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'Evil' Koch brothers spread their wealth
Do monsters get any meaner than Godzilla and King Kong? You bet! Charles and David Koch are ginormous and superbad. Just ask Senate Democrat leader Harry Reid.
"These two brothers," Reid said last month on the Senate floor "are about as un-American as anyone that I can imagine."
Hedge fund billionaire and Democrat campaign contributor Tom Steyer told this month's Men's Journal that David Koch is "just a famously evil person!"
"They make up the heart and the thinking in the minds of those who would belong to the Ku Klux Klan," singer/activist Harry Belafonte fumed last November. "They are white supremacists. They are men of evil. They have names…The Koch brothers — that's their name."
The Kochs' critics are free to disagree with the Kansas industrialists and their libertarian ideas. However, most who despise the Kochs would be shocked by what these "greedy capitalists" do with their profits, beyond campaign donations.
For starters, the Kochs, support university programs and think tanks that try "to understand the nature of human freedom and how that freedom leads to prosperity," as the Charles Koch Foundation (CKF) explains.
CKF underwrites research and teaching at Brown, Mount Holyoke, Sarah Lawrence, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Vassar, and some 245 other colleges. This includes a speaker series, reading group, and essay contest at the University of Nevada Las Vegas in Harry Reid's home state. Koch Industries (which offers same-sex spousal benefits to its legally married employees) also donated $814,000 to the Kansas State University Office of Diversity to assist "historically under-represented students."
The Kochs fund cures and treatments.
David Koch survived a 1991 plane crash that killed 34 people, including everyone else in first class. He soon was diagnosed with, and then endured, prostate cancer. These challenges reinforced his passion for medical philanthropy. Among $506 million in such gifts, his major grants include:
• $25 million to Houston's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center to eliminate genitourinary malignancies.
• $100 million for cancer research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• $100 million for a new ambulatory care center at New York Presbyterian Hospital. This donation actually triggered an outbreak of mental illness among leftists who decried Koch's nine-digit check.
"Quality care, not Koch care!" unionized nurses screamed outside Koch's Park Avenue apartment. Never mind that his contributions create work for unionized nurses.
The Kochs back the arts.
• Elizabeth B. Koch, Charles' wife, launched the Koch Cultural Trust. It has furnished $1.8 million in grants to artists and musicians with ties to Kansas.
• David Koch supports PBS' documentary series "Nova." He also is a paleo-philanthropist, having given $15 million to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History for a Hall of Human Origins and another $35 million to update its fossil and dinosaur displays in Washington, D.C. New York's American Museum of Natural History will enjoy a new Dinosaur Wing, thanks to David's $20 million gift.
• David also donated $100 million in 2008 to modernize the former New York State Theater at Manhattan's Lincoln Center, home to the New York City Ballet and the New York City Opera.
The Kochs also steward the environment.
• "Koch Industries, Inc. takes a leadership role in the promotion of biodiversity, wildlife habitat enhancement, land restoration and conservation education," according to Wildlife Habitat Council president Robert Johnson. "Koch and its subsidiaries maintain Council-certified programs at 10 facilities throughout the United States," including Montana's 300,000-acre Matador Cattle Company Beaverhead Ranch.
• Flint Hills Resources (a Koch company) helps Ducks Unlimited maintain 36,000 acres of waterfowl habitat on 116 Minnesota lakes. Thus, Ducks Unlimited gave the company its Emerald Teal Award.
Love or loathe Charles and David Koch's politics, only a liar could deny the tremendous social good that their money secures. Rather than quietly collect mansions and yachts, they spend billions to school students, cure diseases, cultivate artists, and clean the Earth.
If only Godzilla and King Kong were this philanthropic.
Murdock is a Manhattan-based Fox News Contributor and a media fellow with the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University. He has addressed the Koch Summer Fellows Program and collaborated for decades with market-oriented non-profits that enjoy the Kochs' generosity.


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The 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower
This year's Leonid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday, Nov. 17th. If forecasters are correct, the shower should produce a mild but pretty sprinkling of meteors over North America followed by a more intense outburst over Asia. The phase of the Moon will be new, setting the stage for what could be one of the best Leonid showers in years.
"We're predicting 20 to 30 meteors per hour over the Americas, and as many as 200 to 300 per hour over Asia," says Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "Our forecast is in good accord with independent theoretical work by other astronomers."
Leonids are bits of debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle. Every 33 years the comet visits the inner solar system and leaves a stream of dusty debris in its wake. Many of these streams have drifted across the November portion of Earth's orbit. Whenever we hit one, meteors come flying out of the constellation Leo.
"We can predict when Earth will cross a debris stream with pretty good accuracy," says Cooke. "The intensity of the display is less certain, though, because we don't know how much debris is in each stream." Caveat observer!
The first stream crossing on Nov. 17th comes around 0900 UT (4 a.m. EST, 1 a.m. PST). The debris is a diffuse mix of particles from several old streams that should produce a gentle display of two to three dozen meteors per hour over North America. Dark skies are recommended for full effect.
"A remarkable feature of this year's shower is that Leonids will appear to be shooting almost directly out of the planet Mars," notes Cooke.
It's just a coincidence. This year, Mars happens to be passing by the Leonid radiant at the time of the shower. The Red Planet is almost twice as bright as a first magnitude star, so it makes an eye-catching companion for the Leonids: sky map.
The next stream crossing straddles the hour 2100-2200 UT, shortly before dawn in Indonesia and China. At that time, Earth will pass through a pair of streams laid down by Comet Tempel-Tuttle in 1466 and 1533 AD. The double crossing could yield as many as 300 Leonids per hour.
"Even if rates are only half that number, it would still be one of the best showers of the year," says Cooke.
The Leonids are famous for storming, most recently in 1999-2002 when deep crossings of Tempel-Tuttle's debris streams produced outbursts of more than 1000 meteors per hour. The Leonids of 2009 won't be like that, but it only takes one bright Leonid streaking past Mars to make the night worthwhile.
Enjoy the show.
Source: Science@NASA, by Dr. Tony Phillips

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What is a wheel bearing?
A wheel bearing is a set of steel ball bearings that are held together by a metal ring that allows the wheels of a car to spin with as little friction as possible.
Each wheel on your vehicle has its own wheel bearing, and problems could start with any one of them.
What are the symptoms of a bad wheel bearing?
Some of the more common signs of wheel bearing problems include:
- Groaning, rumbling or grinding noises coming from the wheels or tires — these sounds may also get louder when you make a turn.
