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May 4, 2009 (CIDRAP News) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) signaled today that it will change its current recommendation—which is to close schools for at least 2 weeks when a confirmed case of novel H1N1 swine flu is found among students—as health officials in the Seattle area and Minnesota scaled back their guidance to reflect more of a seasonal influenza approach.
Acting CDC director Dr. Richard Besser said in a press briefing that the virus is so widespread in the United States that "closing the schools as a means of not letting [the novel flu] spread through the community is not very effective."
"I would expect that as we get more information we will be looking to revise that guidance," he said.
The CDC's advice to close schools for 2 weeks has been "very aggressive—you may only get one chance to get out in front of a new infectious disease," Besser said. But the rapid spread of the virus across the country, plus information from multiple locations that the spectrum of disease is about as severe as average seasonal flu, has caused the agency to reconsider.
Therefore, he said, the CDC is considering changing its advice from automatically closing schools to asking schools and parents to weed out sick children and individually send them home for at least a week.
That procedure is already followed in Canada and in Seattle, which "asks people to really push hard on personal responsibility," Besser said, and today Minnesota followed suit. Health and education officials in that state released updated school closure guidance that asks parents and teachers to identify and isolate children who have a fever and a recent onset of flu-like symptoms.
Besser said that, in those areas, parents are asked to check their children in the morning, and, if they are sick or are starting to feel a little sick, to keep them home for a full 7 days, even if they start to feel better before that period is up. In addition, schools and individual teachers are asked to take a close look at children as they arrive in the morning and to send them home if the school believes they are developing illness—for 7 days or until they are proven not to have flu.
Public Health Seattle and King County, in its revised school closure guidance posted yesterday, said its policy change is an enhanced version of the approach it uses for seasonal influenza and is based on what is known about the new influenza virus and its spread. The guidance notes that the new strain, already spread widely, will continue for some time and that illness severity doesn't appear to be greater than typical seasonal influenza.
"Individualized school closure based on reports of diagnosed cases is less effective, in addition to being impractical, as a control measure," the Seattle-King County health department said. However, officials added that, consistent with seasonal influenza policy, some schools might be closed if large numbers of students or faculty become ill.
As the outbreak progresses, laboratory diagnosis will identify a shrinking proportion of cases, as testing demand exceeds capacity and many people who have mild infections won't see their doctors. "Closing schools where cases happen to be diagnosed while leaving most schools with undiagnosed cases open does not make sense as an ongoing influenza control strategy in our community," the department said.
Public Health Seattle and King County has several tools for schools and parents on its Web site, including a guide for parents on when to keep a child home from school, a flu symptom checklist, and advice on how to care for someone who has influenza.
Minnesota officials today unveiled similar guidance aimed at keeping students and staff with influenza symptoms out of schools, rather than routinely closing schools. They said in a statement that it's not possible to identify every case of novel influenza, because the symptoms mimic those of other respiratory diseases. "We also know that we have other acute viral respiratory infections circulating in Minnesota," they said in the statement.
"The fact that the novel influenza is currently behaving like regular flu does not mean we can relax," said Sanne Magnan, MD, Minnesota commissioner of health, in a press release today. "Seasonal flu is a major health concern in its own right. It's one of our leading causes of death, year in and year out."
Schools that have a confirmed novel influenza case have three options: remain open with the individual isolated at home, close schools based on public health and community assessment, or close schools for a set number of days based on CDC guidance, which could change.
Minnesota officials also said they are developing enhanced school-based surveillance for influenza-like illnesses.


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A new image has surfaced purporting to be the long-awaited Mac mini revision. The last update, which occured in August of 2007, brought the budget-priced computer an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, larger hard drives, and more RAM. The mini has long since been rumored to be at the end of its life, even before the 2007 update. Hopes were once again raised and then dashed when rumors of an updated machine ran rampant before this year's Macworld Expo, but the mini was still not updated.
The image, which we found on AppleInsider but was also apparently posted on the MacRumors forums, shows the back of a Mac mini. The machine includes a slightly altered array of ports; instead of the current gigabit Ethernet, FireWire 400, DVI, and four USB ports, the image in question includes a FireWire 800 port, Mini DVI and Mini Display Port, five USB ports, and an Ethernet port. It is, of course, the typical blurry image that you would associate with a leaked rumored product release.
Some expect that the updated mini might make use of NVIDIA's Ion platform. This, however, seems unlikely based upon availability of the platform to manufacturers and the timeline involved, at least if Apple already has a cased machine ready to go. This would lead us to believe one of two things (or both): Apple isn't using the Ion for the revision, or this picture is a fake.


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MMMMMM is released!
This medley functions as a (pretty good) taste for what's in store! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Spread the word!
After you've indulged in that sweet video, head over to the MMMMMM page and let your ears be filled with music! May your day be as splendid as mine is today! :D
The album S is released!
S is now released. A selection of my songs chosen for a charity project!
Piercing the Sky
Takesomecrime dances to my song "Piercing the Sky" from Adventure!
Out now: Pulsen features a song pack with me!
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Drop Sort officially released!
Souleye - Adventure is released!
I even have this trailer for it! I hope you enjoy that as much as me! Spread the word!
After you've indulged in that sweet trailer, head over to the Adventure page and let your ears be filled with music! May your day be as splendid as mine is today! :D
Hammer compo over!
And the winner is... *drumroll*...
Alex Stehmann!
Jury's motivation*: "With an uncanny sense of drama, infusing emotions into lifeless objects, these images carry forth the intense brutality of nature, while preserving a comedic touch to lighten the mood. None of us in the jury would want to be on the receiving end of that hammer. What a theme!"
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A Loving Thought, from my Heart to Yours:
In every situation, there is a balance of Peace and Love to attain. Tune in and Hold the situation up to the Light of your Soul, your Heart, your Higher Self, your connection with Source, of your highest vibration, and this will shed new understanding and acceptance of its purpose in your life and of the gift it holds.
It is not always what it seems, it is not always what you make of it with your perception of what it used to mean or create in your life up to now. An entirely new perspective from the Light of your Soul brings you into a balanced state of Peace and Love and Harmony and Grace where there used to be angst or confusion or doubt or fear.
All it takes is holding it in the Light of your highest self and instead of a place of resistance and attempt to understand it from the state of your fear or confusion, or old beliefs. Clear that confusion and fear and the stagnation of your old beliefs with a fresh perspective from the state of LOVE and GRATITUDE and PEACE and GRACE. You will reveal wondrous things.
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If you own a restaurant, you'll probably know about buying wholesale wine – but how much thought can you put into the bottles you really offer diners? A surprisingly high number of bistro owners forget to fully think about the wines they buy and ignore the impact this will have on their own consumers. The wine a restaurant will serve says a lot concerning the establishment and will enjoy a key function in figuring out whether buyers elect to return or otherwise. You need to fully look at your average client when choosing your red wine choice, and ensure the people who utilize your diner most are well catered for.
Exactly What Does Your Red wine Option Say About You?
During these challenging financial periods, it's crucial that you do all you can to retain your clients and keep them happy. If you don't, other people will. For this reason, you need to think hard about whether you supply the best choice of wine to your customers. Should you assist cheap and pleasant food, it's less likely you'll be asked to provide a huge range of diverse bottles, and you'll have the capacity to reduce costs by directing free from stocking pricey wines – while it always will help to possess a number of bottles saved just in case. If, on the flip side, you serve increased spenders, and want to produce an innovative dining encounter, stocking a wider collection of wine will be vital. It's definitely worth considering the psychological consequences wine has also. A lot of people see wines as a sign of sociable status, and you will be pleased to pay more if they're attempting to make an impression on an individual. In case your bistro attracts lots of company meals, or men and women on passionate dates, it's worth getting some substantial-worth wine on your own list to tempt them.
