text:
By Thalif Deen
After 20 long years of negotiations on a proposed expansion of the Security Council, African countries continue to be left out in the cold - even as African leaders complain that the international community has failed to respond to their demands for two permanent seats in the most powerful body at the United Nations.
When heads of state took the podium at the General Assembly sessions last month, an overwhelming majority of the more than 40 African political leaders criticised the marginalisation of their continent.
Speaker after speaker complained about the continued absence of Africa among countries which hold the five permanent seats (P5) in the Security Council - the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia.
Africa's longstanding demand for at least two permanent seats with veto powers, and five non-permanent seats, as agreed by African heads of state back in March 2005, is still far from reality.
But there is a reason for this, says Dr. Kwame Akonor, associate professor of political science at Seton Hall University in New York, who has written extensively on the politics and economics of the continent.
"That the membership and power relations of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) are anachronistic and inequitable, given the geopolitical realities of the 21st century, is irrefutable," he told IPS.
But any significant reform aimed at changing the membership or procedures of the UNSC will meet fierce resistance from the five veto-wielding permanent members, who are unlikely to relinquish their rights easily, said Akonor, who is also director of the Centre for African Studies and the African Development Institute, a New York-based think tank.
Addressing the General Assembly sessions last month, Joyce Banda, the president of Malawi, said Africa makes up the single largest region within the United Nations, and a very significant proportion of issues discussed in the Security Council concern the African continent.
But still, she said, Africa's longstanding demand is in limbo.
Robert Mugabe, the longtime president of Zimbabwe, was one of the most vociferous in demanding representation in the Security Council.
"For how long will the international community continue to ignore the aspirations of a whole continent of 54 countries?" he asked.
"Is this good governance? Is this democracy? And is this justice?" he asked. "We shall not be bought off with empty promises, nor shall we accept some cosmetic tinkering of the Security Council disguised as reform."
The president of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh said, "Our collective security will continue to be undermined by geopolitical considerations unless and until we find the courage to reform the Security Council."
The demand for permanent representation in the UNSC also came from several other leaders and officials from Africa, including Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic and Tanzania.
At a meeting of African leaders in Ethiopia in March 2005, the African Union (AU), which represents virtually all of the states in the continent, adopted a resolution calling for two permanent and five non-permanent seats.
But the AU did not identify the two countries for the permanent seats because that question has remained divisive, with at least three countries making claims: South Africa, Nigeria and Egypt, among others.
The resolution laid down the following conditions: Even though Africa is opposed in principle to the veto, it is of the view that so long as it exists, and as a matter of common justice, it should be made available to all permanent members of the Security Council.
Secondly, the African Union should be responsible for the selection of Africa's representatives in the Security Council, and most importantly, the question of the criteria for the selection of African members of the Security Council should be a matter for the AU to determine, taking into consideration the representative nature and capacity of those chosen.
Akonor told IPS that for Africa, the question of representation is more fraught because it cannot seem to agree on which country (or countries) to represent it at the Security Council.
"The paralysis, amongst African leaders, when it comes to how it will be represented has contributed to the continent's marginalisation on discussions on any plausible reform measures," he said.
One solution, he argued, is for African states to take the concept of Pax Africana seriously and rely on themselves when it comes to the establishment, enforcement and consolidation of their own peace and security.
As current negotiations stand, there are four countries (G4) who are frontrunners for permanent seats (without vetoes): India, Brazil, Germany and Japan.
A longtime political observer who has been monitoring the negotiations told IPS the simple answer is that the G4 never gave the African countries a firm commitment for two African seats (with veto powers).
Subsequently, the G4 gave up their bid for veto powers, agreeing to a new category of "permanent seats WITHOUT veto power". But this is not acceptable to the African Group.
Had the Africans ever come on the side of G4, they would have had the required two-thirds majority in the General Assembly to push forward their claim for permanent seats, he added.
Rev. Gabriel Odima, president of the Africa Center for Peace and Democracy, told IPS there is no doubt the West has marginalised the African continent. But he also blamed African leaders for the status quo.
Impoverishment and conflict are the basic tools and economic forces which have engulfed the continent of Africa for years, he pointed out.
"The rampant corruption in countries like Uganda, Nigeria and Kenya provides an opportunity for the major players at the Security Council to block Africa from occupying the two permanent seats at the Security Council," he said.
The absence of democracy, human rights abuses and poor governance continue to undermine Africa's effort to play a role on the world stage, said Rev Odima.
"How could (permanent UNSC seats) be possible when the continent has failed to prevent the massacre in the Democratic Republic of Congo, human rights violations in Uganda and the looming crisis in Kenya? How could this be possible when African leaders have failed to manage their own affairs at home?" he asked.
The international community should help Africa move from the stigma of colonial legacy to a viable society where hunger is no longer a threat to human existence, where ballots replace guns, and where dictators will be brought to justice and held accountable for their atrocities against their people, he added.


text:
Hill Shepherd has built the agriculture and equine industries' most effective specialty marketing agency. Our team of professionals are not only the best marketing strategists, graphic designers, web developers, programmers and media experts - we are your target demographic. No one knows these industries better, because when not at our computers we're in the saddle or on a tractor ourselves. Results oriented, we deliver laser-targeted services and can move agressively to meet your goals.
As a full service agency, Hill Shepherd Marketing Group (HSMG) offers strategic marketing services tailored to the needs of your business and the desires of your target consumer. While other agencies or contractors may offer some of these same services, HSMG can offer you the convenience of one-stop shopping and seamless integration. Our marketing programs are custom tailored for each client, engineered to operate like clockwork and executed adeptly to generate measurable results on our clients' behalf.
In our 15 year history HSMG has helped a wide array of
brands hatch, find their wings and soar. Our service focus areas include:

