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A federal jury deliberated less than a day before finding a
Agent Luis Fonseca gasped, then wept and shared a long embrace with his lawyer, Stuart Adams, after the jury in U.S. District Judge Marilyn Huff's courtroom announced its verdict just after 1 p.m. Friday. Outside of court Fonseca, who joined the agency almost six years ago, said he hoped he would go back to his job. He has been on unpaid leave since the allegations surfaced in August 2011.
"It's a big relief," said Fonseca. "I love my country, I love my job at the Border Patrol."
The weeklong trial was a rare event. The last time the government prosecuted an on-duty Border Patrol agent in San Diego for excessive force was in 2002. That trial also ended, quickly, with an acquittal.
U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy said in a statement she was disappointed with the verdict but respects the jury's decision. "We believe it is our responsibility to stand up for the rights of everyone and felt this was an important case to bring," she said. "The U.S. Attorney's office will always elect to bring such cases when we believe the evidence is sufficient to do so, no matter how tough the case may be."
The case against Fonseca centered on a video clip from a ceiling-mounted camera inside the station. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Diego said the video, from July 26, 2011, showed Fonseca approaching Adolfo Ceja Escobar, who had been arrested with two other men trying to illegally enter the country.
There is no audio, and the quality of the image is not great. It shows Fonseca kneeing Ceja three times and then hunching over him as Ceja kneels on the floor. The angle is from above and behind the two men, so what happened next was a subject of great dispute in the trial.
Fonseca appears to raise his arms, his elbows out and at shoulder level of Ceja. After a few seconds, Ceja's body sags and then he slumps to the ground, his body jerking several times.
Prosecutors Timothy Coughlin and Jill Burkhardt said Fonseca clutched Ceja around the neck with his hands, squeezing and choking him nearly unconscious and causing a seizure-like response. They said that was unreasonable and excessive force on Ceja.
But Adams argued that Ceja simply faked the fainting and the seizure. Moreover, he said, Fonseca followed Border Patrol training for using force when people in the agency's custody don't comply with orders.
Adams showed jurors a longer segment of the video that he said revealed how Ceja repeatedly disobeyed orders to keep his hands placed on a wall and not speak to other immigrants.
Such defiance were signs, Adams said, that Ceja could be dangerous. Agents are trained to act forcefully when they see such things, before they escalate.
But Coughlin countered that choking Ceja, even though he was not complying, was simply excessive and a bullying tactic. He said chokin is a kind of lethal force, and agents can only use such force when they are also confronted with someone using lethal force on them.
A juror said after the trial that most of the panel did not find Ceja's story — he testified over parts of three days — believable. Juror David Bales also said many on the panel believed that the video was inconclusive.
There was another video camera in the station that could have shown the encounter between the two men more from the front. The video of the second camera was not available because by the time investigators realized it could be useful, it had been recorded over. The cameras are set to automatically record over images about every two weeks.
Ceja did not complain about the incident until a few days later, when he was caught again trying to enter the U.S., this time using false documents. He told a
"He started this whole thing by running, he started this whole thing by not being compliant," Adams told the jury during arguments on Thursday.

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Qwertyuiopasd wrote:black bart wrote:I found a game for ipad/iphone called "Cthulu saves the universe".
Is it a lying game?
To quote Cthulu:
I, Cthulu, do hereby vow to devote my life to becoming a true hero. But only so that I can regain my powers, summon R'lyeh to the surface, and destroy the world, of course.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State senior linebacker Michael Mauti (Mandeville, La.) was chosen as the Iron Workers Local Union No. 3 "Ironman of the Game" for his week five performance against the Fighting Illini. Mauti received the most fan votes of the four nominees this week to win these honors for the second time this season.
Mauti turned in a stand out performance for the Nittany Lions defense this past Saturday in Illinois. Michael made Penn State history on Saturday with a 99-yard interception return against Illinois, breaking Penn State's previous longest interception return of 98 yards in 1958. Mauti also managed to grab two more interceptions throughout the game. He made six tackles and tallied 0.5 sacks in the 35-7 win over the Illini.
This year's "Ironman of the Game" winners have included Mauti for the Virginia Game, Allen Robinson (Southfield, Mich.) for the Ohio game, Michael Zordich (Youngstown, Ohio) for the Navy game and Matt McGloin (Scranton, Pa.) for the Temple game.
Nittany Lion fans can vote online each week throughout the football season for the Iron Workers Local Union No. 3 "Ironman of the Game". Fans can visit GoPSUsports.com/ironman from noon each Monday to noon on Tuesday to cast their vote for the week's top performer on the field. The 2012 Penn State Football "Ironman of the Game" is presented by Iron Workers Local Union No. 3, Building Beaver Stadium- Where Penn State Football Legends are made.


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James Orleans has been a member of the BSO since 1983. He was previously a member of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. His chamber music activities have included Boston Music Viva, Collage New Music, and the Boston Chamber Music Society.
Orleans has written articles on 20th-century music programming and has served on advisory panels of organizations including the American Composers Orchestra, the American Symphony Orchestra League, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Composition, Indiana University; B.M., magna cum laude, The Boston Conservatory. Fellow, Tanglewood Music Center. Recordings on CRI, Northeastern, GM.
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When a dude suddenly does something extremely gay, like crossing his legs when he sits down. This has been known to destroy many good relationships.
My cousin's ex-girlfriend's hairdresser's nephew committed a random act of faggotry when he declined to go mountain climbing. His reason: "It'll ruin my manicure."
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Postmillennial Coffee Break
Texting is the fastest way to communicate, and this intent group of University students hanging out at Kingsborough Community College's cafeteria seems representative. According to the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project (2009-2010), on average young adults ages 18-24 send more than 200 text messages a day, similar to preteens and teenagers 12-17. Unfortunately, according to CUNY professors, students don't always stop texting in class. "Imagine 30 kids texting while you're trying to explain plate tectonics theory," says Yuri Gorokhovich, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental, Geographic and Geological Sciences at Lehman College, who had to crack down on the practice. "I take away 50 percent of attendance if I see a student texting. If the student continues, they get zero for attendance. It's 15 percent of the total grade, so after I implemented this system last year, I've had a nice environment in my class." Professors generally do have the last word.


