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It must have been a slow news week. Much attention was given to a series of news items related to employers requiring applicants and employees to turn over their Facebook username and passwords to them. On first look, it seemed to be an outrageous privacy incursion, but on closer examination it turns out there have been very few reported instances of privacy abuse and none of them seem to have happened very recently.
But a string of news announcements in rapid succession made it seem like there was a rising tsunami of abuse headed toward Facebook users looking for jobs.
Here's the recap:
- On March 20, Fox News reported that a few government agencies were requiring employees and applicants to turn over Facebook username and password information. Of some interest, was that none of the cases occurred recently. Stillo me to be some cause for concern and I started watching.
- On March 21, NPR broadcasted and posted a story under the banner, "Resume, Cover Letter and your Facebook Password," The website intro stated, "At your next job interview you might need to hand in more than a resume and references. More employers are requiring applicants to submit their Facebook password as part of the application process. States like Illinois and Maryland are enacting legislation to ban the practice. Robert Siegel talks with Robert Collins, who had to hand over his Facebook user name and password when applying for a job with the Maryland Department." of Public Safety and Correctional Services. In the interview, Collins described his disturbing experience when applying for an officer's position with the Maryland Department of Public Safety. During a job interview an HR person requested Collins' Facebook username and password saying it was being done to verify that Collins, a former state trooper, applying to once again be a state trooper was not affiliated with any gangs. Collins told Siegel in the interview that he had felt shocked and violated at the time and rightfully so.
- But the incident occurred in 2010. There is little reason to assume that because this happened to an applicant for a police officer job in 2010, your application to become whatever you aspire to become in 2012 is somehow associated with this event or that the likelihood is increasing. In fact, the ACLU is suing Maryland on Collins' behalf and the department has dropped the requirement--although it still requests voluntary access. Siegel never returned to the lead of the piece that claimed more companies were demanding passwords, when in fact there seem to be no reported instances of this sort of abuse in over a year, and I can't seem to find a single case of such abuse ever being recorded in the private sector.
- As a public broadcast admirer, I found NPR's handling to be an embarrassing follow-on to Ira Glass's painful apology for not fact-checking Mike Daisey's deceitful "documentary" on the Apple Foxconn controversy.
- At this point, the story gained traction. Every comment I saw opposed the practice. People vowed to refuse, quit or sue if their current or future employer asked for online password information.
- On Friday, Mar 23 Erin Egan, Facebook's chief privacy officer, policy, posted a carefully worded blog under the headline: "Protecting Your Passwords and Your Privacy." The penultimate paragraph stated, in part, "Facebook takes your privacy seriously. We'll take action to protect the privacy and security of our users, whether by engaging policymakers or, where appropriate, by initiating legal action, including by shutting down applications that abuse their privileges." This ignited a larger fire than the first with media online and offline reporting that Facebook would sue employers. HOWEVER, yesterday the company executed yet another of its legendary pivots on privacy issues and announced, maybe it wouldn't sue after all. But it's Facebook and the issue is privacy, so maybe it will decide to sue again tomorrow morning.
- On Twitter, someone demanded to know why Google had remained silent and where they giving over their user information to employers. Well, it was employees not online companies hearing the 'requests,' and Google really had nothing to do with the story. What scared me was that employers might figure out how much more they could learn by seeing what their employees were searching.
- Today, two US Senators announced that they are urging the US Justice Department. to rule on the legality of the practice.
There are so many legs to this story, following it is like watching a centipede on a hot tin roof trying to dance.
First off, as Heddi Cundle, CEO of myTab Inc., a San Francisco-based startup put it, "the idea of requiring people to turn over the username and password is pretty much like they require you to turn over your housekey so that an employer can make sure you have nothing illegal going on inside the privacy of your own home.
Enough is enough.
While discussing the issue on Facebook, Joel Postman, a social pr consultant and author observed, "We already give employers our social security number, our driver's license or passport number, our address, and phone. If we sign up for direct deposit they get our checking account number and ABA routing number. Companies are tracking every keystroke and every IP address you visit while at work." Some employees even have to submit bodily fluids for drug testing.
If this sort of practice pushes forward, it will become a most volatile ignition point. There has to be a limit to unreasonable search and seizure and this one would be a wonderful candidate because almost no elected official would be boneheaded enough to support the employer in this case.
But there is real question as to how widespread such practice really are. The number of cases reported so far appear to have three aspects in common: 1. They involve government positions, most of them public safety jobs. This does not justify the privacy invasion, but may explain overreaction by employers who really do need to worry about security. 2. All incident being reported are more than a year old. 3. As far as I could find, there is not a single report of passwords being demanded by private sector companies.
In short, these incidents should never have happend, but there is just no evidence that the practice is spreading.
I often use Twitter and Facebook to crowd source my writing. I asserted some effort for several hours today to see if I could find more stories then the minuscule and aging anecdotes that were reported by Fox and NPR.
Only one new one came up, reported by Gina Kay Landis, who told me she had pored through 53 Google Search pages and found only one new case. It involved the City of Bozeman, Montana who required Facebook and, of all sites, MySpace, indicating the practice had started in earlier times. She also found a CNN report saying it was suspended in 2009.
Of all the online issues I think you should worry about, my advice is to lose no sleep on this one. If such a practice is being tried, it is not widespread and it is unlikely that it will become widespread based on available information. Plus any company that tried to do this to you is a place where you should avoid working.
Of all the urgent things that US Senators could bring to the attention of the Justice Department on a Sunday afternoon, this seems to me to have been a very strange selection. Perhaps in the aftermath of recent SOPA and PIPA fiascos, they see a chance for an opportunity to stand on the side of protecting user privacy in situation that is far less threatening.
