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Old engraving
I found this image of railroad building in America, Our Country by Smith Burnham and Theodore H. Jack, published by the John C. Winston Company of Philadelphia in 1934. I searched but couldn't find any copyright renewal for this title, so I decided the image was in the public domain now (as well as already being in the public domain when included in this book.)
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After doing all that research on the copyright, I drug the picture into a Google image search and learned that there's a zillion copies of it on the internet already. I should have googled it first!
Originally, the image was a wood engraving by Alfred Rudolph Waud (1828-1891,) printed in Harpers Weekly on July 17, 1875. Images like this helped eastern readers imagine the West and the challenge of railroad building.
The Library of Congress describes the scene as a "...large work crew laying tracks for railroad, several covered wagons and other carts and wagons, work camp in the distance, and some soldiers and Natives resting in the foreground." My husband says that if anyone lived in those house-cars, it was the bosses.


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Never mind the wrath of Xenu. Katie Holmes has disrespected Twilight. And the Twi-Hards, well, you know they can f-ck a bitch up.
Katie and her friends hit up a New York theatre on Saturday to see New Moon. Instead of memorising every minute of the movie and hanging on every tortured glance exchanged between Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, Katie supposedly would not shut up. She yapped at her friends the entire time, ruining the enjoyment for Twi-Hards who were probably seeing it for the 4th time.
Mrs Cruise should watch herself. I have seen a Twi-Hard fly into a jizzy rage. I have heard of incidents lately when they have stampeded over others just to get a good seat. Some crazy pervert actually bit a girl the other night during a screening. And the GMD is in Austria. It'll be a challenge even for him to swoop in for the rescue. Careful Katie.
PS. Katie has friends? What friends?
Here she is on the set of The Romantics the other day with a tear in her stocking looking like she's having a good time with Malin Ackerman. When he's away she's allowed to remember what it's like being around other people. Looks good on her.
Photos from StClair/Macpherson/Splashnewsonline.com
Robo in danger!
Never mind the wrath of Xenu. Katie Holmes has disrespected Twilight. And the Twi-Hards, well, you know they can f-ck a bitch up.

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It has, as I mentioned in the other thread. It was reported on the debian bug tracker 21-06-2011 and I first encountered it 26-06-2011.clem wrote:@kmb42vt: I can reproduce it here. It drops me to a console with a lot of disturbing symbols on the screen From there I can CTRL+ALT+F1 to gain access to a normal console though, and even CTRL+ALT+F7 to get back to X. I think that's been like that for a while though,
http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2 ... 00536.html
Several people have confirmed it.
Sorry, I don't quite understand that. It's a kernel panic. It says so on the screen. How can that be not kernel related?and I'm not exactly sure if it's kernel related or caused by something else...


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MICHAEL WIEMEYER is a graphic designer and partner at Designlounge, a visual communications design studio in Brooklyn, NY, specializing in brand identity, complex and integrated marketing communications and interactive design. A native of Germany, he received his BFA in Graphic Design and Visual Communications from the University of Design in Duesseldorf, Germany. Michael founded Designlounge with his partner Kathryn Porter in 2002. Clients from the non-profit area and eductional institutions, the arts, technology and travel include StoryCorps, Yale University, Columbia University, Riverdale Country School, Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies, Revenue Watch Institute, Women Deliver, Petit St. Vincent Resort, Guana Island Resort, Amy Arbus Photography, and others. Michael has received design awards from PRINT Magazine, Graphic Design USA, HOW and others. Michael has taught design at Parsons The New School for Design as Assistant Professor in the Photography Department since 2004. He is a member of the AIGA (American Institute for the Graphic Arts), the Type Directors Club, the Center for Book Arts, NY, and the Arts Students League of New York.
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Nagoya, Japan, November 10, 2010 – Germany powered past the Netherlands in four sets (25-12, 25-14, 19-25, 27-25) on the final day of second-round Pool F play at the FIVB Women's World Championship at Nippon Gaishi Hall on Wednesday afternoon.Germany, ranked 15th in the world, advanced to the 5-8 playoffs with the victory that gave them a 4-3 win-loss record. They excelled in all areas against their European neighbours who, though ranked higher in the world at 10th, paid for an uneven showing and finished 2-5 in the section. FIVB Women's World Championship Japan 2010 official page
Margareta Kozuch starred for Germany, finishing with 25 points including three blocks. Christiane Furst registered seven blocks among her 15 points while Corina Ssuschke contributed 15 too, including four blocks and three aces. Maren Brinker delivered four aces and two blocks and finished with 11. Manon Flier was the centrepiece of the Dutch attack, compiling 19 points while Alice Blom and Ingrid Visser charted 13 and 11 respectively.Giovanni Guidetti's Germans came out with great energy and, covering the court impressively against a Netherlands side that had started slowly, they moved into a 12-10 lead. They opened up that advantage and a spike by Furst put them on the verge of taking the first set at 23-12. They quickly closed it out in just 19 minutes, with Kozuch having contributed seven points.The second set saw the Germans race 11-0 ahead behind some strong serves and well-placed tips. Avital Selinger's Dutch side finally scored on a block at the net by Chaine Staelens but Germany were dominant. Kozuch, the 187cm spiker, was all over the court, excelling with both power and deftness. Flier soared in for a spike, but it was too late as Germany led 24-12 and closed out the set in 22 minutes on a bad serve by Staelens.Blom opened the third set with an ace and the Dutch quickly scored another point to give them some hope, before Guidetti's team turned around the deficit to go 7-5 in front. The Dutch replied, drawing back level at 10-10 on a nice spike by Blom, then taking the lead on another by Flier. Germany restored parity at 14-14 but the Dutch were back ahead at 15-14 via a poor serve by Brinker. And although Kozuch's block put Germany back ahead at 16-15, the Dutch ran off five of the next seven points to go 21-17 up and provide the springboard to take the set.The Dutch grabbed a 5-1 lead in the fourth set but Germany soon responded. Ssuschke made a fine block on a spike by Flier to narrow the gap at 7-5, then a Kozuch spike tied the score at 11-all. For a period the Netherlands looked on their way to evening the match at two sets apiece only for Germany to come back and earn a match point at 24-23. The Dutch survived and then earned a set-point with an ace by Caroline Wensink. However, they could not take their chance and Germany took the final two points and the match.


