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Vestas has issued a statement about a potential 117MW order in Jordan, but said it would make no further comment about the project until the deal was conditional.
According to Windpower Intelligence, the only 117MW project in the Jordanian pipeline is the Talifah project in the west of the country and close to the city of the same name. The wind farm was set to receive planning permission last month.
Talifah is being developed by the Jordan Wind Project Consortium and is the largest wind farm in development in the country. In all Jordan is developing 250MW across five projects.
In January, the Jordanian government has launched a pre-qualification process to build, operate and maintain a 65-75MW project in the south of the country as it seeks to resume its wind expansion.
Jordan was one of a number of Middle Eastern countries looking at wind power projects around 2010. However much of this development has been hampered by the events surrounding the Arab Spring.


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Ronald Searle artwork advertising the feature film Blue Murder At St Trinians (1957). From page 3 of the Daily Cinema, 2nd January 1958.
'And this is Rachel-our Head Girl' from the collection at the V&A, London.
Valentines of Dundee
Wilhelm-Busch museum, Hanover
Love strikes at St.Trinian's
signed and dated 'Ronald Searle/1954' (lower right) and inscribed as title 'Love/strikes/St.Trinian's' (lower left) pen and black ink and bodycolour, unframed

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Income tax season starts Jan. 31 for individual taxpayers, and while many taxpayers might not be in a hurry to file their returns, it?s a sure bet that criminals are poised to push the send button and transmit bogus documents.
Using the victim?s Social Security number, they snag a refund before the legitimate taxpayer files.
A 2013 Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report found that while the IRS is stopping more fraudulent returns, it issued an estimated $3.6 billion in potentially bogus 2011 refunds.
The problem of tax-related identity theft continues to grow, along with identity theft overall. Take the recent Target and Neiman Marcus breaches.
?There is nothing a large company can do to completely protect itself,? said Jonathan Bochese, an attorney at Jacksonville, Fla.-based Tax Defense Network, a tax resolution firm. ?There are people out there trying to hack websites. If a database exists, someone can get into it.?
Likewise, although there are measures people can take to keep from becoming a victim of identity theft, there?s no way to completely remove the risk.
What?s a legitimate taxpayer to do? Beat the crooks to it.
?If you file your return as close to opening day as possible, it minimizes the chance the fraudulent return will get there first,? Bochese said. ?The IRS will process the return they get first.?
Bochese said a mailed return can take 10 to 20 days to enter the IRS? system, so e-filing is advised.
If the IRS becomes aware you have been a victim of tax return fraud, it will send you a letter, not an email. The IRS never sends emails, Bochese said.
The IRS has issued six-digit identity protection PINs to taxpayers who have been victimized in past years. This year, the IRS expects to provide more than 1.2 million taxpayers with PINs. For the second tax season in a row, the number of PINs has nearly doubled from the year before. The PIN allows these individuals to avoid delays in filing returns and receiving refunds.
The agency said this month it has ramped up its efforts to combat the problem by assigning more than 3,000 IRS employees to work on identity-theft related issues. In addition, the IRS provides training to more than 35,000 employees who work with taxpayers to recognize identity theft indicators and victims.
From 2011 through November 2013, the IRS reported, it stopped 14.6 million suspicious returns and protected over $50 billion in fraudulent refunds. This year, it?s also increasing both the number and efficiency of the identity theft filters that are used to identify potentially fraudulent returns due to identity theft before it processes a return and releases any refund.
While identity theft is a huge issue that will continue to increase, Bochese?s advice is not to be fearful, but to be aware.
Here are his tips on lowering your risk of becoming a victim of identity theft:
1. Do not carry your Social Security card with you. Keep your Social Security card and any other document with your Social Security number on it in a safe place, like a locked fireproof box or safe. The easiest way to get your identity stolen is through your Social Security number and legal name.
2. Be wary of giving out personal/financial information. Remember, the IRS, banks and other financial institutions will not communicate with you via email. To best protect your identity, do not use your Social Security number online or through email or text.
3. Protect your online accounts. Check for the secure transaction label when making payments online and be aware of any security breaches with regularly used national retailers. In addition, be careful of the information (like birth names, addresses, places of employment, etc.) you show on your social media accounts. Be sure to have a solid firewall, anti-malware software, and to regularly change your passwords.
4. Check your credit report regularly. The best way to stay on top of your identity is through credit reports. Go to AnnualCreditReport.com and get a free report from each of the three credit bureaus once a year.
5. Be proactive. If you suspect someone is using your identity or has your information, contact the IRS using Form 14039 to inform them of the potential issue. This will lock your account and, although it will make it more difficult for you to receive information from the IRS, it may prevent thieves from defrauding you or the government.
?The IRS Identity Protection Specialized Unit is available at 1-800-908-4490.
?Report incidents of identity theft to the Federal Trade Commission.
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Bill Atkinson (the father of MacPaint, among other accomplishments) and expert photographer Michael Reichmann check in from Iceland in the latest Lightroom podcast. George Jardine writes,
These two very accomplished photographers shed some light on the spectacular environment for photography here in Iceland. This podcast was recorded Tuesday, August 1st 2006, in Nesbud, Iceland. Michael and Bill are interviewed as part of a group of 12 photographers that are here to work with the Adobe Lightroom team on Mikkel Aaland's upcoming Lightroom book project.
While listening, you can peruse the great images these guys have been taking. The podcast is available as an MP3 file via George's iDisk (under "0801 Podcast"). It should also be available shortly via this RSS feed, and by searching for "Lightroom" in iTunes.


text: Apple has released a new version of its Xcode development tool in order to patch two critical vulnerabilities in the Git source code management client.The Git vulnerabilities, CVE\u20112016\u20112324 and CVE\u20112016\u20112315, have been known since mid-March and can be exploited when cloning a repository with a specially crafted file structure. This allows attackers to execute malicious code on systems where such cloning operations were initiated.Xcode is an integrated development environment (IDE) used by a large number of developers to write applications for OS X and iOS. It includes a package called the OS X Command Line Tools for Xcode that contains the open-source Git client.The version of Git shipped with the command line tools package has now been updated to 2.7.4. This version was released by the Git developers on March 17, but it took Apple a month and a half to integrate into Xcode.Some systems administrators criticized Apple last month for dragging its feet on importing the upstream patches for such serious flaws. In the absence of a fix, they had to resort to hackery in order to disable Git on Macs in their organizations, potentially breaking workflows.The Command Line Tools package is not installed by default on OS X, but users can install it separately from Xcode itself. Systems who have it installed should receive an update notification through the Mac App Store.


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In the 104th episode of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Scott Andrew to the show to talk about recording.
About Scott: Scott Andrew lives in Seattle, writes songs and plays in bands. He thinks you're pretty cool.
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Miley Cyrus has done a good job of distancing herself from her days on Disney's Hannah Montana — maybe too good a job, in fact. Speaking about her edgy new image in an interview with Notion magazine, the 20-year-old singer says she gets a bad rap as a "ratchet white girl" and insists there's more to her than meets the eye.
"People have this misconception of me that I'm just one of these kids on TV and that now I go off and party and I'm just this ratchet white girl, and I'm not," she laments. "I work really, really hard, I'm just in a different environment."
Cyrus — who has made headlines in recent months for her provocative outfits, love of twerking, and sexed-up music videos — notes that she's just trying to figure out who she is in the context of her fame. "I'm young and living and in L.A., which is everyone's dream, you know," she explains. "I'm living it to the fullest."
"Rather than taking a blessing and making it a curse, it's just like this is what this name is now," she continues. "But I think my name means something — it represents something more than just what the media tries to make of it."
She doesn't specify exactly what that something is, but it's big. "I was thinking about dropping the Cyrus and just being Miley, but there's something powerful about the fact that my name now is like a household name," she tells Notion.
That said, she doesn't want to be boxed in by what her name has represented in the past. "I think people forget what it feels like to be 20," she said in a recent interview with the Associated Press. "People just evolve and that's all that's happened to me. But people think a mad scientist somehow cooked up this potion and turned me into a different human, which it wasn't. All I did was get a haircut and buy some clothes, and everyone thinks that I am made into a robot that changes with what's popular every 10 years."
"I think some people kind of fall off and they end up going crazy because you don't give yourself time to go crazy," said the star, who appears to be back on with fiance Liam Hemsworth. "That's what you're supposed to do; you are 20, you are supposed to be a mess because you haven't figured it out yet, and 10 years from now I am supposed to have it all together."


