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Not long ago, Cassandra Casanova would plan her weeks around the NBA playoff schedule. She would wear her San Antonio Spurs gear and spend days talking about her favorite team, dissecting its postseason matchup.
Not this year.
"I have no idea when the games are," she said. "I could not care less."
Casanova ignored the Spurs' playoff opener over the weekend, a Game 1 loss to the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, and she said she doesn't feel as though she missed a thing. She has no problem with Kawhi Leonard, Manu Ginobili or Tony Parker. Her anger is directed solely at Coach Gregg Popovich.
"I am completely turned off. After all those years supporting the team, and now I just have no interest," she said. "Popovich really messed up."
Sports fandom in 2018 can be complicated, particularly when athletes and coaches have no qualms about espousing their political views. Fans such as Casanova are the inevitable result: She feels insulted and can no longer bring herself to root for her favorite team, which is making its 21st consecutive playoff appearance. When Popovich got political, Casanova got a garbage bag and filled it with 30 or so Spurs T-shirts, banners and trinkets. It all went to Goodwill.
"That's how angry I got. It ruined my basketball life," she said. "I took it personally. I was such a loyal fan, and he insulted me. Why would you start attacking the people who had been so loyal?"
For years, national politics either weren't relevant in the sports world, or sports figures made a concerted effort to steer clear. But as athletes and coaches have become increasingly vocal on political and social issues, some fans have seen their ideological loyalties at war with their sporting interests.
Since the presidential campaign, Popovich has shared his disdain for Trump. He has called the United States "an embarrassment to the world" and the president a "soulless coward" and a "pathological liar." The veteran coach is disgusted by comments he called "xenophobic, homophobic, racist, misogynistic" — "and I live in a country where half the people ignored all that to elect someone. That's the scariest part of the whole thing to me," he said after the election.
That's a lot to process, especially for those who considered themselves both Spurs fans and Trump supporters. While the city might lean blue, many of the surrounding communities and certainly the state as a whole are reliably conservative. While Hillary Clinton won 53.7 percent of the vote in Bexar County in 2016 (compared with Trump's 40.4 percent), there are a half-dozen military bases around San Antonio and no shortage of fans who felt Popovich personally attacked them and their views.
"I often curse Pop for doing what he did," said Bob Mulherin, a Spurs fan for more than 25 years. "He insulted more than half of the Spurs' fan base, and no sign whatsoever of an apology."
Mulherin watched Saturday's playoff game, but he did so alone. Spurs games were once a family affair, but his wife and son want nothing to do with the team now.
"It is sad that Pop basically told my wife and my son and me for that matter that we were fools for supporting Donald Trump," he said. "What happens when someone calls you a fool? You avoid them."
Popovich seems unfazed by any backlash his commentary has spurred. "The organization has never said anything about any opinion that I might have," he said prior to Monday's game. "Not one time."
The Spurs declined to comment on any effect Popovich's comments have had on the team or its fan base, but others have noticed at least a minimal impact. Jason Minnix has been around the team for 20 years and hosts the afternoon drive-time show "The Blitz" on ESPN San Antonio radio. He said he has heard of fans canceling season tickets and sponsors bailing on the team, but many in San Antonio have become somewhat immune to Popovich's political commentary, and most of the angry callers these days want to talk about the Leonard situation or the team's uneven season.
"It's hard for many to just quit your love for the Spurs or any pro sports team over some specific comments from a coach or stuff that's going on with a player," he said. "I think you combine the fact that the Spurs have 'struggled' this year — I say 'struggled' in air quotes — and I think there's just an overall level of frustration from Spurs fans that we haven't seen in over 20 years."
Dawn Hold started following the team 20 years ago, from the inception of the Tim Duncan era, a stretch that produced five NBA titles. She said she's not a fair-weather fan and is hoping she'll be able to someday cheer her favorite team again. "I don't think I could desert them forever," she said.
But for now, a whole portion of her wardrobe is off-limits, including about 75 shirts and Spurs-decorated jewelry, purses and shoes. Hold describes herself as a "crazy fan," and she has a spare bedroom she calls her "Spurs room." The walls are covered with framed photos, and everything from the rugs and comforters to the lamps feature the team logo. There's even a carousel horse with a Spurs paint job, which includes a series of NBA championship trophies adorning the horse's backside.
She has hit the road in previous years, traveling to Memphis or New Jersey to cheer on her team in the playoffs. On Saturday, as the Spurs took on the Warriors, Hold went bowling.
"I refuse to go to a game right now or even watch on TV," she said. "I was really hurt by what he said. He's basically accusing all the people who voted this one way of being racists and misogynists. It feels very personal."
Casanova, 65, said basketball occupied a particular place in her life. She didn't tune into the games to get lectured or criticized — "He's there to coach and entertain," she said of Popovich — and she can't separate what the Spurs coach says into a microphone from what the players do on the court. Similarly, she said she's not watching the NFL while players protest during the national anthem, and she avoids movies that feature actors who espouse liberal views.
The Spurs return to the court Monday night, trying to even their opening-round series with the Warriors. Without an injured Leonard in the lineup, San Antonio could be facing only its second first-round exit in the past seven years. But Casanova will be among the fans who can't bring herself to tune in as long as Popovich is in charge.
"I'm hoping things will change," she said. "Maybe they'll end up with a new coach who doesn't feel the need to talk politics. I just want to watch basketball."
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It's once and always Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals hockey, all day, all night, all the time . . . or when I get around to it
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
On This Date in Caps History
Tutt's first (and only) NHL goal was overshadowed by the antics of Dale Hunter, who scored the Capitals' first goal of the contest. Then, Hunter got into a scrap with Craig Ludwig, and when Chris Chelios came to the aid of his teammate, it cost Chelios his participation in the remainder of the game for being the third man in. Hunter then scored the game-winner in overtime, ending Montreal goalie Patrick Roy's 35-game unbeaten streak in regular season games played at home.
Not that Tutt's contribution was inconsequential. Just 12 seconds after Montreal took a 3-1 lead in the second period on a goal by Tom Chorske, Tutt got the Caps back within one with a blast from just inside the Montreal blue line. Michal Pivonka would tie the game with just over two minutes in regulation before Hunter ended it in overtime.
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Not long ago a beautiful young mother asked me for guidance with a very difficult decision she was facing. It pertained to an important surgical operation that was being considered. Consequences of her choice would affect her husband and her family as well. She said, "Decisions are really hard for me. I even have trouble choosing what to wear each morning."
"You are not so different," I replied. "Each of us must make choices. That is one of life's great privileges."
I told this lovely mother that my fellow physicians are regularly asked questions about the human body. Some questions relate to surgical intervention to save a life or to save a part of the body. Other questions relate to elective procedures to alter the body's structure or function. In recent years, many questions relate to the "choice" to abort the life of a newly forming human being. Ironically, such "choice" would deny that developing individual both life and choice.
I reminded her that questions regarding our bodies represent only an important fraction of life's most challenging choices. Others include "Where shall I live?" "What shall I do with my life?" "To which cause should I commit my effort and my good name?" These are but a few of the many choices that we must make each day.
I will not disclose the name of the sister, nor the specific operation she was contemplating. To do so might divert our attention to a specific topic and away from those fundamental principles that pertain to important decisions generally.
Because challenging choices face all of us from time to time, I invite others to join with us as I extend my conversation with this young mother.
I would suggest three questions you might ask yourself as you consider your options. Whether they are once-in-a-lifetime or routine daily decisions, serious reflection on these three questions will help clarify your thinking. You might wish to review these questions first alone and then with your husband. They are:
"Who am I?"
"Why am I here?"
"Where am I going?"
Truthful answers to these three questions will remind you of important anchors and unchanging principles.
As you consider these fundamental questions, it will become clear that decisions you first thought to be purely personal virtually always impact the lives of others. In answering these questions, then, you must be mindful of the broader circle of family and friends who will be affected by the consequences of your choice. This self-evaluation will be a silent examination. No one else will hear your replies. Though I will suggest some answers, the ultimate responses must be uniquely yours.
"Who Am I?"
Remember, you are a daughter of God, just as your husband is a son of God. Our Heavenly Father loves you. He has created you to be successful and to have joy.
"He created man, male and female, after his own image and in his own likeness." (D&C 20:18; see also Gen. 1:26–27; Mosiah 7:27; Alma 18:34; Alma 22:12; Ether 3:15; Moses 2:27.)
