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Barack Obama gained the presidency in 2008 with a decisive majority and a broad coalition, prompting some to predict a new Democratic era that would realize long-sought liberal objectives.
To an extent, that happened. Democrats enacted the Affordable Care Act and the Dodd-Frank financial regulation law, installed two Supreme Court justices – including the first Hispanic – and, hopefully, with some Republican help, can pass a long-debated immigration measure later this year.
But the political landscape changed again in 2010 when a Republican counterwave gave the GOP control of the U.S. House and most state governments.
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The GOP surge allowed Republicans in many states to balk at Obama's landmark health insurance plan, creating doubt that it won't meet its objectives of universal health insurance and lower costs.
Upcoming elections – 2014 and 2018 midterms or the 2016 presidential battle – could trim Republican strength. But because redistricting reduced the number of contested districts, the GOP seems likely to retain its majorities until at least 2020 and perhaps even shape reapportionment after that.
The GOP's 2010 victory was historic. Republicans gained 60 House seats, more than either party since the 1940s. On the state level, it won 690 new legislative seats, 29 governorships and full political control of 25 states, including seven of the 10 largest.
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In Wisconsin and Ohio, Republicans passed measures weakening the bargaining power of government employee unions before 2012 losses took effect. In Michigan, they passed anti-union right-to-work legislation in a lame-duck session before election losses took effect.
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David Besaw, 27, of Newington, Connecticut, previously pleaded guilty before District Court Judge Noel L. Hillman to an information charging him one count of voluntary manslaughter in the November 4, 2010 death of an inmate identified only as "F.F." Judge Hillman imposed the sentence today in Camden federal court.
According to documents filed in the case and statements made in court:
Besaw said he was sleeping when F.F. punched the back of his bunk. The two men had an argument, after which F.F. left their cell. Besaw followed F.F. into a nearby stairwell, saw F.F. standing at the top of the stairwell and deliberately pushed him from behind, causing him to fall down the stairs. F.F. died as a result of the injuries he suffered in the fall.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Hillman sentenced Besaw to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $9,577 to the victim's family for funeral expenses.
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In the mid-19th century, police officers in New York and Boston relied on less-lethal weapons, mostly wooden clubs. By the late 1800s, police departments began issuing firearms to officers in response to better-armed criminals. Today, many law enforcement agencies are again stressing the use of less-lethal weapons, but they are using devices that are decidedly more high-tech than their 19th-century counterparts.
Use of force, including less-lethal weaponry, is nothing new to policing, and in any use-of-force incident, injury is a possibility. Researchers have estimated that between 15 and 20 percent of arrests involve use of force. A group of researchers led by Geoffrey P. Alpert, professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of South Carolina, recently completed an NIJ-funded study of injuries to officers and civilians during use-of-force events. Injury rates to civilians ranged from 17 to 64 percent (depending on the agency reporting) in use-of-force events, while injury rates to officers ranged from 10 to 20 percent. Most injuries involved minor bruises, strains and abrasions. Major injuries included dog bites, punctures, broken bones, internal injuries and gunshot wounds.
Advances in less-lethal technology offer the promise of more effective control over resistive suspects with fewer serious injuries. Pepper spray was among the first of these newer, less-lethal weapons to achieve widespread adoption by police forces. More recently, conducted energy devices (CEDs), such as the Taser, have become popular.
More than 11,000 American law enforcement agencies use CEDs, but their use has not been without controversy. Organizations such as Amnesty International and the American Civil Liberties Union have questioned whether CEDs can be used safely, and whether they contribute to civilian injuries and incustody deaths. Policymakers and law enforcement officials want to know whether CEDs and other less-lethal weaponry are safe and effective, and how police should use them.
See "What Is Use of Force, and What Is a Use-of-Force Continuum?"
Alpert's research on use of force and less-lethal weapons, in part, focused on data gathered from three law enforcement agencies — the Richland County (S.C.) Sheriff's Department, the Miami-Dade (Fla.) Police Department and the Seattle Police Department.
Approximately 475 sworn officers from the Richland County Sheriff's Department (RCSD) serve the unincorporated portions of Richland County, S.C. The agency started phasing in Tasers in late 2004. During data collection, about 60 percent of deputies carried Tasers.
Researchers coded 467 use-of-force reports from January 2005 to July 2006. The most frequent force level used by deputies (59 percent of incidents) was soft empty hand control (e.g., holding a suspect to restrain him), which increased the odds of officer injury by 160 percent.
Pepper spray decreased the odds of suspect injury by almost 70 percent, and a deputy aiming a gun at a suspect reduced his or her injury odds by more than 80 percent (the act of pointing a gun alone often effectively ends a suspect's resistance). The use of a canine posed, by far, the greatest injury risk to suspects, increasing injury odds almost fortyfold. Suspects who displayed active aggression toward deputies were also more likely to suffer injuries.
In contrast to the Miami-Dade and Seattle Police Departments, Taser use by the RCSD had no effect on the likelihood of suspect injury. Also in contrast to the Miami-Dade Police Department, Taser use by the RCSD had no effect on the likelihood of officer injury; Taser use by the Seattle Police Department, however, similarly showed no effect on the likelihood of officer injury. This suggests that not every agency's experience with CEDs will be the same.
With 3,000 officers, the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) is the largest law enforcement agency in the southeast.
The MDPD started using Tasers in 2003. By May 2006, about 70 percent of the officers carried Tasers. The researchers examined 762 use-of-force incidents between January 2002 and May 2006. Most injuries were minor, and officers were substantially less likely to be injured than suspects, with 17 percent of officers injured and 56 percent of suspects injured.
Use of both soft hand tactics and hard hand tactics (e.g., using kicks or punches to restrain a suspect) by officers more than doubled the odds of officer injury. Hands-on tactics also increased the odds of injury to suspects, as did the use of canines. Taser use, however, was associated with a reduction in the likelihood of both officer and suspect injury.
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) has about 1,200 sworn officers. The agency started using Tasers in December 2000. The SPD recorded 676 use-of-force incidents between December 2005 and October 2006. Suspects suffered injuries in 64 percent of the incidents, while officers suffered injuries in 20 percent of the incidents. Officers used hands-on tactics in 76 percent of the incidents. The next most frequent type of force officers used was the Taser (36 percent), followed by pepper spray (8 percent).[1]
Taser use was associated with a 48 percent decrease in the odds of suspect injury in a use-of-force incident (it was not associated with a significant change in the odds of officer injury). The use of physical force by officers increased the odds of officer injury 258 percent. Not surprisingly, the odds of officer injury also increased when suspects resisted by using physical force or when suspects used or threatened to use a weapon.
The researchers conducted a combined analysis of use-of-force data from 12 large local law enforcement agencies (including Miami-Dade, Seattle and Richland County).[2] The large sample, representing more than 24,000 use-of-force incidents, allowed the researchers to use statistical techniques to determine which variables were likely to affect injury rates. The use of physical force (e.g., hands, fists, feet) by officers increased the odds of injury to officers and suspects alike. However, pepper spray and CED use decreased the likelihood of suspect injury by 65 and 70 percent, respectively. Officer injuries were unaffected by CED use, while the odds of officer injury increased about 21 percent with pepper spray use.
To see if the introduction of CEDs was associated with changes in injury rates in individual police departments, the researchers reviewed monthly reports of use-of-force incidents and of officer and suspect injuries from police departments in Austin, Texas, and Orlando, Fla., both before and after the introduction of CEDs.[3]
See "Study Findings: Factors Affecting Injuries."
