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Apple is making it easier on your wallet to give your sweetie a MacBook Pro with Retina display or a MacBook Air for Valentine's Day. The company announced today that it's dropping the laptops' prices and upping their specs, effective today online and in retail stores.
You can get the 13-inch Pro with Retina and 128GB of SSD for $1,500, which saves you $200. Not a bad reward for holding out in hopes of a price drop. Want a bigger hard drive? For $1,700, you can get the 256GB version with 2.6GHz processor. Or, if you're looking for something a little more lightweight, you can get a 13-inch Air with a 256GB solid-state drive (but without the glorious Retina display) for $1,400 – that's a $100 savings from the original price.
For the big spender who wants to impress with the best MacBook Pro money can buy, Apple is upping its processors. You can now get a 15-inch Pro with Retina display with a blazingly fast 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and 16GB of memory. That is, if you're willing to drop a whopping $2,800 for it.
After stores like Amazon and Best Buy were knocking down prices of Retina MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs, it was only a matter of time before we saw Apple discount the products themselves. With Mac sales plummeting by more than 21 percent, the lower price may be the only thing that'll turn those numbers around.
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After a short mini-season arc in the fall (a la Lost), FX's Archer is now back for its official full third season, kicking things off with a premiere that featured a guest appearance by leading man icon (and Sterling Archer's longtime man-crush), Burt Reynolds.
The episode (titled "The Man from Jupiter") was already distinguished by Reynolds' presence - but it also proved that Archer is truly hitting is comedic stride in season 3.
Things started in the usual Archer fashion: with our master spy (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) by the bar, courting a few young ladies. The twist comes when Archer bumps into one of the other patrons of the bar - who just so happens to be Burt "Gator" Reynolds. Then comes another twist: Burt isn't just at the bar by chance - he's there to meet Archer's mother Malory (Jessica Walters) for their...date. Cue Archer fainting.
Torn between the love of his man-crush and nausea at the thought of anyone "dating" his mother, Archer does just what his ISIS co-workers figure he will: he kidnaps Burt and leaves Malory a forged breakup letter. Of course, while caught up in his personal drama, Archer forgets entirely about the professional perils he's facing - namely the Cuban hit squad on his tail, seeking vengeance for the comrades that Archer killed way back in the season 1 episode, "Honeypot". Lana (Aisha Tyler) and the other ISIS agents try to watch Archer's back, but instead land themselves in the hit squad's crosshairs, leaving it to Archer and Burt to mount a rescue.
The strength of Archer has always been in its witty and profane character banter. While consistently funny, sometimes the amount of time spent on dialogue and hit-or-miss improv was a little much. Season 2 got better about including action with all the word play, but 'The Man From Jupiter' takes things a step further by keeping the banter-heavy jokes firing fast and hitting often, the action ongoing (instead of tacked on to the end) - and perhaps best of all, reigning in some of Archer's douchebag personality, so that it doesn't cross the line from humorous to annoying. Who knew that Burt Reynolds would be such a wise and reasonable foil for Sterling Archer?
Indeed, it seems that with each season series creator/voice contributor Adam Reed and his cast just get more and more comfortable with the rhythm and strengths of the unique show they've created. There are now multiple levels to enjoy the show on, be it the low-brow hilarity of the raunchy one-liners and visual gags; the sharper-witted banter and word play humor for the more attentive viewers to enjoy; or the multiple in-jokes and self-references that make the character situations and conversations even more rich and entertaining for longtime fans of the show. No matter which category you fit into, Archer is delivering the goods at the moment.
With a few juicy plot threads laid out and Reynolds (seemingly) on hand for at least a few episodes, it seems like Archer is only going to get better, and funnier, as season 3 progresses.
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New Orleans has two major art nights a year; White Linen Night, aptly named, is held in the summer and Art for Art's Sake occurs in the fall. Many of the major local art galleries have opening receptions on the first Saturday evening of each month, but these two nights (occurring on the 1st Saturday of August & the first Saturday of October, respectively) are extra special. These events bring out the whole city to view the galleries' new exhibitions, antique shops' latest offerings, have a few drinks & schmooze. Unlike the regular monthly opening receptions, this is when the galleries display their crème de la crème. It is quite a grand affair; besides the art on display, in many areas, there are terrific live music performances for the crowds, wine and other cocktails are available at most of the venues…and all of this is FREE and open to the public! As the Crescent City begins to take its first few baby steps into fall, our annual art night out, is just around the corner on Saturday, October 1, 2011 from 6-9pm.
There are two main drags where Art for Arts' Sake occurs; the Warehouse Arts District (primarily along Julia St) & further uptown along the Garden District portion of Magazine (less than a mile from our New Orleans bed and breakfast). You'll find a wide variety of fine art within The Warehouse Arts Districts, from the stretch of galleries along Julia St. to Ogden Museum of Southern Art on Camp St. Just opposite the Ogden, the Contemporary Arts Center, or as locals simply call it, the CAC, also hosts a happening party from 6pm-midnight, however, the CAC's party is $10 per person. Meanwhile, uptown along Magazine St., visitors can stroll from one art gallery to the next, with stops in between at high-end boutiques, antique stores, and jewelry shops. There are plenty of options to delight your eyes and keep you entertained for the evening.
The key is to decide ahead of time if you want to commit to just one area or attempt to fit both in between 6-9pm, which may seem like a good amount of time, but it goes by quickly once you get into the hustle and bustle. Visiting everything can be done, but you won't leave yourself much time to relax & just take in the atmosphere. To help you make your decision, the general difference between the two areas is that the Warehouse Arts District is a bit more formal; whereas Magazine St. offers a somewhat more easygoing and intimate take on the evening.
Dress is casual chic, but in here that means different things to different people, so wear whatever you'd like, just make sure to choose comfortable shoes. Also, it's a good idea to have a light snack (or even an early dinner) before hitting the town. There are plenty of restaurants in both areas, but they'll all be busy, so you may want to consider making a reservation if you want to sit down for a late formal dinner after the gallery receptions have ended. Or, simply make your way to another part of town where it isn't so crowded and you won't have to compete for a table. We're happy to offer suggestions on all sorts of wonderful places to eat in the Big Easy.


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Introduction to Red Book
This entry was originally written by Alice Eichholz, Ph.D., CG for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Family history research is easier than it has ever been. Today, with the increased awareness of the necessity for preserving local records and with the burgeoning use of the Internet and computer technology for organizing and indexing records, we can discover a great deal regarding the specifics of our family's past in the United States'no matter what the locality.
Designed to help you recover the multigenerational facts of your ancestry, this book is an expansive guide to the most useful resources in each of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia. Conducting research at a distance from the places one's ancestors lived can be quite a challenge for any genealogist, and there still is no substitute for on-site research because not everything is, or probably ever will be, on the Internet, microfilm, in print, or available through interlibrary loan. But the information in this book will assist the research process by describing some original, printed, microfilmed, and online sources for every state and the District of Columbia.
