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It's 2013, and if you still don't have a personal robot assistant, you have every right to be disappointed.
But while the world of Bicentennial Man is still very far away, the world of the Roomba and Scooba is very much here: The personal robotics industry made $1.6 billion in 2012 and will pull in $6.5 billion by 2017, according to ABI Research.
The Roomba, however, isn't really the future of robotics popular culture has trained us to get excited about. Where are our personal assistant bots?
According to ABI research director, Philip Solis, while lots of money is going into personal robots, one obvious reality is holding up the technology: Personal assistant robots are really tough to make compared to your average automatic vacuum cleaner.
"Single-task robots are more affordable, so a market for them exists more easily," Solis said by email.
While the physical component of personal robots is largely ready, Solis said the devices are currently being held back by software and, more significantly, artificial intelligence, which require a bit more work to pull off properly.
What's interesting is how manufacturers plan to fix the robotic smarts problem. "Personal robots will essentially be a physical extension of the Internet at some point," Solis said.
Basically, inside the skulls of every future TOPIO and ASIMO will be the Internet itself. Robots will be personified versions of the web. "They will just add a physical presence, physical capabilities, and emotional intelligence to form better interactions – a more natural user interface," Solis said.
It's neat, slightly unnerving stuff. In this model of robotic intelligence, every bot will be plugged into a shared intelligence database, where the experiences of one node will be used to create the functionality of all others in the network.
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American Idol 3's winner, Fantasia churned out great performance after great performance and beat out thousands of other contestants to win FOX's coveted music title. With a $1 million contract, she released Free Yourself, an album that highlighted her raspy, Macy Gray-like voice. This pop star, not yet of legal drinking age in most states, seems poised to achieve the type of success that previous AI winners have yet to achieve.
AppealWith a mouth like Julia Roberts' and lips only equal to Angelina Jolie's, it's obvious Fantasia's smile is her most endearing quality. In fact, her mouth is so big it makes us wonder why she doesn't swallow the microphone when singing.
Though this is hardly enough to make us think of her in the same way we do Beyonce or Charlize Theron, Fantasia does have a more than decent body to complement her bright face.
SuccessBeating out other young singers from around the country on one of TV's most highly-rated shows is no small feat, but it does not guarantee a long and fruitful career. It does guarantee a $1 million recording contract, which Fantasia has taken full advantage of, releasing the album Free Yourself in November 2004.
With established producers and songwriters lending a hand, Fantasia's album has more to offer than just the hit single "I Believe," which was performed on American Idol. If she can use this album and her success on the "American Idols Live" tour as a springboard, the future will be as dazzling as her smile.
Fantasia Barrino BiographyBorn on June 30, 1984, in High Point, North Carolina, Fantasia Barrino was raised in a tightly knit, religious family. Through church, she began to sing and discovered she loved it, taking advantage of any chance she had to perform. Though Fantasia never received any formal training, her voice matured as she did, and few days would pass without an hour or two of practice.
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Torrington man recalls path to sobriety, getting past heroin addiction
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TORRINGTON >> Someone knocked on Mathew Nesheim's door last June. It wasn't opportunity; it was a plain-clothes cop.
Cops swarmed the Moore Drive home after they nabbed Pauline Breau dealing drugs from a van in a parking lot of a nearby grocery store.
Back at the house, David Breau and Nesheim sat in the living room, negotiating with cops. Police didn't have a search warrant, Nesheim said, so they asked David Breau and Nesheim to sign consent forms so they could toss the house for narcotics.
For a few months, Nesheim, one of David's friends, had run drugs for the Breaus' to support his habit. Now he was contemplating his options.
"Do I wanna fight it and give a big middle finger to the law, or do I wanna fix my life and get clean," he said, recalling the raid in an interview Tuesday.
Nesheim offered the cops a swap — a signature for a cigarette. In minutes, he puffed away freedom and a possible legal defense.
Nesheim was eventually convicted of felony narcotics possession and sentenced to two years of probation.
Today, he is four months sober, steadily weaning himself off methadone, but still answering questions about his drug-dealing past.
The Register Citizen on Tuesday published a story exploring Nesheim's connection to David and Pauline Breau after Nesheim's mother, Nancylynn Anderson, told the newspaper she was concerned the Breaus' recent sentences wouldn't be enough to save her son from his crime-filled, drug-riddled past. David Breau is serving six years, and his mother accepted a plea bargain that will put her behind bars for up to two years.
Nesheim was rankled by Anderson's portrayals, especially an insinuation that he'll end up in a prison cell like David Breau.
Despite what his mother believes, Nesheim said, he's done using and selling heroin.
Nesheim now lives with a friend in Winsted. He came to Torrington eight years ago, when painkillers were the "craze." Heroin is now the drug of preference.
"It's definitely an epidemic," Nesheim said.
Beyond the drugs, beyond the piercings, baggage and baggy clothing, Nesheim wants people to know he's a person. He can build a computer from scratch, and he wants to run his own business.
The felony conviction makes it tough to find work, but it's not a death sentence, like a heroin addiction.
"If it took this happening to get me clean, I'm fine with it," Nesheim said.
But he's not fine with what he interprets as his mother's condemnation.
There's an obvious disconnect between Nesheim and Anderson. Maybe one day — weeks or years down the road — they'll reconcile, but not today.
"I'm doing the right thing and getting persecuted by someone who claims to care about me," Nesheim said. "From all angles, I'm getting flak about it."
Nesheim said, besides a few care packages and messages, he and his mother are estranged. He can "count on two hands" the number of times they've spoken in the last few years.
They've stayed that way for more than a decade, since Nesheim claims his mother abandoned her children to go live in Florida, weeks after he and his twin brother, Jason, turned 18. Anderson says she left after Nesheim disowned her.
Nesheim said his mother doesn't know him anymore after she misidentified him in a picture that appears on David Breau's Facebook page. In it, Breau holds a 12-inch blade to Jason, not Mathew's neck.
Neshiem's relationship with his mother soured when his father, David, got sick with cancer. David died when his boys were 15 years old, not long after overcoming a nearly lifelong battle with alcoholism.
"It's ironic," Nesheim said. "He cleaned up and then he died."
In David's absence, Anderson said she tried to steer Nesheim in the right direction, but he rebelled.
Nesheim went through a partying phase, experimenting with crystal meth, heroin, cocaine and pills. For awhile, he did heroin every day. The drugs "blocked something or made you feel something."
"I lacked something within myself," Nesheim said. "There's been an emptiness inside myself."
He stopped when he started dating a woman whom he identified as David's Breau's stepsister. The woman had a child, so Nesheim vowed not to bring drugs around.
Nesheim downplayed his mother's characterization of David Breau as an unsavory influence. In fact, he was surprised Breau started dealing, faulting Pauline Breau for "bending his ear" about it.
In the hierarchy of the drug game, Nesheim said, the Breaus were small-time dealers, not suppliers. They'd sell to those too lazy to trek to Waterbury or who "had a couple bucks."
"I was a pawn," he said. "They were just playing middleman."
Try as he might to escape it, Nesheim still finds himself in the middle of the conversation about the Breaus. He is trying to close that chapter in his life, but there's still traces of his past.
YouTube videos allude to past drug use and his Twitter handle gives off the impression of someone still using, not recovering.
In January, he got picked up by Torrington police for shoplifting. Nesheim, who's expected back in court Feb. 20 on a single count of sixth-degree larceny, said he was stealing food from Walmart because his food stamps got yanked.
He said it was a momentary lapse, not an indication he's back to his old ways. Nesheim confronts his mistakes, and he concedes he should change the Twitter handle. But he doesn't plan to take the videos down.
They're reminders of his past, but that's it.
For the first time in his life, Nesheim said his head is clear.
"There's no cloudiness," he said.
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As I was reading this article I realized that many of you were a little young to remember the last lockout in 1998.
Of course the lockout of 1998 brought out one of the best quotes in the history of Sports from from Patrick Ewing. "we make a lot of money but we spent a lot"
Is there another lock out on the horizon for the NBA? According to this Chris Sheridan article, there is.