These bodies, created in God's image, are to be preserved, protected, and well cared for. I feel as did the Apostle Paul, who likened the human body to a temple:
"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
"If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." (1 Cor. 3:16–17.)
You are one of God's noble and great spirits, held in reserve to come to earth at this time. (See D&C 86:8–11.) In your premortal life you were appointed to help prepare the world for the great gathering of souls that will precede the Lord's second coming. You are one of a covenant people. You are an heir to the promise that all the earth will be blessed by the seed of Abraham and that God's covenant with Abraham will be fulfilled through his lineage in these latter days. (See 1 Ne. 15:18; 3 Ne. 20:25.)
As a member of the Church, you have made sacred covenants with the Lord. You have taken upon yourself the name of Christ. (See D&C 18:28; D&C 20:29, 37.) You have promised to always remember Him and to keep His commandments. In return, He has agreed to grant His Spirit to be with you. (See Moro. 4:3; Moro. 5:2; D&C 20:77.)
Having briefly considered some answers to question number one, let us turn our attention to question number two.
"Why Am I Here?"
This question is one I have often asked myself. Well do I remember doing so many years ago while in military service, separated from family and friends, surrounded by the horrible devastation of war. On another unforgettable occasion, I was stranded in a cold, remote area, far from transportation, food, or shelter. No doubt you have had similar anxious moments. But those experiences are the exceptions. I'd like to discuss the greater question.
Why are you here on planet earth?
One of the most important reasons is to receive a mortal body. Another is to be tested—to experience mortality—to determine what you will do with life's challenging opportunities. Those opportunities require you to make choices, and choices depend on agency. A major reason for your mortal existence, therefore, is to test how you will exercise your agency. (See 2 Ne. 2:15, 25.)
Agency is a divine gift to you. You are free to choose what you will be and what you will do. And you are not without help. Counsel with your parents is a privilege at any age. Prayer provides communication with your Heavenly Father and invites the promptings of personal revelation. And in certain circumstances, consultation with professional advisers and with your local leaders in the Church may be highly advisable, especially when very difficult decisions must be made.
That is precisely the pattern chosen by President Spencer W. Kimball. In 1972, Elder Kimball, then a member of the Council of the Twelve, knew that his mortal life was slipping away because of heart disease. He obtained competent medical counsel and prayerfully consulted with the Lord and with his file leaders in the Church. Elder and Sister Kimball and the First Presidency carefully weighed available alternatives. Then President Harold B. Lee, speaking for the First Presidency, counseled Elder Kimball. With great conviction, President Lee said: "Spencer, you have been called! You are not to die! You must do everything you need to do to care for yourself and continue to live." (Ensign, Dec. 1985, p. 40.)
President Kimball chose to have an operation performed upon his heart that was known to carry a high risk. He was blessed with a successful result. He lived thirteen more years, eventually to succeed President Lee as President of the Church.
That precious privilege of choice—man's agency—was decreed before the world was created. (See D&C 93:29–31.) It is a moral agency. (See D&C 101:78.) Thus, it was opposed by Satan (see Moses 4:3), but affirmed by the Lord (see Moses 4:2) and reaffirmed through prophets in ancient and in modern times (see D&C 58:26–28; Moses 6:56; Moses 7:32).
The proper exercise of moral agency requires faith. Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the first principle of the gospel. (See A of F 1:4.) Because of Him, you have your agency. He must be the very foundation of your faith, and the testing of that faith is a fundamental reason for your freedom to choose.
You are free to develop and exercise faith in God and in His divine Son, faith in His word, faith in His Church, faith in His servants, and faith in His commandments.
Facing difficult challenges is neither new nor unique. Centuries ago, Joshua spoke of a choice his family faced. He declared:
"Choose you this day whom ye will serve; … as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." (Josh. 24:15; see also Moses 6:33.)
Cultivation of that faith will entitle you to the companionship of the Holy Ghost, who will help you make wise decisions. (See 2 Ne. 2:27–28; D&C 14:8.)
Many may profess a measure of faith in God, but without sincere repentance, faith cannot be fully operative. This concept was made known to the Nephites:
"Many of them as are brought to the knowledge of the truth, … and are led to believe the holy scriptures, … which leadeth them to faith on the Lord, and unto repentance, which faith and repentance bringeth a change of heart unto them." (Hel. 15:7.)
Faith, repentance, and obedience will qualify you for sublime gifts of justice and mercy, which are bestowed upon those worthy of the blessings of the Atonement. (See Alma 34:16–17.)
Yes, every test, every trial, every challenge and hardship you endure is an opportunity to further develop your faith. (See D&C 63:11; D&C 101:4.)
Faith can be fortified through prayer. Prayer is the powerful key to making decisions, not only concerning your physical body, but concerning all other important aspects of your life. Humbly seek the Lord in prayer with a sincere heart and real intent, and He will help you. (See Alma 33:23; Moro. 7:9; Moro. 10:4; D&C 9:7–9.)
Remember that faith and prayer alone are seldom sufficient. Personal effort is usually necessary to accomplish your heart's desire. "Faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone." (James 2:17; see also James 2:18, 20, 26; Alma 26:22.)
The answers to question number two emphasize that you are here to exercise faith, to pray, and to work hard.
Now let's turn our attention to question number three.
"Where Am I Going?"
This question reminds us that eventually you (and I) are going to die, be resurrected, be judged, and be awarded a place in eternal realms. (See 1 Cor. 15:22; Alma 12:24; Alma 21:9; Hel. 14:16–17; D&C 138:19.) With each passing sunset, you are closer to that inevitable day of judgment. Then you will be asked to account for your faith, your hopes, and your works. The Lord said:
"Every man may act in doctrine and principle … according to the moral agency which I have given unto him, that every man may be accountable for his own sins in the day of judgment." (D&C 101:78; see also Mosiah 3:24.)
As all will be resurrected, your physical body will then be restored to its proper and perfect frame. (See Alma 11:43; Alma 40:23.) The day of your resurrection will be a day of judgment that will determine the kind of life you shall have hereafter.
That judgment will consider not only your actions, but also your innermost intent and heartfelt desires. Your everyday thoughts have not been lost. Scriptures speak of the "bright recollection" (Alma 11:43) and "perfect remembrance" (Alma 5:18) that your mind will provide in times of divine judgment.
The Lord knows the desires of our hearts. At the time of judgment, surely the special yearnings of single sisters and childless couples, for example, will be given compassionate consideration by Him who said:
"I, the Lord, will judge all … according to their works, according to the desire of their hearts." (D&C 137:9; see also Heb. 4:12; Alma 18:32; D&C 6:16; D&C 33:1; D&C 88:109.)
He will know of your longings as a wife and mother who tried diligently to serve your family and society properly.
As I listen to those who argue for causes contrary to the commandments of God and observe individuals who revel in the pleasures of the world with apparent disregard for eventual judgment, I think of this divine description of their folly:
"They despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, … their heart went after their idols." (Ezek. 20:16.)
Interviews, as for temple recommends, with your bishop and members of your stake presidency are precious experiences. And, in a way, they could be considered meaningful "dress rehearsals" for that grand colloquy when you will stand before the Great Judge.
After the resurrection and judgment, you will be assigned to your everlasting home on high. The revelations liken the glory of those dwelling places to the differing lights of heavenly bodies. Paul said:
"There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars." (1 Cor. 15:41.)
The Lord revealed more to the Prophet Joseph Smith, who wrote of the telestial glory, where those will ultimately abide "who received not the gospel of Christ, neither the testimony of Jesus" while in this life. (D&C 76:82.)
The Prophet taught of the terrestrial glory as the abode for the "honorable … of the earth, who were blinded by the craftiness of men," who rejected the gospel while on the earth. (D&C 76:75.)
And then he wrote of the celestial glory, which "glory is that of the sun, even the glory of God, the highest of all." (D&C 76:70.) There the faithful will dwell together with their families, enjoying exaltation with our Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son. With them will be those who have been obedient to ordinances and covenants made in holy temples, where they were sealed to predecessors and posterity.
As you continue to face many challenging choices in life, remember, there is great protection when you know who you are, why you are here, and where you are going. Let your unique identity shape each decision you make on the path toward your eternal destiny. Accountability for your choices now will bear on all that lies ahead.
May each of us choose wisely and with faith in Him who created us, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.


