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Microsoft has announced another patent-sharing agreement, this one with South Korean electronics giant Samsung. Microsoft gets its hands on all Samsung's cool stuff, and Samsung gets to ignore Steve Ballmer when he goes off on a certain free operating system. "Samsung... may utilize Microsoft's patents in Samsung's products with proprietary software and Samsung will also obtain coverage from Microsoft for its customers' use of certain Linux-based products," the companies said. Neither company would say how much money is changing hands, but both said that payments would be based on the value of past and future inventions. Samsung published more patents in the US last year than any other company and, except for a few distractions, has been on a roll lately. This is the latest in a series of similar agreements Microsoft has reached with companies such as Fuji Xerox, Novell, NEC, Seiko Epson, and Nortel.
"Patent collaboration agreements like this expand access to ideas and lead to even more desirable products for our customers," said Shung Hyun Cho, a Samsung senior vice president.
Certainly if your engineers spend more time engineering and less time looking over their shoulders for patent lawyers, more desirable products will be brought to market. Meanwhile, the more Xboxes and Zunes Microsoft makes, the closer it gets to being Samsung. And the more things Samsung makes that use or interact with Microsoft software, the more a partnership with Redmond makes sense. Left to their own devices, these two giants could at some point become fierce competitors. This agreement should go a long way in forestalling that.


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By Patrick O'Brien
An ethics reform package aimed at cleaning up state contracting practices, including alleged practices under the spotlight of a federal corruption trial of Tony Rezko, could make its way through the General Assembly very soon.
The so-called pay-to-play measure would ban political contributions to statewide officeholders from any business with more than $50,000 in contracts awarded by that office. The business' contracts with the state would be canceled if they broke the law. Family members of the contractor also would be banned from donating to the officeholders.
Senate Majority Leader Debbie Halvorson, a Crete Democrat, all but dared Gov. Rod Blagojevich to veto or alter the bill in an attempt to "improve" it, as he has with other legislation. "Let him try it," she said a Statehouse news conference Wednesday. Chicago Democratic Rep. John Fritchey, the House sponsor, vowed that his chamber would override a veto, while the Senate sponsors said they would attempt to get enough votes but couldn't promise them.
A deal is a long time coming. Lawmakers have debated this version of ethics reform for three years. But the measure gained momentum this year because of the Rezko trial, which includes allegations of exchanging campaign contributions for state contracts and jobs. It's also an election year. "There's a good chance it may be snowing in hell right now," Fritchey said of the timing.
Sen. Don Harmon, an Oak Park Democrat and sponsor, said the bill will be heard in a committee next week. He said Senate President Emil Jones, a Chicago Democrat and Blagojevich ally, wanted the bill "improved" even more but that Jones wouldn't stop the measure from advancing to the House. Fritchey said he expected the proposal to move soon.
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By Patrick O'Brien
The Illinois House could be in Springfield all weekend to approve a constitutional amendment that would give voters the right to recall elected officials.
House Speaker Michael Madigan said members could be in the Capitol until Sunday as they wait for the Senate to pass its own version of a recall proposal. If the House approves the Senate version by Sunday, there's a chance it could still land on the November ballot for voters to consider. If the House changed the Senate version, they would miss the May 4th deadline to approve constitutional amendments in time to appear on this year's ballot. (To be clear: The question on the ballot would ask voters whether the state should change its Constitution to allow a recall, not whether they should recall the current governor)
The Senate proposal would allow voters to recall elected officials, including local politicians and judges. It also would link the lieutenant governor and the governor, which Sen. Rickey Hendon said was because the two officeholders are elected in the general election together (although they're not considered running mates in the primary elections). Under Hendon's proposal, if the governor were recalled, the lieutenant governor would be, too. The House version, sponsored by Rep. Jack Franks, a Woodstock Democrat, is directed only at statewide officeholders, not local officials and judges. That measure is stuck in the Senate.

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Surprises on the clothesline
Across from my apartment is a building for young unmarried women who study or work in the city. The women in the building are veiled, and even the green wooden shutters in front of their windows are always kept shut. The only time the women appear is to hang their clothes out on the clothesline under the windows.Yesterday the outside of the building was full of light blue cotton underpants, pink T-shirts with high round necklines, colored socks and a bath towel with a comic strip figure printed on it. Something else hanging on the clothesline that was slightly incongruous was a small sleeveless shirt with a low-cut neckline and a tiger motif. The cotton underpants, socks and pink pajamas disappeared later that day, but the shirt with the tiger motif stayed there.I got the impression that the person who owned it didn't dare bring it in, and this made me even more curious as to whose shirt it might be. The next day it was still hanging there, however, as if it had been forgotten. But when I woke up very early this morning to go to the bathroom, I happened to see the owner of the tiger shirt appear from behind the green shutters. She was wearing a black headscarf pulled way down over her face. After looking first to the right and then to the left and stealing a quick glance upward, she quickly snatched the shirt from the line and pulled the shutters closed.


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UK confirms British troops returned to Afghanistan's Sangin district for 8-day operation
LONDON – Britain has sent its troops back to a bloody district of Helmand Province to assist Afghan forces, raising further questions about Afghan readiness to maintain security after NATO forces withdraw.
The Ministry of Defense confirmed Sunday that 80 British military advisers traveled back to Sangin district this month to assist 2,000 Afghan soldiers with an eight-day operation to clear insurgents.
The mission required special permission from Defense Secretary Philip Hammond, according to the Sunday Times, which first reported the operation.
The defense ministry downplayed the U.K. involvement, saying its troops "do on occasion" operate outside their usual area in central Helmand.
Still, it was the first time since the international military coalition handed over lead responsibility to Afghan forces last month that foreign troops offered so much reinforcement.


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They're also a great way for Earthwatch volunteers to follow the progress of projects they've joined.
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Who is best suited to control textbooks: the faculty or the publishers? There are ways to make sure it is the faculty / Joe Moxley
Thanks to inexpensive or free publishing tools and the ubiquitous nature of the web, the faculty can assume the traditional responsibilities of publishers. Faculty members can build massive, global communities around their pedagogical works by licensing them under an open-culture copyright license and by employing peer-review processes to vet publications. When it comes to choosing the most appropriate open-culture license, faculty members have to consider whether they wish to choose a totally open license—one that permits remixing and repurposing of their works—or a more restrictive license that limits derivative works or commercial applications. The development of Writing Commons, an open-education resource, illustrates some of the issues faculty members will face when embracing their power as content creators and publishers. From its beginnings as a text locked behind a publisher's paywall with limited ability to reach its audience, the resource has grown into a popular, global, peer-reviewed academic resource.
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An enchanting fable about the early days of Hollywood. Jean Dujardin plays an American idol of silent films whose career collapses with the talkies, even as a spunky ingenue (Berenice Bejo) begins her rise. It's a silent, black-and-white tribute to silent black-and-white films, and it's simply joyous.
(Silent, with English subtitles)
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo and John Goodman
Rating: Five stars out of five
"We didn't need dialogue. We had faces." That's Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, the over-the-hill silent film star in the 1950 classic Sunset Boulevard. And for those who doubt it, here is The Artist, a miraculous thing -- a new black-and-white silent movie -- that doesn't need dialogue, either. It has faces.
They belong to: George Valentin (Jean Dujardin), a matinee idol with the easy charm of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and the smooth sexiness of John Gilbert; and Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), a spunky ingenue with a toothy smile of boundlessly happy energy. They're actors in the early days of Hollywood, before the advent of talking pictures, when someone like Valentin could grin with such a winning combination of self-confidence, self-deprecation, self-awareness and sheer movie star charisma, that dialogue was redundant.
