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From time to time, we will be running posts from Eric Goldman's Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Sometimes they will look similar to other articles appearing on Ars; other posts will be more "bloggy" in nature. This is one of the latter.
In re iPhone Application Litigation, 11-MD-02250-LHK (N.D. Cal.; Sept. 20, 2011)
iPhone users sued Apple and various advertising networks, alleging that defendants violated their privacy rights "by... allowing third party applications that run on [iOS devices] to collect and make use of... personal information without user consent or knowledge." The court dismisses the claims, but grants leave to amend.
Judge Koh's order has the feel of a professor grading an exam, and it covers a lot of ground, including many cases we've blogged about. (It's well worth the read.)
Plaintiffs alleged that Apple made public statements about protecting user privacy but the design of its iOS system "permit[ted] apps that subject consumers to privacy exploits and security vulnerabilities." Plaintiffs alleged that Apple devices allow apps to track, access and use the following customer information: address book, cell phone numbers, file system, geolocation, International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), keyboard cache, photographs, SIM card serial number, and unique device identifier (UDID).
Plaintiffs claimed that they were not put on notice of this tracking. Plaintiffs also alleged that the "Mobile Industry Defendants" exploited this information and "use[d] the merger of personal information to effectively or actually de-anonymize consumers." Despite being put on notice, Plaintiffs claimed Apple did not take any action to prevent this tracking and use of information.
Plaintiffs argued that they suffered three types of injury: (1) their personal information was misappropriated; (2) the personal information diminished in value; and (3) they suffered lost "opportunity costs" in having installed the apps and suffered a diminution in value of their devices because the devices are "less secure" and "less valuable." The court says that the complaint has a deeper standing issue: plaintiffs failed to allege what injury they suffered personally (or as a class) as well as identify what apps they used, what personal information was accessed, and what harm resulted. The court also says that the allegations are "especially slim with respect to... Apple."
The court also says that there's another issue with the complaint: plaintiffs fail to allege a "concrete harm." Citing to Specific Media, JetBlue, and Doubleclick, the court says, "[as in Specific Media, plaintiffs have] not alleged any 'particularized example' of economic injury or harm to their computers, but instead offer only abstract concepts, such as 'opportunity costs,' 'value-for-value exchanges,' 'consumer choice,' and 'diminished performance.'"
Plaintiffs pointed to Doe v. AOL, but the court distinguishes it on the basis that in that case there were "specific allegations" of the danger of public disclosure of "highly sensitive information." Plaintiffs' allegations in this case "come nowhere close" to the allegations in AOL. Plaintiffs also cite the Facebook privacy case, but the court distinguishes it on the basis that the Facebook privacy case involved Wiretap Act claims which only require a showing that a person's communication was "intercepted, disclosed or used" in violation of the statute. Here, there's no analogous statute.
The court also says that the alleged injuries are not "fairly traceable" to defendants. There is no allegation that Apple misappropriated the data, and plaintiffs did not distinguish between the "mobile industry defendants," which made it tough to figure out which of the defendants the plaintiffs are trying to hold liable and for what misappropriation. The court dismisses on the basis of standing with a cautionary note to plaintiffs: "any amended complaint must provide specific allegations with respect to the causal connection between the exact harm alleged (whatever it is) and each Defendants' conduct or role in that harm."
Other problems
Although the court dismisses on standing grounds, it goes on to address alternate arguments raised by defendants and other issues in the case.
End-user agreements
Apple argued that various end-user agreements barred claims for the alleged injuries. Plaintiffs argued that the agreements were contracts of adhesion. The court says that plaintiffs will have trouble with both prongs of the adhesion argument as they have alternatives available, and the contract in question is for a recreational activity. The court does not outright reject the adhesion argument, but it sends plaintiffs a signal that they should articulate in their amended complaint why Apple should be held responsible despite any terms in the agreements.
Particularity and the absence of app developers
The court says that, as to the mobile industry defendants, the complaint fails to allege what role each of the defendants played in the alleged harm. This needs to be fixed in any amended complaint. Apple also raised the argument that the app developers were necessary parties but the court rejects this argument. At this stage, the court declines to dismiss the lawsuit for failure to join the developers.
The court identifies two problems with the negligence claims. Apple does not necessarily have a legal duty to protect end-user information from third-party app developers and damages are speculative.
Breach of the duty of good faith
The court tells plaintiffs to identify which of the end user agreements and privacy agreements plaintiffs are using to support their duty of good faith claim.
Consumer Legal Remedies Act
The court questions whether the statute is applicable at all to software--it covers the sale of goods and services (citing Ferrington v. McAfee).
Consumer Fraud and Abuse Act
The court says that plaintiffs' Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claims are deficient for three reasons. First, there is no allegation that Apple acted "knowingly." Plaintiffs only allege that Apple failed to take "meaningful steps" to police third-party developers. Second, since the software was downloaded voluntarily, this tends to undermine a claim that the access was "without authorization" or "exceeded authorized access." Finally, the court says that only economic damages are available and damages for "death, personal injury, mental distress, and the like" are not available. There are no allegations of economic harm. Although damages can be aggregated where the violation can be described as "one act," plaintiffs failed to point to any "single act" of harm by defendants.
California's anti-hacking statute
The court says (citing Facebook v. Power Ventures) that the phrase "without permission" in the statute is more narrowly construed that in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. In Power Ventures, the court held that the mere violation of a terms of use does not violate the statute. In that case, the court held that Facebook would have to show that Power Ventures circumvented technical barriers of some sort. The court says that plaintiffs fail to articulate how access falls into this category. Plaintiffs also pointed to a section of the statute which imposes liability for the introduction of "computer contaminants." The court says that this section contains a requirement that the introduction of the contaminant be without permission. The court says that the subsection addressing computer contaminants is aimed at "viruses or worms," and it does not look like the apps in question fall into this category.
Trespass to chattels
Under Intel v. Hamidi, a trespass to chattels claim based on access to a computer server requires impairment or loss of use. The court says plaintiffs have not adequately pled this element.
Unfair competition
In order to bring an unfair competition claim, a plaintiff needs to have suffered damage or lost money or other property. The court says it is skeptical of the "personal information as currency" argument (citing to the recent Facebook privacy ruling). The court also says that it's unclear as to whether plaintiffs paid money for the apps in question.
Unjust enrichment
There is no separate cause of action for unjust enrichment under California law. The court says that restitution may be available as an equitable remedy in lieu of contract damages. If plaintiffs amend their complaint, they are directed to clarify what they are looking for in terms of restitution.
Judge Koh goes through and basically shreds the complaint. A consistent theme is the plaintiffs' lack of specificity. This is not surprising, because the trigger for the complaint is a news story or a scholarly study, rather than a specific event that a plaintiff had awareness of when it happened. The court's order makes clear that, even if plaintiffs get past the allegation of harm issue, there are numerous other hurdles that stand in the way of holding the defendants liable. In particular, she says that Apple as the third party is somewhat removed from the information collection, and plaintiffs are not going to have an easy time holding Apple liable. Apple may also have a robust defense in its end user agreement(s). Other than knocking down plaintiffs' unconscionability argument, the court did not get into specifics of what those agreements contain that may limit Apple's liability, but that they are sure to contain something.
All of this has to be good news for Apple. It's also somewhat surprising that the issue of arbitration has not come up. Apple may be able to assert a Section 230 defense, either based on section (c)(1) for its putative liability based on the developers' actions, or under (c)(2) for the negligence claim that it failed to police its App Store properly.
Lower courts have overwhelmingly rejected the latest wave of privacy class actions, and evinced deep skepticism towards the theory that the collection of personal information alone by a private entity constitutes harm. Courts also do not seem excited about the theory that tracking somehow harms end users because it diminishes the value of their personal information, nor do they seem excited about the "information as currency" argument. I think it's fair to say that, while the case law leans towards the defendants, there's not necessarily a ton of Ninth Circuit precedent that directly speaks to the issues raised by tracking cases, although it's possible that some set of plaintiffs may have better luck in the Ninth Circuit.
Venkat Balasubramani is a lawyer and the cofounder of a boutique law firm focused on media, technology, and Internet clients. He is a regular contributor to Eric Goldman's Technology & Marketing Law blog. You can also follow him on Twitter: @VBalasubramani.