The book is arranged alphabetically by state. Within this chapter and each state's chapter, topics are arranged consistently to suggest one methodological strategy for research. While research in different locations may require different strategies, the format of this book was designed to provide a consistent and detailed guide within limited space for each state. Background Sources in each state's chapter suggests other excellent guides to help you modify your research strategy in a specific state.
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Oscars to Be 100% Funnier/Gayer With Ricky Gervais and Bill Condon At The Helm
Are you still trying to scrub the memory of those heinous Emmy awards from your brain? Perhaps this rumor will do the trick. We can all agree that one of the only bright spots of the awards were when Ricky Gervais did that "give me my Emmy" bit with Steve Carell. Well, according to E-Dubs (that's Entertainment Weekly for you laymen), after that performance, "his reps were besieged with inquiries about his availability and were urged to book a meeting with Academy Awards organizers, stat." So does that mean Ricky's gonna host the Oscars? He'd probably do an incredible job, and frankly, he's the only host who actually feels exciting these days. We've already been down the Jon Stewart and Ellen DeGeneres roads, Billy Crystal has been M.I.A. for years, and if they go with Whoopi again, America will pluck out its collective eyeballs in protest. So why not give a Brit a chance?He'll certainly be in good company, now that Dreamgirls director Bill Condon has been tapped to executive produce the upcoming Oscar telecast. This is the same dude who wrote the screenplay for Chicago, so he definitely knows how to razzle-dazzle 'em. But he also directed Kinsey and Gods and Monsters, so which Bill Condon will show up? Will it be his glitzy, gaudy musical side or his frank-exploration-of-human-sexuality side? Either way, it should make for an interesting evening, and as long as five reality hosts aren't involved, we'll be watching. [Photo Credits: Getty Images]


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It is that time of year again. We are in the process of receiving W-2 forms, 1099s of various types, and other documents that we will need in order to prepare our income taxes. While many people still use the paper-pencil-calculator method of completing the mandated Federal tax forms, there are a variety of free online and downloadable tax software packages that are available, as well as several popular commercially available income tax packages, with TurboTax and H&R Block at Home (formerly known as TaxCut) being the top selling commercial packages. For those who prefer to have others prepare their taxes, CPA firms and storefront tax services are readily available.
As it has done in the past, the IRS has compiled a list of 16 approved online tax preparation services on its FreeFile Web site (apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile) that will, for free, prepare and e-file federal income taxes for eligible individuals. While the eligibility standards for each of the IRS listed free services varies, the IRS still claims that about 70 percent of all individuals are eligible for the free filing services. What is new is that the IRS (through a third party, www.freefilefillableforms.com) has now made electronic versions of many of its forms available, which can be completed by anyone for free and e-filed without using one of the other free online services or other commercial tax preparation products. These free fillable forms can be filled out on the computer or printed and filled in by hand, and then e-filed. Unlike the online and commercial tax software that computes the users' taxes, the free fillable forms are just interactive blank forms, and do not carry out any calculations or give any advice.
Something else that is available this year is an independent third-party rating of the free tax services by Gizmo's TechSupportAlert.com. The Gizmo community based service has tested and rated all of the free tax services listed on the IRS FreeFile Web site, and has posted its reviews, ratings and recommendations (www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-income-tax-filing-software.htm). While the IRS FreeFile list has 16 services listed, the Gizmo ratings can only recommend eight of those listed. In addition to the eight free online services recommended by Gizmo, there is also one top-rated "10 Star" stand-alone tax program that can be downloaded and run on the user's computer. This downloadable free program is TaxACT Free Edition, and has earned "Gizmo's Freeware award as the best product in its class!"
(www.taxact.com/s_taxact/free_taxact.asp). Available for Windows computers only, this free program is limited to a single tax return, but can process almost all federal forms and schedules. College students may find TaxACT Free Edition helpful as it also includes a college student financial aid worksheet.
The Gizmo community also reviewed the IRS' new IRS Free File Fillable Forms, but only gave it a rating of 5 stars (below Gizmo's minimum recommended rating of 6 stars). While these free fillable forms are available to everyone, without limitations, Gizmo states that these, " ... online versions of paper forms [are] designed for people comfortable preparing their own tax returns. No interview process. No help screens. Many values must be transferred manually from the Schedules to other places in the return. Many calculations must be done manually, ... federal only, no state returns."
While the IRS claims that 70 percent of taxpayers can use the free online tax services for preparing and e-filing their taxes, eligibility for each of the 16 listed services varies. Generally, users of these free online services must have an adjusted gross income (AGI) of $57,000 or less (the $57,000 AGI is the upper limit for the IRS approved FreeFile services), with some services having even lower eligibility requirements. The TurboTax Freedom Edition is one example, offering its free service to anyone with an adjusted gross income of $31,000 or less, unless active duty military, then the $57,000 or less eligibility kicks in. Anyone eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit can also use the TurboTax Freedom Edition. Several of the services have eligibility restrictions based on the states of residence and are either available only to residents of certain specified states or are available to the residents of any states except those explicitly listed. For example, there are several of the free filing services listed by the IRS that are available to residents of most states, but not Texas (and others). Those services as listed by the IRS that are explicitly not available to Texas residents are OnlineTaxPros.com, Free1040TaxReturn, Tax Simple, 1040NOW.NET, and ezTaxReturn.com. The other 11 free services listed by the IRS allow eligible Texas residents to use their services. Some of the services are for the residents of all states, while a few are only for residents of a small number of states; obviously, this can be a strong influence on which service to select based on the state of residency.
Some of the free services are only available for taxpayers of certain age ranges (with some exceptions); TaxSlayer is for people age 25 or younger (with some exceptions), while FreeTaxUSA IRS Free File Edition is only available to people between the ages of 23 and 64. 1040NOW.NET is for age 72 or younger, while Free TaxACT is for those between 19 and 55. Details and eligibility requirements for each of the IRS approved FreeFile providers is available on the IRS Web site at apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile, and should be reviewed before selecting a free online tax preparation service.
Since the eight Gizmo top-rated free online tax preparation services and the free downloadable software from TaxAct all use an interview method to collect relevant tax information, make all necessary calculations, and check for errors before e-filing, those would be the ones that I would recommend to eligible taxpayers with an adjusted gross income of less than $57,000. Since 70 percent of taxpayers can use these free online services to prepare and e-file their federal income taxes, eligible taxpayers can save a lot of time and money by utilizing these services.Listen to Ira Wilsker's weekly radio show on Mondays from 6-7 p.m. on KLVI 560AM.


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ATLANTA, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- An average of about 30 people a day in 2010 in U.S. motor vehicle crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver, federal health officials say.
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said this amounts to one death every 48 minutes and the annual cost of alcohol-related crashes totaled more than $51 billion a year.
