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Packaging and Distributing Java Desktop Applications
One question that a lot of beginning programmers have is: "Now that I've created my application in the IDE, how do I get it to work from the command line outside of the IDE." Similarly, someone might ask, "How do I distribute this application to other users without having to give them the whole IDE as well?"
The answers to these questions are relatively simple, but not necessarily obvious. This document addresses those questions by taking you through the basics of using the IDE to prepare your applications for distribution and deployment. In addition, this document provides information that you might need to configure your system (or which you might need to pass on to the users of your application). We will show a few different approaches for deploying an application, so that users can access the application by:
To complete this tutorial, you need the software and resources listed in the following table.
Creating Executable JAR File
This part of the tutorial shows how you can create a distributable application in the IDE and then run that application from outside of the IDE. We will package the application in the form of an executable JAR file.
A JAR file is an archive file that can contain multiple files and folders. JAR files are similar to zip files, but JAR files can have additional attributes that are useful for distributing Java applications. These attributes include digitally signing JAR files, additional compression, multiplatform compatibility, etc.
In this exercise, you create an IDE project and then place two pre-written Java source files into that project. Then you will compile the classes and build an executable JAR file. Afterwards, you will learn how to run the JAR file from outside of the IDE.
The classes used in this tutorial implement features of the GNU grep utility, which can be used for searching text or regular expression patterns inside text files. The project contains both command-line and GUI versions of the application, so that you can see different ways of running the application.
Creating a Project with Existing Sources
The project opens in the IDE and becomes visible in the Projects window. You can explore the contents of the project by expanding the project's Source Packages node, where you should see classes called Grep and xGrep. Grep.java is a console version of the application. xGrep.java is a GUI version of the application and uses methods defined in Grep.java.
Configuring the Project
There are a few configuration steps you need to do, such as:
Verifying the Java Platform
Our project needs to be compiled and run on Java 6 platform. Therefore, you need to make sure that Java 6 is used as the platform for this project.
Setting the Main Class
In order for a user to easily run your JAR file (by double-clicking the JAR file or by typing java -jar AnotherGrep.jar at the command line), a main class has to be specified inside the JAR's manifest file. (The manifest is a standard part of the JAR file that contains information about the JAR file that is useful for the java launcher when you want to run the application.) The main class serves as an entry point from which the java launcher runs your application.
When you build a project, the IDE builds the JAR file and includes a manifest. When you set the project's main class, you ensure that the main class is be designated in the manifest.
To set the project's main class:
When you build the project later in this tutorial, the manifest will be generated and include the following entry:
Main-Class: anothergrep.xGrep
Building the Project and Creating the JAR File
Now that you have your sources ready and your project configured, it is time to build your project.
To build the project:
When you build your project:
Note: You can view the contents of the manifest in the IDE's Files window. After you have built your project, switch to the Files window and navigate to dist/AnotherGrep.jar. Expand the node for the JAR file, expand the META-INF folder, and double-click MANIFEST.MF to display the manifest in the Source Editor.
Main-Class: anothergrep.xGrep(To find more about manifest files, you can read this chapter from the Java Tutorial.)
Running and Distributing the JAR File
Running the Application Inside of the IDE
When developing applications in the IDE, typically you will need to test and refine them before distributing. You can easily test an application that you are working on by running the application from the IDE.
To run the AnotherGrep project in the IDE, right-click the project's node in the Projects window and choose Run.
The xGrep window should open. You can click the Browse button to choose a file in which to search for a text pattern. In the Search Pattern field, type text or a regular expression pattern that you would like to match, and click Search. The results of each match will appear in the xGrep window's Output area.
Information on regular expressions that you can use in this application are available here and in many other places.
Running the Application Outside of the IDE
Once you have finished developing the application and before you distribute it, you will probably want to make sure that the application also works outside of the IDE.
You can run the application outside of the IDE by following these steps:
You will know that the application has started successfully when the xGrep window opens.
If the xGrep window does not open, your system probably does not have a file association between JAR files and the Java Runtime Environment. See Troubleshooting JAR File Associations below.
Distributing the Application to Other Users
Now that you have verified that the application works outside of the IDE, you are ready to distribute it.
Note: If your application depends on additional libraries other than those included in JDK, you need to also include them in your distribution (not the case in our example). The relative paths to these libraries are added in the classpath entry of the JAR's manifest file when you are developing your application in the IDE. If these additional libraries will not be found at the specified classpath (i.e., relative path) at launch, the application will not start.
Starting Your Java Application
The goal of this exercise is to show you some ways that you can start your application from the command line.
This exercise shows you how you can start a Java application in the following two ways:
Launching Applications From the Command Line
You can launch an application from the command line by using the java command. If you want to run an executable JAR file, use the -jar option of the command.
For example, to run the AnotherGrep application, you would take the following steps:
If you follow these steps and the application does not run, you probably need to do one of the following things:
Launching Applications From a Script
If the application that you want to distribute is a console application, you might find that it is convenient to start the application from a a script, particularly if the application takes long and complex arguments to run. In this section, you will use a console version of the Grep program, where you need to pass the arguments (search pattern and file list) to the JAR file, which will be invoked in our script. To reduce typing at the command line, you will use a simple script suitable to run the test application.
First you need to change the main class in the application to be the console version of the class and rebuild the JAR file:
After completing these steps, the JAR file is rebuilt, and the Main-Class attribute of the JAR file's manifest is changed to point to anothergrep.Grep.
BASH script -- for UNIX and Linux machines
Inside the folder on your system where you extracted the contents of the DeploymentTutorial.zip file, there is a grep.sh bash script. Have a look at it:
#!/bin/bash java -jar dist/AnotherGrep.jar $@
The first line states which shell should be used to interpret this. The second one executes your JAR file, created by the IDE inside PROJECT_HOME/dist folder. $@ just copies all given arguments, enclosing each inside quotes.
This script presumes that the Java binaries are part of your PATH environment variable. If the script does not work for you, see Setting the PATH Environment Variable.
More about bash scripting can be found here.
.bat script for Windows machines
On Microsoft Windows systems, you can only pass nine arguments at once to a batch file. If there were more than nine arguments, you would need to execute the JAR file multiple times.
A script handling this might look like the following:
@echo off set jarpath="dist/AnotherGrep.jar" set pattern="%1" shift :loop if "%1" == "" goto :allprocessed set files=%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 java -jar %jarpath% %pattern% %files% for %%i in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8) do shift goto :loop :allprocessed
This script is included as grep.bat inside the folder on your system where you extracted the contents of the DeploymentTutorial.zip file so you can try it out.
The nine arguments are represented inside the batch file by %<ARG_NUMBER>, where <ARG_NUMBER> has to be inside <0-9>. %0 is reserved for the script name.
You can see that only nine arguments are passed to the program at a time (in one loop). The for statement just shifts the arguments by nine, to prepare it for next loop. Once an empty file argument is detected by the if statement (there are no further files to process), the loop is ended.
More about batch scripting can be found on this page.
Packaging the Application for Java Web Start
Java Web Start is a technology that is used to run Java applications from a web browser with a single click. For detailed information on packaging applications for deployment through Java Web Start, see Enabling Java Web Start in the NetBeans IDE. Here we provide only quick steps you need to follow to make you application deployable by using Java Web Start.
Troubleshooting Tips
Specifying JAR File Associations
On most systems, you can execute an executable JAR file by simply double-clicking the JAR file. If nothing happens when you double-click the JAR file, it might be because of either of the following two reasons:
Note: Sometimes JAR file associations are switched by software that you install, such as software to handle zip files.
The way how you associate the JAR file type with the java launcher depends on your operating system.
Note: Make sure that there is a version of the JRE installed on your system. You should use version 1.4.2 or later. You cannot launch a Java application if no Java is installed. (If you have the JDK installed, you also get the JRE. However, if you are distributing the program to a non-programmer, that person does not necessarily have either the JRE or the JDK.)
If there is no Java on the system, you can get the JRE one from the Java SE download site.
If you have Java installed on your system, but the file association is not working, continue with the steps for adding the JAR file association on Microsoft Windows:
Note: If JAR files are associated with the Java Platform SE Binary on your system but double-clicking still does not execute the file JAR file, you might need to specify the -jar option in the file association.
To specify the -jar option in the file association on Microsoft Windows XP:
Note: Starting with Windows Vista advanced file associations can be set via RegEdit. See the What Happened to the File Types Dialog? article for details.
