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Tree watering is a key part of tree care and it is difficult to recommend an exact amount due to the varieties of climates. But a few guidelines will help you to water your trees properly.
Watering Newly Planted Trees: For new trees, water immediately after you plant a tree.
Watering Trees During First Two Years: During the first couple growing seasons, your newly planted tree is expending a lot of energy trying to get its roots established in the soil. Especially during the first few summers of your new trees life, it will have a difficult time dealing with heat and drought. You can make this easier by providing water and covering the soil with wood-chip mulch. Deep watering can help speed the root establishment. Deep water consists of keeping the soil moist to a depth that includes all the roots.
How Much Water and When: Not enough water is harmful for the tree but too much water is bad as well. Over-watering is a common tree care mistake. Please note that moist is different than soggy, and you can judge this by feel. A damp soil that dries for a short period will allow adequate oxygen to permeate the soil.
As general rule, your soil should be moist. Usually 30 seconds with a steady stream of water from a garden hose w/ a diffuser nozzle per tree seedling is sufficient. Mulching is also key in retaining moisture in the soil.
You can check soil moisture by using a garden trowel and inserting it into the ground to a depth of 2", and then move the blade of the trowel back and forth to create a small narrow trench. Then use your finger to touch the soil. If it is moist to the touch, then they do not need water.
Watering Trees After the First Two Years: After your tree has been established in your yard for two years the roots will be established. This will allow your tree to withstand a wider range of water conditions including on its own because it has a proper root structure.
Drought-Tolerant Species
If your area constantly deals with drought you will want to consider trees listed as drought-tolerant. These trees are adapted to sites in their native habitat that regularly experience prolonged dry spells. Although they are native to drought and are more tolerant than others the first few years of life is critical to the survival of the any tree and follow the steps above will help your trees grow.
Some Drought-Tolerant Species Include
- Thornless Honeylocust (Zones 3 to 9)
- Arizona Cypress (Zones 7 to 9)
- Japanese Zelkova (Zones 5 to 8)
- White Fir (Zones 4 to 7)
- Kentucky Coffeetree (Zones 3 to 8)
High Soil Moisture-Tolerant Species
On the opposite side of the spectrum if your area deals with a large amount of moisture or wet conditions here are a few trees that will do better in wet conditions.
- Baldcypress (Zones 4 to 10)
- Shellbark Hickory (Zones 5 to 8)
- Red Maple (Zones 3 to 9)
- Silver Maple (Zones 3 to 9)
- Paper Birch (Zones 2 to 7)
- River Birch (Zones 4 to 9)
- Weeping Willow (Zones 6 to 8)
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"Many Christians are much more at ease with studying the Bible than coming to Jesus. Reading a Book is safer, more comfortable than relating to a Person, especially an enigmatic, revolutionary Person like Jesus. Insidious pride lurks in our hearts when we presume to know the Book, possess it, revere it and then misuse it to fence off undesirable types of people from our tidy lives. People, well-intentioned, begin to substitute finding something new and refreshing in the Bible without ever relating to the holy, very present God."
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The majority of survey respondents state that the Arab Spring has resulted in deteriorating employment conditions.
In countries experiencing revolutions, the effect is worse: 58% of respondents in Tunisia, 68% of respondents in Egypt, 71% of respondents in Syria, and 65% in of respondents in Bahrain stated that the employment situation now is either worse or much worse than before the revolution.
Personal economic situations are also perceived to be negatively affected by the Arab Spring. The percentage of respondents saying that their individual economic situation is now worse than it was before the revolutions ranges from a high of 66% in Syria, to a low of 11% in Algeria.
49% of Egyptian respondents say they have been affected negatively, while 30% of Tunisians say the same. In the GCC countries, the percentage of professionals saying that their individual economic situation is now worse is consistent, except for Bahrain: 30% in the UAE, 22% in Saudi Arabia, 24% in Qatar, 29% in Oman, and 25% in Kuwait. On the other hand, 55% of respondents in Bahrain claimed that their situation is worse.
The negative economic impact of the Arab Spring is felt across all age groups and economic levels. However, 34.44% of professionals in the private sector say that they have been negatively affected compared to 20.22% in the public sector.
Yet, even with this disparity, the survey shows that professionals are no longer looking at the government as the main provider of employment opportunities. In most countries, roughly two-thirds of respondents express interest in the private sector, with 71% of Jordanians, 74% of Lebanese, 70% of Syrians, 68% of Egyptians, 66% of Saudis, 75% of Bahrainis, 48% of Tunisians, and 51% of Moroccans all saying they would prefer to work in a private company. Professionals in Algeria and Qatar were most interested in working in the public sector, with only 35% and 39% respectively wanting to work in the private sector.
"While the effects of the recession are apparent, the Middle East's businesses have also had to deal with the more recent Arab Spring. For the most part, countries consider their personal employment and business situations to be the same. Yet, in those countries hardest hit by the Arab Spring - Bahrain, Egypt and Syria - the tone is that overall employment conditions, both personal and countrywide, have become somewhat worse as a result," said Sundip Chahal, CEO of YouGov.
The survey reveals that the majority of respondents are familiar with the term "entrepreneurship" (only 29% are not familiar at all). On average, there is a higher level of familiarity with entrepreneurship in the Gulf countries, with 22% of respondents very familiar with the term in the UAE, Oman, and Kuwait followed by 20% in Qatar and Bahrain.
Yet, most new businesses in the region fail. 44% of Egyptian, 45% of Jordanian, 57% of Omani, and 50% of Saudi business owners stated their current businesses were not performing well. In every country surveyed except Qatar, less than 20% of self-employed respondents stated that their business was running well. When asked about the key barriers that prevent professionals from starting their own business, the reasons that professionals most agreed with were: lack of financing, inability to self-finance, and fear of failure. Other reasons stated by the respondents include economic uncertainty, the lack of entrepreneurial skills, and strict government regulations.
Regardless of low success rates, there is widespread interest in business ownership; in every country surveyed a large proportion of respondents said that if given the choice they would prefer to be self-employed or own a business. About 40% of respondents expressed interest in being self-employed, with the lowest being 29% in Algeria and the highest being 52% in Lebanon. As far as the reasons are concerned, 50% of respondents said that they started a business because they wanted greater independence. The second and third most popular reasons are tied to economic necessity and reasons: 27% said it was because they could not find a job at that time and 20% said because of higher income.