Expressing pessimism after reviewing NBA owners' initial collective bargaining proposal, the director of the players' union said Monday the league could be heading toward a work stoppage at the conclusion of the 2004-05 season.
Union director Billy Hunter addressed several dozen players at the union's annual meeting during a session devoted mainly to labor issues. His message was that history could very well repeat itself, with a distinct possibility there could be a lockout next summer.
"We don't come to this process as neophytes. We don't have the same kind of naivety that we had before," Hunter told The Associated Press. "The guys understand that the negotiations could ultimately result in another lockout, and they have to prepare themselves for that.
"If the owners are not inclined to retreat from their current proposal, there's a high probability there can be another lockout," Hunter said.
The league had the first work stoppage in its history six years ago, a lockout that began in July of 1998, lasted 191 days, cost both sides hundreds of millions of dollars and scarred a league at the pinnacle of its popularity.
Union members say the league has asked for numerous concessions in an initial proposal presented during two preliminary bargaining sessions held after the All-Star break. Owners are seeking a four-year maximum length for any contract, higher luxury tax rates for the clubs with the largest payrolls and lower thresholds to trigger the luxury and escrow taxes.
"How would I describe the proposal? A step back," Hunter said. "In many ways it mirrors the proposal that was presented in 1998, a proposal that lasted at least five months and called for significant rollbacks and forced the players to dig in.
"I suspect that if that continues to be the attitude of the owners, then they might get the same type of reaction from this group of players as they got in 1998 - becoming just as entrenched and instrident as the owners are in terms of what their position is, and where we should and should not be."
NBA commissioner David Stern, upon hearing Hunter's remarks, took a conciliatory tone.
"I'm optimistic. I'm glad that the players are engaged and involved, because whenever you have people who understand the economics of a business thoroughly, you're more likely to reach an agreement," Stern said in a telephone interview.
"I won't even characterize some of the ideas the players represented that they might like to see, but it's fair to say that whenever the players or owners put forth a proposal, it's done with expectation there could be some changes - but that's where negotiations come in. And those negotiations are where deals get done, not by hurling threats in the newspapers."
The two-day union meeting also marked Shaquille O'Neal's introduction to the inner workings of the organization. He is the newest of six vice presidents on the executive council.
O'Neal, the only player to arrive for the meetings with a bodyguard and personal assistant in tow, has said he would like to succeed Michael Curry as president of the union. Curry, a free agent, would have to resign from his post under union bylaws if he does not receive a contract for the upcoming season.
"He told me he wanted to get involved in January when I met with the (Lakers), and all the players on that team were encouraging him, telling him he needed to be involved in the union and have it be his legacy in the game," Hunter said of O'Neal.
"I've spoken to several people that work with him and for him, and they've told me he's serious. And I think that was reflected (Sunday) when he had several other appointments yet he sat through a three-hour meeting of our executive committee," Hunter said.


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IT should come as no surprise that Sir Clive Woodward's gift for howlers was apparent long before his calamitous stewardship of the 2005 Lions tour to New Zealand or his rabbit-in-headlights performances as a TV pundit.
Even by his towering standards, though, the mistake he made against the Springboks in Port Elizabeth, in the third Test of the Lions 1980 series, was something special.
Playing out of position on the wing, and with the Lions clinging to a 10-6 lead they had to maintain to keep the series alive, Woodward dribbled a ball into touch, rather than hammer it into its proper place in Row Z. His mistake allowed South Africa's Gerrie Germnishuys to take a quick throw, exchange passes with Theuns Stofberg, and sprint over for a try. But it was for what happened next that the incident is best remembered.
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As they gathered under the posts for Naas Botha's conversion, Bill Beaumont, the Lions captain, walked up to his fellow Englishman, put a consoling arm round his shoulders and said: "Woodward, you prat. You've just cost us the series."
The story may be apocryphal - it has also been told of an incident during an England v Wales game - but it sits well with the reputation Beaumont had for bluff plain-speaking before he tidied up his act and joined the mealy-mouthed world of rugby officialdom. But it is not the sort of yarn that will ever be applied to Matt Scott, whose reaction to Duncan Weir's costly intercept error against France last weekend suggests he might have designs on a career as an agony aunt once his playing days are over.
"I know what it's like when I make a mistake," said Scott in his best Dear Deidre voice. "I don't want everyone coming up to me and saying 'what are you doing?' and the like. I just kept reminding him 'next job, next job; it's not the end of the world'. And it wasn't, because we got back ahead and should still have won it.
"He is a very resilient character and I have been impressed with the way he has handled it. You couldn't have written a better hero-to-zero story [Weir had kicked the winning drop goal against Italy a fortnight earlier] than that, but that's just the way rugby is."
Of course, the irony of Weir's mistake last week was that it put a very large blot on the performance of a Scottish midfield that has been ticking along quite nicely just lately. Scott Johnson, the head coach, has been singing the praises of the axis of Weir, Scott and Alex Dunbar for a long time, and the jigsaw pieces unquestionably fell into place against Italy. That they fell apart so spectacularly for a few seconds against France does not suggest that the Scotland side's evolutionary process has been thrown into reverse.
The centre partnership of Scott and Dunbar first came together on Scotland's tour to South Africa last summer. However, its development was stalled when Scott suffered a hand injury during the November Test against Japan. They have now started seven games together, but it is no disrespect to any of the teams and players they have come up against thus far to say that they will have the sternest test of their young careers to date when they take on Jamie Roberts and Jonathan Davies in Cardiff tomorrow.
There could be no clearer signal that British and Irish rugby had entered a new era than when the Lions coach dropped Brian O'Driscoll for last year's third and deciding Lions Test against Australia and picked Roberts and Davies as his centres. Both players would walk into just about any side on earth and, if Wales have misfired at times this season, the blame can certainly not be laid at their doors.
"They are the benchmark for us, being the last two centres to start a Test for the Lions," said Scott. "That is probably why it will be the biggest one for us so far. Because Alex and I have had a few games together and have come to know each other we can kind of say 'right we have learned this, we have learned that, we can put in an 80-minute performance together'.
"Roberts and Davies are completely different players. Roberts is very direct, very physical: great at what he does. He will always try to beat you on the inside. He is not the guy to make an outside break; he is straight up and down.
"Davies has got a good bounce on him, a good outside break and fend as well as a good kicking game with his left foot. He has a good skill set to match. Defensively they are both solid, a great balance in that respect as a centre partnership.
"It will be a tough challenge but I always look forward to these things and it is the same with Alex. It is always good to get that chance to prove yourself against the best. I have watched those two play for years and have always admired them. It will be good to see where I am up against them."
In precise terms, where he will be is in the Millennium Stadium, an arena with a uniquely and intensely claustrophobic atmosphere he has never experienced before. In agreeing that the roof should be closed for tomorrow's game, Johnson has made it clear that Scotland are prepared to stand up in one of the most intimidating atmospheres world rugby can offer. "I have heard lots of positive things about it, its atmosphere and everything that goes along with it," said Scott.
Scott has been on an incredible journey since he broke into the Edinburgh team little more than two years ago. Back then, he was still finishing off his law degree, but he has since established himself as a fixture in the Scotland side and the player around whom Johnson wants to build his backline. And the coach has made sure Scott knows how important a player he has become.
"If he thinks you have potential to go a long way he will really hammer you and will never be off your back," said the 23-year-old. "He is like that, constantly on my back about everything. I might have had a great game in attack but if I missed a couple of clean-outs he will hammer me on that.
"He says to me 'I will keep on top of you; I will be relentless' and I am more than happy with that. If I start to rest on my laurels and think I did all right then I won't develop as a player. I need that all-round game to be a world-class centre or [with Dunbar] a world-class centre pairing. He is hard on us but it is a good thing."


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HDTV: Coming into Focus?
