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Several months after its debut, the Nexus 7 is still an excellent tablet. The 8GB version is gone and the tablet now starts at $199 for 16GB. Paying $249 nets you the 32GB version, and the 32GB version with HSPA+ is available for $299.
Since the debut of the Nexus 7, we've seen the release of three major small tablets: the Kindle Fire HD, the iPad Mini, and the Nook HD. Each tablet has its own strengths; your choice will eventually come down to which tablet best fits your needs.
However, thanks to its low price, great battery life, sharp screen, and complete and open Android 4.2 environment, overall, the Nexus 7 is still the best small tablet you can buy.
Aside from its new SIM card slot and slightly heavier weight, the Nexus 7 with HSPA+ is identical in look and feel to the original Wi-Fi-only version. It's yet another black tablet in a long line of black tablets; however, it does its best to break from the cookie-cutter mold of most slates. Chief among those efforts is a leathery, grippy back texture, similar to what we've seen on the Acer Iconia Tab A510, but with both "Nexus" and "Asus" embossed on it. It may not look like much, but this seemingly small bit of design panache makes the tablet one of the most comfortable I've ever held.
Then there's the bezel. Held in portrait mode, the right and left side bezels of the tablet are refreshingly thin, while the top and bottom are thicker than what I usually find on 7-inch tablets. While the thicker bezels can be useful as a place to rest your thumbs while holding the tablet, they are a bit too thick for my taste and make the tablet feel needlessly long.
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Speaking of holding, the Nexus 7 is noticeably lighter than the Kindle Fire HD, but isn't as wispy as the iPad Mini or Nook HD. It's the same thickness as the Fire HD and a bit thinner than the Nook HD, but it can't compete with the iPad Mini's slightness.
When the Nexus 7 is held in portrait mode and viewed from the front, the 1.2-megapixel front camera sitting in the middle of the top bezel is its lone distinguishable feature. On the right edge toward the top is the power/lock button, closely followed by the volume rocker. Following the right edge down and around to the bottom reveals a headphone jack, with a Micro-USB port in the middle of bottom edge. Right above that, on the back, is a horizontally aligned 2-inch-long speaker slit. The HSPA+ version of the tablet houses a SIM card slot in the middle of the left edge.
That's it, though. No memory expansion, no HDMI-out, and no back camera. Their exclusion is likely a cost-saving measure, but this simplified design also serves to make the tablet that much more approachable for the tablet layman.
Android 4.0, the second
If you've seen Android 4.1 on the Wi-Fi version of the Nexus 7, visually you'll have a good idea of what to expect from version 4.2. It has the same controlled, focused feel and is less intimidating to the uninitiated than the typical Android tablet interface. It also feels less constrained than its original implementation.
The now-familiar tray on the bottom of the home screen is by default filled with Google services apps such as Play, Music, Books, YouTube, and Magazines. There's also a folder housing Chrome as well as Google Maps, Google Plus, Gmail, and other services. Directly in the middle of the tray is the apps button. Swiping up from the home button and across the apps button takes you to Google Now, Google's predictive personalized helper.
Google Now uses voice recognition to field queries and displays information such as the current weather, local bus schedules, and nearby restaurants you may be interested in. The thought is that Google Now will give you information when you need it. If it's 5 p.m. and you're about to leave work, it will conceivably update you with traffic information without you having to fetch it. The information would just appear in Google Now at the right time. I've spent a few weeks using Google Now and while I can appreciate its value, since I walk to work, don't travel much, and am not really into sports, its usefulness to me is very limited.
The new new
There are quite a few new features in Android 4.2; some interesting and useful, others just kind of cool. First, the Gesture Type feature is Google's native OS answer to Swype. I'm not a Swype user, but I was impressed by Gesture Type's ability to accurately interpret my finger sliding and determine, for the most part, what I wanted to type. It did, however, have trouble with the word "badass," which is kind of unacceptable to me.
Tablet settings can now be accessed much more quickly. Simply swipe down from the top-right corner to reveal a tray of shortcuts, including brightness, Wi-Fi settings, general settings, battery life, airplane mode, and so on.
Magnification attempts to take advantage of the screen's 1,280x800-pixel resolution. After enabling in settings, if you tap the screen three times in quick succession, assets on the screen will magnify in the section where you tapped. This is different from zooming, which scales images and text and applies anti-aliasing to smooth things out. Magnify simply makes things bigger. It's a nice feature for those with poor eyesight, but I was disappointed by the lack of anti-aliasing.
Daydreams is essentially an interactive screensaver that plays when the tablet is asleep and charging. You can choose to display a clock, colors, jelly beans, or, my favorite implementation, Google Currents. Stories from your feed will slowly scroll across the screen, and tapping any of them opens the story in the Currents app.
Gmail gets a new design and a new, awesome feature. Awesome to me, at least. When viewing your inbox, you can now swipe messages away to archive them. As a person who gets a lot of spam in his inbox, this well-implemented addition is one of those details that seems small on paper, but makes a huge difference to your experience.
Multi screen
Multi Screen implements users accounts in Android 4.2. Simply add a new user from the Settings>Users menu and follow the steps to setup an additional user account. New user accounts and all content on those accounts can be deleted by the tablet owner (the primary account) at any time. Also, any other user accounts on the tablet can accept updated app permissions on behalf of the additional account.
To switch to a new user you're required to enter the lock screen, select the user icon and then unlock the tablet. This is a less elegant solution than the Nook HD's implementation of profiles which allows you to simply tap the user account at the top of the screen, select your new user, and watch your content change to the new user's content before your eyes.
Also, the Nook HD lets you to set up multiple child and adult profiles, allowing parents to have more than one administrative account. As far as I can tell, only one administrative account per tablet is allowed in Android 4.2.