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With the release of fundraising totals for gubernatorial candidates this week, we have our first look at where all three major candidates are getting their money and what resources they may have to contest the election.
Unlike in 2010, we don't have large primary fields or candidates running using public financing, so the comparisons this time around should be a little easier. All three major candidates are also experienced fundraisers and have ties to individuals, companies and organizations that may help them make 2014 a very expensive election.
In total funds raised, Eliot Cutler is at the head of the pack. He has been raising money for six months and has amassed a total of $449,716.81. Earlier this month, he announced having raised $430,000 from contributors other than himself and that total is accurate according to this report. He also contributed $17,625.81 from his own pocket in in-kind contributions (the dark strip at the bottom of his bar). Cutler also raised the most from individual contributors and the least from corporations and PACs (the slightly lighter strip) of any of the candidates.
Governor Paul Lepage has raised $339,654.08 for his campaign so far, but that includes donations from as far back as December of 2011. He has raised the most from corporations, PACs and other committees (the darker strip on his bar) of any candidate, with nearly a third of his total coming from sources other than individual contributors. There are a number of corporate interests with business before the state that have already given $1,500 or more to the governor's campaign, including Cianbro, WalMart, AETNA, Maine Beer & Wine Wholesalers, FairPoint, Maine Hospital Association, PhRMA and Time Warner.
Congressman Mike Michaud reports raising the least of the three candidates with $313,530, but this amount was raised in a fraction of the time of his opponents' totals. 11% of Michaud's total is from corporations, PACs and committees, with maximum contributions from his Congressional campaign account, his Mill to the Hill PAC and the PAC of the United Steelworkers union, of which Michaud is a member.
Cutler's claim to have raised 40% more than Michaud's total is close to correct, but if his self funding is not included the figure is nearer to 38%.
The fundraising picture looks very different if we compare the candidates over the same time frame. In the first 18 days after he entered the race, Michaud significantly out-raised his opponents. If he maintains a similar pace, he'll be well-situated for the election.
LePage's fundraising rate may seem anemic during this short period, but it's likely to increase a great deal following this report. During the legislative session he is prohibited from taking contributions from certain companies and lobbyists and his large fundraiser hosted by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush took place just after the reporting period ended.
LePage also had the advantage of his own dark money group operating in step with his re-election campaign. We don't know what money has gone to Maine People Before Politics, or where it has come from, but they have already aired some campaign-like TV ads in support of LePage.
Cutler's fundraising during this period was strong, especially considering that he may have already approached some of his more likely donors at an earlier point and that he can raise money only for the general election and not for a party primary, but the identities of some of his and Michaud's donors may indicate some weaknesses.
As I noted previously, Michaud's campaign treasurer, Bonnie Porta, supported Cutler in 2010 and her husband, Robert C.S. Monks, served as his treasurer. We see in this report that Porta, Monks, and other members of their family have given large amounts to the Michaud campaign.
Other former Cutler supporters who donated to Michaud this cycle include Leon Gorman, the former President of and Chairman of the Board of LL Bean, prominent lawyers Michael Asen and Robert Gips, The Highlands owner John Wasileski, Robert Baldacci and Lamey-Wellehan owner Jim Wellehan, who served as a co-chair for Cutler in Androscoggin County in 2010. All of these individuals are relatively well-known and represent a significant loss of money, connections and fundraising experience for Cutler and a gain for Michaud.
Of course, Cutler could more than make up for any fundraising disadvantage by using his his personal wealth to back his campaign, should he again chose to do so.
Another measure of the health of fundraising efforts and the local appeal of candidates is the percentages of contributions coming from Maine as opposed to out-of-state.
Governor LePage saw 85% of his total itemized contributions (the lighter bar) come from within Maine's borders and 91% of his donors (the darker bar) listed Maine addresses.
Michaud's numbers were similar, which I found somewhat surprising for a federal officeholder, with 83% of his funds and 88% of his donors from in-state.
Cutler raised 55% of his total amount from in-state, not surprising considering his fundraising history in 2010 and his connections in D.C. from his time in government and his career as a lawyer and lobbyist. In published reports, his campaign has said that 68% of their 632 contributors are from in-state. However, among the 517 contributors they have itemized in their report, only 62% are from Maine. If both are true, this means that Cutler had an additional 115 donors below the reporting level, 94% of which were from Maine (and according to the totals he reported, gave an average of $39). We have no similar information for the other candidates' unitemized, small-dollar donors.
These numbers don't quite jibe with the 433 Maine and 210 out-of-state Cutler donations reported by the Portland Press Herald (the provenance of which isn't given). This may be a result of the difference between counting donations and donors, as some contributors gave more than one contribution.
Perhaps the best measure of the strength of these campaigns at this point is the money they have available to spend. If we take the fundraising totals and subtract the expenditures that have been made so far, we find that the three candidates are relatively evenly-matched. Michaud, having spent a smaller proportion of his funds, leads LePage by just $11,000 cash on hand. Cutler is in front by around $54,000.
With things so close at this point, it will be especially interesting to view the next reports and see if any gaps in resources have begun to emerge.
The media did a relatively good job reporting on these totals, perhaps because, unlike in 2010, no campaigns attempted to grossly inflate their own standings (looking at you, Bruce Poliquin), but I do have a few quibbles. MaineBiz only included the last six months of fundraising activity in their charts and portions of their article, ignoring LePage's previous fundraising, including from out-of-state corporations. They also included Cutler's self-financing without any differentiation or notation in their in-state totals. The Portland Daily Sun, on the other hand, failed to report LePage's latest fundraising at all, giving instead his total from before the most recent reporting period.


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Shaerie here, taking over Daniel's blog while he works on his next amazing project. We have had a bunch of people ask about this great fabric! Double gauze consists of two layers of sheer cotton gauze sandwiched together with tiny, almost invisible stitches. Heather Ross' "Far Far Away" and the Spring 2009 Echino collection by Etsuko Furuya plus many of Naomi Ito's Nani Iro designs are printed on double gauze. It's cool and incredibly soft, opaque and a bit spongy with a good drape - so what do you do with it? Many people have been making children's garments and quilts out of double gauze because it is so soft, but it translates into fantastic garments for big people too! Especially the more sophisticated prints, like LIONS!
I recommend picking a pattern with simple lines and a minimum of details. A simple, loose shift dress or tunic would be ideal! Double gauze is not stiff like woven cotton, so you can pick a loose style and it will drape over the body better. Of course, the many Japanese pattern books out there have great designs that work well with double gauze. I picked a tunic dress from the book "Stylish Dress Book" - the one on the cover actually - to make out of my turquoise LION double gauze from Echino's last collection.
Double gauze frays easily so you have to finish the edges - I used a three step zig zag on each separate seam allowance so I could press them open. It presses beautifully, so the tucks down the front of the dress came out straight and crisp, not too bulky. A small amount of gathering works fine (as in the back of the dress) but if there is a lot of gathering pleats or tucks might work better. Too much gathering might end up being too poofy. Make sure you pin darts and pleats well as the fabric can shift easily!
If you are curious about how to use Japanese pattern books, I'll be hijacking Daniel's blog again shortly to do a demo of how to trace the patterns and add the correct seam allowance. Stay tuned!
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ArchiSuiteThe architectural design sector is so variegated that every designer would like to work with his or her own particular tools.
With ArchiSuite, Cigraph intends to give ARCHICAD users customised functions for made-to-measure solutions to facilitate all stages of their work.
The project is based on the Cigraph add-ons (you will remember that an add-on is a software component allowing you to add new functions to ARCHICAD). Our aim, however, is to continue enhancing this ever-open container over time to reflect our users's suggestions.