text: Around this time of year all of Hollywood's elite are all about the Golden Globes and Oscars. But north of Los Angeles, in the hills of Utah the future Academy Award contenders of the world are sharing their wares at the Sundance Film Festival. The annual film festival, which began Thursday in Park City, typically becomes the pace-setter for indie films for the whole year, giving a first screening to the movies that will, if they're lucky, be making it to cinemas throughout the year. Last year Beasts of the Southern Wild came out of the bayou to become one of the best films of 2012 and get director Benh Zeitlin and star Quvenzhané Wallis some Oscar nominations. What will be the breakout star of this year's festival? We have a few ideas. Wired will have (literally) boots on the ground at Sundance, so keep it locked here for updates throughout next week. But in the meantime, here are the brainy, nerdy flicks we expect/hope will be making a splash at the festival. Above: jOBS Puts Ashton in Steve's Shoes Generally understood as the "Ashton Kutcher plays Steve Jobs" movie, jOBS will likely be the film at Sundance that geeks are most curious about. Set during the early days of Apple Inc. the film, not to be confused with that other Jobs movie that Aaron Sorkin is writing, follows the creation of the Apple 1 and Jobs' ascension to life-changing CEO. Good or bad, this will be the premiere to see. Photos courtesy of the films' studios, unless otherwise notedComputer Chess Makes Check-Mate Chuckles Set in the early computer days of 1980, director Andrew Bujalski's Computer Chess promises to be a goofy comedy about a group of young nerds who try to make a computer program that can beat a human player. (Take that, Deep Blue!) Computer jokes and chess jokes? Sounds like a winner.Google and the World Brain Investigates What Happens When Books Go Online For years now Google has been working intensely to scan and digitize as many books as possible. Some think this is tantamount to theft, some say it's creating a consolidation of great thought. Director Ben Lewis' documentary Google and the World Brain aims to dig into the coalition trying to put a stop to the massive online library.Pussy Riot — A Punk Prayer Sings a Radical Russian Feminist Tune It's hard to believe that one of the biggest cultural-political stories of 2012 already has its own documentary, yet here it is. With the documentary Pussy Riot — A Punk Prayer British filmmaker Mike Lerner and Russian Maxim Pozdorovkin dig into how Pussy Riot's song against Vladimir Putin in a Moscow cathedral gripped the Russian populace and made the radical feminist collective an international human rights story — even as some members of Pussy Riot remain behind bars.The Apocalypse Makes Martin Starr's Head Explode (No, Really) Even though it's coming to Sundance, you don't even have to go to Park City to watch this funny little short. The whole thing is on YouTube (above). Thanks to the subtle slacker humor of Martin Starr (Freaks and Geeks, Party Down) The Apocalypse takes a gruesome premise — people's heads randomly start exploding all over the world — and makes it fairly funny. And it asks the age-old question: How long could you keep from thinking when confronted by a beauty fresh out of the shower?Go Inside One Traumatic Snowboarding Injury with The Crash Reel In 2009 snowboarder Kevin Pearce was training to take on his rival Shaun White at the 2010 Winter Olympics when he had an accident and suffered a terrible brain injury. The Crash Reel chronicles Pearce's path of recovery and his determination to return to snowboarding, even though another head injury could end his life.The East Puts Ellen Page in the Midst of Anarchy The dream team of writer/director Zal Batmanglij and writer/actress Brit Marling is back together after their time-travel cult flick Sound of My Voice with a new film about an ex-FBI agent (played by Marling) who is hired by corporate clients to infiltrate an anarchist collective. This time around the pair have billboard-ready names like *Juno'*s Ellen Page and *True Blood'*s Alexander Skarsgård on board. Expect thrills.Virtually Heroes Gives Videogame Characters an Existential Crisis What happens when a character in a Call of Duty-style videogame gets fed up with killing bad guys yet never getting the girl working with his enthusiastic partner? Apparently, he seeks the assistance of a monk. At least that's what happens in Virtually Heroes. Think of it as Wreck-It Ralph for a slightly more grown-up audience, and complete with heavy satire of videogame culture, buddy comedy quips and existential dilemmas.Behind Julian Assange's Curtain with We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks For an organization that prides itself on revealing other people's secrets, WikiLeaks also seems have its own limitless untold stories, which have been feeding news stories and films for years already. Trust that We Steal Secrets will tell one of the better ones — it comes from Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney, who also made the acclaimed Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.99% — The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film Goes Deep Inside a Movement Made from cameras on the ground in various Occupy camps, the documentary 99% follows not only the activists who took over Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, but also the climate of America as their movement was unfolding. The coolest part? Filmmakers Audrey Ewell and Aaron Aites took a cue from Occupy and accepted collaboration from people on the ground in various demonstrations — getting submissions from all over the country.

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The secret list the White House uses to determine who to target with a drone strike, known as the 'kill list' -- or 'disposition matrix,' whatever -- is still highly classified, but we know there isn't a hard-and-fast set of rules they follow. Well, it seems like there will be soon.
The New York Times' Scott Shane reports the thought of handing the list over to Mitt Romney worried the President so much that he ordered a set of rules and regulations be done up in case he lost the election:
"There was concern that the levers might no longer be in our hands," said one official, speaking on condition of anonymity. With a continuing debate about the proper limits of drone strikes, Mr. Obama did not want to leave an "amorphous" program to his successor, the official said.


