannot be tried."
"Cannot be tried." Interesting choice of words.
Any "terrorism suspect" (can you be a suspect if you haven't been charged with a crime?) can be tried. Anyone can be tried for anything. At this writing, a Somali child is sitting in a prison in New York, charged with piracy in the Indian Ocean, where the U.S. has no jurisdiction. Anyone can be tried. Why is it, exactly, that some prisoners "cannot be tried"?
The Old Grey Lady explains why Obama wants this "entirely new chapter in American law" in a boring little sentence buried a couple past the jump and a couple of hundred words down page A16: "Yet another question is what to do with the most problematic group of Guantánamo detainees: those who pose a national security threat but cannot be prosecuted, either for lack of evidence or because evidence is tainted."
In democracies with functioning legal systems, it is assumed that people against whom there is a "lack of evidence" are innocent. They walk free. In countries where the rule of law prevails, in places blessedly free of fearful leaders whose only concern is staying in power, "tainted evidence" is no evidence at all. If you can't prove that a defendant committed a crime–an actual crime, not a thoughtcrime–in a fair trial, you release him and apologize to the judge and jury for wasting their time.
It is amazing and incredible, after eight years of Bush's lawless behavior, to have to still have to explain these things. For that reason alone, Obama should resign.
© 2009 Ted Rall
Ted Rall is the author of the new book "Silk Road to Ruin: Is Central Asia the New Middle East?," an in-depth prose and graphic novel analysis of America's next big foreign policy challenge.
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(image ) I just reviewed this presentation from Paul Adams, research lead for social at Google (embedded below). He works on Buzz and YouTube, and presumably, whatever is next from Google, including the rumored "Google Me."
His presentation is good, and worthy of your time if you are interested in the impact of social media on culture and business. Note, however, that it's clearly biased against Facebook, coming as it does from Google. It's in Google's interest to deconstruct Facebook as a service, finding faults along the way, which this presentation does in spades.
In essence, Adams points out that Facebook lacks what I've come to call instrumentation. On Facebook we cannot manage our social relationships with any of the nuance that we do in real life. We don't have the instrumentation, neither the tools nor the mores (more on that in a bit).
On Facebook, Adams points out, we have one big group of "friends." Clearly, that's not true in our lives. We have groups of friends, some of them with strong ties, some weak, some temporary, and many not friends at all, but colleagues, or family members, or members of a club or hobby.
Adams suggests we, as architects of what I like to call the conversation economy, should design for how we really interact with people, and I completely agree. However, it's not that simple (Adams makes this point in his talk, but I'm going to take it a bit further here).
Certainly Adams – and his employer Google – see a significant opportunity in creating a better social networking mousetrap. But as he points out, it's not just about making a better Facebook (though I've heard that "Google Me" is, in essence, attempting to be just that.) It's about a wholesale shift in how we experience the Internet – the same shift many folks have mislabeled* as "the semantic web" – a shift toward designing the web around people, rather than pages, content, or even search.
The problem is, while I agree with the idea of designing around people, the truth is that we haven't quite figured out what this design looks like. It's rather like attempting to design an industrialized city while living in 1200 AD. Not only has the technology not evolved (power grids, modern plumbing, automobiles, communications networks etc.), but equally importantly, the social mores have not developed as well.
As I often say in talks to agencies and brands (just did four of them last week), we are in the midst of a significant shift in our cultural history, one similar as our move, as a species, from a largely agrarian culture to one based on the modern city. That shift took roughly 1000 years to occur. And as it did, we renegotiated nearly every aspect of our social mores – the values that we hold as community standards. You need a new set of shared and respected rules to move from a village of 150 or so farmers, who knew each other very well, to a city of 1.5 million inhabitants, most of whom don't know each other, but live packed together in multi-story apartment buildings.
And we certainly did develop a new set of mores. In the western world, this culminated is what many call "Victorian" society, with elaborate principles of etiquette and relationships. In the US anyway, we're still deeply effected by Victorian culture.
As we move online, we're once again making a great migration of social mores, and this time it's one not entirely tethered to physicality, location, or regional constraints. And this shift is happening far more quickly than the last one. Adams does a good job of outlining some of the new interactions that occur online – temporary ties to people we'll most likely never interact with again, but who might have commented on our online review, or liked our picture on Facebook, or answered our product registration question via IM, text, or phone call.
This is uncharted territory, and we're very early in the instrumentation process. We're not certain, in advance of a given interaction, what's right and what's wrong, but we seem to know it when we see it. Adams' advice is to design for how humans interact with each other, and at some core level I agree. But I also think we're not always certain how we might end up behaving in this new world. So I wouldn't want it limited to the mores we currently evince. That would be like designing Victorian London with the mores of a farming village.
Formation of new cultures like cities, or online communities, require that a process be, in the phrase of Kevin Kelly, a bit out of control. Attempting to design the future is usually fruitless. Instead, as designers (and developers, architects, publishers, brands…), we must pay close attention to shifting behaviors, listen and participate deeply, and design as fast followers to where this culture leads us. Sometimes, as with the original Facebook, we end up creating something that strikes a deep nerve for connection. When that happens, we are catapulted into a position of leadership, but we shouldn't assume that adoption equates with finality. It's way too early for that, and and I think this really is Adams' core thesis.
What remains to be seen is if a company like Google is capable of this kind of design, or whether it comes from somewhere entirely outside our current field of vision. My guess is a bit of both. I am quite certain, however, that Facebook is already paying attention to this instrumentation problem. I expect many of Adams' critiques will be addressed, and quickly, in future revisions of the Facebook service.
It's certainly an exciting time to be in this industry, and in this society. They're increasingly one and the same thing.


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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Tu Holloway kept attacking the paint and knocking down tough shots for Xavier throughout the second half. It's no surprise the senior guard came through with the basket to help the Musketeers advance in the NCAA tournament.
Holloway banked in the go-ahead shot over Jack Cooley with 21.3 seconds left, helping Xavier rally to beat Notre Dame 67-63 on Friday night in the second round of the South Regional.
Holloway finished with 25 points on 10-for-15 shooting, including a flurry that helped the 10th-seeded Musketeers (22-12) rally from 10 down in the second half against the seventh-seeded Fighting Irish (22-12).
"He's made such big plays through the course of his career," Xavier coach Chris Mack said. "The moment's never too big for him."
Holloway had 17 points in the second half, the last coming when he rounded a screen from Kenny Frease and sent a high-arcing shot over Cooley's outstretched arm for the 64-63 lead.
"Coach Mack called my number, and it's a shot I practiced over the summer," Holloway said. "I work hard for moments like this, and fortunately through the graces of God the ball went in. I knew it was big."