Rabea Ataya, CEO of Bayt.com said: "Our data shows that over a quarter of entrepreneurs in the Arab world were motivated to start their own companies due to lack of job opportunities. Therefore, as a result of recent economic challenges in the region, we should expect to see a growing interest in entrepreneurship as a way to drive income and a growing contribution of the SME sector in providing jobs. At Bayt.com, not only do we provide a wealth of jobs and recruitment solutions to connect between people looking for jobs and business owners, we also empower our members with access to live data regarding the employment and economic pulse of the region."
Respondents also seem open to the idea of working in the field of social entrepreneurship. In general, the percentage of respondents not interested was higher in the Gulf countries; roughly 17% of respondents in Kuwait, Oman and Qatar, and 20% of Emiratis. Those who are interested in starting NGOs stated lots of challenges, with lack of finance, government interference, and the difficulty of registering NGOs as key factors hindering the progression of social entrepreneurship. In fact, 54% of respondents said that they were not able to start the NGO they wanted.
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GILBERTON - Two controversial YouTube videos filmed by Gilberton police Chief Mark Kessler have plenty of people watching, with one video getting thousands of views as more people hear about it.
As of 10 p.m. Tuesday, there were 31,319 views of Kessler's second video titled, "Chief Mark Kessler, I'm sorry for hurting feelings," up from 3,280 views at 10 p.m. Monday. According to YouTube, both videos were posted July 15. The first video had 5,449 views as of Tuesday night.
The second video is Kessler's response to comments made by viewers of the first video, which criticized comments by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that the Obama administration would sign a United Nations treaty on arms regulation - passed by the U.N. General Assembly on April 2 - despite bipartisan opposition in Congress. The treaty includes establishing national rules that would regulate arms brokers and attempt to control transfer of conventional arms and their components.
While the treaty does not control the use of weapons within each country, opponents believe it will lead eventually to stricter gun control.
In both videos, Kessler uses profanity and fires automatic weapons.
Kessler spearheaded an effort in January to have Gilberton Borough Council unanimously adopt a resolution in support of the right to bear arms as declared in the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
"I think the video is in support of the Constitution - the support of the First Amendment, the right to express your thoughts and words freely without reprisal from any government," said Kessler in a phone interview from Texas, where he is vacationing. "That's why I used the vocabulary I did. As for the firing of the guns, that is my Second Amendment right. I have the right to keep and bear arms regardless of what the government says that I don't. I didn't write the Constitution, and there is nowhere in the Constitution where it gives any government the right to regulate freedom of speech and expression and the right to bear arms. Like I said, I didn't write the Constitution. I just try to follow it."
Kessler said the videos are his commentary on constitutional freedoms and do not carry over to his duties as police chief.
"You don't see me going out and dragging people out of their vehicles and beating on them. You don't see me doing anything like that," said Kessler, referring to YouTube videos that show police committing violent acts. "Did I use some vulgar language? Absolutely. Is it my right to do that? Absolutely. It's the First Amendment. Did I fire off a gun? Absolutely. Was I shooting at anyone? I was not. That's my right under the Second Amendment to keep and bear arms. Some people are just trying to make a mountain out of a molehill, as far as I'm concerned."
Gilberton Mayor Mary Lou Hannon said she had viewed the videos Tuesday morning at Borough Hall with Councilmen Lloyd George and Robert Wagner and borough Secretary Tina Antalosky. Shortly afterward, she released the following statement to the press:
"It would be terribly inappropriate to comment upon or restrict what our employees do in their free time," Hannon wrote.
"As you may already know, the Borough of Gilberton supports the U.S. Constitution, as well as the Pennsylvania Constitution, and therefore has made no law which would impede its employees' First Amendment rights," the press release continues. "Anyone asking the borough to take action against the chief, when he has committed no illegal act, no violation of policy and no misuse of borough time, is asking that we establish an official political view of the borough and impose it upon one or more of our employees, which would obviously be unconstitutional. Each member of council, each employee and each citizen is not only entitled to their own political opinions but also the right to express them. We will not take action to quash free speech, whether or not each member of council or any member of council agrees with it."
Kessler also serves as a member of the North Schuylkill school board. Board President Charles "Chaz" Hepler said there is no comment since he had not seen the videos.
"Right now, as a school board, we don't have any comment yet," Hepler said. "We haven't been able to meet with Mark since he is away."
On April 6, the first meeting of the Constitution Security Force, a local group in support of the U.S. Constitution and Second Amendment, was held at the Friendship Fire Company in Englewood. The meeting was called by Kessler and included invitations to GOP candidates Christine A. Holman, who is running for Schuylkill County district attorney, and Patrick Reynolds, who is running for county sheriff. Both were asked to attend due to their strong stances in support of the right to keep and bear arms.
"I have not seen the video," said Holman in a prepared statement. "I do not watch YouTube and any questions about the video should be directed to Mark Kessler. The rally I attended had nothing to do with the video and I accept many invitations to tout my attributes to become the next district attorney."
She also said, "I have known Mark Kessler for a while in his position as chief of police of Gilberton. He heard I was running for district attorney and invited me to attend a Second Amendment rally at the Friendship Fire Company."
Reynolds said he had not seen the video and had no plans to do so.
"As a Pennsylvania state constable, I know Mark Kessler as a fellow law enforcement officer and a fellow Second Amendment supporter," Reynolds in a release. "I was invited to speak at a meeting in Frackville in April where the subject was our Second Amendment rights. I am and always will be a strong believer in all of our constitutional rights. Speaking at a public meeting, going to a firing range, and working side by side with another law enforcement professional in no way affiliates me with the vulgar video posted on YouTube."
Reynolds added, "My mission at the moment is to become your next Schuylkill County sheriff and my association with Mark Kessler should have no bearing on my race or my ability to run the Schuylkill County Sheriff's Office. We need to stop making this video a political issue, as the other side is trying to make it, in a race which Mark has no input, affiliation, or a position within my campaign."


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Now that we have had a chance to catch our collective breath, there are lessons to be learned from looking back at the week that had all of us addicted to news.
If the point of a terrorist attack is to create fear, the bombing of the marathon certainly didn't scare some of the people who were closest to it. The reports of marathoners running the additional two miles to the hospital in order to donate blood show why terrorists are destined to fail. These murderous efforts will be thwarted because there are people around who pull together and literally go the extra mile.
