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Fast search of lazy
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Original authors: Justin Bailey (jgbailey at gmail.com) and Chris Kuklewicz (haskell at list.mightyreason.com).
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This module provides two functions for finding the occurrences of a
pattern in a target string using the Knuth-Morris-Pratt algorithm.
It exists mostly for systematic reasons, the functions from
Data.ByteString.Lazy.Search are much faster, except for very short
patterns or long patterns with a short period if overlap is allowed.
In the latter case,
indices from this module may be the best choice
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matches and the DFA function's automaton needs much space for long
In the former case, for some pattern/target combinations DFA has better
performance, for others KMP, usually the difference is small.
Complexity and Performance
The preprocessing of the pattern is O(
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|Home Video (DVD & VHS) Out Sells Feature Films, Video Games and Movies in 2002
|Friday, 17 January 2003
incredible success of DVD video has propelled home video to become
America's most popular entertainment medium, surpassing consumer
spending on movie tickets, music, video games and mass-market books.
Just announced by the DVD Entertainment Group at the International
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, U.S. consumers spent more
than twice as much buying and renting DVDs and VHS as they did going to
the movies. In 2002, consumers spent $20.3 billion buying and renting
DVDs and VHS versus $9.3 billion moviegoers spent at the theatrical box
DVD now represents 57 percent of 2002 home video consumer spending,
driven by DVD retail sales which increased 61 percent to $8.7 billion
(compared with $5.4 billion in 2001). Consumers spent an additional
$2.9 billion renting DVDs (more than double the $1.4 billion in 2001),
bringing total DVD spending to $11.6 billion versus $6.8 billion in
2001 an increase of 71 percent.
Numerous DVD titles broke sales records in 2002 with many selling at least four million copies. Some of these titles include "American Pie II," "Austin Powers in Goldmember," "Black Hawk Down," "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," "Minority Report," and "Star Wars - Episode II: The Attack of the Clones."


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Mistaken Identity
Love your program. This is one of the few stories in my uneventful life maybe worth retelling; it's all true...
This is a story about how mistaken identity and prejudice can lead to bad decisions and unfortunate consequences.
In the fall of 1968 I was a sophomore at a small, Christian college in the Midwest. Three semesters, in those days, had transformed me from a nattily dressed, stuck up high school student into a New Left searcher, civil rights advocate, SDS member and wannabe hippie. I didn't realize that all those aspirations didn't really add up, or that attaining some sort of negated some of the others. But I was younger then…
My conservative, middle class college didn't offer many role models for a white boy aspiring to social justice and hippiedom, and few minorities of any kind to support. But there was one guy who was both. Clarence Triplett, a year ahead of me, was one of maybe a dozen African-Americans in a student body of about 900. He went around, always quietly, sporting a beard and an early moderate Afro, wearing a poncho and a bell on a lanyard around his neck. I didn't talk much with Clarence, but I admired his stance. So I grew a beard, made a poncho from a blanket, and procured a bronze bell from a head shop in Chicago's Old Town. Clarence was the real deal, and I wanted to be a reasonable facsimile. If imitation is the sincerest from of flattery, I was kneeling at Clarence's feet.
One autumn day me and my room mate, Mike, were walking down the tranquil main street of our college's suburban home town. Mike was short-haired and conventionally dressed, but I was by then long haired, well-bearded, cloaked in my poncho, and wearing the bell, tinkling with every step. From across the street, on the steps of the library, two fellows, whom I quickly stereotyped as "townies," shouted cat calls: "Nice bell you got there, asshole;" or some such.
Having yet to reconcile my peaceful hippie with my inner smart ass, I replied that if they liked my bell so much, they could come on over and get it. Mike and I turned and kept walking.
Moments later we alerted to foot steps pounding the pavement behind us. Our taunters had taken me up, run across the street and were closing at warp speed. Mike stopped, while I kept walking. But I soon stopped and turned to see that one of the pair had halted near my friend, while the other continued in headlong pursuit of me. I braced to meet the oncoming assault.
I was no fighter; maybe it would have gone better for my attacker if I was. I didn't do fighting but I'd been a state champion high school swimmer and at around 200 pounds, was more an immovable object than my assailant had supposed. He launched himself at me, and probably to his surprise as well as my own, I remained standing, clasping him to my breast. Not knowing how to fight properly, I threw him through the plate glass window of a jewelry store.
My assailant's shocked friend ran to his aid and me and Mike hightailed it back to our dorm. All was quiet for a few hours until the grapevine brought news that Clarence, the harmless and blameless black hippie, had recently been taken from the dorm in handcuffs by the police, accused of what I had done.
Realizing the mistake and possible consequences for Clarence, I turned myself in to the Resident Advisor, who called the Dean, who soberly pronounced this an incident "with possible racial overtones." I was taken to the police station whereupon Clarence was released. The college quickly posted bond for me, which was easier, apparently, than posting bond for Clarence, who was probably presumed guilty for being black.