subset: commoncrawl


text:
How to Determine If a Contractor Can Be Sued For Defective Workmanship Within Renovation Project or Faulty RepairsPage last modified: February 23 2022
Yes No
Share to Facebook
How Can I Sue a Contractor For Faulty Repairs?
To Best Succeed In a Faulty Repairs Case, the Property Owner Will Need Proper Evidence of Faulty Repairs, As Usually Confirmed By An Expert, As Well As Proof of Offering the Contractor An Opportunity to Correct the Faulty Repairs.
Understanding How to Improve Your Likelihood of Success Within a Defective Workmanship Lawsuit
Whether a property owner (or project owner) will succeed in a lawsuit that alleges flaws or defects in workmanship, or whether a contractor will succeed when defending against defective workmanship allegations can be difficult to determine due to the many nuanced facts and opinions that may be involved as well as the extent of applicable law. As with most cases, thorough evidence and witness preparation as well as detailed legal understanding will always be the approach for the best likelihood for success.
The Five Steps For How to Best Determine Who Will Likely Win In a Contractor Defects Case
- Determine Whether Defects Will Likely Be Legally Deemed As Defects;
- Determine Whether the Defects Raise a Cause of Action (a right to sue);
- Determine Who Is the Proper Party to Include In a Lawsuit;
- Determine Whether the Losses Make Suing Worthwhile; and
- Determine Whether You Can Withstand the Rigors of Litigation
Step One: Determining Whether a Defect Is Legally a Defect
Property owners may sometimes expect too much and would be wise to note that the law expects a quality of work that is less than perfection. Additionally, the quality of work required may vary depending on the nature of the project itself whereas what may deemed a defect within a multi-million dollar mansion may be viewed as charming and adding character within a lakeside rustic cabin. Obviously, if a person should expect that the law will fail to declare that work was defective, then a lawsuit alleging that work was defective should be avoided. For how to determine whether the work was legally defective, a person needs to first determine what quality level of work was required by law. To do so, determine what quality level of workmanship was required as per the applicable law by:
- Determining whether the quality of required workmanship was explicitly stated within a written contract including design drawings, among other formal documents regarding the project;
- Determining whether, in the absence of explicitly written quality specifications whether the contract, written or verbal, implied a certain quality level;
- Determining the quality level that is usual to standards of the trade for the nature of the project; and
- Determining the quality level that is required by the provincial building code as well as the local municipal building code.
When determining the quality level of work performed, it is prudent, and perhaps necessary, to obain a detailed independent third party 'expert report' containing trade explanations regarding the quality level of work performed and the quality level of work expected. Essentially, if the quality of work performed fails to meet the quality of work legally required, a defect legally exists.
While reviewing whether the quality level of work failed to meet the quality level legally required, it can be very important to appreciate that even meeting the explicit written specifications above the building code may still present as legally deficient. Extensive case law shows that, in many circumstances, a contractor holds a duty to specify and provide quality of materials and workmanship as are appropriate to the nature of the project. Furthermore, even if the property owner reviewed and approved the design, plans, specifications, among other things, the contractor may be held liable if such design, plans, specifications, among other things, fail to product the intended purpose of the project. The law deems that the contractor is the expert and owes a duty to ensure that the project design, plans, specifications, among other things, will meet the intended purpose of the project and therefore meeting that purpose becomes a legally required result. This principle applies unless it is shown that the property owner was relying upon an expert other than the contractor, such as an architect, engineer, designer, project manager, among others, rather than relying upon the contractor.
Priority of Quality Level
Once the apparent level of quality for the project is understood, the next question then comes to whether that level was actually the level required per the law. To determine which level of quality takes priority in a given situation, consider the following:
- If the contract provided an explicit quality level specification, so long as that explicit quality level is legal, meaning that the specified quality level must be at, or above, the minimum requirements of the provincial building code and the local municipal building code, then such explicitly stated quality level is the legally required quality level;
- If the contract was silent on an explicit quality level, and yet there is enough evidence to demonstrate that a certain quality level was reasonably contemplated and mutually expected by both the property owner and the contractor and as such is an implied quality level, and such an implied quality level is legal, being above the minimum requirements, then the reasonably contemplated and mutually expected quality level applies; and
- If the contract was silent on an explicit quality level, and it appears that a reasonably contemplated and mutually expected quality level appears lacking, then the law will imply that the contract required workmanship to the usual standards of the trade for the nature and character of the project.
Step Two: Determine Whether the Defects Raise a Legal Cause of Action
Generally, if it is determined that the defects will likely be legally deemed as defects, then the next question is whether what is legally a defect presents a right to take legal action as well as what type of legal action or combination of types of legal action such as breach of contract, negligence, unjust enrichment, among others.
This step also requires careful consideration of whether a legal proceeding is prudent. Of course, common sense suggests that before commencing legal proceedings, presenting the contractor who created the defect with an opportunity to voluntarily correct the defect is appropriate. In addition to common sense suggesting that an opportunity to correct the defect should be offered, in most circumstances the law requires that such an opportunity to correct be offered. Unless it is discovered that the defect is so fundamentally profound that it would be reasonable to deny an opportunity to correct the defect to the contractor, the law expects so. Of course, even if the defect is relatively minor, yet still enough of a defect as to warrant correction, an opportunity to correct the defect is unnecessary if the contractor is without legal authority to do such work. Simply stated, as an example, if an contractor performs defective electrical work and a defect is uncovered, the contractor should be offered an opportunity to correct the defect unless the defect is so serious that failing to make such an offer is reasonable or if the contractor would be acting unlawful - such as where the contractor is without a license to do electrical work.
Step Three: Determine Who to Sue
In the scheme of relations involving construction projects, there may be many involved in performance of workmanship such as the contractor with whom the property owner is contractually engaged with as well as subcontractors as well as tradespeople with whom the property owner is without any contractual relationship and perhaps even without any direct contact or even knowledge of involvement. Accordingly, who actually caused the defect, and may legally be added a party to a legal action, can extend far beyond merely the contractor with direct relation to the property owner. When reviewing who to sue consider:
- Who was contractually obligated to perform and deliver a (legally) defect free project and thereby, where defects legally exist as above, be in breach of the contractual obligations?
- Who may be vicariously liable for the negligent failures of others?
- Who negligently failed to perform?
- Who of the above will be viable targets for litigation?
Step Four: Determine Whether It Is Financially Viable to Sue
Defective workmanship litigation can be expensive. Expert witness reports, legal representation, court fees, among other things, add up; and accordingly, commencing litigation for principle or other reasons may be imprudent. Review the cost of correcting the defect with the cost of litigating. The capacity and appetite for litigation will vary depending on individual circumstances; and accordingly, there are no specific rules to follow other than your own unique circumstances and what is common sense within those circumstances.
Step Five: Determine Whether It Is Emotionally Viable to Sue
Similar to the above where it is said that defective workmanship litigation can be financially exhausting, defective workmanship litigation can also be emotionally draining. Accordingly, carefully consider whether you are truly ready for the long haul. In the end, life is short. Ask yourself, is this really worth it? If your answer is a "yes" without any doubt, then you likely are confident with where you stand. If your answer is a maybe, then be careful to consider your desire and intent. Be sure to avoid waiting to long and possibly losing legal rights; however, avoid jumping the gun as backpeddling out of a legal proceeding once started may be difficult and perhaps costly.
Summary Comment
Like all legal matters, a defective workmanship case should be carefully considered and pursued only after careful consideration. The law involving defective workmanship cases is complex. As always, it is prudent to carefully review your legal rights, duties, and obligations, with a qualified and experienced legal advisor.


text:
Failure of Experiments to Show Genetic Determinism For Homosexuality
From Conservapedia
Dr. Dean Hamer is a researcher often cited to show that there is empirical data supporting the notion of genetic determinism in regards to homosexuality. News organizations like National Public Radio and Newsweek have done news stories regarding his work.[1] In respect to the press trumpeting various findings genetics-of-behavior research uncritically the science journal Science stated the following in 1994:
|Time and time again, scientists have claimed that particular genes or chromosomal regions are associated with behavioral traits, only to withdraw their findings when they were not replicated. "Unfortunately," says Yale's [Dr. Joel] Gelernter, "it's hard to come up with many" findings linking specific genes to complex human behaviors that have been replicated. "...All were announced with great fanfare; all were greeted unskeptically in the popular press; all are now in disrepute."[2]
Martin A. Silverman, M.D. wrote regarding a famous study of Dr. Dean Hamer:
|On July 16, 1993, it was reported in Science (pp. 291, 321) that geneticist Dean Hamer and his team at the National Cancer Institute had reported on a study involving 40 pairs of brothers both of whom were gay that had led them to conclude that they had discovered a factor on the X chromosome through which gayness was genetically transmitted to them from their mothers. This was hailed as proof that homosexuality in men is biological in origin. Two years later, however, Eliot Marshall reported in Science (June 30, 1995, p.268) George Ebers and George Rice of the University of Western Ontario had unsuccessfully attempted to replicate Hamer's findings and had "found no evidence that gayness is passed from mother to son" genetically. He also reported that the Office of Research Integrity in the Department of Health and Human Services was investigating Hamer's work.[3]
In May 2000, the American Psychiatric Association issued a fact sheet stating that "..there are no replicated scientific studies supporting a specific biological etiology for homosexuality."[4]
See also
- Homosexuality and genetics
- Causes of Homosexuality
- Religious Upbringing and Culture Affects Rates of Homosexuality
- Homosexuality and Choice
- Homosexuality in animals myth
- Genetics, Homosexuality, Evolutionary Paradigm, and Creation Science


text:
'90s Valentine's Day Cards
Valentines Only '90s Girls Will Truly Understand
Valentines Only '90s Girls Will Truly Understand
If anything could make the romantic holiday of chocolate, amour, and flowers better, it would be '90s nostalgia. We were on the hunt for witty valentines that expressed love and friendship sentiments with references to some of the songs, TV shows, fashion, and games we gushed over in the '90s. And when we couldn't find exactly what we were looking for, we decided to make them ourselves! If you, too, want to have a Valentine's Day that pays homage to the decade of the Spice Girls and Skip-It, check out our '90s valentines! And download a printable version of the cards here.
— Additional reporting by Laura Marie Meyers


text:
Benny Landa to Keynote EFI Connect Users Conference
FOSTER CITY, CA—Sept. 24, 2012—EFI, a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, announced that Benny Landa, industry pioneer and chairman and CEO of the Landa Group, will participate in a "fireside chat" Q&A session with EFI CEO Guy Gecht at the company's 14th annual EFI Connect Users Conference, scheduled to be held from Jan. 15-18, 2013, at The Wynn Las Vegas.
Landa made headlines this spring at drupa 2012, where he unveiled Nanography and six Landa Nanographic Printing presses, the culmination of a decade of research into nanotechnology.
"We are excited that Benny will be joining us at Connect this January," said Gecht. "As we are preparing for an outstanding Connect, which will be focused on the growth opportunities for our industry, I'm personally very much looking forward to hearing Benny's insights and unique industry vision."
"EFI is an industry leader and I look forward to sharing our vision with EFI users on how Nanography™ can bring digital printing to mainstream applications," added Landa.
The Landa Group was founded by Benny Landa 10 years ago, following the acquisition by HP of Indigo B.V., which Landa had founded 25 years earlier.
Connect 2013 will be the industry's best venue for open dialogue and idea-exchange in 2013. Business leaders worldwide will gather to participate in over 150 educational sessions, receive hands-on experience, discuss industry trends, network with peers, voice their opinions, and learn from others. "Early Bird" registration pricing is available through Sept. 30, 2012. For more information and to register, visit www.efi.com/connect.
About EFI
EFI is a worldwide provider of products, technology and services leading the transformation of analog to digital imaging. Based in Silicon Valley, with offices around the globe, the company's powerful integrated product portfolio includes digital front-end servers; superwide, wide-format, label and ceramic inkjet presses and inks;production workflow, Web-to-print, and business automation software; and office, enterprise and mobile cloud solutions. These products allow users to produce, communicate and share information in an easy and effective way, and enable businesses to increase their profits, productivity, and efficiency.


text:
Mike West is not related to Jon West and no West's were harmed in this drawing.
Special thanks to Mark Leone at Academy Skatepark Design, Inc. www.academyskate.com
ED TEMPLETON (duh)
It will be opening October 3rd 2002 and will run until November 10th 2002
There will be a 100-page book of my photographs to accompany the exhibition It will be called "the Golden Age of Neglect"
Site de création contemporaine 2, rue de la Manutention 75116 Paris Phone: 01 4723 5401 Fax: 01 4720 1531 WEB: www.palaisdetokyo.com
It is right next to the Musee d'art Moderne across the river from the Eiffel Tower.
The show also has plans to travel to Rome in early 2003!