Of the 1,210 traffic deaths among children ages 0-14 years in 2010, 17 percent involved an alcohol-impaired driver, the CDC said.
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Lugging a five gallon bucket of water for three miles isn't exactly the most desirable way to spend a sunny Saturday morning in Portland. Yet last weekend, more than 350 Portlanders did just that—joining the nearly one billion people in the world who walk an average of three miles every day to collect water.
Portland Global Initiatives held their fourth annual Walk for Water on March 24 to raise awareness about the global water crisis and raise money to support clean water projects in Kenya. The walking route began at OMSI, crossed over to the Waterfront Park, and looped back to the Eastbank Esplanade. This year, there was also a fun run, where participants followed the same path as the water walkers but without the burden of the bucket.
In the developing world, it's mostly women and girls who make the trek to get water for their families. Here in Portland, men, women, boys, and girls attempted the feat—and with adequate difficulty.
"I can tell you, it's really hard," said Mark Stell, the founder of Portland Global Initiatives who lugged his own bucket. So hard, in fact, that most groups took turns carrying a shared bucket, an option not available to women and girls in Africa.
Portland State students from the Marketing for Nonprofits capstone course headed up the marketing and outreach efforts for the event. In addition to running a strong social media campaign on Facebook and Twitter, the students distributed posters and fliers to over fifty local businesses, pitched an article for the Sustainable Life section of the Portland Tribune, staffed an educational outreach table on the PSU campus, and gave twenty-six presentations at local schools about world water issues and the event.
"It has been important to market the fact that the world water crisis is a global issue and the efforts from local participants, donors, and sponsors help make a growing global impact," said Stephanie Howe, a senior communications major and student in the capstone course.
The students also designed and ran educational kiosks at the event. From card games to beanbag tosses, the kiosks encouraged both children and adults to consider global water and poverty issues in relation to personal water use. While the typical African family uses five gallons of water a day or less, the average U.S. family uses 176 gallons or more.
The Walk for Water offered the capstone students themselves an impactful experience. "The difference we have all made working on this event has given me the motivation to keep making a difference," Howe said.


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Posting this as background to our June 17 story in AW&ST:
In a Feb. 14 briefing to congressional oversight committees, SpaceX explained what went wrong with the Oct. 8, 2012 Falcon 9 launch that successfully delivered a Dragon cargo vessel to the ISS, but which left a secondary payload launched for Orbcomm in the wrong obit. Note that SpaceX has since launched a Falcon 9 mission that ultimately sent Dragon to the space station in March. In addition, the company is expected to debut a new, more powerful version of the Falcon 9 Merlin 1C engine - the Merlin 1D -- this year.
Engine Anomaly Overview
An exhaustive review of all available data by both SpaceX and NASA suggests the engine anomaly experienced on CRS-1 was likely the result of an undetected material flaw in the engine chamber jacket.
The material flaw was most likely introduced during engine production. For Merlin 1C, the engine chamber jacket is formed by an electroplating process, and this particular chamber required extra plating cycles during production. This re-plating process is not uncommon, but does have the potential to introduce flaws in the jacket that can be difficult to detect.
In addition, during testing, the main combustion chamber on this engine experienced a unique combination of environments as compared to the other engines. While none of these observations exceeded demonstrated qualification margins, the combination of these environments likely exacerbated the material flaw on the engine's main combustion chamber jacket.
During flight, the data suggests this material flaw ultimately developed into a breach in the main combustion chamber. This breach released a jet of hot gas and fuel in the direction of the main fuel line causing a secondary leak and ultimately a rapid drop in engine pressure. As a result, the flight computer commanded shutdown of engine 1 and Falcon 9 continued on its path to ensure Dragon's entry into orbit for subsequent rendezvous and berthing with the ISS.
These findings correspond with what was observed by long range tracking cameras during the launch. The video shows the nacelle panels that enclosed engine 1 as well as adjacent panels being jettisoned from the engine section of the first stage. These panels are designed to relieve pressure if necessary, as would be in the event of an engine chamber breach.
Falcon 9 did exactly what it was designed to do. Like the Saturn V (which experienced engine loss on two flights) and modern airliners, Falcon 9 is designed to handle an engine out situation and still complete its mission. No other rocket currently flying has this ability.
For the upcoming CRS-2 flight, SpaceX reviewed samples with known defects to supplement existing inspection techniques and re-inspected the CRS 2 engine chambers for possible issues. No critical flaws were discovered. In addition, the engines for CRS 2 have not seen as strenuous environments than the engines flown on the CRS 1.


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- Real Madrid 2-1 Barcelona, La Liga
Real win Clasico ahead of United decider
Real Madrid cut the gap between them and Barcelona to 13 points with a morale boosting win over the Catalans at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Karim Benzema gave Los Blancos an early lead but Lionel Messi levelled just over 10 minutes later to become the joint-top scorer of all time in the Clasico.
Sergio Ramos headed in a corner to restore Madrid's lead with nine minutes remaining, and Victor Valdes was sent off on the final whistle for a second yellow card after arguing with referee Miguel Angel Perez Lasa.
Madrid coach Jose Mourinho, presumably with an eye on his side's Champions League last 16 second leg match against Manchester United at Old Trafford in three days time, put out a very different team to the one that beat Barcelona last Tuesday in the semi-final second leg of the Copa del Rey.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Mesut Ozil, Sami Khedira, Gonzalo Higuain and Alvaro Arbeloa all started on the bench, with Kaka, Benzema, Luka Modric, Alvaro Morata and Michael Essien drafted in.
Barcelona put out an almost identical side to the one that lost on Tuesday, with the exception of Cesc Fabregas and the injured Xavi Hernandez, who made way for Thiago Alcantara and David Villa.
Despite Madrid having the weaker side out, they were the first to draw blood after six minutes. Morata picked the ball up on the left wing, beat a placid Dani Alves and delivered a low ball across the box which Benzema tapped in from just a few yards out at the far post to give Madrid the lead.
Barca sought an immediate response but created few chances despite their superior possession. However, they were level on 17 minutes.
Dani Alves delivered a low through-ball into the path of Messi after the Madrid defence and goalkeeper Diego Lopez all hesitated. Unchallenged, the Argentinian drove into the box and shot into the bottom corner to equalise.
It was Messi's 39th goal of the season in the Primera Division and his 18th in a Clasico, drawing him level with fellow Argentine Alfredo Di Stefano as the player to score the most goals in this fixture.
Morata and then Messi both failed to score from decent openings, both players firing their shots straight into the hands of Valdes and Lopez respectively. The 20-year-old Morata then missed another good chance shortly before half-time, heading a cross by Modric into the side-netting.
The opening stages of the second period were largely uneventful but the double substitution of Ronaldo and Khedira for Kaka and Benzema lifted the Bernabeu crowd, who had previously failed to make a lot of noise in a rare afternoon kick-off and with so many key players missing.