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vegradd - yes! This hardware's fantastic, and the features that are present are great, but it desperately needs a few more things added. A legato step/glide step function is essential. Shift+pad in SEQ is currently used for setting scale mode, playback options and timing divisions, but maybe Shift+Chan+pad would be good for this? Hardware access to swing/gate also seems essential - not having it (and, as far as I can see, not even being able to automate it by MIDI CC from a DAW) really inhibits the Beatstep during performance, which is a shame because it's capable of this stuff!Accent - I'm not quite so bothered about this, but it seems like having two preset levels of pad velocity would appeal to many people, especially X0X-type fanatics. So toggling on a pad might send a 110-velocity noteon, while a shift+[something] combo allows toggling of already-active pads that send an accented step at 127-velocity. Maybe a slightly different pad colour/intensity would signify which steps were accented. As pleased as I am with the Beatstep, I'm surprised that none of these features have been implemented already - especially legato/glide step!Good work so far though, Arturia
My first would be:Shift+Big Knob = SwingShift+Encoder = GateShift+Pad in SEQ = Legato/glide (setting a glide step, like P-locking on Elektron gear)Shift+Play = MMC/Transport Record


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Don't rule out "Inception" when it comes to major movie awards.
The Christopher Nolan film won for best original screenplay at the Writers Guild of American Awards last night, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Inception"-- penned Nolan--surpassed other contenders such as "The Fighter" and "The Kids Are All Right" in that category.
"The Social Network" won for best adapted screenplay--screenwriter Aaron Sorkin wrote the story from Ben Mezrich's book "The Accidental Billionaires." Sorkin had already won a Golden Globe for his "Social Network" screenplay.
U.S. & World
Critically-acclaimed "The King's Speech," one of the front-runners for the Academy Awards, could not receive a WGA award because of union rules.
Other winners at the awards included "Mad Men," "Modern Family," "Boardwalk Empire," "30 Rock" and the documentary "Inside Job."
Selected Readings: The Hollywood Reporter, The Associated Press


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Sunday, 23 September 2012
Short of Breath (Keats at Winchester, September 1819)
11 comments:
- Susan Kay Anderson said...
Beautiful. Clean. Cumulus with vertical growth. Or else cumulus humilis, "wool pack." This poem a field under them.
- 23 September 2012 at 10:10
- TC said...
Yes, that capacity for growth. A cotton wool expansiveness, for aeration. Words shaken out of the clean sheets. Many thanks, Susan.
- 23 September 2012 at 11:02
- Jonathan Chant said...
I worked in Winchester for five years - before I discovered the meaning of Gardening Leave. I tracked down some of the places he visited. Touched doors he had opened. It's a beautiful city.
- 23 September 2012 at 12:27
- Susan Kay Anderson said...
I now see why the Slinger was so keen on this writing. Spanish Steps and all.
- 23 September 2012 at 13:13
- Wooden Boy said...
As Susan says, Beautiful.
"This is part of the world". What an affirmation! Something to hope with.
"The brown stubble/ Fields feel warm, give off a red excited/ Glow like irritated raspberry marks/ On fair skin, with its soft white weight..."
The landscape and the bodies loved communicating. And the weight: soft and white and real and kept from the scales.
My Uncle John, a Conwy man, will draw in a breath when you say something that matters. I've noticed it with other North Wales people. It always moves me when I hear it. The poem stirs this up in me.
- 23 September 2012 at 13:18
- Susan Kay Anderson said...
Flung with these words
to the Spanish Stairs
steps flung
up and down
to the window
I see described
so beautifully
Clark mesmerizes
the memory of Keats
Seeing as he sees.
- 23 September 2012 at 13:20
- Susan Kay Anderson said...
"dust blow yellow"
Fresh. Clean, yet Beatnik.
- 23 September 2012 at 13:23
- vazambam (Vassilis Zambaras) said...
Exactly--a poem
that causes me to stop
to catch my breath
wherever it was I was going.
- 23 September 2012 at 23:52
- Susan Kay Anderson said...
Poem breath--
animal breath
but sweeter
in its stunk
mud and stubble
- 24 September 2012 at 10:37
- STEPHEN RATCLIFFE said...
"or is it [such white clouds and such words]
That causes me to stop to catch my breath?"
grey whiteness of fog against invisible
plane of ridge, green of leaf on branch
in foreground, wave sounding in channel
presumably between at least
form, that this after
looks like this, what it is
appearance, nature of
silver of sunlight reflected in channel,
whiteness of jet trail in pale blue sky
- 24 September 2012 at 10:45
- TC said...
The poem is -- and I suppose this is obvious -- a sort of attempt at the inhabitation of a persona.
Er, as it were.
The central text around which turns the sequence from which this comes (in, that is, my book Junkets on a Sad Planet: Scenes from the Life of John Keats), is, or course:
John Keats: To Autumn.
I had sensed our Jonathan, latterday poet of this precinct, might have some local knowledge here. Correctly as it turns out.
My sole Winchester junket came in September of 1966, when I took off, on the spur of the moment, with a maid of the Fulham Road in a white vinyl dress, after two nights without sleep, on a day trip to scout the cathedral. Happily the details now lost to history.
- 24 September 2012 at 11:12


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First Flat
I was making my way to L.A. this morning and wanted a cup of coffee for the road. My car started veering towards the left and I just thought the wheel alignment was off. I continued driving and noticed it getting more and more difficult to control. I pulled through the drive-thru and asked the baristas in the window if it looked like I had a flat tire and they confirmed it.
They tried their best to help me but 1. Mini Coopers DO NOT HAVE SPARE TIRES, 2. No shops are open at 5:30AM for a patch job, and 3. I needed to be in L.A. in one hour.
I contemplated driving back to my house to switch cars since it was only five minutes away but it was too dangerous. My car was losing air really, really fast. It was so off that my wheel was turned over 180 degrees just to drive straight out of the drive-thru! I called my Dad for a pick up and pulled into a parking spot, coffee in hand.
Good news: I made it to L.A. in time
Bad news: I'm carless 😦
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Chavez ready to go despite quick rehab stint
ATLANTA -- D-backs third baseman Eric Chavez was back on the active roster Friday, sooner than expected, but ready nonetheless.
"A little earlier, but I think with some of the injuries and stuff, I think it was probably the right time to come back," Chavez said.
Chavez appeared in three games for Triple-A Reno during his rehab assignment. Initially, the club planned on having him play more, but D-backs general manager Kevin Towers was impressed with what he saw out of Chavez on Wednesday and expedited the timetable.
That was fine with Chavez, who was reticent about testing his strained oblique at the start of his rehab, but had no such concerns at the end.
"I was real apprehensive, just a lot of doubt," Chavez said of his first game. "The day before I was coming here, I had a check swing and that was really kind of what I was waiting for to see how I felt, and I didn't feel anything."
Chavez arrived just before game time Friday and was in the starting lineup at third base on Saturday. He could also see time at first when -- or if -- Paul Goldschmidt is given a day off.