After a free throw from Dezmine Wells pushed the lead to two, Notre Dame's Eric Atkins drew a blocking foul to get to the line with 2.8 seconds left. He swished the first free throw, but official Michael Stuart ruled that Jerian Grant left his position behind the 3-point arc too early as he ran in for a rebound, giving the ball back to Xavier.
The same unusual call was made at a critical moment of top-seeded Syracuse's 72-65 victory over UNC Asheville during the second round of the East Regional on Thursday.
On the ensuing inbounds pass, Pat Connaughton was whistled for an intentional foul when he grabbed Wells' jersey trying to deny him the ball. Wells knocked down both free throws to push the lead to four with 2.8 seconds still on the clock to ensure the victory.
"It's too bad that happens, but there was a lot of plays," Notre Dame coach Mike Brey said of the lane-violation call. "We missed some free throws. There were a lot of plays that culminated in not being able to escape with a win."
The Musketeers will face Lehigh, which pulled one of two shockers by No. 15 seeds Friday in stunning second-seeded Duke 75-70 in the Blue Devils' home state and in an arena where they had never lost.
Xavier's move into the third round isn't a huge surprise considering the Musketeers started the year ranked in the top 10, though a reputation-destroying brawl in the final seconds of the win against Cincinnati on Dec. 10 nearly derailed a promising season.
That led to suspensions of varying lengths for three top players -- including Holloway -- and the Musketeers lost five of six afterward. Then they alternated wins and losses for all of February before solidifying their NCAA bid by reaching the final of the Atlantic 10 tournament.
"Ups and downs in life it makes you who are," Holloway said. "I always tell the guys that when things are looking bad for us, hey, everyone counted us out. It's a great opportunity to come and show people what you're all about."
Cooley finished with 18 points on 8-for-8 shooting for the Fighting Irish, who couldn't slow Holloway in the second half. Notre Dame led 48-38 on Atkins' 3-pointer with 12:20 left, but Xavier answered with nine straight points to get back in it. At one point, Holloway scored 11 of his team's 17 points to give the Musketeers a 59-58 lead with 3:43 left.
Grant put the Fighting Irish back up with a 3 with 1:01 left to beat the shot clock, but Mark Lyons scored on the left baseline on the next possession to set up Holloway's go-ahead score.
Wells finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds for Xavier, while Frease finished with 10 points. Xavier also played much of the second half without forward Andre Walker, who took a blow to the head in a tussle under the basket and was "a little woozy," according to Mack.
For the Fighting Irish, it was a frustrating finish to a bumpy season. Notre Dame lost preseason all-Big East pick Tim Abromaitis to a season-ending knee injury in November and stood at just 11-8 in the middle of January before a nine-game winning streak -- starting against unbeaten Syracuse -- finally got Notre Dame moving.
Notre Dame shot 51 percent while Xavier shot 50 percent, with neither team leading by more than three in the final 5 minutes until Wells' final free throws.
"It's a game of runs," Irish senior Scott Martin said. "We swapped back and forth, and they made the last run and got the win."


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The story chronicles the Bundren family as they traverse the Mississippi countryside to bring the body of their deceased mother Addie to her hometown for burial. Addie's husband Anse and their children, Cash, Darl, Jewel, Dewey Dell, and the youngest one Vardaman, leave the farm on a carriage with her coffin - each affected by Addie's death in a profound and different way. Their road trip to Jefferson, some forty miles away, is disrupted by every antagonistic force of nature or man: flooded rivers, injury and accident, a raging barn fire, and not least of all -- each individual character's personal turmoil and inner commotion which at times threaten the fabric of the family more than any outside force.


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Google has announced that it will be acquiring Motorola Mobility — these are the guys that brought you the Droid, the Atrix, the Xoom and yep the StarTAC back in the day — for $12.5 billion. The announcement was made in a blog post by Google CEO Larry Page.
Google reiterated the commitment of Motorola to the Android platform while pointing out that the acquisition of Motorola will strengthen Google's patent portfolio helping it to fend off legal attacks by Microsoft and Apple. Just to put some numbers into the equation, Google has around 1,000 patents while Motorola has around 17,000 patents. Larry goes on saying that Android will remain an open platform and that Google will run Motorola as a separate company; which we are sure has put Google's Android partners at ease. Both HTC and Samsung have come out with similar statements in the lines of
We welcome today's news, which demonstrates that Google is deeply committed to defending Android, its partners, and the entire ecosystem.
Full press release after the break.
Press release:
Combination will Supercharge Android, Enhance Competition, and Offer Wonderful User Experiences
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Google will acquire Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per share in cash, or a total of about $12.5 billion, a premium of 63% to the closing price of Motorola Mobility shares on Friday, August 12, 2011. The transaction was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies.
"Motorola Mobility's total commitment to Android has created a natural fit for our two companies. Together, we will create amazing user experiences that supercharge the entire Android ecosystem for the benefit of consumers, partners and developers. I look forward to welcoming Motorolans to our family of Googlers."
The acquisition of Motorola Mobility, a dedicated Android partner, will enable Google to supercharge the Android ecosystem and will enhance competition in mobile computing. Motorola Mobility will remain a licensee of Android and Android will remain open. Google will run Motorola Mobility as a separate business.
Larry Page, CEO of Google, said, "Motorola Mobility's total commitment to Android has created a natural fit for our two companies. Together, we will create amazing user experiences that supercharge the entire Android ecosystem for the benefit of consumers, partners and developers. I look forward to welcoming Motorolans to our family of Googlers."
Sanjay Jha, CEO of Motorola Mobility, said, "This transaction offers significant value for Motorola Mobility's stockholders and provides compelling new opportunities for our employees, customers, and partners around the world. We have shared a productive partnership with Google to advance the Android platform, and now through this combination we will be able to do even more to innovate and deliver outstanding mobility solutions across our mobile devices and home businesses."
Andy Rubin, Senior Vice President of Mobile at Google, said, "We expect that this combination will enable us to break new ground for the Android ecosystem. However, our vision for Android is unchanged and Google remains firmly committed to Android as an open platform and a vibrant open source community. We will continue to work with all of our valued Android partners to develop and distribute innovative Android-powered devices."
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approvals in the US, the European Union and other jurisdictions, and the approval of Motorola Mobility's stockholders. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2011 or early 2012.
Webcast Information
Google and Motorola Mobility will hold a conference call with financial analysts to discuss this announcement today at 8:30am ET. The toll-free dial-in number for the call is 877-616-4476 (conference ID: 92149124). The call will also be webcast live at http://investor.shareholder.com/media/eventdetail.cfm?eventid=101369&CompanyID=ABEA-3VZHGF&e=1&mediaKey=A21887C59EBAAC12F1BCF4D43C080953. The webcast version of the conference call will be available through the same link following the conference call.
About Google Inc.
Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.google.com.