The apprehension of the second suspect only five days after the event demonstrates what effective coordination of local, state, and federal law enforcement can accomplish. They were from the government and they were there to help; and guess what? They did. We need more of this from all government operations, and it starts by refusing to elect people who believe government can only be a bad thing.
There was an awful lot of hay made about the 20 year old Saudi student whose apartment was searched in the hours following the bombing. His "crime" was being from the Mideast and doing the perfectly natural thing of running away from a bomb that just went off nearby. He was, of course, completely exonerated but not before Rupert Murdoch's New York Post printed his name, leading to death threats and the like. The Fox News owner's high profile newspaper also got the number of people dead wrong and printed photos of completely innocent people under the headline "Bag Men".
Arkansas State Rep. Nate Bell tweeted that he wondered "how many Boston Liberals spent the night cowering in their homes wishing they had an AR-15 with a hi-capacity magazine?" Not only was the timing of his tweet pretty insensitive, which is the only thing he has apologized for, he completely missed the point. The only people who should have AR-15s, special law enforcement units, handled the situation. More people in their homes with AR-15s would have only caused unnecessary trouble during the house to house search for the suspect. No one, except soldiers in a warzone, ever needs a high capacity clip. It is now clear that the suspects compiled their arsenal without having to undergo a background check, which likely would have raised flags given the dead brother's past investigation by the FBI. Oh, and you can thank the NRA's congressional team for killing a bill that would have put tracing chemicals in gunpowder that would have led authorities to the point of purchase, and perhaps to the suspects themselves, before they panicked and killed MIT Police officer Sean Collier.
The full-on saturation of cable news spent most of the week speculating and chasing bad leads. CNN's completely false report that a "dark-skinned" suspect had been arrested and was being brought to the courthouse was the most egregious sin, but there were also all the important stories that were given short shrift. The bombing did not produce any real news after Monday until the videos and photos of the suspects were released. During that time we barely heard anything about the whack-o Elvis impersonator sending poisoned letters, the disgraceful filibuster of commonsense background checks for guns, and the case study of the dangers of deregulation that was the Texas fertilizer plant explosion.


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Author Notes: Kibbeh is a Middle Eastern dish usually made with ground meat (lamb), bulghur and spices. My mother-in-law is Labenese, and she once made pumpkin kibbeh. We almost finished the whole pan in one sitting, my husband and I couldn't stop eating it. I made a few variations to her recipe, I use sweet potato, less olive oil, and ground coriander. This side dish is guaranteed to please both vegetarians and omnivores. - Krystal Ford —Krystal Ford
Food52 Review: I was surprised at how flavorful this dish was with so few ingredients and ground coriander as the only spice. It was fragrant and enticing with a floral undertone. And, boy, is it filling! A tiny serving of this would suffice as a side dish; I think it's actually better suited as a vegetarian main course. Be aware that this recipe makes quite a lot -- as a main dish, it could easily feed 8 hungry people and as a side dish, you could feed a small army. The only thing I would change is that the onions never really softened or sweetened so they were a little harsh, so I would either use a sweet onion or saute them first before cooking. —vrunka
Serves: 9-12
cups cubed sweet potato
cup onion, julienned
cups bulghur cracked wheat
cup onion, diced
tablespoon ground coriander
tablespoons salt, or more to taste
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- Peel and cube sweet potatoes. Put in a saucepan and cover with water and bring to a boil.
- Meanwhile Julienne two medium onions (1 cup worth) and place in the bottom of glass 9x9 baking dish. Cover with 1/4 cup of olive oil.
- Place 2 cups of bulghur in a bowl, sprinkle with a tbsp of salt and just enough hot water to cover bulghur. Let stand 20 min and squeeze out any remaining water.
- When sweet potatoes are tender, drain, and mash. Add 1 tbs of coriander and 1 tbs of salt and stir.
- Combine bulghur, 1 cup of diced onion with mashed sweet potato. Spoon into baking dish over the layer of onions. Smooth surface.
- Using a butter knife make 1 inch square or diamond pattern on the surface then spread 2 tablespoons of olive oil over the surface.
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"This year we're going to march together into the Promised Land," Dallas anti-violence activist Blanca Martinez told a group of young, mostly Latino pilgrims recently at a peace summit in Washington, D.C. Her statement may be prophetic indeed, for after years of wandering in the American political wilderness, Latinos are poised to ford the mainstream and make a stronger political impact than ever before.
For some time now the political juice of the Latino community has been boiling around issues such as April's videotaped beating of undocumented immigrants by Riverside County police, California's Prop 187, affirmative action rollbacks, and sharp new punitive measures that are applied disproportionately to people of color. Left with few alternatives, the diverse—and, at times, antagonistic—political, racial, and cultural factions of the U.S. Latino community are taking advantage of this election year to defend their rights—and perhaps some of America's most preciously held values as well ...
It's not often that you hear teenagers—most of whom are too young to vote—talking about building multiracial coalitions of people to create change through the ballot box. But the time has come for these young people, who have already seen too many friends and relatives die violently on the streets of their communities. They understand the urgency that is needed for the healing of their communities.
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MIAMI - It may not be hurricane season in the Atlantic right now but in the southern hemisphere the season is in full swing. Tropical Cyclone Funso strengthened to an extremely dangerous Category 4 on Tuesday as it swirls off the coast of southern Africa between Mozambique and Madagascar. (Remember the name "hurricane" is regionally specific to the Atlantic, NE Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean. The term "cyclone" is used in Southwest Pacific and Southeast Indian Ocean.)
Highest sustained winds estimated by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center were above the 131-mph threshold for a Category 4 storm.
Funso is an intense, slow-moving storm that has killed at least 12 people so far since forming off central Mozambique in the Mozambique Channel. The storm continues to move over open water in the southern part of the Mozambique Channel drifting slightly southward.
Zambezia, the most populated province of Mozambique has been hit the hardest. High winds, torrential rain and rough surf pounded the area from Friday until Monday
The eye of Funso is located between southern Madagascar and Mozambique and about 450 miles northeast of Maputo.
Official forecasts aim Funso southward, steering it well clear of both southeastern Africa and southwestern Madagascar during the next two to three days.