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After the 9 a.m.† Mass on Thanksgiving Day, sponsor and choir director Paige Shortal will give her fellow parishioners an ìopportunity to care.î Shortal plans to set out 30 child folders from CFCA, inviting others in the congregation to become sponsors, too.
Shortal sent notices to her congregation in Washington, Mo., outside of St. Louis. Following is the message she sent to church members, talking about her sponsorship experience and the meaning that sponsorship has brought her life:
After a priest from Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA) preached at all the Masses about the fine work of this organization, Pat and I began sponsoring two children from Guatemala ñ a sister and brother the ages of our oldest two grandchildren.
I confess, I occasionally wondered if my $30 a month was being put to good use. Last year I went to India and had the opportunity to visit a CFCA project in Hyderabad. There I saw what $30 a month can do.
I was especially impressed with their philosophy of serving the whole family. They have formed mothers circles ñ groups of 30 women who are the mothers of sponsored children. Each woman contributes 50 rupees a month (about a dollar) to the treasury, and from that money, the women are allowed to borrow small amounts to start up businesses.
You wouldnít believe the quality of the small business ventures I witnessed, started with just a few dollars. I had my business cards printed by one mothers circle business ñ Grace Printing. I also bought a beautiful dress for my granddaughter from a seamstress who started her own mirror-work business.
In Hyderabad I became a believer in the CFCA effort and promised to do some work for them when I returned home. Soon after I came back, there were 25 new sponsors in Washington, many of them from the choir. We also added 10-year-old Vignonís picture to our refrigerator gallery of sponsored children.
Last month I got a call from the CFCA headquarters in Kansas City. Because of the economic issues in the U.S. and around the world, there are kids who have been too long on a waiting list for sponsorship. I promised to try to find 25 more sponsors from Washington.
These are hard times in the US and $30 doesnít stretch very far. But in India and the other countries where CFCA children are sponsored, that $30 can literally save a life. And not just save it, but offer a quality of life that will spread and grow throughout the family and the community.
I met one sponsored ìchildî ñ Mary ñwho is now in her 20s and in medical school. She plans to come back home as her villageís pediatrician.
Mary also sings in her college choir and she and I sang a duet for her family as part of the grace before our dinner. I donít think Iíll ever sing Silent Night again without remembering Mary and the pungent smell of curry.


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cajole (one) out of (something)
cajole (one) out of (something)
1. To persuade or entice one not to do something. Good luck cajoling a teenager out of sleeping till noon!
2. To persuade or entice one to abandon or get rid of something. Every time I turn on the TV, some charity or organization is trying to cajole me out of my hard-earned money.
cajole someone out of something
1. to coax or persuade someone not to do something. Try and cajole her out of going there. I cajoled her out of leaving so soon.
2. to coax or persuade someone to give up something or give away something. She tried to cajole him out of his inheritance.


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Much has happened since my last update. Union Rags was diagnosed with a suspensory injury a month after capturing the G1 Belmont Stakes and was officially retired on Friday. I was hoping he would return as a 4yo but it was not meant to be. At least he captured a classic and ended his career on a high note.
In other 3yo news, Bodemeister spiked a temperature and is out of the Haskell. Baffert will replace him in the Monmouth showcase with Belmont Stakes runner-up Paynter.
Went The Day Well, my disappointing Preakness top, has bone bruising in both front ankles and is done for the year. He is expected to return to the races in Florida this winter.
Holy Candy was pulled up as the heavy favorite in Wednesday's Oceanside Stakes at Del Mar. He will undergo tests soon to determine the problem.
I have only had two horses occupy the top spot in my Triple Crown trail and beyond rankings. Alpha was number one until last year's BC Juvenile and Union Rags took over until his retirement. Alpha appears to be poised for a big summer/fall campaign and is back on top of the heap.
Jarrod Horak's Top Ten Active 3-Year-olds
1. Alpha (Bernardini) – Wood Memorial runner-up was last seen finishing 12th in the Kentucky Derby. He had a leg infection after the Wood and spiked a fever and missed the Belmont Stakes. He is working extremely well for the Jim Dandy and breezed 4f in :49.58 (31/63) at Saratoga on July 21.
2. Gemologist (Tiznow) – His perfect record went down the tubes in the Derby but he came out of that with a foot bruise. He goes next in the Jim Dandy or Haskell and fired a 5f bullet in :58.40 (1/43) at Saratoga on 7-22.
3. Bodemeister (Empire Maker) – The Derby-Preakness bridesmaid spiked a temperature and is out of the Haskell. The BC Classic is his ultimate goal if his heath cooperates. No published works since 7-8.
4. Hansen (Tapit) – Juvenile champion got back on the beam in facile G3 Iowa Derby victory. The G2 West Virginia Derby on 8-4 is probably up next, followed by the Travers. Could still alter plans and try the Haskell. Breezed 5f in 1:01 (1/2) at Churchill (training track) on July 17.
5. Paynter (Awesome Again) – Gave Union Rags a run for his money in the Test of Champions. Baffert's lightly raced colt now has his eye on the Haskell and worked 6f in 1:13.20 (1/6) at Del Mar on July 18.
6. Dullahan (Even The Score) – Kentucky Derby show finisher flopped in the Belmont. He loves Keeneland's Polytrack and is a competent turf performer as well. He is pointing to the Haskell and fired a 5f bullet in :59.80 (1/15) at Churchill Downs on 7-21.
7. Neck 'n Neck (Flower Alley) – Late bloomer exits back-to-back sharp Churchill wins and made the grade in the Matt Winn on June 16. Jim Dandy is next and he breezed 5f in 1:00.65 (3/22) at Saratoga on July 17.
8. Nonios (Pleasantly Perfect) – Hollendorfer's consistent late developer exits a solid place finish behind lone speedster Blueskiesnrainbows in the G2 Swaps. The Haskell is next and he worked 5f in 1:01.80 (14/37) at Del Mar on July 17.
9. Summer Front (War Front) – Ran his turf record to 5-for-5 in sharp Duluth win at the Spa on July 22. He could face fellow turf win machine Silver Max in the near future.
10. Ever So Lucky (Indian Charlie) – Impressive Delaware return vs. four overmatched rivals July 5. Sheppard's highly regarded colt breezed 5f in :59.38 (3/43) under Johnny V at Saratoga on 7-22. He goes next in Curlin Stakes at Saratoga on July 27.


