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9 Obama Administration Actions Fox News Has Declared Unconstitutional
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In the past four years, Fox News has routinely declared the Obama administration's initiatives unconstitutional, including immigration and deportation policy changes and the Affordable Care Act.
Obama Administration Announced Welfare Waiver Provision...
HHS Announced "Secretary's Willingness To Exercise Her Waiver Authority" On Welfare Program. In a July 12 memo, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it would be changing the process by which states could apply for waivers from certain parts of the federal welfare program known as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, stating that it was doing so to "encourag[e] states to consider new, more effective ways to meet the goals of TANF, particularly helping parents successfully prepare for, find, and retain employment." [HHS.gov, 7/12/12]
...Fox Blasted Decision As "Clearly Illegal"
Charles Krauthammer: Obama Administration Is Acting "Illegally" By Announcing Waiver Provision. On Fox News' Special Report, contributor Charles Krauthammer claimed the Obama administration is "acting, what is essentially illegally, in granting waivers in a bill that does not allow the granting of waivers." [Fox News, Special Report with Bret Baier, 8/7/12, via Media Matters]
Monica Crowley: This Is An "Executive Fiat Move" By Obama. Discussing a Mitt Romney campaign ad that highlighted the waiver provision, contributor Monica Crowley claimed the waivers were an "executive fiat move" by Obama. She then repeated Mitt Romney's assertion that Obama has "once again gone around the Congress, gone around the legislative process to give these waivers." [Fox News, America Live, 8/8/12, via Media Matters]
Dick Morris: Obama Welfare Waiver Provision Is "Clearly Illegal." On Fox & Friends, contributor Dick Morris stated of the provision: "It's clearly illegal. It'll clearly be reversed by the courts, but in the meantime, Obama can indulge his left-wing constituency and they can have a wonderful time celebrating the end of the most successful program over the last 40 years." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 8/8/12, via Media Matters]
Click here to get the facts on the Obama administration's welfare waiver provision
Obama Administration Announced Immigration Policy Change For Young Undocumented Immigrants...
DHS Exercised Prosecutorial Discretion To Allow Young Undocumented Immigrants To Remain In The U.S. In a June 15 press release, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would exercise prosecutorial discretion to grant certain undocumented immigrants the chance to be exempted from deportation and work in the country legally:
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced that effective immediately, certain young people who were brought to the United States as young children, do not present a risk to national security or public safety, and meet several key criteria will be considered for relief from removal from the country or from entering into removal proceedings. Those who demonstrate that they meet the criteria will be eligible to receive deferred action for a period of two years, subject to renewal, and will be eligible to apply for work authorization. [Department of Homeland Security, 6/15/12]
...Fox Likened Obama To Julius Caesar
Bill O'Reilly Likened Obama To Julius Caesar. During an exchange with contributor Juan Williams, host Bill O'Reilly disagreed that the change meant Obama was upholding the immigration law, asking, "Are you kidding me?" O'Reilly went on to say: Obama "said he doesn't like it, so, he, Julius Caesar, is gonna say, no, you don't have to enforce it." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 6/18/12, via Media Matters]
Karl Rove: Obama Is Saying That "We Will Selectively Apply The Laws Of The United States." Contributor Karl Rove claimed that with the change, Obama is saying that "we will selectively apply the laws of the United States" and that "[w]e will exempt a class of people from the statutes. There's no authority, I think, to do that." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 6/18/12, via Media Matters]
Krauthammer: "This Is Out-And-Out Lawlessness" And An "End-Run" Around Congress. Discussing the policy change, Krauthammer claimed it was "out-and-out lawlessness" and not an instance of discretion: "This is a declaration of a whole new set of criteria which is essentially resurrecting the legislation that the Congress has said 'no' to. And I think this is not how you run a constitutional republic. This ought to be in the hands of Congress and it is an end-run." He added: "This is out-and-out lawlessness. This is not how you govern." [Fox News, Special Report, 6/15/12, via Media Matters]
Fox Nation: "Obama Administration Bypasses Congress." A Fox Nation post highlighting the policy change bore the headline, "Obama Administration Bypasses Congress, to Give Immunity, Stop Deporting Younger Illegals":
[Fox Nation, 6/15/12]
Steve Hayes: Obama Made The Policy Change "By Executive Fiat." Contributor Steve Hayes questioned Obama's "process" in making the immigration policy change, asking: "Should the president be doing this by, sort of, executive fiat? I think not." [Fox News, Special Report, 6/15/12, via Media Matters]
Sean Hannity Accused Obama Of Trying To "Rule By Executive Fiat." Discussing the policy change on his radio show, Fox News host Sean Hannity claimed that what Obama "decided here is that he is going to pick and choose and basically rule by executive fiat, ignore the power that is constitutionally given to the United States Congress, and do an end-round around these guys, and basically dictate what is going to happen here." [Premiere Radio Networks, The Sean Hannity Show, 6/15/12, via Media Matters]
Click here for the truth about the Obama administration's immigration policy change
Obama Administration Announced Visa Rule Change For Undocumented Immigrants...
DHS Proposed Reducing Time Required For Undocumented Immigrants With Family In The U.S. To Apply For Legal Visa. DHS proposed a rule change that would reduce the amount of time required for undocumented immigrants who are immediate relatives of American citizens to apply for residency. The change would allow eligible immigrants to obtain a lawful return visa without a long separation from their families. [Federal Register, 4/2/12]
... Fox Called Decision "Unlawful"
Fox Nation: "Obama Granting Illegals 'Unlawful Presence Waivers.' " Fox Nation highlighted the change using the headline, "Obama Granting Illegals 'Unlawful Presence Waivers.' " From Fox Nation:
[Fox Nation, 4/3/12]
Click here for the truth about the Obama administration's decision to keep families together
Obama Administration Announced New Deportation Policy...
Obama Administration Announced Policy To Prioritize The Removal Of Immigrants Who Pose Threat To Public Safety. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director John Morton explained that in allocating limited resources, ICE would prioritize the detention and removal of undocumented immigrants "who pose a danger to national security or a risk to public safety," undocumented immigrants who have recently entered the United States illegally, and undocumented immigrants "who are fugitives or otherwise obstruct immigration controls." [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 3/2/11]
...Fox Accused Obama Of Ruling "By Executive Fiat"
Michelle Malkin: Change Amounted To Passing The DREAM Act "Through Administrative Fiat." Discussing the policy, contributor Michelle Malkin claimed the administration's decision was made to "appease" the "left-wing, open-borders lobby" and that it amounted to passing the DREAM Act "through administrative fiat." [Fox News, America Live, 8/22/11, via Media Matters]
Krauthammer: "That's A Pretty Radical Sort Of In-Your-Face At The Constitutional System." Krauthammer claimed that when Obama "doesn't succeed in Congress, he goes under the radar," explaining that the policy change was an example of this practice. He also stated that the policy was "a pretty radical sort of in-your-face at the constitutional system." [Fox News, Special Report, 8/30/11, via Media Matters]
Gregg Jarrett: "Is [Obama] Breaking His Constitutional Duty?" During a report of the policy change, anchor Gregg Jarrett repeatedly suggested Obama was subverting the Constitution, asking, "Isn't the president duty-bound by the Constitution to enforce the laws duly enacted by Congress?" Jarrett later reiterated: "[I]f the president refuses to enforce the existing law, which was passed by Congress, is he usurping the legislative authority of Congress?" He then again asked: "Is he breaking his Constitutional duty?" [Fox News, Studio B with Shepard Smith, 8/19/11, via Media Matters]
Click here for the truth about the use of prosecutorial discretion
Obama Requested Consolidation Authority From Congress...