Early last week, Tropical Depression Dando landed with flooding rain and damaging winds near the country's capital of Maputo. At least 22 people were killed and thousands abandoned their homes fleeing for higher ground.
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Here are some tips from an Olympic Skier, Julia Mancuso, gives her sun protection tips for the slopes!
- "Put sunscreen on 15 minutes before going outdoors because it takes time for your skin to absorb the sunscreen and start protecting you."
- "When selecting a sunscreen, choose a product that has an SPF 30 or greater with broad-spectrum (UVA and UVB) protection to prevent skin cancer and wrinkles."
- "Make sunscreen a part of your ski gear bag so you always have sunscreen with you."
- "Don't forget your nose. I always protect my nose and wear zinc oxide to protect against sunburn."
- "Find a time while you are on the slopes to reapply sunscreen every couple of hours because sunscreen wears off. I reapply every time I go into the lodge."
- "To make sure you never forget to protect your skin, start your day with a daily moisturizer with sunscreen in it."
- "Wear goggles or sunglasses with UVA/UVB protection to protect your eyes."
- "Since UV rays are more powerful at a higher altitude and rays reflect off the snow, wear a mask or bandana to protect your face from the sun. Doing so also helps prevent a wicked goggle line."
- "Wear a hat. When I am not wearing my helmet on the slopes, I love my trucker hats which help protect my face from the sun."
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Another Reminder: South Dakota State Parks Are Open
South Dakotans are being reminded again that the shutdown of the federal government is not affecting state parks.
Governor Dennis Daugaard says the state parks and state hunting areas are open.
Of course, in our end of the state we have Good Earth State Park at Blood Run, Newton Hills State Park, Palisades State Park, Union Grove State Park and Lake Herman State Park, and that's just a few that are practically within shouting distance. So there are others--just don't get me started.
The Governor also points out that South Dakota does not have any state-run parks or recreation areas on federal lands, although the national wildlife refuges and waterfowl production areas are closed.
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Glen Clarke, managing director, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc.
Glen Clarke has been named managing director and head of the Food and Beverage Group of KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc., the corporate and investment banking arm of KeyCorp. He will be based in Chicago. Clarke, who has 20 years of investment banking experience in the food and beverage sector, started his career in 1986 at Wells Fargo Bank, worked for Bank of Montreal, Harris Bank, Brown Gibbons Lang & Co., and most recently at Duff & Phelps Securities, where he held the title of managing director and served as head of the food and agribusiness group. Clarke received a bachelor's degree from Villanova University and his MBA from DePaul University's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business.
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Under-fire UK business secretary Vince Cable has launched the government's new £200m "GrowthAccelerator" programme to help small businesses with the potential to do well to actually do well.
Meanwhile, Cable was branded a "socialist" by Tory donor and Downing Street advisor Adrian Beecroft on Wednesday, in his report on business bureaucracy.
Despite the jibe, the business secretary was out and about to snip the ribbon, so to speak, on the programme, which has been in the works for a while, at cloud-based collaboration and content management company Huddle in London. The venue was chosen because Huddle, according to the department of business, is one of the "trailblazers" taking part in GrowthAccelerator.
To be in with a chance of bagging a slice of that £200m pie, "ambitious" SMEs will have to hit one of three targets. They'll need to have 10 or more employees with the potential to increase turnover or staff by 20 per cent a year for three years, or have fewer than 10 workers but have the potential to increase employment by at least seven or annual turnover by £750,000, or they need to be start-ups with the potential to reach a turnover of £1m or 10 workers in three years.
The lucky few will then be coached on issues including how to get financing, how to turn ideas into money and how to develop their leadership and management skills. They'll also be fast-tracked to business advice from the likes of UK Trade and Investment and to networks including Angel Investors.
"GrowthAccelerator is an exciting new programme that is at the heart of the government's commitment to help businesses deliver growth by increasing their chance of gaining access to finance and spurring innovation," Cable opined in a canned statement.
"The £200 million programme will deliver high quality coaching to a range of businesses that will help them grow and give the economy a real boost."
The programme has been knocking around for a while, and was previously known as the Business Coaching for Growth programme, which was clearly not a snazzy enough name. ®
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Anthony Allen Chris Ashton Mike Brown Jacques Burger Danny Care Jimmy Gopperth Tom Hayes Courtney Lawes Brian Mujati David Strettle Soane Tonga'uiha Manu Tuilagi Thomas Waldrom Tom Wood Tom Wood
At the Aviva Premiership awards on Tuesday, ESPN's Austin Healey and Ben Kay announced their Dream Team following a rollercoaster season. Here we give you the rundown of who the Leicester legends deemed worthy of inclusion.
15. Mike Brown (Harlequins)
Rock-solid as always, Brown commanded respect at the back for Quins and also chipped in with 21 clean breaks across the course of the season - placing him second on the standings in that department.
14. David Strettle (Saracens)
Despite Sarries' rotation policy, the electric Strettle played 19 Premiership games this season, scoring five tries. More than his try-scoring however, he gave Saracens an out at every opportunity - making 22 clean breaks and beating 43 defenders.
13. Manu Tuilagi (Leicester)
Named as Discovery of the Season at the Premiership awards, Tuilagi's debut season was something to behold. He terrorised defences and laid on some crushing hits in defence, even if his enthusiasm got the better of him at times. Firmly in the frame for an England call.
12. Anthony Allen (Leicester)
After a couple of seasons in the wilderness following his England debut, Allen really hit his straps during this campaign. Where Tuilagi was eye-catching, Allen was solid and dependable, in the best sense. A strong passing game and good understanding with Toby Flood made him very effective throughout.
11. Chris Ashton (Northampton)
Ashton added a further 10 tries to his impressive Premiership tally this season - giving him a current haul of 27 from 40 career games - and also made his breakthrough at Test level. His support running and poaching instincts earned rave reviews in November and the Six Nations, but were also on display week-in, week-out for the Saints.
10. Jimmy Gopperth (Newcastle)
The 27-year-old Kiwi bagged the golden boot for the second consecutive season and if you want the one reason why Newcastle stayed up, you can look no further. His 230 points for the campaign gave him 100 more than the rest of the squad combined.
9. Danny Care (Harlequins)
The England scrum-half is of vital importance to Quins and the pace at which he plays underpins their new open style, pioneered this season by Conor O'Shea. Along with Nick Evans and Nick Easter he forms the backbone of the side.