The Portuguese forced a save from Valdes with a stinging free-kick and then a few minutes later shot into the side-netting.
Morata then had the best chance of the second half, receiving a brilliant pass by Pepe with just Valdes to beat, but his shot was pushed out by the goalkeeper - who was wearing the captain's armband in the absence of Carles Puyol and Xavi Hernandez.
Ronaldo then headed a free-kick by Modric just over the bar but Madrid's pressure soon paid off. Modric sent in a corner and Sergio Ramos rose above the Barca defence to head the ball just under the bar and into the back of the net on 81 minutes.
Ronaldo almost doubled the advantage when his powerfully struck free-kick hit the bar, and at the other end Barcelona were denied a penalty when Adriano went over after a challenge by Ramos.
Madrid stood firm to hold on for the three points but there was still drama even after the final whistle had been blown, with Valdes arguing with the referee and receiving a second yellow card, followed by a red.


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Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Author: Pat Mora
Title of work: My Own True Name
Alfredo Lujan uses a reader-response approach to explore the poetry of Pat Mora. The students write and present their own poems in response to the works in Mora's collection My Own True Name. By arranging for students to share their poetry at a local café, Lujan honors their writing as a way to communicate with each other as well as with the larger community.
To prepare for the lesson, view The Expanding Canon video program 1, Part I. Online, review the Session 1 theory overview, strategies, information about the authors and literature, resources, and the downloadable print guide. Also read Pat Mora's My Own True Name -- selected poems available in the print guide.
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Standards for the English Language Arts
1. Alfredo Lujan begins the lesson by telling students that Pat Mora's book of poems, My Own True Name, is about identity. He asks students to reflect on this while they read poems in the collection silently.
2. Students state their names and a favorite line from one of the poems in My Own True Name. Lujan asks students to explain their choices briefly to the class.
3. Lujan asks students to name the poems on which they would like to focus. He writes the titles on the board, then divides the students into small groups and instructs the groups to select a poem from the list. He asks them to discuss what the poem means literally, what they interpret it to mean, and how it applies to their lives.
4. After working in small groups, the students share highlights of their conversations with the class.
5. Lujan asks the students to bring their copy of My Own True Name as he takes them outside to a nearby arroyo. Lujan asks them to look for an object -- something they can use as a focus for their writing -- and to respond to Mora's work by creating poems of their own.
6. Lujan introduces the students to Pat Mora. Pat Mora reads her work to the class, and then answers students' questions about her process. (Teachers may want to show students a clip featuring Pat Mora from The Expanding Canon video program 1, Part I.)
7. The students "publish" their work. They share their poems with their classmates, Lujan, Mora, family, and community members at a local café.
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phew! it's finally here! i couldn't bear to let 2012 go by without our annual "maternity sewing tutorial roundup"!!! and no, before you ask i'm not preggers. i just like being excited for all you lovely pregnant, glowing mommas out there and give you lots of inspiration for making your own maternity clothes during your pregnancy.
so have some fun! pin your faves, check out all these talented ladies tutorials and show your luv! and most of all...pass it around. there are a ton of ladies out there who i know don't even know you can refashion or sew your own maternity clothes and are suffering..lol. i know i did with my first baby, i didn't even know how to sew yet but would have learned a heckuva lot sooner had i known i could make my own stylish maternity clothes without spending a fortune! congrats to all of you who are expecting or who are planning to be and happy sewing!!!!
|maternity dress by cotton and curls
|make a wrap dress by a beautiful mess
|make a sundress from a beautiful mess
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|oceanside knit dress by happy together
|diy make a lace top from a beautiful mess
|1. men's tee to striped top 2. men's loose tee to gathered top 3. top with elastic waistband
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|1. summer tunic 2. tied maternity top 3. ruched top 4. my favorite top 5.ruffle shoulder top
- turn a men's polo top into reversible maternity top from cotton & curls
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|stretchy pocket maternity pants from see kate sew
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|1. super comfy stretchy maternity pencil skirt 2. comfy diy maternity skirts
- maternity jean skirt from mens shorts
|diy maternity swimsuit sewing tutorial from cotton & curls
|1. maternity bow belt 2. the bow belt 3. diy ruffled belly band
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Egyptians wonder about Morsi's whereabouts
CAIRO -- It has been one week, and nobody knows where the former president of Egypt is. No longer the leader, nor a criminal defendant, Mohammed Morsi is being detained, along with at least seven of his top aides, held incommunicado. The authorities promise, "He is in a safe place." But safe where? They refuse to say. He has not been charged with any crime.
Authorities have issued arrest warrants for hundreds of other Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters, including the group's spiritual leader, known as the "supreme guide." He and nine other senior Islamist officials were accused Wednesday of provoking the violence that led Egyptian security forces to fatally shoot more than 50 pro-Morsi demonstrators Monday.
The warrants come as authorities continue to round up the top leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood and its political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, which held the office of president and several top ministries for 369 days before being toppled by last week's military coup, which was backed by millions of demonstrators.
The mass arrests and the continued detention of Morsi and his aides constitute the type of behaviour that the Obama administration has warned Egypt's military leadership against. But the crackdown shows that Washington has been unable to exert much influence here since the generals proved they remain the nation's pre-eminent force.
Morsi himself was accused of selectively using the judicial system to prosecute opponents, as was his predecessor, Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in 2011. Now human rights advocates say that Egypt's new rulers may be doing the same.
"The biggest casualty of the last couple of years has been the idea of a neutral judiciary in Egypt, and in the last few days, that tradition continues," said Heba Morayef, an Egypt researcher for the group Human Rights Watch.
Morayef said that in the Mubarak years, Muslim Brotherhood leaders were arrested for "membership in an illegal organization." Now they are being arrested for allegedly inciting violence. "It is very clever," she said, adding that there may be evidence to prove such charges in some cases but not in others.
A close relative of a top Morsi aide who disappeared on the night of the coup said the families of missing Brotherhood leaders have been unable to contact their loved ones since.
"My brother was allowed a couple of phone calls over the past week, just to say 'I am safe' and 'I'm OK,' " said the relative, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear for the safety of those in detention. But when the relative pressed for more details, the answer was always, "I cannot say."
"We don't have any information where they are," the relative said. "We don't have any information on who's detaining them. We don't have an accurate account of the numbers."
The relative also said that the families of the detained have received phone calls from men who the families think are working for Egyptian security services. "They have been threatening the families not to seek any international support," the relative said.
Ahmed Aly, a spokesman for the country's armed forces, said Tuesday that Morsi and his aides had been moved from the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo, where their supporters believed them to be, to an undisclosed location.
Gehad el-Haddad, a Muslim Brotherhood spokesman, tweeted that the arrest warrants issued Wednesday were a "politically motivated" attempt to dismantle the running protests scattered across Cairo. Pro-Morsi demonstrators say they will continue their vigil until he is reinstated.