- The car handles more loosely.
- Vibrations and wobbling through the steering wheel.
- The car pulls to one side as you drive. This may occur at random.
- The tires wear unevenly.
If the above symptoms are ignored, more serious consequences can happen:
- One of the wheels starts smoking.
- A wheel comes off the vehicle.
How does a wheel bearing work?
A wheel bearing is part of the front and rear wheel hubs. In the front, the hub connects the wheel to the suspension's steering knuckle. The wheel connects to the hub, and the hub spins smoothly inside the wheel bearing. This allows the weight of the vehicle to rest on the hub as it spins while maintaining as little surface contact as possible.
The wheel bearing is lubricated with grease in order to further reduce friction. Most vehicles feature sealed wheel bearings that encapsulate the ball bearings and the lubricant.
Can I drive with a bad wheel bearing?
Yes, but not for long. As the wear increases, so do the chances of damage occurring to other parts of the suspension.
If you suspect that a wheel bearing is beginning to wear, have a technician evaluate the problem as soon as possible. A vehicle with a significantly worn wheel bearing shouldn't be driven. If the wheel bearing fails completely, it's possible for the wheel to come off the vehicle and cause a wreck.
How often do wheel bearings need servicing or replacement?
Most vehicles have sealed bearings that do not require maintenance. Sealed bearings can last 100,000 miles or more, and will need to be replaced once they go bad.
Vehicles with traditional, tapered wheel bearings should have them serviced every 25,000 to 30,000 miles — replacement may not be necessary as long as they're maintained.
The average cost for a Wheel Bearing Replacement is between $265 and $347 but can vary from car to car.


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[Please forward with care -- our apologies should you receive this message more than one time] *FINAL CALL FOR e-BOOK CHAPTERS:* *ADVANCES IN SEMANTIC COMPUTING* *PURPOSE* This e-Book is planned as a collection of recent advances in various topics of semantic computing. The e-book will be organized in self-contained chapters to provide modularity and flexibility for readers. We solicit original and high quality chapter submissions on theoretical findings in, and practical applications of, semantic computing. The main goals of the e-Book are: - To provide a peer-reviewed state-of-the art online collection of research and development on key semantic computing topics. - To strengthen the exchange of knowledge and experience among scholars, researchers, practitioners, and engineers in semantic computing. - To identify recent accomplishments, best practices, and open challenges regarding semantic computing worldwide. The book will offer the academic community a unique resource that can serve as an open-access reference for undergraduate/graduate courses in Computer Science (including Artificial Intelligence) and related disciplines such as Software Engineering, Business Informatics, Information and CommunicationScience, Library Science, and Web Science . * * *TOPICS* * * Chapters on the following topics are solicited, with suggestions about their contents listed as subbullets. However, variant and alternative submissions of high-quality chapters in semantic computing will be equally considered. WEB CONTENT ANALYSIS - *Natural-language parsing and processing* - *Semantic image and video analysis* - *Semantic audio and speech analysis* - *Analysis of structured/semi-structured data** and semantic information extraction*** - *Semantic analysis of click streams, workflows, and behaviors in software, services, and networks* * * INTEGRATION OF SEMANTIC REPRESENTATIONS - *Database schema integration* - *Ontology alignment and integration * - *Interoperability and service integration* - *Rule-based transformation of semantic representations* - *Integration architectures* * * SEMANTIC INTERFACES - *Natural-language interfaces * - *Multimodal interfaces* - *Ontology and rulebase browsers* - *GUIs for Semantic Desktops and Semantic Intranets* - *Semantics-focused interfaces to reduced-display (e.g., hand-held) devices* * * FOUNDATIONAL SEMANTIC TOOLS** - *Ontology development (including ontology** **population) environments* · *Ontology and rulebase interchange languages and processors * · *Triple stores and their mapping to relational databases* · *Tools for benchmarking/scalability* · Metadata publishing and management tools · *Scalable semantic search engines* SOCIAL SEMANTIC WEB (WEB 3.0) § *Semantically enabled social networks* § *Semantic profiles in FOAF and **ontology/rule **extensions* - *Policies on privacy/disclosure **(including their **semantic** ** representations)* § *Models measuring benefits of social semantic collaborations* § *Analysis, visualization, presentation of social networks* § *Analysis *of emergent effects within social software SEMANTIC WEB SERVICES - *Semantics in Service Oriented Architecture, business process management, and multi-agent systems* - *Formal foundations of semantic Web service technology (e.g., Petri nets, Abstract State Machines, Transaction Logics, Process Algebras, Pi-Calculus)* - *Semantic interface specification and Web service composition* - *Languages for semantic Web services (OWL-S, WSMO, SAWSDL, etc.)* - *Enterprise** Service Bus systems and Semantic Web services* - *Communication infrastructures using Web services* APPLICATIONS - *Applications of (combinations of) the above task areas* - *Applications in the following domains * *Semantic Web industry verticals (e.g., biomedical, environmental, energy, materials, financials, ...)* *Semantic eLearning (e.g., metadata standards)* *Semantic eGovernment/eCitizen* *Semantic eTourism* *Semantic eScience* * * * * *TARGET AUDIENCE* The focus of this e-Book will be on Computer Science and the related disciplines listed in PURPOSE. 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Full chapters are expected to be submitted by *August 31, 2009.* Submission lengths should not exceed 30 pages and must adhere to the manuscript style provided on the e-Book series web page ( http://www.tmrfindia.org/eseries/e-bookcfc.html). All submitted chapters will be reviewed on the basis of double-blind reviews. Acceptance will be based on relevance, technical soundness, originality, and clarity of presentation. 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I believe my friends would have done well in Roman times, when lounging and theorizing were the popular activities of the day. They will happily argue over any topic, from when it's appropriate to use the word "delightful," to the length to which a girl's shirt should fall over her rear if she is sporting leggings as pants. The fun isn't in the answer, it's in the discourse, and the truth is that most of the arguments end with no one persuaded to take the other side. (3/4 backside coverage, please.)
One of my favorite long-standing arguments is that of popovers versus Yorkshire pudding. This discussion first happened (loudly) at a restaurant, when they appeared at our table as part of a pretty stellar bread basket. One friend claimed that popovers are simply "individually portioned Yorkshire pudding" which prompted someone else to counter that no, the two are the exact same thing. Most people had never heard of Yorkshire pudding, which led them to believe that the two baked goods must be completely different. Personally my mouth was too full doing a taste-test to chime in.