For UNIX and Linux systems, the procedure for changing file associations depends on which desktop environment (such as GNOME or KDE) that you are using. Look in your desktop environment's preference settings or consult the documentation for the desktop environment.
Setting the PATH Environment VariableIf you can not run a Java class or JAR file on your system without pointing to the location of the JDK or JRE on your system, you might need to modify the value of your system's PATH variable.
If you are running on a Microsoft Windows system, the procedure for setting the PATH variable depends the version of Windows you are using.
The following are the steps for setting the PATH variable on a Windows XP system:
If you are running on a UNIX or Linux system, the instructions for modifying your PATH variable depends on the shell program you are using. Consult the documentation of the shell that you are using for more information.
Next Steps
For more information on working with NetBeans IDE, see the Docs and Support page on the NetBeans website.
To learn more about the IDE workflow for developing Java applications, including classpath management, see Developing General Java Applications.
For information on the building features in NetBeans IDE, see "Building Java Projects" in Developing Applications with NetBeans IDE.


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Eat crow and pray for Joe
When Barack Obama was up by 4 percentage points in the polls, the media said the race was a dead heat.
Now that Obama is down by 4 percentage points in the polls, the media say he is dead meat.
Story Continued Below
The media giveth, and the media taketh away. Fickle be the name of the media.
The media mind-set is dependent not on fact, but on attitude. And now comes a man who can change that attitude: Joe Biden.
Say it ain't so, Joe.
Say it ain't all on you, Joe, as you prepare to meet the Janesville Juggernaut, Paul Ryan, in the "Who Gets Lucky in Kentucky?" vice presidential debate at Centre College in Danville on Thursday.
In some respects, the bar is set low. Mitt Romney beat Barack Obama so soundly in the first presidential debate that the media thought it looked like Mike Tyson vs. Cicely Tyson.
So it's up to you, Joe. The stakes are high. The party faithful are in what Obama senior adviser David Plouffe used to call "bed-wetting" mode.
Big-time blogger Andrew Sullivan wrote in The Daily Beast on Monday: "… Obama just essentially forfeited the election. In the first matchup between the two candidates, one was a potential president, the other a dithering wonk. I'm still reeling. I'm sorry if these are not things an Obama supporter should say at this point. But the demoralization is profound."
Wow. All this after one debate. In the old days, disappointed pundits would open up the whiskey. Now they are opening up their veins.
Calm down, Andrew. The president lost a debate; he didn't lose Seattle to a North Korean missile. The moon is not about to crash into the Earth. "Homeland" is not being canceled.
The British got through the entire Second World War with the motto: "Stay Calm and Carry On."
The very least Democrats should be able to manage now is: "Eat Some Crow and Pray for Joe."
Joe is in a tough spot. If he wins the debate, the media will grumble that it's "only a vice presidential debate" and it doesn't really matter much. But if he loses, the headline will be: "Team Obama 0-2."
But you can do it, Joe. Keep in mind that you were being sworn in as a United States senator when Paul Ryan was 2 years old.
You were made chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee when Paul Ryan was 16 and dreaming about becoming prom king of Joseph A. Craig High School in Janesville, Wis. True, Paul Ryan did become prom king. But you went on to become chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Joe.

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Iran Icebreaker Set at U.N.
Meeting in New York Between Top Diplomats Would Mark Thaw With Washington
UNITED NATIONS—Plans were set Monday for the highest-level engagement between the U.S. and Iran in more than 30 years, fueling cautious optimism about the prospect for progress in curtailing Iran's nuclear work after a decade of threats and stalled diplomacy.
The meeting on Thursday at the U.N. General Assembly in New York will bring Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif together with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his counterparts from the five other major powers who are negotiating with Tehran on its nuclear program.
A meeting is also possible at the U.N. between President Barack Obama and Iran's newly elected President Hasan Rouhani, who has promoted reconciliation with the West in a diplomatic campaign to relieve his country's troubled economy from the effects of strict economic sanctions.
Messrs. Obama and Rouhani both address the General Assembly on Tuesday. The White House said it was open to the arrangement of a formal meeting between the U.S. and Iranian leaders, a stronger commitment than the administration made last week, when it said there might be the opportunity for a handshake.
U.S. and European leaders, citing past failed openings, said they were being careful about embracing Tehran's new diplomatic overtures and the Iranian regime's expressed willingness to negotiate on the nuclear dispute.
A group including the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany has served as the main diplomatic channel for negotiating with Iran on its nuclear program, which the West, despite Tehran's denials, says is aimed at the production of nuclear weapons.
U.S. and European officials said they would closely monitor whether Mr. Zarif engages more substantively on the nuclear questions than his predecessors. They are also hoping he will formally respond to previous offers made by the global powers, known as the P5+1, that sought commitments from Tehran to cap its nuclear program in return for Western economic incentives and a slackening of international sanctions on Tehran.
"The question remains open" on whether Iran is serious, said a senior U.S. official involved in the diplomacy. "The ball has been in their court for some time."
A second U.S. official said the P5+1 was "waiting to see what [the Iranians] come with" on Thursday. The P5+1 and Iran will resume talks next month in Geneva, the European Union's foreign-policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said Monday.
Mr. Rouhani campaigned on a pledge to reduce sanctions on Iran through negotiations with the West.
He was elected in June to succeed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose General Assembly appearances were defined by provocation rather than conciliation.
In recent weeks, Messrs. Rouhani and Zarif have sought to woo the West, conducting interviews with the Western media and writing on social-media sites.
Mr. Zarif, on the first day of the U.N. General Assembly, met with the foreign ministers of the U.K., Italy, and the Netherlands, as well as with Baroness Ashton. Mr. Zarif—who is also Iran's top nuclear negotiator—sought to stress to these diplomats that Tehran is serious about resolving the nuclear crisis quickly.
"I was struck by the energy and determination the minister expressed to me," Baroness Ashton said after her meeting with Mr. Zarif on Monday morning.
U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague, offering a more cautious response after meeting with Mr. Zarif for a half-hour on Monday, said Tehran must match its positive statements with actions.
The last formal talks involving world powers and Iran were held in Kazakhstan in April, when Western officials said Iran failed to respond credibly to their proposal that Iran scale back its enrichment activities in exchange for the relaxation of some of the economic sanctions now in place.
The meeting on Thursday would be the first formal face-to-face session between the top U.S. and Iranian diplomats since 1979.
The last direct encounter came in 2001, when then-Secretary of State Colin Powell and his Iranian counterpart exchanged a handshake before a U.N. meeting.
A year earlier, then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Iran's foreign minister attended the same U.N. meeting, but had no one-on-one contact.
An early focus of Iran is to try to regain access to the international banking system, according to U.S. and European officials.
—Farnaz Fassihi in Beirut contributed to this article.
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Partially as a result of my love for Doctor Who, and partially from my overly creative childhood imagination, there's one thing that will always hold true for me: I LOVE the concept of time travel.
I enjoy debates with friends about a person's ability to alter the past (and by virtue also changing the present), applying the various arguments to some of the more iconic time travel movies...
- Could the Terminator really kill John Connor? Or more importantly, could the future Kyle Reese actually be John Connor's father?
- Could Marty McFly really alter his parents' marriage, his dad's job, or Biff's future?
- Is time traveling really a 4th dimension by which you can travel to a different time but not alter the geographic location, such as in H.G Wells' The Time Machine? Or can you travel to different places in time like Doctor Who?
It's safe to say that time travel can be analyzed in many different ways, beyond the simple enjoyment of experiencing events that occurred in the distant past or will occur far in the future. But beyond discussions of theatrical presentations of time travel, my greatest enjoyment in those analyses is the vastly different interpretations of time travel presented in literature.
Recently, two disparate time travel plot lines caught my attention, and I highly recommend them both to anyone interested in the time travel theme.
The River of No Return by Bee Ridgway features a secret society focused on preserving the events of the past, with a delicious layer of romance. Presenting time travel as a fluid, emotion-based ability found in select members of the world's population, characters interact with one another on a broad time span of almost 2000 years, with the majority of the book set in 1815. Ridgway skillfully interweaves time period customs, laws, and taboos, especially those concerning women, and plays on the discrepancies between eras. Part regency romance, mystery, science fiction, and historical fiction, this genre-bending tale of time travel carries appeal for a broad audience.