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TheWebWiz necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 34 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
I want to use a graphical navigation system for my web design company's web site. I could supplement them with text if really necessary, but I'd like the icons to stand on their own and visually describe what they represent.
I'd like icons that "say" the following words / phrases as intuitively as possible. For example, an icon of a house says "Home page". These icons will be used on a web site of a new web design company...
"Home" "Our Services" "Our Methodology (or "How We Work")" "Happy Clients" "Pricing" "About Us" "Contact Us" "Free Stuff"
Please see http://www.flickr.com/photos/990810…272915776/ for a screenshot of the page. Other than the lavendar background color in the box in the middle, the colors are pretty locked down. Icons that use the blues, greens, and yellows would be great.
- Each icon should be about 85x85 px
- Circular or soft edges would be nice
- Some glossiness and/or other "web 2.0" effects could look good
- Simple is better than complex
- The design should lend itself to scaling up or down and still looking good
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Four days of events will be held in February marking the 150th anniversary of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley becoming the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship.
The hand-cranked sub and its crew of eight set off a torpedo that sank the Union blockade ship USS Housatonic off South Carolina in February of 1864 as the Confederacy tried to break the Civil War blockade of Charleston.
The Hunley never returned from the mission. The wreck was finally located off the coast in 1995, raised five years later and brought to a lab in North Charleston where it is being conserved. The plan is for the Hunley to eventually be displayed in a museum in North Charleston.
The four days of anniversary events begin on Valentine's Day and continue through Feb. 17, the 150th anniversary of the night the crew set off on its mission from Breach Inlet between Sullivans Island and the Isle of Palms northeast of Charleston.
There will be an honor guard and period re-enactors at the North Charleston lab from Friday, Feb. 14, through Sunday the 16th. That Friday, active and retired military personnel will be able to tour the lab for $6, half the usual admission price.
On Saturday and Sunday, the first 150 visitors will receive a replica of the $20 U.S. gold coin credited with saving the life of Hunley commander, Lt. George Dixon, at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862.
Dixon's life was saved when a bullet hit the gold coin in his pocket. He carried the coin, on which he had inscribed "Shiloh April 6, 1862 My life Preserver," in his pocket on the Hunley mission.
There will be a $50-a-ticket reception at the lab on the evening of Saturday, Feb. 15 including a talk by genealogist Linda Abrams, who researched the backgrounds of men of the Hunley crew.
On Monday, the anniversary of the mission, tickets for lab tours are only $1.50. Re-enactors will gather that evening at Breach Inlet for a memorial service honoring the Hunley crew and the five Union sailors who died when the Housatonic sank.
Why the Hunley sank is still a mystery, although scientists think they are close to solving the riddle.
Last year, scientists announced it appears that the charge that sank the Houstonic was attached to the 16-foot spar at the front of the sub. That means the sub may have been close enough for the crew to be knocked unconscious by the explosion and the crew may have died before awakening.
Historians originally thought the Hunley was farther away from the Housatonic and speculated the crew ran out of air before they could crank the submarine back to shore.


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Exacting Standards
As a boy Dean Cornwell, the son of a civil engineer, loved to draw machinery. Even then he could not gloss over the details of his subject matter. At age 13 he would stand on the riverbanks near his Louisville, Kentucky home, returning again and again over several weeks, drawing, erasing and redrawing the details of the steamships that passed by. 18 years later, during a lecture he was giving at the Art Students' League, Cornwell said, "Unless you consider illustration so fine a thing as to be worth your last ounce of strength and effort - don't be an illustrator."
Dean Cornwell's exacting standards must have been one of the reasons his war-themed illustrations were so popular with both his clients and the public during WWII. He would study photographs and documentary footage at length to make sure that details were as accurate as possible.
Sometimes, his efforts confounded the military departments who necessarily had to approve his illustrations: though they at times withheld "secret" details of military equipment, Cornwell would ferret them out through meticulous research. One such incident involved an illustration of an anti-aircraft gun Cornwell depicted with such accuracy that the War Department called him figuring that there had been a security leak. The "top secret" part was the addition of some sort of electronic device attached to the gun, which Cornwell saw in some tiny photo, and included in his full page painting for General Motors in all the magazines.
But the artist simply could not help himself. A 1942 article in American Artist had this to say about Dean Cornwell: "The goal for [Cornwell] is always over the hill of today's achievement: a seven-day week of work and study is insufficient to attain it."
*Much of the information and some of the images this week are from a 1999 article in Step-By-Step magazine written by Holly Angus. My sincere thanks to TI list member Tom Palmer for generously taking the time and effort to make this and other material from his Dean Cornwell collection available to me. Thanks Tom!
*All of today's images can be seen at a larger size in my Dean Cornwell Flickr set.
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Gov. Patrick: Market Basket Dispute 'Out of Hand'
The battle for Market Basket has at last engulfed Governor Deval Patrick.
Patrick penned a letter to the board of directors of the company Friday offering to lend a hand to solve the dispute that has left supermarket shelves empty and many employees without paychecks, the Boston Globe reports.
According to the Globe, Patrick noted that he would not take sides, but would offer any help to resolve the standoff and return employees to work.
"By any measure, the disruption caused by your recent change in CEO has gotten out of hand, and I am writing to urge you to find a prompt resolution,'' Patrick wrote. "Your failure to resolve this matter is not only hurting the company's brand and business, but also many innocent and relatively powerless workers whose livelihoods depend on you.''
The language was unusually harsh as Patrick seemed to explicitly condemn the conduct of the board thus far. It puts more pressure than before on the Market Basket CEOs to get the company up and running once again.
Governor Deval Patrick has until now insisted that he would remain above the fray, calling the battle a private matter and flatly refusing to intervene.
Market Basket employees were growing increasingly impatient. Some pointed out that many other public figures such as Governor Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire have voiced support for the employees who left work to protest the ousting of president Arthur T. Demoulas last month.
It seems as though the developments of the last few days, when CEOs announced that Market Basket would dramatically slash employee hours, changed Patrick's mind.
Supermarket managers informed employees that they would no longer be scheduled for shifts during the upcoming week. Though Market Basket CEOs insisted that those workers were still employees, the news sparked widespread outrage over what many protesters considered sweeping layoffs.