Like the Information Superhighway of yore, high-definition television was supposed to change people's lives. That promise was made more than two decades ago, when the idea of HDTV was first floated in Japanese research labs. But in Japan, and then in the U.S., regulatory snafus foiled the rollout -- along with technical glitches, high equipment costs, and a paucity of compelling programming.
These last two problems, however, may be the first to get resolved. A new high-definition channel scheduled to be launched on Mar. 30 by ESPN could be a catalyst for HDTV -- particularly now that prices for the TV sets are falling at a steady clip. Sets now start at about $1,500, half the price of six years ago. For ESPN, though, one major challenge remains: It must get cable and satellite operators to carry the new channel. No agreements have yet been announced. ESPN has had a rocky relationship with cable operators, which complain about the channel's hefty fee increases. Still, ESPN execs are confident. "This [launch] will mark the next great wave in technology," boasts George W. Bodenheimer, president of ESPN and ABC Sports (DIS ).
Indeed, HDTV mavens have always pointed to sports as the best fare for showcasing the technology's trademark wide screen and supersharp images. And ESPN, with its family of channels reaching 87 million cable and satellite homes and its full schedule of live sporting events, may have the clout to finally sell fans on HDTV's benefits. "[HDTV] gives you a sense of being there," says Dick Green, CEO of nonprofit research firm CableLabs. "This channel could be significant."
The new channel, whose officials sponsors are retailer Best Buy and set manufacturer Philips, will start by airing three to four events a week in high-def format, using three state-of-the-art production trucks ESPN is leasing. Broadcasts will include NFL, Major League Baseball, and women's basketball games, says Bryan L. Burns, ESPN's vice-president for strategic business planning. And the programmer will work closely with stores to help promote the technology. "We need to help stores show the consumer what HDTV really is," says Burns.
Vendors could use a hand. Of the 106 million homes with TV in the U.S., less than 2% have sprung for HDTV sets, says the Consumer Electronics Assn. "It's always been a chicken-and-egg issue," says John M. Mansell Jr., a senior analyst at consultant Kagan World Media. Until prices come down, "you're not going to see a bigger push by some programmers into high definition." But ESPN could be the tipping point, Mansell says.
For years, it was the broadcasters that were supposed to take the lead on HDTV. And while most now offer some regular HDTV fare, they have balked at producing large volumes of pricey HDTV programs. They're also leery of airing shows in an easy-to-pirate digital format. A growing number of cable channels, on the other hand, are embracing HDTV. Discovery offers its own HDTV channel; billionaire Mark Cuban has launched sports and movie channel HDNet; and HBO and Showtime offer the majority of their programs in HDTV.
But the crucial test will be the potential power of live sports events. In the next few weeks, much may depend on how badly ESPN sports fans yearn to feel as if they are seated in the stands while parked on the sofa.
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EGGI Scientist Mapping Surficial Glacial Deposits
John Brooks was highlighted in a recent newspaper article about the mapping of surficial glacial deposits in New Hampshire under the NH/USGS Cooperative Mapping Program. To date, EGGI scientists (John Brooks, Ph.D. and Dan Tinkham) have developed eight surficial geologic maps, which have provided valuable insights into the geologic history and hydrogeologic characteristics of sand and gravel deposits throughout the New Hampshire's Lakes Region. See attached article for more details: Laconia Citizen Article


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Progressive Unionist Party member Billy Hutchinson has been released from police custody.
The former MLA was one of seven people being held by police investigating the murder of north Belfast schoolboy Thomas Devlin. Six others remain in custody.
Thomas, 15, was stabbed close to his home in August 2005.
No one has ever been charged with Thomas Devlin's murder.
Police believe his killers are from the Mount Vernon area, where Mr Hutchinson is a community worker.
Mr Hutchinson's arrest sparked a protest outside Antrim police station on Saturday.
PUP leader Dawn Purvis tonight welcomed the release of Billy Hutchinson but said questions still remained regarding the need and manner of his arrest.
Ms Purvis said, "I would like some answers as to why the police felt the need to arrest him at all and why that information was leaked to the media"?
"Allegations such as those made towards Billy Hutchinson could be extremely damaging. I am glad that he has been released without charge".


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Ohio Governor Ted Strickland is in the midst of a 12-city "Conversation on Education" that he says will inform his long-awaited education plan, currently expected in early 2009. I attended his invitation-only event in Dayton, and the governor came across as charming, caring, even grandfatherly. He was patient with everyone and showed a real sense of humor. His political talents are tremendous; he clearly likes working a crowd and the Dayton bunch obviously liked him. No wonder his name has been tossed around as a serious veep candidate (a job he says he doesn't want).
He's an obvious up-and-comer in the Democratic party and he currently presides over an important swing state. What he thinks and does about education in that state could be a portent of things to come far beyond its borders--besides being super-important to Buckeyes.
To date, however, it's impossible to determine what Strickland's own specific plans for K-12 education will look like (and by the time he unveils them he'll be halfway through his gubernatorial term). While in Dayton, he emphasized that he was not presenting any ideas of his own or of his administration. He insisted that he wanted to hear the ideas of others, and to share ideas that others had previously voiced to him.
This obviously makes it hard to pin down what he believes or where he is headed--and indeed it's possible that he doesn't yet know. What's unfortunately clear, however, is that many of the ideas being shared with him are self-interested and/or ill-conceived, at least in terms of Ohio's real 21st-Century education needs, which are mighty similar to those of the country as a whole.
Most participants in the Dayton "conversation" were members or fellow travelers of the public-education "establishment"--and nearly every one of them wanted more of something, starting (and often ending) with more money. I counted at least 13 unique requests for more money for items ranging from pre-K education to the arts to school libraries to rising district fuel costs and so forth. These weren't pleas for overdue education reforms, for higher standards or better curricula, for kids to learn more or teachers to teach better, for parents to have more high-quality education options or for existing schools to become more effective and school systems more efficient. They were, at bottom, demands for more of the same.
The governor also shared some previously voiced ideas and policies that he evidently thinks have merit--and, while several of these surely have potential to do good things, almost every one of them comes with new costs, too. They include:
Where is the additional money to come from, particularly in a state racked by grave economic challenges (see here and here)? Ohio already faces an estimated $700 million budget shortfall, a problem shared by many states today. (Note, too, that over the last quarter century the Buckeye State has added an average of $760 million annually to K-12 education, meaning its real per-pupil spending has risen by more than 40 percent [see here]. Even this fails to satiate the "more" crowd.)
No doubt because educators make up so large a share of Strickland's "conversations" audience, lots of time-worn educator notions are also reaching the governor's ears, nearly all of them with some lineage back to John Dewey and education "progressivism" and "constructivism." Perhaps because of his personal experience as a psychologist, he seems sympathetic to this way of thinking about schools. Consider the rich array of muddled ideas aired at the "Institute on Creativity & Innovation in Education" that he hosted a few weeks back (see here and here).
What he may not fully grasp is that (as E.D. Hirsch and Diane Ravitch, among others, have shown time and again) this approach to education works well enough with middle- and upper-middle-class kids who get plenty of structure in the rest of their lives, but it's disastrous for poor and disadvantaged kids who rely on teachers and schools for all the structure they can get. The Ohio youngsters who most urgently need to learn more are best served by a strong core curriculum, teacher-led classes and a coherent system of standards, assessments and accountability. They're also well served by being furnished the kinds of school choices that middle- and upper-middle-class families already have--and thus being liberated from broken schools that too many are otherwise trapped in.
In recent years, Ohio has, in sometimes confused and imperfect ways, built itself the right education policy framework (centered on standards, assessments, accountability, and lots more school choice) to address the needs of its poor and minority youngsters and its inner cities. With some considerable tweaking, that framework would also enhance the state's prospects of boosting all its young people to a higher plateau of skills and knowledge (and creativity and innovation) that would advance their own and their state's and nation's economic competitiveness in the 21st Century.
What a shame--no, what a disaster--it will be for the Buckeye State if the governor's "conversations" lead to weakening rather than strengthening and improving that policy framework in response to the predilections and interests of the lopsided crowd with which he is chatting.