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Pic Boffins have uncovered the earliest known complete central nervous system in a never-before-described water-spider-like creature that prowled the ocean 520 MILLION years ago.
The massively clawed beast is an example of a megacheiran, an extinct group of creatures related to modern day chelicerates, which include spiders and scorpions.
This marine spider provides evidence that the ancestors of scorpions and spiders branched off from other arthropods, including insects, crustaceans and millipedes, more than half a billion years ago.
"We now know that the megacheirans had central nervous systems very similar to today's horseshoe crabs and scorpions," said Nick Strausfeld, the senior author of the study and a Regents' Professor in the University of Arizona's Department of Neuroscience.
"This means the ancestors of spiders and their kin lived side by side with the ancestors of crustaceans in the Lower Cambrian."
Strausfeld and his co-author Greg Edgecombe from the Natural History Museum in London, were able to ID the 3cm-long creature unearthed from the Chengjiang formation near Kunming in southwest China as a type of Alalcomenaeus. Scuttling critters from this extinct group had long segmented bodies with dozens of legs allowing them to swim, crawl or both. All of the genus also had long, scissorlike feelers attached to their head, most likely used to grasp things or for sensory purposes.
These feelers had already led some palaeontologists to guess that the megacheirans were related to chelicerates, because they have an "elbow joint" like the fangs of a spider or scorpion.
Illustration of the nervous systems of the Alalcomenaeus
fossil (left), a larval horseshoe crab (middle) and a scorpion (right).
Credit: N. Strausfeld/UA
"However, this wasn't rock solid because others lined up the great appendage with either a segment in front of spider fangs or one segment behind them," Edgecombe said.
"We have now managed to add direct evidence from which segment the brain sends nerves into the great appendage. It's the second one, the same as in the fangs, or chelicerae. For the first time we can analyse how the segments of these fossil arthropods line up with each other the same way as we do with living species – using their nervous systems."
The researchers used different imaging techniques, including CT scans, to map the nervous system, taking advantage of iron deposits that had ended up in the system during fossilisation. With advanced techniques and the CT, the team were able to get what looked like a negative X-ray of the fossil, giving details of the creatures spiderlike brain.
The same team discovered a fossilised brain in a Fuxianhuia protensa, also 520 million years old, that was similar to the brains of modern crustaceans in a study last year.
"Our new find is exciting because it shows that mandibulates (to which crustaceans belong) and chelicerates were already present as two distinct evolutionary trajectories 520 million years ago, which means their common ancestor must have existed much deeper in time," Strausfeld said.
"We expect to find fossils of animals that have persisted from more ancient times, and I'm hopeful we will one day find the ancestral type of both the mandibulate and chelicerate nervous system ground patterns. They had to come from somewhere. Now the search is on."
The full study, "Chelicerate neural ground pattern in a Cambrian great appendage arthropod", was published in Nature. ®


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I have a simple project which involves the use of several buttons in order to make various datasets visible depending on which category is required at the time.
It works fine using the popular GetLayerByName function (http://bit.ly/Ha2iGK) but unfortunately there are duplicate layer names scattered across the mxd. To get around this I modified it slightly to look at both the layer name and the layer description, but as raster catalogs are unable to store a description (this is unfortunately not in a geodatabase in case that makes any difference) the code falls over.
I've got a separate routine that clears all of the layers once the button is clicked and then it turns on the layers listed under another sub using [layername], [layerdescription]:
Set pLayer = GetLayerByName("Wet (483)", "L6_Dry")
If Not pLayer Is Nothing Then
pLayer.Visible = True
End If
Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on how I can get it to skip/ignore the catalogs? I've never had much dealing with them inside VBA so any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Public Function GetLayerByName(sLayerName As String, sLayerDesc As String) As ILayer
Dim pMxDocument As IMxDocument
Dim pCompositeLayer As ICompositeLayer
Dim pMap As IMap
Dim l As Long
Dim m As Long
Set pMxDocument = ThisDocument
Set pMap = pMxDocument.FocusMap
For l = 0 To pMap.LayerCount - 1
Set GetLayerByName = LayerByName(pMap.Layer(l), sLayerName, sLayerDesc)
If Not GetLayerByName Is Nothing Then Exit Function
Next l
End Function
Private Function LayerByName(pLayer As ILayer, sName As String, sLayerDesc As String) As ILayer
Dim pReturnLayer As ILayer
Dim pCompositeLayer As ICompositeLayer
Dim l As Long
Dim pLayerGenProp As ILayerGeneralProperties
'#### This is where the error appears!####
Set pLayerGenProp = pLayer
Dim thestring As String
thestring = pLayerGenProp.LayerDescription
If UCase$(pLayer.Name) = UCase$(sName) And UCase$(thestring) = UCase$(sLayerDesc) Then
Set LayerByName = pLayer
Exit Function
End If
If Not TypeOf pLayer Is IGroupLayer Then Exit Function
Set pCompositeLayer = pLayer
For l = 0 To pCompositeLayer.Count - 1
Set pReturnLayer = LayerByName(pCompositeLayer.Layer(l), sName, sLayerDesc)
If Not pReturnLayer Is Nothing Then
Set LayerByName = pReturnLayer
Exit Function
End If
Next l
End Function


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Diablo III could have looked very different from the game that came out on May 15th. It also should have released years ago.
The first Diablo wasn't developed by Blizzard. It was cobbled together by a small developer called Condor which was bought up just six months before the release of Diablo and renamed Blizzard North.
Blizzard North was also responsible for the sequel, Diablo II and a Diablo II expansion pack.
They had started working on Diablo III years ago, and the screenshots above and below are what that game looked like back in 2005 (via.)
Unfortunately, a falling out between many of the Blizzard North people and the parent company of Blizzard Entertainment, Vivendi, led to the resignation of much of the developers' staff.
Condor founders Max Schaefer, Erich Schaefer, and David Brevik along with Bill Roper left Blizzard North in 2003. Dozens more employees left the company afterwards. The Condor Founders went on to start the short-lived Flagship Studios.
Diablo III was officially canned and Blizzard North was shut down in 2005.
After Flagship Studios shut its doors, the Blizzard North team started yet another company, Runic Games, which released the popular PC action-RPG, Torchlight. Later the game was ported over to Mac and Xbox Live. It sold over 1 million copies across all platforms by July 2011. The game was released in October of 2009.
The sequel, Torchlight II, is slated for a July 2012 release, coming out almost three years after the first game. It doesn't have any of the lovely gothic feel of the scrapped Diablo 3, but it does look and play great. With a pricepoint at just $20 and very simple DRM, it may even be a better bang for your buck than Diablo 3, though I'll have to play through the full game to be sure.
I think the direction Blizzard eventually went with Diablo III is fine, to be quite honest. Yes, it's a much more colorful entry in the franchise, and I can understand why many fans of the series are upset. But all told, I liked the 3D painted look just fine. (Read my review of the game here.)
Still, I'm a little puzzled by Blizzard's departure from the art design in the above screenshots. The gothic heavenly halls of the Diablo III that never was look like an awesome setting for the game. But too stark, I suspect, for the World of Warcraft audience - an audience that played a key role in many of the decisions behind the release of Diablo III.
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Four people were injured, two of them seriously, when a giant video screen collapsed Thursday night during setup for this weekend's Ultra Music Festival in Miami, authorities told NBC News.
The screen collapsed about 7:50 p.m. ET onto the festival's main stage as workers were preparing for the annual electronic music festival, which organizers said is expected to draw more than a quarter-million people to Miami's Bayfront Park over the next two weekends.
A Miami fire official told NBC News that two people suffered serious head injuries and other fractures. NBC 6 of Miami reported that they were being treated at Ryder Trauma Center.
NBCMiami: Stage Collapsed at Site of Ultra Music Festival: Miami Fire-Rescue
The two other victims sustained unspecified minor injuries, the fire official said, with only one of them being taken to the hospital.
The festival, now in its 15th year, is considered one of the leading music events in the world, with a heavy emphasis on electronic music. This year's lineup includes such prominent acts as Hot Chip, Snoop Dogg, Deadmau5, Disclosure and Major Lazer.
Gabe Gutierrez and Justin Kirschner of NBC News contributed to this report.