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♦ → ○ → ■ → woodwoolstool, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.
Inspired by diamonds,
I first make rounds,
which I turn into squares
that ultimately together will form a bright wood&woolstool cover.
(to be continued)
Inspired by diamonds,
I first make rounds,
which I turn into squares
that ultimately together will form a bright wood&woolstool cover.
(to be continued)
Early in the morning I got a surprise from Fermob.
A big box all the way from France.
A while ago I got an email from Emmanuelle of Fermob. Because many of my [fermob] photos were featured on their website and casting campaign, I could simply choose which color Surprising lounger I would like to have.
Well choosing a Fermob color isn't that easy ...
I decided to choose linen.
The chair is now in the living room and the kelim pillow from Marrakech has found it's perfect place.
The industrial design of the chair and the traditional woven pillow are a striking contrast.
Merci beaucoup Fermob!
This was yesterday just before the guests arrived for a dinner at our home.
For the occasion my sweetheart prepared two tajines and some delicious Moroccan salads for his dear colleagues.
It has been a great evening, we had lots of fun and enjoyed the food.
There was plenty, so tonight we eat what's left.
After a few questions about the Moroccan basket on the cabinet, here's a look closer look at the shabby vintage bread basket from Marrakech.
I consider it an [art object] and the vivid colors have inspired me (think woodwoolstool cover...)
On the kitchen table; Cow Parsley (spotted while running and picked on the way back) and the latest issue of Jamie magazine, with delicious recipes from Marrakech!
The arrival of the super sofa in our living room, caused a true cabinet dance throughout the house.
The white cabinet (used to be Minne's changing table once) moved from our attic to the living.
The giant Moroccan tray - we bought years ago - was for a long time in an ungrateful spot.
Now it's back on the cabinet and is so cool with the vintage traditional bread basket we brought from Marrakech (used and a bit shabby). I fell in love with the beautiful harlequin diamonds and the bright colors.
The stool in the corner is my very first wood & wool stool.
What I really like about the 'new spot' in house are all the different patterns together; the tray, the basket, the herringbone floor and the crochet.
A rainy picture of Lammie's shop window.
She changes her shop & shop window almost every week.
The cigale wall vase is from her shop and she has a few for sale.
This afternoon I did a mini photoshoot for her (Etsy) shop.
The cigale wall vase is even more beautiful with a parrot tulip.
[Month] names in English always sounds so beautiful. Like April and June.
When I started making stools, I decided to call the stools after their new owner.
This month I made two stools for April!
Ain't that funny?
The leftovers of pink rose tops at the end of the flower arranging lesson at school,
Pippa simply couldn't throw away and brought them home.
Result; many small pots with roses anywhere in the house (including the bathroom and of course Pippa's bedroom)
"Like Chambres d'Amis", she said.
That's my girl!
Wood & wool stool goes Milano!
Although not to Salone Internazionale del mobile 2012 but very close.
These stools I've made for Emi and you can find them in her new fashion boutique Memèm Via Savona.
Che è cool!
This last Marrakech post is about the delicious traditional Moroccan dishes we have consumed on the Jemee-el-Fna square. Here I am sipping my Harira soup.
The best thing about eating on the square, is that you sit down somewhere for a soup and have the next dish somewhere else. The restaurant stands are great to enjoy the Moroccan kitchen. The atmosphere is unique and we have had lots of food and fun on the square.
Marrakech, what a city! We will certainly return...
Oh and next time it's about wood and wool and stools again.
(the handmade woolen hat I've bought in the souk)
Some things in life are priceless and unforgettable, like the wonderful time with my love chez Ank. Thank you both!
Each room in Chambres d'Amis is decorated quiet & stylish with a few Moroccan details (like the tadelakt walls), but especially with a good sense of humor.
The bathroom of our [chambre 5] is also 'in chambres d'amis style'... Love that plastic string around the towels.
In the middle of the souk suddenly appeared a wool heaven!
I chose a few of my favorite colors to take home.
The neon pink and orange brought a color explosion on the riad balcony.
(note the matching Bougainville)
How can you choose?
I have brought a whole bunch of colored scrubs from the Souk.
A lovely souvenir for home and friends.
Palais de la Bahia is located in the south of the old city of Marrakech.
The beautiful palace of the end of the 19th century has a splendid interior.
You find yourself in a Moorish fairytale. Inside the palace there are about 160 rooms with tile floors in beautiful patterns and some lovely patios.
The garden was a location for some film scenes of Lawrence of Arabia.
Fairy tales do exist.
Chilling in the riad is a true relief after the complete chaos of the city.
Verveine or mint tea?
Here I am sitting, perfectly happy in the tasteful and stylish Moroccan house of my super sweet friend Ank.
The last four nights we stayed in her nextdoor riad Chambres d'Amis in the middle of the Medina.
The riad is an oasis of peace and quiet and indulgence!
Whenever we returned from the city, the square or the souk;
It's amazing to experience the contrast of the crowd, the colors, the scents in the Medina and the complete delight of Chambres d'Amis.


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DDB North America
Tue, 03 May 2016 09:05:16 GMT
Wildlife Conservation Film Festival (WCFF), an organization that supports the protection of global biodiversity, today announced the launch of a new brand created by DDB New York – 'Endangered Love' – that will engage young people on the fight to save endangered species and raise awareness and funds to the cause. This initiative marks the first work for WCFF after appointing DDB New York as its pro bono agency of record in March of this year.
Instead of simply creating a campaign that encourages donations, "Endangered Love" takes a different approach to raising awareness around WCFF's cause. DDB New York created the brand with the simple thought that the most effective way to avoid extinction is having sex.
Via an e-commerce website, the brand has launched an array of merchandise depicting humorous, slightly risqué illustrations of rhinos, pandas, sloths and gorillas procreating Kama Sutra-style for the continuation of their species. Products range from clothes, accessories, original art work and a series of books called "Panda Sutra," "Sloth Sutra," "Rhino Sutra" and "Gorilla Sutra." All proceeds will be directed to the conversation of pandas, sloths, rhinos and gorillas through WCFF.
In addition, the brand is being launched with an online animated music video that parodies the Lonely Island song, "I Just Had Sex," in this case sung by pandas. The two minute long music video shows pandas celebrating the act of procreating in a humorous way.
"Surprisingly enough, it's very difficult to get young people to engage and help out nature conservancy non-profits," explained Icaro Doria, Chief Creative Officer of DDB New York. "Our goal was to raise awareness for species that are going extinct and encourage people to fund a cause that is essential for the future of the planet. So, what better way to grab attention than to provide humor and joy to a serious global issue?"
A series of print ads are also being launched on Vice Magazine and Metro NYC.
"We are so excited about the launch of the 'Endangered Love' brand," said WCFF Founder and Chief Executive Officer Christopher J. Gervais. "We needed to create something both provocative and fun that would compel young people to engage with WCFF and take action. With this animated film and website, we are confident that 'Endangered Love' will have a positive impact on our organization and the cause. Our hope is that by shopping, gifting and sharing, the only thing going extinct will be the missionary position."
DDB New York launched its partnership with WCFF last month with a rebranding, including a new logo and social presence. In addition to producing creative campaigns for the organization, DDB will work with WCFF to encourage attendance to its flagship event in New York City this October.
Genres: Comedy, Animation, Music performance
Categories: Corporate, Social and PSAs, EnvironmentDDB North America, Tue, 03 May 2016 09:05:16 GMT


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Sandwiched between the Vosges to the North and the Alps to the South, the Jura straddle three countries: Germany, Switzerland and France. It is a huge chain of high-plateaux with the highest point at the Crêt de la Neige, 1720 m.
Nordic skiing is possible in Métabief, Monts Jura and Les Rousses, where there is also a (small) downhill ski slope.
The Jura range is perfect for a holiday in medium mountains, far from the bustle and stress of city life. Whether you go hiking, horse riding, cycling or driving, you are spoilt for choice!
Nature is preserved in the Jura, and the scenery is still intact.
But if the summer season is ideal for walking, the long, hard winter – the climate is continental – gently highlights the curves of a landscape accessible to all, young and old, energetic or not.
Nordic skiing enthusiasts will enjoy the sites of Longchaumois, Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux, Mouthe, Les Fourgs, Mijoux, etc. For purists, the Jura massif has the highest number of cross-country skiing trails in France...
- By road, motorways to the east : A5, A36 and A39.
- By train: TGV from Paris and Lille stopping at Dôle, Mouchard, Vallorbe or Bellegarde.
- By plane: Lyon, Basel/Mulhouse and Geneva airports.