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McKibben speaks on global warming and the election
Ripton resident Bill McKibben is the founder of 350.org, a global grassroots movement working to solve the climate change crisis, and Shumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College. The award-winning journalist has spent more than two decades writing about global warming.
This week he gave a few observations on how climate change fits into the election.
Q: Why did both candidates for the presidency avoid talking about climate change this election cycle?
A: Because of the power of the fossil fuel industry, which has spent more on this election than anyone else by far. They've bought one party and terrified the other.
Q: Should climate change be a political issue? Why is this beyond partisan politics?
A: It shouldn't be an issue of politics, it should be an issue of physics. But that presumes a rational world where people took science seriously. Since virtually every Republican in D.C. has decided to deny climate change, it's become a political issue. And so far it's been a spectacular failure of our political system.
Q: Did you see Hurricane Sandy a game changer in the election, that is, did it prompt politicians to discuss climate change in the week leading up to the vote, affect the outcome of the election or voters' ability to reach the polls or change public perception of the importance of the issue?
A: Not in the election, but it does shift the general conversation. Last week's cover of that radical magazine BusinessWeek ("It's global warming, stupid") showed what happened when the disasters now routine from Pakistan to the Mad River Valley manage to hit the media capital of the planet.
Q: Are there any elected officials who you see as leaders on climate change?
A: In D.C. our entire congressional delegation has been fantastic, with Sen. Bernie Sanders the greatest champion of climate change action in the whole Senate. In Montpelier we've had too many real champs to even list, from the governor on down. It will be great to have Chris Bray joining Claire Ayer in the state Senate — he truly gets the issue, and I think will be a leader in the fight to get the University of Vermont to divest from fossil fuels.
Q: Regardless of who wins, what does the next president need to do?
A: He needs to recognize this is the only issue he'll be judged on 50 years from now.
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Despite a blizzard of bad press about the iPhone 4's antenna, more than nine out of 10 consumers who have the smartphone said they're happy with their purchase, a pollster said today.
But early buyers of the iPhone 4 are less likely to be satisfied with the smartphone than were early adopters of last summer's iPhone 3GS, acknowledged Paul Carton, research director at consumer spending research company ChangeWave.
According to a survey ChangeWave conducted in late July, just days after CEO Steve Jobs announced Apple would give free Bumper cases to solve reception problems, 93% of iPhone 4 owners said they were "very satisfied" or "somewhat satisfied" with the device.
That number is down from the 99% scored by the iPhone 3GS the month after its launch in 2009.
"Considering how much was written, I think it's quite an accomplishment that this satisfaction [rating] stayed up that high after all this," said Carton in a conference call with reporters today.
Carton attributed the drop in satisfaction ratings for the iPhone 4 to what he called a "firestorm" of negative press about the smartphone's reception. ChangeWave's survey put the "very satisfied" number for the new phone at 72%, with another 21% reporting they were "somewhat satisfied." The iPhone 3GS scored 82% and 17%, respectively, last summer.
"It would have been astonishing if the antenna issue did not have an impact," Carton said. "There was lots of media reaction and huge amounts of discussion about the issue."
Complaints about the iPhone 4's reception surfaced within hours of its June debut, as buyers complained that touching the external antenna -- embedded in a steel band that encircles the case -- often dropped calls or caused the signal strength indicator to plummet. Initially, Apple told consumers to hold their phones differently or buy a case, then claimed that flawed code in the operating system inaccurately reported signal strength.
Just days after Consumer Reports magazine said it could not recommend the smartphone because it dropped calls and lost signals, Jobs held a hastily-called news conference to defend the iPhone 4 and announce the Bumper case giveaway.
About one in five iPhone 4 owners were affected by the antenna problem, Carton said, citing responses to one of the survey questions. While 78% of the iPhone 4 owners said they hadn't experienced the antenna-touching reception issue, or that it was "not much" of a problem, 21% said it was "somewhat of a" or a "very big" problem.
But iPhone 4 buyers reported 17% fewer dropped calls than did owners of the iPhone 3GS: The former said they'd had experienced dropped calls 5.2% of time, compared to 6.3% of the time for iPhone 3GS users. "Despite all the issues, in actuality, iPhone 4 owners reported slightly fewer dropped calls than 3GS owners in June 2010," said Carton.
Those results are at odds with Steve Jobs' admission last month that the iPhone 4 dropped an additional one call per hundred calls placed compared to earlier iPhones.
Carton acknowledged that the iPhone 4 did not score as high in satisfaction as last year's iPhone 3GS, but said Apple's newest smartphone still ranked higher than rivals.
"Despite a bumpy release, the iPhone 4 is outperforming almost every other smartphone in terms of satisfaction," he said, pointing to earlier surveys that include competitors' phones. "It's not as high as what we've seen before from the iPhone ... but the good news for Apple is that the [antenna] issues seem to be clearing up."
Last year, a ChangeWave poll showed that the iPhone 3GS handily beat other smartphones in consumer satisfaction, and yielded numbers Carton at the time called "on a different planet."
"We should look at the iPhone 4 as a work in progress. If the antenna issue disappears, the iPhone 4 could end up at least equivalent in satisfaction to the 3GS," said Carton. "This shows that [Apple's] brand is resilient and can take the hits. And frankly, I don't see this having a long-term impact."
Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed . His e-mail address is email@example.com.


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We love sweet corn in black bean chili, so it only makes sense we'd like them together in tacos too. These were messy, messy tacos because of the amount of filling, but I loved the way they all worked together with different textures and flavors. Crisp corn meets soft beans and cream sour cream. Spicy peppers and onions play against sweet corn and cherry tomatoes. A big plus was the bulk of the items in these tacos are currently in season and were purchased at the farmers market. Fresh summer eating at its best.
There is really no recipe here, but I'll tell you how much we used of everything and how we prepared them.
Black Bean and Sweet Corn Tacos
3 ears of sweet corn, boiled for 5 minutes and them kernels removed from the cob
3/4 c dry black beans, simmered for 2 - 3 hours until soft. Season with salt and pepper
1 poblano pepper, seeded and sliced
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and sliced
1 onion, sliced
Sauté the peppers and onion with about 1/2 tablespoon olive oil until tender
(Note: You could also grill the corn, peppers and onions if you want a little smokier flavor)
handful of chopped cilantro
sour cream
chopped cherry tomatoes or favorite salsa
8 soft taco shells, heated in the microwave or on a grill.
Makes 8 tacos


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Following the surprising immediate departure of Windows President Steven Sinofsky late last year, many are asking who will be CEO Steve Ballmer's successor.
The talk persists despite the fact that Ballmer told The Wall Street Journal late last year he had no intentions of vacating the CEO chair any time soon; he said he plans to stick around until the board thinks he can't handle the job.
I've seen some individuals say Sinofsky left Microsoft because he realized he couldn't take over Ballmer's CEO seat. I'm not convinced (nor are a number of the Microsoft-savvy folks with whom I chat) that Sinofsky taking over as CEO was his -- or the Microsoft board's -- immediate or long-term plan.
Those caveats aside, guessing games around Microsoft CEO succession plans aren't new. Not so long after Bill Gates relinquished his CEO title at Microsoft to Steve Ballmer in 2000, there was lots of speculation about which of the so-called "Baby Bills" would rise to prominence. That list, dating back to 2003, included a number of Microsoft execs who are still with the company (and an equal number who are now gone from Redmond). Those still with Microsoft include Chris Jones, Windows Services; Yusuf Mehdi, gaming; Tami Reller, Windows; and Eric Rudder, technical strategy.
A lot has happened at Microsoft since 2003. Now, 10 years later, who's potentially positioned to lead the new, devices- and services-centric Microsoft? Here are a few of the names I've heard bandied about.
The Not-So-Dark Horse COO Kevin Turner: Turner was at one point seen as a Ballmer-backed shoo-in for the next Microsoft CEO. If you look at the latest Redmond pay and bonus cheat sheet, the highest-paid exec at the company is Turner. He's not too popular with Microsoft employees, but bean counters seldom are.
Still on the Short List Windows Chief Financial Officer and Chief Marketing Officer Tami Reller: Reller joined Microsoft back in 2001, when Microsoft bought Great Plains Software, where she had worked since 1984. She moved to the Windows team in 2007. She's the lead of business and marketing strategy for Windows devices, including Surface and OEM devices, in addition to her existing marketing and finance work.
