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Vol 4: Issue 2 Winter 2009
Winter 2009
In the Spirit of Giving
Berlin Family Division Collects Goods for Tri-County CAP Food Pantry
Courts Come Together to Help People in Need
Judge Moore's "MooreMart" ships 2,712 holiday care packages
Generous Giving Throughout the Court System
Featured Stories
New Hampshire to Vologda: Judge Gary Cassavechia leads a delegation to northwest Russia
Honoring his honor: Portrait of the late Judge Alvin Taylor to hang in Portsmouth court
Blood Drive at the AOC
Changing Places
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New employees at the AOC are: Kimberly Saucier, Senior Accounting Technician, Kellie Esdale, Budget Assistant, Yvonne McAllister, Human Resource Generalist and Joan Bishop, Judicial Education Coordinator.
Susan Barnard retired from her court security position at the AOC/Supreme on November 30, 2009.
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New employees within the Family Division are: Margaret Doherty, Court Assistant II and Corinne Kennett, Court Assistant II, both at Laconia Family Division; Kate Umbreit, Court Assistant II, Brentwood Family Division; and Cheryl Herbert, Court Assistant II at Franklin Family Division.
Promotions in the Family Division are: Kathleen Tripp from Court Systems Clerk in Family Division to Court Assistant IV Derry Family Division and District Court; Norma Picard from Court Assistant III Brentwood Family Division to Court Monitor Portsmouth Family Division; Wendy Mayo from Secretary III - District Court Administrative Center to Court Monitor/Assistant Manchester Family Division; Andrea Dumont from Court Assistant II, Rochester Family Division to Court Assistant III Brentwood Family Division; and Kelly Manning from Court Monitor/Assistant - Hillsborough Superior North to Case Manager Manchester Family Division.
Dana Zucker, Clerk of the Belknap County Superior Court retired on October 30, 2009. Dana is now working part-time as a Family Division referee in Laconia and Manchester, primarily in child support cases.
New Superior Court Judges are: Honorable David Garfunkel , Associate Justice; Honorable Jacalyn Colburn , Associate Justice; Honorable Richard McNamara Associate Justice; and Honorable Marguerite Wageling, Associate Justice.
New Superior Court employees are: Brienne Burbank, Court Assistant II, Hillsborough Superior Court South and Alexis Dabilis, Court Assistant II, Hillsborough Superior Court South; Barbara Sweet, Superior Court Coordinator, Superior Court Administrative Center; Jennifer Brooks, Court Assistant II, Rockingham Superior Court; and Deborah Allen, Court Assistant II, Rockingham County Superior Court.
Promotions in the Superior Court include: Lee-Ann Deveney from Court Assistant II to Court Assistant IV at Sullivan Superior Court; Jim Peale from Court Clerk V at Sullivan County Superior Court to Court Clerk VI at Belknap County Superior Court; and Vanessa Lizotte from Court Monitor/Assistant at Portsmouth Family Division to Case Manager at Manchester Family Division.
Jewel LaPointe retired from her position at Laconia District Court on October 20, 2009; Krystyna Samiec will retire from her position at Lebanon District Court on December 31, 2009.
Michael Ronchi was promoted from Per Diem Court Security Officer to Court Security Officer II at Portsmouth District Court.
Peggy Kraft will retire from her position at Merrimack Probate Court on December 31, 2009.
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The Threat to Patriotism
What has al-Qaeda done to our Constitution, and to our national standards of fairness and decency? Since September 11, the government has enacted legislation, adopted policies, and threatened procedures that are not consistent with our established laws and values and would have been unthinkable before.
