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Clinton's Obama challenge
In private meetings and public statements ahead of her book's publication, Hillary Clinton and her allies have presented a united front with President Barack Obama, highlighting their transition from campaign rivals to Cabinet confidants.
Yet in the weeks before her memoir, "Hard Choices," hits the shelves, news accounts have detailed instances of substantive foreign policy disagreements between the two while she was secretary of state – from the Russian reset to Syria to the U.S. embargo against Cuba.
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Clinton's relationship with Obama presents a delicate challenge for the former secretary of state as she rolls out her book this week and potentially a presidential campaign months from now. She does not want to appear disloyal to her former boss but could use some separation given his anemic poll numbers. She'd have to have Obama supporters enthusiastically on board a presidential campaign, while fending off Republican attempts to depict her as representing a third Obama term.
( Also on POLITICO: 10 key passages in Clinton's memoir)
Her allies dismiss as simplistic the prism through which Clinton is seen as either with Obama or against him, but Republicans are already seizing on any ray of daylight between them, which further complicates her challenge.
"Her record is our record," former National Security Council and Obama adviser Tommy Vietor, who has joined Clinton's team to handle response to her book, told Democrats at a recent briefing in Washington.
In her book — a manuscript of which was sent to the White House for review before it was printed, two sources told POLITICO — Clinton writes about some of the foreign policy debates in which she differed with the president, from whether to arm Syrian opposition rebels to whether Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak should leave office quickly amid the Arab Spring protests.
Foreign policy is not typically an issue at the forefront of voters' minds in presidential races, but that may be different if there's a former secretary of state on the ballot.
( PHOTOS: Hillary Clinton's life, career)
To that end, describing her often hawkish approach to foreign policy at State is less about Clinton positioning herself as strong – polls show voters believe she is – than it is about not getting dragged down by a president who, according to public opinion surveys, is increasingly seen as ineffective.
"Obama's taken a lot of hits on foreign policy. He's not seen as a [strong] leader," said Ian Bremmer, a foreign policy expert and president of the nonpartisan Eurasia Institute.
Clinton allies insist they aren't trying to have it both ways by creating competing narratives. The majority of the time Obama and Clinton were in sync, they said – and to the extent there were differences it was because the president created an atmosphere in which advisers could offer differing opinions that he would weigh before he made up his mind.
"That's part of the tension of running to succeed a president — you've served in that administration, you have to display that there's a track record there but also you'll be your own person," said Lawrence Korb, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
A prime example was a recent Wall Street Journal article that revealed that Clinton, as she was getting ready to depart Foggy Bottom, wrote Obama a memo that the attempted "reset" in the relationship with Russia had crumbled and should be abandoned. Obama stayed with it for many months, only fully abandoning the effort when Russia invaded Crimea.
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The memo is significant because Clinton became the face of the "reset" policy, and took the most heat after a botched effort at handing a Russian official an actual button that was supposed to say "reset" but had been translated to a different word. In her book, Clinton reportedly writes that it wasn't a great day for U.S. "linguistic" skills.
One former State Department official told POLITICO, "The president wanted a Cabinet that had vigorously debated the issues in front of him and [to] hear all the arguments and that's what he got and I think it would be strange to do it any other way."
Still, Republicans have seized on breaks between Clinton and Obama on foreign policy to try to create a wedge between them.
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In the early discussions of a possible trade of prisoners with the Taliban to release captive Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, The Daily Beast reported last week in a story based on information from former State Department officials, Clinton had been skeptical of a trade for the soldier and wanted to do it only under very strict conditions.
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Clinton's concerns about a potential prisoner swap had been reported previously by Michael Hastings in Rolling Stone magazine in 2012, although without the same level of detail.
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With talks of the Army Builder 2-Pack being revealed at next year's SDCC, I began wondering about the possibilities for several arm builder figures.
Hordak has the Horde Troopers and King Randor has the Royal Guards. But Skeletor's Hoover Bots are a no-go right now and his 200X skeleton warriors would be rather tough (and expensive) to translate into this line.
But there still are the Skelcons!
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An inmate set a blanket on fire Wednesday night at the Lafourche Parish jail, causing about a one-hour evacuation as the smoke spread through the facility, the Sheriff's Office said Saturday.
An inmate set a blanket on fire Wednesday night at the Lafourche Parish jail, causing about a one-hour evacuation as the smoke spread through the facility, the Sheriff's Office said Saturday.
There were no injuries or damage, the Sheriff's Office said.
Skylieur Hayes, 21, of Thibodaux, started the fire by sticking a metal object surrounded by toilet paper into a power outlet, Deputy Brennan Matherne said.
Sheriff Craig Webre said the fact that an inmate was able to reach an outlet at all is "one of a whole myriad of issues" with the jail that was built in the 1970s, and the incident is one of "a huge list of reasons why a new jail is appropriate."
On the day of the fire, Hayes asked an unnamed inmate to cover a security camera, threatening to beat him if he didn't, the Sheriff's Office said. After he covered the security camera, investigators believe Hayes set the blanket on fire. The inmate who covered the camera had been beaten the day before by Jovonta Johnson, 20, of Thibodaux, investigators said.
Inmates alerted correctional officers to the fire about 7:15 p.m., the Sheriff's Office said. Correctional officers moved the inmates in that block to another part of the jail and then found the smoldering blanket. They put out the fire with a fire extinguisher.
The other inmates were later evacuated to the recreational grounds right outside the jail, Matherne said. Thibodaux Police arrived to supervise inmates, and the Thibodaux Volunteer Fire Department used large fans to clear smoke from the facility. Firefighters deemed the jail safe to return to about 8:30 p.m.
The fire was not the first one set in the Lafourche Parish jail, Webre said.
"Although it doesn't happen often, it's happened before," he said.
Hayes was charged Thursday with aggravated arson and simple assault.
In Louisiana, one can be charged with assault for the mere threat of an attack, Matherne said.
Johnson and Hayes have been separated from each other, Matherne said. Whether they were working together is under investigation.