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You must Believe...and then Delete
Textbook. Again. The exceptions are the ones who DON'T f-ck up, remember. And there are fewer and fewer and fewer of them.
Then again, it depends on your definition of f-cking up. If they're millionaires many times over, that may not qualify as a f-ck up, at least not yet. By Justin Bieber's standards, being rich means he's not a mess. At least that's what he's arguing on Instagram. Was arguing on Instagram. I think? Kids who get pulled out of school at 14 to perform and be idolised generally don't really talk much sense, especially not on the social network, as we old people like to call it.
He raged on Instagram today. I've attached the screencap below, necessary because he deleted it. JB went on and on and on about Believing, and how hard he is to Believe, and how great he is at Believing, and why Believing is his only mission. God gave us Justin Bieber to teach us how to Believe.
He Believes so much that...he deleted his Believing post.
That's conviction, non?
Chronic deleting is totally Believing.
Bieber is currently in Madrid. His father arrived today and his mother is supposed to join him too. She may be there already. It's the family support system...by never saying No. Cheerleading only. Which, as you know, as I keep saying, is part of the f-cking problem. The other problem?
They burn out.
See Britney.
See Lindsay.
See Shia.
See Christina.
See all.
There are laws in place, in theory, to protect children from being overworked but they only pertain to how much time they spend on a set; these laws can't be enforced off-set, in an environment when fame doesn't get to punch out on a time card. Eventually it runs out...
Although, you know, as Justin Bieber says:
"It must be scary to some people to think that this is just the beginning [for me]. I know my talent level ..."