About Motorola Mobility
Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. fuses innovative technology with human insights to create experiences that simplify, connect and enrich people's lives. Our portfolio includes converged mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets; wireless accessories; end-to-end video and data delivery; and management solutions, including set-tops and data-access devices. For more information, visit motorola.com/mobility.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements generally can be identified by phrases such as Google, Motorola or management of either company "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "foresees," "forecasts," "estimates" or other words or phrases of similar import. Similarly, statements herein that describe the proposed transaction, including its financial impact, and other statements of management's beliefs, intentions or goals also are forward-looking statements. It is uncertain whether any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do, what impact they will have on the results of operations and financial condition of the combined companies or the price of Google or Motorola stock. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the ability of the parties to consummate the proposed transaction and the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to consummation of the proposed transaction, including the ability to secure regulatory approvals at all or in a timely manner; the ability of Google to successfully integrate Motorola's operations, product lines and technology; the ability of Google to implement its plans, forecasts and other expectations with respect to Motorola's business after the completion of the transaction and realize additional opportunities for growth and innovation; and the other risks and important factors contained and identified in Google's and Motorola's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), such as their respective Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Reports on Form 10-K, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date hereof. Neither Google nor Motorola undertakes any obligation to update the forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
Motorola intends to file with the SEC a proxy statement in connection with the proposed transaction with Google. The definitive proxy statement will be sent or given to the stockholders of Motorola and will contain important information about the proposed transaction and related matters. SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT CAREFULLY WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. The proxy statement and other relevant materials (when they become available), and any other documents filed by Motorola with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC's website, at www.sec.gov. In addition, security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement from Motorola by contacting Investor Relations by mail at Attn: Investor Relations, 600 North U.S. Highway 45, Libertyville, IL 60048.
Participants in the Solicitation
Motorola and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Motorola stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. Information about Motorola's directors and executive officers is set forth in its proxy statement for its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 15, 2011, and its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, filed on February 18, 2011. These documents are available free of charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, and by mail at Attention: Investor Relations, 600 North U.S. Highway 45, Libertyville, IL 60048, or by going to Motorola's Investor Relations page on its corporate website at http://investors.motorola.com. Additional information regarding the interests of participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the transaction will be included in the proxy statement that Motorola intends to file with the SEC.<.div>[Official Google Blog]
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This impromptu little piece of street performance involves a large building, Kinect, the cover of darkness, a copy of classic arcade game Breakout and some very interested bystanders.
11 Minutes Of Cozy Railway Planning In Station To Station
Put together by the art/marketing team at WECOMEINPEACE, all it asked of players was to jiggle around a bit and watch as they played the biggest arcade game they'll ever play in their lives.
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ALFRED — The judge presiding over closed-door jury selection in the trial of a key defendant in the Kennebunk prostitution case said Thursday that she would not reconsider her decision to exclude the media from the jury selection process.
Justice Nancy Mills spoke from the bench briefly Thursday morning after an attorney for the Portland Press Herald appeared in York County Superior Court to argue that the jury selection process should be opened.
Mills made a statement, but took no arguments, before resuming the third day of jury selection for the trial of Mark Strong Sr. of Thomaston, who is accused of conspiring with Alexis Wright to run a one-woman prostitution business from her Zumba studio in Kennebunk. Wright allegedly kept meticulous records of about 150 customers, including some well-known figures.
The Press Herald filed a motion with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday morning seeking an opinion on Mills' decision to bar the media from the process, but Chief Justice Leigh Saufley has yet to issue a decision.
"Everything I've done in the past two days has been appealed," Mills said, addressing attorney Benjamin Piper, representing the Press Herald. "I think the time for reconsideration is over, and we'll wait to hear from the Law Court."
Mills said Wednesday that the media has given "unprecedented" attention to the cases involving Strong and Wright and that never before in her 19 years as a judge has she been unable to seat a jury in a single day.
The jury selection process for Strong's trial is now in its third day. Questions being posed to potential jurors focus on whether they had heard news reports about the case and whether they are acquainted with any of the people involved, according to a blank juror questionnaire the judge released. Topics in the questionnaire include religion, pornography, prostitution, adultery and government spending.
Strong, 57, has pleaded not guilty to 59 misdemeanors, including promotion of prostitution, violation of privacy and conspiracy to commit those misdemeanors.
Wright, 30, of Wells, is scheduled to stand trial on 106 counts in May. She has pleaded not guilty to all charges, including promotion of prostitution, engaging in prostitution, invasion of privacy, conspiracy, tax offenses and receiving welfare benefits when ineligible.
Attorneys for the Press Herald have argued that First Amendment case law shows that the jury selection process should be open except in the most extreme circumstances, such as national security.
The U.S. Supreme Court has held that "trial courts are required to consider alternatives to closure even when they are not offered by the parties," or by anyone else, on the principle that court proceedings should be open to the public to both protect the innocent and serve the public's interest in maintaining confidence in the criminal justice system.
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Small Claims: Actions for less than $5,000 and many landlord tenant disputes.Small Claims court is the same as the magistrate's office, usually located in the Courthouse. (Last updated on 08/01/07)
|What does it cost to file a case?
|Court costs vary depending upon which division you file the action in. You can contact the Clerk of Superior Court's office in your county for the current cost of court. You may have to pay additional fees besides court costs. These include service fees that are paid to the sheriff. (Last updated on 09/14/2001 )
|Will there be a jury in my case?
|Not necessarily. It depends upon the type of case, and even if you are entitled to a jury trial, you must still request one. (Last updated on 09/14/2001 )
|Does the court appoint a lawyer to represent me?
|No. Only in criminal cases are you guaranteed a right to an attorney paid for by the state. In the civil courts, you must hire your own attorney. (Last updated on 09/14/2001 )
|How can I find an attorney to represent me?
|If you do not know of an attorney in your area, you can contact the Lawyer Referral Service of the North Carolina Bar Association. The Lawyer Referral Service maintains a list of attorneys in your area who will provide an initial consultation at a reduced cost. Call: 800-662-7660.
If your income is limited, you may qualify for free legal services, provided by the legal services office in your area. Call (919) 828-4647. (Last updated on 09/14/2001 )
|What should I do before I go to court?
|Your attorney should advise you on what to expect in your particular case. Below are some guidelines that apply to most cases.
Plan to stay at least three hours. The courtroom will be crowded and it may be a while before the judge listens to your case.
Dress appropriately. If you dress inappropriately, you may be asked to leave the courtroom.
Find out in which courtroom your case will be heard before court starts. Your attorney may be able to help you with this. You can also call the Clerk of Court�s office in the county where your case is pending. Call prior to your court date, not the morning of court.
If you have any witnesses, make sure they know the date and time for court. Make sure that they also dress appropriately.
Bring a pen and paper to court with you. You may need to take notes about your case or write down court dates. It is your responsibility to know when to return to court if your case is continued (or postponed) until another date. (Last updated on 09/14/2001 )
|What should I do when I am in court?
|Arrive at the courthouse early enough to give yourself time to find your courtroom.