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"Remember. You show our children how to respond to stressful and difficult moments by how you respond to those moments."
This was the reminder Kris gave me over the phone last night. You know, sometimes, when our husbands are right, we kind of want to roll our eyes or maybe throw a pie in their face. I jest a little. But, I couldn't do either last night. I told him I recognized that my response was not good, and that I had allowed myself to get overwhelmed and would work through my stuff. He told me recognizing I was not in a good place did not make that place right. Again, he was right. So, I had to make myself right. And, I needed to do it right away. Not the next morning when all of the mercies are new. But, I needed to adjust then. In THAT moment.
It's hard. We can work ourselves up faster than Clark Kent can turn into Super-Man. Then, we implode. Because, negativity is designed to do just that…..implode. We have to stop feeding it and giving energy to it. "When we hang up, reset your emotions, and go make it right," he told me with the most tender of tones.
I didn't have to wait for a sunrise to make that moment of spiraling emotions right. I just had to push the reset button. I didn't feel like doing it, because staying in my overwhelmed emotions seemed easier. They validated me. They allowed me to justify my responses to stress. But, they didn't produce anything good.
They didn't model mercy or compassion.
They didn't model the scripture, "be anxious for nothing…"
They didn't model how to respond when life gets hard.
They didn't model light.
They didn't heal anything or anyone.
We can't always calm the storm around us, but we can ALWAYS calm the storm WITHIN us.
And, that's exactly what I did. I spoke to the storm within me, and said, "Peace be still." I called my children together and asked forgiveness and spoke peace to them. In the very moment of my overwhelmed emotions, I reset and made it right.
You, too, always have the option to reset. No matter how powerful those negative emotions become….the God within you is greater. It is simply choosing to acknowledge who you really are and tapping into the peace that is already within you. Because, you have everything you need already inside of you. Everything.
You lack nothing.
Today, I choose to create my calm. I choose to model it. I choose to be the light in the dark and the calm in the storm. I choose to reset.
What do you choose today?
Be a lamp, a lifeboat, a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like shepherd. – Rumi


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OKLAHOMA CITY » A federal indictment unsealed today accuses 34 people and 23 companies, many of them registered in Central America, of operating an illegal sports bookmaking business that solicited more than $1 billion in bets.
The 95-page indictment, handed up by a federal grand jury in Oklahoma City on March 20, accuses the defendants of operating from San Jose, Costa Rica, and Panama City to take bets almost exclusively from gamblers in the U.S.
The indictment says that since 2003 the operation known as Legendz Sports used the companies to operate as payment processors, launder gambling funds and make payouts to customers. It alleges a conspiracy and accuses the defendants of violating federal racketeering and money laundering statutes as well as operating an illegal gambling business.
The indictment also accuses the defendants of violating illegal gambling statutes in several states, including Oklahoma, California, Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, New York and Texas.
"Legendz Sports solicited millions of illegal bets totaling over $1 billion on sports and sporting events from gamblers in the United States," the indictment alleges. As part of the conspiracy, Legendz Sports operated Internet websites and telephone gambling services from facilities located in Panama, the indictment says.
U.S. Attorney Sanford Coats of Oklahoma City said the charges culminated a multiyear investigation by the FBI and Internal Revenue Service.
"The defendants cannot hide the allegedly illegal sports gambling operation behind corporate veils or state and international boundaries," Coats said.
The acting chief of the Justice Department's criminal division, Mythili Raman, said the government is determined to crack down on illegal online gambling by U.S. citizens, regardless of where the business operates or where the defendants live.
"These defendants allegedly participated in an illegal sports gambling business, lining their pockets with profits from over a billion dollars in illegal gambling proceeds," Raman said.
Among the individual defendants listed in the indictment is Bartice Alan King, 42, of Spring, Texas, who's accused of conspiring with others to operate gambling services that took wagers almost exclusively from U.S. gamblers.
The enterprise allegedly used bookies in the U.S. to illegally solicit and accept sports wagers as well as settle gambling debts. The 34 individual defendants were allegedly employees, members and associates of the Legendz Sports enterprise, the indictment says.
Bob Troester, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Oklahoma City, said King remained at large today but that 22 other defendants including King's former wife, Serena Monique King, had been taken into custody.
If convicted, the defendants face up to 20 years in prison for racketeering, up to 20 years for conspiring to commit money laundering, up to 10 years for money laundering and up to five years for operating an illegal gambling business.
In addition, the indictment seeks forfeiture of at least $1 billion in numerous assets including real estate, bank accounts, brokerage and investment accounts, certificates of deposit, IRAs, domain names, an aircraft, a gas lease and several vehicles.
Troester said the investigation is not related to illegal gambling charges against Teddy Mitchell, 58, who is awaiting trial on a federal indictment that accuses him of making millions of dollars by hosting illegal high-stakes poker games at his Oklahoma City home and by illegally taking bets on sporting events.
"This is a completely separate case," Troester said.


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In the nearly four and a half years since I returned to the U.S. as an adult, I've learned a lot about what it means to be an accompanying spouse. Although I knew that's what my situation would be when I chose to accompany my husband where his work would take him, I've only fully realized what it entails by living it these past few years.
When we were growing up, we didn't have to deal with any logistics of the move, understanding health insurance, figuring out credit systems etc. As children, we had a regular routine, surrounded by many others like us at school. But as an adult, especially as an accompanying spouse, none of that applies anymore. Now we're the ones with responsibilities and it's up to us to figure it all out. There are no teachers or fellow students to help you out. This is very individual, independent learning – for better or for worse.
Since we've moved here, I've had to learn about living in the U.S. as an adult. Just because I have an American accent, people assume I'm from here and therefore I am aware of all the intricacies of daily life here. I only lived here as a young child, and although it is my passport country, it's not where I'm from originally and it's not where I've spent most of my life. This adds a further layer of complexity to this transition. This makes it a confusing mix of familiar and totally foreign. It makes us hidden immigrants and repats and neither all at the same time.
I've suddenly become acutely aware of what it must have been like for our parents – trying to make a home and figure everything out in a foreign place. And I also realize more than ever what a challenge that probably was for my mom, or any accompanying spouse. While the working spouse has a job to go, a routine, people they regularly interact with, the accompanying spouse often has none of those. I've learned just how difficult it can be to meet people when you work from home, don't go to an office/school or have kids.
I had assumed that being an accompanying spouse in my passport country would make certain things easier – no need to get work permits or apply for visas, and no language barrier. And yet finding work has been extremely difficult, despite trying many times and in many different domains. I find myself competing with locals who have lived here, studied here and worked here most of their lives. I clearly have a foreign name, and have lived, studied and worked all over the world, but never in the U.S.
I also assumed I would find it relatively easy to adapt, to speak with people, to figure things out quickly… I had done it so many other times, in foreign places, while having to learn a new language; how hard could it be this time? Well, I didn't realize how much the culture shock and loneliness would impact me. It was more acute than I expected, especially living in an area where there are very few foreigners and even less (if any) with TCK backgrounds/experiences like us. I have found it quite difficult to connect with people here. I have acquaintances and have no trouble carrying on a conversation, but I have forged few real relationships.
It has been a struggle and a steep learning curve. But thankfully it has also been a blessing in disguise. I suddenly found myself with a lot of free time, which allowed me to reignite my love for writing. I have started building something of my own, one brick at a time – first my blog, then some published articles, then my writer's residency, published book reviews and soon a book with my name on it (as a writer and assistant editor). Those have led to other opportunities, little bits and pieces that slowly add to the puzzle. There is still a long way to go, but I'm proud of where I've gotten.