Obama Sought Authority From Congress To Consolidate Federal Agencies. As Politico reported, Obama asked Congress "for the power to merge departments and agencies to help streamline government and improve efficiency," which "would allow him to propose agency mergers that would then be subject to an up-or-down vote from Congress within 90 days." Politico added: "Under the terms of the president's proposal, lawmakers would still need to grant the president the the fast-track authority and approve each of his proposals." [Politico, 1/13/12]
...Fox Accused Obama Of "Breaking The Law Of The Land"
Eric Bolling: "Power-Grabber In Chief" Wants "More Executive Power, Scary Power." Discussing Obama's request, host Eric Bolling said that the "power-grabber in chief" wanted "more executive power, scary power." He then asserted that Obama is "usurping Congress for more executive privilege" in seeking the authority to consolidate federal agencies. [Fox News, The Five, 1/13/12, via Media Matters]
Bolling: "He's Breaking The Law Of The Land." Bolling also said that Obama is "breaking the law of the land" by saying he will consolidate federal agencies "no matter what." [Fox News, The Five, 1/13/12, via Media Matters]
Click here for the truth about Obama's request for consolidation authority
Obama Administration Announced Continuing Effort To Focus On Deportation Priorities...
CNN: Following Arizona Supreme Court Ruling, DHS Will Continue To Focus On Deportation Priorities. After the Supreme Court allowed the so-called "show me your papers" provision of Arizona's immigration law to go into effect, DHS announced that federal officials would not respond to every traffic stop at which Arizona authorities claim to have an undocumented immigrant in custody. CNN reported:
[F]ederal officials will not respond to the scene of state or local traffic stops or similar law enforcement encounters to enforce immigration laws unless the individual meets DHS enforcement priorities. To meet those priorities, the individual must be a convicted criminal or a recent border crosser, or must have been removed from the U.S. previously and re-entered unlawfully.
DHS will continue to comply with its legal requirement to verify, by telephone, the individual's immigration status, officials said. [CNN.com, 6/25/12]
...Fox Claimed Obama Was "Thumbing His Nose At The Judiciary Branch"
Hannity: Obama Was "Bypassing Laws That Were Already On The Books." On his Fox News show, Hannity stated of Obama: "He was bypassing Congress, bypassing laws that were already on the books. It seems like he doesn't respect the Constitution in this sense: separation of powers, checks and balances, and these actions today -- seems like he's just basically thumbing his nose at the judiciary branch." [Fox News, Hannity, 6/25/12, via Media Matters]
Krauthammer: "This Is High-Handed And Lawless." After repeatedly accusing the administration of not wanting to enforce immigration law, Krauthammer stated: "This is high-handed and lawless on the part of the administration." [Fox News, Special Report, 6/25/12, via Media Matters]
Greta Van Susteren: Obama Was "Snubb[ing] His Finger A Little Bit At The Full Court." Host Greta Van Susteren claimed that with DHS' decision, Obama "snub[ed] his finger a little bit at the full court because he's saying we're not gonna abide by this." [Fox News, On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, 6/25/12, via Media Matters]
Click here for the truth about the Obama administration's policy on deportation priorities
Obama Named Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Chief In Recess Appointment...
Obama Appointed Richard Cordray As CFPB Director During Senate Recess Of Fewer Than Three Days. The Washington Post reported that Obama recess-appointed Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:
President Obama appointed Richard Cordray as head of a federal consumer watchdog agency on Wednesday, defiantly using his executive authority after the Senate rejected the nomination last month.
Speaking in Cordray's home state of Ohio, where Cordray served as attorney general until losing reelection in 2010, Obama chided Senate Republicans for holding up the nomination since last summer, saying, "I refuse to take 'no' for an answer."
"For almost half a year, Republicans in the Senate have blocked Richard's nomination," refusing to even give him an up or down vote, Obama said. "This is not because Richard is not qualified." Cordray, Obama said, had the support of Democrats, a majority of state attorneys general and a majority of the Senate itself. [The Washington Post, 1/4/12]
...Fox: Obama Appointment "Is Another Unprecedented Power Grab"
Crowley: "This Is Another Unprecedented Power Grab By This President." Discussing the Cordray appointment, Crowley stated: "I think this is another unprecedented power grab by this president." She added: "President Obama has never made a mystery of who he is, what he's intended to do, what his philosophy is. He has told us repeatedly over many months that this is what he was going to do, that he was going to end-run the congress -- Democrats and Republicans alike -- to get his agenda through. Executive fiat, through bureaucracies, recess appointments. This is just one of the many pieces to the puzzle." [Fox News, America Live, 1/4/12, via Media Matters]
FoxNews.com Op-Ed: "Obama's Cordray Appointment Mocks The Constitution." In a FoxNews.com op-ed headlined, "Obama's Cordray Appointment Mocks the Constitution, " Phil Kerpen, vice president for policy at Americans for Prosperity, wrote that Obama "overturn[ed] at least a hundred years of precedent, and bypass[ed] the Constitution's advice and consent requirement." Kerpen accused Obama of not "acting within the confines of the law and the Constitution," and claimed he "adopted a theory of executive power so expansive that a reporter at a recent press conference understandably asked whether the president believes we have a virtual monarchy." [FoxNews.com, 1/4/12]
Click here for the truth about Obama's use of a recess appointment
Obama Administration Decided To Stop Defending Defense of Marriage Act...