text:
Tanichthys albonubes
White Cloud Mountain Minnow
SynonymsTop ↑
Aphyocypris pooni Herre, 1939
Tanichthys: named for Chinese boy scout leader Tan Kan Fei, who first collected the type species, plus the Greek ἰχθύς (ichthus), meaning 'fish'.
albonubes: from the Latin albus, meaning 'white', and nubes, meaning 'cloud', in reference to the species' type locality (see 'Distribution').
Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
Type locality is 'White Cloud Mountain, Kwangtung, China', referring to White Cloud Mountain (also known as Mount Baiyun or Baiyunshan) a few miles north of the city of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China and this species is probably restricted to the Pearl River Delta region.
It appears to been extirpated from the 'mountain' which is actually a collection of thirty or so peaks and now a popular tourist resort complete with cable car access, hotels and public parks.
Between 1980 and 2001 it was not recorded anywhere at all leading to fears of its extinction but a handful of relict populations have been discovered close to the type locality and at isolated spots in coastal Guangdong province (in the prefecture-level city of Shanwei) and Quang Ninh province, northeastern Vietnam.
The latter shares a border with Guangxi province, China, and the fish were found in a coastal stream draining into the world famous Ha Long Bay.
In 2007 an additional population was discovered on Hainan Island, Hainan province, which is separated from Guangdong by the 30 km wide Qiongzhou Strait (Chan and Chen, 2009).
Questions regarding the genetic status of the Shanwei, Hainan, and Vietnamese populations have been raised as they appear to have been segregated for a considerable period of time meaning phylogenetic studies could yield interesting results.
It's considered an endangered species by governmental agencies in China and features in the China Red Data Book of Endangered Animals, in which it is listed as a 'second class state protected' animal, but has not been evaluated by the IUCN at time of writing.
Reintroduction programmes using captive-bred fish have been implemented but we've been unable to obtain details as to their success or failure.
This precarious conservation status is unlikely to affect the aquarium hobby because all the fish on sale are bred on a commercial basis.
Little published information exists but one of the populations rediscovered close to the type locality in Guangdong inhabits a sluggish, spring-fed mountain stream with clear, shallow water and dense growths of aquatic vegetation (Yi et al. 2004).
Macropodus opercularis and introduced Gambusia affinis were the only other fish species recorded.
The Hainan Island fish occupy a clear, slow-moving coastal stream and its tributaries with substrates of sand, pebbles and leaf litter and maximum water depth of only 23.6″/60cm even during the wet season.
They were observed swimming in schools in calmer zones and backwaters close to patches of dense, trailing marginal vegetation.
PH was 6.4 with low hardness values and plant species included Blyxa japonica, Rotala rotundifolia, Ludwigia prostrata, Ceratopteris thalictroides and Limnophila sp.
Sympatric fishes were Puntius semifasciolatus, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, Macropodus opercularis, and Channa gachua as well as non-native Gambusia and Oreochromis.
Maximum Standard Length
30 – 40 mm.
Aquarium SizeTop ↑
Minimum base dimensions of 60 ∗ 30 cm or equivalent are required.
Choice of décor is not especially critical though it tends to show better colouration in a heavily-planted set-up with a dark substrate.
The addition of some floating plants, driftwood roots or branches, and leaf litter also seems to be appreciated and adds a more natural feel.
Filtration does not need to be particularly strong though it does seem to appreciate a degree of water movement and will also do well in a hill stream-type set-up.
Water Conditions
Temperature: This species is subject to seasonal temperature fluctuations in nature and is most comfortable between 14 – 22 °C.
Permanent exposure to warmer conditions is likely to result in a shortened lifespan and in many countries or well-insulated homes it's best-maintained without artificial heating year-round.
In tests the wild fish from Hainan Island showed a reduced tolerance to cooler temperatures compared with tank-bred specimens, presumably due to their more southerly, i.e., tropical, distribution.
pH: 6.0 – 8.5
Hardness: 90 – 357 ppm
Stomach analyses of wild specimens have revealed it to be a micropredator feeding on small insects, worms, crustaceans and other zooplankton.
In the aquarium it's easily-fed but the best condition and colours offer regular meals of small live and frozen foods such as bloodworm, Daphnia, and Artemia alongside good quality dried flakes and granules, at least some of which should include additional plant or algal content.
Behaviour and CompatibilityTop ↑
Very peaceful indeed and an ideal resident of a well-maintained community set-up provided its temperature requirements are considered.
Other species that enjoy comparable conditions include Pethia conchonius, P. padamya, 'Puntius' semifasciolatus, and Macropodus opercularis (it occurs sympatrically with the latter two in nature) but it doesn't make a suitable companion for goldfish despite often being sold as such.
In a stream-style tank it can also be combined with rheophilic species from genera such as Danio, Devario, and Garra as well as many loaches.
It's a schooling fish by nature and ideally a group comprising 10+ specimens should be purchased.
Maintaining such numbers will not only make individuals less nervous but result in a more effective, natural-looking display, and males will display their best colours as they compete with one other for female attention.
Sexual Dimorphism
Mature females are usually rounder-bellied and often a little larger than the slimmer, more colourful males.
Like many small cyprinids this species is an egg-scattering, continuous spawner that exhibits no parental care.
That is to say when the fish are in good condition they will spawn often and when a group is maintained alone in a densely-planted, mature aquarium or outdoor container small numbers of fry usually start to appear without further intervention.
Should a more controlled approach be required a separate, smaller aquarium can be set up.
This should be dimly-lit and the base covered with some kind of mesh of a large enough grade so that the eggs can fall through but small enough so that the adults cannot reach them.
The widely available plastic 'grass'-type matting can also be used and works well, as does a layer of glass marbles.
Alternatively filling much of the tank with a fine-leaved plant such as Taxiphyllum spp. or spawning mops can also return decent results.
The water itself should be of slightly acidic to neutral pH with a temperature towards the upper end of the range suggested above, and an air-powered sponge filter or air stone(s) included to provide oxygenation and water movement.
When the adults are well-conditioned and the females appear gravid one or two pairs should then be introduced, and spawning should take place the following morning.
An alternative is to spawn the fish in a group with half a dozen specimens of each sex being a good number, although a larger aquarium may be necessary.
In either situation the adults will probably eat the eggs given the chance and should be removed after 2-3 days maximum.
The eggs should hatch in 48-60 hours and once free-swimming the fry may require an infusoria-grade food until large enough to accept microworm, Artemia nauplii, and suchlike.
NotesTop ↑
One of the most ubiquitous species in the aquarium hobby and several ornamental strains are available including 'long-finned', 'golden', 'albino', and 'super red', for which care is identical.
Unfortunately inbreeding among farm-bred stock has resulted in a situation whereby many of the fish available today are genetically weak and prone to disease or develop physical deformities.
We've also seen some of the more colourful forms mislabelled as Aphyocypris pooni, a name currently considered a junior synonym of T. albonubes, or A. lini, chosen as a replacement for A. pooni by Weitzman & Chan (1966) and referring to an unrelated species.
T. albonubes was discovered by a Chinese scoutmaster named Tan Kam Fei in 1932 who passed some specimens on to a local fisheries station, and the director of the station chose to honour the collector by naming the newly-erected genus in his honour.
The genus remained monotypic until 2001 when the Vietnamese species T. micagemmae and T. thacbaensis were described.
The former has been available in the aquarium trade for a number of years but T. thacbaensis is somewhat enigmatic since its description is written entirely in Vietnamese and accompanied only by a line drawing, with photos of live specimens unavailable to date.
A fourth species, currently known only as T. sp. 'Vietnam' appeared in the aquarium trade during 2010 and has been available in limited numbers.
T. albonubes is noticeably larger than T. micagemmae and T. sp. 'Vietnam', and exhibits an overall reddish-brown colouration in the body that is lacking in the other two and possesses a less broad dark, lateral stripe on the body, below the paler stripe.
In T. micagemmae the ventral and anal fins are reddish, whereas they are bright yellow in T. sp. 'Vietnam'.
Diagnostic characters for the genus include presence of cornified tubercules on the snout posterior to the premaxila in males, and confluent narial openings.
Less clear is the phylogenetic position of Tanichthys within the family Cyprinidae.
It has been considered closely related to the genera Danio or Rasbora but recent studies, notably that of Fang et al. (2009) have suggested it to be more analagous withTinca tinca, the common tench, and the putative subfamily Acheilognathinae, better known as the bitterlings.
The results also suggested that T. micagemmae is the parent species of the group in evolutionary terms with T. albonubes its younger relative.
- Chan, B.P.L., and X-L Chen, 2009 - Zoological Research 30(2): 209–214
Discovery of Tanichthys albonubes Lin 1932 (Cyprinidae) on Hainan Island, and notes on its ecology.
- Fang, F., M. Norén, T. Y. Liao, M. Källersjö, and S. O. Kullander, 2009 - Zoologica Scripta 38(1): 1-20
Molecular phylogenetic interrelationships of the south Asian cyprinid genera Danio, Devario and Microrasbora (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Danioninae).
- Liang, X-F, G-Z. Chen, X-L. Chen, and P-Q. Yue, 2007 - Environmental Bi0logy of Fishes 82(2): 177-178
Threatened fishes of the world: Tanichthys albonubes Lin 1932 (Cyprinidae).
- Rüber, L, M. Kottelat, H. H. Tan, P. K. L. Ng, and R. Britz, 2007 - BMC Evolutionary Biology London 7: 1-10
Evolution of minituarization and the phylogenetic position of Paedocypris, comprising the world's smallest vertebrate.
- Yi, Z-S., X-L. Chen, J-X. Wu, S-C. Yu, and C-E. Huang, 2004 - Zoological Research 25(6): 551-555
Rediscovering the wild population of white cloud mountain minnows (Tanichthys albonubes Lin) on Guangdong Province.