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12th February 2018
Grayling's Jon Meakin, on the need to put human experiences at the heart of storytelling.
In recent weeks I've been spending a lot of time talking to Grayling clients and would-be clients about our #6into18 trends – the big themes that we think professional communicators need to be keeping an eye on, and taking into account, over the next 12 months or so.
One of the things that has really resonated has been the need to put real people's lives and experiences at the heart of the stories we tell on our clients' behalf.
This is not a new idea, of course. In my very first agency job, in the early 1990s, my boss said to me: "People want to read about people, not things." And he handed my press release back to me with a big red line through it.
He was right, of course. And in those days I specialized in consumer packaged goods, a sector in which it is easy to apply a human dimension, promoting the product benefits through the stories of people whose lives had been enhanced in some way through the use of said product.
Fast forward 25 years and I'm in Silicon Valley, where everyone is all about data.
And data is really important: It demonstrates scale; it provides proof points; it can yield valuable insights about audience behaviors or sales patterns; we can use it to create cool infographics. Data enables us to tell certain types of story.
Many companies, from start-ups to multinationals, come to us with briefs that include a requirement to "tell data stories". (Usually with the aim of becoming a "thought leader", a much overused and mis-used term.)
That's fine, but data is not the whole story.
Data, used properly, is a way in to the real story, which has to be about why your company or product matters, the impact it has on people's lives.
Data itself is interesting, and I love a good infographic as much as the next geek, but too often we are left with a feeling of "yes, and…?" Or worse: "So what?"
You process X billion transactions a day. Great. Your app has been downloaded X times. Uh-huh. Your data shows that people in Texas are more likely to buy product X, while those in Oregon prefer product Y. So what?
"People want to read about people." In whatever form we are consuming information, whether reading Business Insider or BuzzFeed, or in our Facebook or Instagram feeds, we want to see a mirror. We want to see something of our own lives, our own experiences, reflected back at us. To feel a connection.
So your X billion transactions matter because one of those transactions is by Diane, in Dayton, Ohio. Thanks to your technology, she is better able to manage her household budget and keep a roof over her kids' heads, building a better future for them.
Luis, who just moved to Phoenix, was able to get a job quickly, because he was one of those X people who downloaded your app.
And the preferences of people in Texas and Oregon matter because by enabling retailers to understand their shoppers better, they are able to grow, and employ more people like Diane, in Dayton, Ohio.
What these examples have in common (apart from being completely fictitious, of course) is not just that they put real people front and center, but that in doing so, the brand or company in question takes a supporting role.
It takes confidence to pursue a strategy in which you are not the star, but if it enables you to tell deeper, richer, more human stories, to connect with people on an emotional level, to use data as a means to that end rather than seeing it as the end in itself, then it is an approach worthy of consideration.
Jon Meakin is Grayling's global head of strategic services, based in San Francisco.
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On the market: Touches of originality
Situated deep in an exclusive neighborhood and on the Pound Gut Lagoon, the stone and stucco house at 26 Searles Road in Darien lives up to any expectations.
The front is taken up by a wide open driveway done in stone blocks. There's an attached two-car garage directly ahead.
It's the kind of thoughtfully created home that's somewhat rare in new constructions -- a proper mix of good taste and solid material, classic design with touches of originality.
Entering into a small foyer there's a European feel with its tiling and tall ceiling, but it's a humble space that doesn't reveal what's ahead. There's a half bath with a beautiful design to the side.
Stepping up, the grand living room is on the left and has a stretch of tall windows featuring an awesome outdoor view.
The whole wall to the left, in fact, reveals the flat and full yard -- a football-field size lot that separates road and river.
There's also a perfectly situated in-ground pool.
Straight on, across the parquet floor, French doors open out to a raised patio, which is partially covered and enjoys the water setting. The room also has a fireplace and a recessed library area, with paneled walls and built-in shelves.
To the right of the entrance is the dining room, which has an interesting wall of mirrors that give an illusion of largeness. There's a window seat and a boxed ceiling surrounded by vintage style dentil molding.
The kitchen area is comparatively small by today's standards, but quite ample and roomy, partly due to the high ceiling, which features neat sloping edges that roll down to a wood design in the cabinets.
The kitchen is also well-equipped, with a six-burner gas stove, double sinks and more accoutrements.
Adding to the space are two distinct living areas here -- one with a fireplace and grand windows looking over the water. The other adjacent is surrounded by windows and views.
A back staircase leads first up to a large office area situated over the garage, with its own bathroom. It's an open space, with a second short staircase farther up.
Upstairs, the bedrooms feature more of the tasteful design. One en suite bedroom enjoys a large window seat with a river view. Another en suite is situated opposite.
The handsome hardwood floors run throughout.
The master bedroom is on the south side of the house, with doors leading out to a balcony with a magical river view.
It's a pretty room, with a sprawling bathroom that circles around through two large walk-in closets, which eventually come back to the other side of the bedroom.
The third floor features another great open room with a majestic southern view. There's an extra bedroom up there as well with a separate bath.
Down below an unfinished basement has a lot of storage.
For more information to make an appointment to see the house, contact Jane Glassmeyer of Halstead Property at 203-722-2325 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Jarret Liotta is a freelance writer.
More InformationAbout this house
ADDRESS: 26 Searles Road, Darien
STYLE: Colonial
FEATURES: Two-car attached garage, pool, deck, balcony, security system, central air
SCHOOLS: Tokeneke Elementary, Middlesex Middle, Darien High


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Whoopi Goldberg thrilled a fan at a New York City restaurant by secretly picking up the tab for the girl and her family after she approached the actress during dinner.
The "Ghost" star was eating in the upmarket Old Homestead Steakhouse in Manhattan when a 9-year-old girl came over to express her admiration.
After the chat, Goldberg secretly paid the $400 bill for the youngster and her family, asking staff at the eatery not to disclose the kind gesture until after she had left the building, according to the New York Daily News.