As for Facebook, they too sounded like they were going to stand for once on the same side of a privacy issue even if they back off from the lawsuit threat and the reality that the current debate is more of a straw dog than a real and present threat.


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STAMFORD -- Growing up, Jackie Robinson's trophy room in their North Stamford home was one of Sharon Robinson's regular reminders of her father's singular place in American history as the man who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier.
Robinson said it is important to remember that despite the stress and turmoil her father faced in his role as trail blazer, he also felt great fulfillment in raising a family with his wife, Rachel, and continually trying to raise consciousness about the need for equal rights for blacks and other minorities.
"I feel my father and mother absolutely took on an enormous challenge, and he was successful at it," Robinson said. "It was stressful, but it enhanced their lives and structured lives, and he lived a very full life.
"I wouldn't want people to view him as a victim in any way. It was the life he chose, and he continues to have an impact."
Robinson said she and her mother, now, 91, and older brother David are excited about the premiere of "42," a feature film chronicling her father's life from 1945 through his phenomenal rookie year in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, when the team won a National League pennant.
The film had its world premiere on Tuesday in Los Angeles.
Robinson said the movie does a good job of highlighting the resistance and prejudice her father faced during that first season, and it could help people discuss ways which people and institutions in American society still fall short of providing equal opportunity and access regardless of race.
"Kids today can't remember a time when they didn't have interracial socialization, so it could seem like a foreign concept that you had those types of divisions in society," Robinson said. "I think it is a great opportunity for discussion within classrooms and homes and for people to think about what's different now and what they can do to promote equality in America for all people."
As Robinson approached the end of his Hall of Fame career, he moved his young family out of New York City to a custom-built home at 103 Cascade Road. The family moved into their new 12-room ranch home in 1955, Robinson retired the next year. The family would remain at the home until Robinson died at 53 from a heart attack in 1972, selling it in 1984.
Sharon Robinson said she still cherishes her childhood memories of her father and life in Stamford, especially eating dinner with her family nightly and spending afternoons exploring the woods around the adjacent reservoir.
"I loved that house and still can't believe that it was subdivided into three lots when we sold it," Robinson said. "It has a lot of my favorite memories."
Her father played touch football with neighborhood children, and Robinson said she and another young girl both owned ponies they would ride together on dirt roads around the neighborhood
The attraction of the reservoir behind the property and their sprawling home, complete with an ice cream parlor, helped make it a sort of neighborhood headquarters for children, Robinson said, a development her father welcomed.
Robinson remembered her father testing the ice on the lake to ensure it was thick enough for children to navigate with a toboggan.
"I have wonderful memories of living on Cascade Road, and sometimes I don't think my heart has never really left that place," she said. "It was like a fantasy."
While Robinson and her brothers David and Jackie Jr. were aware of their father's status as a celebrity and symbol of the civil rights movement, the isolated, but idyllic wooded confines of North Stamford, and the acceptance of the mostly white families toward the Robinsons, helped buffer them from some of the turmoil in wider society.
"While it was socially isolated, it was a great place for young kids to be free and especially because we had a famous father we weren't on display at all," she said. "We planted our own trees, and in a lot of ways it was perfect. It was very hard to let that place go."
Ralph Branca, a Brooklyn Dodgers starting pitcher and teammate of Robinson's through 1953, said watching "42" at an advance screening brought back both his sense of admiration for Robinson and the sometimes visceral expressions of racial abuse expressed that first season.
Branca is usually noted for his open and welcoming stance toward Robinson among the Dodgers and also remembered for having the gumption to stand beside Robinson during Opening Day introductions at Ebbetts Field on April 15, 1947.
"People think of that as something big, but I basically just stood next to him," Branca said. "I never saw his color, all I cared about was, `Can he help us win the pennant?' "
Branca said in 1947 he saw Robinson demonstrate self-control when racist fans threw watermelon, miniature bales of cotton and black cats onto the field, and opposing players goaded him by asking for shoe shines and making other racist comments.
"He was a great man," Branca said. "On the road we would eat dinner, and we also went to Yonkers Raceway. Though we never bet much, you have to remember we worked for Rickey, so we didn't make a lot of money, even though Jackie was a superstar."
Branca said Robinson's decision to brush off the abuse of fans and players on the field was demanded by Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey who believed any expression of anger by Robinson would harm efforts to integrate baseball.
"Branch Rickey didn't want him to get into any incidents or imbroglios," Branca said. "He was a fiery, feisty, and fierce competitor, but when he thought he was safe at second and he was called out you, would see him jump up and almost argue, before turning his back and running back to the dugout."
In later years, Branca played golf with Robinson and attended the Robinson family's annual jazz concert fundraiser at their North Stamford home, an event which drew thousands, he said.
"He was a great man and we remained lifelong friends," Branca said. "Jackie and I always got along, and Ann and Rachel were also friends, so we saw each other."
On Saturday morning, Black Connecticut and the Jackie Robinson Foundation will host a fundraising screening of "42" at the Bowtie Majestic Theater at 118 Summer St. Tickets are $15, with the proceeds going toward the purchase of a red-black and-green Pan-African flag to be flown at Mill River Park.
John DaRosa, 69, of Stamford, met Jackie Robinson twice during his youth, and spearheaded the effort in to raise funds to place a life-size statue of the baseball legend in Jackie Robinson Park on the city's West Side in October 1999. With the blessing of the Robinson family, he also organized and ran Camp 42, a summer camp for underprivileged youth that combined sports and academic instruction.
During the run up to the 1960 presidential election, Robinson went to the Radio Shack on High Ridge Road, where DaRosa worked, to shop for jazz records while Rachel Robinson was grocery shopping at the First National supermarket.