text:
A MAN CALLED AT THE CHURCH and asked if he could speak to the Head Hog at the Trough. The secretary said, "Who?" The man replied, "I want to speak to the Head Hog at the Trough!" Sure now that she had heard correctly, the secretary said, "Sir, if you mean our pastor, you will have to treat him with more respect-and ask for `The Reverend' or `The Pastor.' But certainly you cannot refer to him as the Head Hog at the Trough!" At this, the man came back, "Oh, I see. Well, I have ten thousand dollars I was thinking of donating to the Building Fund." Secretary: "Hold the line-I think the Big Pig just walked in the door."
-James Hewett, Illustrations Unlimited
Charles R. Swindoll. Swindoll's Ultimate Book of Illustrations & Quotes (pp. 534-535). Kindle Edition.


text:
"Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!"
Alarm pheromones warn animals of the same species that there is danger present, like predators, cause for injuries, or other distressing hazards. When animals pick up alarm pheromones, they react by freezing, running away, or attacking. For a while, scientists were puzzled by how animals detected these pheromones, but researchers from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, found strong evidence that the Grueneberg ganglion is responsible for this recognition.
The Grueneberg ganglion is present in all mammals that have been examined for it, so we have them too. It is an olfactory subsystem that has a vital role in sensing particular chemicals. Neurons and glial cells (cells that provide support and nutrition for neurons) make up the Grueneberg ganglion, which sits at the tip of the nose, away from the main olfactory system. This places it in the optimal position for swift detection of alarm pheromones.
In order to test the functions of the Grueneberg ganglion, researchers obtained alarm pheromones by killing mice under severe stress with CO2. They then observed how murine Grueneberg ganglion cells reacted to the presence of alarm pheromones and several other stimuli, such as general pheromones, acidic conditions, and temperature fluctuations. Alarm pheromones induced a response in the Grueneberg ganglion cells, but none of the other stimuli caused a significant reaction.
As further proof, the scientists surgically damaged the Grueneberg ganglion in mice to see how this would affect their ability to detect the chemical messengers for danger. Normal mice froze in the presence of alarm pheromones, but the impaired mice had no trouble exploring their environment when they were exposed to the same conditions. The Grueneberg ganglion impairment did not appear to harm their general sense of smell, as both normal and damaged mice were equally capable of finding buried cookies.
Since it is favorable for survival to sense danger that affects one's own species, this warning system exists across the spectrum of living organisms. Even certain plants release alarm pheromones to produce bitter and astringent tannins, so they can become less appetizing to hungry animals. In modern life, our own response to alarm pheromones might be hard to notice, but it is entirely possible that we still inadvertently react to their presence.
Science, 2008. DOI: 10.1126/science.1160770


text:
Q&A with Architect Tom Kundig
TOM KUNDIG, A PRINCIPAL IN OLSON KUNDIG Architects, is among Seattle's most celebrated architects, and his career arc is distinctive in its determined concentration on houses—most of them single-family, ranging from an 11,000-square-foot live/work residence to a 191-square-foot cabin. A number of these creations are featured in a September 2011 book from Princeton Architectural Press, Tom Kundig: Houses 2. Kundig, 57, sat down in his Pioneer Square office for an interview about houses and his approach to designing them.
• • •
What should people experience in their homes?
Virtually life's full range of experiences. This is the reason I'm so interested in residential work. The home is primal, it's visceral, it's our primitive past, it carries all the baggage of our cultural life. It has to have prospect, the sense of being in the open; but also intimacy and protection. It has to encompass open and closed, hot and cold, fast and slow, light and dark, yin and yang. That's how we experience life, and that's how we should experience a house.
You seem to revel in the challenge of designing homes.
People who build their own home tend to be very courageous. These people are curious about life. They're thinking about what it means to live in a house, rather than just buying a commodity and making it work.
It takes some sacrifice, doesn't it? Most people are looking for sheer square footage.
Absolutely. But a lot of my clients are willing to do a 1,500-square-foot, beautifully detailed home. They don't want the 3,000-square-foot empty box with colonial columns that makes some sort of pretension of success. I don't want to make a value judgment on that, which I just sort of did, but it's a different way of looking at how you want to spend your money.
Do you enjoy the challenge of doing small houses?
In some ways they're the most satisfying because they go back to that primitive place—the small hut that is a refuge, small enough that it can open out to the landscape. The only way you can really experience that landscape throughout a house is if it's relatively small. If you have a big house you begin to lose touch with the outside quadrant.
How does this "outside quadrant" shape your work?
Seattle is a place of unbelievable natural beauty. You cannot be here without wanting to be part of that out there. So in some of these houses you can literally move some parts of the building to be outside. Shadowboxx in the San Juans takes this to another level. Walls move to open the interior, allowing the couch/beds to roll out under the day or night sky. The bath roof literally opens to the sky. In a perfect world, a house in this kind of environment could shed or add walls and roofs, like clothing responding to the situation.
What else do you look at to generate a house's form, space, textures?
Just about everything. In a custom home, you're painting the value system of the owner. The design is also being pushed on by the landscape, topography, light and sun and ventilation. All these conspiring vectors are coming in and shaping this thing.
"Conspiring vectors" makes it sound extremely complicated.
It is. A lot of it is intuitive. It's this swirling equation that's floating around and you're trying to bring it together.
So do you look for one central theme to give a home design coherence?
It's hard to say that one theme would always solve a complex series of vectors like a home. A tent has a pretty singular mission, and it can be solved in a lot of different ways, which is why you have all those different shapes. But a home is not a simple mission. I do try to simplify the overall form while addressing as many of the issues as possible. That way we save money in the budget for the precious things that people touch, like the window in the Chicken Point Cabin. It's all geometry and physics so you can easily move a six-ton device. It amazes people every time they use it.
Is touch important because it engages us with another of the senses?
Exactly. If you think about moving a door—and this is why I like to do these large doors—it's a moment at which your shoulder and arm and hand become an extension of that door. You're in concert with the physics of the door. That's a fantastic thing when you realize it. I like it when people are stunned into wonderment.


text:
Login to Your Account
If you have ordered products from National Braille Press in the past or you just purchased a download, we have already set up an account and password for you, even if you haven't used our online store. Try to retrieve your login information below, which will give you access to your account.
If you are new to National Braille Press, use the new account area below to set up an online account. *Note that your password must be at least 6 characters long.


text:
|NJ Home | Services A to Z | Departments/Agencies | FAQs
For Students Seeking Training:
The New Jersey Training Opportunities website (NJTOPPS) is home to New Jersey's Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL) and Consumer Report Card (CRC). The ETPL is a comprehensive listing of all schools and organizations offering occupational education and job training programs that are eligible to receive publicly funded tuition assistance.
Deciding whether or not to pursue additional education or training often relies on one's ability to receive funding or tuition assistance. New Jersey offers many options for training programs and funding through grants for those who qualify.
Eligibility may depend on a number of factors and is determined by speaking directly with a member of our One-Stop Career Center Staff.
To search for training, click on the "Get Started & Search for Training" button above. You can customize your search by occupation and geographic location. Your search results will provide you with information on the various programs offered by each training provider and allow you to compare programs and providers based on information such as the location and length of training, the costs and any special services that may be offered. The CRC portion of the site gives you the ability to compare training providers by employment outcomes and the starting salary after completion of a program. You can also view program comments and reviews submitted by former students.
For questions regarding a specific program or to enroll in a specific program you must contact the school or organization directly. This website is for informational purposes only.
For Training Providers:
All training providers seeking ETPL placement or renewal must submit a formal ETPL application packet. Click here to read the new ETPL application procedures. Training providers must first obtain approval from a qualified government agency in order to offer training programs. Please click here to view our Frequently Asked Questions on becoming an approved ETPL provider.
For DOL Grant Recipient Service Providers:
Contact Us:
Contact the Center for Occupational Employment Information at email@example.com with any questions or comments about this website.
This website is a product of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the State Employment and Training Commission. Inclusion of a training provider on the ETPL is not an entitlement for a prospective student to receive funding from a local Workforce Develop Board (WDB) or One-Stop Career Center, nor a requirement that the WDB or One-Stop make any referrals to the training provider. All potential providers must satisfy specific eligibility criteria established by the State and WDB to be eligible to receive students paid for with public funds. The selection of an appropriate provider is a mutual decision made by the One-Stop Counselor and the prospective student.