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Writing is renewing and life-giving for me and strangely helps me to figure out what I think. What I write about is unpredictable and often surprises me. I hope to help you to think differently, to consider the Jesus that I have come to know, or to simply be inspired to change your life in some way. I will never proselytize, but I talk candidly about my faith experience.
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Mallet is an overage player who exploded offensively this year after a poor season in 2010-11. His statistics, courtesy of Elite Prospects:
Red Line Report says that his style is a good fit for a "poor man's Alex Burrows" and describe him this way:
Late-blooming 1992-born forward is a powerful skater who hits like a truck and is one of the most feared fighters in the Q. Plays a north-south game and likes to take the puck straight to the net, where he cashes a lot of garbage goals on rebounds and tips. Relentless forechecker brings it every night in terms of compete level and physicality, and really asserts himself in the corners. Lacks top-six finesse but understands how to be a complementary player. Was team's enforcer until quadrupling his point total this year. Can both agitate and score, and was a terrific pressure perofrmer in the playoffs. Projects as a power forward who will do the dirty work and can chip in 12-15 goals.
He picked up 34 goals in 68 games, and his offensive explosion this year makes him a prospect of interest. The fact that he has a good frame and can fight suggests that he's a good bet to have an NHL career even if the scoring doesn't transslate, but obviously the hope is that he develops into a player who can do more than check and fight.
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DreamFactory REST API supports several types of database services. There are SQL database services (supporting connections to MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, SAP SQL Anywhere, Oracle Database, IBM DB2, SQLite, etc.), NoSQL database services (supporting the likes of MongoDB, AWS DynamoDB, Azure Tables, CouchDB, etc.), and a Salesforce database service. DSP database services can connect to databases installed locally on the same server or remotely on other servers or cloud architectures.
DreamFactory makes accessing each of these back-end storage databases easy with a common REST interface, while still allowing most of the unique features of each underlying database type to be accessed. Each of these types of services are briefly discussed below.
For how to access tables and records via the database services, start with the Common Features section. Follow the links in each section for more detail. There are some features of each of these services that are unique to that service type, for example, relational queries in SQL databases, or using the native filtering language in MongoDB. See the individual type sections below for more specifics.
Common Features
Database record CRUD (Create, Read, Update and Delete) operations and some table-level operations are available for both SQL, NoSQL, and Salesforce database service types. This gives the API client the ability to write an application once with very little refactoring required to completely swap out the back-end database. It also makes the learning curve for adopting new databases very short.
The following topics document the common capabilities across all supported database service types, unless otherwise noted.
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Every database service provides a way of getting the supported resources of that service. The REST API call looks like the following...
GET http[s]://<server>/api/v2/<service>/?[as_access_list=true | as_list=true]
Two resources are available with every database services (see the "Additional Resources" sections for the specific service types below for more), Table Schema (_schema) and Table Records (_table). These resources are available in the Role Service Access assignments so access can be controlled based on the resource, or by table.
Table Schema (_schema)
This resource is used to perform operations on the database schema, i.e. creating or dropping tables or fields, retrieving details about tables or fields, etc. The sections below describe the available operations in detail.
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- Retrieving Schema
- Creating Schema
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- Deleting Schema
Table Records (_table)
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- Retrieving Records
- Creating Records
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Each instance requires at least one SQL database connection for system storage. In most pre-built packages, this is connected to a local MySQL (or equivalent) database running on the same server as the instance, although other connections could be used simply by changing the appropriate database configuration file. This SQL connection is used by the application internally and exposed via the REST API as the 'system' service.
Any number of additional SQL database services can be added to the system. These services have a type of "SQL DB". Most instances are seeded with a default SQLite database, named 'db' by default. Bitnami installs typically come with an additional service connected to a local MySQL install (or equivalent), named 'mysql' by default. To access other databases via your instance, you can create more SQL DB services.
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- Retrieving and Managing Related Data Along With Records
- Accessing Stored Procedures & Functions
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- MongoDB Specifics
- AWS DynamoDB Specifics
- Microsoft Azure Tables Specifics
- CouchDB Specifics
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Some of database storage types don't fit well into either of the above categories or have unique features that warrant their own service type. The following topics cover the ones we support so far. If you would like to see others, please let us know.
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"I'm at the top of my energy," says (but not quite shrieks) Murphy, who returned to the judging panel after a season-long hiatus that was due partly to her choreographing demands away from the show and partly to surgery for thyroid cancer that threatened – but failed – to rob her of her signature whoops.
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Just hive fun! A few bumps don't ruin a date
The Background
A month or so ago, David, a 32-year-old financial consultant and writer, entered the Blind Date Challenge and won hearts all over town with his "squat thrust" preparation– you gotta love a guy who admits he sweated profusely throughout a blind date. That date went well, but the vibe on both sides was "just friends," so Matchmaker decided to give David another chance.
Enter 30-year-old Theresa, a tall, willowy dietician who shares his interests in dining, traveling, and outdoor activities. Her preference for dark haired guys who are successful and college educated clinched the deal.
Did David's deodorant hold up? Will Theresa eat her heart out? Read on...
The date
David and Theresa went to The Bar at Keswick
Did you do anything out of the ordinary before the date?
Theresa: Not really, though I was tempted to go buy something new to wear.
David: No, unless you consider going to the allergist out of the ordinary. It all started when I touched a horse on Monday. I had this wicked reaction and busted out in hives. I'm talking Elephant Man hives. Luckily I wasn't too swollen by the time I arrived. I think.
Uh-oh, poor David! No rivulets of sweat; just mountainous ranges of hives! This guy can't get a break!MM
Who arrived first?
Theresa: No one was late.
David: I parked in a lot about a mile away from the restaurant. I actually saw her walking in. I was going to sprint to the door to beat her, but didn't think that would win me any style points.
Were you nervous?
Theresa: Maybe a slight bit of nervousness thinking, "Oh my, what if my date is some weirdo?"
David: Only about my remaining massive hive.
When did you calm down?
David: On my thru-hike from parking lot to front door.
Theresa: A glass of wine always helps.
First impression– was this person your type?
David: Let's see... beautiful, tall, beautiful, awesome smile, beautiful... looked fantastic. I guess I'd say she was my type if you like that sort of thing.
Theresa: When I first saw him, I was shocked– I really was wondering if normal guys do the BDC. Not only was he good looking, his behavior was fine; he seemed outgoing, polite and funny.
Describe what your date was wearing...
David: From the parking lot, I thought she had a skort on. Up close, though, I realized it was actually a really nice patterned dress– very stylish.
Theresa: Khakis and a nice button-down shirt. He informed me that he likes Banana Republic (one of my favorite stores).
How was the setting?
David: Keswick is amazing. It's set in a beautiful part of Virginia's horse country. It's easily the prettiest place I've eaten since moving to Charlottesville.
Theresa: Breathtaking. The weather was perfect, and it was so peaceful sitting outside on the terrace/balcony overlooking one of the most beautiful golf courses. I just started golfing, so I really appreciated the view.
Did you order drinks?
David: We got a nice bottle of wine at dinner. I just saw Sideways, so I figured I had to order the Merlot.
David, you rebel! For those who haven't seen the film, that's considered the ultimate wine no-no.MM
Theresa: David seemed to know a little more about wine.
What did you eat?
Theresa: We had these wonderful roasted red peppers filled with goat cheese and pine nuts, an order of shrimp, and lamb chops. Also the bread was delicious. David and I liked the peppers so much we had to have another order.
David: The bar serves tapas style. We ate four dishes. Dessert was these fruit fritter things– basically fruit in a batter, which is then fried. They don't sound so great, but they were the greatest dessert I've had in my entire life.
How was the service in the restaurant?
Theresa: Our waiter had the perfect balance of being attentive but not overbearing.
David: Our waiter, Scott, was really friendly. He was a bit standoffish at first, but by the end, he may have been my greatest waiter ever. Definitely cracked my "Top 5 Waiters" list.
How was the conversation?
Theresa: It flowed well. We talked about being new to Charlottesville, college, our careers, how lucky we were to be dining at Keswick, outdoor activities, vacations.
David: The usual stuff– work, family, hives, being new to the area, her ex-boyfriend, the long walk to the parking lot, and places we like to travel to.
Did you have a lot in common?
Theresa: Definitely. I could tell that he's outgoing (like me), likes to travel, is adventurous and confident. He also has a passion for NYC like I do.
David: We're both new to Charlottesville, like to travel, she's from Pittsburgh and I lived in Pennsylvania for a bit.
What did you find out that was interesting about this person?
Theresa: That he's working in the business world but also is enjoys writing (he's working on a book). He puts memorabilia from significant events in a Snoopy lunch box he's had since he was little. He did tell me that his previous Blind Date Challenge article went into that box. Hmm... wonder if the date with me will make it!
David: Her job. I honestly had no idea what a dietician does, so it was interesting to hear about it.
Did your date do anything that impressed you?
David: Theresa was talented at telling me precisely how bad the food I was about to eat was for my body.
Theresa: His desire to learn more about wine.
Was there "chemistry" between you?
Theresa: Possibly
David: I think we had chemistry like two friends would– we talked forever. I think the only interesting body language was my going to my face about 4,000 times to scratch my long-gone hives.
Did anything particularly interesting happen?
Theresa: Well, my cell phone rang three times. When the date ended, I checked to see who was calling me... it was my mother wanting to know how the blind date went.
David: No
Did you decide to go somewhere afterwards?
Theresa: We just finished up dessert and coffee, chatted a few more minutes and since it was 11pm (closing time), we decided to end the date.
David: It was 11, and I had a mile hike ahead of me, so we just went home.
What was the VERY end like?
Theresa: As comfortable as the beginning of the date. He asked me for my number, but I didn't have anything to write it on, so I just simply stated that Matchmaker could pass that information on to him.
David: I walked her to her car and we did a faux-hug handshake thing and said goodnight.
Did you have fun?
Theresa: Absolutely.
David: I had a blast.
Would you see this person again?
Theresa: Possibly. He did ask for my number, so that sounded positive.
David: I'd see her as a friend for sure.
Overall date experience?
Theresa: Excellent location. I'd recommend that couples go there and treat themselves to a special dinner. Also the company was great.
David: Gorgeous night, great place and fun date.
ON a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the date?
Theresa: 8
David: 9.5 She was beautiful, fun, had a great sense of humor. Overall, Theresa was terrific.
Matchmaker must admit some confusion about David's "friend vibe," but hey that's the mystery of chemistry!