As it turned out, the fellows attacking me believed they were jumping Clarence. Even the cheek to cheek encounter with the guy I heaved through the window did not register with him that I was not the black hippie Clarence, and so it was the easily identified and singular Clarence who got hauled in. After my confession, me and my assailant were charged with "fighting" and given a court date. The cops told me it took 214 stitches to sew the other guy up.
At the trial my hair was cut, the beard was gone and I was wearing a Brooks Brothers' suit instead of a dirty blanket. The other defendant appeared in jeans and a sweat shirt. Though I felt myself to be the innocent party, my counter-party's 214 stitches and my own evident sartorial and class advantages inclined me to what I hoped was merciful understatement when queried by the judge: "Okay; tell me what you say happened."
"Your honor, my room mate and I were walking down one side of the street when we were accosted by the other defendant here and his friend from the opposite side. I said something back and we kept walking. Just after that I realized that the defendant and his friend had crossed the street and were coming for us. I stopped, and when I did, the defendant attacked me. In the struggle, I guess he fell through the window."
The judge nodded gravely, turned to the other chap and asked "Is that what happened? Did you attack him?"
His reply was more dramatic than my testimony. He said: "Well, sir, it was more like I jumped on him."
Which convicted him and exonerated me. But I could not help but feel that, though obviously not blameless, he was in some sense a victim. Because the prejudice and narrow mindedness that spurred him to attack Clarence also so blinded him that he could not see, even when literally face to face with me, that his actual victim was not his intended victim. Because in court, by my being better dressed, presumptively better educated and more privileged than him, he was more guilty than me, even though it was me who threw him through the window, and he was the guy who got 214 stitches and had to pay for the window plus a $275 fine. Which in 1968 was real money. It seemed kind of like the guy who set out to punish Clarence for being a black hippie was punished by the judge for being a poor white, and I walked.
On the other hand, if the guy had actually got a piece of Clarence like he meant to, rather than the multiple lacerations he got from me, he'd probably have thought he'd done himself proud. In which case he got what he deserved.


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I'll beat yo azz, I'll beat yo azz
I'll beat yo azz, I'll beat yo azz
I'll beat yo azz my nigga, I'll beat yo azz, I'll beat yo azz AIIGHHT!
[Verse 1 - M.I.G]
I'll beat the breaks off a nigga if he thinking that he realer
Than the six feet four I'm the giant out of the river
I deliver all the hits teach you how to talk that shit
I'm the one who got these niggas screamin Ellenwood bitch!
Chrome shit to yo face ever lasting' like the yay
Put them hands on that nigga told him to get up out of my way
It's okay you can say in your place where you'll be found
From the club to the lot see how M.I.G get down!
[Verse 2 - Killa C]
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You gon' be the one to fall over from my fucking killing spree
Favoring on the seven then them days that I be stacking' G's
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My nigga you swear you hard talking' shit
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Fuck nigga back the fuck off before I swing my fist
You come get it I got it you know stopping' popin' ain't taking no shit
I stay with my niggas surrounding don't try to down or clown me talking that trash
Off in the club, fuck nigga what?
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Stop all the hating bitch you faking?
Step on that station you will get your ass stuck
Ready to buck, ready to ride, crunk in the club with my click on my side
Get your hand off my bad I sit up and thrash
So let that be nothing to it just yo azz
[Verse 4 - Psycho Blak]
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You don't want to dance with this ass cause I'll drop ya
Psycho B. gon' rock ya address it like a heavy weight
I'll spray you off like mack and hit your ass when you violate
Because this sir ain't no game y'all ain't ready we too buck
These choppas is to crucial
They too brutal for you bra
So if you got some ana and you feel you stand a chance
You met the right nigga that will knock you out from standing
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Watch yo back when I hit the door
You think that I am playing games man?
I am here to take out you hoes and put shots that fit through your brain
We carrying deadly things
I am known for correcting lames
Come test me I'm ready it is going to be hectic up in this game
MOB that be my click
I down hoes for talking shit
Don't throw yo azz because you gon' get hit
That is the price for popping quick
Don't hate me for making cash
I'm the best, what you want some best?
Don't think I am scared to blast because I will bust and beat all y'all ass!


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Freshman forward Jaime Serna will compete for spot in UCSB's starting five...A powerful player and potentially outstanding rebounder, Serna also has a soft touch on his shot and is expected to develop into an outstanding all-around player.
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Serna attended Santa Margarita High School...Despite injuring his elbow and missing a significant portion of his senior season, Serna was named First Team All-Trinity League and Second Team All-CIF...Averaged 14 points, 10 rebounds, three blocked shots, and two assists per game in 2007-08, helping Santa Margarita to the California State Division III championship and to the CIF Southern Section title game...Made 64.3% of his field goal attempts...Scored a career-high 25 points against JSerra HS...Serna had his personal best of 16 rebounds against Servite HS during his junior season...Recorded a career-high seven blocked shots against Servite HS, and a best of six assists against Orange Lutheran...As a junior Serna averaged 12 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots per game...Shot 57.1% from the field...Named All-CIF Southern Section and All-Trinity League following his junior season as well...Coached by Jerry DeBusk.