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Once a Raider, always a Raider.
While cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha has spent the last two-plus seasons away from Oakland, he'll retire on Friday as a member of the Silver and Black. The team has announced that Asomugha will make his announcement during a 6:00 p.m. ET press conference.
Also attending the event will be Raiders defensive back Charles Woodson and former Raiders defensive backs Willie Brown and Lester Hayes.
A first-round draft pick of the Raiders in 2003, Asomugha played for the Raiders through 2010. He joined the Eagles after the lockout ended in 2011, spurning the Jets. After two lackluster seasons in Philly (possibly because of the way he was used), Asomugha was released. He returned to the Bay Area, joining the 49ers but ultimately being released during the 2013 regular season.
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Barry Eisler is participating in an online debate today on the Seattle Times website about Amazon.
I offered this quote to Barry for him to use at his discretion:
"J.A. Konrath, who has sold over 800,000 ebooks--the vast majority via Amazon--told me he had no interest in participating in this discussion because he doesn't expect the Seattle Times to be around for much longer. He said, and I quote, 'People paying to get their news delivered via dead trees? That's so 2002.' He also said, 'They won't print my quote. But I'm not hurt by this, because pretty soon they aren't going to be printing anything.'"
This does, however, bring up a point Barry and I often discuss between ourselves. Barry will be debating with a reporter, another author, and a book critic.
But where is the Big 6 representative? Where is the publishing professional?
The Times ran a four part hit piece on Amazon (if you don't think it's a hit piece, read it and then the reader comments.) You'd think that some Big 6 pro who hates Amazon would relish the chance to express the reasons for it in a public forum.
But they aren't. For the same reason they don't come to this blog and debate me.
I wouldn't ever say my website is so important that every criticism I have of the industry should be answered by industry professionals. But points I've raised (and that Barry has raised) on my blog have become widely known and accepted by a large group of writers, our advice is consistently taken, our actions emulated, and our names mentioned on a regular bases when the topics of self-publishing and ebooks are brought up. Even secular atheists such as Richard Dawkins and the late Chris Hitchens were invited to churches, synagogues, and religious colleges to engage in open debate. I've been asked to do so many media interviews that I've turned the majority down. Whether the industry likes it or not (and whether I like it or not) I'm a mouthpiece for the future of publishing.
But those people who work in the industry that I consistently, thoroughly, and publicly eviscerate don't speak publicly of me, or acknowledge my views.
I'd love to debate John Sargent, Megan Tingley, Jamie Raab, or even Scott Turow--folks who have said such jaw-droppingly stupid things that my gallbladder squirts bile when I read them.
The publishing industry employs thousands of people who are invested in its success. It has spawned several periodicals, newsletters, and websites dedicated to reporting industry happenings. These people can come to my blog anonymously, at any time, and explain how I'm wrong.
But that won't ever happen. And it isn't because they fear my rapier wit or harsh criticism, or because they despise me so much they refuse to acknowledge me.
They won't address my points for a simple reason: they can't. They still believe in a flat earth, and that's what they've invested in, monetarily and emotionally. If I worked for the Big 6, I wouldn't debate me either. No one wants to be shown how wrong they are. No one wants to be told that their relevance is fading. The majority of the world would rather defend their wrong-headed beliefs to the death than consider changing their minds. It's a flaw of the human psyche.
This doesn't bother me. It amuses me. The asteroid has already hit, and the dinosaurs still believe they'll continue rule the earth. Let them. We won't have to put up with their silliness much longer. As I said years ago, the Big 6 are selling drinks on the Titanic. I haven't seen a single one yet acknowledge the need to run for the lifeboats.
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New Instrument Will Join Study of ExoplanetsSOCORRO, N.M. April 26, 2012 – New Mexico Tech professors and students are making headway in the burgeoning field of exoplanet study. Now, three years after initial funding, the Tech team has completed the final design review and is in the midst of the construction of NESSI.
|Dr. Michelle Creech-Eakman(right) shows the K mirror to engineer Fernando Santoro and grad student Heather Bloemhard.
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The mounts and structures are under construction. Most of the optics – more than two dozen made-to-order optics – are completed. Dr. Michelle Creech-Eakman said she and other physics professors have submitted a proposal to the National Science Foundation to fund a crucial part, a $350,000 cryogenic array detector that will be the brains of the instrument.
"The exoplanet community is changing on a less-than-two-year time scale," said Creech-Eakman, a lead scientist on the project and project scientist of the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer. "The Kepler Exoplanet portfolio has more than 2,000 candidates and we're finding new ones every week. There are a lot of new ideas and it's really frenetic."
Dr. Pieter Deroo of the Jet Propulsion Lab and the Exospec team visited Tech for several days in early April to consult with Creech-Eakman and graduate student Heather Bloemhard. Deroo also presented a seminar about FINESSE, a space-based telescope led by Dr. Mark Swain of JPL, which will be purpose built for characterizing and imaging exoplanets. Deroo said FINESSE, which stands for Fast Infrared Exoplanet Spectroscopy Survey Explorer, if selected for Phase B by NASA, will be launched in 2016.
Exoplanet research captures the imagination of non-scientists. Ultimately, astrophysicists are looking for planets that could sustain life. News about discoveries swirls through the popular press these days. The planet known as GJ1214b was widespread news beginning February 21 after the Hubble Space Telescope returned data and images. That extrasolar planet – or exoplanet – has a diameter roughly 2.7 times that of Earth and a surface temperature of about 450 degrees Fahrenheit. Bob Petz, writing for Ecology.com, wrote this about GJ1214b: "Just when exoplanets became too numerous to bother counting, astrophysicists have discovered a new type of extrasolar planet — a steamy waterworld shrouded in a thick atmosphere."
Scientific American reported February 27 about an academic team that is investigating and characterizing another distant planet – HD 189733b, which is orbiting a gas giant just 60 light-years away.
Space.com published an article on February 29 about global efforts to examine exoplanets. That article later appeared on the popular Huffington Post website.
"We want to get NESSI finished because the science is moving so quickly," Creech-Eakman said. "Other observatories are looking at exoplanets, but they aren't optimized for this mission. Hopefully, we'll have a unique niche in the field."
NESSI is basically a super high-tech near-infrared spectrographic camera attached to the 2.4-meter telescope at the Magdalena Ridge Observatory.
Near-infrared light from outer space is collected through the telescopes optics and funneled into NESSI's series of specialized optics. Light – visible and infrared – will pass through a grating prism – or grism – and several filters, and finally be collected by an infrared array.
"NESSI isn't about imaging. It's about spectroscopy," she said. "But it's been designed so well, that if we take out the grisms, we can get good wide-field imaging too. We will have a lot of different things we can do with this instrument."
A science-grade infrared array cost more than $350,000 – and is the size of a postage stamp. Those arrays are built by Teledyne. The instrument also includes a cryogenic Dewar, developed by Universal Cryogenics in Tucson, which will keep the instrument's guts super-cooled with liquid nitrogen. In all, the instrument will include more than two dozen optics – all to provide scientists with data that allow them to tell the world more about newly found planets.
Fernando Santoro and the mechanical engineering team at the Magdalena Ridge Observatory designed the framework for the instrument, which is being fabricated at two shops in Albuquerque and Bosque Farms. Santoro is presenting his research at the SPIE Conference this summer.
The multi-million dollar project completed final design review with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory collaborators in July 2011 and will be fully assembled this fall..
While the search for exoplanets has grown exponentially in recent years, Creech-Eakman envisions the field moving toward the characterization and imaging of these distant planets.
"I have a sense the field will move on from discovery into spectroscopy," she said. "The characterization and imaging – that's the next wave."
Creech-Eakman and Dr. Penny Boston, professor of Earth science at Tech, are hosting a three-day workshop on exoplanets near Socorro in May. They are bringing together physicists, biologists, volcanologists and science fiction writers to discuss the future of the discipline.
"We want to discuss where to take the field from here, what should our focus be over the next decade?" she said. "How can we position ourselves to advance the study of exoplanets? And what questions do we need to be asking about our data and volcanism and life?"
Several students have participated in the NESSI project over the past three years. Dr. Colby Jurgenson, instrument specialist at the MRO, started as a post-doc and has overseen the optical design process. Heather Bloemhard is in charge of the optics tolerancing and optics contracts. Dr. Michael Hrynevych, a post-doc researcher, is a systems engineer and has experience putting instruments on telescopes from his time at Keck Observatory.
Bloemhard is among a growing number of scientists who are devoting their academic career to the study of these strange far-off worlds.
"I like the opportunity for variety that exoplanets present," she said. "The field is so new and moving so quickly that the possibilities for what I can do next are … well, vast."
Bloemhard earned a bachelor's degree from George Mason University in Virginia, double majoring in astronomy and physics. She then began looking for a graduate program.
"Toward the end of my bachelor's studies, I started studying atmospheric physics to fill my schedule," she said. "I tried to pick a school with good programs in both atmospheric physics and astrophysics because I was uncertain about which track to pursue. Luckily I found New Mexico Tech, which has great programs in both."
Soon after arriving in Socorro, she joined the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer team as a summer intern and developed an appetite for instrumentation. Now, she is a graduate research assistant for the NESSI project, responsible for oversight of optics.
For her dissertation, Bloemhard is characterizing three "Hot Jupiters," large gaseous planets that orbit very close to their stars. Using data collected via the spectrograph at NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility in Hawaii, she is developing a profile about these planets that seem to defy conventional wisdom about how planets should behave.
Once NESSI goes online, scientists like Bloemhard and Creech-Eakman will have a valuable new tool in their arsenal in the quest to learn more about exoplanets – and life on other planets. In the meantime, scientists must employ cumbersome and time-consuming data-reduction methods to cajole conclusions out of their observations.
Deroo, in his presentation at Tech, said that current instruments aren't designed for watching exoplanets. He and his colleagues have to "decorrelate" data – essentially subtract infrared data from the distant stars from their combined light spectra to distill their collected information down to the data points that help them characterize the atmospheres of the distant planets.
The FINESSE space-based telescope will be dedicated to a two-year mission to look at 200 exoplanets of three different types – no earlier than 2016. The New Mexico Tech instrument will be a ground-based telescope doing the same thing – hopefully beginning in 2013.
For Bloemhard, who expects to finish her doctoral studies in 2013, NESSI probably won't be online soon enough for her to gather data for her dissertation. For the next crop of astrophysics students – and astrochemists and astrobiologists and geologists – NESSI will provide opportunities found nowhere else.
By Thomas Guengerich/New Mexico Tech


