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BusinessWeek Names New Editor, Starts Layoffs (Perhaps) (Updated)
BusinessWeek, which is in full reinvention mode since its was bought by Bloomberg last month, has found itself a new editor. We also hear layoffs are coming. Full info below. (UPDATED, with internal memo).
BW's new editor will be Josh Tyrangiel, the editor of Time.com. He replaces Steven Adler, who left BW last month after Bloomberg took over. One might reasonably speculate that Tyrangiel was a familiar name to Norm Pearlstine, the former Time editor who now runs Bloomberg's content. Funny Tyrangiel Wikipedia line: "In journalistic circles, Tyrangiel is postulated to be the successor to Richard Stengel, the current editor of TIME." Has inaccuracy been found on Wikipedia? From BW's own report:
In some media circles, Tyrangiel was considered a leading candidate to succeed Time managing editor Richard Stengel. According to sources, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes was so impressed with Tyrangiel that he tried to recruit him to be come the editor of CNN.com, the online arm of the 24-hour cable news channel, but Time Inc.'s current editor-in-chief John Huey intervened and convinced Tyrangiel to stay at Time with the promise that he might one day succeed Stengel.
Separately, we hear (unconfirmed) rumors that the long-expected post-sale BW layoffs have now started. One tipster tells us: "No word yet on how deep, but seems like a lot... Sounds like edit and ad sales are tomorrow, all other business functions are today." UPDATE: "3 people in marketing and 2 in finance" have been let go, our tipster says.
And as for the effect of Tyrangiel's departure on Time, which is itself in the midst of cutbacks: A tipster tells us that the savings there from Tyrangiel's departing salary means fewer people will get laid off. Which is good news, because the tipster says that "the deadline for volunteers at TIME is tomorrow in new york. after that they'll move swiftly to lay people off in new york, london and hong kong."
We've contacted Bloomberg and we'll update when we learn more. Please forward all internal memos and tips on this here.
UPDATE: This is the memo that went out at BW yesterday—some believe the "meetings" it references will include layoff notifications.
November 16, 2009
To: BusinessWeek Employees
From: Norman Pearlstine and Chris Walters
Bloomberg/BusinessWeek Integration Report #3
We are pleased to provide a progress report as we enter the last two weeks of the integration process.
Since our previous update on November 5, we have met or spoken with hundreds of you at departmental roundtable discussions. Thank you for your candor, insight and thoughtfulness on ways to make BusinessWeek even better. We took away many new ideas and better clarity on each department's priorities, concerns and accomplishments. In turn, we hope you took away a sense of our respect and excitement for the future of BusinessWeek.
At the same time, a selection process has been underway in many areas. This week, BusinessWeek staff members (except in Europe and countries where local requirements govern the process) will be invited to a meeting (in person or by telephone) to learn next steps. During the first half of the week, meetings will be held with Marketing, Communications & Events; Circulation and Production; Finance; Technology, and Digital. The remainder of the week will be spent with Sales and Sales Development, and Editorial. You'll be notified of the time and place separately.
One-hour information sessions will be scheduled on Thursday and Friday for U.S.-based employees receiving offers from Bloomberg to learn about benefits, policies and programs. Additional new hire orientation and terminal training will be provided after December 1. Employees outside of the U.S. will also receive similar information in the near future.
If you are moving to a Bloomberg office on December 4, you will receive information on logistics, your new address and general telephone number, and moving boxes. BusinessWeek marketing will provide electronic "change of address" cards to notify clients of your new location. Your "businessweek.com" email address will remain in effect.
Along with McGraw-Hill, we are striving to make the process as smooth and respectful as possible. We are very mindful that this transition will be emotional for everyone, and ask for your continued patience and consideration.
Norman Pearlstine
Chief Content Officer
Chris Walters
Integration Leader


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The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days
Karen Greenberg
From the Publisher: The Least Worst Place is a gripping narrative account of the first one hundred days of Guantanamo. Greenberg, one of America's leading experts on the Bush Administration's policies on terrorism, tells the story through a group of career officers who tried–and ultimately failed–to stymie the Pentagon's desire to implement harsh new policies in Guantanamo and bypass the Geneva Conventions. She sets her story in Camp X-Ray, which underwent a remarkably quick transformation from a sleepy naval outpost in the tropics into a globally infamous holding pen. Peopled with genuine heroes and villains, this narrative of the earliest days of the post-9/11 era centers on the conflicts between Gitmo-based Marine officers intent on upholding the Geneva Accords and an intelligence unit set up under the Pentagon's aegis. The latter ultimately won out, replacing transparency with secrecy, military protocol with violations of basic operation procedures, and humane and legal detainee treatment with harsh interrogation methods and torture […].
Tortured Law
Note: This video features TJSL Prof. Marjorie Cohn
From the Publisher: President Barack Obama has ended six years of American torture of suspected terrorists arising from the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks. The torture was originally outlined and sanctioned in 2002 by a series of memos drafted by lawyers in the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel. Were these lawyers simply giving the President their best legal advice? Or was their work part of a larger conspiracy to distort the law and authorize torture?
Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced an investigation of CIA interrogators who exceeded the authority provided by the "torture memos." But the officials who ordered these actions, and the lawyers who provided the legal cover have not been held accountable.
The End of Reciprocity: Terror, Torture, and the Law of War
Mark Osiel
From the Publisher: Why should America restrain itself in detaining, interrogating, and targeting terrorists when they show it no similar forbearance? Is it fair to expect one side to fight by more stringent rules than the other, placing itself at disadvantage? Is the disadvantaged side then permitted to use the tactics and strategies of its opponent? If so, then America's most controversial counterterrorism practices are justified as commensurate responses to indiscriminate terror. Yet different ethical standards prove entirely fitting, the author finds, in a conflict between a network of suicidal terrorists seeking mass atrocity at any cost and a constitutional democracy committed to respecting human dignity and the rule of law. The most important reciprocity involves neither uniform application of fair rules nor their enforcement by a simpleminded tit-for-tat. Real reciprocity instead entails contributing to an emergent global contract that encompasses the law of war and from which all peoples may mutually benefit.
International Legal Standards for the Protection from Refoulement: A Legal Analysis on the Prohibitions on Refoulement Contained in the Refugee Convention, the European Convention on Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Convention Against Torture
C.W. Wouters
From the Publisher: Every year, millions of people are seeking protection from countries other than their own for fear of being tortured, persecuted or killed. Finding protection is not easy. States are closely guarding their borders, making it difficult for aliens to seek and enjoy protection from serious harm. No matter where they are or why they flee, people seeking international protection are vulnerable and insecure; in dire need of knowing, understanding and receiving their rights. This book explores the basic right of every forcibly displaced person to be protected from refoulement. The prohibition of refoulement is the cornerstone of international refugee and asylum law and aims to provide protection to people at risk of persecution, torture, inhuman treatment or other human rights violations upon return to their own country. This book provides a comprehensive legal analysis of prohibitions of refoulement contained in four human rights treaties: the Refugee Convention, the European Convention on Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention against Torture. The emphasis of the analysis is on the international meaning of the prohibitions of refoulement and on the responsibilities of States deriving from these prohibitions. The four treaties are analysed in separate chapters. The final chapter compares the prohibitions of refoulement contained in the four investigated treaties. This book will be an important resource for legal scholars, students and practitioners working with asylum seekers and refugees throughout the world. It is also a reminder for States, which have obliged themselves to protect people from becoming victims of unspeakable atrocities.
Our Nation Unhinged: The Human Consequences of the War on Terror
Peter Jan Honigsberg
From the Publisher: Jose Padilla short-shackled and wearing blackened goggles and earmuffs to block out all light and sound on his way to the dentist. Fifteen-year-old Omar Khadr crying out to an American soldier, "Kill me!" Hunger strikers at Guantánamo being restrained and force-fed through tubes up their nostrils. John Walker Lindh lying naked and blindfolded in a metal container, bound by his hands and feet, in the freezing Afghan winter night. This is the story of the Bush administration's response to the attacks of September 11, 2001—and of how we have been led down a path of executive abuses, human tragedies, abandonment of the Constitution, and the erosion of due process and liberty. In this vitally important book, Peter Jan Honigsberg chronicles the black hole of the American judicial system from 2001 to the present, providing an incisive analysis of exactly what we have lost over the past seven years and where we are now headed.
The Treatment of Prisoners Under International Law
Nigel Rodley with Matt Pollard
From the Publisher: The book is more than a descriptive analysis of the field. It acknowledges areas of unclarity or where developments may be embryonic. Solutions are offered. Recent developments have confirmed the value of solutions proposed in this edition and the previous one. Central to most of the chapters is the human rights norm of most salience in the treatment of prisoners, namely, the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The early chapters focus on the period of first detention, when detainees are most at risk of having information or confessions, however unreliable, extracted by unlawful means. Voices contemplating the legitimacy of such treatment to combat terrorism have been heard in the wake of the atrocities of 11 September 2001. The book finds that the evidence clearly suggests that the absolute prohibition of such treatment remains firm. […] Chapters are also devoted to the extreme practice of enforced disappearance and the contribution of the new convention on this phenomenon, as well as to extra-legal executions.