AG Eric Holder Announced That Administration Will No Longer Defend Section 3 Of DOMA. In a statement announcing that the administration would no longer defend the constitutionality of a section of the Defense of Marriage Act, Attorney General Eric Holder stated:
After careful consideration, including a review of my recommendation, the President has concluded that given a number of factors, including a documented history of discrimination, classifications based on sexual orientation should be subject to a heightened standard of scrutiny. The President has also concluded that Section 3 of DOMA, as applied to legally married same-sex couples, fails to meet that standard and is therefore unconstitutional. Given that conclusion, the President has instructed the Department not to defend the statute in Windsor and Pedersen, now pending in the Southern District of New York and the District of Connecticut. I concur in this determination. [Department of Justice, Letter to Congressional Leadership, 2/23/2011]
...Fox Called Decision "A Form Of Dictatorship"
Crowley Called DOMA Decision "A Form Of Dictatorship." Discussing the decision, Crowley stated that "the president of the United States doesn't get to decide which laws he likes and which ones he's gonna enforce. He's the chief executive," and added: "The law is on the books, the Defense of Marriage Act. It is his responsibility under the Constitution to enforce that law. Not just to decide, "Well, I don't like that law, so I'm not going to enforce it." That is -- to me, that is a form of dictatorship. That is Mubarak Obama." She continued: "If President Bush had done that, there would be calls for his impeachment. I think this is a very serious story." [Fox News, America Live, 2/23/11, via Media Matters]
Megyn Kelly Suggested DOJ Isn't Doing Its "Job." Host Megyn Kelly stated: "The Department of Justice, however you feel about this law, whether you like this law or you don't like this law, the Department of Justice's job is to defend the laws that are on the books. And it is now saying that pursuant to President Obama's feeling that this law is unconstitutional, and Eric Holder says he agrees, they're just not going to do it. So what happens now?" [Fox News, America Live, 2/23/11, via Equality Matters]
Maggie Gallagher Accused Administration Of Avoiding Constitution. Fox guest and National Organization for Marriage (NOM) co-founder Maggie Gallagher commented: "This is an end run really around our normal constitutional processes and we're going to be seeing a lot more of this by President Obama now that he faces a Republican dominated Congress." [Fox News, America Live, 2/23/11, via Equality Matters]
Lars Larson: "You Can't Even Count The Number Of Things [Obama] Has Done To Act Like A King." Discussing the decision, frequent Fox guest and conservative talk radio host Lars Larson stated: "All Hail, King Obama. Listen, the fact is the president is effectively saying to Americans, I don't need no stinking checks and balances. If I decide the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, I don't need the Supreme Court." He concluded: "You can't even count the number of things this man has done to act like a king." [Fox News, America Live, 7/10/12, via Media Matters]
Click here for the truth about the Obama administration's decision on DOMA
And Fox Repeatedly Cast Health Care Reform As Unconstitutional
Fox Waged Battle To Declare Health Care Reform Unconstitutional. The debate about the constitutionality of health care reform went from the fringes of legal and political opinion to the mainstream, culminating in the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the law. During this time, Fox News was at the forefront, challenging the constitutionality of health care reform and the individual mandate:
- Sarah Palin: "This is unconstitutional."
- Steve Doocy: "We've argued on this program" that the individual mandate is "against the law."
- Mike Huckabee: The government is "forcing people into an unconstitutional system where they're going to have to virtually pay into a private marketplace in order to get full rights of citizenship. It's the equivalent of a poll tax."
- Michelle Malkin: Health care reform is a "wholly unconstitutional mother of all unconstitutional mandates."
- Andrew Napolitano: "The government has no legitimate authority under the constitution or under the natural law to force us to purchase health insurance or to punish us when we don't."
- Kimberly Guilfoyle: "This is something that is unconstitutional."
- David Asman: "We believe Obamacare is unconstitutional. We also believe that the early effects of Obamacare show exactly why it is an affront to the founding principles of the constitution. That folks in government would always be tempted to grab more power they already have." [Media Matters, 6/28/12]
Click here for more on Fox News' battle to declare health care reform unconstitutional
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COLUMBIA, Mo. • Missouri conservation agents are preparing to allow elk hunting in the state beginning in 2016.
The Columbia Missourian reports that state officials expect to issue between 30 and 40 elk hunting permits but not until a herd that now numbers about 100 doubles in size.
The state Department of Conservation reintroduced elk to Missouri in 2010 by trapping about 50 annually in Kentucky and bringing the animals to the Peck Ranch Conservation Area in southeast Missouri for observation. The herd will now grow only through reproduction.
The conservation agency previously expected to allow elk hunting in 2015.
Elk were common in Missouri before European settlement but had been eradicated from the state by the end of the Civil War.


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There's growing tension between the Kamba and Taita ethnic groups following a dispute at the highway township of Mtito Andei. Politicians from Coast Province are exploiting the issue to whip up nationalist sentiment while threatening to secede from the rest of Kenya.
It began as nothing more than a storm in a tea cup, centred around a small highway township by the name of Mtito Andei. For many years, the County Councils of Makueni and Taita Taveta have quarrelled over the provincial border that runs either through or alongside the town.
Taita Taveta County Council puts the border at the Mtito Andei River, which means that Mtito Andei town should be under the jurisdiction of Taita District of Coast Province. On its part, Makueni County Council says the provincial border lies outside the township on the way to Mombasa. Makueni County Council therefore puts Mtito Andei township firmly in Eastern Province.
Taita leaders say that during President Jomo Kenyatta's administration, they used to stand at the Mtito Andei River to welcome the presidential convoy as it drove from Nairobi to Mombasa (See above map). This, they say, is clear evidence that the border between Coast and Eastern lies at the river. The location of the Mtito Andei State Lodge has also added to the controversy.
The root of the dispute between Makueni and Taita Taveta is the collection of revenue from highway businesses at Mtito Andei. The township is located halfway between Nairobi and Mombasa, making it an ideal resting place for truck drivers, tourists and long distance buses. The town's economy is based on restaurants, lodging houses, bars and petrol stations.
At the moment, control of Mtito Andei and its revenues lies with the Makueni County Council. Taita Taveta Council will find it very difficult to argue its case, considering that 95% of Mtito Andei's inhabitants are Kamba and prefer living under Makueni County Council rather than Taita Taveta. Besides, the vast Tsavo National Park has created a huge barrier between Mtito Andei and the rest of Taita District, with the nearest Taita villages located at the Taita Hills almost 100km away.
Early this year, Makueni County Council officials worsened tensions by placing a border sign at the Tsavo River bridge, thereby pushing the provincial boundaries 50 kilometres deep into Coast Province. The border sign has since been defaced by persons believed to be allied to the Taita side.
The border dispute has attracted the attention of politicians at the national scene. Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka was at Mtito Andei recently and called for peace. He did not make any concrete statement over the issue but told the local people to await the government's verdict.
Tourism Minister Najib Balala last week led other legislators from Coast in a scathing attack of the government over this and other issues. Balala claimed that Coast Province had deliberately been left poor and underdeveloped despite contributing to the national economy through the tourism industry and the Port of Mombasa. Balala and his allies accused the government of neglecting the Coastal tribes especially with regards to appointments to top government positions. They pointed at the Mtito Andei dispute as an example of "oppression of the Coast by up-country tribes."
The group vowed to secede Coast Province from the rest of Kenya in order to keep tourism and port funds to develop the region. They said they will start a movement to that effect. Though these are treasonable words, there is little the government can do against Balala without whipping up ethnic animosity. The situation is complicated because Balala and his group are members of Prime Minister Raila Odinga's ODM party.