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In an usual step, the movie theater is transforming its lounge into a Lynchian playground of sorts (filled with art work, food and drinks that channel his neo-noir surrealist worldview) complete with performers dressed as characters from his most famous movies.
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New dog, (now named Iggy) was P-E-R-F-E-C-T (or at least so I tought) when he came to live with us. Walking like a dream on leash, paying attention, sitting when you stop and looking at you and all, not caring for other dogs on the street, listening vey well.
I'm quite clearly turning him into a poophead, with Jack's help. When we're walking outside, just me and Iggy, he's pretty good. He'll pull a bit for a cat,a dog or a squirrel but will happily walk by my side on a loose leash once they're out of sight (he didn't do that before).
If Jack is there, I don't exist anymore (I have that issue with Jack too). I call his name, he rarely even turns his head. If I have him on say, 3 feet of leash, he'll be at the end of it, looking at nothing and pulling, not crazy pulling but definitely putting good tension on the leash.
Cats and squirrels, forget it. Another dog? He'll whimper and cry and want to go see it, when before he could care less. Actually Jack seems better with this when Iggy is there - I don't get why. I KNOW I should have mastered this with Jack before another dog came along, but he was getting mellower and I never tought his excitement would influence a dog who's super well socialized with dogs like Iggy (he used to live in a house with 6-7 other dogs initially and was a charm, then again the rescue person knew a lot more about dog juggling than I do). Now he's even started whimpering and running in our corridor when he hears the upstairs dog going down the stairs of the building...
Anything I ask is now more time consuming - simple commands that he seemed to know well before now take some convincing - Iggy sit... Come on!... Iggy!!! and then he sits. Just like Jack who sometime seems to tell me to f*ck off, I don't have a ball in my hand so whatever.
I have a hard time exercising them together - Jack can only run on soft surfaces, and now he'll only run to fetch. Iggy won't fetch, and Jack is too focused on his toy to take Iggy's invitations to play and ignores him. So I have to cater to both, so throwing a toy and keeping Iggy from eating gigantic amounts of grass clippings, so he ends up with not much exercising in the end. It's hard to separate walks on some evenings, and I want him to exercise too, I'm extremely lucky he's a low energy guy.
He used to be like 1000% food motivated, and now during excited moments (i.e, asking him to sit when there's a dog in the vincinity), even waving the food in front of him will not work. I have this same problem with Jack, it MUST be something I'M doing wrong.
Mainly I have a hard time keeping his attention outside. With Jack too. I find that when I carry food, let's say to encourage them to walk on a loose leash, they do it, I treat, and then they just pull again. They seem to have to pull to be able to get back to not pulling, and then have a treat. Or like when Jack wants to play, and I'm trying to get him to poop first - he knows that if he picks up a stick and chews on it (not allowed, he sallows it and pukes), I'll tell him to leave it and THEN I'll throw the toy and he wins.
I don't know what to do with the two of them anymore...
They're much smarter than I am, and I feel like a lousy owner - being handed a dog made out of gold on a plate and screwing him up. Meh it seems like every post I make in this section is a giant complaint!


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Warren: DNC speech plus or minus?
Elizabeth Warren's prime-time speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention is a high-reward move for the Massachusetts Senate candidate.
But Republicans, and some Democrats, think it also is a high-risk gamble for President Barack Obama, whose opponents have spent a year defining him as anti-business — culminating in a now infamous line from a speech he gave that was similar to Warren's messaging on the economy, the "you didn't built that" riff.
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Warren has "that one elusive quality that we all want in our leaders, but can't ever seem to get — freshness. Few people can combine newness with competence — Palin demonstrates the obvious pitfall — but she's one of them. That was obviously a big part of Obama's allure in 2008," said former Democratic Governors Association executive director Nathan Daschle.
"At the same time, her anti-Wall Street message is powerful but limiting. As Obama learned, what works in Massachusetts isn't necessarily what will work nationally," he added.
"Most Americans are optimists, not pessimists. They don't see themselves as victims. They see themselves as upwardly mobile, and that's the product of their own sweat and labor. They work so hard to provide for their families that they naturally resent anyone they perceive as taking credit away. What they hear is 'You didn't work hard enough to deserve what you have.'"
After Obama opted not to nominate her to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the face of strong Republican opposition, Warren became a hero to the progressive left, which already talks about her for national office in 2016. Long before she ever launched her Senate run, the liberal base was drafting her.
More important, she represents a growing force within the party — a progressive agenda coupled with disdain for the type of transactional politicking that former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and his colleagues in the Clinton administration were known for.
The announcement of Warren as the speaker who will introduce Bill Clinton was largely lost amid headlines about Mitt Romney's missteps on his overseas trip. Democrats highlighted her strengths — a woman and an icon with the base for her message about economic fairness, fighting one of the most competitive and strategically important Senate battles in the nation.
"Elizabeth Warren is getting the base excited by virtue of being a genuine populist anti-vulture capitalist candidate," wrote Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas in an email. "That has nothing to do with whether she speaks at the convention or not. For activist Democrats, she's already a hero."
"It's a terrific opportunity to talk about what America must do to level the playing field for middle class families and small businesses," said Warren spokeswoman Julie Edwards of the speech. "Too often, the system is rigged in favor of the big guys. Elizabeth believes we need to do more to create opportunity for everyone so that the next person with the great idea has a chance to succeed."
The prominent speaking platform also helps level the playing field with her opponent, Sen. Scott Brown, a nationally known political star in his party after winning liberal lion Ted Kennedy's seat months after his death in 2009. And Warren is among the Democrats who is most likely to benefit from Obama at the top of the ticket, running in a deep-blue state.