When DaRosa and another co-worker told Robinson they didn't plan to vote because they were skeptical about politics, Robinson left a deep impression when he reproached them for their apathy.
"He said, `Listen, too many people have died for you to have the right to vote, you all need to vote,' " DaRosa recalled. "That was a turning point in my life and I did go downtown and registered, but that was very important in my heart and I really thought about what he said because he was right."
For Sharon Robinson, trying to use her father's example, legacy and accomplishments to encourage the young to bounce back from adversity and meet their goals is a life's work, she said.
In addition to her leadership role with the Jackie Robinson Foundation, since the 1990s, Robinson has overseen Breaking Barriers: In Sports and In Life, a program she created with Major League Baseball using in-school curriculum and activities to challenge students to apply Jackie Robinson's values to succeed in life. Students are asked to think strategically and learn how to handle setbacks and the judgments of others, she said.
"We talk about Jackie's values," Robinson said. "Life has hills and valleys, and some may be higher for people but that is life. I feel like we have to meet our challenges and deal with them."


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We'll be posting descriptions of selected speeches at the 2009 Conference on Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy. Those were meant to be "teasers" to attend the conference, considering the conference belongs to the past, they now stand as teasers to get stimulated and then start searching for more information on the subjects which grabbed your attention.
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Visual effects supervisor Bill Westenhofer and director Ang Lee discuss making a CG tiger in an interview on the 'Life of Pi' Blu-Ray, available March 12. Photo: Twentieth Century Fox.
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Thrice Married Woman, episodes 1-31: Why am I watching this?!
This is a "Thrice Married Woman" post. Yes, I'm still watching this ish. Yes, this show I am all caught up on, despite being weeks behind on "I Need Romance 3" and "You From Another Star." Believe me, the completely unnecessary 8-episode extension is doing nobody any favors, but I think there are some important takeaways from the story, which is why I keep watching.
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ISC Client Care is a chat, email, and telephone support service for Local Support Providers (LSPs) as well as other members of Penn's IT community. LSPs can contact Client Care for a variety of purposes including 2nd and 3rd tier support on technical issues, questions or issues regarding services provided by ISC, or general questions regarding the University's IT environment. Through Client Care, LSPs can also gain access to other IT-related resources and services summarized below.
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Mobile technology continues to be an increasingly important aspect of IT at the University and elsewhere. ISC's Lead for Mobile Technologies provides 2nd- and 3rd-tier support to Local Support Providers, maintains active relationships with many mobile service vendors, and offers guidance, purchasing recommendations, and product reviews for the Penn community. Members of the Penn IT community can also borrow devices from a select inventory for testing and self evaluation. For more information on the devices available for loan, please see the Mobile Device Evaluation Units article.
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Internal Contradictions in the BibleThere are many verses in the Bible that contradict one another. We will be taking a look at a few below.
[It should be noted that these and other contradictions exists in the Bible and in the earliest extant manuscripts. Faced with the difficulty of defending these, some fundamentalists have chosen a different tack. Thus we see fundamentalist versions of the Bible (such as the NIV, the Book and the Living Bible) making textually unsupported changes to the text of their translations!]
The Creation AccountLet us begin at the beginning. In chapter one of Genesis, God is said to have created plants on the third day (Genesis 1:12-13), with animals being created on the fifth and sixth day (Genesis 1:20-25). Man was made after all these, on the sixth day (Genesis 1:26-31). However, in the very next chapter, the Bible contradicts itself by explicitly noting that man was created before the plants and animals.
The difference between the above two accounts cannot be more explicit.
We take a more detailed look at the contradictions and problems in the Genesis creation myths elsewhere in this website.
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The wording here is very specific that each and every kind of animals was sent to the ark in pairs. However, a few verses later, a different commandment from God was recorded:
Again we have another obvious contradiction staring at us.[a] Genesis 6:19-20 says there are to be two of every kind of birds and no separation is made between clean and unclean animals, the word every before the kind of animal excludes the possibility, yet Genesis &;2-3 says that there are to be seven of every kind of birds and seven pairs of every kinds of clean animals.[1]
If you are interested, we discuss the difficulties and the babylonian origins of the flood myths in more detail elsewhere.
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Modern archaeological digs have exposed even more problems with the historicity of Joshua's conquest of Canaan.
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In the second book of Samuel we have an entirely different account of the slaying of Goliath:
Gittite means "man of Gath". So it is the same Goliath that was described as being slain in both I and II Samuel. In the former, David was the giant killer, in the latter it was Elhanan. So at least one of these verses must be false. Who slew Goliath: David or Elhanan? This inconsistency was so obvious to the translators for the King James Bible (or "The Authorized Version") that in an act of dishonest piety they actually rewrote the verse in II Samuel 21:19 to read as
Of course, the words "the brother of" are not found in the ancient manuscripts and has been supplied by the translators from a similar verse in the Bible (I Chronicles 20:5).[b] Whatever the case may be, the fact remains that there exists two contradictory accounts of the slaying of Goliath in the Bible.
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The above passage clearly shows that David, as his armour bearer and entertainer, was known to Saul. Yet a little later, after David's fight with Goliath, Saul is made to enquire from his chief captain as to the identity of the giant slayer (I Samuel 17:56). And he is again made to inquire from David who he is, when he should have known this all along:
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But we are told just 15 chapters later that Michal had children: she had, at least, five sons![5]
Here, just as in the case of Elhanan's slaying of Goliath, the pious translators of the Authorized Version tries to hide this contradiction by some convoluted wording. They translated the word "borne" as 'brought up' or raise, keeping the actual maternity relationship vague. Most modern translations translate it correctly as "borne".