When we first arrived here, I never imagined that things would develop in this manner. I thought I would find a regular, part-time job and take a more 'traditional' path. Instead an unexpected path opened up and I'm continuously surprised by what it's given me and by what I've learned about myself along the way. These last few years have allowed me to plant seeds for a career that I can carry with me wherever future plans may take us.
And what could be more fitting for a TCK, expat and accompanying spouse than a career with moveable roots?


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Windows 8, let me guess, that'll be the follow-up to Windows 7?
Yup, you got it in one.
OK, so basically same stuff, different number, am I right?
Not quite: Windows 8 differs quite radically from what comes before. Windows president Steven Sinofsky claims that Windows 8 represents a "generational change" for Windows, the likes of which has not seen since the release of Windows 95.
How so?
Well for a start it's designed to run on more than just a PC. Windows 8 is made to run on both laptop and desktop computer and tablet hardware, scaling its interface to different screen sizes.
But Windows 7 tablets didn't exactly take over the world…
True, Microsoft knows this and is aware that as tablets fly off the shelves it needs to have a viable operating system in the slate space. The problem with Windows 7 on tablets is that it was first and foremost a desktop OS, with tiny fiddly icons designed for a mouse pointer and not chubby fingers. That's why, with Windows 8, Microsoft has devised a tile-based interface, known as Modern UI,that is designed around touch.
So what's Modern UI got to offer?
The interface is based around interacting with tiles, basically large icons whose size makes them easy to touch. These tiles can be tapped or clicked to run local or web apps, or to go to websites. Tiles can be swapped in and out of blocks, for instance to build blocks of apps or sites that are most commonly used, or related to specific topics like work. Tiles also link to online services like the Windows Store, where users can buy new Modern UI apps, and system settings like Control Panel.
Certain tiles can be set up to display dynamic information. For instance an RSS reader tile can display the latest story in the feed or a calendar tile could show your next appointment. In this way real time information can streamed straight in to the Windows 8 Start screen.
Navigation of the Windows 8 Start screen is well-suited to touch, with users able to drag and pinch-and-zoom to manoeuvre through blocks of tiles and to rearrange tiles by dragging and dropping, or resizing them with their fingers. Edges of the screen also play an important role, swiping from the left or right border brings up bars – known as Charms – for quick interactions with the system or an app, and a touchscreen keyboard can also be summoned to enter text.
Navigating the apps themselves is again designed to work well with touch, with easy-to-hit icons and tiles, and single gesture swipes to perform tasks such as flicking through running apps or shutting down an app.
What if I just want to use it on a bog standard laptop?
Then you can use mouse and keyboard to navigate the Modern UI. Some users of the early builds of Windows 8 complained that Modern UI is not intuitive without a touchscreen, but Microsoft has sought to address this with a host of mouse and keyboard shortcuts. For example mousing to the corners of the screen allows for fast navigation, and apps, files or settings can be called by typing a name, or just the first letters of the name, into the Windows 8 Start screen. Also all of the hotkeys from Windows 7 work in the Modern UI 8 interface. Microsoft's goal with Windows 8 is, after all, for it to be as easy to use on a tablet as on a PC.
What happened to the old Windows desktop?
It's still there but as a Windows 8 app, as by default Windows 8 users log into the Modern UI tile-based Start screen. The Desktop app is a full-screen Windows 7-style desktop, with the usual Recycle Bin, Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer, and taskbar. On a traditional Intel or AMD-based PC hardware the desktop will run legacy apps, such as those that run on a Windows 7 machine. However ARM-based hardware, such as most tablets, will not be able to run third party Windows desktop apps in Windows 8, only Microsoft desktop apps such as Notepad and Calculator.
The desktop can even be used with touch. Those who recall trying to hit tiny icons on a tablet running Windows 7 will be pleased to learn that Microsoft has implemented what it calls "fuzzy hit targeting", which works out which button or icon it's most likely you wanted to trigger. Reports are that it's not perfect but is an improvement over Windows 7.
Does the cloud get a look in?
Of course, online integration is woven throughout Windows 8. On the social side the People app allows contacts from multiple sources and social networks – such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn – to be mashed together into a single stream, with live updates from individuals or groups displaying on tiles.
There's also some serious syncing. Sign into Windows 8 using a Microsoft account and it will sync your settings between every Windows 8 machine you use. This will let you share your address book, account details for services like Facebook and Twitter, email and instant messages and the like between different devices. On top of this there's the ability for users to sync apps they've bought from the Windows Store or files stored on Microsoft's SkyDrive service between devices.
Perhaps the most impressive feature of Windows 8 is how it integrates online information with what's stored on your machine.Modern UI's simple search will not only scour file, apps and settings on the device, as well as online info, but also look within apps that have been enabled to take advantage of the search feature, for example looking for a track in a music app or a contact in a social network.
What else is cool?
There's the fast boot time, Microsoft demoed Windows 8 booting in eight seconds on an ultrabook at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) earlier this year. There's also an easy reinstall option that allows a clean install of Windows without the need to delete any personal data stored on the device.
And for sheer wow factor there's its ability to work with some gigantic screens. At MWC Microsoft demoed Windows 8 running on an 82-inch display with multiple people using it. Microsoft said that up to 10 people using all their fingers could interact with the display at the same time.
What's Windows 8 got to offer business?
Windows 8 – particularly Windows 8 Pro – contains a range of features relevant to enterprise – helping to mange consumerisation, encryption, remote updates and virtualisation.
For a start, having a single OS that can be used on a desktop or laptop PC and a tablet may appeal to enterprises looking to provide and manage a single computing environment for staff inside and outside of the office.
Many features aimed at business are designed to make it easier to work outside the office. DirectAccess allows remote users to access the corporate system without having to sign in to a separate VPN connection. Meanwhile Windows To Go allows Windows 8 to boot from an external flash drive – allowing staff to access their corporate OS from a personal device without having to copy corporate data onto its hard drive. The flash drive can also be encrypted with BitLocker to provide additional security. Managing the costs of remote workers will also be aided by built-in mobile broadband metering and native support for 3G and 4G.
Businesses will be able to develop their own Modern UI-style enterprise apps, which can then be centrally managed, updated and distributed by managers. Apps and any data they contain will be able to be kept within the corporate firewall. The ability of Live Tiles to display dynamic information allows for the creation of corporate apps that act as dashboards, for example displaying real-time feeds from enterprise systems.
Another feature that promises to make IT managers life easier is the integration of Microsoft's HyperV client, its virtual machine manager, into the OS. The integrated HyperV feature, a Windows Server 2008 and 2012 compatible tool, should allow IT managers to run multiple configurations of virtual machines from a single device.
What versions are available?
When Windows 8 is released on 26 October it will come in three versions: two for Intel-based PCs, Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro, and Windows 8 RT for ARM-based tablets like the Microsoft Surface.
Windows 8 is aimed at consumers, Windows 8 Pro is for tech enthusiasts and business/technical professionals – adding features, mentioned above, related to encryption, virtualisation, PC management and domain connectivity.
Computers that shipped with Windows XP, Vista or 7 can be upgraded to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99. The offer is available until 31 January 2013, after which the price will rise. The price of upgrading to Windows 8 Pro falls further if you bought or buy a PC with Windows 7 between 2 June 2012 and 31 January 2013, dropping to $14.99.
The upgrade to Windows 8 Pro will be available as a download, with Windows Media Centre available as a free add-on. It is also possible to upgrade by buying a physical disc, although that option will cost $69.99, again a limited offer until 31 January 2013.