Jaime Alejandro Serna was born October 25, 1989 in Los Angeles, Calif....The son of Jaime J. Serna and Guille Arreola...Was a Scholar Athlete in high school and had a 4.1 grade point average...Serna's favorite sports teams include Real Madrid, Manchester United, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Oakland Raiders...Hobbies include art, music, and films...Favorite television shows include Entourage and Weeds...The Dark Knight and The Godfather are his favorite movies...His most memorable sports moment was when he had a tip-dunk over Taylor King and Alex Jacobson of Mater Dei...Is of Mexican and Spanish descent and speaks fluent Spanish...An art major, he aspires to career in film, art or music.


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The simple fact is that we don't know -- don't even have a clue -- about the number of Windows XP machines still out in the wild. Back-of-the-envelope estimates put the figure at about half a billion machines, but that calculation ignores a host of crucial factors. Foremost among them: How many "real" copies of Windows XP will be thrown to the dogs next month when Microsoft cuts off support? There's only one company that has an inkling of the "real" number, and that company isn't talking.
A couple of days ago, Gregg Keizer at Computerworld put the numbers through the wringer as part of his impassioned call for Microsoft to extend XP support. The calculation looks like this: Net Applications says that 29.5 percent of the world's PCs ran XP in February. If there are about 1.65 billion PCs running around (including, presumably, 1.4 billion Windows PCs, using Microsoft's latest figure), that comes to about 488 million XP PCs now in operation.
StatCounter, on the other hand, says about 19 percent of the Web hits it tracks come from XP machines. You can do the math.
I don't trust either source, for reasons I described a couple of years ago, but for better or worse, they're the two main sources of "XP usage" numbers. In both cases, the reporting organization tracks hits on Web pages that they monitor. StatCounter reports the hits raw; Net Applications massages them significantly. Neither has good reporting in China or Asia -- which now account for about half of all installed PCs. But they're all we have.
The 300 or 400 or 500 million XP PC numbers sound impressive, but they miss the point.
Here's what I want to know: When Microsoft rolls out its final set of XP patches next month, how many "real" bought-and-paid-for copies of Windows XP will be updated?
If we're looking at 500 million PCs headed to the rubbish heap of patching history, then there's no question Microsoft has a huge problem on its hands. Keizer's options for Microsoft redeeming its security reputation should be mandatory.
But what if we're only looking at 10 million? Or even 5?
Yes, it's possible that the estimates of exposed, upgradeable "genuine" PCs is off by an order of magnitude -- or two.
First, the volume of pirated XP machines boggles even my imagination. Estimates put the number of XP machines in China alone at 300 million. I hate to sound cynical, but in my experience, maybe 1 percent of those machines have "genuine" bought-and-paid-for versions of XP.
People in the West tend to think that if an XP PC is downloading updates -- Keizer quotes Microsoft as saying roughly 70 percent of the XP machines are regularly updated -- that the machine must be "genuine." I can assure you that there are dozens of popular pirate versions of XP that install patches with no problems at all. Just because an XP machine gets automatic updates doesn't mean it's genuine. In some parts of Asia, real copies of XP are as rare as panda bears wearing sunglasses and dancing the macarena.
Microsoft's under no obligation to patch pirate copies, of course, and it's a two-edged sword. I've encountered dozens of XP machines that were bricked when a Black Tuesday patch conflicted with a pirated copy of Windows. If Microsoft extends XP support for another year or two or 10, what happens when a pirate copy of Windows goes kablooey?
Pirate copies of XP account for, what, maybe 300 million of Net Marketshare's total? 200? 400? There's no way for Net Marketshare or StatCounter to know when it's been pinged by a pirate. But the numbers are undoubtedly huge.
Second, plenty of XP machines that hit the Web regularly rarely get updated. Those are machines that might be counted by the Net Marketshare or StatCounter algorithms, but that would never benefit from Microsoft extending patches beyond April 8. In many cases, they're probably pwned already.
So we're seeing a lot of moral outrage -- well-placed outrage, in my opinion -- about a problem that may be one or two orders of magnitude smaller than I, for one, originally thought. In the end, the undeniable fact is that we don't know how many PCs are going to get slammed when Microsoft shuts down its XP patches. Not even close.
How about it, Microsoft? Can you tell us how many XP machines got patched with the March Black Tuesday round? Of that number, can you say how many were, uh, genuine?
This story, "Only Microsoft knows the true Windows XP numbers -- but isn't telling," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Get the first word on what the important tech news really means with the InfoWorld Tech Watch blog. For the latest developments in business technology news, follow InfoWorld.com on Twitter.


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Funny thing about economic downturns; they may lessen the amount hot rodders are willing or able to lay out for an engine build, but they never decrease the innate desire for big, beastly power beneath the hood that commands respect. We fully sympathize with that and decided to seek out a recipe to bring trusty big-block performance within a realistic car guy budget.