"I won't talk. I won't say a word," Valentin says -- via subtitles -- in the opening scene of The Artist. We're watching a movie-within-a-movie, an adventure called The Russian Affair, in which Valentin's swashbuckling character escapes from the clutches of the bad guys, rescues his leading lady, and flies off into a happy ending while the orchestra plays a rousing score and the audience cheers.
Nor will he speak. Valentin represents many types in the movie world (Gilbert famously had his career ended by talking pictures), a man who laughed at the idea of synchronized sound. "If that's the future, you can have it," he says, and carries on with his dying career -- his next film is called The German Affair -- even as he becomes redundant.
Coming up behind him is Peppy, who parlays that big smile and an artificial beauty spot into stardom in the new era. The Artist begins in 1927, just as the talkies were getting started, and it unfolds as a pastiche of many Hollywood myths. It's a movie-within-a-movie of its own, a film that uses the conventions of show business (the rising star, the falling idol) to talk about the conventions of show business. It would be ingeniously post-modern if it weren't so happily pre-modern: The Artist manages to be both retro and authentic all at once.
George and Peppy meet by accident (she stumbles into his post-film press interviews) and she becomes an instant celebrity: "Who's That Girl?" asks the headline in Variety the next day. She gets a job as an extra and they meet again on the set, an irresistible scene where George spots her legs tap-dancing under a scrim and does an impromptu duet. They fall in love in a sweet montage of outtakes from the film they're making -- a casual dance that keeps getting longer -- and Bejo has a magically tender moment when she puts her arms into one of George's jackets that's hanging on a coat rack and pretends that it's his arm enfolding her.
Things don't go well, though. She's on the way up, but he's falling, and he finds himself alone and forgotten: A man born to wear black tie and tails can only look at his tattered reflection over a dress shirt in a store window. His only friend is Uggy the Jack Russell terrier, who can both play dead and cover his eyes with a paw. Uggy -- who also has a face that needs no dialogue -- just about steals the movie.
The Artist was made by French director Michel Hazanavicius, who brought his French stars (Bejo is his wife) to Los Angeles to pay loving tribute to American movie history. It's partly a film for film buffs: There are references to A Star Is Born, Singing in the Rain and Citizen Kane. Sunset Boulevard also lurks around every corner: George has a loyal chauffeur (James Cromwell), who keeps up appearances befitting a star, even when the star no longer shines (a scene of a George Valentin poster lying on a rainy sidewalk being trampled underfoot).
The score by Ludovic Bource echoes classic Hollywood, most memorably, the emotional discord that Bernard Hermann brought to Hitchcock's films. (There's a long musical quote from Vertigo in a scene where one character is racing to save another.) John Goodman appears as the quintessential producer, chewing a cigar and gently fulminating. Hazanavicius evokes the feeling of the age by speeding up the film speed slightly and projecting it in an almost square format.
But The Artist is not a museum piece. The familiar tropes -- the tilted rooms, the staircase as metaphor -- are not ironies, but are used as they were intended, and they feel fresh. The Artist is a joyous and enchanting film. "I'm still big," said Nora Desmond, the deluded has-been. "It's the pictures that got small." The Artist makes them big again.
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We found this peanut butter almost right next door in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Like most of the simple great foods in our catalog (e.g., heirloom corn polenta), it's the result of much care and very little processing.
Jeff Koeze sources great Virginia peanuts, brings them north to Michigan in one-ton sacks and then blanches them to remove the skins and keep them from going rancid (a common flaw in a lot of natural peanut butters, I think). He toasts the peanuts in vintage coffee roasters, adds sea salt, then grinds the mixture to the texture of spun silk (a slightly chunky spun silk, that is). The process is nearly identical to when they first started making peanut butter in 1925. As I heard when I visited, "We're not new. We're not improved. We're making the same traditional product that we've made all along."
That traditional product is not an air-whipped, sugar-filled concoction but a natural, intense, rich, mouthwatering sensation that sells out regularly. Get a couple jars, quick.
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Frequents suburban settings across North America, along with open woods, brushy field edges, and deserts. Males vary in shades and intensity of red. Some males are yellow or orange. Females are drab gray-brown overall with plain faces and blurry streaks on underparts. Similar to Purple and Cassin's Finch, but House Finch males are more orangey-red with color equally bright on crown, throat, and breast. Red color is mostly restricted to head and upper chest, contrasting with cold gray-brown nape, back, and wings. Pale sides show distinct brown streaks, lacking red tones. Females lack bold face pattern and have more diffuse patterning overall. Often sings loudly in neighborhoods and visits feeders.
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For thousands of years, the Esquimalt and Songhees South Salish Nations treasured the calm waters of Victoria's Harbour, it's life giving abundance and the security of its protected entrance. Between 1914 and 1916, a 850 metre concrete breakwater was constructed which has became a treasured Victoria icon, recreational site and a revered place for many of all cultures.
In 2009, to honour the traditions and history of the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations, Greater Victoria Harbour Authority sponsored phase I and II of Na'Tsa'Maht - The Unity Wall Mural, a project which transforms the breakwater into an enormous canvas. GVHA continued the project in 2013 with Phase III.
The response to the incredible, original artwork has been powerful and has ignited a vision to cover both sides of the breakwater with the largest mural in Canada, to create the Unity Wall, a public art piece that extends to the sea and creates a bridge between cultures.
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Celebrated artists Butch Dick of the Songhees Nation and Darlene Gait of the Esquimalt Nation are mentoring emerging artists in the creation of the murals of the Unity Wall. Teams of six youth will paint their mentor's original designs on the enormous panels that will make up each phase. Each young artist will also create an image for inclusion in the mural.
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Event Report: RTC 2011 North America21 Jul, 2011 By: Nancy Spurling Johnson
The Revit Technology Conference made its U.S. debut in California, where attendees experienced extensive BIM education opportunities and a little Australian-style hospitality.
The Revit Technology Conference (RTC) 2011 North America was a bright spot during a stretch of "June gloom" in the Los Angeles area. Overcast skies didn't keep attendees from enjoying the beautiful Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa venue, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, or soaking up the opportunities to hone their Autodesk Revit skills, optimize building information modeling (BIM) workflows, and network with fellow Revit fans.
Held June 23–25, the conference was making its first-ever U.S. appearance. Australian architect Wesley Benn founded the conference in his home country in 2005, and the first event drew six speakers and 89 attendees. The conference has grown every year, and RTC 2011 Australasia drew 60 speakers and 450 attendees this past May.
Like the devoted base of Revit users, RTC is led by a dedicated group of volunteers and described as "by users, for users." The event's small size and independence offer opportunities for attendees to really roll up their sleeves, take an honest look at the software, and tackle challenging issues around it.
RTC could not ask for a more perfect leader than Benn, or perhaps more likely, the scope and feel of the event is a direct reflection on the values of its founder. Benn is as open-minded and laid back as he is passionate about Revit and about educating others about how to make the most of the software.
In his well-attended welcome address at RTC North America, Benn cited a Chinese proverb, "It is better to be a dog in a time of peace than a man in a time of war." He half-jokingly went on to offer the famous extension of that theme, "May you live in interesting times" — that is, be cursed to endure a time of turmoil.