The Orlando data included 4,222 incidents from 1998 to 2006 (CED use began in February 2003). The Austin data included 6,596 incidents from 2002 to 2006 (CED use was phased in beginning in 2003 and was completed in June 2004). Use-of-force cases increased in Orlando after CEDs were deployed, but they dropped after full deployment of CEDs in Austin. A large drop in injury rates for suspects and officers alike occurred in both cities following CED introduction.
In Orlando, the suspect injury rate dropped by more than 50 percent compared to the pre-Taser injury rate. In Austin, suspect injury rates were 30 percent lower after fullscale Taser deployment.
In Orlando, the decline in officer injury rates was even greater than for suspects, with the average monthly rate dropping by 60 percent after Taser adoption. In Austin, officer injuries dropped by 25 percent.
Researchers also collected qualitative data through interviews with officers and suspects involved in use-of-force incidents. Researchers conducted interviews with 219 officers from the Richland County Sheriff's Department, 35 officers from the Columbia (S.C.) Police Department (CPD) and 35 suspects involved in use-of-force situations. Unlike the RCSD, the CPD does not use CEDs.
In nine incidents (out of 109), officers in the RCSD reported that a Taser did not work properly or did not have the desired effect. Researchers received reports of multiple Taser hits on a suspect (i.e., more than one officer using a Taser on a single suspect) and multiple uses of the Taser in drive stun mode (when the Taser is pressed against a suspect rather than firing darts).
Nine percent of the officers reported injuries, almost all of which were scrapes, cuts or bruises suffered while struggling with resistant suspects. Officers also reported that 26 suspects (12 percent) were injured. Most suspect injuries were cuts or abrasions, but there were also two dog bites, and one suspect was shot in the arm after firing at officers.
In 22 cases, researchers interviewed both the officers and the suspects involved in an incident. Suspects often told a different story than the officer who arrested them. In almost all cases, suspects said officers used excessive force and that they were not resisting. Some suspects said officers used Tasers early in the interaction, and several said the officers seemed to enjoy watching them endure the pain. Some suspects said officers kneed them in the back and kicked or punched them after they were in handcuffs. Some also said officers used Tasers on them after they were handcuffed.
CED use is widespread and often controversial. Based on their findings, the researchers involved in this study made recommendations about whether and how CEDs should fit into the range of less-lethal force alternatives available to law enforcement officers.
If injury reduction is the primary goal, however, agencies that deploy pepper spray and CEDs are clearly at an advantage. Both weapons prevent or minimize the physical struggles that are likely to injure officers and suspects alike.
The researchers compared injuries reported by the RCSD and by the CPD. Most injuries in both agencies occurred when officers and suspects struggled on the ground, but the differences between the agencies in terms of percentage of officers and suspects injured were striking. The RCSD deputies, most of whom carry Tasers, reported fewer injuries to themselves and suspects from ground fighting than did CPD officers, who do not carry CEDs (9 percent and 31 percent, respectively). Injuries to suspects caused by contact with the ground were also lower in RCSD incidents. Some of the injuries to CPD officers and suspects might have been prevented had officers used CEDs instead of hands-on tactics.
Although both pepper spray and CEDs cause pain, they reduce injuries; and, according to current medical research, death or serious harm associated with their use is rare.[4] In that sense, both are safe and similarly effective at reducing injuries. The researchers recommend that both should be allowed as possible responses to defensive or higher levels of suspect resistance. This recommendation is followed by most agencies that responded to a national survey conducted by the Police Executive Research Forum.[5]
CEDs are rapidly overtaking other force alternatives. Although the injury findings suggest that substituting CEDs for physical control tactics may decrease the chance of injury, their ease of use and popularity among officers raise concerns about overuse.
CEDs can be used inappropriately. Law enforcement executives can manage this problem with policies, training, monitoring and accountability systems that provide clear guidance (and consequences) to officers regarding when and under what circumstances CEDs should and should not be used.
Besides setting the resistance threshold appropriately (that is, determining the level of suspect resistance at which officers should be allowed to use CEDs), good policies and training would require that officers evaluate the age, size, sex, apparent physical capabilities and health concerns of a suspect. In addition, policies and training should prohibit CED use in the presence of flammable liquids or in circumstances where falling would pose unreasonable risks to the suspect (e.g., in elevated areas, adjacent to traffic, etc.). Policies and training should address use on suspects who are controlled (e.g., handcuffed or otherwise restrained) and should either prohibit such use outright or limit it to clearly defined, aggravated circumstances.
In addition to the possibility of CEDs being used in too many cases (i.e., inappropriately in instances of low-level resistance), there are also concerns about CEDs being used too many times in a single case. Deaths associated with CED use often involve multiple CED activations (more than one CED at a time) or multiple five-second cycles from a single CED. CED policies should require officers to assess continued resistance after each standard cycle and should limit use to no more than three standard cycles. Following CED deployment, the suspect should be carefully observed for signs of distress and should be medically evaluated at the earliest opportunity.
A critical research question is whether officers can become too reliant on CEDs. During interviews with officers and trainers, the researchers heard comments that hinted at a "lazy cop syndrome." Some officers may turn to a CED too early in an encounter and may rely on a CED rather than on their conflict resolution skills or even on hands-on applications.
Another important CED-related research project would be a study of in-custody deaths involving CED use and a matched sample of in-custody deaths when no CED use occurred. Advocacy groups argue that CEDs can cause or contribute to suspect deaths.[6] The subjects in CED experimental settings have all been healthy people in relatively good physical condition who were not under the influence of alcohol or drugs. However, not all subjects in actual cases of CED use would meet experimental requirements of good health. Law enforcement officials typically argue that most, if not all, of the citizens who died when shocked by a CED would have died if the officers had controlled and arrested them in a more traditional hands-on fashion. Research is needed to understand the differences and similarities in cases where suspects died in police custody, including deaths where a CED may or may not be involved.
The National Institute of Justice funded this study.
Read the complete report (pdf, 173 pages).
NIJ Journal No. 267, Winter 2010NCJ 233281
Philip Bulman is a writer with the National Institute of Justice.
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[note 1] Note that more than one use-of-force tactic could be recorded for each incident.
[note 2] The other nine agencies included police and sheriff's departments in Austin, Texas; Cincinnati, Ohio; Harris County, Texas; Hillsborough County, Fla.; Los Angeles (both the city and the county); Nashville, Tenn.; Orlando, Fla.; and San Antonio, Texas.
[note 3] For a more in-depth description of the researchers' approach to their longitudinal analysis, see section 6 of the report,
"A Multi-Method Evaluation of Police Use of Force Outcomes" (pdf, 173 pages).
[note 4] National Institute of Justice,
Study of Deaths Following Electro Muscular Disruption: Interim Report (pdf, 21 pages), Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice, June 2008 (NCJ 222981).
[note 5] Details about the national survey can be found in section 3 of the report.
[note 6] Amnesty International,
'Less Than Lethal'? The Use of Stun Weapons in US Law Enforcement, London, England: Amnesty International Publications. 2008.
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On November 12-13, 2007, in Lisbon, Businesses came together with governments and civil society organization in Europe to discuss how business might best fulfill their role in addressing the biodiversity conservation challenges facing the society.
The conference organized under the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union was supported by the European Commission, ICNB Portugal, and The World Conservation Union (IUCN).
Business and Biodiversity Program collaborated with IUCN Count Down 2010 Initiative and other components of the organization in holding the different workshops.
The conference, widely attended by participants from across the society, produced several useful recommendations for taking the business and biodiversity agenda forward. One of the key recommendations was to expand the business effort and support for biodiversity conservation.


