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Ask Andru: How do I stop iPhoto from opening when I plug in my iPhone?
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Smartphones, Features, PC / Laptop, Software
Apple tries to make it easy to use all of its products together harmoniously, but there are times where it might get in the way. Today we received a question that asks how to stop iPhoto from opening automatically whenever an iPhone is plugged in, and that's exactly the kind of synergy that can get annoying when all you want to do is charge up your device while you work. Luckily, I've got your answer. There are a couple of different ways to do this, and they look similar at the surface level, but actually serve two different purposes. Let's explore them.
Question: How do I stop iPhoto from automatically opening whenever I plug in my iPhone? It's annoying!
This actually applies to all iOS devices, be it iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. The reason that iPhoto opens up is because your Camera Roll has images in it, and your Mac recognizes your iPhone as a camera. iPhoto launches, ready to import your latest images to clear your Camera Roll.
Now, you can change this behavior directly in iPhoto, however, this will change it globally for all cameras. This means that even if you disable the feature in iPhoto because you don't want it opening when you plug in your iPhone, you'll also be disabling it for your digital cameras and SD cards as well. If that's what you want, follow these steps (if not, keep reading!):
- Launch iPhoto
- Go into Preferences
- Click on the General tab if it's not already selected
- Use the "Connecting camera opens:" pulldown and select "No application"
Now, that will certainly do it, but as this setting implies, this is a global change that stops iPhoto from opening when you plug in any camera, and that includes the insertion of an image-filled SD card as well. If you still want to maintain that functionality, and instead are specifically concerned with just your iOS devices, do this instead:
- Plug in your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Launch Image Capture from your Applications folder
- Select your iOS device on the left once it shows up under the Devices list
- Now you can set what happens when this device is connected by using the "Connecting this iPhone opens:" setting, found in the lower-left portion of the Image Capture app.
- Set this preference to "No application"
That's it! Now you've set a device-specific preference that won't interfere with other cameras and devices when you connect them to your Mac.
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If you have a bookworm in your family, e-books can be an expensive habit. Fortunately, there are great places to find free versions of many popular titles. Some are available to keep; others you can borrow.
Find free e-books on Amazon
There's a fairly large collection of public domain and other free works available on Amazon, including The Ugly Duckling, Bobbsey Twins in the Country and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. But finding free titles isn't easy, so you'll want to head over to a book-finder site like Freebook Sifter, which has more than 600 children's e-books cataloged Titles are broken down by age and type and are listed with the average Amazon rating. FreeReadFeed provides a similar service, with the ability to sort by Children's and Teens. Neither site has a complete list, but they're both great places to start.
If you're an Amazon Prime member, you can borrow one book a month for free from Amazon. There are books for young children, like Dora's Sleepover and Goodnight, Little Monster, as well as for tweens and teens who are ready for books like the Harry Potter series and The Hunger Games.
While not free, those with a new Kindle Fire can subscribe to Amazon's Kindle FreeTime Unlimited, which provides access to more than 1,000 books suited to kids ages 3-8. It's bargain-priced at $4.99 per month, or $2.99, if you're an Amazon Prime member, and includes access to free videos and apps.
Get free e-books from Barnes & Noble
The easiest way to find free kids books for the Barnes & Noble Nook is to go to the Kids section and search for "free." This will pull up more than 4,000 titles. The selection is heavily weighted to tweens and teens, but there are some titles for younger children, including one of my favorites, The Elephant's Child.
Check out e-books from the library
You can check out e-books from your local library with your library card just like you can physical books. Some libraries offer e-books directly, but most use a service called OverDrive. To find out if your local library participates, just plug in your ZIP code. Even if your library doesn't participate, you can usually find one in your state that will lend to you.
To read an e-book provided through OverDrive, you'll need to download the app, which is available for Windows, Mac, Android, BlackBerry, iOS and Windows Phone devices. Once you've input your library card information, you'll be ready to borrow. The best part: there are no returns. Books simply disappear off the reading list once they hit the due date.
The selection of books available will vary, but you will find great books. For instance, Judy Moody and the Bad Luck Charm, Are You My Mother? and The Lightning Thief are currently available for lending at my library.
The next time you're thinking about forking over $5 to $10 for an e-book, take the time to check out what's available for free. You'll be pleasantly surprised at what you find.
This article was written by Suzanne Kantra and originally appeared on Techlicious.
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The Biblical Studies curriculum provides an opportunity for a multi-faceted reflection on the religious dimension of the human experience. Students are introduced to the religious patterns of humanity in a worldwide perspective
The tradition of the Dominican Order includes "disputatio" (respectful dialogue) and the search for "veritas" (truth) in all disciplines. The concepts of the sacred work of "study," one of St. Dominic's Nine Ways of Prayer, is examined as the education philosophy of the founders of Mount Saint Mary College. Biblical Studies is offered as a minor only.
To minor in Biblical Studies, a student needs 18 credits: 12 in Biblical Studies and 6 in Religious Studies.


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Every Monday, there will be family programming. It is open to children of all ages, however especially for those who haven't yet started school! There will be music, movement, story telling, performances, crafts, and more! All performances and programs begin at10:30am. All performances and programs - unless otherwise noted - will be held at Old Town Hall, 3999 University Drive, Fairfax. There is ample parking in the downtown, and stroller access at the rear of Old Town Hall on Main St.
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From NinWiki
Still (also known as Halo 17 CD2 or And All That Could Have Been: Still), released on January 22, 2002, is both an individual release and the second disc of the deluxe edition of And All That Could Have Been. It contains original instrumentals and stripped down versions of old songs. Trent Reznor has stated that some of the tracks on Still are evolutions of rejected themes that were originally written for Mark Romanek's One Hour Photo.[1] The old songs are done in the manner of similar ones performed at the The CRC Sessions.
The title may be referencing the Joy Division album of the same name, from which their song "Dead Souls" - covered by Nine Inch Nails during The Downward Spiral era - comes. The album was originally intended to be called Quiet[2], a name that was later reflected in The Definitive NIN - Quiet Tracks.
Track Listing
While the album was at one point available as part of the deluxe edition of And All That Could Have Been, it was also offered from the beginning as a standalone disc directly from nin.com. Its availability has been on and off since its release, causing extraordinary prices on eBay at times. The tracks are currently available through iTunes and DRM-free at Amazon.com.
Music Videos
Three music videos were made to accompany Still, for the new versions of "Something I Can Never Have" and "The Becoming" and for the new track "Gone, Still". They were all directed by Rob Sheridan.
The Becoming
This featured Trent Reznor, Danny Lohner and Jerome Dillon performing at Nothing Studios. The audio for "The Becoming" was the same as featured on the album, though the performance captured in the video did not synch up to the sound and is clearly from a different take.
Something I Can Never Have
This featured Trent Reznor and Jerome Dillon performing in the living room of Reznor's former home in New Orleans. The performance in this video is not the same as featured on the album. Both the audio and video were recorded solely for this release, though the audio take here is very similar to what was used on the album.
Gone, Still
The only new song on the release to get a video, this again featured Trent Reznor and Jerome Dillon, performing in the same room as "Something I Can Never Have", with a wind machine in place. The audio is an entirely different take than the one on the album.
Album Credits
The extended artwork from the iTunes version of the album shows that the cover art comes from an image taken by David Carson from the window of an airplane, as the object on the left appears to be an aircraft turbine and the rest of the image appears to be the ocean below.
In late November 2009, Trent Reznor began selling off touring and studio equipment through the eBay account ningear. Several items in the first wave of the auction were spotted as having been used in the recording of Still. The guitar played by Danny Lohner in "The Becoming" is a Takamine acoustic/electric guitar serial number 93040621. Trans wine/cherry finish, featuring a built-in 'accuAcoustic' EQ.