To get started, we called up Coast High Performance in Torrance, California, to track down a stock 454 block (you might be surprised at how hard they're getting to find out here) since aftermarket blocks would blow our budget for this build. In keeping with our real-world philosophy for this build, we didn't even bother looking for a four-bolt main block since two-bolters are more plentiful and generally cheaper-which leaves more cash-in-pocket for parts.
For the rotating assembly, we opted for Probe's 496ci Street Fighter package, which netted us a cast-steel crank, forged connecting rods, lightweight Probe SRS forged pistons, moly rings, and Clevite bearings. For only $1,246 we had solid, reliable internals that can deliver 500+ hp in naturally aspirated trim and have the capability to handle up to 800 hp with a little push from a power adder. And be sure to check their website for online specials at www.coasthigh.com. This time around, we were lucky enough to get free balancing on the rotating assembly, which instantly saved us at least $300 on machine work alone. Now that's a deal that can't be beat.
For the rest of the requisite parts to top off the short-block assembled at Coast, we turned to Summit Racing and put together an impressive package based on their budget friendly Summit brand parts-with a little help from Comp Cams, Holley, and Weiand. All in all it's a list that reads like your standard fun and rowdy big-block that would be at home in any real-world, driven, and enjoyed street/strip car; and that was the idea. Plus, the ground shaking rump from Comp's Big Mutha Thumpr gave it a sound that should be enough to reignite the passion for any hot rodder who's been feeling the thin wallet blues.
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In his article on Virtual Environments (a part of his VFSM specification method) Ferdinand Wagner describes some new ways of thinking about Boolean Algebra as a software design tool. On page 4 of this PDF article, when describing operators in his system he says this:
Control statements need Boolean values. Hence, the names must be used to produce Boolean results. To achieve this we want to combine them together using Boolean operators. There is nothing wrong with usage of AND and OR operators with their Boolean meaning. For instance, we may write:
to express the control situation: digital input is on or analog input is larger than 8.1 and timer is over.
We cannot use the NOT operator, because the result of the Boolean negation makes sense only for true Boolean values. The result of, for instance,
would be ambiguous.
If "AI_LARGER_THAN_8.1" is acceptable, why would he consider "NOT (AI_LARGER_THAN_8.1)" to be ambiguous?


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The defense in the Casey Anthony murder trial is seeking to turn the tables on the prosecution, attempting to put the state itself on trial for conducting what defense lawyers suggest was a lackluster and, at times, incompetent investigation into the death of Ms. Anthony's two-year-old daughter, Caylee.
Although Chief Judge Belvin Perry is trying to head off the tactic by sustaining frequent prosecution objections at the trial, defense attorney Jose Baez is managing to raise substantial questions that could trouble at least some members of the jury.
The jurors have heard testimony that a "shoddy" autopsy was performed by the county medical examiner, that an FBI lab technician's own DNA contaminated a piece of duct tape that the state alleges is the murder weapon, and that a crime scene investigator placed a bag of wet trash with live maggots from Ms. Anthony's car into a drier to preserve the contents for long-term storage.
They have heard about heart-shaped residue that mysteriously disappeared from the surface of the duct tape/alleged murder weapon before it could be photographed. They also heard that investigators waited 3-1/2 months after tests showed the possible presence of chloroform in Anthony's car before obtaining a warrant to search the Anthony home for evidence of chemicals, mixing instructions, chemistry equipment, or store receipts related to chloroform. Nothing was found.
In addition, the defense is suggesting that the state missed opportunities to conduct DNA testing on the maggots found in the trash bag in Anthony's car. Two entomologists and a DNA expert have testified that such testing would have been possible. It was apparently not done.
The defense has also suggested that after the FBI discovered a second partial but inconclusive DNA profile on the duct tape/alleged murder weapon, the state could have had the item retested using more sophisticated technology. It did not.
Defense gambit not unique
Mr. Baez's gambit is not unique. The defense tactic of attacking detectives and prosecutors as sloppy or worse is a standard feature of many trials. But this is no ordinary case. The state has charged Anthony with first-degree murder and is seeking the death penalty.
In addition, the saga of Anthony and her daughter, Caylee, has attracted a national following of self-appointed detectives, moral arbiters, and others who are parsing every utterance in Judge Perry's Orlando, Fla., courtroom. Interest in the trial is so high that fistfights have broken out among those waiting in long lines outside the courthouse for a chance to witness the unfolding drama inside.
Although the state's case moved forward quickly and efficiently for nearly three weeks, the defense side of the trial during the past five days has been slowed by a high number of prosecution objections and resulting sidebar conferences outside earshot of the jury. The in-court tension arises against a backdrop of an increasingly bitter struggle between the two camps behind the scenes.
At several points Perry has condemned what he termed "gamesmanship" and rivalry among the lawyers during the trial.