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Decorating your home can be a rewarding way to spend your time and money – and investing in beautiful, eco-friendly furnishings is a great way to express yourself and give any room a boost while supporting the environment. There is still a lingering stereotype about green design being boring or crunchy, but nothing could be further from the truth. There are many high-end designer furniture pieces that are as light on the earth as they are easy on the eyes. From a spectacular chandelier made from recycled coffee stirrers to a modernist sofa that doubles as a punching bag, read on for 7 gorgeous, green, one-of-a-kind furniture designs that are inspiring, provocative, and sure to get your friends talking at your next dinner party.
Recycled Coffee Stirrer Chandelier
This eye-catching lamp might look like a sparkling crystalline chandelier, but it's actually made from thousands of used coffee stirrers. Every day millions of stirrers are discarded after serving a useful life of only a few seconds – and they sit in landfills for thousands of years as they degrade. To find a better place for all this plastic waste, Portuguese design group Studio Veríssimo created this gorgeous eco-luxe chandelier that illuminates dark spaces while shedding light upon the issue of excess consumer waste.
Champ: A Sofa that Gives You a Workout
If you had a sofa like the "Champ", we guarantee that you could kick your couch potato habits to the curb. Created by Tobias Fraenzel for famed Italian furniture manufacturer Campeggi, this kick-ass chair lets you show your furniture who's boss. The top cushion of this multi-tasking couch can quickly be flipped upright to engage you in a full-fledged workout, however boxing gloves are not included – sorry!
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White Mod Lodge Sideboard
Get in touch with your inner woodsman with this elegant woodland-inspired sideboard from Iannone. This modern piece features Kirei doors made from reclaimed stalks of the sorghum plant, and it's sure to conjur up calming thoughts of nature with its motif of a wild elk frolicking in the forest. The sideboard uses natural FSC certified birch plywood in the interior, and the teak wood veneer laminate is GREENGUARD certified, meaning it will help keep the air in your home as pure and healthy as a mountain forest.
Eadie Armchair
This charming Eadie Armchair from designer Donna Wilson is sure to add a graphic pop to any room in your pad. Each piece is upholstered with an eye-catching print hand-woven from sustainable natural fibers such as horse hair and wool. Designed for SCP, the chair is available in a variety or patterns and colors to choose from.
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Tetris Shelves
Tetris is a cherished touchstone for anyone who pushed pixellated blocks in the 80's and 90's, and these uber-cool Tetris shelves by Brave Space offer the perfect place to stack your favorite photos and treasures today. Available in sets of 5 or 10, the modular shelves are reversible, interchangeable, sturdy, and can be placed in endless configurations to ensure that you never get bored with their look.
Cortica Recycled Cork Chaise Lounge
This gorgeous Cortica cork lounge by DMFD seamlessly blends luxury living with sustainable design. Each lounge is made from 100% recycled cork that originates as the waste material from the bottle stopper industry. This piece bends beautifully in two directions, and it can be rocked from side to side or on its back while still fully supporting you as you stretch out. We couldn't imagine a cooler way to take in a good book or read the paper!
The Papervore Coffee Table
The Papervore Coffee Table is a unique centerpiece that's sure to spark more than its fair share of dinner party conversations. Created by industrial design studio Pigeontail, the Papervore features a functioning hand-powered crank that can be used to munch up any of the day's correspondence that's been giving you a headache.
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As a straight married male for 25 years, I am proud to say that I was on the morally and legally right side of history in supporting gay marriage as early as the 1960s. Religious values are not a valid argument against equality because religion is "faith" and not "fact," and because of the fact that racists used the Bible as a rationalization for lynching and other horrendous crimes.
By the time this letter is published, the Supreme Court will have heard oral arguments on two gay rights cases before the high court. The first is California's Proposition 8. California voters approved bigotry in banning gay marriage after the state court did the right thing. Second is the Defense of Marriage Act, which disgracefully defines marriage as only between a man and a woman. Bill Clinton, who signed this shameful law, now supports gay marriage.
The legal argument is clear. David Boies, who is one of the attorneys arguing in support of marriage equality, states, "We're not asking for a new Constitutional right. The Constitutional right to marry is well established. In fact, the Supreme Court has ruled that you can't take away the right to marry even for imprisoned felons."
The moral argument is even clearer. There is increasing social, scientific and even genetic evidence that gays are born attracted to the same gender. Also, logically, why would a gay or lesbian choose a lifestyle which often leads to discrimination and ridicule?
Many children thrive with two gay or lesbian parents. Gay marriage has a zero effect on "traditional" marriage. Boies and other attorneys on his team proved that outlawing marriage equality harms lesbians and gays. If felons, who, for example, kill children, have the right to marry, isn't denying gays the same right bigotry?


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In the 1998 NFL draft, Colts General Manager Bill Polian had a decision to make: Peyton Manning or Ryan Leaf? He chose right, and as a result his job in Indianapolis was safe as long Manning was there.
Now Polian is playing a different role, analyzing the draft for ESPN, and he was asked to pick the best quarterback in this year's draft. Polian's surprising answer? Oklahoma's Landry Jones.
Polian said he attended the 2011 Oklahoma-Texas A&M game and watched Jones complete 18/38 passes for 255 yards, with two touchdowns and no interceptions, and Polian thought Jones compared favorably to Texas A&M quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who was last year's No. 8 overall pick and is now the Dolphins' starter.
"He was a good one, and when he had a good supporting cast around him, he was great," Polian said of Jones. "I was at the game in Norman where he beat Tannehill head-to-head, in a very, very fierce wind. So this guy has been a winner, he's got stature, he's got arm strength — he can make all the throws. He sees the field quite well, and he's a natural leader."
Polian acknowledged that there are concerns about Jones, including his lack of mobility, and he said he doesn't see a Peyton Manning in this year's draft. But he thinks if there's a quarterback who's going to make an instant impact for an NFL team in 2013, it's Jones.
"I don't think anybody in this group is going to be able to step in right away and lead the team, but if you ask me, who's the guy who's most ready, and who's the guy who's had the most winning experience, it would be Landry Jones," Polian said.
From all indications, Polian's view is a minority opinion — most people think Geno Smith of West Virginia, E.J. Manuel of Florida State, Matt Barkley of USC and Ryan Nassib of Syracuse are all better prospects than Jones.


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Newtoy Inc. has updated their popular word game, Words With Friends HD, with the ability to shuffle your tiles and much more.
- A Prompt will now alert you of all the invalid words you're trying to play!
- An even simpler login flow now auto-populates as many fields as we can for you! Less typing = faster playing!
- In some situations, just a single tap is all that's required to automatically login with your Facebook app credentials!
- We now highlight Facebook friends that have just signed into Words for the first time ever! Shouldn't you go show them the ropes?!
- You asked for it, you got it! A shuffle button is now on the game board!
- We fixed a bug that was causing some folks with spotty network connections to inadvertently get logged out of Facebook
- Now, there's an even more expansive set of useable characters in the chat window!
- Continued to improved stability...getting better all the time!
I have been waiting so long for a couple of these features! Specifically, being informed which of the multiple words I'm trying to submit is invalid and the ability to shuffle my tiles have been my two biggest requests. It's about time Newtoy added these features to Words With Friends.
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McNeil Consumer Healthcare, based in Fort Washington, Pa., issued the voluntary recall late Friday in the United States and 11 other countries after consulting with the FDA. The recall involves children's versions of Tylenol, Tylenol Plus, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl, because they don't meet quality standards.
The FDA said it was reviewing procedures at McNeil, which appears to be the sole source of the problems. "We are following through with the facility to make certain that everything has been checked," said FDA spokeswoman Elaine Gansz Bobo.
According to McNeil and the FDA, some of the products recalled may have a higher concentration of active ingredient than is specified on the bottle. Others may contain particles, while still others may contain inactive ingredients that do not meet internal testing requirements.