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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Time of day
56 comments:
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 4:36 PM
Great mates!ReplyDelete
Hope you get buck all the money you put in that game. Please give us updates every day. For previews post really great work, I see you added a smaller cityes which is great. Hope you add some villages with really tiny streets too.
Can we have a list with the cityes/town aviable in ETS2?
Sunt prea puternice culorile din bord! se vede urat.....Otherwise okReplyDelete
Colors of the board are too strong! see bad...Otherwise ok !ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 4:40 PM
pedestrians please,new villagesReplyDelete
no people no reality in game
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 4:43 PM
Very nice! Looking forward to the release!ReplyDelete
Dutch Portal
Please make all cab trucks moving system as Scania!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 4:50 PM
Great job! Please post next screens with weather system.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 5:04 PM
looks very good.ReplyDelete
but the trailer has no shadow, perhaps you are still working on it, but better to tell you now than when the game is in store ;)
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 5:12 PM
Very,very good. Please upload a picture of the complete map.ReplyDelete
- federico.la.12September 15, 2011 at 5:13 PM
Very nice! Scs make the night really dark please!ReplyDelete
I want see a video where you show the rain. Can you show it? Please!
Please, a few pedestrians.ReplyDelete
From Spain.
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 5:17 PM
Its great work thaks but cellphone is unnesessary thinkReplyDelete
Beautifull! Greatz from the Netherlands/Holland.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 5:39 PM
The screens look indeed promising, keep working on it!ReplyDelete
Picture 1 is just beautiful :)
At the last picture (cab-view)its finally pretty dark outside and interior is nice dark too.
Makes it already 2x more realistic compared to your previous games.
"Can we have a list with the cityes/town aviable in ETS2?"
I agree .. I think we're all pretty curious about it!
So far we've confirmation of 19 cities and there will be 60 in the game :) Can you show or tell us more?! No need for list but small hints can do the job too :)
"Its great work thaks but cellphone is unnesessary think"
So true .. If it would work it could be nice feature in the game :)
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 5:59 PM
great job. the panel is good, and it does not get the phone because it was cool. the lighting is great, the nights have to be dark anyway. want to see images of climate change ... could disseminate images? Thank you.ReplyDelete
Awesome improvement in one of the more troubled aspects of German Truck Sim... Now 22:00 indeed looks like 22:00. Excellent work, and I just love the nighttime lights: street lamps, hotel signs, the Moon - all look perfect. Dani however has right, maybe the dashboard has more HDR than needed, but it really needs just a tiny tweak.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the update! :)
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 6:03 PM
"no need to get the phone because it was cool. the lighting is great. night has to be dark anyway."ReplyDelete
- ETS24EVERSeptember 15, 2011 at 6:09 PM
Wow SCS!!!This is like,Totally Awesome.Well DoneReplyDelete
Beautiful :)ReplyDelete
Why that phone buttons are GLOWING????ReplyDelete
Please don't tell me that dash will glow by it self like in all other(your, SCS) truck games (except Pedal To The Metal)
I follow every post you made on this blog, so far you're doing a great job but if you leave the same bug with glowing dash ill burn whole my SCS truck games collection!
I know the game is not finished but i also know you ;) Please don't leave this bug in ETS2!
You din't made this in PTTM so why to make it now? again....
Good luck SCS!
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 6:38 PM
Wow i would try the game right now out.Will be there BETA and is there Gonna be country Estonia?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 6:57 PM
moons abit too big now D:ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 6:59 PM
I'm reminding you all that 'We are still not done with tweaking the effects, but things look quite promising.'ReplyDelete
Looks fine.ReplyDelete
Go on SCS.
Mods & More www.trucksimulator24.com
nice nice !! :)ReplyDelete
relase game...?
Good work again. Can you also make season change?ReplyDelete
That would be very nice.
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 8:07 PM
ETS 2 Forever :))ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 8:15 PM
WOW im excited it looks a hole lot better than your other games did at night that last pic was fantastic!!!ReplyDelete
What have you done until now its extremely great. Please let optional spoilers and make new models for trailers pleaseReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 8:36 PM
the same old traffic light?? old X-type intersection?? nooo please noo...ReplyDelete
make something new for example as this :
http://best-b2b.com/userimg/592/594-1/led-traffic-light-235.jpg or
very nice guys ... looks very good.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 9:30 PM
Nice effects, really realistic. Please make that moon a bit smaller, and let is cast less light like in real life. Also, too much glare on the dashboard. But I do understand, unlike many people, that these pictures are not finished. But I really like that night are actually dark. And yes, make it so that the gauges only brighten if we turn the lights on, like in real life.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 10:00 PM
Amazing job!!! I would like to see warehouse like this...http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/13743471/502-Advantage-Way-Perryman-MD/ReplyDelete
and ports...http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=bd4617b9bab17ebd7fe612cf6dda940
Kostas from Greece
no words to describe it :)ReplyDelete
Holyy you know what! That is beatiful!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 10:40 PM
WOW SCS SOFTWARE I EURO TRUCK SIMULATOR 2ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 10:44 PM
sorry everyone i wrote the top comment wrongReplyDelete
i was gona say
Very good! This image is MAN amazing, and the interior of the little that I could see, that this very good. And the last image already see a little bit and this great city, much higher than the previous games, is also seen to put more points of rest, like the hotel at the entrance of the city. So to see that you are evolving a lot, by hard work. I only have 11 years but I'm your fan simulators, their games truck. SCS Congratulations!ReplyDelete
Stunningly beautiful. Keep up the splendid work SCS Software team.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 16, 2011 at 3:34 AM
the cell phone is being charged that is why its glowingReplyDelete
This moon is good. You should know that the closer you are to the equator, the moon looks bigger in size. For example in Italy, the moon will be bigger than in Denmark.ReplyDelete
Confuses me, why the windshield of the truck the night is darker than the left side. On the windshield is tinted? I do not like. Let those who want to go with this option is selected toned with an upgrade of his truck in service. I do not want to have my truck with obstacles and recommended options, I do not need. So it was in previous games in the series. Think about it, SCS.ReplyDelete
Also you should pay attention to the lighting effects and possibly adjust them differently, because everything lights burn so equally can not, the lights may not actually be such a blur effect - it looks very cheap and shameful. Plus, car headlights are different, they are arranged in different ways, just different bulbs and accordingly they are differently illuminated.
Yeah! Looks awesome!ReplyDelete
The moon is OK, it's always big immediately after rising. But, it should shrink as it travels across the sky. That's something to discuss, actually.
Looking good indeed. Can't wait to see the end result. (c:ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 16, 2011 at 12:44 PM
How about weather effect such as heatwave, rain, storm, hail, fog or icy morning mountain roads, even snow on those alpine roads?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 16, 2011 at 10:15 PM
thats nice, but please make the night dark, sometimes if the moon shines it is a little bit lighter but at night without moon it must be DARK :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 17, 2011 at 1:01 AM
I cant understand how somebody can do so realistic things like this, but yes SCS can thanks for this :)!ReplyDelete
This truck has a twice rear axes. In game we have the option between one or two axes ?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 17, 2011 at 7:50 AM
nice screens scs!!ReplyDelete
trucks and cargo tamden???ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 17, 2011 at 7:33 PM
I just can say,GOOOOOD JOB, friends, please make the season change, you now, it will be more reallistic.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 18, 2011 at 11:47 AM
i think SCS should add xenon!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 19, 2011 at 10:06 PM
What's going on SCS???ReplyDelete
You are no longer working in a game, but a realistic simulation of truck!
Very Good SCS!!
Just missing the Multiplayer mode!!!
Let's Go SCS!!!!
By JV...
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- AnonymousSeptember 19, 2011 at 11:40 PM
Moon is way to big. Please make night really as night. When weather is cloudy at night and on roads without lanterns and any light make everything look almost pitch black. In real life it is like that. Only head lights show roads and nearby trees, rest is pitch black. This will make driving at night not only realistic but very immersive with extra feel for driving :) Dont leave it to moders, you guys please make night realistic.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 24, 2012 at 7:21 PM
Whers the cables from truck to trailer?ReplyDelete
Please do some on this.
Remember in reallistic is cables, which are channeled from truck to trailer. (cables for air, breaks, lights...)
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Due to some complaints by OB residents, channeled by 10NEWS, San Diego Police have begun to crack down on wayward youth, rampaging across our community.
Here, four officers, two on bikes, are seen handing out citations to a half-dozen young people on the seawall.
Is this the response the community wants?
The photographer thought:
SDPD has responded to the concerns of the people in Ocean Beach who are concerned with the homeless population loitering, selling goods on the sidewalk, letting dogs run wild, unlicensed dogs, aggressive panhandling, drug use and drug sales etc…
Or is this police harassment of an easy target?