On October 25, Congress passed the "USA Patriot Act" with only one dissenting vote in the Senate and sixty-six in the House. That statute sets out a new, breathtakingly vague and broad definition of terrorism and of aiding terrorists: someone may be guilty of aiding terrorism, for example, if he collects money for or even contributes to a charity which supports the general aims of any organization abroad—the IRA, for example, or foreign anti-abortion groups, or, in the days of apartheid, the African National Congress—that uses violence among other means in an effort to oppose American policy or interests. If the attorney general declares that he has "reasonable grounds" for suspecting any alien of terrorism or aiding terrorism in the broad sense that is defined, then he may detain that alien for seven days with no charge. If the alien is then charged with any, even a wholly unrelated, crime, and the attorney general finds that "the release of the alien will threaten the national security of the United States or the safety of the community or any person," he may be detained for six months, and then for additional six-month periods so long as the attorney general continues to declare that his release would threaten national security or anyone's safety.1
The Justice Department has now detained several hundred aliens, some of them in solitary confinement for twenty-three hours a day. None of them has been convicted of anything at all, and many of them have been charged with only minor immigration offenses that would not by themselves remotely justify detention.2 It has refused repeated efforts on the part of journalists, the ACLU, and other groups even to identify these detainees.3 So our country now jails large numbers of people, secretly, not for what they have done, nor even with case-by-case evidence that it would be dangerous to leave them at liberty, but only because they fall within a vaguely defined class, of which some members might pose danger.
The USA Patriot Act relaxes many of the other rules that protect people suspected of crime from unfair investigation and prosecution. It greatly expands the government's power to conduct searches of the premises and property of citizens and aliens alike without informing them. Such secret searches were formerly permitted, pursuant to a special warrant for that purpose, only if the primary purpose of the search was to collect information about a foreign nation's activities in this country. Now they are permitted if the primary purpose is to collect evidence of a crime that can be used in a prosecution, so long as intelligence-gathering is a subsidiary purpose, as it can always be said to be when a suspected terrorist's property is searched. So no one may now be confident that his premises have not been searched by the government without his knowledge.4
The Justice Department has also, without any congressional approval at all, unilaterally altered other important safeguards against injustice, including, for instance, the right of someone suspected or accused of a crime to consult in private a lawyer of his own choosing. On October 31, the department announced that it had the authority to "monitor" conversations between detainees and the lawyers they consulted to plan their defense whenever, according to the attorney general, "there is a substantial risk" that such conversations could facilitate terrorism by passing on information or instructions.
The order does provide that the detainee and lawyer must be advised that their conversation will be overheard (except when a judge permits secret monitoring) and that the monitoring must be conducted by a special team from within the Justice Department whose members are directed not to divulge to those actually prosecuting the detainee any part of the conversation that would be covered by the traditional lawyer–client privilege. But monitoring, even with these qualifications, seriously undermines people's constitutionally guaranteed right to counsel of their choice when they are accused of a crime: only the most trusting prisoner will be willing to discuss defense strategy candidly with his lawyer if he knows that agents from the organization that is trying to convict him are listening.
On November 13, in the most dramatic declaration so far, President Bush announced that any non-US citizen that he declared a suspected terrorist—aliens resident in the United States for many years as well as soldiers captured in combat in Afghanistan—might be tried, at his sole discretion, by a military tribunal rather than in an ordinary criminal court. Such tribunals might be secret, and would be governed by special rules laid down by the secretary of defense, including provisions for the "qualifications" and "conduct" of lawyers representing the accused; the ordinary rules of evidence would not apply; the tribunal might declare a defendant's guilt even though not satisfied of his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt; its verdict, including any death penalties it might order, could be taken by a two-thirds vote of its members; and that verdict might be reviewed only by the President, or the secretary of defense if the President so designates. This is the kind of "trial" we associate with the most lawless of totalitarian dictatorships. If any American were tried by a foreign government in that way, even for a minor offense, let alone a capital crime, we would denounce that government as itself criminal.