Egyptian officials denied that a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood is underway. "There are no exceptional measures being taken against any political force," said Badr Abdelatty, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "Those who are using violence will be dealt with within the existing judicial system. Nothing more, nothing less."
Egypt's justice system allows for imprisonment without trial for up to six months under a provision that lets prosecutors slap any suspect with repeated 15-day detentions.
An official at the Interior Ministry said that although arrest warrants were issued Wednesday for the Brotherhood's supreme guide, Mohammed Badie, and his deputy, Mahmoud Ezzat, they were not yet in custody.
"This has to be done carefully," said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to foreign news media. He suggested that the police were not ready to wrest Badie and Ezzat from the arms of their supporters.
Badie and the others were wanted for "inciting violence" in connection with the Monday protest outside the Republican Guard headquarters that turned deadly, he said.
In a discussion with foreign reporters Wednesday, spokesmen for Egypt's military, Foreign Ministry and state information service argued that Morsi's ouster was not a coup and that Monday's violence was not the military's fault.
The officials showed reporters a video, set to dramatic music, that included a montage of aerial footage of anti-Morsi demonstrators on the day that millions took to the streets to call for his exit. Aly, the military's spokesman, narrated over later footage from Monday's violence, which appeared to show pro-Morsi demonstrators opening fire on troops with birdshot and dropping pieces of broken toilets off a rooftop.
Government spokesmen, however, did not provide video footage from the first two hours of the incident -- between 4 and 6 a.m. -- when Brotherhood witnesses say security forces attacked them with live gunfire.
"We were not ready at 4'o clock. We did not have our cameras ready," Aly said.
When pressed about the location and condition of Morsi, government officials grew agitated. "He is not charged with anything up till now. But you know, the security situation -- you have to put in mind public order," Abdelatty said. "This is a country! The public order is at stake right now! People are inciting their followers to go to be martyred, to break inside into military establishments. So what are you asking for?"
The spokesmen showed video clips of pro-Morsi demonstrators threatening Egypt's armed forces with violence and civil war. Brotherhood leaders have called for "an uprising" against the military, although they have also urged supporters to remain peaceful.
The clash between the military and the Brotherhood has come as the country's new civilian authorities have sought to project an air of normalcy. Interim President Adly Mansour on Tuesday appointed a new prime minister and vice president, and he outlined a path to quick elections, an amended constitution and a return to democracy.
But that plan continued to meet with criticism Wednesday -- not only from the Brotherhood, but also from groups that had supported Morsi's ouster. The National Salvation Front, an umbrella group representing Morsi's political opponents, said Wednesday that it did not agree with all of the road map's plans and that it had not been consulted. It stopped short of outright rejection.
Washington Post correspondent Sharaf al-Hourani contributed to this report.


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Hazel Hambright Glover saved her money and had a reserved box seat at each baseball game.
Hazel Hambright Glover saved her money and had a reserved box seat at each baseball game.
Her boyfriend, Boots Kent, was the pitcher for the winning American Legion Shelby baseball team in 1945.
�I would sit there on home plate and every time he walked on the field, he would wink at me or tip his hat,� Glover said. �If I would leave my seat people would say to me, �Hurry back or Boots will miss you.��
That summer of 1945 was the only time Shelby won the American Legion World Series. But before there was any inkling they were going to the Series, Glover, a Shelby native, started a scrapbook of articles for Kent.
�Oh, wasn�t he a cutie pie? He had blond hair and blue eyes,� said Glover, now 86, looking through the old articles. �His parents weren�t big into baseball, so I started the scrapbook for him at the start of the season. I started with the first game of the year and had no idea they would be that good.�
�Never seen Shelby like that�
The Shelby Star articles called the Shelby team �the local boys� or �the Simmons kids� after their coach, Pop Simmons.
One article said Kent �May Have Broken a Record� when he pitched a one-hitter against Oak Park, Ill.
�During that time, the whole town just lit up,� she said. �I have never seen Shelby like that before. Everything that summer was around the team.�
Since Kent and Glover were together so much, people would tell her after the games to not keep him out late.
�When we would leave the game, people would stop me and say to send Boots home that night because he had to play a game the next day,� she said. �Sometimes, we would be sitting on my front porch and one of the American Legion men would pull up and take him home.�
�Mutual love�
Glover and Kent went to Shelby High School together. They fell in love over a book report.
�Boots wasn�t very good in school, and one day he was complaining about writing a book report. I was a straight-A student and told him I could write it. From then on, it was mutual love.�
Kent and Harry McKee were the pitchers for the Shelby American Legion team in 1945. The two were good friends, and there was no competition between the two, Glover said.
When the Shelby team entered the playoffs and traveled to places like Laurinburg and Sumter, S.C., Kent was homesick. It was the first time he had been away from home.
�He would save up his money and call me Collect,� she said. �He would tell me how he just wanted to come home. Boots was a very simple person.�
Out of town
When games took the team out of town, people bummed rides and rode charter buses to watch Shelby play.
�When the team played out of town, Uptown felt like a funeral had happened,� she said. �The only thing you would hear was a radio playing of someone who wasn�t able to go.�
Glover�s father took his vacation so the whole family could travel to Sumter, S.C., to see Kent play.
�My mother said, �I can�t believe we are doing this.� The War ended while we were in Sumter, too,� she said. �We found a room for rent in a house to stay while we were there. All the restaurants were closed, so we went to the store and ate pork and beans on the front porch.�
�Everything was happy about it�
The final game for Shelby was against Trenton, N.J., in Charlotte.
�That night in Charlotte, wow,� Glover said, adding that she remembered smiling. �It was played in Griffin Park, and I believe everyone there was from Shelby. It was so wonderful. And Boots rode home with my family instead of the boys.�
Kent only played baseball in 1945. Once the teams returned, there wasn�t any celebrating in Shelby, she said. Money was short due to World War II.
�He didn�t want all the glory. He only played baseball that one year,� she said. �His sport really was football.�
Kent graduated from Shelby High School in June of 1946, and the couple married in August 1946. He later joined the Air Force. The couple eventually separated and divorced in 1960. Kent has since passed away.
But 1945 was a happy year for both Kent and Glover.
�It was a dream year, and my happiest year,� she said. �Everything was happy about it. Knowing and loving Boots; that year, I was a queen.�
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Finally. I think someone may have had a journalistic epiphany on the whole Health and Human Services thing.
But before we go there, stop and, for a moment, join me in contemplating the following journalism puzzle.
The Obama administration's new HHS regulations -- click here for a sample of GetReligion coverage -- continue to cause an electric buzz here inside the Beltway. At the moment, people continue to focus on the Catholic angle of this story.
That's logical. I get that. I mean, why would a Democratic candidate want to tick off Pope Benedict XVI in what will almost certainly be a tense election year?
