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Many newcomers to Ashtabula in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were immigrants from Finland, Sweden, and Italy. Ethnic rivalries among these groups were once a major influence on daily life in Ashtabula. A substantial percentage of the current residents are descended from those immigrants. The population in the City of Ashtabula grew steadily until 1970, but has declined in recent years.
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Lava Xolo X900 Review - The First Intel Medfield Phoneby Brian Klug on April 25, 2012 6:00 AM EST
Medfield: Intel in a Smartphone
I touched on this before but there were a number of reasons we never saw Moorestown in a smartphone. One part of the problem was the number of packages required to implement the platform, the other was that it simply lacked some of the things that smartphone OEMs implicitly expect to live on an SoC. The internal Intel guidance was that Moorestown required 2 packages to implement (Lincroft and Langwell), and in addition to those two you needed an external PMIC and DRAM. There wasn't support for PoP memory, only external LPDDR1, and there was only support for 5 MP camera and 720p encode.
Medfield builds in every way on top of this by delivering a bona fide SoC with PoP LPDDR2 (2 x 32 bit support), improved ISP from Intel's Silicon Hive acquisition, video encode and decode blocks from Imagination, SGX 540 graphics at 400 MHz, additional I/O, and an external Avatele Passage PMIC (Intel calls this an MSIC). The result is a platform that looks to an OEM like any of the other competitors - it's a combination of SoC, PMIC, and some PoP LPDDR2, as opposed to the previous solution which required two additional external packages. Intel has a few slides online about this evolution and how things have moved inside the single Medfield package, and the result again is something that finally looks like any one of countless ARM-based SoCs.
The specific part inside the X900 is an Atom Z2460 32nm SoC (the platform is Medfield, Penwell is the SoC, and the CPU inside is a Saltwell), and inside a Penwell is the Atom Saltwell core running at up to 1.6 GHz with 512KB of L2 cache, a PowerVR SGX 540 GPU at 400 MHz, and a dual channel LPDDR2 memory interface. Anand has already written about the CPU architecture itself pretty comprehensively, and how it compares to ARM's Cortex A9 and A15 designs. The long and short of it is that Saltwell is still a dual-issue, in-order core with Hyper-Threading support. There's a 16 stage integer pipeline, no dedicated integer multiply or divide units (they're shared with the floating point hardware), and in addition to the 512KB L2 cache there's a separate 256KB SRAM which is lower power and on its own voltage plane. When Saltwell goes into its deepest sleep state, the CPU state and some L2 cache data gets parked here, allowing the CPU voltage to be lowered even more than the SRAM voltage. As expected, with Hyper-Threading the OS sees two logical cores to execute tasks on.
The other interesting thing is support for EIST and additional C states when the device is idle. Dynamic CPU clocks through the linux governor is something absolutely critical for getting a smartphone with acceptable battery life. What's interesting here is that Penwell's advertised dynamic range is between 100 MHz and 1.6 GHz with fine grained 100 MHz increments between, in addition to the C6 state where CPU state data is saved in the on-SoC low power SRAM and the platform is basically suspended (deep sleep).
However, the Android governor onboard the X900 only includes a few steps between 600 MHz and the maximum 1.6 GHz burst clock, in addition to C6. You can see this either by inspecting the governor's available scaling frequencies:
$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies 1600000 1400000 1200000 900000 600000 $ cat time_in_state 1600000 233495 1400000 12304 1200000 19780 900000 25801 600000 5306262
Or by using an Android application which inspects exactly this data. I spent a day with the Medfield phone in my pocket and made a note of capturing what the state data was after the day's end, and the CPU does indeed go into C6 while idle and in the pocket, and spend a lot of time at the minimum 600 MHz clock with some bursts to 1.6 GHz when I'm doing things.
The reality is that most of the smartphone's time is really spent idling, waking up only to watch some DRX slots or process background tasks. It is curious to me however that Intel isn't implementing their Ultra-LFM modes between 100 and 600 MHz - it's possible there's no voltage scaling below 600 MHz which in turn doesn't make it worth jumping into these lower clocks quite yet.
Depending on the device's thermals, Intel's governor will select between those available frequencies. There actually are four thermal zones in the device, on the back, front, baseband, and SoC itself. The SoC can go up to 90C before you get throttled (which is pretty typical for Intel CPUs), 75 C on the back, 64 C on the front, and 80 C on the modem. Those sound high but aren't out of the ordinary for some of the other SoCs I've seen who have similar thermal management. In addition, if the platform gets too hot, the display brightness will be clamped to 50%.
I have to admit that I did see the display brightness get clamped once as shown above, but only once during a period where I was running the display at 100% brightness and maxing out the CPU. The bottom back of the X900 can indeed get warm, but nothing inordinate or near the thermals that are set in the software management.
Finally, Saltwell supports the same instruction set as Core 2, including SSE3 and Intel 64. We can check this by looking at the CPU flags from cpu_info as well:
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The rest of the Medfield platform we'll talk about in the appropriate sections, but the big takeaway is that Intel finally has a real x86 SoC for smartphones and tablets. In addition to the Z2460 that we're looking at in the X900, Intel has two other SKUs which round out the high end and low end. At the low end is the Z2000 which is functionally identical to the Z2460 but with a maximum CPU clock of 1.0 GHz, no HT, and an SGX 540 clock of 320 MHz, and the Z2580 which is clearly targeted at Windows 8 tablets with two Saltwell cores clocked up to 1.8 GHz, and PowerVR SGX544MP2 graphics at 533 MHz for Direct3D 9_3 compliance.
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Spunjji - Thursday, April 26, 2012 - link...so, suddenly it becomes more than mere opinion when you say the opposite? You have to admit you're on shaky ground with that line of argument.
"Could benefit from being thinner" isn't quite the same as "too thick". I suspect you mean the former? Reply
UltraTech79 - Thursday, April 26, 2012 - linkIts not an opinion when its true. Phones should stay below 1CM thickness, and even 1CM is pretty beefy. Many people will not consider it due to this and not having a real huge advantage anywhere else.
When all else is roughly the same, comfort and aesthetics decide a buy. Reply
phoenix_rizzen - Friday, April 27, 2012 - link1 cm is *way* too thin for anyone with "normal"-sized hands.
Compare the aesthetics of holding/using a cordless phone, an office phone, a corded-phone, basically any phone handset other than a cell phone to a cell phone. Which feels more comfortable in your hand to speak into for more than 3 seconds? The one that fits nicely in the palm of your hand, that nicely curves with the natural lines of your hand (aka everything other than a cell)? Or the one with sharp edges, barely 1 cm thick, that requires you to use the muscles in the sides of your hands to grip, leading to cramping if you actually try to, you know, talk, on the phone?