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Words of 2003
It seems as if every linguistic group or web site comes up with its own annual list of words of significance for that year. So why should we be any different? What follows is a selection of words that we believe exemplifies and symbolizes 2003. While some of these words and phrases were coined in 2003, most were not. But they all represent some aspect of the past year.
axis of weasel, n., those countries which led opposition to the war in Iraq, especially France and Germany. Interestingly, the phrase was first coined on Usenet 2002 referring to Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld. In 2003, the term was either picked up or re-coined with the newer meaning. The term is a play on Bush's "axis of evil."
Bennifer, n., a 2003 vogue term for celebrity couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.
Annual Foot In Mouth Awards
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been awarded the "Foot in Mouth" prize by Britain's Plain English Campaign for the most baffling comment by a public figure in the past year. The Campaign is an independent group of some 3,500 members who advocate for clear, easily understood English in public statements and documents.
Each year the campaign gives awards to examples of clear and well-constructed prose, but they also give two awards, the Foot in Mouth and Golden Bull, for impenetrable prose.
Rumsfeld won the award for the following statement, made in a February 2002 news briefing:
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Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know.
Word of the Month: Marriage
The issue of gay marriage has been much in the news of late and the topic promises to be a hot-button political issue in the 2004 US presidential election. At issue are the questions of whether and how the state should recognize homosexual unions.Therefore, our word of the month is:
marriage, n., the condition of being husband and wife, since 1975 sometimes applied to same-sex couples. Also applied to the ceremony and celebrations associated with the beginning of such a union. Also applied to other forms of relationship, often with a modifer, e.g., plural marriage. Since c.1400, the word has been applied figuratively to any close union or blending of any two things. The word dates to c.1300 and is from the Anglo-Norman mariage. Ultimately it is from the classical Latin verb maritare, to marry, used to refer to people, animals, and the crossing of grapes in viticulture and the nouns maritus/marita, husband/wife.
Shame On Martha
Standing on the steps of the federal courthouse in New York City this past month, businesswoman and former director of the New York Stock Exchange Martha Stewart, convicted of lying to federal investigators, asserted her innocence and decried the actions of the prosecutors. In so doing, however, she made what may be a Freudian slip in her use of the word shameful:
Today is a shameful day. It's shameful for me and my family and for my beloved company and for all its employees and partners. What was a small personal matter came over the...became over the last two years an almost fatal circus event of unprecedented proportions.
—Martha Stewart, 16 July 2004
From the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary:
Main Entry: shame·ful
Pronunciation: 'shAm-f&l
Function: adjective
1 a: bringing shame : DISGRACEFUL b: arousing the feeling of shame
2 archaic: full of the feeling of shame: ASHAMED
Decline of the Dictionary: A Response, by Dave Wilton
Robert Harwell Fiske's review of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition (MW11), is a clear illustration of one of the two views that people have about dictionaries. In Mr. Fiske's view, Noah Webster came down from the mount with his dictionary inscribed by God on stone tablets. The dictionary is sacred scripture and changing it is heresy. It should not even contain mention of usages deemed improper by an anointed priesthood of prescriptivist grammarians.
The other view holds that a dictionary should be a useful reference, not an icon to be worshipped. It should describe how the language is actually used and provide advice, where appropriate, on matters of grammar and usage.
The first view, if adopted by lexicographers, would rapidly render dictionaries useless. The basic task of a dictionary is to facilitate communication by documenting what words mean. If we only admit into the dictionary words and usages deemed to be proper, we will quickly render significant aspects of our culture unintelligible to others. Dictionaries will rapidly become empty shells of formal prescriptions that bear no relevance to the way we actually speak and write.
Decline of the Dictionary, The, by Robert Hartwell Fiske
This article, and the response that follows, originally appeared in the pages of The Vocabula Review and is reprinted here with permission. Fiske is the editor of The Vocabula Review, which can be found at http://www.vocabula.com.
The new slang-filled eleventh edition of "America's Best-Selling Dictionary," Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Frederick C. Mish, editor in chief), does as much as, if not more than, the famously derided Webster's Third International Dictionary to discourage people from taking lexicographers seriously. "Laxicographers" all, the Merriam-Webster staff reminds us that dictionaries merely record how people use the language, not how it ought to be used. Some dictionaries, and certainly this new Merriam-Webster, actually promote illiteracy.
Several years ago, the editors of The American Heritage Dictionary ("America's Favorite Dictionary") caused a stir by deciding to include four-letter words in their product. Since the marketing strategy of including swear words has now been adopted by all dictionary makers, Merriam-Webster, apparently not knowing how else to distinguish its dictionary from competing ones that erode its marketing share, has decided to include a spate of slang words in its eleventh edition. There's nothing wrong with trying to distinguish their product, of course, but when it means tampering with the English language — by including idiotic slang and apparently omitting more useful words—it's reprehensible.
Word of the Month: Nautical
Two weeks ago the movie Master and Commander, starring Russell Crowe, opened in theaters across the United States. The movie, based on the popular series of novels by Patrick O'Brian, is about the fictional adventures of Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend physician and spy Dr. Stephen Maturin. They sail together aboard the HMS Surprise, taking on Napoleon's Navy and engaging in all sorts of adventures on the high seas.
O'Brian's books and the movie they inspired are very faithful to details about life, including language, aboard ship in the age of sail. It is swashbuckling adventure to be sure, but pretty good history as well. Because the movie, which took in over $25 million at the US box office during its first weekend, will engender questions and enthusiasm for the language of the sea, our word of the month is:
nautical, adj., relating to sailing, ships, sailors, or the sea, 1552. The English word is adopted from the Middle French nautique, which is from the Latin nauticus, which in turn is from the Greek word for sailor.
Book Review: The Grouchy Grammarian, by Thomas Parrish
Regular readers of A Way With Words know that I have little tolerance for those that arbitrarily declare their own styles and preferences to be grammatically "correct." As a result, most grammar manuals do not fair well in these pages. But Thomas Parrish has written a grammar book that does not do this. He recognizes that usage trumps personal preference and that there is a difference between quality, aesthetically pleasing prose and prose that is grammatically correct.
Parrish does this with a rather fun conceit. He creates the character of the "Grouchy Grammarian," supposedly an old friend of Parrish. Parrish plays Boswell to the fictional grouch's Johnson, recording his observations and opinions. As a result the book is more fun than many sterile grammar manuals and allows Parrish to create a balance between the traditional enmity between descriptivist and prescriptivist positions. The Grouch grudgingly concedes, for example, that the distinction between healthful and healthy has largely disappeared.
The core of the book consists of examples from current media (newspapers and magazines, mostly, with some television quotes included) of questionable or poor usages. Parrish's Grouch laments such forms as the reason why… (redundant, why is inherent in reason), misuses of between and among (contrary to popular belief, between is not limited to two parties, but expresses a type of relationship), and misuse of subject-verb agreement. The examples are largely negative ones, hence the book's subtitle of A How-Not-To Guide to the 47 Most Common Mistakes in English Made by Journalists, Broadcasters, and Others Who Should Know Better.
While Parrish's conceit of the Grouch makes for better reading than most grammar manuals, it does limit the book's utility. Because it is not organized alphabetically, the book is less useful as a reference. Modeled more on Strunk & White's classic, it is much longer than that predecessor, making it too unwieldy for reference use. It is not a substitute for a good usage manual.
But still, if one enjoys reading books about grammar and usage (and frankly there are more of us that do than care to admit it), this is a diverting and entertaining read.
Softcover, 186 pp, John Wiley & Sons, 2002, ISBN: 0965730964, $19.95
Dept. of Legal Affairs: Intellectual Property, Part 2: Trademark
In this two-part article, we examine the two types of intellectual property that relate to language, copyright and trademark. There are two other types of intellectual property, patent and trade secrets, that apply to physical inventions and commercial business information.
The point of intellectual property laws is to encourage the advancement of the art, science, and commerce by giving the creators of original works, ideas, and products a limited period within which they can exercise exclusive control over their works and derive profit from them.
In this second of two parts, we examine the concept of trademark and its effect on the language. We often hear of companies trademarking words and phrases, claiming them for their own. But can they do this, either realistically or legally? Can Fox News prevent someone (Al Franken, for instance) from using the phrase fair and balanced? Can Microsoft limit your use of the word windows? If you are named McDonald, can the McDonalds Corporation limit your ability to use your own name in your business? And how do trademark rights differ from copyright? There are many myths and misunderstandings regarding the concept of trademark; we hope to clear some of these up with this article.
Word of the Month: Soviet
The October Revolution is famous the world over. In October of 1917, Lenin and his followers seized control of the government of Russia, ushering in 75 years of Communist rule. But few today realize that the October Revolution actually happened in November. Tsarist Russia had not converted to the Gregorian calendar and while by traditional Russian reckoning the revolution took place in October, from the perspective of the rest of the Western world it happened in November. One of the first acts of the new Communist government was to change the calendar to bring it in line with the rest of the world.
So in honor of that event some 86 years ago this month, our word of the month is:
Soviet, n. & adj., an elected council that performs governmental functions. English use dates from 1917. Soviets operated at all levels of government in the Soviet Union, the highest being the Supreme Soviet or national legislature. The word literally means council in Russian. The noun was also used to mean a citizen of the Soviet Union. As an adjective, it is used to denote things associated with the Soviet Union.
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Friday, April 6, 2012
Ichiro's cigar spirit
Post by Nonjatta contributor Stefan of Tokyo Whisky Hub.
This special bottling is a two-year old (distilled in 2009, bottled in the fall of 2011), so that doesn't make it a whisky quite yet (in Scotland, that is, but serious craft distillers in other countries seem to self-impose those regulations, too).
To get the facts and figures out of the way: it's a single-cask release (cask #461), bottled at 61.9% abv, limited to 332 individually numbered bottles and relatively reasonably priced at 6,825 yen (about 80 USD). Sceptics may be tempted to dismiss this as just another example of a malt bottled way too early by a new distillery strapped for cash. They would be wrong... very wrong. What makes this bottling interesting is the fact that it is a heavily peated malt matured in virgin oak (a new American oak hogshead).
The colour the spirit picked up from the wood in just two years is incredible... a beautiful dark mahogany. The nose is extraordinary with notes of banana fritters, macademia nuts, annin dofu (almond tofu), pencil shavings, old chapels and a hint of maraschino liqueur. The smoke/peat is relatively subdued even though this is supposed to be a "heavily peated" newborn. On the palate, the smoke comes out more and combines beautifully with the sweet (vanilla, marzipan, lychee, creamy nut toffee, ...) and woody flavours (pencil shavings, new plank, oak polish, ...) suggested by the nose.
With water, the peat is more pronounced without ever overshadowing the other notes, however. This is a stunning malt, and I'm convinced that it was bottled at absolutely the right time. A few years more and the wood could have disturbed the gentle balance of flavors--which goes to show one cannot get too hung up on received notions of age / maturity. It may not be a "whisky" and on paper it may seem very unlikely that a two-year old could pull this off, but in reality it is an amazing complex of aromas and flavours - and it feels just right.
Akuto-san suggests that "the fascinating taste goes well with a cigar". That may well be true (I'm not a smoker, so I wouldn't know), but this beauty doesn't need anything at all, save a few drops of water. You can spend hours with a dram of this, without every getting bored.
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COLLEGE STATION – National signing day is Wednesday, and Texas A&M has 22 pledges to the 2012 class to date, including four who've already signed letters of intent.
New coach Kevin Sumlin received verbal commitments from Euless Trinity defensive end Polo Manukainiu and Carthage receiver Edward Pope this past weekend, according to Rivals.com. Manukainiu selected the Aggies over Arkansas, Baylor and Utah. Pope switched his verbal commitment from TCU to A&M.
"The SEC is one of the powerhouses of college football," Pope told the Longview News-Journal earlier this month. "If you get in there, you're more likely to get to the NFL, which is my goal."
The Aggies, currently ranked 10th nationally in recruiting by Rivals, are exiting the Big 12 and entering the Southeastern Conference in July. A&M's top pledge is Spring Dekaney running back Trey Williams, the Aggies' first five-star prospect since running back Christine Michael three years ago. Sumlin will hold his first signing day press conference at A&M starting 4 p.m. Wednesday from the Hagner Auditorium in Kyle Field.