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Remember the Amati?
You know, the canned luxury marque from Mazda. Which is a shame, because despite the rather bland styling, they houses the most badass engine in the world. And what you see today is some piece of old bestcar japanese magazine, explaining about Mazda's 3981cc W12. Yep.
You might say "VW Also has W12!"
But Mazda's W12 is more badass. You see, the article calls it a "Triple-Four Compact 12 Cylinder," and if you look closely at the pics you'll see the angle of the three cylinder banks. So it's made out of 3 banks of inline-4. And then to makes things even more awesome, mazda made the piston and valve using ceramics, the block is from Alumunium, and the cylinder heads plus oil pan from Magnesium.
Performance aside, the engine power is written as 280hp, thanks to gentelman's agreement at that time. But the real power figures are, nobody knows.
And for the car itself, the Amati 1000, looks like this. Notice the magazine akwardly refers the car having a V12 engine:
And here's the translated engine sketch:
Some say the engine ends up in Audi Avus Concept, since it has the similar engine design. But still, it's designed by mazda. And this is another example that Mazda once was a company that has a massive sized balls. I love them.


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Founded on 1888 in Monóvar (Alicante, Spain), Jose Antonio Quiles
is born dedicated to the manufacture of liturgical wax, managing to be one
of the most important manufacturers of the country.
In 1978, the company decides to specialize in the manufacture of electronic
candlesticks being the inventors of the electronic candlesticks and the first
manufacturers of the world of this product. Now in Spain we are in cathedrals
like Santiago de Compostela, Málaga, Granada, Tortosa, Murcia, Albacete,
Jaén, Zaragoza, Orihuela, León, Madrid, Almería, Guadix.
We seek distributors in France, Germany, England, USA, Canada, Rusia and
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Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition is the latest street racing game to hit consoles. The rise in popularity of modified vehicles - obviously helped by 'MTV's Pimp My Ride' - has made everyone aware of the world of custom tune-ups, and videogame publishers have made the most of it. Much like EA's Need for Speed Underground 2, MC3 lets you roam open cities, upgrade numerous high-performance vehicles and take on other car tuning enthusiasts. While Need for Speed Underground 2 failed to hit the spot, Rockstar's MC3 delivers one of the most entertaining arcade racing experiences ever to hit consoles.
MC3 has a lot to offer, mainly through its lengthy Career mode. You start off in a standard car and are thrown straight into the action. For the opening few hours of your career you'll be cruising around the streets of San Diego, looking for challenges and entering small-time tournaments. A few wins will give you the money required to buy some custom parts, and then you're on your way to car (and bike) customisation heaven, with more wins opening more tournaments, further cities (Detroit and Atlanta) and more cash. Eventually, even the most prized vehicles will be available to you.
During your career you'll predominantly race in checkpoint races, speeding through the open-ended cities from checkpoint to checkpoint. These races rarely fail to be enjoyable, but on occasion their 'find your own way' style can be frustrating. One wrong turn can send you off down a path that you just can't recover from, so you'll often have to run through courses multiple times before you have the route fixed in your mind. Certain sanctioned races take place in sectioned-off parts of the city, but you'll generally have to contend with busy streets and congested motorways.
During your career you'll acquire new vehicles that will let you take part in special tournaments. These speciality races force you into changing vehicles and make sure the game doesn't become stale. Of course you'll want to make sure that your cars and bikes are fully tricked out with all the performance upgrades you can afford and as many decals and body-kit additions you can fit on. The game includes parts from a multitude of real life part manufactures, so anyone who fantasises about tuning up their battered old Ford Fiesta can finally have the car of their dreams. MC3 doesn't quite offer the same customisation depth that NFS Underground 2 offers, but the user interface is a lot easier to use and what's on offer is more than enough for most players.
Racing isn't as simple as you may think. Cars can be equipped with Nitrous, enabling you limited bursts of insane speed, and slipstreaming opponents can give you speed boosts. How well you use these boosts becomes vital in the more difficult races. Rather oddly for a semi-serious arcade racer is the inclusion of 'special moves'. Certain vehicle classes have their own special abilities that are unlocked during the career mode, which if used at the right time, can help you achieve what seems impossible: AGRO is a special ability for trucks, SUVs and luxury sedans that allows you to plough through any vehicles that get in your way; ROAR is available to choppers and muscle cars and when activated clears the path ahead of you; and Exotic cars and sportbikes gain the ability to get into the ZONE, allowing you to slow down time and easily manoeuvre yourself out of trouble.
As new race types, car classes and special abilities are opened, the game shows you short informational videos to make sure you're familiar with what you're about to do, meaning you'll never have to consult the game manual. You'll also be treated to some cutscenes with a number of garage mechanics who tell you about new challenges that have opened up. You're not going to get much in the way of story, but the cutscenes work well and help break up the racing.
Outside of the career mode you have a series of instant action arcade modes, ranging from 'capture the flag' to 'tag'. All of these modes can be played with a number of pick-ups available to racers, but you can tailor this to how you wish. If you get bored of playing by yourself (or with a single friend) you can take your vehicles online and compete with the rest of the world. You can also form clans online and race against rival clans to see who really owns the streets (not literally). Online play is generally pretty smooth and lag-free, but just as with almost every online game, there are moments when players will warp to new locations. Both the Xbox and PlayStation 2 versions offer the same online experience, but the PlayStation 2 version doesn't include voice chat while in the game, with players having to make do with text chat.
An excellent feature is the game's route creator. By flying through the streets of any city you have unlocked, you can place markers down to create your own custom made course. If you spot a nice section of the city while cruising, exit out to the editor and create the course you imagined. Due to the games totally open nature, these custom made courses are no different to what you play in the main game and the feature is an excellent life-extending addition to the game.
The sense of speed in MC3 is pretty phenomenal. It's comparable to that seen in Burnout 3, but the increased levels of traffic found in MC3 make high-speed racing an intense experience. City lights illuminate the dark skies and headlights smear across the congested freeways. It might not look as crisp or as vibrant as Burnout 3, but its rough, urban aesthetics fit the game perfectly. The only slight blemish is the game's somewhat faltering framerate. The Xbox version generally runs pretty solidly, but the PlayStation 2 version is a little less stable.
The game's soundtrack is perhaps the most fitting I have ever heard. Rockstar - no doubt experienced in the art of the soundtrack after their GTA titles - have put together a track-listing which includes artists such as Twista, Beenie Man, Queens of the Stone Age, Ash, Calyx and more. If you aren't into the music the game offers and you're playing on the Xbox version you can set up your own custom soundtracks, but the music provided really helps you get into the mood to play the game.
Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition is unashamedly an all out arcade racer, and a thoroughly enjoyable one at that. It might not offer the depth of the Gran Turismos and Forzas of the world, but few games can deliver the same thrill that MC3 offers for its duration. The game's Career mode will last you up to 20 hours and online play could see you playing this for months to come. Even if you have no interest in car modding, Midnight Club 3 should be experienced for the sheer adrenaline rush that it offers.