Today's cell phones are too thin, and battery life is suffering for it. Reply
fm123 - Friday, April 27, 2012 - linkDefinitely an opinion. If someone wants a keyboard it's going to be over 1 cm. There are people that put their phone in cases and the result is way over 1 cm. The Otterbox Defender is somewhat popular, and the phone becomes almost 3/4 inch thick. Reply
FrederickL - Thursday, April 26, 2012 - link
On the general issue of "phone-thinness" rather than this phone in particular no doubt the same people who want the mobile equivalent of an anorexic catwalk model will then start howling about the battery life in their super-thin phone where there is scarcely room for a battery at all, let alone one with decent capacity. Perhaps we should be discussing the fact that some customers' contradictory "want my cake and eat it" demands indicate that the topic should be that some of the customers are too thick rather than the phones. Reply
mrtanner70 - Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - linkI find the "a bigger battery is all we need" argument rather weird in the context of the thickness. It's not like Intel has not already considered this trade off. It's lighter than I expected though.
The trouble with reviews like this (and this is not a criticism) is that SOC price is not considered, nor that fact that the mobile industry really would rather Intel, and its monopolistic/margin desires, stay away. Benchmarks (unless paradigm breaking) are not going to change that.
So far, I do not believe Intel has a single true design win, they paid for them all. Reply
menting - Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - linkprofit margins for ARM and Intel as a whole company, if this page can be believed, are similar
http://ycharts.com/companies/ARMH/profit_margin#se... Reply
menting - Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - linkwe dont know what that phone will cost in the US, but for a phone that costs $420 with that performance???? ARM will be pissing in their pants right now if it had the performance of A15 on that phone. Reply
duploxxx - Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - linkKnowing that it can't keep up against already existing platforms introduced a while ago it is a failure. Don't see any reason why to buy this mobile phone, it doesn't have any added value against any other major competitor.
not on price/power/performance.
so it is doomed before it is even released.
lets see what the tablet brings, but it doesn't look good at all. It all starts with the Atom which has never proven to be a good arch..... Reply
A5 - Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - linkFor a first attempt (Moorestown was always going to fail, so I don't count it :P) it really isn't that bad. It pretty handily beats the A9-class SoCs from last year while being somewhat competitive with the S4 running ICS. I'm curious to see if the Medfield ICS build gets better performance.
I don't know how much Medfield phones will cost, but if it comes over here as a $420 off-contract device, that places it pretty firmly in the mid-range, where it would certainly be pretty competitive with the A9 devices that will be down there. Reply


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I am so grateful for this article and all the amazing social media that I am finding as a patient and advocate of a rare disease. I have been living with Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis for several years but recently diagnosed in 2010. When I became seriously ill with kidney failure, I found it extremely difficult to find support as I searched for answers and my expectations for the future health. I recall the day I said to myself, "I would never let this happen to another person who is diagnosed with Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis". I am happy to say, at this time I now have a small network of people on Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis Organization facebook and on a couple other social sights that I am communicating with a couple others. My goals are extremely high therefore I am seeking advise and direction from my peers as I peruse my dream of creating an Association. At the present time I am looking for a medical intern for research and I have no idea how or where to start. If you can offer me any advise in this department or in social networking I would truly appreciate it.
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Houston, TX, United States, 2008/12/05 - Medical Research Consultants (MRC) can now support Medicare Advantage Plans with Risk Assessment Data Validation pre-audit preparation services, including chart retrieval and coding audit.
Medical Research Consultants (MRC), a nurse-owned medical records collection and analysis company, recently introduced Risk Assessment Data Validation (RADV) Audit Services geared to Medicare providers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) will soon commence audits of selected Medicare Advantage plans. Over the next few years, it is expected that most Medicare Advantage plans will undergo at least one Risk Adjustment Data Validation (RADV) audit to identify over payments to providers. Providers will be expected to produce members charts and other records on very short notice and to comply with coding audits. If errors in coding are detected that resulted in overpayment to providers, plans will be financially responsible and CMS will recover monies.
Medicare providers may wish to take pre-RADV audit measures to ensure the integrity of their member data. MRC is prepared to coordinate pre-emptive retrieval, review, and coding audit of members charts so that providers can correct potential problems prior to the arrival of the Recovery Audit Contractors.
MRC has provided records collection and analysis to the medical, legal and insurance industries since 1983, and has a history of success accommodating chart pulls and record retrieval under tight deadlines. We welcome this opportunity to leverage our experience into this developing market, says Doreen J. Wise, RN, EdD, MRCs Founder and CEO. MRCs customer-centric approach, combined with our Lean Sigma business model, will allow us to provide clients with a valuable service as well as peace of mind.
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For Immediate Release; Contact: Michelle Geller (760) 213-9561Pro cyclist Timmy Duggan will be riding in the Amgen Tour of California, an eight-day stage race kicking off in Escondido on May 12, 2013. Timmy will be at Bike Bling at 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 23 for a meet and greet as he prepares for the race.
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The links below have a connection and value to those researching their ancestors who lived in Ozaukee County prior to, during, and shortly after the time of the Civil War. If you have any information you would be willing to share on an individual or county information during that time, please feel free to contact me. In the meantime, thank you to the kind genealogists who shared the following information.
This is a series of articles which I transcribed from THE PORT WASHINGTON STAR newspaper beginning May 9, 1896. They were written by Daniel E. McGinley as a weekly series and gave a clear picture of Ozaukee county's contribution to the Civil War. To learn more about the McGinley family, click on the Daniel E. McGinley name.
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Tufts kids fight over beer
From the highly amusing Tufts police briefs:
TUPD officers responded to a report of a fight in progress right outside of Zeta Psi at 11:55 p.m. on Nov 3. Upon arriving, the officers separated the two males who were fighting, although one of them tried to continue with the struggle. This individual was not a Tufts student, but was visiting from another school. He was arrested for disorderly conduct. Both males appeared to have been drinking. Officers learned later that the fight had started earlier that night in Houston Hall. They apparently fought about a beer, stopped fighting and went to a party. When they started to fight for the second time, the police were called.
They took a break from fighting over beer to drink beer, then they fought some more.
Did I miss something? How expensive is beer these days?