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We're developing a new project, a weekly newsletter focused on photography + visual culture recommendations carefully curated from across the Web. You know, the good stuff that deserves a closer look. FlakPhoto Digest is currently in closed beta and will be available to the public later this year. You can request an invite by subscribing below.
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Lucas Foglia was raised on a small family farm in Long Island and is currently based in San Francisco. A graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Art, Lucas exhibits and publishes his photographs internationally. His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Pilara Foundation and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Fine Art, and has been published in Aperture Magazine, the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post Magazine, British Journal of Photography, Contact Sheet, and PDN's 30. His first book, A Natural Order, is available from Nazraeli Press.
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Imprisoned in silos: Digital strategies are still impeded by silos that prevent insurers from becoming integrated, efficient and customer-centric.
Governance focus: During the upcoming year, the majority of insurers plan to establish new digital governance and transformation management structures.
Who's the boss? Confusion over who should "own" digital leaves insurers unable to execute their digital strategies.
IT on the agenda: One in two insurers plan to transform their IT systems to make them more agile in the year ahead.
Good enough, but only just: Most insurers feel that their digital experiences meet customer expectations, but fewer than one in 10 believe they are exceeding expectations.
Measurement is lacking: Metrics are a low priority for insurers, perhaps a reason for their excessive confidence in the customer experiences they provide.


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The first callback function to implement is xCreate(), which creates the virtual table. This is called oncespecifically, when the first database connection declares the virtual table via the CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE statement.
xCreate()'s job is to set up the virtual table environment and initialize any necessary resources. The implementation (vt_create()) is in Listing Three. It allocates a vtab struct and passes it back to SQLite using the vtable pointer reference it passes in (pp_vt). SQLite also passes in a reference to the database connection, so you store a reference to it in your vtab structure. In so doing, SQLite has a reference to a new vtab struct, which in turn has a reference to the database connection.
In addition to allocating a vtab structure, vt_create() also declares the table using sqlite3_declare_table(), passing SQLite the SQL (DDL) defining the virtual table's schema. Here, the SQL is contained in the global variable DDL in Listing Four (available online; see www.ddj.com/code/).
The xDestroy() function is essentially the reverse of this xCreate() process, and is called to clean up the resources associated with the virtual table.
static int vt_create( sqlite3 *db, void *pAux, int argc, const char *const*argv, sqlite3_vtab **pp_vt, char **pzErr ) { int rc = SQLITE_OK; vtab* p_vt; /* Allocate the sqlite3_vtab/vtab structure itself */ p_vt = (vtab*)sqlite3_malloc(sizeof(*p_vt)); if(p_vt == NULL) { return SQLITE_NOMEM; } p_vt->db = db; apr_pool_create(&p_vt->pool, NULL); /* Declare the vtable's structure */ rc = sqlite3_declare_vtab(db, ddl); /* Success. Set *pp_vt and return */ *pp_vt = &p_vt->base; return SQLITE_OK; }
The xConnect() and xDisconnect() functions are similar to xCreate()/xDestroy() with one exception. xCreate() and xDestroy() are designed to do one-time initialization/destruction of the virtual table, while xConnect() and xDisconnect() are intended to connect/disconnect a database with an existing virtual table. The distinction only matters if you have shared resource(s) associated with the virtual table that must be available to all database connections. If you don't have any, then these functions are essentially identical.


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It's been up for almost a month… and I haven't seen many posts about it on the internet, but "Who Shot Rock and Roll" now being exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum of Art looks awesome and I know I'm going to go see it. The Museum claims that it's goal with this exhibit is to "acknowledge the photographer's creative and collaborative role in history of rock music." Sounds pretty sweet to me. Check out some photos being shown at the exhibit:
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(Johan Ku 2010)
Since my arrival in Taipei last thursday, I've been wanting to feature a Taiwanese designer. And Johan Ku came to my mind as I remember reading about his "Emotional Sculpture" collection, which won an Avant Garde Award.
Although studied and established in UK, he is a an excellent example of young innovative Taiwanese designer that gained respect in the fashion world, alongside with legends like the late Alexander McQueen.