Bush's military tribunal plan, as originally announced, provoked more criticism than any other part of the government's new hard-line criminal justice rules, not only from liberal commentators and organizations, including The New York Times, but also from some conservatives, such as the columnist William Safire and Republican Representative Bob Barr of Georgia. Our ordinary federal courts, they said, have shown themselves fully capable of trying terrorists in the past, and could do so again. Trying aliens in secret military tribunals would outrage public opinion in the Muslim world and undermine our claims that we were seeking justice, not intimidation or revenge. Moreover, foreign democracies would be much less likely to extradite suspected terrorists to this country, or even to share information that might be used in prosecuting terrorists, if they considered our methods of trying them unfair or unsafe. (Indeed, as Aryeh Neier wrote recently in these pages, Baltazar Garzón, a prominent Spanish judge, has said that the European Convention on Human Rights, which almost all European nations have joined, would prohibit extraditing any suspects to a nation that used such tribunals as criminal courts.5)
On December 28, The New York Times reported that in response to these criticisms the government is considering revisions to the military tribunal scheme that would provide for a presumption of innocence; impose a beyond-reasonable-doubt standard for conviction; guarantee the right to counsel of one's choice; require a unanimous decision imposing the death penalty; and provide for some form of appellate review.6 No such revisions have yet been announced, but it is significant that the Justice Department has decided to try Zacarias Moussaoui, probably the most important prisoner it has detained so far, in an ordinary federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, rather than in a special tribunal. (Moussaoui was arrested last August after suspicious behavior in a flight school, where he wanted instruction in flying but not in taking off or landing. It is widely suspected that Moussaoui would have been among the hijackers on September 11 if he had not been arrested earlier.)
Still, the government apparently intends to use special tribunals of some sort to try, for as yet undesignated offenses, a large group of people captured in Afghanistan and flown to a detention center at the American military base on Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, where prisoners are kept in small, low cages whose chain-link walls expose them to the weather, and are provided with an inch-thick mat and a bucket for a toilet. According to press reports, the prisoners so far transported to Cuba wore blacked-out goggles during the long trip, and their beards, which many of them regard as required by their religion, were shaved (allegedly to protect against lice). The prisoners presumably include Afghan soldiers fighting under the direction of the Taliban, which was the effective government of their country, and they would seem plainly entitled, as prisoners of war, to the provisions of the Geneva Conventions, one of which states that if there is doubt whether or not a person is entitled to be treated as a prisoner of war, the issue must be decided by a competent tribunal. Though Bush initially declared that the detainees were not deserving of the protections of the Geneva Conventions, and Attorney General John Ashcroft and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld agreed, Secretary of State Powell asked the President to reconsider that decision, among other reasons, in order to protect American soldiers taken captive in the future. Bush has now agreed to reconsider it. But he also prejudged the decision of any tribunals that might be organized: he said that the detainees were all "killers" who would not be granted the status of prisoners of war. His statement does not encourage hope that the decisions of the tribunals would be independent and fair.7
The government's dubious laws, practices, and proposals have provoked surprisingly little protest in America. Even some groups that traditionally champion civil rights have, with surprisingly few reservations, supported the government's hard line.8Polls suggest that nearly 60 percent of the public approves even the use of military tribunals.9 We should not be surprised at any of this. September 11 was horrifying: it proved that our enemies are vicious, powerful, and imaginative, and that they have well-trained and suicidal fanatics at their disposal. People's respect for human and civil rights is very often fragile when they are frightened, and Americans are very frightened. The country has done even worse by those rights in the past, moreover. It suspended the most basic civil rights in the Civil War, punished people for criticizing the military draft in World War I, interned Japanese-American citizens in detention camps in World War II, and after that war encouraged a Red Scare that destroyed the lives of many of its citizens because their political opinions were unpopular. Much of this was unconstitutional, but the Supreme Court tolerated almost all of it.
We are ashamed now of what we did then: we count the Court's past tolerance of anti-sedition laws, internments, and McCarthyism as among the worst stains on its record. That shame comes easier now, of course, because we no longer fear the Kaiser, or kamikazes, or Stalin. It may be a long time before we stop fearing international or domestic terrorism, however, and we must therefore be particularly careful now. What we lose now, in our commitment to civil rights and fair play, may be much harder later to regain.