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King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War
How did WWI happen? Was it the inevitable product of vast, impersonal forces colliding? Or was it a completely avoidable war that resulted from flawed decisions by individuals? Clay (Princess to Queen ), a documentary producer for the BBC, inclines strongly to the latter explanation, and she brilliantly narrates how just three men led their nations to war. Forming a trade union of majesties, King George V (Britain), Kaiser Wilhelm II (Germany) and Czar Nicholas II (Russia) were cousins who together ruled more than half the world. They were a family, and thus subject to the same tensions and turmoil that afflict every family. They had "played together, celebrated each other's birthdays... and later attended each other's weddings," but still, while George and Nicholas were close, Wilhelm was something of an outsider—a feeling exacerbated by his paranoia and self-loathing. Over time, his sense of exclusion and humiliation would avenge itself on the family and eventually contributed strongly to the murder of Nicholas and the loss of his own throne. Clay's theory does have a hole—though not ruled by the "cousins," France and Austria-Hungary also played major roles in the outbreak of war—but that does not detract from the ingenuity and pleasure of her narrative. 35 b&w photos. (July)
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Why not? I think nature names (aside from flowers) are androgynous. I think River Amelie Rose is a gorgeous name. It flows so nicely.
To me, it's all boy. It just sounds too masculine to work on a girl.
LOVE. And I LOVE your combo! Gorgeous. It's the perfect ratio of tomboy, sweet, and classic!
I prefer River on a boy, but it's acceptable on a girl. And your combo also reminds me of Doctor Who. :)


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LaFonse D. Dixon Jr .
Celeste E. Fronsman was arrested in April 2011. (Photo courtesy: Stark County Sheriff's Offce)
ZANESVILLE, Ohio - A woman who died after being found beaten and burned on an eastern Ohio road didn't name a man on trial in her death as she was being taken to a hospital, an emergency medical technician testified Tuesday.
In the final day of testimony in the trial of LaFonse Dixon, one of three people accused in the death of 29-year-old Celeste Fronsman, the EMT said she only heard Fronsman utter the name of another attacker as she was rushed to a hospital on Aug. 26, 2012.
EMT Angela Wortman testified that she heard Fronsman say only the name of K.C. Culberson, who along with another woman has already pleaded guilty in the case to avoid a possible death penalty and testified against Dixon.
Wortman told jurors that Fronsman was severely injured with burns, bruises and cuts all over her body. Fronsman was unable to tell EMTs her own name, Wortman testified.
Wortman testified she was with Fronsman the entire time during the ambulance ride, and Culberson's name was the only one she heard her say.
The prosecution ended its case Tuesday morning, and the defense then called only two witnesses before resting its case, the Zanesville Times Recorder reported. Closing arguments were expected Wednesday.
The defense's other witness was DNA expert Julie Heining, who testified regarding the roll of masking tape allegedly used to bind Fronsman's hands during the crime. Another DNA expert testifying for the prosecution on Monday had said that Dixon's DNA profile matches that found on the tape.
Heining testified that she could only say that Dixon can't be excluded and that she couldn't say that he was "the DNA donor on the tape," the newspaper reported.
The driver who found Fronsman on the road testified Monday that Fronsman was wailing in pain and her skin was falling off but had enough strength to name at least two of her attackers. Driver Mark Bretz of Newark told jurors Monday that Fronsman said "Fonse" and Culberson, when he asked who hurt her.
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Holland's REVAMP (featuring former AFTER FOREVER vocalist Floor Jansen) and French symphonic metallers KELLS will support EPICA on their European headlining tour in September/October.The dates are as follows: Sep. 09 - Glav Club - St. Petersburg, Russia
Sep. 10 - Glav Club - Moscow, Russia
Sep. 24 - Nosturi - Helsinki, Finland
Sep. 26 - Debaser Slussen - Stockholm, Sweden
Sep. 28 - Sticky Fingers - Gothenburg, Sweden
Sep. 30 - Eskulap - Poznan, Poland
Oct. 01 - Rialto - Katowice, Poland
Oct. 03 - Szene - Vienna, Austria
Oct. 05 - New Age - Treviso, Italy
Oct. 06 - Docks - Lausanne, Switzerland
Oct. 07 - Backstage - Munich, Germany
Oct. 09 - Colos-Saal - Aschaffenburg, Germany
Oct. 10 - Tivoli - Bremen, Germany
Oct. 16 - de Schakel - Reuver, The Netherlands
Oct. 28 - Elysee Montmartre - Paris, France
Oct. 29 - La Laiterie - Strasbourg, France
Oct. 30 - Transbordeur - Lyon, France
Oct. 31 - Autunno Nero Festival - Liguria, Italy REVAMP's self-titled debut album was released in Europe on May 28 via Nuclear Blast Records. After the breakup of AFTER FOREVER, singer Floor Jansen decided she wanted to start over and present a new band to the public as soon as possible. To accomplish this, she joined forces with two additional songwriters to first compose, then record an album. A live band formed soon after the CD's completion, which got her back on stage where she belongs. REVAMP touring lineup: * Floor Jansen: Vocals
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* Ruben Wijga (INSOMNIA): Keyboards
* Jord Otto: Guitar
* Arjan Rijnen (PENDEJO): Guitar
* Matthias Landes (DARK FORTRESS): Drums KELLS' sophomore album, "Lueurs" (French for "lights"), was released last year in France via Season Of Mist. The follow-up to 2005's "Gaïa" features a guest appearance by vocalist Candice Clot from the French metalcore band ETHS on the track "La Sphère". KELLS recently parted ways with drummer Jean "Jano" Padovan and replaced him with Julien Nicolas (FURIA). REVAMP:


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I have been trying to contact Duran and have not been successful, if anyone has any information to share please, please do. I want to have the bbl in August if possible, and willing to partner up if anyone wanted to go at that time. I was told that it would be better to go around Nov-Dec because of the weather.
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Duran's information has changed
I finally got in contact with Durans office and confirmed sx for Aug 09, 2013. Now waiting for the instructions.
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Spring in the Pacific NW offers a variety of weather throughout one single day. As a Native Washingtonian I have yet to adapt! Still can't seem to enjoy the rain clouds and four distinct weather patterns given in a single day as it makes it difficult to plan out a shoot to my liking! By 2 Pm on this particular day we had already experience hail, raindrops, rainbows, showers, sunshine, & a dark mystery cloud which would offer who knows what was next! So in the midst of the day when the sun god offered it's relief, I offer to you a sun dance theme shoot in hopes miss Emma can control the weather since I am unable to;)


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What is the Internet Governance Forum?
The IGF is a forum for multi-stakeholder dialogue on public policy issues related to key elements of Internet governance issues, such as the Internet's sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development. The United Nations Secretary-General formally announced the establishment of the IGF in July 2006 and the first meeting was convened in October/November 2006.
What is the purpose of the IGF?
The purpose of the IGF is to maximize the opportunity for open and inclusive dialogue and the exchange of ideas on Internet governance (IG) related issues; create opportunities to share best practices and experiences; identify emerging issues and bring them to the attention of the relevant bodies and the general public; contribute to capacity building for Internet governance.