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Do we need a Post Office? That is the question I will be asking when I keynote and moderate PostalVision 2020, a one-day conference in Washington on June 15 along with Google's Vint Cerf and other players and experts from the industry.
The answer to this question is probably yes. But I don't think it should be answered until we reconsider the delivery industry from the ground up, seeing what is no longer needed and what the market can provide in the digital age.
My involvement with this project came through a side door. John Callan, who organized it, is a respected consultant and veteran in the industry. He read What Would Google Do? and, I'm glad to say, thought it had lessons for his industry. He came to the book because, at another conference, he heard the head of the UK's Royal Mail ask the question, "What would Google do if it ran the Post Office?" Ruth Goldway, head of the US Postal Regulatory Commission, answered that she thought Google would give everyone a computer and printer (eliminating the cost of delivering now-obsolete correspondence). Callan thought Goldway had read my book. She hadn't. But he did. So he contacted me; I was intrigued with the speculation, and we've been collaborating since.
Since then, I've worked with Callan and company on a project for the USPS Office of the Inspector General. And now I'm honored to be part of the event Callan has called in Washington to ask the big strategic questions about the fate of the Postal Service and the industry.
Who should attend? Obviously people in the delivery industry. So should its customers: retailers that ship directly to customers, Amazon, banks, lawyers, and media companies—including advertising agencies and their clients. Companies that are disrupting the industry should be there. That includes, for example, Facebook, which believes it is redefining and replacing the idea of mail; Google; email companies; new transactional and billing companies; telecoms whose bandwidth replaces trucks; even online media and digital agencies (who should understand what would happen if media and advertising become too expensive to deliver by mail). Entrepreneurs who find opportunity in the disruption of the industry should be there, of course. This includes companies that are rethinking such activities as paying bills and merchandising. Plus, of course, government officials and regulators will need to be there.
I intend to set the tone by proposing some obvious but difficult trends (like these for media), starting with this rule: If it can be digital, it will be digital. Anything that can be delivered by bits will have to be because that costs essentially nothing. That will continue to kill first-class mail and as it declines, its subsidy to the rest of the system disappears, which will raise both prices for customers and losses for the USPS. That trend is already accelerating. The USPS' loss reached $2.6 billion in the first quarter alone, up from $1.9 billion the year before and volume of first-class mail fell by more than 7%. The USPS says it will be insolvent by September.
This is urgent.
Just as I tell newspapers they need to imagine turning off their presses so they discover where their real value lies, I am saying that the delivery industry has to imagine building itself over because it can and must. Or entrepreneurs will. There are countless new efficiencies to take advantage of. We can't afford not to.
Do we still need the Postal Service's guarantee of universal delivery? Likely yes, but it's worth asking whether that obligation to get deliveries to remote outposts should be carried out with offices and trucks owned by the government or through subsidies to private industry. Does the Postal Service have a role to play in and identity (could it be a guarantor?) and security (our mail is protected from warrantless spying but our email so far is not). What are the principles and rights to privacy and security that should govern even private and electronic delivery? What impact does all this have on broadband policy?
There is much to discuss. This is a starting point, to identify the issues, needs, and opportunities and start the discussion around them. I've found the challenge fascinating, more than I'd ever have guessed.
If you are remotely connected with delivering messages, transactions, and goods; if you are the disrupted or the disruptor; if you see the opportunity to invest in the arena, I hope you'll come.


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The very first Goodreads giveaway I won was for a book you may have heard me mention once or twice before: Tighter by Adele Griffin. I had never read any of Adele's books at that point, so I didn't know what to expect. Simply put, I was blown away. I've since read a few more of her books and each one has impacted me in a different way, but all have earned a place on my shelves. My whole experience has been one of those "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE?!!?" moments. So here is a Spotlight List dedicated solely to the awesomeness that is Adele Griffin.
I usually limit my Spotlight Lists to only five books, but Adele has written many more than five. Please check out her full bibliography on her Goodreads page!
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Release Date: May 10, 2011
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 208
Goodreads Page
I had already read The Turn of the Screw, so I had an idea of where this modern retelling was going...or so I thought. Adele pays homage to the chilling original while putting a spin on the tale that is 100% her own. I have to say, as much as I appreciate the original, I love Adele's changes even more. Get ready for a wild ride and a story that will leave you wondering long after the last page has been turned.
Check out the brand new website for Tighter!
Check out my review of Tighter!
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Check out Adele's guest post about Tighter!
The Julian Game
Release Date: August 26, 2010
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Pages: 200
Goodreads Page
I love a good mean girls book, but most of them are funny and never really dig too deep into the painful reality. Adele doesn't shy away from painful truths in this searing and objective look at cyberbullying, the permanence of the Internet age, and the adolescent experience. Don't expect a light, quirky read with this one. DO expect a story that will spark a multitude of discussions and leave you pondering the ramifications of the decisions we make.
Check out The Julian Game website!
Check out my review of The Julian Game!
Check out my cover review of The Julian Game!
Where I Want to Be
Release Date: April 21, 2005
Publisher: J. P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 160
Goodreads Page
You know those books that had such an impact on you that the sight of their cover alone is enough to send you hurtling back to those emotions? Where I Want to Be is one of those books for me. Not my genre, not my kind of book at all, and yet I still loved it. I was so touched by Adele's sensitive and brutally accurate portrayal of loving relationships thrown in turmoil.
Blogger's scheduling post feature always makes me eat my words and my review for WIWtB is one such experience. I had written my review weeks before it was scheduled to publish, and in my review I mentioned never having lost a grandparent I knew. Exactly one day before the review was scheduled to post, I did lose a grandparent. Talk about timing. Yet I am so thankful to have had the experience of reading WIWtB earlier because it has given me great strength and words of wisdom that I have carried with me through my recent losses.
Check out my review of Where I Want to Be!
Picture the Dead
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 262
Goodreads Page
Spooky, spooky! I loved this twisted ghost story! Adele's amazing writing made these scenes jump right off the pages and her keen insight into people led to some really terrific characters. There's this one scene, ooh, and another, oh oh and another...wait, I can't tell you! You'll just have to read it to find out for yourself.
The pictures also perfectly complement the story. There is one in particular that I loved: A photo of Jennie's awful aunt that Jennie has taken a pen to and scratched out the image. I loved it! That one picture took everything Jennie and I both felt about her aunt and summed it up perfectly. Don't you know just the feeling of wanting to scribble over a hated person's visage? The fact that I laughed out loud and clapped my hands in joy when I saw that picture is a testament to how skillfully Adele has crafted this story and the people that inhabit it.
Check out this fantastic behind the scenes video!
Check out the Picture the Dead website!
Check out my review of Picture the Dead!
Release Date: May 1, 2003
Publisher: Hyperion
Pages: 208
Goodreads Page
I haven't read Amandine yet, but I think this is the next Adele Griffin book I'll be reading. I've heard it's very polarizing and I'm curious (but pretty certain) to see which side I'll end up on. Here's the Goodreads description:
From the first moment of their meeting, Delia Blaine is fascinated by Amandine, who never fails to astonish with her bold, thrilling antics. As the games Amandine invents and the lies she tells become cruel and disturbing, Delia begins to fear her new friend. But breaking away from Amandine comes at a cost much greater than Delia ever could have imagined. . . .
Doesn't that sound thrilling and scary? Two things (of many) that Adele does brilliantly are characters and scary, and I have no doubt this will be another tensely emotional ride!
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Young people aged 15 to 17 years in the Netherlands say they have little interest in politics. Once they are entitled to vote when they turn 18, they do start to find politics more interesting. At the same time, young people place a great deal of faith in politicians, more so than the older generations.Read publication
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Slightly over half of Dutch young people between the ages of 15 and 24 occasionally do volunteer work. More than half are also active in associations.Read publication
In 2017, more than half of all children aged 4 to 11 complied with the standards for physical activity as set by the Health Council of the Netherlands. Almost two-thirds were taking part in sports at least once per week.Read publication
In 2017, disrespectful behaviour was encountered relatively most often by women between the ages of 18 and 24 years; 33 percent experienced such behaviour on the street and 22 percent did so in public transport.Read publication
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BANGKOK — Critics on Thursday slammed Thailand's state-owned oil and gas company for its allegedly inefficient response to an oil spill that polluted a popular tourist island, as cleanup operations continued for a sixth day.
About 50,000 liters (13,200 gallons) of crude oil — around the amount contained in 1 1/2 tanker trucks — spilled into the Gulf of Thailand off Samet Island on Saturday morning from a leak in a pipeline operated by PTT Global Chemical Plc., a subsidiary of state-owned PTT Plc.
The spill washed ashore on Samet, a small resort island that each year draws some 1 million tourists due to its pristine beaches and proximity to Bangkok, 140 kilometers (90 miles) to the northwest.
Opposition lawmaker Sathit Pitutecha said Thursday that the operator had failed to plan for such a problem despite previous leaks.
"This is a failure to solve a problem by a company that earns hundreds of billions of baht (billions of dollars) every year, using the country's natural resources," he said during a parliamentary session. "I wouldn't criticize if this was the first time, but it's the fourth time already. Now the people of Rayong (province) have to bear the burden of risk from the industrial sector."
Authorities said Thursday that the oil that blackened the waters off the island had been eliminated, but that some slicks remained onshore.
"We've worked day and night to clean up the bay," PTTGC President Boworn Vongsinudom said from Rayong. "It was supposed to be finished, as we aimed, on the third day, but more oil came in from another spot, so we had to take care of it, too."
Srisuwan Janya, head of the Thailand-based environmental group Stop Global Warming, said the company was neither prepared for the emergency nor frank about the extent of the problem.
"The transfer of crude oil through the pipeline takes place every day, but when an oil spill happens, PTTGC tackled it with unbelievably limited resources," he said. "This shows their solutions are inefficient and not enough."
The company on Sunday had flown in oil spill management experts and a plane from Singapore to get rid of the crude oil, but failed to curb the slicks from spreading.
Environmentalists fear the slow cleanup process will impact the surrounding area.
"It's plain to see that the longer the spill exists, the worse impact it would have on the environment," said Thon Thamrongnawasawat, a marine biologist at Bangkok's Kasetsart University. "But at this point, it is very difficult to estimate the damage the leak has caused to the ecosystem."
PTT is Thailand's largest energy company and one of the biggest listed oil and gas conglomerate in Asia-Pacific.
The incident is the company's fourth major oil spill in Thailand, according to the Energy Ministry.
In 2009, another PTT subsidiary was involved in the Montara oil spill, one of Australia's worst oil disasters, in the Timor Sea off western Australia.


