text: HKSS.com | Community > Discussion Forum > View topic - HKSS.com Free Mail service provider is being replaced Home Community Superstars Music | What's New | Help HKSS | Search* Discussions | HKE Chat | Reflections of Life | Virtual Cards | Member Galleries Please excuse our mess. HKSS is currently under re-construction and some links/sections don't work yet. What's New: Latest updates | Member Galleries | Music | HKE Chat | About HKSS.com Community Discussions HKE Chat Reflections of Life Member Galleries Virtual Cards* Play Music Superstars Profiles* Galleries* Reviews Gossip & News Other Privacy Policy Terms of Use Link to HKSS* HKSS.com What's New About Contact* Advertise* Help HKSS Links YesAsia yuenStudios Do you like HKSS? My Watched Topics | My Favorites | My Profile Private IMs Register Log in Help | Stats | Members | Groups Search Forum HKSS.com Free Mail service provider is being replaced HKSS.com Forum Index -> Announcements/ What's New? View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Mikey_Life is good. Be inspired.Joined: 04 Oct 2003Posts: 1322Location: Fountain Valley, California (USA) Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 3:51 am Post subject: HKSS.com Free Mail service provider is being replaced Dear HKSS.com Free Mail Member, As was communicated to you in recent e-mail messages and at the Discussion Forum, HKSS.com's Free E-mail provider has been experiencing difficulties in delivering mail reliably and quickly. Because of this, HKSS saw a need to partner with another provider to assure a higher quality of service to you. HKSS is currently in the process of transitioning its Free Mail service to the new vendor. HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU Your OLD mail is NOT lost. You will still be able to access your old mail during the transition period. More on that later. A very big, unfortunate effect of switching to a new mail provider is that your @hkss.com address will no longer be able to receive mail until you sign up with the exact same username with the new provider again. As such, please keep checking back every day for a new sign-up page on this site so that you can immediately re-apply for your username. HOW THE CHANGE WILL BENEFIT YOU It is with great hope that the new provider will provide you with: - Better, faster, more reliable service - Increased storage space: 6 MB - HKSS.com Free Mail still continues to be Free. - Ability to upgrade to enhanced functionality, including spam protection, POP/ SMTP, and more. - More benefits are currently being finalized. HOW TO ACCESS YOUR OLD MAIL As stated previously, your old mail is NOT lost. HKSS was able to arrange with the old e-mail provider an agreement that allows you to login to your old account and forward your mail to your new @hkss.com account. To access your old mail, please log in with your usual username and password at: BMB Mail. Please note that although the BMB Mail page still provides you the option to "sign up" for a new account, this will NOT work. Any old or new accounts signed up at the BMB Mail page will NOT be able to receive mail. Be sure to forward all your old mail to the new provider as soon as you sign up for an account with the new e-mail vendor to avoid any losses. Your old mail will very likely no longer be available in the near future. MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDER OF HKSS.COM I would like to apologize to you for this inconvenience, but I hope that you understand the necessary transition to ensure a higher quality of standard for the HKSS.com Free Mail service. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to post your comments in the Feedback section of this forum. Thank you for your understanding. Let's look forward to having a much more reliable mail provider. Best regards, Michael Yuen Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First HKSS.com Forum Index -> Announcements/ What's New? All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Entertainment----------------All EntertainmentReviewsGossip and NewsIdol DiscussionsMusicMoviesTV Shows Non-Entertainment----------------General DiscussionsNew MembersFun and GamesReflections of LifeHobbies, TravelFood and CookingHelp!Websites HKSS.com----------------Announcements/ What's New?Help HKSS.comFeedback/ Contact HKSS.comWishlist You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Back to top Copyright © 1996-2014 HKSS.com™. All Rights Reserved. About | Link to HKSS.com | Advertise | Contact | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use Information and images accessed from this site are protected by international copyright and/or other intellectual property rights. You may infringe these rights if you download, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, or exploit such content without the explicit consent of HKSS.com. > Site design by yuenStudios.com (2006)


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Public Comment
FEMA Proposal is Not the Answer
EMA is proposing a plan to deter fire danger by clearcutting several forest areas in the hills, targetting eucalyptus mostly, and spraying herbicides to kill undergrowth.
Here are some facts about the plan.
The herbicides they will be using (spraying) are highly carcinogenic. That means the plan will be detrimental to people. We cannot say which ones. On FEMA's own account, they will be spraying 60 feet from water sources.
The plan will be highly beneficial to Monsanto.
You can call eucalyptus "alien," but it is now part of the ecology of this area. It is home to many rodent predators, who keep the rodent population in check. Cut it down, and there will be rodent infestations in Berkeley and Oakland.
Sudden Oak Death is incureable. Cut down most of the non-oak tree population, and you run the risk of losing everything.
The cut trees will be given to timber companies. FEMA does not have a good credibility record. They say they will chip the trees out as mulch, exchanging one fire danger for another. Either way, we lose.
We have the example of Russian River, where they clearcut a forest and the houses got destroyed by landslides rather than fire. We have to resist companies, agencies, and people who love technological destruction (chemicals and chain saws) without attention to side-effects.
The FEMA funds are to be spent on a one shot project, but the problem is an on-going one. It can't be dealt with in a one-shot fashion. It will take yearly maintenance.
How can we do this for people-benefit and not corporate-benefit? Leave the trees standing, and hire the unemployed in this area to do three things.
1- prune lower branches of trees to remove the fire-ladder by which fire would reach the upper branches.
2- clear away dry underbrush and grass, both under trees and in dry areas, and clear away fallen leaves, all of which provide fuel for fires. But leave the shade of trees to keep forest areas moist.
3- Help home-owners cut back vegetation close to their houses, to keep their houses safer in case of a fire.
By hiring the unemployed, we keep the funds used for this project in the area, to benefit our economy and not someone else's.
By refusing FEMA's destructive proposal, we maintain an ecological system that benefits us. We simply have to intervene to mitigate a certain danger (fire).
By using the money offered by the government, we can set up an agency that will give the problem the yearly attention it requires, rather than a one-shot destructive fix that will provide false security, along with a host of detrimental and unhealthy effects.
FEMA says it is their plan or nothing. Doing nothing is NOT the alternative. A rational people-oriented plan is. What FEMA is proposing is simply plain ordinary destruction, at many levels.