The internet leans towards the similar-yet-different answer. Mark Bittman pinpoints beef drippings as the difference (Yorkshire pudding uses them for flavoring) while Wikipedia explains that the difference is geographical (popovers are an American twist on Yorkshire pudding.)
Because I don't have a definitive answer, I'll say this: I love popovers, and if popovers are Yorkshire pudding, then I love Yorkshire pudding too. But who doesn't? These are dinner rolls times ten. They're airy, eggy, and buttery. The golden outside crust pulls away to reveal a slightly custardy interior. Like muffins, they have a distinct top and bottom, which makes them fun to eat. The flavor is much more complex than plain bread: it's a little salty and more than a little buttery. They're also insanely simple to make. I promise that buying the popover pan is the hardest part of the whole endeavor.


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I only discovered BlogalongaBond recently. But blimey what an excellent idea. Talking about 007 once a month for two years, and each film in turn; blogging bliss for Bondian fanatics like me.
Then I realised I had just missed the boat for writing about Goldfinger. My first contribution to BlogalongaBond would have to come hot on the heels of a month's glowing discussion of the world's most famous franchise's most iconic entry. How was I going to compete with that? I couldn't rant and rave about every single classic scene moulded into cliché by endless reference and repetition. As many bloggers said when reviewing Goldfinger, it was THE Bond film and in the eyes of many every one since has aspired to its formula and fallen short of its magical mix.
After watching Thunderball though, I remembered why it's always been more than the shit part of the National Lottery to me. I loved Thunderball growing up as a boy, and I love it now. For me it is better than Goldfinger. Aside from From Russia With Love, Thunderball is the film that best captures the origins of the character; Ian Fleming's James Bond transplanted onto the screen.
Thunderball the novel was a return to form for Fleming, who had taken a break after Goldfinger to produce a collection of short stories, For Your Eyes Only. The book introduces the character of Ernst Stavro Blofeld for the first time and provides Bond with an excellent enemy for two other brilliant novels, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and You Only Live Twice. Of course the films made Blofeld Bond's ultimate nemesis from the outset, whereas prior to Thunderball, in the literary world of Bond his primary foes had been unorthodox Russian organisation SMERSH. Lampooned in the 60s by Bond spoof Casino Royale, SMERSH sounds unavoidably silly compared to the sinister SPECTRE headed by mysterious Blofeld.
Interestingly the physique of Blofeld in the novels is quite different to that presented in the films. The most memorable portrayal of Blofeld is perhaps Donald Pleasance's scarred little bald man in You Only Live Twice. In Roger Moore's time the character is reduced to being dropped down a chimney in a pre titles sequence. Thunderball showcases Blofeld at his best; unknown, all powerful and faceless.
Thunderball also shows off Bond at his best. In a PTS far superior to the aforementioned Roger Moore effort in For Your Eyes Only, we learn everything we need to know about 007. In my view Thunderball's PTS is also better than Goldfinger's despite the prevailing view being that Goldfinger's is the most flawless of the series. As several bloggers pointed out, Bond's ridiculous duck disguise in Goldfinger spoils the other elements somewhat and to me Thunderball's PTS is a stronger standalone mini-story, which also ties back to the main adventure.
Steven Spielberg once said that to him, James Bond was a detective, a suave Sherlock Holmes with a gun. For the directing legend Bond was at his best when distilled to this level and he tried to replicate elements of this when creating his Bond equivalent, Indiana Jones. I certainly think that description is a simplification of Bond's character. But the mighty Spielberg has a point. There's plenty of sleuthing and relying on Bond's instincts in Connery's early films, and particularly Thunderball. It's something the modern films lost sight of and need to get back to.
Bond is certainly knowing and observational when he unmasks the widow in Thunderball's PTS as an enemy agent. Connery's charm, charisma and comedy are turned up to the max and the whole sequence looks stylish. Bond quips and flirts with his female assistant. Then in a brutal, ahead of its time fight scene that the likes of Jason Bourne and the modern 007 are returning to today, Connery kicks his opponent's ass, savagely strangling him to death with a poker.
The PTS then ends with an outrageous escape via jet pack and gadgets galore on the sleek Aston Martin. These tongue in cheek gizmos aside, the gadgets in Thunderball are at the pitch perfect level. There's a wonderful scene with Q in which sensible but clever gadgets are introduced that will return to prove vital in the plot. Connery's sparky dialogue with Desmond Llewelyn is the best in the entire series.
So after the PTS we know who we're dealing with; James Bond 007, licence to kill, with girls, guns, gadgets and grisly action galore. It's then that the film introduces the masterly plot that remains durable, relevant, captivating and even slightly plausible today. Goldfinger took Fleming's immense imagination and made his ideas work better on film than they did in the novel. In Thunderball Fleming's fantastical schemes once again marvel and delight, and shock and scare, this time sticking closer still to the original story. It's a testament to the story's selling power that a major legal tussle over the rights to a remake led to the 1983 unofficial entry starring an aged Connery, Never Say Never Again.
The legacy of the nuclear arms race remains an issue today and the power of rogue atomic weapons to frighten certainly endures. The enormous importance and scale of events adds terrific drama to the story. It's a drama any Bond film needs and thrives off of; the global significance bearing down on 007's shoulders as he conquers personal hurdles to unravel it all. Coming up with the perfectly judged plot remains the biggest challenge for those behind new Bond films today because they can't compete with Fleming.
Thunderball is the first of the films to deal with Fleming's fascination of the sea and the underwater world. Today it is increasingly difficult to find exotic locations for Bond when holidays can whisk you practically anywhere in a flash. But the colourful realm beneath the waves, glowing in a turquoise tint, remains another mostly inaccessible world. There's something alien and yet attractive about the monstrous creatures living amongst the sand and sun rays. There's something dark about anyone who can master this environment and exploit it for his own gain. Something secretive about the tropical depths.
Emilio Largo had a tough act to follow. Auric Goldfinger is the master villain to beat with his distinctive characteristics and fondness for a verbal duel prior to some ghastly fate waiting for our hero. Largo also struggles to impose himself when the magnificent early scene, with one of THE Ken Adam set designs, showing the SPECTRE meeting makes it clear that he is merely a puppet and drone himself. The true power lies elsewhere. This definitely makes him a different kind of villain. He doesn't compete with Goldfinger but he doesn't lack menace or do a bad job either.