Webre said his correctional officers, Thibodaux Police and firefighters "did a remarkable job."
"They are to be commended," he said. "Jails, by their natures, are places where people have idle time and will seek every opportunity they can to disrupt the operations of the facility. They don't abide by rules or laws — that's why they're in jail. You have to constantly be alert for anything they may do to create danger or create a problem. Part of it is being aware of the surroundings, doing surprise inspections and having good training and policy. The other part is using modern building technologies and appliances that have been developed to minimize opportunities for inmates to disrupt things."
Webre said that's why a new parish jail must be built, echoing what he, parish officials and council members have been saying for years.
"The jail itself is overcrowded," he said. "It's antiquated, it's obsolete, it's expensive and it's outlived its useful life."
Hayes was originally serving a 30-day sentence after being charged with contempt of court and accused of a probation violation. His bond has been increased from $10,000 to $115,000, the Sheriff's Office said.
Johnson is charged with simple battery, the Sheriff's Office said. He was in the jail on charges of armed robbery and aggravated assault. He had also been serving a 90-day sentence after being charged with resisting an officer, disturbing the peace and two counts of contempt of court. His bond has been increased from $350,000 to $355,000.
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I'm a bit confused about the different types.
What is the most seen type?
What is the most powerful type?
What is the Coolest type?
Reliant121 wrote:The most common, from the films anyway, would have been the Imperial I/Imperial II class star destroyers (often shortened to ISD). These are the ones featured in the original trilogy.
Most powerful...I'm no export but I'd think a Pellaeon?
Coolest? hard, as its subject to personal opinion, but I'd undoubtedly go with the Venator.
alexmann wrote:Thank You. I've been told there are about a dozen different types + Super Star Destroyers but I thought there was 2, Normal and Super
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Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S 4, the next in its line of popular Galaxy series Android handsets, at a theatrical event this evening at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
The Android handset looks similar to its predecessor, right down to the rounded edges, curved body, and plastic chassis, not to mention that signature Home button. It is 136mm long, 69mm wide, 7.9mm thin, and it weighs 130 grams—taller, thinner, and lighter than the Galaxy S III. It comes with a 5-inch AMOLED display with a 1080p resolution. All of this is powered up by a 2,600 mAh battery.
The flagship model's SOC will be an eight-core Samsung Exynos 5, which uses ARM's big.LITTLE technology to meld together four fast CPU cores with four slower but more power-efficient cores and seamlessly switches between them. However, not all markets will get the Exynos-equipped phone. The alternate SOC choice is a 1.9GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro.
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Re-assessment of property in Carlton County
Due to the recent flooding in the Carlton County area and Carlton County being in a State of Emergency, it is the responsibility of the County Assessor to inspect and re-assess all properties damaged in the disaster areas.
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Post by Stefan of Tokyo Whisky Hub.
This week is a pretty exciting week for whisky enthusiasts based in
Tokyo or those living a little farther out but willing to make the trek.
On Wednesday, September 26th, the annual Modern Malt Market
will be held. As always, this will be an afternoon-only event, so not
everyone will be able to make it. This year, I'm lucky enough that it
coincides with a day off from work so I'll let you know what you missed
(sorry, that was cruel). The usual suspects will be there, and
Springbank, BenRiach/GlenDronach, Duncan Taylor, Glenfiddich and Diageo
are all sending brand ambassadors over, who will be giving seminars as
well. On the Japanese whisky front, the major players will be
represented (Suntory, Asahi/Nikka, Kirin) and Akuto-san of Ventury
Whisky (Hanyu/Chichibu) will be there too - so this will be the first
chance to taste the new Chichibu "The Peated" and - hopefully - some
other treats as well. It's a great event, so if you've got an
understanding boss - but, let's face it, who does? - or have what it
takes to pull a sickie, you know you'll be smiling that day.
On Saturday evening (September 29th, from 7pm), Shinjuku's Golden Gai is
the place to be. That's pronounced "guy", by the way, for those of you
who just frowned their eyebrows reading this. Nicholas Coldicott and
yours truly will be hosting a Japanese whisky night at Chotto Bar.
The line-up is pretty stellar, if I do say so myself: there will be
some whiskies from the Ocean era (i.e. the pre-Kirin Karuizawa era), a
rare Rouge Cask Karuizawa, half a dozen "cards" (all different cask type
finishes) and a few other older releases from the Ichiro's Malts
series, some very old Suntory stuff, a Sendai 12 year old, a couple of
Toyo whiskies, a rare private Eigashima bottling and - brace yourself -
the Hakushu 25 year old (which Jim Murray rated 93/100 and called "a
malt which is impossible not to be blown away by", and who are we to
argue with Mr. Murray) - all of these at prices that you just won't find
anywhere else on this planet, and if you think that's a bold statement
to make, I challenge you to come and see for yourself. Did I mention
there is no cover charge? Anyway, most whisky events in Tokyo (and
elsewhere in the world, I imagine) are PR-driven - that is to say, they
focus on promoting current and/or imminent releases. It's not very often
that you get the chance to take your nose and palate on a little trip
down memory lane, and while my involvement in this event calls for a
certain measure of modesty, honesty compels me to say that the chances
of seeing all the beauties listed above ever again in one place,
available for everyone's taste buds and wallets, are ... well, quite
frankly, nil.
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The Raiders could get Darren McFadden back this week.
The running back has missed the last three games with a high ankle sprain, but he's been able to practice this week and earned a questionable designation for Sunday's game against the Browns. Coach Dennis Allen didn't go any further than saying that McFadden would be a game-time decision and McFadden also stopped short of declaring himself ready to go for this week's game.
"I'm just working hard," McFadden said, via Paul Gutierrez of CSNBayArea.com. "Whatever happens when Sunday gets here, I'm going to roll with it."
If McFadden does play, he could share a backfield with Terrelle Pryor. Allen said that the team anticipates putting the second-year quarterback on the 46-man roster for Sunday's game.