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First let us look at an example where a verse in the New Testament contradicts that in the Old. Luke, in his genealogical tree of Jesus mentioned that Shelah was the grandson of Arphaxad:
But this is explicitly contradicted by Genesis:[6]
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Now, pray tell, who was Joseph's father, Jacob or Heli?
These two examples are not the only problems with genealogies of Jesus. If you are interested, a more detailed treatment is given later.
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The problem with this passage is that nowhere in Jeremiah can this prophecy be found. Instead it is found in the book of Zechariah!
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Thus Matthew said that Judas committed suicide by hanging himself while Luke said Judas fell off a precipice. Note also that Matthew said Judas gave the money back to the chief priests while Luke said that Judas used the money to buy a plot of land.
We provide a more detailed analysis of the difficulties inherent in Judas' betrayal stories elsewhere in this website.
This type of examples can be multiplied tremendously but to show us that internal contradictions exist in the Bible, the above few will suffice.
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Surgeons Offer Advice on Avoiding Varicose Veins
FRIDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- An estimated 50 percent to 55 percent of pregnant women in the United States develop varicose veins, according to the Society for Vascular Surgery.
"More than just a cosmetic issue, varicose veins can be painful and can lead to more serious health problems," Dr. Eva Rzucidlo, chair of the group's Women's Leadership Committee, said in a society news release.
"The first line of management for varicose vein treatment is medical management with compression stockings worn daily," Rzucidlo said.
"Another option is sclerotherapy, the sealing off of the veins -- mainly done for spider veins," she said. "Radiofrequency and laser treatments are also options which are minimally invasive procedures often performed in a doctor's office. For very large varicose veins, a surgical procedure known as vein stripping is available."
Pregnancy can cause varicose veins by putting pressure on the uterus, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health. Other factors that contribute to varicose veins include hormonal changes during puberty, pregnancy and menopause, obesity, lack of movement, a family history of varicose veins and increasing age.
Ways to reduce the risk of varicose veins or ease the discomfort include: maintaining a healthy weight, regular exercise, elevating legs when resting, avoiding sitting or standing for long periods of time, wearing elastic support stockings, eating a low-salt, high-fiber diet, and not wearing high-heel shoes for long periods of time.
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Book – Patricia Cowen is confused. "Very confused," it says on her medical chart most days. She forgets things. But she remembers things, too. She remembers Michael telling her "It's now or never" and saying "Now" and getting married and having his four children. She remembers Michael telling her "It's now or never" and saying "Never" and traveling in Florence and raising three children with Bee. She isn't sure which one of them is right, or if both of them are, but she's sure it means something.
My Real Children is one of those novels that could only be written by Jo Walton. It's science fiction insofar as it's about one woman and two different lives she could have had, both of them in worlds that are not exactly our own. (The split occurs sometime in the early fifties, and history progresses in sometimes surprising ways.) But the real story, the point of the story, is about Patricia – Trish in one lifetime, Pat in the other – and her life and her family. It's a little bit about might-have-beens, but more about the small choices that you make that make big differences, both to yourself and to other people. I loved it, and I can't recommend it highly enough.


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Are Regional Trade Agreements in Asia Stumbling or Building Blocks? Implications for the Mekong-3 Countries »
Volume/Issue: 2007/53
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2007
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451866179.001
Keywords: regional trade agreements, gravity model, trade diversion, Mekong countries, panel data, regional trade, trade agreements, free trade, rules of origin, Country and Industry Studies of Trade
Is the recent proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in Asia a healthy development, or runs the risk of turning into an unmanageable "noodle bowl" in the future? The goal of this paper is to shed some li...


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2003-04: Taylor Chorney played for Shattuck-St. Mary's and scored 12-44-56 points in 74 games.
2004-05: Represented the United States at a pair of U18 tournaments in Europe and still played for Shattuck-St.Mary's. Chorney was captain for the Americans at the April tournament.
2005-06: Invited to the USA WJC summer camp in August of 2005, Chorney was a standout despite being one of the youngest players in attendance. Played in the 2006 WJC in Vancouver and was a freshman at North Dakota.
2006-07: The UND (WCHA) defenseman netted eight goals and 31 points through 39 games this season, personal-bests for Chorney. He again joined up with the US National U20 Team, where he registered six points (1g+5a) in seven games at the WJC; he took Bronze with the US.
2006-07: The UND (WCHA) defenseman netted eight goals and 31 points through 39 games this season, personal-bests for Chorney. He again joined up with the US National U20 Team, where he registered six points (1g+5a) in seven games at the WJC; he took Bronze with the US.
2008-09: Chorney opted out of collegiate play, choosing instead to test out the professional hockey game. In 68 games with the Springfield Falcons (AHL), the D-man scored five goals and 21 points. He also got a look at the NHL, but failed to register any points in the two games he spent with the Oilers.
2009-10: Chorney made the Oilers out of training camp as a 22-year-old and skated in 12 games before being sent to Springfield in the AHL. He returned to Edmonton in late January and shuffled between the two teams. In 42 NHL games he had 3 assists and was -21 with 12 PMs while averaging 17 minutes of ice time per game. In 32 games with Springfield he scored 4 goals with 9 assists and was -20 with 14 PMs. Three of his four goals came on the power play. Chorney played for the USA at the 2010 IIHF World Championship and in six games was +2 with 2 PMs.
2010-11: Chorney's third pro season ended in disappointing fashion as he suffered a knee injury in late February after a productive season playing primarily for Oklahoma City in the AHL. While he did not make the Oilers out of camp as he did a year earlier, Chorney was eventually re-called in January and was effective in twelve games before the injury. He scored his first career NHL goal, a game-winner against Dallas, and was -5 with 3 assists and 4 PMs for the Oilers. In 46 games with Oklahoma City he scored 3 goals with 13 assists and was -1 with 22 PMs. Chorney was re-signed by Edmonton as a restricted free agent to a one-year contract in July, 2011.