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Posts Tagged 'normal life'
First of the "Where The Buffalo Roams" Series
Ok, this is a TOTALLY UNRELEASED set from Splat, my brother and best friend.
Written by normalslife
January 7, 2009 at 2:34 am
Posted in bohemian culture, burning man, friends, gigsville
Tagged with buffalo, friends, gigsville, normal life, what is normal
What is "normal"?
On this eve of the first of the new year, I get to opportunistically reflect on the things I have, the things I want, and my purpose in life. I've always wanted to be "normal" and have a "normal life" (though most people I know would laugh if they heard me saying that, since my life bears little resemblance to the boring slog that most people think of when they hear "normal" — something I think of more as "quiet desperation").
Ever since I was a little kid, I didn't fit in. I looked like a boy until I was 9 and had to get into the habit of asking for the "ladies' room" because service staff always directed me to the men's room. I was too tall. I had no friends. Kids made fun of me. I wouldn't wear a "training" bra and ended up needing a real bra earlier than anyone else I knew. Boys would dare each other to ask me out and then run away laughing. I got picked last in any athletic event I was forced to participate in. "Normal" seemed like this unattainable golden state that everyone else existed in… so when I got to pick my name, I decided that, by hook or by crook, I was going to be normal.
And that's how I got to be "Normal." And it really fits me, I think, since I have a regular job that I go to every day at roughly the same time. I have fairly un-exceptional thoughts on a day-to-day basis. I'm not very fashionable, but I'm also not notably unfashionable. I have hobbies like normal people: hiking, camping, hanging out with friends, blogging, photography. Yes, some of my hobbies are un-normal: collecting taxidermy, listening to Cracker all the time, modeling for unconventional photos (right), camping in the desert and applying spark to combustibles.
One thing I think I want to look into for the new year is what really *is* "normal life." I want it… but do I? And what is it to other people? So I've set up a Google alert and will set out to figure out what a normal life is. Wish me luck.
Written by normalslife
December 31, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Posted in blogging, bohemian culture, friends, health, home, life, Los Angeles, love, metablogging, money, music, self, the infernal television machine, work
Tagged with camping, cracker, explosives, friends, hiking, hobbies, job, metablogging, normal, normal life, photography, taxidermy, the great outdoors, what is normal, work


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The council member spoke of the budget process - her first - and outlined in broad strokes her own budget allocations at a recent roundtable with reporters. She spoke generally, as the specifics of her 30th Council District budget have not yet been released.
Crowley said negotiating a responsible budget for fiscal year 2010 was extremely difficult, given the financial sector meltdown, which helped cause massive shortfalls in expected state and city revenue.
Nevertheless, "I think at the end of the day we were able to preserve vital services in a tough budget year," Crowley said. "I feel good because of the whole picture."
The original budget proposed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg - used as a jumping-off point to negotiate a final version with the City Council - included several unpopular spending cuts, including to libraries and Fire Department services, to help close the budget deficit. These were largely averted, however, by drawing on the city's reserve surplus to offset a $5 billion loss in tax revenue.
The final budget restored a proposed cut to the fire department that would have closed 16 firehouses, including Ridgewood's Engine Company 271, which Crowley opposed. The budget also preserved library hours and childcare services while cutting roughly 2,000 city jobs, instead of the 14,000 Bloomberg originally suggested.
In the 30th Council District, which comprises the communities of Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village, and parts of Richmond Hill, Ridgewood, and Woodhaven, Crowley said she was able to largely preserve - and even in some cases expand - spending for some community organizations and public works projects.
Crowley said she secured a capital budget of roughly $6.5 million, and over $500,000 in discretionary spending.
"Pretty much all the local organizations that applied [for money] and passed our vetting process received funding," said Crowley. She said all of the educational and cultural institutions and community groups that were funded last year received at least as much this year, if not more.
Crowley's budget allocated funding for the relocation of the Greater Ridgewood Youth Center; provides funding for schools throughout the district, including upgrades for new playgrounds at P.S. 229 and I.S. 71; and secured assistance for Maspeth Town Hall and the Glendale Community Observation Patrol, among other community groups and centers.
She said in finalizing her own budget she followed a strict City Council vetting process that ensures community organizations with criminal histories do not receive funding.
Crowley said she tried to spread funding across the district; for example, some schools, upon being notified that they would receive funding from her office, said it would be a first. "There were schools that got money that never remembered receiving [funding from the 30th Council District office]" Crowley said. "We wanted to balance the spending fairly."
Other district budget highlights include funding for several parks, among them Juniper Valley, Forest and Frank Principe parks. Crowley said roughly $1 million has also been set aside for a new park in Glendale.
A detailed budget report is forthcoming.