The main aim of the IGF is to facilitate inclusive, productive discussions on Internet related public policy issues from a general perspective, while keeping all stakeholders involved. This includes having a harmonized and consistent approach when covering IG issues. To further this aim, the IGF adheres to the generally used UN principle of discouraging ad hominem attacks. As such, participants should refrain from singling out individual persons, companies, countries or entities during their interventions and throughout the general discussions and debates in main sessions, workshops and other events at IGF meetings. Concrete examples can be highlighted in the overall coverage of IG issues as long as it is not done in a blatantly inflammatory or potentially libelous way. Singling out one entity without broader context could not only discourage further participation of this entity, but endanger inclusive and productive discussion at the IGF.
Who is the conference for?
The IGF welcomes organisations and individuals from diverse relevant expertise and geographical areas around the world. The meeting is open to all World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) accredited entities, as well as other institutions and individuals with proven expertise and experience in matters related to Internet Governance.
Is there funding for some participants?
The IGF Secretariat provides travel funding for a limited number of participants on a case by case basis. The eligibility criteria for funding can be found here.
In addition, the Internet Society (ISOC) provides travel funds for some of its members through the IGF Ambassadors Programme. Successful applicants of the programme will be able to participate in the IGF meeting as ambassadors of ISOC. ISOC supports participation of first-time ambassadors as well as returning ambassadors from IGFs in Rio (2007), Hyderabad (2008), Sharm El Sheikh (2009), Vilnius (2010), Nairobi (2011), Baku (2012), Bali (2013), Istanbul (2014) and João Pessoa (2015). For more information please refer to http://internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programme...
Can participants put up commercial logos, flags or advertisements?
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Tony Kirsch appointed as head of ARI Registry Services' Global ConsultingARI Registry Services today announced the appointment of Tony Kirsch to the role of Head of Global Consulting in light of his significant contribution to the New Top-Level Domain (TLD) Program, and to signify the organisation's commitment to providing world-class consultancy services.
In this new role, Mr Kirsch and his team of subject matter experts will continue to support new TLD applicants across the globe with a range of strategic, compliance, marketing, financial, policy and technical consultancy services.
The announcement follows the appointment of ARI Registry Services to several major client projects to develop the strategic guidance and implementation processes required to launch and operate new TLDs. This includes the architecture of strategic business models right through to the implementation of detailed policy and governance frameworks.
Mr Kirsch and the ARI Registry Services Consulting Team have already delivered significant projects across a range of corporate (.brand), geographic and generic TLDs, including the launch of the world's first .brand TLD, .monash for Monash University during January 2014.
The aim of the consulting team is to enhance ARI Registry Services' position as a leading provider of Registry Services and offer a varied suite of technical and non-technical services to ensure clients have every opportunity to make their TLDs a success.
Adrian Kinderis, CEO of ARI Registry Services, welcomed the appointment of Mr Kirsch to Head of Global Consulting.
"Today's announcement formally recognises Tony's leadership, vision and passion for the New TLD Program over many years, and demonstrates the organisation's commitment to ensuring a successful rollout of TLDs for all applicants," Mr Kinderis said.
"Tony's appointment to lead our consulting business is testament to his highly regarded reputation in the industry, and for delivering innovative strategies and exceptional results for our diverse portfolio of clients."
Mr Kinderis said the mix of technical Registry and consulting capabilities reinforces ARI Registry Services' role as being an end-to-end service provider for new TLD operators.
"As a leader in the industry, we offer our experience and expertise to equip our clients with the necessary resources and understanding of what it takes to be a TLD operator, from launch to ongoing business operations. This further demonstrates ARI Registry Services' superior capability and provides clients with bespoke solutions that are required to make an impact at such a crucial time for the Internet," Mr Kinderis said.
All new TLD applicants are encouraged to contact Mr Kirsch for a confidential discussion about how ARI Registry Services can assist in the launch and operation of their TLD.
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We've recently come up against an issue where we add a RandomContentWidget to a page, tell it the URL, and save the page, to go back again and the widget is not saved to the page.
The odd thing is, this was working a while ago, and we added the widget to a number of pages, which all seems to be working, it's only when we try to add a new RCW in.
Checking the database, I looked up the ID of some of the pages we're having problems with, and in the RandomContentWidget table, the ParentPage field is set, and is the correct page.
Anyone have any ideas about what I might be doing wrong?


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Thread: Opinions on Angeline
July 20th, 2013 01:35 AM #6Cynthia/Luna
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Seraphina Juliette Audrey. Evangeline Laetitia Odette. Catalina Ariadne Helen. Valentina Bellatrix Yvaine
Violetta Catherine Lenore. Isabelle Faustina Clare. Rosalind Anna Belphoebe. Guinevere Cassia Ottilie
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I know an an-jell-lyn spelled Angeline. It's not a fave name, but it's so unusual it would be nice to see. Not keen on the 'leen' pronunciation.Mum to Mousie, Foo, Bumptious and Pudding.
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Gorgeous name!TTC a lil bundle of joy since March 2012. Nothing yet, but praying.
Princess: Top 4: Felicity, Evangeline, Annabel, Anna-Claire
Other Loves~ Ruth, Aria, Amalia, Lila, Clara, Callie, Esther, Roxanna, Lana, Ivy, Violet, *Esme, Rosalie
Prince: Top 3: Leon, Bennett, Bowen,
Other Loves~ Zane, Boone, Evan, Austin, Colton, Ivan, Arley, Archer/Asher, Callen, Zion, Spencer, Jude, Lennox, Lennon, Silas,
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December 8th, 2013 04:24 PM #12~Love names, literature, royals and horses~ <3
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Girls: Azalea, Cordelia, Elizabeth, Rosalind, Scarlett, Felicity, Juliet
Boys: Fitzwilliam, Sebastian, Percival, Oliver, Darcy, Orlando
December 8th, 2013 04:59 PM #14Erin (Writer, Nerdfighter, Ravenclaw; Not expecting, just collecting)
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Interest and credit facility related expenses were $4.9 million and $9.7 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, compared to $5.0 and $9.7 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012. The comparable amounts reflect average debt outstanding of $313.9 million for the 2013 period at a weighted average cost of debt of 5.80%, as compared to average debt outstanding of $375.6 million for the 2012 period with a weighted average cost of debt of 4.96%.Professional fees were $1.1 million and $0.5 million, respectively, for the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012. The spike in professional fees during the current period is due to a one-time legal fee accrual in connection with a portfolio company. Removing the incentive management fee accrual based on capital gains, total expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 were relatively consistent at $27.7 million and $27.3 million, respectively. Expenses also consist of investment advisor expenses, amortization of debt issuance costs, administrative services expense, director fees and miscellaneous other expenses. Net Investment Income Continuing our positive earnings momentum, net investment income totaled $21.2 million and $34.2 million, or $0.29 per share and $0.46 per share, respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013. Included in these amounts are $2.1 million and $7.3 million of aggregate incentive management fees, as required to be accrued under GAAP. Excluding such fees, and including $4.2 million and $6.3 million, respectively, of income based incentive management fees, had they been accrued ratably throughout the year, our net investment income, as adjusted, would have been $19.1 million, or $0.26 per share, and $35.2 million, or $0.48 per share. On a trailing four quarters basis, we continued to cover dividends paid out of our $1.04 per share of adjusted net investment income. Our portfolio continues to produce a stable amount of interest and dividend income relative to its size. Alternate presentations of net investment income per share reflecting adjustments to certain GAAP requirements can be found in the Supplemental table on page 8.
