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Suburban Albany is not known for its rip-roaring weekend scene, but this most recent Saturday night, it was the momentary center of the political universe, as an underfunded political party was using its quadrennial convention to try to force America's most powerful and best-financed governor to submit to its demands. Though the Working Families Party's conventions are typically low-key affairs, this one had drawn 800 activists and operatives and most of the New York press corps—all to see if the party would endorse conservative Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo or run a third-party candidate against him.
In the end, when the floor-fight drama died down, the boisterous crowd dispersed and all the #wfpconvention tweets subsided, the leaders of the once-obscure party insisted that their brinksmanship was successful, even if they stood down and backed the incumbent. It was a signal moment for the American left, and one that speaks to the progressive movement's broader dilemma in this time of rising economic anxiety: Can change come from inside the Democratic Party—despite the feeling among many activists that Democrats are hopelessly compromised by their ties to corporate donors? Or will it only come from outside the two-party system, through the kind of robust third-party challenge that hasn't been seen in America for decades?
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The answer may lie somewhere in between. The Working Families Party's ideological allies say the threat of a challenge to Cuomo compelled the governor to give the left-leaning party what it wanted. And it is certainly true: In exchange for the WFP's coveted ballot line in the upcoming 2014 election, the prospective presidential candidate who has championed tax cuts for the wealthy, tax breaks for banks and union-free charter schools suddenly (and maybe only momentarily) discarded his rhetoric of corporate centrism and cast himself as a proud progressive.
Though the WFP has just 42,000 registered members, the party nonetheless can deliver hundreds of thousands of votes. And so, facing a very credible threat, Cuomo reversed his opposition to localities unilaterally raising their minimum wage levels, setting the stage for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to raise his city's rate to more than $13 an hour. On the political front, the governor also announced he would lead a campaign to electorally defeat the same Republican state senate leadership he had long embraced in a tacit alliance against the left.
"The convention proved the strength of our movement," boasted Hector Figueroa, president of the WFP-affiliated Service Employees International Union's 32BJ. Another union leader, SEIU 1199's George Gresham, described the party's pragmatic calculations a bit more bluntly, saying: "Yes, many people will say that the governor has not been a perfect governor. I can't remember the last time we had a perfect anything."
But the questions and recriminations began almost immediately after the convention-goers and hordes of reporters left Albany's Desmond Hotel. Did the party leaders sell "their souls to the devil," as the Green Party asserted? Did Cuomo "kowtow to the most extreme liberal" activists, as New York Republican senate leader Dean Skelos claimed?
People wonder about the Wizard of Oz and what's happening behind the curtain in New York politics ... The answer is: It is Cantor working it."
Now, as the WFP formulates plans for a multi-state expansion, two of the biggest questions reach way beyond New York's labyrinthine state and local politics. How did a loose coalition of liberal activists, community organizing groups and labor unions avoid the left's penchant for circular firing squads and instead become a cohesive force able to exact serious concessions from elected officials? And with their third-party coalition model, have the WFP's leaders suddenly unlocked the key to building a national Tea Party of the left?
Over the course of the last few months, I found some—but certainly not all—of the answers to these questions by tagging along with the party's longtime executive director, Dan Cantor. During that time leading up to last weekend's convention, Cantor had been trying both to maximize his party's new power in New York and to use that success to forge a national opportunity. His goal, he told me, is nothing less than a resurrection of the powerful progressive coalition that shaped the New Deal era.
Watching Cantor navigate the negotiations, deals and compromises that cultivate the party's authority in its home state provided a glimpse of a disciplined inside-outside model that many liberals believe is the best—or, perhaps only—hope to amass progressive power across the country. This is the tale of my journey with him—and the story of how the left is building a model designed to hold Democrats' feet to the fire, or possibly throw them into the blaze.
It is a cool December morning on downtown Brooklyn's Fulton Mall, and Cantor is dutifully playing his role as populist rabble-rouser for both the assembled protestors and for the Fox News camera being shoved in his face.
It is one of those gray, pull-the-covers-over-your-head kind of days, but the 59-year-old seems positively ebullient. Weeks after the WFP helped elect one of its founders, Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, and days after President Obama and the p ope delivered speeches echoing the WFP's longtime criticism of economic inequality, Cantor is basking in the sound and fury of a demonstration for higher wages happening outside a local Wendy's.
"In the richest and most unequal city in the world it is a disgrace that fast-food employers are making enormous profits and are unwilling to share that in any meaningful way with their workers," Cantor tells the Fox News reporter, amid cheers of "We can't survive on $7.25!" from the protestors demanding higher wages.
In his khakis, rumpled white shirt and tweed gray jacket, Cantor does not look like the puppetmaster who, his adversaries fear, now controls New York City's government, nor does he look like the Rasputin his allies hope has unlocked the key to building progressives an election-winning machine. Instead, Cantor looks more like the happy-go-lucky dad from "Family Ties." But that understated appearance cannot disguise the fact that he and his small party are enjoying a huge moment.
Seemingly out of nowhere, 15 years of the WFP's work electing progressive Democrats and waging grassroots advocacy campaigns for liberal economic priorities appears to be paying off for the community organizing groups, unions and progressive politicians that built the party. And as the party's influence spreads to other blue states and cities, it has become, in the words of Buzzfeed editor Ben Smith, "one of the most powerful progressive institutions in the country."
In Connecticut, the party took over the Bridgeport school board, won three seats on the Hartford city council, helped pass a law making the state the first to mandate paid sick days for workers and successfully pressured the Democratic legislature to enact the highest statewide minimum wage in America. That minimum wage level was soon matched by Maryland, with the help of the Working Families Party's new chapter in that state.
In Oregon, the party was the driving force behind legislation that could significantly lower the state's college tuition rates.
In Philadelphia, the party's affiliate just delivered a petition signed by 40,000 people pressing the city government to put a referendum on the ballot demanding the state relinquish its control of the city's schools. There is also talk that Working Families-linked candidates will displace Republicans as the major minority party on the city council.


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BB Creams, originally an Asian phenomenon have seriously taken over…well everything. Lots of Western brands are now adding SPF to their tinted moisturisers and calling it a BB Cream launching their own versions of BB creams. In my opinion a true BB cream should be able to work as a foundation, concealer, SPF, moisturiser (if your skin isn't too dry) and have skin healing properties (a lot of Asian brand offer a 'whitening/brightening' element too, whether this is your cup of tea or not is another matter). You might think that's a lot to ask in one product but that's the point of it…otherwise it's just another base with some sun protection. I digress.
Boots No. 7 launched a Beautiful Skin BB Cream a while ago and I have been testing it for a while:
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Take off those winter layers and reveal your outer beauty this spring with new BB cream. Its unique 3-in-1 formula evens and enhances skin tone and disguises imperfections, while the nutrient-enriched formula helps to banish blemishes. And with the added protective power of SPF 15 and 5 * UVA technology to help skin stay youthful, BB is the only way to wear this season's must-have essential – perfectly-pared back, beautiful skin.
Ok so the BB cream…
This comes in 2 shades, light and medium (sorry no dark!). I tried light at first and it was so ashy on me, medium still looks a bit ashy when first applied HOWEVER does warm to my NC30/35 skintone quite quickly unlike some Asian brands that just look grey all the time. However I wouldn't recommend this for people who are very golden or olive or indeed, dark skinned.
The texture is quite slippy, it does remind me a lot of Mischa's BB Cream although it lacks opacity; it gives more than a tinted moisturiser but not as much as a liquid foundation. It's better than the Garnier which offers very little in coverage, this one does tone down redness and cover minor blemishes. It couldn't double up as a good concealer though.
The product:
SPF 15 is not particularly high – I wouldn't liked to have seen a stronger SPF included in this product like 25 upwards even if we are in the dreary UK weather.
There are different options for skin types such as Dry/Normal, Oily/Normal etc. which is great so you can tailor it to your skin type or the season. I tried both the Normal/Dry and found it a tad sticky (even though my skin is dry). Oily/Normal I felt had a better texture and a nice even glow without looking sticky.
This is not enough to use as a moisturiser alone, I had to use a cream under it, however, for people with oily skins this could multi task. It also wears surprisingly well (and I don't powder much) and didn't cause all allergic reactions which I do sometimes get with BB products.
One layer on my skin – it adds a nice glow:
All in all, I like this BB cream – to me it's like a really good tinted moisturiser that can cover redness so you can just slap it on and go in the mornings. Its the best BB cream on the western market I have tried so far.
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A small elementary school in New Jersey is one of the first in the country to test new iris scanning technology in an educational setting. The Park Avenue Elementary School in Freehold Borough recently installed a US$370,000 system paid for with a grant from the Justice Department. What do they use it for? Opening the front door.
The scanning system consists of a small box mounted next to the door. Parents and teachers who have previously registered with the system can scan their iris to have the door open automatically for them (the system is not designed to track children). If they are not registered, they must ring a doorbell and the school secretaries will let them in manually. The school's principal admits that the community is not particularly dangerous and a kidnapping has not been an issue. His concern seems to be that children could be taken by parents involved in custody disputes.