1. Soane Tonga'uiha (Northampton)
The giant Saints prop was somehow overlooked for the Player of the Year shortlist, but it's impossible to doubt his impact on Northampton's season and style of play. Explosive out of the blocks, a great scrummager and committed defender, he's got it all.
2. Schalk Brits (Saracens)
One of the league's most exciting players, and one of the most consistent, Brits continues to do what few other hookers in the world game can. Has improved his set-piece work so that it now stands alongside his brilliant pace, handling and support play. Bagged the Premiership award for Try of the Season.
3. Brian Mujati (Northampton)
The rock at the heart of the Saints' brutal scrummage, the former Springbok tight-head has been dominant all season in the tight and is more than happy to go toe-to-toe with Tonga'uiha in a battle to impress with ball in hand.
4. Courtney Lawes (Northampton)
No other side in the league can boast a lock like the athletic Lawes. He tackles like a back-rower, is tireless around the field and in tandem with Christian Day has helped the Saints sculpt a very strong lineout.
5. Tom Hayes (Exeter, captain)
The Irish lock, brother of Test centurion John, led the Chiefs with distinction all season, also forming a formidable second-row partnership with James Hanks. Hayes played all 22 games of Exeter's season and his efforts are not likely to be forgotten any time soon by the club's supporters.
6. Tom Wood (Northampton)
Officially the Player of the Season, Wood seamlessly slotted into a competitive back-row at the Saints after his switch from Worcester and did enough to ensure five starts for England during the Six Nations. Quick, athletic and with strong skills at the breakdown, expect him to be around for some time.
7. Jacques Burger (Saracens)
As hard as nails, Burger has characterized Saracens' grit and determination since arriving last season. If they are to go on to the title this season their Namibian flanker will be at the heart of their effort in defence and attack.
8. Thomas Waldrom (Leicester)
Arguably the signing of the season, the former Crusaders No.8 lit up the Premiership, playing 21 of Leicester's games. He topped the table for most carries across the campaign and was fifth on the list of metres gained - behind four fullbacks. Also declared his England eligibility.
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- Summary: Illustration shows President William McKinley, on the left, offering up a steaming plate of bloated male figures labeled "Commercial Trusts" and, on the right, William Jennings Bryan offering up a similar plate, also labeled "Commercial Trusts" to a large man sitting between them, at a table set for a meal, wearing a napkin tied around his neck, the tabs labeled "Labor Trust", holding a knife and fork.
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Getting Useable Knowledge From Research Into Your Hands: Practical Use of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Winter 2010
What is a front-line service provider to do, knowing that current research can have a profound impact on programming and the future directions of organizations in general? You might ask yourself: where do I find current research information? How do I identify the important information to take away from a particular article or report? How do I know how one study relates to another? Who has the time to do all this searching, reading and synthesizing anyway?
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews can be your answer.
What Is the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews?
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (the Cochrane Reviews) is an online collection of high-quality, health-related research-based evidence that is currently free to use and easy to access. Cochrane Reviews, published online four times per year, is the major product of an international not-for-profit organization called The Cochrane Collaboration (see box).
The Cochrane Reviews database is available free of charge to all Canadians until at least January 31, 2010. At this time, we do not know if the free trial period will be extended. If after this date you can't access the database, please contact CATIE for assistance.
What Is Contained in the Cochrane Reviews?
The Cochrane Reviews is a database of systematic reviews.
A Systematic Review -- a highly useful decision-making tool -- is a summary of a number of research studies that are focussed on a single question or health-related topic. A systematic review identifies a program (intervention) for a specific health-related issue, and determines whether or not this program "works." An example of an intervention is a program designed to increase condom use among young women for HIV prevention purposes through educational workshops. To determine if this type of intervention "works," authors locate, appraise and synthesize evidence from as many research projects that study this topic as possible. By summarizing conclusions about effectiveness, the end product is one detailed research paper that outlines the most rigorous research on the topic -- a single source for research evidence on one topic vs multiple individual research papers. Eureka!
Systematic reviews can be incredible tools to support decision-making and program planning. They effectively summarize large amounts of information, including conclusions about a program (or "intervention").
What Kind of Information Do Cochrane Reviews Have About HIV?
The Cochrane Reviews has a large amount of research-based evidence on the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS. You can browse Cochrane Reviews by topic, one of which is HIV/AIDS. Reviews are divided into four subtopics for easy searching:
Canadian people living with HIV can use the information that Cochrane Reviews contains about HIV to help them make health-related decisions. Canadian service providers and policy makers can use systematic reviews to help them make decisions about what types of health care or HIV programming to provide.
How Do I Access the Cochrane Reviews?
The entire Cochrane Library, of which Cochrane Reviews is a part, is now available to Canadians for free until at least January 31, 2010. The free trial period may be extended beyond this date, but at this time we do not know if this will happen. The pilot has been made possible by the contributions from subscribers, hospitals, academic and government libraries, The Canadian Health Libraries Association, the Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre, and the Canadian Institute for Scientific and Technical Information.
In addition to the free access trial for all Canadians, certain regions of Canada have negotiated ongoing free access beyond the free trial through various library and government projects:
New Brunswick: Free access through New Brunswick Public Library Service
Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon: Free access through the Pan-Northern Agreement and the Indian and Inuit Branch of Health Canada
Nova Scotia: Free access through Public Libraries of Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan: Free access through provincial libraries
If you can't access the Cochrane Reviews database though any of these methods, please contact CATIE for assistance.
How Do I Search the Cochrane Reviews for Relevant HIV Research Evidence?
You can search for relevant systematic reviews to inform your decision making and program planning in a number of ways:
There is also a more traditional search box -- like that you would use to search www.google.ca -- where you can enter specific search terms, such as "HIV prevention."
Examples of HIV-Related Systematic Reviews Found in the Cochrane Reviews
The Cochrane Reviews contain over 95 systematic reviews related to HIV prevention, care, treatment or support. Many of these reviews will be relevant to Canadian HIV service providers. Some examples of HIV-related reviews found in the Cochrane Reviews are:
Sex-related HIV risk reduction:
Drug-related HIV risk reduction:
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Take Advantage of Free Access Today!
The Cochrane Reviews is a useful tool that can be used to inform decision making and program planning. Why not take advantage of the free access to the Cochrane Reviews while it lasts to find what information is available that may help you in your day-to-day work?