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- Unit Description
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- Assessment Tool
- an assessor resource that builds a framework for writing an assessment tool
- Assessment Template
- generate a spreadsheet for marking this unit in a classroom environment. Put student names in the top row and check them off as they demonstrate competenece for each of the unit's elements and performance criteria.
- Assessment Matrix
- a slightly different format than the assessment template. A spreadsheet with unit names, elements and performance criteria in separate columns. Put assessment names in column headings to track which performance criteria each one covers. Good for ensuring that you've covered every one of the performance criteria with your assessment instrument (all assessement tools together).
- Wiki Markup
- mark up the unit in a wiki markup codes, ready to copy and paste into a wiki page. The output will work in most wikis but is designed to work particularly well as a Wikiversity learning project.
- Evidence Guide
- create an evidence guide for workplace assessment and RPL applicants
- Competency Mapping Template
- Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners. A template for developing assessments for a unit, which will help you to create valid, fair and reliable assessments for the unit, ready to give to trainers and students
- Observation Checklist
- create an observation checklist for workplace assessment and RPL applicants. This is similar to the evidence guide above, but a little shorter and friendlier on your printer. You will also need to create a seperate Assessor Marking Guide for guidelines on gathering evidence and a list of key points for each activity observed using the unit's range statement, required skills and evidence required (see the unit's html page for details)
- Self Assessment Survey
- A form for students to assess thier current skill levels against each of the unit's performance criteria. Cut and paste into a web document or print and distribute in hard copy.
- Moodle Outcomes
- Create a csv file of the unit's performance criteria to import into a moodle course as outcomes, ready to associate with each of your assignments. Here's a quick 'how to' for importing these into moodle 2.x
- Registered Training Organisations
- Trying to find someone to train or assess you? This link lists all the RTOs that are currently registered to deliver UEGNSG312A, 'First response to a facility event'.
- Google Links
- links to google searches, with filtering in place to maximise the usefulness of the returned results
- Books
- Reference books for 'First response to a facility event' on fishpond.com.au. This online store has a huge range of books, pretty reasonable prices, free delivery in Australia *and* they give a small commission to ntisthis.com for every purchase, so go nuts :)
Elements and Performance Criteria
Plan to undertake first response to a facility event
Specific requirements, drawings, plans, requirements, established procedures and material and equipment are examined. The extent of preparation for the work is assessed
Risk control measures are identified, prioritised and evaluated against the work schedule
Relevant requirements and established procedures for the work are communicated to all persons and identified for all work sites
OHS, environmental and sustainable energy policies and procedures related to the work are identified to ensure safe systems of work are followed
Relevant work permits are secured to coordinate the performance of work according to requirements and established procedures
Resources including persons, equipment, tools and personal protective equipment required for the job are identified, scheduled, coordinated and confirmed in a safe and technical working order
Liaison and communication issues with authorised persons, authorities, clients and land owners are resolved and activities coordinated to carry out work
Persons participating in the work, including plant operators and contractors are fully briefed and respective responsibilities coordinated and authorised where applicable in accordance with establish procedures
Status of the system is sought through communication with pipeline control centre in accordance with established procedures
Carry out first response to a facility event
OHS policies and procedures and safe work practices are followed to eliminate or minimise incidents and hazards
First Aid and other related work procedures are performed according to requirements and established procedures
Lifting, climbing, working in confined spaces and aloft, use of power tools, techniques and practices are safely exercised according to requirements
Equipment faults are identified through inspection and testing of operational equipment in accordance with a work schedule and to requirements
Hazard warnings and safety signs are recognised and hazards are assessed and OHS risks are reported to the immediate authorised persons for directions according to established procedures
Operating conditions of equipment are monitored through gauge levels, temperatures, flow indicators in order to determine performance of equipment and system
Liaison, where appropriate is performed with emergency authorities to ensure the safety of the public and property
Fault finding and troubleshooting techniques are applied to identify any repairs or maintenance that is required according to requirements and established procedures
Essential Knowledge and Associated Skills are applied to ensure completion in an agreed timeframe and to quality standards with a minimum of waste according to requirements
Solutions to non-routine problems are identified and actioned using Essential Knowledge and Associated Skills according to requirements
Ongoing checks of quality of the work are undertaken in accordance with requirements and established procedures to ensure a quality outcome is achieved for the client to a community and industry standard
Complete response to a facility event.
Work undertaken is checked against work schedules for conformance with requirements, anomalies are reported and solutions identified in accordance with established procedures
Accidents and injuries are reported and followed up in accordance with requirements and established procedures
Work site is rehabilitated/cleaned up and confirmed safe and in accordance with established procedures
Tools, equipment and any surplus resources and materials are where appropriate, cleaned, checked and returned to storage in accordance with established procedures
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Who Wants a Nondeployable Helicopter?
Not the Army.
Who wants a nondeployable helicopter?
Not the Army, which views its fleet of Lakota choppers as operational only in "permissive" environments such as the United States, according to Lt. Gen. William Phillips, the Army's uniformed acquisition chief, appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday.
In 2006 the Army awarded the American Eurocopter division of European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company North America a contract valued $3 billion for just more than 345 of the UH-72A Lakota helos for use primarily by Army National Guard units for medical evacuation missions in the U.S. and for VIP transport.
In 2007 the Pentagon's operational test arm concluded that the Lakota was not effective in hot environments or for medevac of two litter patients requiring critical medical care due to "excessive heat in the aircraft cockpit and cabin from the sun, heat generated by aircraft avionics and inadequate ventilation."
That report also determined the UH-72A does not meet its criteria to lift required external and internal loads. American Eurocopter addressed some of these problems by installing door vents and air conditioning systems.
The company, which builds the Lakota at a factory in Columbus, Miss., has developed an armed version of the helo as a contender for the Army's project to replace its fleet of Vietnam-era OH-58 scot helicopters for between $6 billion and $8 billion.
Sen. Roger Wicker, a Republican who hails from – surprise, Mississippi – pressed Philips on whether or not the upgraded Lakota would meet Army requirements for a new scout helicopter.
The Army has tested a bunch of helicopters – including the Lakota – to see if they could meet its new scout chopper needs, Phillips told Wicker. "We didn't find a single aircraft that was out there that could meet the Army's requirements," he said.
Wicker had a hard time accepting this assessment, and with billions at stake, I have a feeling he will continue to push a Lakota scout chopper on the Army, even though it's not ready for combat. No wonder the Defense Department is going bust.


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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray plans to declare all D.C. government workers essential in the face of a potential federal shutdown. Read »
This is not an original game. We've seen it before in Chicago. Read »
Some full-time government employees make less than what the D.C. Council wants Walmart to pay. Read »
The ethics board concluded Thursday that Barry had violated the council's code of conduct when he took a total of $6,800 from two construction companies that have done business with the city. Read »
The D.C. Council thumbed its nose at Walmart and cost District residents good jobs. Read »
The D.C. Council gave preliminary approval to a ban on smoking within 25 feet of any city-owned park, dog parks, trail, community center, swimming pools and bus stops. Read »
If you think the fireworks on the Fourth are dramatic, you should stay tuned for the fireworks still to be set off by U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen. Read »
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray plans to sign a recently approved bill governing the growing food trucks industry. Read »
The D.C. Council gave approved several key bills, including one about the growing food trucks industry. Read »
Former D.C. Council member Michael A. Brown pleaded guilty to bribery of a public official Monday. He faces up to 37 months in prison as part of a plea deal. Read »


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Discover Glynn Vivian art gallery, its exhibitions and collections with this exciting new multimedia guide.
Glynn Vivian is the city art gallery, founded 1911, and part of the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The Gallery aims to inspire people through the experience and enjoyment of art, past and present. It houses a distinctive collection formed over the last century, including the original bequest of Richard Glynn Vivian (1835-1910), complemented by a dynamic contemporary exhibitions programme, with an open, engaging and transformative approach to participation.
Glynn Vivian's multimedia guide helps you plan your visit and provides access to rich multimedia content enabling a greater understanding of Glynn Vivian's collections and exhibitions. Visitors can explore the gallery, uncover the story of its founder Richard Glynn Vivian and discover the Gallery's diverse programmes.
There is so much you can explore with this guide:
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Genivar Inc. announced that Smith Carter Architects and Engineers Inc. and Smith Carter LLC are joining the Genivar team.
Headquartered in Winnipeg and with offices in Calgary, Ottawa, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C., Smith Carter has a workforce of some 190 employees and designs complex buildings in challenging environments.
Scott Stirton, Smith Carter's current chief executive officer, will be joining Genivar's National Leadership Committee, where he will play a key role in developing an architectural platform. BD+C


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ElectricPuppy wrote:IS THAT ALL I AM TO YOU PEOPLE?? i'M JUST THE ANGRY BABY DISPENSER?? I'M A PERSON TOO, DAMMIT, I HAVE HOPES AND DREAMS AND oh look donuts in the break room
Our break room has pizza (nice way to get back to topic)
SI: getting angrybaby to show up isn't everyone's goal?


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Welcome Cedar Valley and El Centro College students!
To participate in your college's Service Learning Program, you will need to complete the following forms:
To help us improve the Service Learning program, we request that each applicant complete the
Student Satisfaction Questionnaire (PDF - 84KB).
Your college coordinator may require additional forms, so please check with your Service Learning Coordinator before completing paperwork.
Cedar Valley:Takiyah email@example.com
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Philly based punk band The Menzingers have a new album, Rented World, due out April 22 via Epitaph records, and as of today you can stream the album in its entirety over at Spin.com. For the new record, the band worked at Miner Street studios in Fishtown with the help of engineer Jonathan Low, who has worked with countless Philly luminaries from Restorations to Kurt Vile.
You can pre-order the album Rented World before its April 22 release here. Catch the Menzingers live when they return to Philly May 31 at Union Transfer. Find tickets for that show here. Stream opening track "I Don't Want to Be An Asshole Anymore" below, and listen to Rented World in its entirety here.
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De Lissovoy Lecture to focus on work in child welfare
De Lissovoy Lecture to focus on work in child welfare
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- John Soubik, Health and Human Development Class of 1985, adjunct instructor at the University of South Dakota and former county child welfare investigator, will present the annual de Lissovoy Lecture at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, in the Bennett Pierce Living Center, 110 Henderson Building, on the Penn State University Park campus. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, is titled "The Seven Cs of Working in Child Protection Services: Reflections of a Child Welfare Investigator." A reception with refreshments will follow the presentation.
In his talk, Soubik will explore seven critical skills for working in child welfare. He will discuss how the College of Health and Human Development provided him with the necessary framework for working with those less fortunate and in need, and he will illustrate his points with real-world examples.
Soubik is a former county child welfare investigator and has worked in early childhood education and in adult/family social services. He possesses more than 26 years of work experience with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for which he has served as the chief of human resource policy, evaluation and programs, and the chief of workforce planning and performance, both in the governor's executive offices.
Since 2012, he has served as the agency workforce and succession planner at the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Beginning this fall, he also began serving as an adjunct instructor in the University of South Dakota's Department of Political Science.
Soubik's many publications focus on topics, such as workforce planning and inmate peer education in state correctional institutions. In addition, he has co-authored a book chapter (currently in press) on Theodore Roosevelt's formulation of a national identity. Soubik earned a bachelor's degree in individual and family studies at Penn State and an executive master of public administration degree at the University of South Dakota.
The annual de Lissovoy Lecture, sponsored in part by the Vladimir de Lissovoy Program Support Endowment for the Protection of Children in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, is presented by an alumnus of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies about his/her experiences working in the child welfare system and promoting the protection of children from abuse and neglect.