A La Patrie "concert" nylon string acoustic/electric guitar, equipped with a EPM Quantum EQ was used in the recording of "Gone, Still" as well as "Something I Can Never Have."
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In a newly published interview with Fighting Spirit Magazine, TNA Wrestling Superstar Hulk Hogan claims that he had proposed to turn heel six years before he actually did in World Championship Wrestling, during the 1990 build-up to his all-babyface WWF Championship match against Ultimate Warrior at Wrestlemania VI.
"Vince and I were best friends, but when we talked about money, we were enemies," said Hogan. "So I went [to WCW]with the red and yellow, beat Ric Flair, and Hulkamania took off again. Then, creatively, I turned into a bad guy, which I always wanted to do in the WWF, but nobody wanted me to. I always said, 'I could be the best bad guy ever. Just let me do it', but no-one wanted me to be a bad guy.
"At Warrior's time, I really wanted to f–k him as a bad guy; I wanted to beat The Ultimate Warrior in Toronto, but as a heel. I just thought it would be intense, and I would be the best bad guy ever. I could have done it, and then said, 'Forget the prayers and the vitamins, I did it for the money!' But it's just creative differences, and Vince knows what he's doing, believe me. I just wanted to try something different in the WWF."
When Hogan turned heel to form the New World Order with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash at Bash at the Beach on July 7, 1996, he was very hesitant on the career-altering maneuver. Former WCW boss Eric Bischoff stated in his 2006 autobiography, Controversy Creates Cash, that Hogan was initially dismissive toward his idea of leaving the red and yellow behind to become a villain. Then shortly after Hall and Nash became a force on WCW programming, Hogan, who had not spoken to Bischoff in months, proposed that he be the third man in the group. Up until the pay-per-view event at Daytona Beach, Bischoff was unsure if Hogan would follow-through on the idea, and had Sting agree to join the New World Order in case "The Hulkster" changed his mind at the last minute.
The six-page interview with Hulk Hogan is in Issue 91 of FSM, available now from WH Smiths and Easons in the UK and Ireland, and for iPhone/iPad and Android via FightingSpiritMagazine.co.uk.


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Newly eligible 62 years olds are expected to live to 84 on average, or one year longer than the Social Security trust fund. This is first time since the 1983 reform that full benefits won't be payable through life expectancy for Social Security's youngest retirees. Very suddenly, implied Social Security cuts are actually written into the terms of current Social Security law.
The hastening of the Social Security Trust Fund's demise to 2033 means that workers just becoming eligible for Social Security at age 62 face steep future benefit cuts if they live to the average life expectancy, now about 84.
Those abrupt benefit cuts of about 25% a year for today's 62 year olds and workers nearing the early retirement age would come at an especially bad time — late in life when savings have dwindled and health care bills are on the rise.
Avoiding this scenario is a key reason to reform Social Security, even apart from the program's impact on rising debt levels.
But this turning point also is significant for symbolic reasons. Up until now, the very existence of the $2.7 trillion trust fund — $1.1 trillion in net cash surpluses since 1983 and $1.6 trillion in accrued interest — has made Social Security seemingly untouchable. …
Yet the argument that benefit cuts would break a near-sacred contract is no longer valid now that full benefits are no longer prepaid. Benefit cuts are built into current law and, in effect, written into the contract with workers.
Under current law, a worker who just turned 62 would face a 25% benefit cut once the trust is spent in early 2033. If that worker claims benefits at 62 and lives to the average expectancy of 84, she would face the equivalent of a 1% cut in lifetime retirement benefits.


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Humanoid robot learns language like a baby [updated 6/15/2012]
June 14, 2012
With the help of human instructors, a robot has learned to talk like a human infant, learning the names of simple shapes and colors, reports Wired Science.
"Our work focuses on early stages analogous to some characteristics of a human child of about 6 to 14 months, the transition from babbling to first word forms," wrote computer scientists led by Caroline Lyon of the University of Hertfordshire.
Named DeeChee, the robot is an iCub, a three-foot-tall open source humanoid machine designed to resemble a baby. The similarity isn't merely aesthetic, but has a functional purpose: many researchers think certain cognitive processes are shaped by the bodies in which they occur. A brain in a vat would think and learn very differently than a brain in a body.
This field of study is called embodied cognition and in DeeChee's case applies to learning the building blocks of language, a process that in humans is shaped by an exquisite sensitivity to the frequency of sounds.
Using DeeChee also allowed the researchers to quantify the transition from babble to recognizable word forms in detail, drawing statistical links between sound frequencies and the robot's performance that might eventually inform research on human learning.
"This paper fascinated me because I'm a big fan of Tomasello's constructivist theory of language acquisition, which is one of the key inspirations they cite for their work," artificial general intelligence expert Dr. Ben Goertzel told KurzweilAI. "I think that having machines learn language in an embodied and social context is the right thing to do. So, I do think this work is going in a great direction, broadly speaking.
"However, the limitations of the particular techniques and results reported here are also worth carefully noting….. What the AI is learning here is, basically, to recognize individual words in streams of sounds. This is interesting and valuable, but obviously, in itself, it doesn't get you very far toward general language learning. They've done this using statistical reinforcement learning methods — using well-known methods that seem pretty obviously capable of doing this sort of thing. So there's nothing really revolutionary here scientifically, though of course it's wonderful to see that they've gotten this working.
"Obviously, one key question is whether the methods they've used to do this will be extensible in future to more advanced aspects of language learning. According to my own scientific intuition, they probably will not be thus extensible. I think very different methods will be needed to make more advanced language learning work, within the embodied social language learning context that these researchers have (IMO correctly) chosen. But the researchers involved may have a different intuition about the potential of their particular methods."
Ref.: Caroline Lyon, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, Joe Saunders, Interactive Language Learning by Robots: The Transition from Babbling to Word Forms, PLoS One, 2012, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038236 (open access)
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With a month to go before this year's Presentation Zen European Seminar, we have a remarkable range of people coming to London to see Garr Reynolds and learn the new way of presenting from the master himself.
We have people coming from 16 countries (so far), including the USA, Canada and Japan, so it isn't really a European Seminar any more! Once again, Garr is proving to be a star attraction, and I'm sure this year's seminar is going to be as amazing as our Paris seminars in 2010 and 2011.
We've already sold out the Presentation Zen Storytelling Masterclass on November 8th, aimed mainly at those who've already attended the Presentation Zen Seminar, but we still have some places left for the main seminar on November 7th 2012, at the Hilton London Paddington – including some very cheap tickets for current students, with the reduction code PZSTUDENT.
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Q&A with Michael Marchetti, owner of Columbus Park Trattoria
Michael Marchetti, the owner of Columbus Park Trattoria, on learning the family business, the joy of working in the kitchen, and the hallmark of a great restaurant.
A: My parents opened their first restaurant in 1983. I was 13 years old and had already been around restaurants before that. My mom's brother owned and operated a very popular Italian restaurant called Rugantino's on the Stamford-Darien border. My mom purchased a rundown pizza place on Main Street in Norwalk. I washed dishes and learned how to make pizzas.
In early 1984, we remodeled the place and renamed it Maria's Trattoria. Patricia Brooks of the New York Times gave us two stars. My brother Frank worked the floor with my dad and I worked in the kitchen with my mom and her cousin. I learned every part of the business -- busboy, waiter, dishwasher, prep cook, salad man, line cook.
I eventually started college but realized that school was not for me, at least not yet. I stayed local and studied at Stamford UConn, taking a couple classes a semester, which still allowed me to work at the restaurant. By now we had opened a second location in South Norwalk called Apulia, and in 1987 we opened Columbus Park Trattoria. My responsibilities grew. I waited on tables and cooked. I was the one employee that could fill in when chefs were out sick or on vacation. Then in 1993, my father had a massive stroke that left him partially paralyzed. I quickly dropped out off school and quit a job at a beer importer. I took over my father's position and have been in the business ever since.