What about the girls then? For me in Domino and Fiona Volpe we have two of the best Bond girls ever. Pussy Galore, as played by Honour Blackman, is iconic for sure but mainly because of Fleming's outrageous name. Domino comes across as one of the most beautiful girls that even Bond himself has ever seen in the novel, and Claudine Auger doesn't do a bad job at all of visually representing this on screen. As for Volpe, she is incredibly sexy and seductive. Her bright red hair set her out as dangerous, but also as red hot. The scene where she is waiting for Bond in the bath and he offers her merely shoes to put on, and the dancing scene at the Kiss Kiss club where she dies, are two of the most memorable in cinematic history for me personally, never mind the Bond series.
During Bond's scenes with Volpe there are some cracking Bondian quotes from the script and Connery also delivers some of his best lines in the role sparring with Largo: "Do you know a lot about guns?", "No but a little about women", for example.
Another reason for Bond's scenes with Volpe being so memorable for me, particularly the ones at the Mardi Gras, is the film's score. I think Thunderball is the first time Barry uses the "00 theme" and his variations on the Bond theme itself to provide tense music are catchy and complimentary to the action throughout. Even when the film has aged less well, for example the scene in the health club on the rack and the unintentionally comedic speeded up careering of the boat at the end, the music remains superb. Tom Jones' title song is no Goldfinger, but it's undoubtedly addictive and Bondian. And besides I hear poor old Shirley so much that her voice starts to grate.
In the end it's for those moments in which we see what purists call the "real Bond" that I remember Thunderball. When Connery calmly kills the Professor in Dr.No after he's had his six shots I knew that was a truly Bondian moment. It marks out the detached killer in Bond's character so well. He is so used to living his work that he carries it off with a ruthless efficiency that looks effortless and irresistibly cool. There's another moment like this in Thunderball. When Largo's chief henchman Vargas is sneaking up on Domino and Bond on the beach, Domino spots him. Bond turns, almost nonchalantly rolling over, to fire a harpoon through his chest. This is the assassin in Bond. The moment's slightly spoilt by Connery's quip, "I think he got the point", but even this dark humour becomes part of the character that fans can love.
Watch Thunderball and you've hit the 007 jackpot; never mind the riches of Goldfinger.


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Lady Gaga Reveals 'ARTPOP' Will Be Interactive
Lady Gaga's new album 'ARTPOP' will not just be an album but a "PROJECT." The Mother Monster let us know that via a post on her LittleMonsters.com site, sharing that it will be a multimedia experience that can be enjoyed in a myriad of ways.
She revealed that the PROJECT will be released as an app for iPad, iPhone and more. She's truly embracing technology and as a pop star who is at the forefront of digital communication with her fans, most of which are millennials, Gaga is making a smart choice by making the album so interactive. It will also be released in traditional format, so if you are not too keen on digitally ingesting music, you will be satiated, as well.
She also shared that it was little monsters who inspired her to do something so revolutionary with her album release. We have to point out though, that she is not the first to release an interactive album. Bjork did that last year with 'Biophilia,' providing songs as games and educational tools for her fans. So we'll be interested to see what Gaga comes up with!
Below is the full (and unedited) text of Ma Monster's post about her interactive PROJECT.
ARTPOP is not just an ALBUM its a PROJECT
Im excited to tell you all that ARTPOP is going to be a multimedia experience that comes in different forms. The most major way to fully immerse yourself in ARTPOP is through the APP. ARTPOP will be released as an IPAD, iPhone, mobile and computer compatible application (WORLD) that is completely interactive with chats, films for every song, extra music, content, gaga inspired games, fashion updates, magazines, and more still in the works! I will also be able to upload new things to the APP all the time, the same way i upload to twitter and LM.com. You inspired me to create something that communicated with images, because YOU do, YOU communicate with me and each other with .gifs and pictures, and artwork, graphics ALL DAY 24/7/ YOU'RE an ARTPOP generation. Im hoping you will all continue to grow together and stay connected through your creativity. much love. love, gaga p.s (start asking for IPADS FOR XMAS!!) its gonna be so fun. but dont worry. it will also be released in the regular physical and digitals which will be unique and different to the app.
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Automate The Mundane, Focus On Detail, With JAVELIN 2014r1 - and new web address: www.javelin-mrp.com
The latest release of JAVELIN production control software automates a number of mundane activities, allowing manufacturers to focus on the important information the system provides for running production.
JAVELIN consultant Ian Cartwright says: "We've taken away some of the more mundane manual tasks, such as entering certain types of data and replacing it with default data that manufacturers can customize. This frees them up to concentrate on actually running their business."
Amongst the functionality which can now be automated:
Time and Attendance – instead of employees using a keyboard and mouse to select whether they are clocking in our out, they now scan their ID badge at a single screen to toggle in/out.
Call Off Purchase Order – creates a "call off" purchase order against a contract's agreed period or price. "It means that when there's a specific requirement to take delivery of any of those items MRP can call them off the existing order rather than raising a new order each time," says Ian Cartwright.
Nominal Code Source – defines a hierarchy of defaults and validation rules for nominal, cost center and department codes. Previously, when working with an accounts interface, the nominal accounts code was restricted to the part or product group, and any other parameter needed manual entry. In 2014r1 the code can now be based on many parameters such as the customer or supplier, the area or region where the customer is based, or from the type of sales or purchase order being raized.
JobView Windows Document – the Windows default application now opens attached files without setting up individual viewers. Windows chooses the viewer automatically, based on the file association.
Scrap Management – the "do not assume over-production is scrap" customization can now be set on a part-by-part basis. "With some parts the user may want to be cautious, but if they over-produce with others, the extra supply can be netted against other demand.
Purchase Order Review – the PO review has traditionally displayed all orders due by a certain date. This function can now be customized on a customer by customer basis.
Request For Quotation – many enhancements, including color coding, have made the status of RFQs clearer, along with the ability to raize RFQs within the MRP system. "When MRP identifies a need to purchase something, it can be converted to an RFQ and sent to several suppliers to get the best quote. Confirmation of the responses will raize the actual PO, just like confirming the original MRP suggestion."
Part Defaults – changing the item type now only changes defaults that have a value. Previously, when changing the item type on a part, the system changed all defaults. In JAVELIN 2014r1, if there is no setting defined for a particular default, changing the item type will no longer modify what is already on the part.
"This latest release isn't all about automating the mundane, though. There are also a number of enhancements to improve flexibility and functionality," says Ian Cartwright.