When a potential witness from a DNA laboratory in the Netherlands, Richard Eikelenboom, presented himself at the state attorney's office last weekend for a possible deposition in advance of his expected testimony this week, Assistant State Attorney Jeffrey Ashton refused to see him. He told him to go away.
Mr. Ashton has sought to block portions of Mr. Eikelenboom's testimony because he says the defense did not comply with a court order in December to fully disclose all opinions that each expert witness would offer at the trial.
Baez says he sought to comply with the order but that a trial is a dynamic process and he is trying to respond to unexpected issues. The judge said his order was clear and that Baez had willfully violated it.
The judge's unusual punishment
As punishment, immediately before Eikelenboom began his testimony on Tuesday, Perry gave a special instruction to the jury that certain reports outlining the witness's testimony had not been delivered prior to a court-imposed deadline and that as a result the jury "may consider this in considering the credibility of the witness."
Such an instruction is highly unusual, particularly in a death-penalty case. A witness's credibility usually speaks for itself without any pretestimony demerits assigned by a trial judge seeking to punish a defense attorney.
The punishment did not stop there. The judge also barred Baez from questioning Eikelenboom about the possibility of obtaining DNA profiles from a stain in the trunk of Anthony's car. Prosecutors have suggested that the stain is from fluid that leaked from Caylee's decomposing body onto the carpet lining the trunk. FBI tests found no DNA. And the state did not seek to perform more sophisticated tests.
Eikelenboom was expected to say that using the more advanced techniques in his lab, such testing might be possible. That testimony could be important to the defense because it would suggest the state has been less than diligent in using available science to help prove its case. At the same time it would highlight the circumstantial and speculative nature of some of the state's evidence against Anthony.
Despite that pending issue, Eikelenboom was permitted to testify in general about DNA testing. He told the jury that even though the duct tape found with Caylee's remains was severely weathered, with his techniques "you could expect to still find DNA."
Pioneer of 'touch DNA'
Eikelenboom is best known in the DNA community as a pioneer in the detection of "touch DNA" – skin cells left behind by an assailant or criminal as a result of rough-handling during criminal activity.
In 2006, Mr. Eikelenboom helped free an innocent man serving a life sentence in Colorado for a murder he didn't commit. After re-creating precisely how the victim was dragged into a field by her killer, Eikelenboom and his laboratory were able to identify "touch DNA" on the victim's shirt 20 years after the crime.
The innocent man, Timothy Masters, was a 15-year-old sophomore in high school at the time of the killing. He told police that he had seen the dead body in the field on his way to school but did not report it to police because he wasn't sure it was real, according to a report in the Denver Post.
Police considered him a murder suspect in part because he did not call 911 and he seemed emotionless, according to the Post report. He was convicted in a circumstantial case with no physical evidence.
Eikelenboom identified three full DNA profiles from the victim's shirt. It eliminated Mr. Masters and pointed, instead, to someone else on the detectives' list of suspects.
In 2008, prosecutors moved to vacate Master's conviction and he was released after serving nearly 10 years of his life sentence.
Work in JonBenet Ramsey case
Eikelenboom was also asked by police in Colorado to investigate the unsolved murder of JonBenet Ramsey. Again, he identified DNA profiles by examining the precise points where the assailant grabbed the little girl's clothing. The resulting DNA profile eliminated JonBenet's parents as suspects in the killing.
During cross-examination, Ashton belittled Eikelenboom and his Dutch-based laboratory. He compared the company to a "mom and pop operation," and suggested he was working in a "barn."
Eikelenboom said he and his wife converted a farm into a high-tech crime laboratory.
Ashton insisted that any DNA that might have been on the duct tape with Caylee's remains would have long since degraded and been unusable in the hot, wet Florida weather.
"We only need a small amount of cells to get a DNA profile," Eikelenboom said.
At the conclusion of his cross-examination Ashton asked Eikelenboom whether the defense team had asked him to retest the duct tape containing the as-yet unidentified DNA remnant.
"We mentioned that we could investigate this piece of tape," Eikelenboom said.
Ashton shot back: "Are you aware if items at the defense's request were sent for additional DNA testing?"
"No," Eikelenboom answered.
The exchange was important because it potentially suggested to the jury that the defense did not want to retest the duct tape even though Baez was arguing that it should have been retested by the state.
"You were willing and able to test items from this case and you were willing and able to do it pro bono," Baez asked during his redirect examination.
"Correct," Eikelenboom said.
"The only reason you didn't do it in this case is because the prosecution objected to you taking it," Baez said.
The comment drew an immediate objection from Ashton before Eikelenboom could answer. The judge sustained the objection.
What the jury does not yet know is that a defense request to submit "items" to the Dutch laboratory was rejected by Perry. Instead, the defense team was directed to use a lab in Pennsylvania.
Baez apparently submitted for testing a pair of shorts and a laundry bag recovered with Caylee's remains. But, according to Ashton, the defense never asked that the duct tape/murder weapon or carpet samples from the trunk of the car be retested for possible DNA.