Balala was close to Raila in the run-up to the 2007 elections, but of late, the two do not see eye-to-eye. Balala has maintained a low profile in the past year as he seethes with anger over what he sees as Raila's betrayal. Balala believes that Raila is sponsoring opponents to challenge him for the Mvita Parliamentary seat in 2012. Balala sees himself as a senior player in Coast politics and has not been happy with Raila's ties to East African Co-operation Minister Amason Kingi Jeffah (MP for Magarini) and Ali Hassan Joho of Kisauni.
Najib Balala is among those mentioned in the Waki Commission of Inquiry into Post Election Violence. He is accused of paying youths Shs300 per day (US$4) to engage in looting and ethnic clashes in Mombasa. It was Balala who made the infamous "we will confine them to Lesotho" remarks against the Kikuyu tribe. By threatening to confine the Kikuyu to a Lesotho-like enclave, Balala was seen as supporting the forceful eviction of the Kikuyu from wherever they had settled, including Coast Province.
The Mtito Andei issue has given Balala a fresh lifeline to revive his waning popularity by doing what he does best: inciting ethnic hatred.
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Graphical Modeling Framework/Versions/GMF 2.1
Graphical Modeling Framework 2.1 New and Noteworthy items
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Export Big Diagrams to Images
Huge diagrams that fail to be exported to a single JPEG, JPG, GIF, PNG or BMP image (Bug 160386), now can be exported to a number of images that combined together will display the image of the whole diagram (or selected editparts). An HTML file is created to view the whole image. The HTML file essentially contains a table, each cell of which is occupied by the appropriate piece of diagram's image (i.e. by the image file corresponding to that particular piece of the diagram). GMF's UI for exporting diagrams to images has been added a checkbox "Export to HTML", which will trigger exporting the diagram as described above.
The result of exporting a huge Geoshape diagram to HTML with the HTML file opened looks as follows:
Label Enhancements in the GMF Runtime
There were a number of usability bugs with the WrapLabel implementation and the TextDirectEditManager. The TextCompartmentEditPart and its helper classes also made assumptions that the figure of a TextCompartmentEditPart was a WrapLabel, making it difficult for clients to use any other label figures.
A new WrappingLabel has been created that uses GEF's Flow Figure classes to perform that text wrapping. The TextCompartmentEditPart and its helper classes have been modified so that there is only a dependency on a new interface, ILabelDelegate, which a client could use with any figure for displaying the label. The TextDirectEditManager has been changed to fix a few bugs and work with an ILabelDelegate.
Existing GMF Runtime clients need not make any code changes to enjoy the benefits of the new WrappingLabel as the existing WrapLabel subclasses the new WrappingLabel. However, it would be wise to test all behavior with text on diagrams to ensure there are no regressions.
A document which discusses the design, gives an overview of the changes made, and provides documentation for the clients on how to use the new WrappingLabel is attached to the bugzilla: Bug 162932
Group/Ungroup Functionality in the GMF Runtime
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Additional Snap to Grid Functionality in the GMF Runtime
The GMF Runtime has extended the use of snap to grid for two existing components.
Arrange All / Arrange Selection
Edit parts selected will now snap to grid at the end of the arrange session, if the snap to grid property is enabled. Bugzilla 119252 A screen shot of a resulting "arrange all" action with snap to grid on is shown below.
Connection Bend Points
Connection bend points will now snap to grid when being dragged by the user, if the snap to grid property is enabled. Bugzilla 194282 A screen shot of a bend point snapped to grid is shown below.
GEF Alignment Feature: Snap To Geometry added in the GMF Runtime
The GMF Runtime now has the capability to allow edit parts to snap to each other. Bugzilla 188974 Snapping to other edit parts inside compartments are also supported. Note however that the edit parts you can snap to are limited to those with the same parent. (e.g: edit parts inside a compartment can only snap to each other) Some screen shots of this new feature is shown below.


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I grew up in South Dakota when George McGovern was in the Senate. I doubt that more than a small minority of South Dakotans had any idea that their Senator was regarded as the most liberal politician in America, the darling of leftists from Hollywood to Manhattan. When he was in South Dakota, all McGovern ever talked about was farm policy. Times have changed, and it is not so easy nowadays to keep the folks at home from knowing about the speeches you give in Washington. This has always been one of Tom Daschle's problems, and he has solved it–so far–by avoiding ideology and running for office on the basis of the money he brings into his home state. This approach, while not pretty, has been effective; yet it is a mean, small-minded strategy crafted for placid times. There has been a lot of speculation in the press and the blogosphere about the causes of Daschle's meltdown, but I think one key element is that he is frustrated, and feels wronged, to find that his small-beer strategy will no longer serve. We no longer live in placid times, and an ability to bring home the federal bacon may not trump his constituents' overriding desire for security and–even more important–for victory over the forces of evil. This "Dakota Poll" from the Sioux Falls Argus Leader highlights Daschle's dilemma. Daschle's constituents support "a United States invasion of Iraq in order to remove Saddam Hussein from power" by better than two to one. President Bush is much more popular than Daschle in South Dakota, and 49% of the men in South Dakota rate Daschle's performance either "fair" or "poor." This is, I believe, the source of the meltdown. If our politics moves from penny-ante graft to great issues of right and wrong, and the survival of our civilization, a small-timer like Daschle will be swept away by the tide. Hence the hysteria that he betrayed on the Senate floor. But childish tantrums will not stem the flow of history.
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This month's Sugar High Friday, which is being hosted by the knowledgeable and prolific Ruth of Once upon a Feast, has a ginger theme. For the event, I decided to make a ginger dessert by the distinguished pastry chef Claudia Fleming. On my recent trip to New York, I hoped to sample some of Claudia's desserts. I knew she had left New York's Gramercy Tavern and Amuse. I did research and found out that she and her husband, chef Gerry Hayden, were in the midst of opening North Fork Table and Inn on Long Island's East End. Because it was not yet open, I searched further and discovered that Fleming and Hayden had designed the menu for the IFC Waverly pub in NYC. On the menu was Claudia's Guinness stout ginger cake. So, I went to the IFC Waverly eagerly in search of her desserts, including the ginger cake. Yet, sadly, I was out of luck. The company that runs the IFC Waverly pub had cancelled her dessert menu, apparently because of cost and a lack of business.
So, here I am making the Claudia Fleming dessert that I didn't have a chance to try. My contribution to Sugar High Friday #19 is Claudia's Guinness stout ginger cake served with her ginger and gingersnap ice creams and a chocolate ginger sauce. It is variations on the theme of ginger and a tribute to Claudia Fleming. The ginger cake has a rich, intense flavour. The ginger ice cream is a pure pleasure—people who admire ginger's spiciness and kick will absolutely love it. The gingersnap ice cream is comfort food, reminiscent of ginger snap cookies and with more complexity than the ginger ice cream.