There were reports earlier this week that the Raiders were talking about how to use the 2011 supplemental draft choice as the season winds down, although it isn't clear how much or in what role they'll use him. He'll be the third quarterback this weekend, which means Matt Leinart will also be active, and the Raiders could try some packages designed to make use of Pryor's speed.
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Nutrition for babies in the NICU
Feeding babies in the NICU is quite different from feeding healthy babies. When babies are sick or premature, they are often not well enough to breastfeed or take a bottle. Premature babies may not be able to suck effectively, or their GI (gastrointestinal) tracts may not be mature enough to digest feedings. Babies who are medically unstable are often unable to take regular feedings. Babies with umbilical catheters and those who need help breathing, such as with a mechanical ventilator, may not be able to be fed because of the risk of problems such as aspiration (breathing food into the lungs).
IV fluids and parenteral nutrition
Many babies in the NICU receive essential fluids and electrolytes through an IV (intravenous) tube in a vein. Some babies may need a special preparation called parenteral nutrition (PN) or hyperalimentation, which has nutrients they need until they are able to take milk feedings.
The contents of IV fluids and PN are carefully calculated for each baby. Calories, protein, fats, and electrolytes including sodium, potassium, chloride, magnesium, and calcium are all important components. Babies need calories, protein, and fats for adequate growth and development. Fluids, electrolytes, and vitamins are needed for proper functioning of the body's systems.
Blood tests help determine how much of each component a baby needs and the amount of each nutrient can be increased or decreased accordingly. Daily weights and keeping track of a baby's urine output also help monitor fluid needs.
Monitoring your baby's electrolyte and blood levels
Some babies have too much or too little of certain electrolytes or other components in the blood. As a result, some common problems include the following:
Hypernatremia. High amounts of sodium (salt) in the blood.
Hyperkalemia. High amounts of potassium in the blood; can be diagnosed by blood test, or by changes in the baby's heart rate pattern.
Hyperglycemia. High amounts of glucose (sugar) in the blood; diagnosed by blood tests, often done by heel stick; some babies may need insulin to control high glucose levels.
Hypoglycemia. Low blood sugar; usually treated with IV fluids containing dextrose (another form of sugar).
Hypocalcemia. Low calcium levels in the blood; usually treated with calcium in IV fluids.
Is your baby ready for milk feedings?
Even babies younger than 28 weeks gestation can benefit from milk feedings. Very early preterm infants are given trophic feedings in very small amounts by tube feeding. Trophic means that these feedings help the digestive tract mature and grow. The amount of milk is very slowly increased over days to weeks. Once your baby is able to handle large enough amounts of milk feedings, IV fluids and PN can be slowly decreased.
Sick babies may not be strong enough to suck effectively. Premature babies may not be physically mature enough to coordinate sucking, swallowing, and breathing. Or they may be too weak to suck for long periods of time. Sucking is the earliest sign that a baby is getting ready to practice feeding by mouth. It also has a calming effect. The best place for the baby to practice sucking and learn to feed is at the mother's breast. However small pacifiers designed for premature babies may be used for comfort and practice when mothers aren't available. It also seems to be helpful for premature babies to have drops of their mother's colostrum by mouth even if they aren't mature enough to feed by mouth.
Feeding your baby in the NICU
The following are some ways babies may be fed in the NICU:
Gavage or tube feedings. Premature babies, especially those younger than 32 to 36 weeks gestation, often can't be fed from the breast or bottle. Gavage or tube feedings may be needed until the baby learns to suck well. For gavage feedings, a small flexible tube is placed into a baby's nostril or mouth and passed down into the stomach. The tube is usually left in place until the baby is consistently able to feed by mouth. At first, tiny amounts of breastmilk or formula are given through the feeding tube. Because of their small stomach size, very tiny babies may be fed using a pump that slowly delivers the milk in small amounts. As the babies grow, they are able to slowly take larger amounts at each feeding. Before each tube feeding, a baby may be checked for residual. This is the amount of milk in the stomach left over from the last feeding. If the amount of residual is higher than expected, it may mean the baby is not digesting food well.
Cup or spoon feedings. Some NICUs use soft flexible feeding cups or shallow feeding spoons instead of bottles for babies who are learning to breastfeed.
Nipple feedings. Feeding practice from breast or bottle can begin as soon as babies are stable and are able to suck well. Your baby will probably begin to practice feeding by mouth while still being tube fed. Even if a baby shows interest and participates in a feeding, it can be tiring. It is always important to pay attention to behavioral cues that show tiredness. If you are using a bottle, it's important to help your baby pace the feeding. Learning to feed by mouth is a gradual developmental process that can take several weeks for premature babies. So it's normal to take only occasional small amounts by bottle or at the breast. To find out how much milk a baby is transferring at the breast, he or she can be weighed before and after the feed using a special scale. As your baby increases the amount he or she can safely and comfortably take by nipple, the amount in the tube feedings can be decreased.
Why breastmilk is important and how lactation consultants can help
A mother's milk is the preferred milk for all babies, especially the most premature babies. Breastmilk contains all the nutrients needed for growth and development. Although commercial formulas are designed to be close to human milk, most are based on cow's milk protein. This is different from human protein. The proteins and fats in breastmilk are more easily digested. Because of these differences in digestion, formula may not be as well tolerated. In addition, breastmilk contains antibodies and other immune factors from the mother to help protect babies from infection. This is something that commercial formulas don't have. This protection is especially important when babies are sick or premature and have higher chances of developing an infection. Necrotizing enterocolitis, an especially dangerous condition in very premature infants, is more common in babies who don't receive breastmilk. In the longer term, more breastmilk feedings seem to lead to more brain growth for premature babies.
Very premature babies may need supplements added to breastmilk to meet their increased needs for protein, calcium, and phosphorus. Even if your baby can't breastfeed, you can pump your breastmilk and it can be stored for gavage or nipple feedings. Depending on the amount of milk needed for feedings, donor milk or formula may need to be given temporarily in addition to a baby's own mother's milk. Donor milk is pasteurized before it is given and may lose some nutritional value. But it is more beneficial for premature infants than formula. It is an important option when the mother's breastmilk is not available.