text:
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano's open letter to Barack Obama
An Open Letter To President Barack Obama.
The White House
With A Prayer for a successful meeting between him and President Duterte.
Dear President Obama,
As a Citizen of the world and a believer in Change, allow me to write you an open letter to attempt to articulate the audacity of the Filipino people to hope for a better future and to aspire for a nation that is secure,peaceful,law abiding and prosperous.
While we are still mourning and recovering from the Davao Bombing, while our law enforcers are sacrificing and doing their duty everyday to reclaim communities from narcotics and criminality (many police officers have died in the line of duty), while our President is pursuing peace and fighting corruption, powerful forces are working against us (locally and internationally).
I write to you because more than any other person, you know how it feels to have the weight of the world on your shoulders.
To have the burden of fixing the problems of your own country but having to constantly live up to the expectations of the entire world.
To be called on, and depended on but at the same time to be hated and cursed at.
To be pulled and torn in every direction and at every crossroad.
I ask myself where does President Obama get the strength to see this through? It can only have come from the grace of GOD and a deep love of one's people and of all humanity.
Despite all the challenges, you have persevered and have accomplished so much.
Now it is our turn. Our turn to experience Change we can believe in.
We finally have a President who has faith in GOD, who has a deep love for our people, who is willing to sacrifice even his life and honor to see that change comes to all Filipinos.
President Duterte and our entire nation is now fighting 3 wars simultaneously.
- The War against poverty (which includes leveling a playing field that by and large only oligarchs grow and prosper while the greater majority struggles just to survive);
- The War against crime, illegal drugs and corruption, and;
- The War on war. The quest for a just and inclusive peace and an end to the decades-long communist insurgency as well as other rebellions in our country.
After decades of hopelessness and up to 10 million Filipinos leaving our country to find work in foreign lands and after an entire generation exposed to the perils of illegal drugs, we finally have a President who is trying to get the country back on the right track.
Mr President, how many times have you been misjudged, prejudged or judged unjustly because of your nationality, Party affiliation, stand on issues or even your skin color?
Yet despite all these, you persevered. You never gave up! If there were mistakes along the way, you learned from those mistakes and you spawned an entire generation of people around the world saying "Yes We Can!"
Will you now allow us to lose hope and fail? Will the West deny us the "Change we can believe in?" Just because some people have misjudged our beloved President based on how he speaks. Aggravated by an obvious misinformation campaign about the human rights situation in the country.
Does he not deserve to be judged on his record and his actions? On facts and not manipulated statistics? On where he wants to bring the country rather than his sometimes politically incorrect words?
We Filipinos will always be your brothers and sisters. Your allies and friends. But we also deserve our own national identity and a chance for an independent foreign policy.
A foreign policy for Filipinos by Filipinos. A balanced friendship with our oldest ally and big brother the United States of America on one hand and a friendship of mutual respect with our neighbor China on the other.
You have tried at every turn to avoid war and done everything for peace! Can't we work on a win win win situation for the U.S.A, Philippines and China?
Over the last 7 years you have patiently addressed concerns of pessimists, critics and hardliners and pushed your peoples agenda forward inch by inch.
Well now the pessimists, critics and hardliners in the West, the United Nations, and the Philippines want us to continue to bicker and disagree. To let disagreements escalate into fights. And for what? So that no one wins?
Hardliners fear the Philippine government will make peace with the communist rebels. Critics Fear that CHRISTians and Muslims can't build communities and a Nation together? Pessimists say that we can't be a drug free Country.
Will we let the pessimists and hardliners win Mr President? Or will we persevere and try to understand each other, so we can wake up one day to a peaceful, prosperous and progressive Philippines.
Can't we give the Philippines and President Duterte a Chance?
As We Pray that GOD Blesses America, We ask The Americans to be used by GOD To Bless The Philippines.
GOD Bless You President "Yes We Can" Obama!
GOD Bless President Rody Duterte!
GOD Bless The Philippines!
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano


text:
Since we all need to drink plenty of water anyway—and even more so as the weather heats up—why not give your H2O a little extra nutrition (and flavor!) with these fat-blasting additions?
According to Dr. Shilpi Agarwal, a family medicine and integrative medicine physician, adding these foods to your water can actually help boost your metabolism as you sip.
Citrus fruits: Dr. Agarwal—who suggests lemons or oranges—says that citrus fruits are fabulous sources of vitamin C. "On a cellular level, in order for the body to mobilize fat stores and use them as energy, vitamin C is required in this reaction as a cofactor," she says. "Adding vitamin C to your diet is a great way to boost energy and fat burning. The best way to add this is in slices to your water. This way, the fruit slowly flavors your water, and when you are done, consuming the fruit is a great source of fiber—another natural fat burner."
Cucumber: Fancy spas add cucumber slices to their water glasses for a reason! Dr. Agarwal says the veggie is actually helpful in fat burning and toxin elimination because of its natural diuretic properties. "It contains vitamins A and E, which are important antioxidants and help reduce feelings of bloating and water retention," she says. "You can even eat the slices after you drink the water, which adds fiber to your diet and counts as a healthy snack under 10 calories."
Raspberries: Dr. Agarwal says that raspberries are packed with antioxidants and contain magnesium and B vitamins—important nutrients for energy and kick-starting your metabolism. "My personal favorite water recipe is adding raspberries, lemon, cucumber, and 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper," she says.
__Cayenne pepper:__Speaking of cayenne pepper..."It's known to boost your metabolism by generating heat, and contains a compound called capsaicin that can help promote fat burning. If you don't love the taste, a small drop of stevia can help sweeten the cup," she says.
__Blueberries:__Attention, soda addicts: Adding these little berries to super-cold sparkling water (along with some lemon) can help you quit the cola. "The combination helps you get the same sensation after drinking a soda, without the extra artificial additives and sugar," she says. "Blueberries not only contain antioxidants but are rich in potassium, which helps you recuperate your muscles quickly after a workout, and they are naturally sweet."
Dr. Agarwal says that adding slices of fruit is usually the easiest and best ways to reap all the health benefits. "Adding juice is OK, but this can sometimes require more of the fruit to get the flavor you are looking for," she says. "With sliced fruit, you can continue to add water and the flavor remains. Once you drink water that had added juice, it's hard to re-create it without squeezing more in each time."
OK, totally thirsty now. What do you think of these water additions? Which would you try?


text:
On Nutrition Data, you'll find detailed nutrition information, plus unique analysis tools that tell you more about how foods affect your health and make it easier to choose healthy foods.
ESTIMATED GLYCEMIC LOAD™ Glycemic load is a way of expressing a food or meal's effect on blood-sugar levels. Nutrition Data's patent-pending Estimated Glycemic Load™ (eGL) is available for every food in the database as well as custom foods and recipes.
How to interpret the values: Experts vary on their recommendations for what your total glycemic load should be each day. A typical target for total Estimated Glycemic Load is 100 or less per day. If you have diabetes or metabolic syndrome, you might want to aim a little lower. If you are not overweight and are physically active, a little higher is acceptable.
Read more about the eGL
The IF (Inflammation Factor) Rating™ estimates the inflammatory or anti-inflammatory potential of individual foods or combinations of foods by calculating the net effect of different nutritional factors, such as fatty acids, antioxidants, and glycemic impact.
How to interpret the values: Foods with positive IF Ratings are considered anti-inflammatory, and those with negative IF Ratings are considered inflammatory. The higher the number, the stronger the effect. The goal is to balance negative foods with positive foods so that the combined rating for all foods eaten in a single day is positive.
Read more about the IF Rating
The Nutritional Target Map™
The Nutritional Target Map™ allows you to see at a glance how foods line up with your nutritional and weight-management goals. The closer a food is to the right edge of the map, the more essential nutrients per calorie it contains. For a more nutritious diet, select foods that fall on the right half of the map.
The closer a food is to the top edge of the map, the more likely it is to fill you up with fewer calories. If you want to restrict your caloric intake without feeling hungry, choose foods from the top half of the map.
Foods that are close to the bottom edge are more calorie-dense. If you want to increase your calorie intake without getting too full, choose foods from the bottom half of the map.
Read more about the Nutritional Target Map
The Caloric Ratio Pyramid™
The Caloric Ratio Pyramid appears in every ND analysis, and also on ND's Total Consumption report. This symbol lets you see at a glance how the Calories in the food are distributed, and can help you determine if the food aligns with common macronutrient-based diet plans, such as low-carb (e.g Atkins™ or South Beach™), low-fat, high-protein, or Zone™.
The three numbers at the bottom of this symbol indicate the percentage of the food's Calories that are derived from the three main macronutrients � carbohydrates, fats, and protein. If the food contains alcohol, a fourth number will appear that indicates the percentage of Calories derived from alcohol. Read more about the Caloric Ratio Pyramid™
Nutrition glossary: Common nutrition terms defined
Sensible diet advice
Find foods highest in any vitamin or mineral or lowest in carbs, saturated fats, or sugars
Weight loss tips, news, and tools
My ND: Create and analyze recipes, track your diet, and save your favorite foods.
Quick start: Just one click stocks your My Foods list with foods that fit your diet, such as low-carb, low-calorie, low-fat, heart-healthy, quick and healthy, or super-nutritious


text:
This video is called Pussy Riot release new single Putin Lights Up the Fires.
From daily The Guardian in Britain:
French police detain Pussy Riot protesters for wearing balaclavas amid crackdown on face-coverings
Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
Sunday 19 August 2012 17.52 BST
Several people protesting peacefully in Marseille against the trial of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot were detained by police for wearing balaclavas, under France's controversial law that bans Muslim niqabs and all face-coverings from public places.
About 30 demonstrators gathered outside the Russian consulate in the southern French city on Friday to protest against the trial of members of the feminist group famous for wearing bright dresses and colourful balaclavas.
But police swooped on about seven wearing multicoloured face-masks in solidarity with the band, reported La Provence. Asked why the police had stopped the demonstrators who had been standing peacefully behind a banner about the power of poetry, a senior officer told the newspaper: "They are wearing balaclavas in a public space. It's illegal." He said the demonstrators would be questioned and a report written.
In April 2011, Nicolas Sarkozy's government introduced a law banning women from wearing the niqab, or full face-veil, in public places. To circumvent accusations that the law singled out Muslims, the bill was officially called the law against covering one's face in public places.
Special exemptions were created for motorcycle helmets or sports equipment such as fencing masks. There are also exemptions for people appearing in parades, celebrations or places of worship.
The Marseille protesters – including poets, a book editor, and a former culture official – who had removed their masks at police request, were put in a riot van and driven to the nearest police station amid cries of "Absurd!" and "Ridiculous!". They were released that afternoon. Under the law, the case can be referred to a local judge who can hand down a €150 fine, a citizenship course or both.
"We came here to defend freedom of expression in Russia and we find ourselves stopped by French police," one pensioner at the rally told the paper.
When three members of Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism on Friday, France said the sentence was "disproportionate".
Police persecution of Pussy Riot supporters in Cologne, Germany: here.