The bill the administration originally sent to Congress, on September 18, was even worse than the final act. It would have licensed the use in American courts against American citizens of information obtained through wiretaps abroad that would be unconstitutional here, permitted freezing all the assets of people accused of terrorism even before they were tried, and allowed indefinite detention when the Justice Department said only that it had "had reason to believe" rather than "reasonable grounds" for suspecting terrorism. Congress took longer than Attorney General John Ashcroft wanted to consider the bill—he said it would be dangerous to delay passage for more than a few days—and it deleted some of the bill's most objectionable features.↩
A CNN broadcast described the history and fate of some of the detainees. See CNN Presents, "The Enemy Within," January 12, 2002. According to that broadcast, Mazen al-Najjar, for example, a Palestinian, has an American Ph.D., has lived in America for over twenty years, and has three children born here. In 1997 he was arrested for overstaying his visa: the Justice Department claimed he had ties to terrorist organizations, but a judge decided there was no evidence of that, and ordered him released in 2000. Immediately after September 11, he helped to organize a blood drive for its victims, but was picked up on the street and taken back into detention. He is held in twenty-three-hour lockdown solitary confinement, and the press is not allowed to interview him. The Justice Department has determined that it would threaten security to release him, but he has been allowed no hearing in which to attempt to rebut that claim.
On the same broadcast, an interviewer suggested to Viet Dinh, an assistant attorney general, that the agency was not particularly interested in the violations with which people like al-Najjar were actually charged. "Right," he said. "What we are doing is simply using our process or our discretion to the fullest extent to remove from the street those who we suspect to be engaging in terrorist activity."↩
Officials have steadily refused such information, citing security interests as justification. See Dan Eggen, "Delays Cited in Charging Detainees," The Washington Post, January 15, 2002, p. A1.↩
See Jeffrey Toobin, "Crackdown," The New Yorker, November 5, 2001, p. 56.↩
"The Military Tribunals on Trial," The New York Review, February 14, 2002.↩
See Neil A. Lewis, "Rules on Tribunal Require Unanimity on Death Penalty," The New York Times, December 28, 2001.↩
As Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, pointed out in a letter to Condoleezza Rice, the national security advisor, America could have pursued the terrorists as criminals. "But since the United States government engaged in armed conflict in Afghanistan—by bombing and undertaking other military operations—the Geneva Conventions clearly do apply to that conflict."↩
See Laurie Goodstein, "Jewish Groups Endorse Tough Security Laws," The New York Times, January 3, 2002. ↩
Full poll data are available at www .publicagenda.org/specials/terrorism/terror_pubopinion.htm.↩


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SAVANNAH, Ga. -- As endangered right whales return to the southern Atlantic coast for their calving season, conservationists are hoping for a rebound in births after the number of newborn whales hit a 10-year low last winter.
The head of the Southeast right whale recovery program for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday she's bracing for another season with few births. For the past decade, whale spotters have reported an average of about 20 newborn right whales each calving season from mid-November to through March. But last year only six calves were spotted.
"My suspicion is that we'll have another slow calving season this year, but we'll hope that I'm wrong and hope for the best," said Barb Zoodsma, who added that even one poor calving season is cause for concern. "There are no such things as minor blips with this population. It is such a small population and in such a precarious state, minor blips are major events."
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Experts estimate as few as 400 North Atlantic right whales still exist. The whales, which grow up to 55 feet long and weigh up to 70 tons, are so critically endangered that losing even one is considered a step toward extinction.
Every calving season, conservationists conduct daily flights over the warm coastal waters of the southern Atlantic where female right whales migrate each winter to give birth -- typically off Georgia and Florida. For South Carolina and the northern Georgia coast, those flights begin Thursday, with southern Georgia and Florida starting on Dec. 1.
Meanwhile, federally mandated speed limits for boats and commercial ships in waters frequented by right whales, imposed to reduce fatal collisions, are also kicking in along the coast this month.
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Officials in Georgia believe they spotted the first right whale in southern waters this calving season Friday near Wassaw Island. The whale was swimming with about 20 dolphins about a mile from shore, said Lt. j.g. Chris Briand of NOAA's officer corps, who was piloting the boat that reported the siting.