Certified lactation consultants (IBCLC) are nurses or other healthcare providers who are specially trained and certified to help women with breastfeeding. In the NICU, these professionals can help you and your baby become comfortable nursing. They can also teach you about pumping and storing your breastmilk for your baby. Because learning to feed by mouth is a process that can take babies several weeks, you will likely need to keep expressing milk even after leaving the NICU.
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Based in New York and Los Angeles, Helios and Matheson Analytics is an information technology services provider offering a range of technology platforms that are focused on big data, artificial intelligence, business intelligence, social listening and consumer-centric technology. Helios and Matheson is parent company to MoviePass, a movie theater subscription service that allows film enthusiasts to attend up to one movie per day for a subscription price. MoviePass currently has more than 2 million subscribers, and is accepted in 91 percent of theaters.
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Overplaying my hand.
Back in the late '90s, I had a company in the internet space called Farmbid.com Which was all about agriculture. We had gotten all these eyeballs on it, and I was out raising money from venture funds to take the company public down the road.
Eventually, I had these big investment bankers at the table wanting to give me money and take the company public. I got a little greedy, and started playing one banker against the other, trying to get the best deal possible, all involving hundreds of millions of dollars. Deep down, I knew I was pushing my luck, but I wanted to score the best deal, and stretched things out for probably a good 90 - 120 days.
Then, the dot-com bubble happened. We were about 60 days away from going public. I remember sitting in my office, watching CNBC, when Marc Faber came on and said that Safeguard Scientifics said it would no longer be funding anymore business-to-business dot-com companies. It was like all the spigots turned off, after that.
Everything stopped, and we got no funding.
Everybody waits for the perfect deal, but there's no such thing.
The Lesson:
Don't wait too long to move on things that you know, deep down, you need to seize upon. This is especially true when it comes to money from Wall Street; you never know when some big event will shut down all your funding sources.
I move a lot quicker now. With MoviePass, for example, I've raised hundreds of millions of dollars in the last six months. I went out and did a $480 million shelf registration with Wall Street -- I never have to worry about money for MoviePass again. I didn't wait for anyone, and I went with my gut.
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Seniors Ken Kemp (Dublin, Ga.) and Shaun Keaton (Albany, Ga.) joined sophomore Josh Hurst (Athens, Ga.) as the Bobcats took three of the five spots under first-team distinction.
The team is part of a new season-long program recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of PBC student-athletes in the classroom as well as on the field. To be eligible for the All-Academic team, a student-athlete must 1) participate in at least half of his/her team's events and be either a starter or significant contributor; 2) achieved a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and 3) completed at least one full academic year at his or her current institution. The Peach Belt Conference Sports Information Directors oversee and select the teams.
Kemp leads the team in GPA at a 3.53 in biology, the top average among the conference's first team selections. Keaton owns a 3.48 in health education and Hurst a 3.50 in management. The three selections for GCSU were the most by any squad to make the two teams.
Keaton earned All-PBC distinction for the second time this season, also getting selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II All-Star Game. He averaged 17.6 points per game, dropping in 89 three-pointers on the season. Kemp tied Hurst for the team average in rebounding at 6.0 per contest. Kemp averaged 7.3 points per game, with Hurst averaging 6.3 per game.
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When my friends at Fort Magic contacted my family to review one of their super awesome fort building kits,
I don't know who was more excited, the girls or me! I really do have the best job ever.
We love to build forts and I am frequently asked to sacrifice kitchen chairs, sofa cushions, hair bands, and clothespins for the tiny architects who live in my house! I'm all for imaginative play but it gets frustrating for me and the girls when they are asking to drag my chairs into the backyard or upstairs to the playroom so they can build their latest fort, castle, storefront, or emergency vet clinic!
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014
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I Choose Happy...
That is why I took a blogging break. But there was more to it than that, and there still is. I was also grieving and broken. I lost one of my very best friends to cancer. Then another good friend and co-worker to cancer. I also lost my grandmother and watched two more of my best friends get diagnosed with cancer, one of them was last week, one of them was two weeks before I moved. It has been a lot to process. Relocating and moving are never easy. Moving across the country to a state you've never been too is also a lot to process. Burying friends and family is hard. Cancer is awful and it's WAY too close to home for me, if you've read this post about my husband, you know why.
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Roger Simon has harsh words for the anti-administration leakers who violated their oaths and committed crimes by exposing the SWIFT program, and for the journalists who aided and abetted the criminals:
They are stoolies.
A man or woman of genuine courage would stand up and be identified if what they were leaking were truly in the national interest, no matter what the consequences to them. They would be heroes. Not here. These people are snitches, maneuvering behind the scenes for their own personal or political advantage. Our media manipulate these folks who in turn manipulate our media. It is as far from heroic as one could imagine. These are the very people you wouldn't want with you in a foxhole. In fact, you wouldn't even want to turn your back on them at a cocktail party.
[W]hat we have are newspapers that like to consort with stoolies for their own ideological advantage. But just as in the old saw that if you lie down with dogs, you get fleas, if you lie down with stoolies you turn as corrupt as they are. It may only be the leakers who will ultimately be prosecuted in this affair, but it is the media that publicize them whose already tarnished reputations will never recover.


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The following steps are mandatory:
Now, the important sections in more detail:
Usually it is not necessary to compile kdelibs and Qt from source to be able to compile Rocs. The current master branch of Rocs only requires development packges of the following framewoks:
Those package are usually indicated by a trailing "-dev" in the package name, as provided by your favorite distribution.