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Second UTI
My 6 year old son has had two proteus uti in 4 months (no fever). He was tested for reflux as a neonate and had a DMSA, everyrthing is normal. He also has yearly ultrasounds as well as blood and urine tests and they are all fine. I have scheduled an ultrasound in 20 days. A nephrologist i consulted wants to start chemoprophylaxis until the ultrasound (20 days). His pediatrician wants to repeat a urine culture ten days after the last dosage of antibiotic (cefuroxim) and wait for the ultrasound. She says chemo is unnecessary. He has a new baby brother and keeps soiling his pants with pee and poo. What should I do?
This is a difficult question to answer, as there are several confusing aspects. First, it is unclear why he was tested for reflux as a neonate. Did he have a UTI as a newborn? Did he have prenatal hydronephrosis? Also, why is he having yearly ultrasounds, and blood and urine tests if they are always fine? Proteus UTIs are pretty uncommon, particularly in boys. However, fortunately he did not have fever, which would have been a sign of kidney involvement. Is he uncircumcised? If so, can he retract his foreskin completely? When he gives the urine sample, is the foreskin retracted? Boys who are uncircumcised may have bacteria that colonize the foreskin and are more likely to get a UTI compared with boys who are circumcised. In addition, sometimes urine samples are contaminated in uncircumcised if the foreskin is not retracted when the sample is provided.
I assume he had symptoms of burning, frequent urination, and suprapubic pain, which are symptoms of a bladder infection. Also, he has symptoms of bladder/bowel dysfunction. It sounds like he has constipation and would benefit from treatment with a laxative, such as Miralax. At any rate, I do not think he would benefit from antibiotic prophylaxis, because he is not getting kidney infections. In addition, most probably his ultrasound will be unchanged compared with his previous annual studies. Finally, he might benefit from evaluation by a pediatric urologist.
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Review: Motorola DEFY+
A rugged droid for the adventurous types.
Sturdily built; Dust and water proof; Long battery life; Decent sound quality.
No front-facing camera; Supports only VGA video recording; Poor indoor camera.
Motorola DEFY+
MRP: Rs 19,500
Street Price (As On 19-Jan-2012): Rs 16,500 (Saholic.com); Rs 16,500 (HomeShop18.com); Rs 17,000 (Letsbuy.com)
UPDATE: The video review of the Motorola DEFY+ is now available here.
Motorola is back with a sequel to its most popular phone - the DEFY. The DEFY+ borrows both looks and ruggedness from its predecessor. The phone is IP67 certified, which means that it is dust-proof and can stay safely submerged under water to a depth of one metre for 30 minutes. The device also boasts of a faster processor and features Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Does it prove to be a worthy successor, or will it turn out to be a poorly-scripted sequel? Let us find out.
Design And Build Quality
The retail box packs in the phone, USB cable, charger, and earphones. The device measures 4.2" (l) x 2.3" (w) x 0.5" (d) and weighs in at 118 grammes. It looks exactly like the Motorola DEFY. In fact, not a single change has been made to the body. Its 3.7" Gorilla Glass-reinforced display has pixel dimensions of 480x854. The screen is clear and crisp under all lighting conditions, therefore reading text or viewing photos and videos is an effortless and pleasing affair. The ambient light sensor is quick to alter screen brightness as per prevalent lighting conditions. The accelerometer works quite well. Lastly, a small LED status light blinks to indicate missed calls and unread notifications.
The phone features a 3.5 mm jack next to the power button and micro-USB slot, both covered with airtight rubber flaps. At the back, you will find a 5 MP camera equipped with an LED flash and a secondary noise-cancelling microphone.
Slide open the back panel and you'll find a 1700 mAh Lithium-polymer battery - a step up from the DEFY's 1540 mAh. Just like its predecessor, this phone inconveniently places the SIM and microSD card slots beneath the battery.
The DEFY+ is powered by a 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor and has 512 MB of RAM. It features 2 GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 32 GB through its microSD card slot.
UI And Applications
The device runs Gingerbread with Motorola's MOTOBLUR UI on top of it, which can take some time to get used to. There are a total of seven homescreens. Hitting the home icon on the touch-sensitive menu below the display reveals all the homescreens, each of which can be customised with a wide selection of available widgets. The ability to quickly access the connectivity settings is a personal favourite. This comes in handy, especially to toggle Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi, and Flight mode.
The touch-based QWERTY keyboard features Swype integration, which is a big plus for those proficient with it. The portrait mode does seem a bit uncomfortable, although typing in the landscape mode is a charm. For those who want to get work done, the smartphone features a file manager and QuickOffice. For those who don't, MOTOBLUR allows for easy social networking.
Multimedia And TelephonyThe handset's sound quality is good, but can get better with an equalizer. However, the default player doesn't include one. Since the video player supports only MP4 playback, viewing DivX, XviD, and WMV files requires third-party applications such as RockPlayer. While the 720p video playback is laggy, SD videos run just fine.
The 5 MP fixed-focus camera is illuminated by a single LED flash. Outdoor shots are decent, but once indoors, you cannot use the camera without the flash.
Unfortunately, the phone's video capture capability is very disappointing. It can only record in VGA mode, so the output isn't worth a mention. Videos are saved in the 3GP format, which further deteriorates the quality.
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Throughout the testing stage, I experienced no call drops, but a slight echo was evident during long-distance calls. Overall though, the voice quality is quite good. More importantly, the water resistance claims by Motorola stood true, as the device worked like a charm ever after being placed under water for almost 30 minutes.
Battery And Verdict
The 1700 mAh battery lasts over a day under normal usage. Keeping the phone relatively busy by keeping all the connectivity options on, and with heavy browsing, brought the battery life down to 8 hours.
In a nutshell, the DEFY+ works well as a basic calling and messaging phone and is great for people with butterfingers. However, it falls short of in terms of multimedia capabilities. Overall, considering its superior build quality, the phone offers good value for money. If you don't care much for ruggedness though, and prefer feature-laden performance phones, the Samsung GALAXY S LCD, Nokia Lumia 710, or the Nokia 701 are better options.
Features: 3/5
Design And Build Quality: 4/5
Performance: 3/5
Value For Money: 3.5/5
Mojo: 3.5/5
Overall Rating: 3.5/5
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Professor Singer serves as the advisor for the Litigation concentration at New England Law | Boston. Previously he served as director of research for the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver. His focus was on aspects of civil procedure and process, judicial selection, and judicial performance evaluation, and he authored numerous institute publications. He had previously served as a senior litigation associate with Goodwin Procter LLP in Boston, with a practice emphasizing intellectual property litigation.
Professor Singer's current research focuses on civil procedure, social cognition and courts, and judicial selection and evaluation. He has made numerous presentations on these and other topics, including serving as a panelist at the Federal Advisory Committee on Civil Rules 2010 Litigation Review Conference at Duke Law School and presenting on "Innovation and Judicial Leadership" at the 2010 Federal Judges Association quadrennial conference. He is a member of the Massachusetts Committee on Judicial Performance Evaluation and the founder of a national working group on performance evaluation programs.
After graduating from law school, he served as a law clerk to Justice Gregory Hobbs, Jr., of the Colorado Supreme Court. He received a JD from Harvard Law School, where he was deputy editor-in-chief of the Harvard International Law Journal.
Professor Singer also shares his legal insights on his blog, The Interdependent Third Branch.
Citizens lose when partisans play politics with the federal judiciary, The Hill (2019)
Judges on Demand: The Cognitive Case for Cameras in the Courtroom, 115 Columbia Law Review Sidebar 79 (2015)
Bench Presence: Toward a More Complete Model of Federal District Court Productivity, 118 Penn State Law Review (2013) with Hon. William G. Young
Measuring Bench Presence: Federal District Judges in the Courtroom, 2008–2012, 118 Penn State Law Review (2013) with Hon. William G. Young
Proportionality's Cultural Foundation, 52 Santa Clara Law Review 145 (2012)
The Mind of the Judicial Voter, 2011 Michigan State Law Review 1443 (2012)
Reinvigorating Pleadings, 87 Denver University Law Review 245 (2010) (with Rebecca Love Kourlis and Natalie A. Knowlton)
Managing Toward the Goals of Rule 1, 2009 Federal Courts Law Review (2009) (with Rebecca Love Kourlis)
A Strategy for Judicial Performance Evaluation for New York, 72 Albany Law Review 655 (2009) (with Rebecca Love Kourlis)
A Performance Evaluation Program for the Federal Judiciary, 86 Denver University Law Review 7 (2009) (with Rebecca Love Kourlis)
New Report Establishes Principles for Improving the U.S. Civil Justice System, 93 Judicature 121 (2009) (with Rebecca Love Kourlis and Paul C. Saunders)
Survey of Experienced Litigators Finds Serious Cracks in U.S. Civil Justice System, 92 Judicature 78 (2008) (with Rebecca Love Kourlis and Paul C. Saunders)
Knowing Is Half the Battle: A Proposal for Prospective Performance Evaluations in Judicial Elections, 29 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review 725 (2007)
Using Judicial Performance Evaluations to Promote Judicial Accountability, 90 Judicature 200 (2007) (with Rebecca Love Kourlis)