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The late Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill provided a memorable entry for the lexicon of modern phrases when he opined, "All politics is local." The legendary Massachusetts politician was reflecting on the tendency of lawmakers to be most influenced by their local constituency even when voting on matters of national or global importance.
With a bit of paraphrasing, his statement applies equally well to light pollution. As amateur astronomers we are concerned with the "big picture" issues of light pollution and how they affect the public's awareness and appreciation of the night sky. But when it comes to backyard observing, our concerns lie much closer to home. All annoying light pollution is local.
Here's a case in point. We both live on the outskirts of metropolitan Boston. While the city's rampant light pollution affects our entire sky, for me [di Cicco] it is worse toward the east in the direction of the city. But my sky is almost as bright to the south because of a cluster of back-to-back shopping centers straddling a mile or so of roadway only a fifth as far away as downtown Boston. When I'm at the eyepiece of a telescope, however, the lights that really annoy me are those illuminating porches and yards of nearby houses. Indeed, I occasionally suspend my observing when any of these with a direct line of sight are turned on as neighborhood dogs go out to answer nature's final call of the night.
As explained in "Your Home Lighting Guide", there are many approaches that today's homeowners can take to providing safe and effective residential lighting. We tested some of the most commonly chosen options as well as a few that seem particularly "astronomy friendly." Some of the things we discovered surprised us.
All Lights Are Not Created Equal
When it comes to lighting yards and driveways, it's probably a safe bet that the outdoor floodlight fixture is king. These typically hold one or two unshielded bulbs in sockets that can be swiveled to adjust the aim of the lights. Considering their popularity, it's not surprising that store shelves are stocked with bulbs for these fixtures from a variety of manufacturers.
Apart from the obvious differences in wattage and brightness output, some of these bulbs are called floodlights, while others are listed as spotlights. Any thoughts we had that the two terms were simply used interchangeably were dismissed when we found a pair of 90-watt halogen bulbs manufactured by Philips, one labeled "spot," the other "flood." Outwardly the only difference between them is the textured surface on the inside of the bulb's face. We assumed that the spotlight would have a tighter beam and thus be of interest to people trying to control the outward spill from these lights.
While our tests did reveal that the spotlight has a slightly more concentrated overall illumination pattern, the cone of light emerging from the bulb, measured at diameters of equal brightness, is only 12 percent smaller than that of the floodlight. More surprising is that at the center of the beam, the spotlight is actually 40 percent dimmer. Unless these bulbs are mounted side by side, however, it's unlikely that a homeowner will visually note much difference between them, especially when it comes to preventing light spill at large radii from the center of the beam.
Although some of the bulbs we tested projected interesting rings and spikes of light on the ground, the most noteworthy trend involved the level of illumination at increasing distances from the center of the beam. As common sense suggests, the greater an incandescent bulb's wattage, the greater its light output, and the broader its cone of illumination at a given level of brightness. In our test setup we measured the diameter of each bulb's cone of light at a fixed progression of intensities out to a minimum of 0.5 foot-candle. At this level of brightness, which is sufficient to illuminate a yard area adequately in most situations, a 50-watt Sylvania halogen floodlight 7 feet (2.1 meters) above the ground produced a cone of light subtending a 104° angle; a 100-watt General Electric floodlight, 116° and a 150-watt Westinghouse floodlight, 126°.
As mentioned, while the illumination coming from a nearby light fixture is of concern to backyard observers, a direct line of sight to the face of an offending bulb can be far more annoying. In such cases a simple shield can dramatically improve the situation for the observer without significantly affecting the performance of a floodlight for the homeowner. We tried the two shields shown at right.
When correctly oriented, both are very effective at restricting a direct line of sight to a floodlight's front surface, especially when the observer is at a large angle to the beam's centerline. This is often the case for lights in neighboring yards. Cliff Haas's simple sheet-metal shield provided a substantial reduction in the light spreading outward from one side of a floodlight, and this asymmetric pattern gives some control to the homeowner illuminating an area close to the fixture. The clip-on shield created by Susan Harder offered a more uniform reduction of the floodlight's angular coverage. At the 0.5-foot-candle level, it reduced the light cone from the General Electric 100-watt halogen floodlight from 116° to roughly 70°.
It's not unusual to find porches, especially on older homes, illuminated by conventional incandescent bulbs fitted to simple, nonrecessed ceiling sockets. Unlike floodlights, the illumination from these bulbs is not aimed in a particular direction, and as such, any direct line of sight to these bulbs is vexing to observers. In such cases a do-it-yourselfer can often fabricate an effective shield — but important safety issues involving heat must be considered.
For example, we made a seemingly simple shield by removing the top and bottom from a 1-pound coffee can and fitting it around a standard 100-watt incandescent bulb mounted in the temporary ceiling fixture used for our tests. Within minutes there was enough heat buildup to melt a plastic fitting that had remained unscathed during hours of previous tests. Furthermore, insidious heat buildup behind a lighting fixture can be even more dangerous, damaging electrical wiring and creating a potential fire hazard. Any shield near an incandescent bulb needs to have provisions for ventilation and heat dissipation.
Commercial Fixtures
Of the many outdoor lighting fixtures that we encountered while working on this review, several seemed worthy of a closer look. Topping the list is the GlareBuster, since it alone is touted as an astronomy-friendly lighting fixture. Inside the box we found an instruction sheet that offers a mini-lesson on light pollution as well as information promoting the International Dark-Sky Association. The GlareBuster is an extremely effective full-cutoff fixture that accepts a variety of bulbs, from standard incandescents to energy-efficient compact fluorescents.
Another fixture that provides full-cutoff lighting is the Regent RSM100 (mercury-vapor) fixture. This unit can put a lot of light on the ground while suppressing direct lighting at all angles above the fixture. The one we tested is a dusk-to-dawn model controlled by an "electric eye." Be alert: ours came with a 175-watt mercury-vapor bulb by mistake, a lamp that will prove too strong for virtually any homeowner application. We found that it still offered substantial illumination when fitted with its proper 100-watt lamp. One disadvantage of any fixtures using mercury- or sodium-vapor lamps is that they require several minutes after being turned on before providing usable levels of illumination — they are not suited to applications where light is needed "instantly" or for short intervals.
Heath Zenith makes a large assortment of outdoor lighting fixtures. Two that caught our eye feature halogen bulbs and dual-brightness levels controlled by a motion sensor. The Heath Zenith SL-5630 is a wall-mounted unit with a single bulb recessed under a shield that offers a decent amount of vertical cutoff. We removed a small angled reflector from inside the housing (see the accompanying photograph for details). Removing this reflector is easy, since you have to temporarily remove it in the process of installing the light. This reduced much of the stray light emitted to the fixture's sides. In fact, were it not for ribbing molded into the transparent plastic cover, this unit would keep almost all of its light directed toward levels at or below that of the fixture.
The unit is equipped with an electric eye for dusk-to-dawn operation. A few minutes after being turned on, this unit automatically dims but will instantly return to full brightness when the motion detector is triggered. Unlike motion-sensor lights that are either on or off, this one provides accent illumination in the "quiet" mode, which is desirable in many applications such as around doorways and walkways.
Heath Zenith's SL-5597 looks more like a conventional twin-bulb floodlight. It too offers the motion-activated Dual Brite feature. Furthermore, the light will automatically turn on at dusk and off after either preset intervals of three or six hours or when dawn arrives. There is manual override of the automatic features, controlled by toggling the light switch (usually inside a house) that powers the unit. Both lamp heads on this fixture have adjustable shields that are effective at reducing the angle with a direct line of sight to the bulb.
While few of today's lighting fixtures have been designed with astronomy in mind, the conscientious homeowner can find lighting solutions that are more than adequate and, at the same time, friendly to any neighborhood skywatchers.
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The U.S. government is waging an air war in Iraq. "In recent months, the tempo of American bombing seems to have increased," Seymour Hersh reported in the Dec. 5 edition of The New Yorker. "Most of the targets appear to be in the hostile, predominantly Sunni provinces that surround Baghdad and along the Syrian border."
Hersh added: "As yet, neither Congress nor the public has engaged in a significant discussion or debate about the air war."
Here's a big reason why: Major U.S. news outlets are dodging the extent of the Pentagon's bombardment from the air, an avoidance all the more egregious because any drawdown of U.S. troop levels in Iraq is very likely to be accompanied by a step-up of the air war.
So, according to the LexisNexis media database, how often has the phrase "air war" appeared in The New York Times this year with reference to the current U.S. military effort in Iraq?
As of early December, the answer is: Zero.
And how often has the phrase "air war" appeared in The Washington Post in 2005?
The answer: Zero.
And how often has "air war" been printed in Time, the nation's largest-circulation news magazine, this year?
This extreme media avoidance needs to change. Now. Especially because all the recent talk in Washington about withdrawing some U.S. troops from Iraq is setting the stage for the American military to do more of its killing in that country from the air.
The last few weeks have brought a dramatic shift in the national debate over Iraq war policies. On Capitol Hill and in major news outlets, the option of swiftly withdrawing U.S. troops — previously treated as unthinkable by most partisan leaders and media pundits — became part of serious mainstream media conversation.
At least implicitly, news coverage has viewed the number of boots on the ground as the measure of the U.S. war effort in Iraq. And as a consequence, public discussion assumes — incorrectly — that a reduction of American troop levels there will mean a drop in the Pentagon's participation in the carnage.
In fact, beneath the surface of mass-media discourse, there are strong indications that the U.S. military command will intensify its bombardment of Iraq while reducing the presence of American occupying troops before the U.S. congressional elections next fall. With the White House eager to show progress toward U.S. disengagement from Iraq, we should expect enormous media spin to accompany any pullout of troops in 2006.
"The American air war inside Iraq today is perhaps the most significant — and underreported — aspect of the fight against the insurgency," Hersh's New Yorker article observed. The magnitude of the U.S. bombing is a mystery in American media coverage relying on what's spoon-fed by the Pentagon. "The military authorities in Baghdad and Washington do not provide the press with a daily accounting of missions that Air Force, Navy, and Marine units fly or of the tonnage they drop, as was routinely done during the Vietnam War."
Surely the media spinners in the White House are keenly aware that the air war in Iraq has been flying largely beneath the U.S. media's radar — inattention that augurs well for a scenario of reducing U.S. troop levels while stepping up the air war. Hersh's reporting suggests that's in the offing: "A key element of the drawdown plans, not mentioned in the president's public statements, is that the departing American troops will be replaced by American airpower. Quick, deadly strikes by U.S. warplanes are seen as a way to improve dramatically the combat capability of even the weakest Iraqi combat units."
Mainstream news outlets in the United States haven't yet acknowledged a possibility that is both counterintuitive and probable: The U.S. military could end up killing more Iraqi people when there are fewer Americans in Iraq. "Lowering the number of U.S. troops in conjunction with a more violent air war and creation of an Iraqi client military, as some are suggesting, will likely increase the number of Iraqis killed," says Joseph Gerson of the American Friends Service Committee. "This would in effect be 'changing the color of the corpses' in order to make the continuing war more palatable to the U.S. public."
There is a strong precedent for such a politically driven strategy. Midway through 1969, President Richard Nixon announced the start of a "Vietnamization" policy that cut the number of U.S. troops in Vietnam by nearly half a million over a three-year period. But during that time, the tonnage rate of U.S. bombs dropped on Vietnam actually increased.
A similar sequence of events is apt to get underway next year, before the November elections determine which party will control the House and Senate through 2008. Caught between the desire to prevent a military defeat in Iraq and the need to shore up Republican prospects at home in the face of an unpopular war, President Bush is very likely to keep escalating the U.S. air war in Iraq while reducing U.S. troop levels there. And he has good reason to hope that the American news media will continue to evade the air war's horrendous consequences for Iraqi people.