If you're planning to build your own PC and install Windows 8 on it then OEM prices ahead of launch are $99.99 for Windows 8 and $139.99 for Windows 8 Pro.
The OS will be available in 109 languages across 231 markets worldwide.
How easy is it to upgrade?
It varies, depending on what Microsoft OS you're running now. Upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8 keeps the programs, Windows settings and files; from Vista keeps the settings and files. Upgrading from Windows XP only keeps personal files. A Windows 8 upgrade assistant wizard guides users through the process.
While Microsoft says that upgrading from the preview versions of Windows 8 to the full version will require a clean install, there are workarounds involving modifying .ini files.
What apps does it come with?
Bundled Modern UI apps include those drawing on online content through Bing: such as Sport, Weather, Finance, Music, Video and games from Xbox; organisation apps: Mail, Calendar, Photos, Messaging, People and SkyDrive; as well as a variety of extras.
Does it include Microsoft Office?
Touch optimised versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote will be bundled with Windows RT but not with other Windows 8 SKUs, although these will be able to run legacy Office apps through the Windows Desktop.
Office 2013 has been redesigned to incorporate the same tiled interface as Windows 8, while retaining the ability to be used with a mouse and keyboard, and the code rewritten to work on ARM processors, as well as 32 and 64 bit Intel and AMD chips.
When will machines ship with Windows 8?
New Windows 8 PCs and Windows RT tablets will be available to buy from October. Launching at the same time as Windows 8 will be the RT version of Surface, a Windows 8 tablet designed by Microsoft that features a keyboard built into the cover. A version of Surface running Windows 8 Pro on an Intel Core processor will be released 90 days later.
So what are Windows 8's chances? It sounds like it's got a fighting chance
While analysts predict that Windows 8 will be a popular OS, there is expectation among many that demand will take a while to pick up. One of the key selling points for Windows 8 predicted by a Morgan Stanley analyst would be the ability to use popular Office programs like Word on a tablet.
However enterprise adoption could be slowed by the fact that most businesses are still deploying Windows 7. US companies told analyst house Gartner that Windows 7 would be running on about half of PCs by the end of last year. Given that many companies have either just upgraded or are in the process of upgrading to Windows 7 it seems unlikely that they will in any hurry to upgrade to Windows 8. If they put off their next OS upgrade for another four years, which is how long it typically takes for businesses to refresh their desktop OS, then businesses are likely to skip Windows 8 altogether, in favour of some future flavour of OS. As a result Gartner research director Annette Jump has predicted that the number of businesses deploying Windows 8 "will definitely be lower" than that of Windows 7.
CIOs were also sceptical about the business value of Windows 8 over Windows 7, when questioned by TechRepublic earlier this year.
What about the Modern UI, that looks pretty whizz bang
It does, but despite the praise that has been lavished onto the Modern UI in some quarters there are a few caveats. While the UI is credited with making Windows 8 a breeze to use once the users knows what they're doing, learning how to use Modern UI may put some people off. People who've used preview builds have mentioned that new users of Windows 8 need schooling on how to use features like touching the edges of the screen to bring up interactive bars. It may sound harsh but not having an immediately accessible UI could cost Microsoft users when it is competing against the iPad and its highly intuitive iOS and the increasingly refined Android interface. There is also the risk that Windows 8's attempts to support apps that work equally well across different devices and form factors will end up producing apps that don't fully exploit the capabilities of any device.
Microsoft is certainly confident that people will like Windows 8 however, making a free consumer preview of the OS available to use until the final product is released.
Will its app store help its chances?
It is in the app space where Microsoft could face its biggest battle with Windows 8. By the time the OS launches it will be competing against an Android and iOS app base that has been built up over several years. It's going to take something really special to make iPad or Android users give up the apps they know how to use and switch to a new platform.
By mid-October 2012 the Windows Store offered more than 5,550 apps globally, more than 4,850 of which were free. With more than 250,00 apps on the iPad App Store, Microsoft has some catching up to do.
Microsoft is trying to entice developers to produce apps for the Windows Store by offering an attractive revenue slice from sales. As an incentive to get users downloading Modern UI apps Microsoft made all apps on the store will be free until the end of the consumer preview period.
What will I need to run Windows 8?
Windows 8 will run on just about any recent 32 or 64-bit desktop or laptop, as well as running on modern ARM-based tablet computers. Microsoft recommends a 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM (or 2GB for 64-bit), 20GB of hard disc space, and a DirectX 9 graphics card with WDDM 1.0 support.
One other important requirement is that Modern UI apps need a minimum of 1024×768 screen resolution and a 1366×768 to use the snap feature that allows apps to be run side by side.
Microsoft says that Windows 8 will support four common "system-on-a-chip" sets – the Nvidia Tegra 3, the Qualcomm Snapdragon, the Texas Instruments OMAP, and the Intel Atom Z2760 .


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Dr. Murray Feingold: Be happy, and live healthier and longer
For a variety of reasons, many people do not enjoy life. This is not only sad, but a recent article says it may also be hazardous to their health.
It's not always easy to enjoy life, especially if you have depression, are chronically ill, unhappy with your family situation or job, have financial problems — and the list goes on and on.
Although it is frequently difficult to overcome the causes of unhappiness, it's well worth the effort. Not only will the person feel better, but it may also have a positive impact on the individual's physical health.
A recent study determined if enjoying life had a positive effect on a person's physical health and if it also helped him or her to age better. More than 3,000 men and women older than 60 were followed for eight years. Studies were done to determine participants' attitudes toward life — did they enjoy life or were they unhappy with life? Also determined was the speed in which they walked. The reason for this was, studies have shown that walking speed is a good measure of a person's functional ability, a measure of their balance and an indicator of their future health status.
Results showed that people who enjoyed life had a slower rate of losing their abilities to do things physically. They were less likely to develop certain physical impairments of daily living, such as difficulty getting in and out of bed or getting dressed. They also had less of a decrease in their walking speed compared to individuals who did not enjoy life as much, indicating they could function better.
Those who enjoyed life less had a three-times-greater risk of impairment of their daily living activities.
The importance of enjoying life is certainly not a new concept, although it may be elusive. This does not mean you should not try.
There are various sayings about enjoying life such as, "Take time to stop and smell the roses." Author Samuel Butler wrote, "Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it." And then there are the lyrics of a Bob Marley song, "In every life we have some trouble, when you worry you make it double, so don't worry, be happy."
Sometimes easier said than done.
Dr. Murray Feingold is the physician in chief of The Feingold Center for Children, medical editor of WBZ-TV and WBZ radio and president of the Genesis Fund. The Genesis Fund is a nonprofit organization that funds the care of children born with birth defects, mental retardation and genetic diseases.


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book of dead things, cafe aeon, excalibur, ghost stories, gothicfest, goths, halloween, readings, signings, twilight tales, volo bog
Preambles in Latex and Body Piercings
October, a month of Halloween is here. So I got started. Watched Young Frankenstein.
But there is still much to be done.
Tonight it's ghost stories at Volo Bog. Double check.
The other day, I was too resltess to sleep after 3rd shift and then after the sun rose, so I went for a walk-about at the bog. I got to see a group of Sandhill Cranes. They are very large birds, taller and larger than Great Herons. They look something like a pterodactyl when they fly and sound something like a dinosaur when they call. As they should. They are very primordial birds, the oldest known species, having existed for some 6 million years.