When court starts, listen for your name to be called. Your name may be mispronounced so listen closely. When your name is called say, �Present,� loudly and clearly. If your name is called and you do not answer, it is the same as not being there. If your name is not called, notify the person who is calling the names at the first recess or break since you may be in the wrong courtroom.
If you get to court late, stay in the courtroom until the next break or recess and let the baliff know that you are there. This does not mean that the judge will listen to your case. (Last updated on 09/14/2001 )
|What happens if I do not go to court on my court date?
|If you are the plaintiff, your case may be dismissed.
If you are the defendant, the judge may enter a judgment against you even if you are not present or the judge may continue the case.
If you cannot be in court for some reason, you should immediately notify your attorney. If you do not have an attorney, you should file a motion to continue the case with the Clerk of Superior Court. (Last updated on 09/14/2001 )
|If I win my case, what am I entitled to?
|It depends upon the type of case you filed and what type of relief you asked for (i.e., divorce or money). (Last updated on 09/14/2001 )
|If I lose my case, is there anything I can do?
|You may have the right to appeal the judge or jury�s decision. Most appeals will go to the appellate courts, which are the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. (Last updated on 09/14/2001 )
|Where Can I Find North Carolina Law?
|There are several locations where North Carolina statutes and case law are maintained. The North Carolina Supreme Court Library in Raleigh maintains an extensive collection of state (including other states) and federal law, periodicals, and law reviews.
The North Carolina General Statutes can be also be found on-line at ncga.state.nc.us.
Most public libraries and university libraries have the North Carolina General Statutes. All of the law schools in North Carolina have law libraries, but should be contacted to determine whether the public can have access to those books. Those law schools are at Campbell University, Duke University, North Carolina Central University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Wake Forest University.
The above information is provided to assist you in understanding some of the basic functions of the court system in civil matters. It is a general outline and is not intended and should not be construed to offer legal advice or be a substitute for legal counsel. (Last updated on 04/04/2003 )


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British libel lawyers Carter-Ruck, acting on behalf of Kate and Gerry McCann, have issued a demand to Madeleine Foundation co-founder Tony Bennett to have this book and all electronic copies to be destroyed. The file has never been released and was used to create the book "What Really Happened to Madeleine McCann: 60 Reasons which suggest she was not abducted".
The book sold thousands after its launch at the end of 2008 and continues to sell, albeit at a peppercorn rate or sent free by Mr. Bennet to journalists and politicians. Due to the prospective financial implications of facing a libel case against arguably Britain's top libel firm, Mr. Bennett has been forced to capitulate even though his supports say he stands by each and every allegation in the book.
The methods used by Carter-Ruck while acting for Kate and Gerry McCann have been to silence anyone who challenges the abduction story that they told the police and which forms their alibi in the Madeleine McCann disappearance in Portugal in May 2007.
This file is easily verifiable against the many copies of the book in circulation - including a copy sent to every British MP in the spring of 2009.
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Auditory prostheses can partially restore speech comprehension when hearing fails. Sound coding with current prostheses is based on electrical stimulation of auditory neurons and has limited frequency resolution due to broad current spread within the cochlea. In contrast, optical stimulation can be spatially confined, which may improve frequency resolution. Here, we used animal models to characterize optogenetic stimulation, which is the optical stimulation of neurons genetically engineered to express the light-gated ion channel channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2). Optogenetic stimulation of spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) activated the auditory pathway, as demonstrated by recordings of single neuron and neuronal population responses. Furthermore, optogenetic stimulation of SGNs restored auditory activity in deaf mice. Approximation of the spatial spread of cochlear excitation by recording local field potentials (LFPs) in the inferior colliculus in response to suprathreshold optical, acoustic, and electrical stimuli indicated that optogenetic stimulation achieves better frequency resolution than monopolar electrical stimulation. Virus-mediated expression of a ChR2 variant with greater light sensitivity in SGNs reduced the amount of light required for responses and allowed neuronal spiking following stimulation up to 60 Hz. Our study demonstrates a strategy for optogenetic stimulation of the auditory pathway in rodents and lays the groundwork for future applications of cochlear optogenetics in auditory research and prosthetics.
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During the three years since the initial launch, Philips has continued to refine and expand the technology. The GreenPower LED interlighting module now uses just 105W instead of 115W. Also, acting on feedback from customers, Philips has modified the system to further improve the ease of installation. Modules now weigh just 3.57 kg instead of 4.5 kg, and there is 70 cm of cable instead of 40 cm. to further simplify and speed up installation.
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President Bush has been a busy man. Even though the quagmire in Iraq threatens to worsen as Turkey prepares to invade the Kurdish north, Bush has time to undertake the arduous task of preventing World War III and begin the transition to democracy in Cuba. How does he do it?!My latest op-ed, "Bush Has Time to Run the World," distributed by The Future of Freedom Foundation, appears today on Counterpunch. Read the rest here.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Bush Has Time to Run the World
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Friday, October 26, 2007
Liberty and Political Obedience
Last week I discussed Anthony de Jasay's claim that the freedom philosophy -- liberalism -- is precarious because it "has always been rather loose, tolerant of heterogeneous components, easy to influence, open to infiltration by alien ideas that are in fact inconsistent with any coherent version of it." He specifically criticized the utilitarianism of Bentham and the Mills. In light of the deficiency he has identified, Mr. de Jasay attempts no less than a reconstruction of liberalism.The rest of this week's TGIF, "Liberty and Political Obedience," is at the Foundation for Economic Education website.
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Labels: libertarians, the state
Friday, October 19, 2007
Blackwater and Bush's War
Blackwater's involvement in Iraq has been ugly but misunderstood. The presence of security contractors in Iraq does not signify that the war has been privatized. Unfortunately, the word "privatization" has been corrupted over the years.The rest of my op-ed, "Blackwater and Bush's War" is at The Future of Freedom Foundation website.
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What Nearly Killed Liberalism
The shifting meaning of the word liberal in the direction of statism has been analyzed often. But a few years ago Anthony de Jasay wrote a short comment on the matter that deserves attention. For Mr. de Jasay, the problem is not merely terminological. As he wrote in "Liberalism, Loose or Strict" (Independent Review, Winter 2005), while political ideas such as nationalism and socialism have had core principles, "Liberalism, I maintain, has never had such an irreducible and unalterable core element. As a doctrine, it has always been rather loose, tolerant of heterogeneous components, easy to influence, open to infiltration by alien ideas that are in fact inconsistent with any coherent version of it. One is tempted to say that liberalism cannot protect itself because its 'immune system' is too weak." His statement does seem to explain why liberalism has taken many forms over the centuries.The rest of this week's TGIF, "What Nearly Killed Liberalism," is at the Foundation for Economic Education website.