Benn was referring to the economy, of course — in particular how it has devastated the field of architecture. "It's a very hard time, but that makes it a time of opportunity," he said. "This is when I learn, this is when I move forward, so when things do turn around, I'm ready." Don't stick your head in the sand, Benn told attendees. "Capitalize on change, capitalize on opportunity. This is the time to push forward and prepare, because it takes a while to be ready."
Radical Changes
Autodesk CEO Carl Bass gave a warm welcome of his own when he agreed to give the keynote address at the inaugural U.S. event. Before an audience of a few hundred, Bass was relaxed and engaging. His demeanor might have been a reflection of his history and appreciation for Revit — he was a guiding force behind Autodesk's purchase of the software — or, as he put it, he was speaking to a room full of people who knew more about the software than he did.
For the latter reason, Bass said, he would not focus on Revit specifically. Instead, he discussed how computer technology in general is radically changing the way we build. He spoke of infinite computing, a concept surfaced by Autodesk last year. As Bass explained, infinite computing means the world has access to computer power that is becoming so affordable that it is essentially infinitely available. He was referring to the cloud, of course, wherein centralized server farms are accessible via the Internet.
To illustrate his point, Bass explained that the amount of computing is doubling every year. The amount of new computing this year will equal the sum of all computing ever created before, and the same will hold true next year, and so on. This march of technology is leading to a "mentality of abundance," Bass said. People today assume there is more than enough computer power to do whatever they need, or they don't think about it at all. "If I had infinite computing," Bass asked rhetorically, "what would I do with it?"
Project Photofly from Autodesk Labs is an example of using infinite computing resources, Bass explained. The experimental technology creates a 3D digital model from multiple photographs of an object; the heavy computing is done on the cloud.
3D scanning is another example of this trend, Bass said. It involves huge files and huge amounts of data and processing power — but is becoming very fast and cheaper all the time. Autodesk Labs' Project Neon, available standalone or as a plug-in for Revit, enables rendering in the cloud. Stratus is a new Autodesk project where users can take structural designs created on a desktop computer and upload them to the cloud for structural analysis.
"Too often to me, design starts to seem like the game of Battleship," Bass said. "The architect says, 'B-2,' and sends it over to the structural engineer who says, 'Miss!' You rethink and resubmit and again — 'Miss!'" With infinite computing, Bass explained, time, cost, and available resources are such that designers can ask lots of questions and explore many different choices to see which are optimal.
Bass concluded his presentation by saying, "Revit has come a huge distance in the last ten years. The next ten will be equally exciting."
Designing a Revolution
I attended numerous sessions throughout the Huntington Beach event. My personal favorite was that of David Conant, a founder (and still a developer) of Revit, titled, "Designing a Revolution: Reflections on Designing Revit from a Napkin Sketch to BIM."
We're in the midst of a "Revitolution," Conant observed. "As Carl [Bass] said, there is as much transformation to come as we've seen."
Explaining the popularity of Revit, Conant said, "Revit gives us the power to think and work like designers again, [to] put away the low-value activities … so the professional can put energy into the things that have the highest value." Revit (and BIM) can help designers provide value for building owners by leveraging all this rich information we're producing, he added.
RTC is as much about networking and socializing as it is about learning, and the California event offered many opportunities for the former, including several extended tea breaks (presumably in the Australian tradition); unstructured lunches on the conference center terrace; a welcome reception in the exhibit area the first evening; a barbecue dinner the second night; and a gala dinner to wrap up the event — all very well attended.
Closing Remarks
The conference portion of RTC 2011 North America concluded with a closing keynote address by Paul Doherty, senior vice-president of software developer Screampoint and a well-known strategist and integrator of process, technology, and business. Doherty's address was titled, "BIM 1.0 to BIM 2.0: The Path Forward."
When the event was said and done, Benn was enthusiastic. RTC North America will likely return stateside in 2012, Benn said, and he talked of a possible East Coast venue such as Boston. Regardless of venue, attendees can probably count on two things: the timing of the event, which unlike Autodesk University (which is held in the fall each year) will remain in the June timeframe to more closely shadow the annual release cycle of Revit; and the size of the event, which organizers are committed to keeping on the small side to maintain the a sense of intimacy.


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Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next decade. Formed by Gira in 1982, Swans employed a shifting lineup of musicians until their dissolution in 1997. Besides Gira, the only other constant members were keyboardist/vocalist/songwriter Jarboe from 1984 to 1997, and semi-constant guitarist Norman Westberg. The band was noted for droning vocals and strange instrumentation. In January 2010, Michael Gira reactivated Swans and released a new album, My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky on September 23, 2010. (read more at Wikipedia)


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Rest in peace, Hud.
You were a living cliche – easily my best friend – who was forced to leave me and the rest of your admirers entirely too soon. We'll never forget all that you gave us over the last five years.
May 7, 2013
Rest in peace, Hud.
You were a living cliche – easily my best friend – who was forced to leave me and the rest of your admirers entirely too soon. We'll never forget all that you gave us over the last five years.
April 24, 2013
Do you know who Jackie Burke is? Jackie Burke! Dude, f'real? First off, if you haven't gone to Secret In The Dirt yet, what have you been waiting for? Second…he's the man. I was reading this and was really struck by this passage…
It is not the average distance you hit a club, but the distance you hit the ball most often. That sounds like the same thing, but I have found though years of harassing poor, unsuspecting amateurs that the "most often" shot is usually five and sometimes as much as 10 yards shorter than the best shot. But the fear of going over the green chides people into being short all day long. Using the most often approach can result in five or more saved shots from not being short, which is a lot better for your score than the one bogey you might make from the career shot that sails over the green.
I like what the great Jackie Burke said to one of his students when he was pondering a club choice. He asked the unsuspecting young star what he could hit over the green. The student responded, "5-iron."
Burke then responded, "Well then, wouldn't that make this a 6?"
Just think about that for a second.
Read it again and try to recall rounds of yours in the past where you agonized over a club selection, checked your GPS or fired another shot with your rangefinder, obsessing over a club choice…we all know how this story ends. Either you try to prove your manliness, not by any real measure of manliness mind you, but by SHOWING THE WORLD that you can hit that 170 yard 8i (my personal favorite) or you get so angry with yourself that you just had to take more club, and instead of putting a smooth swing on it, you SHOW THE WORLD you totally should've taken the 8i as you watch your ball sail 10 yards over the green.
Oh don't even try to bullshit your way around it, I know you're lying. (more…)
April 17, 2013
Ratings from the 2013 Masters, for those of you that care… (Yahoo!)
Adam Scott, the actor, hates Adam Scott, the golfer (Devil Ball)
US Open odds are out and Tiger is the favorite, says Vegas (Devil Ball)
33-7 vs 33-7/4.5 (Geoff Shackelford)
Guan Tianlang received a sponsors exemption for Zurich (Yahoo!)
Will Adam Scott pass Rory and Tiger in the OWGR? (Golf Channel)
The RBC Heritage is squeezing 144 players onto Harbour Town (Golf Channel)
And just for fun… Remember Boo Weekley? (PGA Tour)
April 16, 2013
Yessir, the band is back together. Hell, we even picked up a new member. All the hype, drama, and controversy surrounding the 2013 Masters tournament was too much to keep us away. But we'll get to all that later. All you need to know is that none of us played Augusta this past weekend, which means we're kicking off our 2014 Masters campaign!