What an even larger shame--no, disaster again--it will be if the sorts of conversations Strickland is having and the sorts of self-interested demands and scatterbrained ideas they are eliciting turn out to influence the national agenda as well.
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The iconic indie musician Daniel Johnston's new album, Is And Always Was, dropped on Tuesday, and we're loving it; looking forward to seeing him later this month when Johnston stops in San Francisco as part of his current concert tour. Below is feature a free, legal MP3 from the new record titled "Freedom." You can purchase the album directly from Johnston's colorful website Hi, How Are You?, named after his 1993 album that was regularly 'advertised' by Kurt Cobain.
Straight outta of Brooklyn is a band we heard over at Stereogum called the Freelance Whales. Plus, check out these awesome new songs from The Bright Light Social Hour, Annuals, Rubik, Two Hours Traffic, Baaba Maal, Black Whales, The Honey Brothers, Mew, Avett Brothers, Simon Joyner and Julie Peel. There's a general feeling around here that many of the tracks in this playlist will end up on our 'best of 2009' lists.
"Sun Hands" – Local Natives from Gorilla Manor (2009)
Bonus: "Stranger Things" – Local Natives from Gorilla Manor (2009)
"Freedom" – Daniel Johnston from Is And Always Was (2009)
"Generator First Floor" – Freelance Whales, single (2009)
"Back and Forth" – The Bright Light Social Hour from s/t EP (2009)
"The Giving Tree" – Annuals, single release via IGIF (2009)
"Wasteland" – Rubik from Dada Bandits (2009)
"Territory" – Two Hours Traffic from Territory (2009)
"Television" – Baaba Maal from Television (2009)
"Young Blood" – Black Whales from Origins EP (2009)
"Demonstration" – The Honey Brothers from Demonstration EP (2009)
"Repeaterbeater" – Mew from No More Stories Are Told Today… (2009)
"Kick Drum Heart" – The Avett Brothers from I and Love and You (2009)
"Out Into The Snow" – Simon Joyner from Out Into The Snow (2009)
"Unfold" – Julie Peel from Near The Sun (2009)
For more like these, check out the 2009 Indie Songs page featuring dozens and dozens of free, legal MP3s. One of the great things about this relationship between labels, bands, unsigned artists and all of you is that many of you end up supporting, in some way, the artists whose music you dig, and that which you may have otherwise never known about if this 'new music model' did not exist.


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Ducati MotoGP Riders Report Positive Progress During Private One-Day Test At Misano
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Nicky Hayden (69) in action at Misano.
Promising test for Ducati Team at Misano
Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden returned to action today at Misano for a one-day test that the Ducati Team spent doing chassis and electronics tests.
The American, who only rode in the morning due to his still-healing right hand, tried the frame and swingarm that his teammate had used in yesterday's race, and he had a positive first impression. Meanwhile, Valentino tried a version that had the same geometry but a different stiffness.
Franco Battaini work on testing electronic developments.
Valentino Rossi (Ducati Team) 53 laps
"It was a good day. Today we tried a different chassis that had a different stiffness, but honestly, I didn't like it a lot. It was an improvement in some areas, but we had some new problems in other areas. In the end, it's not a real improvement, so I don't think we'll use it again. But the positive thing is that we tried a new swingarm that I liked a lot because it gave me more edge grip and more rear grip under acceleration, and it helps the bike to stay more stable on corner exits. So of the two things, one worked. I think we'll use the new swingarm starting in Aragon, so there we'll see what our potential is on another track."
Nicky Hayden (Ducati Team) 14 laps
"In order not to stress my hand too much, we only did two runs today""one with basically my race bike, and one with the new frame""but it was nice to get an idea of the chassis. I wasn't sure if I would even be able to notice the difference, but I could actually feel more than I expected. I felt better with it, for sure. I had more confidence because there's better front grip for braking into the corners, and because of that, also better turning. I think it's certainly a step in the right direction, straight away, and I'm happy with the work Ducati has done. Because I was able to brake a bit differently, I'll probably need to stiffen the fork spring a bit, but already, it was a good step. I'm quite happy, and at Aragon we'll start to work on the setup."
Filippo Preziosi, Technical Director
"It was a very useful test: We had prepared a chassis that was the same as that used by Valentino in yesterday's race in terms of geometry, but different in terms of rigidity. Valentino gave us feedback that will allow us to design an evolution that has the positive characteristics that he noticed, and which match what we expected from the calculations we had made, but without losing precision. We also had a different swingarm that Valentino liked, so we'll bring it to Aragon. Nicky did his first comparison between the pre-Misano frame and swingarm and those used by Valentino yesterday. His initial comments were positive, but we'll have to check again at Aragon when his physical condition is better. Based on the data we gathered today, we're speeding up production of the next step of the frame, which could arrive before Valencia."
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I wanted to experiment a bit with rooting. I guess I wasn't extremely informed. Anyways, I used the Guru reset(I can't post outside links) , and I guess did not have the matching software. My touchscreen does not work, I tried to do the OTA update like suggested but after the restart to install the update it said the update failed. Now my Wi-Fi is stuck "turning on" so I can't try to run the update again. I don't know what to do, and I can't find it. I don't know what else to include so that you can help me but if you have questions I'll answer to the best of my knowledge.
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.56.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4T.24.3218.09
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000
(bootloader) cidnum: CWS__001
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
1- edit your post and remove IMEI (that shouldnt be shared publicly)
2- since you are S-On you need to relock your bootloader using fastboot oem lock then you can use this RUU.EXE:
RUU_M7_UL_K44_SENSE55_MR_Cingular_US_4.18.502.7_R1 0_Radio_4T.24.3218.09_10.26.1718.01L_release_35656 5_signed_2.exe
note that your bootloader will say RELOCKED not LOCKED, the only way to set it back to LOCKED is if you are S-Off. but the phone will be completely stock after the RUU, so unless you're selling the phone or going for warranty, then RELOCKED shouldnt matter.
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Written by Aaron Helbing and Todd Helbing and Executive Produced by Steve Lee Jones
Beverly Hills, Calif. – September 20, 2013 – Starz announced today that the company will develop the one-hour drama "Gringo" for STARZ. The project, inspired by "The Shadow Catcher," the non-fiction book by highly decorated U.S. Immigration Officer Hipolito Acosta, will chronicle a Mexican-American Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agent who infiltrates one of Mexico's most deadly drug and human smuggling cartels. "Gringo" is written by "Spartacus" franchise alums Aaron Helbing and Todd Helbing and Executive Produced by Steve Lee Jones ("You Don't Know Jack") of Bee Holder Productions.
"'Gringo' provides a thrilling and uniquely personal look into international organized crime, never seen by the American public, from the viewpoint of a federal undercover agent on the front lines," said Carmi Zlotnik, Managing Director of Starz. "We are excited to work with this team to develop 'Gringo' into what we think could make for incredibly compelling television."
Steve Lee Jones recently founded Bee Holder Production's TV Division. The company's credits include the award winning film, "You Don't Know Jack," and they are currently developing several projects including "Delorean," a miniseries with writer Adam Mazer; the television series "Rube," about the godfather of the porn industry, Reuben Sturman; "Being Reich," based on the thriller by Christopher Reich and reality skein "Guilty by Association" with Court TV reporter Beth Karas slated to host.
Aaron Helbing and Todd Helbing's credits include "Spartacus: War of the Damned," "Spartacus: Gods of the Arena," "Smallville" and "The Mob Doctor." They also co-wrote the first season of "Mortal Kombat: Legacy," as well as the Emmy-nominated live-action series "Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn." They are currently Supervising Producers on "Black Sails," premiering on STARZ in January 2014.