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Prepare yourself for the holiday cheer with our 2012 Holiday Guide where you will find lots of great information about holiday events, gatherings, and shopping ideas!
VERGENNES — The former Briarwood Manor nursing home at 1 Alden Place in Vergennes could soon be the headquarters of a 19-bed residential treatment facility for adolescent girls and young women who are battling drug addiction and/or "self-injury behaviors."
VERGENNES — Addison Northwest Supervisory Union Superintendent Tom O'Brien will retire following the 2013-2014 school year after 13 years in Vergennes, and on Nov. 28 he received the ANwSU board's approval to work less than full-time — on a 60-percent basis — during the upcoming academic year.
Last Wednesday the ANwSU board also gave approval to O'Brien to negotiate with longtime Addison Central School (ACS) Principal Wayne Howe about coming aboard as a part-time ANwSU assistant superintendent next year.
MIDDLEBURY — State officials late last week announced that they are soliciting applications from entrepreneurs who want a portion of nearly $1 million in grant funds set aside for food and forestry businesses.
Grants ranging from $3,000 to $100,000 will be awarded later this winter by Vermont's Working Lands Enterprise Board from a $986,5000 fund designed to fuel the Green Mountain State's economy and build its local food system while maintaining its open lands and natural vistas.
VERGENNES — A smaller-than-expected annual federal grant award has left the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes scrambling in the middle of its fiscal year and will probably mean closing the club's center for younger members.
Club executive director Mike Reiderer said when he and the organization's board sat down and came up with this year's budget, they had counted upon the same roughly $100,000 bequest from a federal program that had been awarded in the past two years.
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New Mission Decks
We just got the new Mission/Muni shop decks in! They come in 7 3/4″, 8″, and 8 1/8″, only $35.
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SAVE THE DATE: 3rd annual Normandy Park 'Zombie Fest' will be Sept. 27!
The 3rd annual 'Zombie Fest' will crawl into the Normandy Park Towne Center from 4 – 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27!
This year's theme – aside from lots of fun – is to raise Awareness about Disaster Preparedness, provide visibility for local businesses and raise money for the Highline Schools Foundation Excel Grant program, the Highline Food Bank, the Des Moines Food Bank and the Friends of Normandy Park Foundation, a new 501 c3 that will raise funds and plan events to boost awareness about Normandy Park as a great place to live and work.
"Join hundreds of festival-goers at Normandy Park Towne Center on Saturday, September 27th for the 3rd annual festival celebrating the beginning of the haunting—and holiday season."
A myriad of family-friendly events are planned:
- FREE pumpkin patch.
- FREE Zombie Fest photo booth.
- FREE Get Zombified booth. Don't know how to become a zombie? Our make-up artists and zombie clothing experts can help!
- FREE arts & crafts booth for kids.
- Live music by Vote for Pedro from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sing along!
- Costume contest for all! Judging begins at 6 p.m. Winners announced at 6:45 p.m.
- Lots of treats and free giveaways!
- A performance by the famous Seattle Thrillers at 6 p.m. Dance along!
- 3rd annual Zombie Zumbathon at 6:15 p.m.. Join the fun!
- An emergency vehicle display to raise awareness about disaster and emergency preparedness including American Red Cross, Police, Fire and more!
- Amazing raffle baskets with gift certificates and fun items for the whole family!
- Charity food booths and beer/wine garden.
- $4 donation gets you a hotdog, chips & a beverage!
- They'll also have $5 charity raffle tickets & business booths!
- Admission is FREE!
For a complete list of: events, raffle items, vendors and sponsorship opportunities, visit the official Normandy Park Zombie Fest website: www.nwzombiefest.com.
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Halfway to 24/7 HOV lanes Seattle to Bellevue
Posted by Unknown in east link project, Express Lanes, HOV lanes, I-90, light rail on Friday, March 9, 2012
By guest blogger Noel Brady
If you ride a bus, a carpool or a vanpool across Lake Washington, you probably know how the express lanes can take the edge off a tough commute. But if they're reversible express lanes, just make sure your commuting the express direction.
Take the I-90 Express Lanes in the center roadway between Seattle and Bellevue for example. If you live on the Eastside of King County and work a regular 9-5 in Seattle, you're golden. If you go the other way, well, not so much.
We're phasing out go-with-the-flow reversible express lanes on I-90 and replacing them with full-time HOV lanes in both directions for around-the-clock express trips for carpools and buses in either direction, save for the unexpected crash or clog. Later this month, a new eastbound HOV lane will open from 80th Avenue Southeast to Bellevue Way, and the second phase of the I-90 Two-Way Transit and HOV Operations project will be complete.
In 1990, a year after WSDOT completed westbound I-90's Homer Hadley Bridge and the new express lanes, traffic levels eastbound and westbound differed greatly depending on the time of day. Typically traffic was nearly 50 percent heavier headed to Seattle in the morning and back to the Eastside in the evening. Today there's more traffic, rush hours last about an hour longer and the difference between the number of vehicles heading east and west is relatively minimal. On average about 135,000 vehicles cross the bridge each day in either direction of the mainline and about 15,000 in the express lanes.
When the second phase of the project finishes later this month, lawmakers and transportation officials, including state Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond, will cut a ribbon to reopen 80th Avenue Southeast freeway ramp on Mercer Island. After a four-day ramp closure for realignment, the ramp's big reveal will be direct-access to a new HOV lane on eastbound I-90 mainline. Carpools and buses will have access into the center express lanes before the East Channel Bridge for continued, smooth HOV-only traffic to Bellevue Way and I-405.
Afterward, commuters will enjoy an I-90 generally clear of barriers and hardhats as our engineers work in the office on final design for the project's third and final stage, which will start construction next year on new HOV lanes in both directions between 80th Avenue Southeast and Seattle.
As soon as the final stage is finished and the I-90 project is complete, Sound Transit will take the reins of the center express lanes and close them to traffic forever to begin building East Link light rail. By 2023 light rail will be an added travel option between Seattle and the Eastside and I-90 will begin to carry more people more efficiently and with less greenhouse gas emissions than ever before.
According to its final environmental impact statement, East Link will be equipped to carry as many as 800 people in each four-car train. It would give the center roadway a peak-hour capacity of up to 24,000 people per hour, about the same as a busy freeway with seven to 10 lanes of traffic. And it more than doubles I-90's existing capacity while preserving existing lane space for freight trucks, passenger vehicles, carpools and buses.
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I just returned from Cape Hatteras outer banks NC the week before last and since April when I was there, the rules have changed for kiteboarding and windsurfing. See the attached document for the locations.
I understood from a local IKO instructor the reason was the Triple S event this summer snarled the traffic on the federal highway and as a result these changes resulted. (1, 2, 3 for sure but not sure on 4, 5, and 6 why those changed)
1) you can no longer kite at the Canadian Hole
2) you can no longer windsurf at Kite Point
3) there is no parking signs located from the above to the Buxton Slicks (17, 19, 20 and 21)
4) you can no longer drive in to the beach on the turnouts unless you have a 10 day driving on the beach pass
5) you must stay 150 ft or 45 m away from power lines
6) you must stay 300 ft or 90 m away from piers and surf fishermen
For anyone travelling there be aware of the these new rules for all.


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Oct. 1, 2008
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - This weekend, the Bulldogs will travel north to take on competition from throughout the Northeast at the Murray Keatinge Invitational. The race, which will be contested on Saturday at 10:45 a.m., is hosted by the University of Maine. Other teams competing include Boston College, Central Connecticut State, Holy Cross, New Hampshire and the University of New Brunswick. After facing a disappointing loss to Harvard last weekend, the Bulldogs look to reassert their dominance in the region.
Last year marked the first time the Elis competed at this invitational; the squad took third overall behind Dartmouth and New Hampshire, led by senior Jake Gallagher's first-place finish in a time of 24:57. In the USTFCCA Northeast region poll released on Monday, Dartmouth is ranked No. 4, Yale is No. 7 and New Hampshire is No. 12, so it looks as though these three teams will once again vie for the title.
In addition to Gallagher, who has not yet competed this season, the Bulldogs have the strength of seniors John Hinkle and Murat Kayali, who have been Yale's top two finishers so far this year. Other, less experienced members of the squad may need to step up for the team, however, because head coach Dan Ireland noted that the Bulldogs will not be racing at "full strength" at this point in the season. Instead, they will be focusing their energy on preparing for the Heptagonal Championships.
"We want the men to have their best races at the end of the season," Ireland explained.
Despite a more conservative attitude towards this weekend's meet, a strong performance could still bolster the Bulldogs going into the more difficult portion of the season later in October. The 8,000-meter course on Maine's campus in Orono could yield noticeably faster times than the soggy Yale Golf Course on which the Bulldogs raced last Saturday, which may serve as an added boost of confidence for the team.
Results from the meet will be posted on the Maine athletics website and on the Yale Athletics website at the conclusion of the meet.
Report by Bevin Peters '09, Yale Sports Publicity