Cross-posted at Liberty & Power.
Posted by Sheldon Richman at 8:09 AM 0 comments
Labels: liberalism, the state, utilitarianism
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Naomi Klein: Free-Market Ally?
I haven't read Naomi Klein's book The Shock Treatment: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (or her other books). But based on what I've read about it, she's probably going to be misunderstood by some libertarians and free-market economists. Although apparently an attack on corporatism (fascism), the book is bound to be seen as a criticism of the free market. I assumed that Klein would promote such understanding by an imprecise use of terms -- and to some extent she apparently does so. But perhaps I've underestimated her. I caught her appearance on Bill Maher's program the other night, and during her interview she explicitly said that practitioners of crony capitalism have hijacked the rhetoric of the free market to advance their self-serving cause. She drew a sharp distinction between the two systems. "[I]t's certainly not the free market. ...Ironically, it's the free-market ideology that gets used to propel this [corporatist] vision forward. It's not free for anybody but the contractors." (The interview is here.)
Her thesis is that crony capitalists use crises to foist their "reforms" on otherwise unwilling people. Sounds like it should be read in conjunction with Robert Higgs's Crisis and Leviathan.
Although Klein is not an advocate of a true free market, she seems to be an ally in struggle against corporatism. We should cultivate that alliance in public statements about her book and reinforce her inchoate view that being for the market is far from the same thing as being for capitalism.
Cross-posted at Liberty & Power.
Posted by Sheldon Richman at 5:33 AM 7 comments
Labels: class struggle, corporate state, economic freedom
Friday, October 12, 2007
America's Anti-Militarist Tradition
The right wing went apoplectic at the skepticism that greeted Gen. David Petraeus's recent testimony about the alleged success of the military escalation in Iraq. It was as though a member of the military was incapable of engaging in spin to support his commander in chief's war policy. President Bush summed up this attitude revealingly when he said it was one thing to attack him, but quite another to question General Petraeus. War, Clausewitz noted, is politics by other means. That makes high-ranking generals a species of politician. Not a few have harbored presidential thoughts, and some have made it. It is said that Petraeus would like to be another. These are the people the pro-war conservatives are willing to trust implicitly? (Anti-war members of the armed forces, on the other hand, are, in Rush Limbaugh's words, "phony soldiers.")
It is unappreciated today that an earlier American culture was anti-militarist. In his classic study The Civilian and the Military: A History of the American Antimilitarist Tradition (1956), historian Arthur A. Ekirch Jr. wrote, "The tradition of antimilitarism has been an important factor in the shaping of some two hundred years of American history."
The rest of my op-ed, "America's Anti-Militarist Tradition," is at The Future of Freedom Foundation website.
Posted by Sheldon Richman at 1:06 PM 0 comments
Labels: empire, imperialism, Iraq, the state, war, war on terror
Atlas Shrugged and the Corporate State
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Ayn Rand's stunning novel, Atlas Shrugged. So many words have been written about the book that the task of saying something new is daunting. It is a celebration of the creativity that is required for the production of material goods no less than for the production of music, art, and literature. And it is an elaboration of the preconditions for that creativity: individual freedom, which necessarily includes property rights. In sum, Atlas Shrugged is a literary brief for the proposition that human beings can live fully as human beings only in a society founded on the freedom philosophy, i.e., on self-ownership, private property, privacy, consent, free trade, and peace -- in a phrase, laissez faire. What sometimes goes unappreciated by readers of the novel is the extent to which Rand targeted business people as potentially the most egregious saboteurs of freedom.The rest of this week's TGIF, "Atlas Shrugged and the Corporate State," is at the Foundation for Economic Education website.
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Labels: corporate state, economic freedom, politics, protectionism, regulation, rent-seeking, the state
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
The Freeman, October 2007
There is lots of good stuff in this issue, but I particularly want to draw attention to Frank van Dun's article, "Can We Be Free If Reason Is the Slave of the Passions?" (pdf, html). Goodnight, Mr. Hume.
Posted by Sheldon Richman at 6:29 AM 0 comments
Labels: economic freedom, reason
Sunday, October 07, 2007
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran is no one to admire, but when was the last time President Bush stood before a critical college audience and fielded tough questions? Bush appears only before handpicked friendly crowds. Even news conferences are barely adversarial because the media has the curious rule that the president -- any president -- deserves to be treated like royalty.The rest of my op-ed, "Ahmadinejad," is at The Future of Freedom Foundation website.
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Labels: empire, imperialism, Iran, war on terror
Government Failure
A popular academic rationalization for having government forcibly override people's economic decisions is the theory of market failure. Advocates of the free market have long emphasized that the countless self-regarding actions individuals perform daily in the marketplace generate a larger complex spontaneous, or undesigned, order -- that is, a high degree of interpersonal coordination that is remarkably pleasing to consumers. This is the social cooperation Ludwig von Mises placed at the center of his description of the market process. Critics of the market realize this is a powerfully appealing feature of the economists' case for what these critics deride as the unfettered marketplace. So this feature has been among the prime targets of those who would straitjacket or even abolish the market. Hence the attraction of market-failure theory.The rest of my TGIF column, "Government Failure," is at the Foundation for Economic Education website.
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My last post was about iron-deficiency anemia, celiac disease, and iron-rich foods. It came with a heavy dose of red blood cell biology and those of you willing to wade through it, not unsubscribe, and leave a comment at the end were rewarded with an opportunity to win a copy of The Gluten-Free Edge, my sports nutrition book co-written with Peter Bronski.
And the winner is (drum roll, please)—Jennifer R! Thank you all for participating and congratulations to Jennifer.
Since it's the season for giving, I'm going to keep the giveaway streak going (see details below).
I thought I'd follow up my anemia post with a gluten-free, iron-packed, power-bar recipe that I developed as a homemade alternative to store-bought energy bars. This one is a take-off on an almond meal version featured in the recipe section of The Gluten-Free Edge and is proof that vegetarians (even vegans) can get the iron and protein they need if they do it right.
Gluten-free oat bran power bar (makes 16 servings)
What you need
1/2 cup oat bran (I used Montana Gluten-Free Oat Bran, see details below)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup walnuts
1 cup almonds
1 cup dried, unsulphured apricots, chopped
1/3 cup certified gluten-free oats (I get mine from MT GF Processors or GF Prairie)
1/2 cup chocolate chips (make sure they're gluten-free)
1/3 cup honey
1 large egg
2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted, plus some to grease the pan
1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla
What you do
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan (I used a dark-colored metal baking pan).
2. Place the oat bran, the cinnamon, and the sea salt in a food processor and pulse until well mixed.
3. Add the walnuts, almonds, apricots, and oats and pulse several times, until the nuts and apricots are in small chunks but not completely ground. Add the chocolate chips and pulse a few times, leaving larger chunks.