text:
Target, Home Depot cut ties with Deen; drugmaker distances
Amid the losses, book-buyers are standing by Deen. As of Thursday morning, "Paula Deen's New Testament: 250 Recipes, All Lightened Up," ranked No. 1 on Amazon.com. The book is scheduled for October. Another Deen book, "Paula Deen's Southern Cooki
NEW YORK (AP) — Paula Deen's merchandise and media empire is fast unraveling.
Retailers Target Corp. and Home Depot Inc. and diabetes drug maker Novo Nordisk became the latest companies to sever ties or distance themselves from celebrity cook Paula Deen as fallout builds from revelations that the Southern celebrity chef used racial slurs in the past.
Target, based in Minneapolis, said Thursday that it will phase out its Paula Deen-branded cookware and other items, which were sold on its website and in its stores.
"Once the merchandise is sold out, we will not be replenishing inventory," said Molly Snyder, a Target spokeswoman.
Home Depot, which sold Paula Deen-branded cookware and kitchen products only online, said it pulled the products off its website on Wednesday.
Diabetes drug maker Novo Nordisk said Thursday it and Deen have "mutually agreed to suspend our patient education activities for now."
The developments are the latest blow to Deen's business.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said Wednesday that it's also cutting ties with Deen. The world's largest retailer currently carries a variety of products under her moniker, including food items, cookware and health and wellness products, at all of its 4,000 U.S. namesake stores. The retailer began selling her merchandise several years ago. Wal-Mart said it will not place any new orders beyond what's already committed and is working with suppliers to address existing inventories and agreements.
Meanwhile, Paula Deen's name is being stripped from four buffet restaurants owned by Caesars Entertainment. Caesars said Wednesday that its decision to rebrand its restaurants in Joliet, Ill.; Tunica, Miss.; Cherokee, N.C.; and Elizabeth, Ind., was a mutual one with Deen.
Last week, the Food Network said that it would not renew the celebrity cook's contract. And on Monday, pork producer Smithfield Foods said it was dropping her as a spokeswoman. Smithfield sold Paula Deen-branded hams in addition to featuring her as a spokeswoman.
Amid the losses, book-buyers are standing by Deen.
As of Thursday morning, "Paula Deen's New Testament: 250 Recipes, All Lightened Up," ranked No. 1 on Amazon.com. The book is scheduled for October. Another Deen book, "Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible," was at No. 13. Several other Deen books were out of stock.
Deen appeared in a "Today" show interview Wednesday, dissolving into tears and saying that anyone in the audience who's never said anything they've regretted should pick up a rock and throw it at her head.
The chef, who specializes in Southern comfort food, repeated that she's not a racist.


text:
UPPER EAST SIDE — The time has come, the schoolkids said, to talk of many things: of stews and chips and salty snacks, of cabbages and wings.
And a handful of Robert Wagner Middle School sixth graders did just that Thursday evening, running a locally-sourced farm stand and demonstrating healthy recipes in their campus auditorium. The event was part of GrowNYC's Healthy Kids Healthy Schools program.
Wagner's two, 30-student sixth grade health classes get nutrition and cooking lessons from GrowNYC instructors every week — and Thursday was the kids' chance to apply their new knowledge, organizers said.
Joziel Vargas, who manned the cash box at the stand, said he loves the program so much that he wants to do it again next year.
"I like being helpful and helping people with stuff," said Vargas, 11. "And I've learned how to cook and the facts about transfats and sodium — the stuff you're not supposed to eat and the stuff you're supposed to eat."
For Teyana McKnight, 11, one of the best parts of the program is learning about entrepreneurship.
"I like selling stuff," she said. "When I was 5 or 6, we had a sale in front of our building and we made $40 — it was so fun."
McKnight enjoyed learning in a hands-on way by cooking in class, she said.
"Everybody is always doing something and we always get to try it," she said.
Mike Tauber, who teaches health classes and others at Wagner, said the program has kick-started kids' interest in nutrition — and got them to go above and beyond when it comes to eating their veggies.
"They'll tell other kids what's good and what's bad to eat," said Tauber, 37. "Parents come to me and say that the kids go home and want them to make the salad from class."
One parent of a Wagner seventh grader said she hopes that the presence of this program in the school can break her child of his bad dining habit — which includes predilections for pizza, tacos and macaroni and cheese.
"Right now I give him money for food, and he'll go to the store and get soda," said Lisa Papathanasiou, 48. "But when you see this stuff, it makes you want to eat it — and eat healthfully."
David Saphire, program coordinator for the organization's Learn It Grow It Eat It Program, said he couldn't be happier with reactions from his students at Wagner.
"They're really enthusiastic," he said. "They're kids with great energy who are just open to new ideas and open to new food."


text:
12:00 PMWrong Side of the Town (2010) DVDRip
Wrong Side of the Town (2010) DVDRip
Country : USA
Genre : Action
Language : English
Genre: Action
Director: David DeFalco
Runtime: 88 min/ Size:1.17GB
Quality: XViD 608 x 336@710 kb/s | MP3 448kb/s
Subtitles: None
Ex-Navy Seal Bobby Kalinowski lives a quiet, peaceful life as a landscape architect in an LA suburb with his wife Dawn and 16 year old daughter Brianna. Tonight they are invited out for an evening on the town
by new neighbors clay and Elise Freeman to a happening club downtown.
Little did they know that this would be the start of a life or death
ordeal for the group. While at the club, Dawn is accosted by one of the
club owners, Ethan Bordas. WhenBobby intervenes and accidentally kills
Ethan defending his wife, his enraged older brother, Seth, puts a one
hundred thousand dollar bounty on his head. NowBobby must escape LA while being pursued by every criminal, wise guy and thug in the city. Bobby decides to separate from his wife and neighbors and revert to his Navy Seal training to survive. To complicate matters, Seth has a corrupt police sergeant preventing Bobby from getting any help from the law! However, they all underestimate the fighting skills and abilities of Bobby
Kalinowski who battles through an army of thugs to finally make it back
home. But, relentless, Seth doesn't stop there. He targetsBobby's family next and kidnaps his daughter. His plan is successful and he lures Bobby to his seedy warehouse complex for the final showdown.
Tags: hotfile ,
|Total comments: 0