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes is an edgy mystery thriller featuring a time traveling serial killer. The killer travels at the urging of the House, an abandoned building that seems to remain a constant fixture across the span of the century. Imagine the breathtaking suspense and creepy atmosphere created by seeing the perspective of the killer, as well as the victim, play by play. Then imagine seeing the perspective of the sole survivor as she seeks justice from her would-be killer. The book's chronology is not linear in time, requiring the reader to sort things out mentally, but the order in which Beukes presents the experiences vastly heightens the suspense for the reader. The Shining Girls is well worth the read—but if you get nightmares, don't read late into the night like I did!
I hope you enjoy these two great books!


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Taj Mahal Replica to Be Built in Dubai
(DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) -- Dubai will soon be adding another ostentatious building to its skyline as developers announced they plan to build an exact replica of India's famed Taj Mahal, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The project, called "Taj Arabia," will include a 300-room five star hotel, apartments, restaurants and shops, according to the development company Link Global. The price tag for the development is more than $350 million, according to the company's website.
The original was built over 22 years in the 17th century in Agra, India. It was built by Shah Jahan for his deceased wife Mumtaz Mahal. Both are buried in the complex's tomb.
The developers are hoping, among other things, that Taj Arabia will also become a symbol of love and a destination for weddings.
"Imagine if this immaculate tribute to love could be the setting for the milestone event in the life of a man and woman," says the voice greeting visitors to the project's website. "This dream will soon become reality."
Taj Arabia would join copies of the Eiffel Tower, Egyptian Pyramids and Great Wall of China in Dubai's Falcon City of Wonders.
Dubai is known for its massive and flashy developments. Others include the world's tallest tower the Burj Khalifa, the iconic sail-shaped Burj al Arab hotel, one of the biggest malls in the world and an artificial archipelago of islands in the shape of a palm tree.
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Most critics are no stranger to mean words directed at them, their families, their significant others, their pets, their stuffed animals, and their hopes and dreams. I have received my share of death threats and bizarre conspiratorial accusations--the "you were paid off"s and the such. I even had a reader create a hotmail account called "killkevinvanord," so vehement was his anger.
This is the bear flag, a variant on the usual rainbow flag. What is a "bear" in this context, you may ask? Let's discuss that another day. Or Google "gay bear," at your own risk!
You can imagine, then, that I had brief pause when deciding just how "out" I should be when I joined GameSpot's editorial team. I have always been relatively open about being gay, and that openness has usually served me well. Sure, there are exceptions. There was the time my grandparents asked me and my partner to leave their Christmas celebration because I "brought sin into their home," and the time hoodlums accosted me, crowding around me and my car (which I had locked myself out of) and threatened violence--though they fortunately never acted upon it. (I did have my comeuppance, however, taking them to criminal court for their actions and having $300 fines visited upon them.) But I am so lucky that those moments were exceptions, and that my family, my friends, and my acquaintances have been supportive and, frankly, blase about it all. And that's as it should be.
The general games audience? I wasn't so sure what me being gay would mean to them. I am hardly the only gay game journalist (though I am not sure I identify as a journalist, though that is a subject for another day.) But I am already a target, simply because sometimes I say things that people don't like to hear, and the vocal audience has become less respectful in my experience, and not more so. And I have never dealt particular well with the kind of mean-spirited, rather disgusting comments I receive. I didn't want to hide this aspect of me, but I didn't know if I should make the target even bigger and brighter. And surely, being an openly gay critic for a large, mainstream games publication would make me that kind of target, or so I figured.
But I painted the big ol' target anyway. And it was the right thing to do.
Re: my Resident Evil 6 review, the GamesReflexoes gang informed me that my gay brain worked differently than normal ones, so obviously I wouldn't like this masculine game.
That doesn't mean I haven't gotten my fair share of homophobic vitriol. Most contemptuous was the hate campaign served up by the Brazilian blogger that runs GamesReflexoes. My Twitter and email were overrun by this man, his alternate accounts, and his followers, first after my review of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, and then in full force after my review of Resident Evil 6. I had never had so much gay-hate dumped on me in such a short period of time, to the point where I worried just how far these people might go to injure me.
But more frequently, I get Facebook messages, emails, and Twitter messages from young men and women that are in the process of coming out and need a kind word, or advice, or a show of solidarity. Sometimes, those men flirt with me. Other times, they tell me of the terrible social conditions in the countries in which they live, where they can't come out for fear of being ostracized or jailed. A reader in Croatia told me about how the populace petitioned the government to make being gay a crime. Another in Puerto Rico told me how he was forced into a marriage he didn't want after his mother threatened to kill herself because a gay son couldn't give her grandchildren.
I don't share these stories to be depressing, but rather because it is such an unexpected honor to somehow be a small inspiration to people wouldn't otherwise reach out to me. I am really not special. I was just there. They knew me on the Internet, and knew I was gay, and that was enough for them to reach out. And God knows my life is better because of them. I don't have enough ego to think I am changing anyone's life, but I am humble enough to know they have changed mine.
I wonder: what would "Sid Meier's Butt Pirates" play like?
More interestingly, people still find plenty of reasons to say nasty things, and every so often one of them drops in a "cocksucker" or a "butt pirate" comment for some extra zing. But most people direct their hate in the usual ways: by suggesting I don't know what I am talking about, or accusing me of taking bribes, often from indie developers that can barely afford to make the game, let alone shower critics with cash. That doesn't sound like much of a reason to rejoice, but they hate me for the same reasons they hate any game critic: because I didn't say what they wanted to hear, not because of the way I deploy my genitalia. And for that, I say "hurrah."
This weekend, we celebrate LGBT Pride in San Francisco. There is so much more to do. There is still so much hatred in this world--so much abysmal cruelty focused on our community. We're "different" and "godless" and "destructive" to so many. Some people believe that because I love another man, that God would punish the world with natural disasters because the world allows me to exist. Some people's passion is to make me feel like less of a human being by limiting my rights and condemning the very person that I am. This weekend we say: those people are wrong. This weekend we say: we're not just OK--we're awesome.


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Half of it isn't very well worded.It's entirely a DNS based blacklist, which would run the risk of providing an impetus for an alternative DNS root. Some form of open dns root authority is the last thing the people pushing this law want to see.
IDG News Service — The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a controversial bill that would allow the government to seek court orders to shut down websites offering materials believed to infringe copyright.The committee's 19-0 vote Thursday to send the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act to the full Senate earned it praise from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.The bill would allow the Department of Justice to seek court orders requiring U.S. domain-name registrars to shut down domestic websites suspected of hosting infringing materials. The bill would also allow the DOJ, through a court order, to order U.S. Internet service providers to redirect customer traffic away from infringing websites not based in the U.S....
This is just a government power grab. Their real targets are WikiLeaks, Drudge, and anything else that reports the news the corporate elite don't want us to read. "Copyright" and "intellectual property protection" are just Trojan horses.
One of the reigning conspiracy theories is that actions like this are, by intent or not, an attempt to return copyright to its original purpose as a means of censorship.
It's entirely a DNS based blacklist, which would run the risk of providing an impetus for an alternative DNS root.
I wonder if they (Wikileaks) would scream loud enough that educators might look into it. Citation of materials that are copyrighted might be the next rung.
This was done with a court order, and had nothing to do with the law mentioned in this thread.If each one of the sites was US based, or the registrars were, then going through ICANN is not going to create that much of a fuss. If they weren't, however, that may cause a ruckus.
"The owner of Torrent-Finder.net complained that his search engine was shut down without so much as a court order or prior complaint."My domain has been seized without any previous complaint or notice from any court!" the owner said, without being identified in the Torrentfreak article.Earlier this week, Homeland Security shut down a popular hip-hop music site, RapGodfathers.com, which had nearly 150,000 members. The site claims it is compliant with copyright laws, as it doesn't host copyrighted materials. However, its users posted links to file-hosting services such as Rapidshare and Megaupload, where copyrighted material may have been shared.These domains are now "the property of Homeland Security," writes Gareth Halfacree at Thinq.co.uk, "And there's no indication that their original owners will ever be able to get them back."
The sites mentioned in the article were shut down with no court order. Strictly because the government didn't like them.
Update: A spokeswoman for ICE confirmed the seizures in the following statement. "ICE office of Homeland Security Investigations executed court-ordered seizure warrants against a number of domain names. As this is an ongoing investigation, there are no additional details available at this time."
From the source of the article you linked to - the site I linked to:So no. You are wrong.
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Buxton, Sano lead rich Twins crop
Duo tops list of breakout performers in the Minnesota system
By Jake Seiner / MiLB.com | November 20, 2013 5:00 AM
This offseason, MiLB.com will be honoring the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organizations. We're taking a look at each team to determine the outstanding seasons in Minor League baseball. Select a team from the dropdown below.