Last night I visited GothicFest, with Sophia, at Excalibur Night Club. It's the right sort of night club for that kind of event. It was interesting. I wear black. I like grinning skulls on my person…but I don't know if I fit into the "Goth" scene, exactly (sub-genres—industrial, emo, etc.—are tedious little things, so I'll skip them). But one black bird roosting with a bunch of other black birds looks about the same, and they caw and I caw, but in the end, I think I'm on my own little branch. Or maybe that's the illusion we all like to maintain.
I saw strange and interesting sights and met strange and interesting people. Some where funny, some freaky, some took themselves far too seriously, and some were eccentrically charming. Most were actually pretty kind and inviting.
I did see something I hadn't seen before. There were performers, bands, singers, DJs, displays, and booths selling dark merchandise (we'll just assume, from this point, that everything there was "dark" and I can stop using the word). There were piercing booths, body mods, T-Shirts, action figures, post cards, and rubber dresses held up by impossible physics. Then there were book booths: fiction—yes, occultism—yes, dark spirituality (crap…I used the word again)—yes. But beyond this was a booth with fiction books and literary journals and a sign that said: "Cthulhu vs. Jesus (yes, that Jesus)".
I thought to myself, " . . ."
Looking further, the sign said something like "An anthology of hardboiled horror, with a Christian twist." And so, I think, I was introduced to the Christian Goths. Curiouser and curiouser.
Coming Attractions
Mark those calendars…
On November 3rd, Nick and I will be finishing the Halloween season with a special addition of the Doetsch Brothers Outdoor Theatre…yep, we'll be dragging the projector and screen out back and screening a marathon of horror flicks. Good, bad, scary, funny, all sorts. More details to come. There will be fire and copious amounts of cocoa and coffee to keep folks warm. Start making movie recommendations.
On November 25th (tentatively at 7:30) there will be a Twilight Tales, Book of Dead Things, reading/signing event at Café Aeon in McHenry. Details to follow (I'm still in the beginning phase of setting this up) but there should be several authors present reading some cool stories about…well…dead things. Come out and give us your support. You can sample Book of Dead Things stories, including mine ("Blood, Snow, and Sparrows") over at the website.
Baby, I Gotta Get Some Links Off My Chest
Here are some links I've been saving, in no particular order or manner . . .
-Stephen King talks about the state of the American short story.
-Interesting article on the confusing world of nutrition and how mistaken paradigms are formed.
-Video interview with Bruce Campbell.
-An author's research goes too far (cannibalism is fun kids!).
-And finally, if you know who Neil Gaiman is and you've seen the Superman movies, then you might find this funny:


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NEW: Stampede breaks out inside cathedral, leaving 3 dead and 52 injured
The funeral could bring millions of Egyptian Christians out at a time of tension with Muslims
Pope Shenouda III is to be buried Tuesday, a Coptic church spokesman says
The Coptic Christian minority has been targeted in attacks in recent years
Overcrowding inside a cathedral where Coptic Christians had gathered to pay last respects to their pope caused a stampede that left three people dead and more than 50 injured, a health official said.
Coptic Pope Shenouda III, who led the Coptic community for more than four decades, died Saturday. He was 88.
On Sunday, thousands of Christians paid their respects to him at the Coptic cathedral in Cairo where his body went on display in an elaborate golden crown and red and golden robes. The mass of people inside the cathedral prompted the stampede, according to Deputy Health Minister Hisham Sheeha, who said three were killed and 52 injured, most suffering from lack of oxygen and low blood pressure.
Shenouda's funeral will be held early this week and is expected to bring millions of Christians onto the streets of Egypt at a time when tensions with the Muslim majority are high.
Egypt's Christian minority has been the target of a number of high-profile attacks in the past several years.
The bombing of a major church in Alexandria in January 2011 left at least 21 people dead, and at least 25 Coptic Christians and their supporters were killed in clashes with the army in October. That incident was the bloodiest in Egypt since its revolution in February.
Christians are a very small minority in Egypt, although the Coptic Orthodox Church is the largest Christian church in the Middle East, according the Coptic Orthodox Church Centre in Stevenage, England.
The U.S. State Department estimates that Egypt is roughly 9% Coptic Christian, but the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, which released a report on the global Christian population last year, says it is probably closer to 5%.
Egypt did not release the number of Christians in its 2006 census, the think tank said.
The leader of the Coptic Christian community since 1971, Shenouda was in poor health off and on for many years. He traveled to the United States to undergo medical tests last year.
He died of renal failure "due to the diabetes he endured for years," said Sheif Doss, head of the Egyptian General Coptic Association. The pope had lung cancer, which spread to the rest of his body, Doss said.
"The funeral is expected to take place in two days, as massive preparations must take place first. It is a historical event and 2 million people are expected to attend the prayers. I don't expect violence though," Doss said.
Egypt's Supreme Council announced Sunday three days of mourning for the Coptic Christian community.
Shenouda will be buried Tuesday at Emba Bishoy monastery in Wadi Natroun, northwest of Egypt's capital, said Markus Askuf, spokesman for the Coptic Church. The area is home to some of the world's earliest Christian monasteries.
Shenouda, a journalist in his youth, was once sentenced to spend four years in Wadi Natroun by the late president Anwar Al-Sadat.
In addition to millions of followers in Egypt, the Coptic church has adherents in Europe, Canada, the United States, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa.
U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife offered their condolences Saturday after news of Shenouda's death spread, saying he will be remembered as "a man of deep faith, a leader of a great faith, and an advocate for unity and reconciliation."
"His commitment to Egypt's national unity is also a testament to what can be accomplished when people of all religions and creeds work together," the Obamas said.
When a Coptic pope dies, all 150 bishops of the church's Holy Council appoint an acting patriarch until a vote is conducted for a successor, Doss said. Thousands of bishops, priests and monks are eligible to vote.
The most senior bishop usually takes the role of acting patriarch. In this case, that would be Bishop Michael of Asiut. If he declines, Bishop Bakhamious of Behira is next in line, Doss said.


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Candidates plan differently for eventually joining Senate
ST. PAUL -- Al Franken says he is getting in the know, but Norm Coleman says he already knows. Each U.S. Senate candidate says he is poised to be senator, but Franken and Coleman are preparing differently as they await an outcome in their Senate ...
ST. PAUL -- Al Franken says he is getting in the know, but Norm Coleman says he already knows.
Each U.S. Senate candidate says he is poised to be senator, but Franken and Coleman are preparing differently as they await an outcome in their Senate election, now three months overdue. Their attorneys are engaged in a St. Paul trial to determine what disputed ballots should be counted.
Franken, who declared victory when the statewide recount showed he won by 225 votes, said he talks frequently with Senate Democrats and also has requested committee assignments and plans to interview for staff.
"I would think that the people of Minnesota would want me to prepare for when I'm seated, or in the event that I'm seated," Franken said in an interview Friday. "It's a rational thing to do. It's a responsible thing to do."
Franken conducted a series of media interviews Friday after granting few with Minnesota reporters since the Nov. 4 election.
Coleman has been more visible in recent weeks, attending the election trial almost daily. The Republican said he confers with GOP senators frequently, but unlike Franken, who talks with advisers about domestic and international affairs, Coleman said he does not need that.
"I think there's a difference here," he said. "I've been in the Senate for six years."
Coleman said he is juggling his time among attending the trial, entering its third week on Monday, talking with Republicans on Capitol Hill and consulting for the Republican Jewish Coalition, a temporary job he took last month.
The trial concluded its 10th day Friday, with attorneys for Coleman and Franken questioning an Anoka County election official about absentee ballots that were rejected in the election. The campaigns also argued whether ballots not tallied in the recount that were found by counties in recent days should be included in the tally.