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DescriptionBoot Camp fitness for all levels. Workouts will deliver time-tested measurable health and fitness improvements in the most efficient manner possible. This conditioning program will be conducted in an indoor/outdoor environment, utilizing creative and innovative exercises that will challenge your physical strength, agility, and flexibility. The workouts include, but not limited to,circuit training, speed drills, group challenges and much more.ClassBoot Camp #10008PriceStandard charge: $36.00TypeStandard ActivityMeeting datesFrom September 25, 2013 to November 13, 2013Each Wednesday from 6pm to 7pmMeeting time6pm to 7pmClass Primary CategoryExercise & SportsClass Secondary CategoryAdultRegistration datesStandard registration opens: Sep 9, 2013 4:00 PMLast day for standard registration: Sep 19, 2013 8:00 PMInternet registration opens: Sep 2, 2013Last day for Internet registration: Sep 23, 2013 8:00 PMStatus18 openings remainingAges18 and upGenderCoedLocationPractice Field at West Boca Community High SchoolInstructorAllison NygrenSeasonFallTerm--
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The Mental Workout:100 Seconds for Game-Changing Performances
Everyone wants to be mentally tough, however very few spend any time working on it. Human beings are made up of thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Our thoughts control the way we feel and behave. To dramatically increase health, happiness and success, all one needs to do is learn to control what goes on between the ears. Research on mental toughness has shown that those who are in control of the manner in which they think live up to 14 years longer than their less mentally tough counterparts, and they are happier, healthier and more successful in those extra years of life.
Your mind can be strengthened just like a muscle. The mental workout is a concrete and proven process that delivers results in the same way as a physical strengthening plan. That is, if you complete the exercises as instructed on a regular basis, you cannot help but develop mental toughness.
The mental workout is a 5 step process that many of the world's top athletes and business people credit with taking them to the next level of success. The mental workout is an incredibly powerful tool that will undoubtedly put you in a position to dramatically improve confidence and help you execute at a higher level more consistently.
The 5 step mental workout:
Step 1: Centering Breath; a controlled breath where you breath in for 6 seconds, hold for 2, and then exhale for 7 seconds. The Centering Breath will control your heart rate and allow your mind to work effectively.
Step 2: Identity Statement; essentially a personal mantra that reflects who you are and what you hope to achieve. An example of an identity statement is "I am confident and I thrive on pressure, I am the most focused and successful CEO in the country ".
Step 3: Personal Highlight Reel; The Personal highlight reel is 60 seconds worth of visualization in which you spend 30 seconds remembering 3 things done well in the previous 24 hours and then imagining 3 things you are going to do well in the upcoming day.
Step 4: Identity Statement; Repeat to yourself again your identity statement further driving home your self-image of success
Step 5: Centering Breath: Take another centering breath to remind yourself of the feeling of being calm and in control.
Just as your body responds to consistent strength training, your mind responds to regular mental workouts. Try to take the 1 minute and 40 seconds each day to develop your mental strength and stay in shape for performance. If you should miss a day here or there, don't panic. One missed appointment with your physical trainer won't sink your overall physical fitness, and the occasional missed mental workout won't kill your progression to success. If you do miss a day, simply make the commitment to get back on track the following day.
By making mental workouts a habit, you will set yourself on a trajectory toward developing mental toughness and focus as you have never experienced.


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Tennis star Caroline Wozniacki has broken her silence on her split from fiance Rory McIlroy – using her favourite football team's motto as a reassuring nod to the future.
The 23-year-old, who had been engaged to the Holywood-born golfer for five months, told her 614,000 followers on Twitter that things were difficult but she had received a lot of support in the wake of the news.
"It's a hard time for me right now. Thanks for all the sweet messages! Happy I support Liverpool right now because I know I'll never walk alone," she wrote.
A big Liverpool fan, Wozniacki has previously posted pictures on Twitter as she watched the Reds play, and even one of a framed football shirt hanging on her wall above a Manchester United jersey.
In a tweet two months ago she told fans she was sitting with "McIlroyRory on the couch next to me" watching a match against rivals United, of which Rory is a fan.
While she has removed the 'fiancee' description from her Twitter bio, and changed her profile picture from a loved-up one of the couple to a tennis action shot, she kept the reference to being 'mother to our dog Bruno'.
Rory, who is also a prolific tweeter, chose not to use the social networking site to break the news, but rather issued a statement through his communications consultants on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old admitted the wedding invites had been sent out at the weekend, and that made him realise he wasn't ready for marriage.
"The problem is mine," he said. "The wedding invitations issued at the weekend made me realise that I wasn't ready for all that marriage entails.
"I wish Caroline all the happiness she deserves and thank her for the great times we've had. I will not be saying anything more about our relationship in any setting."
A few hours later he was faced with questions from journalists at a press conference just before taking to the course in a tournament at Wentworth.
Tweets in the days before the split indicated the couple were enjoying each other's company, relaxing with coffee and hot chocolate, and later a romantic dinner in Monte Carlo.
Rory and Caroline got together in 2011, with the golfer's former girlfriend Holly Sweeney claiming he had "run away" with the tennis star.
Last year the pair had been plagued by rumours of a split, before getting engaged in Sydney on New Year's Eve.
Speaking previously about break-up speculation, Wozniacki said it was funny at first, but became annoying.
"In the beginning we just laughed at the stories. But when they keep appearing you're tired of it," she said.


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So you've stocked up on all the food you'll need after the end of the world as we know it. You've got wheat, flour, dried foods, canned foods, all kinds of food. But if the worst case scenario happens, will you still have electricity? There might be power in some areas, but … [Read more...]
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What is Potassium Iodide?
After fears that Japanese nuclear plants would experience Chernobyl-like meltdowns, people have started stocking up on potassium iodide, especially those on the West coast of the United States. While I think the media sensationalized this story and people in the U.S. overreacted, … [Read more...]
How to Prepare for an Earthquake
The tragedy in Japan is the perfect example of how disaster can strike unexpectedly. I don't live in an area that gets many earthquakes so I haven't written about earthquake preparedness yet, but with the increasing number of earthquakes over the past year and signs that … [Read more...]