The FDA called the potential for serious medical problems "remote," but it advised consumers to stop using the medicine as a precaution. It said a health care professional should be consulted if a child has recently taken any of the recalled products and is exhibiting unexpected symptoms.
The FDA also says parents in the interim should consider substitute child medications, such as generic versions. It does not recommend that children be given adult-strength Tylenol or Motrin because they are not intended for younger age groups.
The medicines were made and distributed in the United States, and exported to Canada, the Dominican Republic, Dubai, Fiji, Guam, Guatemala, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago and Kuwait.
Details are available by telephone at 1-888-222-6036 or on the Web at www.mcneilproductrecall.com.
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|Marantz Begins Shipping the SR8002 A/V Receiver
|Tuesday, 30 October 2007
America has announced that it has begun shipping its highly anticipated
Model SR8002 audio/video receiver, offering users an elegant and
easy-to-use solution for enjoying dynamic surround sound and multi-room
signal distribution. The new 7.1-channel receiver, which carries a
suggested retail price of $2,099.99, features advanced HDMI 1.3
repeating capability, as well as a host of leading-edge technologies
such as HD Radio, THX® Select2 processing, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital
Plus, and dts HD Master Audio as well as MultEQ™ room correction and
calibration technology from Audyssey Laboratories.
A Superior Solution for Upgrading Audio and Video Performance:
Designed as a state-of-the-art "nerve center" for a high-performance home entertainment system, the Marantz SR002 receiver reflects the company's commitment to providing superior audio and video performance from all sources and provides users with an easy way to distribute audio and video entertainment to multiple separate zones within the home. In addition to featuring Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio decoding capabilities, the SR8002 also features terrestrial HD Radio as well as XM HD, THX Neural Surround, 3 zones of audio, a copper chassis and a toroidal power transformer, and upgraded speaker binding posts (dielectric protected) for enhanced audio performance.
Adding to the SR8002's flexibility and utility as a centerpiece device for a total home entertainment system is its capability of receiving HD Radio signals. Currently sweeping the country, HD Radio broadcasts are available to over 80 percent of the U.S. population and more than 1,500 AM/FM stations now offer subscription-free digital content, including more than 700 multicast stations that provide unique formats and content. The SR8002 allows customers to experience crystal-clear digital sound in HD on both AM and FM, as well as the new broadcast-exclusive HD2 and HD3 FM channels.
In addition to its four HDMI 1.3 inputs and two HDMI 1.3 outputs, for total ease of set-up and enhanced performance, the SR8002 features HDMI 1.3a repeating capability, eliminating signal loss and allowing it to repeat 1080p video signals from HDMI input to HDMI output as well as decode a variety of audio signals via HDMI. Notably, the SR8002 is capable of upconverting Composite, S video and Component Video signals to HDMI, features a 480i / 480p converter, with time-based correction, has assignable dual component outputs as well as two DC trigger outputs. The SR8002's massive Toroidal Transformer provides 125 watts of power output for authoritative, effortless reproduction of movie soundtracks and music, and a special M-DAX (Dynamic Range Expander) adds dynamics to the enjoyment of music recorded in MP3 and other compressed formats.
The SR8002 also offers second and third zone audio output capability for individual sources, an IR flasher output, DC trigger output, an RS232 port, A/B switching, multi-speaker 'C' output, and discrete IR commands. It features a powerful, ergonomically designed learning backlit remote control and even includes a simple and intuitive remote designed specifically for the 2nd or 3rd zone.
Ideal for Custom Installation Use:
The SR8002 includes several features that make it ideal for use in custom installations. For instance, the receiver's MRAC MultEQ™ room correction and calibration technology from Audyssey Laboratories, maximizes room acoustics for multiple listeners, creating an optimized 6-point soundfield and compensates for speaker and room placement to provide a "sweet spot" for every listener in the room. This gives professional installers an easy and fast way to analyze and calibrate optimum surround sound architecture for any size or shape room, including parameters for speaker level, phase, size and frequency response. A high-quality microphone is included to make the process fast and easy.


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Archive for the 'rock me amadeus' Tag
Manic laughter + a few too many high-Fs!
"Rock Me Amadeus" (moi)
Some inspiration! And, the fabulous original song from the two-hit-wonder Falco.
The "Queen of the Night" (CJ)
On a good night!
On a bad night! This delicious kitsch mash-up was also inspiration for our rock/opera costumery.


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Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. Creatively eliminate your targets with the flexible combat system as you combine the numerous supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal. Pursue your enemies under the cover of darkness or ruthlessly attack them head on with weapons drawn. Regardless of your actions, the outcome of each mission plays out based on the choices you make. Set in Dunwall, an industrial whaling city where strange technology and otherworldly mysticism coexist in the shadows. You are the once-trusted bodyguard of the beloved Empress. Framed for her murder, you become an infamous assassin, known only by the disturbing mask that has become your calling card. In a time of uncertainty, when the city is being besieged by plague and ruled by an oppressive government armed with neo-industrial technologies, dark forces conspire to bestow upon you abilities beyond those of any common man - but at what cost? The truth behind your betrayal is as murky as the waters surrounding the city, and the life you once had is gone forever.
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COMER – Alma Cartledge Epps, 91, died Monday, January 21, 2013.
A native of Madison County, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Chandler Cartledge.
Survivors include daughters, Brenda Hill, Elberton, and Patty Epps, Spartanburg, S.C.; a son, Wildon Epps, Carlton; 15 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Friday, January 25, at 2 p.m., at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Revs. Ray Jenkins and Jonathan Tolbert officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday, January 24, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Bridges Funeral Home, Athens, is in charge of arrangements.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The members of the Yale baseball team are no strangers to playing from behind. One day after taking two games from Cornell, one in extra innings and one that they trailed entering the bottom of the sixth, the Bulldogs nearly came back from a 7-0 deficit in game one on Sunday against Princeton, then completed a come-from-behind victory with a 6-5 win in the nightcap. The Elis, who also came back from a 10-1 deficit to win on the road earlier this season, were led offensively by three doubles and two RBI from senior Trygg Larsson-Danforth. The Yale bullpen worked 11.0 strong innings in the double-dip, allowing just two earned runs as senior right-hander Robert Gruber got the relief win and junior left-hander Brook Hart notched the save in game two.
Yale now stands at 15-12-1 overall and 3-5 in the Ivy League. Gehrig Division foe Princeton is now 8-19 overall and 3-5 against Ancient Eight competition.
"I hate to keep saying that we battled, but that's exactly what we did all day long," said John Stuper, the Mazzuto Family Head Coach for Baseball at Yale.
Brook Hart was actually Yale's game one starter, though he lasted just 1+ innings as Princeton grabbed a quick 7-0 lead. Tigers' leadoff hitter Matt Bowman beat out a dribbler to first base to start the game and promptly stole second. Noel Gonzales-Luna was then hit by a pitch, and Sam Mulroy followed with a single that plated Bowman. The one particularly hard-hit ball in the inning then came off the bat of Jon Broscious, who doubled down the left field line to score Gonzales-Luna. The third and fourth runs of the frame came on a single through the right side by John Mishu. Hart bounced back to strike out the next three batters, but Princeton already held a 4-0 lead before Yale took its first swings of the game.
After a 390' fly-out by Elmore and a hard hit liner by Megee that went right to Broscious as a part of a 1-2-3 first inning for Yale, the Tigers tacked on three more runs in the second frame. Tom Boggiano drew a walk to lead off the inning, and Bowman notched his second infield hit with a bouncer to third base, Gonzales-Luna dropped down a sacrifice bunt and then reached safely as Rallis' throw went wide. With the bases loaded, Mulroy slammed a triple to straightaway centerfield that cleared the bases and chased Hart from the game. Coach Stuper called upon his captain- senior right-hander Joe Castaldi- who stranded Mulroy at third to keep the deficit at 7-0.