The three judges hearing the case denied a request by a group of seven voters to have their rejected absentee ballots considered in the trial. The court said they did not meet a filing deadline.
Coleman's campaign is calling county election officials to testify in the trial in an attempt to prove counties used different criteria to judge whether absentee ballots should be counted. He wants the three-judge panel to review up to 4,800 ballots for possible counting.
Fresh off a Florida vacation, Franken said he has confidence in his legal team and gets daily trial updates.
"I don't feel that I have to be there," he said.
Franken, who attended the presidential inauguration last month, plans two more trips to Washington in the coming weeks. He described one trip as a "briefing" on issues before Congress.
Franken said he will spend the second trip interviewing chief of staff prospects and meeting with Democratic officials "to talk about the structure of the office." The work is only preparatory, he said.
"Obviously I don't have a budget, so I can't hire staff," he said.
Coleman, too, has no Senate budget. His Senate office closed in recent days after staff members spent a few weeks wrapping up constituent issues. His term ended Jan. 3.
"The office is closed. It's done," he said. "Everything's emptied out."
Even having served a six-year term, Coleman said he will have to start from scratch to open an office and hire staff if he wins the prolonged election. He said he will return to Washington periodically during the election trial.
It will be a bigger struggle for Franken if he wins, Coleman said.
"You've got to question how long it's going to take to get somebody up and running, up to speed, bringing on a staff," the ex-senator said.
The new Congress convened Jan. 6 and Franken said he requested at least six committee assignments, including agriculture, health and labor, energy, military veterans and American Indian affairs.
"I probably requested more than I'm going to get," he said. "In fact, I know I did."
As the election trial continues, Franken separately has asked the Supreme Court to order that he be given an election certificate signed by the governor and secretary of state.
Franken would not say whether he would continue pushing to be seated in the Senate if the Supreme Court decides against ordering an certificate before the lawsuit is resolved.
"It will be pretty much out of my control," he said. "I'm really taking this one step at a time and, frankly, let's wait for the Supreme Court to make its ruling."


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Washington (CNN) - As coalition planes cleared ground threats to support a no fly zone over Libya, the Obama administration briefed a bipartisan group of congressional aides Tuesday on the mission.
According to one official who attended the briefing in the Capitol Visitors Center Auditorium, the panel (recently removed Ambassador to Libya, two military, two intelligence and one treasury official) made clear that the U.S. is "not at war" with Libya.
During the question and answer session where 17 or 18 questions were asked, the official described "deep skepticism from both sides of the aisle, both sides of the capitol." The official said that concerns about the mission were expressed and that while some spoke of support for "what the president is doing," they were seeking guidance on how to answer their constituents when they ask "what's next."
According to the official who spoke to CNN but did not want to be quoted on the record, the panel could not provide a clear answer and instead said they're focused on implementing the UN Security Council resolution.
When the panel was asked to define "success" in Libya, they told the congressional aides "preventing attacks on the Libyan people and handing off control to a coalition force."
However they "would not talk about cost, whether they would send up a supplemental or if they would like congressional authorization," the official said.
"It would be a mistake of historical proportion if the administration thought that the 2002 resolution authorizing force against Iraq was a blank check for the use of force against Iran without further congressional authorization"
"We continue to experience the consequences of unchecked presidential action," she said, later adding: "This president was allowed for too long to commit blunder after blunder under cover of darkness provided by an allied Republican Congress"
Quote from Hillary Clinton...thank you.
Patrick, FL
According to Senator Barak Obama in 2007 said exactly the opposite of what you assert. Matter of fact, Senator Biden also said, on several occasions the exact opposite of what you assert.
ROFL, the dope smoking, non working, non taxpaying Oprah watchers who voted for this Kenyan village idiot deserve exactly what they got. Unfortunately, those of us with a sense of personal responsibility di not deserve this incompetent, inept, union toady buffoon.
Hazmat77, I get that but it does not matter because the Constitution clearly states otherwise, as long as Congress is informed 48 hours prior to action and the military involvement last no more then 60 days with a 30 day withdrawal period.
Anything above and beyond that requires congressional approval and funding.
And Congress was informed within 48 hours.
"We are not at war with Libya" This is the dumbest thing yet to come from Obummie. I'd like to see missiles blow up the white house and bombs fall on our military installations and Obummie come out and say oops they didn't attack us. They didn't make war against us. He is the BIGGEST FOOL that ever occupied the white house.
I really don't understand how some of you supposedly educated folks don't understand basic Government 101, which you should have learned when you were in school. With respect to budgets, just as the governor of the state prepares his budget recommendations, the state legislature approves the actual budget. Same thing for the federal government. The President prepares his budget recommendations, and the Congress approves the actual budget. Sheesh..go to the back of the class.
"but lets just call an ace an ace and stop with the semantics of politics."
I'm not talking semantics or playing political games. I cited FACTS...and there are plenty more where they came from. Those facts, in turn, have legal significance. If you can't accept that and wish to ignore all the factual evidence that makes the two situtations extremely different, not to mention all the legal precedent that applies and how it relates to that factual evidence, I suppose that's fine...your ignorance bubble echo chamber is yours to choose...but I did provide a reading list above so you could get started with your understanding. The December 4, 1992 memo can be foung via Google and is a good place to start.
That being said, if people want to disagree with us taking action somewhere yet again for legitimate reasons...like pointing out how hypocritical it is that we went in here but not in the Congo or no in Yemen or Bahrain, or comlpaining that we don't have the money...that's all well and good. I agree with some of those criticisms and concerns to some extent. Jumping on the Kucinich bandwagon and using what Bush did to Iraq as the juxtaposing example to show what would have been constitutional though? Complete and utter nonsense...total crap..and the "news" media is only helping sell that false equivalency because it riles people on both sides and stirs up the controversy that helps give them something to talk about during the 24 hour "news" cycle while they sell advertising.
"When you demand that Obama confiscate Bill Gates and Warren Buffet's wealth in order to redistribute it or pay it back to the Chinese?"
Why not? Applying the "trickle down" daydream economic theory and the "tax cuts for the wealthy create prosperity" ideological nonsense sold to us by Ronny Rayguns and the Republicans have, quite literally, resulted in redistribution of the country's assets and wealth to the already wealthy and corporations. THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE. And what we're seeing all around the country now from dittohead tinfoil hat wearing Limbots like yourself is arguments that the middle-class and the poor are supposed to shoulder all the burden for fixing the financial problems the government faces...cuts to SS, Medicare, public education, employees' salaries and benefits, etc. etc....all while the capering teatards refuse to even consider for a second that the ultra-rich and corporations should make similar...OR ANY...additional sacrifices whatsoever in order to close the gap? While they enjoy a 2 year extension of tax cuts and deductions worth $120B and the GOP proposes cutting $60B per year for 2 years from programs that helped create and stabilize the middle-class in the first place and take care of our most needy citizens? DO THE FREEKIN MATH ON THAT ONE. THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE. We're being sold a bill of goods by the GOP and Teatards and the rest of the idiot conservatives that ALREADY EQUATES TO WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION...IT HAS FOR 40 YEARS...it's just that it redistributes all the wealth to the top and has been for decades. Every single measure the GOP is taking across the country right now, particularly the efforts to eviscerate union rights and demonize labor, are nothing more than a pushback against wha happened in November 2008...an attempt to secure GOP/conservative power by obliterating one of the biggest sources of Dem organizational and financial support. It dovetails oh so nicely with the Citizens United decision, eh? The GOP sees for itself a bleak future in which minority populations have blossomed and continue to support liberal candidates...one in which white has become a minority or jus a membe of the plurality...one in which the middle-class actually grows and is capable of counterbalancing the special interests of the extraordinary wealthy and giant corporations...and it finds that unacceptable, so it is doing everything it can to prevent it. Don't give me your nonsense about communism and socialism and all that crap...you clearly don't know what those concepts mean. I'm not arguing for wealth redistribution...I'M ARGUING FOR IT TO STOP.