Keep thinking. If this battle over the HHS rules is merely a "Catholic" story, it's logical to think that it is essentially a story about birth control. This logic has been leading reporters to another semi-logical conclusion. They're thinking: Most Catholics use birth control. Thus, most Catholics are not going to care about the HHS rules. The pope and the bishops are all just blowing smoke and this story is no big deal -- other than to a few crazy Catholics (none in the typical newsroom, naturally) who actually care about church doctrines about sexuality.
However, if this is simply a story about birth control, logical journalists will need to figure out why so many liberal Catholics are currently so upset with the White House for picking this fight at this moment in time.
This leads us to the fact that U.S. bishops and the pope see this as a battle over issues much bigger than birth control. They see these rules as a direct attack on the religious liberty of Catholics and other believers. They see this as a First Amendment story in which the government is forcing religious groups -- the institutions, not individual believers -- to commit or fund acts that are sinful and evil, according to the doctrines proclaimed by these religious groups.
Seen from this angle, the ruling on birth control is simply the point on a much larger spear. The next thing you know, the U.S. Justice Department will be trying to get involved in decisions about who is hired and fired by religious groups. Wait a minute. That sounds familiar.
Please hear me say that there is no way to cover this story without hitting the birth-control angle and hitting it hard. However, there is no accurate, balanced way to handle this story without covering the larger religious-liberty angle, as well.
I also know that the potential impact of the HHS rules IS HUGE when you look at the Catholic numbers. What percentage of the nation's health care (especially for the poor) is provided by institutions with Catholic roots or ties? Then there is the fact that the nation contains nearly 250 allegedly Catholic colleges and universities. This is big stuff, folks.
The big question for journalists is this: Which angle frames the story? Which drives the coverage?
So stop and think. If this is primarily a story about birth control, then it's safe to say that only pro-Vatican Catholics will be screaming bloody murder these days. But that isn't the case, is it? Instead, leaders in a wide variety of religious groups are mad as hades, because they see the larger legal picture. They are asking: Is America a place in which people have freedom of worship or freedom of religion?
Finally, I think that we have a national-level story that has found a way to frame this story accurately.
Here is the top of religion-beat veteran Rachel Zoll's report for the Associated Press:
The Obama administration's decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control was bound to cause an uproar among Roman Catholics and members of other faiths, no matter their beliefs on contraception.
The regulation, finalized a week ago, raises a complex and sensitive legal question: Which institutions qualify as religious and can be exempt from the mandate?
For a church, mosque or synagogue, the answer is mostly straightforward. But for the massive network of religious-run social service agencies there is no simple solution. Federal law lays out several criteria for the government to determine which are religious. But in the case of the contraception mandate, critics say Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius chose the narrowest ones. Religious groups that oppose the regulation say it forces people of faith to choose between upholding church doctrine and serving the broader society.
"It's not about preventing women from buying anything themselves, but telling the church what it has to buy, and the potential for that to go further," said Sister Carol Keehan, president of the Catholic Health Association, representing some 600 hospitals.
Keehan's support for the passage of the Obama health care overhaul was critical in the face of intense opposition by the U.S. bishops. She now says the narrowness of the religious exemption in the birth control mandate "has jolted us." She pledged to use a one-year grace period the administration has provided to "pursue a correction."
I am bringing all of this up, again, for a logical reason (or two).
For starters, it will not surprise regular listeners of our "Crossroads" podcast that this issue was the subject of this week's discussion. You can find it at iTunes or simply click here to listen online. However, the main reason we talked this through -- again -- is that this story is not going away. Instead, it's taking on a life of its own on op-ed pages and in news reports (and not just because GOP types think it's a nice reason to wound the White House).
Oh, we also spent a few minutes discussing that whole GetReligion turns eight thing.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Lionsgate: Facts Glazed Over
The outcry and media attention has been both bloated and ridiculous. Favre and others have denied and dismissed the reports ala "are you cereal?" and the story has finally/thankfully fallen by the wayside. In the end, all Jay Glazer discovered was that there was a phone call between Favre and Millen – two friends who were discussing a hunting trip. Yes, that's right, a hunting trip. Glazer was wrong on every other statement (all two of them): the duration of the phone call and the subject matter. And he was certainly wrong about a conspiracy theory that Brett Favre is hell-bent on sabotaging his former team, the Green Bay Packers.
As if Glazer's anti-Favre opinion wasn't clear enough, he concludes his tale by saying, "Still, Favre has the right to do whatever he pleases. If he wants to help other teams there is nothing in league rules that prevents him from doing so." That's right Jay. It's almost like saying writers posing as reporters have a right to spin a story in whatever way will garner the most web hits. If they want to time an opinion piece filled with anonymous sources and rampant speculation, there is nothing from preventing them from doing so. Hell, they can even pose hypotheticals on the air like "Brett likes to talk, therefore he must've said something" and almost make it sound credible. OK, Jay. And let's not forget that robots are strong, because they're made of metal. If Jay Glazer can be a Senior Writer with FOX Sports, I have to believe the Packer Ranter will replace ESPN within the year.
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Who's the most "Now"?ReplyDelete
The Ranter.
- MN PackerBackerOctober 28, 2008 at 1:31 PM
How about the unwritten rule of "Don't be a punk." I don't believe a thing Brett Favre has to say. Its his own fault. Hunting Trip? Matt Millen? During the season? Hilarious.ReplyDelete
Do you really believe that he cares enough about screwing Ted Thompson, and by extension the Packers, that he would call up Millen and share stuff? Do you also think that anything he could give them would help? If so, McCarthy is a terrible coach.ReplyDelete
This is a non-story, and so is pretty much anything concerning Favre and the Packers relationship, or lack thereof.
MN PB, don't be a punk.
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2008 at 2:18 PM
I honestly do not get this hatred toward Favre from Packer fans. "You flip-flopped on me! How could you put me/the Packers through that ordeal!? I will never forgive you for what you did to me! You're a liar! I will never believe anything you say!" Get real. Laughable. A non-story indeed, Franklin.ReplyDelete
I find it interesting that no other media outlet outside FOX sports can confirm anything Jay Glazer says. Not ESPN, SI, NBC, Sportsline...anybody. Shocklingly, Glazer has suddenly shut his yapper.ReplyDelete
Mike Hunt (no seriously) says it pretty well here:ReplyDelete
- D the DragonOctober 28, 2008 at 2:37 PM
At the risk of sounding arrogant, unintelligent and ignorant I say this We won, we will always win and the Lions suck!ReplyDelete
I'm personally surprised that John Madden didn't have Glazer offed for slandering Brett.
Dragon, did you stop to think why Madden took two weeks off for the first time in something like 150 years?ReplyDelete
Glazer hasn't been heard from since....
Madden ate him like a Turducken.
You're right, we will always win.