The Yale offense began to chip away in the second inning, as the Bulldogs loaded the bases with none out on singles by sophomores Ryan Brenner and Charlie Neil and a walk by junior Andrew Moore. The Elis would actually not manage another hit off Princeton righty Zak Hermans in the inning, but a groundout by Rallis and a long foul fly-out by Andrew Kolmar cut the score to a more manageable 7-2 tally. Yale scored a third run in the frame when Moore dashed home on a wild pitch.
The Tigers took a run back in the fourth inning on a Mulroy double and an RBI two-bagger by Mishu, but would not get through to Castaldi again in the game.
The 8-3 score held until the bottom of the seventh and final inning, when the Bulldogs staged a furious rally. Kolmar led off with an infield hit, and pinch-hitter Josh Scharff followed with a double that nearly went over the right-field wall at Yale Field. That hit sent Hermans to the pine, as Princeton brought on right-hander Matt Grabowski. Grabowski got one out then surrendered an RBI single to Megee that put runners on the corners. Larsson-Danforth followed with a screaming groundball down the right field line that plated both Scharff and Megee, cutting the score to 8-6. The next batter was Brenner, who singled home Larsson-Danforth to trim the deficit to single run at 8-7, and was replaced by pinch runner Cam Squires. Neil followed with a groundball to second base that appeared to be a sure out, if not a game-ending double play. Gonzales-Luna, however, dropped the ball attempting to tag Squires as the tying run reached second and Neil reached first as the potential winning run. Grabowski settled down, however, striking out Moore on a 3-2 pitch that just caught the outside corner and getting Rallis to ground out to escape with an 8-7 victory.
Hart (2-2) allowed six earned runs in 1+ inning of work to take the loss for Yale. He struck out three, walked a batter, hit a batter and threw a wild pitch. Castaldi pitched the next six innings, scattering four hits and allowing just one earned run. The Yale captain struck out six batters, threw a wild pitch, hit two batters and did not issue a walk.
"Castaldi was outstanding in relief today," said Stuper. "He gave us an opportunity to come back and nearly win that game."
Hermans (2-2) labored through 6+ innings, allowing five earned runs and seven hits in the win. He registered three strikeouts, three walks and uncorked a wild pitch. Grabowski allowed two earned runs on three hits with a walk, a strikeout and two wild pitches.
Freshman southpaw Christopher O'Hare took the mound in game two, and the Bulldogs spotted him a three-run cushion in the bottom of the second inning. Back-to-back doubles by Moore and Rallis to lead off the frame ran the score to 1-0, and senior centerfielder Stephen Miehls kept the rally going with a walk. Rallis was put out on a home and groundball by Schmidt, but Yale was still in good shape with runners on first and second base with one out. Elmore then delivered with an RBI single to center field, and Megee followed with a sacrifice fly that scored Schmidt to give Yale a 3-0 lead.
The Tigers would strike next, plating two runs in the top of the fourth inning without the benefit of a hit. O'Hare walked the bases loaded to start the inning, when Broscious hit a pop-up in foul territory near first base. Larsson-Danforth was able to keep track of the windswept ball, which drifted all the way back into fair territory, but lost his footing when making the catch as Gonzales-Luna tagged up to turn the pop-up into a run-scoring sacrifice fly. An RBI groundout by Mishu would then score Mulroy to run the score to 3-2.
Nate Baird evened the score in the top of the fifth inning, leading off with his second home run of the season to right field. A single by Matt Connor then chased O'Hare from the game, as senior right-hander Matthew Smith came on in relief. After a double by Boggiano put runners on second and third, a wild pitch scored Connor and sacrifice fly by Gonzales-Luna plated Boggiano to give the visiting Tigers a 5-3 lead.
A one-out Larsson-Danforth single and stolen base jump-started the Yale offense in the bottom of the fifth inning, and first baseman Mishu then pulled his foot too early on a groundball by Brenner, allowing the catcher to reach and Larsson-Danforth to move to third. The next batter was Neil, who smacked a ground-rule double to right field that scored Larsson-Danforth. The hop into the stands actually aided the Tigers, as Brenner was forced to stop and third, where he was stranded as Bowman took the ball and got the final two outs of the inning to preserve the 5-4 lead.
After an error by Elmore and a Mishu double put runners on second and third base with one out in the next half-inning, Coach Stuper turned to Gruber, one of the Bulldogs' most reliable arms in the bullpen, to pitch out of the jam. The 6'7" submariner delivered with a groundout and a strikeout that kept the score at 5-4 entering the bottom of the sixth inning.
Just as the Tigers had done earlier in the contest, the Bulldogs plated two runs without a hit in the sixth inning to claim the lead for good. Schmidt and Elmore both walked on four pitches with one out and, after Megee struck out, Larsson-Danforth smoked a groundball to second base. Gonzales-Luna had trouble handling the hot-shot, and his rushed throw sailed wide as Schmidt scored to tie the game and Elmore moved to third. A daring play proved to be the game-winner, as Larsson-Danforth took off for second base on an 0-1 pitch to Brenner with the go-ahead run on third. As the 6'6" slugger was hung up between first and second, Elmore raced for the plate. Gonzales-Luna fired home to cut down the runner, but Elmore slid in safely to give the Bulldogs a 6-5 advantage.
After the Tigers' defense had failed them in the last half-inning, Yale's fielder stepped up in the top of the seventh inning. Andrew Moore made a sliding catch in left field for the first out of the inning and, after a Mulroy double, Moore saved a run by tracking down a line drive that would have surely plated him with the tying run.
"Moore didn't have a good day at the plate," said Stuper, "but that's the sign of a good ballplayer. He didn't bring his bad at-bats into the field with him."
In the eighth inning, Broscious led off with a ground-rule double to send Gruber to the locker room. Stuper handed the ball to the hurler who had started the day on the hill for Yale: Brook Hart. The southpaw got a groundout and pop-up, then froze Connor on a 3-2 pitch to end the inning. Hart would come on again in the ninth inning and retire the Tigers without allowing a run to preserve the 6-5 victory.
"That performance shows what kind of competitor Brook is," said Stuper. The 18-year veteran of the Yale dugout could not recall ever using his game one starter in relief in the same day.
Gruber (3-0) allowed two hits and none earned in 1.2 innings of relief to record his third victory of the week. Hart got the last six outs, walking one and striking out two, to earn his first career save. Bowman (1-4) did not allow a hit or an earned run but took the loss in 3.2 innings out of the bullpen. He struck out five batters and walked three.
The Bulldogs return to the diamond on Wednesday, closing out an eight-game homestand with a 3:30 p.m. doubleheader against Fairfield. Yale will resume Ivy League play this weekend with four games at Red Rolfe Division opponent Dartmouth.
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Q: What is the law regarding a used car dealer keeping a consumer's deposit to hold a car pending adequate financing? I was denied financing. The dealer refuses to return my $4,000 deposit. No contract was signed.
A: If no contract was signed, the dealer should not keep your deposit, even if under ordinary circumstances the terms of his contracts allow him to do so.
To get the dealer to give back your deposit, the first thing you should do is write a letter to the dealer requesting that your money be returned. Before you send the letter, you may want to consult with an attorney who can actually assist you with writing the letter, as well as with taking legal action should that become necessary. You can also submit a complaint to the Better Business Bureau (www.bbb.org) and see if their mediation department can negotiate with the dealer to get your deposit back. You can also submit a complaint to the Governor's Office of Consumer Protection at www.consumer.ga.gov or by calling 404-651-8600 or 1-800-869-1123.