You can fetch the sources from the Rocs Project Page by cloning the Git repository. Let's say you fetch the source to: "$HOME/rocs-source"
Next, we need folders for building and for installing Rocs. Let's say
Then we need to say the build-scripts that those folders exist. Very comfortable this can be done by using the program cmake-gui. Take care to set the following:
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Upon his return to New York City, Alfred Stieglitz quickly established himself as a photographer with photographs of the city that mimicked the Impressionist paintings he saw in Europe. He also founded and edited a small magazine called Camera Notes promoting innovative photography. Due in large part to Stieglitz efforts, photography demanded to become an art medium, at first imitating painting, then moving beyond that to emphasize those artistic advantages it held over the other arts. Perhaps Stieglitz's greatest single work has much the same qualities as a painting. His classic photo, The Steerage, produced in 1907, appears to show the hopeful arrival of Emma Lazarus' "huddled masses" from Europe's overpopulated countries on its lower level juxtaposed against the wealthy first class arrivals on the upper level. In fact, the ship, upon which Stieglitz was a passenger, was Eastbound, thus the so called "huddled masses" were returning to Europe.
The trip was a fateful one for Stieglitz. There he met Pablo Picasso for the first time, to whom he showed the photo, The Steerage. Picasso was said to have admired it greatly. In Paris, Stieglitz met a number of other avant-garde artists, and when he returned to this country, he brought some of their paintings with him. He began showing them in his tiny photo gallery at 291 Fifth Avenue, side by side with artistic photographs by himself and others. His was the first gallery on these shores to display work by Picasso, Braque, Matisse, Duchamp, and Monet, to name just a few. In later years, he moved toward photographic portraiture with his artist-wife, Georgia O'Keefe as his primary subject. Meanwhile, his 291 Gallery remained a focal point in the evolution of avant-garde art in this country, both photography and painting, until the building was torn down in 1917. Alfred Stieglitz died in 1946, as revered by painters as by photographers.
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Google needs next generation smartphones like the Google Motorola "Moto-X" to help improve paid smartphone conversions and increase CPC not to mention Google ad revenue. Google has always made less money on smartphone ads than ads on PCs / laptops because smartphone conversion rates are much lower. This is a problem because more and more users are searching on smartphones and mobile devices instead of PCs and laptops. In order to increase smartphone ad revenue and meet future Wall Street expectations, Google must increase cost per click (CPC) for smartphone ads. To increase CPC for paid search ads on smartphones, Google must improve the quality of smartphone search results and improve paid conversion rates.
Delivering relevant paid ads to users at the right time on smartphones is difficult. The problem is, smartphone queries currently lack context. In order to accurately discern user intent for smartphone queries and return useful search results, search engines need contextual clues. According to Google, "context is one important key that drives search behavior. User context drives what people search for, and the actions they take." For example, is the user currently at home, walking down the street, driving in a car, out of town, on vacation, at work, in the country or in a major city? In the future, answers to questions like these will help Google return better results and better target ads.
The Google / Motorola "Moto-X" smartphone is the first smartphone to provide the contextual clues necessary for smartphone search. Moto-X includes a vast array of sensors that actually detect its surroundings. These sensors are able to capture all kinds of contextual data. As a result, Moto-X knows when it is in your pocket. It knows when you are driving and operates differently based on the context of your surroundings. According to Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside, "Moto-X is "more contextually aware of what's going on around it and allows you to interact with it in very different ways than you can today with other devices."
Google is not spending $500,000,000.00 to market the Motorola Moto-X because they plan to quit search and sell smartphones. Google needs additional data to improve emerging core products like smartphone search in order to increase smartphone conversions and revenue.
"We live in a world of abundant computing, with multiple operating systems and increasing number of the devices. And it's a very different environment from when Google started. There was essentially one OS, and one device category, the PC. These kind of changes don't happen that often. Once a decade, maybe even less. The shift from laptop to mobiles, from on screen to multiple screens, create a tremendous opportunity for Google. With more devices, more information and more activity online than ever, the potential to improve people's lives is immense. Getting you the right information, just when you need it, creating the tools to make everyone more effective at home and at work, and helping you share and remember the moments that matter in life."
- Larry Page, Google CEO and Co-Founder
Organic search marketers need to be aware of upcoming changes related to smartphone search. Google is expected to start taking actions against problematic smartphone related search issues in the near future. Google does not recommend or "want" websites to offer a different "mobile" version. Instead Google recommends offering one site which is accessible on multiple devices. Finally, keep context in mind when creating content and ensure Schema.org markup is properly integrated into webpages and emails.
For those like me who are interested in the latest smartphone statistics, here is my list. If you have additional interesting stats for 2013 please feel free to share.
Smartphone penetration statistics 2013: Growth 2011 - 2013:
- Smartphone penetration Q1 2011 31%
- Smartphone penetration Q1 2012 44%
- Smartphone penetration Q1 2013 56%
Smartphone Usage Statistics:
75% of Americans bring their smartphone into the bathroom.
33% of smartphone owners would rather give up TV than their smartphone.
61% of users only look at first page search results on their smartphone.
85% of smartphone users expect webpages to load as fast if not faster than on their desktop.
90% of smartphone owners use their smartphone while at home.
87% of smartphone owners use their smartphone while on the go.
77% of smartphone owners use their smartphone while shopping.
72% of smartphone owners use their smartphone while at work.
68% of affluent Americans use a smartphone.
Smartphone Shopping Statistics 2013:
79% of smartphone owners are smartphone shoppers.
90% of smartphone shoppers use their smartphone to pre-shop
43% of smartphone shoppers use their smartphone to browse
77% of smartphone owners have researched a product or service online using their smartphone.
32% of smartphone shoppers use their smartphone to find specific product merchants.
31% of smartphone shoppers use their smartphone to get product information.
44% of smartphone shoppers use their smartphone to compare prices.
61% of men have made a mobile purchase
31% of smartphone shoppers use their smartphone to check product availability.
19% of smartphone shoppers use their smartphone to read product reviews.
44% of smartphone shoppers use their smartphone to get promotional offers.
35% of smartphone users have purchased a product of service on their smartphone
80% of smartphone owners want more information in stores.
89% of smartphone users notice mobile ads
61% of smartphone owners search with their smartphone on a daily basis.