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Ex-military man on the run poses extraordinary danger
Authorities hunting for an ex-Los Angeles police officer suspected of three killings have wrapped up a four-hour search of his mother's Orange County home. Authorities say they removed 10 paper grocery bags of evidence. (Feb. 8) AP
An intense manhunt for a suspected killer of three in California has many worried that the man being hunted may be more proficient in tactics than the police who are chasing him.
Christopher Dorner, the at-large ex-military and former police officer accused of launching a killing spree, could be using tactical and firearms training gained from stints with the U.S. Navy and Los Angeles Police Department to evade police and pose a uniquely dangerous suspect to police, law enforcement officials and tactical experts said.
The man at the center of a massive manhunt in California is potentially armed with armor-piercing ammunition and semi-automatic rifles, could likely hit a target more than 50 yards away, thinks like a police officer and, perhaps most troublesome, is not abiding by any rules.
"He understands the criminal investigation process," said Robert Arabian, chief executive of Covered 6, a Simi Valley, Calif.-based firearms and tactical training group that instructs local law enforcement agencies. "He poses a real problem."
Hundreds of law enforcement officers are combing vast swaths of southern California for Dorner, 33, after police say he killed three people, including a Riverside, Calif., police officer, and injured another officer, in shooting ambushes the past week.
MORE : Police scour mountains for fugitive
In an 11-page manifesto he posted online, Dorner alluded to using his tactical training to carry out more killings. "I will utilize every bit of small arms training, demolition, ordnance and survival training I've been given," it read. "You have misjudged a sleeping giant."
At a press conference Thursday, LAPD Chief Charlie Beckstressed the challenges of hunting someone with Dorner's background.
"He knows what he's doing," he said. "We trained him. He was also a member of the Armed Forces. It is extremely worrisome and scary."
Dorner served more than a decade with the U.S. Navy, from July 2002 to this year, and was honorably discharged Feb. 1, according to Navy records. In that time, he acquired decorations such as the Pistol Expert Medal and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, working his way up to the rank of Lieutenant, the records show.
From November 2006 to May 2007, Dorner was part of a Coastal Riverine Group in the Middle Eastern island country of Bahrain, helping to secure ports in the country as U.S. ships came ashore, according to the Navy.
But his military training never reached advanced levels of specialized weapons or tactics, a Navy spokesman said. "He probably has more weapons training from the L.A. Police than he ever got from the U.S. Navy," the spokesman said.
As an LAPD recruit, Dorner would receive basic firearms training for service pistols such as 9mm, .40-caliber and .45-caliber, Arabian said. If he took a rifle course, which is common, the department would also train him in the use of semi-automatic rifles such as an AR-15 or M4, he said. The rifle lessons train officers to accurately hit their mark up to 100 yards away.
More than 100 officers, including SWAT teams, were driven in glass-enclosed snow machines and armored personnel carriers to hunt for Christopher Dorner, who is suspected of going on a deadly rampage. (Feb. 8) AP
Police have not said what caliber weapons they believe Dorner is carrying. But in the manifesto, Dorner warns of having a variety of assault rifles, including a Bushmaster, Remington precision rifles and a Barrett .50-caliber rifle, a military-grade sniper rifle able to pierce through most protective vests worn by police officers, Arabian said. A skilled sniper using a Barrett .50-caliber rifle could hit a target up to a mile away, he said.
"That's a nasty weapon," Arabian said. "That's a formidable item for the military to go up against, much less a police department."
More troubling than his weapons cache is Dorner's on-the-job training in the streets of Los Angeles, Arabian said. As a trained officer, he likely knows the few seconds when an officer arrives to a scene when he's most vulnerable and what tactics police officials might be employing to find him, he said.
From what he's read in the manifesto and Dorner's actions so far, Arabian said peaceful surrender doesn't appear to be an option for Dorner.
"What he's demonstrated so far is a willingness to engage law enforcement," he said. "He'll either kill himself or go down in what he believes is a blaze of glory."


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- County Leadership
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Community participation is a cornerstone of Maricopa County's success. Citizen involvement via the County's Boards and Commissions assists the Board of Supervisors in making important policy decisions that impact our community. Most citizen advisory groups research, study and discuss specific issues and then forward their recommendations to the Board of Supervisors. Some Boards have additional authorities.
The Board of Supervisors encourages citizens to consider submitting an application for appointment to one of Maricopa County's boards and commissions. The membership requirements and time commitment for each of the boards and commissions varies. Preparation for meetings and special meetings sometimes require an additional time commitment, and appointees take an Oath of Office and must be familiar with Open Meeting Law materials before taking office.
Boards & Commissions A - B
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Boards & Commissions H - N
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- Parks & Recreation Advisory Commission
- Planning & Zoning Commission
- Public Safety Personnel Retirement System Boards
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- Self-Insured Benefits Trust Fund Board of Trustees
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- State Board of Equalization
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Some Board and Commission members are appointed by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. To be considered for an appointment by the Board of Supervisors, please submit an Application for Service (PDF) to the Clerk of the Board's Office.
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GREENWOOD, S.C. – The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Tournament run for No. 5-seed Georgia College women's tennis (13-10) came to a halt Saturday morning, as the No. 1-seed Armstrong Pirates (22-0) shut out the Bobcats 5-0.
The tightest match was 8-3 in second doubles as No. 10 Marlen Hacke and Olga Kalodzitsa beat May Johnson (Sydney, Australia) and Leah Pridgeon (Lawrenceville, Ga.).
National No. 2 Aleksndra Filipovski and Barbora Krtickova topped GC's Kayla Barksdale (Augusta, Ga.) and Lisa Setyon-Ortenzio (Paris) 8-1 in the first slot. No. 15 Kathleen Henry and Clara Perez completed the sweep with an 8-1 victory over Sara Roberts (Kennesaw, Ga.) and Ivana Marevic (Rottweil, Germany).
In singles action, No. 20 Kalodzitsa beat Marevic in the third slot 6-0, 6-2 and Jessica Gardefjord finished the points with a shutout of Anna Hicks (Brunswick, Ga.) in the sixth slot.
The Georgia College women now wait for seeding in the upcoming NCAA Regional Tournament, to be announced Tuesday, April 24.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Julie Ann Lake
Julie Ann Lake, 62, of Flower Mound, Texas, passed away Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, following a courageous battle with cancer. Julie was born Oct. 4, 1950, in Hillsboro, Kan., to Walter and Lois Lake. She worked for Boeing/Labinal as an assembly technician for 15 years.
Growing up Julie enjoyed camping, water skiing and playing lots of softball. Julie graduated from Peabody High School, Peabody, Kan., in 1968 and attended Brown Mackie Business College in Salina, Kan. She started her working career in Wichita, Kan., for the CPA firm Elmer Fox. She even tried her hand with an art and framing business in Newton, Kan. She biked across Kansas the summer of 1979. Julie and Geri moved to Flower Mound in April 1995 from Wichita.
Julie focused her life in Texas with family, friends and her beloved pets. Her battle with cancer limited her activities but never stopped her smile.
Julie is survived by her life partner, Geri Sledge of Flower Mound; mother, Lois Lake; sister, Rita Goben and her husband, Bob; nephew, Aaron Lake and his wife, Kim and great nephews, Austin and Peyton Lake all of Derby, Kansas, as well as many friends and colleagues. Julie's father, Walter Lake Jr., preceded her in death.
A memorial celebration of Julie's life was 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in the chapel at Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home, 740 S. Edmonds Lane, Lewisville, Texas. An additional memorial service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in the First Christian Church, 201 N. Derby Lane, Derby, Kan.
Memorial contributions can be made in Julie's memory to the American Cancer Society, http://www.cancer.org
Friends and relatives may offer Julie's family condolences on the online guestbook at http://www.mulkeymasonlewisville.com.