The debate over which organization has baseball's best farm system might be a close one, but there's no question that Minnesota's ranks in the upper echelon of player development pipelines. There's certainly no debating that the Twins' one-two prospect punch of Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano is the tops in the game.
Scary thing is, there's plenty to excite Minnesota fans beyond that duo. Three of the team's full-season affiliates qualified for postseason play (Triple-A Rochester, Class A Advanced Fort Myers and Class A Cedar Rapids), but more important to the big picture, the Twins' big-name prospects emerged as budding can't-miss stars, while former sleepers and unknowns became breakout performers, and in some cases, Major League contributors.
We chatted with Twins director of player development Brad Steil about the state of Minnesota's farm and got him to share some thoughts about some of the system's top performers over the summer.
Twins Organizational All-Stars
Catcher -- Josmil Pinto, New Britain (107 games), Rochester (19 games), Minnesota (21 games): In a system stocked with rising prospects, perhaps no player shuffled more quickly across the radar than Pinto. The 24-year-old native of Venezuela dominated at three levels and showcased his offensive talents in Minnesota by hitting .342 with a .963 OPS in 76 at-bats. With Joe Mauer vacating the catcher's spot at Target Field, Pinto is the heir apparent behind the dish, and he will compete for the big league gig in Spring Training.
"I think he has the opportunity to be our catcher in the big leagues in the near future," Steil said. "He's really developed his plate approach over the last couple of years. The important thing about him -- he takes really focused at-bats and he's disciplined, and that's a good combination with power and discipline that you don't see a lot, especially from a catcher."
First base -- Chris Colabello, Rochester (89 games), Minnesota (55 games): The fairy-tale story hit its heart-plucking apex this summer as the seven-year independent league veteran parlayed a 2012 Minor League contract offer into 160 Major League at-bats in 2013. The 30-year-old earned International League MVP honors by hitting .352 with a 1.066 OPS, and although he struggled with a .194 average in Minnesota, he still emerged as a versatile piece (since he also plays outfield) and now figures into the Twins' roster plans for the next few seasons.
"I think it's a great credit to him as an individual to stick with it and believe in himself for as long as he did," Steil said. "Once he got the opportunity, he really took advantage of it. He started a little slow last year in Double-A, but I think once he got comfortable, you could see the kind of hitter he is."
Honorable Mention: Playing in the Florida State League cut into his power a bit, but Dalton Hicks' performance between Cedar Rapids and Fort Myers is worth highlighting. The first baseman smacked 17 homers and 39 doubles, posting a .289 average and an .826 OPS between the two stops.
Second Base -- Eddie Rosario, Fort Myers (52 games), New Britain (70 games): Rosario's offensive dominance in Fort Myers during the first half was somewhat overshadowed by the presence of Miguel Sano and his thunderous stick, but what he did in a pitcher-friendly environment was among the Minors' more impressive displays. The 22-year-old hit .329 with a .903 OPS, and he finished the season with 32 doubles and 10 homers across two levels.
Minnesota's No. 5 prospect is battling to become a competent defender at second base but also has spent time at all three outfield spots, and Steil noted his versatility could go a long way toward helping him establish his potentially dangerous bat in the Major Leagues.
His Class A Advanced skipper, Doug Mientkiewicz, wasn't shy in his praise for Rosario's stick during the summer.
"[Rosario's] a little unorthodox, but his barrel stays through the zone for a long time," the skipper said. "The great ones at the big leagues, their bats stay in the zone for forever. Eddie does that. He has a special knack for finding the ball with the barrel."
Third base -- Miguel Sano, Fort Myers (56 games), New Britain (67 games): Sano's robust right-handed bat terrorized pitchers at the Class A Advanced level, where he hit .330 with a 1.079 OPS and launched 16 homers in 206 at-bats. At Double-A, the swing-and-miss in Sano's game hampered his stat line as the 20-year-old struck out in 29.3 percent of his at-bats. Still, Minnesota's No. 2 prospect clubbed 19 homers and posted a .915 OPS with the Rock Cats, all while showing encouraging athleticism and ability at third base after a spring spent working with Twins Hall of Famer Paul Molitor.
"In the second half, when he moved up to New Britain, he was challenged a little bit by the pitchers there, which was good," Steil said. "He got off to a slow start, but I think he improved as the season went on there. He ended up with some nice power numbers, and I think you'll see the average come up and the strikeouts go down with more experience."
Shortstop -- Jorge Polanco, Cedar Rapids (115 games): Likely to profile at second base long-term, the No. 9 Twins prospect flashed offensive talents that would make him a threat from either middle infield position as he turned 20 in the middle of a breakout season in Class A. The switch-hitter from the Dominican Republic batted .308 with 32 doubles and an .813 OPS while splitting time between second and short.
"He's more of a doubles hitter than a home run hitter," Steil said. "But I think the homers will come. He'll develop a little more power. He's just a solid hitter with a good swing from both sides, a solid approach.
"Defensively, he's probably a little better at second base, but he's going to see more time at shortstop in the future. … There's a chance, with his tools, for him to be a shortstop defensively."
Byron Buxton -- Cedar Rapids (68 games), Fort Myers (57 games): There isn't much to say that hasn't already been said about the Twins' 2012 first-round pick (second overall). Buxton emerged as the no-doubt best prospect in baseball in 2013, dominating at Class A and Class A Advanced while showcasing a shed's worth of tools and a promising baseball acumen that impresses as much as his athleticism. The final numbers: .334 average, 49 extra-base hits, 55 steals and a .944 OPS.
"He's one of the best athletes in the game, a true five-tool player," Steil said. "It's been impressive to watch his progress.
"That's maybe the thing that stands out most, is to see where he was at last year when we first got him in the [Rookie-level Gulf Coast League] and where he got to this year by the end of the season in Fort Myers, then in the [Arizona Fall League]. He picks things up very quickly. He's confident and he's a team leader."
Adam Brett Walker -- Cedar Rapids (129 games): Power is Walker's calling card, and the Milwaukee native showcased his ability to bop baseballs in the Midwest League in 2013. The right fielder, who just turned 22, led the circuit with 27 homers and finished second with a .526 slugging percentage. The rest of his game is still developing. His 115-to-31 strikeout-to-walk ratio signals a plate approach that needs refinement, and though he has the tools to be a quality defender in right, he's still sharpening his talents with the leather as well.
"I think he's learning how to take pro at-bats," Steil said. "I think that's one area where you saw him progress this year. Early in the season, he was very productive, and I think teams just didn't know how to pitch to him. They made the adjustment and then he struggled, but then, in the second half, he made his own adjustments and had a productive second half."*
*Walker posted an .865 OPS in the second half.
Antoan Richardson -- New Britain (33 games), Rochester (82 games): The former Braves farmhand put together a stellar season as a top-of-the-order hitter at the top two levels of the Minors, posting a 14.1-percent walk rate and a .402 on-base percentage with 39 steals in 48 attempts. The switch-hitter latched on with the Yankees already this offseason, and having just turned 30, will try to crack his way onto New York's Major League roster and ply his trade as a backup outfielder.
"I think he could fill a role in that he can be a pinch-runner, pinch-hitter, and defensively, he can play center," Steil said. "He can certainly run the ball down in center. He was big for our Double-A club early in the season, being a veteran on that club who brought leadership."
Honorable Mention: A 20th-round pick in 2012, Zach Larson dominated at two Rookie-level stops in 2013, hitting .311 with an .848 OPS in the Gulf Coast and Appalachian Leagues. The 20-year-old swiped 12 bases in 55 games.
Utility Player -- Danny Santana, New Britain (131 games): Already considered one of the best athletes in Minnesota's system, the 23-year-old shortstop from the Dominican Republic added polish to his game and shined at the Double-A level. Minnesota's 12th-ranked prospect batted .297 and swiped 30 bases for the Rock Cats.
"He has a great arm, he can run, has very good range," Steil said. "He does have a little pop for a guy his size, more so from the right side probably. He really improved over the course of the season, both defensively and at the plate.
"Defensively, in the second half, he made the routine play more consistently. At the plate, he improved his approach and was more disciplined and more patient in the second half. The key for him is getting on base so he can use his speed to run and steal."
Right-handed starter -- Kyle Gibson, Rochester (17 games), Minnesota (10 games): The 2009 first-round pick excelled at Triple-A while making a triumphant return from Tommy John surgery. Gibson posted a 2.92 ERA and a .227 batting average against with the Red Wings, then made 10 starts in the Majors.