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Within a few days of my editorial suggesting that Java 7 be adopted quickly, news began to leak out that there were showstopper bugs in the Java 7 HotSpot compiler. I'll get into the defects shortly, but what really turned up the heat was Oracle's decision to ship the compiler aware that the known defects would cause one of two types of errors: hang the program or silently generate incorrect results. Given that Java 7 took five years to see light, it seems to me and many others that Oracle could have waited a bit longer to fix the bug before releasing the software. To a large extent, there is a feeling in the Java community that Oracle does not understand Java (despite the company's earlier acquisition of BEA). That may or may not be, but I would have expected it to understand enterprise software enough not to ship a compiler with defects that hang a valid program.
The problem, from what is known so far, derives from a command-line optimization switch on the Java compiler. This switch incorrectly optimized loops, resulting in the various reported errors. In Java 7, this switch is on by default, while it was off by default in previous releases. Regardless of the state of the switch, the resulting optimizations were not tested sufficiently.
This is a curious problem, because compilers are one of the most demonstrably easy products to test. Text file, easily parsed binary file out. Or earlier in the compilation process: text file in, AST out. The easy generation of input and the simple validation of output make it possible to create literally tens of thousands of regression tests that can explore every detail of the generated code in an automated fashion. These tests are known to be especially important in the case of optimizations because defects in optimized code are far more difficult for developers to locate and identify. The implicit contract by the compiler is that going from debug code during development to optimized code for release does not change functionality. Consequently, optimizations must be tested extra carefully.
But even if Oracle's in-house testing was not complete, I have to wonder why they were not testing the code on some of the large open-source codebases currently available. One program that reported the fatal bug was Apache Solr, which most developers would agree is a high profile, open source project. Projects such as Solr provide almost ideal test beds: a large code base that is widely used. Certainly, Oracle might not cotton to writing UATs and other tests to validate what the compiler did with the Solr code. But, in fact, it didn't have to write a test at all. It simply needed to run the package and the SIGSEGV segmentation fault would occur.
I have to hope that this event will be a sharp lesson to Oracle to begin using the large codebases at its disposal as a fruitful proving ground for its tools. While the sloppiness I've discussed is disturbing, it's made worse by the fact that the same defects can be found in Java 6. The reason they suddenly show up now is that the optimization switch is off by default on Java 6, while on in Java 7. This suggests that Sun's testing was no better than Oracle's. (And given that much of the JDK team at Oracle is the same team that was at Sun, this is no surprise.) The crucial difference is that Oracle knew about the bugs prior to release and went ahead with the release anyway, while there is no evidence Sun was aware of the problems.
Oracle's decision was political, not technical. And here Oracle needs to really reassess its commitment to its users. Is Java a sufficiently important enterprise technology that shipping showstopper bugs will no longer be permitted? The long-term future of Java, the language, hangs in the balance.
Update: The defects will be fixed in Java 7 Update 2. Clearly, we suggest waiting until that release ships to pilot any migration to this release.


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House Judiciary Committee Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) said Tuesday that the Obama administration's decision to release from detention centers hundreds of illegal aliens is "abhorrent" and charged that the move is not only political but dangerous.
"It's abhorrent that President Obama is releasing criminals into our communities to promote his political agenda on sequestration," Goodlatte said in a statement. "By releasing criminal immigrants onto the streets, the administration is needlessly endangering American lives.
"It also undermines our efforts to come together with the administration and reform our nation's immigration laws," Goodlatte said. "Unfortunately, this administration has a poor record of enforcing our immigration laws and has routinely sought to undermine them."
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which is in charge of the releases through the Department of Homeland Security, described the illegal aliens as "low priority."
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Legendary crooner Tony Bennett now has the first No. 1 album of his long career - at age 85.
Bennett's "Duets II," featuring the 14-time Grammy winner singing with such stars as Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse, Mariah Carey and Carrie Underwood, sold 179,000 copies in its first week to reach the top of Billboard's Top 200 albums. At 85, he easily broke the previous record for oldest top-seller, held by Bob Dylan, whose "Together Through Life" topped charts when he was 67.
Bennett's duet with the late Winehouse, "Body and Soul, debuted at No. 87 on the singles chart, making him the oldest living artist to crack that list.
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Bennett's first "Duets" album, released in 2006, peaked at No. 3 on the albums chart.
Bennett, born Anthony Benedetto, launched his career in 1950 after serving in the military during World War II. His first big hit was "Because of You," which reached No. 1 in 1951. It was the first of several No. 1 hits for Bennett, although his signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," only reached No. 19 in 1962.


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Jessica Tessendorf of The Barrelhouse Flat in Chicago, told us that this fall drink was a collaboration she created with bartender Mark Brinker. "Mark started off with the idea of Fernet and maple together, and we expanded from there," she said.
There's not a lot of prep required for the cocktail; many home bars will have the ingredients already in stock. Individually, the ingredients each remind us of fall to some degree, and together, they form a cohesive, cozy drink. The heart of it all is Pierre Ferrand 1840 Cognac. The cognac offers a powerful core, just right for warming you up when the days are cold. It's potent stuff, big enough to dance with the bold mentholated notes of Fernet Branca. You'll get Fernet's black licorice flavor coming through, which we quite enjoyed sipping in this context.
As for the small measures of maple syrup and apple cider vinegar, they're there to serve more as accents than anything else. The syrup adds just a touch of sweetness, and thickens the drink ever so slightly, while the vinegar brings a bit of acidity to the mix. Sprinkle some cinnamon on top to tie it all together, and, well, you have autumn in a glass. Make sure you get this one nice and cold, as that's when the flavor really shines.
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This past Saturday, October 6, beer lovers gathered at The Village Voice's Brooklyn Pour event in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, for a celebration of over 100 craft beers from all over the country, with a heavy emphasis on New York brews.
Some local favorites included Blue Point Brewing Company, Ommegang, Brooklyn Brewery, Captain Lawrence, and Sixpoint Brewery. But one of the best parts of the event was discovering some local beers that we weren't too familiar with that are brewed right here in New York City, such as The Bronx Brewery from The Bronx (serving a Bronx Pale Ale and Bronx Rye Pale Ale), Harlem Brewing Company of Harlem (serving Sugar Hill Golden Ale) and Chelsea Brewing Company of Chelsea (with Chelsea Pumpkin Pie and Checker Cab Blonde Ale). It's easy to forget about some of your smaller local breweries in a city where pretty much any beer is readily accessible.
The nicest and most refreshing surprise came from Ithaca Beer Company of Ithaca, NY, with their Ithaca Apricot Wheat beer. Upon reaching the table, I prefaced the beermonger's 30-second sell with, "I usually don't prefer wheat beers." Despite the subtle and unintentional snub, the nice gentleman offered me a small tasting of what later became my favorite beer of the night, which had me going back for a second (and bigger) pour… with a major apology ready. The sweet fragrance and apricot hints were both delightful and refreshing. Consider me a wheat beer convert.
Another winner goes to Kelso Beer Co., whose beer guy definitely had the best beer descriptors of the night, offering the Kelso Rye Porter (described as the type of beer where you end up on the tour bus with the band after the show) and the Kelso Kellerfest (described as more of a toned-down "first date" beer). For someone who enjoys a wide range of beers, but definitely can't be classified as a beer connoisseur, I thoroughly enjoyed both Kelso selections… but, leaned slightly towards the more robust, and wild, Rye Porter. I'll get on that tour bus… hey, why not?
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Locals have until March 23 to comment on the state's $701 million spending plan for hurricane-protection and coastal restoration work in 2014.
Locals have until March 23 to comment on the state's $701 million spending plan for hurricane-protection and coastal restoration work in 2014.
You can find a copy of the plan online at coastal.louisiana.gov. Written comments and recommendations should be mailed to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, c/o Chuck Perrodin, P.O. Box 44027, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4027.
The annual plan includes a breakdown of how money will be spent in 2014, 2015 and 2016, said Kyle Graham, deputy executive director of the Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration.
It details money sources and gives budgets and schedules for projects expected to begin construction this year and in 2014.
In 2013, 54 restoration projects are expected to be in some stage of construction, Graham said.
The state is also beginning to attempt more large-scale projects with budgets in the tens of millions of dollars, Graham said.
According to the plan, of the $701 million in federal and state coastal dollars projected to be spent in 2014, about $513 million will be spent on construction. Other spending includes:
-- $63.3 million, engineering and design.
-- $29.9 million, project planning.
-- $37.3 million, operating costs.
-- $40.3 million, ongoing programs.
-- $17.1 million, project operation, maintenance and monitoring.
The report indicates that several large-scale, ongoing restoration projects in Terrebonne and Lafourche will be under construction in 2014, including an $18 million project aimed at introducing more fresh water into Bayou Lafourche and a $59 million project that will restore Fourchon Beach.
There are also multi-million projects to:
-- Restore marsh in Lost Lake in southwestern Terrebonne.
-- Restore banks along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Terrebonne.
-- Reintroduce fresh water into Lake Boudreaux south of Houma.
Diane Huhn, environmental outreach volunteer coordinator at Chauvin nonprofit Bayou Grace, praised the annual plan as an excellent extension of the state's latest coastal master plan. That plan set a budget of $50 billion for restoration work over the next 50 years and aggressively vetted coastal projects for cost, effectiveness and their ability to last over time.
Terrebonne Parish President Michel Claudet thanked the state for including a project aimed at restoring the rim of Terrebonne Bay, which he said is vital to prevent the further deterioration of Terrebonne's marshes.
But Terrebonne Coastal Restoration Director Nic Matherne asked the state to include more restoration opportunities for Terrebonne in future plans. Terrebonne is the second fastest-disappearing parish in Louisiana, and he said he was disappointed in the lack of new restoration projects planned in the area.
"Some of the projects in this plan are over 15 years old," he said.
He also said that the state is putting too much emphasis on the Morganza-to-the-Gulf hurricane protection levee as a coastal solution for Terrebonne. While Morganza is important, restoration is a vital need for Terrebonne, he said.
"Yes, it is a great project with a big price tag," he said. "But we're not trying to build the Great Wall of Terrebonne Parish. Putting more land between our people and the Gulf of Mexico is what's important."
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Facebook post circulating on social media causes questions by area parents.
Police quickly responded with a Facebook post of their own.
A picture of Colton Syverson spread quickly through social media and claimed he may have made threats to area schools.
Many parents saw the post and contacted the school and police.
"I know the Delavan Police Department was proactive this morning, going around to all our school buildings and talking to our administrative staff about this situation," Delavan-Darien School District spokesman Mike Heine said.
Police stepped up patrols at schools.
"I think they can't be proactive enough because of things that have gone on in our society lately," Lake Geneva parent Courtney Wadsworth said.
According to the criminal complaint, prosecutors charged Syverson for sending "disturbing" messages over Facebook in 2012 about Walworth police officers and their families.
The Walworth County Sheriff's Office said Syverson was released from custody around Aug. 13. Since his picture went viral, local police visited schools and posted messages on their Facebook pages to ease public fears.
The Walworth County Sheriff's Office wouldn't comment on camera to WISN-TV, but it said threats made by Syverson were thoroughly investigated, and no validity was found.
A former neighbors of Syverson in Walworth said he's moved, but the online post rattled her and her family.
"I'm scared for my kids, and I'm scared for everybody else's kids," parent Lindora Warner said.
The Sheriff's Office emphasized Friday that Syverson is not wanted at this time and that it has had no dealings with him since he was released.