The response from the community has not been overwhelming. Only 300 out of 1500 people had signed up with the school, a process that requires the school to scan both a person's eyes and driver's license. The main concern appears to be privacy-related, which makes sense given that the only benefit to turning over your information is a door that opens a little faster.
The system is also expensive; at that price, you could pay someone US$40,000 to sit in front of the door for nine years and do nothing but track those who enter the building. Camilo Dominguez, a UPS driver who has agreed to the scan, is quoted in the article as questioning the expense and the need for such a system.
"It will make my life easier," he says, but "it's probably an unwanted expense, if you ask me."
"It's a grant," Maletzky [a secretary] says.
"It's still an unwanted expense. But we've got to change with the times."
Of course, Dominguez is right; a grant is not "free money" since taxpayers are obviously footing the bill. The federal government has come under heavy fire since 9/11 for its grant policies. A scathing article that appeared last year in The Atlantic argued that Homeland Security, one of the big grant-giving agencies, was wasting huge sums of money by refusing to apportion funds based mainly on risk.
"Government and press reports have shown that most of the grants are either misdirected?cities putting the money toward their normal fire and police bills?or actively foolish, enticing every village to create a superfluous hazmat team. State-by-state homeland-security funding demonstrates the same failure to discriminate. The main problem is precisely that funding is state by state. When authorizing homeland-security funds Congress mandated that 40 percent of all the money be divided equally among the states, regardless of population or threat level. New York and Idaho each get the same cut of this money, as do California and Delaware. Overall, according to Veronique de Rugy's calculations, Wyoming has received $35.30 per capita in homeland-security grants and North Dakota $28.70, versus $4.70 for California and $5.10 for New York."
In its defense, Homeland Security is not always responsible for the way that it distributes money (some of its grant-giving formulas are set by Congress), and it has been changing its ways. This year, for instance, DHS plans to give US$765 million in grants to the 35 communities that face the most risk. Finding a useful way to distribute money isn't just a problem for the DHS, though, as this example shows. The goal of these grants is to get a solid return on the investment in security, but it is debatable whether iris scanners in suburban schools are truly solving serious problems.
In fact, by heightening the sense that a school is a locked down institution filled with iris scanners, metal detectors, and police officers, such technologies can actually be counterproductive. As Bill Modzeleski of the US Department of Education puts it, "Schools have to be welcoming places, and if you have the majority of people avoiding school because it's not a welcoming place, that's a consideration." The goal is not security for security's sake, and if increased security measures begin detracting from an institution's core mission, it's important to implement them only with much care for their total effect on students and parents alike.


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OCEAN CITY – While the City Council entertained the notion of tabling or addressing a 2-percent raise in business license fees, it could be the consumer that finds the outcome the least entertaining.
Three fee adjustments were presented to the Mayor and City Council on Tuesday, and as two were passed, the other seemed to be too drastic a change for some on the council at this time.
A proposed 2-percent raise in business license fees was tabled on Tuesday as Council thought that the price-hike on over 100 options in the license process should only be passed if absolutely necessary.
"I don't see us doing any more work to raise the fee. What's that extra dollar for? To just add fees to over a 100 items is, to me, just gouging money from the tourists, citizens and users of all these things," said Councilman Jim Hall. "To me, you are just jamming the owner, and he is just going to pass it on to the consumer. What are we doing? I'd like to table this and bring it up at budget time."
What did pass however, was the raise in fees for a permit that allows people to drive their vehicle on the Boardwalk in hopes of creating less traffic.
"The reason for the fee is to prevent people from abusing the privilege of having the ability to drive their vehicles onto the Boardwalk. It's been $10 for 20 years, and maybe $10 is not as much as it used to be," said City Engineer Terry McGean.
The council voted to pass the raise in permit fee from $10 to $50 for the boardwalk vehicle permit, and a $50 fee will be charged in order for construction companies to get a "staging permit" that would allow them to place a dumpster on the Boardwalk, according to McGean's proposal.
"There has historically been no charge for a 'construction staging' permit in the past," said McGean.
According to City Manager Dennis Dare, the fees are necessary to compensate for fluctuating operational costs.
"We are probably only collecting 80 percent of what we are spending in administration fees. This year, we project that the fees collected will not cover the operating expenses, said Dare.
City Solicitor Guy Ayres explained how the raise in permit fees was not for monetary gain, but to recoup expenses. "All permit fees are supposed to cover the costs of administration fees, if you exceed those costs, then the state mandates a tax," he said.
McGean's entire proposal might have been tabled on a Jim Hall stance to "bring the idea up at budget time" but that was refuted by a fellow councilman and the mayor.
"I have been pushing for us to review expenses and to cut costs, and that's extremely important," said Joe Hall, "But, I believe also that if we don't start having discussions on revenue streams now, we are going to pile up a heap of stuff to deal with at budget time.
The mayor stressed that "budget time" is not an upcoming issue, but rather an ongoing one.
"We are sending some mixed messages in the verbiage that we are using. Someone says, 'we should talk about things during budget time,' but I think that budget time really started in October. We are looking at the current fiscal year budget and see where we can save money this year, and move those changes forward to next year for additional savings. It is budget time, but I do agree with Jim Hall's notion to make cuts first and then deal with revenue enhancements. That would be a good order of a way to address things," said Meehan.


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KONYA, Turkey (Reuters) - "This Nation Is With You" declares a small billboard in the center of this conservative central Turkish city, the words emblazoned on an image of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and a sea of his flag-waving supporters.
Cosmopolitan Istanbul or the avenues of the capital Ankara, rattled by weeks of anti-government protest, seem a world away from Konya, an industrial city in Turkey's pious Anatolian heartland, where support for the premier appears resolute.
The wave of riots has highlighted an underlying tension in Turkish society between a modern, secular middle-class, many living in Istanbul or on the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts, and a more conservative, religious population that forms the bedrock of support for Erdogan's Islamist-rooted AK Party.
Konya, a city of 1.1 million with a dynamic economy steeped in Islamic tradition, epitomizes Erdogan's reformist vision.
Few restaurants serve alcohol, the Islamic headscarf is more in evidence than in the main cities, and tourists are drawn to the tomb of Rumi, a 13th century Sufi mystic, rather than to any wild nightlife.
But it is also modernizing fast. One of the "Anatolian Tigers", cities whose small industries have flourished under a decade of AK Party rule, Konya's highways have been widened and a fast train line has put Ankara less than two hours away.
There is little sympathy here for the protesters of Istanbul, Ankara or Izmir, the country's three biggest cities and the main centers of unrest.
"There is no other party to vote for but the AK Party. Eighty percent of Konya thinks the same as me, go and ask them," said Yasar Bilen, a central heating salesman who has seen business thrive over the past ten years.
A pious self-made entrepreneur, Bilen, in his 60s, has prospered like many of Erdogan's grassroots supporters.
"I have changed the car I drive, I have changed the house I live in, I have changed my lifestyle, I have changed the education of my children, I have changed the shoes and clothes I wear," he said, a black and white picture on his wall of himself with a young Erdogan in 1974.
"The AKP has worked hard and lifted us out of a quagmire."
Erdogan could hardly have put it better himself.
His forceful, emotional style and common touch have won him unprecedented support in the conservative heartland, enabling him to dominate Turkish politics like no leader since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who founded the modern republic 90 years ago.
He has made many democratic reforms, taming a military that toppled four governments in four decades, starting entry talks with the European Union and forging peace talks with Kurdish rebels to end a near 30-year war.
Per capita income has tripled in nominal terms and business boomed, with the Anatolian Tigers reaping much of the benefit.
On the electoral map, nearly all of Turkey - apart from the Aegean coast, the mainly Kurdish southeast corner and a small region on the European continent - is AK Party orange.
So Erdogan takes the protests as a personal affront.
But even in AK strongholds, his domineering leadership style and what is seen as his meddling in private lives is beginning to grate - from his declaration of a non-alcoholic yoghurt as the national drink over the potent aniseed spirit raki, to his suggestion that women should bear three children.
There were two or three small protests in Konya in the early days of the unrest, but unlike demonstrations elsewhere, the police stepped in not to break the group up but to protect the protesters from stick-wielding gangs.
"Am I completely happy with Erdogan? Of course not," said Sinasi Celik, 46, a waiter in the city of Nevsehir, some 200 km (120 miles) east of Konya. "I don't like his 'I do what I want' style ... There's been too much pressure over personal things like how many kids we should have.
"But I'll tell you, the election outcome here, it wouldn't change. Because before, there were no roads, no proper hospitals. It's different now, people are better off."
A small-scale environmental protest in late May over government plans to develop an Istanbul park quickly spread into the broadest show of public defiance against Erdogan's government during his decade in power.
Police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse stone-throwing protesters night after night in cities including Istanbul and Ankara, unrest in which four people died and some 7,500 suffered injuries ranging from cuts to breathing difficulties, according to the Turkish Medical Association.
The protesters saw his plan to build a replica Ottoman-era barracks on one of central Istanbul's few remaining green spaces as symptomatic of an arrogant and overbearing government, the final straw after restrictions on alcohol sales and a police show of force to prevent May Day demonstrations a month earlier.