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Dear Speaker Miller,
As the Council prepares its response to the Mayor's preliminary budget, we urge you to continue to emphasize the impact of the proposed cuts on children and families, especially reduced support to our public schools, to child care programs and to summer youth, senior, and library programs. We believe that we must consider every option to protect our children and families, and we commend your insistence that everything -- including revenue programs -- be considered as the Council seeks solutions to the budget crisis.
The Mayor's preliminary budget -- and the recent announcement of an additional $500 million in possible reduced spending -- simply cuts too deep. New York City's kids must come first. School governance issues aside, classes are too big, the city's teachers remain underpaid, buildings are overcrowded, and supplies are inadequate, outdated, or unavailable. Under the Mayor's preliminary budget, thousands of children will lose access to day-care slots and after-school programs. In a time of crisis, we cannot stop investing in our children's future to cover holes in the budget.
Of course, no one wants to raise taxes, and we support a thorough analysis at all agencies to eliminate waste and identify savings. At the same time, a "Children's First" budget would acknowledge that in tough fiscal times, we should all be prepared to make hard choices. We urge you to incorporate the three proposals below into the Council's response to the Mayor's preliminary budget to protect New York from an even greater deterioration in essential services. These proposals have been chosen because of their fairness, their economic impact, and their capacity to raise money to protect vital services:
Reinstating the commuter tax, a .45% tax on the income earned in New York City by non-residents. According to the Mayor's estimates, the repeal of this nominal tax will cost New York City $410 million this upcoming fiscal year.
Increasing the rates of the City's personal income tax by 1% on income over $200,000 and 2% on income over $250,000. This is a fair, effective way to raise over a billion dollars.
Reinstating 10% of the stock transfer tax. By placing a tax of up to a half-penny on stock transfers and by capping the tax at $35 for any transaction, the City could raise $800 million for its schools and other services.
We further suggest that the Council consider the possibility of implementing these tax increases for a limited period of time.
Taken together, these three modest tax increases would generate over $2 billion in new revenue to protect our children and our other city priorities. Investors, commuters, and wealthy New Yorkers have prospered in the past few years -- thanks to both the economic boom of the late 1990s and the extraordinary Bush tax cuts enacted last year. We believe, in these extraordinary times for New York, that they will support a "Children's First" agenda. If the Mayor believes that these New Yorkers are unwilling to help their city after last year's devastation, he has underestimated their patriotism and civic-mindedness. Far more destructive to our City will be devastating cuts to our schools, our child care programs, and our mental health and youth services.
We believe the three proposals outlined above represent the only fair alternative to the Mayor's preliminary budget, an alternative that will protect our children and free up scarce funds for other important city services. We strongly urge you to ensure their inclusion in the Council's response to the Mayor's preliminary budget.
Margarita Lopez (Dist 2), Christine Quinn (Dist 3), Eva Moskowitz (Dist 4), Gale A. Brewer (Dist 6), Robert Jackson (Dist 7), Phil Reed (Dist 8), Bill Perkins (Dist 9), Miguel Martinez (Dist 10), Larry Seabrook (Dist 12), Maria Baez (Dist 14), Joel Rivera (Dist 15), Helen Foster (Dist 16), Jose Serrano (Dist 17), John Liu (Dist 20), Hiram Monserrate (Dist 21), Eric Gioia (Dist 26), Leroy Comrie (Dist 27), James Sanders Jr. (Dist 31), Diana Reyna (Dist 34), James Davis (Dist 35), Albert Vann (Dist 36), Bill de Blasio (Dist 39), Yvette Clarke (Dist 40), Tracy Boland (Dist 41), Charles Barron (Dist 42), Kendall Stewart (Dist 45), Michael Nelson (Dist 48).


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In the evenings after dinner my Gran would set aside some time to play with me. I loved to play dress up with old vintage dresses that had been hers, or her sisters, play records and dance around the living room. One of my very favorite albums was "Arthur Murray's Music For Dancing" I loved the photo on the jacket of Arthur Murray dancing with his wife. I loved her champagne colored dress. I loved that the back showed you the dance steps. And I loved the music!
Other favorite albums of mine were, "The King And I" and "The Sound of Music" soundtracks. I remember dancing around to the later when I was only three and we still lived in Brooklyn. From Liberace to Nat King Cole, there wasn't much I didn't like. I think because I have these great memories associated with vinyl, that it is still something I love to this day. I am the proud owner of all my Gran's records now along with some that had been my Aunt's and numerous albums that I have purchased myself.
Occasionally I will find a record or two at local antique malls or flea markets. My very favorite place to find records is from our yearly local library sale! They always have a lot of records that people have donated or that have come from other area libraries and are priced around fifty cents. Then a week or so after the sale you can buy what's left by the bag! The first year I found them there, I came home with several original Frank Sinatra Capitol records. They are some of my favorites. The next sale is coming up in May and I can't wait!
Another aspect of albums I am intrigued by is the sleeve artwork. Sometimes I will buy an album just because I love the jacket. It's a bonus when it sounds great too!
My Grandmother's stereo set was a mid century Sony. Unfortunately I don't have it. I play my records on a reproduction Crosley from Target that also play's cassettes and CD's. It's been a very good purchase and I've had it a number of years now.
Do you have a record collection? If so, I'd love to know what your favorites are and where you like finding them best. Looking forward to reading your comments!