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Chorney is slightly undersized for the defensive position but makes up for it with good hockey sense and puck-moving skills. He is a terrific skater, and is usually a sound positional defender. He plays a very heady game and is mature beyond his years.
Chorney is likely to spend his career as a tweener--good enough for top four minutes in the AHL while getting spot call up duty at the NHL level. There's a chance he could establish himself as a bottom pairing option in the right situation, but his lack of size and lack of NHL-level offense limit his ability to make an significant impact.


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I am trying to display an existing GeoTIFF file (from the FAA WAC set) in an application that requires the GeoTIFF NaturalOriginLongitude tag (FalconView 5.1.1). There are some older files in that set that display OK, and newer files that don't appear.
I'm confident that it is that tag (from running the code in a debugger, and from trying "fake" longitude values in files). That is, I know how to add the tag (using listgeo and geotifcp) as described in an earlier question, and adding the tag makes the file appear.
However the values that I'm putting in aren't providing an appropriately georeferenced display. I've tried zero (because that seemed like something easy) and I've tried using the same value as is in FalseOriginLongitude (which is what the older files seemed to contain). Setting NaturalOriginalLongitude to be the same as the FalseOriginLongitude value is definitely better than setting it to zero, but its a little off in Longitude (a few minutes) and a lot off in Latitude (a few degrees).
I tried some likely-looking google hits (especially an EPSG Guidance Note 7 Part2), but I didn't find anything that gives me the natural origin longitude (lambda0) value that I need.
Here is the output of listgeo for a specific file that does not display.
$ listgeo CG-18\ WAC\ 42\ North.tif
TIFFReadDirectory: Warning, CG-18 WAC 42 North.tif: unknown field with tag 42112 (0xa480) encountered.
TIFFReadDirectory: Warning, CG-18 WAC 42 North.tif: unknown field with tag 42113 (0xa481) encountered.
Version: 1
Key_Revision: 1.0
ModelTiepointTag (2,3):
0 0 0
-833364.681326397491974.541710076 0
ModelPixelScaleTag (1,3):
126.87142 126.87142 0
GTModelTypeGeoKey (Short,1): ModelTypeProjected
GTRasterTypeGeoKey (Short,1): RasterPixelIsArea
GTCitationGeoKey (Ascii,21): "PCS Name = CG-18 WAC"
GeographicTypeGeoKey (Short,1): GCS_NAD83
GeogCitationGeoKey (Ascii,24): "GCS_North_American_1983"
GeogAngularUnitsGeoKey (Short,1): Angular_Degree
GeogSemiMajorAxisGeoKey (Double,1): 6378137
GeogInvFlatteningGeoKey (Double,1): 298.257222101
ProjectedCSTypeGeoKey (Short,1): User-Defined
ProjectionGeoKey (Short,1): User-Defined
ProjCoordTransGeoKey (Short,1): CT_LambertConfConic_2SP
ProjLinearUnitsGeoKey (Short,1): Linear_Meter
ProjStdParallel1GeoKey (Double,1): 38.66667
ProjStdParallel2GeoKey (Double,1): 33.33333
ProjFalseOriginLongGeoKey (Double,1): -118.085
ProjFalseOriginLatGeoKey (Double,1): 36
ProjFalseOriginEastingGeoKey (Double,1): 0
ProjFalseOriginNorthingGeoKey (Double,1): 0
Projection Method: CT_LambertConfConic_2SP
ProjFalseOriginLatGeoKey: 36.000000 ( 36d 0' 0.00"N)
ProjFalseOriginLongGeoKey: -118.085000 (118d 5' 6.00"W)
ProjStdParallel1GeoKey: 38.666670 ( 38d40' 0.01"N)
ProjStdParallel2GeoKey: 33.333330 ( 33d19'59.99"N)
ProjFalseEastingGeoKey: 0.000000 m
ProjFalseNorthingGeoKey: 0.000000 m
Datum: 6269/North American Datum 1983
Ellipsoid: 7019/GRS 1980 (6378137.00,6356752.31)
Prime Meridian: 8901/Greenwich (0.000000/ 0d 0' 0.00"E)
Projection Linear Units: 9001/metre (1.000000m)
Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left ( -833364.681, 491974.542) (127d51'15.84"W, 40d 3'23.84"N)
Lower Left ( -833364.681, -31877.551) (127d16'36.93"W, 35d21'26.95"N)
Upper Right ( 685286.216, 491974.542) (110d 2'34.02"W, 40d10'41.37"N)
Lower Right ( 685286.216, -31877.551) (110d31' 8.78"W, 35d28'20.04"N)
Center ( -74039.233, 230048.495) (118d55'44.97"W, 38d 4'18.53"N)
There are also world files for each TIFF. Here is an example:
$ cat CG-18\ WAC\ 42\ North.tfw
There are also HTML files providing metadata, but it seems (to me) to be a subset of the GeoTIFF tags.
Any suggestions for how to get a reasonable value for NaturalOriginLongitude from the information I have available?


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What is a filibuster and why would senators use it?
WASHINGTON -- The filibuster -- used this week by Republican Sen. Rand Paul to oppose John Brennan's nomination as CIA director -- is a parliamentary tactic used to block or delay legislative action.
See story on Paul's filibuster.
Using a filibuster, a senator can essentially hold the floor to prevent a bill from coming to a vote.
Filibusters -- from the Dutch word for "pirate" -- were popularized in the 1850s and continue today in the Senate on the thinking that any senator should be able to speak as long as necessary on an issue, according to Senate historians. Paul's filibuster lasted nearly 13 hours, ending early Thursday.