Q: Describe your earliest memories of working in a kitchen.
A: My first memories of working in the kitchen were very happy ones. I loved getting the admiration of the older and seasoned cooks that we had. I think they liked the fact that I could do anything they asked of me. They would give me four cases of tomatoes and I would have to dice them all the same size. I was the one who peeled all the garlic. I sliced the cheese for the pizzas. I shucked the chowder clams that were twice the size of my hands. They taught me how to trim a veal top round for scaloppinis. At 15, I was the grill man, cooking chops and steaks. At 16, I worked the line and plated the food. When I was 17, I was able to run the kitchen on the busiest Saturday nights.
I loved it. I felt independent. Customers used to pass by the open kitchen and compliment me on their dinner. It was a feeling that I can still remember.
Q: How would you describe you and your family's management style?
A: All I ask of my employees is to arrive on time and carry a positive attitude. My family has worked hard to create a family-oriented environment and that is a reason why we have so many employees that have been with us for many years. I work alongside two of my four brothers and my sister. My mom is still very involved in the business and my father comes in every day to help my brother Frank in the office. We each bring a different style, which I believe complements all of us. Frank comes from corporate background having spent many years on Wall Street. My brother John Paul is an ex-marine and also worked at GE for many years, and my dad was an engineer prior to opening the restaurants. So with all these different viewpoints we each allow the others to manage in a way we feel comfortable. I am a "get your hands dirty" type of guy. My dress shirts and suits have more oil stains on them than I care to think about. But I think that when my guys see that I am willing to help them, even with washing dishes, they are willing to do anything I ask of them.
Q: Tell us what you think makes a great restaurant.
A: I think there are many different factors that go into making a restaurant successful. The most obvious is the food. The quality and the preparation are both very important. Then you have service. Atmosphere and location are also important but not necessarily the main reason for a restaurant's success.
I think the real answer is consistency. The biggest compliment I can get is when a customer comes back to the restaurant after many years of being away and tells me that the meal and experience they had that evening was the same they remembered 10 or even 20 years ago.
Q: Your favorite meal?
A: Being around the same food every day sometimes gets boring. On many occasions, some of the staff and I get food from one of our neighboring restaurants. When I have dinner at Columbus Park alone or with a friend I have the chicken capriciossa or the rib-eye.
But probably my favorite meal is veal sorrentino with a side order of rigatoni vodka. This is what a good friend of mine always eats before he travels on a plane, in case it's his last meal.


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Projects Abroad response to the volunteering debate
If you are entering your gap year, or are a parent of a gap year student, you may be concerned about recent news stories concerning the merits of gap year volunteering.
It was reported in the press that VSO had criticised volunteering on a gap year for being "a waste of time" and for doing "nothing to help developing countries".
The first thing we wish to say about this is that VSO were misrepresented to some degree in what they said. What they actually meant was that there were organisations which ran good projects and there were organisations which ran bad projects, and that gap year volunteers should take care to make sure they signed up with the good ones.
This is, of course, good advice, and it is particularly relevant at this current time because these last few years have seen a huge number of new gap year companies arriving on the scene, and the standard of what is now on offer to gap year volunteers can vary dramatically.
So how can you tell a good gap year organisation from a bad one? One way that VSO came up with is by assessing how well they can answer their Gap Year Checklist, which consists of 10 questions. Here are our answers:
1. Will you be given a defined role and purpose?
All our volunteers choose a project to work on, whether that be Teaching, Care, Sports, Conservation & Environment, or one of the many other projects we offer. Within each category there are a number of different types of placement, and we will discuss with the volunteer what is available to them and what this involves before they leave. When they arrive in the destination country they will meet with our staff and their placement supervisor before starting work.
2. Will you meet face to face with your provider and attend a selection day to assess your suitability for the volunteering opportunities and gain detailed information about the structure of your placement?
Volunteers can but are not obliged to meet with us face-to-face before leaving the country. We do not run selection days because our volunteers fund us – why should they be expected to pay and go through a selection process? This is very different from VSO, who are funded by the government.
3. How much will it cost and what does this pay for?
We are very clear about our prices, and provide everybody with a breakdown of where our money is spent.
4. How will you be supported with training and personal development needs before, during and after your placement?
We believe that, whilst training days are a nice idea in theory, the reality is that team games and discussion groups in a hotel conference room in Birmingham are simply not going to prepare you for the realities of day-to-day life in a school in Mongolia or an orphanage in Bolivia. For this reason we put the majority of our efforts into supporting our volunteers "in country".
5. Is the work you do linked to long-term community partnerships that have a lasting impact? And how do volunteers work in partnership with the local community?
All our projects have links to local organisations, which may be schools, orphanages, hospitals, sports clubs, community groups, businesses or something else, but what they will all have in common is that they choose to take on our volunteers, and at no cost to themselves. We have been working with some of these organisations for as long as 15 years now, and will hopefully continue to do so a long time into the future.
6. Does the organisation you are going with have established offices overseas that work in partnership with local people?
We have established overseas offices in all 21 of our destinations, all of which have autonomy regarding the placements they find and allocation of volunteers.
7. Can your organisation guarantee you 24 hour a day health, safety and security assistance?
When our volunteers are "in country" they can call on our local staff at any time of day or night.
8. Does the organisation have a commitment to diversity amongst its volunteers?
We have sent volunteers from 34 different countries. We have taken many steps to make our projects accessible to a wide range of people, including providing help with fundraising, and working with our partner charity "The Reconstruction Project" to provide scholarships for people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
9. How does the organisation encourage long-term awareness of real development issues?
Once our volunteers return from their projects we will often stay in touch with them through newsletters, emails and in various other ways. In this way we hope they see the continuation of the development work they were involved in.
10. How will your work be monitored and evaluated so that others can build on what you have done?
Now we are in our 16th year we have a number of placements where we know there will be a steady number of volunteers, and it is on these that we have developed systems of information exchange and sharing of "best practice"
These 10 questions are all well and good, but we believe that the true test of an organisation is its transparency. Projects Abroad has always tried to be as clear as it is possible to be about all areas of work that we are involved in. This is why you will find, right here on our website, more information about who we are, more detail on our projects and more volunteer feedback than you will find on any other gap year website.


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Pickup trucks get Lone Star treatment at state fair
DALLAS - Looking to appeal to businesses that need to replace aging fleets, automakers on Thursday showcased the reliability of their pickups at the State Fair of Texas. But they couldn't resist flexing their muscles in the increasingly competitive luxury truck market.
At a media event ahead of the fair's auto show, Ford debuted its restyled 2015 F-Series Super Duty King Ranch truck, which it said combines Texas heritage with modern luxury. Ford first partnered with the South Texas ranch in 2001 and has since dominated the high-end truck segment.
However, Ram and Toyota hope to steal some of that market share with their Laramie Longhorn and 1794 Edition trucks, respectively.
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Both feature premium interiors with up-to-date technology and give a subtle nod to the Texas consumer. (The 1794 is named after the former ranch on which Toyota's assembly plant in San Antonio sits, and the Longhorn could gain popularity among University of Texas at Austin fans.)
General Motors also recently rolled out its Chevrolet Silverado High Country pickup, another expensive, Western-themed truck that could chip away at the King Ranch's dominance.
"The Chevy folks admitted what they were doing," said Karl Brauer, a senior analyst with Kelley Blue Book. "They were basically like, 'Yeah, we saw the number of these being sold by Ford and Ram with their high-end (trucks), and we realized we were missing out on a good chunk of not only sales but profit.'
"They created the High Country for exactly that reason, and so did Toyota with the 1794 Edition."
Toyota said the 1794 Edition already makes up 25 percent of all Tundra sales in Texas since its arrival in dealerships less than a month ago.