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- Press Release
- Apr 1, 2023
Scotland's First Minister views Scotland's First Satellite
The First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, took a close-up view of Scotland's first satellite today. Clyde Space, which designed and built the UKube-1 nanosatellite, is running final tests at the company's headquarters in the West of Scotland Science Park ahead of its deployment next month to Kazakhstan, where it will be launched in a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket later this year.
Employing more than 20 highly-skilled full-time staff, Clyde Space is a leading producer of small satellite, nanosatellite and 'CubeSat' systems – fully-functional satellites that 'piggy-back' on other launches to minimise costs and boost the commercial availability of space research. The company develops and delivers products to commercial aerospace, defence companies and academic teams around the world and now plans to open a base next year in the United States – which already accounts for almost a third of its current orders.
Mr Salmond said: "From James Clerk Maxwell's electromagnetic theory that paved the way for deep-space telescopes, to Professor Higgs work at the University of Edinburgh into the building blocks of all matter, Scottish science has helped humankind better understand our universe. By pioneering a cost-effective way of supporting more space research, the Clyde Space team is building on a strong heritage of engineering, ingenuity and innovation. I'm delighted that, through Scottish Enterprise, we've been able to support this exciting company as it has built the business globally, to a point, now, where it is planning a new base in the US.
"It is great to see up close Scotland's first space satellite – representing another successful Scottish export drive, but not as we know it. After years of hard work Craig and his stellar team have shown they have the right stuff to achieve a space mission and they're ready to make it so. I'm delighted that the mission not only supports several research projects but will engage young people online and can help inspire the next generation of space scientists and engineers. We cannot change the laws of physics but it's important that we continue to study and understand them better. It's one small satellite for Clyde and a giant leap for their extraterrestrial export business and a new hope for space science in Scotland!"
The UKube-1 is a UK Space Agency mission that will include experiments to use Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to measure space weather and to test how cosmic radiation could improve the security of communications satellites. The satellite will also carry a payload made up of five experiments that students across the UK and the public can interact with and an outreach programme for school pupils.
Clyde Space CEO Craig Clark said: "Clyde Space is a product-focused company operating in a traditionally service-based market. This has allowed the company to clearly differentiate itself to supply to the emerging, fast growing, nanosatellite sector. The size of spacecraft that Clyde Space mostly work with weigh less than 5 kilograms and are about the size of a small desktop computer. Through our innovation and understanding of this market, Clyde Space has positioned itself as a world leader in the supply of subsystems, especially to organisations in the USA such as NASA, the US Air Force and the European Space Agency. With the development of our latest product, a complete satellite, Clyde Space aims to significantly grow the company over the next five years and expand further into the US market in particular. Ukube-1 is the first spacecraft to be design and built in Scotland – if we are successful in our business plan, it will be the first of many more Scottish satellites."
The First Minister was joined by Scottish Enterprise CEO Lena Wilson and Sergey Krutikov, the Consul General of the Russian Federation in Scotland during today's visit – part of a programme of events this week aimed at showcasing the best of Scottish science.
Lena Wilson, CEO of Scottish Enterprise, which has been supporting the company to further its innovation through product development and increase overseas trading, said: "The global space industry is forecast to be worth #400 billion by 2030, so there's huge opportunity for innovative companies like Clyde Space to grab a share of this international market. Exporting is still one of the key routes to business growth and economic recovery. The recent Global Connections Survey highlighted the international growth opportunities which exist for Scottish companies in both emerging markets and more traditional economies. When companies couple product innovation tailored to meet customer needs with targeting of new markets and geographies, it's a powerful recipe for business success and continuing, sustainable growth."
Hugh Stewart OBE, Clyde Space chairman and Managing Partner of private equity company Coralinn LLP a financial backer of the company, added: "Clyde Space is a fantastic Scottish example of how a small company can compete globally in leading-edge manufacturing. Its strategy is for continued growth and we hope to open in the USA in the next year. At Coralinn we invest in high-growth Scottish companies wanting to compete in a global market and Clyde Space is a classic example of how companies of all sizes can succeed at that level. Scotland has the people, support networks and capacity to grow more businesses like Clyde Space."
Craig Clark Clyde Space [email protected]
CubeSats are tiny fully functional satellites with typical mass of 4kg and dimensions of around 100mm x 100mm x 340mm. CubeSats typically piggy-back on other launches and can be flown within a year of inception. The rapidly increasing capabilities of CubeSat related technologies, commercial availability of these and the low relative costs opens up a large number of possibilities for carrying out detailed space science studies.
Clyde Space
Clyde Space is a leading supplier of small satellite, nanosatellite and CubeSat systems. We design and build high performance power subsystems, DC-DC Converters, lithium polymer batteries, high efficiency solar panels, attitude determination and control systems, reaction wheels, sun-sensors, de-orbiting devices, communications systems and complete CubeSat platform solutions. Clyde Space is a World-leading CubeSat vendor, and pioneered the CubeSat Shop – an online shop for satellites and subsystems. The company is also producing an advanced CubeSat mission, called UKube-1, for the UK Space Agency which will carry 6 payloads and will launch early 2013. www.clyde-space.com


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The Demise of Saturn Hurts
David Booth from the National Post: So, Saturn is no more. One more bastion of the U.S. auto empire sinks into the quicksand that has been The Great Recession. Its would-be saviour, Roger Penske, has pulled out of the deal quite dramatically one day prior to taking over the "Saturn Homecoming" brand.
Leggat Saturn Saab: We are Committed to Remaining Open and Serving Our Customers
General Motors has recently announced that the purchase of the Saturn brand by the Penske Auto Group will not include the Saturn Retailers in Canada. What does this mean to you, our valued Leggat Saturn Saab customers? We want you to know we have made the decision to remain open at our current location at 814 Guelph Line after the announced Saturn end date in Canada of December 31, 2009, so that we can fully look after your servicing requirements.
Support Forum for Canadian Saturn Owners Now Open
With this week's confirmation that General Motors and Penske Automotive Group plan to close down Saturn in Canada, SaturnFans.com has created a new support forum to give Canadian owners a place to ask questions, get help, and share experiences. My hope is that our friends "north of the 48" will get the same level of service and support for their cars from their local GM dealership as they had come to expect from Saturn. But just in case, feel free to use this dedicated forum as a place to post messages if you have any issues getting your Saturn vehicles serviced.
London Retailer Decides to Go it Alone, Believes Saturn Will Return to Canada Someday
Kelly Pedro from Canada's London Free Press: Saturn's future in Canada may be uncertain, but it's business as usual at the Saturn Saab Isuzu of London dealership. Penske Automotive Group bought the Saturn brand from General Motors and has decided not to sell the vehicles in Canada. GM is building the Vue, Aura and Outlook for Penske until 2011 - all mid-sized or sport-utility vehicles.
Lack of a Profitable Small Car Hurt Saturn in Canada
Michael Bettencourt from Globe and Mail: The Saturn brand's lack of a profitable small car and its pairing with another ailing brand in Saab in Canada helped prompt the decision to close all Canadian Saturn and Saab outlets in the next few months, according to the company that will keep the brand alive in the U.S.
Canadian Saturn Retail Facilities Told They Must Close by End of Year
Murray McNeill from the Winnipeg Free Press: Manitoba's only Saturn dealership will disappear by the end of the year as the restructuring of the North American auto sector continues. Birchwood Automotive Group president Steve Chipman said Wednesday that General Motors notified Birchwood's Saturn Saab of Pointe West dealership earlier this week that all 46 Canadian Saturn dealerships will cease operations on or before December 31.
It's Official: Saturn to Cease Operations in Canada
Earlier today Stew Low, a spokesman for General Motors, officially announced what had been expected for some time: Saturn will cease its operations in Canada on or before December 31, 2009. According to Low, the decision to shutdown operations was jointly made by General Motors and Penske officials after thoroughly analyzing the brand's Canadian business model.
Report: Sun to Set on Saturn in Canada
Tim Petruk from Kamloops this Week via BCLocalNews.com: It's the end of one era for a long-time Kamloops auto dealership. Terry Lowe, president and dealer principal of Saturn of Kamloops announced Thursday the Valleyview dealership that has been selling Saturns for almost two decades would be changing brands after Roger Penske, the new owner of the Saturn brand, decided not to carry the cars north of the 49.
Save Saturn in Canada?
On Tuesday, letters were sent to Saturn retailers asking them to join the Penske Automotive Group; however, those invitations were only sent to the 350 retailers located in the United States. The 51 Canadian-based retailers were not included. Penske mentioned to a reporter from the Toronto Star that his first priority as the new owner of Saturn is to review the viability of the Canadian retail network. This uncertainty has already caused one dealership, located in Windsor, Ontario, to close shop.
Random Article from the SaturnFans.com Archives
CNN: Last-Minute Treasury Bailout Targeted for Big 3
Chris Isidore from CNNMoney.com: The Bush administration said Friday it might use taxpayer dollars set aside to bail out banks and Wall Street firms to keep troubled U.S. automakers out of bankruptcy. The administration's announcement, which reverses its previous position on how to help the auto industry, effectively revives a bailout proposal killed by senators of the president's own party just hours earlier.