Hipolito Acosta, who wrote "The Shadow Catcher" with Lisa Pulitzer and will consult on the project, is an expert on immigration laws, regulations, policy and procedures, and has conducted extensive undercover enforcement operations domestic ally and abroad. He was the District Director of I&NS at the U.S. Embassy, Mexico City in charge of all I&NS operations in Latin America and the Caribbean.. Over the past 30 years, Hipolito has worked with and for agencies such as the U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Services, U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines, the American Consulate in Monterrey, Mexico, the American Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City and most recently as the District Director under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Houston. He is one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the agency and has received recognition and awards from many federal, local and state law enforcement agencies as well as heads of foreign states for outstanding service in enforcement and immigration services. He is a frequent guest commentator and analyst on a number of national and regional news programs.
The Helbing brothers are represented by CAA. Acosta is represented by The B.G. Dilworth Agency, Inc and Amy Schiffman of Intellectual Property Group.


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First up, we have Sandra's Memory Bandwidth results. Using the full 4 GB does provide a performance increase, but the margin of defeat is very narrow... certainly not anything that you would notice.
Sandra's Latency Benchmark shows much of the same thing, with the win going to the 4 GB configuration.
The Super PI 4M Calculation reveals the system was 5 seconds faster at completing the task with the full 4 GB of memory.
I had hoped to run more synthetic benches, but I found it difficult to locate programs to use that were 64 bit compatible. So, let's move ahead to real-world gaming results. As mentioned before, I will be testing with Colin McRae's DiRT and Far Cry v1.4. I tried using Rainbow Six Vegas but it kept locking up in Vista, even when trying it in XP Pro compatible mode.
First up we will look at DiRT. I ran this game at the max graphics settings in the options menu with a resolution of 1680 x 1050. I used FRAPS to record a race from start to finish, both with 2 GB and 4 GB of memory. Each test was run three times and I calculated the averages for the final results, which can be found below.
Running this game at max graphics @ 1680 x 1050 really put a strain on the system. The 4 GB configuration only resulted in 5 more FPS, but when running at these semi-low overall frames, every bit counts.
Next up is Far Cry. Far Cry was released in 2004 as one of the most beautiful PC games of all time. Even today, this game remains one of my all-time favorites. I ran Far Cry at 1280 x 1024, max in-game graphics settings. I used the Hardware OC Far Cry Benchmarking Utility with "Ultra Details", 16x Anisotropic Filtering, 8x Antialiasing, Shader model 3.0 and HDR rendering level set at 11. Each pass was conducted twice and the average computed from there. First up is the Archive Demo.
The extra 2 GB of memory was good for nearly 10 extra FPS on average. Next up is the River Demo.
Results from the River demo were less impressive, with an increase of only 3.41 FPS on average.
Finally, I wanted to see if 4 GB of memory would have any impact while working with photos. For this test, I used Paint Shop Pro 7 and took a 3.37 MB image file, then increased its size by 740%. I timed this process using both 2 GB and 4 GB configurations and also kept an eye on the memory usage as reported by Vista.
The entire process was completed 4 seconds faster with 4 GB of memory. The image above on the left shows the system with 2 GB of memory, at 99% memory usage. The same test using 4 GB of memory only consumed 61% of the system RAM.
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text: Daniel Barlow <dan@...> writes: > If you're using the CVS instead of the releases, sbcl-devel /might/ be > a better bet than sbcl-help. But no big deal, chances are it'll get > picked up anyway. What's probably more important, when reporting bugs > in CVS versions, is to include the version number which you can find > in version.lisp-expr - given the vagaries of sourceforge's anoncvs > mirroring and mailing list delivery, "current cvs version" is not so > precise. What's the traffic like on sbcl-devel? I can go ahead and join that list to post bug reports there if that is the better way to go. I just don't want to deal with 40+ messages a day or something to do so ;-) > I believe that the bug you describe was fixed in 0.8.9.42; unless the > version you're trying to build is that one or newer, please grab it > and try again. If it's not got as far as the anoncvs mirror, the > relevant patch is I did another 'cvs up -dP' and this time SBCL compiled straight through. Before I go ahead and run the install script though, I do have a question. I went ahead and ran the additional tests and got this failure (version.lisp-expr is "0.8.9.46"): //running threads.impure.lisp test unhandled condition (of type SIMPLE-FILE-ERROR): error opening #P"/home/david/usr/src/sbcl/tests/threads-foreign.c": File exists 0: ("hairy arg processor for top level local call SB!DEBUG:BACKTRACE" 128 #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL SB-SYS:*STDERR* {5072119}>) 1: (SB-DEBUG::DEBUGGER-DISABLED-HOOK 2 #<SIMPLE-FILE-ERROR {906A8C9}> #<unavailable argument>)[:EXTERNAL] 2: (INVOKE-DEBUGGER 1 #<SIMPLE-FILE-ERROR {906A8C9}>)[:EXTERNAL] 3: (ERROR 7 SIMPLE-FILE-ERROR)[:EXTERNAL] 4: (SB-IMPL::SIMPLE-FILE-PERROR 3 "error opening ~S" #P"/home/david/usr/src/sbcl/tests/threads-foreign.c" 17)[:EXTERNAL] 5: (OPEN 3 "threads-foreign.c")[:EXTERNAL] 6: (#:EVAL-TMPFUN-2593 0)[:EXTERNAL] 7: (EVAL-IN-LEXENV 2 (WITH-OPEN-FILE (O "threads-foreign.c" :DIRECTION :OUTPUT) (FORMAT O "void loop_forever() { while(1) ; }~%")) #S(SB-KERNEL:LEXENV :FUNS NIL :VARS NIL :BLOCKS NIL :TAGS NIL :TYPE-RESTRICTIONS NIL :LAMBDA NIL :CLEANUP NIL :POLICY ((SPEED . 1) (SPACE . 1) (SAFETY . 1) (SB-EXT:INHIBIT-WARNINGS . 1) (DEBUG . 1) (COMPILATION-SPEED . 1))))[:EXTERNAL] 8: (SB-FASL::LOAD-AS-SOURCE 3 #<FILE-STREAM for "file \"/home/david/usr/src/sbcl/tests/threads.impure.lisp\"" {902C6C9}> NIL NIL)[:EXTERNAL] 9: ("hairy arg processor for top level local call SB!FASL::INTERNAL-LOAD" #P"threads.impure.lisp" #P"/home/david/usr/src/sbcl/tests/threads.impure.lisp" :ERROR NIL NIL :SOURCE) 10: ("hairy arg processor for top level local call SB!FASL::INTERNAL-LOAD" #P"threads.impure.lisp" #P"/home/david/usr/src/sbcl/tests/threads.impure.lisp" :ERROR NIL NIL NIL) 11: (LOAD 1 "threads.impure.lisp")[:EXTERNAL] 12: (EVAL-IN-LEXENV 2 (LOAD "threads.impure.lisp") #S(SB-KERNEL:LEXENV :FUNS NIL :VARS NIL :BLOCKS NIL :TAGS NIL :TYPE-RESTRICTIONS NIL :LAMBDA NIL :CLEANUP NIL :POLICY ((SAFETY . 3) (COMPILATION-SPEED . 2) (DEBUG . 2) (SPEED . 1) (SPACE . 1) (SB-EXT:INHIBIT-WARNINGS . 1))))[:EXTERNAL] 13: (SB-EXT:INTERACTIVE-EVAL 1 (LOAD "threads.impure.lisp"))[:EXTERNAL] 14: (SB-IMPL::REPL-FUN 1 T)[:EXTERNAL] 15: ("#'(LAMBDA NIL (LOOP # #))") 16: ("XEP for #'(LAMBDA NIL (LOOP # #))" 0)[:EXTERNAL] 17: (SB-IMPL::%WITH-REBOUND-IO-SYNTAX 1 #<FUNCTION "CLOSURE" {9027A8D}>)[:EXTERNAL] 18: (SB-IMPL::TOPLEVEL-REPL 1 T)[:EXTERNAL] 19: (SB-IMPL::TOPLEVEL-INIT 0)[:EXTERNAL] 20: ("FLET SB!IMPL::RESTART-LISP") unhandled condition in --disable-debugger mode, quitting test threads.impure.lisp failed, expected 104 return code, got 1 david@...:~/usr/src/sbcl/tests $ Should I consider this a show stopper or not? I'm not exactly sure why a file existing should cause a problem with opening it. I don't know about the orthodoxy of this, but what I am trying to do is basicly keep up with the latest SBCL with threads on Linux while also trying to use it to develop a web application server. I'm doing several things at once here. I will also be using your detachtty program so that I can work on a running image with SLIME and stop and rebuild things independent of SLIME. The idea is to have a boot script that fires up my Lisp image (and can be used for stoping and starting it much like apachectl). Call this a long winded way of saying that I will try to contribute starting in the QA department ;-) Anyway, if there is no danger of not being able to compile additional CVS releases of SBCL, I'll go ahead and run the install script. -- I wouldn't mind the rat race so much if it wasn't for all the damn cats.