Still, the Japanese automaker plans to court even more Texans with the Texas Editions of the San Antonio-made Tacoma and Tundra pickups. Both will be sold exclusively in the Lone Star State, said Jack Hollis, vice president of marketing for Toyota.
Similarly, Dodge chose the state fair as its venue to announce a so-called Heat version of its Durango SUV, which will be available only in Texas starting this fall.
Like the truck makers, Hyundai hopes to capture some of the resurging luxury market and will use this year's auto show to highlight its refreshed Equus sedan, which starts at about $60,000.
Lori Sholz, a public relations manager for Hyundai, said Dallas and Houston rank among the top 10 markets for the Equus.
"There's a lot of money there," she said. "People are smart and know what they want to buy. They're savvy with how they spend their money."
Dallas and Houston also received a lot of attention from Nissan, the maker of the all-electric Leaf.
Between Oct. 1 and March 31, the company will offer every customer who buys a Leaf in either Texas city one year of free access to NRG eVgo's electric-vehicle charging stations. NRG eVgo currently has 23 locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth region and 17 stations in the greater Houston area, according to a news release.
Erik Gottfried, Nissan's director of electric vehicle sales and marketing, said that in Dallas-Fort Worth, sales are up over 500 per- cent in 2013 compared with the same period last year.
"We're seeing that Texans are clearly enjoying the benefits" of electric vehicles, he added.
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I've just started checking out madCollection, working thru some of the examples, and am pretty impressed. :)
A question on iDisplayModes: the example works fine on the primary "monitor", but the interface doesn't seem to permit enumeration of other "monitors" (in a multimonitor array) - did I miss something?
And this may be a stupid question, so apologies in advance. :)
Is it possible to "inject" a resolution into the list that Windows returns with EnumDisplaySettings() - one that isn't normally returned by the display driver?
I realize that that might seem like a pointless thing to do, but I have my reasons... I'm just wondering if its possible?
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They survived Carmageddon, but now Los Angeles is coping with the sequel! Once again, the famous 405 freeway has been shut down, forcing Los Angeles drivers off the road. NBC News' Diana Alvear shows us how Angelenos are using this weekend to embrace car-free adventures.
Updated at 1:58 p.m. ET: Carmageddon II, the sequel to last year's shutdown of one of the nation's busiest freeways, appeared early Sunday to be going according to script as many Los Angeles drivers heeded warnings to stay off the road.
The small exception were the seven people who trespassed -- including newlyweds who sneaked onto the closed portion of I-405. They were immediately detained by the California Highway Patrol.
"Now they have two documents with their names on them," Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Andy Neiman said. "A marriage certificate and a citation from the California Highway Patrol."
Four rollerbladers were also caught; they were on their way off the highway.
Traffic tie-ups were minimal Saturday as construction crews worked around the clock to tear down a portion of the Mulholland Drive bridge on Interstate 405 as part of a $1 billion project to add a new carpool lane. Officials said the demolition was on schedule and that they expect to reopen the freeway as planned for 5 a.m. local time (8 a.m. ET) Monday.
For the most part, drivers steered clear from the freeway.
See full coverage at NBCLosAngeles.com
As temperatures climbed into the 90s, those who couldn't resist a trip to the beach said traffic was smooth.
"We've been all over the city, no traffic. We even went to Dairy Queen for an ice cream and there was nobody there," Marilyn Millen told KNBC-TV.
For weeks, Angelenos have been warned to avoid the area on L.A.'s West Side. If they don't, officials warn, a citywide traffic jam could result. But beyond just scare tactics, city officials have been encouraging Southern Californians to get out and enjoy their own neighborhoods on foot, on bikes or via short drives on surface streets.
During a similar closure last year commuters stayed away from the freeway in droves, the shutdown was considered a success, and crews finished the first phase of the work early.
See time lapse video of Carmageddon II at NBCLosAngeles.com
This time, the contractor faces a penalty if the work isn't done in 53 hours. The fine is $6,000 per lane of freeway, for every 10 minutes over the deadline.
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Construction crews demolish the north side of the Mulholland Bridge over the closed 405 freeway in Los Angeles, California, Saturday.
Officials on Saturday night told NBCLosAngeles.com that the work should be finished by the completion deadline.
However, workers however hit a snag just after 4 p.m. PT Saturday (7 p.m. ET) when a big chunk of the bridge gave way, collapsing onto a hillside while still attached to a large support column.
The work was temporarily halted for a short time while engineers could check out the fallen section. No one was injured in the collapse and the bridge demolition later resumed.
Dave Sotero, a spokesman for Metro, the agency overseeing the project, said that it was not clear what caused the large chunk of the bridge to fall.
The chunk fell from the eastern span of the bridge onto the slope leading down to the edge of the freeway.
The closed section of the freeway carries about 500,000 motorists each day on a typical weekend, according to the Los Angeles Times. California Department of Transportation officials said that in order for Carmageddon II to be a success, at least two-thirds of those drivers need to stay off the road.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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We celebrated this years frightful festivities with our very own annual Halloween Pot Luck.
With dishes ranging from Dirt Pudding to Cincinnati Death Dip, our Chicago office enjoyed a spooky lunch filled with creepy food and cheesy horror movies. Our potluck winner was editor Suzie Moore with her awesomely horrific 'Monster Mashed Potato'.
We also screened a short horror film made by our very own interns which can be watched below. When the group of interns arrive to what they believe is an office party, they quickly find themselves trapped inside a twisted and terrifying maze of Halloween horrors.


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The other week, Lucy and Jimmy brought home some local peaches that were perfectly ripe. After we ate two peaches, Lucy had an urge to bake with the peaches. I suggested that we make a peach crumble. Not only is it quick to make, but it's quite easy too.
Lucy sliced the fragrant beauties.
After one peach, Lucy began to slice the peaches over the baking pan instead of the cutting board. Look at all the juice wasted!
While Lucy was slicing up the peaches and lining them up in the baking ban, I began on the crumble topping.
We've made crumble before, albeit was a long time ago, so we knew what we needed to make it. We didn't have a recipe. We just did everything by feeling. Some oatmeal, some brown sugar and some flour.
I melted some non-salted butter, added a pinch of salt, and poured some over the mixed dry ingredients. I stirred it all together and then showed it to Lucy. She said it needed more butter, so I added the rest of the butter – which I had melted earlier – into the bowl.
It looked a lot better, but I felt the crumble looked a bit too large so I started to break them apart. Lucy cried a bit on the inside as she watched me butcher the giant crumbles.
Lucy finished lining up the sliced peaches. I believe she sliced three whole peaches to make this. Cinnamon and sugar was sprinkled on top of the sliced peaches.
And then the crumble. We tossed the pan into the fridge to firm up, while we prepared dinner.
Lucy and I made balsamic vinegar glazed carrots to go with Italian sausages. Unfortunately, the pictures and process wasn't pretty.
Jimmy made his dish: sautéed mushrooms and onions. The difference this time was the Sapporo he added.
There were pickles and buttered corn niblets.
While everyone ate dinner with rice, I chose a toasted sesame bagel as my carb.
Towards the end of dinner, we tossed the peach crumble into the oven for about half an hour. I think the crumble could've been darker. Maybe next time, I'll broil the crumble at the end.
Isn't it pretty? The peaches were soft, a tad sour, and tart. Lucy thinks that the crumble's sweetness might've overpowered the natural sweetness of the peaches. I didn't mind the tartness at all. I really liked the contrast of flavour and textures in the Ontario peach crumble; the crunchy and sweet crumble was balanced with the soft and tart peach slices. Nom nom nom!
I quite enjoyed the Ontario peach crumble. I'd probably make it again and serve it with some vanilla ice cream. The temperature contrast would be crazy! (Update: I made it with some friends and it turned out better than this batch! We ate it with vanilla ice cream, too!)