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NASA to launch comms 'nanosats'
Two PhoneSat 1.0 spacecraft use of Nexus One smartphone technology from HTC and Google's Android operating system. The third spacecraft is a beta version of PhoneSat 2.0 built around an updated Samsung Nexus S smartphone running Android OS.
PhoneSat 2.0 includes solar panels to enable long-duration missions and a GPS receiver. It also has magnetorquer coils, electromagnets that interact with Earth's magnetic field, along with reaction wheels used to control satellite orientation in space.
The three satellites will be "inserted into a spring-loaded dispenser attached to the launch vehicle. They're stacked in there like a toaster," said Jim Cockrell, NASA's PhoneSat 1.0 project manager.
The project is designed to make use of commercial electronics technologies as a way to reduce cost. PhoneSat 2.0 uses "Triangular Advanced Solar Cells from Spectrolab (Sylmar, Calif) left over from the manufacturing process for larger solar cells. They cost $250 for a quantity of 100, have a 27 percent conversion efficiency and are small enough to cover the PhoneSat's surface area.
"The PhoneSat project is kind of a technology demonstration effort," said Jasper Wolfe of NASA's Ames Research Center. During the PhoneSat mission, amateur radio operators will be able to download and upload data packets. "One of the other benefits from PhoneSat is inspirational, demonstrating cool, cheap technologies that can inspire a lot of people to get involved in space," Wolfe said. "We want to keep up with all the technologies that are coming out and continually find new applications for technologies from other industries, particularly low-cost industries."
NASA's Andrew Petro added that PhoneSat seeks to leverage commercial tecnologies with "a mix of attributes akin to what spacecraft require. Those are already built into a smart phone, and that's what we're taking advantage of in the PhoneSat Project, which could ultimately lead to very low-cost satellite designs."
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday he was offended by Amnesty International's condemnation of the United States for what it called "serious human rights violations" at Guantanamo Bay.
"For Amnesty International to suggest that somehow the United States is a violator of human rights, I frankly just don't take them seriously," he said in an interview that aired Monday night on CNN's "Larry King Live."
Amnesty International was scathing last week in its criticism of the way the United States has run the detention center at its naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
"We have documented that the U.S. government is a leading purveyor and practitioner of the odious human rights violation," William Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA, said Wednesday.
On its Web site, the London, England-based human rights group says: "As evidence of torture and widespread cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment mounts, it is more urgent than ever that the U.S. government bring the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and any other facilities it is operating outside the USA into full compliance with international law and standards. The only alternative is to close them down."
The vice president said the United States has freed millions of people from oppression.
"I think the fact of the matter is, the United States has done more to advance the cause of freedom, has liberated more people from tyranny over the course of the 20th century and up to the present day than any other nation in the history of the world," he said.
"Just in this administration, we've liberated 50 million people from the Taliban in Afghanistan and from Saddam Hussein in Iraq, two terribly repressive regimes that slaughtered hundreds of thousands of their own people."
Cheney denied American wrongdoing at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, which Amnesty International compared to a "gulag."
"Guantanamo's been operated, I think, in a very sane and sound fashion by the U.S. military. ... I think these people have been well treated, treated humanely and decently," Cheney said. "Occasionally there are allegations of mistreatment.
"But if you trace those back, in nearly every case, it turns out to come from somebody who has been inside and been released ... to their home country and now are peddling lies about how they were treated."
Schulz responded to Cheney's comments: "It doesn't matter whether he takes Amnesty International seriously.
"He doesn't take torture seriously; he doesn't take the Geneva Convention seriously; he doesn't take due process rights seriously; and he doesn't take international law seriously.
"And that is more important than whether he takes Amnesty International seriously."
On Thursday, the commander of the Guantanamo Bay detention center said an investigation had identified five incidents in which the Quran appears to have been mishandled by his personnel.
But Brig. Gen. Jay Hood said he has found "no credible evidence" that personnel at the military prison flushed a Quran in a toilet. (Full story)
On the issue of Iraq, Cheney told King that he believes the insurgency there is "in the last throes." He also predicted the fighting would end before the Bush administration leaves office. (Full story)