33% of consumers have searched for online coupons via their smartphone.
Smartphone Local In-Store Shopping Statistics for 2013:
58% of smartphone shoppers use their smartphone to get directions to the store.
57% of smartphone shoppers use their smartphone to get store hours.
84% of smartphone shoppers use their device for research while shopping in a store.
82% of smartphone users use search to research products in-store.
74% of smartphone owners use their device to make offline purchases.
42% of smartphone shoppers use their device for research for more than 15 minutes while shopping in a store.
39% of shoppers that walk out of a store without making a purchase are influenced by smartphone usage.
48% of men use smartphones to research products in-store.
38% of women use smartphones to research products in-store.
26% of consumers have made in-store purchases using a mobile coupon.


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Letters to the editor
Fructose fever
I was fascinated by the article "Sweet confusion" (SN: 6/1/13, p. 22) about the ambiguous health effects of high fructose corn syrup. I was surprised, however, to find little mention of taste, flavor and satiety. I can clearly recall from my childhood the satisfaction from a bottle of Coca-Cola. The transition in America in the 1970s from sucrose to corn syrup as a sweetener in soft drinks was brought home to me in my travels to Central America in the '80s and '90s, where cane sugar was still used as a sweetener. Drink a soft drink with cane sugar and you are satisfied. Satiety is the key to the obesity epidemic.
Art Vaughn, Warren, Ohio
Vast quantities of high fructose corn syrup have been added to our diet. Is it safe? After reading the article, I think not. Don't you think it's up to the industry to prove to us that it is safe?


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Enjoy a 5-Course Dinner for $14 at the Highline Classic Jazz Festival March 10
Burien Arts, presenters of the Highline Classic Jazz Festival, has announced that you won't have to leave the Landmark Event Center to eat dinner – they've arranged with EJ's Customer Catering to prepare a gourmet dinner for festival attendees on-site.
Diners can choose between London Broil or Ginger Sesame Salmon with sides of Mediterranean Quinoa; Organic Green Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette, Maple Spiced Pecans, and Gorgonzola; breads and spreads and assorted desserts and a drink. That drink includes wine or beer as well as soft drinks or coffee, and again it's only $14.
EJ's will also be providing refreshments from $1.00-$5.00 including beer, wine, bottled water, coffee, and soft drinks. For those that don't want dinner, but can't live without desserts, EJ's will have assorted desserts for $4.
This years' event will have more jazz than ever with eleven bands participating in two music venues, and more styles of music including Straight Ahead Jazz classics, early and mid -20thcentury jazz styles, from Dixieland, Gypsy Jazz and Western Swing to Big Band Swing.
For more information click here, or call 206-244-7808.
The fourth annual Festival is presented by Burien Arts, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing affordable access to visual and performing arts in the Burien/Highline area, and by Landmark Event Center, a 1926 historic building overlooking Puget Sound. It is sponsored by Cedarbrook Lodge & Copperleaf Restaurant, 4Culture, SoKing Internet Radio, Alaska Airlines, New Balance Chiropractic and the City of Burien, Parks, Recreation and Culture.
The Landmark Event Center is located at 23660 Marine View Drive South in Des Moines.


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"The Princess and the Monster," Friend, May 2013, 26–27
The Princess and the Monster
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another (John 13:34).
Was Erin including Alexa—or making a monstrous mistake?
Erin had it all figured out. Alexa could be the monster! "She's kind of big and slow compared to us," Erin thought. "We can outrun her, and Alexa can still be part of the game." It was perfect!
At recess, Erin told her friends Samantha and Natalie that Alexa had asked to play Monster and Princess with them. At first, Samantha seemed annoyed. "I thought we didn't want her to play with us," she said.
"I said she could be the monster," Erin quickly explained. "We'll have a real monster instead of a pretend one."
Samantha slowly smiled at the news.
Erin told Alexa the rules of the game. "The monster lives in the castle behind the baseball diamond," she said. "He tries to capture the princesses while they're picking magic flowers in the castle garden."
"What happens if I catch someone?" Alexa asked.
"You lock her up in the tower," Samantha said. "She has to stay there until the prince rescues her."
"But who's the prince?"
"He's pretend," said Natalie. "Let's play!"
Alexa made a great monster. She stomped and growled and swung her arms in giant circles, trying to catch the princesses. The other girls squealed and dodged and ran away.
When recess ended, Erin patted Alexa on the back. They were both panting from running so much. "You were great!" she said.
"But I never caught anybody," Alexa complained.
Erin thought about that. "Maybe we should get caught sometimes, or we'll never get to meet the prince."
For several days, the girls played Monster and Princess at every recess. Alexa got better at capturing the other girls. She'd grab their arms in her big hands and haul them, screaming, to the tower. It was more fun than ever!
One day at recess, Erin noticed that Alexa wasn't running to the ball field as usual. "Come on," Erin called. But Alexa didn't move. Erin ran over to Alexa. "What's the matter?" she asked.
"I don't want to be the monster all the time," Alexa said. "Can't I be a princess too?"
Erin was stunned. It had never occurred to her that Alexa might not want to be the monster. After all, it was a great game, and she was getting to play. But fair was fair. "OK," Erin said. "I'll be the monster today. You can be a princess."
Alexa smiled. The two girls ran to the field where Samantha and Natalie were waiting.
By the end of recess, Erin was nearly in tears. It was awful being the monster! She couldn't catch anybody! And every time she got close, the girls would run off screaming! Erin felt frustrated and strange, like she really was ugly or creepy. It wasn't fun at all!
During silent reading time, Erin thought about the game. How had Alexa stood being the monster for so long? Suddenly, Erin realized that kids had always sort of treated Alexa like a "monster." They often treated her like she was ugly or different. The game had just been another way to do the same thing! Erin realized she hadn't been kind at all! She felt ashamed, and she said a prayer in her heart. "I'm sorry! Help me to fix it."