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Looks like the Internet isn't the only cat-loving series of tubes. Brooklyn-bound subway lines in New York City were stopped on Thursday so that Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) workers could rescue two frisky felines that had fallen onto the tracks.
The kittens had escaped from their owner in Brookyln's Church Avenue station, and the station attendant called for help. A supervisor came to the scene and then decided to cut power for two different train lines. While a team of MTA workers planned how to rescue the cats, aggravated subway riders were told that the delay was due to ongoing police activity.
Despite the rescue team's heroic efforts, the cats didn't make their task an easy one. Witnesses described seeing the two kittens run in opposite directions as workers tried to lure them into a carrying case. The search continued for more than an hour, and commuters finally learned the real reason of the stoppage, much to their dismay. One rider vented, "Can you believe this? All for cats! I hate cats!"
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Around 6:30 P.M. EST, the kittens eventually fell asleep and were towed to safety in a milk crate, to the relief of their owner and animal lovers everywhere.
What do you think about this cat-scapade? Share your thoughts in the comments below.


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The Game According to Twitter: Canucks 4 vs. Panthers 3 (SO)
Well, that was fun, wasn't it?
The Canucks stroll into Florida, face Roberto Luongo and the Panthers, blow a late lead, and then win a shootout.
Again, the kids – especially Nicklas Jensen and Eddie Lack – played well.
All things considered, I guess we can't ask for more than that.
Thing 3 triumphs over Thing 1 with a goal from Jensen and big saves from the Stork. #welldonegrasshopper #TGATT #CanucksvsLuongo
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See: http://blogs.testbit.eu/timj/2010/09/10/10-09-2010-beastbse-release-0-7-2-available/ (page moved)
BEAST/BSE and BSE-ALSA version 0.7.2 are available for download:
http://beast.gtk.org/beast-ftp/v0.7/beast-0.7.2.tar.bz2 http://beast.gtk.org/beast-ftp/v0.7/bse-alsa-0.7.2.tar.bz2
BEAST is a music composition and modular synthesis application. The "Bedevilled" portion of the names has no religious background, please refer to the About page for more details.
Homepage: http://beast.gtk.org/ Downloads: http://beast.gtk.org/beast-ftp/ Feedback: http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/beast/
The 0.7.2 release provides new plugins and instruments, and a long list of bug fixes, improvements and translation updates.
TRANSLATORS: Please help us to improve the BEAST translations at Transifex.
Overview of Changes in BEAST/BSE 0.7.2:
- Moved Beast/BSE to GNU LGPL, use AS-IS license for examples
- Module changes and additions: ArtsCompressor – Relicensed to LGPL with permission from Matthias Kretz BseContribSampleAndHold – Relicensed to LGPL with permission from Artem Popov DavXTalStrings – Use deterministic random numbers for unit tests BseNoise – Improved random number generator
- Switched to autogenerated ChangeLogs
- Error bell can be muted in beast preferences dialog
- Added multisample creation/editing command line tool: bsewavetool
- Support adjustable volume, pitching and drum envelopes in .bsewave files
- Added Retro Acoustic drum kit [Tim, Stefan]
- New loadable Instruments/Effects:
- BQS Bass Drum E8012 [Tim, Stefan] - BQS Slow Hum [Stefan, William DeVore] - FSM Fresh Water Bass instrument [Krzysztof Foltman] - FSM Growl Bass instrument [Krzysztof Foltman] - FSM Synth String Sweep [Krzysztof Foltman]
- Added support for loading 32bit and 24bit PCM-format WAV files
- Added support for gcc-4.4 and automake-1.10
- Added support for guile-1.8, guile-1.6 remains as minimum requirement
- Various fixes, improvements and much improved test coverage.
- Bug fixes: #452604, #468229, #344388, #451086, #450724, #454121, #491552, #450490, #441936, #336766, #433431, #474332, #474244, #456879, #456408, #424897 [Tim Janik, Stefan Westerfeld]
- Migrated translation support to use awk, sed and po/Makefile.am.
- Updated German translation [Mario Blättermann]
- Updated Italien translation [Michele Petrecca]
- Updated Occitan translation [Yannig Marchegay]
- Updated Brazilian Portugues translation [Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle]
- Updated British English translation [David Lodge]
- Updated Spanish translation [Jorge Gonzalez]
- Updated Slovenian translation [Andrej Znidarsic]
- Updated Danish translation [Joe Hansen]
- Updated French translation [Bruno Brouard]
- Added Norwegian bokmal translation [Kjartan Maraas]
- Added Ukrainian translation [Maxim V. Dziumanenko]
Overview of Changes in BSE-ALSA 0.7.2:
- Fixes for automake-1.10 builds
- Moved Beast/BSE to GNU LGPL
UPDATES: Updated translator instructions and uploaded a new release tarball with build fixes.


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Challenges for the Academic Librarian
From C&RL News, November 2002, Vol. 63 No. 10: "Top issues facing academic libraries: A report of the Focus on the Future Task Force," by W. Lee Hisle:
1. Recruitment, education, and retention of librarians.
2. Role of library in academic enterprise.
3. Impact of information technology on library services.
4. Creation, control, and preservation of digital resources.
5. Chaos in scholarly communication.
6. Support of new users.
7. Higher education funding.
See full article.
Resources to Respond to those Challenges
ACRL Wiki from the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)