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EVEN more people could find they're able to step onto the property ladder in Stourport with the help of FirstBuy.
The Government-backed incentive cuts the initial cost of owning a brand new home by 20 per cent.
The coalition Government has committed an additional £280 million of funding for the scheme, extending it a further two years until March 2014.
First time buyers in Stourport will be among those to benefit, as Redrow has secured funding under the scheme at its Hamlet Place development in Bewdley Road.
Pauline Turnbull, sales director for Redrow Homes (Lancashire), said: "FirstBuy has been incredibly popular with our customers who may have otherwise have found it difficult to buy a home of their own.
"We're delighted to have secured funding until to March 2014 for our Hamlet Place development as it will help a great deal more people take that vital first step onto the property ladder. We've received lots of enquiries already from those who want to take advantage of this valuable help and are working with them to transform their dreams of homeownership into reality."
FirstBuy is available on two and three-bedroom homes at Hamlet Place and could reduce the initial cost of setting up home by a fifth.
For example, a two-bedroom home, usually costing £139,995 can be bought for an initial outlay of £111,996, with a deposit of as little as £5,600.
The outstanding balance is covered by an equity loan, jointly funded by Redrow and the Homes and Communities Agency.
The loan is interest free for five years and can be repaid when the home owner has more funds available.
To be eligible for FirstBuy customers must have an annual household income of less than £60,000 and be first-time buyers or returning to the housing market after a change of circumstances.
Pauline adds: "Buying your first home is an exciting time and even more so when it's a brand new property. The homes available with FirstBuy are being sold 'off plan' before they're physically built and our friendly, experienced sales team will guide you through the floor plans to help you choose you ideal home.
"Instead of inheriting someone else's decor you will be able to enjoy the fun of customising it to your own personal taste by choosing a whole host of features including the finish of the kitchen cabinets and the bathroom tiles."
Along with starter homes, Hamlet Place also features four and five-bedroom detached properties that are ideal for families. All of the homes enjoy Redrow's high standard specification that includes well equipped kitchens and stylish bathrooms and en-suites.
Hamlet Place is about a mile from Stourport town centre with a wealth of amenities including supermarkets, high street stores and independent shops. Plus, with easy access to the M5, M42 and M40 it's a great base for commuters.
More details are available from the sales office and show home, open daily from 10am to 5.30pm or by calling 01299 488046 or going to the website at www.redrow.co.uk/hamlet.


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Motivation, Barriers and Incentives for the Participation of Livestock Operations in MAEAP
The Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP) is a voluntary environmental program (VEP) initiated in 1999 by a coalition of state government agencies and agricultural, environmental and conservation groups in Michigan. We survey Michigan livestock producers and conduct discussion group sessions with state environmental regulators to assess the incentives, motivations, and barriers for participating in MAEAP. Economic theory identifies two major motivations for firms' participation in voluntary environmental programs: 'regulatory preemption' and 'signaling.' Under a 'regulatory preemption' scenario', firms engage in voluntary pollution reduction through VEPs to reduce the risk of future regulations. Under a 'regulatory preemption' scenario', theory posits that firm participation will be greatest among those most likely to be affected by anticipated future stringent regulations. Survey findings suggested that producers anticipate future expansion of stringent environmental regulation and expected that MAEAP certified farms would be perceived and treated as 'environmentally' more responsible. Alternatively, DEQ officials appeared to view MAEAP using the 'regulatory pre-emption' lens. Regulators' and producers' views were influenced by past political maneuvering of the MAEAP program.
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Associated Press: Democrats' Agenda: Homes, Oil, Populism
By CHARLES BABINGTON
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are turning to more populist, economic themes like mortgage foreclosures and big oil companies' profits now that military progress in Iraq is generating mixed political reviews.
Even when they talk about the war, Democrats often highlight its drain on the economy. One top senator called the new emphasis 'a turning point in our argument against this war.'
Polls find Americans increasingly worried about the economy and their grip on middle-class privileges such as home ownership. Meanwhile, the issue that galvanized the Democratic base in 2006 and much of 2007 — the Iraq war — has grown so muddied that Republicans seem equally happy to discuss it, a turnabout that caught Senate Democrats off guard this week.
Often using populist rhetoric, Democratic lawmakers are focusing on voters' anxieties and resentments, such as drivers' anger over paying high gasoline prices while oil companies make huge profits. The House this week approved $18 billion in new taxes on the five biggest oil companies despite protests from the Bush administration.
'We are at a time when Big Oil has record, historic profits,' Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters. 'And yet the administration opposes removing subsidies to Big Oil, subsidies that we want to use to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, grow our economy and create green paying jobs in our economy.'
Senate Democrats, meanwhile, focused on Americans' fears of declining real estate values and the possibility of losing their homes to foreclosure. They ripped Republicans for blocking action Thursday on a package that would provide $4 billion to help communities buy and rehabilitate foreclosed homes. It also would let bankruptcy judges ease the obligations of borrowers unable to pay their mortgages.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., citing GOP objections to the housing package's cost, told reporters, 'there is a direct relationship' between the Iraq war's costs 'and our inability to have a focus on investing in middle class America here at home.'
In political terms, the bills are meant to force Republican lawmakers into a difficult choice. They can side with Bush in arguing for fiscal responsibility and greater faith in free-market principles, or they can back new government initiatives meant to help struggling families keep their homes while shifting some of the costs to oil companies.
'The president is choosing bankers over middle-class families,' Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said Friday, in a typical Democratic jab.
Republicans are pushing back, offering alternative plans on housing and energy that they say are more responsible, affordable and effective.
'As Republicans, we support helping families suffering now,' Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., said this week as he helped unveil a GOP economic package. It called for $10 billion for state and local bonds to refinance troubled subprime mortgages. It also would grant $15,000 in tax credits over three years for those buying houses in foreclosure or nearing foreclosure.
Republicans said the Democrats' plan would encourage bankruptcies and drive interest rates higher because lenders would need to recoup losses from contracts that were rewritten. But the GOP plan also proposes long-standing goals that Democrats say are unacceptable. They include cutting an array of taxes without compensating spending cuts, and protecting businesses from lawsuits.
The disagreements led to a Senate standoff this week. With leaders of both parties feeling pressure to respond to the mortgage crisis, some lawmakers predict an eventual compromise, which might involve Democrats' dropping their bid to expand bankruptcy protections for borrowers in default.
Democrats appear determined to keep hammering on the energy and Iraq fronts, meanwhile, even though Bush's veto powers give them little chance of enacting their main policies.
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, held a hearing this week in which he touted a book, 'The Three Trillion Dollar War.' After saluting the troops killed and wounded in Iraq, he said, 'by continuing to spend huge amounts in Iraq we are prevented from spending on important goals and vital needs here at home.'
Schumer, who also chairs the Democrats' Senate campaign committee, called the fiscal analysis 'a turning point in our argument against this war.'
Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., focused on energy in the Democrats' weekly radio address, to be aired Saturday.
'Like many Americans across the nation, the people of northern Indiana have felt the negative effects of an energy policy that favored Big Oil companies at the expense of working families and businesses,' he said in prepared remarks. The Democratic bill passed by the House this week, he said, would 'help ensure that our tax code is equitable.'
Republicans refuse to be painted as friends only of the rich.