Batch Sensitive Lead Times – works orders lead times can now be calculated using actual cycle times for the batch quantity coupled with an additional fixed element, via lead time groups, which can be varied manually to cover production bottlenecks. "There's no such thing as a normal batch quantity nowadays. One day you might be making a one-off, and the next day manufacturing 100 or more parts. So the new batch sensitive lead times can now be calculated on the end-to-end cycle time for that particular batch size."
Finally, ISSUE DEFINITION is now separated from the actual part issue, allowing reversion to previous issues. "Users can now create a second issue without replacing the first, and add Bill Of Materials, routings and estimates to it. Then, when they're ready to actually move forward, the second issue can be officially applied."
Much of the new and enhanced functionality has been created at the specific request of customers, including the Nominal Source Code, RFQ and Call Off Purchase Orders.
JAVELIN also has a new web address: www.javelin-mrp.com.


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The province of British Columbia announced today it will begin investing up to $5 million annually into new playground equipment for schools across the province.
Students at 51 B.C. schools will return to school in September to new and improved equipment that is safer and more accessible for students of all abilities, as part of the new, ongoing Playground Equipment Program.
"All students deserve quality, safe and accessible playgrounds at school, regardless of how much their parents can fundraise," Premier John Horgan said during Tuesday afternoon's announcement at Quadra Elementary School in Victoria.
"That's why we're lifting the burden off of parents by investing $5 million today, and every year moving forward, to build playgrounds where they are needed."
The money will go to local school districts to buy new or replace older playground equipment.
"I think it might be time for a change," says Premier @jjhorgan upon announcing funding for new playground equipment for #BC schoolchildren at Quadra Elementary @sd61 #SD61 pic.twitter.com/Vpft8q90BT
— Kristyn Anthony (@kristyn_anthony) May 8, 2018
This year 26 schools will receive $90,000 for standard equipment and 25 schools will receive $105,000 for a universally accessible playground.
"I've heard from parents that they need relief from fundraising tens of thousands of dollars for playground equipment — that's a lot of bake sales and bottle drives for today's busy parents," said Rob Fleming, Minister of Education.
This fund is to help parents, and provide access to communities that don't have the fundraising capacity to buy the play equipment students need, he added.
Much of the fundraising responsibility in the past has fallen to parent advisory councils, according to the province, and those schools without fundraising capabilities were often left without other options.
Playgrounds will be funded based on those with the greatest need, following an application school districts sent out earlier this year. Priority was given to those schools without a current playground, and then to those with aging facilities.
The province said those districts that did not receive funding this year will receive funding next year, if they apply for it.
A complete list of those schools receiving funding can be found here.
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UPDATE: 12:18 p.m. Saturday March 16
Williams Lake RCMP have located a missing 12-year-old girl, discovered safe at noon Saturday.
The police took her to Cariboo Memorial Hospital to ensure she was alright.
Staff Sgt. Del Byron thanks the public for all their efforts to assist in locating the girl.
Williams Lake RCMP are asking for the public's help to find a missing 12-year-old girl.
She was last seen at 3136 Pigeon Road, just off Highway 97, in the 150 Mile House area between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m, Friday March 15.
The missing girl is described as 5'2" and 100 pounds.
The Williams Lake RCMP are asking anyone who may have information regarding the location of the girl to please contact the RCMP at (250) 392-6211 or call Crime stoppers 1 800 222-6211.
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President Obama looks at what he can do without Congress
More than 11 million immigrants now live illegally in America
Possibilities include work permits for a few million of them
Both parties agree the system is broken, but can't agree on a fix
With Congress mired in dysfunction over immigration, President Barack Obama says he'll do what he can to sidestep the legislative logjam.
One possibility: using presidential authority to remove the threat of possible deportation for a few million immigrants living illegally in the country, a step that conservatives decry as amnesty.
Here is a look at how we got here and steps Obama could take in coming months to address what all parties agree is a broken immigration system and boost the Democratic brand, though not necessarily in this year's congressional elections.
What is the problem?
An estimated 11 million or more immigrants are living illegally in the United States, many of them for years or even decades. They work, go to school and otherwise participate in American society even though they broke the law coming here and lack papers allowing them to stay.
An increase in tougher enforcement laws and resources without any corresponding legal remedies for undocumented immigrants led to the huge illegal population.
White House mulls steps on immigration it can take on its own
While Obama's administration has deported or turned back more than 2 million people, it shifted the priority from working immigrants targeted under predecessor George W. Bush to criminals, more recent border crosses and those who keep re-entering illegally.
Obama had promised to pass comprehensive immigration reform in his first term, but wound up focusing on economic recovery and health care reform.
Now he wants to deliver to the Hispanic American community, the nation's largest minority demographic that strongly backed him in both election victories and is demanding an end to the deportations that it says split up families and tear the social fabric.
What are we doing about it?
Last year, the Senate passed a comprehensive bill that would provide a path to legal status for the millions of long-term undocumented immigrants while also strengthening border security.
The legislation supported by all Senate Democrats and 14 Republicans would require immigrants illegally living in the country to register with the government, pay a penalty, learn English and begin the process of applying for legal status. It also had the backing of the business community, organized labor and religious organizations.
However, House Republicans have refused to consider the Senate bill, which Obama and Democrats claim would pass if put to a vote.
Conservatives say the Senate plan amounts to amnesty for lawbreakers, arguing they should be sent back to their home countries because they drive up the size and cost of government while competing with U.S. citizens for jobs.
Democrats want to remove the legal uncertainty for as many of the undocumented immigrants as possible, allowing them to continue living and working here so they can eventually gain legal status and possibly full citizenship.
Didn't Obama already stop deporting some children of immigrants?
In 2012, the Obama administration changed its policy by halting deportations of some immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children.
The move came after GOP Senators in 2010 blocked a Democratic bill known as the DREAM Act that would have done much the same thing.
Republicans argue the step meant Obama stopped fully enforcing immigration laws, saying they now mistrust him to carry out provisions for stronger border security that they demand in any new legislation.
Before going home for this year's summer recess, the GOP-led House voted to reverse Obama's previous executive actions on immigration and prevent future similar steps. The provision pushed by conservatives has zero chance of passing the Democratic-led Senate.
What about the current immigrant surge in Texas?
Tens of thousands of new arrivals from Central America, many of them unaccompanied children, have overwhelmed immigration facilities and services in Texas in recent months.
Republicans, particularly conservatives, say two policy changes led to the surge – a 2008 anti-trafficking law that requires immigration hearings for most children arriving at the border, and Obama's 2012 decision to stop deporting some minors.