Representing the New Guard Tony Bates: Bates joined Microsoft as part of the Skype acquisition, and is now president of the Skype Division. Before working at Skype, Bates was a GM of the Cisco Enterprise, Commercial and Small Business group. The Microsoft CEO needs to be a Jack of all enterprise and consumer trades, these days.
The Geek Guy Satya Nadella: Nadella has worked across quite a variety of business units at the company. He's currently the president of the Server and Tools Business. Before that, he was senior VP of R&D for the Online Services Division (Bing, MSN and advertising). And before that, he led the Microsoft Business Solutions unit (Dynamics ERP and Dynamics CRM). He definitely has cross-unit knowledge.
The Trojan Horse (Take Two) Stephen Elop: When Elop moved from president of the Microsoft Business Division in 2010 to join Nokia as CEO, some joked he might be a Trojan horse. The speculation -- some idle, some serious -- was that Elop went to Nokia at Ballmer's and the board's behest to turn Nokia into Microsoft's new Windows Phone headquarters. That talk died down as rumors grew of Microsoft possibly making its own Surface Phone.
Leading Outside Man Reed Hastings: Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, joined the Microsoft board back in 2007. Until October 2012, when he abruptly resigned from the board with little explanation as to why, some believed he might be one of the few "outsiders" who could make a realistic, lasting play for the next CEO spot.
I've heard a couple Microsoft watchers speculate Sinofsky could make a comeback as CEO one day, similar to the way that Steve Jobs left Apple and then managed a triumphant return. I'm not so sure about that. Who do you think might be Ballmer's heir apparent now?
Sinofsky's Departure from Microsoft: Politics or Products to Blame?Harvard Business Review: Sinofsky Led, But Wasn't Necessarily a LeaderThe Baby Bills (from 2003)Wall Street Journal Q&A with Ballmer
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Mary Jo Foley is editor of the ZDNet "All About Microsoft" blog and has been covering Microsoft for about two decades. She's the author of "Microsoft 2.0" (John Wiley & Sons, 2008), which examines what's next for Microsoft in the post-Gates era.
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The Politics of Fear and the Party of Non-VotersThe latest Pew Research Center poll shows Mitt Romney ahead of President Barack Obama among likely voters, 49% to 45%. But the latest Gallup poll shows President Obama leading Romney among likely voters, 50% to 45%.
This post originally ran on Robert Reich's Web page, www.robertreich.org.
The latest Pew Research Center poll shows Mitt Romney ahead of President Barack Obama among likely voters, 49% to 45%. But the latest Gallup poll shows the President Obama leading Romney among likely voters, 50% to 45%.
What gives? The Pew poll covered the days immediately following last Wednesday's presidential debate. It didn't include last weekend. The Gallup poll, by contrast, included the weekend — after September's jobs report showed unemployment down to 7.8 percent for the first time in more than three years.
So it's fair to conclude the bump the President received from the jobs report bump made up for the bump Romney got from the debate. No surprise that voters care more about jobs than they do about debate performance.
But don't be misled. The race has tightened up.
Moreover, polls of "likely voters" are notoriously imprecise because they reflect everyone who says they're likely to vote – including those who hope to but won't, as well as those who won't but don't want to admit it.
Remember: The biggest party in America is neither Democrats nor Republicans. It's the party of non-voters — a group that outnumbers the other two.
So the real question is which set of potential supporters is more motivated on Election Day (or via absentee ballot) to bother to vote.
The biggest motivator in this election isn't enthusiasm about either of the candidates. The Republican base has never particularly liked Romney, and many Democrats have been disappointed in Obama.
The biggest motivator is fear of the other guy.
There's clear reason for Democrats and Independents to fear Romney and Ryan — their reverse Robin-Hood budgets that take from the poor and middle class and reward the rich; their determination to do away with Medicare and Medicare, as well as Dodd-Frank constraints on Wall Street, and ObamaCare; their opposition to abortion even after rape or incest, and rejection of equal marriage rights; their support for "profiling" immigrants; and their disdain of the "47 percent," to name a few.
And the thought of the next Supreme Court justices being picked by someone who thinks corporations are people should strike horror in the mind of any thinking American.
Yet Romney is such a chameleon that in last Wednesday's debate he appeared to disavow everything he's stood for, hide many of his former positions, and even sound somewhat moderate.
Meanwhile, for four years the GOP and its auxiliaries in Fox News and yell radio have told terrible lies about our president – charging he wasn't born in America, he's a socialist, he doesn't share American values. They've disdained and disrespected President Obama in ways no modern president has had to endure.
They're drummed up fear in a public battered by an economic crisis Republicans largely created, while hiding George W. Bush so we won't be reminded. And they've channeled that fear toward President Obama and even to the central institutions of our democracy, casting his administration and our government as the enemy.
They've apparently convinced almost half of America of their lies – including many who would suffer most under Romney and Ryan.
Republicans are well practiced in the politics of fear and the logistics the big lie. The challenge for Obama and Biden and for the rest of us over the next four weeks is to counter their fearsome lies with the truth.
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The Notification and Federal Employee Anti-discrimination and Retaliation (No FEAR) Act of 2002 (Public Law No. 107-174) was passed by both houses of Congress and was signed into law by President Bush on May 15, 2002. This landmark legislation became effective on October 1, 2003.
The intent of the Act is to help ensure that Federal agencies:
Demonstrate a commitment to ensuring that employees who pursue claims under the federal administrative equal employment opportunity (EEO) complaint process and who engage in whistleblower activities are protected and are not retaliated against; and,
Act more expeditiously to resolve complaints that are raised at the administrative level when it is appropriate to do so.
Notify employees and applicants for employment about their rights and remedies applicable to employees under this law cited in section 201(c) (Title 5, United States Code, Section 2302(b));
Post statistical data relating to Federal sector equal employment opportunity complaints on its public Web site;
Ensure that their managers have adequate training in the management of a diverse workforce, early and alternative conflict resolution, and essential communications skills;
Conduct studies on the trends and causes of complaints of discrimination;
Implement new measures to improve the complaint process and the work environment;
Initiate timely and appropriate discipline against employees who engage in misconduct related to discrimination or reprisal;
Reimburse the Judgment Fund for any discrimination- and whistleblower-related settlements or judgments reach in Federal court; and
Produce annual reports of status and progress to Congress, the Attorney General, and the U.S. Equal Employment Commission.
Statistical data relating to the Department of Health and Human Services equal employment opportunity complaints is available on the DHHS Web site.


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Information listed on this website is Public Record and is provided in accordance with North Carolina General Statute 132, which states "The public records and public information compiled by the agencies of North Carolina government or its subdivisions are the property of the people. Therefore, it is the policy of this State that the people may obtain copies of their public records and public information free or at minimal cost unless otherwise specifically provided by law."
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LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Chicago Bears star cornerback Charles Tillman says on Twitter that he will play Sunday against the Houston Texans, after all.
Tillman's status had been up in the air after he told Chicago radio station WSCR-AM that he might not be available because his wife, Jackie, is due to give birth.
But in a message to ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike In The Morning" show, he wrote "god, family, football... Baby is coming Monday don't worry I'll be there Sunday."
This will be the couple's fourth child. Their daughter, Tiana, needed a heart transplant a few months after she was born in 2008.


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The Woodfibre LNG project at a former pulp mill site near Squamish has received federal environmental approval, ending a week of optimism for the B.C. natural gas industry.
Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna announced Friday that the Woodfibre project has been found unlikely to cause significant adverse environmental effects. The project received provincial approval in October 2015 after a joint review coordinated by B.C.
McKenna and the federal cabinet are deliberating on a much larger proposal for liquefied natural gas exports from Prince Rupert, the Pacific Northwest LNG plant and pipeline led by Malaysian energy giant Petronas.
The Pacific Northwest LNG project got a boost this week when the Lax Kwa'laams Band council reversed its opposition to a terminal at Lelu Island, notifying McKenna that it would support the plan with two conditions.
Rallies and truck parades were held in Fort St. John and Fort Nelson this week to urge the federal government to approve LNG projects to provide an export market for B.C. gas.
A glut of natural gas across North America has brought drilling activity in northeastern B.C. gas fields to a near-halt, with a recent sale of drilling rights by the B.C. government attracting no sales for the first time in the industry's 50-year history.
Energy Minister Bill Bennett said northeast coal mines are idle in addition to a slump in gas activity, and people are worried.