Warm desserts are always the best way to end a meal! I think this could be a great dessert for the Thanksgiving dinner table.


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Luscher Farm Contact Information
Questions? Contact:
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Luscher Farm is located at:
125 Rosemont Road
West Linn, OR 97068
Open daily dawn to dusk
Directions to Luscher Farm:
From I 205, take the Stafford Road exit and go north to Rosemont Road. Turn right on Rosemont Road. The driveway to the farm house, barn and gardens is the first left on Rosemont Road.
From Hwy. 43 (State Street), take McVey/Stafford Road to Rosemont Road. Turn left on Rosemont Road.
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TAMPA, FL -- Smartphone apps soon may be the new personal trainers for Army soldiers in the field. The winner of the Apps for the Army contest was a Physical Training Program app designed to help troops develop their own physical training programs.
The winners of the first-ever contest were announced at the recent 2010 Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association's LandWarNet conference held in Tampa, FL. The Army solicited app design ideas for the contest and offered a top prize of $3,000. Fifty-three apps were entered by a total of 141 soldiers and Army civilian workers.
The winning physical training app, designed by Maj. Greg Motes of the Army School of Information Technology at Fort Gordon, GA, converts the new Army physical readiness doctrine into a searchable, mobile format.
"I heard a general comment on a new fitness manual being circulated, and it was 400 pages long," Motes told reporters. "We didn't want to drop a PDF into an app, so we sat down and broke the guide down, added multimedia."
The app features exercise photos and videos to make the physical training guide more user-friendly.
The general behind the contest, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sorenson, Army chief information officer, said some apps will be in the field within a year.
"Each application will help overcome mission-related challenges through the power of mobile and web devices," Sorenson said in a statement. "This pilot program is helping define the business processes needed to make it easier to develop applications and certify software for the Army enterprise."


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Justin Bieber has taken to his Twitter page to defend himself after being accused of not knowing the word "German."
When a new video of the Canadian teen star fielding an interview question on New Zealand TV found him fumbling over the word "German," saying, "We don't say that in America," outlets ranging from Vanity Fair to The Huffington Post called him out for his confusion.
"Because I thought this interviewer in NZ said 'Jewman' instead of 'German' people think I dont know what German is?" Justin Tweeted, referring to his interviewer's thick accent.
In the clip, the interview asks him, "Bieber – sorry – is German for 'basketball,' true or false?" and then showed Justin his note card when the star seemed confused by the word.
The word "basketball" in German is, in fact, "basketball" — not "Bieber."
Biebs even linked to another clip – one, which he said, proved his familiarity with the European nation and its native tongue.
"Old interview where I count in GERMAN and translate my own name. Guess I know what German is," he Tweeted. "Guess home schooling is working out. Do your research next time b4 making a lame attempt at hating on a 16 year old."
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Yes, we did say a love story.
When you hear about the film Django Unchained, you hear violence, racism, and one heck of a cast. But, have you heard about the love story behind it all?
Usually, director Quentin Tarantino and the word "love" don't fall into the same sentence ... or the same book for that matter. But, for Django, behind the killing and the use of some offensive language was the reasoning behind it all — the story of a slave (Jamie Foxx) who would do anything to find his wife (Kerry Washington), who was sold to a plantation.
"So many of the narratives that we've told in film and television about slavery are about powerlessness ... and this is not a film about that," Washington said of all the criticism around Tarantino's movie. "This is a film about a black man, who finds his freedom and rescues his wife. He is a liberator, he is a hero. It's really exciting and hopeful."
While the star-studded cast—which includes Samuel L. Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Christoph Waltz—went on to explain the historically correct language used, the violence and how it was to play a difficult role, Washington focused on the two reasons she took on the role.
"I was very moved by the love story, particularly in a time in our American history when black people were not allowed to fall in love and get married because marriage, that kind of connection, got in the way of the selling of human beings," Washington said. "So to have a story between a husband and a wife at a time when black people weren't allowed to be husband and wife, was not only educational but again, hopeful.
"We've seen this love story a million times about star-crossed lovers, it's just that they don't come from two different Italian families like Romeo and Juliet, the thing that stands in the way of them being with each other is the institution of slavery. So Django's out to get his woman & he's got to take down slavery to get her!"
So, whether you've read that it's offensive or a full work of art, take the time to head to the theaters and make your own opinion of what is one of the purest and honest love stories that I've seen in some time. Besides the love story between Django and Broomhilda, for Washington, it was also a personal love that drove her to the film.
"I feel like I want to do this movie for my father, because my father grew up in a world where there were no black superheroes and that's what he is," Washington said.
So, why do people want to see it?
Love, accoriding to Washington. "It's the universal theme. Everybody wants to be loved so badly that their Prince will slay the dragon!"
Tell us: Will you see Django Unchained?
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People selling solar panels are (or must be) optimistic about the results as they have to promote their business of course, but we did not expect to be so true especially because we were facing winter!! They told us also about the benefits on the enviroment and …It all came true in a very short time!
The winter this year has been cold and rainy and we had very few days of sunshine. Despite that we had our first MEGAWATT in late March. Solar energy is free emission and producing 1 Mega with solar energy we saved oil for 250 Kg and reduced Carbon Dioxide for 500 Kg for enviroment benefit.
This is the picture just before 1000 watts and………………
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2013 News Releases > August 2013 > Climatologist encourages sensible adaptation to changing environment
Climatologist encourages sensible adaptation to changing environment
August 8, 2013
PLAINVIEW — Approximately 50 people attended a morning meeting Thursday at the Ollie Liner Center in Plainview addressing the ongoing drought conditions on the High Plains. The message they received was one of hope, but caution.
The meeting, "21st Century Drought on the Southern High Plains: Principles; Dimensions; and Prospects" was organized by Wayland Baptist University in partnership with the Hale County Texas A&M Extension Office and the Plainview/Hale County Industrial Foundation. Wayland biology professor and Dean of the School of Mathematics and Sciences, Dr. Herb Grover, moderated the meeting and the keynote speaker was Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University.
In addition to teaching at Tech, Hayhoe — who received a bachelor's degree in physics and astronomy from the University of Toronto and master's and doctor's degrees in atmospheric science from the University of Illinois — is the founder and CEO of ATMOS Research. In 2012 she was named one of Christianity Today's "50 Women to Watch."
In introducing Hayhoe to the audience, Grover pointed out the speaker's Christian background and indeed, as a portion of her presentation, Hayhoe explained the reasons that she believes addressing climate change responsibly is important for people of faith.
Hayhoe spent approximately an hour outlining the results of her and her colleagues' extensive research into the climate of the High Plains, in particular, and the Earth, in general, and pointed out that the climate is changing. Part of the problem, she continued, is that change always seems to impact most those who are least able to adapt.
"We are told (in the Bible) to love our neighbors as ourselves," she said, adding that part of that love, from an individual standpoint, is to be a good steward of creation.
Hayhoe explained that when she looks at information about the planet through her research, she likes to think of that information, in a way, as God's voice to his people.
So what is that voice saying?
"God's creation is telling us it's running a fever — a low-grade fever," she said.
Hayhoe explained that scientific data consistently is showing that the climate is changing and the biggest mistakes people can make is to not acknowledge that or begin to look at ways to modify human behavior to decrease the impact of that change.
She used the analogy of driving with one's eyes fixed on the rearview mirror to explain how many people traditionally have viewed weather patterns. After all, she said, the climatological history of the region is one of cyclical change between hot and cold, wet and dry.
"It is part of our climate to have drought," she said. "We have a cold-desert environment with highly variable precipitation."
Historically, she said, weather patterns across time have tended to balance out and the region has been able to prosper through those cycles because of "the aquifer under our feet." That balance was depicted in a slide from her presentation of a black line on a graph.