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Jack- "Algy, you're always talking nonsense."
Algy- "It's better than listening to it."
"This play is a classic comedy," Amanda Snediker told me while we stood in the hall of the Christiansburg Library. She was dressed in full 19th century garb and continued, "it's a story about love and mistaken identity." I asked her what made this play so iconic and classic she noted, "this play is full of physical humor, and the cast we have accumulated is extraordinary." HaeBo Productions is kicking off their 2012-'13 season with the hilarious and iconic play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
I met up with the director, cast and some of the crew on a Sunday night in the Christiansburg Library, where they have been rehearsing the play since mid-August. When I arrived, the director Sarah Klingbeil, was going over the script, while wigs and peacock hair-pieces were being placed, and lines were being memorized by the cast. It was a lively scene. I asked Sarah what she felt was the most challenging aspect of this play, and she told me "most things in theatre are a challenge: advertising, costuming, budgeting…but the easiest thing has been rehearsing." She then went on to mention the challenge of community theatre in general, one being that all the people involved have other jobs, family, friends. The amazing thing about community theatre is that the actors, directors, and technical crew are doing what they do out of love for the theater and it shows!
Amanda Snediker, pictured left, is performing a few roles, spending part of the time as costume mistress and the other time she is playing Gwendolen Fairfax, the love interest of the notorious flip-flopper, Ernest–I mean John Worthing, or maybe Jack, however you want to look at it. She told me one of the most difficult things about being part of a community theater is that often the hopes of having a "brick-and-mortar" building is just not going to happen. I watched the rehearsal, and I do not think it matters where these actors are acting, whether it's at the Christiansburg Library for rehearsal, or at Prices Fork Elementary theatre, you will be entertained!
Come on out and watch these incredible acting talents perform "The Importance of Being Earnest". All performances will be held at Prices Fork Elementary School.
The Importance of Being Earnest is running:
September 27-29 and October 4th-6th at 7:30pm
September 30th and October 7th at 3:00pm.
Tickets and Reservations:
$10.00 for General Admission
$8.00 for Seniors and Students (please bring your ID).
Book your tickets online today!
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Can a game be too addictive? Find out with Droplitz, an engaging and intuitive game that will captivate players for hours at a time. Rotate the dials to create paths for the Droplitz to reach the collectors. Making multiple paths simultaneously earns score combos and generates even more Droplitz! As the speed of the game increases, settle into the zone and enjoy the sights and sounds of this atmospheric and challengingly addictive game.
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While the Kansas City Chiefs appear to be zeroing in on one of the two top offensive tackles in the draft for the No. 1 overall pick when the draft kicks off Thursday night, other teams may be looking to press their way into the conversation for Luke Joeckel and Eric Fisher.
According to Steve Wyche of the NFL Network, Chiefs general manager John Dorsey said teams have called to express interest in moving up to the first pick.
With Joeckel and Fisher considered to be the class of the draft and many teams in need of help at the tackle position, it isn't a surprise teams are seeing if they can find a way to get their hands on one of them. However, the Chiefs are also in need of a tackle and it would seem unlikely they'd be willing to move down and lose out on either Joeckel or Fisher without significant compensation.


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Kennedy Catholic High School's 'You Can't Take It With You' Opens Nov. 9
Kennedy Catholic High School's Fine Arts Department will be presenting "You Can't Take It With You," by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, with opening night on Friday, Nov. 9 at their theatre.
The production will be performed over two weekends – Nov. 9, 10 and 11 and Nov. 16, 17 and 18.
Tickets are $12 for Adults, $10 for Students with ASB cards, and $8 for Seniors and Kids 12 and under.
Call the school for tickets at (206) 246-0831.
The schedule is:
- Fridays: Nov. 9 and Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m.
- Saturdays: Nov. 10 and Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
- Sundays: Nov. 11 and Nov. 18 at 2 p.m.
Kennedy Catholic Little Theatre is located at 140 South 140th Street.
More info on the theatre department here.
We're not guaranteeing that this scene will be in this production (we sure hope so!), but here's a clip from Frank Capra's film version, starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur that will give you a taste of this story:


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Jennifer Gordon, St. Joseph News-Press, Mo.
A recent study out of California found that rates of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) rose 24 percent between 2001 and 2010.
Kaiser Permanente Southern California Medical Group surveyed 850,000 medical charts for kids ages 5 to 11 and noted the increase.
Local physicians have noticed the rise in ADHD cases as well.
"I don't think there's hardly a day that goes by that we don't have a teen, a middle school, high school or college student who doesn't have concerns about this," says Dr. Tim Murphy, a physician with Heartland Health's Ten-Twenty Adolescent Center.
Dr. Karl Kosse also has noticed a lot of ADHD cases at his practice, Kosse Pediatrics, but he says the numbers don't necessarily mean more kids have ADHD than in years past. It might just mean more children are able to be treated for it.
"Twenty years ago, you had to have pretty bad ADHD to do the medicine because the medicine was difficult and it had a lot of side effects," he says.
Dr. Kosse says doctors could identify mild cases of ADHD, but with many patients, treating the ADHD wasn't worth the side effects for the medicine.
Dr. Murphy agrees. When he started practicing medicine, there were three options for ADHD medication and none were long-acting. Kids that didn't respond well to the medications went untreated because there was nothing else to try.
More awareness of ADHD and its symptoms also could be contributing to the rise in diagnoses, both Dr. Kosse and Dr. Murphy say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that parent-reported cases of ADHD increased by 22 percent between 2003 and 2007.
With the Ten-Twenty Adolescent Clinic, it's often the teens deciding whether they need help, Dr. Murphy says.
According to the Diagnostics and Statistics Manual of Mental Disorders IV, the predominant diagnostic manual for physicians and mental health professionals, most children can't receive a diagnosis of ADHD until they're school aged.
Hyperactivity typically gets noticed first, as early as kindergarten or first grade, says Dr. Kosse.
When teens come in for a diagnosis, it's typically for inattention. Though the side effect is something the teen may have noticed for several years, it doesn't become as big of an issue until high school or even college, Dr. Murphy says.
Jennifer Gordon can be reached at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter: @SJNPGordon.
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by George Zamora
SOCORRO, N.M. January 10, 2002 -- Bob Boston, director of educational media development at New Mexico Tech, recently was named one of ten finalists in a video production contest sponsored by Academy Publishing Company of Japan.
Boston's pilot video, Adventures in English, was among the top ten videos picked by the Japanese publishing company in a nationwide survey of educators and video producers who had produced videos supplementing the company's line of English language textbooks. Academy Publishing Company is the largest publisher of English language textbooks in Japan.
Boston's video will now go on to compete with the other nine finalists for the grand prize, which includes an opportunity to consult on and develop up to five video series for the international publishing company.
In Adventures in English, Boston employs a unique blend of camera tricks that results in what he calls "the Four Bobs."
"The Four Bobs is exactly what it says," Boston explains, "up to four Bobs on screen at the same time, singing and arguing about the finer points of speaking and reading English."
In his position with New Mexico Tech, Boston is responsible for developing and producing distance education and promotional videos for the state-supported research university.