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To burn it off, you'll have to:
Walk for 5 hours and 40 minutes at a moderate pace.
Climb stairs for 3 hours and 4 minutes.
Ballroom dance for 8 hours and 7 minutes.
Shovel snow for 4 hours and 4 minutes.
Play the piano for 8 hours and 54 minutes.
Next time, make it healthier:
Bake your own tortilla chips to cut calories and fat. Spray 100% corn tortillas with nonstick cooking spray; sprinkle with chili powder, garlic powder, sea salt and pepper; and bake in a 400°F oven for 7 to 8 minutes or until golden. Then break into pieces. No time to DIY? Look for baked chips or ones with just a few ingredients like ground corn, oil and salt. Many of these are higher in fiber, which will keep you fuller longer.
Save: 92 Calories!
Go with 2% shredded cheese instead of regular. Don't worry, your taste buds won't know the difference.
Save: 300 calories!
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Use black beans, not chili. This cuts the fat, saturated fat and calories while keeping the protein and adding fiber.
Save: 40 calories!
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The FCC has cleared Google of any wrongdoing over the WiFi snooping case, but nonetheless hit it with a $25,000 fine for "noncompliance with [FCC] information and document requests." Google, for its part, has repeatedly said it has done nothing illegal, and that its previous practices were a "mistake," despite the fact the FCC found that the Google engineer involved in the project declined to testify.
"It seems that the FTC and other regulators around the world weren't able to assess the full scope of the problem without [this withheld information] and may have closed their investigations prematurely," Katitza Rodriguez, the international rights director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told Ars on Monday, adding that the technical information was "critical to a proper assessment of what [Google] did." Just to be clear, 25 large is pretty tiny to a company like Google. For a company worth almost $200 billion, this amount is so meaningless it's basically laughable, particularly when the FCC has said it's now dropping this case.
Earlier this year, European Union Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding put forward a proposed revision of EU law that would radically update the 27-member bloc's 1995-era data protection directive. Had this new proposal been in place prior to Google's violation, it would have been required to notify data protection authorities as soon as possible—and face a fine of up to 2 percent of annual sales, which in Google's case, could have reached €758 million ($990 million). Of course, these new proposed European regulations, if they do pass the European Parliament, will likely take a few years to become the law of the land.
To date, this appears to be the only fine from American authorities that Google has faced in relation to the WiFi snooping case. Across the pond in Europe, fines for judicial obstruction or privacy violations haven't been much stiffer, either: CNIL, the French data protection authority, fined Google a maximum of €100,000 ($130,000). Their Dutch counterparts threatened to hit Google with a €1.4 million ($1.8 million) fine if it didn't provide a way for Dutch users to opt out, which it did last April—and that case resulted in no fine at all. In 2010, Italian authorities threatened Google with an €1,800 fine ($2,352) if the company didn't fulfill its new privacy restrictions. In some really privacy-conscious corners of Europe, like Germany, Google has pulled the plug on entire projects—abandoning collecting new Street View data as of last year.
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by Mark Levin on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 2:41pm – Facebook
As the Supreme Court recognized in US v. Nixon, the Executive Branch has a legitimate interest in confidentiality of communications among high officials so that the President can have the benefit of candid advice. However, as President Washington himself recognized, that privilege does not protect the President or his underlings from embarrassment or public exposure for questionable actions.
As the Supreme Court has also recognized repeatedly, the Congress, in the exercise of its constitutional powers, has the essential power to investigate the actions of the Executive Branch.
In this case, the exercise of Executive Privilege seems, in its timing and over-inclusiveness, to be nothing less than a political delaying tactic to prevent exposure of wrongdoing and incompetence that resulted in the murder of a American law enforcement agent and injury and death of many others. Further, a wholesale claim of privilege is facially improper: the President should be held to the standard that anyone claiming privilege is held to: identify each document in a log so that privilege can be disputed. (U.S. v. Nixon, 1974)
Because among the categories of documents sought are all those relating to the recantation by Holder of testimony before Congress, the demand goes to the core of the Congressional power under Article I. In this respect, this is not a general or oversight inquiry but a determination of why the Attorney General of the United States testified falsely before Congress about his own knowledge of a federal program. Presumptively, none of this category of documents is protected by Executive Privilege for wrongdoing per se is not protected by the privilege.
The right way to proceed is to hold Holder in contempt by resolution of the House and seek authorization from the House for the Committee, by its Chairman, to proceed by civil action to compel production of the documents. (Holder will not enforce a holding of contempt against himself — and by the way, he should have authorized, say, the assistant attorney general for legal counsel, to handle the contempt matter once the House voted as at that point he is representing his own interests and not those of the nation generally). Chairman Issa should file suit in federal court in DC and seek expedited action. There is no need for Senate action. The use of this procedure has been acknowledged by the Congressional Research Service in a 2007 study. Further, a privilege log should be sought by Issa and ordered produced immediately by the court, in camera inspection done promptly by the judge, and a final order entered compelling production of all documents for which no legitimate reason justifies Executive Privilege.
Yes, some documents may be covered by EP, but the blanket attachment of that label flouts the law and the Constitution, and harms the legitimate assertion of EP by Presidents of either party in the future. The Constitution is far too important to be subject to the caprice of this President and an AG who, on its face, wants to be free from scrutiny about why he testified falsely before a Committee of Congress.
Executive Privilege is a very important implied executive power, used in various forms since the presidency of George Washington. Therefore, it's misuse and abuse, to cover-up wrongdoing, conceal embarrassing information, or advance a political agenda, diminishes the ability of future presidents to assert it legitimately.
Obama's need for "Executive Privilege" - "What did the President know and when did he know it?" – former senator Howard Baker about Richard Nixon during the Watergate hearings
The President MUST Be Involved in an Issue to Invoke Executive Privilege
Shades of Watergate? – Congress Moves Ahead with Contempt Vote, Obama Invokes Executive Privilege… Why?