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A doctor may use procedural sedation for a minor procedure that needs only small amounts of anesthesia and doesn't require an anesthesia specialist to be there. This type of sedation uses local anesthesia with sedatives to relax you. You may or may not be conscious.
During some but not all types of procedural sedation, you may respond normally to physical stimulation and verbal commands. Procedural sedation can help relieve pain and anxiety. It can also limit some of the discomfort of lying still.
Procedural sedation may be used to make it easier to relax and lie still, especially in children, for minor procedures or tests (such as a CT scan).
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Did This Pinterest Spammer Make $30,000 in a Month? [UPDATED]
Editor's Note: This article has been updated with new details from The Daily Dot.
A 24-year-old man who calls himself "Steve" makes more than $1,000 per day pinning Amazon product links on Pinterest, one of 2012's hottest social networks.
Taking advantage of the startup's fast growth and optimal user demographics — consisting mostly of brand-savvy women with an annual household income of more than $100,000 and a love of shopping — spammers are making huge amounts of money just by pinning items to Pinterest and directing consumers to make purchases on Amazon.
The Daily Dot published an interview with Pinterest spammer Steve after exposing an underground community of spammers targeting the hot site.
On Amazon, he uses various accounts including the name "final-fantas07." At one time, thousands of his spambots are sharing posts on Pinterest. He showcases products to the Pinterest community, appealing especially to women, who repin posts and buy items linked to Steve's Amazon accounts.
"Pinterest is by FAR the easiest social network to spam right now," Steve told The Daily Dot. "Quite possibly the easiest ever to spam. It requires almost no work to get started and no money to invest. You just have to know how the system works and how you can fix it to your advantage."
He's made up to $1,900 a day since he started spamming Feb. 20. The above image was Pinned with a link to Steve's Amazon account, through which fake user "Nancy Nelon" only pins items from Amazon.com. The Pinterest account is also linked to a Twitter feed that bears no activity and a different first name.
"I fully expect next week's earnings to be $2,000 to $2,500 a day. There are no guarantees in this business and it could all come crashing down soon," he said. "Not a matter of if, but when will it happen."
Out of Steve's collection of fake accounts, he says, Pinterest has only deleted one.
Pinterest acknowledges it is working on minimizing the spam users see. In a statement sent to Mashable, the company said:
As a growing service, Pinterest is not immune to challenges faced by sites across the web, including spam. However, it is a tremendous priority for us to quickly address them. Our engineers are actively working to manage issues as they arise and are revisiting the nature of public feeds on the site to make it harder for fake or harmful content to get into them.
Update: The Daily Dot did a follow-up interview with the spammer in which Steve states: "It was a hoax, period ... I thought it would be funny to play this prank seeing how popular Pinterest is and see how fast it could go viral. Honestly, if it hadn't grabbed this much attention I probably would have kept playing along."
Although Steve is taking back his claims, The Daily Dot points out that many of his original claims proved true.
The Amazon account "final-fantas07" — one Steve claimed as his own — was indeed linked to many Pinterest pins.
The publication also found a Black Hat World message board, on which self-proclaimed spammers confirmed Steve's money-making methods.
Messages like this one, from BHW user meathead1234, support Steve's original claims: "He could probably have hit some pretty good numbers if he just kept quiet for a while. I have a few sites doing $1000/day right now and I would NOT tell anyone about them or how they earn."
4 Tips for Avoiding Pinterest Spam:
Avoid repinning or clicking on pins that use logos of big brands, but aren't affiliated with any official accounts:
These links open up to windows that ask you to repin to win unofficial contests, like this:
If a pin is advertises a free gift card and the source looks fishy, avoid clicking.
Avoid pins that aren't sourced and link to suspicious websites. And don't repin items from Pinterest users with extraordinarily weird user names and Pinterest accounts with no description or picture.
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In prior posts I've written about research from the laboratories of Mario Ostrowski and Doug Nixon looking at the effect of HIV infection on human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) protein expression. This work, led by Brad Jones and Keith Garrison, has shown that the liberating effects of the HIV Vif protein can cause normally inactive HERV genetic sequences to produce proteins in cells infected by HIV. These proteins can then be processed and presented as antigens and, as a consequence, HERV-specific CD8 T-cell responses are detectable in some individuals with HIV. However, up until now there has been no direct evidence that HERV-specific CD8 T-cell responses can actually recognize and kill HIV-infected CD4 T cells. A paper just published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation addresses this information gap, demonstrating that CD8 T cells specific for a HERV-K(HML-2) epitope are able to recognize and kill CD4 T cells infected with an array of HIV-1, HIV-2, and SIV isolates (albeit with varying levels of effectiveness depending on the specific isolate).
Based on their findings, the researchers suggest that induction of HERV-K(HML-2)-specific CD8 T-cell responses using vaccines may offer a way to target HIV-infected cells without having to deal with the problem of HIV's genetic variability. One serious concern with this approach is that, if HERV-K(HML-2) proteins are ever expressed by healthy cells, autoimmunity could ensue. But so far, the authors note, "expression of HERV-K(HML-2)-Gag and -Env protein has not been convincingly demonstrated in any healthy adult human tissue, despite extensive screening." Additional studies are now planned to assess whether targeting HERV-K(HML-2) might have potential in the context of both therapeutic and preventive HIV vaccine strategies.
Richard Jefferys is the coordinator of the Michael Palm HIV Basic Science, Vaccines & Prevention Project Weblog at the Treatment Action Group (TAG). The original blog post may be viewed here.