- D the DragonOctober 30, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Most commented Rant ever?????ReplyDelete


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CALGARY — They were, both back in their day and for always, a singular three-sided wonder to behold.
As tight, as together on and off the beat, as the piano, double bass and drums of a superb jazz trio. The rink was their recording studio — big occasions, top-step-podium games, their jam sessions.
The legendary KLM Line.
And count Igor Larionov a big fan of the way coach Valeri Bragin has structured this Russian team at the IIHF world junior championship gunning for gold on Thursday night, the direction he has them pointed.
To enthall. To enrich. To entertain.
"I like it very much, the way they play," critiques the former Detroit Red Wings star, long renowned a saavy, cerebral analyst of the sport.
"When you watch them the whole tournament — and I've watched a lot of games . . . they've brought back a fast, exciting game to Russian hockey. Even that game against Latvia, when they showed that kind of skill, that's how we played on the KLM line.
"One-touch passes, skating through the neutral zone, slowing down the game a little bit. All different aspects.
"That's what I thought. This is like the greatest hockey.
"It brings back memories of when I played.
"It shows this game can still take people off the seats."
Larionov, in his guise as player agent, sits in the small, semi-circular stands overlooking Rink 3 at Winsport Arenas on the eve of Thursday's gold medal game between Russia and Sweden. He's watching two of his clients, the projected No. 1 pick in this year's NHL dntry draft Nail Yakupov and defenceman Artyom Sergeyev, prepare for the most nerve-jangling night of their young lives.
The Russians are coming off back-to-back energy-sappers. Tight, emotional, taxing victories against their two fiercest historical rivals, the Czechs and Canadians.
In the first, a quarter-final, they needed overtime to squeeze through. In the second, only 24 hours later, they needed to withstand a typically relentless, rabid Canadian third-period charge from five goals down, hanging on grimly at the end like a cat stuck to the living-room curtains.
Sure, 17-to-19-year-olds are brimming with virtually inexhaustible energy, enough to light Times Square for a century of New Year's Eve's to come, but mightn't such expenditure of resources in such a concentrated time frame provide Sweden a slight edge in the final?
"It's possible," conceded Bragin. "I think the Swedes will be more fresh.
"We'll see who'll be ready (Thursday). We'll check the physical condition and then we'll see how we're going to play. The most important part will be to not sleep during the first period and be ready for the game from the beginning."
In terms of psychological advantage, Sweden, remember, burrowed back from a 3-0 deficit to beat the Russians in the final game of the round robin and earn a bye into the semifinals.
"I think we'll take a lesson from this game," said Bragin. "I think the Swedes are like us. They have great motivation because they don't win world juniors for something like 30 years.
"But in a final the chances are always 50-50. They can desire. We can desire. The game will show who's strongest."
Despite their draining past 72 hours, the Russians have plenty of reasons to be confident. Captain Evgeny Kuznetsov tops the tournament scoring chart with 13 points. Nikita Gusev and Yakupov aren't far behind at nine apiece.
Seventeen-year-old goaltender Andrei Vasilevski — utterly brilliant for 40 minutes against the Canadians on Tuesday — has arguably been the best at his position here, a 2.01 goals-against-average and eyebrow-arching .953 save percentage. His draft stock has gone through the roof of the Scotiabank Saddledome at this tournament.
Fatigue, says Larionov, won't be a Russian issue.
"You're 17, 18 years old, playing for your country in front of a beautiful crowd (Tuesday) and the day before. You have to come and show your best. They played a good game (against Canada), expect for a couple mistake at the end. But you expect that. It's youth hockey."
What fascinates Igor Larionov, what fires his hope and imagination, is fast, skilled, compelling hockey. The style of game — Russia being the best example here — that enthralls old fans, the ones who remember the magic of he and his KLM linemates, and makes new ones.
"That's who we play the game for. The trap . . . It used to be dump-and-chase, now it's chip-and-chase. It's not a favourite of mine. Yes, you've gotta play some defence but at the same time you've got encourage the skill.
"(We need) patience of the coaches with these young men — doesn't matter, Russians, Canadians, Swedes, Finns — to use all their strengths to bring the game to the next level."
Now, after the mountain of hype and 10 days of competition, there is nothing beyond one game, two nations.
A person would be hard pressed in pinpointing one player who's been involved in more high-stakes clashes over a career than Igor Larionov. His countrymen, he advises, must put the exhilaration of Tuesday's Canadian ouster behind them.
"Unfortunately," he says, "yesterday's game was yesterday. It's yesterday's news. So you've got to re-focus, get some rest and be ready for (Thursday's) game.
"Because now you've got a chance, a once-in-a-lifetime chance, to be a world champion."
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Steve Watson
Sept 4, 2012
Hacker group Antisec has leaked what it says is evidence that the FBI is actively monitoring the communications of every American using an iPhone.
The hackers released a statement Tuesday claiming that it had obtained detailed information on some 12 million iphone users, taken from an FBI agent's laptop.
The group, long associated with the more notorious Anonymous hacktivist organisation, released 1 million iOS device IDs to back up its claims.
With some identifying information removed, the data proves, according to Antisec, that
A more detailed passage in the statement notes:
During the second week of March 2012, a Dell Vostro notebook, used by Supervisor Special Agent Christopher K. Stangl from FBI Regional Cyber Action Team and New York FBI Office Evidence Response Team was breached using the AtomicReferenceArray vulnerability on Java, during the shell session some files were downloaded from his Desktop folder one of them with the name of "NCFTA_iOS_devices_intel.csv" turned to be a list of 12,367,232 Apple iOS devices including Unique Device Identifiers (UDID), user names, name of device, type of device, Apple Push Notification Service tokens, zipcodes, cellphone numbers, addresses, etc. the personal details fields referring to people appears many times empty leaving the whole list incompleted on many parts. no other file on the same folder makes mention about this list or its purpose.
Antisec says that its motivation for leaking the information is to make it more evident that innocent people are being tracked and monitored by covert Western intelligence agencies.
"We have learnt it seems quite clear nobody pays attention if you just come and say 'Hey, FBI is using your device details and info'," the group states.
The full profanity laced AntiSec post can be read in full here.
Neither the FBI, nor Apple has commented on the leak.
If it is genuine, and there is no reason to believe it is not, this case once again goes to show that whether it be mandatory Homeland security alerts, wirelessly disabling your communications on a whim, or secretly tracking you where ever you go, the rise of smart phones brings with it a huge threat to privacy and the rights of the individual.
Again, this is another case not of smart phones and technology in general being intrusive, but of the technology being co-opted and abused by those who could care less for the constitutional rights of free Americans.
Below is a recent video detailing how two security researchers discovered that Apple's iPhone keeps track of a user's location and saves that information to a file that is stored both on the device and on a user's computer when they sync or back it up in iTunes.
