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(CNN) -- Cop killer suspect Christopher Jordan Dorner published an 11-page manifesto, apparently seeking to explain or justify murder. Dorner, a former police officer and trained marksman, is now being hunted by police in Los Angeles and across Southern California. They say he's already taken three lives, including that of the daughter of a police chief he felt had wronged him. Targeting the children and spouses of officers is one of many specific threats Dorner makes.
Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck addressed the manifesto at a news conference on Thursday when a reporter commented that Dorner was blaming the LAPD for his actions. "You're talking about a homicide suspect who has committed atrocious crimes. If you want to give any attribution to his ramblings on the Internet, go right ahead, but I do not."
Following are excerpts from the manifesto, with detail and analysis to put it in as much perspective as we can. We've replaced slurs and curse words with asterisks; Dorner spelled them out. We have not corrected his spelling and grammatical errors.
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"I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous murders and have taken drastic and shocking actions in the last couple of days. You are saying to yourself that this is completely out of character of the man you knew who always wore a smile wherever he was seen. I know I will be villified by the LAPD and the media. Unfortunately, this is a necessary evil that I do not enjoy but must partake and complete for substantial change to occur within the LAPD and reclaim my name. The department has not changed since the Rampart and Rodney King days. It has gotten worse. The consent decree should never have been lifted. The only thing that has evolved from the consent decree is those officers involved in the Rampart scandal and Rodney King incidents have since promoted to supervisor, commanders, and command staff, and executive positions."
It isn't known when Dorner wrote this, whether it was before or after the murderous rampage he's accused of began. It starts as a way to explain himself, to try to justify his actions by saying he felt it was his "last resort." He used that term in the subject line of this manifesto that was addressed to "America." It, in many ways, acts as the preface to his story. It is a story that is at times a rambling, angry airing of personal grievances that he thinks led to his firing. At other times, it reads as the grandiose doctrine of a man who believes he is a revolutionary and the last hope to save what he deems to be a police department so corrupt that murder was the sole way to stop the rot.
Dorner's claims of corruption and bias against the LAPD wouldn't be the first, but his level of detail, the fits of rage, and the blunt and violent nature of how he intends to rectify it -- through a murderous rampage -- are stark and shocking.
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"Unfortunately after reporting it to supervisors and investigated by PSB (internal affairs investigator) [redacted] nothing was done. I had broken their supposed "Blue Line" ...
It is clear as day that the department retaliated toward me for reporting Evans for kicking [the victim]"
This seems to be the impetus behind Dorner's rage. Throughout his manifesto, he returns to the actions of one specific officer whom he reported as abusing a suspect, but nothing, he says, was done. He claims the officer and others lied to protect the truth. It seems to be Dorner's belief that he was fired because of this, and it seems to be the spark for his larger anger toward the department.
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"During this BOR hearing a video was played for the BOR panel where [the victim] stated that he was indeed kicked by Officer Evans (video sent to multiple news agencies). In addition to [the victim] stating he was kicked, his father [redacted], also stated that his son had stated he was kicked by an officer when he was arrested after being released from custody. This was all presented for the department at the BOR hearing. They still found me guilty and terminated me."
Throughout the manifesto, Dorner tries to enlist support for his cause and gives instructions, this time asking the media to cover his case.
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"At that point I jumped over my front passenger seat and two other officers where I placed my hands around [redacted] neck and squeezed. I stated to [redacted] "Don't fucking say that". At that point there was pushing and shoving and we were separated by several other officers. What I should have done, was put a Winchester Ranger SXT 9mm 147 grain bullet in his skull and Officer [redacted] skull. The Situation would have been resolved effective, immediately."
Dorner says this unrelated incident came after he heard another officer call someone else a "n****r." Dorner confronted him, but the officer said he'd say it as often as he wanted. Dorner, who is African-American, is very clear in his writing that he should have solved the problem permanently with murder. It's also a sign that he's been violent against colleagues.
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"I was the only black kid in each of my elementary school classes from first grade to seventh grade in junior high and any instances where I was disciplined for fighting was in response to fellow students provoking common childhood schoolyard fights, or calling me a n****r or other derogatory racial names. I grew up in neighborhoods where blacks make up less than 1%. My first recollection of racism was in the first grade at Norwalk Christian elementary school in Norwalk, CA. A fellow student, [Jim] if I can recall, called me a n****r on the playground. My response was swift and non-lethal. I struck him fast and hard with a punch an kick. He cried and reported it to a teacher. The teacher reported it to the principal. The principal swatted Jim for using a derogatory word toward me. He then for some unknown reason swatted me for striking Jim in response to him calling me a n****r. He stated as good Christians we are to turn the other cheek as Jesus did. Problem is, I'm not a f***ing Christian and that old book, made of fiction and limited non-fiction, called the bible, never once stated Jesus was called a n****r. How dare you swat me for standing up for my rights for demanding that I be treated as a equal human being. That day I made a life decision that I will not tolerate racial derogatory terms spoken to me. Unfortunately I was swatted multiple times for the same exact reason up until junior high.
"Terminating me for telling the truth of a caucasian officer kicking a mentally ill man is disgusting. Don't ever call me a f***ing bully. I want all journalist to utilize every source you have that specializes in collections for your reports. With the discovery and evidence available you will see the truth. Unfortunately, I will not be alive to see my name cleared. That's what this is about, my name. A man is nothing without his name."
Dorner's story of discrimination when he was a child and his initial inclination to use force parallels how he talks about handling the problems with those in the LAPD who he believes have done the same to other citizens.
He also begins to talk about his "name" and what it means to him to clear it, a central theme in his manifesto. He wants people to know he is far from the bully he was declared to be at the LAPD for reporting something he thought was wrong. And he begins to detail his plan to clear that name, to justify what he has done and what he plans to continue doing: killing until the truth is made clear.
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"I have exhausted all available means at obtaining my name back. I have attempted all legal court efforts within appeals at the Superior Courts and California Appellate courts. This is my last resort. The LAPD has suppressed the truth and it has now lead to deadly consequences. The LAPD's actions have cost me my law enforcement ...They cost me my Naval career ... I lost my position as a Commanding Officer of a Naval Security Forces reserve unit at NAS Fallon because of the LAPD. I've lost a relationship with my mother and sister because of the LAPD. I've lost a relationship with close friends because of the LAPD. In essence, I've lost everything because the LAPD took my name and new I was INNOCENT!!!"
Dorner seems to be saying he has exhausted all options to prove that he is not the man he's been made out to be through his termination. He has lost everything he believes is important. While we may not know what set off this powder keg, his writing gives the impression that he feels he has nothing personally to lose, so he might as well try to fix things by any means necessary.
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"I'm not an aspiring rapper, I'm not a gang member, I'm not a dope dealer, I don't have multiple babies momma's. I am an American by choice, I am a son, I am a brother, I am a military service member, I am a man who has lost complete faith in the system, when the system betrayed, slandered, and libeled me. I lived a good life and though not a religious man I always stuck to my own personal code of ethics, ethos and always stuck to my shoreline and true North. I didn't need the US Navy to instill Honor, Courage, and Commitment in me but I thank them for re-enforcing it. It's in my DNA.
Self Preservation is no longer important to me. I do not fear death as I died long ago on 1/2/09. I was told by my mother that sometimes bad things happen to good people. I refuse to accept that.
From 2/05 to 1/09 I saw some of the most vile things humans can inflict on others as a police officer in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, it wasn't in the streets of LA. It was in the confounds of LAPD police stations and shops (cruisers). The enemy combatants in LA are not the citizens and suspects, it's the police officers.
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. How ironic that you utilize a fixed glass structure as your command HQ. You use as a luminous building to symbolize that you are transparent, have nothing to hide, or suppress when in essence, concealing, omitting, and obscuring is your forte."
Dorner writes at length that he's one of the "good guys," driven to do something extraordinary because of what has been done to him, not because of any innate evilness. It seems he wants to be thought of as a principled, ethical man, not a murderer. If there are "bad guys," they're inside the LAPD. Despite all his honorable service and the horrors he's seen, from the military to the streets of Los Angeles, he calls out the LAPD as the worst of them all, likening them to terrorists.
And that is why, he says, the LAPD can try to hide, but he won't stop. And he's not afraid to die for it: In Dorner's mind, he died on the day he was fired and what he saw as injustice began.
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"I'll be waiting for a PUBLIC response at a press conference. When the truth comes out, the killing stops."
"The attacks will stop when the department states the truth about my innocence, PUBLICLY!!! I will not accept any type of currency/goods in exchange for the attacks to stop, nor do i want it. I want my name back, period."
Dorner has made his brazen threats clear. He will not stop, and the bloodshed will continue unless his name is publicly cleared. He wants the attention of the highest ranks of the department he so despises, it seems, and is intent on getting it.
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"This department has not changed from the Daryl Gates and Mark Fuhrman days. Those officers are still employed and have all promoted to Command staff and supervisory positions. I will correct this error ...
"The blue line will forever be severed and a cultural change will be implanted. You have awoken a sleeping giant.
"I am here to change and make policy. The culture of LAPD versus the community and honest/good officers needs to and will change. I am here to correct and calibrate your morale compasses to true north."
Dorner's larger crusade against the LAPD seems clearly centered on his personal termination, but he views it as an example of a corrupt culture. He references Gates, the former chief of the department during the Rodney King beating case, and Fuhrman, a detective who called O.J. Simpson a n****r but denied doing so. He seemingly wants to remind people of past problems involving the police and convince them nothing has changed, that the LAPD is still rotten at the core.
He makes clear in his haunting statements that he will do what in order to "correct and calibrate" the compass of the LAPD, however high of a body count is necessary.
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"Those Caucasian officers who join South Bureau divisions (77th,SW,SE, an Harbor) with the sole intent to victimize minorities who are uneducated, and unaware of criminal law, civil law, and civil rights. You prefer the South bureau because a use of force/deadly force is likely and the individual you use UOF on will likely not report it. You are a high value target.
"Those Black officers in supervisory ranks and pay grades who stay in south bureau (even though you live in the valley or OC) for the sole intent of getting retribution toward subordinate caucasian officers for the pain and hostile work environment their elders inflicted on you as probationers (P-1′s) and novice P-2's. You are a high value target.
You perpetuated the cycle of racism in the department as well. You breed a new generation of bigoted caucasian officer when you belittle them and treat them unfairly.
"Those Hispanic officers who victimize their own ethnicity because they are new immigrants to this country and are unaware of their civil rights. You call them [derogatory word for Mexicans] to their face and demean them in front of fellow officers of different ethnicities so that you will receive some sort of acceptance from your colleagues. I'm not impressed. Most likely, your parents or grandparents were immigrants at one time, but you have forgotten that. You are a high value target.
"Those lesbian officers in supervising positions who go to work, day in day out, with the sole intent of attempting to prove your misandrist authority (not feminism) to degrade male officers. You are a high value target.
"Those Asian officers who stand by and observe everything I previously mentioned other officers participate in on a daily basis but you say nothing, stand for nothing and protect nothing. Why? Because of your usual saying, " I......don't like conflict". You are a high value target as well.
"Those of you who "go along to get along" have no backbone and destroy the foundation of courage. You are the enablers of those who are guilty of misconduct. You are just as guilty as those who break the code of ethics and oath you swore."
Dorner calls out different races in the LAPD and puts them all on notice they could be killed to pay for the department's wrongs. He singles out lesbians on the force as being misandrist, or hating men, though he didn't give specifics. It seems as if he is justifying each possible murder that could occur. He lays out how he will be judge, jury and executioner for each of them. Nobody is exempt.
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"Citizens/non-combatants, do not render medical aid to downed officers/enemy combatants. They would not do the same for you. They will let you bleed out just so they can brag to other officers that they had a 187 caper the other day and can't wait to accrue the overtime in future court subpoenas. As they always say, "that's the paramedics job...not mine". Let the balance of loss of life take place. Sometimes a reset needs to occur."
Perhaps one of the most startling things is that Dorner specifically addresses us, the everyday citizen. He tells us to let his victims die. Do not help them. He believes that their deaths, their murders at his hand, are part of a great and necessary "reset."
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"No one grows up and wants to be a cop killer. It was against everything I've ever was. As a young police explorer I found my calling in life. But, As a young police officer I found that the violent suspects on the street are not the only people you have to watch ...
"To those children of the officers who are eradicated, your parent was not the individual you thought they were. As you get older, you will see the evidence that your parent was a tyrant who lost their ethos and instead followed the path of moral corruptness. They conspired to hide and suppress the truth of misconduct on others behalf's. Your parent will have a name and plaque on the fallen officers memorial in D.C. But, In all honesty, your parents name will be a reminder to other officers to maintain the oath they swore and to stay along the shoreline that has guided them from childhood to that of a local, state, or federal law enforcement officer."
Dorner wants to make clear that this isn't who he ever thought he would be. But even more than that, he has haunting words for the loved ones of his victims: They aren't who you thought, either. Dorner believes he is righting the wrongs that nobody else has tackled, and despite what people will say about the victims, Dorner believes they deserve what they are getting. He goes on to quote Thomas Jefferson in saying that it sometimes take the "blood of patriots and tyrants" to refresh the "tree of liberty." Dorner apparently believes that he is the man riding in with a white hat to fix the wrongs of one of the nation's best-known police forces.
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"I never had the opportunity to have a family of my own, I'm terminating yours."
This is perhaps the most direct threat, one that police say Dorner has carried out already.
He is telling LAPD officers that he will target their mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and children. He names some of them, including retired officer Randy Quan, whose daughter may have been the first victim. It's unclear what Dorner means about having a family of his own, but his threats to wreak havoc and commit mass murder are clear.
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"The Violence of action will be HIGH. I am the reason TAC alert was established. I will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in LAPD uniform whether on or off duty...
"This will be a war of attrition and a Pyrrhic and Camdean Victory for myself. You may have the resources and manpower but you are reactive and predictable in your op plans... I have the strength and benefits of being unpredictable, unconventional, and unforgiving. Do not waste your time with briefs and tabletops."
Dorner doens't just threaten to kill, he threatens warfare. He is almost inviting LAPD officers, daring them, to try to stop him. It is as if he knows how it will end, and he doesn't care. He believes he will win the war he is waging, although it will cause his suffering and death just as much as that of the victims he plans to kill.


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The last time the Bruins enjoyed a start like this, the names on the back of the uniforms were Orr, Esposito, Sanderson, Bucyk and Cheevers.
It was 1970, the season between two Stanley Cup championships, and that Boston team also started 5-0-1 on its way to a 57-14-7 record. Only a lanky rookie Montreal goaltender named Ken Dryden spoiled what would have been three consecutive titles for that team.
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�I'm really proud of the way our guys handled it,� said coach Claude Julien, whose team played the night before and didn't get back until 1 a.m. �Obviously, we were a determined group in that third period.�
The Devils scored the only goal of the first two periods, a power-play strike by David Clarkson, who deflected Marek Zidlicky's shot from the left point past Rask at 8:30 of the middle period. Clarkson, who had seven shots on goal in the game, now has a point in all five Devils games (3-2-5 totals).
The goal put the brakes on the Bruins' season-opening streak of 24 consecutive power-play kills. But they skated away four New Jersey power plays besides Rask made some outstanding stops, none better than when he robbed Clarkson on a sizzling one-timer in the first minute of the third period. He foiled Krystofer Barch on a pair of bang-bang chances from right in front during a delayed penalty call late in the first period, and also thwarted Clarkson and Ryan Carter (deflection) later in the first period.
The Bruins' best chances in the first two periods were a Lucic shot from in front of the net that went wide midway through the first period, and Marchand's sizzling one-timer from the slot -- set up by Seguin -- that Hedberg blocked in the final minute of the first period.
�We've got a lot of guys that were here when we won (the Cup), and when we did that, we went through every situation you can think of,� Marchand said. �We know that it's not over until the buzzer goes and we've show that a couple of times already.�
Seguin led off the shootout and gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead with a forehand over Hedberg's glove, but the goal was disallowd because a fan threw what the officials called an �unidentified food object� that slid through the crease behind the goalie just before Seguin shot.
�I think it affected me more than the goalie,� Seguin said.
Seguin did get a do-over, though, and this time he moved in with a backhander to score, even though he considered repeating the same forehand move. It was a big goal, too, because Ilya Kovalchuk then scored for the Devils to tie it.
Marchand said of his winner: �I had that move in my head before I went in. I've done it a few times in practice, so I figured I'd try it and it worked.�

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The interaction between countries, in this day and age, is never static and unchanging — countries are constantly scurrying to build diplomatic, economic and military relations with one another. This is because governments recognise that events within one nation can inadvertently lead to other events elsewhere, so they have an interest in influencing events in other nations to their own benefit. Similarly, individuals can be influenced by events in other nations, and being aware of such events can be helpful. At the same time, it should be noted that not every event affects the individual, which would mean that knowledge about them is relatively unimportant. With this in mind, it is important for people to be aware of current events in countries other than their own, insofar as these events interests them, be it because it affects them, because they are able to influence and change such trends, or because information about that event brings them intellectual stimulation.
Some claim that events occurring outside the country in which one resides are not important to the individual, because he is not directly involved in the event. If the person was not directly involved, they claim, then there is no benefit in him knowing about the event because such knowledge does not impact him in any way. However, such a view is parochial and does not consider the fact that events in other countries can affect people directly. Recent cases of fruit contamination in the United States and melamine contamination of milk in China have caused an uproar, precisely because these products are exported to other nations for consumption. The question implicitly assumes that people living in a country should be aware of events occurring within the country they reside in. This is often the mindset that is adopted, because events within the country are more likely to affect us, in that such events hint to us potential gains and losses we may experience. For example, it is regarded as important for people to know about governmental policy in their own country, because such policies are directly tailored towards them and would necessarily affect them. However, as Thomas Friedman, American author, put it, the world has become "a global village". It follows that it is indeed important for individuals to know of events outside just their geographical surroundings, because the increasingly interconnected world means that events in a single country can in fact affect those living elsewhere. Information about a lack of control over oil production by OPEC would warn Singaporeans of impending price hikes at petrol stations, simply because Singaporeans do not live in a bubble, disconnected from the rest of the world. In essence, many current events outside of the geographical boundaries of an individual can have an impact on his or her behaviour — it is thus important to hold a wealth of knowledge of such events.
Others may then argue that even if some events may affect one's life, these are far and few between — the majority of events occurring abroad are completely unrelated to one's life. Such claims disregard the fact that information can affect individuals' actions, which in turn affect current events or set off new ones. People make decisions based on the knowledge they have, not just from the experiences they themselves have garnered, but also from the information they have about events they may not have experienced themselves. Thus, the knowledge of events elsewhere changes the way people respond to their everyday lives. This was exemplified in the aftermath of the collapse of Rana Plaza in Dhaka. As a result of this, the problem of poorly constructed garment factories and poor working conditions for workers came to light. As a result, many individuals boycotted brands which used employed such garment factories, leading to large-scale improvements in the enforcement of rules and regulations. With such cases, individuals need to know of the event before they can pledge support for a certain cause. This can be further extended to completely live-changing decisions being made. For example, during the Arab Spring, Tunisia's citizens rose up in protests against their governments. Information about this event eventually reached the people in neighbouring countries such as Egypt and Libya, who were experiencing similar oppression from their dictatorial governments. As a result, the information about the initial uprising in Tunisia gave people in Egypt and Libya the inspiration to do the same, rising up to challenge their governments for greater liberties. In this instance, information is important to these individuals because it gave them hope, motivating them to make life-changing decisions they previously did not have the courage to undertake. The amalgamation of many people making similar decisions change current events or trends completely. Clearly, keeping up to date on information in another country can affect one's life markedly, making such information important.
In addition to this, some individuals feel a sense of intellectual stimulation from certain new events, which may or may not be within the country these people live in. For instance, many individuals in Singapore caught onto the killing of Michael Brown in Singapore, not because police brutality or trigger-happy policemen are problems in the country, but because these events trigger a sense of moral outrage in many. For such individuals, who constantly seek to question social structures and better understand the environment around us, knowledge of current events is never divided according to geographical distances, but according to specific issues and areas of interest. Such knowledge scratches an intellectual itch, by informing them of the developments in societies across the globe. Further, such information helps them better understand the world better, and to reconsider the positions they have on issues like economic policy and international relations. These non cost-benefit analyses are ends in themselves for some individuals. Therefore, insofar as certain events and issues in other nations help to stimulate individuals to rethink their stance on the world, it is important for people to be aware of these events.
Ironically, it is difficult to discern and differentiate events which are relevant from events which are not without first being aware of both. This is because there are events which may only lead to direct consequences to an individual later on, and so people can only decide that knowledge of a particular event was important to them in retrospect. For instance, knowledge of the disease Ebola is largely irrelevant to most individuals living in Singapore now, as the disease has not spread to the country. However, given that there may be possibilities of this happening in the future, one cannot objectively decide that knowledge of how the disease spreads and how to cure it is completely irrelevant and unimportant to Singaporeans.
In essence, current events in other nations are important to know about only if they affect the person or interests him as a sentient and intellectual being. However, one must be careful not to claim that any particular news event as being important for everyone to know about, because relevance is subjective — every individual is different and are affected to different degrees by the same event. Hence, while it is important for people to know about only certain types of news events, it is best that each and every individual keeps abreast with current events in countries other than their own.


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If I said plain and simple "USB", there is a good chance that you will immediately think of keyboards, mice, audio, video and storage devices. You're right but you'll find other kinds of Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices out there.
Let's see what you could expect with the WebUSB API:
- Buy a USB device.
- Plug it into your computer.
- A notification appears right away, with the right website to go to for this device.
- Simply click on it. Website is there and ready to use!
- Click to connect and a USB device chooser shows up in Chrome, where you can pick your device.
- Tada!
What would this procedure be like without the WebUSB API?
- Read a box, label, or search on line and possibly end up on the wrong website.
- Have to install a native application.
- Is it supported on my operating system? Make sure you download the "right" thing.
- Scary OS prompts popup and warn you about installing drivers/applications from the Internet.
- Malfunctioning code harms the whole computer. The Web is built to contain malfunctioning websites.
- Only use the USB device once? On the Web, the website is gone once you closed tab. On a computer the code sticks around.
Before we start
This article assumes you have some basic knowledge of how USB works. If not, I recommend reading USB in a NutShell. For background information about USB, check out the official USB specifications.
The WebUSB API is available in Chrome 61.
Available for Origin Trials
In order to get as much feedback as possible from developers using the WebUSB API in the field, we've previously added this feature in Chrome 54 and Chrome 57 as an origin trial.
The latest trial has successfully ended in September 2017.
Privacy and security
HTTPS only
Because this API is a powerful new feature added to the Web, Chrome aims to make it available only to secure contexts. This means you'll need to build with TLS in mind.
During development you'll be able to interact with WebUSB through
http://localhost by using tools like the Chrome Dev
or the handy
python -m SimpleHTTPServer, but to deploy it on a site you'll
need to have HTTPS set up on your server. I personally enjoy GitHub
Pages for demo purposes.
To add HTTPS to your server you'll need to get a TLS certificate and set it up. Be sure to check out the Security with HTTPS article for best practices there. For info, you can now get free TLS certificates with the new Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt.
User gesture required
As a security feature, getting access to connected USB devices with
navigator.usb.requestDevice must be called via a user gesture
like a touch or mouse click.
Feature Policy
A feature policy is a mechanism that allows developers to selectively enable and disable various browser features and APIs. It can be defined via a HTTP header and/or an iframe "allow" attribute.
You can define a feature that controls whether the usb attribute is exposed on the Navigator object, or in other words if you allow WebUSB.
Below is an example of a header policy where WebUSB is not allowed:
Feature-Policy: fullscreen "*"; usb "none"; payment "self" https://payment.example.com
Below is another example of a different container policy where USB is allowed:
<iframe allowpaymentrequest allow='usb fullscreen'></iframe>
Let's start coding
The WebUSB API relies heavily on JavaScript
If you're not familiar with them, check out this great
Promises tutorial. One
more thing,
() => {} are simply ECMAScript 2015 Arrow
-- they have a shorter syntax compared to function expressions and lexically
bind the value of
Get access to USB devices
You can either prompt the user to select a single connected USB device using
navigator.usb.requestDevice or call
navigator.usb.getDevices to get a list
of all connected USB devices the origin has access to.
navigator.usb.requestDevice function takes a mandatory JavaScript object
that defines
filters. These filters are used to match any USB device with the
given vendor (
vendorId) and optionally product (
productId) identifiers. The
serialNumber, and
subclassCode keys can also be
defined there as well.
For instance, here's how to get access to a connected Arduino device configured to allow the origin.
navigator.usb.requestDevice({ filters: [{ vendorId: 0x2341 }] })
.then(device => {
console.log(device.productName); // "Arduino Micro"
console.log(device.manufacturerName); // "Arduino LLC"
.catch(error => { console.log(error); });
Before you ask, I didn't magically come up with this
0x2341 hexadecimal
number. I simply searched for the word "Arduino" in this List of USB
The USB
device returned in the fulfilled promise above has some basic, yet
important information about the device such as the supported USB version,
maximum packet size, vendor and product IDs, the number of possible
configurations the device can have - basically all fields contained in the
device USB Descriptor
For info, if a USB device announces its support for WebUSB, as well as defining a landing page URL, Chrome will show a persistent notification when the USB device is plugged in. Clicking on this notification will open the landing page.
From there, you can simply call
navigator.usb.getDevices and get access to
your Arduino device as shown below.
navigator.usb.getDevices().then(devices => {
devices.map(device => {
console.log(device.productName); // "Arduino Micro"
console.log(device.manufacturerName); // "Arduino LLC"
Talk to an Arduino USB board
Okay, now let's see how easy it is to communicate from a WebUSB compatible Arduino board over the USB port. Check out instructions at https://github.com/webusb/arduino to WebUSB-enable your sketches.
Don't worry, I'll cover all the WebUSB device methods mentioned below later in this article.
var device;
navigator.usb.requestDevice({ filters: [{ vendorId: 0x2341 }] })
.then(selectedDevice => {
device = selectedDevice;
return device.open(); // Begin a session.
.then(() => device.selectConfiguration(1)) // Select configuration #1 for the device.
.then(() => device.claimInterface(2)) // Request exclusive control over interface #2.
.then(() => device.controlTransferOut({
requestType: 'class',
recipient: 'interface',
request: 0x22,
value: 0x01,
index: 0x02})) // Ready to receive data
.then(() => device.transferIn(5, 64)) // Waiting for 64 bytes of data from endpoint #5.
.then(result => {
let decoder = new TextDecoder();
console.log('Received: ' + decoder.decode(result.data));
.catch(error => { console.log(error); });
Please keep in mind that the WebUSB library we are using here is just implementing one example protocol (based on the standard USB serial protocol) and that manufacturers can create any set and types of endpoints they wish. Control transfers are especially nice for small configuration commands as they get bus priority and have a well defined structure.
And here's the sketch that has been uploaded to the Arduino board.
// Third-party WebUSB Arduino library
#include <WebUSB.h>
WebUSB WebUSBSerial(1 /* https:// */, "webusb.github.io/arduino/demos");
#define Serial WebUSBSerial
void setup() {
while (!Serial) {
; // Wait for serial port to connect.
Serial.write("WebUSB FTW!");
void loop() {
// Nothing here for now.
The third-party WebUSB Arduino library used in the sample code above does basically two things:
- The device acts as a WebUSB device enabling Chrome to read the landing page URL.
- It exposes a WebUSB Serial API that you may use to override the default one.
Let's look at the JavaScript code again. Once we get the
device picked by the
device.open simply runs all platform-specific steps to start a session
with the USB device. Then, we have to select an available USB Configuration
device.selectConfiguration. Remember that a Configuration specifies how
the device is powered, its maximum power consumption and its number of
interfaces. Talking about interfaces, we also need to request exclusive access
device.claimInterface since data can only be transferred to an interface
or associated endpoints when the interface is claimed. Finally calling
device.controlTransferOut is needed to set up the Arduino device with the
appropriate commands to communicate through the WebUSB Serial API.
From there,
device.transferIn performs a bulk transfer onto the
device to inform it that the host is ready to receive bulk data. Then, the
promise is fulfilled with a
result object containing a
data that has to be parsed appropriately.
For those who are familiar with USB, all of this should look pretty familiar.
I want more
The WebUSB API lets you interact with the all USB transfer/endpoint types:
- CONTROL transfers, used to send or receive configuration or command
parameters to a USB device are handled with
controlTransferIn(setup, length)and
controlTransferOut(setup, data).
- INTERRUPT transfers, used for a small amount of time sensitive data are
handled with the same methods as BULK transfers with
transferIn(endpointNumber, length)and
transferOut(endpointNumber, data).
- ISOCHRONOUS transfers, used for streams of data like video and sound are
handled with
isochronousTransferIn(endpointNumber, packetLengths)and
isochronousTransferOut(endpointNumber, data, packetLengths).
- BULK transfers, used to transfer a large amount of non-time-sensitive data in
a reliable way are handled with
transferIn(endpointNumber, length)and
transferOut(endpointNumber, data).
You may also want to have a look at Mike Tsao's WebLight project which provides a ground-up example of building a USB-controlled LED device designed for the WebUSB API (not using an Arduino here). You'll find hardware, software, and firmware.
Debugging USB in Chrome is easier with the internal page
where you can see all USB device related events in one single place.
The internal page
chrome://usb-internals also comes in handy and allows you
to simulate connection connection and disconnection of virtual WebUSB devices.
This is be useful for doing UI testing without the need for real hardware.
On most Linux systems, USB devices are mapped with read-only permissions by
default. To allow Chrome to open a USB device, you will need to add a new udev rule.
Create a file at
/etc/udev/rules.d/50-yourdevicename.rules with the following
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="[yourdevicevendor]", MODE="0664", GROUP="plugdev"
[yourdevicevendor] is
2341 if your device is an Arduino for instance.
ATTR{idProduct} can also be added for a more specific rule. Make sure your
user is a member of the
plugdev group. Then, just reconnect your device.
What's next
A second iteration of the WebUSB API will look at Shared Worker and Service Worker support. Imagine for instance a security key website using the WebUSB API that would install a service worker to act as a middle man to authenticate users.
- Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/webusb
- WebUSB API Spec: http://wicg.github.io/webusb/
- Chrome Feature Status: https://www.chromestatus.com/features/5651917954875392
- Spec Issues: https://github.com/WICG/webusb/issues
- Implementation Bugs: http://crbug.com?q=component:Blink>USB
- WebUSB ❤ Arduino: https://github.com/webusb/arduino
- IRC: #webusb on W3C's IRC
- WICG Mailing list: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wicg/
- WebLight project: https://github.com/sowbug/weblight
Please share your WebUSB demos with the #webusb hashtag.


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Brian W. Pogue
MacLean Professor of Engineering
Professor of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine
Co-Director, Translational Engineering in Cancer Research Program, Norris Cotton Cancer Center
MacLean Professor of Engineering
- BSc Hons, Physics, York University (Canada) 1989
- MSc, Physics, York University (Canada) 1991
- PhD, Medical Physics, McMaster University (Canada) 1996
Research Interests
Optics in medicine, biomedical imaging to guide cancer therapy; molecular guided surgery; dose imaging in radiation therapy; Cherenkov light imaging; image guided spectroscopy of cancer; photodynamic therapy; modeling of tumor pathophysiology and contrast
Active Research
- Cerenkov imaging in radiation therapy
- Fluorescence-guided surgery
- Near-infrared imaging
- Optical molecular imaging
- Photodynamic therapy
- Quantitative scatter imaging
- Scintillation dosimetry for quality assurance in radiotherapy
- ENGG 166: Quantitative Human Physiology
- ENGS 167: Medical Imaging
- ENGG 168: Biomedical Radiation Transport
- ENGG 195: Seminar on Science - Technology and Society
Handbook of Biomedical Fluorescence
Editors: Mary-Ann Mycek, Brian W. Pogue
CRC Press, 2003
Selected Publications
- Pogue, B.W., "Optics in the Molecular Imaging Race", Optics & Photonics News, September 2015.
- More Publications
- Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)
- Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA)
- Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
Selected Patents
- Operative Microscope having diffuse optical imaging system with tomographic image reconstruction and superposition in field of view (9,254,103)
- QUEL Imaging, President & Co-Founder
- DoseOptics, President & Co-Founder
Professional Activities
- Dean of Graduate Studies, Dartmouth College 2008-2012
- Chair, Biomedical Imaging Technology Study Section, National Institutes of Health, 2012-2014
- Conference Chair, Gordon Research Conference: Lasers in Medicine and Biology, July 2012
- Conference Chair: Molecular Guided Surgery: Molecules Devices and Applications, SPIE BiOS, San Francisco CA
- Editorial Boards: Medical Physics; Journal of Biomedical Optics; Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology; Photonics and Lasers in Medicine; Physics in Medicine and Biology
QUEL Imaging Awarded Phase I SBIR Grant
September 22, 2020
Dartmouth Professor Leads Innovation in Radiation Therapy Visioning
New Hampshire Union Leader
September 17, 2020
Piloting a FLASH Radiotherapy Beam Development for Treatment of Cancer
August 26, 2020
Spreading Tattoo Ink Reveals Radiation-Induced Necrosis
Physics World
April 14, 2020
Researchers capture first images of oxygen in cancer tumors during radiation therapy
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
January 29, 2020
Scientists Capture for First Time, Light Flashes from Human Eye During Radiotherapy
Geisel School of Medicine
January 8, 2020
Optical imaging provides quality assurance for small radiotherapy beams
Physics World
October 22, 2019
Geisel, Thayer, and Tuck Name Professors to Endowed Chairs
Dartmouth News
December 4, 2018
Hanover-based DoseOptics launches radiation beam imaging system
NH Business Review
August 2, 2018
DoseOptics Releases the World's First Radiation Beam Imaging System
July 24, 2018
Maps of in vivo oxygen pressure with submillimetre resolution and nanomolar sensitivity
Nature Biomedical Engineering
April 14, 2018
Algorithm enhances Cherenkov-based dose verification
Medical Physics Web
February 26, 2018
A Q&A With Dr. Brian Pogue, Incoming Editor-in-Chief, SPIE Journal of Biomedical Optics
Photonics Online
November 6, 2017
Brian Pogue named editor of Journal of Biomedical Optics
August 18, 2017
Engineering PhD student receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program award
Dartmouth School of Graduate and Advanced Studies
April 5, 2017
Dartmouth Is Helping Brain Surgeons See Tumors More Clearly
March 6, 2017
$2M grant puts Dartmouth's DoseOptics on the fast track
NH Union Leader
October 15, 2016
Dartmouth Wins FDA Approval for Aid to Guide Cancer Surgery
Dartmouth News
October 11, 2016
Dartmouth Startup DoseOptics Gets $2 Million Grant From NIH
Valley News
October 1, 2016
NIH awards DoseOptics another $2 million to improve radiotherapy safety
September 29, 2016
NIH awards DoseOptics an additional $2 Million to improve radiation therapy safety
September 20, 2016
Dartmouth's New Center for Imaging Medicine Sponsors OSA Biomedical Optics Congress
February 17, 2016
Dartmouth Professor Brian Pogue Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
January 26, 2016
Startup Gets $1.4 Million From NIH
Valley News
November 22, 2015
To dye for: Breast cancer on the margins
September 1, 2015
NIH awards DoseOptics $1.4 Million for Radiation Therapy Imaging
August 27, 2015
Food Dye, Near Infrared Light Can Aid in Breast Resection
May 12, 2015
Dartmouth Investigators Make Photodynamic Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer Simpler, Cheaper
March 20, 2015
Cherenkov Effect Improves Radiation Therapy for Patients with Cancer
February 25, 2015
Cerenkoscopy monitors breast treatments
Medical Physics Web
February 3, 2015
Cherenkov Emissions Provide Real-Time Tool for Quality Assurance in Radiation Therapy
January 23, 2015
Dartmouth Researchers Help Develop Better, Safer Way to Detect Cancer in Lymph Nodes
October 27, 2014
Imaging scheme tracks tumour oxygenation
Institute of Physics
September 26, 2014
An Easier, Safer, and More Accurate Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer
April 2, 2014
A weird glow in nuclear power plants is proving valuable when aiming cancer treatment
The Telegraph (Nashua)
March 3, 2014
Near-IR Spectroscopy Performs Challenging Breast Imaging
Novus Light Technologies Today
February 18, 2014
Researchers Developing New Approach for Imaging Dense Breasts for Abnormalities
January 24, 2014
Physicists, physicians, engineers photograph radiation beams through the Cherenkov effect
January 20, 2014
DCCNE sponsors symposium on immuno targeting and delivery
December 5, 2013
New Molecular Imaging Agents Being Developed For Fluorescence-Guided Brain Cancer Surgery
LI-COR Biosciences
September 17, 2013
Cerenkov technique eyes linac QA
Medical Physics Web
February 25, 2013
Thayer prof. named OSA fellow
The Dartmouth
February 7, 2013
Dartmouth Engineering Professor Elected OSA Fellow
The Optical Society
January 30, 2013
Research at Dartmouth-Hitchcock helps battle brain tumors
December 27, 2012
Tracking oxygenation during radiotherapy
Medical Physics Web
October 1, 2012
Dartmouth Discovery: Journals
Dartmouth Now
September 14, 2012
Exit Interview: Brian Pogue, Dean of Graduate Studies
The Graduate Forum
August 14, 2012
Investigator Spotlights
Dartmouth Now
June 5, 2012
College names search committee
The Dartmouth
May 29, 2012
Dartmouth's Pogue to chair NIH biomedical imaging review panel
BioOptics World
April 12, 2012
Dartmouth engineering professor appointed Chair of new NIH review panel
April 4, 2012
Second Annual Engineering in Medicine Symposium a Success!
The Graduate Forum
July 25, 2011
2010 Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation
Dartmouth News
December 5, 2010
NCI Awards $12.8 Million to Dartmouth Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
Dartmouth Now
September 17, 2010
Medical lasers: diagnose, treat, cure
April 30, 2010
Dartmouth to offer streamlined MBA degree to its PhD students
Dartmouth News
October 8, 2009
Dartmouth's alternative breast imaging techniques sort abnormal from normal tissue
Dartmouth News
May 6, 2007
All Together Now
Dartmouth Medicine Magazine
March 20, 2007
Could function prove better than form?
Dartmouth Medicine
December 22, 2006
Dartmouth researchers test new technique to examine breast tissue
June 12, 2006
Deep vision
VOX of Dartmouth
May 29, 2006
Testing New Technique to Examine Breast Tissue
Medical News Today
May 23, 2006
Dartmouth researchers test new technique to examine breast tissue
Dartmouth News
May 22, 2006
Gribble, Pogue Receive Mentor Awards
VOX of Dartmouth
May 15, 2006
New ways of detecting breast tumors
VOX of Dartmouth
May 17, 2004
Alternative / supplemental breast imaging methods tested
Dartmouth News
March 5, 2004
Treatment combination slows tumor growth
Dartmouth News
March 1, 2003
In Dartmouth Engineer Magazine
Kudos: Fall 2019
Web Extra, January 2020
Eric R. Fossum and Brian W. Pogued Named to Endowed Professorships
Web Extra, March 2019
150 Thayer Gifts to the World: Part 1
Web Extra, December 2017
Web Extra, December 2017
Good Company
Web Extra, August 2016
Found in Translation
Web Extra, August 2016
Winter 2016
Lab Reports
Winter 2016
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The exact option wording depends on the browser, of course, but in Firefox the one you want is "Save link as...", not "Save image as...". The latter saves the actual image you're looking at (i.e., the thumbnail), while the former saves what the link points to (the full-size image).You'll probably also need to overtype the name to make it something.jpg rather than index.php.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=70583\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Thanks, Michael, for the update. Do you suppose the folks at Mozilla might have any ideas?


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Magnificent 180-year-old Panj Mandir screams for help
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Panj Mandir in Fatehgarh Churian, Gurdaspur, is a jewel of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's reign. It is the maternal hometown of Rani Chand Kaur, wife of Kharak Singh, son of the Maharaja
Straddling streets of New York, seeing the ancient melt so smoothly; antiquated churches virtually like "flowers" amidst sky-scrapers, I was gripped by shame. The scene reminded me of our callousness towards our rich heritage in India. Where graffiti defaces marvellous frescoes, a crude nail has gouged out an eye; a paan-spit splashed red blob is the depths of apathy towards our glorious past.
If the enthralling grandeur of Amritsar's GoldenTemple is credited to Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Panj Mandir is another marvellous jewel, ingloriously unrecognised of the Maharaja's reign. It is some 30 km from the GoldenTemple, in Fatehgarh Churian Gurdaspur, the maternal hometown of Rani Chand Kaur, wife of Kharak Singh, son of the Maharaja.
Attributed to Rani Chand Kaur, the Panj Mandir's structure below the dome is a unique zigzag, created by precision laying of specially made bricks, inspired by Solanki architecture and Baoli art of step-creation. Indo-Mughal, Sikh architectural confluences have amalgamated in this marvellous structure with four mandirs marking four directions and a sanctum sanctorum.
The inner and outer fort-like walls and the temple entrances are studded with jharokhas in bas relief, reminiscent of Rajasthani architecture. Remarkable, rare frescoes tell stories of yore in exquisitely carved niches, so resilient as to stand bright till today. "I am too scared to step on the brick flooring as I feel my shoes may erase some traces of rich heritage", an American's remark disgraced me once.
Our magnificent heritage could not only be made self-sustaining but its optimum utiliSation could accrue prosperity and income. "Tourism is created with ideas and here we sit on a virtual mountain of treasure and let it be robbed or crumble," laments an expert.
Beautiful artwork
Heritage experts believe the temple may have been built around 1830 and is thus nearly 180 years old. Much of the lower portions of frescoes is white-washed, and the present caretaker Pt. Mohinder Kumar, who religiously cleans and secures it from encroachment, may beautify it with bathroom tiles and multicolours, out of sheer ignorance. The temple's foundations are already being dug for new housing, emerging adjacent to it.
The wealth of resplendent frescoes comprises episodes of Krishan stealing bathing gopis clothes, Yashoda Maiyya churning butter with a madhani. Frescoes also show Guru Nanak with disciples Bhai Mardana and Bala, Brahma-Vishnu-Mahesh, Saraswati-Lakshmi, Radha-Krishan, Shiv-Parvati-Ganesh, Kartikeya-on-Peacock, Ganga emerging from Shiva's locks. Vishnu reclining, with Nag-chatri in ocean, Durga Mata aloft a lion, valiant horse-rider, episodes of Narsingh, Prahlad, Baba Balaknath, Hiranyakashyap. These splendid frescoes-artifacts are facing erosion, their ruination imminent, if timely protection evades them.
Tertiary temples are devoted to Surya, Durga, Shiva and Kartikeya. Inside the sanctum sanctorum, Lord Ram with Sita, Lakshman, Bharat and Shatrughan share space with Krishna-Radha.
This combination of gods goddesses on one pedestal is rare. Dr Subhash Parihar, an expert on historical structures, comments, "People were secular, many ancient gurdwaras-temples have frescoes displaying episodes of Hindu gods-goddesses."
The frescoes resemble Chamba's famed Rang Mahal paintings in Pahari style, ones in Sheesh Mahal near Ramnagar, Jammu, also seen in Dera Sahib Gurdwara, Lahore and temples around Katasraj in Pakistan.
The Baradari entrance with symmetrical twin Jharokas on both sides of angular walls open to the road, are in ruins. The rampart walls are embellished with exquisite Jharokas, geometrical patterns, flowers waves, carved canopies in bas relief complete with exquisite corbels. But the outer wall is wearing, as entire area is speedily coming up with housing.
Dr Balvinder Singh HoD Guru Ram Das School of Planning in GNDUniversity, comments: "The mandir resembles Konarkin Orissa and South Indian temples. The use of Nanakshahi bricks makes it unique."
Mandirs are conjoined by a fort-wall with steps and walk-ways throughout the terrace, are peeling. One is covered with green climber and a syntax-watertank supplying water to a tiled bathroom constructed inside the ancient complex. Locals wait for a collapse, to grab the land. There were seven mandirs, two of which were outside the main complex, of which one exists in a dilapidated condition, locked and other, erased.
Panch-mukhi lingam
A rare five-headed or Panch-mukhi lingam in the temple represents five elements, five senses, five organs, five powers and the five temples of Panj Mandir. The five heads also signify the five aspects of Shiva corresponding to five holy places in Hinduism.
Ancient sarovar
About 120 yards from Panj Mandir stands a massive sarovar alongside Talab Wala mandir, believed to be built by Rani Chand Kaur to mark the birth or dastargiri of her son Kunwar Naunihal Singh. Some say, Nanakshahi bricks used for the mandir and sarovar were brought from Lahore via a human-chain. Almost 15 feet in depth, with 10 running steps throughout, the sarovar, 225 feet by 230 feet, has arched exit-entry water-points, and lies neglected.


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The Eagles have restructured Cullen Jenkins' contract and will keep the veteran defensive tackle for next season and possibly beyond.
Jenkins was scheduled to earn $7.5 million for next season, including a $5 million bonus due on March 13. He will still collect the bonus but will be have his 2012 salary reduced from $2.5 million to $820,000, according to Andrew Brandt of ESPN.com. Next season he will receive a $1.5 million guaranteed salary along with a $1 million roster bonus next March.
The remaining length of Jenkins' deal was also trimmed from four years to three, an NFL source said. Nevertheless, the 31-year-old said that the restructuring was something he welcomed because his high salary could have led to the Eagles releasing him.
"I'm actually pretty relieved because I was worried sitting there playing a waiting game again and you just wait to see whats going to go on, whats going to happen," Jenkins said during a conference all organized by the Eagles. "You hearing all the rumors about people saying, 'They're going to release him and they're not going to pay him.'"
Jenkins had 5.5 sacks in his first year as an Eagle and emerged as a locker-room leader.
"We are very excited about having Cullen back on our football team," Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said in a news release. "Cullen made an immediate impact for us this year on and off the field. We look forward to a great future together with him in an Eagles uniform."
Jenkins said that he knew by the end of the season that his deal would have to be restructured if he was to return to the Eagles.
Before he left for Orlando on Friday with his family for his eldest daughter's gymnastics competition, Jenkins said, his agents contacted him to let him know that they would be negotiating with the Eagles on a new deal. By the time he returned on Monday, he received a text message from Eagles coach Andy Reid welcoming him back even though he never really left.
"I'm not one of those type of players that bounce around, try to get as much as he can get," Jenkins said. "I wanted some security. I wanted to be somewhere that I liked and that liked me."
Jenkins said that the restructuring would make it more likely for him to remain here after this coming season.
"I wanted to be able to retire an Eagle," Jenkins said.
The new deal will give the Eagles a little more than $1.5 million in salary cap space. Jenkins was asked if he thought his new deal would allow the Eagles to sign some of their own free agents, namely wide receiver DeSean Jackson.
"Definitely," Jenkins said. "If by me doing this can help the team in any way it's something you have to feel good about. Obviously, you have to wait and see what direction the team wants to go."
The Eagles still have some uncertainty at defensive tackle. Antonio Dixon, a restricted free agent, suffered a season-ending torn triceps last October, but is expected to make a full recovery. Mike Patterson underwent brain surgery to correct an AVM, but Reid said he should be healthy by the start of training camp.