"It was good to see him back healthy this year," Steil said. "Our main goal was to get him a full season's worth of innings and be healthy coming back from injury. He did everything we expected him to do.
"I think he got back to where he was before the injury this year, although maybe the results weren't what we wanted in the big leagues. Certainly I think he showed in Triple-A that he does have the ability and stuff to be a successful big league pitcher."
Honorable Mentions: Trevor May, ranked seventh in Minnesota's system, was outstanding in 27 starts with New Britain, striking out 159 batters in 151 2/3 innings with a 4.51 ERA and 3.79 FIP. Meanwhile, 2013 first-round pick (fourth overall) and Twins No. 4 prospect Kohl Stewart was dominant in seven appearances between the GCL and Appalachian Leagues, managing a 1.35 ERA and a 24-to-4 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 20 innings.
Left-handed starter -- Andrew Albers, Rochester (22 games), Minnesota (10 games): Another feel-good independent league story, Albers signed with Minnesota after pitching for Quebec in the Can-Am League in 2010 and has since been one of the Twins' best starters in the upper Minors. The 28-year-old posted a 2.86 ERA in Triple-A in 2013, striking out 116 and walking 32 over 132 1/3 innings. He did well in the Majors too, posting a 4.05 ERA as a starter and emerging as a potential building block for Minnesota's rotation.
Honorable Mentions: After an inauspicious start to the season in Double-A, Pat Dean made strides controlling his changeup and improved his glove-side fastball command, leading to something of a breakout campaign. His season ended with six starts at Triple-A, where he posted a 2.03 ERA and a 22-to-5 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Meanwhile in the GCL, 17-year-old Melbourne, Australia, native Lewis Thorpe dominated older competitors, managing a 2.05 ERA over 12 appearances (eight starts) with an inconceivable 64-to-6 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 44 innings.
Relief pitcher -- Michael Tonkin, New Britain (22 games), Rochester (30 games), Minnesota (nine games): The 6-foot-7 23-year-old emerged as an outstanding setup candidate by climbing from Double-A to the Majors in 2013. Between New Britain and Rochester, the right-hander managed a 3.47 ERA with a 66-to-16 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 57 innings, then posted a 0.79 ERA over 11 1/3 big league frames.
"He has a good fastball, 94-95 [mph] with good sink," Steil said. "He will miss bats with that pitch. He has a good slider to go with it. He has two pitches to get outs with, gets ground balls and he'll get some strikeouts too."
Jake Seiner is a contributor to MiLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @Jake_Seiner. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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With CES winding down, it feels appropriate to shift our focus back to a device that has yet to be unveiled â" the HTC M7. Rumors of the HTC M7 have been floating around for months, but we now have the very first image of the phone and a handful of screenshots of the new HTC Sense 5 UI.
If you were hoping for a clear picture of the HTC M7, youâll certainly be disappointed with the shot in the gallery below. The picture shows the front of a black device, but the only details we can make out are the front-facing camera (located on the top right) and speaker grill, which doesnât resemble the micro-drilled design HTC introduced with the HTC One X.
Fortunately, the screenshots of the HTC M7 UI gives us a very good look at some of the aesthetic tweaks HTC has made to the software. At first glance, the new Sense 5 UI does look very HTC, but they have made a few subtle changes to remove at least some of the rounded corners and skeuomorphic design elements that have plagued HTC phones over the past few years. The images also confirm our sourceâs debunking of the on-screen system buttons rumor that popped up a few days before CES.
If HTC is still planning to unveil and launch the M7 in Q1, we expect to see more leaked images of the phone and its user interface in the coming weeks. What are your thoughts on the design of HTC Sense 5?


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Reaching a deal to reduce the nation's deficit and raise the debt ceiling appears to now lie on the shoulders of President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, at least for now. Top aides say the negotiations are honing in on a package to reduce deficit spending by $3 trillion during the next decade through spending cuts and a revenue-increasing tax code overhaul in 2012. That would mean tax rate reductions for individuals and corporations while eliminating or curbing many tax breaks during election season. That is a challenge in itself, but another challenge is the fact that taxes have been a debt talk road block for a while.
The problem is there's less than two weeks left before the August deadline when the government could default if the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling isn't raised and they're running out of options. Republicans favored the Cut, Cap and Balance legislation, which failed to advance in a Senate vote of 51 to 46 to table the bill. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., says the talks between Obama and Boehner sound serious enough that he and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., have put their preparations for moving Plan B through the Senate on hold.
Republicans are cautious of committing to a future tax overhaul that would bring more revenue than the government would collect if current tax rates were extended. But Democrats are wary that spending cuts would be made without the guarantee of new revenue that would come from addressing the Bush tax cuts. Fiscal year 2012 begins Oct. 1, but committees would have until next spring to complete the tax code overhaul and change entitlement programs if they were required to by reconciliation instructions. Senate Finance Chair Max Baucus, D-Mont., says his committee would need at least until the end of 2012 to create major tax legislation.


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In Review :: The Northwest Green Home Primer
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by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen
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I once thought that being an architect would give me the knowledge and experience to make good design decisions. As my career progressed, I found that involved clients—who studied their options and looked for something better—inspired me to find more creative solutions. Clients who barely took the time to understand the basics never motivated me to produce anything beyond "bland."
Over time, I came to believe that as a society, we had become bad clients. How many of us had time to earn a living and educate ourselves to make informed decisions about our homes and neighborhoods? We had abdicated our responsibility for the built environment and ended up with sprawl, indistinguishable tract houses, sick building syndrome, and oversized homes that wasted land, energy, and materials.
Green construction is the opposite of not-my-responsibility architecture—it recognizes the importance of individual choices. When a green designer selects, say, a particular slope and orientation for a roof, she knows that choice affects how well the building withstands wind, rain, sun, or snow. She considers what type of roofing materials will be appropriate and where windows may be placed to brighten dark interiors or avoid late afternoon glare. She knows that cumulatively, thousands of similar decisions can raise or lower a city's temperature, replenish or deplete its water supply, and speed or slow the rate at which construction waste is sent to landfill. Green design is the expression of a mature society's desire to live as if each of these decisions matters.
The Northwest Green Home Primer is a comprehensive text for anyone who chooses green design for home construction or renovation. While the Primer focuses on the Northwest (emphasizing that effective green solutions are always specific to their local environment), the book's overall approach is adaptable to any region.
The authors, building consultant Kathleen O'Brien and architect Kathleen Smith, are specialists in sustainable design. Both live in green homes that they helped plan. Their credentials are impeccable, and their research thorough.
Readers who like dense technical details may enjoy this text cover-to-cover. Others can learn a lot just by grazing. The book has well-organized checklists and is full of helpful illustrations and case studies. You can glance at a diagram to understand how a heat pump provides summer cooling and winter heating by circulating fluid from your house to deep in the ground where temperatures are stable. Or you can look at photographs showing examples of temporary ponds, which you could construct in your yard to help replenish your local aquifer.
O'Brien also draws on insight from her own home design process and tells how it saved her money and energy in the long-term: "We set our sights on exceeding [the] rigorous … [state] energy code. … As a result, we insulated ourselves somewhat from rising energy prices. … We built our home in 1998, at … roughly one to two percent more than what it would have cost to build … conventionally."
I wish this book had been available when I did my own green renovation. More importantly, I hope that homeowners, buyers, and builders will use this book to acquire the knowledge to challenge architects to build green.
In a lighter but arguably deeper-green vein, The Urban Homestead is a good-natured (in all senses) guide for urbanites who want to live off the land without leaving the city limits, by such means as greening their homes and growing, preserving, and composting their own vegetables. The authors offer Homestead as "an affirmation of the simple pleasures of life."
"We bake our own bread because it is better than what we can buy," they write. "We raise our own hens because we like chickens and we think their eggs are worth the trouble … There's mead brewing in our guest bedroom because you can't buy mead … and because fermentation is the closest thing to magic that we know."
If such activities appeal to you, you'll find yourself reading this book the way gardeners read seed catalogs in mid-January. Along the way, you'll encounter instructions for cooking acorn meal (see above), building a self-watering plant container, and making clay-and-seed balls for lobbing wildflowers into fenced vacant lots. You'll learn how to be an urban forager—from fruit-picking to dumpster-diving—and how to harvest gray water from your laundry or shower.