Rules were passed long ago to limit debate in the larger House of Representatives.
In 1975, the Senate reduced the number of votes required to end the debate -- an action called "cloture." Cloture requires a three-fifths vote, or 60 of the current 100 senators.
Filibuster tactics have varied over time. During the 1930s, Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana used the filibuster against bills that he thought favored the rich over the poor -- taking up the time by reciting Shakespeare and reading recipes for "pot-likkers." He once held the floor for 15 hours, but the record for the longest individual speech goes to South Carolina's Strom Thurmond. Thurmond filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, Senate historians say.


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South Korea has decided that Cyberspace Addiction is a definite problem and has created the Jump Up Internet Rescue School to fix it. Students must go through military type obstacle courses, counseling sessions, and workshops to teach pottery and drumming to get away from those keyboards to break "bad" habits. The government has come up with an actual checklist based on the K-Scale (for Korea) and claims that about 2.4 million people under 18 are close to becoming addicts there. We are thinking that instead of trying to cure them, they might just take those same users and find out how they can help their country with their obvious technological skills.
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Tablets and CRM, Part 1: A Plus for Productivity
Nov 12, 2013 5:00 AM PT
The CRM case for tablets is quite clear: Workers are more mobile than ever and need to be able to access their systems on the go. Ditto customers and the workers who service them while on the go. Tablets are more robust tools than smartphones and allow for even greater functionality.
Somehow overlooked in this business case, though, is the productivity factor. CRM applications enabled for tablet use also enhance productivity, in some instances to a great degree.
'An Abundance of Information'
Office productivity technology is poised to deliver significantly more productivity enhancements than it has to date, according to a report from the UK's Center for Economic and Business Research, which predicts further growth of 22 percent by 2020.
One of the tools that will deliver these enhancements is the tablet, suggested Colm Sheehy, senior economist at CEBR.
Now, extend this premise to CRM and customer service.
In a way, this conclusion is a no-brainer, says James Berkeley, managing director of Ellice Consulting.
"Virtual teams are able to operate around the world without restriction in supporting customer needs," Berkeley told CRM Buyer. "Customers have at their fingers tips an abundance of information. That power has dramatically changed the purchasing process and the customer relationship needs, skills and competencies."
'A Transformative Impact'
The upshot is that whole industries are in the process of being disrupted by mobile telephony and tablets, Berkeley said. For example, the speed and quality of graphic images and data potentially transform the entire life and health insurance sector, he said.
"With an increasing trend of B2C rather than B2B -- public and private health insurance exchanges, for example -- the adviser/platform administrator at the point of sales can plug in, analyze and model in front of the client visually alternative life and health insurance coverage in 5 minutes when it took 5 days to present and make a sale."
In geographies such as China, in fact, "where large life insurance agency forces still dominate, tablets have a potentially transformative impact on increased sales and lower overheads," he said.
'A More Efficient Platform'
While software is clearly key to these initiatives -- CRM applications that have been designed for the tablet and not just right-sized from earlier mobile initiatives -- the tablet makers themselves are also playing a significant role, as companies take steps to wring out further productivity gains from tablet-friendly CRM apps.
For example, Apple's latest operating system, iOS 7, has enhanced collaboration features that can increase enterprise productivity, J. Schwan, CEO and founder of Solstice Mobile, told CRM Buyer.
"Its Airdrop feature allows for the sharing of content in real-time through WiFi or Bluetooth, providing a more efficient platform for presentation and collaborative projects," Schwan explained. "If enterprises choose to leverage capabilities such as Airdrop, and they should, then they will have more productive employees that drive sales with collaborative apps on tablets."
Mobile access increases salesforce productivity by almost 15 percent, Schwan noted, pointing to a 2012 study from Aberdeen.
"These productivity numbers will continue to rise," he predicted, "not just because of the new devices, but because of contextual, powerful enterprise mobile apps that employees can access on tablets."
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A Sydney man who denies murdering his friend on his birthday saw him being shot dead but deliberately chose not to tell police he was present, his barrister has told a jury.
Gazi Safarjalani, 37, has pleaded not guilty to murdering his former coffee-shop partner, Bill Panagakos, at an intersection in Petersham late at night on his 45th birthday on March 4, 2014.
In the defence opening address in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Tony Evers said if his client told police he saw the shooting he might have ended up in court having to name the person who killed his friend.
But he asked what that would have meant for Safarjalani and his family, telling the jury that Mr Panagakos "associated with people you might think may be dangerous".
Earlier, crown prosecutor Adrian Robertson alleged Safarjalani was one of two men seen approaching Mr Panagakos at the intersection before five shots were fired at him at close range.
He said the Crown did not have to prove that Safarjalani was the shooter but that he was part of a joint criminal enterprise or an agreement to carry out the crime.
Mr Panagakos died after being shot with a handgun - three times in the head and once in the shoulder, while a fifth bullet left a graze on his arm.
He had celebrated his birthday with his wife before receiving a phone call, telling her he was going to see some friends, would be away for about four hours and that he would get a taxi as he would be drinking.
Mr Robertson said Safarjalani first told police he believed his friend could have been killed over money as he was a big gambler, but later said he understood the death related to 254 kilograms of pseudoephedrine, used to manufacture the drug ice.
The jury would hear secretly recorded conversations between Safarjalani and his wife, as well as some recorded after his arrest in February 2017.
In one, he allegedly referred to police documents about Mr Panagakos being shot in the head, before he said "it's not a pretty sight seeing something like that" and "that's why I went crazy".
Mr Evers said he anticipated the jury would hear evidence that Mr Panagakos had described Safarjalani "as better than a brother".
"There is no evidence of any animosity between Mr Panagakos and the accused," he said.