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This is an easy go-to salad that everyone loves. The other night when my son, Ben, saw that I'd made this salad he informed some of his friends. His phone was lighting up with texts asking him to share the salad! Be prepared for a surprising new favorite in your kitchen as well!
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a non-profit consumer advocacy group, set out to find the most nutritious vegetable. And the winner was…..drum roll please… Kale! This powerhouse is not only a complete protein but is packed with cancer fighting phyto-chemicals and antioxidants. It is one of natures most abundant sources of vitamin K which is important for the blood. A sign of vitamin K deficiency is bruising easily and heavy bleeding. Kale is chock-full of other nutrients as well such as vitamins A and C as well as several from the B-complex group. Kale has a nice balance of several minerals including calcium, iron, potassium, zinc, manganese, phosphorus and copper. Whats more, it contains omega-3 fatty acids which are important for neurological function, reducing the symptoms of depression and ADHD among many other things. The combination of nutrients in kale are perfect for maintaining strong bones and connective tissue, healthy blood, clear skin, muscular coordination, healthy immune function, maintaining proper vision, brain health and the prevention of degenerative diseases, regulate metabolism, control blood pressure and promote youthfulness.
The purple in the cauliflower indicates that this vegetable is a forceful cancer fighter. It is also far more tender than other varieties of cauliflower. Since it is very low in calories and high in fiber is a perfect food for anyone watching their waistline. It contains folate, necessary for proper development of an unborn child's brain and spinal cord, warding off depression and dementia, and supports a healthy cardiovascular system.
A little ginger goes a long way! Just a tiny bit of ginger in the salad dressing adds a bunch of flavor and health benefits as well. It is known for reducing nausea associated with pregnancy and motion. It helps the digestive system by reducing the effects of heartburn and gas and increases the production of saliva and digestive enzymes.
Another flavor booster in the salad dressing is the sesame oil. It is a natural source of COQ10, a highly revered nutrient to help maintain the qualities of youth. It is an excellent source of vitamin E and antioxidants and research has shown that sesame oil may have a positive effect on blood pressure.
1 bunch kale, stemmed (any variety)
1/2 head purple cauliflower, florets chopped small
2 large carrots, shredded
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 finely diced shallot
1 (8 oz.) pkg. seitan, chopped (optional)
2/3 cup sliced almonds
1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds
For the dressing:
1/2 cup vegetable based mayonnaise (Vegenaise)
1/4 cup almond butter
1/4 cup water
2 T Braggs amino acids
1 T rice vinegar
2 t minced fresh ginger root
1 t sesame oil
Chop the kale into small pieces using a sharp knife. Place in a large bowl and add the remaining ingredients. Combine the ingredients for the dressing and either whisk or blend with a hand blender until smooth. Add additional water to the dressing if it seems too thick. Toss the dressing into the salad to evenly coat all the kale. Serve immediately. Serves 8. ©Janice Moreland http://thekitchentwist.com
Use purple cabbage in place of the cauliflower.
Yellow or orange bell peppers work just as well as the red.
Replace the seitan with 1 can cannellini or other beans.
Instead of almonds, use pumpkin seeds, walnuts or other nuts
The kale can easily be swapped with Swiss chard.
Add a touch of sweetness with a 1/2 cup of raisins or dried cranberries.
©Janice Moreland http://thekitchentwist.com


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It's ScuttleButton Time!
If any of you happen to see the "white smoke" in the next day or so, you should immediately know what that means: I've been once again using hallucinogens to come up with the new ScuttleButton puzzle.
ScuttleButton, of course, is that once-a-week waste of time exercise in which each Monday or Tuesday I put up a vertical display of buttons on this site. Your job is to simply take one word (or concept) per button, add 'em up, and, hopefully, you will arrive at a famous name or a familiar expression. (And seriously, by familiar, I mean it's something that more than one person on Earth would recognize.)
For years, a correct answer chosen at random would get his or her name posted in this column, an incredible honor in itself. Now the stakes are even higher. Thanks to the efforts of the folks at Talk of the Nation, that person also hears their name mentioned on the Wednesday show (by me) and receives a Political Junkie t-shirt in the bargain. Is this a great country or what?
You can't use the comments box at the bottom of the page for your answer. Send submission (plus your name and city/state — you won't win without that) to email@example.com.
(Why do people keep forgetting to include their name and city/state?)
And, by adding your name to the Political Junkie mailing list, you will be among the first on your block to receive notice about the column and the puzzle. Sign up at firstname.lastname@example.com. Or you can make sure to get an automatic RSS feed whenever a new Junkie post goes up by clicking here.
Good luck!
By the way, I always announce the winner on Wednesday's Junkie segment on TOTN — seven or eight days after the puzzle goes up. So you should try and get your answer in as soon as possible. But logistically, you have about a week to submit your guess.
Here are the buttons used and the answer to last week's puzzle:
Vote YES! on Question #1 — A Yes vote on this 1966 New York City referendum would abolish Mayor John Lindsay's civilian review board designed to monitor police behavior. The measure passed overwhelmingly.
I'm for Sinner/You Know Where He Stands — George Sinner, a Democrat, was elected governor of North Dakota in 1984.
Bloom Is Great In '78 — Jeremiah Bloom finished third in New York's Democratic gubernatorial primary won by incumbent Hugh Carey.
Man's First Landing On the Moon/Apollo 11 — The historic 1969 voyage of Neil Armstrong and Co.
So, when you combine 1 + Sinner + Bloom + Moon, you may just very well end up with ...
Once In a Blue Moon. An expression referring to a rare or infrequent event. Sort of like Ken Rudin cleaning up his desk at work.
The winner, chosen completely at random, is ... Jen Tilden of Denver, Colo. Jen gets not only the coveted Political Junkie t-shirt — but the Official No Prize Button as well!
And don't forget to check out this week's Political Junkie column, which focuses on Jeb Bush and his new book on immigration — and how it fits into the conversation about 2016. Click here to read the column.