text:
LAS VEGAS - Freightliner Trucks today introduced two new Severe Duty (SD) truck models. The new line of SD trucks is designed to serve the Class 7 and 8 vocational markets, providing a set-back axle position in both a 108-inch and 114-inch BBC configuration.
The expanded SD product line provides the smart business solution for vocational customers who are looking for a combination of toughness and efficiency. The SD product line features options such as front frame extensions and radiator mounted grilles for body attachment installations; front and rear engine power-take-offs; and body specific chassis layouts that will allow vocational customers to "Work Smart" in any application.
"Looking back at our brand history, Freightliner has had a strong presence in the vocational arena, specifically with the popular FLD-SD product line, said David Hames, general manager marketing and strategy, Daimler Trucks North America. "The next generation of severe duty products will build upon that legacy to expand Freightliner's presence in the vocational marketplace today."
The 108SD features a 42-inch set-back axle position with axle ratings that range from 10,000 to 20,000 pounds for front axles, and single and tandem rear axles options from 21,000 to 46,000 pounds. The 108SD is offered with the Cummins ISB and ISC engine, providing a power range of 200 to 350 hp and 520 to 1,000 lb/ft of torque.
The 114SD model features a set-forward axle (SFA) configuration with a standard 31-inch front axle position and optional 29.5-inch bridge formula configuration, and a set-back axle (SBA) configuration with a standard 48-inch SBA setting for maximum maneuverability. Front axle ratings on the 114SD are available up to 23,000 pounds, and heavy rear axle configurations for single axles are available up to 38,000 pounds, tandem axles up to 58,000 pounds and tridem axles rated up to 69,000 pounds.
All 114SD models are powered by the Detroit Diesel DD13® with BlueTec® Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology with a power range of 350 to 450 hp and torque ratings from 1,250 to 1,650 lb/ft. The optional lightweight Cummins ISC and ISL engines will also be available, and provide a power range from 260 to 380 hp, and 660 to 1,300 lb/ft of torque. A full offering of Eaton manual and automated transmissions along with Allison automatic transmissions round out the SD family powertrain to provide coverage for all vocational applications.
Built to Work Smart
Ideal for the construction market, the SD family is designed for heavy applications such as dumps, cranes, roll offs, and mixers. The lightweight yet extremely durable SD cab not only maximizes payload, but will live up to the extended service life required of vocational equipment.
The SD cab design consists of corrosion resistant aluminum reinforced with steel that is assembled to precise manufacturing tolerances with Henrob Rivets and welded construction, producing a durable and safe cab that meets stringent A-pillar impact, roll-over, and back wall impact tests. Plus, the SD includes a robust backbone with a complete offering of single and double channel frame rails that feature a tensile strength of up to 120,000 PSI and an RBM rating up to 4.4 million inch-pounds per rail.
For the municipal market, the flexibility of the SD product line can accommodate a wide range of specialized applications from sewer vacs, to snow plows and refuse vehicles. And specific to this market, the Cummins ISLG natural gas engine will be offered in the 114SD SBA, providing municipal customers a factory built, environmentally friendly and low cost of operation vehicle that can be configured to tackle many of the jobs supporting the community.
Ease of Body Up-Fit
The mid-chassis packaging capabilities of the SD family are unsurpassed. A variety of fuel and DEF tank configurations combined with under-cab after treatment systems and battery boxes provide solutions for the most efficient body installations.
"Great care was taken in the design of the SD chassis packaging in order to provide Truck Equipment Manufacturers (TEMs) with the optimum flexibility to specify clear frame rail and clean back of cab configurations," said Rich Shearing, director of product strategy, Freightliner Trucks.
The SD family also incorporates SmartPlexTM, a TEM friendly multiplex electrical system that simplifies chassis to body electrical integration. SmartPlex provides a large number of switches and lamps that are configurable by the TEM with simple snap in legends, and additional computer power with more inputs and outputs for control. SmartPlex also gives TEMs the ability to access and upload programming from a library of parameters all from the convenience of their own shop via the Freightliner ServiceLink® software.
Freightliner Organizational and Dealer Support
Freightliner is not only developing new products that are dedicated to the vocational market, but is mobilizing to support the unique needs of the vocational customer with dedicated personnel, and vocationally driven processes and programs that serve the vocational truck buyer. The addition of a dedicated vocational technical support team will also assist end users and TEMs in vehicle specifications and application engineering to maximize chassis performance and ease of body installation. Freightliner will also be expanding its vocational sales organization to increase its market presence and segment coverage with dedicated vocational experts in the field, and recruiting efforts are currently underway.
"We know that vocational customers have operating requirements that are different from our on-highway fleet customers, and we have structured our organization and efforts to focus on those needs," said Mark Lampert, senior vice president, sales and marketing, Daimler Trucks North America. "The addition of our new vocational 'Work Smart' tagline perfectly compliments the goal to keep our vocational customers on the job and working smarter - ultimately increasing their bottom line."
The 114SD SFA begins production in the second quarter of 2011, with the 108SD and 114SD SBA beginning production by the end of 2011.
To download images associated with this release, visit: http://www.daimler-trucksnorthamerica.com/download/2011/03_11_ftl_new_sd.asp
For more information on Freightliner Trucks, go to www.FreightlinerTrucks.com.
0 Comments


text:
The Mombasa Republican Council (MRC), a secessionist group in Kenya's Coast Province, has made headlines several times in recent months for their tense relations with Kenyan authorities and what some see as their potential to disrupt the country's presidential elections, scheduled for March 2013. In the spring of this year, the Council staged several protest actions in Mombasa, drawing condemnation from President Mwai Kibaki and other senior politicians. In July, the High Court of Mombasa (the capital of the province) overturned a ban on the organization that had been in place since 2010 – see Lesley Anne Warner for more on that story, as well as an explanation of the Council's grievances against the government, which the MRC accuses of marginalizing the Coast.
This month, the Council is back in the news as police crack down on its leaders. Authorities have accused the MRC of organizing a recent assassination attempt on Fisheries Minister Amason Kingi on October 4. On October 8, authorities arrested MRC spokesman Rashid Mraja, apparently on charges of using hate speech. On October 15, police raided the home of the MRC's chairman:
Kenyan police arrested the leader of the separatist Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) and shot dead two supporters in a house raid on Monday, intensifying a crackdown on the movement seeking independence for the country's coastal region.
Dozens of youths, some armed with machetes and clubs, who tried to prevent officers from detaining Omar Mwamnuadzi were also detained and a number of crude weapons seized, Coast province police chief Aggrey Adoli said.
The MRC is campaigning for the secession of the Indian Ocean coastal strip – a tourist hotspot and trade hub – and threatens to disrupt next March's general election if its demand is not met, raising fears of violence.
The raid occurred in Kwale, near Mombasa. A photograph of Mwamnuadzi shows him badly beaten. VOA writes that "tension is high" in Mombasa.
Some politicians have come to the MRC's defense, such as Sheikh Dor, a nominated member of parliament. Presidential candidate William Ruto, without offering any support to the movement, has promised to address the grievances that underlie it. If elected, he says, he will create a special economic development fund for the Coast.
Finally, other politicians are working to create new political vehicles for residents of the Coast. The Nairobi Star reports that "Muslim clerics" launched the Unity Party of Kenya this weekend in Mombasa. Sheikh Dor (the same as above) "said the party will liberate the Coast people from the chains of marginalisation and oppression." The Kenya Muslim National Advisory Council warned in June against the creation of this party, fearing it would cause political division among the country's Muslims.
Kenya's presidential elections are still some five months away. It seems a lot may happen in the interval.


text:
Our Guiding Principles
As our Guiding Principles state, Northern Colorado Long Term Acute Hospital promotes a healing and nurturing environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
We are first and foremost passionate patient caregivers and team members, connected at our core by the treatment needs of our patients.
Our Guiding Principles:
• We treat all patients and employees with dignity and respect.
• We value teamwork; respect is earned, not assigned based on job title or position.
• We are only as good as our last patient outcome; therefore, we constantly strive to improve our patients' satisfaction and functional gains.
• We are first and foremost passionate patient caregivers and team members, connected at our core by the treatment needs of our patients.
• We embrace the ever-present challenge of achieving maximum, measurable patient outcomes through the provision of affordable, cost-effective care.
• We promote a healing and nurturing environment at each of our facilities, responding to the medical, physical, psychological and social needs of our patients.
• We respect the regulatory environment in which we operate; compliance and quality performance audits will be built into the growth of all business lines.
• We recognize our duty as a corporate citizen, with a charitable intent toward each of the communities that we serve.
• We are mindful of our fiduciary responsibility to our shareholders, providing a reasonable return to our investors.


text:
Carla Arena - Transforming sins into virtues in Design for Learning
Carla' session at the Image conference, Brasilia, was all about showing some common sins when designing digital resources and thinking about noticing the power of good design to enhance learning and power up the visuals in the language classroom.
Carla Arena is a great believer in design when it comes to every stage of teaching or teacher training, taking care of details such as posters to attract teachers to training sessions.
Back in 2005, Carla believed she was a good designer, but now, looking back and sharing with us a presentation that she created that she is now horrified with what she created.
Some years ago, during an online course, she decided to change, and she shared her sins and how she changed with us during this presentation:
Her first sin was...greed
Crowding everything onto one slide, using lots of different fonts and animations. She changed to a more simpler approach - one image that can convey meaning is always much better.
Using a colour palette is another recommendation. The same kind of reasoning needs to be used when we are creating our slides or creating something for our students.
Another factor is the font. Decide on a font and stick to the same font family. Avoid at all costs Cómic Sans!
Carla has moved from being greedy to being minimalist.
The second sin was pride...
Carla thinks she was too proud and that she could be self-sufficient. She now believes in stealing and recommends creative stealing, as recommended in the book 'Steal like an Artist'. Nobody needs to start with a blanks slate -not here are hundreds of references out there that you can use. She recommends good theft rather than bad theft (see picture below). When you do this, incredible things will happen in your classroom.
Carla recommends embracing influences and to use a variety of styles. She also says that writing things down in a notebook is necessary too.
Her next sin is sloth. Doing the same things every day makes you bored. We do this often because changes are often uncomfortable, but changes are necessary, especially when you want to create experiences.
Steve Jobs, for example was all about designing experiences. He was also known for his presentations, and there is a great book called 'The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs' There were 3 acts in his presentations...setting the scene, identifying the enemy and then revealing he experience.
Moving onto the Instructional Design part, Carla says that when creating materials for our students, we should think about te rule of three (a pre-activity, activity itself and a post-activity). She believes that if you break this rule, then you don't have flow.
Quoting Csikszentmihaly, she said we need to Design activities that promote flow.
A trick to learn is how best to transition from the physical to the digital and then back to the physical if you use technology in the classroom. An example she gave that she has used with her students is with a selection of vocabulary. Her First act was to review the words with them. Then they got into groups and they had to write a sentence based on a picture she showed them relations to a word on their list. It is important here to use images that cause emotion.
Carla started showing us interesting images and gave us words pulled out of a box at random, asking us to write sentences about the images. She next shared the incubation model (E. Paul Torrence) with us (see left) as something to keep in mind when designing materials and finished by sharing with us her mantra for good learning design.
All-in-all, an excellent presentation full of useful advice for teachers, materials developers and presenters.