Those who took to the streets were from all walks of life - doctors and lawyers to leftists and nationalists - but they were predominantly young, often too young to remember the series of military coups and crumbling coalition governments that preceded the AK Party, when Turkey was an economic backwater.
"They want to take our nation back to the dark ages," said Naci, a 77-year old retired civil servant and resident of Nevsehir, a smaller central Anatolian town.
"I want to ask those protesters: let's say Erdogan is gone. Who will replace him? That (Kemal) Kilicdaroglu? He can't even manage a building, let alone govern a nation," he said of the leader of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP).
It is a question even the Istanbul protesters have struggled to answer. The AK Party's dominance derives, at least in part, from a lack of robust opposition. The center-left CHP has been largely sidelined from government since the 1970s and now holds just 134 seats in the 550-seat parliament.
For the protesters of Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, that leaves the AK Party free to impose its will, which many fear includes an agenda of creeping Islamisation.
In Konya, there is little sense of such a threat. Instead, many see in Erdogan a liberator after decades of militantly secularist rule in a nation of 76 million people, the overwhelming majority of whom are Muslims.
"If there's interference in anyone's life then it is the Muslims of this country that have suffered ... Headscarved girls could not go to university, bearded men could not get employment in state institutions. On the other side, anyone wearing a mini skirt and high heels, no-one said a word," said Bilen.
"Those that say there is oppression are lying."
Additional reporting by Humeyra Pamuk in Nevsehir; Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing by Peter Graff


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I'm So Excited! Almodóvar at Cruising Altitude—
Opens at Berkeley's Rialto Elmwood theater on July 5.
Would I be the first to characterize Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar as the Gay Woody Allen?
The two directors have much in common. Like Allen's Midnight in Paris and From Rome with Love, Almodóvar's latest, I'm So Excited, is a travelogue filled with a dozen colorfully dysfunctional and self-absorbed characters who are thrown together by chance and spend more than an hour of screen-time furiously fussing and yammering at one another in a torrent of nonstop nuttiness.
With both Almodóvar and Allen, the fuel that propels the exercise is overtly sexual. In Allen's films the sexual tension is hetero-neurotic. In Almodóvar's films, the characters are unrepressed, gay, straight, bent and bi. In both cases, the result is a cinematic comedy of eros. If you need more proof that these two directors are twin souls, look no further than the tribute casting of Penelope Cruz as a constant in both director's work. And, like Woody's From Rome with Love (which features Cruz), Almodóvar's latest also includes a musical centerpiece.
Almodovar's film takes off with a 1950's-style animated intro as a piece of cartoon luggage progresses through airport check-in, headed for an exotic location. This time, however, the destination isn't Paris or Rome -- it's the interior of a commercial airliner.
It's not for nothing that Almodóvar fits his drama into the confines of a commercial jet. The long, tubular planes (owned by the suggestively named Península Airlines) are lovingly photographed on the tarmac and in the air.
But there's a problem. The plane is stalled in mid-air by a landing gear failure that is forcing the pilots to circle endlessly while awaiting instructions from ground control.
The hapless all-male crew (consisting of two macho pilots and three stewards) strives to avoid panic by keeping the passengers in the dark about the danger. The three flight attendants are somewhat, well… flighty. They bicker and spar endlessly, tossing of mini-rants, slams, disses and humblebrags.
The manly pilots, hunkered down in their hallowed "cockpit," try to maintain their hunkish cool but, as the hours roll on, they begin to confess to certain unspoken urges. In Almodóvar's world, it seems as if three-fifths of the population is openly gay while another fifth is either gar or bi – they just don't know it yet.
While the pilots kick back behind the windows of their metallic cabin (plowing through the skies like a phallic missile), the flight attendants are busy warding off panic by sucking (marijuana) joints and knocking back shot-after-shot of whiskey.
In order to keep the passengers calm, the flight stewards have proactively knocked out everyone in coach by spiking their complimentary drinks with sleeping pills.
For some reason, the first class passengers are allowed to remain conscious. Oh! I know the reason: If everyone was asleep, there wouldn't be much of a movie, would there?
The half-dozen still-conscious passengers (including a fugitive businessman, a hunted dominatrix, a haunted actor, and a strange woman who "sees things") are set free to indulge in a cacophony of ridiculous conversations -- all pursued with laughable seriousness.
One serious story line involves the actor's broken affair with a tempestuous, suicidal young woman and his potential "last call" to set things right. There is a great horror-to-humor moment where a potential suicide is interrupted by a ring-tone but what happens next caused me to embarrass myself. In a roomful of professional movie reviewers, I was the only one to lurch from my seat, yelling "God, no! No!"
The high-flying alcohol-fueled drama grows even kinkier when a male passenger confides that he's booty-smuggled some mescaline onboard the plane. Orgies ensue, with one drugged couple in coach copulating half-consciously while another zonked-out passenger is used as living dildo by a 40-year-old female virgin. Wild enough for you? Well, wait, there's more.
Almodóvar serves up the first Big Screen comedy cum-swap since Ben Stiller's jizz served to stiffen Cameron Diaz' pompador in Something About Mary. But Almodómar makes screen history with what I believe is the first male-to-male cum-swap moment. (It's just a quick little bit of business. Blink and you might miss it. Some folk may wish to blink so they do miss it.)
The big set piece (and the movie's titular pay-off) comes when the sloshed stewards suddenly break into an extended rendition of the Pointer Sisters' disco hit, "I'm So Excited." Off they go, prancing down the aisles and sashaying 'tween the seats. Nevermind that most of their audience is comatose from overdose. This eruption of gay overkill used to be box-office gold – gaudy and irresistible fun. But, I gotta say it: this routine no longer works for me. It's become an über-gay sterotype – all this familiar hip-twitching, bun-thrusting, fanny-slapping, eye-rolling Betty-Boopish over-the-top nonsense now comes across as simply over-the-hill. Seen it. Let's move on.
Of course, the story can't remain up-in-the-air forever. This gives Almodóvar an opening to stage the lowest-budget crash scene in film history. In an extended and strangely affecting scene, the crash-landing unfolds entirely off-screen. As the camera pans slowly across the polished surfaces of an eerily empty air terminal, we hear the sounds of the plane as it collides with the earth and rumble-skitters down the runway. It's as memorable as a Gene Krupa drum solo – a sound engineer's dream assignment.
Everyone survives and the film climaxes – literally – in a sea of fire-suppressant foam that's sprayed over the tarmac, engulfing the fleeing passengers in a knee-high tide of white froth.
This is what you get with Almodóvar. And if that's what you're looking for, "I'm So Excited" won't disappoint.


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In 1998, the Russian olive trees growing along Millcreek were so thick that the city had to cut a tunnel through the invasive plants, Kara Dohrenwend, founder of nonprofit organization Rim to Rim Restoration, said in a presentation to the Moab City Council during its March 11 meeting.
For the last 15 years, Rim to Rim Restoration has been working to remove invasive plants and replace them with native plants and trees. Much of the group's time is spent working along Mill Creek and Pack Creek, she said.
In 2004, Dohrenwend said, the group removed a larger patch of the trees from land adjacent to the high school where the Youth Garden Project is now based. A National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant helped fund the work, she said.
However, those efforts have not always been welcomed by local residents, she said. In 2007, a property owner removed a large number of Russian olives from his land located along 100 West, an action that drew complaints from some residents.
"Initially it raised a lot of hackles," she said. "Today it's a well-used path through town."
Dohrenwend said Rim to Rim receives annual funding for its work, and over the past 15 years, it has coordinated efforts with approximately 30 to 45 property owners along the creeks.
"Each year we work on clearing patches of Russian olive," she said, adding that the group often cannot keep up with how quickly those non-native plants regenerate. Rim to Rim revegetates the cleared areas as quickly as possible with native plants and trees in an effort to speed up the process of restoring the area, she said.
Dohrenwend said one of the group's main goals is to maintain the health of the habitat around the creeks.
"The creeks are the only wildlife corridor through town," she said.
Rim to Rim's efforts offer several other benefits, including a decrease in fuels for wildfires, better lines of sight for people using pathways and improved safety, Dohrenwend said.
"It's also improved pollinator habitat because there are more seasons of flowering plants," she said.
This year, the group expects to plant approximately 2,100 native plants on properties owned by Moab city, Grand County School District and private individuals in order to help speed the revegetation process in areas that have been cleared of invasive species.
"Hopefully what we've been doing the last years is helpful," Dohrenwend said.
Moab City Community Development Director David Olsen praised Rim to Rim's efforts and said he hopes to see them continue.
"We've been at this for a lot of years," Olsen said. "Really great things have been happening."
Dohrenwend said Rim to Rim hopes to help on an ongoing basis as much as possible, but the group's funds are limited.
"We're doing what we can," she said. "We can't always promise help because our funding isn't a bottomless pit."
ByBy Laura Haley
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This post was my reply to a question I got on twitter from @brutaldlux
Try and negotiate people down, i've picked up a few of these items in trade. Aim for around 2-3k maybe spend up to 5k to grab the obsidium cleaver. It's high risk high reward so do not invest all your gold into one of these items. I sold 4-5 of these in the past month.