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Discontinued - LS2 6.0L without ECM and Wire Harness - 2006 Model Year, has 58X reluctor wheel
A bigger, more powerful next-generation small-block from the new Corvette! With the all-new, 400-horsepower LS2, GM has once again raised the bar for production-based small-block V-8 performance. As the standard engine in the 2005-'06 Corvette—as well as the '05-'06 Chevy SSR and '05-'06 Pontiac GTO—the 6.0-liter LS2 builds on the success of the popular LS1 V-8 engine with more displacement, power and technical innovation.
The LS2 is built on a new cylinder block, which shares much of its design with the previous LS1 V-8 design, including a deep-skirt, six-bolt-main block with structural oil pan. Subtle differences include the crankcase vent moved to the top of the valley, relocated knock sensors and the cam sensor moved to the front of the engine. The LS2's cylinder heads are high-flow pieces used previously on Corvette LS6 engines. High-tech features, such as an electronically controlled throttle, make the LS2 a state-of-the-art performer.
The LS2 crate engine comes complete with a composite water intake manifold, electronically controlled 90 mm throttle body, fuel rail with injectors, balancer, exhaust manifolds, water pump and a 14" flexplate for automatic transmissions. PN 19156261 comes with a Corvette oil pan installed and PN 19159564 comes with a GTO-style oil pan installed. The LS2 can be adapted to older cars and street rods. A handy reference guide (see page 70) is available to help install the engine in older cars with minimal guesswork.
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Bureau Program Receives Excellence Award, Nov. 20, 2001
SOCORRO, N.M., October 4, 2001-- "Rockin' Around New Mexico," a summer geology workshop developed for state teachers by the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (NMBGMR), recently was chosen to receive the Western States Seismic Policy Council's (WSSPC) 2001 Award in Excellence for Outreach to Schools.
The educational outreach program supports Earth science education at the elementary through high school levels by
increasing the participating teachers's general knowledge of geology, particularly in reference to earthquakes and other geologic hazards which are specific to New Mexico.
About 30 teachers attend the three-day workshops each year, collecting and identifying minerals, exploring underground mines, hiking to nearby earthquake faults, and poring over topographic maps--skills and experiences they often take back to their classrooms to share with students.
David Love, senior geologist at the NMBGMR, will travel to Sacramento, Calif., later this month to the WSSPC's annual conference, to accept the award on behalf of the Bureau's educational outreach program.
Love and several other Bureau staffers were instrumental in developing and implementing the "Rockin Around New Mexico" program, which is now in its fifth year of operation.
"Rockin Around New Mexico" workshops typically are held in different areas of New Mexico each summer, and are supported by a consortium of state agencies and private industry.
The program's lead agency, the NMBGMR, is a research and service division of New Mexico Tech.


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Last week, we published our review of the newly revamped BlackBerry mobile operating system. BlackBerry 10 is a fresh reprisal of a once-dominant mobile platform. Though many have expressed doubt that it will remain a significant player in the mobile wars, we can see it maintaining its relevancy into the new year.
Where it could really have a leg-up is in the enterprise sector—again, almost exactly where it started. BlackBerry Balance helps users keep their personal and work data in separate spaces, but it requires some IT support and BlackBerry Enterprise Server 10 (or "BES") to work. This feature sparked a few more questions begging for an explanation, so we combed through the comments of our review to answer a few for you.
Is BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 free?
For starters, the BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 (the new version of BlackBerry's Web-based mobility management software) is available as a free download. After 60 days, it will require a one-time $99 license fee per device. There is also a "license trade up" program that will enable those with existing BES licenses to swap them out for BlackBerry 10 compatible ones.
For companies that may still be operating on BES5, that's now been incorporated into BES 10. As long as there are no BlackBerry Enterprise Service 7 or earlier devices present, there is no need to install BES5 to have BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 working properly.
What features of BlackBerry 10 require BES 10 to work?
As we noted in our review, BlackBerry Balance requires the existence of BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 to work. Once it's enabled from BES10, you are sent an activation password to set up your work space. After that's engaged, BES 10 begins to remotely install applications and input e-mail accounts based on what the IT department has set up.
BES10 is also required if you want to have access to apps available through BlackBerry World for Work, the corporate app storefront for BlackBerry 10. BES10 enables administrators to choose and manage applications they want employees to use. Those apps can then be pushed through to the devices connected to the BES10-enabled network.
Also, if you're the administrator, BES10 helps manage different work profiles, like group management with Active Directory integration and assignable profiles for e-mail, SCEP, Wi-Fi, VPN, and proxy servers.
Does BlackBerry 10 let you connect to PCs via Remote Desktop?
BlackBerry supports remote desktop connections through third-party applications, like Splashtop, which is readily available for download in BlackBerry World.
If you'd like access to folders located within an enterprise network, you'll need an application like BlackBerry Work Drives, which is only available to devices that have BlackBerry Balance available to them. BlackBerry Work Drives features the ability to connect and manage multiple network drives from BlackBerry 10, access documents and network folders via a File Manager, create and edit documents with Documents to Go, and attach documents from shared network drives to an e-mail.
Does BlackBerry 10 support a screen reader for the visually impaired?
BlackBerry 10 no longer provides screen reader, which is a service that interprets what is being displayed on the screen and relays it via text-to-speech, sound icons, or a Braille output device. As brought to light in an e-mail from reader Gordon Byrnes:
BlackBerry 10 has no screen reader. This makes it a complete non-starter to any blind potential users; there is simply no way to interact with the OS... it was just a few months ago that BlackBerry finally updated and replaced the languishing screen reader for their legacy OS.
BlackBerry responded that its Z10 handset offers features like the Magnify application, which enlarges the screen resolution. It also offers scalable font sizes, voice control, and dictation. The company added in a statement that its "Accessibility team at BlackBerry continues to develop other features to assist customers with disabilities." However, there was no explicit mention of screen reader support on the BlackBerry 10 operating system.
Is Auto lock/profile change in the holster still available?
BlackBerry 10 still has a few options for users who prefer to holster their devices. Within the settings, you can modify the holster option so the BlackBerry answers calls when it's taken out of its holster and immediately hangs up when it's placed back down. For more secure settings, you can have the device immediately lock up when it's holstered so that a password is required when it's pulled out of the holster.
CrackBerry, the popular BlackBerry community site, adds that there is currently no option to toggle profiles when the handset is holstered. It's always possible this could be included in a future update to BlackBerry 10, however.
What if my question isn't on here?
If you have any other questions about BlackBerry 10, let us know below and we'll see if we can't get them answered for you!