The growing concern, though, Hayhoe said, is the realization that the historical balance is going away, according to the data climatologists are collecting.
"Is this black line starting to tilt?" she asked, and then she answered her own question.
"This black line is starting to tilt. Things are changing," she said.
Hayhoe explained that research is showing an interesting irony. Over time, the temperature across the region is getting warmer, and that is true in particular, during the winter. At the same time, data shows that precipitation has been fairly normal, although the timing of when that precipitation comes is changing. In fact, she continued, long-term forecasts predict that those two phenomena will continue — and that the current drought conditions will persist.
She then posed the question of how drought could persist if rainfall amounts are normal. The answer, she said is that research is showing an increase in extreme precipitation events where several inches of that normal annual moisture come at once. That means that there are longer dry spells between precipitation events. Additionally, she continued, there is such a deficit right now, it will take greater than average rainfall to catch up.
While if taken to an extreme, the research Hayhoe described could seem to lead to pending disaster, the researcher said that wasn't necessarily the case, because of the human element of the equation. After all, she said, it is the human element that is creating much of the problem — and she went into some detail about how natural phenomena that influence climate can be shown not to be causing the problem. The energy from the sun is decreasing over time, she pointed out, and that should be causing the planet to cool, as should any increase in volcanic activity, and she cited other issues that, in reality, should be causing the planet to cool.
She explained that while the atmosphere allows sunlight through to the earth, carbon dioxide that is naturally a part of the atmosphere holds heat so the planet stays warm. The problem is that additional carbon dioxide has been introduced over time by humans and that is acting like an extra blanket.
"This extra blanket is trapping too much heat," she said, at which point she returned to her analogy of driving while looking into the rearview mirror and to personal responsibility, although she acknowledged that climate change, and how to address it, can be a controversial subject.
"This is why we can't drive the car looking in the rearview mirror anymore," she said bluntly. "Climate is changing because of what we are doing, and there is no way around it."
Hayhoe said that rather than looking to the past, people have to look ahead so they can negotiate the curves in the road. She brought up a slide that drove her point home:
"Just because we disagree about the solutions, doesn't mean we have to disagree about the science; and what if there were some solutions we could agree on?" the slide read.
She explained that simply switching to LED light bulbs could have a dramatic impact on energy savings, which in turn could have an impact on pollution. In fact, she continued, anything that an individual does to reduce the use of fossil fuels would help reduce the pollution that is causing climate change. The important thing, she concluded, is people have to start doing something.
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- "That was so terrible, I think it gave me cancer!"
- ―Calculon
"Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Televison" is the sixtieth episode of Futurama. It aired August 3, 2003.
Cubert and Dwight enjoy watching All My Circuits and wish to live the life the characters do. Because their birthdays are coming up, they invite kids but only Tinny Tim comes over. While watching All My Circuits, the robot actor who plays Calculon's son, Antonio Calculon Jr., breaks during live filming, so the studio calls for replacements. Bender, desperate to get the part, boos every applicant, as Calculon thinks there is an audience. When Bender comes up, Fry and Leela's cheering get him the part.
In Bender's first scene, he is supposed to be put in an irreversible coma. He doesn't like the part and does his antics on camera, even going so far as to say his catchphrase "Bite my shiny metal ass". Calculon only does one take so they can't reshoot. Though the director has every intention of firing Bender, the Network Execubots come with the Network President, a laptop. Bender's antics as an independent character who interrupts all of Calculon's life have been testing positive. This gives kids a bad role model, especially Dwight and Cubert. The boys try smoking and drinking, and give up after realizing "all the stuff that Bender does makes us barf." Hermes and Hubert form the Fathers Against Rude Television, and protest Bender's television appearance.
Dwight, Cubert and Tinny Tim decide to imitate Bender's acts by robbing him.
The three take most of Bender's stuff as Fry was too busy reading to notice. They host a party where everyone acts like Bender. Farnsworth uses his Cool-O-Meter to discover the boys were the thieves. When Bender himself finds out, he declares his support of FART. Together, they go to the studio to demand that all TVs be equipped with a v-chip to censor Bender. But the network executive refuses to let him quit and both sides put a gun up to him. Bender distracts them and takes their guns. He talks to the world through television and asks parents,"have you ever tried simply turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?" Back at Planet Express, Farnsworth agrees that they should turn off the TV once in a while.
Ongoing ThemesEdit
Injury, ComaEdit
- Fry is hit in the face by a beer bottle thrown by Bender.
- Antonio falls out of the sky with a bad parachute and lands on his face.
- Emotitron, Jr.'s mother beats him with patch cords.
- Antonio (played by Bender) falls into a permanent coma.
- Dwight makes himself barf by toking on a cigar.
- Bender sets himself on fire.
- Orphan Albert makes himself barf by puffing on a cigar.
Character ArcsEdit
- Sal is all but unintelligible.
- Farnsworth pronounces the word "what" correctly, twice.
Bender takes an acting job, the role of Calculon's son on All My Circuits.
Hermes and ZoidbergEdit
Hermes asks Zoidberg why he is at a children's party, but in only a mildly scolding tone.


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(Reuters) - Cerberus Capital Management LP is in talks to join Virtu Financial LLC's bid for U.S. brokerage Knight Capital Group Inc KCG.N, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the discussions.
Virtu and rival electronic trading firm Getco Holding Co have made competing bids for the Jersey City, N.J.-based Knight, valuing the company at a minimum of $1.1 billion.
Knight was made vulnerable to a takeover this summer when a trading glitch left it nearly bankrupt before a group of investors stepped in with $400 million in emergency capital.
Cerberus' participation in Virtu's bid would add another deep-pocketed investor to a group that also includes Silver Lake Partners and banks such as Credit Suisse Group AG CSGN.VX, the Journal said. It added that the extent of Cerberus's potential role in the group was still under discussion.
Knight's board met again on Monday to review the proposals, though no imminent decision on a deal was expected, according to people familiar with the negotiations, the Journal reported.
Directors are weighing an all-cash offer from Virtu that values Knight at between $1.5 billion to $1.6 billion including debt and would combine the two businesses into a privately held firm, sources familiar with the matter told the Journal.
Getco's bid, submitted to Knight's board November 28, is a cash-and-stock transaction valuing Knight at between $1.4 billion and $1.8 billion including debt, depending on the value of shares in the combined entity, which would remain publicly traded, the paper said.
Knight directors are also considering keeping the company independent, the Journal sources said.
(Reporting by Vishal Krishnan Menon in Bangalore; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)
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GM CEO: Auto industry had role in Detroit fiscal slide
- Detroit began to bleed jobs%2C residents as automakers failed to meet foreign competition in 1970s%2C 1980s
- Tax base further eroded by GM%2C Chrysler 2009 restructuring
- Taint of city%27s bankruptcy could make it harder for automakers to attract talent
Detroit's bankruptcy filing is intertwined with the problems that sent General Motors and Chrysler into their own bankruptcy reorganizations, GM CEO Dan Akerson says.
"It's simply a matter of macro-economics. The (auto) industry generally wasn't doing well. Many jobs were lost as the result of the restructuring, including our own, and the tax base in large measure evaporated," he said in an interview at USA TODAY headquarters in McLean, Va., today.
The city's filing has no immediate impact on automakers "from a financial perspective," Akerson said, but he said it will be better for everyone if the bankruptcy process is expedited.
"The faster we get though this, and the quicker we rebuild, the better for the city and the state and for our industry," he said.
But a quick resolution seems unlikely because of how long the problem has been building.
For decades, Detroit has been "seeing the population decline and the tax base with it," says Richard Ciccarone, managing director at McDonnell Investment Management. The emigration has left behind "the legacy costs of benefits and pensions" the city promised during more prosperous times.
"It's really hard to move a city into shrinking budgets, shrinking pensions," he says.