I like to price mine for around 50% to 100% more than i bought it, for example if i paid 3k flip for at least 4.5k. People will buy these for their alts.
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Dog Pancreatic Cancer
Veterinarian Reviewed on March 29, 2014 by Dr. Janice Huntingford
Dog Pancreatic Cancer
The pancreas is a gland that assists both the exocrine and endocrine systems of a dog's body. As part of the exocrine system it aids in digestion. It produces several hormones as part of the endocrine system. Generally the cancers of the pancreas are epithelial and unfortunately have metastasized before they are diagnosed.
These cancers are very uncommon in dogs.
Signs and Symptoms
As with other rare cancers, the symptoms are vague. Some include Dog Loss of Appetite which creates a significant Dog Weight Loss, Dog Vomiting and distension of the abdomen, or rather Dog Swollen Abdomen, due to the presence of the tumor.
Most traditional lab tests are inconclusive with pancreatic cancer. The pancreas is also very difficult to feel on physical examination. Ultrasound can be useful and will also indicate if the cancer has metastasized to the liver or other abdominal organs. Other examinations such as CT scans or an MRI have not been proven successful or beneficial in the evaluation of pancreatic cancer in dogs at this point. As the availability becomes greater, they may prove to be an asset.
Pain treatment
It is very important that dogs receive medication to help with the pain of not only the disease, but also the diagnostic workups that may occur as a result of the pancreatic cancer.
Due to the lack of appetite, it is best to feed your dog a highly nutritious diet that is specifically designed for dogs with cancer.
Treatment options
The cells of pancreatic cancer spread to the lymph nodes and to the liver quickly. If this has happened, surgery will not be performed in most cases. Pancreatic surgery is very dangerous and incidence of death due to the surgery is high. Radiation therapy and chemotherapy have very limited results in dogs or in humans.
Due to the quick metastasis to the lymph nodes and liver, the prognosis for dogs with pancreatic cancer is very poor. Generally the symptoms are not severe enough to be noticed until the disease has entered the lymph nodes and the liver. In spite of treatment, your dog has a rather minimal chance of survival and will usually also have a great deal of discomfort. They will become much debilitated due to poor nutrition. This will usually occur in spite of the potential for heroic attempts to save them.
At the present time there are no clinical trials for the treatment of pancreatic cancer in dogs. It is a rare form of Dog Cancer and most of the clinical trials are done on cancers that are more prevalent in the animal kingdom. It is important to keep your dog as comfortable as possible and to have a close relationship with your veterinarian.
Be aware of changes in your dog's attitude, eating habits and elimination. How has your dog responded to pain in the past? Is he or she sleeping more? Has elimination changed to any degree?
All of these things are symptoms that you should be aware of. Although early treatment is not possible due to the rapid metastasis and consequently the diagnosis, you will still want to keep your dog as comfortable as possible.
Suggested Products
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It's often said that during the course of a round of golf, no matter how good or how bad, there's always that one thing that keeps you coming back. Maybe it's a particular shot you executed to perfection. Maybe it's revenge on that par-5 debacle. Maybe it's the beauty of the course. Or, maybe and hopefully, it's the company you kept for those few hours.
Whatever it is or was, we asked you to tell us for our, 'A Quick Nine,' feature. The question posed for this week's edition to PGA.com's Facebook fans - What is your best golf memory from 2010? - garnered loads of great responses, as you'll see below.
Thanks to you, we were able to cover the spectrum of funny, happy and sentimental. Can't think of a better combination than that for the holiday season, can you?
Let's take a look at what you told us.
1. Playing lots of golf. Sounds like a New Year's resolution, doesn't it? Well, our friend Cathy here did just that and we should all be envious.
Facebook fan quote:
"I will always remember 2010 as the first time that I got in more than 50 rounds ... in Ohio ... and I am NOT retired." -- Cathy McCartney Happel
2. Reaching a scoring milestone. There are few things more satisfying in the game of golf, which can be maddening more often than not, than breaking a scoring barrier. The feeling is the same for the person breaking 100 for the first time as it is for the person breaking 70 for the first time. It's a major sense of accomplishment.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Sinking birdie putt to reach goal of 70 ... On same hole where I missed a birdie putt 10 days earlier to reach my goal." -- Mike Carlson
"Breaking 100!" -- Raul Juarez
"My best memory is that after 29 years of golfing, I finally broke 70. Shot 69 on my last day golfing of the year this past November and my dad was there with me… will never forget it. Love all the other memories too everyone has posted!!!" -- Jim Wagner
"Backing up a 90-yard shot into the cup on a par 4 for eagle in a tournament, and going on to shoot 66." -- Brennen Berry
"Breaking par for 18 holes for the first time in 35 years of playing. I'd shot +1 73 a few times, but never even par before. Birdied the last hole for 68 -4 while playing with my son, head pro, and superintendant." -- Dennis Jones
"Shot my new low of 78 back in May!" -- Scott Casey
"Working so hard to improve my game, spending hours on the driving range, constant short game drills, strength training, etc and then finally seeing it all pay off by draining a 25 foot put on the 18th hole to break par and shoot 70 for the first time ever. God I love this game." -- Jeremy Sloane
"Remember that everything is relative when I say my best 2010 golf memory is this: I got 2 pars in one game. They were the 2nd and 3rd pars of my life." -- Beverly Ponczek
"Broke 80 4 times -- finally have a repeatable swing at age 50 -- first eagle." -- John Barba
3. A crazy shot. It's pretty safe to say that anybody who has played golf even once has hit a shot that they had absolutely no business executing. Maybe it was the 20-handicapper whose ball was nestled inches away from a tree, who somehow pulled off a miraculous strike to the front of the green a la Phil Mickelson at the Masters earlier this year. No matter the level at which you play, just about everyone has pulled off that one shot that leaves everyone - yourself included - in awe.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Best memory of the season was pulling a second shot on a 510-yard par 5 over to the woods, it hit a tree right on the side, went back in the direction of the green, bounced hard on the fringe and rolled up 3 feet from the pin which got me my first ever eagle!!" -- Daniel Reedy
"My best golf memory is of a bad event… hit a house for the first time ever. What kind of idiot builds houses on golf courses anyway??? And before anyone says it: OK, OK, yes it was a horrible shot!" -- Bob Gilbert
"Flying the green on a 187-yard par 3, with an 8-iron. flag in the front was trying to lay up in front of the green to avoid deep bunkers on each side... I smacked it pure! You know that feeling when your body and the club move as one and you hit the ball so clean you don't even feel it leave the club? I did on that shot." -- Ken Sartor
"After shanking my approach shot, holed out from 120 for birdie. Won the hole and the match outright." -- Corey Forrester
4. A budding relationship. What's better than your love affair with golf resulting in a new or reinforced love for another person?
Facebook fan quotes:
"Starting a round as a single and ending it as a couple." -- Kate Savage Baird
"Three-day couples tournament playing Poppy Hills, Spyglass and finishing with Pebble Beach. A dream come true and to play all three days with the best man ever!!!" -- Teresa Miller
5. Enjoying the company of others. We received so much feedback along the lines of spending the day at the course with family and friends. There are few things better.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Meeting other golfers and sharing our stories during the round. Whether I shot in the 90's or 80's, I enjoyed every made and missed shot. Thank god I live in Florida and I can continue golfing throughout the winter." -- Mike Bernard
"It was my first year as a golf club member, participating in leagues and tournaments. The entire season was filled with making new friends, learning the game and having fun!" -- Dana Mullady McKinney
"A surprise call from buddies last week to play 9. Horrible weather and we were the only ones on the course. It felt like Caddyshack. Horrible scoring round but quite possibly the most fun I have ever had on the course." -- Kevin O'Rourke
"Playing golf with my son over labor day weekend! Shot the worst game in forever but just being out there with my son was the best! Did I say he lives in Tennessee and I live in Indiana! Best memory of what little bit of golf I got to play!" -- Escar Smith
"Getting to play with my dad after he was forced to sit out 18 months after loosing his big toe to diabetes.." -- Garron Anglemyer
"Family gathering priceless." -- John Szuchan
6. A reason to keep playing. Maybe you need a reminder every now and again as to why golf is so special. It could be that beginner who makes his or her first birdie and feels like one of the world's best players; a victory in a tournament despite a rough start; or introducing a loved one to the game and seeing the delight it brings them.
Facebook fan quotes:
"This year being my second year of playing, I was excited to have reached a par 4's fringe in two shots, and chipped in for my first birdie ever!" -- Rafael Soto
"No doubt my best memory for 2010 was introducing my step-daughter Dani to the game of golf. Dani has Down Syndrome, but has developed a pretty nice swing and LOVES riding in the golf cart!" -- Mark Boyd (Editor's note: Mark was kind enough to include a picture of Dani loving golf and gave us permission to use it at the top of this story. Go get 'em, Dani!)