If you used a credit card to pay the deposit, you should also consider disputing the charge with your credit card company. Even if you take this route, the assistance of the Better Business Bureau and the Governor's Office of Consumer Protection described above may still be helpful.
For future transactions, you should always take the following precautions:
• Select a reputable auto dealer. Check them out with the Better Business Bureau.
• Ideally, arrange for third-party financing before you go to the dealership so you know the amount of money you can borrow. At least contact your bank or credit union to find out what interest rate you would qualify for, so you can compare this with the dealer's financing offer.
• If you do finance through the dealer, wait until financing has been approved before you take possession of the vehicle.
• Before signing anything, give yourself a cooling-off period. Take your time, think it through, and don't let the salesperson rush you into anything.
• Carefully read all provisions of the contract. If there are blanks in the contract, ask the dealer to complete them before you sign. Ask questions if there are items you don't understand.
• Keep records of all monies you pay in the transaction, and don't pay with cash.
• Insist in advance on a written assurance that, if your financing falls through, your deposit will be fully refunded and your trade-in will be promptly returned to you. Also, get assurance that if credit terms change, you can cancel the deal.
Do you have a consumer question? Go to ConsumerEd.com to submit your question and read additional consumer tips. Always consult a lawyer about legal issues.


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Woman killed in Arizona skydiving accident
ELOY, Ariz. - An attempt to set a world skydiving record by having more than 220 people free-fall from an airplane in formation turned tragic Thursday when one jumper died during the daring effort at the same Arizona location where two skydivers fell to their deaths last year trying to set a different record.
Police identified the victim as Diana Paris, 46, from Berlin, Germany. Her husband told authorities she had completed 1,500 jumps in her skydiving career.
Skydive Arizona blamed the accident on a malfunctioning parachute that was released too low to the ground to allow a reserve parachute to fully open. The skydiver was declared dead at the scene.
"It had nothing to do with the size of the group or the aircraft," World Team spokeswoman Gulcin Gilbert said.
The accident occurred during an attempt to break a world formation record.
The group of 222 people from 28 countries was to free-fall from about 18,000 feet then come together in a formation like a snowflake and separate and link in another formation before pulling their parachutes.
The skydivers hurtle through the air at speeds of more than 100 mph, and they have about 70 seconds to complete the free-fall formations before they must deploy their parachutes.
The group did not set the record during the ill-fated jump or during several more after the death. They planned to continue Friday with 221 skydivers.
"Our dear friend cannot and will not be replaced," said Gulcin, whose group organized the record attempt. "The group will continue to hold the slot open in the skydiver's honor."
Skydivers cried and hugged each other and prayed after they learned of the death. But they also had no interest in quitting because of the tragedy.
"You can die crossing the street," said skydiver Debbie Franzese of New York. "It's sad, but also it happens. You know, it just happens."
The victim's body was found about a mile from the drop zone. The parachute was collected by law enforcement and will be given to the Federal Aviation Administration for inspection.
Skydive Arizona, between Phoenix and Tucson, has become one of the nation's top skydiving spots since it opened in the 1980s. The location is ideal because Arizona's climate and terrain provides clear, sunny skies most days of the year and vast uninhabited stretches of desert that are perfect for jumping opportunities.
The site has also had other skydiving deaths in recent months.
Two skydivers - from Germany and the United Kingdom - died in November as their parachutes collapsed and they fell to their deaths during an attempt to set a different jump record.
Experts say that while skydiving is inherently dangerous, especially with so many people, deaths nationwide are low compared to the number of jumps annually.
Last year, for instance, there were 24 deaths in the U.S. out of 3.2 million skydives, said Nancy Koreen of the United States Parachute Association.
Koreen described such a group jump as similar to "driving on a super busy highway as opposed to on a straight country road."
"There's obviously a higher risk of collisions," she said.
However, Koreen added, most deaths do not occur because of equipment malfunction.
"Almost all skydiver accidents, whether it's something like this or any kind of accident, almost always it's something because of the jumper," she said. "It's like pilot error."
Koreen was unaware of the specific conditions that led to Thursday's death, but she said parachutes are designed with a backup that deploys automatically if it senses the jumper is coming in too fast at too low of an elevation.
In this case, she said, the main parachute may have deployed just enough to slow the victim down, tricking the backup chute into not deploying.
"If you're under a malfunctioning main parachute," Koreen said, "you may not be descending quickly enough to trigger the device."


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Apache in Ubuntu 8.04
Apache 2.28 is the current version that ships with Ubuntu 8.04. There are several meaningful changes. One of those changes is a much smaller apache2.conf configuration file. When you look at the apache2.conf you will see one of those changes is that this file now contains only the Global Configuration options. The config file is only 298 lines as you can see in the example.
291 # Include of directories ignores editors' and dpkg's backup files,
292 # see README.Debian for details.
294 # Include generic snippets of statements
295 Include /etc/apache2/conf.d/
297 # Include the virtual host configurations:
298 Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/
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Note the modular support, which was available in the past as well, but now is more important to understand. The include statements will help fill out the configuration file with the options in /etc/apache2/conf.d/ provided so applications can add features to apache without directly modifying the file. Also note that the configuration for virtual servers is found in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled. These actually have symbolic links to files that you modify in sites-available.
For a tutorial on how to configure Virtual Hosting on Ubuntu 8.04 CLICK HERE.
The apache2.conf file also contains include statements that impact the ports that can be used by the web server and modules which can be used. The mods-enabled directory contains those modules that have been made available for the web server. The httpd.conf file is for compatibility with configurations that you may have had with Red Hat or CentOS based distros.
For a tutorial on CentOS Virtual Hosting CLICK HERE. This will give you a good comparision of the different ways to set up apache.
184 # Include module configuration:
185 Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.load
186 Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.conf
188 # Include all the user configurations:
189 Include /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
191 # Include ports listing
192 Include /etc/apache2/ports.conf
The other include line you see is to set the ports that are available to the Web Server. Looking at the file you can see the default is port 80 and the other SSL option is 443.
Listen 80
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
Listen 443
Multi-Processing Modules
The MPM (multi-processing modules) are an additional feature for the modular design of apache to make it more flexible for various operating systems and for scalability for servers. The prefork MPM is the default for Ubuntu 8.04 and provides basic settings that can be modified to help your server scale to whatever load you will need to work with. Your apache web server will start with 5 web servers running by default. Each user that comes to your server will need an instance of apache to be able to view your site. That is why 5 are started immediately so that when users come there are severs already in memory to speed up the process for people to see your site. If 10 people came at the same time, five new servers would have to be started which will take time, and be noticeable by those trying to view your site. This is part of the scalability issues is that you need to decide how many people will be on your site at one time. Just remember that each instance of apache takes resources from your hardware especially in the area of RAM so have sufficient RAM for the machine. If you site in not very busy you could reduce the "StartServers" number to 3 and save on resources. If it was very busy you may need to increase to 20, etc. You will need to modify the Minimum and Maximum numbers as well for you server. The whole idea is to provide excellent scalability for your particular needs.
# prefork MPM
# StartServers: number of server processes to start
# MinSpareServers: minimum number of server processes which are kept spare
# MaxSpareServers: maximum number of server processes which are kept spare
# MaxClients: maximum number of server processes allowed to start
# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves
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StartServers 5
MinSpareServers 5
MaxSpareServers 10
MaxClients 150
MaxRequestsPerChild 0
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The students at East Oldham Middle School are celebrating Red Ribbon Week with an exciting presentation by "The Seven Project." Red Ribbon Week is the nation's oldest and largest drug prevention program in the nation reaching millions of Americans during the last week of October every year.