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LONDON — U.S. forces boarded an oil tanker loaded with Libyan crude late Sunday and took control of the vessel, ending an odyssey by the ship, the "Morning Glory," started a week ago when it left a Libyan port controlled by rebels.
It was the first instance of a ship trying to load crude from a rebel-controlled facility in Libya and triggered a political storm that ultimately cost the country's prime minister his job. Since the departure of the tanker, its whereabouts had been unknown, though industry officials said it would be difficult to unload the crude in any of the world's major oil transportation hubs. An oil tanker is also a large and slow vessel, lending itself to being easily tracked.
In a statement, the Pentagon said U.S. Navy SEALS, at the request of both the Libyan and Cypriot governments, boarded and gained control of the vessel shortly after 10 p.m. Eastern time. The boarding took place in international waters off the southeast coast of Cyprus. The U.S. said there were no injuries.
The Pentagon, in its brief statement, called the vessel "stateless," and said it had been seized earlier this month by three armed Libyans.
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The Jersey Coast
|During the first half of the 20th Century in America, rail travel was luxurious and opulent for the well-to-do. The Whippany Railway Museum has re-created this atmosphere with the restoration of its Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) club car named "Jersey Coast".
|The first steel Jersey Central passenger coach was delivered in 1913, carrying 78 commuters and had a standard clerestory roof. Starting with the number "800," the series grew to the number "1204" (over 400 coaches) by 1927.The Museum's car, numbered "1201," was one of the newest, built in 1927 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding as a standard steel-bodied CNJ commuter coach with mahogany interior
|Jersey Central trains, rushing commuters back and forth to work in New York City, carried thousands each day in standard coaches, but also a happy minority in extra comfort in a few "commuter club cars." These spacious extra- fare cars had individual reserved seats and other amenities that appealed to executives and other professionals. Adding one more advantage over coach, in July 1948, the first air conditioned commuter club cars joined the fleet between Jersey City and stations on the Raritan and Bay Head lines. This air conditioning was provided by forced air blowing over coils chilled by several 400 pound blocks of solid ice carried in bunkers beneath the car. Our coach # 1201 was converted to a commuter club car at this time, had its crowded walk-over seats removed, carpet laid, arm chairs and card tables furnished, a tiny kitchen installed, and received the name "Jersey Coast," as all club cars had names. Beverages were served by a porter, and for many commuters this was a civilized way to travel to and from work.
|Club cars were provided to a group of commuters by the railroad at the cost of conversion and operation and guaranteed each of its members one of the 74 seats onboard the car. Club cars were placed at the east end of trains so their passengers did not have far to walk through the Jersey City waterside terminal (ferry boats to New York City). They were scheduled to operate only on specific trains..
|The "Jersey Coast" carried its passengers in style - bridge tournaments, Christmas parties and all - until the car was retired by the CNJ in 1972
|The surplus "Jersey Coast" was then purchased from the railroad by a Morris County businessman who converted it into a private, stationary lodging for himself, but altered one end of the car with a new railed-in open observation platform, so that it now resembled the famous observation cars of the Jersey Central's stylish, seashore-bound 1930s "Blue Comet" express train.
|Later, the owner placed the car into storage where it was subject to the ravages of weather and vandalism for a decade, leaving the car in dismal condition.
|Early in 1994, the Whippany Railway Museum acquired the car and Museum members immediately cleaned up the badly damaged and graffiti-ed interior, replaced the many shattered windows and patched the leaking roof.
|Taking its cue from the previous owner and with a nod to glamor, the Museum painted the exterior of the car in the three bands of "Blue Comet" color: Jersey Cream, Packard Blue and Royal Blue, representing the sand, sky and sea of the New Jersey seashore... adding "Jersey Central Lines" in the letterboard above the windows and including CNJ Statue of Liberty logos from the 1940s near the steps. The restoration then paused.
|The "Blue Comet" was the crack seashore passenger train of the CNJ, running between Jersey City and the boardwalks, beaches and resort hotels of Atlantic City from 1929 until 1941. The mainly blue paint scheme of this celebrated train, with its cream-color band running along the windows of all of the cars, reminded the viewer of a comet streaking through space as the train raced past. All of the "Blue Comet" cars were named for "short period" comets...the swiftest of comets, caused by their small orbits.
|Our club car "Jersey Coast" never ran on the "Blue Comet" but was built to the identical blueprint, by the same builder, in the same year as the "Blue Comet" cars, including the same inlaid mahogany interior, the only difference being the type of carpet and style of seating.
When restoration of the "Jersey Coast" resumed in earnest in 2004-2010, anywhere from two to ten Museum volunteers, including master mechanic Earle Gil, worked steadily to restore the car's roof, make and install 40 new mahogany windows, remove and replace all paint in the car, refinish the mahogany paneling, replace damaged woodwork, renew the wiring, re-install lights, fans, luggage racks, carpet, reproduce the card tables and do too many mechanical upgrades to mention, so that the car is now a work of historical rejuvenation.
|On September 12, 2010, Hanover Township mayor John Sheridan and Whippany Railway Museum president Steven Hepler, in the presence of township officials, Museum donors and a large crowd of waiting passengers, cut a ribbon, signaling the completion of the restoration of the "Jersey Coast" and its addition to our Whippany excursion trains as a first class, extra-fare car.
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The name is still anyone's guess, but the battery inside the hotly tipped Nokia Lumia 1020 (or is that the Nokia 909?) may not be up to much after a charging shell appeared online.
A snap of the accessory was picked up by Russian site Izvestia, and details which accompanied the photo suggested it would provide users with an additional 35 per cent battery life.
Apparently the Nokia-branded accessory packs a 1020mAh battery into the clip on shell, complete with sizeable porthole for that much-rumoured 41MP PureView camera.
Is that it?
That said, 1020mAh is relatively small for an external charging pack, with cases usually packing larger batteries at the expense of a bulkier design.
Usually these cases are produced by third party manufacturers and it seems a little odd that Nokia is making one itself. It raises our suspicions that the Lumia 1020 may struggle to see out a whole day on a single charge.
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Rush, Benjamin
Rush, Benjamin, 1745?–1813, American physician, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Byberry (now part of Philadelphia), Pa., grad. College of New Jersey (now Princeton, 1760), M.D. Univ. of Edinburgh (1768). On his return to America (1769) he became professor of chemistry, the first in the colonies, at the College of Philadelphia. A member of the Continental Congress (1776–77), he served for a time in the Continental Army. In 1786 he established in Philadelphia the first free dispensary in the United States. He was a member of the Pennsylvania convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution. In 1792 he became professor of the institutes of medicine and clinical practice at the Univ. of Pennsylvania (the successor to the College of Philadelphia), later becoming professor of theory and practice. His reliance upon the bleeding and purging of patients, particularly in the yellow-fever epidemic of 1793 (in which he worked heroically), aroused a bitter controversy. Popular as a teacher, he made notable contributions to psychiatry, viewing mental illness as a disease rather than a moral breakdown. He was also a founder of the first American antislavery society and the driving force in the founding of Dickinson College. From 1797 to his death he was treasurer of the U.S. mint at Philadelphia. Rush Medical College, Chicago, now part of Rush Univ., was named for him. His principal writings were Medical Inquiries and Observations (5 vol., 1794–98), Essays, Literary, Moral, and Philosophical (1798), and Medical Inquiries and Observations upon the Diseases of the Mind (1812).
See his letters (ed. by L. H. Butterfield, 1951); autobiography (ed. by G. W. Corner, 1948); biographies by D. F. Hawke (1971) and S. Fried (2018).
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GEO Group to still donate to FAU after withdrawing $6 million donation for stadium naming rights
GEO Group CEO, FAU alumnus pledges $500,000 to academic scholarship program
Although the GEO Group has withdrawn a $6 million donation to Florida Atlantic University for the naming rights of its football stadium, the Boca Raton-based private prison corporation will still pledge $500,000 to the school's academic scholarship program.
GEO Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer George Zoley, an alumnus of FAU, announced the withdrawal of the $6 million donation in a letter to his alma mater Monday.
"What was originally intended as a gesture of GEO's goodwill to financially assist the university's athletic scholarship program has surprisingly evolved into an ongoing distraction to both of our organizations," Zoley said.
FAU's decision to name its football stadium after GEO Group was met with controversy amid allegations of human rights violations at the corporation's facilities.
Students who led the protest against the stadium naming rights praised the decision.
"I think it's a really strong statement for the role of students at a university, for the role of protests and civic engagement and collective action," FAU senior Leslie William told WPBF 25 News.
FAU President Mary Jane Saunders said she was "disappointed" the GEO Group withdrew its gift.
"Because it was going to be a transformational gift for our athletics department and mean more scholarships for our students, and so, you know, that's always a little hard to take," Saunders said.
Zoley said GEO Group will donate $500,000 to this year's academic scholarship program. He declined a request for an interview.
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"We had a very, very conservative financial plan, and we'll certainly be able to pay the mortgage on the stadium," Saunders said.


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President Barack Obama Monday urged the Republican-led U.S. House to pass changes to immigration law, focusing on an issue that may benefit his party as the flawed rollout of his health-care law hurts his popularity.
"It's up to Republicans in the House to decide if we can move forward as a country on this bill," Obama said in a speech in San Francisco, calling the nation's immigration system "broken."
Sixty-three percent of Americans favor providing a way for the nation's 11 million undocumented immigrants to become citizens, provided they meet certain requirements, according to a poll released today by the Public Religion Research Institute. That number, which includes majorities of both Republicans and Democrats, matches a March survey from the Washington-based group that studies public opinion.
The Democratic-led Senate in June passed with bipartisan support an immigration measure that included a path to citizenship. House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, said Nov. 13 that he has "no intention" of considering the comprehensive Senate bill and instead preferred a piecemeal approach.
Obama said he's "hopeful" about making progress on the measure, and would back Boehner's step-by-step approach "as long as all the pieces get done."
"I believe the speaker is sincere," the president told a crowd in San Francisco's Chinatown. "I think he generally wants to get it done."
The Senate legislation would boost average annual gross domestic product growth by a projected 0.3 percentage points during the next 20 years, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate cited by the White House. The CBO also said that enacting the bill would reduce the federal budget by almost $850 billion in 20 years.
The president is seeking to pressure Congress to act as the issue of immigration has been overshadowed by the partial government shutdown in October and the flawed rollout of the enrollment website for the president's health-care expansion.
A CNN/ORC poll released Monday showed that 53 percent of Americans disagree that Obama is honest and trustworthy, the highest percentage during his five years in office. Just 40 percent said Obama can manage the government effectively, according to the poll. The telephone survey of 843 adults was conducted Nov. 18-20 and has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.
Obama is in the second day of a three-day West Coast trip. In addition to the speech today, the president is attending seven fundraisers to help Democrats with 2014 election contests.
At the Seattle home of former Microsoft president and chief operating officer Jon Shirley Sunday, Obama told donors that immigration remained among his top priorities.
"The American people can't afford to wait in perpetuity for us to grow faster, create more jobs, strengthen our middle class, clean our environment, fix our immigration system," Obama said.
Earlier this month, Obama enlisted a group of business executives, including McDonald's Corp. Chief Executive Officer Donald Thompson and Blackstone Group LP CEO Stephen Schwarzman, to put pressure on congressional Republicans to pass an immigration law by year's end.
Obama's speech at the Betty Ann Ong Chinese Recreation Center in San Francisco was interrupted when a heckler standing among people on the riser behind him yelled that the president has "power to stop deportations for all."
"Actually, I don't," Obama replied. "If, in fact, I could solve all these problems without passing laws in Congress, then I would do so. But we're also a nation of laws."