The authors, a husband and wife team, do their urban farming in Los Angeles. They dispense opinionated tips and useful resources. Despite numerous typos, Homestead is a book I'll want to give to my frugal-foodie relatives.
Ten years ago when I completed my own home renovation, I concluded that green design would hardly make a drop of difference unless it became ordinary and accessible. The Northwest Green Home Primer and The Urban Homestead bring complex choices about homes and food within almost anyone's grasp. Together, these books give me hope that ordinary people can reclaim decision making from the "experts" and inspire us all to live more creatively and responsibly.
|Pamela O'Malley Chang wrote this review as part of Purple America, the Fall 2008 issue of YES! Magazine. Pam is an architect, acupuncturist, and YES! contributing editor. She inadvertently maintains habitat for urban deer in Berkley, CA.


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STEVENS PASS — Nick Noren was first in line with his snowboard for the chairlift.
The Mill Creek resident and a couple of his friends arrived Tuesday morning more than an hour before Stevens Pass officially opened.
"I'm pretty stoked about (being first in line)," said Noren, 28. "I'll probably ski today through Sunday and go back to work Monday. I'm fortunate enough to make my own schedule."
More than 650 people went skiing and snowboarding Tuesday when Stevens Pass became the first mountain pass in the state to open for the season.
"It is odd for us to be the first to open," said Chris Danforth, a Stevens Pass spokesman. "People are so excited just to get out on the snow. We have the snow, so let's get open. Let's let people go up and have some fun."
There was about two feet of snow at the mountain base for the noon opening, Danforth said. Stevens Pass stayed open until 4 p.m. and offered $20 lift passes. Those who showed annual passes from Stevens and any other mountain passes hit the slopes for free. The Daisy and Brooks chairlifts were open.
It was important for her family to be on the mountain the first day of the season, said Sarah Hudkins, 34. The Kirkland woman was snowboarding with her husband, Jason, and their children, Shayla, 18, and Gavin, 9.
"We took the kids out of school," she said. "A lot of teachers think we're crazy but we think it's so important to bring our kids to the mountain in the winter. It's family time and keeps them active."
Gavin and his friend Kaitlyn Steffy, 9, of Woodinville, both enjoyed the Daisy run but were hopeful more snow will fall soon so more lifts can open.
"I wanted to go on Hogsback," Kaitlyn said.
More lifts will begin to open as more snow falls, Danforth said. He expects Skyline and Hogsback lifts will be next, as long as the weather cooperates.
"It looks like we may have more lifts open up in the next 24 hours," he said.
The fact there was enough snow for the pass to open before Thanksgiving was good enough for skier Erik Skvarch, of Baring. He was surprised when he heard on Monday that Stevens Pass was opening.
"I had to call and make sure it was true," said Skvarch, 33. "As soon as we got here it was perfect snow conditions; barely cold enough to snow and there's a little bit of blue sky poking through. You just couldn't ask for a better snow day."
Amanda Somes, who lives in Granite Falls, was learning how to snowboard for the first time. The 17-year-old admitted she fell "like 20 times" but that she and her boyfriend, Shaun Foldvik, 18, were committed to coming back to Stevens Pass soon.
"We're here for the rest of the season," she said.
Other ski resorts in the state are set to open this week. The Mt. Baker Ski Area is scheduled to open with limited operation today while Mission Ridge Ski &Board Resort plans to open on Friday.
The Summit at Snoqualmie and Mount Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park on Tuesday evening didn't have opening dates scheduled.
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Stevens Pass is scheduled to be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Thanksgiving — weather permitting. Lift tickets are priced at $39 through the holiday.


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Based on the novel by Margaret Duley, adapted for the stage by Kent Stetson
Directed by Charlie Tomlinson
Commissioned by Rising Tide Theatre
A young woman caught between the two changing worlds of the old Newfoundland and the new, between a harsh mother who sees life as duty and drudgery, and an artist "from away" who captures her imagination and opens her heart. Duley herself was conflicted by her beloved Newfoundland where she recognized the raw beauty of the outports but also saw them as a place where women had few choices. Larger than life characters, a sweeping landscape, and great writing combine to make The Eyes of the Gull a must see.


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The one-day-old baby boy delivered by C-section after his parents were killed by a hit-and-run driver in New York City died Monday, and police have narrowed their search for the driver.
Doctors performed an emergency C-section to deliver the premature infant after a BMW sedan slammed into the cab carrying expectant parents Nachman and Raizy Glauber, who were on their way to the hospital because the mother-to-be felt ill. The boy had been in intensive care since the delivery.
Police are still looking for the driver who struck the cab in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, police said. Police said they are looking for Julio Acevedo, a 44-year-old Brooklyn man who served time in prison for a 1987 shooting death.
Sources say the BMW was speeding at more than 60 mph when it hit the cab.
Authorities have said a male driver and another passenger in the BMW fled the scene of the accident on foot.
Raizy Glauber was thrown from the car and her body landed under a parked tractor-trailer, witnesses said. Nachman Glauber was pinned in the car, and emergency workers had to cut off the roof to get him out, witnesses told police.
Nachman Glauber was pronounced dead at Beth Israel Hospital, while his wife died at Bellevue, police said. The couple's son was pronounced dead a day later, his death ruled extreme prematureness due to maternal blunt force injuries.
Hours after the infant's death, Joseph Silverstein, Raizy Glauber's older brother, told NBC 4 New York in the hallway of the couple's building that "This is God's will." Silverstein said he and other family members were able to see the baby before he passed away, but he declined to elaborate.
The driver of the livery cab survived the crash. He was taken to Beth Israel Hospital in stable condition, police said.
Police say Takia Walker, 29, of the Bronx, owned the BMW involved in the fatal crash but was not behind the wheel. She was arrested early Monday on insurance fraud charges, accused of allowing a third party who was not on her vehicle insurance policy to drive her car. Authorities are searching for the driver.
On Saturday, Raizy Glauber "was not feeling well, so they decided to go" to the hospital, said Sara Glauber, Nachman Glauber's cousin.
Hundreds gathered in Williamsburg Sunday afternoon at a funeral for the Glaubers, both Orthodox Jews. Jewish law calls for burial of the dead as soon as possible.
The Glaubers were married about a year ago and had begun a life together in Williamsburg, where Raizy Glauber grew up in a prominent rabbinical family, Sara Glauber said.
Raised north of New York City in Monsey, N.Y., and part of a family that founded a line of clothing for Orthodox Jews, Nachman Glauber was studying at a rabbinical college nearby, said his cousin.
"You don't meet anyone better than him," she said. "He was always doing favors for everyone."
She added that, of him and his bride, "if one had to go, the other had to go too because they really were one soul."
During the funeral, the sound of wailing filled the air as two coffins covered in black velvet with a silver trim were carried from a vehicle.
A succession of men and women delivered eulogies in Yiddish, sobbing as they spoke into a microphone about the young couple. "I will never forget you, my daughter!'' said Yitzchok Silberstein, Raizy Glauber's father.


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Space Shuttle Columbia Crew Remembered 10 Years Later
(NEW YORK) -- Ten years ago on Friday, space shuttle Columbia exploded while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere, killing everyone on board.
On Friday, at 9:16 a.m. ET, the time Columbia would have landed at the Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 1, 2003, there will be a minute of silence.
A bell will toll seven times at the Johnson Space Center for the seven astronauts who died on Columbia's final mission, STS 107: Commander Rick Husband, Pilot Willie McCool, Mission Specialists Michael Anderson, David Brown, Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla and Ilan Ramon.
NASA's Mission Control suspected that something might have been wrong with the shuttle before it made its descent, but opted not to say anything.
Wayne Hale, who later became space shuttle program manager, struggled with whether or not to tell the astronauts. He recently wrote about the debate in his blog, recalling a meeting to discuss the dilemma:
"After one of the MMTs (Mission Management Team) when possible damage to the orbiter was discussed, he (Flight Director Jon Harpold) gave me his opinion: 'You know, there is nothing we can do about damage to the TPS (Thermal Protection System). If it has been damaged it's probably better not to know. I think the crew would rather not know. Don't you think it would be better for them to have a happy successful flight and die unexpectedly during entry than to stay on orbit, knowing that there was nothing to be done, until the air ran out?"
The dilemma for mission managers was that they simply did not know if the space shuttle was damaged. The doomed astronauts were not told of the risk.
One of the most dramatic moments after Columbia crashed came when entry Flight Director Leroy Cain ordered the doors locked and computer data saved.