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On Thursday, June 20th, Representatives Doris Matsui (D-CA) and David Joyce (R-OH) introduced H.R. 2468, the Safe Streets Act of 2013, which aims to ensure the safety of all transportation users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, children, seniors, and persons with disabilities, on our nation's transportation networks. The bipartisan legislation would call on states and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) to consider the safety of all users during the planning, designing, construction or rehabilitation of federally-funded transportation projects."The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) applauds Representatives Matsui and Joyce for introducing this common sense transportation policy that aims to reduce transportation-related injuries and deaths, while also providing more transportation choices and improving local economies and the quality of life in communities nationwide." said Nancy C. Somerville, Hon. ASLA, Executive Vice President of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Somerville continued "landscape architects plan and design Complete Streets projects that are flexible and are achieved in rural, suburban, and urban communities – all are designed to balance safety and convenience for everyone on the road." To coincide with the bill's introduction the National Complete Streets Coalition, of which ASLA is a Steering Committee member, and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) hosted a Capitol Hill briefing, Complete Streets: Improving Safety Choices for All. Congressional staff and other stakeholders attended the briefing to hear from a panel of transportation experts discuss national and local trends in the adoption of Complete Streets policies around the country. Panelists included:
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Samantar v. Yousuf
Had I had any gas left in the tank after Monday/yesterday's 26-hour vigil, I'd have gotten back in line for this morning's case, Samantar v. Yousuf. But after I submitted my ABA Journal piece on McDonald last night, my body and mind shouted "no más."
Samantar does look to be a very interesting case that sadly flew under the radar this term. In lieu of F1@1F coverage, check out the following links:
- "A California Reckoning in a Case of Abuses Abroad," NYT 1/30/10
- "At 74, Fairfax resident, a former Solamali prime minister, may face war-crimes lawsuit," WaPo 3/2/10
- "Can Torture Victims Sue Their Tormenters?" NPR 3/3/10 – Nina Totenberg's preview from today's Morning Edition
As I publish this post, the respondent's counsel should be fielding the justices' questions. Once the SCOTUS press corps starts publishing their oral argument write-ups, I'll link to them here.


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Over the next 20 years, shipping, oil and gas, mining, tourism and aquaculture will be the key sectors of economic activity in the Arctic marine environment. A new report 'The future of Arctic enterprise: Long-term outlook and implications' focuses on the outlook for the development of existing and new economic activity in the Arctic marine region.
The report was written by the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford, and produced as part of a joint research project with IUCN and the Royal Dutch Shell.
The factors shaping the future development of each economic sector are diverse and include political, economic, socio-cultural, technological, demographic, legal and regulatory, and ecological-environmental changes. Furthermore, there are synergies in the development of individual sectors, most notably in linkages between shipping and other sectors.
Despite the considerable uncertainties relating to existing and future economic development in the Arctic, concerns about the long term and sustainable development of the Arctic marine region are set to increase. This study draws attention to new 'hotspots' that could emerge from the synergies between different sectors and the interplay of economic activity with political and social developments in the context of climate change and cumulative environmental impacts. The developing of more shared and systemic understanding of changes, synergies and challenges is needed if peaceful and sustainable development is to be enabled. Given the limits of forecast-based planning and the need for more systemic insights and interventions, interorganisational scenario based initiatives are recommended.


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Intel preps Pentium-branded 'Conroe' processors
Old faithful brand shifting focus to embedded market?
The Pentium is dead. Long live the Pentium. Yes, for all Intel's keenness on its new Core brand, the Pentium name will apparently survive beyond the current P4 and PD processors in the form of an upcoming 'Conroe'-based single-core CPU family due early next year.
According to the latest Intel desktop roadmap leaks, January will see the arrival of the Pentium E1040, a 1.6GHz chip with 1MB of L2 cache, a single processing core and an 800MHz frontside bus speed. Apart from the Execute Disable Bit and 64-bit addressing, the E1040 will support none of Intel's trademark technologies - so no VT, no HT and no Enhanced SpeedStep. The chip's not certified for Viiv or vPro usage, reports coming out of Asia claim.
All of which suggests the chip will be pitched not at the budget market - that's Celeron territory, of more below - but at the embedded arena. Here, Conroe's dual-core technology isn't so much in demand as its relatively low energy requirements - the E1040 has a TDP of just 65W.
Intel will follow up the Pentium E1040 with the 1.4GHz E1020 and the 1.8GHz E1060, both currently scheduled to ship in Q2 2007, it seems.
The same technology will appear in the first Conroe-based Celeron D, due to ship in Q3 2007. This time time FSB's down to 533MHz and the cache to 512KB. As yet the first Celeron 400's clock frequency is not known. ®