Rick Perry says youths crossing the border is a 'side issue'
Combined, the changes created a perception that children who make it into the United States won't get sent back, the critics argue.
For now, the U.S. government considers the influx from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras a separate issue from the longstanding problem involving undocumented immigrants who have lived in the country for years.
House passes $694 million border bill
Obama has asked for more money to speed the processing and care of the new arrivals, but said most of the Central Americans arriving now will be returned to their home countries.
So now Obama is going to take more actions on his own?
When it became clear this year that the House wouldn't take up the Senate immigration bill, Obama asked the Justice and Homeland Security departments to come up with steps he could take on his own.
Sources familiar with the matter told CNN that one potential option would expand the deferred deportation program of 2012 for so-called DREAMers – children brought to America illegally by their families.
Other possible steps include granting some kind of legal status to the foreign parents of U.S. citizens, and allowing some undocumented immigrants to apply for temporary work permits, the sources said.
Border crisis: GOP falls into a trap
The total number of immigrants affected could reach 5 million or more, some analysts say.
"There are so many ways they could cut this pie and define and protect a class" of undocumented immigrants, one source told CNN, adding that the decisions expected next month would examine "what's possible from a legal perspective, a policy perspective and also what's possible from a political perspective."
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday that "the review of what the President is able to do is still ongoing," and whatever options emerge will not be as enduring or as strong as what Congress could do under the Senate legislation.
What is the response?
The Hispanic American community wants to see the details, but supports Obama acting on his own. However, it would protest if it considers the steps too timid.
As expected, conservatives react with alarm and outrage.
GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, perhaps the most vocal opponent on immigration reform, said last week that Obama "wants to issue another 5-6 million work permits to illegal immigrants of any age."
That would violate existing law and be "a direct affront to every single unemployed American, particularly those in our poorest most vulnerable American communities," Sessions said.
House Republicans who recently authorized a lawsuit against Obama for changing how the health care reform law gets enforced warn of another legal challenge over further executive action on immigration.
Why is this so hard?
The long-term political stakes are huge.
If reforms allow millions of immigrants now facing potential deportation to get eventual citizenship, Democrats would get the credit and the likely political loyalty of generations of Hispanic American voters.
Republicans, meanwhile, are deeply divided over how to proceed.
Conservatives warn that approving the Senate reforms or something similar would ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House for years to come.
Rubio plunges into immigration debate head first
More moderate Republicans argue that failing to do so would bring the same result.
"We must embrace and champion comprehensive immigration reform," the Republican National Committee concluded in its post-mortem of the 2012 presidential election, in which GOP nominee Mitt Romney lost to Obama. "If we do not, our party's appeal will continue to shrink to its core constituencies only."
Despite that conclusion, House Republicans have blocked the comprehensive reforms passed by the Senate.
Obama said last week such division leaves him no recourse but to act on his own.
If he does before the November election, as expected, it could hurt some Democrats running in traditionally conservative states. That would amount to short-term pain for potential long-term gain.
CNN's Athena Jones, Deirdre Walsh and Leigh Ann Caldwell contributed to this report.


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They say everything is bigger in Texas and often that's true, especially when it comes to big hair and the bravado of politicians. This amounts to a lot of drama and theatrics. I mean, as someone who grew up in Dallas, I can tell you that the soap opera by the same name wasn't too far off the mark.
Being a mighty oil and gas (and wind!) state, this drama often translates into fights with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other environmental regulators over pollution reduction. Texas is the number one emitter of carbon emissions and second biggest water-polluter in the nation. Texas doesn't really have solid ground to stand on.
Yet as of 2012, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (current GOP and Koch-brothers backed candidate for Governor) has sued the federal government over environmental regulations sixteen times. And of the 25 total lawsuits pending against the federal government, Texas has only prevailed five times. Exemplified yet again in June when the Supreme Court ruled seven to two that yes, in fact, EPA is allowed to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from most large industrial facilities, like power plants and factories, despite Texas' arguments.
In Abbott's own words, "what I really do for fun is I go into the office [and] I sue the Obama administration." This fun hobby has cost taxpayers roughly $2.5 million – or a "bargain," according to Abbott.
So, of course, after the Obama administration announced that carbon emissions from existing power plants will be limited for the first time ever, the same cast of characters began revving up the futile fight with words like "job-killing," conveniently ignoring the job growth in the state's renewables sector. Abbott yet again vowed to waste even more money fighting EPA in court while Governor Perry went so far as to say that there's a "war on American energy [designed] simply to appease what appears to be a tiny sliver of environmental extremists." Well, "more than two-thirds of Americans support President Barack Obama's new climate rule," hardly a "tiny sliver of extremists."
But it doesn't have to be this way. We can avoid all the sanctimony of failed lawsuits and go straight to growing Texas' clean energy economy by taking advantage of the flexibility built into EPA's Clean Power Plan.
The Script
On the day following the carbon pollution rule announcement, it just so happened that the bi-partisan Texas Clean Energy Coalition (TCEC) held a luncheon to announce the findings of a new Brattle Group report commissioned by the host organization: Exploring Natural Gas & Renewables in ERCOT, Part III. This is the third in a series of analyses that TCEC has conducted to look at the full potential of Texas energy assets beyond fossil fuels.
While it does rely on natural gas, the report emphasizes renewable energy, like wind and solar power, and demand response (a program that rewards people for using less electricity, rather than turning on coal-fired power plants to meet electricity demand) as key players moving forward. This blueprint shows the way Texas can reduce emissions by over 38 percent by 2032. EPA's Clean Power Plan requires a 39 percent reduction in Texas' carbon emissions from 2012 levels by 2030. This path forward is well within Texas' reach. The report also highlights that "the scenario with the most aggressive assumptions for efficiency, demand response, and combined heat and power was also found to deliver the lowest power prices in 2032."
So the day after Texas was tasked with reducing carbon emission by 39 percent, TCEC came out with a plan to get us there. That's what I call serendipity, and we should embrace it as a positive step forward in the state.
And Action?
The TCEC report isn't the only path either, as co-author Dr. Peter Fox-Penner noted. The analysis was modest in estimating the potential growth of demand-side resources, such as rooftop solar power, demand response, and energy efficiency, which Brattle estimates could "cut projected peak demand growth in half and provide substantial opportunities to… lower overall electricity costs." Fox-Penner added that "Texas is in a position to build a cleaner, more affordable, more water-lean and more reliable electricity sector." The report concluded that no matter the pathway, "the more demand-side resources deployed, the more money Texas would save."