The researchers, Pete Warden and Alasdair Allan, discovered the hidden file while collaborating on a potential data visualization project. "At first we weren't sure how much data was there, but after we dug further and visualised the extracted data, it became clear that there was a scary amount of detail on our movements," Warden told The Guardian.
As we reported at the time, the controversy was treated as a shocking revelation by the media, and yet since October 2001, the FCC has mandated that all wireless carriers track the location of their users down to within 50 feet.
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones' Infowars.com, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.


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Twinkies Return to Store Shelves Early at Wal-Mart
(NEW YORK) -- Hostess Brands LLC has begun to return Twinkies to some store shelves three days ahead of the announced national roll-out.
Twinkies are already available at many Wal-Mart stores, despite previous announcements targeting the re-release of the Twinkie for Monday. The confection was available in 1,600 of Wal-Mart's 4,000 stores by Friday night and will be available in approximately 3,000 stores by Sunday, says the New York Daily News. The new Twinkie's shelf life is said to be 45 days. That's almost three weeks longer than the 26 days the former Twinkie was supposed to stay fresh.
Hostess Brands, based in Kansas City, Mo. had stopped operations at the last of its 11 factories in November after failing to reach an agreement with its second biggest union, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers International Union. The company filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 16. The new owners of Hostess have cut the number of plants to four and the products will be sold through convenience and grocery stores only. Some 600 Hostess thrift stores have been closed permanently.
Other differences for the new product include how the goods will be distributed. Company spokeswoman Hannah Arnold said "90 percent of the product will still be delivered fresh," but some will be delivered frozen.
"A select number of customers -- representing only about 10 percent of Hostess' distribution -- have explicitly requested to receive frozen product," Arnold said. "This allows the retailer to date the product for freshness, provides flexibility in filling their shelves and has no impact on the quality or taste of the products. The decision is up to the customer. The only stores that will receive frozen product are those that request it."
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Hike into losing weight on nearby nature trails
Southeast Texas is not without plenty of hiking trails, and three of the best places to check out while we've still got cool winter weather include the Big Thicket just north of Beaumont, Village Creek State Park in Lumberton and Martin Dies Jr. State Park near Jasper.
"People everywhere are zeroing in on their New Year's resolutions for 2013," said Stephanie Salinas with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. "Some will vow to add more exercise into their routines, and others will promise not to stay indoors as much. Start the new year off on the right foot by tackling both those resolutions at once."
On Jan. 1, state parks around Texas began hosting "First Day Hikes," an annual event that is held nationwide.
"Recent onsite visitor surveys in Texas parks revealed that hiking trails were the most sought-after amenity by park visitors, and many Texas state parks have added newly built or recently improved hiking and biking trails to meet the growing demand," says Salinas. "You can create a new family tradition by participating in 'First Day Hikes' at a park near you, and together you can start off your year in a new direction."
For more information, go to www.texasstateparks.org/firstdayhikes.
If you're into hiking, this is one of the best times of the year to explore the many miles of trails snaking through the Big Thicket. The mild to cold temperatures keep the mosquito population at bay. Ditto that for snakes like water moccasins, copperheads and timber rattlers. Plus, it's a lot more comfortable to walk in the mild Texas winter weather, as opposed to the sweltering heat of the summer months.
There are nine trails in five preserve units. They range from a half mile to 18 miles in length. According to information from the Big Thicket, hikers should allow one mile per hour for strolling and three miles per hour for hiking.
Detailed maps and information on hiking the trails are available at the Big Thicket Visitor Center located at the junction of Highway 69 and FM 420. You can also get information at www.nps.gov/bith/ or by calling (409) 246-2337.
East Texas state parks offer a great look at a variety of wildlife and vegetation. For example along the Big Thicket and Village Creek trails are forests that are full of cypress swamps; water tupelo, river birch, mayhaw and yaupon trees; and baygalls and blackwater sloughs in the floodplain of the Neches River. Wildlife is also abundant and includes snapping turtles, white-tailed deer, diamondback water snakes, opossums, spring peepers, crickets, bullfrogs and nine-banded armadillos. Birding enthusiasts will enjoy rain-loving wood ducks, egrets and herons, just to name a few from over 200 species of birds native to the Big Thicket.
Aside from just getting out and enjoying a cool day outdoors, there is the benefit of exercise. Hiking is more than just fun.
According to the American Hiking Society, countless studies have shown that regular exercise not only improves our overall health and fitness, but also lengthens and improves the quality of our lives. Regular physical activity substantially reduces the risk of dying of coronary heart disease, and decreases the risk for colon cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure. It also helps to control weight; contributes to healthy bones, muscles and joints; helps relieve the pain of arthritis; reduces symptoms of anxiety and depression; and is associated with fewer hospitalizations and physician visits.
Walking is one of the lowest impact sports around, which is why hiking is so popular. This means that while you get all the cardiovascular benefits of other aerobic activities, you do so with a minimum of stress, strain and pounding to your body.
Like all forms of exercise, hiking is one of the best ways to lose weight and is a method of stabilizing cholesterol levels. On average, you burn 100 calories for every mile you walk. Another way to look at it is in terms of how quickly you are walking. You burn about 200 to 250 calories per hour if you're walking at a rate of 2.5 miles an hour. (That's a 24-minute mile-about the pace you'd walk getting from one place to another). You burn about 500 calories per hour if you're walking at a rate of 4.5 miles per hour. (That's just over a 13-minute-mile a pace that many novice runners maintain).
Studies have shown that people who lose weight through hiking or walking maintain the loss and continue to lose while those who lose through dieting tend to gain weight again quickly.
The bottom line is this – take a hike!
Robert Sloan can be reached by e-mail at sloan288 [at] aol [dot] com.


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Do We Really Want The First To Come Up With An Invention To Own The Market?
from the does-that-make-sense? deptTim Lee has another excellent post on the state of the patent system these days, taking on the claim by Michael Mace that software patents are good because it stops big companies from competing with him, by questioning whether or not there's a reasonable policy rationale for this. Lee's point is that it's not at all clear that letting the "first" own the market makes much sense:
Companies have other ways to protect their innovations. They can use copyrights, trade secrets, and the head start that any inventor has over copycats. Mace objects that these protections aren't adequate to guarantee that the original inventor will win in the marketplace. But that's the point: consumers benefit from the robust competition that results when inventors have only a limited advantage over competitors. The first company to enter some market shouldn't be able to simply rest on its laurels. Remember, Facebook was a "me-too competitor" in the social networking space; it's a good thing that Friendster and MySpace weren't able to stop Mark Zuckerberg from entering its market.This is a big point that is all too often ignored in these debates. People seem to think that the entire purpose of the patent system is to maximize the benefit of whoever got their first. But that's simply not the case, and any argument based on that is faulty.
The function of the patent system isn't to maximize the profits of inventors. Rather, it's to provide inventors with sufficient incentives to ensure they continue innovating.
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