Lauren Plews is currently the Information Specialist at CATIE. A certified bookworm, Lauren earned her Masters of Science in Information with a specialization in Library Sciences from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Before coming to CATIE, she worked in a Public Library and also assisted faculty and researchers at the School of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
This article was provided by Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange. It is a part of the publication Prevention in Focus: Spotlight on Programming and Research. Visit CATIE's Web site to find out more about their activities, publications and services.
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Rami Ismail's Blog
Rami Ismail is the Business & Development Guy at Vlambeer, a Dutch independent game studio known best for Nuclear Throne, LUFTRAUSERS, Ridiculous Fishing, GUN GODZ, Serious Sam: The Random Encounter & Super Crate Box.
Through his work at Vlambeer, Rami has come to realize that the marketing & business facets of many independent game developers could use some help. As such, he created the free presskit-creation tool presskit() and is working on releasing its first add-on, distribute().
Believing sharing knowledge openly is the cornerstone of independent development, Rami has spoken on a variety of subjects at dozens of game events around the world, ranging from the Game Developers Conference to Fantastic Arcade & from University seminars to incubator mentorship.
He is a avid opponent of game cloning after Vlambeers Radical Fishing got cloned. He is also a proponent of searching for new, beautiful things in places no-one is looking for them and thus organized Fuck This Jam, a gamejam focused around making a game in a genre you hate. Rami also worked closely with the Indie MEGABOOTH team to enable indie studios to showcase at the larger game conventions.
Rami exclusively drinks cane sugar Coca Cola.
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Erskine scored two runs in the second, added four more runs in the fifth and sealed the victory with four more runs in the seventh and another two in the eighth.
Cobra starter Brad Boob (1-3) took the loss, giving up 10 runs, on 13 hits over seven innings, with four strike outs and a walk.
The Fleet's Jon Merrell (4-0) earned the win, scattering five hits over nine innings, allowing only one run and striking out five.
Leading Coker's hitting was Nic Fletcher, going 2-for-4 with an RBI, and Ben Davidson was 1-for-2.
Erskine was led by Robbie Knapp who went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored, while Matt Schneider 3-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored. Juan Adriatico finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored.
Coker and Erskine return to action on Saturday, with a double-header starting at noon.


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binayp needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 168 designs submitted by 50 freelance designers.
ganit labs
We are starting a company in the field of personalized genomics, molecular diagnostics and high-end genomics services. Our culture is simplicity & innovation and we want it to be reflected in our logo. We would have a simple & clutter-free information portal and the logo would be used on our website, business cards and other marketing collaterals.
Scientists, academic research community, pharmaceutical & biotech companies and general audience curious about their own genome.
gaNit labs stands for (G)enomic (A)pplications (and) (I)nformatics (T)echnology labs. We are looking for a logo that reflects simplicity & innovation with unique & elegant fonts. Preferred fonts are clean, slim and rounded. We would like to see different color combinations in the logo and our preference would be all lower case fonts (ganit labs) or all lowercase except the letter 'N' (gaNit labs). There is no preferred color but would like to see two sets of color, one for 'ganit' and other for 'labs' or different color combinations within each word.
The logo should not look generic and doesn't have to have any image or DNA helix as it looks v generic (like google & yahoo who use specific fonts without using any specific image on their logos). Having said that, we are open to innovative & creative ideas from designers if they have an excellent image that blends in v well with the fonts. Essentially, we want the designers to be super-creative..:)
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Looking to hit any evenings during the week. I typically hit at public courts throughout Ontario & Rancho. Thanks!
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Looking to hit tonight can you hit?
Kenn thanks
sorry for the late reply. can you hit tonight in rancho?
I found a match at Lions Park at 6:00 tonight but another day would be great whats the rest of your week look like?
I'm A 4.0-4.5. I live in Colton. I like hitting late afternoons and on weekends. Hit me up. Marlon. PS I have my own court.
I'm not quite a solid 4.5 but im a pretty good 4.0 player. Are you still looking for another hitting partner? Hit me up if you're willing to entertain a sub par 4.5 player ;) TK
Hahaha! Hey TK. It's funny because I know a player out in Rancho that goes by KT. But that guy is GOOD. He's a top tier 4.5 (borderline 5.0) player. Let's hit sometime!
WOW! Are you sure tho? I truly doubt he's that good. You gotta be careful of people claiming they are at a certain level based on whatever delusions they have in their minds, Nosis :) But you wont have to worry about me, TK, im only delusional when I drink...
You gotta introduce me to this KT tho...he sounds like a swell guy !!!
He's legit. He's pretty much a LEGEND around these neck of the woods. Aside from being a superb player, I can vouch for his very prominent and distinguished attitude. Awe-inspiring stuff I tell ya. I'll set something up!
Sounds like a douche bag poser to me ... Set up a challenge for me...TK vs your so called Legend KT!
HAHAH! I'll set that up for sho!
Wow it has been a while since I checked this site since hardly anyone ever responds. Anyway, sure hit me up and we can hit sometime, preferably on Saturdays till time changes.
Hey let me know if you want to hit, my number is 6504547054
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Love and Theft Release First Video as a Duo for 'Angel Eyes'
Love and Theft's new single, 'Angel Eyes,' is giving the band a handful of firsts, including the fact that it's a their first release as a duo. The video for the tune was just released, showing a more mature side of Eric Gunderson and Stephen Barker Liles as they flirt with temptation of dating the preacher's daughters.
The video was shot on Liles' farm outside of Nashville, and features their friends and family as the extras who come out for the big bonfire barn party, following Gunderson's afternoon Harley ride and Liles' cruise around town in his Mustang with their girls in tow. As a preacher's kid himself, Liles knows all too well the mischief that is to be had growing up with that particular title.
But like good boys, Gunderson and Liles return their sweethearts to the front steps of the church at the end of the video, as their preacher father (played by Liles' real-life preacher father) gives the the boys the look of questioning their involvement with his girls.
For Gunderson, the song is an extra special single, as he co-wrote the tune with newcomer Eric Paslay. Click here to read our interview with Paslay about how the song came about.
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Pablo's submission, The Slimming Mirror, has been selected as this week's TW3 top pick by sprucehill. Congratulations!