A lot happened this weekend at Augusta, but let me first and foremost congratulate Adam Scott. Scott has been one hell of a Tour player for a long time now and the only reason it's taken him this long to win his first big one is that dreaded flatstick. So it's only fitting that he won this tournament with clutch putting. His always impressive ball-striking kept him in the mix, but it was his putting that earned him the prestigious green jacket. (more…)
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Facial hair? (Geoff Shackelford)
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Is the BMW PGA the fifth major? (Golf Channel)
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Tiger's tweet caused some people to talk (Golf Digest)
Will Kenny Perry's Valhalla magic continue on the Champions Tour? (Golf)
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Get in good golf shape (Golf Digest)
With his agent leaving IMG, what will Tiger do? (Devil Ball)
There are not a lot of big names at the Byron Nelson Championship (Devil Ball)
Former USGA Technical Director Frank Thomas talks about the evolution of golf equipment in a new book (Geoff Shackelford)
Charl Schwartzel and Martin Kaymer receive top Euro Tour awards (Wei Under Par)
Tiger's Oprah interview from 2001 (Waggle Room)
May 26, 2011
May 25, 2011
Tiger's agent is done at IMG, will he be the next to leave? (Geoff Shackelford, ESPN)
HP Byron Nelson Championship Power Rankings (PGA Tour)
This week's tee time (PGA Tour)
Picks for this week via PGA Tour (Expert Picks, Sleeper Picks)
Tiger is such a joker! (Devil Ball)
DLIII has earned a spot in the 2011 British Open (Devil Ball)
US Open Qualifiers are tough (Devil Ball)
Seve tribute raised $1 million for his foundation (Golf)
Tiger is doubtful for the Memorial, still aims for US Open return (Golf)
The rules you need to know if you want to take up golf (Golf Digest)
The only number you need to worry about on TOUR is 50 (Golf Digest)
Is Dustin Johnson due for a win this weekend? (Golf Digest)
Fred Couples has withdrawn from the Senior PGA Championship at Valhalla (Wei Under Par)
The "Tee it Forward" program (Geoff Shackelford)


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South Africa
Complete Guide to Waze in South Africa (Under Development)
Thank you for your interest in improving the roads in South Africa. To get started, make sure you are up to speed with the basics of how to use the Waze Map Editor (WME). Editing is a time consuming activity, so it could be handy to use the shortcut keys. Pressing '?' while using WME will pop up a panel showing the supported shortcut keys.
Before you begin, please read the information about Google aerial images and the use of Googze (i.e. don't use it!). Consulting a map book or looking up the name of the road should be ok, but do not trace roads from Google maps or Google aerial images. In areas which have been gated off, Google is not always accurate anyway. Please ensure you read the section on external sources of data as using these may infringe copyrights. It is preferable to use GIS information supplied by local authorities, should this be available.
Start with the Basics
Before you blindly start editing, make sure you look at the Tips for successful editing. Also ensure that you log in to the correct server. The 'www.waze.com' URL is only for USA and Canada. The proper server for the rest of the world is world.waze.com, with the WME editor at world.waze.com/editor.
Check out the Forums
For any general discussions, discussion of problems you encounter, unlock requests or general chit-chat with other Wazers, you should visit the Waze Forums and post a topic there under the relevant section. Please remember to do a keyword search first to see if your problem may have been discussed or may possibly have been resolved before. Do NOT start a new thread without checking first. Announcements are listed on every forum page. If the problem relates to yours, read the announcement first before attempting to post.
The Forum community consists of editors and users such as yourself - they voluntarily assist other editors and users in their free time. The 'Waze Champions' consists of users all over the world that have a wealth of experience with Waze and editing techniques. As with any other form of Social Media, civilized behaviour, basic courtesy and netiquette should be observed.
All the Waze sites use the same Username and Password that you registered with. If you have not yet logged in or registered on the Waze Forums, you can follow this link. Please ensure that you at least set you location (City, Country) in the 'User Control Panel / Profile Tab / Location'. If people can see which part of the world you are from, it usually prompts a faster response to your query. If you post or are active on the forum, add an email address of an account you regularly monitor to your profile. This way you will get notified if someone sends you a private message, or if someone responds to a query you had. You can also set your notification preferences in the Control Panel.
South Africa has a dedicated Sub-Forum located in the Country (Language) Forums section.
Forum participation is one of the areas where South African editors (and users) should become more active in. Following some of the more interesting topics or just the general chit-chats could vastly expand your knowledge - you do not have to post a single thing, but you will be up to date with the latest happenings.
Editing or Creating roads
Choosing the correct road type
Choosing the correct road type is important in correctly mapping out your area. Below is the most common supported road types. When any of the National, Regional or Metropolitan designations (N,R,M) are used as part of the road name, the correct road type should be taken into consideration, especially when the road goes through towns.
If a Freeway type is used where an N road runs through a major street in a smaller town, the inhabitants will never be routed on the main roads in the town if their client option is set to 'Avoid Highways'.
- Freeway
- Freeways are free flowing roads with no regular intersections. Access to Freeways are limited to only on- and off-ramps. This means that there are no stop signs or traffic lights on the Freeway itself. Traffic lights and stop signs are limited only to where the ramps connect to other road types. These are generally your national roads (N1, N2, N3 ...) or motorways (M1, M2 ...).
- Major Highway
- These roads generally have multiple lanes and have very little or no stop signs or traffic lights regulating its flow through intersections. Access to major highways are not via special ramps, but via normal intersections with other road types. They are generally alternate routes leading from one major city to another, and may go through the center of smaller towns. They are generally the regional roads (R roads) (R21, R23, R24, R29).
- Minor Highway
- These are similar to major highways, except that they have traffic lights or stop signs that regulate the flow of traffic on both the Minor Highway itself and on the intersecting roads. They will generally be R roads which are single lane and where 3- or 4-way stops are often found at intersections.
Ramps are used to connect entrances and exits to Freeways and Highways. They should only be used to connect any street type to Freeways, Major Highways or Minor Highways. The 'Ramp' road type should never be used as AT-Grade connectors for creating slipways on non-highway road types.
Primary Street
These are roads that are not highways and are heavily used. This would generally be the fastest route you would take to travel through a suburb or town. Examples in Johannesburg would be Rivonia Road, Bowling Avenue and South Road in Sandton, or Jan Smuts, Rissik and Empire in town.
Service Road
Service roads generally run alongside freeways and highways, allowing access to businesses situated right next to it. In other countries they are also used by emergency vehicles.
In South Africa we generally have a hard shoulder which is used as an emergency lane, and we do not have service roads that lead directly off of our freeways.
Dirt Roads/4x4 Trails
Any public road that does not have a tarred or otherwise paved surface can be considered a dirt road. Private farm roads and trails that are used exclusively as 4x4 trails should preferably not be mapped. They provide no functionality for the general commuter.
Parking Lot Road
As the name suggests, parking lot roads are used to map parking lots for shopping centers and Parkades. It is strongly advised not to clutter the map by drawing every single lane of the parking lot, but just the general exits and entrances and main sections that lead directly to shop fronts. If you map all lanes, do not be surprised if some of your edits are deleted by Area Managers. Parking lot roads are especially useful to 'offload' false traffic jam information at some fast food drive-throughs, or when parking lots are close to main roads and Waze might think you are stationary on the main road.
Private Road
These are roads that are not accessible to the general public. i.e. you need special permission to access these roads. This is for Military Bases and gated communities like secure complexes (think Dainfern in Fourways or the Equestrian estate in Woodmead). Some complexes have multiple entrances that connects to the national grid at opposite ends, and if they are not marked as Private Roads, Waze will incorrectly attempt to route people through there.