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The Best of My New Books 2009
These are the best books i have read for the very first time in 2009. There was quit a few authors I discovered 2009, and many of them are already favorites. To mention some of them John Scalzi of course he is my favorite of the year, Jaine Fenn is another strong new author, Elisabeth Bear is much better than the covers of her books, Laura E. Reeve with her strong Greek influence and Tony Bellantyne with his robot series is novel to say the least. I don't doubt for a second I have missed some of this years greatest new authors and books. I would love to read them if you tell me about them.
- Old Man's War Series by John Scalzi (Old Man's War, The Ghost Brigade The Last Colony, Zoe's Tale)
- The Graveyard Book by Niel Gaiman
- Storm from the Shadows by David Weber (Saganami 2)
- The Anderoid's Dream by John Scalzi
- Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
- By Heresies Distressed by David Weber (Safehold 3)
- Torch of Freedom by Eric Flint & David Weber (Wages of Sin 2)
- Saturn's Children by Charles Stross
- The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin(Eukmen 5)
- The Magicans' Guild by Trudi Canavan (The Black Magician 1)
- The Sidhe Series by Jaine Fenn (Principles of Angels, Consorts of Heaven)
- Mothership by John Brosnan(Mothership 1)
- Undaunted by Mike Shepherd (Kris Longknife 7)
- The Coyote Series by Allen Steel
- 1632 by Eric Flint (Ring of fire 1)
- Empire Series by Richard Allen Stotts (Midshipman, Heir to the Throne, Majesty, Acheon, Citizen of the Empire) – All are Free Online Books
- Relentless by Jack Campell (The Lost Fleet 5)
- Southern Vampires Series (1-9) by Charlene Harris the inspirationt to True Blood the TV Series
- Seeds of Earth by Michael Cobley (Humanity's Fire 1)
- The Jenny Casey Series by Elizabet Bear (Hammered, Scaredown, Worldwired)
The Best Re-Read Books of 2009
- Remnant Polulation by Elizabeth Moon – This is the best First Contact book I ever read. It might be the best book.
- Honor Harrington Series (1-11) by David Weber
- Kris Longknife Series (1-7) by Mike Shepherd
Interesting and Notable Books not on the list 2009
- The Wess'har Wars Series by Karen Travis
- The Merchant Princes Series by Charles Stross
- Contact With Chaos by Michael Z. Williamsson
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court turned its collective face from two linked cases last week, rejecting them without comment other than a blistering dissent from Justice Clarence Thomas, who caustically told the rest of the justices their guidance in religious display cases was a mess.
"Today the [Supreme] Court rejects an opportunity to provide clarity to an establishment clause jurisprudence in shambles," Thomas said in the dissent handed down last Monday. "A sharply divided Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has declared unconstitutional a private association's efforts to memorialize slain police officers with white roadside crosses, holding that the crosses convey to a reasonable observer that the state of Utah is endorsing Christianity. The 10th Circuit's opinion is one of the latest in a long line of 'religious display' decisions that, because of this court's nebulous establishment clause analyses, turn on little more than 'judicial predilections.'"
The establishment clause of the First Amendment, of course, says Congress -- or in the modern sense all government -- "shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."
Thomas said in his lonely dissent he would grant review of the cases because "our jurisprudence has confounded the lower courts and rendered the constitutionality of displays of religious imagery on government property anyone's guess."
Thomas argues a pretty convincing case. What he doesn't explain, however, is why a conservative Supreme Court majority -- which presumably believes the way he does -- hasn't acted to straighten things out.
On SCOTUSBLOG.com, where all good Supreme Court correspondents now go to pray, the ultra-respected Lyle Denniston, dean emeritus of the high court press room, wrote: "In recent years, five of the Supreme Court justices have been highly critical of how the court decides the constitutionality of public displays of religious symbols or messages. That means, of course, that as a majority among the nine, they have the clear authority to make a change, if they wished."
It only takes four justices to accept a case for review. So why was Thomas the Lone Ranger in dissenting to the rejection of the Utah cross cases? We may never know.
"Because the court does not usually reveal how its members have voted on whether or not to grant [review], there is no certainty that Thomas was the only one who wanted to hear the Utah cross controversy," Denniston noted. "But one thing is certain: There were not four justices who were sufficiently committed to hearing this particular dispute that they would vote to grant."
Which doesn't take away from the legitimacy of Thomas' argument, which might resonate with liberals as well as conservatives.
In the underlying cases, the Utah Highway Patrol Association is a private group "dedicated to supporting Utah Highway Patrol officers and their families."
In 1998, the association began commemorating officers who died in the line of duty by placing 12-foot-by-6-foot white crosses at or near locations where the officers were killed. The officer's name, rank and badge number were "emblazoned across the full length of the horizontal beam of each memorial. The vertical beam bears the symbol of the Utah Highway Patrol, the year of the officer's death and a plaque displaying the officer's picture, his biographical information and details of his death."
The association, which paid for, erected and maintained the memorials, has erected 13 crosses so far, all with the permission of the state when they were located on public land.
Thomas said the association "chose the cross because it believed that crosses are used both generally in cemeteries to commemorate the dead and specifically by uniformed services to memorialize those who died in the line of duty. The association also said it believed only the cross effectively and simultaneously conveyed the messages of death, honor, remembrance, gratitude, sacrifice, and safety that the association wished to communicate to the public. Surviving family members of the fallen officers approved each memorial, and no family ever requested that the association use a symbol other than the cross."
There was no word on whether any of the fallen officers was Jewish, Muslim, atheist or agnostic.
A group called American Atheists Inc. and some of its members, sued several state officials. The suit alleged the state violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment, as incorporated by the 14th Amendment, "because most of the crosses were on state property and all of the crosses bore the Utah Highway Patrol's symbol." The association intervened to defend the memorials.
Though a federal judge gave the cross defenders summary judgment, an appeals court panel reversed while observing the Supreme Court is "sharply divided on the standard governing establishment clause cases."
Enter the good old Lemon test.
The three-pronged test was promulgated in 1971's Lemon vs. Kurtzman, asking: Does a government action have a secular purpose? Does it have the primary effect of advancing or inhibiting religion? And does it foster an excessive entanglement between government and religion?
Thomas and other conservatives, particularly Justice Antonin Scalia, have been beating the Lemon test with an ugly stick for decades. Now the test has been distilled down into the "Lemon/endorsement" test -- does a challenged government action have the actual purpose of endorsing religion, or does it have that effect when viewed by a "reasonable observer?"
The distilled test was proposed by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in 1984's Lynch vs. Donnelly.
The appeals court panel applied the Lemon/endorsement test and concluded the memorial cross program failed it, carrying a message of religious endorsement.
The full 10th Circuit voted 5-4 not to rehear the case. In a dissent that would be echoed by Thomas, U.S. Circuit Judge Paul Joseph Kelly Jr. said: "The [appeals] court's decision continues a troubling development in our establishment clause cases -- the use of a 'reasonable observer' who is increasingly hostile to religious symbols in the public sphere and who parses relevant context and history to find governmental endorsement of religion. ... Despite assurance from the Supreme Court that the establishment clause does not require us to 'purge from the public sphere all that in any way partakes in the religious' [in 2005's Van Orden vs. Perry] ... the [appeals] court's 'reasonable observer' seems intent on doing just that."
In his own dissent, Thomas said it was no surprise the 10th Circuit "relied on its own precedent, rather than on any of this [Supreme] Court's cases, when it selected the Lemon/endorsement test as its governing analysis.
"Our jurisprudence provides no principled basis by which a lower court could discern whether Lemon/endorsement, or some other test, should apply in establishment clause cases," Thomas said. "Some of our cases have simply ignored the Lemon or Lemon/endorsement formulations. ... [2002's Zelman vs. Simmons-Harris; 2001's Good News Club vs. Milford Central School, and 1983's Marsh vs. Chambers] ... Other decisions have indicated that the Lemon/endorsement test is useful, but not binding [1984's Lynch vs. Donnelly and 1973's Hunt vs. McNair].
"Most recently, in Van Orden ... a majority of the [Supreme] Court declined to apply the Lemon/endorsement test in upholding a Ten Commandments monument located on the grounds of a state capitol. ... Yet in another case decided the same day, McCreary County vs. American Civil Liberties Union of Ky. ... the court selected the Lemon/endorsement test with nary a word of explanation and then declared a display of the Ten Commandments in a courthouse to be unconstitutional."
Citing Scalia's concurrent opinion on the larger Lemon test in 1993's Lamb's Chapel vs. Center Moriches Union, Thomas said the distilled Lemon/endorsement test continues to stalk "our establishment clause jurisprudence" like "some ghoul in a late-night horror movie that repeatedly sits up in its grave and shuffles abroad, after being repeatedly killed and buried."
"Since Van Orden and McCreary, lower courts have understandably expressed confusion," Thomas argued, adding: "This confusion has caused the circuits to apply different tests to displays of religious imagery challenged under the establishment clause. Some lower courts have continued to apply the Lemon/endorsement test. Others have followed Van Orden. ... One circuit, in a case later dismissed as moot, applied both tests."
Thomas argued, "Since the inception of the endorsement test, we have learned that a creche displayed on government property violates the establishment clause, except when it doesn't."
In one case, a high court majority held "unconstitutional a solitary creche, surrounded by a 'fence-and-floral frame,' bearing a plaque stating 'This Display Donated by the Holy Name Society,' and located in the 'main,' 'most beautiful,' and 'most public' part of a county courthouse"; in another a court majority held "unconstitutional a creche consisting of 'large figures, easily visible and illuminated at night,' bearing a disclaimer reading 'Sponsored and maintained by Charlottesville-Albemarle Jaycees not by Albemarle County,' and located on the lawn of a county office building."
Then in Lynch a majority upheld "a creche displaying 5-inch to 5-foot tall figures of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, angels, shepherds, kings, and animals, surrounded by 'a Santa Claus house, reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh, candy-striped poles, a Christmas tree, carolers, cutout figures representing such characters as a clown, an elephant, and a teddy bear, hundreds of colored lights, [and] a large banner that [read] 'SEASONS GREETINGS,' situated in a park in the 'heart of the shopping district.'"
And in 1990 a majority upheld "a 15-foot stable 'furnished with a manger, two large pottery jugs, a ladder, railings, and some straw, but not with the figurines or statues commonly found in a ... creche,' bearing a disclaimer stating that 'This display ... does not constitute an endorsement by the commonwealth of any religion,' and located on the grounds of the state capitol, 100 yards from a Christmas tree," Thomas said, citing other examples.
Thomas offered similar examples for a menorah, the Ten Commandments and a cross, each of which he said violates the establishment clause, "except when it doesn't."
"One might be forgiven for failing to discern a workable principle that explains these wildly divergent outcomes," Thomas fumed. "Such arbitrariness is the product of an establishment clause jurisprudence that does nothing to constrain judicial discretion, but instead asks, based on terms like 'context' and 'message,' whether a hypothetical reasonable observer of a religious display could think that the government has made a law 'respecting an establishment of religion.'"
The justice has remarkably retro views, and rejects the almost universally accepted concept that the 14th Amendment applies the Bill of Rights to the states and other levels of government. Thomas said: "Even if the [Supreme] Court does not share my view that the establishment clause restrains only the federal government, and that, even if incorporated, the clause only prohibits 'actual legal coercion' ... the court should be deeply troubled by what its establishment clause jurisprudence has wrought. Indeed, five sitting justices have questioned or decried the Lemon/endorsement test's continued use."
Whatever creaky views he holds, Thomas is right. The Supreme Court's guidance on religious displays is damned confusing.