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Selections from this body of work (entitled American Studies) were on view at Janet Borden last summer (review here), so I'll forgo repeating a full discussion here. There are a total of 20 lightboxes on display (2 are duplicates on both sides of the seating area with explanatory text), 12 of which are bordered by bright colors (3 each in orange, blue, yellow and green). The show edits down to just food related subject matter: drive-ins, snack bars, food trucks, roadside restaurants and classic American signage of burgers and ice cream. The bright colors and intense neon in many of the images really pop when backlit.
Apparently the show will be up until November, so make sure to take a look between your rushed bites of a sandwich or slice.


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No matter where you live or who you are, dirt and grime are inescapable facts of life. As such, we all need to clean—and we spend a significant amount of time keeping our homes and clothes clean and fresh.
Benjamin Franklin said the only things certain in life are death and taxes. Perhaps we should add dirt to the list. So who's doing the cleaning, what solutions do they use and how often are they freshening up their homes and clothes?
VOD services are undoubtedly transforming the way audiences consume video, so it's important to tune in to what's driving engagement around the world. Our recent online global survey found that while several strong motivating factors will support continued growth, there are a few barriers to be mindful of, too.
VOD is fast becoming a part of daily viewing habits for many around the world, regardless of age. In fact, among the 65% of global respondents who watch any type of VOD programming, more than four-in-10 say they watch at least once a day.
Not long ago, "watching TV" meant sitting in front of the screen in your living room, waiting for a favorite program to come on at a set time. Today, VOD programming options put the viewer in control of what they watch, when they watch and how they watch.
VOD programming allows consumers to watch what they watch, when they watch and how they watch. And today, nearly two-thirds of global respondents (65%) in a Nielsen online survey in 61 countries say they watch some form of VOD programming, which includes long- and short-form content.
Once we've covered our essential living expenses, how do we spend the money left over? Whether we stash our spare cash for retirement, invest it to try and make more, or purchase new products, strategies differ around the world.
What keeps you up at night? There's probably more than just one thing: From anxieties about rising utility bills to worries about our personal health, to concerns about the well-being of our family, there's a lot to think about.
More than half (55%) of respondents around the world believed they were in recession in the fourth quarter of 2015, a modest increase from the start of that year (53%)—and a level that often exceeds official economic definitions.
Online shopping is growing around the world, but is this affecting how people are shopping in physical stores? Consumers aren't simply "showrooming"—browsing in store and then going online in search of the lowest-cost option. They're also "webrooming"—researching online and buying in stores.
Global consumer confidence ended 2015 on a subdued note as the index declined two points from the third quarter to 97. Compared to first-quarter 2015, confidence in the fourth quarter remained flat in Asia-Pacific at 107, while Europe edged up four points to 81. All other regions ended the year less confident than they started.
Global consumer confidence ended 2015 on a subdued note as the index declined two points from the third quarter to 97—the same score as the start of the year. Europe was the only region to show consistent confidence improvements throughout the year across all three indicators (job prospects, personal finances and intentions to buy).
As connected commerce continues to gain momentum globally, it's increasingly important that retailers make online shopping as simple as a routine trip to the store, even if they're browsing from the other side of the globe—and offering the right method of payment is critical.
While connected commerce is still largely a domestic affair, cross-border ecommerce is a growing phenomenon. Shoppers are increasingly looking outside their country's borders, as more than half of online respondents in the study who made an online purchase in the past six months say they bought from an overseas retailer.
Shoppers today no longer simply go to the nearest store; they grab the nearest digital device. And it's not just purchasing habits that are going digital: The whole retail experience is changing.
To find out how much attitudes about finances differ by age, we asked Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X, Baby Boomer and Silent Generation respondents about their saving strategies and debt decisions. It turns out that no matter the age, most of us need sound financial advice.
We asked Millennials, Generation Xers and Baby Boomers around the world to tell us how satisfied they are with everything about their jobs. Across a sample of respondents from 60 countries who said they are currently employed, satisfaction levels highlight workplace trends worth paying attention to.
To better understand how younger respondents view the importance of dietary considerations, we asked six Millennials from different parts of the globe to explain how their eating habits differ from those of their parents.
Which generation is distracted most by technology at mealtimes, and which eats their meals away from home most frequently? The findings may surprise you.
Morocco marked its first introduction to the Nielsen's consumer confidence survey in the third quarter with an index score of 85. This quarter's addition of Morocco brings the total number of countries surveyed to 61, globally.
Our outlook on life is often shared with others who have similar traits—and age is no exception. But many of today's consumers are bucking yesterday's preconceived generational notions. In fact, many older people are embracing a more technology-driven world, and sizeable numbers of younger people are turning to more traditional values.
Depending on our age, our approach to something as simple as getting up-to-date news or eating out can be drastically different. But today's consumers are bucking yesterday's preconceived generational notions.
Consumer confidence throughout the European region continued its steady, uphill climb in the third quarter, as 21 of 32 markets (66%) showed index score improvements from the second quarter.