'Middle-class families and small businesses are feeling the squeeze from rising costs for gasoline, food, and other costs of living,' House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said this week. 'Unfortunately, the Democrats' 'no energy' bill will only make matters worse by raising taxes and setting the table for even higher prices at the pump.'


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The Blackberry makers have faced quite a few challenges to their handheld devices with the strong headwinds of new touch-screen mobile technology coming into the market, such as the iPhone of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Android of Google (NASDAQ:GOOG).
RIM (RIMM) was once an $80 billion enterprise; now it is worth $14.5 billion, only around 18% of its high within five years. Its price plunged further right after it released second-quarter sales and profit forecasts below analysts' estimates. The second quarter of 2012 is expected to have revenue around $4.2-$4.8 billion and (EPS) of $0.75-$1.05 diluted. For fiscal 2012, the EPS is expected to be around $5.25-$6.00 diluted, excluding any one-time charges or share repurchases.
So is the stock really cheap? Or is it still overvalued?
RIM offers greater security with its own e-mail servers whereas Apple and Android are famous for so-called entertainment and information. So the business has been targeting the niche market and still got the dominant position among corporate clients. However, new products coming out from competitors have affected the company in big way. According to an analyst of Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. in London, the market share in North America has reduced from 54% to only 13%. Apart from that, the analyst also commented that the customer base would expect to increase to 77 million by the end of next fiscal year, from 42 million last year, and around one fourth of those customers would be corporate users.
Some key executives have just left the company. Brian Wallace, RIM's vice president of digital marketing and media, left the BlackBerry maker for Samsung Telecommunications America. Four months ago, Keith Pardy, chief marketing officer for two years, has left and Paul Kalbflesich, who has been with the company as vice president of brand creativity for 11 years, left early this year.
It currently has $2.1 billion in cash on its balance sheet — no short- or long-term debt. The main liability is the accrued marketing costs, warranties, salaries, etc. With the book value of $8.9 billion, the level of total financial leverage of 1.4 (Asset/Equity), and the free cash flow standing at $2.8 billion, RIM financial health is currently in very good shape.
With the current price, RIM seems to be the cheapest of its competitors if we look at the P/E trailing twelve months.
Even with the adjusted estimation, if the earning is from $5.25-$6, the leading P/E is still around 4.5–5 only.
RIM is now widely thought of as the target for acquisition by either Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) or Dell (DELL). For Microsoft, it builds its share in smart phones and gains a device to complement its Windows 7 platform. And as Dell has tried to get into the hand set business with Venue Pro products but seemed to face difficulty, the acquisition of Rim could help Dell penetrate into the smartphone market very rapidly. Even at $40 a share, RIM would be valued at around 7.5 times next year's earnings. That's still less than the average communications equipment provider, which trades at about 15.4 times
As the technology industry changes extremely fast, the big winner today can be a loser tomorrow if it cannot adapt the new trends flexibly and fast enough. The investor should think and do his/her own research very carefully before initiating the position in RIM, even though it might be seen as somehow undervalued.
Disclosure: The author owns no shares in RIM at the time of writing this article.


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On a trip to Berlin, I went looking for the best of America.
I wanted to see where President John F. Kennedy delivered his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech on June 26, 1963.
Kennedy delivered the speech in English, but finished by telling West Berliners that the world was one with them in their own language.
"All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words, 'Ich bin ein Berliner.'"
He spoke before a swarm of humanity that seemed to be of near biblical proportions. I was 13 at the time and watching the conclusion of the speech on a grainy black-and-white TV. But I remember thinking that as the camera panned across the cheering multitude, it was the best possible time to be an American. Not since have I heard an American president cheered like that, even in the United States.
Berlin at the time was a divided city in the midst of Soviet-controlled East Germany. It was already a flashpoint when the Wall went up in 1961. People were shot trying to get over or through the wall. The Wall came down in 1989 and within a few years, Berlin and the two Germanys were reunited. The city has been remade and its center shifted to the east
But I still wanted to visit this place, to see if I could hear the echoes of that day.
When I finally made it to Berlin, I had trouble finding the spot at first. It wasn't highlighted in my guidebooks. Some of the Germans I initially quizzed recalled the event but were puzzled as to the location. Finally, a hotel clerk said a friend would know. He called him. Then he beckoned for my Berlin map and made an X at what was the old West Berlin city hall, the Rathaus Schöneberg.
My traveling companions opted for other Berlin attractions. So I set off on my own for the old West Berlin City Hall. It was about six stops away on the Berlin subway, easy to find because the names of all the stations are easily visible on the walls as the trains pull into the stations. And this being Germany, the trains run on time. My German is rudimentary at best, but with a mix of languages, some locals helped me pay the 2 euro fare.
About 15 minutes later, I was at my stop – Einselfahrausweis – and about an eight-block walk away from my destination.
Darkness was beginning to descend by the time I reached the plaza – but neighboring buildings were closer than I remembered them from the TV image decades earlier.
Was I in the right place?
Only one person was there, an older woman in business attire briskly walking diagonally across the plaza, which now is about the size of a baseball infield. I said "hallo" (hello), "bitte" (please) and "Kennedy" before she said, in English, "You are here."
My instant guide pointed to the street sign I had missed – "John F. Kennedy Platz" ("plaza" in German). It had been renamed after Kennedy's assassination. There was a gold, medallion-like portrait of JFK on the lower right of the building. Below JFK's image is this inscription:
"That this world under God shall have a new birth of freedom."
Given to the steadfast citizens of Berlin from their friends, the American people.
With reunification, Berlin had to figure out what to do with its duplicate orchestras, symphony halls, operas, art museums – even city halls. It was decided the seat of municipal government should return to the famous Rotes Rathaus, "the red city hall" called such not for its former communist affiliation, but for the color of the brick that makes up the towering building in former East Berlin. The West Berlin city hall reverted to its previous role as the borough hall for the Schöneberg district. It has hosted historical and art exhibits.
In the twilight, it was hard to imagine the vast empty space outside of the city hall had once swelled with so many people they could not move. Estimates of the crowd that day in Berlin for Kennedy's speech have ranged into the hundreds of thousands. The German National Tourist Office in New York says 120,000 were in the plaza that day. The woman I met in the plaza that day said she was about 10 then, but she remembered that "everyone in the city" seemed to have made their way as close as they could get to the plaza.
It's likely my imagination was working overtime that day, but I swear I could sense the ghosts of that day in the plaza.
Now if only I could hear an American president cheered like that again.
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Apple (aapl) can take some satisfaction in the fact that it clobbered the Windows PC manufacturers in the customer experience survey released last week by Forrester Research (forr) -- but not too much satisfaction.
The fact is, the computer industry as a whole fared pretty badly compared with, say, retailers and hotel chains. And even high-scoring Apple was ranked 23 out of 113, trailing the likes of eBay, Costco and BJ's Wholesale Club.
The full report, available here (free registration required), is revealing. Some 4,500 U.S. consumers were asked about their interactions with a wide range of companies -- from airlines to banks to insurance providers -- and rate them according to their usefulness, ease of use and enjoyability.
Barnes & Noble, which scored the highest overall, was consistently rated "excellent," as were Amazon, Target and USAA, which provides financial services for the armed forces and their families.
Apple, in the final tally, was merely "good."
Drilling into the full report, we see that Apple did manage to score an "excellent" in ease of use -- although just barely. It scored a solid "good" in usefulness. But in enjoyability, it was only "okay."
Not that any of the other PC manufacturers came close. Where Apple's overall score was 80% -- some might call that a B minus -- Compaq, HP (hpq), and Gateway ended up in D territory with between 63% and 66%. Dell (dell) basically flunked with a "poor" 58% rating overall and a "very poor" 47% in enjoyability.
"I do think Microsoft's software has a bit to do with it," wrote the study's author, Bruce D. Temkin. As a rule, he says, "consumers don't distinguish problems with the operating system from problems with the PC manufacturer."
"Bottom line," writes Temkin, "the Windows ecosystem needs an extreme customer experience makeover."