Neither was there evidence of any falling out between them or that his client bore any ill-will towards his friend.
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OLYMPICS: Closing ceremonies today with pop party extravaganza
LONDON (AP) -- British rock stars are seizing the stage to close the Olympics with an extravaganza that promises to keep a worldwide audience entertained well into the night -- and dancing all the way to Rio.
The Who, the surviving members of Queen and the Spice Girls were expected to headline a fun and frivolous closing ceremony, celebrating the remarkable crop of pop icons the host country has given the world for decades.
Artistic director Kim Gavin has promised "the best after-show party that's ever been," and as details of the lineup leaked in the British press days ahead of time, there was no reason to doubt him.
The ceremony had something for everyone, from tween girls to 1960s hippies. George Michael, Muse, Fatboy Slim and the One Direction, the British cotton-candy boy band of the moment, were all expected to perform.
The best seats were for the 10,800 Olympic athletes, set to march in as one and form what Gavin has described as a human mosh pit on the field. Queen Elizabeth II, who made a memorable mock parachute entrance at the opening ceremony, will be on hand.
Eight minutes have been turned over to Brazil, host of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, which promises an explosion of samba, sequins and Latin cool. Following tradition, the mayor of London will hand the Olympic flag off to his Rio counterpart.
There will also be speeches by International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge and London organizing committee chief Sebastian Coe, and the extinguishing of the Olympic flame.
What a way to end a games far more successful than many Londoners expected. Security woes were overcome, and traffic nightmares never materialized. The weather held up, more or less, and Britain had its biggest medal haul since 1908.
The United States edged China in both the gold medal and total medal standings, recapturing the gold-medal title it lost four years ago, but Britain will finish third in golds.
And while the games may have lacked some of the drama and grandeur of the Beijing Olympics in 2008, there were some unforgettable moments.
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt became an Olympic legend by repeating as champion in both the 100-meter and 200-meter sprints. Michael Phelps ended his long career as the most decorated Olympian in history.
British distance runner Mo Farah became a national treasure by sweeping the 5,000- and 10,000-meter races, and favorite daughter Jessica Ennis became a global phenomenon with her victory in the heptathlon.
Female athletes took center stage in a way they never had before. American gymnast Gabby Douglas soared to gold, the U.S. soccer team made a dramatic march to the championship. Packed houses that turned out to watch the new event of women's boxing. And women competed for Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei took part for the first time.
And then there was Oscar Pistorious, the double-amputee from South Africa running on carbon-fiber blades, who didn't win a medal but nonetheless left a champion. And sprinter Manteo Mitchell, who completed his leg of the 4x400 relay semifinal on a broken leg, allowing his team to qualify and win silver.
All of it took place in the coming-of-age of the Twitter-era, with athletes posting their every thought, from drunken celebrations to royal crushes to frowned-upon shout-outs to sponsors.
"It was a dream for a sports-lover like me," Rogge said of the two weeks of competition.
Coe refused to anoint the games "the best ever," in the phrase former IOC chief Juan Antonio Samaranch used to describe almost every games. But he declared himself "very, very pleased."
He said the closing ceremony didn't aim to be profound, not even the irreverent romp through British history offered by Danny Boyle's $42 million spectacle on opening night.
The theme for the close, Coe said, could be summed up in three words. "Party. Party. Party."
In a switch from opening night and what appeared to be a concession to its vocal critics, NBC decided to stream the ceremony live online, in addition to broadcasting it during prime time.
London organizers tried to keep the ceremony under wraps, but photographs opf their rehearsals, in an old car plant in east London, made the British papers almost daily.
The show will include performances of 30 British hit singles from the past five decades -- whittled by Gavin from a list of 1,000 songs.
Gavin said Saturday the show would open with a tribute to the "cacophony" of London life, with a soundtrack ranging from late Edward Elgar, composer of the "Pomp and Circumstance" march, to The Kinks' "Waterloo Sunset." Frontman Ray Davies is expected to perform the 1960s song, a love letter to London.
While creators of the opening ceremony could rehearse for weeks inside the stadium, Gavin and his team had less than a day between the end of track and field competition and Sunday's ceremony. Not a lot of time to practice a show with multiple sets, pyrotechnics and 3,500 volunteer performers.
Some athletes who skipped the opening ceremony in order to rest for upcoming competitions said they wouldn't miss the closing extravaganza for the world.
"I am so excited," said American teen sensation Missy Franklin, who took home five swimming medals, including four golds. "I think it is the perfect way to end the entire journey."
Added Brenda Villa, a member of the gold-winning U.S. water polo team: "We just want to have fun and kind of put an end to this magical tournament."


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The shooting of Florida teen Trayvon Martin has drawn national attention to the incident with many commentators already drawing conclusions about guilt and innocence in the matter. New information and evidence in the case continues to feed the controversy.
According to CBS News, Martin had been suspended from school three separate times for offenses ranging from tardiness and truancy to vandalism. In fact, he was on a 10-day suspension from school at the time he was shot by George Zimmerman, captain of the local Neighborhood Watch team. Preliminary evidence indicates that Martin had violated his school's zero tolerance drug rules.
New information about exactly what happened that evening was released by law enforcement officials to the Orlando Sentinel, which published the following late Monday evening:
On Feb. 26, when Zimmerman first spotted Trayvon, he called police and reported a suspicious person, describing Trayvon as black, acting strangely and perhaps on drugs.
Zimmerman got out of his SUV to follow Trayvon on foot. When a dispatch employee asked Zimmerman if he was following the 17-year-old, Zimmerman said yes. The dispatcher told Zimmerman he did not need to do that.
There is about a one-minute gap during which police say they're not sure what happened.