This comes as the World Bank estimates that fighting climate change will grow global GDP by up to $2.6 trillion a year and as Citigroup bullishly reports that renewables will displace coal and nuclear in the near future. Even Governor Perry, with his "Texas Miracle," bragging about stealing jobs away from California, is thinking of moving to the carbon-regulating state and driving a Tesla. The writing is on the wall. Yet Texas' current leadership is fighting an old war that they don't even seem to really buy into anymore.
The University of Texas' Dr. Michael Webber sums it up well:
What's the number one way you can reduce emissions in the power sector? By switching from coal to gas. And who sells the gas? We do. What's the other way you do it? With wind and solar. Well, who's got the wind and the sunshine? We do. Who's got the cheap, flat land for building wind farms and solar farms? We do."
Denying climate change and rigging the system to benefit fossil fuels may have been a lucrative strategy in the past. But if Texas wants to succeed in the new world, it needs to take lessons from its most desirable cities, proactively harness our renewable resources (including the power of people), and improve the quality of our environment.
Rick Perry may be heading to Hollywood following his last act as Governor, but Texas still has a leading role to play in the clean energy economy. It's time we cut the theatrics and the pollution.


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Drama Title: Bride of the Sun
Korean Title: 태양의 신부
Romanization: Taeyangui Sinbu / Tae-yang-eui Sin-boo
Chinese Title: 太阳的新娘
Japanese Title: 太陽の新婦
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 112
Broadcast Place: South Korea
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 24th October 2011 – 30 March 2012
Language: Korean
Air time: Monday to Friday 8:40 AM
Preceded By: Miss Ajumma
Followed By: Welcome Rain to My Life
Plot Summary / Synopsis
A drama which is based on the story of former Dong Ah Constructions chairman and former KBS announcer Jang Eun-young, where the plot describes a woman gets married to a wealthy old man who is old enough to be her grandfather in order to escape from poverty when her lover leaves and her family struggle to make a living.
Jang Shin Young / Jang Sin Yeong (장신영) as Kim Hyo Won (김효원)
Jung Eun Woo (정은우) as Choi Jin Hyuk (최진혁)
Han Jin Hee (한진희) as Lee Kang Ro (이강로)
Maeng Sang Hoon (맹상훈) as Kim Hak-gyoo (김학규)
Moon Hee-kyung (문희경) as Gong Kyung-sook (공경숙)
Kim Chung (김청) as Jung In-sook (정인숙)
Yun Mi-joo (연미주) as Lee Ye Ryun (이예련)
Bang Eun-hee (방은희) as Im Mi-seon (임미선)
Song Yoo-ha (송유하) as Baek Kyeong-woo (백경우)
Son Byeong-ho (손병호) as Park Tae-ho (박태호)
Production Credits
Director: Lee Chang Min (이창민)
Screenwriter: Yoon Young Mi (윤영미)
Official Site
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Watch online with English subtitle (not yet available).
Watch online with Chinese subtitle at letv.com, tudou.com, youku.com, qiyi.com or sohu.com.
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No matter how many times Microsoft tries to put down the XP zombie, it always seems to lurch back to life again.
Consider the latest partial about-face from Redmond. Microsoft has elected to end all support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014 -- except for updates to Microsoft's anti-malware products running on XP, which will be available until July 2015.
No, that's not a typo. According to the Microsoft Technet blog post describing the decision, Microsoft "will continue to provide updates to our antimalware signatures and engine for Windows XP users through July 14, 2015."
The post details the products in question as well: "For enterprise customers, this applies to System Center Endpoint Protection, Forefront Client Security, Forefront Endpoint Protection and Windows Intune running on Windows XP. For consumers, this applies to Microsoft Security Essentials."
Microsoft originally planned to pull the plug on its Microsoft Security Essentials product and not offer updates to XP users at all. Now, while the company will not be offering the program itself for download after April 2014, it will be possible to get updates for it. One has to wonder, will see copies of the Security Essentials installer floating around the Web after the April 2014 deadline, the way we saw the Microsoft PowerToys or Microsoft GIF Animator re-hosted by others?
It's not as if Windows XP will spontaneously combust on April 8. But as InfoWorld's Galen Gruman wrote in his discussion of XP's end-of-life issues, dialing down antivirus support for Windows XP was one of Microsoft's ways to give added incentive to get people off XP.
Now it's questionable how effective that strategy will be, not just because of the extended schedule for Security Essential updates, but also because that product is far from the only XP-compatible system protection tool out there. The Av-test.org site maintains its own list of XP-compatible antivirus products, with Kaspersky's Internet Security 2014 currently topping the list. As long as third-party vendors decide to continue supporting XP -- especially if any of them offer free-to-use versions of their products -- XP will have that much more of a lifeline to hang on to.
It's more than just anti-malware software that keeps a system safe, though, as Microsoft hinted at in its blog post. And Microsoft would love nothing more than to not have to keep trying to fix structural problems with XP -- like the update that caused XP systems to grind their gears, which just now seems to finally be fixed. But the persistency of the decade-plus old OS has confounded most everyone's expectations, Redmond included.
XP numbers edged downwards over the course of 2013, but the most recent stats show XP still commands anywhere between 20 percent (Statcounter) to 28 percent (NetMarketshare) of the market. Most of the losses appear not to be to Windows 8, but to corporate deployments just now switching to Windows 7. At this rate, in 2015 there might well be at least as many XP machines as there are Mac OS X machines.
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Who would have guessed that watching a washed-up comedian do his thang would encourage more creativity and cleverness than a few minutes of watching something intelligent? That's the findings from Northwestern University, which studied how people react to a puzzle in different moods.
If the participants were loosened up after watching a bit of comedy, the researchers found that they performed better than after watching a scary movie or something intelligent. It's all to do with the moods the video puts them in, with the area of the brain that works on problem-solving being linked to the level of activity detected in the anterior cingulate cortex.
So there you have it—a valid reason why you should watch Flubber. Because you've spent the last 14 years searching for one, I'm sure. [Scientific American]


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A midmorning robbery gone awry at a Denver RadioShack store Friday turned into a six-hour standoff with police during which the robbers held a store employee hostage and stayed active on Facebook.
The showdown, which began just after 9:45 a.m. with gunfire and forced the closure of East Colfax Avenue in both directions and the evacuation of nearby residents and businesses and the lockdown of four schools, ended peacefully just after 4 p.m. with no one injured and two men in custody.