TW3 is a communal thread for FPZ members to post images we have taken (because we all take our cameras everywhere with us), hopefully it will help us all get to know each other better and promote a sense of camaraderie. everyone is invited to contribute an image or two, and they should have been taken the previous week.
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Hello again! I bet you didn't expect to hear from me so soon did you? I have such exciting news for you that I couldn't wait any longer. We have a new designer joining us. Would you like to find out who it is? Are you sure? Really? Ok, our new designer is……really talented! Our new designer has a HUGE store already (I know right?). Our new designer has a HUGE following. Our new designer also going to be exclusive to GingerScraps! Our new designer is….
I asked her to tell us about herself and this is what she had to say:
Hi! I'm Crystal aka Inspired Designs and I'm super excited to be part of the Ginger Scraps Design Team! I live in Eastern Canada with my Hubby of 11 years and our 2 kids. Emma is 5 and Aiden is 4. We have 2 cats named Kitty and Fluffy as well as a Black Lab named Maggie. I love to read and I'm a huge Twilight addict!!! Go Team Edward! 🙂 I started scrapping back in 2006 when I was pregnant with Emma and started designing wordart shortly after. I have been designing kits for almost 3 years but wordart is my true creative passion, as you will see in my store! It's loaded with lots of wordarty goodness!
And guess what!! She has an Amazing opening sale! The whole month of November all her word art will be 25% off!!
She has a store full of goodies but since we didn't want to eat up your bandwidth (uh, is that the right term) that I asked her to pick just a few to spotlight. Here they are!
Make sure you head over to the forum and give Crystal a big GingerScraps welcome!!


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Yesterday Deadspin editor Timothy Burke and writer Jack Dickey revealed that Lennay Kekua, girlfriend of star Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o, never existed.
Kekua's supposed death of leukemia in September had become a big part of the Manti Te'o mythos. ESPN, NBC, Sports Illustrated, and any number of other media outlets passed along the story that Te'o missed Kekua's funeral, at her request, to play against Michigan State, one of the best games of his career. Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly even gave Te'o the game ball in Kekua's honor.
But, as Notre Dame officials learned on December 26, and everyone else learned yesterday afternoon, Kekua was a hoax.
We don't know for sure whether Te'o was in on the hoax (and, if so, what his motivations were for doing so) or whether the Heisman finalist was a victim, suckered into a relationship with a woman who lied about her identity and later staged her alter-ego's death.
Either way, the story of Lennay Kekua is as fascinating as it is absurd. While it is morally reprehensible either to lure a young man into a relationship with someone who doesn't exist or to strum the heartstrings of the sports-loving public under false pretenses, the Kekua hoax nonetheless was impressive in its execution.
The sports world has been fooled by its share of hoaxes over the years. Some were humorous; some were hurtful. Here's a run-down of nine sports-related hoaxes:
1. Rosie Ruiz takes the subway?
Rosie Ruiz crossed the finish line in the 1980 Boston Marathon with a time of 2:31:56, which would have been a Boston record and the third best female marathon time ever had it been legitimate.
The achievement was especially remarkable because Boston was only Ruiz's second marathon. Her first was the 1979 New York Marathon, which she finished in an impressive 2:56:29. Following her first-place finish in Boston, Sports Illustrated wrote:
[Ruiz] said she had been training hard only for a year and a half, although she had run track in high school and college. Her best time for the mile, she said, was 5:30. She is a member of no club, trains 60 to 70 miles a week, and most crucially, was seen by no other woman runner in the race. Asked about this, Ruiz said, "I paced myself off the men. Since it was only my second race, I'm not familiar with watching out for where everybody is." She could recall no splits for the intermediate distances. Indeed, the term split had to be explained to her.
Ruiz couldn't answer the simple question of when she knew she was in first place and didn't appear fatigued enough for someone who had just run a marathon at a 5:46-per-mile clip. Eight miles into the race runner Jacqueline Gareau was told she was in the lead; at the seventeen-mile mark runner Patti Lyons was told that she was in second. No one ever saw Ruiz pass Gareau or Lyons, and two Harvard students reported seeing Ruiz emerge from the crowd and run onto the course a few miles from the finish.
The previous fall a spectator at the New York Marathon named Susan Morrow ran into Ruiz in the subway during the race. Ruiz said that she had hurt her ankle at the ten-mile mark, and Morrow helped her to an injured runners tent not far from the finish line. After Morrow left, Ruiz took off from the tent and "completed" the race in 11th place, with a time good enough to qualify her for Boston.
No one knows exactly what shortcut Ruiz took in Boston. She still maintains that she ran all 26.2 miles. But Boston officials decided, less than a week after the race, that Ruiz's miracle marathon had been a hoax and awarded the trophy to Gareau.
2. Kevin Hart commits to Cal
Nevada high school football player Kevin Hart wanted nothing more from life than to play Division I football. And when he held a Signing Day press conference at Fernley High School in 2008 to announce his college plans, the offensive lineman appeared to be on his way. Hart, whom Rivals had rated a two-star prospect, had narrowed his choices down to California and Oregon. During the press conference he put on a Cal cap and told the local media that he was headed to Berkeley.
Not long after the press conference, it surfaced that Cal had never offered Hart a scholarship nor formally recruited him. The press soon discovered that Oregon hadn't either. Bloggers asked whether Hart had been the victim of a hoax. Had someone posed as Cal coach Jeff Tedford and offered Hart a fake scholarship?
A couple days later Hart released a statement saying that he wasn't the victim of a hoax. Rather, he was the perpetrator. When Division I offers didn't come, Hart decided to hold a fake press conference so that he could have the Signing Day experience he'd always dreamed of having.
Hart ended up playing at Feather River College, a junior college in Quincy, California. After two years at Feather River, Division I-FCS Appalachian State offered him a scholarship. This time around, Hart decided that playing Division I football wasn't as important to him as it had been a couple years earlier and signed with Division II Missouri Western State.
3. Bruno Banini: the Tongan luger with the funny name
The Pacific Island nation of Tonga, where the coldest month of the year has an average high temperature of 75 degrees (24 Celsius), has never produced a Winter Olympian. But Tongan Princess Royal, Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu Tuita, has said that it is her dream to see one of her country's citizens compete in a cold-weather event at the Olympics.