Zimmerman told them he lost sight of Trayvon and was walking back to his SUV when Trayvon approached him from the left rear, and they exchanged words.
Trayvon asked Zimmerman if he had a problem. Zimmerman said no and reached for his cell phone, he told police. Trayvon then said, "Well, you do now" or something similar and punched Zimmerman in the nose, according to the account he gave police.
Zimmerman fell to the ground and Trayvon got on top of him and began slamming his head into the sidewalk, he told police.
Zimmerman began yelling for help.
It turns out that there were six witnesses to the scene, one of whom gave an eye-witness account that corroborates the details provided by the police. Concerned for his personal safety, the witness who called himself John gave an off-camera interview with TV station FOX 35 in Orlando:
The guy on the bottom who I believe had a red sweater on was yelling to me: "Help, help." I told him to stop and I was calling 9-1-1….
When I got upstairs and looked down, the person that was on top beating up the other guy was the one laying in the grass, and I believe he was dead at that point.
When the police arrived at the scene they noted that Zimmerman was bloody in the face and head, and the back of his shirt was wet and had grass stains on it, indicating that there had been a struggle before the shooting.
After looking at all the available information, Massad Ayoob, a firearms instructor and renowned expert witness in such cases, concluded that "we don't know enough about what happened to rush to judgment yet." Said Ayoob:
The autopsy results, including toxicology screen, have not yet been released. If it turns out that the young man who died was fueled by drugs known to cause violent behavior, could that change our perceptions? That knowledge is not yet in our hands. (Reportedly, Zimmerman was not tested, and police indicate that he showed no signs of drug or alcohol impairment)….
The death weapon was a Kel-Tec PF9 semiautomatic 9mm pistol. It has been reported that the gun was recovered with a full magazine and that only the chambered round had been fired. This is a condition we associate with something preventing the gun from cycling a fresh round from the magazine into the chamber after the shot was discharged. One thing that can cause that is another man's hand wrapped around the pistol, retarding its slide mechanism. This would indicate, as could certain gunshot residue patterns or cuts in certain places if found on Trayvon Martin's hand(s), that a struggle for a gun was taking place when the fatal shot was fired. This would clearly change the shape of the case. But—WE DON'T KNOW YET.
Hopefully as additional evidence is revealed, tempers and threats will subside so that justice can be served through careful and objective examination. George Zimmerman's attorney, Craig Sonner, isn't so sure:
This case is spinning out of control. I hope there's a way to rein things in [and that] things come back so that there can be a time for justice and for healing and not just skipping the whole judicial process and going straight to sentencing.


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Extensio is a clean, modern and Powerful Professional Premium WordPress Theme suitable for any kind of corporate / business website. It comes with an impressive jQuery homepage slider with unlimited possibilities and options.
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Version 1.3.0 (June 17, 2013)
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Version 1.2.0 (March 05, 2013)
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- Was added the 5 columns shortcode [one_fifth]...[/one_fifth].
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- Was added the Documentation directly in admin panel
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Company Overview First Watch - Daytime Cafe is a breakfast restaurant that thrives on 'fresh, new concepts.' We cater to people who are looking for a Breakfast, Brunch and Lunch restaurant that serve more than just your steaks and food fit for later in the day. NO NIGHT SHIFTS. EVER. OPEN DAILY FROM 7:00 AM -- 2:30 PM Yeah, it's true. We love our employees more than bacon. Together, we enjoy a fun, fast-paced environment in each of our restaurants. Job Overview The role of a Cook is to prepare food for the restaurants, employee meals, catering and special orders/functions. The Cook is expected to prepare food of the highest quality for our guests. This position assists the General Manager in executing the menu and maintaining a safe work environment in the kitchen. General Responsibilities •To properly and efficiently prepare and present all food items to be served, including accommodating special guest requests. •To rotate food in walk in's and freezers to minimize waste and spoilage. Maintain internal cleanliness of all food prep areas. •Assist, as directed, ordering necessary food supplies. •Follow all specifications and to properly set up hot and cold line stations. •Able to read, understand and produce in a timely manner. •Follow all policies and procedures of First Watch. •Immediately report all suspicious occurrences and hazardous conditions. •Maintain the cleanliness and safety of work areas at all times. •Practice safe work habits at all times and to avoid injury to self and others. •Comply with company and departmental safety rules and regulations, including the proper handling of all relevant equipment and machinery. •Attend all mandatory meetings as directed. •Perform other tasks, including cross-training as directed.Requirements:
Job Qualifications Experience/Knowledge: •Must have basic knowledge of production and operations in all relevant kitchen areas. •Must be familiar with proper use and cleaning of relevant kitchen equipment and machinery. •Basic knowledge of soups, stocks and sauces required. •Must have proficient knowledge of sautéing, culling, broiling, poaching, boiling, steaming, and braising. •Must have proficient knife handling skills. •Understanding and knowledge of safety, sanitation and food handling procedures. •Able to understand English and to follow simple verbal direction. •Previous prep or line cook experience. Skills/Aptitudes: •Detail orientated. •Organized and efficient. •Learns quickly and has ability to take direction. •High quality standards for production and service. •Ability to work calmly and effectively under pressure. •Ability to work productively with little supervision in a team environment. •Must have problem solving abilities, be self-motivated and organized. •Commitment to quality service, and food and beverage knowledge. License/Qualifications: •Valid Food Handler Certificate required. •Must be able to work nights, weekends and some holidays. •Flexible schedule helpful. •Must comply with any dress code requirements.Additional Info:
-Health, made from scratch menu -You First' culture -Insurance Benefits/401k -Growth opportunities *Meal discounts Full-Time and Part-Time positions available EOE/M/F/D/V MH (FW) Restaurants LLC - Franchisee of First Watch