Any drivable road that does not fit into the categories above, is a street.
Non drivable road
In general, we do not encourage the use of these categories. They are unnecessary, but some railroads are already mapped. Ensure that you never connect any of these to the normal road network, as Waze will attempt to route traffic across these roads if they are connected to normal drivable road types. The general standard is to set 'Railroad' road types to levels to 9 or -5.
Toll Roads
Roads and ramps that are part of the SANRAL Tolling system, or a Ferry route where payment is required, should be flagged as such by checking the "Toll Road" checkbox.
A complete list of all Toll Plazas, Toll Booths and e-Toll Gantries is available here.
Segments that form part of the GFIP e-Toll Gantry system should not be flagged as Toll Roads until a final decision has been reached on when e-Tolling will become active.
Setting Directionality
After creating a new road, it is important to set the proper allowed direction of travel or directionality of the road. Roads can be 'one way' in a specific direction, or 'two-way' which allows traffic in both directions along the same segment. Normal streets are usually two-way, allowing traffic in both directions along the same segment or portion of the road. Freeways on the other hand are typically mapped as two separate One Way segments that run parallel to one another, with each of the parallel lanes allowing traffic to only flow in one direction.
Setting Turn Restrictions
When you connect one road to another road, verify the correct directionality of all the road segments that you connected. After the directionality is set, you should then set the correct turns that allowed where the roads connect. This is known as Turn restrictions and it enables you to set the turns that are allowed or not allowed where the roads connect to each other. These connections are referred to as 'Junctions' in the editor, and is a mapped version of the actual intersection of the streets. Setting turn restrictions ensures that Waze routing on the map is only allowed in the same directions as what is possible on the actual roadways. If you are not allowed to turn left at an intersection while driving, there should also be a physical turn restriction on the Waze Map, indicating that a left turn is not permitted. A 'Green Arrow' indicates an allowed turn, while a 'Red Arrow' indicates that a turn is not allowed.
Controlling Turn Instructions
It is important to understand how turn instructions are generated by Waze and how proper instructions can be forced by clever editing. In the same way, careless editing or leaving extra geometry nodes can also produce some unwanted or incorrect instructions. Generating turn instructions are discussed in the section on controlling turn instructions.
Setting Road Levels
Normal road levels should be set to 'Level 0'. Where roads intersect without actually connecting, like at Bridges or Highway Ramps, the appropriate levels should be set to ensure that none of the roads over or under has the same level. See Overpasses and Underpasses.
Road Names & Types
If roads appear as red lines in the editor, they are not named and there is no guarantee that they will be visible or even usable by the Waze client application. There are two reasons for properly naming roads : Audible directions and Traffic reports.
Waze uses TTS (Text-To-Speech) to provide driving instructions. In the Android and iPhone Waze clients, the road names are spoken as part of the driving instructions, e.g. 'Turn left into Elizabeth Avenue'.
For traffic reports, the Road Name and City Name portion is used as a visible clue in the report. It is thus important to correctly name and identify the proper location of each road. If you receive an alert that indicates an accident on 'Rivonia Rd', you would have no idea which portion of Rivonia Road is affected. If the report states that it is near 'Rivonia Rd, Morningside, Johannesburg', you would immediately know which portion of Rivonia Road is affected.
The accepted naming convention for the 'Street Name' is to use the proper English name and 'street type' abbreviation for the road name. The accepted name for 'Elizabeth Avenue' or 'Elizabeth Laan' would thus be 'Elizabeth Ave'. Where road names are just numbers, rather stick to what the actual signage indicates for the name, as '21 First Road' is likely not the same place as '21 1st Road'.
Acceptable abbreviations
See Suffix Abbreviations (South Africa) or Suffix Abbreviations for a more general list of suffixes; however, the table below lists the most commonly used suffixes and the Afrikaans equivalents which may be useful to some people.
Numbered routes
South African roads frequently belong to a "numbered route" such as N1 or R25. This designation will usually appear in signage along the route, particularly along freeways and on freeway entrance/exit boards.
In some cases, the route designation is the primary name by which the road is known: for example, the R24 approaching O R Tambo International Airport is named "Albertina Sisulu Freeway" but most people are completely unfamiliar with this name, and very few signs mention it. In this case, only the route designation should be used for the Waze road name: eg. "N1" or "R24". Adding the actual road name (eg. "Albertina Sisulu Freeway" or "Ben Schoeman Highway") as an "alternate name" could be done, but at the moment this seems to serve little purpose; including it in the main name should not be done, as this would add a large amount of clutter to the map while serving little purpose.
In other cases, the road name is primarily how the road is known, while the route designation is secondary. In this case, the route designation should be appended to the road name: for example, "William Nicol Dr (R511)". Even in cases where the route designation is very obscure / poorly signposted, it adds very little to the length of the road name so there is little cost to including it, and it is often helpful when following a route that comprises several different roads as it passes through different suburbs.
|Route format
|Waze road type
|National route
|Major Highway
|Regional route
|Minor Highway
|Regional route
|Primary Road
|Metropolitan route
The designation of national and regional routes is unique countrywide: there is only one N1. On the other hand, metropolitan routes are only unique within a particular metropolitan area: the M5 in Johannesburg is a different route to the M5 in Cape Town.
In the table above, "Waze road type" refers to the "minimum" type that a road should be. For example, the N2 should be "promoted" to Freeway even in the single-lane-highway and urban sections. On the other hand, the R24 is a freeway so should be marked as such even though it only warrants "Major Highway" for its route designation alone.
Actual freeways should always be split into separate one-way road segments; national routes that are not freeways need not be split unless other circumstances require it.
Roundabout segments
See Creating and Editing a roundabout for guidance on this subject. In particular, note that the city name should be set but "No Name" should be checked. Also, in the event of the tiny traffic circles found in some parts of South Africa, it is often best not to create a roundabout; people turning across the traffic circle (in some cases one can just drive directly over it) will often lock to the wrong road segments resulting in map errors being generated and such.
Naming the City
South African addresses are complicated in that they have multiple levels. For example:
Country: South Africa
Province: Gauteng
City: Johannesburg
Town: Sandton
Suburb: Morningside
Waze automatically stores the country, so this is unnecessary. However, the other three are all likely candidates when searching for an address. This is a problem as Waze only allows us to capture 1 entry under city.
Wazers have got round this problem by capturing the Suburb, City. So the above example would be Morningside, Johannesburg. This is the recommended method as just capturing the suburb can cause confusion with people who are not familiar with the area.
Please note that the old municipalities that were merged into the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality should /not/ be used as the city. That is, the suburb of Bryanston should have a city name of "Bryanston, Johannesburg", not "Bryanston, Sandton". The same applies for other metro areas that have undergone municipal consolidation.
Splitting a road
Splitting dual lane roads is not advised as this requires a lot of maintenance with turn restrictions at intersections. A split road will generally cause Waze to start recommending illegal U-Turns if it is not properly created. This includes routing onto an adjacent road, where a U-Turn will be suggested to get back onto the same road again, especially where traffic lights have longer than average waiting periods.
As it is not a simple task to un-split a road, be sure to refer to the sections on when to split or not split a 2-way road and when to unsplit a road. In general, unsplit is preferred; only split roads where it is actually necessary. In particular, please think twice (and post on the forums for good measure) before splitting an existing road; there is most likely a reason it is not split.
WME does not currently support the "Separating Lane" option that the retired Cartouche editor had.