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After the initial surprise wears off, perhaps the most shocking aspect of Disney's bid to trademark "SEAL Team 6" is that it took the Mouse House's elite team of lawyers two whole days after the elimination of Osama bin Laden to file the forms.
If that assessment sounds cynical, it's no more so than a huge entertainment conglomerate swooping in to potentially profit not only from the bravery of the Navy SEAL team, but from a moment in history that we're all still processing.
Media Bistro's FishbowlNY reports that Disney's trademark applications encompass, among other things, clothing, toys, games and "entertainment and education services." Perhaps that's just standard, cover-all-bases legal jargon, but we shudder at the thought of the May 1 SEAL raid in Pakistan quickly being reduced to T-shirts and video games.
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Historical events have always inspired responses and interpretations – paintings, plays, books, films and more. The speed, though, with which currents events are translated into various forms of media and entertainment these days doesn't offer much time for reflection and, perhaps, sound judgment. Only last fall, the filming of the first movie about the trapped Chilean coal miners began – just five days after the first man was pulled from the Earth.
Forget about ripped-from-the-headlines: We've almost reached the point where an event isn't real to us until it's represented in fictionalized forms.
In the case of the bin Laden rubout, we'll never see official photos of the terrorist's corpse, barring the success of a lawsuit and FOIA requests. It's unclear whether footage from the SEAL team's helmet-cams will be released or what the images show.
The fierce interest in the raid, beyond still-developing news reports, is understandable. We also understand very well that big media companies are in the moneymaking business. Rivals, no doubt, are grudgingly and silently applauding Disney as executives elsewhere are being called on the carpet for not beating the company to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The larger focus, though, should be on how the SEAL Team 6 name is used and on who benefits. "Black Hawk Down" was a gripping movie chronicling the Battle of Mogadishu, but its videogame spinoffs strike us as tasteless. The Chilean miners were media savvy enough to pass some of their 69 days below ground discussing how they would present their collective story as their families were working on deals a half-mile above them.
Will Disney pay any of the 25 SEALS for their accounts or offer residuals from potential merchandise? What about the families of 9/11 victims and other causalities of Bin Laden's long, intercontinental reign of terror?
It took nearly 10 years to locate Bin Laden but only two days for Disney to find a way to possibly make money off the manhunt and its epic conclusion. In the end, Disney might be able to essentially buy the name of a now-storied United States military unit – but it can never own history.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NY City News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Robert Wright on Being–and Not Being–"Pro-Israel"
The U.S.-Israel relationship has been in the news a lot lately. First, Israel humiliates the American Vice President by announcing an expansion of settlements in East Jerusalem during his trip to that country. Then, Gen. Petraeus states in congressional testimony [.pdf] that the Israel/Palestine imbroglio "foments anti‐American sentiment, due to a perception of U.S. favoritism for Israel," which in turn creates a dynamic where "Al Qaeda and other militant groups exploit that anger to mobilize support."
For those with interest in the subject, Robert Wright's piece on the New York Times' website may be of interest. Wright looks at how chauvinistically Gary Bauer, Max Boot, and Abraham Foxman define "pro‐Israel" and writes
If Israel's increasingly powerful right wing has its way, without constraint from American criticism and pressure, then Israel will keep building settlements. And the more settlements get built — especially in East Jerusalem — the harder it will be to find a two‐state deal that leaves Palestinians with much of their dignity intact. And the less dignity intact, the less stable any two‐state deal will be.
As more and more people are realizing, the only long‐run alternatives to a two‐state solution are: a) a one‐state solution in which an Arab majority spells the end of Israel's Jewish identity; b) Israel's remaining a Jewish state by denying the vote to Palestinians who live in the occupied territories, a condition that would be increasingly reminiscent of apartheid; c) the apocalypse. Or, as Hillary Clinton put it in addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference on Monday: "A two‐state solution is the only viable path for Israel to remain both a democracy and a Jewish state."
So, by my lights, being "pro‐Israel" in the sense embraced by Bauer, Boot and Foxman — backing Israel's current policies, including its settlement policies — is actually anti‐Israel. It's also anti‐America (in the sense of 'bad for American security'), because Biden and Petraeus are right: America's perceived support of — or at least acquiescence in — Israel's more inflammatory policies endangers American troops abroad. In the long run, it will also endanger American civilians at home, funneling more terrorism in their direction.
I have been and remain skeptical that Washington could successfully force a deal on the Israelis and Palestinians. To my mind, neither side seems willing to make the sorts of very painful concessions that would be necessary for peace. I think that the big problem the I/P dispute presents for the United States is less inherent in the conflict than it is in the fact that the United States has placed itself in a position, as George Kennan wrote, where "each [side] has the impression that it is primarily through us that its desiderata can be achieved, with the result that we are always first to be blamed, no matter whose ox is gored; and all this in a situation where we actually have very little influence with either party."
But as long as we're implicated in this sorry affair, we ought to be throwing our weight around to try to push both parties in the directions we think they ought to go. As Wright writes, smiling and nodding no matter what Israel does isn't friendship.


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The Recess Appointment of Donald Berwick
Late last week, President Obama made a recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to head the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly the Health Care Financing Administration). This has provided a good chunk of the week and weekend's polititainment.
I know little about Berwick or his merits as an administrator of the government health care system, but in an April Cato@Liberty post I reviewed an article of his on "patient‐centered health care." If you're interested, take a look at my comment, "A Little Less Poetry, a Little More Economics."