U.S. consumer confidence jumped 18 index points in the third quarter of 2015 to a score of 119 after a six-point decline in the previous quarter. The score marked the biggest quarterly increase and the highest index for the country in Nielsen's 10-year consumer confidence history.
Our perception about personal finances is one factor that contributes to our confidence in the economy, which can impact our willingness to spend and save. Mirroring the rise in global consumer confidence in the third quarter, immediate spending intentions also increased, rising to 43%, up from a low of 30% in 2008 during the Great Recession.
Despite the fact that Millennials are coming of age in one of the most difficult economic climates in the past 100 years, a recent Nielsen global online study found that they continue to be most willing to pay extra for sustainable offerings—almost three-out-of-four respondents in the latest findings, up from approximately half in 2014.
Global consumer confidence increased three index points in the third quarter to 99. Optimistic sentiment for job prospects, personal finances and spending intentions increased in nearly half of all measured markets, but uneven growth continues around the world as confidence stabilizes or grows in many advanced economies and declines in many emerging markets.
Global consumer confidence increased three index points in the third quarter to 99, the highest level since 2006, and optimistic sentiment for job prospects, personal finances and spending intentions increased in nearly half of all measured markets.
As concerns about the environment and corporate sustainability continue to build momentum around the world, understanding the connection between sentiment and purchasing actions has never been more important. Have companies risen to meet consumer expectations?
In a world of choice, social responsibility is increasingly a factor for purchasing one product over another. In fact, 66% of respondents say they're willing to pay more for products and services that come from companies who are committed to positive social and environmental impact.
Consumers are trying to be responsible citizens of the world, and they expect the same from corporations. So when it comes to purchasing, they are doing their homework.


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"Zhang Huan: Neither Coming Nor Going", December 11, 2009 through January 30, 2010. PaceWildenstein, 545 West 22nd Street, New York City. Photo by: G.R. Christmas / Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York © Zhang Huan Studio.
Following the critically-acclaimed September premiere of 'Semele', a new production of George Frideric Handels opera directed and designed by Zhang Huan and presented to audiences at The National Opera of Belgium in Brussels (scheduled to tour China in 2010), the artist is the subject of his second solo exhibition at
"Neither Coming Nor Going" is on view at 545 West 22nd Street, New York City, from December 11, 2009 through January 30, 2010. Representing the artists continuing investigation of humanity through tradition, historical associations, and personal experiences, "Neither Coming Nor Going" features a monumental ash Buddha, Rulai (2008-2009), measuring 18' 1/2" x 14' 10" x 10' 11-1/2",as well as a series of unique large-scale works on paper made in 2006-2008.
The compacted ash surface of Rulai, supported by an internal metal frame, is heavily embedded with miniature porcelain Buddha relics, copper offering dishes, miniature skulls and unburned joss sticks. The strikingly beautiful grisaille palette of the sculpture is sharply contrasted with blood red paper wrappers, clustered around the crown and face of the deity. Burning incense pours out from Buddhas head, activating a traditionally static art form with performative aspects, one of the artists hallmarks.
Using ink, paper handmade from the bark of Mulberry trees, and in some works feathers to build up the surface, Zhang Huan depicts animals and landscapes in the series of unique works on paper included in this exhibition. He references the celebrated 17th-century Chinese painter and calligrapher Bada Shanren as well as Tui Bei Tu, a seventh-century Tang Dynasty prophecy book which reappeared in second-hand book stores in China in the 1990s after being banned by the Communist party. Tui Bei Tu offered an alternative to traditional Eastern and Western systems and presented insight into Chinas future, utilizing drawings and poems to prophesize a sequence of sixty events.
Zhang Huan is widely regarded as one of the most vital, influential and provocative contemporary artists working today. His early performances were conceived of as existential explorations and social commentary, and to some degree, the layers of ideas explored in these pieces have carried through to his more traditional studio practice, which he embraced upon moving to Shanghai in 2005, after living and working for eight years in New York City.
In addition to the debut this year of Semele, which will be the first full-length Baroque opera to be performed in China next year, Zhang Huan was the subject of a comprehensive monograph published in 2009 by Phaidon Press as part of their Contemporary Artists series. Yilmaz Dziewior, director of the Kunstverein in Hamburg, and Robert Storr, Dean of the Yale School of Art, contributed essays, and an in-depth interview with the artist, conducted by curator and critic RoseLee Goldberg is also included.
Zhang Huan was born in 1965 in a small town called Anyang in Henan Province just prior to the Cultural Revolution. At one year of age, Zhang Huan went to live with his grandparents in a tiny village in the countryside known as Tangyin County. At fourteen, he started his artistic training in the so-called Su-style or Soviet style and traveled by bus each day for his lessons. Zhang enrolled in undergraduate studies at the Art Department, Henan University, Kaifeng to concentrate on Chinese ink painting, drawing, oil painting and art history in 1984. Upon completion in 1988, Zhang was an instructor of art and Western art history at Zhengzhou College of Education for three years. He studied oil painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing from 1991 to 1993, and it was during this period that he first started experimenting with performance art.