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Set in 1980s and 90s New York City, Party Monster (2003) tells the true story of Michael Alig (Macaulay Culkin), a small-town boy from Indiana who moved to New York and became arguably the most legendary club-kid party-promote of the era.
A heavy drug user, Michael was known for his always-outrageous behavior, along with his equally bizarre and extravagant friend James St. James (Seth Green), who upon Michael's arrival in the city taught him "the rules of fabulousness" and groomed Michael for his eventual title: "King of the Club Kids."
At his peak, Michael was surrounded by a loyal posse of club-kid friends. At his lowest, Michael hit rock-bottom in his drug use, killing his dealer along the way.
The film is based on Disco Bloodbath, the autobiographical "novel" James St. James wrote after Michael and his girlfriend Gitsie (Chloe Sevigny) left the scene to clean up and dry out at a residential rehab facility.
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The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has vrought progress.
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Star wars is 10, and Lucas reflects
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- George Lucas
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- Star Wars : Episode IV -- A new hope — Lucas, George — United States — 1977
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- United States
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This page assumes you are using Cloud Foundry Command Line Interface (cf CLI) v6.15.0 or later.
This topic describes how to gain direct command line access to your deployed service instance. For example, you may need access to your database to execute raw SQL commands to edit the schema, import and export data, or debug app data issues.
To establish direct command line access to a service, you deploy a host app and use its SSH and port forwarding features to communicate with the service instance through the app container. The technique outlined below works with TCP services such as MySQL or Redis.
Note: The procedure in this topic requires use of a service key, and not all services support service keys. Some services support credentials through app binding only.
Create a Service Instance
In your terminal window, log in to your deployment with
cf login.
List the marketplace services installed as product tiles in your Ops Manager deployment. If you need to add the service as a tile, see Adding and Deleting Products. In this example, you create a p-mysql service instance.
$ cf marketplace p-mysql 100mb MySQL databases on demand
Create your service instance. As part of the create-service command, indicate the service name, the service plan, and the name you choose for your service instance.
$ cf create-service p-mysql 100mb MY-DB
Push Your Host App
To push an app that will act as the host for the SSH tunnel, push any app that will successfully deploy to VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs.
Note: Your app must be prepared before you push it. See the Pushing an App topic for details on preparing apps for pushing.
- Push your app.
$ cf push YOUR-HOST-APP
- Enable SSH for your app.
$ cf enable-ssh YOUR-HOST-APP
Note: To enable SSH access to your app, SSH access must also be enabled for both the space that contains the app and VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs. See the App SSH Overview topic for more details.
Create Your Service Key
To establish SSH access to your service instance, you must create a service key that contains critical information for configuring your SSH tunnel.
- Create a service key for your service instance using the cf create-service-key command.
$ cf create-service-key MY-DB EXTERNAL-ACCESS-KEY
- Retrieve your new service key using the cf service-key command.
$ cf service-key MY-DB EXTERNAL-ACCESS-KEY Getting key EXTERNAL-ACCESS-KEY for service instance MY-DB as email@example.com
"hostname": "us-cdbr-iron-east-01.p-mysql.net",
"jdbcUrl": "jdbc:mysql://us-cdbr-iron-east-03.p-mysql.net/ad_b2fca6t49704585d?user=b5136e448be920\u0026password=231f435o05",
"name": "ad_b2fca6t49704585d",
"password": "231f435o05",
"port": "3306",
"uri": "mysql://b5136e448be920:email@example.com:3306/ad_b2fca6t49704585d?reconnect=true",
"username": "b5136e448be920"
Configure Your SSH Tunnel
Configure an SSH tunnel to your service instance using cf ssh. Tailor the example command below with information from your service key.
$ cf ssh -L 63306:us-cdbr-iron-east-01.p-mysql.net:3306 YOUR-HOST-APP
- Use any available local port for port forwarding. For example,
- Replace
us-cdbr-iron-east-01.p-mysql.netwith the address provided under
hostnamein the service key retrieved above.
- Replace
3306with the port provided under
- Replace
YOUR-HOST-APPwith the name of your host app.
After you enter the command, open another terminal window and perform the steps below in Access Your Service Instance.
Access Your Service Instance
To establish direct command-line access to your service instance, use the relevant command line tool for that service. This example uses the MySQL command line client to access the p-mysql service instance.
$ mysql -u b5136e448be920 -h 0 -p -D ad_b2fca6t49704585d -P 63306
- Replace
b5136e448be920with the username provided under
usernamein your service key.
-h 0instructs
mysqlto connect to your local machine (use
-h 127.0.0.1for Windows).
mysqlto prompt for a password. When prompted, use the password provided under
passwordin your service key.
- Replace
ad_b2fca6t49704585dwith the database name provided under
namein your service key.
-P 63306instructs
mysqlto connect on port


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Price: $199 (MSRP), before $50 mail-in rebate (available through 12/31/09)
Pros: good audio and video quality; easy to use with simple touch-screen interface; built-in battery offers limited mobility
Cons: lacks 802.11n support; doesn't store multiple Skype accounts or receive Skype chats
If you're a fan of Skype, chances are you use it not just for voice calls, but video calls too. While you can place Skype voice calls from around the house via a variety of mobile devices like Wi-Fi/cordless handsets, smartphones, or even the iPod Touch or iPhone, video calls require you to stay within visual range of a webcam-equipped PC– that is, unless you have the Asus Videophone Touch AiGuru SV1T, a stand-alone Wi-Fi device that frees you to make Skype video calls without the invisible tether.
Design and Specs
The $199 SV1T, which is available in white or charcoal, has a curvy shape that resembles a techno-prop you might see on an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It takes up minimal space, measuring roughly 10 x 7.9 x 4.8 (HWD, inches) and weighing 3 1/2 pounds. Front and center on the SV1T sits a 7-inch, 800 x 480 pixel, touch-enabled LCD display, while atop that is an embedded 0.3 megapixel (640 x 480) camera, the same kind typically included with notebooks these days. Below the SViT's display are some dedicated pushbutton controls along with a single monaural speaker, while on the back of the unit you'll find the power button, a 10/100 Ethernet port (which can be used in lieu of Wi-Fi) and jacks for an external microphone and headphones. The unit's power supply is a small external brick, and while there is a cooling fan built into the back of the SV1T, it's barely audible even in a quiet room.
Setup and Use
When you first fire up the SV1T, a wizard takes you through the process of getting connected to a Wi-Fi network and logged into Skype. If you don't already have a Skype account, you can create one from the SV1T. The SV1T supports 802.11g (N would have been better), and its on-screen keyboard makes it easy to enter long WEP/WPA/WPA2 encryption keys. After the initial setup process and login are complete, you're dropped into a simple, attractive interface that you can manipulate either through the touch screen or the pushbutton controls. The SV1T's menus don't give you all the configurable options you get with the Skype Windows software—not all of them are applicable—but you can easily do stuff all the important stuff like browse and manage your contacts, configure privacy settings, set online status (e.g. Away, Do Not Disturb, etc.) and of course, place calls and receive calls, including audio-only calls for times you'd rather be heard and not seen. If you subscribe to SkypeOut or SkypeIn service, you can use the SV1T to make or receive (respectively) calls from landline and mobile phones, and have incoming calls sent to voice mail. (An in-box promotion code provides some free SkypeOut minutes.) A blinking ring around the Home button alerts you to any missed calls and/or waiting messages.
A particularly handy feature of the SV1T is the included Lithium Ion battery that snaps into the unit's base. While it's only rated for 20 minutes of talk time or 30 minutes on standby, it's nice to have a modicum of mobility while you're engaged in a call, and at the very least you get the convenience of being able to relocate the unit between rooms without having to go through the shutdown/startup process.
The SV1T has a few irksome qualities. For example, it can only remember info for a single Skype account, so if two people want to share the device, each one must retype their username and password every time they want to use it. Another SV1T idiosyncrasy is that it receive support Skype IMs, so if you're sent one and not logged in to Skype somewhere besides the SV1T (e.g. a PC), the IM will go unseen into the ether and you may have to explain to someone why you were "ignoring" them.
Call Quality
Call quality on the SV1T was quite good, with smooth incoming video that– despite the relatively meager specs of the internal camera– was generally free of blockiness or other visual artifacts. The same could be said of audio, which was clear, easily understandable, and distortion free even when the volume was turned up to the maximum. (The SV1T's speaker can achieve enough volume to be heard over moderate background noise.) Parties on the other end of calls cited good video and audio quality as well, and reported an absence of the annoying speaker feedback that is often a problem when using webcam-based microphones (i.e. no headset) on a PC.
Many PC webcams are able to eke out a decent image in low light situations, but the SV1T's camera, like most embedded webcams, doesn't handle them too well. In anything other than a reasonably bright room the SV1T's source video tends to look like something out of the witness protection program, with your visage unrecognizable through the gloom. Adjusting the SV1T angle relative to an available light source can sometimes help—you can tilt it from about 45 to 90 degrees fore and aft on its base. It would be nice if the SV1T could also rotate Lazy Susan-style, but such adjustments must be made manually.
Better a Netbook?
The SV1T's $200 price tag is close enough to that of a basic netbook to make you wonder whether spending the extra money for a device that can do more than just Skype makes sense. While a netbook will undoubtedly offer more versatility than the SV1T, it won't provide same degree of Skype call quality. As a comparison, we ran Skype on a garden-variety netbook with an Atom N270 processor and 1 GB RAM (the kind you might pick up for as little as $270 these days) and found that not only was the incoming video frame rate noticeably inferior (the meager CPU has not just Skype to deal with but Windows too), the tinny output from the netbook's speakers couldn't match the volume or clarity of the SV1T. Also, for non-techies, the camera's UI will be much easier to use than Skype's Windows software. It's also worth noting that $50 mail-in-rebate (available through 12/31/09) knocks the SV1T's effective price down to half that of a netbook.
The bottom line is that the Asus Videophone Touch AiGuru SV1T is a good option for someone who wants the ability to use Skype video in a room where a PC isn't needed or desired.