"My 11-yr old made his first true par on a regulation par 4 hole. He sunk a long putt while I was tending the pin --I'll never forget his reaction (and mine). I bogeyed -- so it was also the first time he skinned me -- a double memory." -- Chad Pio
"Going birdie/eagle on my first two holes of the year (the latter my first ever fairway hole-out!) following a long, cold winter break." -- Jamie Ryan
"No. 1 Favorite -- My son - age 15 finally beat his "old Man" this year posting a 79. Very proud of him after a double, double start to not pack it in and really focus for the next 16 holes. I knew it was only a matter of time till he beat me, just didn't think it would come so soon. No. 2 Favorite -- Getting to play Pebble on a beautiful March day and having one of the rounds of my life - shooting 78 from the tips. 2010 was a great year." -- John Davis
"I am 15 and I played my first tournament on October 29th this year. I played in the Applebrook G.C. Junior Club Championship. After starting out horribly, I made a comeback on the 8th hole by chipping in for birdie and then on the 9th hole, I got my first hole in one on a 134 yard par 3. Unfortunately, I never saw it go in because of shadows from tall trees blocking out the flag but I knew it was going to be very close. After walking up to the green, I realized that my ball was not on the green and found it sitting in the cup. I was overwhelmed with joy and couldn't believe that I got a hole in one. Then, I went on to win by 1 shooting an 86. Not the best round of my life by any measure but surely the one I will remember for a long time to come." -- Ryan Tetrault
"I watched my 9 year old daughter par a 63 yard par 3, over 50 yards of water." -- Chris Scarth
7. A hole-in-one. Kudos to our Facebook friends who scored an ace this season. There were a lot of you and we're jealous. Here are some of the best.
Facebook fan quotes:
"It would be my hole-in-one at Sandia Golf Club in Albuquerque, N.M. Being I fluff a lot of holes and carry a handicap in the 20-plus range, that was an all time feat for me." -- Mike Dossey
"I have two. Making my first hole-in-one and making my second hole-in-one!" -- Travis Akhtari
"My hole-in-one at Wrenwoods Golf Course at Charleston AFB, SC!!!! I was able to play about 15 rounds this year, and that's a lot for me." -- Stacy Tompkins
"Playing in the Legends Pro-am at the Willows Golf Resort and had my 1st Hole in One!!! 6 iron, one bounce spun left into the hole. Best moment by far and to do it playing with a pro was a bonus!!!" -- Bradley Fleet
"First hole-in-one, ball flew directly in the hole." -- Andrew Piehl
"My best golf memory was being there when my 12-year-old son get his ace on Oct 17. 109-yard 7-iron, 2 hops, rolled in. Something he will have forever!" -- Peter Winstanley
"After 'warming up' in Arizona and playing everyday for a week, I returned to New England for some spring golf. Hole 3 - 206 yrd Par 3 using a 6 iron... I hole out for my first Ace...." -- James LeBlanc
8. Caddie experience. Not all "golf memories" have to be about you actually playing. For one reader, it had to do with his experience as a caddie.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Great caddie experiences in 2010: forecaddied for Emmit Smith at his new tournament, DeMarcus Ware in the Cowboys Shootout, looped for Scott McCarron and Corey Pavin at the HPBNC Pro-Ams, traveled with Angel Sze to compete in the U.S. Open Qualifier at Broadmoor East in Colorado Springs and Colorado Open in Denver, looped for Nick Geyer at q-school qualifier in Dallas and won the tournament on final day. Best of all, after working as a caddie for 7 years I bought the company, @caddieclubgolf, in Nov." -- Mark Neace
9. A golf vacation. Just about any trip you go on makes for a lifetime of memories.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Being able to go to Hawaii and playing at Turtle Bay." -- Kristie Wong
"Having the opportunity to play on the highest golf course in the world in La Paz, Bolivia. At nearly 13,000 feet you would be amazed how far the ball goes… and choosing the right club is difficult. I hit the ball over a lot of greens." -- Rob Noland
"Waking up to 70 degree blue skies in Bandon, playing Bandon Dunes, Pacific Dunes and Bandon Trails in February!!! We had snow, rain, sleet and wind the year before." -- Jerrod Meireis
"My dad and I went on a golf trip this summer to Scotland to celebrate my 30th birthday. We played 9 rounds in 7 days, including The Old Course at St. Andrews, Muirfield, and Carnoustie. It was the trip of a lifetime." -- Pete Mohs
"Sleeping overnight in the parking lot to be first ones off Bethpage Black! Awesome... Can't wait to return." -- Graydon Locey


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I had lunch with Eric Roberts!!!!!!
I had quite a surprise today!
We finished the Consider the Ants lessons today in Bible Class and it was so much fun! The children really loved it and it was fun watching them enjoy. It was mid afternoon when we were finally able to close the building and head home. My husband decided to get a bite of lunch to eat before the hour drive home. While there, we saw a girl who had visited the church long ago. She was working there and we enjoyed catching up. Then she very excitedly showed us a signature ... Eric Roberts ... he was eating in the back of the restaurant just feet away! Turns out he's filming a new movie, Deadline, at the courthouse in Pulaski, TN (not two blocks from the church building). And yesterday Julia was there!
Our friend was all upset that she didn't have a way to get a picture with him. I take my camera to church to take pictures of the children in class, so I let her borrow it and said I'd e-mail her the pictures. We ate. I'm not a moviestar groupie and though it was a little neat, I wasn't thinking about disturbing him. How awful their lives must be, bothered by strangers all the time. We joined hands and prayed that he and Julia and all their loved ones would be saved if they aren't already.
Well, about a half hour later when we were ready to leave, Ken decides he is going to try to get a picture with him. Frankly I was embarrassed, but followed at a distance. He went right up to him, shook hands and one of Eric's group took a picture. Eric insisted I come over and next thing I know he's wrapped both arms around me and is calling me "darlin"... it was astonishing how quickly a woman my age turned into a silly 12 yr. old girl! It was fun and he was SOOOO sweet and gracious! I'm so surprised at myself, but it was fun. Ken's pic turned out great, but mine not so very. This is the best I could fix it up in PS. It should look it's best small here. That's ME and Eric Roberts!!! Ahhhh! :) Ok, back to my age again! Bet you wish you'd gone to church today...wonder who you might have met! LOL!
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Manage traffic manager profiles using Ruby
This sample demonstrates how to manage Azure traffic manager profiles using the Ruby SDK.
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Run this sample
If you don't already have it, install Ruby and the Ruby DevKit.
If you don't have bundler, install it.
gem install bundler
Clone the repository.
git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/traffic-manager-ruby-manage-profiles.git
Install the dependencies using bundle.
cd traffic-manager-ruby-manage-profiles bundle install
Create an Azure service principal either through Azure CLI, PowerShell or the portal.
Set the following environment variables using the information from the service principle that you created.
export AZURE_TENANT_ID={your tenant id} export AZURE_CLIENT_ID={your client id} export AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET={your client secret} export AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID={your subscription id}
[AZURE.NOTE] On Windows, use
setinstead of
Run the sample.
bundle exec ruby example.rb
What is example.rb doing?
This sample starts by setting up ResourceManagementClient and TrafficeManager objects using your subscription and credentials.
# Create the Resource Manager Client with an Application (service principal) token provider
subscription_id = ENV['AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID'] || '11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111' # your Azure Subscription Id
provider = MsRestAzure::ApplicationTokenProvider.new(
credentials = MsRest::TokenCredentials.new(provider)
# resource client
resource_client = Azure::ARM::Resources::ResourceManagementClient.new(credentials)
resource_client.subscription_id = subscription_id
# traffic manager client
traffic_manager_client = Azure::ARM::TrafficManager::TrafficManagerManagementClient.new(credentials)
traffic_manager_client.subscription_id = subscription_id
It registers the subscription for the "Microsoft.Media" namespace and creates a resource group.
# Register subscription for 'Microsoft.Media' namespace
provider = resource_client.providers.register('Microsoft.Media')
# Create a resource group
resource_group_params = Azure::ARM::Resources::Models::ResourceGroup.new.tap do |rg|
rg.location = REGION
resource_group = resource_client.resource_groups.create_or_update(RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME, resource_group_params)
There are a couple of supporting functions (
print_item and
print_properties) that print a resource group and it's properties.
With that set up, the sample lists all resource groups for your subscription, it performs these operations.
Create a profile
param = Azure::ARM::TrafficManager::Models::Profile.new
param.location = 'global'
param.traffic_routing_method = 'Performance'
param.dns_config = Azure::ARM::TrafficManager::Models::DnsConfig.new.tap do |dns_config|
dns_config.relative_name = PROFILE_NAME
dns_config.ttl = 30
param.monitor_config = Azure::ARM::TrafficManager::Models::MonitorConfig.new.tap do |monitor_config|
monitor_config.protocol = 'HTTP'
monitor_config.port = 80
monitor_config.path = '/sample_monitor_page'
profile = traffic_manager_client.profiles.create_or_update(RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME, PROFILE_NAME, param)
List profiles
profile_list_result = traffic_manager_client.profiles.list_all
Delete a profile
traffic_manager_client.profiles.delete(RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME, PROFILE_NAME)


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Pipe Tale Print
Pipe Tale Print
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Giclee print of an original ink and gouache illustration by Steve "Stivo" Zittel. All prints are produced on high quality, matte finish, 88 lb. fine art paper and printed with water, scratch and fade resistant inks. This print is available on 8x10 inch paper (image size approximately 5x7 inches) or 11x14 inch paper (image size approximately 7x9 inches). Each print comes in a clear bag for protection and is signed by the artist. All prints are shipped in a sturdy, flat mailer.