"For this area and this time of season, that far in shore, it would've been a right whale," said Briand, who saw enough of the whale above the surface to estimate its length at about 25 feet.
Whale experts suspect the reason for so few births last year -- and why this season may be similar -- may be a food shortage in the Bay of Fundy off Nova Scotia. Right whales commonly spend their summers there feeding on tiny zooplankton, but few were spotted in the area in the summers of 2010 and 2011.
Zoodsma said if researchers are correct in linking low births last season to a 2010 food shortage, and few right whales were spotted feeding in the bay last year, that could mean another lean year for newborns.
"It's definitely a cause for concern," Zoodsma said. "I'm not sure what we can do about it, but it certainly doesn't advance recovery of the species."
Clay George, who heads the right whale monitoring program for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, said he's not giving up hope that births will make a comeback this winter.
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Female right whales only give birth every three years. Fewer calves born last winter means the pool of potential mothers is greater this season.
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The three candidates for District Court 1 judge squared off Friday, July 16, at a Clallam County Bar Association candidates' forum, giving a glimpse into a race that has the potential to get ugly.
In the opening statements two-term incumbent Rick Porter responded to accusations he moved opponent Tim Davis campaign sign, violating state law.
Anna Shimko, of Port Angeles, said Porter moved the sign from where it stood along Laurel Street to next to a hedge in her yard where it was less visible.
The allegation is being investigated by the Jefferson County Sheriffs Office to avoid a conflict of interest.
At the candidates' forum, Porter said his opponents didn't have any concrete solutions of their own so he thought they were likely to try to discredit him.
"Here we are 12 days before ballots go out," he said, calling the accusations an "orchestrated smear campaign."
While looking pointedly at Davis, Porter said he has "never been ashamed of anyone in this profession until today."
Davis, originally from England, said he doesn't feel comfortable responding while it is still under investigation.
Challengers Pam Lindquist and Davis said Porter was disrespectful and unprofessional as a judge.
Davis, a former assistant prosecutor and now an assistant attorney general, said people are demeaned, picked on, made to feel worthless and bullied when they appear in Porter's courtroom.
Lindquist, a private practice attorney with experience as a prosecutor and defense attorney, gave an example of such behavior at the request of an audience member.
"I've seen a lot," Lindquist said before launching into an anecdote. "Probably too much."
One time there was a young girl who had a ticket for driving without insurance, Lindquist said. The girl was driving her grandfather's truck at the time and brought his proof of insurance card in to court. Porter saw the girl's name was not on the card and asked how she had gotten to court that day, Lindquist said.
"She said she drove," Lindquist said. "He asked her to give him her keys and call a family member to come and get her."
Lindquist said it didn't matter that the girl wasn't on the insurance card and it was wrong for Porter to hold her "hostage."
Davis said Porter's courtroom always was acceptable and pleasant when he was there but he has heard many stories about 40-minute-long lectures for one defendant, people ending up in tears and attorneys being run out of the courtroom.
Porter said he doesn't have "that kind of time" to lecture one defendant for 40 minutes and that the stories were nothing but "hearsay."
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Porter said he tried several times to give Lindquist constructive feedback when she appeared in his courtroom and he felt she wasn't properly representing her clients.
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Superku is a fresh take on the classic side-scrolling platformer genre. It features an easy to learn, yet very difficult to master jump'n'run gameplay. Control Superku and climb a sheer endless tower full of danger and adventure as you jump, swim, roll, (wall)run and blast through over 40 varied stages.
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Small status update: The intro sequence for Superku is done and has been uploaded to indieDB, go check it out! The video introduces the three main characters of the game, the villain with the jetpack, the game's hero Superku and his teddy bear who loses control of his plane and has to be rescued in the first part of the game.
The skateboard level has been updated too and beta testing revealed that the high score requirement to pass the stage has to be lowered by approximately 90%, who would have thought that?
A few features and facts: The game will feature 41 levels and all of them will have an unlockable alternative, even harder version. The approximate playtime until the player sees the closing credits or until the player reaches the final 3-5 levels (as they get really, really hard) is 5hours.