"The two communities up there that are probably the worst off are Tumbler Ridge and Fort Nelson," Bennett said. "Folks in the Lower Mainland are typically shielded from the ups and downs of the natural resource industries, but if you live in Fort Nelson or Tumbler Ridge or Cranbrook or Williams Lake, you're not shielded. You feel it."
Premier Christy Clark said the federal government is looking closely at the economic impact of LNG development, with Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland's oil industries also hurting.
"Over 30 years, 100,000 jobs and a trillion dollars potentially in GDP growth, that's a big number," Clark said.
"If they're thinking about First Nations, they will spend some time thinking about all of the First Nations members who have signed agreements to support LNG, who will be part of building LNG, the environmental stewards."


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Jacob Riis—a journalist and photographer of industrial America and himself a Danish immigrant—exposed the deplorable conditions of late nineteenth-century urban life in his widely-read book, How the Other Half Lives, published in 1890. He also presented slide shows to reform-minded, middle-class audiences. Despite his own immigrant background, Riis' attitudes mirrored the prejudices of the dominant culture toward "foreigners," as revealed in this stereotyped description of an immigrant neighborhood on New York's Lower East Side. Riis' reports on immigrant life—and his equally famous photographs—were important documents of urban conditions in late nineteenth-century urban America. But they were equally revealing as documents that showed how outsiders often reacted in horror to the lives of "the other half."
When once I asked the agent of a notorious Fourth Ward alley how many people might be living in it I was told: One hundred and forty families, one hundred Irish, thirty-eight Italian, and two that spoke the German tongue. Barring the agent herself, there was not a native-born individual in the court. The answer was characteristic of the cosmopolitan character of lower New York, very nearly so of the whole of it, wherever it runs to alleys and courts. One may find for the asking an Italian, a German, a French, African, Spanish, Bohemian, Russian, Scandinavian, Jewish, and Chinese colony. Even the Arab, who peddles " holy earth" from the Battery as a direct importation from Jerusalem, has his exclusive preserves at the lower end of Washington Street. The one thing you shall vainly ask for in the chief city of America is a distinctively American community. There is none; certainly not among the tenements. Where have they gone to, the old inhabitants ? I put the question to one who might fairly be presumed to be of the number, since I had found him sighing for the "good old days" when the legend "no Irish need apply" was familiar in the advertising columns of the newspapers. He looked at me with a puzzled air. "I don't know," he said. "I wish I did. Some went to California in '49, some to the war and never came back. The rest, I expect, have gone to heaven, or somewhere. I don't see them 'round here."
Whatever the merit of the good man's conjectures, his eyes did not deceive him. They are not here. In their place has come this queer conglomerate mass of heterogeneous elements, ever striving and working like whiskey and water in one glass, and with the like result: final union and a prevailing taint of whiskey. The once unwelcome Irishman has been followed in his turn by the Italian, the Russian Jew, and the Chinaman, and has himself taken a hand at opposition, quite as bitter and quite as ineffectual, against these later hordes. Wherever these have gone they have crowded him out, possessing the block, the street, the ward with their denser swarms. But the Irishman's revenge is complete. Victorious in defeat over his recent as over his more ancient foe, the one who opposed his coming no less than the one who drove him out, he dictates to both their politics, and, secure in possession of the offices, returns the native his greeting with interest, while collecting the rents of the Italian whose house he has bought with the profits of his saloon. As a landlord he is picturesquely autocratic. An amusing instance of his methods came under my notice while writing these lines. An inspector of the Health Department found an Italian family paying a man with a Celtic name twenty-five dollars a month for three small rooms in a ramshackle rear tenement—more than twice what they were worth—and expressed his astonishment to the tenant, an ignorant Sicilian laborer. He replied that he had once asked the landlord to reduce the rent, but he would not do it.
"Well! What did he say?" asked the inspector.
"'Damma, man!' he said; 'if you speaka thata way to me, I fira you and your things in the streeta.' "And the frightened Italian paid the rent.
In justice to the Irish landlord it must be said that like an apt pupil he was merely showing forth the result of the schooling he had received, re-enacting, in his own way, the scheme of the tenements. It is only his frankness that shocks. The Irishman does not naturally take kindly to tenement life, though with characteristic versatility he adapts himself to its conditions at once. It does violence, nevertheless, to the best that is in him, and for that very reason of all who come within its sphere soonest corrupts him. The result is a sediment, the product of more than a generation in the city's slums, that, as distinguished from the larger body of his class, justly ranks at the foot of tenement dwellers, the so-called "low Irish."
It is not to be assumed, of course, that the whole body of the population living in the tenements, of which New Yorkers are in the habit of speaking vaguely as "the poor," or even the larger part of it, is to be classed as vicious or as poor in the sense of verging on beggary.
New York's wage-earners have no other place to live, more is the pity. They are truly poor for having no better homes; waxing poorer in purse as the exorbitant rents to which they are tied, as ever was serf to soil, keep rising. The wonder is that they are not all corrupted, and speedily, by their surroundings. If, on the contrary, there be a steady working up, if not out of the slough, the fact is a powerful argument for the optimist's belief that the world is, after all, growing better, not worse, and would go far toward disarming apprehension, were it not for the steadier growth of the sediment of the slums and its constant menace. Such an impulse toward better things there certainly is. The German rag-picker of thirty years ago, quite as low in the scale as his Italian successor, is the thrifty tradesman or prosperous farmer of to-day. (The Sheriff Street Colony of rag-pickers, long since gone, is an instance in point. The thrifty Germans saved up money during years of hard work in squalor and apparently wretched poverty to buy a township in a Western State, and the whole colony moved out there in a body. There need be no doubt about their thriving there.)
The Italian scavenger of our time is fast graduating exclusive control of the corner fruit-stands, while his black-eyed boy monopolizes the boot-blacking industry in which a few years ago he was an intruder. The Irish hod-carrier in the second generation has become a bricklayer, if not the Alderman of his ward, while the Chinese coolie is in almost exclusive possession of the laundry business. The reason is obvious. The poorest immigrant comes here with the purpose and ambition to better himself and, given half a chance might be reasonably expected to make the most of it. To the false plea that he prefers the squalid homes in which his kind are housed there could be no better answer. The truth is, his half chance has too long been wanting, and for the bad result he has been unjustly blamed.
As emigration from east to west follows the latitude, so does the foreign influx in New York distribute itself along certain well-defined lines that waver and break only under the stronger pressure of a more gregarious race or the encroachments of inexorable business. A feeling of dependence upon mutual effort, natural to strangers in a strange land unacquainted with its language and customs, sufficiently accounts for this.
The Irishman is the true cosmopolitan immigrant. All-pervading, he shares his lodging with perfect impartiality with the Italian, the Greek, and the "Dutchman," yielding only to sheer force of numbers, and objects equally to them all. A map of the city, colored to designate nationalities, would show more stripes than on the skin of a zebra, and more colors than any rainbow. The city on such a map would fall into two great halves, green for the Irish prevailing in the West Side tenement districts, and blue for the Germans on the East Side. But intermingled with these ground colors would be an odd variety of tints that would give the whole the appearance of an extraordinary crazy quilt. From down in the Sixth Ward, upon the site of the old Collect Pond that in the days of the fathers drained the hills which are no more, the red of the Italian would be seen forcing its way northward along the line of Mulberry Street to the quarter of the French purple on Bleecker Street and South Fifth Avenue, to lose itself and reappear, after a lapse of miles, in the "Little Italy" of Harlem, east of Second Avenue. Dashes of red, sharply defined, would be seen strung through the Annexed District, northward to the city line. On the West Side the red would be seen overrunning the old Africa of Thompson Street, pushing the black of the negro rapidly uptown, against querulous but unavailing protests, occupying his home, his church, his trade and all, with merciless impartiality. There is a church in Mulberry Street that has stood for two generations as a sort of milestone of these migrations. Built originally for the worship of staid New Yorkers of the "old stock," it was engulfed by the colored tide, when the draft-riots drove the negroes out of reach of Cherry Street and the Five Points. Within the past decade the advance wave of the Italian onset reached it, and today the arms of United Italy adorn its front. The negroes have made a stand at several points along Seventh and Eighth Avenues; but their main body, still pursued by the Italian foe, is on the march yet, and the black mark will be found overshadowing to-day many blocks on the East Side, with One Hundredth Street as the centre, where colonies of them have settled recently.