How to Dehydrate and Store Food
This is one of the best video series on dehydrating food for beginners I've seen. It's from the Youtube channel, Dehydrate2store. She uses an Excalibur food dehydrator to dehydrate things like carrots, oranges, tomatoes, peppers, zucchini and a lot more. She also explains how to … [Read more...]
Top 10 Books on Survival
Update: Since I first wrote this post, many other great books have been released such as Surviving Doomsday, The Art of Eating Through The Zombie Apocalypse, and these urban survival books. So although I no longer consider the list below to be my top 10 books on survival, I still … [Read more...]
How to Dehydrate Food in the Oven
Many survivalists overlook this method of food storage because they've already stocked up on plenty of canned foods, MRE's, and freeze-dried foods. The main problem with this is the high levels of sodium in these types of food. Eating nothing but canned foods or MRE's can be … [Read more...]


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Human trafficking is on the rise in Louisville, Ky., this week. The reason? The Kentucky Derby.
Criminals try to take advantage of big events like the Derby that bring many potential customers to town seeking prostitutes.
"We have high rates. We have a serious problem," Gretchen Hunt, of the Louisville Metro Police Division of Child Abuse/Domestic Violence Services, told CBN News.
"These pimps or handlers look at it as a way of making fast money in a one-day or two-day event, and they are going to double or triple what they normally make, so they'll bring these girls in from all over," Sgt. Andre Bottoms said.
Louisville metro police and victims' rights groups monitor websites known for advertising adult escorts.
They estimate postings on these sites have tripled for Louisville this week leading up to the Kentucky Derby.
"And before Keeneland's Spring Meet and before the Derby, women—and what we believe to be are children—are advertised as 'fillies' and 'mustangs,'" Hunt said.
Bottoms says the prostitution and human-trafficking rings are set up in hotels and motels in every part of the Kentucky-Indiana area surrounding Louisville. He estimates about 10 percent of the hundreds of prostitutes in Louisville this week are being forced or coerced.
After each prostitution arrest, police look for signs of trafficking.
"Then we change course, and at that point, we treat them as a victim and not a criminal," Bottoms explained.
Therese Flores is a human-trafficking survivor. She found the organization TraffickFree, which helps build awareness through what's called the "SOAP Outreach." SOAP stands for "Save Our Adolescents from Prostitution."
At national events like the Kentucky Derby, the outreach program distributes thousands of bars of soap to high-risk motels in the area.
The soap is wrapped with a red band that gives the National Human Trafficking hotline number, 1-888-3737-888, and asks questions like, "Are you being forced to do anything you do not want to do?"
Volunteers offer the soap free of charge to motel owners and explain what is happening to young girls in their motels.
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Blue skies are back for Saturday's third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
After yesterday morning's rain, this morning should be more enjoyable as temperatures rise from the 40s to low 50s in the afternoon.
One of the first off the tees will be tournament co-leader Brandt Snedeker at 8:22 a.m. at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Snedeker, the FedEx Cup points leader, shot a 4-under-par 68 at Spyglass Hill Golf Course on Friday and is 8-under for the tourney. Ted Potter Jr., who is tied for the lead after shooting a 3-under 67 at the Shore Course at Monterey Peninsula Country Club on Friday, takes on Spyglass Hill on Saturday. Spyglass has been the toughest of the three tracks during this tournament. Potter tees off at 9:50 a.m.
Many of the celebrities and most of the crowds will be at Pebble Beach Golf Links today. Bill Murray goes off at 10:01 a.m., Ray Romano at 8:33 a.m.
The pro-am competition is being led by Jason Day and 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh. They tee off at 9:06 a.m. at Pebble Beach.


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County vote turnout passes 50 percent mark
Turnout in Mesa County exceeded 50 percent on Tuesday, a week before the last chance to win over voters on Election Day.
Statewide, nearly 1 million voters had cast ballots as of Tuesday and statistics from the Secretary of State's Office showed Republican voters turning out a slightly higher rate than Democrats, 371,000 to 344,000, or 38 percent to 36 percent. More than 241,000 unaffiliated voters, or 25 percent, also had cast ballots, according to the Secretary of State's Office.
In Mesa County, officials logged in 38,084 ballots as of Wednesday, a little more than half of the county's 76,000 active voters.
Officials with President Barack Obama's campaign said long-term preparations will pay off this week, even though early indications lean to the Republicans.
"We have been building the organization that will deliver the votes we need to win Colorado's nine electoral votes for four years now," spokeswoman Kim Parker said. "We never left Colorado after the 2008 election and have maintained an ongoing conversation with voters ever since then to methodically assemble the most robust grassroots organization in Colorado history."
Colorado Republican Party Chairman Ryan Call said the GOP also has been working hard to get out its vote for presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
"Enthusiasm in our state is at an all-time high," Call said. "Our statewide operation has already made more than 2.6 million voter contacts" on both sides of the Continental Divide.
In 2008, Democrats turned out in greater numbers and had a slight, 2 percentage point turnout advantage a week before Election Day.
In Mesa County, Republicans enjoyed a more lopsided advantage.
In mail balloting, Republicans accounted for half of all returned ballots, or 16,076. Democrats accounted for 7,645 ballots, or 24 percent, and unaffiliated voters, 8,194, or 25 percent. Voters registered with minor parties accounted for 1 percent, or 308 ballots, Mesa County Clerk Sheila Reiner said, referring to mid-day analysis of the balloting.
Republicans enjoyed an even greater advantage in early voting, accounting for 1,873 votes or 53 percent of early voting ballots. Democrats accounted for 630 ballots, or 19 percent, and unaffiliated voters, 899, or 27 percent. Voters affiliated with other parties accounted for 36 votes, or 1 percent of early voters.
Early votes are cast on paper ballots or touch-screen machines in voter-service centers around the Grand Valley.
Republicans enjoy a strong registration advantage in Mesa County, accounting for 46 percent of active voters. Unaffiliated voters account for 32 percent and Democrats, 21 percent. One percent are affiliated with minor parties.
In other western Colorado counties, GOP turnout was similarly strong.
Among the 7,700 voters who cast ballots in Delta County, 1,681 were Democrats, 4,199 Republicans and 1,747 unaffiliated, with the rest affiliated with minor parties.
In Garfield County, the total was 8,357, of which 2,423 were Democrats, 3,371 Republicans, 2,446 unaffiliated and the rest part of minor parties.
In Montrose County, 9,811 people had cast ballots; 2,157 Democrats, 5,048 Republicans, 1,163 unaffiliated voter and others connected to minor parties, according to the Secretary of State's Office.