4. In a bowl big enough to hold all the ingredients, whisk together the honey, egg, melted coconut oil, and vanilla. Whisk for 1 minute to ensure the ingredients are well mixed.
5. Add the dry (pulsed) ingredients to the wet ingredients and mash together with a fork. Use your hands if you have to and make sure everything is mixed together.
6. Spread the mixture in the prepared pan. Cover with parchment paper and, using your hands, press and flatten evenly. You can also use a flat spatula to even out the mixture. Remove the parchment paper.
7. Place pan on center rack of the oven and bake for 22 to 24 minutes, until golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool. Place the pan in the refrigerator to chill before cutting into bars. Store bars in an airtight container in the fridge, or wrap individually and freeze.
These bars are power-packed with nutrition and great for athletes. They're high in carbohydrates (great workout fuel), high in protein (for recovery), and super high in iron (building blocks for RBCs, see prior post). The iron is mainly from the oat bran. The bars are also high in fat (another source of workout fuel), but the fat is from healthy sources, so don't fret. Because of the high fat content, they aren't low calorie, but if you need a boost while out hiking, biking, or during a mid-afternoon work slump, these power bars will serve you well.
PER SERVING (1 bar): 225 calories; 14 g fat; 22 g carbohydrate; 6 g protein; 3 g fiber
NUTRITION BONUS: 1 bar provides 30% of the RDA of iron
Would you like a 3-pound bag of this nourishing Montana Gluten-Free Oat Bran? It's grown out west by awesome big sky farmers and is minimally "processed" in a dedicated, state-of-the-art, gluten-free facility. The oat bran is dry milled, with no heat applied during preparation or packaging. It's good stuff, non-GMO, is tested and certified gluten-free, and is a great way to boost the nutritional value of GF baked goods. Most GF baked goods are low in iron and other nutrients. Tossing in some oat bran solves that problem.
To enter the giveaway, leave a comment on how you'd use the oat bran. Be creative—I'm curious. Make sure you include your email address where prompted. I'll pick the winner via random.org. Good luck and happy baking!
Peace, love, and oat bran!
PS I'm not employed in any way by MT GF Processors or GF Prairie. No one asked me to blog about the products or do giveaways. I'm not paid to do it. I buy my own products and endorse the farmers and product developers whom I believe are doing it right. There's been an explosion in the GF market and a lot of the stuff has the nutritional value of ground styrofoam. It's junk food. I want the good guys to be successful. We need to support this "grass roots" movement. Our health and the health of the environment depend on it.
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In Flight
Saturday, 27th May 2006 by James Turnbull
Here's a plane in flight, here's another one, and another. Ah, there's hundreds of them – Boring! Now, here's a School Bus In Flight. That's much more interesting!
This is actually the City Museum in St. Louis. Built in an old shoe factory, the roof decor features two aircraft fuselages and a school bus.
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'Angry Birds' movie to arrive in 2016
(CNN) -- "Angry Birds" will soon arrive at your local movie theater - and they'll be in 3-D.
Sony Pictures announced Wednesday that the studio's acquired rights for the animated film, which will be developed, financed and produced by Rovio Entertainment, the creator of the addictive "Angry Birds" game.
Rovio masterminded the top-selling mobile app, which has users fire birds at pigs with a slingshot in an effort to get the birds' stolen eggs back.
We don't know how they're going to make a plot out of that premise, but given that "Despicable Me" producer John Cohen and "Iron Man" executive producer David Maisel are involved in production roles, we're interested to see how this pans out.
"Every studio in town would love to add 'Angry Birds' to their slate," Sony Picture Entertainment's Chairman and CEO, Michael Lynton, and its Co-Chairman of Entertainment, Amy Pascal, said in a statement.
"There are few titles out there that bring this kind of excitement, brand awareness and built-in audience to the table. We're thrilled to be distributing this film and we hope this is just the beginning of what will be a long relationship with Rovio as we look for ways to work on future projects together."
Sony plans to release the 3-D animated "Angry Birds" movie on July 1, 2016.


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Architects: Paulo Merlini arquitetos
- Year: 2013
Photographs:João Morgado - Architecture Photography
The uncommon form, narrowness, vertical amplitude of the space and the two big glass façades placed on the main and back façade defined mainly the organization of the spaces.
The reception and waiting room it's characterized by a big white box that floats in the air playing with the vertical amplitude of the space. The interior of the box mimetizes the idea of being under a roof, giving the user a familiar sensation of comfort, and helping I'm to calm down before the treatment. From the "roof" a series of lamps float in the air, filling the space with light. The floating box stops the excessive light and consequent heat, coming from the main facade by the end of the day, on the other hand her big mass pushes the rest of the working spaces to the back façade. This receives a great sky light, with the ideal conditions for working.
Under the stair a mirror wall creates the illusion of a broadest space solving the narrowing sensation that one could feel on entering the room.
A very thin and elegant stair guides us to a resting/waiting room on the upper floor. Where we can find a window placed at feet level, this creates a strong visual relation with the ground floor letting us have a glance at the lamps from above. From the entrance perspective the window is a very important element, because it leads the eyes of the observer into a diagonal position. This movement of the head reinforces the importance of the box ceiling, and on the other hand brakes with the enclosure of the box giving the user the real notion of the all space.
On the stomatology room the user is placed facing a vegetation curtain. The idea is to create a distraction based on the movement of the leaves so that the patient can focus on something else than the treatment itself, hopefully diminishing any unpleasant sensation caused by it.


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Yosemite National Park, CA
Last year Willie, Will, and I got our first great moonbow photo while on top of the Upper Yosemite Falls trail. Thanks to some professors in Texas just about anyone can find out when the moon bows in Yosemite will occur. Trying to avoid the hoards of crowds at the Sentinal Bridge parking lot we decided to try to find a more unique moonbow and something different from last year. Willie and I had seen a number of timescape videos, most notably Steve Bumgardner's official video for the Yosemite Conservancy, in which moonbows were photographed at Cascade Falls. We knew we had to try this!
I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to get to the proper location to shoot a moonbow at Cascade Falls. You need to get high enough and east enough to get around a jut in the rocks (you can see it here, where the water flows over, blocking the top of the falls) to get the proper angle to see the top of the falls, which has a really nice "S" curve to it. I used Google Earth and a number of other peoples images to get a vague idea of what we had to do. We found out that Steve traveled up from the bottom (along highway CA-140) but I thought you might be able to drop in from the top. When I arrived at Yosemite on Saturday I quickly ruled out the top-down approach. I hopped in the car, drove down to the bottom, and started on up. After an hour of completely sweating, super steep climbing, and searching high and low, I gave up on finding "the perfect spot". It was just too dangerous and without proper climbing gear I couldn't see any way to get to the spot that Steve took his photo.