Two parents charged with falsifying student enrollment appeared before a judge Wednesday afternoon.
Charles Lauron, 51, waived his right to a pre-trial hearing and Judge Diana Wheeler ruled to pass his case on to a grand jury on Dec. 1.
Lauron is charged with owing the school district just over $26,000 after enrolling his son in Oldham County schools for eight years despite living in Lyndon.
"This is a very unusual and bizzare case," said Judge Janice Martin Wednesday, after spending the better part of two hours trying to unravel the time line of Donna Claggett's life.
Claggett, of Goshen, was charged in August with theft by deception by the Oldham County School system.
She is accused of owing the county $24,000, because someone else enrolled their child at Liberty Elementary in 2004 and used her address.
Charges against three additional parents were filed in Oldham County District Court Tuesdays as the county's fraudulent enrollment cases pile up. Investigations for the 2011-12 school year currently number 43 families with 63 children. As of Wednesday evening warrants had not been served to the three defendants.
Planning and Development Director Jim Urban became the voice of Oldham County on Thursday.
Well, at least to those residents who complain the school board doesn't listen, moves forward on projects regardless of the community's feelings and generally does what it wants.
Urban is a member of the Local Planning Committee for the school district. The committee met Thursday to vote on changing the priority level of the Brownsboro school, which would allow the district to use nearly $2 million in state funds for the project.
The crackdown on fraudulent enrollment continues in Oldham County this week, as the school district plans to file at least three more complaints with district court on Wednesday.
More cases may be filed this week if school officials are ready, according to Dan Orman, assistant superintendent of student services. As of Monday, two Jefferson County families and one from Henry County will be charged later this week.
"Superintendent Paul Upchurch and the Board of Education are supportive and want us to investigate every case," Orman said.
An upcoming Oldham County Board of Education meeting has drawn protests from residents, but Superintendent Paul Upchurch said they are unfounded.
The Local Planning Committee meeting, scheduled for Oct. 13, has one item on its agenda: raising the priority of the planned Brownsboro elementary school.
Upchurch said the change will make available approximately $1.9 million in state funding previously restricted because of the prioritization. That state funding will keep the school system from using taxpayer money for a bond issue, he said.
The annual National Merit Scholarship and National Achievement Scholarship programs announced semifinalists in recent weeks.
Semifinalists for both programs are chosen based on Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying scores, and represent less than one percent of the top U.S. high school seniors.
The achievement scholarship recognizes African-American students, while the merit scholarship is open to all students.
First month student enrollment exceeds projection
Data for the first month of the school year showed 57 more students enrolling in Oldham County schools than projected. Enrollment at elementary and middle schools is slightly down this year compared to last year, but high school enrollment is up.
Michael Williams, director of pupil personnel, said the increase in high school enrollment is due to the size of this year's ninth grade class.
Despite Tuesday's release of No Child Left Behind interim report scores, Oldham County students continue to outperform state and national averages in a number of other areas.
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A St. Augustine teen's memory will be honored at this weekend's Daytona 500 as NASCAR driver Scott Lagasse Jr. pays tribute to Jerad Revels.
The 18-year-old Pedro Menendez teen was killed January 30th in a tractor accident on his family's farm. On Thursday, Scott Lagasse Jr. unveiled a sticker placed on the driver's side of his car in honor of the NASCAR fan.
"The response has been great. I hope it helps in some way, I don't know what you do for a family going through that," said Lagasse Jr., a Nationwide Series driver.
The sticker, designed by a Revels family member, has been placed on the car as a personal favor in a location sponsors normally pay thousands of dollars for. The teen's mother, Terri Rothenhausler, said the experience has been amazing.
"I don't know where I get the strength from sometimes, it must be Jerad giving it to me," said Rothenhausler.
The high school senior, who has been described as a fun, goofy, jokester, was planning on going to a trade college while working on his family farm. A chore the teen had done since he was a child, before and after school every day.
Besides the NASCAR dedication, the Ancient City Gamefish Association's Kingfish Challenge will be held in memory of Jerad Revels on July 12, 13 and 14.


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Last week, one of our contributors tipped me off to some bags generating quite a bit of buzz on our Forum – the Chanel Diamond Bags, new for Fall 2013. Members in the Chanel section have traded nearly eight pages of information, photos and opinions on the bags, and we've got all the images and information you could want to make one of these little darlings your next acquisition.
Although the Chanel Diamond Bags (referred to as such because of the angled border around the iconic CC logo on the bags' front panel) are making their official debut right now, the design heavily references several boxy designs from Chanel's accessories heyday in the 1980s. The bag comes in three sizes – the Small Camera Case ($2,800), Camera Case ($4,000) and Flap Bag (price unknown at this time). The Small Camera Case is a mini crossbody style, the Camera Case is on two shorter chains and the Flap Bag can be worn both ways. The bags are lambskin inside and out, which makes for a pretty luxurious everyday bag. All three sizes comes in a variety of neutrals, including black and beige.
Below, we have both Chanel's official images of the bag and some of our own, taken from our exclusive look at Chanel's Fall 2013 bags.


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But it's not just that everything's a computer now; it's also that everything's on a network. Software isn't just eating the world because of Moore's Law, but also because of Metcalfe's Law. In practice, "software is eating the world" means software is transforming the world. It might make sense to assume that software, as it transforms the world, must be making the world more organized in the process.
But if Moore's Law is Athena, a pure force of reason, Metcalfe's Law is Eris, a pure force of chaos. Firstly, consider the fallacies of distributed computing:
- The network is reliable
- Latency is zero.
- Bandwidth is infinite.
- The network is secure.
- Topology doesn't change.
- There is one administrator.
- Transport cost is zero.
- The network is homogeneous.
Chaos also reigns in a social sense: the network isn't secure, and there are many administrators. So if Moore's Law makes everything it touches more automatic and organized, Metcalfe's Law makes everything it touches less reliable and more unpredictable. An unspoken assumption you can see everywhere is that "software is eating the world" means that the world is becoming more organized along the way. But since networking is an implicit fundamental in the definition of software today, everytime software makes the world more organized, it brings networking along with it, and networking makes everything more chaotic.
Everything that software eats becomes newly organized and newly chaotic. Because you have a new form of organization replacing an old form of organization, while a new form of chaos replaces an old form of chaos, it's impossible to really determine whether or not software, when it eats the world, makes it more organized or more chaotic. The net effect is impossible to measure. You might as well assume that they balance perfectly, and Moore's Law and Metcalfe's Law are yin and yang.
But the thing is, when personal computers were a new idea, they emanated order. You typed explicit commands; if you got the command perfectly right, you got what you wanted, and it was the same thing, every time. They didn't have the delays that you get when you communicate with a database, let alone another computer on an unreliable and sometimes absent network. They didn't even have the conceptual ambiguity that comes with exploring a GUI for the first time.
Even the video games back then were mostly deterministic. It's why big design up front looks so insane to developers today, but made sense to smart people at the time. During WWII, the cryptographers who developed computing itself were mathematicians who based everything about computing on rock-solid, Newtonian certainties. You did big design up front because everything was made of logic, and logic is eternal.
This is no longer the case, and this will never be the case again. And this is what feels different about computers in 2016. A few decades ago, "non-deterministic computer" was a contradiction in terms. Today, "non-deterministic computer" is a perfect definition for your iPhone. Everything it does depends on the network — which may or may not exist, at any given time — and you can only use it by figuring out a graphical, haptic interface which might be completely different tomorrow.