A potential long-term effect on the auto industry could be a city stigma that makes it harder to attract the most talented workers
"Certainly is something that future prospects will factor into their thinking: 'Do I want to move to a city that's bankrupt?' Akerson said.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday authorized the city to seek federal bankruptcy protection in the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. Today, a state judge ruled the filing violates the Michigan constitution, but the state Attorney General says he'll appeal the judge's ruling.
The city of Detroit, home of the domestic auto industry, has more than $18 billion in debts and its shrunken tax base can't support the debt obligations and still provide a minimum level of city services.
Municipal bondholders and employee union pension funds have balked at bankruptcy protection, and had filed lawsuits over proposals for them to settle for less the full amount they are owed. The state had appointed Kevyn Orr as emergency manager of the city and he says that there is no alternative to the bankruptcy filing.
Akerson, who took over as GM CEO in 2010, laments the city's slide.and the auto industry's contribution to the decades of Detroit decline.
"If you go back to the early '60s, Detroit was the Silicon Valley of America. If you were an engineer, you wanted to be in Detroit," Akerson said.
But starting in the 1970s and accelerating into the 1980s, the U.S. auto industry that underpinned the Detroit area's economy "had a lot of foreign competition and didn't react particularly well to it," he said.
"What that meant for the city was fewer jobs. People moved out and kind of repotted themselves, and essentially the tax base dried up."


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A BioBag is a kind of literature autobiography, a collection of written works that represent memories or milestones in a person's life. The texts might include books, letters, diaries, recipes, and so on, all representing various aspects of a life story. In this lesson, the teacher starts by sharing his or her own BioBag with the class. Next, students visit a website to learn about several children's authors and the texts that inspired them. Then students interview one another about the texts that have been important in their lives. Finally, students put together their own BioBags and present them to the class.
BioBag Interview: This useful handout will help your students during the interviews to ask questions clearly, listen attentively, and take good notes.
Weih, T.G. (2006). Literature autobiography bags. The Reading Teacher, 59, 472475.
- The Literature Autobiography Bags (BioBags) described could include any text that is significant to students from books to letters to greeting cards.
- Literature can evoke strong emotions in students and allow them to get to know each other in a different way.
- BioBags can introduce students to a variety of literature and can encourage them to read a particular title because a classmate loved it.
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It's March! What's so awesome about March Rubber Duck? It's followed by April! And April is when we start making "Seasonal Openings 2015!" From Top Dog usually the last day of March to The Rudder right around Tax Day with Lobsta Land, Capt Carlos, Dairy Train, sprinkled in between. What tastes like spring more than a Fish and Cheese sandwich at The Cupboard? And the snow will melt soon! Look at WeatherSpark for next week:
So here is my lineup starting today for things to do to get you in the mood.
Friday March 6: Stones Pub for a Blue Duck Spring Burger. (Blue Cheese Portabella mushrooms, bacon, hold the sprouts between your knees.
Saturday March 7: Wash the car at Maplewood Carwash. It's not for the car, it's for you. You will feel better! Drive home slowly. Do not splash.
Saturday March 7: There is something else big today, what is it?
Sunday March 8: Spring Forward! That's right, drive home from work and the sun is still shining!
Monday March 9: Big Apple announcement. Buy a watch? A retina MacBook Air?
Tuesday March 10: If you are going to grow tomatoes from seeds, sow them now!
Wed March 11: Run around in shorts! It's 44 degrees out! After this winter that will feel like 85!
Thurs March 12: Have you ever seen Uranus? I have never seen Uranus! But you can this week. As Mars and Venus set in the evening if you scope them out with binoculars they will be very easy to find. Venus is wicked bright. Very close by will be an unblinking tiny blue dot. That is Uranus! Now you can say Rubber Duck showed you Uranus!
Saturday March 14: Pi Day! Biggest Pi Day ever because it is 2015 which means 3/14/15 9:26AM and 53 seconds all nerds head's will explode with nerdiness!
Sunday March 15: Ides of March: Greg Bover posts an awesome quote from Caesar or Brutus et tu?
Tuesday March 17: Saint Patrick's Day! Plant your peas! Still two feet of snow in your garden? Start digging. You have to plant them on Saint Patty's Day or the world will end.
Wednesday March 18: EJ and Brenda Malloy and Jeff Amero and everyone else who has been rubbing it in on Facebook that they are in Florida will be dragging their sun tanned butts back to Cape Ann!
Tuesday March 31: Get your boat in the water by today and you win a prize!
Friday, March 20: at 6:45 PM EDT First Day of Spring, Equinox, equal day, equal night!
Wednesday April 1: Seasonal Openings really get underway. You can make it. Meet me at the Rudder or The Studio, who is going to open first?


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I often use @@ to perform last @ command. When doing this in ViEmu nothing happends. Is it implemented or is it just something crazy with my installation?
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I often use @@ to perform last @ command. When doing this in ViEmu nothing happends. Is it implemented or is it just something crazy with my installation?
It is indeed implemented and should work fine. I've just tested it to work in the latest build. These are the detailed steps I follow, in case I'm not understanding the use-case scenario:
1) Type qa to start recording macro "a"
2) Do something, for example, "ihello<esc>" (where <esc> means pressing the Escape key)
3) Type q to end recording
Now, register "a" contains the sequence of keypresses. If you do "ap you will see the contents of the register ("ihello<escape>")
In order to play it back, type @a. This should insert "hello" at the cursor position.
Now, you can use @@ as a shortcut to replay the last played back macro, and it should do the same.
Maybe I'm missing something? Or there is some other interaction?
The @ command should show no interference with Visual Studio commands, as it's a regular ASCII character.
Please let me know the exact sequence in which @@ is not behaving properly.
Hello everyone,
Together with the customer I have determined this to be a bug in ViEmu's handling of the AltGr key in international keyboard layouts. I am investigating a way to fix it in a further build of ViEmu. I am including my last email to him with all the details, in case anyone stumbles into the same problem.
I hope to have a new build with a fix for this in the next few days.
Best regards,
I have determined that, indeed, there is a bug in ViEmu´s handling of the AltGr key. I have been able to fully reproduce it. So it has nothing to do with ClearCase - ViEmu 2.0 features a completely new keyboard input management, it was necessary in order to support mapping of any keypress in the new mapping commands. Unfortunately, I did not contemplate international keyboards using the AltGr key, and I goofed up.
The fix is not obvious, so it will take a few days while I investigate it and come up with a correct keyboard handling scheme.
In case you´re interested in the technical details, in order to map all keypresses reliably, ViEmu ignores Windows-kbd-driver-generated WM_CHARs for Ctrl+<alpha> combinations, paying attention only to WM_KEYDOWNs for keys including only the Ctrl, but assumes that any keypress with both Ctrl and Alt presses won't generate a WM_CHAR message. This is true in the US layout, but it is not true in international layouts including the AltGr key. Thus, ViEmu reads the AltGr keypress as two distinct ones: <Ctrl+Alt+'2'> and <Ctrl+'@'>, one coming from the WM_KEYDOWN message and the other one from the WM_CHAR message, and thus it is processed with a beep as an invalid command. I can not use only WM_KEYDOWN or WM_CHAR input, as none of them covers the whole range of key combinations, and I have to reliably determine where to process the key.
I'll let you know as soon as I have a fix for this.
Thanks for the detailed feedback,
I have provided a build which fixes this, 2.0.37:
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1) As many might have read the ageless Chris Chelios is already making plans to play 2 additional NHL seasons so he would be eligible to play in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Pictured here is Chris displaying one of his Olympic medals.
2) The 'ageless wonder' who is currently in his 24th season and at 46 years old is by far the oldest player in the league. For those who are mathematically challenged, Chris would be 48 when the Vancouver games are played. The 2010 Games would be the fifth Olympics for Chris Chelios, who played for the U.S. in 1984, 1998, 2002, and 2006.