Claudia's recipes can be found in her sole cookbook, The Last Course. I very much hope that Claudia will put out another pastry book.
Guinness stout ginger cake
1 cup Guinness stout
1 cup molasses
1/2 Tbsp baking soda
3 large eggs
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
3/4 cup grapeseed or vegetable oil
2 cups all purpose flour
2 Tbsp ground ginger
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
1/8 tsp ground cardamom
1 Tbsp grated, peeled fresh gingerroot
1. Pre heat the oven to 350ºF. Butter a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan, line the bottom and sides with parchment, and grease the parchment. Alternatively, butter and flour a 6-cup Bundt pan.
2. In a large saucepan over high heat, combine the stout and molasses and bring to a boil. Turn off the heat and add the baking soda. Allow to sit until the foam dissipates.
3. Meanwhile, in a bowl, whisk together the eggs and both sugars. Whisk in the oil.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, ground ginger, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and cardamom.
5. Combine the stout mixture with the egg mixture, then whisk this liquid into the flour mixture, half at a time. Add the fresh ginger and stir to combine.
6. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for 1 hour, or until the top springs back when gently pressed. Do not open the oven until the gingerbread is almost done or the center may fall slightly. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Ginger ice cream
4 oz peeled fresh gingerroot, roughly chopped (about 1 cup)
3 cups milk
1 cup heavy cream
1 1/4 cups sugar
12 large egg yolks
Pinch of salt
1. In a heavy saucepan, combine the milk, cream, and 1 cup of the sugar and bring to a simmer.
2. Meanwhile, whisk together the egg yolks and the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar.
3. Remove the milk mixture from the heat and add a little to the egg yolk mixture to warm it, whisking constantly to keep the yolks from curdling. Pour the egg yolk mixture into the hot milk mixture, whisking the milk constantly as you pour.
4. Return the custard to the stove and cook it over low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until it thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 5 minutes.
5. Remove from the heat and strain into a bowl. Stir in the crushed peppercorns and the salt. Chill the custard until it is thoroughly cold, at least 4 hours.
6. Strain again and freeze in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Gingersnap ice cream
2 oz peeled fresh gingerroot, sliced (about 16 quarter-size slices)
3 cups milk
1 cup heavy cream
1/3 cup granulated sugar
4 cinnamon sticks
1 Tbsp cracked black peppercorns
1/2 nutmeg crushed
2 cardamom pods, cracked
12 large egg yolks
1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
2 Tbsp dark molasses
Pinch of salt
1. Fill a medium saucepan with water and bring to a boil. Add the ginger and let it blanch for 1 minute. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the ginger to a heavy saucepan. Add the milk, cream, granulated sugar, cinnamon, pepper, nutmeg, and cardamom and bring the mixture to a simmer over medium heat. Turn off the heat and allow the spices to infuse for 20 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, whisk together the egg yolks, brown sugar, and molasses.
3. Return the milk mixture to the heat and bring to a boil. Turn off the heat and add a little of the hot milk to the egg yolk mixture to warm it, whisking constantly to keep the yolks from curdling. Pour the egg yolk mixture into the hot milk mixture, whisking the milk constantly as you pour.
4. Return the custard to the stove and cook it over low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until it thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, stir in the salt and strain the custard through a fine sieve, Chill until thoroughly cold, at least 4 hours.
5. Freeze in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions.
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DOVER — A local man charged in a string of residential break-ins has been indicted in connection with a Dover burglary.
Ryan Feeney could spend up to seven years in prison if convicted of breaking into a home on Abby Sawyer Memorial Highway earlier this year with the help of an accomplice.
Feeney, 36, is also facing multiple burglary charges throughout the area. He has now been linked to alleged crimes in Farmington, Rochester, Dover, Barrington and Lebanon, Maine.
Prosecutors say on March 5, a Dover woman arrived home to find Feeney and 31-year-old Gerald Veilleux, of Lebanon, Maine, inside her residence. The woman told police both men fled when she confronted them, carrying off numerous pieces of jewelry, cash, a cellular phone and a laptop. Feeney and Veilleux allegedly gained entry by smashing open one of the windows on her door.
In July, police received a break in the case after receiving an anonymous tip regarding some of the stolen items. Acting on this information, the Rochester Police Department recovered the laptop stolen in the burglary. Dover detectives were then able to identify Feeney and Veilleux as being involved in the burglary, according to a press release distributed by Dover police after the pair were collared in August.
Veilleux, of 419 Jim Grant Road, Lebanon, was released on $1,000 personal recognizance bail after his arrest. Feeney was being held at the Strafford County House of Corrections.
The arrest came following a slew of court activity involving Feeney earlier this year.
In March, Feeney was indicted on a charge of allegedly burglarizing a Barrington home three days before Christmas. Feeney is accused of entering a Greenhill Road residence in Barrington on Dec. 22, 2011 with the intention of committing a theft.
According to a police affidavit, the Barrington homeowner spotted Feeney fleeing from the premises and began chasing after him, leading Feeney to assault the homeowner.
While Feeney was out on personal recognizance bail for the Barrington burglary charge, he was arrested and charged for burglary on March 11 of this year in connection with three burglaries in Rochester.
Feeney and 45-year-old Jacqueline Meyer were arrested that day after two burglaries on Washington Street and one on Jackson Street were reported.
Feeney allegedly kicked in a Rochester resident's door while the owner was home. After the Washington Street resident yelled at him, Feeney allegedly fled the scene, and was later apprehended when police set up a perimeter in the area.
At that time of the Rochester robberies, Feeney was already out on cash bail for another alleged burglary in Lebanon, Maine, in which he was spotted by a homeowner. He was indicted in May by a grand jury in York, Maine, in connection with that incident.
In June, it was genetic evidence found on lip balm that provided the basis for new criminal charges against Feeney and an accomplice. Police claim Feeney and Meyer allegedly worked together to burglarize a home on Cross Street in Farmington on Jan. 31.
After identifying Meyer as a suspect, they searched her dwelling in Milton and recovered a number of items believed to have been stolen. Among them was lip balm that allegedly contained DNA belonging to the victim of the Farmington burglary.
An indictment is not an indication of guilt. Rather, it signifies that a jury found sufficient evidence to warrant a trial.
Foster's staff writers Oliver Jenkins and Liz Markhlevskaya contributed to this report.
Alleged serial burglar indicted in Strafford County
DOVER — A local man charged in a string of residential break-ins has been indicted in connection with a Dover burglary.


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At the southern edge of Volcano Village on the Bid Island lies an ecological rarity: a lush, 200-year-old patch of native rainforest unspoiled by glory bush, kahili ginger or other alien species that have invaded forest across the Islands. Few such pimeval forests remain, even in nearby Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Fewer still are so accessible.