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During installation of VMS7.3-1 on an AXP there is the possibility to configure an ALPHA as a DECdns-Server!!! What's going on? Why did nobody propagate this new feature? Are there any problems in case we use an AXP as DECdns-Server?
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Yes, DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-1 does include DECdns support. (If you should encounter problems with this or with any other supported configurations, please contact the support center directly.) The OpenVMS Wizard is not presently particularly aware of any plans to backport this DECdns support to earlier OpenVMS Alpha releases. (As a general rule, new features and new support are less likely to be backported than are fixes.) OpenVMS Engineering will typically encourage the use of DNS/BIND and of IP networking protocols, and does not typically encourage that new uses and new applications be based on the DECdns and the DECnet protocols.


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2. MSNBC's Keith Olbermann: President Bush "Needs to Banish Rove"
3. USA Today: Ill Jennings' Keeps "Fingerprints All Over" ABC News
4. Chicago Tribune Touts "Bold" Plea for a Chief Justice O'Connor
CBS Airs One-Sided Anti-Rove Story; CNN
All three network evening newscasts last night carried stories on the Rove controversy, but CBS's report from John Roberts was by far the most one-sided. Anchor Bob Schieffer began by touting how "an expanding chorus of Democrats demanded today that presidential strategist Karl Rove be fired," and Roberts included soundbites from ex-Ambassador Joe Wilson, Democratic congressman Rush Holt and MoveOn.org protesters chanting "Karl Rove has got to go," but not a single soundbite from a Rove defender.
Meanwhile, Wilson appeared for a live interview on CNN's 5pm EDT Wolf Blitzer Reports on Thursday. Unlike NBC's Jamie Gangel, whose interview with Wilson for Thursday's Today failed to press Wilson about his own credibility issues, Blitzer did confront Wilson with the contradictions between what Wilson has said about who arranged for his 2002 fact-finding trip to Niger and what a bipartisan group of Senators concluded about who arranged the trip and what Wilson actually found in Niger.
But Blitzer began his exchange with Wilson by painting all who have questioned Wilson's veracity as engaging in an "effort to smear" him. Blitzer asked Wilson about an RNC research paper that outlined the discrepancies with his story, then painted the RNC effort as illegitimate:
Wilson replied that "it strikes me that it's typical of a Rove-type operation. 'Slime and defend' is what it's been called in the past."
Blitzer then moved on to questioning Wilson about the details of what he has said about his trip to Niger and how it contradicts what a Senate Intelligence Committee report concluded, a line of inquiry that NBC completely avoided when it hosted Wilson on Thursday's Today show and let him rant against Karl Rove and the White House's "conspiracy" and "web of lies."
For more on that, see yesterday's CyberAlert: www.mrc.org
Tapper also acknowledged that Wilson's public criticism of the Bush administration's pre-war statements on Iraq, which put Wilson and eventually his wife into the spotlight, has been contested. After showing Wilson's press conference charge that "The smear campaign launched from the West Wing of the White House is just unsupportable," Tapper explained the background:
Contrast Tapper's approach with that of Roberts on the CBS Evening News. MRC's Brad Wilmouth caught how Roberts exclusively used soundbites from Rove critics, including two from Wilson himself, and omitted any suggestion that Wilson himself has a credibility problem.
Anchor Bob Schieffer introduced the report, which came after an update on the London terrorist bombing investigation: "An expanding chorus of Democrats demanded today that presidential strategist Karl Rove be fired for outing a secret CIA agent after her husband had criticized administration policy on Iraq. Rove remained silent, but his lawyer argues he has done nothing wrong. And the President, who steered clear of offering Rove any support yesterday, seemed to show a little today. John Roberts now with the latest on that from the White House."
Over on NBC, David Gregory used no soundbites as he stood on the White House lawn and ran through the day's developments in an exchange with anchor Brian Williams. Gregory raised the issue of whether anyone publicizing Plame's name might not be guilty of anything, but said his sources told him that Plame was, in fact, an agent whose identity the CIA wished to conceal:
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann: President Bush
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann has been on vacation this week, but to judge by a Web log entry he posted on Monday, he'd be at the forefront of the media's campaign to get Karl Rove. In his only posting of the week, Olbermann railed that in having a background conversation with Time's Matt Cooper, which did not result in the name of CIA employee Valerie Plame being published, "Rove did more damage to your safety than the most thumb-sucking liberal or guard at Abu Ghraib," and he advocated that President Bush "needs to banish Rove -- and loudly."
Olbermann's thesis: Plame was so crucial to the war on terrorism, Rove's role in blowing her cover (Olbermann is presuming a lot here) amounts to sabotaging America's War on Terror.
MRC's Brad Wilmouth alerted me to Olbermann's screed a couple of days ago, but I'm just getting to it now. Even though it's four days old, Olbermann's fulminations are still so over-the-top that it's still worth noting as an extreme example of the media's desire to punish Rove even though the special prosecutor looking into the leak has not actually accused Rove (or anyone else in the White House) of any wrongdoing.
An excerpt of the posting, posted less than a day after Newsweek's story about Matt Cooper's naming of Rove in an e-mail to his bureau chief:
SECURED UNDISCLOSED LOCATION -- Karl Rove is a liability in the war on terror.
Rove -- Newsweek's new article quotes the very emails -- told a Time reporter that Ambassador Joe Wilson's trip to investigate of the Niger uranium claim was at the behest of Wilson's CIA wife.
To paraphrase Mr. Rove, liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers; conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared to ruin the career of one of the country's spies tracking terrorist efforts to gain weapons of mass destruction -- for political gain.
Politics first, counter-terrorism second -- it's as simple as that.
In his story guidance' to Matthew Cooper of Time, Rove did more damage to your safety than the most thumb-sucking liberal or guard at Abu Ghraib. He destroyed an intelligence asset like Valerie Plame merely to deflect criticism of a politician. We have all the damned politicians, of every stripe, that we need. The best of them isn't worth half a Valerie Plame. And if the particular politician for whom Rove was deflecting, President Bush, is more than just all hat and no cattle on terrorism, he needs to banish Rove -- and loudly....
Any time I've criticized the current administration here or on the air, I've gotten the same idiotic emails from the same idiotic people who've never been touched by terrorism. They brand me a liberal who doesn't understand that terrorists want the next unattended bag to be filled with WMD. Their position is incredible on its face; in the light of the confirmation of the Karl Rove revelation it would assume the quality of farce, were it not so deadly serious....