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An Open Letter To Chris Dodd: Silicon Valley Can't Help Hollywood If You First Cripple It With Bad Regulation
from the misdirection-or-a-step-in-the-right-direction? deptDear former Senator Dodd:
It was refreshing to hear your recent speech, in which you suggested that there really isn't a "Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley" fight, and that the two sides need to work together to help create the ecosystem where both can thrive. It's hard not to agree with that assertion, absolutely. There isn't a fight between Silicon Valley and Hollywood, and there never has been. Every new technology that Hollywood has decried as being terrible has eventually turned out to be a massive boost to Hollywood's profits and ability to make, promote, and distribute its works. If that's a "fight," then it's an odd one, in which we in the tech community keep providing all of the weapons Hollywood needs to succeed... only to see you frequently aim them at your own foot before finally working out how to use them properly.
So when you say, "'those who would pit' Hollywood content creators against those in Silicon Valley who create technology 'in a manufactured conflict more reminiscent of the Beltway chatter I learned to ignore on my last job,'" we in the tech community agree and celebrate that sentiment. The real debate isn't between our two "sides." It's between old and new -- whether there will be a level competitive playing field that enables our country's continued progress and job creation, or a market regulated so as to protect incumbents.
Unfortunately, the timing of your claim and the statement itself were odd, coming as they did on the very same day as some members of Congress introduced SOPA, which the MPAA was heavily involved in crafting. After all, despite numerous attempts to be a part of these discussions, we in the internet industry were denied any opportunity to even look at, let alone provide input on, the draft of a massive bill that would fundamentally change the nature of how the internet functions. As you well know from your decades of distinguished service in government, not circulating drafts of such laws or seeking input from those you seek to restrict and regulate is, to put it mildly, highly unusual.
That certainly did not strike us as being in the spirit of "cooperation" you put forth last week. The day after your comments, a group of us -- venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, artists and innovators alike -- all went to Washington DC to talk to elected officials, to express our grave concerns about the bill. Consider the thoughtful comments of one of us on the trip: Fred Wilson, an investor in Twitter, KickStarter (which has helped artists raise millions of dollars online), Indeed.com (a Texas-based job search engine), and many other services. In discussing the trip, he argues that this bill is the very opposite of cooperation.
At every turn during the trip, we were told that your lobbyists were working overtime to discredit the concerns of us in the internet industry, and to keep us away from the table as you sought to completely upend the legislative framework that allows the internet to thrive. How are we to work together to create all of those wonderful new opportunities for your industry to create, promote, distribute and monetize, if you are fundamentally blocking our ability to do so?
We can't build those tools for you if you restrict us by massively regulating the internet, making it much, much harder for new startups to form or receive investments. A bill like SOPA creates so much liability that it would be impossible for two engineers in a garage to build the next great startup unless they also had a dozen lawyers sitting with them. We can't help the artists and creators who were in our group with the new platforms they rely on, if these new innovative startups don't even bother starting. We can't help the users and participants who want new and convenient and legitimate access to content, as well as ways to make their own content. At the end of the day, both Silicon Valley and Hollywood work best when we focus on creating and providing what our consumers want. So, in many ways, we are in the same business.
I'm happy you can see that there's no conflict. Now, let's prove that by actually working together. If it's true that you believe that there's only a "manufactured conflict" between Silicon Valley and Hollywood, why don't we get together and work this out between us? Prior to this bill being introduced, no one from the internet side was invited to negotiate, or to review the legislation. We suspect the larger internet players would be happy to sit down with you, and can say for certain that the group of us who went to DC last week would be happy to represent investors and startups in such a conversation.
Why don't we start by throwing out SOPA and PIPA and talking about how we in the internet industry can (and already are) building the next set of weapons for you to succeed in the modern world. And let us help show you how to work those weapons, so you don't point them at your own feet first.
Let's work together not only to help one another, but also to help artists, innovators and entrepreneurs alike. You have an open invitation to come to any of our offices and discuss this whenever you want, or we're happy to meet you anywhere in Silicon Valley, NY, LA or anywhere else in this country where amazing new technology and services are being created. But let's keep the conversation out of Washington DC, so we can focus on getting something done, rather than another round of "manufactured conflict."
Mike Masnick, Floor64
Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures
Brad Burnham, Union Square Ventures
Bijan Sabet, Spark Capital
Heather Gold, artist/creator
Dennis Yang, Infochimps
Derek Dukes, Dipity (and new stealth startup)
David Ulevitch, OpenDNS
Josh Mendelsohn, Hattery Labs
And the other entrepreneurs, creators, innovators, artists and investors who came to DC last week to express our concerns about SOPA/PIPA.
Filed Under: chris dodd, e-parasite, hollywood, innovation, protect ip, silicon valley, sopa
Companies: mpaa


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July 5th Friday Paddle firework event-Paddle board
- Süre: 3 Saat (Tahmini)
- Lokasyon: Henderson, NV
Your ticket includes: Selected water-craft and glow supplies! Necklaces, bracelets, LED light-up foam sticks, feel free to bring your own glow supplies and come glow with us!
Meeting point for this event: 20 Costa Di Lago, Henderson NV, 89011
When you arrive at the lake, please park in the Montelago parking garage and head down toward the water. If you have trouble finding where to go, please text directions to 31996 for a map to get down to the water!
Make sure to fill out your waivers ahead of time! Please arrive 10-15 minutes early to get checked-in and receive your wristband.
Fireworks will begin at 9 PM sharp! You will be watching the show while you are on the water, take advantage of the best seats at the lake!
Weather cancellation: If the weather turns for the worse we will reschedule you for the next available time slot that suits your schedule. NO REFUNDS are given due to poor weather, wind, rain, thunderstorms, or lake closures. At check out, you will be asked to agree that you understand that policy. We will always reschedule if there is a weather cancellation. The only circumstance where we will not reschedule you is if you are marked as a no-show to your appointment. If you arrive 15 minutes or more late to your appointment you are marked as a no-show and rescheduling will not be an option for you.


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Hank Kanalz, former vice president and general manager of WildStorm Productions, has been promoted to senior vice president-digital of DC Comics. He'll oversee the new DC Digital Comics division, based in Burbank, Calif.
The news was announced this morning by DC Comics Co-Publisher Jim Lee during the DC Nation Town Hall Panel at New York Comic Con.
The WildStorm imprint was closed last month as part of a restructuring of DC Entertainment that leaves the comics-publishing division in New York City while moving the company's administrative and digital and multimedia functions to Burbank. Lee confirmed this morning that most of the WildStorm operations will be moved from La Jolla, Calif., to DC Digital Comics.
Kanalz joined WildStorm in 2004 from Warner Bros. Consumer Products, where he served as director of worldwide theme parks. Before that he was a line editor at Malibu Comics, and the writer of such titles as Ex-Mutants and Ultraforce.
Update: Comics Alliance reports that Kanalz also will oversee DC's kids comics.
Update 2: DC has issued an official press release, which you can read after the break.
Hank Kanalz has been named Senior Vice President, Digital of DC Entertainment, it was announced today at New York ComicCon by Jim Lee, DC Comics Co-Publisher and John Rood, DC Entertainment EVP of Sales & Marketing. In this newly created position, Kanalz will develop and oversee the execution of the annual digital publishing schedule, coordinating all digital comic content across DC Universe, Vertigo, and MAD. He will also oversee digital special projects and business development such as custom publishing and e-commerce." Kanalz will be based in Burbank and report to Lee and Rood, and will work closely with the Warner Bros. Digital Distribution group, which supports the Company's digital initiatives.
"Hank has been integral to the launch of our digital comics initiative, and was an essential part of WildStorm for the past six years," said Jim Lee, Co-Publisher, DC Comics. "I'm eager to have him working alongside me to blaze new trails in digital publishing and bring our comics to more readers beyond print."
Previous to his new role, Hank Kanalz served as Vice President and General Manager of WildStorm, where he oversaw day-to-day operations including editorial, production, coloring and administration, as well as edited several comic titles, including World of Warcraft and Fringe. Kanalz was a key figure in building WildStorm's strong crossmedia relationships, which led to adaptations of popular film, television and gaming properties to the comics medium.
Before coming to DC Comics in 2004, Kanalz was Director of Worldwide Theme Parks for Warner Bros. Consumer Products, where he oversaw the company's relationship with theme park licensees such as Six Flags and Universal Studios, as well as other destination entertainment businesses. He was a key liaison between DC Comics and Warner Bros. Consumer Products for several years.
Kanalz has also written comic books, including The Flash and Green Lantern for DC.


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SAO PAULO, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Brazilian aviation and defense manufacturer Embraer has won the contract for the first phase of 10,000-mile border security cordon aimed at beating organized crime, drug and people smuggling and poaching in the forests.
The Brazilian army announced its selection of Embraer after several weeks of speculation over the final shape of the border protection and surveillance network.
Embraer will lead a consortium that includes Savis Tecnologica and Orbisat Industria, both of which are controlled by the defense manufacturer.