There were tears in his eyes and stunned silence in Mission Control. The space shuttle had disintegrated over Texas, killing the seven astronauts on board and scattering debris across hundreds of miles.
While no one knew for sure what caused Columbia's accident, there were engineers at the Johnson Space Center who were pretty sure they knew what happened, who had tried to alert senior management, and who were ignored.
Rodney Rocha was one of them, and on that sunny Saturday morning in Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center, when data from the orbiter stopped coming in, and the position display froze over Texas, he was concentrating on the unusual buildup of sensor telemetry on the crippled orbiter.
Several engineers at the space agency suspected something was wrong. Fuzzy video showed foam breaking off the orbiter's external fuel tank and hitting its left wing during blast off. But no one knew if there was damage.
At that time, NASA had no options for repair. The crew was on a science mission, nowhere near the International Space Station. They had no robotic arm to look at the wing, no way to repair the wing if they had damage, and it would take much too long to send up another space shuttle to rescue the crew.
It was agonizing for Rocha, who had begged the Mission Management Team to ask the Department of Defense to use whatever it had to take high resolution photos. He was turned down. In an exclusive interview with ABC News in 2003, he detailed how his requests were repeatedly denied.
"I made a phone call to the manager of the shuttle engineering office, the same person that had relayed the 'No' message to me from orbiter management. I was still pretty agitated and upset. Had he spoken to our engineering director about this? I wanted the director of JSC engineering to be informed. Had he been informed? And he said no. I was thunderstruck and astonished again," Rocha said.
About three minutes after all data stopped, astronaut Charlie Hobaugh, who was the capcom in Mission Control, began transmitting in the blind to Columbia on the UHF backup radio system.
"Columbia, Houston, UHF comm. Check," he repeated every 15 to 30 seconds, but with no response.
In central Texas, thousands of people at that moment were observing the orbiter break up at Mach 18.3 and 207,000 feet.
A few minutes later is when Cain ordered the doors locked and the computer data saved.
The painful investigation in the year that followed determined foam was the physical cause of the accident. A piece of foam the size of a briefcase -- weighing 1.67 pounds -- slammed into Columbia's left wing during blast off, gouged a hole in the protective tiles, which left the shuttle vulnerable to the brutal temperatures of re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.
But investigators soon found more than foam was to blame. For years foam had been coming off the external tank and hitting the shuttle, and for years NASA had come to accept foam debris as normal.
Hale is the only person at NASA who publicly accepted blame for the "normalization of the abnormal." He went on to lead NASA's return to flight for the space shuttle program. And he vowed that the space agency would never again leave anyone behind.
"After the accident, when we were reconstituting the Mission Management Team, my words to them were 'We are never ever going to say that there is nothing we can do,'" Hale said.
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A Sanibel Beachy Afternoon
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- Della said...
Puffin seems to love the beach as much as you do! It sure was nice seeing a picture of YOU Miss Tootie! Take care!
- November 15, 2011 at 4:29 AM
- Don said...
The beach and sky look beautiful. wish we were there.
- November 15, 2011 at 6:25 AM
- NanaDiana said...
Hi Tootie! Gotta love a day like that. Now why didn't you hang YOUR head out the window so you, too, could get that wind blown look?;>) I hope you have a wonderful day. We have a new grandbaby coming today (hopefully). They are inducing my daughter today and there is a baby guessing contest going on over at my blog (yesterdays post) if you want to take a guess! xo Diana
- November 15, 2011 at 9:03 AM
- Little Black Scrap Cat said...
Puffin is so darn cute!! Did he find any good shells?
- November 15, 2011 at 10:47 AM
- George said...
I'm not sure I'm ready for Christmas yet, but I sure do enjoy walks along your beautiful beaches.
- November 15, 2011 at 10:57 AM
- Gayle said...
Puffin sure is livin' the good life. :)
- November 15, 2011 at 2:46 PM
- Kim@Snug Harbor said...
I like Puffins little bandana!
- November 16, 2011 at 12:24 AM
- Flotsam Friends said...
I love your life!!! It's always such a joy to visit you. Enjoy the silly season when it hits you proper. Love, Pruxxx
- November 19, 2011 at 5:43 AM
- RottenMom said...
Puffin and you...perfect together!
- November 19, 2011 at 3:53 PM
- Jann said...
I've just arrived to live in FL...will be looking to live in the Ft. Myers area but for now staying with BIL in SE FL...we visited Sanibel Isl recently for first time, Bowman's Beach, love it! Can't wait to do serious shelling in the future at SI. :o) You have a really nice, pleasant blog, I've enjoyed visiting periodically!
- December 3, 2011 at 8:54 PM
- Betsy from Tennessee said...
Hi Tootie, Just stopping by to say Merry Christmas to you and yours. Hope life in sunny Florida is GREAT.
- December 19, 2011 at 5:00 PM
- Heaven's Walk said...
Hi Tootie! Just stopping by to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas! Peace and joy to you, my friend! ♥
xoxo laurie
- December 20, 2011 at 11:06 PM
- Kathi said...
Been missing your posts. Hope all is well with you this new year?
Love the photo of you and Puffin, so cute!
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With The Hobbit set to hit theater screens this winter, I have a feeling The Lord of the Rings is about to get very, very popular again. Oh look! Guardians of Middle-Earth is headed to the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live this fall! Check out the latest gameplay trailer after the break.
The war for Middle-Earth is raging and the heroes of light and darkness must play their part. In Guardians of Middle-Earth, players compete in 5v5 matches in a massive online battle arena (MOBA), running across giant maps themed after locations from LoTR to battle for dominance.
A game of strategy, teams can coordinate attacks and defensive maneuvers to protect their own towers while attempting to destroy those of their opponents in these top-down scuffles. You'll be able to pick from a list of more than 20 "guardians," including Gandalf, Sauron and Gollum, who are shown off in this latest trailer for fans of the popular heroes (or anti-heroes, or evil villains...take your pick). Each guardian has a unique set of abilities, so mixing and matching the best five-man army can mean the difference between victory and defeat.
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Circuit Hacking Kits
All kits are available for purchase by request at Circuit Hacking Mondays. Tools and materials necessary to complete the kits are all located for use at Noisebridge.
Price List - Arduinos, Arduino Clones, and Supplies
|DC BoArduino kit (Arduino clone)
|This Arduino clone acts just like an Arduino. It also works with the latest Arduino software. For many projects it can even be preferable! The kit includes all parts necessary, the assembly is straightforward and well-documented. Since this design doesn't include a USB chip, you'll want an FTDI USB 232-TTL cable. Since the cable plugs right into the Boarduino, you can use one cable for multiple Boarduinos.
|The "Volksduino" is a low cost, high power, shield compatible, complete Arduino-compatible board kit. It comes with a 5 V / 1 A voltage regulator and has an option for a 3.3 V regulator. The Volksduino was designed to have a low component count and to be "easy for anyone of any age to put together".
|FTDI cable (needed for BoArduino)
|The FTDI cable is a USB to Serial (TTL level) converter which allows for a simple way to connect TTL interface devices to USB.
Price List - Kits Not Requiring An Arduino
|TV-B-Gone Kit
|TV-B-Gone (ready made, keychain)
|Brain Machine Kit
|Brain Machine provides you with a fun, easy way to meditate, all the while being very photogenic! They work with lights and sounds that pulse at a 14-minute-long meditation sequence of brainwave frequencies. Your brain synchronizes to this meditation sequence, and you meditate. It's that easy! And the beautiful colors and patterns you vividly imagine along the way make it fun and enjoyable. The Brain Machine works with blinking lights. Be aware that blinking lights are not good for some people, especially those prone to seizures.
|TripGlasses (ready made Brain Machine)
|Mignonette Game Kit
|Trippy RGB Wave Kit
|Trippy RGB Light Kit
|Atari Punk Console Kit
|MiniPOV3 Kit
|USBtinyISP (AVR programmer)
|MintyBoost kit (charger for gadgets with USB)
|LEDcube Kit
|Drawduino Kit
|Drawdio is an electronic pencil that lets you make music while you draw! It's great project for beginners: An easy soldering kit with instant gratification. Essentially, its a very simple musical synthesizer that uses the conductive properties of pencil graphite to create different sounds. The result is a fun toy that lets you draw musical instruments on any piece of paper. Runs on a single AAA battery. Use any pencil - mechanical or plain. The kit comes with a 2B pencil, the softer the lead the better. Ridiculously fun for all ages.
|TV-B-Gone Pro (not a kit)
|Turn off TVs in public places from up to 100 meters away! Internal rechargeable battery. Comes with battery charger.