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U.S. wireless giant Verizon's declaration it's not interested in entering the Canadian market appears to have dashed consumer hopes for cheaper cellphone rates and left Ottawa seeking a new white knight to inject more competition.
"Verizon is not going to Canada," CEO Lowell McAdam told Bloomberg Monday, adding speculation that it would was "way overblown."
Some analysts had predicted Verizon would take a long, slow approach to any move to buy one or more of the junior Canadian wireless companies that have struggled against the country's big three dominant telecom firms.
If the biggest U.S. telco has abandoned a northern venture – and isn't merely playing a waiting game to gain maximum advantage – it sends the federal government back to the drawing board on how to engineer the the improved competition it has said is required.
"It leaves us back where we started in the swamp with no solution," SFU business and marketing professor Lindsay Meredith said.
The status quo is exactly what Telus, Bell Canada and Rogers want, he said, but a fierce public relations battle waged this summer by the big three and Ottawa means the issue is unlikely to go away.
Nor, Meredith predicted, is public demand for reform and dissatisfaction with high mobile rates.
Up in the air is what happens in an auction of wireless spectrum set for January, which had been dangled by Ottawa as a lure for a new foreign entrant, who presumably would buy a small firm like Wind Mobile or Mobilicity.
"The only scenario that could possibly unbalance things is for somebody with a lot of money to come in and start backing those little guys," Meredith said.
"I'd call Vodafone. I'd keep the heat on."
Vodafone is the British wireless firm that is selling its U.S. interests to Verizon for $130 billion. Verizon's McAdam said the deal wasn't a factor in its decision against coming to Canada.
Industry Minister James Moore has said the federal government's policy will be good for consumers, regardless of whether Verizon comes north.
Meredith said there was no guarantee Verizon – which wouldn't have been able to bundle wireless with home phone or TV services – would have offered the cut-rate prices telco-hating Canadians had dreamed about.
He noted U.S. retailer Target arrived this year, but not with lower U.S. pricing.
But he said Canadians "finally" got a real debate on the issue, crediting Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to push for change.
But he said the "relatively quiet" Harper government didn't push the issue of unfair pricing hard enough and allowed the telecom firms to recover from what had seemed a winning cause for the Tories.
Most resonant for the telcos, he said, were their claims that Verizon price gouges in the U.S. and that it would unfairly tap into Canadian-built infrastructure, while Canadian firms don't have the same access to U.S. networks.
"The telcos were making ground on the issue without even talking about pricing," Meredith said. "The other side did bugger all from a strategic marketing standpoint."


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We wanted to hear from Lotus about why their new lineup appears to contradict Lotus tradition of lightweight sports cars. Instead, Lotus CEO Dany Bahar told us Lotus was making its cars fat because it wants to.
First a little background: We wanted to talk to Lotus. Lotus supposedly wanted to talk to Jalopnik. Yet our first interview was cancelled when we showed up. We came back with another idea: Take a walk around the new Elise and the old Elise with Lotus' chief technical gurus, to show us why the new bulk was necessary.
Every automaker in the world faces pressure to grow their vehicles. A large part of that comes from increasingly tough crash restrictions that require better protection for passengers from all angles. It's a tall order, especially for small cars, and more so for a small manufacturer.
But this is Lotus, the sports car company founded and sustained upon Sir Colin Chapman's axiom "simplify, then add lightness." Lotus owners prize their cars for their lack of weight, allowing them to perform amazing feats of handling on track and street. Yet since the unveiling of the "new" Lotus at the Paris Auto Show last month, with a lineup of five ever-larger cars supposedly launching in 2014, fans have wondered how this new direction comported with Chapman's words for maintaining lightness.
Our plan was to have Lotus walk us around its new Elise and old Elise and show us where weight was added, and how much had been required by safety rules. It was a great opportunity for them to get a message out that Lotus fans have not been forgotten — and that complexity was being added out of necessity, not desire. This time around, Bahar walked out and gave us a tongue-lashing, and completely rejected our premise on face. We caught a snippet of on video:
So, there's your answer, Lotus fans. You heard it here. It's not just regulations; Lotus believes cars have to get heavier because of the thinking that goes into them. That what happens when you spend less time building on Colin Chapman's legacy and more time with the brothers Baldwin.