Later phases of the security project, Sistema Integrado de Monitoramento de Fronteiras, also called SISFRON, will likely include international partners.
SISFRON was initially estimated to cost $4 billion but officials revealed a revised figure, $6 billion, as they announced Embraer's successful bid.
When fully integrated, SISFRON will include land radar and other ground sensors, unmanned air vehicles, communications, command and control and other elements. The whole range of equipment earmarked means the cordon may be more than 100 miles deep inside Brazilian territory along most of the planned cordon.
The system will involve security coverage of 11 Brazilian border states and international frontiers with 10 neighboring countries.
The initial phase of the project, likely to be worth $400 million, will cover an area under the Brazilian Western Military Command, officials said.
SISFRON is the second major defense competition in Brazil. The first, for the purchase of multirole jet fighters for the Brazilian air force under an FX-2 program, is still being decided by President Dilma Rousseff.
Brazil embarked on a major overhaul of its defense infrastructure as it began developing major offshore reserves of hydrocarbons. Brazil's economic prosperity also led to an influx of economic migrants from neighboring countries, drug and human trafficking, organized crime and poaching of resources in the Amazon.
SISFRON is an ambitious plan to secure Brazil against a whole range of security threats and is likely to lead to procurement of advanced hardware and software from a range of international sources.
Unmanned airborne craft, ground vehicles, river and naval craft and advanced monitoring and observation systems are included in the plan but it's not clear if Embraer can deliver everything that will be required or if it needs to enter into partnerships or if Embraer is likely to be challenged by foreign bidders.
Embraer has bought stakes or partnered with companies that include C4I specialist Atech, radar maker Orbisat, satellite house Visiona and mini-UAV maker Santos Lab.
Embraer also has set up a joint venture with Israel's Elbit Systems to build UAVs for border patrols and other tasks for Brazilian security forces.
Embraer signed up with Telebras telecommunications company to develop capacity in satellite communications.
Brazilian Defense Minister Celso Amorim, who reviewed the pilot project recently, didn't outline details of how the total outlay would be spent over the next 10 years.
As with most Brazilian defense and security projects, Brazil has set sights on acquiring and developing new technologies that can adapt to its model and then market its own products abroad.
Embraer Chief Executive Officer Luiz Carlos Aguiar indicated the company's bid for the first phase of the security cordon fulfilled its ambition to diversify from aviation and conventional defense production into high-tech security products and services.
"It's a very complex project," Aguiar said, indicating implementation of the full project could lead to Embraer exploring new areas of expertise.
Brazil's diverse geography, tough conditions in the Amazon region and a long maritime border are among challenges faced by Embraer and other bidders.


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How Knight Gareth made a detour
Berthold the Court Jester had been in King's service from the time he discovered he had a gift of the gab. His loquaciousness however hit a hiatus whenever the talk got personal. His jabs were not as bad as his jokes. He had his license to poke fun at anything and spare nobody. He became more circumspect with such power that made the king think he was only playing the fool and his heart was not in his job.
The king was right as usual. Only that king being busy marauding neighboring kingdoms let him dither. Much less he thought of his fool when he had to provide his knight at arms with a squire to hold his shield.
The king agreed to let Bertie, as he was known in the intimate circle, to find the right candidate. There were three peasants who had thrown their caps into the ring.
By sundown they came.
The king and the nobles were at supper. The king motioned the fool to start.
The jester roughly caught the nearest by his collar," Hey Willie, please keep your finger from your nose at least when you are spoken to.'
"But nobody spoke to me" mumbled Wilfred wiping his offending finger on his trouser.
Bertie the fool grimaced and said, "oh heavens, and deaf too." He gave a kick on his shins and told the king,' He will not do master." Bertie didn't mind the merriment he caused and he stood a little far from the second.
" Fall out!" he barked.
The second promptly did as he was told. The Court jester looked at him and winced. "I said fall out. Not your dingle!" he turned to his master to say, "Any fellow who forgets to fix his codpiece is not fit for the job."
The third peasant stood ramrod and said 'At your service, master' Berthold the Jester farted and barked, "Catch it!"
The Fool threw up his hands in despair and asked the tittering court, "I fart and he can only say 'what?'. What kind of service can you expect from him?"
With a straight face he said,These three will not do."
The king said, "Now you tell us who can do the job."
Approaching the kings table he said," Put your cup down. I don't want you to spill your wine." The king seriously obeyed. The courtiers who were chomping their viands swallowed hard to hear the fool.
"I Berthold of Pipsquak Corner will be the squire." The king paused seriously and said it was impossible since he didn't want a fool to distract the serious business of bloodletting. The fool stood on his hands and walked to wards the king. Knight Gareth said "Please sire, I will vouch for him. Let him be my squire." The king thought over and asked the fool,'Do you have a horse?'
The jester said, ' I will show it to you." He quickly ran inside and brought a wooden rocking horse. "Whatever was good for the king is good for me."
By the time the army set out Squire Berthold was on a nag that kept her pace with his knight.
Berthold knew he was on the right side and the knight knew he found a friend for life.
The King's army camped for the night on the plains. There were three more days journey beyond which was fraught with danger. King Eric had kept the army march in secrecy. Every village and town were hotspots where the spies could have known and slipped into cover and warn the Palatinates. Knights were put in ranks each one supervising mobs who carried pitchforks, lances, bows and arrows. Some had shields made from most bizarre utensils patched up to do the job. Knight Gareth kept pace with the mules that had drovers bearing scythes and flails tipped with iron balls. In between they spoke of their farm life and hopes, and Knight Gareth had difficulty in holding back his home-sickness. The party crossed the postern gate that barred fields that led them to the town of Fidelis. By late in the evening they broke up their ranks and made their beds under a clear cloudless summer sky. Tomorrow they were to strike towards east along the grove of cypresses to the hills that girt around Palatine. The Prince-Elector of Ghoulish Palatine lorded over his kingdom lulled into a belief that the hills of Malvern was beyond the pale of mortals. Knight Gareth heard the name Malvern witch a couple of times and he asked his squire for news.
"A sorceress who cannot be approached," Bertie the fool explained,'for praise or for money."
'No it is a wizard', the miller was certain.
The knight mulled over it. The witch's lair was close to the Palatinate. He could understand why Queen Mother sent her agent to Fidelis than to Malvern. The sorceress or wizard, what matter is it of gender, the one who lorded over Malvern didn't bend house rules even a trifle to accommodate a queen.
The knight went over to the king to report this piece of news. The king flatly refused to take his army through the domain of a sorceress. 'I have sent my spies already to find a weak spot from which we may attack the Palatinate from the rear'.
The kingdom of Prince-Elector of Ghoulish Palatine was situated around the bend of the river Ghoul with Malvern Spits on the rear. Knight Gareth said he was not afraid of witches, man or woman. He offered his services to reconnaitre. King Eric smiled at his loyalty and slapping on his back he asked the knight to get a good night's rest.
On his return he found the squire had already seen to his comfort. Eating his meal he confided in Berthold of his plans.
He also said he missed his wife and his baby terribly. The squire assured him he was ready for an escapade and would help in whatever way he could.
By the time they reached the door of his cottage the entire town was asleep. No soul was in sight. Only a stream that didn't distinguish between day or night. It went on gurgling and wheezing around the pebbles on shallow bed. Leaving his squire to care for the horses he quietly slipped in. Greta was fast asleep and the baby lay in his cot blissfully unaware of his father. He could not help trembling. He felt strange as though he were intruding on Greta's dreams. Her gentle breathing went on its steady pace. He lit a candle that stood on a table by her head.
He quietly sat on the side and leaned across, enfolding her in his arms. She stirred and slowly adjusted her eyes. She gasped. Edgar was back! She sat up and they hugged each other. They spoke no words but laughed and looked at each other in wonder. She touseled his hair and took out a straw. Casting it silently away she caressed his face and kissed. They made love silently all their senses engaged into it as though it made the months of absence go away. Only after they satiated themselves in each others warmth she followed him as he scooped Rudy in his hands. "Now he can turn himself over and is busy trying to sit up." She pointed to the bump on his forehead that was nothing serious. He kissed him and also kissed her with feeling. She stared at him for a trifle long sensing that he was not going to stay. She looked into his eyes searching while he said,'I am the king's knight at arms.'
She didn't understand what he meant. She reached out and took his finger and drew him closer, "Edgar, I could want you more but." She smiled at her silliness to say,'I wait for the day you are free.' She would have thrown herself into her arms but for hurried steps. Their neighbor Agathe huffed and puffed into the parlor. Seeing the man she quickly caught the shoulder of Greta and blubbered,'I see spirits blue and white hairs like tendrils. The ghostdreamer is here!"
"Hold it woman," Edgar said with authority while pouring a generous shot of barley wine. He explained that he had just dropped in to visit his wife. He didn't explain further. Greta knew he wanted his new position to be kept a secret.
As he stepped into the darkness he heard Agathe anxiously asking, "I hope you came alone?" He chose not to answer.
He walked a little further and he saw his squire stepping out from the shadow of an old yew tree. He still held on to horse. Knight Gareth knew the squire didn't want to be seen by Agathe.