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This ATmega Kit provides a good platform to learn and understand the ATmega168 MCU features and capabilities. The included pushbutton, LED and Potentiometer sensor boards allow you to implement various analog and digital experiments.
Arduino is an open-source platform based on boards featuring an Atmel AVR microcontroller with a pre-programmed bootloader and a development environment that implements the Processing / Wiring language. Arduino can be used to develop stand-alone interactive objects or can be connected to software on your computer (e.g. Flash, Processing, MaxMSP). The open-source IDE can be downloaded for free (currently for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux).
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Honest And Genuine
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- Practical Parenting said...
When kids lash out, it can be very hard to remain calm. But they're not doing it to hurt others, they just know no other way. I am a parenting expert, and I can attest that this is one of the more difficult parenting issues that arises. How do we manage our own emotions when we hit our wits end? Even on the best day, it can be difficult when the last hours of the day approach. Labeling our emotions (in a neutral tone) is very important. When parents yell, kids only hear the loud voice. When parents are neutral, the hear the words. Feelings charts/posters are very helpful at this age. Kids need to learn how to label their emotions in order to understand them. Feelings charts should be used in calm moments throughout the day so that they can be effective in moments of frustration. Verbalizing what you think is happening also helps the 3's: "it looks like you might need some attention from mommy right now", "someone too your toy and now you feel frustrated/mad/sad, etc" and empathizing makes all the difference: "I bumped my hear when I was your size and that hurts". Also...parent time outs are really important when emotions run high. Saying "I feel frustrated and I need a quick break to take some deep breaths and calm down" in a neutral tone reaches kids that sometimes you need a break. I use relaxation breathing exercises both with my kids and in my office and they work wonders. Examples in strategies tab at my site www.practicalkatie.com
- Aunt Annie said...
Tom, I think this is the best post you've ever written.
I agree with everything you've said about being honest and authentic, about letting your feelings show, about taking a time-out yourself if you're about to lose the plot, and about forcibly removing items from a child if the message really is 'NO' or 'STOP'.
I would add that it's easier for toddlers to understand the message if we don't use the third person. Rather than 'You hurt mummy. That's the end of mummy playing with you', I would suggest 'You hurt me. Now I'll stop playing because I'm hurt.'
And to avoid laying blame when we're trying to be authentic about cause and effect, 'I feel (emotion) when you (behaviour)' statements are very useful, backed up by a reason if possible. So 'I feel sad when you hit me, because it hurts me' and 'I feel worried when you take my glasses, because they might break' are rational, honest cause-and-effect statements with no blame attached.
Congratulations on a great piece of writing as well as the quality of the content.
Also, not only do the children eventually learn that parents are not perfect, but parents need to learn this as well. Even with the best intentions, and all the lessons we might learn from Teacher Tom, at some time, we will yell, or even hit, or otherwise make a mistake of some sort. That doesn't mean we have failed as progressive parents. It means we *made a mistake*, or simply fell back on the lessons about parenting that we got in our own childhood.
How we deal with our mistakes is when role modeling makes all the difference. I find that a conversation with my child that begins, "I'm sorry I was yelling. I was really frustrated when (in our home this blank is inevitable filled with 'you were dawdling while I was trying to get us out the door in this morning'). I'm hoping you can help me think of ways to not be so frustrated" is often very fruitful.
Some of the most depressed mothers I know are the ones who stuff their feelings in their quest to be perfect.
- Arianna said...
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- Liz Ditz said...
Dear Tom,
I am not a preschool teacher but I am the step-grandmother to 5 children (7, 3.7, 2, 1, & BRAND NEW).
I just wanted to tell you that your thoughtful, heart-full writing has made me a more thoughtful, heart-full grandmother.
Also, I'm sharing this with both my stepsons & daughters-in-law.


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The Abaco Islands are an island hopper's paradise.
The Abaco Islands are a group of islands and cays forming a boomerang-shaped 120-mile-long island chain that stretches over 650 square miles. Geographically, The Abacos are simply ideal for boating and sailing. Great Abaco's coastline is scalloped with bays and coves and protected harbors that feature full-service marinas and resorts. Great Abaco Island and Little Abaco serve as the "mainland," with a string of barrier islands separating them from the Atlantic. The body of water between – a turquoise nirvana for those boaters and sailors – is the calm, shallow Sea of Abacos.
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Great Abaco Island is home to Marsh Harbour, the "bright lights and big city" of the Out Islands. And to put that into perspective, Marsh Harbour has exactly one traffic light (the only operating one in all The Bahamas Out Islands!). Along with having a great selection of hotels, restaurants and bars, Marsh Harbour is charter boat central, with several full-service marinas where you can dock your own boat or find a rental – both live-aboard sailboats and powerboats are available.
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North of Marsh Harbour is Treasure Cay, a hotel, golf, marina and real estate development wrapped around a beach with the whitest, softest sand you've ever seen. To the south lies Little Harbour, a picturesque protected bay where you'll find a small artist colony based around the Johnston family and Pete Johnston's Pete 's Pub and Gallery.
It is widely believed the Arawak and Carib Indians inhabited The Abaco Islands in the Pre-Columbus era. However, The Abacos' distinctive character dates back to the islanders' Loyalist heritage. British Loyalists left the United States after the American Revolution in 1783 to establish plantations. Many moved to Nassau. Others were drawn to virgin land for the taking in The Out Islands, including the uninhabited Abacos. Here, 600 refugees from New York founded Carleton, the first Loyalist settlement on Great Abaco near the present-day resort of Treasure Cay.
In the 1800s, The Abacos took on an almost New England character as fishing, wooden boat-building and "wrecking"—salvaging damaged ships while they were sinking—became the mainstays of the local economy. It took nearly a century for the boatbuilding industry to strip the island of its hardwoods, and today only two firms carry on the tradition.


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Even though I left the Rocky Mountain News to run Kotaku fulltime awhile back, I still write for the newspaper. Mostly because I like the idea of being able to expose a very mainstream audience to gaming.
The paper has kicked off the past three years with an annual Game of the Year feature, that the Rocky decided to name the Golden Crecentes. It's a chance for me to not only name some of the big titles, the triple-A games of the previous year, but also to sneak in a couple of more subtle categories like Best Indie, Best Downloadable, and this year, Best iPhone Game.
The latest Golden Crecentes ran this morning in the paper, and I suspect it might be the last with the Rocky seemingly heading toward closure. I could be wrong. I actually didn't think the article would see the light of day.
Here's my editor's wonderful intro for the awards:
Even during this economic apocalypse, the winners of the Third Annual Golden Crecentes should resist the urge to melt down these valuable awards for the bullion within. Because these babies are worth more than their weight in gold. They say, "We are the absolute best games of the year, the dazzling pinnacle of technical and artistic achievement."
Besides, the Golden Crecentes are really figurative honors. There are no actual statuettes - just the priceless glory that comes prepackaged with year-end accolades bestowed by gaming guru Brian D. Crecente.
Yes, I picked Grand Theft Auto IV as game of the year again, but I bet you don't know what other games made the cut.
Golden Crecentes honor year's best video games [Rocky Mountain News]


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Warren Co. store owner found guilty of trafficking bath salts
Hamza Shalash could face 40 years in prison
A Warren County man has been found guilty of trafficking bath salts.
Hamza Shalash was found guilty in Warren County court Wednesday.
Shalash was found guilty of nine counts of trafficking bath salts and one count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.
He could face up to 40 years in prison.
Shalash was part of a drug ring involving five other people. He owned a convenience store on Route 48 in Lebanon. The other suspects were Shalash's employees.
"Once the law was changed to prohibit the sale of synthetic drugs, Shalash was warned not to sell these substances out of his business. He completely disregarded warnings that law enforcement gave him, and now he is going to have considerable time in prison to reflect on the consequences of his actions," Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell said.
"The people would come in, they'd give the clerk the code word and then they would be able to buy the drugs directly from the clerks," Fornshell said.
Shalash will be sentenced in April.