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Just a few minutes ago, the FBI released images of two suspects for Monday's Boston Marathon bombing. It hopes the community will be able to help identify the two men, who were both wearing baseball caps.
The Reddit community has already gotten to work identifying the suspects. They've identified what looks to be the black cap the first suspect is wearing. It looks like a black, Bridgestone Golf hat.
The white hat worn by the other suspect will take more time. " White hat looks like MANY golf hats, unable to narrow it down yet," one Redditer wrote.
Here are the pictures the FBI showed of the first suspect:
And here's the hat he appears to be wearing. It can be purchased at Walmart for $14.99 and it's advertised on Bridgestone Golf's site:


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A list of "high priority bugs" to fix before the 4.3 release was requested.
Here is my attempt to come up with something that is a reasonable setup for this, feel free to edit it. Where does this site lie on a scale of 1-10, where 1 is useless/doesn't work and 10 is almost perfect
You *need* to be on trunk for this.
(Update as needed)
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blauzahl | my memory of 4.1.8x from when i wrote this :P


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[Please note that Legislator's name in bold denotes that Committee's Chair]
Cindy O'Brien Stephen Flagg Jason Shaw Kelly Wildoner Daniel D. Reynolds
Responsible for the Rules of Order, local laws, advisory resolutions, the Legislature, and oversight over the County Executive, County Clerk, Department of Law, Information Technology and Elections.
Richard Balles Greg Baldwin Matthew Hilderbrant Susan Ryan Bob Weslar
Responsible for oversight of planning and economic development including oil and gas drilling, Brownfield Assessment and re-development, Chamber of Commerce's Convention & Visitors Bureau, Broome Community College, Broome County Public Library, the Department of Parks and Recreation, including the Arena and Forum and all matters pertaining to arts and culture.
Stephen Flagg Scott Baker Cindy O'Brien Kelly Wildoner Daniel D. Reynolds
Responsible for oversight of the Department of Audit and Control, Real Property Tax Service, Risk Management, and the Office of Management and Budget, the proposed annual budget and capital program, insurance and debt (bonding), taxes, assessments, tax maps, tax sales, and the disposal of real and personal property.
Jason Shaw Matthew Hilderbrant Cindy O'Brien Mary Kaminsky Susan Ryan
Responsible for oversight of long term care, the nursing Home, Community Alternative Systems Agency (CASA), the Department of Social Services, including Family Violence Prevention, Office for the Aging, Youth Bureau, Veterans Services, the Department of Health, Environmental Health including oil and gas drilling, public water supply and wastewater treatment. hazardous materials, disposal of hazardous waste, and soil and groundwater contamination, public health and mental health including the Mental Health Clinic.
Kelly Wildoner Greg Baldwin Matthew Hilderbrant Mary Kaminsky Bob Weslar
Responsible for oversight of the Personnel Department & Civil Service, including salaries, wages and all other employee benefits and terms and conditions of employment, and all labor negotiations.
Scott Baker Richard Balles Matthew Pasquale Bob Weslar Mark Whalen
Responsible for oversight of public safety and emergency services including the District Attorney, Public Defender, Emergency Services, Probation Department, STOP-DWI, Sheriff, Fire Coordinator and Fire Advisory Board, Broome Security, and the Dog Shelter.
Matthew Pasquale Scott Baker Greg Baldwin Richard Balles Mark Whalen
Ad Hoc & Advisory Committee information may be found here.
Committee of the Whole information may be found here.


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I have an HDHOMERUN -> nPVR. Had it for a few years. I never added all channels but just those I wanted in nPVR (left click background ->settings->channels), I'd scroll down to a channel I wanted and click Details. On channel details page General would have the channel, e.g. 723, SPORT_SOUTH_HD. EPG Source would have a default None but I'd bring down the menu and select Schedules Direct. This would bring up Username & Password, Download button, Lineup, Mapping. At this point in the past I would click Mapping I think and dial in 723 but now there are no numbers to dial in under Mapping and nothing under Lineup.
I mash the Download button and get no changes although my user name and password are entered.
So, is this a JSON issue or perhaps an HDHOMERUN config issue? Those channels I had programed in the past have remained programmed and show data in TV Guide. Those that I hadn't previously programmed don't get data.


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davewill wrote:I arrived there approx 2 miles into "Low battery"
So, you had, generally, 10-13 miles left...
I plugged in (L1) for an hour and a quarter... Ten miles and 400 feet down and back up, and I arrive at home.... I was expecting "Very Low Battery" any moment.
The L1 might have gotten you an additional 7-8 miles on top of the 10-13 you had, for 17-21 miles total. Then you drove 10. You had plenty of reserve !