Other Mappable Categories
Waze supports certain Landmarks that can be mapped. Not all types are useful, and Landmarks should be used sparingly.
Traffic Circles can also be created to generate proper instructions for negotiating roundabouts.
Traffic Circles / Roundabouts
If traffic circles are mapped just using normal street types, drivers will not get any special instructions. It is thus important to create them using the Roundabout tool. This way the driver will be notified to carry straight on, or take a specific exit number using an 'At the roundabout, ...' voice prompt.
The best way to create a roundabout is discussed in this section of the Wiki. When multiple different road types all connect to the roundabout, ensure that the proper road type is set to the highest common denominator for the roundabout road type.
Waze supports quite a number of different Landmark types. Adding Landmarks should be done sparingly, as they tend to clutter the map and not all of the landmarks serve any useful purpose.
Some of the landmarks have the ability to suppress traffic generation, like the 'Gas Station' or the 'Parking Lot' type. If Waze detects that you are within any of these landmarks, and you are stationary, it will not generate false 'Traffic Jam' information. It is thus important to ensure that these types of landmarks do not overlap or snap to any of the roads around them, as this will inhibit traffic report generation in these areas.
Tips for successful editing
- Get acquainted with the basics. The Wiki is a reference for both new and experienced editors alike.
- Always keep things as simple as possible. Do not draw all roads exactly as they appear. Dual laned roads causes a lot of complications and errors.
- Before you connect or disconnect any roads to/from existing junctions, ensure that you verify the existing turn restrictions that are in place for all the connected segments.
- Drawing two roads so that they touch, does not automatically mean Waze will route from the one to the other. To allow routing, make sure they form a new junction (round node) if you drag them together. A square geometry node is not a connection. To make your life easier, make sure you always override the "Enable all turns" after creating a junction. Highlight the junction and press 'Q' and then 'W'. This means you can then restrict just the turns that are not possible.
- If you drag two segments together and they refuse to create a connection node, you can try connecting them by dragging one slightly past the other so they cross, and then selecting both segments using the 'Control+Left-Click' method. This would usually bring up the intersection popup where they overlap, allowing you to connect them if you click on it. Click on the extra piece sticking over, and delete that.
- When mapping new areas, always verify turn restrictions after you have created all of the roads. For best results, zoom out to the 100m/500ft zoom level and press the 'Shift-Z' key. This will highlight any turns that are not allowed using the normal Red Arrows around junctions. You can then verify that the correct restrictions are in place by zooming back in to each of the locations where the arrows show up. If they should be allowed, you can select the junction and press the 'Q' and 'W' keys to allow turns. Pressing 'Shift-A' will toggle this functionality on and off.
- When connecting roads, the 'soft turn restrictions' (not visible in the editor) will automatically allow all valid turns for the connectivity based on road directionality. The 'hard turn restrictions' (visible via the red & green arrows) will be set not to allow any turns to and from the newly connected segment. To ensure that soft turn restrictions do not cause routing problems later on, click on the connection node and press the 'Q' key to disallow all turns for soft and hard turn restrictions. You can then allow each individual turn for each segment by selecting the connected segments in turn. If all turns should be allowed for all directions, press the 'W' key while the junction node is still selected.
- Do not add new segments into the middle of busy roads. Rather re-use and split a piece from an existing adjacent segment of the same road. This way the existing speed information and history is retained. Adding a new segment with no speed information or history could initially cause some weird routing if the segment goes live on the map. This might then persist until new history is built up for the newly added segment.
- If you need to move two connected roads far from where they currently are, disconnect them from each other. To do this, click the road, then click and drag both of the junctions where they connect, away from the main junction. As roads cannot be moved with WME while retaining their geometry or layout, you would be better off deleting all the geometry nodes by hovering over them while holding the 'D' key down.
- To select multiple roads, hold down the 'Control' key while click on the roads.
- When looking at URs (User Reported problems) or Map Problems, always test existing routing on the Livemap if the problem involves invalid routing. If the problem is not evident, you can always ask for assistance in the Waze Forum. If you cannot work out what the problem is, it might be a small piece of a road underneath. Try moving some of the roads out the way to see if a latent piece of road was left cut off when a junction was added.
- Some members of the Waze community has written a few helpful scripts that helps identifying problems. Use them to your advantage. A complete up to date list is available at Community_Plugins,_Extensions_and_Tools.
- WME Color Highlights - Highlights problems in WME
- UR Overview - Manage URs and Cameras in WME
- Livemap UR Overlay - Shows where URs are located on Livemap
- Livemap Navigation - Turn-by-turn instructions in Livemap
- Learn the shortcut keys. They make life a lot simpler!
A lot of Frequently Asked Questions are already covered in the current editing FAQ.
The Glossary explains some of the abbreviations and terminology used in the Waze world.
Waze User Manuals
The currently supported version of Waze is v3.5. Version 3.5 is unfortunately only supported on Android Smartphones and Tablets and on iPhone and iPad devices. Here is the Generic v3.5 User Manual.
For users with other smartphones or older versions of Waze, the v2 and v3.2.2 user manuals are listed below. Even though not all of the latest functionality is supported, it will help you understand the functionality provided by the client interface.
Final words
Just have fun and happy Wazing. Hope to see you on the roads soon!


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Reality star Rob Kardashian is being investigated by the Los Angeles police department over a reported criminal threat, E! News confirmed.
According to TMZ, there were allegations Kardashian physically threatened actor and singer Pilot Jones, who recently appeared in photos kissing Blac Chyna. However, it is unclear when the photos were taken.
Kardashian made no mention of the photos or the investigation but Chyna used Instagram to comment on the growing allegations.
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"Ok let's state facts !!! I been quiet for too long!!! So JC Pilot Jones whatever the f--k his name is has already tried to put out a story saying that he's the potential father of my child," she wrote on Instagram Thursday, claiming the photos were a result of a ploy to make Jones' partner jealous." Mind you at the time I THOUGHT THIS WAS MY FRIEND and I didn't see a problem with it!!! This was over two years ago people !!! I never had sex with him ! NEVER EVER!"
"Like you really stooped this low ?!?! Coming for a B--ch that's due in a few days ! Really trying to start beef with my Fiancé !!! Your a f--king joke ! You just played yourself !"
The drama comes roughly a month ahead of Chyna's Nov. 16 due date. The Lashed owner was recently spotted without Kardashian at a car dealership buying a new Rolls Royce. "A little gift to myself for working this hard all year!" she wrote on Instagram. "Cant wait to bring my baby girl home!"
However, Kardashian took to Instagram to praise Chyna and share his motivation to shed their "baby weight" together. "Oh yeah we snapping back," he wrote on Instagram with a photo split of him looking trim with Chyna in a bikini. "Baby will be here in 4 weeks and I'm done with carrying this pregnancy weight me and my baby gonna be righttttttt ,,, MOTIVATION TIME we almost there Chy."
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The past couple of years have seen a renewed focus by occupiers on CBD offices judging by where the majority of leasing activity has taken place. Rather than any real challenges facing decentralisation, this phenomenon can be largely explained by three key reasons: the narrowing rental premium between CBD and decentralised rents, supply-side factors and the competition for talent.
Decentralisation continues to be a value proposition to both landlords and occupiers. The decentralised market tenant profile is markedly more diversified which can mitigate economic fluctuations that can adversely affect office take-up of key sectors. At the same time, the rental premium between CBD and decentralised rents is expected to expand over the next two to three years, providing greater incentive for cost conscious occupiers to decentralise.