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Topic: rehabilitation,degraded forests
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Series: Review of Forest Rehabilitation: Lessons from the Past
Publisher: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia
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ReUSEITAugust 15, 2003
Jakob Nielsen, usability guru, gets a bad rap for having a hard-to-use web site. Oh, and can I say it's ugly and outdated?
Bob Sawyer wasn't content to let the situation stand, and approached Nielsen about a redesign contest. While the contest isn't officially endorsed by Jakob or the Nielsen Norman Group, the response was one of encouragement and mild amusement.
So the contest is on. Let's see what you can do. The prizes are great (there are none) and the recognition is paramount (you will not receive a major label recording contract as a result, we can almost guarantee) so what are you waiting for?
Confirmed judges include such luminaries as Adam Kalsey, Dan Benjamin, Joe Clark, and oh yeah, somehow I'm in that list too.
Reader Comments
Good point, Bob. I'm from New Jersey… Foot in Mouth disease runs rampant here ;)
the reason why i'm being harsh is because the argument of form vs functionality is an old one. there is no winner. a good site/product must have both. so it's natural to assume a site should be balanced out; sometimes sacrificing functionality for form, sometimes vice versa.
nielson often goes in and critiques a site, blasting off at every single functionality issue, disregarding *form*. so should all web developers make sites that look like useit.com? no, because it looks like crap. if he were to design his own site, his words would hold less merit since ppl will come to realize BALANCE IS KEY. even he himself cannot properly maintain a good balance, how much of an expert is he anymore?
on a PR note, he could always have someone else design his site and could avoid a lot of public scrutiny by saying he didnt design it…
Form and Function should always meet in the middle but as Haze says it depends on the context! A site like useit would just not work if it were aimed at Kids but for most IT professionals it is suffice even if it is a little boring even for them.
One reason why his site sucks so much is because he is not a designer. By no way am I defending him, I personally find him to be way too much of an extremist in alot of cases. Saying he sucks at web design is like saying a football coach sucks at playing football. His job is to critque and 'coach' ,if you will, other sites in their design. I think a wise choice would be to hire a designer company while he monitored every step of the way helping in the usability of the design. That's just my two cents.
Considering that Jacob's star has been descending for some time, I bet he's quite pleased at this development. I would be. Now he will have a whole slew of alternate site looks without lifting a finger, and noone may blame him directly for any of them.
Heck, this might just loosen up the old so-and so.
(heh heh)
Nice going Bob! I wish I'd thought of it. Not that I will offer a redesign tho; Too lazy. (I'm a stinko designer too)
True, the prizes are vaporware at the moment. I'm hoping to alleviate that very soon!
can you imagine a song, a type of delicacy, or a car that everyone –from all walks of life, culture, and nationality– unanimously agrees upon? no. why? because each person's needs and desires are different. with this in mind, can there ever be a website where nielson cant critique? is there a site where he'll stop and say "this is the perfect website. it cannot be improved upon."
as the usability expert, his site would be under the microscope and there's no way his own accolade can live up to others' expectations. he'll have tonnes of usability experts knocking his work.
this is what i dislike about nielson. he'll slam down on companies' websites and totally disregard the aesthetic factor of a site. there's a balance between form and function. he's all function and no form. if he were to redesign his site, i can guarantee you that he will be exposed for the fraud that he is.
Dang haze, that was harsh! But I must agree about the aesthetic (rather lack-there-of) of this guys website. To quote a friend of mine uot of context "It looks like digital dog crap". And, although the idea of a design contest is intriguing to me, have to wonder why a "web guru" needs a contest to have his site designed… Something smells fishy and it isn't fish this time… Having said that, let's see… what cuold I create to be a good design… ;)
There have been a couple of redesign contests popping up lately. I think I will give this one a shot especially since the deadline isn't till Oct. 31. Gives me some time to learn how to design.
The trouble with this redesign contest though is that you are trying to redesign the most scrutinize site on the web. It will be knocked on from all angles (usability and aesthetics). Kind of makes me feel like it would be easier to redesign Yahoo.
Jai: "why a �web guru� needs a contest to have his site designed�"
Nielsen didn't ask for this contest - I approached him asking if I could sponsor it. It's just for fun, recognition, and whatever prizes become available for the winners.
Paul: "The trouble with this redesign contest though is that you are trying to redesign the most scrutinize site on the web. It will be knocked on from all angles (usability and aesthetics)."
Ahhh… and thus the challenge of the contest! :-) To make it pretty, usable, and accessible, all at the same time is one thing if you're just doing your own web site; but to carry this off on the site of the most visible usability guru on the face of the planet would gain you quite a bit of recognition, wouldn't it?
I suspect many people dislike the way Jakob's pages default to a large font, but that's OK by me: it's perhaps appropriate for a usablility site.
I think some of the stick he's been handed here is a bit unfair. He does use "title" tags a lot, which is good. and he has *so much* on usability that some of it has to be useful. Compare:
OK, I know the book is good; but there's virtually nothing of interest on Steve Krug's site. And it never really changes.
Jakob probably spends more time thinking about even _small issues_ than most of us, for example, the Relevance-Enhanced Image Reduction: Better Thumbnails (Nov. 1996 Page marginalia).
I'd say, his real fault is that he is not "making effective use of stylesheets"
… or it would have been effective use back in July 1977 when he wrote that piece.
Personally I have read more than one interview with JN where he has expressed an opinion that the web should be for information, just information, text, data… not images and design… just text!
So not surprising that his site looks horrible (and in at least my opinion is unusable because of it) and that he has already said he is unlikely to use any design from this contest.
That being said, good on you bob… redesigning useit is a good challenge!
well, there are some nice prizes now…and i've got a preliminary design ready-ish. might tweak it some more…hell, with the october deadline, i might submit this soon and work on a few others…
good stuff !
I think you guys (and a lot of people in general) give Neilsen short shrift - useit.com has a lot of really good and well though-out information and I tend to discover something new while I'm there.
The lack of graphics is also explained -
It's true that the coding in tables leaves something to be desired. Perhaps the navigation can be improved, but I really can't fault the guy for what is a non-styled (as opposed to poorly designed) site.
I don't know where people get the idea that he's anti-designer though. Anyway, enough of the apologist from me - in general I think everyone should look beyond the surface and just read and learn from Neilsen's writing.
Maybe I'll enter the contest too. :D
My *personal* belief (and I could really be off the mark here) is that expecting your site to load in less than a second on a 28.8 dialup is admirable, but unnecessarily short-sighted. Honestly, how many of Nielsen's readers are still on 28.8? The non-technical, "I-have-Internet for the email" users might still have 28.8 connections, but I suspect that the overwhelming majority of Nielsen's users are at 56K at the very least.
Nielsen's lack of images is mainly because (a) he isn't a designer, (b) he isn't interested in paying one to do his sites, and (c) images add no real value to his site.
The perception that he's "anti-designer" comes from his infamous Flash rant, combined with the fact that so many designers still think in terms of image maps, slice-and-diced images in nested tables, and form before function. Because he advocates function before form, more or less, designers feel threatened or, like some I have talked with, feel he's attacking them personally.
There's a happy medium: to make sites beautiful on the outside, and usable, accessible, and semantically correct on the inside. That's what this whole contest, and what Built for the Future is all about.
I shan't try to compete for this, because I'm not a designer. But I did, as an experiment, try to re-jig his current "Alertbox" column to make it more readable:
In my view, it was so under-designed as to lack readability. The text is too wide, and there's no leading. The ordered list is crammed in there with no space above or below. My version has a narrower column that also enlarges with the font, using the technique here:
And for good measure so do the nav buttons.
I did have to use a spacing hack. But it is only a first attempt at the page by an amateur….
i'm quite happy nielson isnt a (building) architect. i'm sure he'd be saying how pointless it is to have water fountains, or benches, or statues inside a building lobby as it would impede the functionality of the building. after all, the lobby is a lobby, not a museum. the functionality of a lobby is to allow ppl to walk thru it. placing aesthetical statues in the lobby will slow down traffic. removing that statue will increase the size of the lobby and increase the flow of traffic. therefore, any lobby with large water fountains hinder functionality!!! oh boy, does this sound like familiar rhetoric? ;0)
>I suspect many people dislike the way Jakob�s pages default to a large
> font
They don't. They use the font size configured in your browser for most of their text. If that's not what you prefer, change your font size.
> Personally I have read more than one interview with JN where he has
> expressed an opinion that the web should be for information, just
>information, text, data� not images and design� just text!
I haven't. I have, however, seen many people react like this when he's said something like "people are there for the content, not for a pretty picture". I'm not saying he hasn't said what you claim, it's just that my experience is that people start reading his interviews with certain preconceptions of what he's going to say, and end up reading more into what he says than they should.
There are two major gripes I have with the useit.com website. Firstly, when searching for an older alertbox, it highlights the words you searched for when you view the article. Now I have no major problem with this, it's just that it's implemented wrongly. At the moment, the search results page passes the search terms in the URL. This means that the search terms will always be highlighted - when you bookmark the URL, when you send the link to people, and so on. It also means that you are visiting a different URL to the normal alertbox, linked to by other sites, off the main page, off the archive page, and so on. This is unnecessarily wasteful in that it prevents efficient caching and slows down the website. A better approach would be to simply look at the Referer HTTP header. I know it's unreliable, but the search terms highlighting is just a fancy extra, right?
The other problem that I have with the site is that it's quite difficult to navigate. The front page is unfocussed, it's nothing more than an unstructured list of links and the sections aren't adequately separated from each other (e.g. the alertbox and reports sections have no separation apart from the heading, and the whitespace in the alertbox section suggests that it isn't all one section. Another example is the alertbox archives. A linear list of every single alertbox ever published is not a friendly interface. Neither is search when you can't remember the exact terms in use. How about breaking it up into sections?
"I haven�t. I have, however, seen many people react like this when he�s said something like �people are there for the content, not for a pretty picture�. I�m not saying he hasn�t said what you claim, it�s just that my experience is that people start reading his interviews with certain preconceptions of what he�s going to say, and end up reading more into what he says than they should."
Jim, I'm pretty sure the most explicit example I was thinking about was for an english newspaper. I'm having trouble finding it online, but the question was along the lines of what is your idea of the ideal internet… answer being as already mentioned.
But apart from that I personally cannot ever glean much information from his site, which is the thing being dscussed, it is perhaps past time for him to clean it up. This competition has some good judges and it is always interesting to get ones work out there in the community.
I just wish that someone other than JN had been picked to redo
Maybe JN should install Movable Type…
"I must agree about the aesthetic (rather lack-there-of) of this guys website."
…aesthetic…shmaesthetic…i think it's fairly obvious he's designing for the lowest common denominator…and i mean the absolute lowest!
So what usability testing will you guys do on the redesigns?
You know that Jakob will probably do a bunch on the "winners" – and sell that back as a $190 report. :)