He said casually,'Fine time to leave me in the lurch.' he also added that he would appreciate it greatly if he were open about it. 'I wont hold your secret against you.' Court jester Berthold said, " I just met my mother. She is a witch."
Knight Gareth thought he would fall off from his horse. So it was she who helped the Queen Mother. He was in a fix.


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As you know, the LSAT is a huge deal. It consists of nothing more than pencil and paper, but your performance on LSAT test day could very well determine your entire legal career. Therefore, there's a lot of tension on these days. The last thing you need is some sort of distraction with the LSAT testing center room.
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As Chelsea Sexton astutely pointed out on Wired.com, the idea of a road trip up and down the East Coast in the dead of winter that solely relies on two fast Tesla Supercharger stations unnecessarily stretches the vehicle's capabilities. Most EV owners would know better than to even attempt the journey. But the larger question is: why would Tesla want to limit drivers of its luxury vehicle to only a few charging spots when hundreds of easily accessible public charging stations are available?
Please Compromise
The Model S includes a proprietary cable for connecting with the Supercharger network. Tesla's stations have faster charge rates (90 kW) than the industry standard rate of 50 kW for fast DC charging, which, as the company points out, provides an exclusive benefit to Tesla drivers.
However, all along the eastern seaboard are hundreds of charging stations that feature the industry standard SAE J1772 plug. Tesla includes the J1772 adapter with the car. There was no mention of the Times reviewer having this adapter in his test car, which can provide approximately 20 miles of range in an hour of charging.
The route taken along I-95 during the road trip also includes two fast DC charging stations using the CHAdeMO connector, used by the Nissan LEAF and Mitsubishi i (many of the more than 130 CHAdeMO chargers now in the United States were paid for by taxpayers as part of the DOE's EV Project). While these fast chargers are slower than Tesla's Supercharger, they can provide about 150 miles of range in an hour, which is fast enough for most any EV road trip. Tesla has committed to installing 100 of its Superchargers across the United States during the next few years, many of which will be thousands of miles from the majority of Model S owners.
Tesla announced recently that it will soon offer a CHAdeMO adapter for customers in Japan, and will eventually bring it to the United States, but when I recently spoke with the company, they would not commit to a date. By the end of this year we'll also likely see dozens of fast DC chargers scattered across the United States that use the SAE's combo connector, which combines the slower J1772 technology with fast DC charging capability – but Tesla Model S owners won't be able to power up, at the faster charging rate, at these locations, either.
Tesla Motors' slogan is "Zero Compromises," but the company's strategy of exclusivity for charging betrays that ethos. Model S owners would be better served by greater charging flexibility than by the company's spat with The New York Times.


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START Conference Manager
Interactive 3D Visual Retrieval for Art History Education
Gerald Benoit
ASIS&T 2008 Annual Meeting (AM08 2008)
Columbus, Ohio, October 24-29, 2008
Abstract This paper describes the architecture and the salient characteristics of a visual information retrieval sys-tem for Art History purposes. The system uses a novel form of interaction for retrieval, sustainable, interactive exploration of retrieval sets, and the types of relationships that are germane to the use of the images, beyond what information retrieval systems typically supply. There is a gap between the expression of a query and the retrieval set and the end-users ability to establish significance for the set members. The paper describes the architecture, interaction, and collection metadata created in response to a survey of art history student and instructors educa-tional needs. We argue that a 3D model provides visually-oriented people with a way to comprehend large datasets and, through the interactive control panel and additional graphics, identify facets of value by experts in the field and for local needs.
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Restaurant Review
Tasting the Fire
Singed by serranos at El Patron Restaurant and Cantina
The first taste of the cream sauce had me begging for more. The second had me nearly screaming, "Hurry up, margarita!" It was the only thing that doused the fire.
The new El Patron Restaurant and Cantina is in the former Garduño's building on Montgomery near Juan Tabo. Well-known Albuquerque restaurateurs Nick Kapnison and Jimmy Daskalos (of Nick & Jimmy's) took over the space and, according to their news release, "completely remodeled" it. But when my companion and I arrived, it looked to me as if little had changed from the Garduño's days, with the same Mexican tiles lining the walls throughout, the same murals and Saltillo floors.
We found our seats on the outdoor patio to take advantage of the warm weather and the view of the Sandias glowing in the setting sun. No sooner had we sat down than a server brought warm, just-made tortilla chips and fresh salsa. The tomatoes were tangy, punctuated with small chunks of crisp jalapeños and a healthy bit of garlic that mingled well with the super-thin chips.
I ordered a $7 El Patron happy hour margarita. It wasn't syrupy—a quality that's too often a margarita signature. It was mixed with fresh-squeezed lemons and limes that didn't overpower the Patron Silver. Our guacamole ($4.25) was cool and buttery with not a lump to be seen.
While we were waiting for our meals, a white-haired man sat down at an electric keyboard and announced himself as Freddie Chavez. I've lived in Albuquerque most of my life and it was the first time I had ever heard the well-known musician play. His rendition of "Fly Me to The Moon," soon had the place dancing. (For the many who follow him in and around Albuquerque, he's at El Patron Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30-9 p.m.)
While we were waiting for our meals, a white-haired man sat down at an electric keyboard and announced himself as Freddie Chavez. His rendition of "Fly Me to The Moon," soon had the place dancing.
Our food arrived not long after the music started. My rolled seafood enchiladas ($13.95) sported a light green-tinted cream on top (something the waiter called the ultimate aioli sauce with ground-up serrano chiles) with a small amount of melted yellow cheese. Upon my first bite I opened my eyes wide to a different chile flavor than I'm used to. I found the serrano crisp, clean and much hotter than jalapeño. I scooped up another taste, and that's when the heat really kicked in. I reached for my margarita, and it helped to cool the fire, but my drink was soon gone.
When the second margarita arrived, I was able to continue my meal without further threat of tears and nose-blowing. Bite after bite revealed a firm shrimp or flaky white fish lightly battered and fried, intermingled with slices of zucchini, corn and onion (calabacitas). The pinto beans on the side were soft but not to the point of being mushy and were a welcome contrast to the spice. Coral-colored Spanish rice had a pudding-like texture and a slight tomato taste with just a little bit of salt.
The chicken tamales with red chile ($8.75) featured a masa that was firm and thick, but easily fell apart in my mouth revealing shredded white meat, lightly flavored with cilantro. The red chile was clean and not bitter, though I prefer a red that has a creamier, softer taste.
Red chile barbecue ribs ($13.95 for the half rack) were tender and and glazed with a honey-based sauce. A server brought a couple of sopaipillas to our table, though we hadn't ordered any. Not too greasy, they were crispy on the outside and soft inside, just as they should be. Our dessert, a house-made slice of New York style cheesecake, was creamy, and came with a fresh raspberry compote which was tart enough to make it a perfect contrast to the sweetness.
We returned several days later to find out why El Patron's bar prides itself on the "Patron tequila chill tower" that apparently cools sipping-quality liquor to zero degrees. We shared a chilled Patron Reposado shot ($10) that was strong, straightforward and a little oaky. A St. Patron margarita ($8.75) came recommended by a waitress. It was mixed with St. Germain liqueur (made from elderflower blossoms), but its flavor was buried under the sweetness and citrus.
I will definitely return to El Patron and try another dish featuring their fiery serrano chile sauce, and wash it down with a happy hour margarita (or two). Maybe we can squeeze in another visit before the weather gets cold so that we can hear Freddie Chavez on the outdoor patio.
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Arthur M., U.S. physician, 1895-1973. See: Master test, Master two-step exercise test.
In robotic surgery, a device driven by the hand movements of the surgeon or interventionist. The movements of the master are mimicked, reduced, or refined by the surgical instrument (the "slave") in the operative field.
superior, overseer.
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RavenArt needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 99 designs submitted by 44 freelance designers.
Logo for Las Vegas website
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Website offering Vegas information, promotions, contests, room offers etc.
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- I don't want a remake of the Las Vegas sign or any of photo's of Las Vegas in it.
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Concealed Wide-Angle Miniature PIR
Spy 3 is the world's smallest detector offering concealed protection for rooms and supporting various other control and access applications. It is flush-mounted in a wall, providing coverage of six double-beams in a single detection layer, with a maximum coverage area of 8m/100deg. (25ft/100deg.).
Despite its miniature size, the Spy 3 detector achieves full-size performance by implementing state-of-the-art detection technologies. Backed by 30 years of Visonic expertise, Spy 3 offers industry-leading sensitivity and reliability levels while virtually eliminating false alarms.
Designed for ease of use, Spy 3 is easily installed in any home, office or other commercial environment. It is installed so only the lens is visible - rendering the detector virtually unnoticeable.
Spy 3 Features:
- Virtually concealed after mounting.
- Ideal for security, CCTV and control applications.
- Tiny size: Diameter: 19 mm (0.75 in) Length: 70 mm (2.75 in).
- Range: 8m/100deg. (25ft/100deg.).
- Six double beams in a single detection layer.
- Exceptionally high reliability and false alarm immunity.
- RF protection up to 1000 MHz.
- 10-14 VDC power supply.
- Fast and easy installation.
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