Every Netflix client I have operates like a non-deterministic computer. Here's a very "old man yells at cloud" rant. This happened. I go on Netflix, and I start watching a show. There's some weird network glitch or something, and my Apple TV restarts. I go on Netflix a second time, and I go to "previously watched," but the Apple TV didn't tell the network in time, so Netflix doesn't know I was watching this show. So I go manually search for it, and when I hit the button to watch it, Netflix offers me the option of resuming playback where I was before. So it knows I was watching it, now.
Basically, whatever computer cached the list of previously watched shows didn't know the same thing that the computer which cached the playback times did know.
A few decades ago, it was impossible for a computer to have this problem, where the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. Today, it's inherent to computers. And this has long-term consequences which are subtle but deep. Kids who see chaos as an intrinsic element of computing from the moment they're old enough to watch cartoons on Netflix are not going to build the same utopian fantasies that you get from Baby Boomers like Ray Kurzweil. My opinion of transhumanists is that they formed an unbreakable association between order and computers back when networks weren't part of the picture, and they never updated their worldview to integrate the fundamental anarchy of networks.
I don't want to old man yells at cloud too much here. That's where you get these annoying rants where people think the iPad is going to prevent kids from ever discovering programming, as if Minecraft were not programming. And I'm already telling you that the kids see the world a different way, like I'm Morley Winograd, millennial expert. But there's a deep and fundamental generation gap here. Software used to mean order, and now it just means a specific blend of order and chaos.


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Zain KSA is the newest player in Saudi Arabia's mobile telecommunications market, having commenced commercial operations in August 2008. As of 31 March 2018, the operation served 8.4 million customers and had extended its network coverage to 92% of the population via a network of over 8,717 sites. Through its state-of-the-art 4G LTE network, the ever-evolving operator is striving to become the Kingdom's preferred choice for voice, data and other telecommunications services. Through constant development of the telecommunications infrastructure and proactive marketing initiatives, Zain remains committed to offering customers in Saudi Arabia the most dynamic products and services. The basis of Zain Saudi Arabia's achievements lies in the company's ability to inspire its employees to deliver the best and most imaginative services at every level. With an energetic and inspired majority-Saudi workforce, the company is committed to employing high caliber people as well as nurturing the finest Saudi talent. With a strong human resources and training program that develops and nurtures leaders in the workplace, the company has consistently opened new doors for its dedicated staff. For more on Zain KSA please visit www.sa.zain.com
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As a leading regional telecom operator and one of the most valuable Arab brands, Zain offers many job opportunities that attract the very best qualified professionals. It is important that you apply for the right position in order to have a better opportunity to work with us. We invite you to follow the tips outlined below to analyze the best way to navigate the application process.
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- Are we right for you?
- Identify an opportunity that fits your profile
- Select and apply for the job that most appropriately matches your qualifications
Unfortunately, email and online fraud are continuing concerns for virtually all businesses that operate on the Internet. Please be aware that, from time to time, fraudulent emails have been circulated that appear to be from Zain or Zain Telecommunications or similar but that are, in fact, sent by imposters for illegitimate reasons. Zain will only ask you to upload your resume/CV on www.careers.zain.com and will never ask for your resume/CV or other personal financial details through e-mail. Zain shall not be held responsible for any loss or damage incurred in the event that you choose to send your personal information via e-mail.
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S/T stands for (Situation or Task) explains the circumstances or the background
A stands for (Action) Describes the specific action that you took
R stands for (Result) Conveys the outcome of your action (use measurable terms)
Write down a number of specific and practical experiences in 'STAR' format, providing recent and relevant examples based on the different job requirements or skill sets of the job that you are applying for.


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NAMEMouse::Exporter - make an import() and unimport() just like Mouse.pm
VERSIONThis document describes Mouse version v2.4.7
package MyApp::Mouse; use Mouse (); use Mouse::Exporter; Mouse::Exporter->setup_import_methods( as_is => [ 'has_rw', 'other_sugar', \&Some::Random::thing ], also => 'Mouse', ); sub has_rw { my $meta = caller->meta; my ( $name, %options ) = @_; $meta->add_attribute( $name, is => 'rw', %options, ); } # then later ... package MyApp::User; use MyApp::Mouse; has 'name'; has_rw 'size'; thing; no MyApp::Mouse;
DESCRIPTIONThis module encapsulates the exporting of sugar functions in a "Mouse.pm"-like manner. It does this by building custom "import", "unimport" methods for your module, based on a spec you provide.
Note that "Mouse::Exporter" does not provide the "with_meta" option, but you can easily get the metaclass by "caller->meta" as ``


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How To Have A Fire Safe Holiday Season
Every year, we respond to tragic incidents where people suffer injuries, burns, and even death due to carelessness with holiday decorations. Trees, lights, ornaments, and fireplaces produce extra hazards in your home at a time when hectic activity distracts your attention from fire safety.
Here are some safety tips from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department to ensure that we will not make an unplanned visit to your home this holiday season:
- Make sure your natural tree is a fresh one. Fresh needles won't break when you bend them. Once you get your fresh tree home, cut off one to two inches of the trunk and place it in a stable holder. Keep the holder full of water, and the tree away from sources of heat, to keep your tree from drying out.
- Use only flame-proof decorations, and check the wiring on all your electrical decorations before you put them up. Avoid using extension cords to run your electrical decorations. Make sure your electrical decorations are tested and labeled.
- Don't use real candles as part of decorations.
- Don't use your fireplace as a disposal site for wrapping paper, boxes, or your tree. These items should be disposed of properly with your normal trash.
- Keep an extra eye on friends and family members who smoke. Make sure that ashes and lit cigarettes don't fall onto chairs, gifts, or wrapping paper. Don't empty cigarette ashtrays into the trash.
- Take an extra minute to ensure all your home fire safety devices are prepared for the holidays. Clean and test your smoke alarm and make sure your portable fire extinguisher is pressurized and not blocked by all the extra holiday packages.
Have a happy and safe holiday season!
For more information on this or other safety issues, please contact the Public Affairs and Life Safety Education Section at 703-246-3801 or TTY 711.


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The Bogie 72 is the second plane in our Nostalgia line. We took our Little Bogie and redesigned it with a full 6 foot wingspan! Designed to bring back that nostalgic feeling of yesteryear, in a small field electric package. Taking inspiration from many different free flight planes of the past, we developed the 72 inch Bogie 72, which resulted in a super lightweight, nostalgic, and relaxingly smooth flying plane.
The Bogie 72 was designed using a state of the art 3D CAD package, to allow for exceptional interlocking parts design and fit. 3D design also allows us to provide clearer assembly images, without having to use photos.
The Bogie 72 is built from self-jigging interlocking laser cut balsa and plywood parts. It's like a 3D jigsaw puzzle with instructions. Although not needed for building, full size plans are included for reference. If the instructions are read before hand and followed during the build, the Bogie 72 can be built up and ready to fly in relatively few evenings.
Slow and gentle are the two best words to describe the flight characteristics of the Bogie 72. We think that anyone who enjoys the look and easy to fly charactaristics of the "old timer" style models will thoroughly enjoy the Bogie 72. The Bogie 72 thermals very well, with its light wing loading and size, so those looking to throttle back and float around the sky, riding the currents will have no trouble doing so.
Powered by the Scorpion 2215-18 brushless outrunner, the Bogie 72 will climb vertically for rapid climb outs.
The Bogie 72 features removable wing tips to make transportation in small vehicles easy.
We think youll like the Bogie 72
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The current version of the manual is 1.05: Bogie 72 Old Timer Electric Laser Cut Airplane Kit Manual (1.17 MB)