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Editor's note – The Lancaster News recently asked readers on its Facebook page to share memories on family members who proudly served in the United States military. Here is Mickey R. Hinson Sr.'s story on his dad, the late John Harry Hinson, who died Feb. 16, 2008, at the age of 92.
This was my father in the U.S. Army infantry in Germany and Italy in World War II.
What turns a dish into a comfort food?
There is no simple answer.
Scientists who study happiness theorize that it happens whenever nostalgia meets nourishing food in a nourishing environment.
With comfort food, it's never about the amount of money that is spent.
For some, it may be when we are surrounded by family and friends enjoying a no-frills meal that includes old-fashioned meat loaf, macaroni and cheese or a green bean casserole.
Lancaster folks were a bit antsy the last week of October 1940.
All of this war stuff was taking a toll.
James Williams of Route 4 and Henry Flynn of Elm Street were among the first soldiers whose draft numbers were drawn from a fish bowl in Washington, D.C., that week.
It had been a tough week. Friday night's weather had messed up the football game between Lancaster and Fort Mill. The game ended in a 7-7 tie. Some didn't go 'cause of the rain and the ones who went were mad about the outcome.
These days, translating "de mortuis nihil nisi bonum" from Latin is easy. Just Google it. It means "of the dead (say) nothing but good."
But those around Lancaster County didn't heed that advice 155 years ago when mysterious innkeeper Milt Chaney swung from a scaffold outside the Lancaster County Jail on Gay Street.
Heirloom pumpkins, mums, autumn wreaths, flags and pillows add special touches that greet the season at the home of Frank and Corinne Brackett, located at 714 Plantation Road.
These special touches and the natural beauty of the landscaping prompted the Lancaster Council of Garden Clubs to choose the Bracketts for the October Yard of the Month. Selected by Betsy Folks and Sheila Roberts of The Lancaster Garden Club, the Brackett yard is loaded with perfect fall flavors.
It's almost Halloween and it seems I'm the only one in the family who is excited about it.
Sometimes, my offspring can be a bunch of fuddy-duddies. But that's OK. I'll take up the slack for their indifference by setting the mood, just as I did last year.
With great-grandkids running around under foot and nobody else showing much interest, I figured it was up to me to teach them the intricacies of trickin' and treatin.'
Name: Danny Johnson
Age: 58
Address: Loading Road
Family: Wife, Barbara, 52; a daughter, Stephanie Roney, 29
Pets: Two ducks on my pond
Job: Retired service technician for Pepsi Cola (18 years)
Church: Pastor of Heartland Freewill Baptist Church
Hobbies: Pastoring and farming with my tractor
For Jan Hicks, the pink ribbon on her Springs Memorial Hospital employee badge isn't a reminder that October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
As a registered nurse and case manager, Hicks doesn't need a decal on her name tag to remember that.
Right now, many in the medical field are supporting men and women who have survived, or are battling breast cancer.
That comes with the territory for Hicks and her colleagues.
We've sprung through spring and splashed through summer. Autumn splendor is on its way; Carolina blue skies will backdrop leaves of ambers, ochres and rich reds. Temperatures will drop and fall foliage will soon follow. Don't miss a chance this year to see fall in all its majesty.
While there are countless locations to enjoy autumn colors right here in Lancaster County – including your own backyard – you can also pack a picnic and take a day or weekend trip to soak up the changing of seasons.
What a summer – and how quickly fall has arrived!
Thank you, friends, family, business associates and members for the many ways you have welcomed me as the new executive director of the Lancaster County Council of the Arts.
For me, coming to work in the beautiful, historic Springs House every day in the community I love (with access to a beautiful grand piano on the first floor) is a sign that life is good.
Some things don't need fixing and can't be improved on.
Take country ham, for instance.
I'll wager your mouth is watering right now.
To me, country ham is the ultimate ingredient of Southern cuisine. Molasses finishes a close second.
Forget the macaroni and cheese, peanut butter and jelly, meatloaf and mashed 'taters. I'll take country ham every time.
One of the marvels of modern society is the ability to read the views of various folks who contribute to newspapers all over the world. In case you missed it, we just celebrated National Newspaper Week.
According to the latest research, almost 70 percent of your neighbors have read either a printed newspaper or a cyberspace version in the last seven days.
I think it's because the old black and white and "read all over" newspaper is still the most trusted source of local news we have.
Drivers revved their machines at the starting line.
When the green flag dropped, they were off, sewing wide open.
The Ragin' Cajun, who was on the pole, jumped out to a quick lead, dogged closely by Cannonball, Burn Out Babs and the rest of the pack.
Pit crew chiefs with names like Flash and Oil Can scrambled to keep their drivers moving.
Race car fans, don't think you're losing it if these names aren't familiar, because this race was not at Lancaster Speedway.
After Saturday's inaugural charity run, Elaine Adkins is a believer in new math.
Because 117 miles plus 44 riders equals $4,526.56 and 3,000 pounds of food.
Those totals – thanks to the hard work of the Widows Sons Masonic Riders Association and 11 local masonic lodges – refilled the food pantry at HOPE in Lancaster.
The Native American studies program and the Catawba pottery collection at the University of South Carolina Lancaster is getting some coast-to-coast exposure.
It is being featured as one of three segments in a national television commercial for the University of South Carolina that is getting airplay during Gamecocks sporting events. It is also broadcast during "The Steve Spurrier Show."
My wife wanted some nice, fresh sand around a flower bed.
It was a simple request, and just as any well-intentioned man of the house would do, I managed to postpone it as long as possible.
However, my excuse well had run dry. This was one honey-do task I was not looking forward to.
At first, I considered a trip to Porter-Belk Lumber Co. for a couple bags of sand. But, hey, that costs money.
These days, with all of this green-thinking, recycling is back in style.
KERSHAW – Before Tuesday's volleyball game between Andrew Jackson High School and Central of Pageland is over, there is a chance that the Lady Vols' Tori Roberts may be called on to serve.
It may be her 17th birthday, but she won't let that cause a distraction.
Tori has the determination to succeed at everything she does. Just ask Pastor Pablo Tayupanda and his wife, Marcella.
The element of surprise was not a factor when Buford Middle School opened football practice in August for the 2011 season. Not for BMS veteran football coach Greg Caskey, who among his new players was Tory Knight, 12.
Knight, a Buford Middle seventh-grader, is a girl.
Still for Caskey, it wasn't stunning to see Knight out for the team.
"I wasn't surprised in the least bit," Caskey said. "She had told me as a sixth-grader in my physical education class she was coming out for the team.
One of the best way to showcase the delicious flavors of early fall is with a homemade apple pie.
What makes apples and apple pie so all-American?
"It brings people together," said Ken Haedrich, author of "Apple Pie: 100 Delicious and Decidedly Different Recipes for America's Favorite Pie."
"It's the closest thing we have, food-wise, to a universal symbol of goodness and contentment."
My idea of shopping usually involves a mall bench.
Recently, while sitting on one, itching for the stores to cut out the lights, I spied an electronics store right across from my perch. I couldn't help but notice young people going in and out of it.
You know, sometimes an old man's curious nature gets the best of me.
In my case, that nosiness – uh, curiosity – dates back to summer evenings in 1942.
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The common depiction of Justice with a blindfold wasn't meant as a cover for willful blindness to innocence. To date, 873 people convicted of crimes in our "Justice" system, and in at least one provable case executed have been exonerated. They just didn't do the crime they were convicted of doing. Some interesting statistics about that –
50 Percent of Those Exonerated in National Registry are Black
The University of the Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law have partnered to launch a National Registry of Exonerations that keeps an up to date list of all known exonerations in the United States since 1989. The group's inaugural report released this week reveals 50 percent of false convictions are of black defendants.
The National Registry of Exoneration documents include 891 exonerations with summaries of the cases and searchable data on each. Their latest report focuses on the 873 exonerations that were entered in the Registry as of March 1, 2012.
Below are key findings from the Center's study of the 873 exonerated defendants as printed in the report:
- 93% are men, 7% women;
- 50% are black, 38% white, 11% Hispanic and 2% Native American or Asian;
- 37% were exonerated with the help of DNA evidence; 63% without DNA; as a group, they spent more than 10,000 years in prison – an average of more than 11 years each.
- Since 2000, exonerations have averaged 52 a year – one a week – 40% of which include DNA evidence.
- The 873 exonerations are mostly rape and murder cases, but the data also include
many more exonerations for other crimes than previously known.
For all exonerations, the most common causal factors that contributed to the underlying false convictions are perjury or false accusation (51%), mistaken eyewitness identification (43%) and official misconduct (42%) – followed by false or misleading forensic evidence (24%) and false confession (16%).
Of course, 873 is only a small portion of the convictions for crime we see in any year – much less over 30 years. And the fact that 50% of the folks who were exonerated in a system where 50% of the convicted are black, doesn't necessarily prove racial bias when considered on its own. The vast majority of criminal convictions in the US are for minor drug offenses with major incarceration times. Those are not disprovable by DNA.
What it does mean is, considering the shoestring budget of groups seeking Justice meaning that only the most egregious cases of injustice are pursued, and the fact that States throw the legal kitchen sink at the legal teams seeking exoneration in order to avoid the exoneration and likely cost of a lawsuit for wrongful conviction… The number of wrongful convictions is probably much, much, much higher.