The Niaulani Forest was once home to the state's Kilauea Ranger Station, which protected it from the ranching and charcoal-making operations that damaged much of the surrounding forest. When Volcano Art Center took over the station in 1997 to build its new headquarters and educational campus, it signed a voenant to preserve the remaining forest. A short easy trail winds through the four-acre tract, and signage highlights the many native plants, from massive 75-foot-tall koa and ohi'a trees to delicate mosses, lichens and tiny ferns covering the trunks in such profusion that every tree is like a little forest in itself.
Every Monday at 9:30a.m. volunteers lead visitors on a free tour of the forest's treasure trove of native plants. Giant hapu'u pulu tree ferns, with their golden "fur" or pulu, grow alongside the rarer hapuu 'i;i, which have stiff, bristly hairs instead of pulu; sometimes towering above both, slender and graceful, are even rarer meu ferns. In their shade grow all types of smaller ferns: shrub-sized 'ama'u, viny uluhe, delicate, foot-tall ho'io. Visitors frequently hear the distincrive whirring of 'apapane wings as the scarlet-colored native birds flit among the ohi'a trees, feeding on their red blossoms.
Amanda Spaur, who coordinates the tours, notes that the forest walk attracts a different kind of visitor, "People are genuinely interested in knowing what Hawaii really is," she says. "It feels like everyone you share it with is gaining from the experience." Those who can't make the Monday tour can still explore the forest with a tour brochure, available in the Volcano Art Center's main building.
Check the Volcano Art Center's website for details.


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Joe Swanberg has long been a director whose films have been more widely talked about than actually seen. He has become controversial for his improvisational style of ultra-low-budget filmmaking, his frank depictions of sexuality and his central position in the oeuvre known as "mumblecore."
Following his first film, "Kissing on the Mouth," in 2005, Swanberg began to really break through with 2007's "Hannah Takes the Stairs" and 2009's "Alexander the Last," examinations of the foibles of self-discovery within the post-collegiate creative class. Swanberg's circles have been a crucible for emerging actors and filmmakers who have gone on to bigger things, including Greta Gerwig, Lena Dunham, Mark and Jay Duplass, Lynn Shelton and Ti West.
Yet rather than using his acclaim to move on to higher-profile projects, Swanberg burrowed deeper into personal exploration. Ultra prolific, a selection of his output from 2011 was released as a four-film boxed set, including the intense psychodramas "Silver Bullets" and "The Zone."
REVIEW: 'Drinking Buddies' raises a pint at friendship
But his latest work, "Drinking Buddies," which opened Friday in Los Angeles, seems to mark a new phase for the filmmaker.
For the first time, he is working with a cast of known names: Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Ron Livingston and Anna Kendrick. The movie, which is also available on video-on-demand, looks like it will be his biggest commercial hit. And after years of essentially growing up in public, often purposefully doing the unexpected, he's made a movie that could be recognized as a romantic comedy.
"I very much was" an angry young man of American independent cinema, conceded Swanberg, who turns 32 Saturday. "It's interesting thinking back on it, I can't remember why, other than I think I sensed that the industry needed to change. It was worth telling real stories about people my own age. And then the thing that happened is in the last decade the industry has changed.
"We mumblecore filmmakers made an impact. These people are now cultural figures. Mark Duplass is a famous actor now and incredibly successful film producer and director. Lena Dunham is an icon at this point. Greta Gerwig is a very famous actor. It worked, whatever thing we were doing."
Set amid the craft beer scene in Chicago (where Swanberg lives with his wife and young son), "Drinking Buddies" maintains the loose process and emotional acuity of his earlier work but hews more or less to the structure of a rom-com. The story revolves around the extended flirtation of Kate (Wilde) and Luke (Johnson), who work together at a small brewery. That she has a boyfriend, Chris (Livingston), and he a girlfriend, Jill (Kendrick), is only one impediment to igniting the obvious spark between them.
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Swanberg got the film going without even a written outline — just a series of emails and phone calls leading to Skype conversations and meetings with his actors.
"He's supremely confident," said Livingston. "He's got the confidence of a guy that's made 17 or 25 movies. Most people who've made 17 or 25 movies are not Joe's age. So he has the confidence of a much older director. Because he's earned it. And there is something reassuring about that. You feel you're in the hands of a filmmaker."
Said Johnson: "Joe sold me on a lot of ideals. And everything he said, from Day One until today, he's backed up."
Working with "Tiny Furniture" producer Alicia Van Couvering and "Beasts of the Southern Wild" cinematographer Ben Richardson, Swanberg for the first time had proper production departments and a crew of more than just a few people. The $60,000 it took to make "Hannah Takes the Stairs" was Swanberg's biggest previous production, making even the modest budget of "Drinking Buddies," made for less than $1 million, exponentially bigger than what he was used to. Wilde, for example, arrived in Chicago thinking she would be sleeping on Swanberg's couch. (Not necessary, as it turned out.)
Swanberg allowed each of the leads to pick the name of their characters, strengthening their sense of personal connection. At an informal news conference for "Drinking Buddies" after its premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, this spring, the actors spoke of their characters not as fictional constructs but as if they were people they knew, with quirky psychology and idiosyncratic motivations to match.
In a more recent interview, Wilde noted that her fiancé, actor Jason Sudeikis (who has a small, uncredited role in the film), encouraged her to work with Swanberg after they watched a number of the director's films together, notably his collaborations with Gerwig, including "Hannah" and "Nights and Weekends."
"I really liked how he approached female characters," said Wilde. "Greta's characters in her films with him were always complex and felt very real to me. I don't think many directors allow for that complexity of a realistic female character. And Joe appreciates that."
"Well, I'm curious about them," said Swanberg of his depictions of female characters. "I know what it's like to be a guy, so stories about guys are not that interesting to me. I get it. I have no idea what it's like to be a woman. Those tend to be the stories I want to tell just because I can learn the most."
The cast responded well to Swanberg's improvisational methods. Wilde's skinny-dipping scene, for example, was her own invention. Johnson, Kendrick and Wilde are genuinely a bit tipsy in a few scenes. A pivotal moment between Kendrick and Livingston wasn't planned in advance and was shot only once, but Swanberg felt they'd captured what the story needed.
"He has a vision and can explain it very clearly," said Kendrick. He "just wants everything to be super chill. It sounds silly, but as opposed to a director over-explaining every frame, it's nice when somebody is very accepting of what the reality is on the day and what you end up finding together."
Swanberg remains extremely busy. He appeared as an actor in the recent release "You're Next" and acted in two films that will premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. He has two final pre-"Buddies" projects awaiting release, "24 Exposures" and "All the Light in the Sky," and is completing "Happy Christmas," starring Kendrick, Dunham, Melanie Lynskey and Mark Webber. Swanberg was recently offered his first for-hire television directing job and just sold a pitch to Fox Searchlight.