At the end of the day, a strong Singapore growth story will be good news for the entire office market - both within and outside the CBD. After all, it is not uncommon for a metropolis to have more than one core business district.


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Booking is now open for TheatreCraft 2013, the 'beyond the stage careers fair' that takes place on Friday 22 November from 9am to 3pm.
Hosted by the Royal Opera House, TheatreCraft is a free event for anyone aged 16 to 25 who is looking for a non-performance career in theatre. From directing to stage management, make-up to marketing, lighting to costume, TheatreCraft offers a fun and unique glimpse into the behind-the-scenes world of theatre.
Attendees on the day can take part in workshops led by theatre professionals; explore the vibrant marketplace of theatres, training providers and theatrical suppliers; and join in at the 'Ask the Experts' zone for one-to-one careers advice. New for this year, there will also be networking hubs where attendees can make connections with their peers.
Holly Parker was one of more than 800 people who attended TheatreCraft last year. 'Whether you have a definite arts career path you'd like to follow, are curious about the different directions you can take within theatre, or are after an insight into how the industry works, TheatreCraft can help,' says Holly. 'My one-to-one session with an industry professional was invaluable, and without that I doubt I'd be in the job I am today. TheatreCraft really opened doors for me.'
Last year, amongst professionals from across the industry, Royal Opera House staff led workshops on lighting, make-up, costume, armoury, education and marketing. This year, attendees will also be able to meet Royal Opera House apprentices and hear first-hand about their experiences.
Full details of this year's programme will be announced shortly. However, you can reserve your place now and register for news updates on the TheatreCraft 2013 website.
If you are already working in the industry and would like to exhibit or volunteer your services on the day, please email Greg Jauncey.
Find out more about employment and work experience opportunities at the Royal Opera House.
TheatreCraft is organized jointly by Creative & Cultural Skills, Masterclass at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, Mousetrap Theatre Projects, the Royal Opera House and the Society of London Theatre.


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On 09/06/2012 10:11 AM, Steve Faulkner wrote: > Hi Sam, > > I am certain that moving all ARIA out of HTML5 will not lead to an > increase in consensus. > > We have one isolated issue which the 'jurisdiction' argument has been > raised. I would suggest that it has no bearing on every other aspect > of ARIA in HTML5 which resides in 3.2.7 WAI-ARIA [1]. > > Why not take out the isolated piece and work on that in a separate > document? or remove it and work on it in HTML.next? Its not as if any > implementers are champing at the bit to implement what is currently in > the spec that is causing the issue right? I welcome a concrete proposal which identified any and all areas where joint ownership is warranted. My only intent was to identify a potential upper bound on what that content would be. If we can identify a much smaller set, that clearly would be preferable. > [1] http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/wai-aria.html#wai-aria > > regards > SteveF - Sam Ruby > On 6 September 2012 14:52, Sam Ruby <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >> On 09/06/2012 09:21 AM, Steve Faulkner wrote: >>> >>> Hi Sam, >>> >>>> As this may take some time to resolve, I would like to Robin Berjon to >>>> scope >>>> out what it would take to split out all ARIA integration from the HTML >>>> document into a separate spec that could proceed at a different pace from >>>> the rest of the document, and with the intent that said document could >>>> become a joint deliverable of the HTML WG and the PFWG. >>>> >>>> It looks like there currently are approximately 150 occurrences. >>>> >>>> $ grep "\baria\b" source | wc -l >>>> 149 >>> >>> >>> As one of the people who has spent the last 5 years working on getting >>> ARIA integrated into HTML5 I find the suggestion of removing it >>> entirely because of one isolated issue, odiuous and inappropriate. >>> >>> We have worked through many, many issues on ARIA integration and while >>> I am not entirely satisfied with the result, it is much better to have >>> it in than out. I cannot fathom why this would be even be suggested. >>> >>> I for one would rigorously object to any such moves. >> >> >> Acknowledged. >> >> Recapping the path that got us to this point: >> >> * We had extensive discussion over a long period of time which >> produced two proposals, and a decision that chose one of the two. >> >> * This produced a Formal Objection that appears to reject both >> proposals as acceptable solutions (which indicates a lack of >> participation) and cites an unwillingness to "cede decisions" >> >> I hope you will agree that a lack of participation coupled with an >> unwillingness to cede decisions is a particularly deadly combination. >> >> The current state: >> >> * We have a set of proposals for the path forward and -- this is >> the key part -- NO ACTIVE DISCUSSION OR SCHEDULE. I will note >> that one of those proposals is from a co-editor of ARIA 1.0 >> itself. >> >> The paths forward: >> >> 1) Active and vigorous discussion resumes, leading to the selection of >> one preferred alternative that everybody can live with. If that >> occurs, I can assure you that the chairs will quickly and >> enthusiastically adopt said consensus. >> >> 2) Split out the portions where there is overlapping jurisdictions >> and make it a joint deliverable. This is the less preferred >> of the two approaches. I don't even know what the impact of >> doing so would be, but given that discussion has ceased, it would >> only be prudent to scope out such, and I've asked Robin to do so. >> >>> regards >>> SteveF >> >> >> - Sam Ruby >> >> >>> On 4 September 2012 23:03, Sam Ruby <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 08/30/2012 04:58 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 21, 2012, at 1:57 PM, Philippe Le Hegaret <email@example.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 00:09 -0400, Judy Brewer wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Given the dependency on an unknown date (decision availability >>>>>>> on Issue 204), and the overlap with scheduled vacations, we >>>>>>> request a date of [Issue 204 decision availability] + 3 weeks, >>>>>>> with the understanding that if we can have it ready earlier we >>>>>>> will do so. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> After doing some back and forth on this, including looking at the >>>>>> impact on the timeline, I suggest that the Chairs start the survey >>>>>> related to issue 30 on August 31st, and no later than that. If >>>>>> changes have to be made to any of the change proposals, those must >>>>>> be made before August 30th, 5PM EDT. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> At the request of the Director and the W3C Team, the Chairs are >>>>> holding off on the ISSUE-30 survey until an unknown time, but no >>>>> sooner than Wednesday next week. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The latest outlook has now been revised to be "no sooner than 11 Sept". >>>> >>>> Current status on the expedited formal objection[1] is that it identifies >>>> a >>>> single paragraph to be removed. Two proposed replacements have been >>>> identified: >>>> >>>> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=18744#c0 >>>> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=18745#c2 >>>> >>>> We have some indication that WAI ARIA would be the right place to discuss >>>> proposed wording: >>>> >>>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2012Aug/0284.html >>>> >>>> No time schedule was mentioned for providing said wording. >>>> >>>> The same minutes suggested that "jurisdiction" was a key concern. The >>>> formal objection itself makes a similar case. >>>> >>>> As this may take some time to resolve, I would like to Robin Berjon to >>>> scope >>>> out what it would take to split out all ARIA integration from the HTML >>>> document into a separate spec that could proceed at a different pace from >>>> the rest of the document, and with the intent that said document could >>>> become a joint deliverable of the HTML WG and the PFWG. >>>> >>>> It looks like there currently are approximately 150 occurrences. >>>> >>>> $ grep "\baria\b" source | wc -l >>>> 149 >>>> >>>> Note: this request is just to scope out the effort, not to make the >>>> changes. >>>> The request is to get this information together -- possibly incomplete -- >>>> by >>>> September 11, noon ET. >>>> >>>> - Sam Ruby >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > >Received on Thursday, 6 September 2012 14:17:06 UTC
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2013 British & Irish Lions
'It was always going to be Gatland'
Ben Kay
September 4, 2012
Warren Gatland alongside Sir Ian McGeechan back in 2009 © Getty Images
I wasn't hugely surprised when the new 2013 British & Irish Lions coach was named; it was always going to be Warren Gatland. He's the right man for the job - you look at his pedigree, his record over the years along with his ability to win things and you look at what's about and you keep on coming back to him. His coaching staff will be a vital element and he's got a good wealth of talent at his disposal and I genuinely feel that the way Australia are at the moment then this is as good a shot as the Lions will get at winning a series Down Under.