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MFlow: (Web) application server. Stateful server processes. Simple, statically correct widget combinators.
Simple application server with stateful request-response flows, persistent and transparent session handling. server process management, combinators for the definition of widgets and formlets that can be mixed freely with HTML formatting and produce statically typed web applications. Adopt and extend the best formlet/applicative Haskell traditions Console and window oriented apps are possible.
MFlow (MessageFlow) was created initially as the user interface for the Workflow package . Currently is an alpha version. It has only basic authentication but I plan to inprove it for serious applications.
Examples included
It includes Application Server features such is resource an process management and automatic recovery
Resource management: The user can define process and session timeout. The process is automatically rerun after timeout if a new request arrive with transparent recovery of state, at the point of the interrupted dialog even after server crash.
The backend operation relies on the Workflow package ("http://hackage.haskell.org/package/Workflow/index"), this gives transparent sessión persistence and recovery, all of this is supported by TCache ("http://hackage.haskell.org/package/TCache/index"), that gives backend-independent transactions and can be used directly by the programmer. Persistence in files for session and data out of the box enables very fast prototyping.
All the plumbing is hidden to the programmer, There is no methods for session management, database query, recovery and so on. All of this is transparent So the surface exposed to the programmer is minimal.
Includes generalized formlets that permits the mix of active widgets in the same page while remaining statically typed and, thus the programs can verify correctness at compilation time.
Includes combinators for seamless inclusion of these widgets within user defined HTML formatting. Bindings for Text.XHtml. The widget generation may be easy for user with familiarity with formlets/digestive functors and Text.XHtml formatting.
Currently it has bindings for the Hack interface
Streaming facilities.
To do:
Bindings for HSP
Other bindigs for Hack alternatives
- MFlow
- MFlow.Forms
- MFlow.Forms.XHtml
- MFlow.Hack
- MFlow.Hack.XHtml
- MFlow.Hack.XHtml.All
- MFlow.Hack.XHtml
- MFlow.Forms
- MFlow-0.0.2.tar.gz [browse] (Cabal source package)
- Package description (as included in the package)
Maintainer's Corner
For package maintainers and hackage trustees


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Saturday, November 9 marks the third annual celebration of young adult and middle-grade literature known as YALLFest, held in Charleston, S.C. The free one-day event will showcase 50 authors, including keynote speakers Veronica Roth (Allegiant) and Rae Carson (The Bitter Kingdom), and Rainbow Rowell (Fangirl), Ally Condie (Matched), Libba Bray (The Diviners), and co-founder Kami Garcia (Unbreakable). With more than 3,000 readers anticipated to attend the 15 panels, this year's festival is expected to see another surge in numbers.
Jonathan Sanchez, festival director and owner of Charleston's Blue Bicycle Books, isn't surprised by the growth or buzz that YALLFest generates. "The festival has grown like kudzu," he said. "We had twice as many authors last year, twice as many people, and twice as many books sold. This year the hotels in town are maxed out, and we sold out the two ticketed events in the Charleston Music Hall, which holds a capacity of 928."
Co-founder Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Redemption) is excited to see Veronica Roth give the keynote along with Roth's friend Rae Carson, saying, with a wink at the online game, "Words with friends: that's what this festival is all about." Stohl is also looking forward to her turn as moderator on the YA-List in Hollywood 2013 panel. "Our readers will get to see exclusive video from the stars of some of our panelists' movies or TV shows," she said, among them Melissa de la Cruz's Witches of West End, Gayle Forman's If I Stay, and David Levithan and Rachel Cohn's Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List. "That kind of magic only happens at YALLFest."
A new addition to this year's festival this year is Coffee Talk: pairs of author-friends will talk craft and story while the audience listens in. Friendship and community are key parts of YALLFest, said Rainbow Rowell, who is making her first trip to YALLFest this year. "I live in Omaha, so I don't get to hang out with other authors very often. Events like this make me feel like I'm part of a community," she explained. "I've heard from everyone that YALLFest is the most fun of all the book and literature festivals, that it's laid-back and kind of silly, and that everyone – authors and attendees – has a really good time."
Sean Williams (Twinmaker) is traveling to YALLFest all the way from Australia, to kick off his book tour. "I'm coming to YALLFest for three reasons," he said. "I've never been to Charleston before, I keep hearing how much fun YALLFest is, and it's on at exactly the right time. My new book came out Tuesday, so it seemed a perfect fit. This is my first YA festival in the U.S.: where better to start?"


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Whatever circumstances have led to former Detroit Lions wide receiver Titus Young to be arrested three times in a week, his father, Richard Young, doesn't recognize the person he raised as a child.
According to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Titus had spent Friday morning with his father prior to being arrested for the third time in a week. The pair had made a morning run to get doughnuts and coffee and returned back to Richard's house in Los Angeles. Titus told his father he'd left his phone and asked for the key to retrieve it. Titus then took off and wound up back in jail.
"I hope they just forgive Titus because this ain't none of Titus, it wasn't none of his fault," Richard Young said. "I look at my son right now, I don't see my son. That's not my son. I know my son. Titus is not the boy I really raised, I'm saying the way he act, the way he intermix in society right now. He shut down, he look through you, it's like he's depressed."
Titus was arrested on DUI charges last Monday and released from jail. He then was arrested again doing his best "Gone in 60 Seconds" impression and trying to steal his car back out of the police impound lot. Then Friday he was arrested for a third time and charged with burglary, assault on a peace officer and resisting arrest.
Richard recalled a conversation with his son after his troubles with the Lions where Titus was struggling to figure out what was happening to him.
"He said, 'I just don't feel good. I'm not myself, I don't feel good, Dad. I don't know what's happening to me,' " Richard said.
Titus was supposed to re-enter a program Monday for medical treatment when he was arrested and wound up in the medical facilities of the Central Men's Jail in Santa Ana, Calif. instead.
"We want y'all to pray for the Young family," Richard said. "Ain't nothing we can do, man, but pray. We just want Titus to get well, that's all we're doing right now. We ain't thinking about football, we're thinking about our son now because I don't know what's going on with him."
Whether it's through the legal system or through the efforts of his family, let's hope Titus Young can get the help he desperately needs.