Hardly less aggressive than the Italian, the Russian and Polish Jew, having overrun the district between Rivington and Division Streets, east of the Bowery, to the point of suffocation, is filling the tenements of the old Seventh Ward to the river front, and disputing with the Italian every foot of available space in the back alleys of Mulberry Street. The two races, differing hopelessly in much, have this in common: they carry their slums with them wherever they go, if allowed to do it. Little Italy already rivals its parent, the "Bend," in foulness. Other nationalities that begin at the bottom make a fresh start when crowded up the ladder. Happily both are manageable, the one by rabbinical, the other by the civil law. Between the dull gray of the Jew, his favorite color, and the Italian red, would be seen squeezed in on the map a sharp streak of yellow, marking the narrow boundaries of Chinatown. Dovetailed in with the German population, the poor but thrifty Bohemian might be picked out by the sombre hue of his life as of his philosophy, struggling against heavy odds in the big human bee-hives of the East Side. Colonies of his people extend northward, with long lapses of space, from below the Cooper Institute more than three miles. The Bohemian is the only foreigner with any considerable representation in the city who counts no wealthy man of his race, none who has not to work hard for a living, or has got beyond the reach of the tenement.
Down near the Battery the West Side emerald would be soiled by a dirty stain, spreading rapidly like a splash of ink on a sheet of blotting paper, headquarters of the Arab tribe, that in a single year has swelled from the original dozen to twelve hundred, intent, every mother's son, on trade and barter. Dots and dashes of color here and there would show where the Finnish sailors worship their djumala (God), the Greek pedlars the ancient name of their race, and the Swiss the goddess of thrift. And so on to the end of the long register, all toiling together in the galling fetters of the tenement. Were the question raised who makes the most of life thus mortgaged, who resists most stubbornly its levelling tendency—knows how to drag even the barracks upward a part of the way at least toward the ideal plane of the home—the palm must be unhesitatingly awarded the Teuton. The Italian and the poor Jew rise only by compulsion. The Chinaman does not rise at all; here, as at home, he simply remains stationary. The Irishman's genius runs to public affairs rather than domestic life; wherever he is mustered in force the saloon is the gorgeous centre of political activity. The German struggles vainly to learn his trick; his Teutonic wit is too heavy, and the political ladder he raises from his saloon usually too short or too clumsy to reach the desired goal. The best part of his life is lived at home, and he makes himself a home independent of the surroundings, giving the lie to the saying, unhappily become a maxim of social truth, that pauperism and drunkenness naturally grow in the tenements. He makes the most of his tenement, and it should be added that whenever and as soon as he can save up money enough, he gets out and never crosses the threshold of one again.
Source: Jacob A. Riis, How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1901; reprint, New York: Dover Publications, 1971), 19–25.


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Overall employment of postsecondary teachers is projected to grow 12 percent from 2021 to 2031, much faster than the average for all occupations. About 132,600 openings for postsecondary teachers are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.Read More
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Fujifilm adds GPS module, geotagging functionality to waterproof Finepix XP30 camera
Remember Fujifilm's Finepix XP10 from... oh, right around seven months ago? Hopefully you're not one to get overly depressed about the rush of progress, because Fujifilm has just outed an update to that very camera that's significantly improved. Following Casio's footsteps on the Exilim EX-H20G, Fuji is introducing the GPS-enabled Finepix XP30 here at CES. The overall size and shape remains similar to the aforementioned XP10, with this point-and-shoot being waterproof, shockproof and freezeproof. What may really entice the argonauts in the crowd is the embedded GPS chip; this will keep tabs of your location and embed your exact coordinates into every picture you take. Once you get back home, just dump 'em into iPhoto or Picasa in order to view photos based on location. Moreover, the GPS Tracking Data function will regularly store location data, and when you get home, you can actually create a map of your travels. Other specifications include a 14 megapixel CCD sensor, 720p movie mode, image stabilization, a 2.7-inch anti-reflective LCD, a reinforced hardened glass lens barrier, a metal, unibody chassis and a riveted front panel. The XP30 should ship next month for $239.95, while a GPS-less sibling (the Finepix XP20; pictured after the break) will ship a month later for $199.99; those looking to accessorize will find an adjustable float strap, protective silicone skin and a neoprene sports case for sale in March for an undisclosed amount.
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"Four-Way Protection" Digital Cameras Combine Style with Durability
Valhalla, N.Y., January 5, 2011 – FUJIFILM North America Corporation today announced the launch of the FinePix XP30, Fujifilm's first rugged digital camera with GPS Geo-tagging functionality. The XP20 is also a new addition to the rugged digital camera series, and offers identical features, except for GPS. As follow up to the highly successful XP10 "Four-Way Protection" digital camera, the new XP20 and XP30 digital cameras take it a step further. Now, they're Waterproof to 16.5ft (5M) and Shockproof to 5 ft (1.5M), and still Freezeproof to 14°F
(-10°C) and Dustproof.
Both the FinePix XP20 and XP30 digital cameras have a 14-MegaPixel CCD sensor, a 2.7" anti-reflective, high-contrast LCD for better viewing in bright sunlight and a high-precision, FUJINON 5x wide angle refractive optical zoom lens (28mm equivalent) with a reinforced hardened glass lens barrier. The ergonomically-designed cameras are housed in a metal uni-body chassis for durability. With a riveted front panel and ergonomic body shape featuring a smart two-tone design, the cameras come in a variety of different colors, making it the perfect camera for an extreme outing or just a relaxing night out on the town. The XP20 comes in black, blue, green and orange, and the XP30 comes in black, green and orange.
"The FinePix XP20 and XP30 take our best-selling XP10 to the next level," said David Troy, director of marketing, Digital Cameras, Electronic Imaging Division, FUJIFILM North America Corporation. "With a sleek design, these active lifestyle cameras give users extreme photographic support. Add in the GPS geo-tagging on the XP30, and you've got the ability to take the camera into virtually any type of environment without worrying about it getting damaged."
GPS Geo-Tagging
Only the FinePix XP30 features GPS Geo-Tagging in a rugged, outdoor model. What's more, the GPS features on the camera not only tell you where you are in the world, but it also offers additional functions that are essential for outdoor shooting. Locations can be displayed either as longitude and latitude or by place name.
The FinePix XP30 has an embedded list featuring approximately half a million places of interest across the globe. When a shot is taken, the image is tagged with location information, enabling you to quickly find shots of a place you've visited. Should users then want to create a photo book of a specific location they can do so using the PhotoBook Assist feature where you can tag images then turn the pages of the book on the camera's rear LCD.
In addition, if you visit a location that you want to return to but can't remember which way to go, the Photo Navigation mode is invaluable. Simply find a shot of the location and the FinePix XP30 will not only tell you how far it is from your current spot, it'll show you the direction you need to travel to get there.
Those wanting to draw up a map of their travels should take advantage of the XP30's GPS Tracking Data function. With this feature, the camera regularly stores location data and, when you return home and download the shots to a PC, this information can be turned into a map illustrated with the pictures you took along the way.
Four-Way Protection
The FinePix XP30 and XP20 are perfect for active families on the go that want a camera they can take anywhere without worrying about its safety. Consumers can drop them, soak them, freeze them, and even cover them in dirt and mud, and these cameras will come out unscathed. Not only are they waterproof up to 16.5 feet, but they're also shockproof up to 5 feet, freezeproof up to 14°F and dustproof. The "life proof" XP30 and XP20 give users total confidence that they can take them wherever they go, whatever they are doing, regardless of the conditions.
Easy Web Upload
Sharing photos online has become an everyday activity for many people, so Fujifilm includes the Facebook/YouTube Automatic Upload feature that makes for quicker and easier modes of posting photos/videos on social networking sites. This feature allows users to identify and tag a photo for Facebook or YouTube upload. Once the camera is connected to a PC and MyFinePix Studio software is launched, all marked photos or movies will upload directly to Facebook or YouTube at the press of a button.
HD Capability
The FinePix XP30 and XP20 also offer stunning movies in 720p with sound at 30 frames per second with one touch ease. Many consumers are happy to enjoy HD movies on their PC, but with the optional HD Player accessory kit, with wireless remote control (HDMI cable not included), families can gather around their home HDTV to enjoy amazingly detailed stills and high resolution movie playback.