Dropping down a bit we found a nice area that gave a beautiful view of the main falls. In the afternoon weather the area was dry and pretty easy to get to. When Willie, Will, and I returned at night we were in for a shock -- the winds had picked up and were spraying mist all over the spot! Not wanting to be drenched for 2 hours we moved back to a safe distance where we go stay both dry and warm. There was a super moon this evening (the largest moon of the year) and we had hoped that its brightness would put on a great moonbow show, but we didn't know when exactly it would start. Every so often I would head back out to the falls to double check on the moonbow. Finally around 9:10pm we saw a faint bow and raced back to get our gear. It was super slippery on the rocks to our spots and we took extra caution not to slip and die. By now it felt like it was raining and we knew we had to be quick to get our shots.
Proper planning was key to this. I brought along a rain-shield for my camera to keep my camera dry and attached the hood to the lens helped reduce a small amount of water hitting the lens. I also brought along 5 micro-fiber cloths because I knew I'd be wiping the lens dry quite often and they would get wet fast. I had just enough time to wipe the lens clean and then take a shot before the lens was completely covered. I went through 3 micro-fiber cloths in the 35 minutes that we were out there. Once we finally returned to dry land we realized how *completely* soaked we all were. It wasn't until the sun came up the next day that I was able to fully dry all my equipment!
This years moon bows were much more faint than last years. We could just make out a silvery bow with our eyes, compared to last years full blast of color. Additionally, it wasn't until I looked at the LCD later that I realized we caught a small hint of a DOUBLE MOONBOW!
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One of the most highly-touted changes in Windows Vista is its new Windows Aero user interface, which provides high quality translucent "glass" effects, animations, and a smoother desktop experience than was possible in previous Windows versions. However, Windows Aero requires hardware-based 3D acceleration with certain performance characteristics and isn't available to users with Windows Vista Home Basic or Starter editions. To satisfy customers who are looking for the most of the benefits of the new Vista user experience but on systems that don't meet Aero's hardware requirements, Microsoft has created the Windows Vista Basic user interface. It's a viable alternative for any Vista user and, for mobile users, can provide better battery life.
The Windows Vista Basic user interface forms the basis for what Microsoft calls its Basic user experience (UX) in Windows Vista. This user interface includes most of the new features that users equate with Windows Vista, including the streamlined Start Menu with instant search, the completely overhauled Windows Explorer with Live Icons and Preview and Reading panes, the new Start button (or "orb"), and the new wizards and dialogs. At a technical level, Windows Vista Basic does not require any special hardware: It will work properly on any PC that can run Windows, and uses similar display technologies to Windows XP.
Windows Aero (left) and Windows Vista Basic (right)
On the other hand, several key Vista features--such as Live Taskbar Thumbnails and Windows Flip 3D--are unavailable with the Vista Basic user interface. Other features behave differently in Vista Basic. For example, the user picture that appears in the top right of the Start Menu is moved to the edge of the menu while using Windows Aero. But while using Windows Vista Basic, the user picture is embedded inside the Start Menu as it is in Windows XP.
Windows Vista Basic also brings with it some technical problems from the past. Because it is based on the GDI+ display libraries used in Windows XP, it cannot take advantage of the hardware acceleration capabilities in modern video cards. That means that you can experience visual "tearing" and glitching issues, such as when you drag a window around that is playing back video. And because Windows Vista Basic does not require a Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) driver, systems running this user interface can be less stable than those running Windows Aero. Non-WDDM Video display drivers are a leading cause of blue screens in Windows, according to Microsoft.
The Windows Vista Basic user interface is available in all Windows Vista product editions, including Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, Ultimate, and even Starter.
Enabling Windows Vista Basic
If you're running Windows Aero and would like to enable Windows Vista Basic, you have to jump through a few hoops. You can choose Windows Vista Basic from the Appearance Settings dialog, which offers much of the functionality of the Appearance tab in the Display Properties dialog in Windows XP. To access this dialog, right-click a blank area of the Vista desktop and choose Personalize. Then, click Windows Color and Appearance. Finally, click the link titled Open classic appearance properties for more color options. Select Windows Vista Basic from the Color scheme list box and click OK.
Tip: If you are already running Windows Vista Basic, the Windows Color and Appearance link noted above will directly launch the Appearance Settings dialog.
Secret: Microsoft originally provided a handy way to switch between Windows Vista Basic and Windows Aero on the fly: You could use the CTRL + SHIFT + F9 keyboard shortcut. However, beginning in Windows Vista Beta 2, this shortcut was removed from the product, and it's unavailable in the final shipping version of Vista.
Fun Fact: Windows Vista Basic was originally codenamed "Aero To Go." It was envisioned as a user interface that would most often be utilized by mobile users because of its more battery-friendly characteristics. Microsoft also promised that notebooks running Vista would drop into Vista Basic mode automatically when on battery power, but this feature has been dropped from the product. Instead, if you select the Power Saver power management scheme, Vista will jump into the Windows Vista Standard UI when the system is on battery power. The other two power management schemes do not change the UI when you move between battery and power.
Fun Fact: Before the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows Vista Basic was part of Microsoft's fight against software piracy. The Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) service would check to ensure that your copy of Windows was valid. If it was not, the Windows Aero interface would become disabled, and the user was forced to use Windows Vista Basic instead. So there you have it: Windows Vista Basic was envisioned as a punishment.
Fun Fact: The shipping version of Windows Vista Basic is much more attractive than the original version Microsoft supplied during the Vista beta. You can find out more about Microsoft's Vista Basic make-over in my Showcase, Microsoft Updates Windows Vista Basic User Interface.


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Friday, March 16, 2012
Pistachio Gelato
If you're able to find pistachio flour, then by all means, use it. But, grinding pistachios in a food processor is an easy task. As I mentioned, I sifted the ground pistachios before using them. One cup of the sifted ground pistachios was used, and that was placed in a big measuring pitcher and set aside. This particular gelato was thickened with corn starch. So, cornstarch and sugar were placed in a heat-proof bowl with some milk, and the mixture was whisked to combine. More milk was heated to a simmer in a saucepan, and the cornstarch mixture was whisked into it. That mixture was heated, while stirring, until it thickened which took about ten minutes. The thickened milk mixture was then poured over the ground pistachios while whisking. This was left to cool and then refrigerated overnight. The next morning, the pistachio mixture was poured through a sieve before being poured into the ice cream maker.
The flavor was completely pistachio, and I loved that plenty of green remained in the mixture after straining out the ground nuts. This does freeze very firm, so it's best to move it from the freezer to the refrigerator about an hour before you plan to scoop it. Then, it's surprisingly velvety and rich-tasting for what a simple concoction it is.