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I was brought up within the folds of a fundamentalist Baptist church, but regularly attended Roman Catholic Mass. My Girl Scout leader had some sort of pact with the parents of Catholic Scouts: the girls could join the troop for weekend campouts, if they could get to Mass on Saturday night. So I went too.
We sat in the front pews of little mountain churches listening to the Latin inside and the wind in the pines outside. It was warm and dry compared to the wild weather we faced at our campsite. I rather liked going to Mass.
I thought my friend Anne might reciprocate by coming to church with me some Sunday morning after a sleepover, but the suggestion was quickly set aside. For some reason, she simply wasn't allowed to go to a Baptist church. It was a sin or something.
She probably wouldn't have liked it much, anyway. After all, for her Mass lasted an hour, tops. For us, Church included an hour of Sunday School, twenty minutes "recess," and then a worship service that was considered "short" at 60 minutes.
The typical Sunday morning began with a scramble to eat breakfast, get dressed and get to Church with time to spare. Proper church attire was a dress for the moms and girls, suit and tie for the men. Grandmother added a hat and gloves; grandpa wore a hat. Shoes were polished on Saturday evening and left to dry overnight on a stack of newspapers.
We never walked in after the service started. One Sunday we drove up in front of the church a few minutes late. The doors were closed, the steps empty. My dad spun our Chevy Impala in a classy U-turn and we went home to spend the day quietly until we went back for the evening service. Twenty years later I noticed that my mother-in-law had no such compunctions about tardiness for Mass; any time before the sermon was fine by her.
Unlike most Catholic churches that seem to last for decades if not centuries, many protestant churches change or disappear with each passing generation. My old church, Bethany Baptist of Whittier, California, merged with nearby congregations in the mid-1970's. Today, the property is home to the vibrant Zoe Christian Fellowship who worships in word, song, and dance. This short film shows that the main sanctuary hasn't changed much since I attended in the 1960's and 70's, except for the addition of the big-screen monitors.
A typical Sunday in our Baptist family included Sunday School and Worship Service in the morning, followed by the evening service. This was a more relaxed meeting, often featuring special music, a religious film, or a talk by missionaries.
The missionary talks were incredible. Earnest men told stories about facing hostile natives in the South American jungle or saving orphans in China. Our congregation supported several missionary families all over the world; they had to be gifted speakers, the collection plate was their paycheck.
It wasn't only the service that was different from Catholic Mass. The pews were all comfy padded benches, the better to keep you in your seat for those two-hour services. And, your feet were unrestricted by kneeling benches. Baptists didn't kneel in church. Even the wooden hymnal racks were different, sporting little round cut-outs for the communion cups (Communion = Holy Eucharist in Baptist-speak).
We only used those tiny glass cups once a month for the regular communion ritual, the symbolic sharing of the Last Supper. The first time my cradle-Catholic husband was present for Communion Sunday, he was surprised by the "bread and wine." Our "bread" was typically broken saltine crackers; the wine was usually sweet grape juice. The bread was sent around first, passed up and down the pews in a tray for each person to take a piece. When everyone was served, the pastor said a blessing and the congregation ate the bread at the same time.
The little glass cups (that really do resemble a miniature jigger) were assembled in a large round tray especially made for the purpose. Each tray held 25 or so cups and was sent up and down the pews by the ushers. We took the cup and held it until everyone was served. After a blessing, the entire congregation tilted their head and drank at the same time. The little cups were placed in the special hole on the hymn rack and collected later by the ushers.
When we said we were "going to Church" we might mean any number of things. We could be attending a Sunday Morning Worship Service, but we might also be washing cars with the teen group or participating in some other activity held on the church property.
Catholics, I've noticed, don't so much "go to Church" as they "go to Mass." It's very clear there will be no car washing, no lunching, no meeting when Mass is mentioned. Other activities may occur at the Church, Parish, or Pastoral Center, but Mass is Mass.
Now, on Sundays I am honored to go to Mass at St. Andrew Parish in Pasadena, and frequently attend meetings and events at the Parish, but when I visit my parents I do enjoy joining them as we all go to Church.
If you suspect a few Protestants in your family tree, watch letters and documents for use of give-away vocabulary: Church instead of Mass, Pastor rather than Priest, and Communion instead of Eucharist.


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A list of book releases compiled by Dr. Dobb's to keep you up-to-date on software development tools and techniques.
Mercurial: The Definitive Guide
By Bryan O'Sullivan
Mercurial is an easy system to learn when it comes to distributed revision control--ideal whether you're a lone programmer working on a small project, or part of huge team dealing with thousands of files. Mercurial permits a countless variety of development and collaboration methods, and this book offers several concrete suggestions to get you started. The author takes you step by step through ways to track, merge, and manage both open source and commercial software projects with Mercurial, using Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, and other systems; helping you:
- Learn the basics of working with a repository, changesets, and revisions
- Merge changes from separate repositories
- Set up Mercurial to work with files on a daily basis, including which ones to track
- Get examples and tools for setting up various workflow models with Mercurial
- Manage a project that's making progress on multiple fronts at once
- Find and fix mistakes by isolating problem sources
- Use hooks to perform actions automatically in response to repository events
- Customize the output of Mercurial.
Author Bryan O'Sullivan said that his desire to write this book came from a lack of published literature about the subject. "A few years ago, when I wanted to explain why I believed that distributed revision control was important, the field was so new that there was almost no published literature to refer people to...Although at that time I was working on the internals of Mercurial itself, I switched to writing this book because that seemed like the most effective way to help the software to reach a wide audience, along with the idea that revision control ought to be distributed in nature."
JavaFX: Developing Rich Internet Applications
By Jim Clarke, Jim Connors, and Eric Bruno
This book shows readers how to quickly and productively create impressive user interfaces. The book begins with the basics of JavaFX, including how to get started, the graphic designer's role, and the basic language. It then moves on to cover more advanced features, including user interface design, special effects, animation, multimedia, and browser display. The last two chapters cover JavaFX code recipes and a complete Sudoku application.
Elements of Programming
By Alexander Stepanov and Paul McJones
This book provides a different understanding of programming than is presented elsewhere. Its major premise is that practical programming, like other areas of science and engineering, must be based on a solid mathematical foundation. The book shows that algorithms implemented in a real programming language, such as C++, can operate in the most general mathematical setting. For example, the fast exponentiation algorithm is defined to work with any associative operation. Using abstract algorithms leads to efficient, reliable, secure, and economical software. This is not an easy book. Nor is it a compilation of tips and tricks for incremental improvements in your programming skills. The book's value is more fundamental and, ultimately, more critical for insight into programming. To benefit fully, you will need to work through it from beginning to end, reading the code, proving the lemmas, and doing the exercises. When finished, you will see how the application of the deductive method to your programs assures that your system's software components will work together and behave as they must. The book presents a number of algorithms and requirements for types on which they are defined. The code for these descriptions—also available on the Web—is written in a small subset of C++ meant to be accessible to any experienced programmer. This subset is defined in a special language appendix coauthored by Sean Parent and Bjarne Stroustrup.


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Brochure: English EspañolHmoob
What is Title I?
Title I is a federally-funded program that provides instruction for students who need some extra academic help. Its goals are to help these students succeed in the regular classroom and improve achievement in reading and math skills.
What are some typical Title I services?
Students receive Title I service in reading, math, or both. They may receive this additional instruction in the classroom or at another location.
For example: In the classroom, Title I staff work with students in small groups or individually to support classroom instruction. Also, students may be provided additional service outside of the classroom.
Do Title I services produce results?
Every year we must measure the effectiveness of Title I instruction. Students are expected to show gains on standardized tests, mandated state assessments, and show progress in the regular classroom.
Osseo Area Schools Title I students consistently show more improvement than students who do not receive Title I services.
What questions should i ask?
- What Title I services will my child receive?
- When and where will my child receive the Title I services?
- Who will provide that instruction?
- How much regular classroom time will my child miss while receiving Title I services?
- How will I be informed of my child's progress?
- How long will my child be in Title I?
- What opportunities for involvement and training are available to me to support my child's education?
- How can I help my child?
The parent's role in the Title I program
Today the need for parental involvement and responsibility is greater than ever before. Parents help their children experience greater success in school by teaching their children in ways that support the teachers' work, by learning more about their school; by supporting both their children and the school; and by making decisions about their children's education. Schools welcome ideas for involving parents in their children's education.
Questions to ask yourself
- Do I have a home environment which will help my student be successful?
- Do I talk with my child's teacher on a regular basis?
Schools are obliged to:
- Provide information to parents on how to help children continue their learning at home.
- Involve parents in school decisions.
Both parents and schools are encouraged to:
Seek out resources from the community which strengthen student learning and development.
Parent involvement opportunities
- Title I Information Night
- Title I Parent Committee
- Title I Open House
- Title I Family Evening Events
- Title I Resource Material for Families
Seven of the Osseo Area Schools provide Title I services. Each of these schools has a Title I lead teacher who coordinates and manages the school programs. The schools and lead teachers are listed below.
Elementary schools
Crest View Colleen Liegakos
Fair Oaks Doris Lemanski
Garden City Melissa Johnson
Palmer Lake Sara Koehn
Park Brook Mary Rachor
Zanewood Emily James
Middle school
North View Allison Stapley
About 60 additional instructional staff also work in the Title I program.