Now that Gatland's in the hot seat, his first priority should be nailing down his coaching staff. I think Rob Howley will probably stay with Wales but there are some other good guys out there. He'll need a team that's capable of dealing with the midweek side as well but you don't want it to become a separate entity. Leinster's budget is quite high but they have been the standout team in Europe for a number of years and they play a great brand of rugby so when filling that backs coach role then Gatland could do a lot worse than opt for fellow Kiwi Joe Schmidt when tackling Australia. Alongside the pair, I think Graham Rowntree has been exceptional for England and obviously Shaun Edwards and Gatland have a strong relationship with Wales so he'll probably link up.
You look at Edwards' pedigree and he's a top defence coach, although he will probably be keen to ignore London Irish's performance at the weekend. But that heavy loss came right at the start of him trying to implement his strategy and the challenge for Edwards, from a Lions point of view, will be to decide what style of defence the team will play.
It will be easier and more forgiving to play a style of drift defence that is not as aggressive as the style they had at Wasps. That tends to need more time for the players to become accustomed to purely because a lot of the players don't play it as their primary defensive pattern.
But on a Lions trip you need inspirational coaches and characters and you need people who will get some response out of the players and get that extra 5% to make up for the fact that they haven't had the time working together that you'd usually get in a club or international side. And this environment is not only generated in the playing staff.
Ben Kay was on Lions duty back in 2005 © PA Photos
Away from the field the medics are also vitally important for that. The likes of James Robson, the Scottish doctor, have led the medical side on previous Lions trips alongside Phil Pask and then you have the fitness coaches - individuals like Craig White who have a lot of experience on Lions tours. They are the sort of figures I imagine who Gatland will be looking to bring in, they are more than just a fitness coach or more than just a physio - they give the team the necessary x-factor off the field. They are people with tried and tested experience of what it means to be on tour with the Lions and they are capable of creating the winning environment that is needed to keep the momentum and the morale up over the duration of their time away.
And I'm sure that Gatland won't make the same mistakes that fellow Kiwi Graham Henry was said to have made back on their tour of Australia in 2001. He's worked under Sir Ian McGeechan in 2009 as his assistant and he has learnt from the best. You speak to any of the players on that trip and they say it was one of their best rugby memories and they need to kick on from that now and come back as winners and also create that atmosphere that separates the Lions from anything else you do in rugby. I saw his quote saying he wants a squad of "good players but tough buggers" and he will want a group that will look to accomplish something that under normal circumstances they probably couldn't.
A Lions tour is something very special and I think Gatland will have learnt that from Geech but equally he will have learnt that from his own experiences and I'm sure that is what he'll look to bring to the tour.
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10 Reasons to Be Excited for 2013
Aw, another year? Really? More taxes, annoying celebrity Instagram photos, and Taylor Swift boyfriend scandals? That's not what we signed up for when we totally bought into that Mayan Apocalypse thing, universe. We just don't know if we can take another Swifty break-up. We'd take the Rapture any day.
Still, there are some legitimate reasons to be excited that we made it out okay, even without John Cusack's help. From the return of a beloved, quirky sitcom to one of the most badass blockbuster concepts ever, behold our top 10 reasons to be excited for 2013:
Big-Screen Blockbusters
Pacific Rim: Pacific Rim is a Guillermo del Toro-directed sci-fi thriller, where the likes of Jax from Sons of Anarchy (Charlie Hunnam), Stringer Bell from The Wire (Idris Elba), and Charlie from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Charlie Day) team up to create giant, man-controlled robots to fight the alien monsters who sprouted from a crack in the ocean. If you're not already peeing yourself, we can't help you.
Man of Steel: What our world needs most — even more than its own Superman — is a good movie about Superman. After the disastrous Superman Returns incident of 2006, we were hesitant when it was announced that Henry Cavill (The Tudors) would put on the suit for yet another remake. But when we learned that Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark… you get our drift) would produce, and when the stellar cast assembled, we felt better. Then the trailer came out, and now we're just ridiculously excited.
Star Trek Into Darkness: We really enjoyed the franchise's first go-round back in 2009, and having J.J. Abrams back at the helm — as well as American Horror Story baddie Zachary Quinto as Spock — gives us confidence for the sequel. Oh, and Benedict Cumberbatch plays the villain, so there's that.
NEXT: Small-screen wondersReally Good TV
The Following: We've already seen the pilot for the new Kevin Williamson drama, which stars James Purefoy as a behind-bars serial killer with a terrifying worldwide following (get it?) and Kevin Bacon as the FBI agent who has no choice but to stop him. It. Is. Terrifying. Also, it's unlike anything you've ever seen on network TV. Do give it a shot — unless you enjoy sleeping at night.
Arrested Development:
New episodes of Arrested Development seven years after its cancellation? Come on! This must be an illusion, Michael. But it's true — production began last summer, and 12-15 episodes (featuring cameos by beloved guest stars like Liza Minnelli, Henry Winkler, Mae Whitman, and Judy Greer) will premiere on Netflix early this year. But one major question remains — whatever happened to Steve Holt?
Bates Motel: A weekly look into the relationship between Psycho's resident psycho (Norman Bates) and his mother, starring the kid from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Freddie Highmore) and movie star Vera Farmiga? Sounds pretty cool. Add some enticing trailers and the fact that it's produced by Lost guru Carlton Cuse, and we're sold.
The Americans: FX has proven itself to be a go-to network for quality drama (we're talking to you, Sons of Anarchy, Justified, and American Horror Story), and the idea of a show about Cold War KGB agents posing as everyday Americans is pretty awesome — especially when you throw in Keri Russell as the main agent, who is in an arranged marriage with another agent (Matthew Rhys). Oh yeah, and they have kids who have no idea that their parents could be activated at any second.
NEXT: From the page to the screen (finally)
Our Favorite Books, As Movies
The Great Gatsby: "He smiled understandingly — much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced — or seemed to face — the whole eternal world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey." Sigh. We love you, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and we're hoping that Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Baz Luhrmann and co. do you justice. If not, that'd be a bigger crime than hitting Myrtle with a car.
Ender's Game: Here's a reason to stick around until November: A big-screen adaptation of Orson Scott Card's devastating sci-fi novel Ender's Game! The story of a brilliant boy whose childhood is stolen when he's picked to save the world from aliens has been haunting parents and kids alike for generations, and we can't wait to see what director Gavin Hood can do with it.
World War Z: Sorry, Walking Dead — we love you, but Max Brooks' World War Z is arguably the greatest work of zombie fiction in the land. The things human beings will do for survival — and they ultimately do survive — when faced with fear, abandonment, and uncertainty are explored via multiple eyewitness accounts told to a U.N. employee in the novel. The film is taking a different approach — the U.N. employee (played by Brad Pitt) isn't trying to explore the catastrophe after the fact, he's the tried and true action hero trying to save the day. We like the first idea better, but are excited to see what Marc Forster has done with the source material.
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