At the next recess, Erin called her friends over. "Let's go back to having a pretend monster," she said.
"Why?" Samantha asked.
"It's not fun being the monster. Nobody should have to do it."
Samantha looked at Erin for a long moment. Then she shrugged. "Whatever," she said.
Erin and Alexa smiled at each other. Then they ran out to the field together.


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Banh Cuon Recipe (Steamed Rice Rolls)
Bánh cuốn is a Vietnamese specialty made with a very thin, steamed, loosely rolled, rice flour crêpe. The recipe is not that complicated but assembling the rice rolls can be delicate. Unlike French crêpe, the batter is made from combined rice flour, tapioca starch and corn starch, which makes bánh cuốn very flimsy and harder to manipulate. The first rice flour crêpe is never perfect, and I usually thin the batter with more water as I cook them, so they don't turn out too thick. The filling remains exposed since the rice roll is nearly transparent.
This time, I made a meat version with chicken. You could always make the rice flour crêpe with a vegetarian filling if you prefer. I tucked into each rice roll a filling of seasoned ground meat (I used chicken), wood ear mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, water chestnuts and dried shallots. Typically, bánh cuốn is sprinkled with fried shallots (or onions) with nước chấm (fish sauce). I served shrimp cakes and fried taro cakes on the side along with mounds of steamed soy bean sprouts, combined with cilantro, Vietnamese mint (rau thơm), shredded cucumber, lettuce, lime wedges and green Thai chiles.
It's not the prettiest meal, but it's a flavorful, earthy (thanks to the mushrooms), light meal dish. If you want to improve the presentation and avoid tearing, drizzle the rice roll with a little oil and expose the smooth part of the bánh cuốn on top to hide the wrinkly side.
Yields: 8 servings8 shallots, thinly sliced
4 tablespoons canola oil, as needed
½ pound ground chicken
2 cloves garlic, finely minced
½ teaspoon red chili powder
6 fresh wood ear mushrooms, finely chopped
1 cup shiitake mushrooms, finely chopped
½ cup canned water chestnuts, finely chopped
1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger (see tips)
1 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
1 teaspoon mushroom seasoning salt (or regular table salt)
1-½ cups rice flour
1 cup tapioca starch
½ cup corn starch
6-¼ cups cold water, as needed
½ teaspoon salt
3 cups soy bean sprouts, steamed
3 cups combined cilantro, Vietnamese mint (rau thơm), shredded cucumber and lettuce
1-½ cups nước chấm
The day before:
In a saucepan, heat the canola oil. Add the shallots. Pan-fry until golden. Transfer to a plate (don't drain). Let cool. Set aside.
Place the ground chicken in a large mixing bowl. Add 2 tablespoons fried shallots. Mix well. Add the grated ginger and red chili powder. Season with ½ teaspoon mushroom salt and pepper. Using food service disposable gloves, mix the meat. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Remove the remaining shallots from the oil and reserve separately.
The following day:
In a pan, heat 2 tablespoons of the reserved shallot-flavored oil. Add the garlic and cook until slightly golden. Add the ground chicken mixture. Cook for about 3 minutes. Add the shiitake and wood ear mushrooms and water chestnuts. Stir-fry for another 3 minutes. Add 2 more tablespoons of fried shallots. Taste the meat. Season with more mushroom seasoning salt and pepper if necessary. Transfer to a plate. Set aside.
Making bánh cuống batter: In a bowl, whisk the 3 flours together with the water. Season with ½ teaspoon salt. Stir well; make sure there are no lumps. Add 2 tablespoons of oil.
Assembly time:
Using a silicone brush, coat a flat, non-stick pan with the reserved oil. Stir the batter one more time and ladle a thin layer (count about 3 tablespoons of batter) into the pan. Lift the pan and then tilt and rotate it until the batter is evenly spread and forms a nice, very thin disk. Drizzle with a little oil. Cover with a lid and let it steam for a few seconds. Once the color becomes slightly transparent-white, place a little mound of the chicken-mushroom filling and delicately, loosely fold opposite ends toward the center (where the filling is). You want to make sure not to over-fill the rice roll; otherwise the bánh cuốn might tear or the excess filling might burst out of the sides while folding. The rice sheet should be shiny in texture and the rest should look wrinkly. Transfer to an individual serving plate, inverting the bánh cuốn, so the filling is still seen through the rice roll and exposed and the top of the rice flour crêpe looks smooth.
Wipe the pan clean with a paper towel and repeat the same procedure until all the ingredients are used. Pour a little more oil into the pan before beginning the next bánh cuốn. Stir the bánh cuốn batter as you go for uniform consistency (and thin the batter with more water if necessary).
Sprinkle the top with the reserved fried shallots.
When ready to serve, serve the bánh cuốn with steamed bean sprouts, combined cilantro, Vietnamese mint, shredded cucumber and lettuce served on the side and drizzle with nước chấm sauce.
Bon appétit!
This recipe yields about 40 rice rolls. I usually count 5 per person.
I like mixing 1 part chicken breast with 1 part dark meat (chicken thighs). I find the result to be more moist, as dark meat is more flavorful and has more fat than chicken breasts. I usually grind the meat using the attachment of the KitchenAid. Just make sure to remove all the bones prior to grinding! You could also add shrimp to the filling.
Fresh Wood Ear Mushrooms.
You can find wood ear mushrooms in any Asian store. I was pleased to find that my local Asian market now carries fresh wood ear mushrooms (I usually use the dried version). They're grown locally in Half Moon Bay (CA) and they're sold in 6-ounce packages. They're flavorless but they give an interesting, chewy texture to the filling.
I used water chestnuts for a crisp, crunchy contrast with the ground chicken. You can find water chestnuts sold in flat little cans in any Asian stores.
You can buy rice flour at the stores but I prefer grinding my own, so I know all the nutrients are preserved. I use the Nutrimill brand mill. If you cook a lot, this machine might be very useful to make any kind of flour.