text:
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported a total of 39,426 individuals during May 2012[1], according to the latest available case-by-case records from ICE released to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) under the Freedom of Information Act.
Nearly one in three — or 11,735 — were removed from the country under the "expedited removal" authority granted to ICE by Congress. This administrative approach allows the agency to bypass the Immigration Courts.
(The ICE counts reported here do not include those individuals that the Border Patrol (BP) may have deported under its separate "expedited removal" powers without involving ICE. Under the current government procedures there is considerable overlap in the activities of ICE and the BP. For example, over half of ICE deportations in May were originally referred to ICE by the BP. Although case-by-case data from the BP has been requested by TRAC under the FOIA, this information has not yet been provided. As a result, we are unable to report on how many additional individuals were deported by that agency.)
However, expedited removals were only the second largest category of ICE deportations during May. As shown in Table 1, the largest number of the total — 13,697 — were removed as a result of ICE's reinstatement of an existing removal order in cases where an individual who had previously been ordered out of the United States had illegally returned.
In a third category, which ICE refers to as "voluntary returns (VR) under safeguards," individuals agree to leave the country without any court-issued order, and ICE monitors their departures. ICE reported that there were 3,984 of these "VR under safeguards" during May — or roughly one out of ten of the deportations ICE reported.
The remaining 25 percent of total removals — roughly 10,000 — came from all other sources. This would presumably be comprised largely of court-ordered deportations. Thus, the May data suggest that individuals recently ordered out of the country by the courts appear to make up a surprisingly small proportion of the total.
How Many ICE Deportations Bypass the Immigration Courts?
While providing details about its activities in May, ICE has refused to release complete records for previous months[2]. And even for the May data, it continues to withhold information needed to identify which removals occurred as a result of court-ordered, rather than administrative agency, procedures.
However, according to data obtained from the Immigration Courts about ICE's requests for deportation orders and the resulting orders, ICE activities in these areas have been steadily falling since 2009. See, for example, TRAC's study posted July 30. The declines reported in the data from the Immigration Courts contrast with information provided in an ICE report indicating that its deportations have been rising during this period.
These divergent trends are shown in Table 2. The practical implication is that ICE deportations increasingly appear to be bypassing the Immigration Courts. For example, during fiscal year 2010, the ratio of monthly Immigration Court deportation orders issued to monthly ICE-reported deportations was 42 percent[3]. During fiscal year 2011, this ratio fell to 40 percent, and during the first eight months of fiscal year 2012 it had declined to 33 percent. The latest figures shown in Table 1 suggest that this ratio may have fallen even further.
Of course, we would expect that deportations would exceed the number of deportation orders (assuming all orders result in an actual deportation), since a single court deportation order can result in repeat deportations when individuals reenter the U.S. and have to be deported again. As we saw earlier, reinstated removal orders were the single largest source for recent deportations.
However, given the trends shown in Table 2, it remains an open question as to whether we are seeing an increase in these repeat deportations rather than any net increase in individuals deported given the declining number of deportation orders. And the closely related question is: are more and more individuals now being deported without review by any court through the administrative powers Congress has granted our immigration enforcement agencies?
[1] The ICE counts include more than formal removals. Also counted are voluntary departures and voluntary returns. Only in the case of a removal is an individual legally barred from returning to the United States for a period of years.
[2] ICE also released case-by-case information on April deportations to TRAC under the Freedom of Information Act, but inexplicably most of the kinds of information shown in Table 1 above were missing from the April spreadsheet TRAC received.
[3] One would not expect the number of deportations in any month to be the same as the number of individuals ordered to be deported by an Immigration Judge that same month. Some court orders are appealed, and for others it may take some time before deportation in fact occurs. If the individual is not in custody at the time the order is entered, some individuals may not appear when ordered to depart. Nonetheless, the number of deportations ordered relative to the number of deportations that occurred provides a useful measure of the degree to which ICE deportations are (or are not) channeled through the Immigration Courts.


text:
Story by
Jon Russell
Jon Russell was Asia Editor for The Next Web from 2011 to 2014. Originally from the UK, he lives in Bangkok, Thailand. You can find him on T Jon Russell was Asia Editor for The Next Web from 2011 to 2014. Originally from the UK, he lives in Bangkok, Thailand. You can find him on Twitter, Angel List, LinkedIn.
Tuesday saw the Wall Street Journal raise eyebrows when it reported that YouTube was set to invest a further $200 million into beefing up its professional content push, just two months after putting $200 million into its 'channel' strategy. That cash injection would reflect a serious "doubling down" (as the Journal put it), but it turns out that this isn't true and there is no second $200 million investment, the Google-owned video site has confirmed to us.
The Journal appeared to forget the $200 million from May and instead erroneously reported a new investment that would double of the funds. The tech media space being what it is, the news landed on Techmeme (and Mediagazer) before being picked up and reported by a number of other blogs and news sites.
While the financial details were mistimed, one very important figure of the report was correct: the push on channels has helped drive video viewing to 4 billion hours per month. What's particularly impressive about that colossal figure is that YouTube had notched 3 billion hours in May – giving it some 33 percent growth over just two months.
The push for original content comes as YouTube continues to refine its brand appeal and advertising solutions and ramp its catalogue of programming to solidify its position as the leader in online video, and compete with original content sites like Hulu, Netflix and others.
YouTube's professional channels quietly launched in December 2011 and the program now features close to 100 premium content makers.
Get the TNW newsletter
Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week.


text:
IBM may have been out of the personal computing business for some time, but 30 years ago it kicked off a revolution by bringing small, affordable computers to the masses.
Yeah, there were other PCs before the IBM PC – originally known by its numeric moniker, the 5150 – but the strategy of using off-the-shelf, interchangeable parts to build a personal computer was an innovative one at the time. Ironically, that approach also proved to be IBM's undoing, as it quickly spawned a slew of competitors who copied its design and sold systems for much less. Among them, of course, was Houston-based Compaq Computer.
In a post on the official Microsoft blog, Frank X. Shaw – the company's VP of corporate communications – waxes nostalgic about the event, which also happened to put his company on the map.
History is made in the moment but defined over time, and through that lens, it's clear that 30 years ago, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on Aug. 12, 1981, was a seminal moment. Why? It was the unveiling of the IBM 5150 personal computer.
Other PCs preceded it.
But the introduction of the IBM PC was a defining moment for our industry. Once IBM entered the market with a system running the Microsoft Disk Operating System, MS-DOS, our industry really began to realize the dream of a PC on every desk and in every home. (Aside: my first computer, which I still own and which boots on MS-DOS 5.1, was the IBM Personal Portable).
Shaw links to the original press release for the 5150, which sold for $1,565. According to this inflation calculator, that would be $3,704.77 in today's dollars. Clearly, it was not cheap at the time, but it bore the nameplate of the biggest computer company of the day, and that helped validate a market pioneered by Apple, Commodore, Tandy, Osborne and others.
For that price, you got a computer that used either 5.25-inch floppy drives, a tape drive or – if you could afford it – a 5.25-inch disk drive. Its Intel 8088 processor ran at just 4.77 MHz. You could max out the memory at 256 kilobytes, though the base model came with just 16 KB.
Rather than design its own components, IBM gathered the parts from other vendors and assembled them into a case that made upgrades relatively easy. Its only real proprietary component was its BIOS, which controls the low-level functions of the computer.
Clone-makers sprang up almost immediately, assembling their own set of parts and reverse engineering the BIOS. Many of them couldn't quite get that part right, resulting in models that were not quite compatible with the software applications that were being written for the IBM PC. Some even advertised themselves with percentages of compatibility. And yes, people actually bought systems labeled "75 percent IBM Compatible", though I suspect they didn't do that more than once.
I don't think there's any question that this machine changed the world, created vast fortunes and altered history's course. Our technologically rich society stands on the shoulders of the IBM PC, which helped democratize computing. From the Internet to smartphones to digital media, key innovations were made possible by the foundations it laid down.
And even though it's a competitor to companies that still adhere to IBM PC design, even the fact that Apple on Wednesday became the most valuable public company can, in part, be chalked up to the success of the IBM PC.
Want to see the 5150 in action? Sit back and wait for it to boot from a floppy disk in this video.
Update: Mark Dean, one of the original designers of the IBM PC, reflects on the anniversary.


text:
Tablets and netbooks based on Intel's Meego OS are expected to start shipping in the second quarter this year, a source familiar with Intel's plans said on Friday.
Intel has been investing heavily in the development of Meego, which is a lightweight Linux OS for tablets, smartphones and embedded devices. Thus far, Meego has not been offered by any tablet or netbook vendor.
Meego is currently in version 1.1, with version 1.2 due for release between April 21 and April 27, according to the Meego roadmap.
An Intel official declined to say when Meego-based tablets and netbooks would come out, saying the company doesn't comment on unannounced products. However in the past Asustek Computer and Acer have voiced support for Meego.
Intel has already shown Meego on tablets. The demonstration highlighted the multitasking capabilities of the OS, with the ability to run multiple applications at the same time, and allowing up to five users to play a game simultaneously.
With Meego, Intel hopes to provide an OS optimized for a range of low-power devices based on its Atom processor. Atom competes with the ARM processor, which is used in most tablets including Apple's iPad and Samsung's Galaxy Tab. Intel is also porting Android 3.0, code-named Honeycomb to work on Atom chips.
Meego was originally announced in February last year by Intel and Nokia. The OS merged Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo OSes, and development is now being managed by The Linux Foundation.
Devices based on Intel's latest Oak Trail tablet chip, which is based on an Atom processor, are expected to reach the market by either late this quarter or early next quarter. Intel is also expected to talk about its latest smartphone chip, code-named Medfield, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from Feb. 14 to Feb. 17.
The Meego OS will vie for market share with tablet OSes including Google's Android and Apple's iOS. Canonical in the past has said it would come out with a version of the Ubuntu OS for tablets.
While the company doesn't have commercial tablet customers, automobile alliance Genivi Alliance said it would standardize on the adoption of MeeGo for use in in-vehicle entertainment and Internet systems. Genivi Alliance members include BMW and General Motors.