3) When asked about it the Detroit defensemen said: "If need be, I'm going to be honest, I would love to play in those Olympics," Chelios said "Because I think it's going to be one of the best ever. To have the greatest players in the world and the fact that it's going to be in North America. ... I kind of compare myself to a relief pitcher in baseball where I play a role in penalty kill and defensive situations. Realistically, with the way my minutes are down ... but I thought the same thing prior to the last Olympics (2006) and because of injuries on teammates on Detroit I was given the opportunity to play and I was fortunate enough to be named to the team.
4) Despite his long list of successes in the NHL:
- three Stanley Cup championships
- three Norris trophies as the league's top defenceman and
- five first-team NHL all-star selections
the Chicago-born Chelios takes special pride in the fact that he's witnessed/been a part of first-hand the growth of hockey in the U.S. to where it now ranks as one of the world's hockey powers.
He's played in four Olympics, in 1984 in Sarajevo as a collegian, then in 1998 in Nagano, Japan, 2002 in Salt Lake City and 2006 in Turin, Italy.
5) So how realistic are his chances? Well, we wouldn't count him out, but as in many sports where a player participates at an advanced age, many times the player seems to 'lose it' almost over night. We see it in baseball when a hitter suddenly finds himself no longer able to catch up with a good fastball, or Football player who seems to not be able to recover from those nagging injuries quite so quickly anymore. That said, Chelios has lasted this long not only on his talent, but also his incredible will/desire to perform at his peak. That peak may not be nearly as high as it was when he won his last Norris Trophy in 1996 its still significantly higher than many 1/2 his age. Good luck Chris!


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Tais Teng is a pseudonym for a Dutch fantasy and science fiction writer, illustrator and sculptor. His real name is Thijs van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen and he was born in 1952 in The Hague.
Together with Jaap Boekestein he is the originator of Ziltpunk, optimistic climate fiction set in the Netherlands. The E-books Een horizon vol Eilanden and Buitendijks, vier ziltpunkverhalen are part of the series.
Tais Teng has written more than a hundred and twenty novels for both adults and children. He has won the Paul Harland Prize, the Dutch Hugo, four times. His books have been translated in German, Finnish, French and English. One of his books, The Emerald Boy, has been published in the USA. He recently sold the stories Embrace the Night and And the Sky is filled with eyes to the Night Land site.
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Pérez Art Museum Miami Merges Art and Technology for a Weekend-long Tech Takeover
PAMM Tech Week: September 7-9, 2017
MIAMI – August 24, 2017 – On September 7-9, 2017, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) will merge art and technology for a weekend-long technology takeover. Bringing together a variety of partners from Miami's local tech scene—including Refresh Miami, Code/Art Miami, and Wyncode Academy—PAMM will facilitate a conversation about using innovative technology in the museum space.
The weekend-long festivities kick off on September 7, 11am-2pm with Made at PAMM: Navigation Noise, a free art-making program that will connect the computer generated sounds of artist Haroon Mirza's installation with the "King of Noise," Rat Bastard. The day continues from 6-9pm with PAMM Free Community Night: Tech Takeover, a tech-filled evening showcasing the best of Miami's emerging tech start-ups. The fun continues on Friday with a two-day conference, ART+HACK+DATA; MIAMI MEDIA ART WEEKEND, that brings together new media creators and tech-enthusiasts to discuss issues in the digital environment. The weekend culminates on Saturday, 1-4pm, with PAMM Free Second Saturdays: Techpalooza, a free day of art-making with local artists highlighting different ways to use technology to make art.
"As a 21st century museum—much more than just repository of art work, PAMM seeks to reinforce the idea of the museum as a place for experimentation, a laboratory for ideas," said Director Franklin Sirmans.
"It's been really exciting to see the many ways PAMM has embraced and integrated technology throughout the museum this year" said Maria Derchi Russo, Executive Director of Refresh Miami. "It's the perfect example of how more traditional industries can utilize technology to improve the customer experience. We're thrilled to celebrate these intersections of art and technology as part of September's Tech Takeover, and hopefully inspire others to follow suit."
PAMM's technology takeover complements the multiple PAMM tech initiatives that have been rolled out this year, including an augmented reality pilot program, funded by Knight Foundation; the hiring of a full-time digital journalist, a first of its kind position; and the launch of the PAMM App, which aims to enrich the visitor experience with multimedia content, video, and audio tours.
Visit pamm.org/techweek for full details.
PAMM Tech Week Schedule
Made at PAMM: Navigation Noise
Thursday, September 7, 11am-2pm
Get inspired by the artwork of Haroon Mirza and navigate sound waves. Visitors can drop-in to create album covers, play electronic instruments, and record with local musician and the "Trailblazer of Noise," Rat Bastard.
Free and open to the public.
PAMM Happy Hour
Thursday, September 7, 5-7pm
Start your weekend early with our Thursday night waterfront happy hour. Enjoy drink specials on the terrace set to a live DJ set by electronic group, the XYZA Collective, in celebration of PAMM Free Community Night: Tech Takeover.
Specials: $6 beer, $7 wine and $8 cocktails
PAMM Free Community Night: Tech Takeover
Thursday, September 7, 6-9pm
Join us for a tech-filled evening showcasing the best of Miami's emerging tech start-ups. In our auditorium, catch cutting-edge presentations on the different ways technology is transforming our community, emceed by Refresh Miami. In the galleries, delve into our interactive tech showcase featuring some of Miami's biggest tech players including Code/Art Miami, Wyncode Academy, Daruma Tech, Branger_Briz, Breeze Creative, and 01. Also, enjoy a guided augmented reality tour through Museum Park with the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs.
Free and open to the public. Space in auditorium is limited. First come, first seated.
ART+HACK+DATA; MIAMI MEDIA ART WEEKEND at PAMM
September 8-9, 10am-1pm (Day one | Day two)
Join us for ART+HACK+DATA; MIAMI MEDIA ART WEEKEND, a weekend-long social artistry event driven by technology. New media creators and tech-enthusiasts will come together to discuss issues in the digital environment and work with participants to find their own means of creative expression. Panels at PAMM will be followed by workshops at Bakehouse Art Complex.
Complimentary admission with RSVP: http://bit.ly/arthack. Space in auditorium is limited. First come, first seated.
PAMM Free Second Saturdays: Techpalooza
Saturday, September 9, 1-4pm
Art meets technology at PAMM's Techpalooza! Inspired by the multimedia work of Haroon Mirza, local artists will facilitate hands-on workshops that highlight the ways they use technology to make art. PAMM's Teen Art Council (PTAC) will provide a fun and engaging "Ask A Teen" interactive station, where teens will provide answers to visitors most pressing tech and social media related questions.
Free and open to the public.
About Pérez Art Museum Miami
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A nearly 35-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami's Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility and is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Twitter/Instagram (@pamm).
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Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. Support is provided by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. Additional support is provided by the City of Miami and the Miami OMNI Community Redevelopment Agency (OMNI CRA). Pérez Art Museum Miami is an accessible facility. All contents ©Pérez Art Museum Miami. All rights reserved.


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Levi's Opens Beautiful new Flagship Store in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Today we get a nice and detailed look at the newly opened Levi's Shinjuku store in Tokyo. The heritage jeans maker took a unique approach to the store design and made sure that it was infused with the history of the brand. A lot of custom wood furniture has been created for the shop, as well as beautiful display areas, including large size glass vitrines. It looks like the store offers several custom services, allowing the shoppers to make the product their own.
All in all Levi's presents well balanced store design, that transports the history of the brand, yet also gives the store a timeless interior and appearance. Check it out in detail in the above gallery.
Levi's Shinjuku Flagship Store
3-29-12 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku