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Mark Gurman from 9to5Mac is hearing that Apple and Verizon are discussing over-the-air (OTA) software updates for iOS 5. Google's Android and HP/Palm's webOS have been doing OTA OS updates for a while now, and Apple has done OTA carrier file updates, but when it comes to iOS the only option thus far has been complete firmware updates via iTunes.
Multiple sources say the new feature will debut in iOS 5, meaning iOS 5 will not come over-the-air but following point updates to it will. Just like tethering in iOS 3, Apple has the technology but cannot just unleash it everywhere. Apple and Verizon Wireless are said to have been in talks over these wireless software updates since early this year. Sources could not comment on whether or not Apple is negotiating similar deals with AT&T or international iPhone carriers.
And according to Chronic Dev-Team founder, Chronic, it may have been in the works for a while:
I can say quite a bit of code to allow OTA updates has been on the OS for awhile
Chpwn adds:
MobileSoftwareUpdate.framework has been there since iOS 4, but is only "fleshed out" with daemons, etc on the Apple TV.
And iH8ns0w:
there is strong evidence that OTA updates could be coming. Ramdisks have been getting shipped w/o encryption. The AES engine is disabled when it reaches kernel state. So, it cannot decrypt images in iOS.
Apple TV (2010) already does OTA updates for iOS, though it's secured to a power source at all times. Apple provided Mac OS X Lion's developer preview via the Mac App Store, so it's not inconceivable that future iOS updates could come via the iOS App Store either.
Step by step Apple has been dismantling the iTunes tether dependency. Could OTA updates be the next big leap?


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KINSTON � Entering Friday�s game against the two-time defending 3A state champions from Havelock, the Kinston Vikings knew they�d have a tough time defeating the Rams.
KINSTON � Entering Friday�s game against the two-time defending 3A state champions from Havelock, the Kinston Vikings knew they�d have a tough time defeating the Rams.
They were right as Havelock scored on its first five possessions � and six of its first seven � on its way to a 37-0 win at Kinston in a nonconference game at Viking Field Friday night.
�There was nothing (about Havelock) we didn�t see on film,� Kinston first-year coach Ryan Gieselman said. �But we�ve got to be able to execute; to take it from practice to the classroom to the field.�
The Vikings (2-2) trailed 20-0 at the end of the first quarter, 30-0 at halftime and 37-0 only a little more than three minutes into the second half before Havelock head coach Jim Bob Bryant started playing his second string.
�We wanted to get some of our other guys some work in the second half,� Bryant said. �We have some really good JV guys and we wanted to get them some reps.�
The victory was especially significant for the Rams as it was their 18th straight win, breaking a school record set in 1972 and tied early last season.
Havelock senior running back Derrell Scott, one of the Southeast United States� highest recruited players, lived up to his billing, scoring Havelock�s first three touchdowns in the first quarter and finishing with 142 yards rushing on 12 carries.
�He�s the real deal and a heck of a player,� Bryant said. �He�s a great kid, too. If you talk to him about the game, he won�t take any of the credit � he gives all the credit to God and to his teammates.�
The Rams, who host Jacksonville Northside (2-2) next week at Wilbur R. Sasser Field, finished with 474 yards of offense to only 106 for the Vikings (2-2). While Scott scored the Rams� first three touchdowns, the other two were by the quarterback to receiver combination of juniors Travis Sabdo and Matthew Boykin who connected on scores of 13 and 33 yards. Senior Noah Kemble kicked a 25-yard field goal and connected on all four extra points he attempted.
Despite his team�s sheer dominance against the Vikings, Bryant found positives in Kinston�s game plan and coaching staff.
�They�ve got a good team,� Bryant said of the Vikings. �They�ve got good athletes and seem to have a good coaching staff. I think they�ll do really well once they get into their conference.�
Senior Tiquan Canady connected on five passes in 10 attempts for 66 yards, including a 58-yard hook-up to junior Marquan Harris in the first quarter. But the Vikings, who never entered the red zone during Friday�s contest, struggled offensively throughout the game, leading to nine punts by Evan Hood, including an impressive 70-yarder in the third quarter.
Despite the loss, Gieselman said his team impressed him Friday with its �never-quit mentality.�
�That�s going to take us a long way, too, especially since we have big games coming up against (Greenville) Rose and Washington,� he said. �It�s going to help us late in the year.�
NOTES: The win was Havelock�s third straight in the series with Kinston that stretches back to 1989. The Rams now lead the overall series 10-6. � Kinston�s last win in the series came in 2010 at Havelock, a 24-22 decision. � In information provided by the Havelock radio crew, the Rams have won 24 straight games on the road; their last setback came, ironically, at Kinston on Sept. 18, 2009. � Kinston will face a familiar foe in Greenville J.H. Rose next week; the teams played every year from Kinston High School�s formation in 1970 until 2004 with only one cancellation � in 1999 due to Hurricane Floyd. � Kinston has lost the last 19 times it has faced Rose and has a 5-29 record against the Rampants. The last time the Vikings defeated Rose was on Oct. 19, 1984.
Bryan C. Hanks can be reached at 252-559-1074 or at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @BCHanks.
Havelock 20 10 7 0�37
Kinston 0 0 0 0�0
First Quarter
H � Derrell Scott 3 run (Noah Kemble kick), 9:26
H � Scott 7 run (Kemble kick), 6:26
H � Scott 12 run (run failed), 1:56
Second Quarter
H � Kemble 25 field goal, 7:16
H � Matthew Boykin 13 pass from Travis Sabdo (Kemble kick), 4:23
Third Quarter
H � Boykin 35 pass from Sabdo (Kemble kick), 8:55
First downs 24 5
Rushes-yards 42-301 23-22
Passing 12-22-0 8-24-2
Passing yards 173 84
Total yards 474 106
Fumbles-lost 3-2 1-0
Penalties 4-30 7-79
Punts-avg 1-37.0 9-30.0
Individual statistics
RUSHING � H: Derrell Scott 12-142, Taron Wallace 6-90, Taylor Woods 8-51, Matthew Boykin 2-16, Dante Stackhouse 2-12, Jomel Stewart 4-7, Austin Ellington 2-1, Montrece Gatling 3-(minus-6), Travis Sabdo 3-(minus-12). K: Jeronte Davis 5-21, Tavon Herns 1-12, Raquise Bellamy 3-5, Ranell Sutton 1-3, Tiquan Canady 5-2, Jeremiah Fields 1-(minus-4), Raheem Freeland 6-(minus-8), Thomas Vermillion 1-(minus-9).
PASSING � H: Sabdo 11-17-0, 165; Jordan Begley 1-4-0, 8; Ellington 0-1-0, 0. K: Canady 5-10-66; Bellamy 3-13-2, 18; Vermillion 0-1-0, 0.
RECEIVING � H: Michael Bowman 6-74, Boykin 3-61, Kyran Bowman 1-25, Dallas Frazier 1-8, Woods 1-5. K: Marquan Harris 1-58, Anthony Berry 1-8, Anthony Pitts 3-6, Qwarri Ham 1-6, Freeland 1-5, Herns 1-1.

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Nauticus and Virginia Stage Company are teaming up to present "Swingtime Salute, An On-Deck Revue," this summer.
Performances of the World War II-era song and dance show will take place May 31 through July 8 on the deck of the Battleship Wisconsin in downtown Norfolk. Tickets are now on sale.
In this musical revue, the Battleship Wisconsin, just commissioned, is heading for a tour in the Pacific. Families gather around their radios for news from abroad and to hear the music that lifts their spirits.
"Swingtime Salute, An On-Deck Revue" will re-create the touring variety shows that were popular during war time. The show will feature singers, dancers...


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Obama Calls Embattled Ambassador 'Extraordinary'
President Barack Obama is hailing U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice as "extraordinary" as she continues to face scrutiny over her initial comments about the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya.
Surrounded Wednesday by his Cabinet members — including Rice — Obama said he could not be prouder of the job she has done on behalf of the United States at the United Nations. His comments came in response to a reporter's question about whether Rice was getting fair treatment on Capitol Hill.
Cabinet members joined Obama in applause.
Some Senate Republicans have said they would hold up Rice's confirmation if Obama nominates her to succeed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Some lawmakers fault Rice's early explanation of the September attack that killed four Americans.
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1. Lucy Siegle (The Guardian, Green Carpet Challenge, To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing Out the World?)
2. Summer Rayne Oakes (Source4Style)
3. Sass Brown (Fashion Institute of Technology, Eco Fashion)
4. Li Yifung (Greenpeace)
5. Elizabeth Cline (Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion)
6. John Patrick (Organic)
7. Leanne Mai-Ly Hilgart (Vaute Couture)
9. Tara St. James (Study NY)
10. Karen Stewart and Howard Brown (Stewart + Brown)
11. Carrie Parry
12. Meghan Sebold (Afia)
13. Timo Rissanen (Parsons The New School for Design)
14. Leah Borromeo (Dirty White Gold)
15. Owyn Ruck (Textile Arts Center)
16. Bahar Shahpar
17. Anthony Lilore (Restore Clothing, Save the Garment Center)
18. Anjelika Krishna Daftuar (A.D.O. Clothing)
19. Angelina Rennell (Lina Rennell, Beklina)
20. Abigail Doan
21. Adriana Herrara (Fashioning Change)
22. Bob Bland (Brooklyn Royalty, Manufacture NY)
23. Joshua Katcher (The Discerning Brute, Brave GentleMan)
24. Britt Howard (Portland Garment Factory)
25. Christina Dean (Redress HK)
26. Anna Griffin (Coco Eco)
27. Amy DuFault
28. Starre Vartan (Eco-Chick, The Eco Chick Guide to Life)
29. Johanna Björk (Goodlifer)
30. Emma Grady (Past Fashion Future)
2013 will see a continued examination of the supply chain of fashion. This will broaden from the fundamental materials and old stomping ground of the ethical campaigning sector, cotton, to look at other materials in more depth such as silk and leather which are important to the luxury sector. Luxury brands will make a more audacious play to own sustainability in supply chain and place themselves as problem solvers when it comes to the environmental impact of fashion.
If there is one legacy of the ghastly Tazreen factory fire that struck in Bangladesh on November 24, killing over 100 garment workers, it should be that the issue of labour rights will be revitalised for the first half of this year at least. News agencies in the U.S. and Canada have taken a big interest in this story and on the ground reporting has been strong. It should lead to a more thorough examination of the points in the garment supply chain that make factory deaths so probable.
All of the above creates a climate where local makers with a grip on their supply chain can capitalise. See as evidence the rise in hand-knitting, good-quality leather accessories where the story of the local producer, and a clean supply chain fosters nationalistic pride (i.e., handmade in the U.S.A.) and comforts the consumer.
Watch out for the emergence of new ethical fashion fighters. This is "radical fashion" from young wearers and producers who will perhaps be the first recent generation to shun fast fashion and bypass big brands or even big name designers. They're not interested in reforming of high-street stores and designers because brands are dead to them. This could be very interesting indeed.
Smaller sustainable design brands will evolve in order to survive through sluggish, unpredictable retail times. Custom, made-to-order, private label, and specialty design will proliferate for those brands who choose to continue their collections.
Universities will step up their education game on sustainable sourcing. Tools like Source4Style are proliferating in the university sector, which helps inform next-generation designers on how to source more sustainably.
Brands are relying less on marketing and PR firms to communicate weak sustainability efforts. Instead, they will continue to seek out skilled material scientists and sustainability managers to deal with more complex supply-chain issues in order to stay competitive.
I think that 2013 will bring greater support for eco fashion in the luxury market, with more high-end designers working with ecological fabrications on an ongoing basis. There will be greater proliferation and access on the high-street to mass-market eco-fashion, with more brands jumping on the band wagon, more worthy undertakings, and more exposure of inequities in their supply chains.
The increased exposure and reach of activisitic campaigns, through the use of social media, will lead more people to practice conscious consumerism. The material connection to our clothing will be revalued, with more brands telling the stories around the makers of their clothing and the heritage of their fabrications, leading to a greater value in heritage craft skills, and increased partnerships between luxury brands and global artisanal groups.
YIFANG LI (SENIOR TOXICS CAMPAIGNER, GREENPEACE EAST ASIA)We predict an even greater shift in the way the industry produces our clothes. More and more brands will catch up with our "Detox" leaders such as Zara and Levi's, realizing that "fashion without toxics" is a trend that simply cannot be ignored; In fact, it's something that customers will demand.
In 2013, we will see the start of a transparency revolution: big brands—some who have recently committed to do so, such as Zara, Levi's, and Mango—will start requiring their suppliers' facilities to disclose discharge data. Giving customers and people who live at sites where our clothes are made the right to know what's in their clothes and water will be essential to end toxic pollution. It also an essential step to achieve zero discharge of hazardous chemicals from the fashion industry by 2020.
If so many big brands can make credible commitments in 2012 – and we have 11 brands committing to Detox, then there is no excuse for the remaining big fashion brands to not follow their lead. Transparency in the way our clothes are made is essential and 2013 will be the years this happens.
This is going to be a lucky year. An extra lucky year, I can feel it. So the world didn't end, but as cheesy as this sounds, I think it's just beginning in a new cycle of bringing things back to what's important, as we may have gotten a little caught up in all that we can do and lost a little of what mattered most.
Every time there is an industrial revolution, we get a little taken by how fast and cheap something can be made, and lose the heart and love in making things, as well as in appreciating things we interact with, and most importantly, how those things are made and if the way we make them is good to others, to the earth, and creating quality.
As this lag has caused much frustration for many of us of mass-produced goods, some of us have felt the loud need to create and to interact. More computers means a deafening primal scream to be working with our hands, seeing each other face to face, and being out in the world, whether touching the earth or being surrounded by people in the subway focusing on little interactions. I believe business is moving towards a more balanced space of appreciation for handmade, for quality, for unique, for passion, for seeing each other in person, married beautifully with the gifts and efficiencies of technology, and in production that considers quality: quality of life for workers, for the Earth, and for the product.
I believe that after our society has figured out how to be more efficient and effective, we are now ready to go back to bring in the things we've lost from the previous era, namely quality, love, passion, and in-person interaction.
In fashion this means more pieces that feel like you: a more curated closet, with a blend of your favorite things from different eras, from different travels, from different looks, instead of just what's in the latest magazines, or what's on display at the mall. More people are making clothes, buying vintage, and buying handmade to create style that is one of their very own.
In 2013, shopping at fast fashion stores like H&M, Zara, and Target will start to carry the same stigma as eating at fast-food restaurants. Consumers have shown they've reached a breaking point with factory fires and human rights abuses in the developing world and with the loss of garment jobs in the United States (we will not soon forget that our Olympic uniforms were being outsourced to China).
What will make the growing anti-fast fashion sentiment stick is fatigue with the uniformity, lack of quality, and emptiness of buying cheap clothes. The thrill of getting a $10 top and tossing it out has lost its luster, and consumers are going to want much more from their wardrobes in 2013: We want to be engaged in the full life cycle of our clothes, rather than just blindly following trends.
Consumers will increasingly buy new less often, opting instead to support refashioned vintage, clothing swaps, and will work with a tailor or on their own sewing machine to customize their wardrobes. When they do buy new, they'll look for cutting-edge new designers and brands who are rethinking the way we consume fashion and who focus on good fabrics and quality construction and original, timeless design.
Perhaps the biggest shift of all: The idea that buying cheap clothes makes you a smart consumer will at last fall out of favor. And consumers will start to view clothing as something worth investing in again. Budgeting for quality, ethically made clothing sold at a fair price will no longer be seen as elitist, it will be viewed as prioritizing the enormous role that clothing plays in our culture, economy, and personal lives.
I predict that genuine charity, compassion and creativity—the new 3 C's-—will start to take over all businesses large and small. As the supply chains become even more transparent and fragile,
both people and businesses alike will resort to ever more innovative and creative ways to survive a rapidly changing world.
One shining example of that will be Amanda Henderson's debut collection of knitwear this February. Not to be missed.
My hope is that sustainable fashion starts being looked at through consumers, not the machine behind the products and the press featuring us. I cannot sustain the (growing) costs it takes to be socially/environmentally/economically sustainable without a consumer base that actually chooses to support and sustain my efforts, let alone the standards and expectations within the industry I am a part of.
2013 for me is about balance and creativity within the way we run our businesses and the expectations I then impart on my consumers. Accountability cannot only be imposed on the ones trying to make small decisions to make more thoughtful and ethical products, it needs to be placed on the greater community.
Without consumer dollars/votes encouraging us to push the envelope with thoughtfully produced products, we cant afford to survive and the whole concept of sustainability fails.
My hope, is that we all together, start putting our money with our mouth's are. 2013 is about investing in each other.
I believe the biggest change we will be seeing from inside the fashion industry, and in particular from sustainably minded brands, will be an overhaul of the traditional fashion business model.
Designers are realizing it's no longer enough to just change their fabric sourcing, production methods, or sales and distribution. It's time we step back and look at how business is done on a broader scale and make more-impactful changes to the way we approach consumers and the industry as a whole.
I have a very positive outlook for 2013, and I'm expecting exciting changes for myself and from others.
The world is changing, is defined by change. It is both expanding—filled with near-infinite opportunities—and becoming more human and intimate, connected by the power of technology.
Collaboration is more powerful than conflict, consumption is more mindful, and youthful optimism is driving a revolution of responsibility for creating a better world. And, as the lines between work, home, and play disappear, there is the possibility for more balanced, beautiful, and meaningful lives.
A new direction is underway thanks to information and communication technologies. The shift focuses on the meaning behind products and caring about where and how they are made. Technology has disrupted the status quo and created myriad opportunities to connect more effectively with customers and artisans.
We can now see the tremendous advantage of the Internet to not only build more direct relationships with our customers but to also transparently show one's supply chain and to educate consumers at a more engaging level. I see the fashion tech space having an exciting impact on the socially responsible fashion movement and vice versa. After all, they are both very much about transparency in our industry and the customer is finally demanding it.
Our mission has always been to educate and empower our customers and our industry to participate in socially responsible and sustainable lifestyles, and for 2013 we're working on some really exciting concepts to bring more personalized and meaningful production directly to our customers.
I think 2013 will be all about reconstruction and evolution: breaking down our old processes and business models and creating new ways of working.
Our stories are written, we've mastered our crafts, we now just need exposure. It's possible to scale up without cutting corners, those corners being wages and environmental care. I look forward to seeing sustainable brands partner with big distributors, retailers, and brands to make our creations accessible to a discerning consumer in an unsure economic time.
With integrity and ideals we have all chosen roles that make us responsible for caring for many moving parts. The more successful we are at growing our businesses, the greater impact we can have on the passions that got us going to begin with.
TIMO RISSANEN (DESIGNER; ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FASHION DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY, PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN)2013 is the year that sustainability in fashion enters the mainstream on an unprecedented scale. H&M's recycling scheme, while far from perfect, will bring issues around fashion waste to a large audience. What the scheme does not address can nonetheless be used powerfully: I hope this is the year we will begin serious conversations about over-consumption and the systemic transformation required to address it. Elizabeth Cline's book was the perfect consumer-led opening to that conversation so let's not miss the opportunity! 2012 saw two devastating garment factory fires, one in Pakistan in September and another in Bangladesh in November. Look at it another way, in these two fires 400 people lost their lives making 'cheap' garments for us, under conditions that became unacceptable in the wealthy west following the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911. Bangladesh has had several similar fires over recent years but it wasn't until 2012 that these fires began to appear in mainstream news outlets. We are more aware of our connectedness through our garments with such tragic events, and there is now consensus that such preventable tragedies are simply unacceptable. This also applies for the use of child slave labor in the cotton fields of Uzbekistan. Judging by the successful campaign to encourage Zara to pledge not to use Uzbek cotton, we are seeing the end of passive, apathetic fashion consumption.
Within fashion and sustainability research, in 2013 cross-institutional collaborations are taken to new heights. Local Wisdom, an international research project focusing on the craft of use of clothing led by Kate Fletcher at London College of Fashion, brings together seven universities from around the world, including Parsons The New School for Design in New York and California College of the Arts in San Francisco. The two-year collaboration will present its findings in 2014 and 2015, without doubt pointing towards deeper engagement between the fashion industry and fashion consumers.
If I can offer one piece of advice for the fashion industry for 2013, it is this: Let's work together to shed some of the secrecy and paranoia that has for decades paralyzed any potential for shared conversations about common goals. Let's then start those conversations.
As financial austerity and government cuts starts hitting middle income families, people will not only be looking at what they buy but at whether they should even be buying. Slow fashion will move out of being a marginal lifestyle choice become a financial necessity. My local tailor tells me business is booming, particularly those taking up his offer of basic sewing classes. It's amazing how few people know how to sew a button on or mend a tear.
2013 will also see a year of direct actions to raise awareness of laboour conditions and supply chain transparency. They will be tied to a film I am making on Indian cotton farmer suicides and fashion, Dirty White Gold. We eventually would like there to be some legislative change towards ethics and sustainability along the supply chain. So one day we can all wear clothes where no one has died or suffered in the making of them.
2012 was about breaking down, and 2013 will be the beginning of building back up.
This year we were battered by drought, hurricanes, and Frankenstorms, and this barrage of weather events has brought climate change out of our distant future and into our here and very now. We're experiencing the immediate impact it can have not just on our environment but on both big business and individual livelihoods, so denial isn't an option anymore.
"Eco" is going to become more practical and less philosophical. Instead of working from strategies and commitments, more brands will move towards assessing sustainability from the first part of production: the design process. Moving away from carbon footprint, we're going to focus on clean water issues, so we'll see more innovations like AirDye's waterless dyeing and Levi's "Water<Less" collection. As multinational corporations like H&M and Puma take on issues of waste management with recycling and remanufacturing projects, the concept of zero waste, first explored by pioneers like Tara St. James, Timo Rissanen, Holly McQuillan, and Marcia Patmos will finally start to be accepted as more than a niche idea and come into the mainstream.
As sustainability moves away from being a banner cause into a practical concern, there will be a much larger demand for authentication, life-cycle analysis, and transparency, which hopefully means we'll see the initial development of a consumer labeling system, following in the footsteps of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition's Higg Index launch this past year.
We'll continue to see innovation in fabric technology, particularly with recycled polyesters and nylons but what is most markedly evolving is our thinking. We'll start embracing dematerialization and collaborative consumption as creative solutions, as well.
But what I'm personally most excited about for this next year is the return of manufacturing to domestic shores. As labor costs are (thankfully) rising, offshore production isn't the panacea it once seemed to be. Heritage brands have now regained their foothold in our cultural landscape, and "made in the U.S.A." is becoming a valuable commodity again.
Have we learned our lessons from 2012, once predicted to be the last of all predictions? 2013, no predictions (save for weather). Solutions, not resolutions. Consider these 10 points as we strategically live out 2013:
1. Cause and effect: The climatic and natural events of 2012 have brought to top of mind the frailty of the human condition, the compassion of unrelated people and perhaps more of an understanding of the relationship between us and the planet we inhabit.
2. Tragic trash reused and refashioned becomes treasured essentials.
3. Necessities are the new luxuries!
4. Keeping up with the Joneses has become Keeping the Joneses (propped) up.
5. We are 7 billion people, growing to 8 billion-plus in the next 15 yrs.
6. We have limited resources for water, food, and non-renewable energy.
7. Individual empowerment through technology and communications, as well as a simultaneous decrease in the power of middlemen and "monopolies" fosters an innate drive for a better way of life without unfairly attacking those at either end of the spectrum.
8. Design "desire" with cradle-to-cradle intentions as intellectual or physical property, make it ethically and transparently (preferably here), and sell it for a profit.
9. Lucky '13 is the year in which the triumvirate of strategy, luck, and hope are no longer strange bedfellows. Strategy based on related and logical facts. Luck based on preparation and hope based on dreams of a better today than yesterday.
10.The Mayans were wrong. I might be, too. All things are possible, so find your voice and use it to do something better and right.
2013 is a year of bubbling optimism. With President Obama in his second term, there will be focus on green energy and policies. As small businesses recover from terrible times, there is growing loyalty towards "made in the U.S.A." independent labels.
The recent fire in Bangladeshi factory should bring to the forefront the importance of fair trade practices and better labor laws. For A.D.O, 2013 will be year of collaborations and innovation in design and fabrics.
Even with mobile devices and personal gadgets now coaxing us to journey to and document the far corners of the globe, a genuine desire for rootedness and connection to place continues to influence our fashion and style choices. Regionally chic offerings from local designers will inspire us to examine what makes shopping close to home both rewarding and ultimately sustainable.
Slow fashion, slow food, regional natural dye recipes, the conceptual crossover between food and fashion production methods, and the beauty of the "gathering" itself will help us to better understand the nature of community and modern harvesting.
A new cultural diversity in styling and accessorizing will come from further injections of artisan-based craft and collaborative enterprises – not as a form of escapism but rather as an appreciation for what connects us and makes us human. This will translate into a cool mix of global wardrobe recipes and vibrant pin board combinations come-to-life.
I have my fingers crossed that mainstream designers will have increased access to fair and economically viable models for sourcing and production via initiatives like The Supply Change and Source4Style. Further interest in the complex value of textiles and the resilient threads of conscious choices will provide an underpinning for what constitutes true luxury and layers of deeper meaning.
Over the past year, I've watched curiosity grow in shoppers. Their curiosity results in questions: people genuinely want to know where and how their clothes were made and they want a connection to those people and places.
I predict 2013 to be the year of connection. Through the use of innovative media and technology, designers will continue to share their personal inspirations, the faces of the people who stitched together their collection, and give true meaning to the country-of-origin tag by depicting images of physical locations.
BOB BLAND (DESIGNER, BROOKLYN ROYALTY; FOUNDER/DIRECTOR, MANUFACTURE NY)In 2013, we will see a continued movement in both the established fashion industy and independent design world towards cooperation and collaboration. We will share resources, unite like-minded organizations, and communicate enlightened ideas of change without fear. NYC will transform into a globally recognized manufacturing hub for socially conscious industrial startups, especially in areas of Brooklyn with convenient transit and affordable industrial space. Anthony Lilore of Restore Clothing and Save The Gament Center recently said to me: "We all must work together in some way. Must. That is part of the responsibility and sustainability code we have come to live by." This is the battle cry of the new year. Cooperative sourcing
Progressive websites (Maker's Row, Made in NYC and AboutSources) will make U.S. fashion sourcing accessible to a new generation and become everyday tools to create a virtual map of manufacturers, fabric/trim suppliers, printers and more. Local design collectives like Brooklyn Fashion League, Gowanus Print Lab, and Manufacture New York will share equipment and materials, and crowdsource orders to achieve affordable pricing for everyone. This will begin leveling the playing field so that independent designers have a real possibility of establishing healthy businesses from the start. Sustainable manufacturing
Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center has existed for a decade as an exceptional resource for affordable industrial space in Brooklyn, and in 2013 it will be joined by new production resources like the Pratt Designer Incubator's Small Run Production Center and Manufacture New York's hybrid Fashion Incubator & Vertical Factory. We will engage participating designers, industry leaders, city officials, and the public in an inclusive development process to ensure sustainable business practices that will lead to an increase in fair wages and quality manufacturing jobs for local workers.
Practical eco- and consumer awareness
Designers will take on a greater role in educating their buyers on the importance of eco-friendly, domestically produced, and sustainable fashion through public awareness campaigns and increased transparency throughout the full product lifecycle. As we continue to be more practical with our money, respect for quality workmanship & materials will grow, and curated "made in the U.S.A." online stores like Made Collection and Love U.S. will gain in popularity.
Upcycling, reclaimed, and recycled fabrics and trims will become more accepted and desirable, and buyers will recognize the increased savings in buying local; avoiding the waste (both environmentally and fiscally) of international shipping.
Photo by Michael Beauplet for The Wild
2013 will be a really big year for ethical fashion. The anti-fur movement has had a huge surge, and also an evolution into something more sophisticated and fashion-savvy. Many fashion insiders have taken up the cause and I think 2013 will feature even more international policy banning the cruel trade, as so many European countries did this year.
More and more mainstream media are covering workers' rights issues like the many tragic factory fires in sweatshops for fast-fashion labels. Many of the problems inherent in the mainstream fashion industrial complex are also being revealed.
In addition, many mills and factories are stepping up to the plate and creating innovative recycled, organic, closed-loop, and eco- or labor-certified textiles, and the demand for these products among designers, stylists, celebs and citizens is growing. I am counting on lucky 13 and am excited to see my own menswear brand grow, as well!
The biggest trend for the future will be honing our wardrobes. Buying better and buying less. Committing to well-made things made in conditions you can stand behind. Buying made in America. Knowing your dollars make a difference and spending them to make a difference.
I hope that 2013 will be the year when textile recycling gets the attention that it deserves. There is a great need to reuse and the environmental and economic benefits of doing this are high, at a time when the cost of raw materials are increasing.
In 2012, "textile waste" became a buzzword in geeky sustainability circles, and one of my favorite topics of conversation. We saw many innovative textile waste recycling initiatives hit the highstreet, from Esprit's "Recycled Collection" to From Somewhere's collection for Topshop and Marks & Spencer's "Shwopping" campaign. I hope that 2013 will be The Year when recycling (and recycled) textiles truly reach the mass market.
ANNA GRIFFIN (EDITOR-IN-CHIEF/PUBLISHER, COCO ECO)In 2013, we'll embrace a new definition of luxury and in doing so turn away from the mainstream, celebrating our own personal style. As global fashion brands, such as Levi's and Zara now shift course away from toxic manufacturing processes under the influence of Greenpeace's "Detox" campaign, others will follow suit. In the meantime, consumers are expressing an interest in more artisanal brands. Pieces that have a story, made by companies invested in more than being on trend, but doing business with a positive social impact.
Quality will trump quantity as consumers transition away from the instantaneous gratification of fast fashion and flash sales, in search of timeless and unique pieces that define their own personal style, and in doing so contribute to making a difference in the world. After all, what is more stylish than that?
Emerging brands to watch in 2013: Nudie Jeans, Andrea Gutierrez Jewelry, Calleen Cordero, GoodForAll, GUNAS, Black Dakini, Dalia McPhee, and Rachael Cassar.
There's been talk lately of first- and second-wave eco-fashion movers and shakers (many I'm sure are also giving predictions here), and what many of us are realizing is that there's only so much talking we can still do. There's only so much dilution of our efforts and racing to be everything, everywhere, and to everyone.
There really needs to be more action and focused collaboration this year in sustainable-fashion circles with a clear direction to put forth our efforts effectively. We are a powerful group capable of very powerful moves in more than just eco/ethical fashion circles.
So I think this will be the year we make those bold moves outside our comfort zones to include bigger movers and shakers who not only will see the necessity to make changes both environmentally and ethically but that truly need us eco-fashion pioneers who have been working the front lines to guide and inspire them.
I've got my compass and first aid kit ready.
STARRE VARTAN (AUTHOR; PUBLISHER, ECO-CHICK)Eco-fashion has taken on a human face after the tragic fires in Bangladesh; that story, which so closely echoed NYC's Triangle Shirtwaist fire of 1911, brought home the true costs of cheap clothes and fast fashion. Just like the women on the Lower East Side who perished in that factory fire a hundred years ago, this year's fire victims shouldn't have died, and wouldn't if cost-cutting by the fashion industry weren't so merciless (driven by consumer desire for inexpensive, throwaway clothes, and companies' need for ever-greater profits). Top executives from several companies had been working on the fire hazards so common to Bangladeshi garment factories but had stopped short of solving the problem due to costs (estimated to be about 10 cents per piece) and fears of lawsuits.
The reaction to this has story will have repercussions in 2013 in two ways: In the wider world of labor rights, people in developing nations where most of our clothes come from are, and will continue to organize for better wages and safter working conditions, despite repression. Anyone with a sense of ethics and a heart should support these much-abused workers' struggle for rights. Additionally. local manufacturing, which has been struggling in the U.S., will get a boost this year, as more companies make their clothes in the US (better for people, the planet, and the economy), or move part of their operations here. Apple is a bellwether for this movement, and many young companies, from fabricators and product designers to fashion and beauty brands will found their companies with a "made in the U.S.A." mindset from the get-go.
In terms of design and the fun side of eco fashion, we've seen an explosion of new dyeing and fabric-pattern techniques, from the renewal of age-old botanical dyes used in new ways to technology used to capture natural, handmade and antique patterns for use on clothing with modern shapes and structures. This aesthetic will only continue and proliferate; I don't see a return to minimalism in terms of fabrics anytime soon (now that pattern-mixing is widely accepted and joyfully engaged in).
We're also going to continue to see gorgeous African prints continue to mainstream, with eco fashion designers having led the charge on that trend. Lastly, I see so many interesting new materials coming out (not to mention zero-waste gaining momentum), and materials experimentation at an all-time high, which is exciting and just opens up the possibilities for reused, upcycled, recycled, and rethought materials.
JOHANNA BJÖRK (PUBLISHER, Goodlifer
In 2012, we saw human rights and social justice attract more mainstream attention, partially due to a few tragic, deadly fires in overseas factories. People are beginning to realize that cheap fashion often comes with a price much higher than that shown on the tag.
Large global retailers from H&M to Zara have been forced to turn their attention to publicly address worker rights issues and improve the quality of life for the people who make their clothes. Once consumers know what's really going on, change starts happening, little by little.
Maybe it's the new Mayan world age or just that the time is ripe, but I believe that style and fashion is entering a new level of consciousness that will create powerful change across the entire industry. Tools like the Higg Index developed by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition will help designers make that happen.I also think we need a new word for what we've been referring to as eco-fashion, and would like to propose that we call it "smart fashion."
Photo by Karen E. Evans for Market Publique
2013 is already proving to be a year for classic and timeless fashion. We have seen, what I call, "timeless trends" emerge from the Spring/Summer 2013 runways, and I predict Fall/Winter 2013 fashion to follow suit. From Gretchen Jones, John Patrick, M. Patmos, and David Peck to Donna Karan, Escada, Prabal Gurung, and Pierre Balmain, designers are embracing wardrobe staples with classic silhouettes, such as narrow trousers, cropped jackets, fitted blazers, full skirts, and silk blouses.
As these timeless styles trickle down to mainstream markets, my hope is that quality will follow, ever combating disposable fast fashion and making classic fashion more accessible, affordable, and available to all.


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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
End of the Road Festival
I'm back. It's been over three weeks, the holidays and festivals are over and new bathrooms have been installed. I'm back to work, and more importantly, back to blogging. Given where I left off, he first thing that I should report back about is the End of the Road Festival, so here goes. There will be a full review of music to come, but it won't be comprehensive. For a more detailed rundown on musical happenings, check out Sweeping the Nation's reviews, or even Matthew Song, by Toad for a more equivocal opinion. There are also loads of other reviews out there (like this one), if you care about such things.
Before I begin in earnest, some general observations:
Less intimacy. Obviously this is relative, because if you've been to any of the country's megafests, EOTR with its 5000 capacity is as intimate as they come. It's just that compared to the previous two years, there were a lot more people around. Now, with line-ups as good as they have been, they should have sold out every year, but this was the first. I wish the organisers every success, because each festival has been excellent, but I guess it's just me complaining that a couple of thousand extra people gatecrashed my festival. This is silly of course. I hope it sells out every year. I'll just have to get used to it.
More people + rain = lots of mud. It was the first EOTR with proper festival mud. Although it was dry (and even regularly sunny) for most of the weekend, a three-hour downpour early on the Friday did for the site. Five thousand people tramping through two gates and around a field soon made a sticky bog. I'm so glad that I bought a pair of wellies during a wet camping holiday a few days earlier.
Still magical. Each year, the EOTR team make a fantastic effort to make the festival site look as lovely as possible. So we enjoyed the usual fairy lights in the woods, the piano in the clearing, the library in the woods and the various odd quirky decorations scattered about. It's also good to see how they're trying to make things a little different each year, so this year we had brightly-coloured papier-mâché masks hanging from the trees, a light-up dancefloor and a table tennis table.
Good food and drink. Being proper campers, we dined out mostly on the food I had lugged up from the car, though there were plenty gastronomic delights on offer. The Pieminister queue was longer than ever, so much so that come Sunday afternoon when we went seeking pies, they had sold out! However, the organic burgers were an excellent alternative and put most of London's self-styled posh gourmet burger joints in the shade. At the bar, there was a pleasing lack of bland lagers and plenty decent beer to be quaffed. Result again!
Festival parenting. This was the Growl family's first time as proper festival parents. Last year we stayed off-site but this year we returned to the full camping experience. The first thing we noticed in the family camping area was what terrible parents we must be, as our three-man tent was dwarfed by the über-tents of the über-parents around us. We were further shamed by our lack of tables, chairs and fully-equipped portable kitchens. But despite such neglectfulness, we had a great time. The Baby Growl seemed to enjoy both camping and the festival experience in general, and the little waterproof suit we bought her proved to be one of the best purchases ever.
I know that festival going non-parents often complain about the presence of families, as if that lowers the credibility of the occasion, but hey, starting to procreate isn't always accompanied by developing a liking for Phil Collins and realising that one arena gig a year is enough. EOTR had plenty of good activities for kids laid on and although most of it was pitched for kids a couple of years older than ours, there was still fun to be had and future years can only get better. Mrs Growl has already started trawling the internets for a cheap, end-of-season deal on an über-tent.
Finally, there are a few complaints, as you'd expect. The sound mix was occasionally a bit dodgy on some of the stages. The toilets left a lot to be desired (more people + what seemed like the same number of toilets as previous years + lots of mud led to long queues and generally poor conditions inside), though the organisers are aware of this and have vowed to improve next year. We could have also done with some sawdust or suchlike substance thrown down in the gates and main thoroughfares just to make walking a little easier. But all in, as with previous years, there was little to quibble about. A great festival all round and my finger is already hovering over the 'buy' button for the early bird tickets for next year. Who needs to know the line-up? It's going to be good!
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Limited prep
In one study, a group from Italy detailed preliminary findings that suggest individuals with an average risk of colon cancer can successfully undergo CTC with a limited bowel preparation. The prep consisted mainly of a low-fiber diet and use of Movicol sachets three times a day, two days before the test.
Of the 1,019 subjects in the trial, 10.1% were found to have colon polyps at least 6 mm in size, said Dr. Gabriella Iussich, research assistant in radiology at the Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro in Turin. She said 39 of the polyps were at least 10 mm.
"As a primary colorectal cancer screening tool, CT colonography with limited bowel preparation has an acceptable low endoscopic referral rate and a low number of inadequate examinations -- about 2.9%," Iussich said.
The trial will compare the findings with flexible sigmoidoscopy, she said; those results are not yet available.
Occlusive cancer
In Korea, researchers found that CTC was capable of detecting synchronous tumors in the proximal colon among patients with occlusive colorectal cancers. Results were presented by Dr. Seong Ho Park, PhD, professor of radiology at Asan Medical Center in Seoul.
The retrospective study evaluated CTC exams of 427 patients who had a failed colonoscopy due to an occlusive lesion. The goal was to see if the imaging could determine whether there were other cancers in the area that would require extensive surgery or if the blockage was the only lesion, Park said. He suggested that CTC might prevent unnecessary or repeat surgery, or a missed opportunity for curative treatment.
Among the 284 evaluable patients, there were 165 men and 119 women; their average age was approximately 59 years. Imaging allowed doctors to visualize 39 of 44 advanced neoplasias and all six adenocarcinomas beyond the obstructing cancer -- an 88.6% sensitivity for advanced neoplasias and 100% sensitivity for cancer, Park reported in his presentation.
Successful CADx
Finally, Kenji Suzuki, PhD, assistant professor of radiology and medical physics at the University of Chicago, described how using computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) with CTC could help radiologists distinguish between neoplastic and nonneoplastic lesions.
In the study, readers were asked to evaluate the lesions based on CTC alone, and then to use the CADx system to further aid diagnosis.
With the use of CADx, area under the receiver operator characteristics (ROC) curve increased from 0.79 to 0.88 (p = 0.01). Positive predictive value rose from 93% to 96% (p = 0.26), and negative predictive value rose from 41% to 48% (p = 0.04), Suzuki said in his presentation.
"Our observer performance study demonstrated the potential of the use of CTC as a diagnostic tool beyond detection," he said. "Thus, [CADx CTC] would potentially reduce 'unnecessary' polypectomy/colonoscopy."
"These studies show us ... the ability to use CT colonoscopy for screening as well as for situations in specific clinical scenarios which can aid clinicians in the care of their patients," said Dr. Michael Zalis, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of CTC at Massachusetts General Hospital, who moderated the session.
In the session's keynote address, Dr. Judy Yee, professor and vice chair of radiology and biomedical imaging at the University of California, San Francisco, said that continued research into the practical uses of CTC is pushing government agencies to reconsider whether virtual colonoscopy can be reimbursed by the healthcare system.
The largest of the healthcare insurers are already reimbursing for the procedure in many cases, Yee noted.
"CT colonography is globally validated as an effective test," she said. She noted the promising development of nonlaxative imaging studies, strategies for computer-aided diagnostic use, attempts to reduce radiation exposure, and innovative displays that make diagnosis easier.
"We also know that the benefits from CT colonography screening outweigh the potential for any radiation risks," Yee said.


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Saturday, December 13, 2008
What if... #13
This post is part of the 2008 advent series "What if..."
13 comments:
- Phil Warnell said...
Strange, I thought what we have now represented that pretty well. On second thought perhaps it's a chaotic system with the strange attractor representing to be self interest or perhaps arrogance as for what has been happening in Canada's parliament seems to indicate to be what they all have in common:-) With that in mind perhaps random is the better way as for me it represents the set of all sets which of course would give us benefit at least of all possible outcomes.
- 7:16 AM, December 13, 2008
- Rae Ann said...
I don't know. How random is "random"? I guess there would have to be some limits about age and capabilities. Or maybe it would work better if we had a bunch of kids in there deciding things. ;-)
- 9:38 AM, December 13, 2008
- Bee said...
Hi Rae Ann,
There is a German song called "Kinder an die Macht" (Roughly: "Let Children Rule"), which summarizes this idea very nicely :-) I could even find an English translation of the lyrics:
Kinder an die Macht
Armies of gummy bears
tanks made of marzipan
wars are eaten up
a simple plan
childishly brilliant
There's no good,
there's no bad/evil
There's no black,
there's no white
There are gaps in teeth
rather than repression
There's strawberry ice cream for life
always good for a surprise
Give the children the command
they don't calculate what they're doing
the world belongs in the hands of children
an end to gloom
We're being laughed to smithereens
Power to the children!
They are the true anarchists
and love chaos,
clean up
know no rights,
no duties/obligations
unbowed strength,
fierce pride
Give the children...
- 9:47 AM, December 13, 2008
Tripped over this while looking for other stuff but it's an idea I've nursed for quite a few years now. Elections seem easily corrupted by donors and special interests even if the voting is above board, and the longer I live the more it seems that the people I would want to vote for would touch political office with a barge poll. And that in many cases (cf the current US president) that almost anyone could do better.
What I settled on was that if selected on the same basis as jury duty participation in local government should be mandatory from the age of 18, and kids be prepared for it as part of being an adult. Parliament then could be filled with a random selection of people who had already served on their local council.
Can't see it happening any time soon but I like tinkering with it every once and a while. Happy Crimbo!
- 12:50 PM, December 13, 2008
- CapitalistImperialistPig said...
If the members didn't need to be elected, and didn't care what everybody else thought, what would keep them from devoting their terms of office to looting the country on their own behalfs? This happens a lot even with the threat of retribution hanging over them.
- 5:45 PM, December 13, 2008
One would obtain a Parliament of mediocrities rather than a Parliament of whores (ISBN: 0-8021-3970-1).
- 8:10 PM, December 13, 2008
- Bee said...
Uncle, did you lose an 'A'?
- 10:18 PM, December 13, 2008
- yemon choi said...
Vague and unreliable memory suggests (and Wikipedia seems to agree) that this wouldn't be such a new idea... except for the replacement of "reasonable people", for some definition of reasonable, with "everyone".
The question is: to be fully representative, one would have to extend the pool of possible applicants to include, for instance, the prison population. This is unlikely to work well in theory or in practice, surely?
Anyway: this comment has been an excuse to carry out part 5 of a meme I got tagged with. Please feel free to ignore, of course :-)
- 2:07 AM, December 14, 2008
- duke said...
since we are chosing em randomly from the population so results may vary in every session due to difference in calibers of people but overall it is going to like now only becoz even the elected ones are not certified from any institution for taking political decisions in a right way.all of our grt leaders are also from the population but they did it well becoz of their commitment.
thus nothing will change.
- 5:07 AM, December 14, 2008
- Uncle Al said...
Regarding the fugitive "A": Like watching a dog (presumably not a beagle) playing chess, one is amazed by Wincrap's perseverence not its results.
- 5:20 PM, December 14, 2008
Automatic full and proportional representation of every minority group.
Also a perpetual class of political greenhorns who would probably get manipulated into rubber stamping everything the bureaucracy came up with.
The possibilities are endlessly amusing.
- 10:20 AM, December 15, 2008
- Yoram Gat said...
As noted above, the proposed system - called sortition, (or allotment) - was the one used by the Democratic archetype, Athens. In fact, the classical political philosophers (most prominently, Aristotle, but this was apparently a truism at the time) considered selection by lot to be democratic, and selection by election to be oligarchical.
I am a committed supporter of the idea of sortition and have written several blog entries related to the idea. In those entries I attempt address many of the objections raised by the commenters here. See for example, The problem with elections, Capitalism is from Athens, elected government is from Sparta and other entries under the category "democracy".
There is also a recent series of books devoted to the idea.
- 2:06 PM, December 15, 2008
- SL said...
Power would end up in the hands of the civil service. With most legislators neither especially interested in the job or especially prepared for it, it would be too easy for the administrators to present matters to parliament so as to get the outcome they wanted.
- 6:59 AM, December 16, 2008


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Over 200 gather Friday afternoon for Carillon memorial service
Coy, who was tragically killed in a car accident Wednesday evening, was remembered as a kind, fun-loving, caring person who always had a smile on his face and a kind word for every person he met. ETSU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Dave Mullins and Buccaneer men's basketball coach Murry Bartow spoke of Coy's character and zeal for life during the 15-minute service, which was followed by a special funeral toll of the Carillon chimes. Along with the toll, Coy's teammates and others that knew the 6-foot-11 sophomore center were given the opportunity to ring a single toll in his honor.
Members of the ETSU men's basketball program along with a group of athletic administrators will be making the trip to Washington, Ind., for Coy's funeral service on Sunday. That event will be held in the Washington High School gymnasium at 2 p.m., while receiving of friends will be held in the same location on Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m.
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In addition, ETSU Advancement and the Buccaneer Athletic Scholarship Association also announced Thursday that a new scholarship fund has been initiated in honor of Coy. The Seth Coy Memorial Scholarship Fund will begin accepting donations from those that would like to honor Coy's memory by helping future ETSU student-athletes reach their educational goals. Those wishing to contribute to the fund can send their donations to the Buccaneer Athletic Scholarship Association, P.O. Box 70707, Johnson City, TN., 37614, or call BASA at 423-439-8398.


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If you missed out on pre-ordering an iPhone 5 last week (they sold out in an hour), you'll have the opportunity to buy one from a local Apple store starting Friday September 21st at 8am. Getting in line early is taking on a whole new meaning with some people already waiting in line a week early for the new smartphone.
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Bull Testicle Beer Is Now a Real Thing
The wily rednecks of Denver's Wynkoop Brewing Company have always had a lot of balls when it comes to how they brew their beer, but their brewmasters have really gone nuts this time. These mad scientists have just announced the release of their latest product - Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout – made with freshly castrated bull testicles.
What started out as an April Fool's Day gag video about a bogus brew manufactured with bull testicles has become a reality. According to representatives from Wynkoop Brewing, the phony product was met with such a warm reception back in April that the company had no choice but to start brewing it for real.
And by God, these fiends have done it: brewing a beer that according to the Wynkoop website, is "an assertive foreign-style stout, slightly viscous, with a deep brown color. It has equally deep flavors of chocolate syrup, Kahlua, and espresso, along with a palpable level of alcohol and a savory umami-like note. It finishes dry and roasted with a fast-fading hop bite." We must admit that we were not aware that bull nuts tasted like chocolate and Kahlua. Maybe we've been missing out?
While we're not entirely convinced that sucking on a bottle full of gonad juice is something we would enjoy, we are rather impressed with the beverage's 7 percent ABV at 3 BPB's (balls per barrel). However, we are curious to see the formula that dictates two cows become sexual cripples for one and a quarter barrel of beer.
Wynkoop Brewing plans to make Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout available next week during the Great American Beer Festival, in Denver.
So, what is next in the mad, mad world of brewing: turkey pecker ale, perhaps? Just in time for Thanksgiving, although we really do not want to give them any ideas.


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Android Sneaks Onto the Desktop in Giant HP Tablet
Jun 24, 2013 11:28 AM PT
The line separating the mobile and desktop computing worlds has become increasingly blurred in recent months, and HP on Monday unveiled a brand-new all-in-one PC that continues that trend.
Announced during its HP World Tour event in Beijing, the HP Slate 21 tablet is powered not by Windows but by Google's Android. It's also designed for use on the desktop, with a kickstand in back to prop it up.
The HP Slate 21 is due to begin shipping in September; pricing will be US$399. HP did not respond to our request for further details.
'A Great Laptop Replacement'
Equipped with a Nvidia Tegra 4 mobile processor, the Slate 21 features a full 21.5-inch HD touchscreen that supports intelligent 10-point touch functionality. The device's "memory hinge," meanwhile, allows users to adjust the viewing angle by hand between 15 and 70 degrees.
Android 4.2.2 is the operating system for the device, which also includes 8GB of memory, an SD card slot, three USB 2.0 ports, built-in dual speakers, a webcam and wireless printing capabilities. KingSoft office software comes bundled with the device.
The Slate 21 is aimed primarily at home users interested in entertainment and content sharing, HP said. As many as five user profiles can be maintained on the device, enabling each to keep their apps and files separate.
"As tablets are becoming more powerful and useful, it becomes natural to attach keyboards to supplement the touch screen," Roger Entner, principal analyst at Recon Analytics, told TechNewsWorld. "Once you do that, the tablet become a great laptop replacement for playing casual games or word processing."
The most likely users of the Slate 21 are consumers and "light-computing professionals who value high mobility," Entner added.
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Indeed, young consumers are more likely to take to a device like this because they are "more accustomed to using their mobile devices as their primary computing platform," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld.
"My sons would probably love it because I started them out on Google Apps rather than Microsoft Office, and they would rather use a mobile device because they hate waiting for a PC to boot," he explained.
It's about time someone came out with a device like this, McGregor added.
'Expect to See More'
"You have to remember that computing is changing drastically," he said. "When you think about computing devices these days, the best are really our smartphones and tablets."
This move, then, essentially "extends the same experience no matter what the architecture, to desktop or clamshell PC or TV or whatever."
Users will still be "stuck with apps that were really designed for mobile," McGregor pointed out.
Still, the use of a Tegra 4 is compelling, "not to mention integrated Nvidia graphics," he said.
In short, "this is the rich experience consumers really want," McGregor concluded. "I would expect to see more of this."


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About Santa Barbara's proposed gang injunction …
|The city needs to be tough to keep crime from growing.
|149 votes
|It's racist, plain and simple.
|48 votes
|It's worked in other cities; it'll work here.
|109 votes
|Total waste of time and money.
|59 votes
|We don't have a gang problem; we have a police problem.
|31 votes
|396 total votes
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Like gun control and the war on drugs this is just another feel-good panacea that will only give authorities more ways to control us. We don't dare ask ourselves WHY we have a growing gang problem, we just pass laws and pretend the problem will go away.
billclausen (anonymous profile)
February 20, 2014 at 3:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Playing Devils Advocate here, no one voted the Race Card yet, so there it is...
dou4now (anonymous profile)
February 20, 2014 at 4:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Has the city yet spent as much money per alleged gangster to be equal to paying for a full college education for each of them too?
John_Adams (anonymous profile)
February 20, 2014 at 8:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
From a local article about the proposed gang injunction, dated 24 January:
"The government would be able to serve the injunction on people who are not part of this case now, then arrest them for violating its terms without any court hearing to determine whether they are a gang member or not, Bibring [ACLU] said."
This is similar to the federal NDAA provisions 1021 and 1022, now law, which allow for the indefinite detention of law-abiding citizens without due process or right to an attorney. (Incidentally, a coalition of groups from across the political spectrum — 99%ers, the California Libertarian Party, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, the California Republican Liberty Caucus, ACLU, OathKeepers, and others — worked together to pass AB351, the California Liberty Preservation Act — introduced by Tim Donnelly [R] — which nullifies these federal provisions within California. More details can be found at this post on a Santa Barbara discussion group: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/S... .)
Regarding the third option of the poll, whether a gang injunction "works" or doesn't work is irrelevant, of course, in determining whether it is racist or unconstitutional.
The proposed gang injunction is racist and unconstitutional because it restricts the liberties of brown people (both criminal *and law-abiding*) but not non-brown people, even if they commit the same crimes as brown people who have been convicted.
US covert and overt criminal wars of aggression caused 20-30 million deaths of mostly yellow and brown human beings since World War II, in 37 countries that did not attack us and posed no threat to us [ http://www.examiner.com/article/us-wa... ].
The crimes against yellow and brown people are coming home and oozing down from federal to local.
JohnTieber (anonymous profile)
February 20, 2014 at 8:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm sure most of the alleged gangsters would qualify for a free education under the DREAM Act. but that would require a desire to do something constructive.
SB2SB (anonymous profile)
February 20, 2014 at 8:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I went to "the city's" council meeting to speak about "the city's" long history of gang injunctions and how really effective they were. Unfortunately since it was President's Day Monday; Tuesday was declared Council's Day and no was allowed to make public comments.... Keeping 'the city", the city I suppose.
So why not put my "public comment" about the history gang injunctions here!
18th century Mexico won it's independence from the Spanish and assumed control of gang injunctions against the heathens who refused to abide by the Spaniard's strictest of inquisition principles..
!848 the Mexicans lose control to the United States. The following three years is the worst drought on record! (Records being as long as they could remember.)
The Mexicans who owned most of the land found themselves in economic peril and decided to sell to "Rich Yankees" so they could move back to Mexico.
The rich Yankee wasted no time in the creation of a booming city similar to others during the gold rush era.
They enacted injunctions against Chinaman, when claims were made regarding the distribution of opium. (While the white man was addicting thousands of the Chinamans in their homeland!)
...and here we find ourselves in another drought. Some speculate that the housing market might tank again. That could be why the news is reporting the Chinaman's unloading the massive debt we've accrued from imposing one injunction after another...
At the rate we're going, we all be living like heathen again before too long!
touristunfriendly (anonymous profile)
February 20, 2014 at 12:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
JT - "The proposed gang injunction is racist and unconstitutional because it restricts the liberties of brown people (both criminal *and law-abiding*) but not non-brown people, even if they commit the same crimes as brown people who have been convicted."
That's a racist statement in and of itself. It makes the assumption that gang members that would be subject to this injuction are "brown people". Believe it or not, there are gang members of other races that this injuction would be applicable to.
Botany (anonymous profile)
February 20, 2014 at 3:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Good point, and thanks for the correction.
My understanding [*** see bottom] is that, like stop and frisk in New York City, while it may initially target exclusively or mostly non-white people, just about anyone can be classified as a gang member.
I've seen reported, but have not confirmed, that the California legal definition of a criminal gang is simply "three or more people engaged in criminal activity."
Does anyone reading this engage in any activity with two others that some authority might *construe* as "illegal"? Are you sure?:
'The Over-Policing of America'
*** My understanding: In following most of the local reports on this, I've noticed no reference to an actual draft text, which at this point I'd much prefer to more news reports that lack specifics. I can research this myself, of course, but if anyone reading this happens to know of a source of something in writing that is definitive of what this thing potentially can do and how it can do it, I'd appreciate being directed to that.
JohnTieber (anonymous profile)
February 20, 2014 at 5:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)
More than half of the people on the list are already locked up!! Some for a long time, so what's the use??Some of the others already have moved on from that lifestyle. Just a ploy to make the city look like they're doing something!!!
BIG waste of time and money!!!!!
anon84 (anonymous profile)
February 21, 2014 at 8:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I've done some additional research since my previous comment, and this thing seems quite gnarly to me, to the point where I can't imagine how it could survive a competent constitutional challenge. Other injunctions elsewhere have, of course, but my understanding is that this one has some key differences, among which is the very broad geographical scope.
Excerpts are from…
'Judge Denies Preliminary Gang Injunction'
Mission & State
10 February 2014
…though my comments are based on information from eight additional articles as well.
(Excerpts from the article are within quotes; the rest is mine.)
"Attorney Tara Haaland-Ford: 'If she [Judge Sterne] was to find it against the Eastside and the Westside [gangs], they could serve every person they believe is Eastside or Westside—juvenile, adult, it doesn't matter," said Haaland-Ford, adding that there is not an opt-out clause in the preliminary injunction.
" 'It wouldn't be the tool they want it to be if it was just for these 30 people [named]. Half of those people are in prison and [others] are never getting out…' "
"…the proposed injunction raises issues of due process, an individual's ability to contest being enjoined, the process for opting out of the injunction…"
Does this remind anyone of secret federal lists, such as the no-fly list and DHS "suspected terrorist" lists?
"…the use of juvenile records in making the case against named individuals…"
So does it, in fact, even target juveniles, as claimed, or just legally or illegally use juvenile records as a pre-crime tool?
"The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that a City of Orange gang injunction violated the Constitution, saying that its scope was extraordinarily broad, encroached on the plaintiffs' civil liberties and failed to give individuals named in the injunction the opportunity to contest allegations of gang membership."
My understanding from another source (but which I haven't confirmed) is that Santa Barbara's geographical scope is even broader, essentially forcing people (who have been accused of no crime, much less convicted) not just from their homes, but from entire neighborhoods.
JohnTieber (anonymous profile)
February 21, 2014 at 8:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"…gang-related Part 1 crimes (aggravated assault, forcible rape, murder, robbery, arson, burglary, larceny theft and motor vehicle theft)…increased from 52 in 2012 to 70 in 2013, but decreased from 23 in November to nine in December. The most common charge was graffiti vandalism—eight in November and four in December."
There's seems to be a discrepancy above that might be nice to clear up: there's no ellipses within the parentheses, which indicates the list of Part 1 crimes is complete; yet it then discusses graffiti vandalism apparently as a Part 1 crime.
Regardless, total Part 1 gang-related crimes in 2013 were 70 (i.e. 1.3 per week); December's total was only 39% of November's; it might be worthwhile to compare:
(1) January of 2014 gang-related Part 1 total, in order to determine whether December of 2013 was a remarkable (positive) outlier (holiday season?) or not, and
(2) total per week 2013 NON-gang related Part 1 crimes compared to 1.3 per week gang-related
— though some are charging that Chief Sanchez is manipulating the statistics which, if true, obviously would make any statistical analysis worthless.
I'm going with this, at least for now:
"This is a completely unreasonable, poorly drafted injunction," said Santa Barbara lawyer Neil Levinson…"It's wasting a lot of money and not really getting to the root of the cause."
JohnTieber (anonymous profile)
February 21, 2014 at 8:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)
JohnTieber - here's a copy of the civil complaint known as the gang injunction.
sbs124 (anonymous profile)
February 21, 2014 at 1:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The poll is set up in a highly biased manner. The first "pro" response addresses the more general issue of crime without relating the answer to the gang injunction. Someone might agree but think that a gang injunction is counterproductive. The second "pro" response embeds as factual an assertion that many would reject (that injunctions "work" elsewhere). But there is no clarity to the term "work." Even if someone believes that injunctions "work" elsewhere, the person may be opposed on constitutional grounds.
The negative responses on the other hand represent specific emotional responses to the injunction: they're racist, a waste of money, there is no gang problem. There are many, many other reasons to oppose an injunction.
The poll is set up to elicit what may be claimed to be pro-injunction responses.
CriticalObserver (anonymous profile)
February 22, 2014 at 7:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Yep, typical of an Indy poll to try to lead the answers.
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
February 23, 2014 at 9:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
If half the people listed right now are already locked up, it proves it is already heading in the right direction. This is a list of bad people. Stay away from them.
foofighter (anonymous profile)
February 23, 2014 at 10:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)
If half the people listed are already locked up then that proves that current gang supression methods are working and there is no reason to spend millions on a useless gang injunction. Foo I thought you were a fiscal conservative.
Herschel_Greenspan (anonymous profile)
February 23, 2014 at 11:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)
No one is spending millions on the gang injunction. That claim was long ago debunked.
We are however spending millions after the fact putting the bangers in jail and mopping up the messes they leave behind. Any money or staff time spent on the gang injunction so far has been well invested for everyone's benefit, including the people on the list. Just call off the "community organizing" protestors and the whole exercise will be a lot cheaper.
Don't come crying here about the expenses.
foofighter (anonymous profile)
February 23, 2014 at 5:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Foo, The gang injunction has already cost much more than the city has admitted. The lame excuse that you bought into was that the city staff time does not count because " they would have been doing something else." No business in the private sector would fail to bill staff time to a project. So of this injunction is granted, do you count the SBPD's time spent on patrol looking for gangsters wearing Dallas Cowboys hats? How about the court and jail costs? For a fiscal conservative you really have no clue as to what things really cost.
Herschel_Greenspan (anonymous profile)
February 23, 2014 at 5:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I watched how the gang injunction protestors did their math. No sale, sorry, This is a dead issue. You also need to set off any costs you claim against what the status quo costs us as well, and that means putting a price on the tangibles and the intangibles. Easily $500K in LE and court costs even before you put these jerks behind bars at $46,000 a year each.
The life a gang injunction saves will be the gang members themselves. No price is too high to get rid of this scum once and for all. Time to send a new message other than making enabling excuses and lose one more generation to this hormonally charged, low impulse control stupidity.
foofighter (anonymous profile)
February 23, 2014 at 5:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)
We already have laws against murder, mayhem, robbery, assault, and all other forms of violent anti-social behavior. This is no different from "hate crimes" laws, or "enhanced penalties" if you kill a cop. (As I suppose, killing someone whose life is of less value)
The laws against the behavior we despise are already on the books: Enforce them.
billclausen (anonymous profile)
February 23, 2014 at 6 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The laws you talk about go into force only after the crime. Their value as deterrence is obviously insufficient. Hence the use of a gang injunction, which is both proven and validated by the courts to be a viable crime prevention tool in contrast to the current batch of after-the-fact punishment tools.
foofighter (anonymous profile)
February 23, 2014 at 6:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
So Foo in your world time is not money. Bizzare. So you must be using generally unacceptable rules of accounting. So enforcement and prosecution are also cost free. Wait you said,"no price is too high to get rid of this scum once and for all." That blank check is very fiscally liberal. What makes you think that this fig leaf injunction will "get rid of the scum once and for all?" New gangs and gangsters ate created all the time. Use basic logic, the injunction is a useless feel good political stunt which will do very little to solve the problem at a high cost. The juice is not worth the squeeze Foo.
Herschel_Greenspan (anonymous profile)
February 23, 2014 at 6:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It's an election year. Based on comments posted here and elsewhere, there are a whole lot of voters who share foo's psychotic delusion solution to gangs (whose members are brown, in spite of Extensive Media Coverage of an Afro-American gang member's court cases in recent months), they're not allowed to be in Santa Barbara, we won't tolerate them, I pay too much property tax to have to look at graffiti....