Tracking Auto Focus (AF)
Created specifically to capture an action shot, the AF function tracks fast moving subjects so they don't escape from the frame in a blur. Subjects will be tracked automatically for as long as it is kept in the frame and the shutter is half-pressed; when users fully press the shutter button your subject will be in the centre of the photo in perfect focus.
Advanced Image Stabilization
The XP20 and XP30 have a powerful sensor shift Dual Image Stabilization (CIS) system. CIS works as the photo is being taken as it combines a mechanically stabilized sensor with high ISO to combat camera/hand shake and subject movement for improved low light shooting. The result is an expanded range of shooting situations where the cameras can be used without the need of a tripod or other support. With CIS working in the background, you can capture sharp, colorful scenes and portraits underwater or at night.
In addition to these innovations, the cameras are loaded with the following features:
• Motion Panorama Mode: Automatically stitches up to three shots to create a panoramic picture
• Movie Editing Mode and Blog mode: Get creative and add finishing touches to videos and images, among others, you can choose from B&W, Sepia, or you can even add a dynamic lighting effect, all this in-camera.
• Scene Recognition Auto (SR AUTO): This mode intelligently identifies the scene type and necessary shooting conditions to optimize picture perfect potential.
• Face Detection and Automatic Red-eye Removal: To provide perfectly exposed and focused portrait shots, the cameras are fitted with Fujifilm's latest Face Detection technology which is able to track up to 10 faces simultaneously. The system instantly corrects red-eye and then saves both the original and the corrected image file automatically.
• Li-ion rechargeable battery: The long-life rechargeable Li-ion battery with charger (up to 165 shots) allows for extended use without worrying if the camera is going to last for the duration of the trip.
The FinePix XP20 will be available late March 2011 at $199.95, and the FinePix XP30 will be available in mid-February 2011 at $239.95. An accessory kit containing an adjustable float strap, protective silicone skin and a neoprene sports case will be available in March 2011.
NOTE: For complete camera specifications, please go to: http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/


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Patients who see physical therapists spend less time and money
Physical therapists are one of the main providers of care for low back pain patients
It's estimated that about 84% of the population will experience at least one episode of low back pain at some point in their lifetime. Although most cases of low back pain will improve completely within 2-4 weeks, approximately 25% of individuals will go on to have continual episodes of pain and long-term problems. There are several different types of medical professionals that are involved in treating low back pain, but physical therapists are one of the main providers of treatment. When it comes to treating these patients, there is a current set of clinical practice guidelines that have been developed by experts based on the best available research. Though all physical therapists are supposed to be following these guidelines in order to provide the best possible treatment, recent statistics say that only about 30% are actually doing so. Whether or not physical therapists follow these guidelines may have an effect on how much treatment patients have, and how much they spend as a result. Considering the fact that no study has investigated this topic yet, a powerful study called a systematic review was conducted to determine what sort of impact these guidelines have on how patients utilize their healthcare.
Four studies fit the necessary criteria
Researchers searched through four major medical databases for studies on the use of physical therapy for low back pain. They only accepted higher-quality studies that recorded how much patients spent on their treatment and how much care they received overall. This search led to a total of four studies that fit the necessary criteria and were used in this systematic review. The findings of each study were analyzed and compared to one another, and the quality of all studies was also evaluated.
Patients use less overall healthcare when guidelines are followed
The findings of these four studies showed that when physical therapists gave treatment that was in line with current guidelines, patients had less healthcare and spent less overall on their care than those who did not. This was found to be the case due to fewer physical therapy visits, shorter duration of treatment sessions, fewer prescription medications, fewer visits to the doctor and less use of injections and advanced imaging like MRIs. Overall, this saved patients between $300 and $1,300 on the care they received for low back pain. Out of a maximum score of 26 for quality, all studies scored between 19-21, which shows that these findings were based on high-quality studies.
There are a number of reasons some physical therapists do not adhere to current guidelines when treating patients with low back pain, but one point seems clear: those that do save their patients money and time. Patients with low back pain should, therefore, check to see if a physical therapist follows the current clinical practice guidelines for low back pain before making any treatment decisions.
-As reported in the June '16 issue of Physical Therapy
July 14, 2017
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Beef is biggest livestock culprit in global warming
CHICAGO – When it comes to global warming, hamburgers are the Hummers of food, scientists say.
Simply switching from steak to salad could cut as much carbon as leaving the car at home a couple days a week.
That's because beef is such an incredibly inefficient food to produce and cows release so much harmful methane into the atmosphere, said Nathan Pelletier of Dalhousie University in Canada.
Pelletier is one of a growing number of scientists studying the environmental costs of food from field to plate.
By looking at everything from how much grain a cow eats before it is ready for slaughter to the emissions released by manure, they are getting a clearer idea of the true costs of food.
The livestock sector is estimated to account for 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and beef is the biggest culprit.
Even though beef only accounts for 30 percent of meat consumption in the developed world, it's responsible for 78 percent of the emissions, Pelletier said Sunday at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
That's because a single kilogram of beef produces 16 kilograms carbon dioxide equivalent emissions: four times higher than pork and more than ten times as much as a kilogram of poultry, Pelletier said.
If people were to simply switch from beef to chicken, emissions would be cut by 70 percent, Pelletier said.
Another part of the problem is people are eating far more meat than they need to.
"Meat once was a luxury in our diet," Pelletier said. "We used to eat it once a week. Now we eat it every day."
If meat consumption in the developed world was cut from the current level of about 90 kilograms a year to the recommended level of 53 kilograms a year, livestock related emissions would fall by 44 percent.
"Given the projected doubling of (global) meat production by 2050, we're going to have to cut our emissions by half just to maintain current levels," Pelletier said.
"Technical improvements are not going to get us there."
That's why changing the kinds of food people eat is so important, said Chris Weber, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania.
Food is the third largest contributor to the average US household's carbon footprint after driving and utilities, and in Europe – where people drive less and have smaller homes – it has an even greater impact.
"Food is of particular importance to a consumer's impact because it's a daily choice that is, at least in theory, easy to change," Weber said.
"You make your choice every day about what to eat, but once you have a house and a car you're locked into that for a while."
The average US household contributes about five tons of carbon dioxide a year by driving and about 3.5 tons of equivalent emissions with what they eat, he said.
"Switching to no red meat and no dairy products is the equivalent of (cutting out) 8,100 miles driven in a car … that gets 25 miles to the gallon," Weber said in an interview following the symposium.
Buying local meat and produce will not have nearly the same effect, he cautioned.
That's because only five percent of the emissions related to food come from transporting food to market.
"You can have a much bigger impact by shifting just one day a week from meat and dairy to anything else than going local every day of the year," Weber said.
For more information on how to eat a low carbon diet, visit www.eatlowcarbon.org.
[AFP / Expatica]


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"Oprah will be ending her talk show," Harpo spokesman Don Halcombe said Thursday. "She will be speaking about it on tomorrow's live show."
The show will air live from its Chicago, Illinois, studio at 9 a.m. CT (10 a.m. ET), he said. The show will end on September 9, 2011, as its 25th season draws to a close, according to a letter from Harpo Inc. that President Tim Bennett addressed to partners and obtained by CNN affiliate WLS-TV.
"Tomorrow, Oprah will announce live on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that she has decided to end what is arguably one of the most popular, influential and enduring programs in television history," Bennett wrote.The show has been the highest-rated talk show for 23 consecutive seasons, according to the Oprah.com site. It is seen by an estimated 42 million viewers a week in the United States and is broadcast to 145 countries.
The show had its origins in 1984, when Winfrey moved to Chicago to host WLS-TV's morning talk show, "AM Chicago," which became the No. 1 local talk show. The show surpassed ratings for "Donahue" one month after it began, the site said. Within a year, it had expanded to an hour-long format and been renamed "The Oprah Winfrey Show." It entered national syndication in 1986.
In August 2004, Winfrey signed an extension for the show to keep it on the air through 2011.
"I got a call from Oprah, and she told me that she is announcing that next year will be her last year," talk show host Ellen DeGeneres told her audience Thursday. "It will be her 25th year, and she feels like it's time for her to stop.
"I don't think I could be here without her," DeGeneres said. "I think she has blazed a trail. ... She is an amazing woman. She will always be the queen of daytime television. ... She is fantastic, and I love her and I wish her the best. She deserves to rest. She has worked really, really hard."