I find it so hard to imbue some logical reasoning even in simplest form as that of teachers reasoning to third graders to some republithurd and teapoppers in this thread or any thread because of the the fear that was already indoctrinated deep in their brains by the manchurian faux news. To all my fellow Progressive posters here. Let them believe what they want to believe
their brains are fried we can just ignore them and discussed this with our fellow sane poster in this thread if Obama has to face court because some moron will definetely and desperately fight this then let them THE CURRENT LEADER OF THE FREE NATION WAS DOING HIS JOB UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE LAW OF THE LAND AND THAT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ONE. HE KNOWS THE LAW AND HOW IT WORKS HE IS AN EXPERT OF THAT AFTER ALL. IF THE TEAPOPPERS INJECT THEIR OWN INEPT AND IGNORANT INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW THAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS ENACT THEY WILL BE SADLY HUMILIATED IF THEY HAVE A LEAST BIT OF SANITY OR CONTINUALLY A BLABOUT COMBATIVE IDIOTS IF THEY DON'T SADLY MY MONEY IS ON THE LAST. BECAUSE THERE IS NO CURE FOR SELF INFLICTED IDIOTNESS.
Deomocommie, you clearly overlooked the fact that both Bill Gates and Warren Buffet not only own large scale charities, but they also ENDORSE higher taxes on the rich. I know why you are so ignorant on these subjects. You choose to be.
WiredwierdinSF – 'Unfortunately, those of us with a sense of personal responsibility...'
WHAT A JOKE OF A STATEMENT (coming from you that is)!!!!!


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Erica Westly in IEEE Spectrum:
The term molecular gastronomy conjures up images of strangely colored droplets and foams arranged on a plate. As a result, this scientific approach to cooking is often derided as cold and unfeeling—the opposite of what good food is supposed to be. At its heart, though, molecular gastronomy—or, as it's sometimes called, molecular cooking—involves using technological tools to create dishes that are delicious as well as innovative. One of the genre's best tricks is applying seemingly mundane technologies from the food-processing industry to high-end ingredients like oysters and lobster. As the following five examples illustrate—three of which premiered in February at the prestigious Flemish Primitives culinary festival, in Belgium—the resulting techniques stand to benefit restaurant chefs and even home cooks.
1. At this year's Flemish Primitives, Bernard Lahousse, a food consultant with a bioengineering degree, used a high-pressure processing (HPP) machine to infuse oysters with tomato and other flavors without sacrificing freshness or textural integrity. This marked the first time an HPP machine was used for culinary purposes, but the technology is a staple of the seafood-processing industry, which started employing the technology to extract meat from shellfish in the late 1990s. At US $500 000 to $2.5 million, HPP machines are too expensive for most restaurant kitchens, but chefs have been known to create tabletop versions of industrial equipment. Take, for example, the Reveo meat tumbler, a miniature version of an industrial meat tenderizer that retails for about $170.


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It made the company react, and customers wary. This would not happen as much if companies continuously put their customers first, if they were known entities intimate with the people they serve.
Sure, there are always going to be detractors and pranksters, it's part of human nature. But defensive, distrustful, and suspicious are also drawn out when there is a void in knowledge and understanding of how things (and people) work.
[image - snapshot from Domino's video response]
Just like it was narrated superbly in Monsters, Inc. [hat tip to lloyd] once employees and customers know each other, relationships are built and trust is formed.
It was the talk on many social networks last week - a video two Domino's employees posted on YouTube went viral and wrought havoc at the franchise corporate offices. A post from The Consumerist and attention by the New York Times heightened the attention.
I caught up with some good discussions hosted by Brian Solis at PR 2.0 in a post aptly titled The Domino Effect, and on FriendFeed led respectively by Thomas Hawk and then Robert Scoble.
If you're still on the fence about this social media thing, you might want to reconsider your thinking in view of how quickly stories become socialized these days. But also because social media brought to the fore the idea that businesses need to do a better job at rebuilding or joining their communities - employees and customers alike.
The snapshots below are from the two FriendFeed discussions I linked to above. They are good examples that people are people - online or offline. There's no witch hunt going on, and opinions are all over the spectrum. Social networks and media are not evil and you should make time to understand why your customers may spend so much time there.
Hint: it's because there's balance of opinions and voices and no canned corporate speak. Let me repeat that - after reading the comments to a dozen posts on Domino's I noticed that the biggest emotion came out when people talked about canned corporate phrases.
In Monsters Inc., CDA Agent says: "We can neither confirm nor deny the presence of a human child here tonight." Do we stipulate that there are canned customers who like to receive canned messages? In this age of personalization and "Me, Inc."?
The one point of criticism to Mr. Doyle's video in the discussion - he was apparently reading from a script or prompter and not looking straight at the camera. Those blue names are all the people who "liked" the link and statement presented by Scoble - 159 of them.
Have you noticed how mainstream media has taken cues from online conversations in their stories? In 5 steps for Domino's digital defense, Time.com seems to be borrowing a page from the top social media blogs on AdAge Power150. I found the story courtesy of Domino's Twitter account, which was started on April 15.
Except for, in usual mainstream media fashion, just like the NYT article, it does not link to any blogger. Why is that? If you run a Google search for "Dominos Pizza", you will find a video from Gary Vaynerchuk at the top of page 2. It was shot prior to the Time.com article. Contrast that with the Consumerist, which revealed and credited its sources.
This viral video thing is not an isolated conversation on Domino's, however. At Consumerist alone there are several entries about issues at Domino franchises over the last couple of years. Which brings us to the point of this post - participation in social media should not be a reaction to get positive Google juice when something about your company draws negative attention.
It should be a proactive opportunity to highlight and communicate directly with your customers about what you are -already - doing to improve your products and services and to serve them better.
And leaving the door open is the worst mistake that any employee could make, because...
Bile: Uh... it could let in a draft?
Henry J. Waternoose: [Storming in] It could let in a child.
Maybe it's a good idea to let the "child" (substitute "customer") in a little. Today at Fast Company Expert blog we discuss 3 tips any business can use to let customers in the conversation.
You guessed it, training employees, developing relationships, and building community are part of the advice.


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Guaranteeing all of our children equal access to a decent education is the most pressing civil rights issue of this era.
It's also one of America's most urgent economic imperatives, because unless we equip far greater numbers of our students to take on the knowledge-based jobs that the new digitalized and globalized economy rewards, this country's ability to compete will suffer and income inequality will grow. A nation that's poorer and less equal won't provide much of a future for anybody.
That's why the attention of education reformers across the country currently is focused on a Los Angeles courtroom, where former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson and a team of leading Los Angeles lawyers are pressing a suit brought on behalf of nine California students seeking to abolish the state's system of teacher tenure. Their claim, which is being financed by a national reform group founded in Silicon Valley and called Students Matter, asserts that the tenure system subverts students' right to an education of adequate quality by making it all but impossible to fire incompetent teachers.
Lawyers for the teachers' unions are mounting a ferocious defense of the status quo, and however Superior Court Judge Rolf Michael Treu rules in the case, it almost inevitably will end up before the California Supreme Court. Advocates of students' rights hope that court's ruling will provide a template for national reform, much as the state's high court has done for the cause of marriage equality.