Posted by lisa is cooking at Friday, March 16, 2012
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Oh, divine! I'd love to cook or bake more with pistachios, but unfortunately they are far too expensive for my budget... :-(ReplyDelete
On my list!ReplyDelete
YUM! Pistachio is my favorite.ReplyDelete
Sounds very Italian.. and looks very beautiful :)ReplyDelete
I'm sure this gelato tastes as good as it looks! Now you'll just have to make another batch and some brioche 'cause that combination sounds to divine to pass up. What a decadent breakfast- sounds right up my alley!ReplyDelete
Pistachio Gelato....ReplyDelete
I have never tried gelato made with pistachio but so have to...
If I see pistachio ice cream, gelato or frozen yogurt at a store, I can never pass it up, I'ma total sucker for it! This looks fabulous!!!!!ReplyDelete
Lisa, pistachio is one of the most popular flavor of ice cream in Sao Paulo, probably because of the large Italian immigration that happened in the past.ReplyDelete
I never cared for it while I was growing up, but now I'm a huge fan, it has such unique flavor, complex, "adult", awesome!
I bet your gelato version was great
Homemade Pistachio Gelato, how scrumptious! I am convinced that you have captured the vibrant and delectable essence of the pistachios, just spectacular!ReplyDelete
Oh, your gelato looks incredible, Lisa! The color just shouts pistachio!!! Beautiful.ReplyDelete
masterful! i remember the first time i saw pistachio ice cream--i was baffled as to who would choose to eat such a thing! then i tasted it and understood. :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 18, 2012 at 7:38 PM
Lovely! The pistachio flavor is so good!ReplyDelete
your home-made gelato looks incredible, and I think grinded pistachio is more flavourful and authentic than pistachio flour.ReplyDelete
I never used to like pistachio ice cream back in the days when it was only available in a lime green color and made with fake ingredients. But this - this is the real deal - and I wonder how early the stores are open tomorrow to buy some pistachios.ReplyDelete
Pistachio gelato is my favourite although a lot here taste like almonds because they use them as they're cheaper. I can imagine your version using a cup of pistachios would be amazing!ReplyDelete
I love when the blogsphere starts to make ice creams. This means that spring and eventually summer is coming! I love the color of this gelato and pistachios must must have given it that beautiful flavor I remember from my childhood!ReplyDelete
I really need to get myself an ice cream maker! I absolutely love pistachios and in ice cream they would be altogether irresistible!ReplyDelete
I do have pistachio flour and I am definitely going to make this. Pistacho ice cream is dream, so I know I'm going to love your gelato.ReplyDelete
Lisa, your gelato looks heavenly to me. I love everything pistachio and I bet the grainy texture of your ground pistachios gives the dish even more depth.ReplyDelete
You continue to share such inspiring recipes. Thanks!
There's a place in LA that makes incredible pistachio gelato -- Bulgarini's. I've never tasted anything so intensely pistachio before. But I bet this would give it a run for the money. ;)ReplyDelete
Oh man - this looks so good! Seeing that the nice weather is already here in March, I think I definitely need to invest in an ice cream maker this year! Pistachios are one of my favorites!ReplyDelete
wow, this looks so good! You are very clever!ReplyDelete
How can it not be completely pistachio? Look at that bag of pistachios! THIS is real stuff! :)ReplyDelete
This is in my near future! Can't wait to break out the ice cream machine! Looks delectable!ReplyDelete
This gelato looks too tasty! I love nutty ice creams and homemade = even better :DReplyDelete
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This looks great. I have been making a lot of ice cream lately because I bought all of these ice cream tubs. I would love to move into more gelatos. Yum!ReplyDelete
We were on holidays last week, and I tried pistachio ice cream for the first time. It was delicious!ReplyDelete
I really need to get my ice cream maker out. The bowls have been in the back of my freezer for a really long time. This looks great!ReplyDelete


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Adjusting the color tone of the picture to suit your tastes
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- Select Picture & Display using the Up/Down buttons, then press the Enter button.
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NOTE: You can adjust the color temperature in detail from White Balance in Advanced settings.
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Exploring Entitlement Economics
Bradley M. Kuhn has a thought-provoking post with the title "Proprietary Software Licensing Produces No New Value In Society". Here's a key section:
I've often been paid for programming, but I've been paid directly for the hours I spent programming. I never even considered it reasonable to be paid again for programming I did in the past. How is that fair, just, or quite frankly, even necessary? If I get a job building a house, I can't get paid every day someone uses that house. Indeed, even if I built the house, I shouldn't get a royalty paid every time the house is resold to a new owner. Why should software work any differently? Indeed, there's even an argument that software, since it's so much more trivial to copy than a house, should be available gratis to everyone once it's written the first time.
He then goes on to point out:
Thus, this line of reasoning gives me yet another reason to oppose proprietary software: proprietary licensing is simply a valueless transaction. It creates a burden on society and gives no benefit, other than a financial one to those granted the monopoly over that particular software program. Unfortunately, there nevertheless remain many who want that level of control, because one fact cannot be denied: the profits are larger.
For example, Mårten Mikos recently argued in favor of these sorts of large profits. He claims that to "benefit massively from Open Source" (i.e., to get really rich), business models like "Open Core" are necessary. Mårten's argument, and indeed most pro-Open-Core arguments, rely on this following fundamental assumption: for FLOSS to be legitimate, it must allow for the same level of profits as proprietary software. This assumption, in my view, is faulty. It's always true that you can make bigger profits by ignoring morality. Factories can easily make more money by completely ignoring environmental issues; strip mining is always very profitable, after all. However, as a society, we've decided that the environment is worth protecting, so we have rules that do limit profit maximization because a more important goal is served.
This analysis is cognate with my recent post about the absence of billion-dollar turnover open source companies: the fact is, as a pure-play free software outfit, you just can't make so much money as you can with proprietary software, because you generally have to sell scarce things like people's time, and that doesn't scale.
But the implications of this point are much wider, I think.
As Kuhn emphasies:
I'll just never be fully comfortable with the idea that workers should get money for work they already did. Work is only valuable if it produces something new that didn't exist in the world before the work started, or solves a problem that had yet to be solved. Proprietary licensing and financial bets on market derivatives have something troubling in common: they can make a profit for someone without requiring that someone to do any new work. Any time a business moves away from actually producing something new of value for a real human being, I'll always question whether the business remains legitimate.
This idea of getting money for work already done is precisely how copyright is regarded these days. It's not enough for a creator to be paid once for his or her work: they want to be paid every time it is performed or copies made of performances.
So ingrained is this idea that anyone suggesting the contrary - like that doughty young Eleanor - is regarded as some kind of alien from another planet, and is mocked by those whose livelihoods depend upon this kind of entitlement economics.
But just as open source has cut down the fat profits of proprietary software companies, so eventually will the exorbitant profits of the media industry be cut back to reasonable levels based on how much work people do - because, as Kuhn notes, there really is no justification for anything more.
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