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According to U.S. Department of Justice legal filings, the defendants used a steganography tool, one that is not available commercially, to conceal their electronic communiques with Russian officials in the so-called SVR, a Russian Federation foreign intelligence body.
Steganography hides text or images within image files or other innocuous-looking files. The alleged spies used steganography to hide messages within digital images on websites: "The software package permits the SVR clandestinely to insert encrypted data into images that are located on publicly-available websites without the data being visible," according to one of the DoJ's legal filings. "The encrypted data can be removed from the image, and then decrypted, using SVR-provided software. Similarly, SVR-provided software can be used to encrypt data, and then clandestinely to embed the data in images on publicly-available websites."
FBI agents discovered the steganography software during their forensics investigations of computer disks they recovered in the Boston, Seattle, and New Jersey residences where some of the suspects lived, according to the legal filings (PDF), which detail how the suspects assimilated themselves in the U.S. in order to glean U.S. secrets, including nuclear weapons research, for Moscow.
To date, forensics and security experts have mostly considered steganography too complex to be much of a mainstream threat. But a study by Purdue University in late 2007 found that some criminals, indeed, were using steganography tools, mainly in child pornography and financial fraud activities. Purdue's preliminary research showed proof that steganography tools were installed on convicted criminals' computers in some cases.
Approximately 800 steganography tools are available online, many of them free and with user-friendly graphical user interfaces. Some security experts have worried that such easily accessible and easy-to-use tools could make it easier for bad guys to hide and move stolen or illicit data or information.
But for the most part, steganography hasn't been considered a serious threat in comparison to other cybercrime activities. James Goldman, professor and associate department head of Purdue's Department of Computer and Information Technology, says he hasn't seen much evidence of steganography use since his previous research, and funding for steganography research has basically dried up. He currently focuses on malware research, in general, including Zbot, which has been known to be distributed by Russian servers, for instance.
"Based on what I have seen from malware research, these people are incredibly adept at taking advantage of our assumptions and blind spots," Goldman says. "To be more specific, it would not surprise me if these adversaries know that we have de-emphasized our interest in steg and therefore making it all the more appealing to them."
James Wingate, director of the steganography analysis & research center at Backbone Security, and a vice president there, says the alleged spies' use of steganography indicates that other undercover groups hiding out in the U.S. are also likely using it for their covert communications. "I think this only serves to highlight the fact that use of digital steg is a much more widespread threat than anyone really knows," he says.
Meanwhile, among the communications decrypted by the FBI in its investigation was one between "Moscow Center" (referred to as "C" in the message) and two of the defendants, which U.S. officials say spells out the suspects' reason for residing in the U.S.: "You were sent to USA for long-term service trip. Your education, bank accounts, car, house etc. -- all these serve one goal: fulfill your main mission, i.e., to search and develop ties in policymaking circles in U.S. and send intels [intelligence reports] to C," the message read.
Law enforcement agents also copied a computer hard drive during a search of a New Jersey residence inhabited by one pair of the suspects, and found in their analysis an address book with links to a number of websites, which had links to other websites as well. They downloaded images from the websites and then analyzed the images, which contained more than 100 text files hidden within them.
The 11 defendants are being charged with conspiracy (PDF) and, in some cases, money-laundering as well. None have been charged with stealing any classified or sensitive information, however.
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Event Report: DBIA Conference and Expo30 Oct, 2006 By: AIA ,H. Edward Goldberg
Design-Build Institute of America program showcases BIM for first time ever
DBIA (Design-Build Institute of America) convened its 2006 Professional Design-Build Conference and Expo at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 18-20. I was there to make a presentation as well as check on the progress of the design-build approach to architecture and construction and check out some new software products.
DBIA is a professional organization founded in 1993 to advocate and advance single-source project delivery within the design and construction community. Design-build, as defined by DBIA, is a method of project delivery that embraces architecture, engineering and construction services under a single contract, integrating the roles of designer and constructor. DBIA members include practitioners from all project phases, as well as public- and private-sector project owners. Among DBIA's directors are prominent executives within the architecture and construction fields.
This year's 14th annual event brought together more than 1,300 participants for a three-day conference. In my presentation, I partnered with Robert Smedley, AIA, of the Onyx Group. Our seminar, part of the BIM (building information modeling) track, discussed the use of Autodesk Revit, and I described my interpretation of BIM, where we are, where we are going, and what jobs will be available in the future.
Each year DBIA determines its conference tracks based on input from members and the industry at large, industry trends and data, and best practices. Planning committee members this year included industry leaders such as William J. Smith, manager of preconstruction for Turner, the second largest U.S. construction company. The conference committee was chaired by Rex Huffman, president of Gibbs and Register.
This year was the first time a BIM track was included in the DBIA national conference program -- evidence that the design-build industry has recognized the productivity benefit of this new technology and its applicability to effective project delivery. Attendees' reception to this track was so great that DBIA reports it is considering a separate BIM conference in the near future.
Don Evans, 2007 DBIA chairman as well as president of CH2M HILL's Civil Infrastructure Division was very excited by a seminar given by Jack Hallman, director of the Worldwide Facilities Group Capitol Projects Infrastructure division of General Motors, Mike Neville of Ghafari Associates, and Alex Ivanikiw of Ideal/ Barton Mallow Construction Company. Evans is very aware of the benefits of BIM and has been a moving force within DBIA to educate its members about the technology. CH2M HILL, which is mostly involved with civil engineering projects, uses Bentley and Autodesk products. General Motors, which won a Bentley Systems BE 2005 award of excellence for its Delta Township Assembly Complex, was awarded the DBIA Design Leadership award for its V6 engine plant project in Flint, Michigan. Using Bentley products and working in 3D, GM was able to complete this 445,000-square-foot project on a 27% faster schedule, with no change orders brought about by interference conditions in the field.
On the Exhibit Floor
During a break at DBIA, I stopped by the exposition hall, which showcased the wares of about 200 vendors. There I found both Bentley Systems and Autodesk. This was not surprising given that DBIA attracts many design-build firms that service the federal government and large design build firms.
Primavera was represented by reseller Evans Tech. Evans featured Primavera's new Contractor program. This value-priced project management program comes in two versions to meet the specific needs of contractors and subcontractors. The standard edition ($495) simplifies schedules for projects that comprise as many as 750 activities. The deluxe edition ($995) manages scheduling more complex projects -- up to 2,000 activities.
It was not surprising to see Tekla's big booth at DBIA. The company is one of the originators of 3D structural modeling and positions its Tekla Structures as the first BIM system to cover the structural design process from conceptual design to detailing, fabrication and construction. Tekla Structures was also the first structural BIM solution to become IFC Certified by the International Alliance for Interoperability. The system can share model and drawing information with all major architectural modeling programs, including Graphisoft Archicad, Autodesk Architectural Desktop and Revit Building, and Bentley Architectural.
Bluebeam showed its Revu PDF product. Revu comes in the standard edition ($149) for AutoCAD LT, Revit, MicroStation and VectorWorks; AutoCAD edition ($199); and SolidWorks edition ($199). A Split View capability lets users display two PDFs (different files or different views of the same file) for comparison purposes -- a very useful feature.
Building Systems Design, or BSD, offers software for cost management, cost engineering, value analysis and specifications development. BSD SpecLink is a software tool to produce detailed construction specifications for commercial, institutional and industrial buildings. BSD CostLink/AE is an estimating program for architects and engineers. It includes RS Means Commercial Cost Models for 75 different building types. These models make possible the generation of detailed cost estimates very early in a project. BSD CostLink/CM is a full-featured estimating program with control over labor and materials costs, subcontractor markups and more.
I'm already looking forward to next year's DBIA conference and expo. Take a look at the group's Web site -- it's well worth your time -- and consider becoming a member.
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Bataille à Seattle
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In 1999, five days rocked the world as tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Seattle in protest of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Environmentalists, consumer advocates, labor unions, students, anarchists and pacifists all converged, bringing attention to how the WTO's laws were affecting democracy around the world. Among them are Django, Sam, Lou and Jay. United in their desire to be heard and to make a difference, for these protesters, this is very personal and the stakes are higher than mere politics. A peaceful demonstration to stop the WTO talks quickly escalates into a full-scale riot and an eventual State of Emergency results. The streets are mayhem, the WTO is paralyzed. Caught in the crossfire are Seattle residents, including its beleaguered mayor, a riot cop on the streets and his pregnant wife. The choices they make will change their lives forever and prove, ultimately, that ordinary people can change the world. ...
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Bill Maher -- Catholics Demand Boycott ... One Priest Joke Too Many
Bill Maher Catholics Demand Boycott One Priest Joke Too Many
The leading Catholic rights group in America wants to organize their own hate campaign -- because they hate the anti-religious hatred they claim Bill Maher spews on his show ... and now it's calling for network execs to kill Bill's show for good.
The Catholic League -- which has had issues with Maher for years -- now say "Real Time with Bill Maher" finally crossed the line after a recent guest went nuts bashing Catholicism.
The guest -- author Dan Savage -- was ragging against a bishop who claimed kids adopted by gay parents have a higher chance of suicide. Savage's retort: "He's confusing children of gay parents with children who are raped by Catholic priests." Dan referred to them as "kiddie-f***ing Catholic priests."
Savage's remarks incensed the org ... so they sent a list of every "anti-Catholic" statement ever mentioned on the show -- going as far back as '98 -- asking every bishop to write Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, urging him to give the show the ax.