Mushroom seasoning salt brings a very distinct, earthy flavor to the filling. You can find it at gourmet specialty stores or in most Korean stores. If you live in the Bay Area, check out Marina Foods, 10122 Bandley Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014.
Little reminder on how to make freshly grated ginger: Clean the ginger root and remove any dirt. Peel the ginger root with a paring knife (or the edge of a spoon). Grate the ginger with a fine mesh Microplane. Gather about 1 teaspoon of grated ginger root.
Another common side for this dish is chả lụa. I sometimes add chả lụa gà (Vietnamese-style chicken ham; it's a thick cold sausage that is tightly wrapped and steamed in banana leaves). It's sold in Asian stores in San Jose. Our family friend Jeannie steams her own at home. It's delicious!
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MSFT Strong As Market Rises Stocks are on the rise to kick off the new year as ISM Manufacturing report beat expectations and data out of China overshadowed ongoing European debt fears. Shares of MSFT are up ~2% with the rest of tech. Upcoming catalysts include Windows 8 next year; entrance into the tablet market (see below); Windows Phone 7 / Mango rollout and adoption with hardware partner Nokia; strides against current market leaders in cloud computing; making money in the online business, including integration of Skype and improving the search / display business; and continued evolution of Kinect and next generation Xbox. The stock currently trades at 7x Enterprise Value / TTM Free Cash Flow.
Supply Chain Readying For Wintel Tablets In The Second Half Of 2012 ( DigiTimes) PC vendors Acer and Lenovo are set to launch tablets based on Microsoft's Windows 8 in the third quarter of 2012, according to supply chain sources. These same sources believe Wintel-based tablets will have strong potential in the enterprise market where users still have demand for familiar Microsoft-developed applications. Shipments of iPad accounted for 60% of the tablet PC market in 2011 and with an expected 50% on-year shipment growth, Apple is expected to maintain its share at around 60% in 2012.
Microsoft Expects IE Browser Share To Be 25% In December, On Windows 7 Machines (BetaNews) According to Roger Capriotti, Internet Explorer Marketing Director, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) has passed both Firefox and Chrome in market share, and will soon be the number one browser among Windows 7 users. This is based on data from Net Applications. That said, not all IE8 users are upgrading, and Internet Explorer (all versions) continues to drop as Google's Chrome browser continues to rise in large jumps across the world. It's estimated that IE lost 55 million users in December.
Microsoft Is An Undervalued Dividend Stock (Seeking Alpha) Microsoft has had earnings growth over the last decade similar to McDonald's (one of the winners of 2011) but the perception that Apple is the tech stock of tomorrow and Microsoft is the tech stock of the past has investors passing. Cash and short-term investments of $57 billion and a payout ratio of around 25% imply continued growth in the dividend. The dividend has grown every year since it was initiated in 2003 with a total increase to date of 900%. Further increases should help the stock price.
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If there was any remaining doubt that video and computer games are as much a valid medium for telling stories and communicating ideas as books, plays, music movies, television shows and other media, today's U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a California law should lay those to rest.
In a 7-2 decision, the court ruled that California legislation banning the sale of violent video games to minors violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Writing for the majority – which included both liberal and conservative justices – Justice Antonin Scalia said:
Like the protected books, plays, and movies that preceded them, video games communicate ideas—and even social messages—through many familiar literary devices (such as characters, dialogue, plot, and music) and through features distinctive to the medium (such as the player's interaction with the virtual world). That suffices to confer First Amendment protection.
You can read the full opinion here [PDF], along with a concurrence written by Justice Samuel Alito and dissents by justices William Breyer and Clarence Thomas.
This means that games with intense violence, such as Grand Theft Auto or the recently released Duke Nukem Forever, can be purchased by those under 18 in California. It should be noted that lower courts also declared the ruling unconstitutional, and it was never enforced there.
The decision emphasizes that new technologies and media are not exempt from First Amendment protections, even though it may be a "challenge" to do so. At this point, I don't think you can even classify video and computer games as "new", but it's clear that they're both art and an important form of storytelling. And just as with movies and books that may use violent imagery to make a point and, yes, to entertain, games deserve the protection of the First Amendment.
The court also made the point that violence is not the same as obscenity, which can be regulated in terms of access by minors. While a state can protect minors from being harmed, the court argued "that does not include a free-floating power to restrict the ideas to which children may be exposed."
Ultimately, the court is saying it's not the government's place to dictate whether minors can have access to violent content. That's the job, ultimately, of parents.
Time to step up to the plate, Mom & Dad.


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3 iPad Apps Worth Checking Out
If you have been looking at apps for your new iPad, here is a site I came across the other day. With so many apps available this could help decide what to download.
Author Peter Meyers stress-tested thousands of options to put together this irresistible, page-turner of a catalog. Inside these pages, you'll find apps as magical as the iPad itself.
Click the "Read More" link for the apps...
3 iPad apps you probably haven't heard of, but are worth checking out
Pete's review: "It helps you discover new music, mainly indie artists. An addictive and simple visual browsing interface makes it a snap to swipe through, sample, and listen to lots of bands. Each song also comes with built-in, lyric subtitles so you can understand what the heck these people are singing about."
Pete's review: "This is a weird app, but it's so original. It takes the fireworks-sculpting concept and implements it with rain drops rather than colored particles. It throws in a dose of Brian Eno-style ambient music and tries to shoehorn a story into the production. For anyone interested in what 'born digital' entertainment will look like in the years ahead, this one's a must-have."
Pete's review: "It should be called 'Sound — where did the last hour of my life go? — drop.' This music-making tool is built and ready for non musicians. It looks like a game of Pong. You position line segments around the screen and then unleash a drip drop of small sound-generating pellets on whatever lines you've arranged. Each line can produce a different tone — xylophone, guitar, piano, and so on. The distance the dropping pellets travel controls their pitch."
Click this link and find more: Best iPad Apps.
Best iPad Apps
The Guide for Discriminating Downloaders
By Peter Meyers
O'Reilly Media
December 2010