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Friday Favorites: Guest Blogger Amanda Mouttaki Shares her Zeal for Morocco!
Amanda Mouttaki is owner of the blog MarocMama where she discusses Moroccan cooking, culture, and global food topics. It's my hands-down favorite Arabic food blog for her stories and cultural discussions. Today Amanda shares some of her favorites from Morocco.
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir
Seven years ago through a very strange twist of fate, destiny or divine intervention I met my Moroccan husband. Recently I wrote about how I found my way to Morocco. I owe a whole lot of credit to Moroccan author Malika Oufkir. Her book Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail was my first encounter with Morocco and to this day, it remains my favorite book about the country. If you've read it you might find this statement odd, but to a history nerd like me it was utterly intriguing. If you have never read this book, I'll warn you, it's not the romanticized version of Morocco. It's the down and dirty version. Every country has its secrets and Malikas' book shows the unsavory side of Morocco's past. That being said, it is the story of a family and the story of many Moroccan families who have never spoken up about the injustices that occurred during the reign of Hassan II. I was drawn in within a few pages and could not put it down.
Moroccan Stuffed & Spiced Chicken
Aside from my husband, my next Moroccan love is the food. My very favorite dish is a whole roasted, spiced chicken stuffed with vermicelli noodles. It is so good. The first time I ate this was at a small engagement party for my husband and me. I really wish I had a recipe to share with you but this dish is a specialty of my sister-in-law, and I've never been able to master it. If you follow my blog I will be posting something similar soon. I don't think I'll ever get it exactly right, and it's one of those recipes I'm not sure I want to replicate as it might take away from my enjoyment when I do get to eat it.
Once you've got the man and the food, what's left to love? Why the clothing, of course! The traditional Moroccan garments for women are caftans and takchitas. I've got half a dozen hanging in my closet. I should point out a caftan in Morocco is a single garment, that can be either long or short sleeved, though sometimes heavier winter caftans have two layers. A takchita is a more elaborate dress, almost always double layered with a belt around the waist. I really can't have too many of these even though I rarely have a function fancy enough to wear one. I love the newer styles that are cut wider in the front to reveal a gorgeous under-layer. In Morocco, these dresses can be bought off the rack, custom made, or rented for special occasions, making them accessible to almost everyone.
What is your favorite thing about Morocco?


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We normally only show an upcoming game's cover if one of us takes a liking to it. So, yeah, I quite like Tomb Raider's box art!
Which doesn't surprise me, seeing as I'm a fan of the game's art direction in general ("Uncharted in bad weather"), but with a prominent female lead there was still the possibility Eidos' PR would ruin everything by sticking her tits out or having her in a trademark "bum facing the camera" pose. Good to see that hasn't happened.


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Office of Naval Research News: Arctic and Global Prediction Program
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Arctic and Global Prediction Program is motivated by the significant sea ice retreat that has occurred in recent summers in the Arctic Ocean, and the implications for the U.S. Navy of the observed and predicted increase in maritime activity due to the diminishing summer ice cover. The overarching goal of the program is to improve the coupling of arctic system modeling and sea ice prediction capability at a variety of space and time scales in support of safe and efficient Navy mission planning and execution. To achieve this goal, the program supports basic research in three inter-dependent efforts:
- Improve integrated atmosphere-ice-ocean-wave earth system models;
- Understand the physical environment, processes, and feedbacks in the Arctic Ocean; and
- Develop sensors, platforms, and communications for sustained operation and observation.
Research supported by core program funds covers a range of topics, including sea ice dynamics and mass balance; ocean hydrography and heat storage; atmospheric temperature profiles, circulation, and cloud properties; sea spray and icing; and high resolution eddy-resolving regional arctic climate modeling. In fiscal year 2012 (FY12), the first year of the program, 22 awards for 17 projects were made with core funds. Among these awards is a suite of six projects that will be integrated into a single atmosphere, ice, and ocean observing effort: Seasonal Ice Zone Reconnaissance Surveys (SIZRS). It is coordinated by the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory and takes advantage of U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Domain Awareness flights by C-130 aircraft out of Air Station Kodiak, Alaska.
Also in FY12, 11 awards for nine projects were made with Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) Departmental Research Initiative (DRI) funds. The MIZ DRI is a five-year project (FY12 through FY16) with the following objectives:
- Collect and analyze a benchmark data set that resolves the key processes controlling the evolution of the marginal ice zone with sufficient spatial and temporal scope to capture a broad, representative range of environmental conditions;
- Understand the processes that govern the evolution of the marginal ice zone, identify key interactions and feedbacks in the ice-ocean-atmosphere system, and investigate how these might change with the predicted increased seasonality of the arctic sea ice cover; and
- Evaluate the ability of existing models to predict the seasonal evolution of the marginal ice zone and improve the parameterization of key processes to enhance seasonal forecast capability.
The DRI team has met twice and drafted a science and experiment plan that is expected to be released in late 2012. The field experiment, planned for spring through autumn 2014 in the Beaufort Sea and Canada basin, will involve the deployment and operation of a suite of sensors and platforms, including: ice mass balance and wave buoys, ice-tethered profilers, ocean flux buoys, automated weather stations, acoustic navigation and communication arrays, gliders and polar profiling floats, open ocean wave buoys, acoustic wave and current (AWAC) meters, waveriders, and wavegliders.
In February 2012, the program issued a call for planning letters for a new Departmental Research Initiative: Sea State and Boundary Layer Physics in the Emerging Arctic Ocean. This is also a five-year project (FY13 through FY17), with field experiments planned for spring through autumn of 2015 in the Beaufort and/or Chukchi seas. The Sea State DRI has the following provisional objectives:
- Develop a sea state climatology, identify factors affecting the spatial and temporal variability of sea state, and improve forecasting of waves on the open ocean and in the marginal ice zone;
- Develop a climatology and improved theory of wave attenuation/scattering in the sea ice cover;
- Use wave scattering theory directly in integrated arctic system models and indirectly to define an ice rheology for use in arctic system models; and
- Understand the wave-mediated physics of heat and mass transfer from the ocean to the atmosphere and the seasonal variability of fluxes during summer ice retreat and autumn ice advance.
For further information about the ONR Arctic and Global Prediction Program, go to http://www.onr.navy.mil/Science-Technology/Departments/Code-32.aspx or contact contributors of this article, Martin Jeffries (martin.jeffries [at] navy.mil) or Scott Harper (scott.l.harper [at] navy.mil).


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That was all the motivation I needed to install it onto my ASUS EeePC 701 (remember the very 1st netbook?) with 4GB SSD and 1GB RAM. Good news is everything works! Well, when I say 'everything', I meant things that matter to me like KDE GUI with compositing (ie 3D eye-candy), Firefox, OpenOffice and other apps, embedded webcam worked on Kopete and .... *drum roll*, Wireless! What's a netbook if wifi doesn't work yeah?
So, why am I so excited that wifi worked out of the box...? Apparently, wifi should not work with the default ath5k driver as its been reported at OpenSUSE on EeePC page and its true... until, by chance, I got it to work... and I'm going to described it here in very non-technical terms as I still have not figured out how/why it worked... hoping readers will have some good input and theories... maybe even a good technical answer. Here goes:
1) Original challenge: Wifi appears to be available, can scan for SSIDs. However, it failed to connect with my home SSID.
2) Plugged in a Ethernet cable on my home network, just to test if physical network connection would work, I am able to surf the web. Hurray!
3) When I unplugged the Ethernet cable, it suddenly is able to automagically connect with my home wifi. While its a step forward, I am still unable to surf the web. However, I am able to ping all IPs in my home network.
4) Added a network route via route add and I can surf the web! So happy.
route add default gw 192.xxx.xxx.xxx metric 0 dev wlan0 (where 192.xxx.xxx.xxx is my home internal IP range)
Hope this will help those with the same itch/challenge. Would definitely appreciate your inputs on this behaviour. Thanks in advance.
PS: hwinfo | grep -i atheros returns:
info.vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
pci.vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
info.vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
<6>[ 4.942343] Atheros(R) L2 Ethernet Driver - version 2.2.3
<6>[ 4.942355] Copyright (c) 2007 Atheros Corporation.
<6>[ 7.105539] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
Model: "Atheros AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter"
Vendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications Inc."