Whatever he's doing differently, it seems to be working.
"I'm not afraid to fail. Making a bad movie does not scare me," said Swanberg. "Every mean thing that could be written about me has already been written. I've already been poor for 10 years and made movies that nobody saw. Going back to that doesn't scare me. So I'm at a playful, experimental point right now. What's the worst thing that could happen?"
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EPA, FDA and USDA MYTHS
Myth # 1,
Environmental regulations protect human health and the environment
A Short History Lesson,
For the most part Federal Laws such as the Solid Waste Act are intended to protect public health and the environment from
sewage sludge (a solid waste) that is a hazardous waste if it contains chemicals or disease causing organisms that could cause
illness or death. Congress has determined that land disposal facilities are not capable of containing hazardous waste and that
landfill and surface disposal should be the least favored method of disposal. EPA has determined in its regulation that disposal
on private land is the most favored disposal method even though it finds that the pollutants in sludge could cause death, disease,
cancer and other assorted health effects (503.9(t)). To further put the public and environment at risk, EPA has help create a myth
that Biosolids is something other than sludge and can be safely sold as an unlabeled fertilizer or soil amendment.
No risk
assessment was included for chemicals, disease causing organisms or cancer causing heavy metals.
Composted Sewage Sludge (biosolids) is a Safe and Sustainable Organic Soil Amendment!
A Short History Lesson,
Genotoxic Contaminated Compost from EPA to Your Lawn and Garden
Sewage sludge compost is a biologically active solid waste composed of biofilms that include active and inactive bacteria, viruses,
worms parasites as well as chemicals and the residue of treated sewage which includes nutrients and moisture (biosolids). The
heat of composting removes moisture which dries (desiccates) bacteria causing them to go inactive (dormant). Studies have
shown that bacteria may be reactivated up to one year after composting with the addition of moisture. Composted Class A sludge
may also contain elevated levels of heavy toxic metals that would prevent it from being disposed of in a Part 503 surface disposal
site. You may be exposed to unknown levels of chemicals, metals, and disease causing organisms which also may be taken up in
Coliforms Are Non-pathogenic Indicators of Sewage Fecal Pollution in Food, Water and Sludge
A short History Lesson,
Disease Causing Organisms in Your Food and Water Courtesy of EPA, FDA and USDA
For several years, I have wondered about the public claims by experts that:
1) the presence of coliform only indicate the possibility that disease causing
organisms may be present in food or water;
2) fecal coliform is a better indication of animal and human fecal contamination; and
3) the presence of E. coli confirmed animal and human fecal contamination.
My research has lead me to confirm, based on biology text books, studies, and government
documents, that the experts have either been lying to us or have no idea that the claims
are based on 30 primary pathogenic members of the Enterobacteriacea family. Bacteriologists
have split the Enterobacteriacea family into three groups based on temperature:
1) E.coli is the primary member with optimum growth at 37°C (98.6°F);
2) those that have optimum growth at 35°C (95°F) are called coliform:
3) those with thermotolerant (heat resistant) genes that only show some minor biological
activity at 44.5-46°C (114.8°F) are called fecal coliform
Myth # 4,
The Spread of Antibiotic Resistance is Caused by the Over Use of Drugs by Doctors and in
Agriculture. A Short History Lesson,
We have been creating a perfect storm of new intergeneric antibiotic resistant microorganisms in the environment over the past
thirty years, or as EPA described them, new chemical substances. There are so many genetically modified organisms, both natural
and engineered, that have become pathogens as well as antibiotic resistant that doctors have no idea what they are treating in
many cases. Even well equipped laboratories may not be able to readily identify the specific strain of bacteria.
Apparently, few realize that antibiotics are produced by soil organisms and resistance has always been a natural phenomenon
among plant and soil bacteria. Drugs prescribed by doctors have only contributed a minor portion of the spreading drug and
antibiotic resistance problem. Another contributing factor is the use of antiseptic and disinfectants which also create resistant
bacterial strains. That market is currently at 3.8 billion, but expected to reach $7.1 billion in 2016, because of claims that
antiseptics and disinfectants kill 99.99% of the exposed bacteria. Genetic engineering of chimera bacteria that could not naturally
exist in nature is a major contributing factor. The final step is mixing the medical and laboratory resistant strains with chemicals
and metals resistant strains in sewage treatment plants where they are exposed to disinfectants such as chlorine and UV radiation
creating additionally more virulent chimera bacteria which are released in "treated" sewage effluents and sludge. Agricultural use
of drugs and antibiotics in animals has been a reaction to the spreading of human and animal pathogenic bacteria in the
environment through the disposal of contaminated sewage effluent for irrigation and sewage sludge as a fertilizer on grazing land,
crop land as well as on orchards and gardens
Myth # 5 "there is no evidence that we have failed to protect the public health and environment"
A short history:
Coliforms: Dangerous Biological Bioterrorism Agents
This paper examines thirty dangerous coli-like-forms of biological bioterrorism agents called coliforms
and the claim that they indicate that food and water might be contaminated with fecal pathogens? State
and federal agencies have a rather strange way of explaining away problems they cause by allowing the
spreading of dangerous biological bioterrorism agents in our environment. Coliforms, or as Colorado
Environmental Protection Specialist, Wesley Carr, calls them, fecal pathogens, are used to indicate
pathogens such as Listeria in water or sewage sludge (aka biosolids) used on fruits and vegetables.