At the same time, a group of young Chinese artists, including Zhang Huan, established the Beijing East Village. It was in this community that Zhang developed his early performance practices and many of the works that would soon bring him international attention, such as "12 Square Meters", in which the artist sat for an hour, covered in honey and fish oil, in a fly infested public latrine and "To Add One Meter to an Anonymous Mountain", where nine people lay on top of one another to raise the summit by a meter. These performances and many others came to be known by their photographic documentation, which are now considered the artists first iconic works.
In 1998, Zhang Huan was included in "Inside Out: New Chinese Art" organized by Asia Society and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center. It was during this exhibition that he relocated to New York City. Over the course of the next eight years, Zhang Huan created 13 performances and exhibited in five solo exhibitions and more than 60 group shows throughout the United States. The artist moved back to China in 2006, settling in the southern Min Hang district of Shanghai, where he opened the Zhang Huan Studio and established a Foundation.
Among his many notable exhibitions the Asia Society, New York, presented "Zhang Huan: Altered States" (2007-08), the largest museum exhibition of the artists work to date. Organized by Melissa Chiu, Director of the Asia Society Museum and Vice President of the Society's Global Arts Programming, the exhibition featured 55 of Zhang Huans major works produced over the past 15 years in Beijing, New York, and Shanghai. "Zhang Huan: Altered States" later traveled to the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Zhang Huans work is part of nearly 40 public collections worldwide, including Bard College, Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; Center of Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain; Centre national dart et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris; Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Denver Art Museum; The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida; Philadelphia Museum of Art; S.M.A.K., The Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art,Gent, Belgium; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, among others.
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Why millionaires prefer dogs over cats
Dogs and millionaires have a lot in common. They are relentless opportunists (especially when it comes to rewards). They come in all shapes, sizes and colors. They defend their turf. And in general, they don't like cats.
Perhaps that explains a new survey that shows that millionaires are far more dog-friendly than the rest of Americans.
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According to a study by Spectrem Group, 58% of millionaire pet owners have a dog. Only 37% own a cat. Only 3% keep fish, 2% birds and 2% have a horse.
Those stats are far more canine-leaning than the rest of the country. According to the Humane Society, 39% of U.S. households own a dog, compared to 33% of households that own a cat.
Why have millionaires gone to the dogs?
Jennifer Cona, a trust and estates attorney and partner with Genser Subow Genser & Cona in New York, does a lot of work on pet trusts. She said that of all the pet trusts she's worked on, 90% are for dogs and only 10% are for cats. (She's written only one parakeet trust.)
She said dogs provide one thing especially important to the wealthy: "unconditional love."
"You don't get that from a cat," she said. "Dogs are like children for some families, except they don't mess up in college or run off with money.Sometimes it's easy to see why dogs are the favorite child."
Plus, she says, millionaires know that dogs don't love them for their money.
"It's unbiased love and money doesn't enter into the equation," she said. "That's important."
Millionaires show their love for their dogs in part by their spending. One quarter of millionaire pet owners spend more than $1,000 a year on their pets every year, the Spectrem study said, while more than half spend more than $500 a year.
Many would say those numbers are understated, given all the diamond-dog collars, chateaubriand dog foods and booming dog spas in evidence these days. Not to mention the medical bills.
The survey showed that 34% of pet owners spend money on grooming, while only 6% spend on "sweaters, accessories, outfits and costumes."
More than half of millionaire pet owners spend money on teeth cleaning for their pets. More than 16%, meanwhile, said they would spend money on reconstructive knee surgery, hip surgery and "anti-anxiety, anti-depression"medication for their pets.
Money, I suppose, can't buy happiness – even for dogs.
Why do you think millionaires prefer dogs. Security? Loyalty?
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We're always trying to make Gmail faster and easier to use, so today we're introducing a completely redesigned compose and reply experience that does just that.
How many times have you been writing an email and had to reference something in another message? Saving a draft, opening the old email, and then reopening your draft wastes valuable minutes. The new compose pops up in a window, just like chats (only larger).
This makes it easy to reference any other emails without ever having to close your draft. You can even do a search or keep an eye on new mail as it comes in. And because the compose window works the same way as chats, you can write multiple messages at once and minimize a message to finish it later.
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The new compose is designed to let you focus on what's important: your message. The controls are still there when you need them but get out of the way when you don't. We've even added some new features like the ability to easily insert inline images and have more to come.
And, when you add recipients to your message, you'll see profile pictures of your contacts in autocomplete helping you find the right person faster. You can also drag and drop the new address chips between to:, cc: and bcc:. When you're done adding recipients, the address area collapses automatically to get out of your way.
You'll also see these same changes when you respond to a message. The reply experience has been designed to fit better inline as part of your conversation -- replies take up much less vertical height, intelligently expand to fit your content, and always keep the recipients and other controls in view no matter how long your message gets.
We're rolling out a preview of the new compose and reply today. After we've added some finishing touches over the coming months, we'll enable it for everyone.