The "Just Make It Go Away" solution only has one variable - gang presence,
The cost of litigation against the city, now that OC's case established that Santa Barbara's injunction, more vague, covering a greater area, and already demonstrated to include people who have nothing to do with any gang, doesn't have much chance to be judged constitutional, doesn't matter. The costs of enforcing the injunction, jail and court costs, etc, don't matter.
A gang injunction is a good way to solve the gang presence problem; lock up everyone listed in the injunction. It's not a good solution to the "homeless visibility" problem, either.
14noscams (anonymous profile)
February 23, 2014 at 8:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I think the gang injunction needs to be run on a points system rather than someones subjective review of their record. As noted if half of the dream team is already in the pokey. Get caught with a weapon, one point, punch someone, one point, rob some one, get a point, drugs get a point.....etc...3 points and you make the DREAM TEAM! That way this racist crap would never be a valid argument. You do something stupid, just like my car insurance, you pay. So, I am sure this will bug a few people, there may be even MORE than 30 people on the list at at time. And just like the DMV works, how about just the mere fact that you have a court appearance you get a POINT! Either way, I would like to see Sterne get off her.......and move this things forward.
bimboteskie (anonymous profile)
February 25, 2014 at 11:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Pass the injunction and see the hypocrisy of Lompoc's Gang Injunction come to Santa Barbara. Lompoc's Hispanic youth and adults were often violated under the Injunction for wearing "gang attire" which included anything with "805" or "Westside" printed upon it. However, it is perfectly acceptable for the Wine Industry to print "Westside" all over the town on their directional signs. Even the Chief of Police can be seen wearing an "805" tee shirt supporting the local brewery who sponsored a local bicycle race. BUT, heaven forbid if any Hispanic youth wear similar clothing. I challenge anyone of you to call the Lompoc Police Department and ask the question "how many people have successfully been removed from the injunction"? The answer: not one! The injunction will strip some in the community of basic civil rights. The judge in the Lompoc Injunction warned that the Police would need to use much discretion in enforcement. Focus on the few that are the real problem, not throw a net that covered almost half the City like Lompoc. Ask the kids who became "gang affiliates" because they were not aware that their friend was on the "list" when the police stopped them from walking home from school. The injunction certainly will keep the problem from plain sight but only hide the problem indoors. It is a very successful tool to control , but it does not solve the gang problem. Just ask the people in Lompoc that live in the areas of the gang injunction. The key is intervention and not an injunction!
SalvaVeritate (anonymous profile)
February 26, 2014 at 2:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
" Ask the kids who became "gang affiliates" because they were not aware that their friend was on the "list" when the police stopped them from walking home from school. " -SalvaVeritate
As I've said before, I should have every right to associate with gang members as long I do not engage in criminal activity - however - selling drugs should not be a crime and I should have every right to associate with and purchase drugs from gang members. The gang injunction puts my rights and many other non-gang members rights in jeopardy due to guilt by association.
Since I'm white, I'll never be put on the gang injunction, but you have to admit that is a pretty racist policy.
loonpt (anonymous profile)
February 26, 2014 at 2:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
SalvaVeritat: As you probably know, the wine industry is sacred and the powers-that-be wouldn't dare do anything to offend them. Drunk drivers kill a lot more people than gang members do, but the rich folks benifitting from this industry don't concern themselves with such things.
Loonpt: Do you think it's racism, or just another gateway measure to control people, a al The Patriot Act, the Drug War, and gun control laws?
billclausen (anonymous profile)
February 26, 2014 at 2:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)
So many people in Lompoc were shocked when FARR, WOLF and CARBAJAL denied a Conditional Use permit to a local businessman who used his land to provide soccer and paintball fields for Lompoc youth. The land was adjacent to an existing City Of Lompoc park but partially abutted a small portion of farm land. SO MANY HISPANIC YOUTH STAYED OFF THE STREETS to play soccer on the weekends. Entire families gathered as a COMMUNITY and enjoyed healthy and safe fun. IF YOU WANT TO DETER YOUTH FROM CRIME GIVE THEM AN ALTERNATIVES. PLEASE DO NOT LET YOUR REPRESENTATIVES take positive resources from the youth and then scratch their heads when social problems erupt. People with financial means keep their children in many activities, but people "who wash your cars, cut your gardens, clean your houses", can not afford to do so. So, make certain you offer their children some type of alternatives. Then maybe you will not have a "gang" problem.
SalvaVeritate (anonymous profile)
February 26, 2014 at 2:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Salva Verde - cute, celebrating the patron saint of the drug trade.
If you want to deter kids from crime, lock 'em up as soon as they make stupid choices. There are PLENTY of alternatives. Stop making excuses for criminal life choices.
Get over this class warfare nonsense .."people who wash your cars, cut your gardens, clean your houses"…… That is insulting when you accuse these hard working people who do these jobs by choice, of raising gang banger kids.
There is a gang problem in this town because of hormonally over-charged young males and their criminal peer pressure. The only alternative is Depo-Provera shots. The only prevention is a gang injunction to isolate the worst of the worst from infecting the rest of the community.
foofighter (anonymous profile)
February 26, 2014 at 3:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Thanks SalvaVeritate for letting us know about the soccer field, that is really tragic. It saddens me that even our local government officials can be so heartless like that sometimes.
And bill I think it is both. Along racial lines you have this huge divide and conquer strategy going on between whites and various minority groups that is constructed primarily by the media and talk show hosts.
Then you have the entire notion of putting people on lists and tracking their whereabouts and limiting their rights based on their associations and alleged "criminal" activity, that definitely ties into everyone's civil liberties.
loonpt (anonymous profile)
February 26, 2014 at 3:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
"If you want to deter kids from crime, lock 'em up as soon as they make stupid choices." -foo
Right, as soon as a kid puts on a bandana and steals a candy bar put them somewhere with some guys who help run the drug cartels and get them an education in how to commit bigger crimes AND get away with it. That's a great idea.
loonpt (anonymous profile)
February 26, 2014 at 3:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
salva, there is no shortage of activities for young people in this town. NONE. wander into the Y anytime or any of the soccer football or baseball fields...there are sports everywhere.
without an injunction you don't break the cycle. only by breaking the the cycle can you give those coming up a chance to get away.
insisting on the same old same old gets you jack.
lawdy (anonymous profile)
February 26, 2014 at 3:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Ever heard of the juvenile justice system and Los Prietos Boys Camp, loonpt?
Though putting the fear of God in them facing Bubba behind bars should work too. Somehow we are not getting the point across, so keep getting the message out: Behind bars is not going to be cool.
foofighter (anonymous profile)
February 26, 2014 at 3:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)


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Homeland Security: Not Searching Your Laptop Doesn't Benefit Your Civil Liberties, So We Can Do It
from the interesting-4th-amendment-interpretation dept
Late last week, a bizarre finding popped up. Back in 2009, when DHS announced its new rules for laptop searches at the border, it also promised that it would do its own "Civil Liberties Impact Assessment" within 120 days. Three years later, Homeland Security's Orwellian "Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties" has finally released a two page executive summary of the findings, which more or less says "there are no civil liberties issues" with laptop searches. What else would you expect them to say? The ACLU has filed a FOIA request for the full report, but let's just focus on the most horrifying statement in the executive summary:
We conclude that CBP's and ICE's current border search policies comply with the Fourth Amendment. We also conclude that imposing a requirement that officers have reasonable suspicion in order to conduct a border search of an electronic device would be operationally harmful without concomitant civil rights/civil liberties benefits.That statement is so bizarre I read it half a dozen times before I was sure it really said what it appears to say. It appears to be a somewhat stunning redefinition of how one reviews whether or not something violates the 4th Amendment. Rather than recognizing the rather explicit restrictions under the 4th Amendment, they merely say that it is okay to do these searches because not doing them would not have civil rights/civil liberties "benefits." That is incredible. The double negative logic there is truly amazing. In other words, we can violate the Constitution, so long as not doing so would not have civil liberties benefits. Wow.
Meanwhile, since Homeland Security has similarly argued (as part of these cases) that its Constitution Free zone for searches applies to any place 100 miles from the United States border, some are pointing out that this means that every electronic device -- computers, cell phones, you name it -- in Detroit can be searched with absolutely no reasonable suspicion under DHS's interpretation (since Detroit is less than 100 miles from Canada). But don't worry, since there is little civil liberties or civil rights benefits to not searching your stuff, DHS says it's okay.
Oh, and in case you're wondering on what basis DHS makes this assessment, it appears to be based on their own directives rather than on any "laws."
So, if you're playing along at home, DHS has decided, based on its own review of its own directives, that it can search any electronic device within 100 miles of the border without requiring a warrant, probable cause, reasonable suspicion or anything like that -- because actually respecting the Constitution "would be operationally harmful" and wouldn't really create any "civil rights/civil liberties benefits" for you.


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Falls man pleads guilty to two indictments
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas scheduled sentencing Feb. 15 for a Niagara Falls man who pleaded guilty Friday to two separate indictments.
Timothy J. Santiago, 28, of 70th Street, faces up to 14 years in prison for his admissions to third-degree burglary and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
Santiago admitted breaking into Denise's Bar on 19th Street in the Falls Sept. 5, 2011, and to pulling a fake handgun on the clerk at a Coastal gas station across the street from the bar Feb. 7. He was out on bail for the bar burglary at the time of the robbery attempt.
Assistant Public Defender A. Joseph Catalano said Santiago already has paid $800 restitution in the case.