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No. 8 Penn St. 84, Wisconsin 40
Nikki Greene's performance Thursday night prompted only three postgame words from teammate Alex Bentley.
''She's a beast,'' Bentley said after Green scored a season-high 23 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead No. 8 Penn State to an 84-40 rout of Wisconsin.
It was Greene's third double-double of the season.
''They were guarding Alex (Bentley) and Maggie (Lucas) pretty tough and I took advantage of what their defense gave me and I just scored,'' Greene said.
Bentley added 14 points, Lucas had 11 and Ariel Edwards 10 for the Nittany Lions (14-2, 4-0 Big Ten), who won their eighth straight game overall and third in a row by at least 20 points. It was Penn State's first conference victory of 40 or more points since the 2000-01 season.
Morgan Paige scored 14 points and Jacki Gulczynski had 10 for Wisconsin (8-10, 0-5), which lost its sixth consecutive game.
''When you can string some wins together, you certainly start to build a little bit of confidence,'' said Penn State coach Coquese Washington.
Penn State was able to make the most of a size advantage under the basket, scoring 52 points in the paint compared to 10 by the Badgers.
''When Nikki can play big minutes, she can put up big numbers for us and that opens things up for other people,'' said Washington. ''Nikki's incredibly talented.''
Relentless defensive pressure enabled the Nittany Lions to outrebound Wisconsin 55-31 and Penn State scored 29 points off 24 Wisconsin turnovers.
''Our foundation and defensive principles have to be solid,'' Washington said. ''We did a good job of really attacking the ball, especially on the defensive end.''
The Nittany Lions also had a distinct depth advantage. Wisconsin began the season with 14 players but is down to nine after senior Taylor Wurtz (back) and sophomore AnnMarie Brown (knee) underwent the team's most recent season-ending surgeries.
Wisconsin coach Bobbie Kelsey also noted that starting center Cassie Rochel, who had four points and six rebounds, was battling a stomach illness.


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You've treated yourself to a relaxing break...
...in the Austrian capital. It's winter and the city looks its festive best. The snow-covered gardens by the massive Schönbrunn Palace are playing host to the traditional Christmas market.
A glass of mulled wine warms your hands as you look over the stalls full of skilfully crafted wooden toys. Meanwhile, the aroma of orange and cinnamon wafts up towards you. Drink it all in! Your Viennese Christmas break is yours to enjoy.
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Monday, November 17, 2008
Sarah Ann Camfield, 21 March 1877
Burr Oak March 21 1877
Dear Children
we are all well as usual and hope you are the same we got a letter from my sister she says Father and Mothe is very feeble Father has been confined to his bed a year in feebuary Mother is just able to go to her meals she thinks they may live til spring
Emmett has a little daughter
wel this place was sold Monday all that Sutherlands mortgage covered he bid it in for $10,000 dollars we all loose our wheat Parker 20 Franke Graves 25 acres Robison 7 Scurvin 20 our 40 all goes with the place
the 80 and the wood lot is to be sold in about 5 weeks we dont know what we are going to do yet or where we are going but suppose we shall find aplace some where
I dont know of any thing more
Sarah's parents lived in Avon, IL. Emmett was her nephew. See letters by Ella Hall and DeEtte Hall.
I'm not certain if Mike and Sarah were renting or share cropping but either way it seems very unfair that they would loose the income from their wheat crop.
For more see:
Camfield Family Letters
Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner
Sarah Ann Wisner Camfield, 1817-1912
Michael Camfield
Camfield, Sarah Ann Wisner. (Burr Oak, MI) to "Dear Children"
[Anna Camfield Carlisle]. Letter. 21 March 1877. Digital Images 1-2.
Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,]
Snowville, New York. 2008. [Carlisle Family, Box #1,
Correspondence, 1877 - 1879, Bentley Historical Library,
University of Michigan. 2008.]
Posted by Charley "Apple" Grabowski at 6:04 AM
Labels: Camfield, Camfield letters, Wisner
2 comments:
- Tex said...
What a sad letter. Life was hard.
- Charley "Apple" Grabowski said...
I've found through the letters that bad news certainly did travel fast. There are more sad stories than happy ones but better times were ahead.
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Posts Tagged 'layers of hair'
Structure of Hair
Generally speaking, there are 3 layers, which every hair is made up of. The cuticle is an outside layer. It is flat and thin. The cortex, or the middle layer, is the main part of the hair. It is usually thick and firm. The medulla is a inner layer that goes thinly through the middle of the hair. Let's have a look at all three layers in more detail.
Cuticle. The cuticle is commonly comprised of overlapping scales of about ten layers. These scales are just like tiles of a roof and their edges all lying away from your head. These scales are semitransparent and, thus, we can see the hair color through them. If they are intact and folded closely, the hair will look very healthy, lustrous and shiny (just like glass). But if the scales have been unfolded and broken and harmful substances have been absorbed into the cortex, the hair will appear rough, fragile and lifeless.
Cortex. As we have already said, this is the main part of the hair that is placed under the cuticle. The cortex is comprised of fibres or strands that are toughly intertissued together. They are rather flexible and can be significantly stretched and return to the original length with no adverse consequences. The color of hair is defined by melanin and pheomelanin, the main color pigments that are placed in the cortex.
Speaking precisely of the cortex structure, it is made of keratin, a protein that itself is comprised of amino acid units. These units are arranged in polypeptide chains that are long and coiled. The coils of polypeptide chains are held together by two main types of bonds. They are the temporary bonds that can be easily broken and rejoined and the permanent bonds (also known as disulphide bonds), which are very tough and can be broken only by strong chemical substances.
Medulla. It is the most inner layer of the hair shaft, though, it's function is not absolutely clear yet. Sometimes this layer is even absent in some types of hair.