Over the years, the show has made news on several occasions. In September 2004, for instance, Winfrey began a new season by giving each member of the audience a new car. In May 2005, Tom Cruise caused a sensation when he jumped up and down on Oprah's couch, declaring his love for actress Katie Holmes.
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How will we ever survive when Hostess goes out of business?
They're blaming it on unions, which is another reason to be glad they're going under. I notice that they aren't placing the blame on producing bland, textureless, sugary foods for decades.
I remember growing up on that cheap, tasteless, gooey white bread — but I remember even more vividly that first bite of real whole grain bread with a crisp crackly crust and real flavor. Maybe if they'd tried making a quality product instead of mass-produced glop, they'd still have a business.


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Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee continue to query Sonia Sotomayor about the motivations and meanings behind various statements she's made, but what are the hidden messages behind their interrogations? After the jump, a translation, starring the awful Lindsey Graham.
SEN. GRAHAM: Okay. Now let's talk about you. I like you, by the way, for whatever that matters. (Soft laughter.) Since I may vote for you, that ought to matter to you. (Soft laughter.)
[Translation: Despite your years of experience as a lawyer and judge, what really matters is whether I personally like you.]
One thing that stood out about your record is that when you look at the Almanac of the Federal Judiciary, lawyers anonymously rate judges in terms of temperament, and here's what they said about you: "She's a terror on the bench." "She's temperamental, excitable." "She seems angry." "She's overly aggressive, not very judicial." "She does not have a very good temperament." "She abuses lawyers." "She really lacks judicial temperament." "She believes in an out-of- control — she behaves in an out-of-control manner." "She makes inappropriate outbursts." "She is nasty to lawyers." "She'll attack lawyers for making an argument she does not like." "She can be a bit of a bully."
When you look at the evaluation of the judges on the 2nd Circuit, you stand out like a sore thumb in terms of your temperament. What is your answer to these criticisms?
[Translation: Please respond to anonymous complaints that are not related to any specific statement or decision. After that, can we talk about what it says on the wall in the Second Circuit bathroom?]
JUDGE SOTOMAYOR: I do ask tough questions at oral arguments.
SEN. GRAHAM: Are you the only one that asks tough questions in oral arguments?
JUDGE SOTOMAYOR: No, no, not at all. I can only explain what I'm doing, which is, when I ask lawyers tough questions, it's to give them an opportunity to explain their positions, on both sides, and to persuade me that they're right.
I do know that in the 2nd Circuit, because we only give litigants 10 minutes of oral arguments each, that the processes in the 2nd Circuit are different than in most other circuits across the country, and that some lawyers do find that our court, which is not just me, but our court generally, is described as a "hot bench." It's a term of art lawyers use. It means that they're peppered with questions. Lots of lawyers who are unfamiliar with the process in the 2nd Circuit find that tough bench difficult and challenging.
SEN. GRAHAM: If I may interject, Judge, they find you difficult and challenging, more than your colleagues. And the only reason I mention this is that it stands out when you — you know, there are many positive things about you. And these hearings are designed to talk about the good and the bad. And I never liked appearing before a judge that I thought was a bully. It's hard enough being a lawyer, having your client there to begin with, without the judge just beating you up for no good reason. Do you think you have a temperament problem?
[Translation: I really hate it when someone hounds me with baseless criticisms. That's really mean, don't you agree?]
JUDGE SOTOMAYOR: No, sir. I can only talk about what I know about my relationship with the judges of my court and with the lawyers who appear regularly from our circuit. And I believe that my reputation is such that I ask the hard questions, but I do it evenly for both sides.
SEN. GRAHAM: In fairness to you, there are plenty of statements in the record in support of you as a person, that do not go down this line. But I would just suggest to you, for what it's worth, Judge, as you go forward here, that these statements about you are striking. They're not about your colleagues. You know, the 10-minute rule applies to everybody. And that, you know, obviously, you've accomplished a lot in your life, but maybe these hearings are a time for self-reflection. This is pretty tough stuff that you don't see from — about other judges on the 2nd Circuit.
[Translation: Time for you to go in the corner and think about what you've done.]
I think for a long time a lot of talented women were asked, "Can you type?" And we're trying to get beyond that and improve as a nation. So when it comes to the idea that we should consciously try to include more people in the legal process and the judicial process from different backgrounds, count me in.
[Translation: You know those sexists, back in ancient history? I just want you to know I'm totally better than them.]
But your speeches don't really say that to me. They — along the lines of what Senator Kyl was saying, they kind of represent the idea, "There's a day coming when there'll be more of us women and minorities, and we're going to change the law."
[Translation: I'm thinking Invasion of the Body Snatchers here.]
And what I hope we'll take away from this hearing is they — need to be more women and minorities in the law to make a better America. And the law needs to be there for all of us if and when we need it.
And the one thing that I've tried to impress upon you, through jokes and being serious, is the consequences of these words in the world in which we live in. You know, we're talking about putting you on the Supreme Court and judging your fellow citizens. And one of the things that I need to be assured of is that you understand the world as it pretty much really is.
[Translation: You did know you've been nominated for the Supreme Court, right? Good, just checking.]
And we got a long way to go in this country. And I can't find the quote, but I'll find it here in a moment, the "wise Latino" (sic/Latina) quote. (Pause.) Do you remember it? (Laughter.)
JUDGE SOTOMAYOR: Yes.
SEN. GRAHAM: Okay. Say it to me. Can you recite it from memory?
[Translation: And can you also write it on the board a hundred times, during recess?]
SEN. GRAHAM: I got it.
[Translation: Haha, beat you!]
JUDGE SOTOMAYOR: (Laughs.)
SEN. GRAHAM: All right. "I would hope that a wise Latina woman, with the richness of her experience, would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male."
And the only reason I keep talking about this is that I'm in politics, and you got to watch what you say, because, one, you don't want to offend people you're trying to represent — but do you understand, ma'am, that if I had said anything like that, and my reasoning was that I'm trying to inspire somebody, they would have had my head? Do you understand that?
[Translation: One possible interpretation of this question is that if Graham said he was a wise Latina woman, everyone would think he was insane, and would "have his head" examined. For a more likely, if less amusing translation, see below.]
JUDGE SOTOMAYOR: I do understand how those words could be taken that way, particularly if read in isolation.
SEN. GRAHAM: Well, I don't know how else you could take it. If Lyndsey Graham said that I will make a better senator than X because of — my experience as a Caucasian male makes me better able to represent the people of South Carolina, and my opponent was a minority, it would make national news, and it should.
[Translation: How come minorities get to do things I can't do? It's supposed to be the other way around.]
Having said that, I am not going to judge you by that one statement. I just hope you'll appreciate the world in which we live in, that you can say those things meaning to inspire somebody and still have a chance to get on the Supreme Court. Others could not remotely come close to that statement and survive. Whether that's right or wrong, I think that's a fact.
Does that make sense to you?
[Translation: I'm going to let you get away with it — this time. But remember, as a Latina you have many special privileges that I don't have, like an underprivileged background.]
JUDGE SOTOMAYOR: It does. And I would hope that we come in America to the place where we can look at a statement that could be misunderstood and consider it in the context of the person's life and the work they have done.
SEN. GRAHAM: You know what? If that comes of this hearing, the hearing has been worth it all; that some people deserve a second chance when they misspeak and you would look at the entire life story to determine whether this is an aberration or just a reflection of your real soul. If that comes from this hearing, then we've probably done the country some good.
[Translation: I'm so generous that I'm going to pretend you didn't mean that thing about your background informing your decisions, which obviously no white man would ever allow his background to do. But if we find out you did mean it, young lady, then it's back to the time-out corner for you!]
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Note: Our translators relied on auxiliary material regarding gender bias in evaluating judges, Lindsey Graham's bullying (especially in contrast to his deference at the Alito hearings), and "how [Graham's] world works" in compiling their extremely scientific translations. Also, visit True/Slant for another translation, this one visual.
Sotomayor Hearing Transcript: Graham's Questions [NYT]
Slate's Dialogue On The Sotomayor Hearings [Slate]
Sen. Lindsey Graham Bullies Sotomayor - While Accusing Her Of Being Bully [Talking Points Memo]
Sen. Graham's "Temperament" At Sotomayor's Confirmation Hearings [Feministing]
Let Me Tell You A Thing Or Two [Double X]
Lindsey Graham Vs Sonia Sotomayor [True/Slant]