Superintendent John E. Deasy — who runs the Los Angeles Unified School District, America's second largest public school system — already has testified that because of tenure's onerous procedural burdens, it can cost his district as much as much as $450,000 to fire even a flagrantly ineffective teacher in a process that may stretch over years. In fact, if an incompetent teacher decides to vigorously defend his or her job, the expense can rise as high as $1 million. The result, moreover, is always uncertain — no matter the facts — because every tenured teacher has the right to an ultimate appeal heard by a Sacramento board dominated by union appointees. It never has sustained a dismissal it was asked to review.
Deasy also testified that, because of this convoluted and expensive process, along with the strictures of the union-imposed seniority system, the district is forced to steer its least effective teachers into its poorest schools, where nearly all the students are Latinos or African Americans. The same is true of incompetent principals, who though they lack union protections, are almost impossible to fire under their current contract with the district.
When most of us think of teacher tenure, we think of a high-minded system designed to protect academic freedom and independent scholarly inquiry. Actually, tenure today is all about providing teachers a level of job security that workers in every other sector of our economy would find incomprehensible.
The idea of granting teachers tenure began in 19th-century America, where most teaching jobs were part of the patronage system. A new mayor or superintendent would be elected and would routinely fire all the local teachers and replace them with his supporters. It's no accident that the country's first local tenure systems were adopted in Massachusetts (1886) and, statewide, in New Jersey (1909) — places where machine politics flourished.
Later, the push for greater women's rights gave the tenure movement an added boost. Most American teachers were women and they were subjected to a whole variety of arbitrary, degrading and intrusive employment conditions, including things like prohibitions against being seen on the street after certain times or strictures on their dress or hair styles. Tenure seemed like an effective remedy in an era when general employment laws were few and weakly enforced and, by 1950, 80 percent of all U.S. teachers were covered by the system.
Today, the argument that the contemporary tenure system shortchanges students by putting teachers' economic interests ahead of our children's welfare need not rely on a mere clash of opinions. The spread of the public charter school movement over the past decade has provided empirical evidence that schools without unionized teachers, freed of the ironclad tenure and rigid seniority systems on which they insist, do a better job of educating students, particularly those from poor and minority households.
In Deasy's own LAUSD, for example, a recent study by the California Charter School Association found that nonunionized charter high schools produce four times the number of graduates who have completed all college preparatory coursework as traditional schools with the tenure system do. Overall, L.A.'s charters graduate 79 percent of their high school students, as opposed to 66 percent in LAUSD's traditional schools. Charter schools achieve these results whether their students are drawn from affluent neighborhoods or the district's most disadvantaged areas.
As the principal of one successful Sacramento-area charter high and middle school told us, "Tenure is an antiquated system that no longer makes sense — and maybe never did. I am thrilled to currently have a group of teachers confident in their work and not afraid to work on one-year contracts, which also is what I have as principal. As a non-union shop we work in greater collaboration then any union school I ever have worked in. We are not constrained by a collective bargaining agreement, which allows us to respond more quickly to the needs of our students and to find solutions to issues as they arise."
How about teacher retention in charters without the employee protections unions regard as essential? "Our charter has been operating for eight years and, over that time, fewer than 2 percent of our teachers have not been offered contract renewals," the principal said.
If the tenure system were abolished, teachers still would enjoy the protections against discrimination, arbitrary dismissal or infringement of their constitutional rights to free speech that all American workers have. There was a time in our history when teachers needed added protection; that era is past. In fact, in his opening statement in the California students' civil rights suit, the lawyer for the state's teachers union, James M. Finberg, called tenure "an amenity, just like salary or vacation."
Amenity is usually synonymous with luxury, and tenure is a luxury we no longer can afford to provide at the expense of our children's educations — and our country's future.
Richard J. Riordan is a former mayor of Los Angeles. Tim Rutten is a columnist for the Los Angeles News Group. firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Obama Holds 60% Approval Rating Among Jews
President Obama's job approval rating among Jewish voters remained at 60 percent, but his favorability ratings easily outdistanced leading Republicans, a poll showed.
The ratings for Obama, in a poll commissioned by the liberal pro-Israel group J Street, was consistent with recent polling. The numbers were significantly below the approval in the low 80s that Obama had earned among Jews just after he was elected in November 2008, but also about 14 percent higher than general approval ratings.
J Street's poll showed Jewish voters virtually split on his handling of the economy, with 51 percent approving and 49 percent disapproving, and also showed them disapproving of his handling of the Arab-Israeli conflict, 56-44 percent.
Judged against the two frontrunners for the GOP nomination, Obama beat Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, 63-24 percent, and U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), 67-19 percent. Obama had scored 78 percent among Jewish voters against Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in 2008; J Street noted in an analysis that the recent poll numbers were close to the 62-32 Obama vs. McCain split in its July 2008 poll.
The poll also assessed favorability, or a respondent's warmth toward a figure, as opposed to job approval. Obama scored 56 percent in favorability ratings, while Romney scored 16, Bachmann 12, former President George W. Bush 16, the Tea Party movement 12 and conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck 10. The Democratic Party scored 49 percent and the Republican Party had 18.
The poll also showed strong support for J Street participation in mainstream Jewish community events.
Asked "Do you think Jewish community organizations such as local Jewish Federations and JCCs should allow or not allow J Street to participate in events sponsored by Jewish community organizations?," 77 percent said J Street should be allowed.
The results were similar even among Jews who belong to synagogues, who tend to tack more conservative: 74 percent said J Street should be allowed to participate.
A number of synagogues and Jewish community centers have banned J Street events after protests from right-wing groups who describe J Street as anti-Israel for its policy of advocating U.S. pressure on Israel to end settlement building and for its criticisms of Israel during recent conflicts with the Palestinians.
The poll of 800 respondents was conducted by GBA Strategies through a web panel from July 7 to 12. The margin of error was 3.5 percentage points.


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White House extends review of Clinton records
President Barack Obama's White House has moved to extend the review of roughly 8,000 pages of Clinton White House documents withheld under confidentiality provisions which expired early last year, according to a statement issued by the National Archives.
After inquiries from POLITICO last month, the White House and the National Archives announced that about 25,000 pages of previously-withheld records at the Clinton Library had been cleared for release in a process that involves consultations with representatives of former President Bill Clinton and lawyers at the Obama White House. In recent weeks, the library has posted two batches of those records online, with each batch amounting to several thousand pages.
(PHOTOS: Speechwriter doodles in the Clinton files)
However, the Archives said in its statement Thursday that the White House recently extended from March 26 to April 26 a deadline to complete review of another group of records previously estimated at 8,000 pages.
It's unclear what precipitated the extension. A Clinton spokesman declined to comment. A White House spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
The delay doesn't necessarily mean a major gap in releases, since more than 15,000 pages are believed to still be cleared for release and are going through preparation by the library for public postings.
(PHOTOS: Clinton controversies could emerge in library docs)
In January, the House passed, 420-0, a bill that would limit the current and former president's review period for presidential records to 60 days with a single 30-day extension possible. The Senate has yet to act on the measure.
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Mapping the Amazon…
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Efforts have begun to map the soya plantations that exist in the Amazon to record the amount of land that is disappearing from the deforestation of the Amazon. Greenpeace has teamed up with some local Brazilian organizations to map soya plantations, tribal habitats, and where former tribal habitats used to exist. This project will help provide a case to stop the deforestation of the Amazon and hopefully provide the land to these indigenous people that was taken from under them due to the harvesting of the valuable raw materials located in the Amazon.
To read more about this effort, click here…
Kenneth E. Liwag, Rutgers University Planning Intern, VERTICES, LLC.
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