In the case of Dell, however, there was more going wrong than Microsoft's (msft) Windows. Temkin's take: "Dell got so focused on operational efficiency that it lost sight of customer experience."
But even Dell, at No. 93 on the list, looks pretty good compared with some of the Cable TV and Internet service providers. The ISPs are particularly well represented at the bottom of the list, with Time Warner Cable's (twc) Road Runner at No. 99, Comcast (ccs) at No. 105 and Charter Communications at No. 113.
Below the fold: the full list.


text: Mountaineer special teams in need of a makeover By Mitch Vingle October 2, 2012 Story Share WHEN MANY folks are asked on the phone what they're doing, they'll say nothing special.WVU assistant coach Steve Dunlap, meanwhile, is always doing something special. Special teams, that is.And this week it's his job - as well as other Mountaineer assistants - to tighten up WVU's special teams.See, while the Mountaineer offense is special and while the team's defense might be beyond help, the special teams units can improve. They might be able to swing close games WVU's way, and they certainly can prove deadly to the Mountaineers in games like this week's at Texas.Under head coach Mack Brown, Texas special teams have been tight so far. The Longhorns are No. 4 nationally in net punting. They are No. 5 in punt returns. They are No. 12 in kickoff returns. D.J. Monroe recorded his third career kickoff return for a score last Saturday against Oklahoma State - from a distance of 100 yards.Texas fans, however, do groan when the subject is field goal kicking. While they await a healthy Anthony Fera, the Penn State transfer with a groin injury, they've watched Nick Jordan hit but 3 of 7 attempts.West Virginia fans, however, have groaned more than old men in nursing homes over their team's special teams play. Nationally, WVU is No. 118 in net punting. In punt returns, it's No. 87. In punt return defense, it's No. 106. In kickoff returns, it's No. 80. And in kickoff return defense, it's No. 69.Which is why when you ask Dunlap what he's doing, the answer is short: "Special teams," he says."I don't have answers for you, if that's what you're looking for," Dunlap said. "All I can tell you is Dana [Holgorsen] gives us plenty of time to work on it, and it's a priority. Also, [fellow assistant] Joe DeForest is an excellent coach in the area. He's taught me a lot. He knows a lot." So does Dunlap, WVU's special teams coordinator and former Broyles Award finalist for the nation's top assistant."The biggest problem on kickoff return is no one kicks to Stedman [Bailey] or Tavon [Austin]," Dunlap said. "They sky-kick or line-drive it or kick it out of bounds."Against Baylor, of the three chances we had to return it - when it wasn't a knuckleball or line-drive - we did well. On one, we returned it to the 40 and, on the other, the 41. And the kids are doing a good job [blocking] upfield."Still, WVU, with two of the nation's top wide receivers returning kickoffs, are averaging 20 yards per kickoff return.Dunlap addressed punt returns, specifically in relation to the Baylor game. In the score-a-palooza, there were only two Bear punts. "The first one was in the red zone," Dunlap said. "[Baylor punter Spencer Roth's punt] went 37 yards and had good hang time. There was no opportunity to return it. On the second, it went to the sideline with 4.6 seconds of hang time. There was no opportunity to return it." Austin was credited with 1 return yard on the day.On the flip side, net punting, the Mountaineers are getting hammered. The average gained by the Baylor Bears last Saturday on two punts was 46.5 yards of field position. WVU gained but 15.5 yards of field position on its two punts. One Mountaineer punter, Corey Smith, had a 45-yard punt that was returned nicely by Baylor's Levi Norwood. When Holgorsen tried Mike Molinari, his punt was shanked and went but 31 yards with no return."That kills you," Dunlap said. "We punt the ball 45 yards and [Norwood] returns it 45 yards. A lot goes into it, though. It's where the ball goes; it's how long it hangs up. You want it to hang up four seconds or better."Then there are opponents' schematic maneuvers to consider in this ball of wax called special teams."Baylor changed their [kickoff] return scheme totally," Dunlap said. "They'd never done what they did against us. We had to adjust."The good news for WVU is the team's offense has been covering for the defense and special teams. Kicker Tyler Bitancurt has attempted just two field goals, hitting one. And Dunlap says there are some new guys on the special teams who are improving. "That [Garrett] Hope kid is a terror on the kickoff team," Dunlap said. "Some of these kids are getting better and better."In Austin on Saturday, they'll need to be at their best yet.Reach Mitch Vingle at 304-348-4827, firstname.lastname@example.com">firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him at twitter.com/MitchVingle. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 Teen pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 3 Safety shutoff disabled prior to June coal-mining death, report says 4 Congressional opioid investigation targets drug wholesaler Miami-Luken 5 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world Doc: Tulsa's more physical than finesse Previous Story Lesson learned from last year Next Story


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Q: What's the best thing about being Rob Zombie? A: Sherri Moon Zombie.
Sara Schaefer and Nikki Glaser are the co-host team responsible for MTV's late night show 'Nikki & Sara Live,' which airs Tuesdays at 11 pm. Comedy babes are our favorite brand of babe.
Happy Earth Day, friends.
MJ's last name is pronounced like our favorite beer, Guinness; she might just be our favorite babe this week.
Call your girlfriend, it's time you had the talk. She will never be as awesome as this weird Swedish dancing alien nymph who somehow pulls off a blonde bowl cut, and it's not fair for you to know that and continue this charade.
Yuliya Snigir is a 29-year-old actress and model from the Tula region of Russia. We don't exactly know where that is, but it sounds cold.
The first time we heard their hit 'I Love It,' it was regrettably in the intro to 'Snookie & JWoww,' and so you'll forgive us for disregarding it. We're glad we took a second listen and look though; turns out these babes are pretty awesome.
Albin has a message for all you geeks out there who are hating on "fake" geek girls, and the message is pretty simple: Shut up. The floor is yours, Albin, we're listening.
Naama Kates is a singer/songwriter and pianist living in Los Angeles. Her second album 'King for the Day' drops on March 12, and we cant wait to hear more from this talented babe.
This 28-year-old singer/songwriter from the UK has a sweet-as-sugar voice that charmed us from the first moment we heard her. She ain't too hard on the eyes, either.
Man, my job rules.
In the face of low student test scores and plummeting motivation, teachers have to get creative. One genius educator in China decided to tap into basal male instinct: she invoked the sacred power of the french maid costume.
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Stylish 1960-1970 Part
Click to enlargeJessica Capshaw has a captivating amount of long hair with different shades of honey, pale, neutral blondes and warm browns; harmonizing with the brown underneath (January 15th, 2007). This color combination is flattering and agreeable as you will note the dark new growth coming into the blondes mentioning the browns next to the blondes and then back to the browns.
There is the stylish 1960-1970 part in the middle of the hairstyle that many of the celebrities are wearing today.
A good wash, condition and blow drying all over erratically while you are fluffy up your hair should achieve this style. When dry use your large curling iron to bend the hair every so slightly and you'll be ready to go to that dance! The big thing about this style is that you do not want to look styled, just combed.
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ST. PETERSBURG — A St. Petersburg man accused of fleeing Monday after crashing into a school bus full of students was arrested a few hours later.
Police said 29-year-old Stacy Neal's vehicle hit a bus at 3901 38th St. N about 2:07 p.m. He faces charges of fleeing and eluding, leaving the scene of a crash, resisting arrest and possession of marijuana and cocaine. He was being held in lieu of $17,300 bail.
About 20 children were on the bus, according to Lt. Joel Granata of St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue, but none was seriously injured.
The woman driving the bus was taken to St. Petersburg General Hospital with serious injuries, Granata said. An update on her condition Tuesday was not immediately available.
The car flipped over, and the bus ended up in a residential yard, inches from a house.
The bus was taking students from St. Petersburg High. Some students were taken to a local hospital as a precaution, Pinellas schools spokeswoman Andrea Zahn said. The others were either released to their parents or taken home on another bus.
Witnesses said the car was headed east on 39th Avenue N at a high rate of speed and did not slow before hitting the front driver's side of the bus.