Federal Food and Drug expert, Jim Gorney, thinks the Colorado cantaloupe out break was caused by a
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Thanks Miles for your clarification. I don't want to be involved in some kind of war because the time. I just want to know the truth. Anyway, I don't like politicians at all because 90% of them are dirty! Somebody told me that I will regret for my words. I'm responsible for what I say. Maybe, with this facts written by you Miles anybody could understand exactly how the things are in reality. I have to tell you a short story which is 100% real. The secretary of the Municipal Radioclub Station from Bucharest is a "hamradio" and of course he has a radioamateur licence. The fact is that he never make any radio contacts or any other activities related to Hamradio! Just "papers and money"...I have nothing personal with this man because is a good one! This is a fact and it isn't the single one unfortunately. You could say that this is because is Romania("the 3rd world" etc.)but I'm sure that is not true! Just take a minute and think about that! We have a hobby not a job named hamradio! You, the Americans should know this better than we know! Keep going the good work and in the first plan be open to the dialogue. Thanks Miles, YO3FFF Hamradio name: Cristi > -----Original Message----- > From: Miles Mann [SMTP:email@example.com] > Sent: 20 January 1999 20:03 > To: email@example.com > Cc: email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com > Subject: [amsat-bb] How to fix ISS > > How to fix the ISS Amateur Radio Management problem. > > There are currently 5 major players in the Amateur Radio ISS program. > They are: > > Energia > Responsible for providing all 6 physical Amateur Radio antenna ports > and for building approximately 50% of the ISS > > Marex-Russia > Engineers at Energia responsible for managing and testing all Mir and > Russian ISS amateur radio experiments > > NASA > Responsible for building approximately 50% of the ISS. > Note: There are No amateur Radio Antenna ports on the American side of > ISS. > > ARISS > A group of clubs, mostly made up of AMSAT Division and AMSAT controlled > clubs. > > MAREX-North America > Responsible for making the Mir Amateur Radio Satellite project the most > popular Amateur > Radio Satellite in the world. More popular and successful than all other > Amateur Radio satellites > ever flown. > > One of the original goals for ARISS was to have one unified voice in > selecting and managing all of the Amateur Radio projects for ISS. It is a > big and complicated task to get everyone to agree on most topics. I am > all > infavor on a unified plan. > However, even if MAREX-NA did not exist, the International Space Station > would still be split right > down the middle for Amateur Radio Projects. > Energia is retaining full jurisdiction on all aspects of the Russian ISS > modules, including full jurisdiction > on all 6 amateur radio ports located on the Russian modules. > The Energia MAREX-Russia division will specifically be the team > responsible > for the final approval for all projects using the 6 antenna ports. > Part of the reason Energia is retaining jurisdiction and control of the > amateur radio projects on ISS is because > of the actions of ARISS over the past three years. > > ARISS had the arrogance to declare they had jurisdiction over the Russian > Space Station Amateur Radio projects and actively lobbied Energia to > cancel > any Non AMSAT-NA approved Amateur Radio projects. > > During the second ARISS meeting in June 98, ARISS forgot to invite the > representative of Energia to participate > in the ARISS meetings. Finally they realized their mistake at the last > minute and had a limited telecon with Energia during one meeting. It is > because of these and other problems with ARISS, that Energia and other > have deiced that ARISS is not suited to be the one group in control of > ISS. > > ARISS (SAREX) went out of their way to block independent clubs from > submitting project proposals for ISS. > > Because of these actions, Energia reserves the right to still select > Amateur Radio experiment which have not been approved by ARISS. Projects > can be submitted directly to Energia for consideration. > > Splitting ISS will just lead to more problems. We need to either fix > ARISS > or find a better management > structure which will acceptable to both NASA and Energia, and at the same > time service the needs > of the world. > > I have two suggestions: > > 1. Change the existing management structure of ARISS to shift the voting > authority away from > the corporate environment over to the general public. The majority of the > existing voting power is centered around one corporation. This gives the > one company too much power, which based on past experience > has been used to squash any contributions by independant clubs. > Disturbing > the Management across many independent and impartial organization will > improve the world wide service. > > 2. University base Management team for ISS. > A University based management structure, I believe will work much better > than the existing ARISS structure. > It will be the University's job to present a final project selection to > NASA and Energia for review. > Projects will be selected based on their world wide Education potential > for > a project. > For now, lets temporary give a University managed ISS Amateur Radio > program > a name, MAREX-International. > > Goals for MAREX-International > > Unified Management > One team, interfacing with both NASA and Energia > > Large selection of Educational Project for world wide access. > All 16+ Nations which have contributed to ISS will be given > invitations to submit or assist > in chosen projects. Additional invitations will be issued to the > many clubs and groups which > have had previous success in Amateur Radio Satellite experiments. > > Projects covering multiple skill levels (from beginners to advances users, > in simultaneous operations) > 2-meter 1200 baud mono band packet (Still level 1, Beginner) > 70 cm Voice Repeaters (Skill level 2) > 70 cm 9600 baud mono band packet (Still level 3, > intermediate) > Compressed Digital Video (h.323) (Still Level 5, Advanced) > > Fair and Impartial project selection > The project select will be as fair as possible. No one company will > dominate ISS > > Encourage project development among many clubs, schools and other > universities. > Linking many projects to the WEB will allow Non licensed users to > participate in many projects. > (SSTV and telemetry down links are samples of projects which do not > require a license) > > > I have already been in touch with Energia on this topic and have contacted > a few reputable Universities. > I believe that the public will accept this compromise. > I also believe that both NASA and Energia will also accept an independent > Amateur Radio ISS management > structure. > There will still be plenty of work for Amsat and its Divisions and other > clubs. Everyone will win from and Independent management team. > > I am interested in hearing your constructive views on this proposal. > > Sincerely > > Miles Mann WF1F > > ---- > Via the amsat-bb mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA. > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to firstname.lastname@example.com ---- Via the sarex mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe sarex" to email@example.com
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A winner was selected from 87 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
We are an Eyewear website http://www.pretavoir.co.uk based in Glasgow Scotland, UK. The brand was coined from french words to give a sophistication and standout from the other eyewear stores which have more downmarket names eg glassesdirect, spex4less, etc. Inspiration was taken from the french phrase 'pret a porter' meaning ready to wear. Our brand 'pretavoir' means ready to see. Although not necessarily a search engine friendly name we have received good feedback in our first 9 months. We would now like to have a stationery set designed including usual letterheads, compliment slips and business cards. We are quite happy with current logo, however are open minded about a change. Please note we will give constructive feedback and work with you to give you the best chance of winning and providing us with the best design. We would also like the option of having a full colour reverse to the letterhead, perhaps a pattern? I quite like the idea of op art pattern such as made popular by Bridget Riley eg 'To a Summer's Day'. I also would like to have an icon or logo which we can use on the site or on packaging without having to use the brand name. It is important than prospective designs are in keeping with the quality of the brands carried such as Chanel and Prada. I am sure you are all capable of good taste!
I look forward to seeing your designs. (Winning design also gets £100 voucher!)
Our target market is mainly female 25-50, affluent, educated. However the site is to remain neutral as we dont wish to alienate our male customers.
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Business card
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Telephone: 0141 237 7375
Web: http://www.pretavoir.co.uk
Icon and/or reworking of current logo
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AT&T has said it's exploring the possibility on whether or not to support Microsoft's Data Sense service for Windows Phone 8 devices on the network. The service, unveiled by Microsoft last year helps consumers control and manage their data allowances to ensure limits aren't breached and high costs added to the account. Data Sense compresses users' data transmissions in order to reduce data consumption.
According to Microsoft, the technology can provide up to 45 percent more web browsing than if the service wasn't activated (or on another platform). Users are also alerted when data allowances are being reached. AT&T provided the following response to FierceWireless:
"We are exploring Data Sense and how to optimize the experience for our customers. In the meantime, we recommend customers use the myAT&T app to track their data usage, as well as manage other aspects of their AT&T account."
Currently Verizon makes use of Data Sense on Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 platform, which is especially handy for those with a carrier-exclusive Lumia 822 or HTC 8X. As AT&T is branded as a premium partner for Microsoft in the states, it would make sense for the companies to work together to bring Data Sense to customers.
Source: Fierce Mobile Content; thanks, Edith, for the tip!


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