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This is gross. With little over five minutes remaining in what would eventually be a Gaels 69-66 overtime win over San Diego, Brad Waldow had a tooth violently removed while attempting to secure a rebound.
After an inadvertent elbow to the grill, Waldow quickly collected himself, and his tooth, and headed for the safe haven of coach and bench. "Here, coach, here is my bloody tooth. I am giving it to you." Sadly, Randy Bennett wanted absolutely nothing to do with Waldow and his bloody tooth and was physically repulsed by the offer. So Waldow, mouth leaking blood, just threw it at some lowly assistant. He would return to the game.


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Antonio Cromartie, he of the prolific loins, thought he had finally settled down. He married Terricka in 2010, and has two kids with her—and two more on the way.
Seven months pregnant with twins, Terricka texted Antonio around two in the morning of May 6. The texts read ""God forgive me, I don't want to die. What have I done?" and "I cut my wrists. I took those pills." Cromartie, who was in Miami, called New Jersey police who had to break into the couple's home. There they found Terricka and the kids, safe and sound.
According to the police report obtained by the Post, she told police that she had faked the suicide attempt because she believed Cromartie was cheating on her, and she also admitted to sending texts to the woman she believed he was messing around with. Police recorded that she was "belligerent, uncooperative, irrational and argumentative," and forced her to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, while child protective services took temporary care of the couple's two daughters.
Wife of Jets CB Cromartie fakes suicide attempt to get his attention [NY Post]


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[completed and published at Lulu on 6 February 2012: 246 pages]
[cover design by Dave and Judy Armstrong]
— to purchase, go to the bottom of page —
Dedication (p. 3)
Introduction (p. 5) [read below]
Bibliography and Abbreviations (p. 9) [see below]
Brief Descriptions of Apologists (p. 15) [read below]
Classic Biblical Apologetics Listed by Scripture Passages (p. 27)
Index of Scripture Passages (p. 233)
Index of Topics (p. 241)
Also among my books are compilations of the quotations of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman and G. K. Chesterton: The Quotable Newman (Sophia, 2012) and The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton (Saint Benedict Press, 2009).
As I pondered these two strains of what I like to do, writing-wise, I developed a desire to start compiling some historic Catholic apologetics that centered on biblical argumentation, as a counter to the Protestant emphasis (sola Scriptura), and came up with the idea of "post-Protestant Catholic biblical apologetics" that could be collected from online versions (a lot less typing!), since it is all public domain material.
In this way I could continue working in both areas that I really enjoy, all in one new project; and complement the quotations I have already collected. Cardinal Newman mostly concentrated on Anglicanism, insofar as he wrote (relatively little) about comparative exegesis, whereas Chesterton didn't write biblical apologetics much at all, and was far more interested in opposing the ideas of secularism and agnosticism and dealing with Protestantism from a cultural and historical standpoint.
The person I initially had in mind when pondering this book, was St. Francis de Sales, whose Catholic Controversy is a wonderfully insightful exercise in biblical apologetics, specifically against Calvinists (multiple thousands of whom he won back to the Catholic faith through his tireless efforts). This great saint and apologist will be cited frequently in this book (probably more than any other).
All in all, I shall cite twelve classic Catholic authors, and categorize the arguments or biblical commentary in order of the biblical books. Multiple topics often appear under one Bible passage, and the Index of Topics at the end (69 total) is very handy to locate various subjects. 228 biblical passages are featured (including 50 from the Old Testament).
Only excerpts that utilize directly biblical argumentation will be used. And all or virtually all references to Catholic magisterial sources will be omitted, so that Protestant readers can observe Catholic arguments solely devoted to the text of the Bible: whether positively presenting a Catholic position, or opposing an erroneous Protestant doctrine allegedly supported by the same Bible.
I hope and pray that readers will enjoy discovering and learning from this wonderful treasure-trove of historic Catholic apologetics, as much as I enjoyed locating these precious gems and compiling them in some kind of accessible order.
I intend for this book to be a very practical aid in apologetic outreach, and a reference source. It is essentially a "Classic Catholic Apologetic Commentary": but devoted to the post-Protestant period up through the early 20th century, rather than the patristic period, or the age of St. Thomas Aquinas and the Scholastics, as we often see in other similar works. Perhaps it can fill a certain "time period" void in the apologetic literature.
Lesser-Known Biblical Passage on the Papacy (Luke 12:41-44) [from St. Francis de Sales; Facebook]
St. Francis de Sales' Argument Against Total Depravity and for the Indefectibility of the Church, from the Psalms [blog]
St. Francis de Sales' Argument for the Indefectibility of the Church (Acts 20:28) [Facebook]
Argument for the Papacy from the Analogy of Abraham [from St. Francis de Sales; Facebook]
Erasmus vs. Luther and Calvin (Free Will / Meritorious Works / Total Depravity) [Facebook]
Erasmus on the Perspicuity of Scripture and Circular Protestant Reasoning [Facebook]
Bishop Bossuet: Great Comment on the Visible Church, With Sinners in It [Facebook]
Bishop Bossuet on Luther's Contradictions Regarding Assurance of Salvation vs. Non-Assurance of Repentance [Facebook]
Zwinglians and Calvinists Correctly Argued Over Against Luther, that if "This is My Body" is Taken Literally, Catholic Transubstantiation is Far More Reasonable than Lutheran Consubstantiation [from Bishop Bossuet; Facebook]
Cardinal Wiseman on Quick Mass Baptisms in the Book of Acts as a Proof of the Profound Authority of the Catholic Church and Binding of New Converts to Even its Future Decrees [Facebook]
Cardinal Gibbons: Analogy of the Papacy to the High Priest of the Old Testament [Facebook]
Cardinal Gibbons on the False, Unbiblical Dichotomy Between Interior Pious Disposition and External Formal Ceremony, Liturgy, and Ritual [Facebook]
Sacrifice of the Mass in the Synoptic and Pauline Consecration Formulas From the Last Supper [from Ferdinand Prat, S. J.; Facebook]
The "Obedience of Faith" in Paul and its Soteriological Implications (Justification and Denial of "Faith Alone") [from Ferdinand Prat, S. J.; Facebook]
The Nature of Papal Leadership: "Servant of Servants" [from Karl Adam; Facebook]
Updated on 15 October 2019