Price List - Kits Requiring An Arduino
|LOL Shield (red or green)
|LoL Shield is a charlieplexed LED matrix for the Arduino. The LEDs are individually addressable, so you can use it to display anything in a 9×14 grid. Scroll text, play games, display images, or anything else you want to do. Since this is a shield, you will need an Arduino for this project. The LoL Shield is just a board with LEDs and headers on it, so you need something to control them.
|LOL Shield (blue or white)
|LoL Shield is a charlieplexed LED matrix for the Arduino. The LEDs are individually addressable, so you can use it to display anything in a 9×14 grid. Scroll text, play games, display images, or anything else you want to do. Since this is a shield, you will need an Arduino for this project. The LoL Shield is just a board with LEDs and headers on it, so you need something to control them.
|Open Heart Kit
|Open Heart is an LED matrix of individually addressable LEDs. It can be used to create a broach or bag light with highly customizable animations. It can be configured so that you can temporarily attach it to fabrics with headers that you simply push through, or you can sew it into a project using conductive thread/wire for a more permanent setup. I have also created a simple flash programmer that you can design animations with, and it will generate the Arduino code for you. That way you just copy, paste, upload, and enjoy.


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Convento de San Francisco is the Spanish name for Saint Francis Monastery located in Lima, Peru. The church was completed in 1774 and is noted for its architecture, a high example of Spanish Neoclassicism. The convent's library is world-renowned. Catacombs below the monastery contain an ossuary and are said to connect to other catacombs beneath the cathedral and other area churches.
The church and convent are part of the Historic Centre of Lima, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1991.
In this church, Jude the Apostle is venerated.


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Manuscrit - a new interactive installation in the public space designed specially for the screen-covered facade of the EP7 centre in Paris. Nov 10-21, 2018, opening: Nov 10, 2018 / Sat / 6.30PM
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Interactive installation Flux @ the Art Ii Biennial States Of Matter, 4-10 June 2018, Ii, Finland.
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Interactive installation RPN @ 17th Media Art Biennale WRO 2017 Draft Systems, Wroclaw, Poland, 2018
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Chop Project A joint project of Polish and Chinese artists: concerts, performances, lectures, presentations, exhibition (the program includes, inter alia, Ping Melody and Cellular Synthesis performances and individual Janicki's exhibition at 33 Space [Shenzhen/China]).
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Algorithmic Lines a tribute to Wacław Szpakowski - a pioneer of abstractionism and pre-conditional arts. A part of the "Wacław Szpakowski (1883-1973) The Rhythmical lines" exhibition.
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The Polish national exhibition Post-Apocalypsis has been awarded the Gold Medal of the 13th Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space festival in the Sound Design category. This is the first medal for a Polish exhibition in 36 years.
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Silver Moon, Blue Planet, Blue Note - new performance based on, captured in real time, satellite data transmissions.
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!Grot! Project an interactive, wearable system and interactive strategy for on-stage performance. The work was created in collaboration with Irena Lipińska and Kama Zamorska
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Aleastock is an interactive, sound-oriented work driven by (captured in real time) companies trading on the stock exchange (NASDAQ). Ca. 2700 companies most important for the global economy was selected as data sources for the installation. In a certain way Aleastock is a parasite feeding from the body of capitalism.
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LutoScratch (in collaboration with Ania Ejsmont) - a new interactive, aleatoric installation presented during Media Art Biennale WRO 2013.
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ASET (Additive Sound Emission Technique) - the project (under intensive development directed by the author) located on the border between technology and art. ASET is a technique of multichannel spatial sound emission based on Fourier's analysis and additive synthesis.
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Auditions samples auditory practices of different kinds. Each of the participating artists comes from different backgrounds with contrasting engagements. (...) Pawel Janicki's work is an interactive installation in which he uses field recordings made in Delhi along with a database of the Hindi language. [Charu Maithani, curator].
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T != T | SPACE - a new interactive environment prepared together with Małgorzata Kazimierczak. Opening: 05.11.2012, WRO Art Center (Wrocław/Poland).
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Depth Map - from 22.10.2012 my new interactive installation will be presented in Siłownia Gallery (Poznan/Poland).
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ArtKod: Processing (in cooperation with Ania Ejsmont) is a Processing video workshop for artists, designers, and people interested in creative coding. Project is commissioned by NInA.
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The AC/DC IT exhibition is devoted to the currents in contemporary art that cause us to ponder the ways media provide provide a basis for creativity. The subject of the exhibition is the way signal and code serve as new media for artistic expression – the material for use with the technological devices that artists have been experimenting with for the last fifty years.
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EU_tracer is a new project, concentred around dataflow in global networks
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Oceanus is an installation allowing interactive narration based on a variational scenario and an authoring software tool created by the artist. The idea of the work, on the levels of structure and story, refers to the concept of navigating the sea. Notions such as marking out courses and sea sailing are transposed into the media environment and provide the metaphors that drive the installation. They enable travel across the universe of Oceanus and provide a natural co-existence between the linear narration, associated with sequential events, and interactive narration, related to the modifiable structures, altered by choices and generative processes.
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Mapping Chopin (interactive visual-sound installation, 2010) creates an immersive interactive environment that allows viewers/listeners to experience the music in an intuitive and unstructured way. Specially designed software combined with a motion-detection system generates variations on digitalized scores of Chopin's pieces based on the behavior of the audience/participants.
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Ping Melody is a music-net-performance. Temporary and unique state of all actions of Internet users has an influence on form of music composition. Musician (instrumentalist or singer) is playing on acoustic instrument/singing and sounds coming from instrument/voice are shared in packets of data information (granulated), then transmitted to selected Internet locations (as "ping" unix command). The order of packet's return, packet's delays, transmission errors alerts are incorporated, and the information coming from these actions is controlling in the real time the transformation of played sound.
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Net Eater is an interactive installations series, concentred around dataflow in global networks.
Pawel Janicki: independent media artist and producer working with generative music, microsound and algorithmic composition, interactive systems for performances and installations, and his own constantly developed hard- and software.
Ping Melody, 2003-2019 more
Manuscrit @ EP7 centre, Paris/France, 2018 more
Flux @ the Art Ii Biennial States Of Matter, 2018 more
Tetoki! @ WRO Art Center, 2018 more
"RPN v. 1.1", "BEYOND THE SEVEN" exhibition, 2017 more
"On the Silver Globe v. 3", "BEYOND THE SEVEN" exhibition, 2017 more
"Vibra v. 3" @ WRO Art Center more
"Algorithmic Lines" as a sequencer [screencast] more
Cellular Synthesis @ PATCHlab 2015 [screencast, excerpt] more
Post-Apocalypsis [opening night 17.06.2015, Polish national exhibition, Prague Quadriennial 2015] more
Silver Moon, Blue Planet, Blue Note - performance @ Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark [screencast | 2014]. more
Cellular Synthesis - a new, author's technique of musical composition [screencast]. more
Aleastock - an interactive, stock-driven installation [screencast]. more
Apocalypse Canceled - a short film about the present. more
LutoScratch - an aleatoric interactive installation. more
LutoScratch (screencast) - an aleatoric interactive installation. more
New Delhi Audiograph - an interactive installation created during the Auditions Sound Residency program at KHŌJ International Artists' Association (New Delhi, India) curated by Charu Maithani. more
New Delhi Audiograph (screencast) - an interactive installation created during the Auditions Sound Residency program at KHŌJ International Artists' Association (New Delhi, India) curated by Charu Maithani. more
T != T | SPACE - an exhibition presenting series of works by Małgorzata Kazimierczak with interaction directed by Paweł Janicki. more
Ray Gun Beam Virus @ WRO Art Center [Wroclaw, Poland] more
Vinyl Video Delay @ WRO Art Center [Wroclaw, Poland] more
Na Srebrnym Globie @ WRO Art Center [Wroclaw, Poland] more
Frame Box @ WRO Art Center [Wroclaw, Poland] more
Interactive installation WordNet Instrument at Dialog Design [Minsk, Belarus] more
WordNetInstrument (preview) - a work created for the Dialogue Design Festival [Minsk/Belarus] more
EU_tracer [performance @ WRO Art Center (Wroclaw/Poland), 2011] more
Interactive Platform [Main Square, Wroclaw/Poland, 2011] more
Oceanus [Moving Stories, European Media Art Festival, 2011] more
Mapping Chopin [Warsaw Autumn Contemporary Music Festival, 2010] more