Derek Landri and Trevor Laws are both slated to become unrestricted free agents. The Eagles could try to retain both, although there could be a bidding war for Landri. They did try to work out an extension with Laws during last season, league sources said, but ultimately decided to put off in-season contract talks with any of their free agents.
There will be other free agent defensive tackles on the market, of course. Or the Eagles could elect to select one high in a draft that is said to be deep at that position.


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In Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way, she insists upon a daily ritual called "Morning Pages."
I've been doing them for about seven months, and they've absolutely changed my life.
AND I PROMISE YOU: it's the greatest thing you could ever do for your writing career.
Here's how they work:
1. First thing in the morning (even before checking email!) open a blank document, either on paper or on your computer.
2. Spew out every single thought and/or idea that's running through your mind. Dreams, worries, fears, annoyances, ideas, what you did the day before, everything. (Most of it will be negative. Don't worry about that.)
3. Keep writing until you've filled up three pages. You simply show up and write, "This is how I feel."
4. When you're done, don't even read it. Just save it in a folder called "Morning Pages."
5. Then, get on with your day's work.
That's pretty much it. That's the best thing you could ever do for your writing career.
But don't it from me.
Take it from Julia, someone who's (not only) written 20+ books and taught writing and creativity, but someone who's been writing morning pages every day for decades.
I've pulled a collection of passages from several of Julia's books on this topic. All of these are direct quotes.
32 Reasons to Write Morning Pages.
First, here's what they ARE:
1. They are time outs.
2. They are portable solitude.
3. They are rituals of reflection.
4. They are a form of meditation.
5. They are the first check-in of the day.
6. They are psychological holding environments.
7. They are gateways to inner and higher selves.
8. They are tools to help you listen to yourself.
9. They are moments of free association and celebration.
10. They get the shanks out and bring forth the good stuff.
Second, here's what they DO:
11. Morning pages lend you stability.
12. Morning pages provide intimacy.
13. Morning pages prioritize your day.
14. Morning pages keep you grounded.
15. Morning pages give you a place to ventilate.
16. Morning pages give you the privacy you crave.
17. Morning pages reveal weaknesses AND strengths.
18. Morning pages render us present to the moment.
19. Morning Pages are places to examine many aspects of an experience.
20. Morning pages are places to reframe our failures into lessons learned.
21. Morning pages introduce us to an unsuspected inner strength and agility.
22. Morning pages allow you to spit out what is troubling you NOW, just when you "should" be grateful.
23. Morning Pages are places to approach our next challenge from an emotionally neutral or positive stance.
Lastly, here's why they're so EFFECTIVE:
24. You awaken your intuition.
25. You need to release thoughts.
26. You must train your censor to stand aside.
27. You can find out what you like and don't like.
28. You keep your spirit from being parched and dry.
29. You can shape your lives by your authentic desires.
30. Your problems are exposed and solutions are suggested.
31. You draw to your attention those areas of your life that need your focus.
32. You discover that a little trickle of writing keeps the flow from closing down completely.
Because a writer writes. Always.
Lastly, as Julia says, "Only in writing do you discover what you know. And writing teaches you something: that you never write just what you know. You write what you learn as you're writing. Ideas come to you and trigger other ideas. Thoughts crystallize and connect with others, and the combination produces a compound: an insight."
Morning pages. Best thing ever.
Start today. Never stop.
Thanks, JC!
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THE work of the late designer Achille Castiglioni is so simple, and now such a part of our design lexicon that it's pretty tricky sometimes to see how genius it is. And sometimes it's good to be reminded.
Achille's Parentesi lamp (designed in 1971 with Pio Manzu) was about all that Castiglioni stood for in design – sideways thinking, simplicity, grace and lightness, and solutions. Parentesi in particular was about the versatility and portability of the naked bulb which is suspended between ceiling and floor (or table surface) on a slim wire (and moves up and down thanks to its 'bracket' shape holder) and doesn't require either bulky 'legs' to anchor it or an electrician to fix it into your home.
However times move on and where the bulb used to be the focus of any lighting design, bespoke LEDs have become a part of the design and not the focus of it. Constantin Grcic's new version of the Parentesi, the OK, features a flat LED surface as bulb, which is just as flexible as Castiglioni's original version and just as attractive. Bulb and lamp head as one is where lighting is at right now. From Flos and www.atrium.ltd.uk


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Localization is More Than
Opinion: Distance and difference do more than make managing offshore development difficult. They make it impossible to give developers a tight-enough grasp on user requirements to make good software.
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Here's a software usability example: For users whose language flows bottom to top, menu bars in software should be at the bottom. How many developers, regardless of intelligence and determination, know that?
Oddly, intelligence and general education level doesn't trump cultural immersion when it comes to tool building.
I've worked with development teams from India and Eastern Europe. In each case the developers were "better educated" by my own standards (history, science, literature, geography, social sciences, art) than their American counterparts.
They also seemed generally more intelligent, though that may just have been my own bias, generated because they were better educated.
In spite of that, the offshore programmers are almost all missing the culture of programming that's developed in mid- and large-sized American organizations over the last 35 years. Without exception, they failed to understand the importance of documentation, QA, usability, and a half-dozen other project essentials.
That programming culture (like all cultures) involves residual knowledge of things that were tried and discarded for good reason; it includes an awareness of which methods work well alone, which work well only in combination with other methods; of things (like structured techniques) that everyone knows will work, but which they won't use because of dysfunctional external pressures.
Even the better-educated and more sophisticated offshore workforce can't deliver better products, largely because they didn't learn to program within an evolving environment made up of the perceptions of both developers and the people who would eventually use the product.
Just as the best American auto-workers can't build Cadillac SUVs that will become best-sellers in Venezuela, and the best American McDonald's kitchen help can't build cheeseburgers that will become best-sellers in India or Iran, quality procedures in offshore development operations can't overcome lack of immersion in the user's environment and more general differences in national culture.
There's no amount of labor-cost cutting that can balance this equation. Those who think differently are just fooling themselves.
It just doesn't pay to offshore development no matter how great your passion for cutting labor costs.
The ugly alternative is that you have to become more disciplined, clean up your own processes, invest in training and hire locally.
It's the only alternative.
Jeff Angus is a management consultant and has been working with IT since 1974. He has held IT management positions in user interface design, marketing, operations and testing/analysis. Look for his book, "Management by Baseball: A Pocket Reader." Jeff's columns have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Baltimore Sun.
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U.S. media companies have found a new wonder drug. Its name: subscription video on demand. Miriam Gottfried reports. Photo: CBS.
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But that was a fantasy I didn't tell many people about for years.
Because I was afraid that my idea was dumb and I'd be judged for it.
I was afraid of dealing with criticism.
Now I see how silly that was, but at the time — the fear of negative criticism felt very real. Which is exactly what we're talking about today on MarieTV: how to deal with criticism.
If you ever let the fear of what other people will say stop you from creating to your full potential or don't know how to handle criticism, this episode is for you.
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