Last year a Tongan luger named Bruno Banini arrived on the scene. Banini was notable both because he came from a country devoid of snow and ice and because he shared a name with a German underwear company. Bruno Banini, a company whose slogan is "not for everybody," is known for making racy undergarments. The German media became infatuated with the son of a coconut farmer (so the story went) with the coincidental name.
The man known as Bruno Banini was from Tonga, and he was a luger, but his actual name was Fuahea Semi. A marketing firm named Makai signed Semi and came up with his Bruno Banini alter-ego. Makai used Semi's son-of-a-coconut farmer backstory to promote Bruno Banini's new "Coconut Power" product line. (In reality Semi's father is a cassava farmer, not a coconut farmer.) Makai secured a passport for Bruno Banini and the sports media and the International Luge Federation referred to Semi exclusively as "Banini."
Semi, as Banini, won a bronze medal in the luge at the American-Pacific Championships last December in Calgary. The following month the German magazine Der Spiegel exposed Semi's ruse.
Semi/Banini's chances of qualifying for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia are not good. He finished 34th of 37 at last month's World Championships. If he does qualify, he will be allowed to compete as Bruno Banini, as long as he has all of the proper name-change documentation. Still, Olympic Committee Vice President Thomas Bach is on record saying that Semi's name-change was in "bad taste."
4. The Turk: the chess-playing automaton
Nowadays, there's nothing unusual about a chess-playing machine. A quick search on my phone brings up no fewer than five dozen chess applications, all of which could defeat me without much trouble.
But in the eighteenth century, nearly two hundred years before the invention of the integrated circuit, a chess-playing robot was one of the wonders of the world.
Hungarian inventor Wolfgang von Kempelen introduced his automaton chess player in 1770. His machine became known as "The Turk" because the player was a life-size model of a man dressed in Turkish robes and a turban. The Turk sat behind a large cabinet topped with an 18 inch-by-18 inch chessboard. The cabinet housed an assortment of gears and cogs that supposedly enabled the Turk to counter his opponent's moves. The entire contraption was littered with doors, which the presenter could open to disprove the suspicions of onlookers who were convinced that a human chess master was hiding inside.
The Turk toured Europe and the Americas for 84 years, taking on dignitaries such as Ben Franklin and Napoleon Bonaparte.
In the 1820s, after the Turk had been on the road for more than fifty years, a man named Robert Willis revealed that the the automaton chess player wasn't actually an automaton. There was a man—an operator—hiding inside the Turk all along. The operator had a sliding seat that allowed him to move out of the way when the presenter was showing audiences the Turk's inner workings. The presenter communicated with the operator using numbers on a pair of rotating brass disks—one on the inside of the box and one on the outside.
The operator had his own chess board inside the box, as well as a metal pointer that was attached through a series of levers to the Turk's arm. When the operator placed the pointer on a square on the interior board, the Turk would move his arm to the same space on the actual board. The operator could then make the Turk open and close his arm and lift and drop pieces. Even though the Turk couldn't play chess on its own, it was nonetheless an impressive piece of machinery.
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Continue reading to learn about hoaxes from the worlds of soccer, baseball, college basketball, and the NHL, each remarkable in both its imagination and execution.


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We've seen accident after accident of people texting, gaming, or web surfing while walking. The U.S. government is now considering banning all automobile phone calls, including hands free.
Now, Google reportedly will have digital glasses on sale by the end of the year, according to the New York Times. Doesn't it seem like a bad time to develop digital displays in front of our eyes?
That's right: Android-based lenses overlaying your world with information like maps and data. We all knew this augmented reality product was eventually coming, but it is now looking literally like a disaster (or more) waiting to happen.
How They Work
We'll apparently pay between $250 and $600 for glasses with one computerized lens, PCWorld's Daniel Ionescu noted earlier Wednesday. The lens will be a contextual heads-up display that can tell you, for instance, how far you are from your destination. They aren't designed for continuous wear, however.
Like Android phones, these goggles will be licensed to third-party companies and will use a 3G or 4G connection to download data. And how will you control the menus? By nodding and bobbing your head.
Watch out for that tree!
Early reports say that the glasses aren't designed for everyday wear, but that's akin to saying that smartphones aren't meant to be carried all day or home computers were only for certain tasks--before we carried our smartphones all day and used home computers for most tasks. I doubt that Apple planned on people texting while walking, either.
Glasses are actually the final piece to Google's mission: To know what a user doing every single moment of the day. The search giant already is unifying some 60-odd products into one log-in for continuous online tracking. And, as we reported last week, it's enticing you to use Google to come up with those web passwords.
Yeah, the digital glasses will be pretty strange and, at worse, pretty dangerous. Here are the very likely problems with Google's ambitious product.
Google's power, however, comes from knowing everything you do online. By wearing Android-powered glasses, you're giving Google unprecedented access to:
- Your location at all times
- Your most common interactions
- Your closest companions through facial recognition
- Your eating, shopping, and traveling habits
Remember the fiasco with the Google van snooping on people's Wi-Fi? You can imagine us having that same conversation about Google recording our movements, our moments, and our life without permission.
Grand Theft Sunglasses
As some commenters have pointed out, glasses theft could definitely rise once these expensive specs come out. If so, that might parallel the high number of iPod and iPhone thefts that occurred when those technologies first arrived.
Worse, imagine being the boy or girl at school with computerized lenses. Aren't four-eyed school kids getting harassed enough without wearing Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge eyewear?
Coupons 24 hours a day -- now in your eyes!
It's all about location, location, location, and Google's goggles will have a direct bead on you 24 hours a day. On one end are Groupon, Living Social, and other mass-coupon services, and on the other are FourSquare, Gowalla, and other check-in companies. Google jumped into the middle of the fight last year with its Google Coupons app and, more recently, with Google Latitude check-ins.
Both Google Coupons and Google Latitude aren't making much of a dent in the competition, but having tracking data on users 24/7 would be a huge coup for both services. It would be automatic check-ins, pushed suggestions, and coupons. Lots and lots of coupons.
It's easy to picture a major food chain, like McDonald's-owned Chipotle, paying for a top spot on your eyeglasses, kind of like an ad on Google search.
Or, say, the message could offer you a coupon every time a Chipotle restaurant is within a mile radius (which, at least in my neighborhood, is often). The Times estimates that the glasses will be priced like high-end smartphones, so you can bet that cheaper, subsidized goggles will come along for those willing to see tons of ads throughout each and every day.