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For Olbermann's "Bloggerman" Web log on MSNBC's Web site, go to: www.msnbc.msn.com
Right now, his rant against Rove is still his most recent posting, so until Olbermann returns from his "undisclosed location" vacation spot, it should be pretty easy to find. And once Olbermann returns, you can probably expect that he'll have something to say about how Rove single-handedly destroyed America on his 8pm EDT Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
USA Today: Ill Jennings' Keeps "Fingerprints
Just a coincidence? Thursday's USA Today carried a progress report on ABC anchor Peter Jennings, who despite his treatment for lung cancer remains "quite heavily involved" in the editorial decisions that go into World News Tonight, according to one of Jennings' main substitutes, Good Morning America's Charles Gibson, and the Executive Producer of World News Tonight told USA Today's Peter Johnson that Jennings' "fingerprints are all over each broadcast."
Sure enough, the previous night's World News Tonight, anchored by Gibson, was the only broadcast evening newscast to devote an entire story to allegations of what Gibson called the "abusive and degrading treatment of terror suspects at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay."
Before he became ill, Jennings had shown uncommon interest in the Guantanamo story. Back on the April 22, 2004 World News Tonight, he showed a sympathy for the plight of those incarcerated at the prison camp as he reported on his own visit to the facility:
For more on that story, see the April 23, 2004 CyberAlert. www.mrc.org
Now back to the present. Gibson introduced Wednesday's story on a report released by the military detailing the interrogation tactics used to question Mohommed al-Qahtani, who is suspected of being a terrorist who tried and failed to participate as the 20th hijacker on September 11, 2001, the same detainee featured in a Time magazine cover story about the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo.
MRC's Brad Wilmouth transcribed Gibson's introduction and the full report by Jonathan Karl:
A few hours later, Thursday morning's USA Today detailed how Jennings remains very much a participant in the editorial choices made by those at ABC News. Here's an excerpt of Peter Johnson's "Media Mix" item headlined "For Jennings, news doesn't take time off," with the subheadline: "Gibson says cancer hasn't slowed anchor."
ABC Good Morning America anchor Charles Gibson was waiting for a cab on a street in Manhattan recently when a familiar voice in a car asked whether he wanted a ride across town.
Sure, he told Peter Jennings. He guessed that the World News Tonight anchor was on a medical mission for treatment of his lung cancer.
"I'm always on a medical mission," replied Jennings, who has been absent since April 5, when he told World News viewers that he would begin chemotherapy.
Jennings, 67, has not returned to the air since then. And aside from surprising staffers at ABC News headquarters in New York a few weeks ago, thinner but in good spirits, he has stayed out of sight, refused interview requests and not talked publicly about his illness.
That has prompted a steady flow of inquiries from a wide variety of people -- the second-place World News Tonight draws 9 million viewers a night -- who are curious about how the veteran anchor is doing.
"Everybody asks me," says Gibson, 63, who has been filling in for Jennings along with 20/20 anchor Elizabeth Vargas. "Chemotherapy is a long slog, and there's not much you can say that is new. 'Today was a good day. Yesterday was a bad day.' That doesn't really help, so we've been sparing in what we've said."
But Gibson says Jennings "was quite heavily involved" in last week's coverage of the terrorist bombings in London, which Gibson anchored. Jennings spent 15 years reporting from London for ABC. "It's his turf," Gibson says.
On Friday's [July 8] World News Tonight, Jennings told viewers, via Gibson, that the bombings showed that "we are all Londoners... and once again, we are stronger for it. I recognize that eloquent, stoic determination never to give up, as Winston Churchill said during the war. I have been in London and other British cities when they've been attacked with unrestrained violence. The perpetrators have always been the losers."
World News chief Jon Banner says Jennings may not be visible to viewers, but his fingerprints are all over each broadcast.
"He participates regularly in our 9 a.m. editorial meeting, and I hear from him, usually multiple times, throughout the day," Banner says. "When he thinks we've done well, he lets us know. And when the broadcast isn't up to his standards, we hear that, too. He's home and watching."...
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To read all of Johnson's story, go to: www.usatoday.com
Chicago Tribune Touts "Bold" Plea for
The Chicago Tribune's Supreme Court correspondent may be pretty dismayed today. In an article published yesterday, Jan Crawford Greenburg touted the "bold suggestion" from four liberal women Senators, including two Republicans, beseeching Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to stay on the Supreme Court as Chief Justice if William Rehnquist would retire. But last night, Rehnquist tried to end the media's rampant speculation of the last several weeks by stating that he intended to remain as Chief Justice "as long as my health permits."
Hours before Rehnquist's statement, the MRC's Brent Baker, who is currently visiting Chicago, noticed Greenburg's story in the July 14 Tribune, touting the supposed benefits of replacing the conservative Chief Justice with the less conservative O'Connor. Greenburg argued that "moderate" Republican Senators like Maine's Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins might rebel if President Bush nominates as Justice someone who is "a staunch conservative who does not share her [O'Connor's] views supporting abortion rights, affirmative action and greater constitutional protections for homosexuals."
Such language perpetuates the idea that the Court is supposed to act as a policymaking body where the Justices vote to impose their views on society, rather than as an judicial body that merely acts to reconcile policies enacted by the legislative and executive branches with the original intent of the Constitution.
An excerpt of Greenburg's July 14 story:
In the weeks before the Supreme Court concluded its term for the summer, a group of women senators, Republicans and Democrats, came together with a bold suggestion for President Bush.
They, like the White House, were expecting ailing Chief Justice William Rehnquist to announce his retirement at the end of June. To fill the vacancy, they would urge Bush to nominate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female chief justice of the United States.
"Nominating Justice O'Connor to be chief justice will demonstrate leadership that unites Americans around the shared values of liberty, the rule of law, and the preservation of our constitutional freedoms," wrote Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), and Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, both Maine Republicans, in an undated letter to Bush.
The letter was never sent. O'Connor took Washington by surprise with her own retirement, and Rehnquist remains on the bench. He has not disclosed his plans, or his physical condition, although he was hospitalized Tuesday night with a fever and is undergoing tests.
But the letter's message highlights how the senators -- in particular the Republican moderates, led by Collins and Snowe -- could complicate Bush's effort to replace O'Connor if he chooses a staunch conservative who does not share her views supporting abortion rights, affirmative action and greater constitutional protections for homosexuals.
Although Senate Democrats have implored the White House to consult with them and have not ruled out the prospect of filibustering a nominee they consider too extreme, the stance of Republican moderates could be perhaps even more influential....
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The Hottest Shirtless Male Celebrities Of 2014, So Far & The 10 Best Stories Of The Week
Hopefully you've got a fun-filled weekend planned with booze, food, more booze, even more booze, maybe a movie and, of course, more booze. You know how we like to do it here at Socialite Life.
But before you go off on your weekend of fun, it's important that you're prepared to have serious discuss about this week's celebrity news. So that's what we'er here for!
Think of us as your very own Dinner Party Download–but with more shirtless guys. Launch the gallery to check out the 10 best stories from the past week. Enjoy!