"After a six-hour negotiation, I can't overemphasize the phenomenal job done by the men and women of the Police Department," said Denver Police Chief Robert White at a news conference on a street corner just after the suspects were driven away from the scene in the back of police cruisers.
During the standoff, relatives and friends of the suspects and the store employee converged on East Colfax Avenue near Glencoe Street, holding prayer circles, sending electronic messages with smartphones and helping negotiators work toward a peaceful ending by talking to the suspects over the phone.
A brother of one of the suspects even gave officers his cellphone to have them call his sibling.
An hour into the ordeal, one of the suspects, Taveuan Williams, uploaded a photograph of himself and another young man taken with a cellphone inside a store and posted it to his Facebook page.
Police have not confirmed that the photo is of the suspects or that Williams was on social media during the standoff.
It is unknown who took the photo, but it showed two men in a store with a comment by Williams, "Swear to God ima die … last pic."
Within minutes, friends of Williams' began leaving comments under the photo, pleading with him to give up and to think about his young daughter.
"Come on man! Yo daughter needs you," wrote one poster 20 minutes after Williams posted the photograph. "Think about her!"
The day-long ordeal began at 9:48 a.m., when two men wearing red bandanas covering their faces burst into the RadioShack at Colfax and Glencoe.
Police who were nearby responded to the report of a robbery in progress, arriving within minutes to find the store's back door open and one robber attempting to leave the store. The robber fired at police and ran back into the store, taking store employee Chris Nimerfroh, 28, hostage and barricading them inside.
"They were just coming out, seems like they were shooting at us, myself and my partner, and they are barricaded in there now," said one officer on the dispatch recordings archived on the online site RadioReference.com.
Police reported several shots being fired inside the store during the early part of the standoff.
At about 10:40 a.m., SWAT officers using a bulletproof shield entered the store as the suspects holed up with the hostage in the manager's office, according to dispatch recordings. Police believed the suspects were watching their movements from the store's video security system.
Police did not immediately release names of the men who were arrested, but late Friday the second suspect was identified by 9News as 23-year-old Michael Annan.
White said the suspects, who had told family members they feared they would be killed, were given "assurances that if they came out unarmed, they would be safely secured."
Photographs of the standoff's end showed shirtless suspects walking out of the store into police custody.
Throughout the late morning and early afternoon, family members and friends clustered near the police command post in the parking lot of the Taco Bell west of RadioShack, crying and talking with one another and on cellphones and praying.
Some were allowed to speak to a 19-year-old man inside the store they identified as Taveuan Williams.
Early in the standoff, Ernest Watson, who said he has known Williams since he was a little boy, spoke to him and asked him to give up.
He said Williams told him: "We're not coming out. We're going to be in jail for life, Uncle. We shot at cops."
"He is very scared," Watson said, noting that a second man in the store, whom he called "Gangster," took the phone from his friend.
Nimerfroh's parents also arrived at the scene after hearing news reports that a hostage had been taken at a RadioShack in Denver.
Melissa Nimerfroh realized it was likely her son's store.
The couple quickly drove downtown. Her husband sprinted down Colfax toward police, shouting, "I need help! I need someone to talk to me."
Police corralled the couple and took them to the command post.
Melissa Nimerfroh talked to reporters, describing her son as "really strong. A religious guy."
During the early part of the standoff, Williams was apparently active on Facebook, posting the photo and accepting friend requests, including from members of the media.
Watson, the longtime family friend, said Williams started getting into more serious trouble after the death of a close relative last year.
Aaron Williams, whom Taveuan Williams referred to as a cousin and a brother on his Facebook page, was shot to death by Aurora police in March 2011.
Aaron Williams, who was 20, shot an officer in the leg during a traffic stop and then took a family hostage before being killed.
"We go bacc thys (stuff) is senseless but life has a purpose (and) yu took ur course RIP Aaron Williams," Taveuan Williams wrote March 18, 2011, on his Facebook page.
Court records show a 19-year-old named Taveuan Williams pleaded guilty in February to Class 5 felony theft in Arapahoe County and pleaded guilty to felony theft in Denver in 2011.
His record shows a number of other minor offenses, including giving false information to a police officer and disorderly conduct.
Early on, police cars lined Glencoe north of Colfax and police pointed their guns toward the store from behind open car doors. Others searched the alley behind the store with their guns drawn.
Jill Warner, co-owner of Mod Livin', said her business was shut down and police snipers climbed onto the roof of her building.
"This is so bad for this neighborhood for this to happen," she said.
Four elementary schools near the RadioShack — Palmer, Teller, Park Hill and Montclair — were locked down, and parents had to sign out their children at the end of the day.
Ed Jackson, who lived next to Taveuan Williams for eight years, cried when he saw the young man's photo on Facebook.
"This ain't happening," he said. "Holy spirit, take control. He's not a bad kid. He's a scared kid. When I heard about this, I came running to try to save his life."
Staff writers Elana Ashanti Jefferson and Eric Lubbers and photographer Kathryn Scott Osler contributed to this report.


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Skip to comments.Catholic Word of the Day: KIRK, 04-17-13
Posted on 04/17/2013 9:19:46 AM PDT by Salvation
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Name applied to the Church of Scotland at the Western Assembly. It is also used instead of the word "church" to distinguish the Established Church of Scotland from the Catholic, Anglican, and reformed churches. It is the form also used in parts of Northern England. (Etym. Anglo-Saxon cirice, circe, church.)
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But it means "Church."
Did you know that?
I can't help but think of Captain Kirk too.
"The Wee Kirk, the Free Kirk,
The Kirk w'oot the steeple.
The Auld Kirk, the cauld Kirk,
The Kirk w'oot the people."
Have YOU been to KIRK today ?
Kind'a like tomayto and tomahto.
"kick Me"
My kirk is better than your kirk. my kirk is the only true kirk. my kirk can beat your kirk up.
Not yet.
It is a separate language and was so as far back as the 16th century, when the (Catholic) Bishop of Aberdeen upbraided John Knox for writing in English, instead of "the braid Scots whilk my mither lernit me."
I am probably the only Episcopalian child EVER to receive a copy of the Westminster Catechism at my Confirmation. And then I went and "Paped" on them . . . they would be scandalized if they knew.
Great diagram. I would guess that the many schisms from the 1830's to 1860's involved the slavery issue. The splits in America's churches between pro and anti-slavery types were a precursor to the split in the Union.
Doctrinal disputes in the Presbyterian Church are practically a national sport. That's one reason why their preaching is so good.
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