There will be 45+ collectibles and secrets waiting to be discovered and online leaderboards that track three best times per player per level (normal, hard and Pelzku (= collectible) version).The game will have a configurable 3 or 4 button scheme keyboard control + arrow keys and alternatively full gamepad support. Although Shader Model 3.0 graphics cards will be required, 128MB video memory should be enough to play the game with all effects activated.
Well that does not seem reasonable to me, sorry. Thanks for your input, though!
Seriously! More people should check out this game! It looks like a lot of hard work is going into it and it looks pretty cool.
Game looks pretty interesting. Nice gravity mechanics, and I like the water mechanics, as well. You might want to try 'spicing up' the old-school sounds - they don't quite fit the graphics to me. Perhaps if you added a slight reverb to them? Anyway, good job so far! I'm tracking this!
@SheridanR: Yes, I've played it but only as a child, it's probably a good idea to give it another go.
Hehe yes, that's a statement caused by my mediocre English. Replace "anybody" with "everybody" and you'll get what I wanted to say. Nevertheless, I think the game will be a tough challenge even for high skilled players.
Ah, I see. You shouldn't feel ashamed of your English though, it is really very good. In fact if I didn't know you were German I would have already assumed it was your first language. :)
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WinZip 9.0 added support for AES encryption for ZIP archives, BZip2-compressed ZIP archives (extraction only). It also removed the previous limitations of 65,535 files per ZIP file and maximum file size of 4 gigabytes. This version was released in 2004.
WinZip 10 added support for creating and extracting PPMd-compressed ZIP archives. It was the last major release to officially support Windows 98/ME. WinZip Pro was added in this release, which added automation and task scheduling features. This version was released in 2005.
WinZip 11 added support for creating and extracting WavPack-compressed ZIP archives. The installer still installed to Windows 98/ME, but these operating systems were no longer officially supported. WinZip Pro added Passive FTP support, FTP transfers, e-mail notification option for Job Wizard, custom jobs selection, full-size image viewer when opening archive. This version was released in 2006.
WinZip 11.1 was certified for Windows Vista, with Vista theme support and 64-bit Windows support.
WinZip 11.2 could create LHA archives without an external utility. Unicode file name support for ZIP archives was also added. Support for external archiver, including ARC, ARJ, were removed.[13]
WinZip 12.0 (2008) added support of creating ZIP archives with lossless JPEG and LZMA compression methods; .ISO, .IMG, 7-Zip archive extractions. Added encryption policies, integrated image thumbnail viewer. The JPEG compression compresses metadata with LZMA compression, while image is compressed with binary arithmetic coding.[14]
WinZip 12.1 (2009) introduces the new default .zipx file extension when creating ZIP archives using methods newer than Deflate64, added automatic resizing images being sent by using Zip and E-Mail functions.
WinZip 13 was skipped.[15]
WinZip 14 (2009) added Windows 7 support, such as library grouping, taskbar icon jump lists, Explorer preview, multi-touch (two finger) gestures. WinZip 14 Backup edition was added, which supports automatic backup feature. AES New Instructions are used where supported to speed up AES encryption.
WinZip 14.5 (April 2010) added Microsoft Office 2010-style ribbon interface, support for Windows 7 Libraries, Jump Lists, Multi-Touch Gestures, other interface and functionality improvements.
WinZip 15 (November 2010, December 1, 2011[16]): Implemented new performance architecture for high-speed zipping, interface improvements with refined menu designs and more intuitive icons, new desktop ZIP/UNZIP gadget with drag-and-drop functionality, new and extensive email/webmail support (+ Backup function in Pro version). Due to a bug in the first release of this version, when creating backup jobs (*.wjf), the job's file selection needs to be reset/set to have it working properly.
Winzip 15.5 (April 2011): New compression algorithms designed for multi-processor systems that zip files up to twice as fast, new WinZip Desktop Gadget option called 'Folder I Choose' that allows you to create or select a target folder for zipping/unzipping files on a case-by-case basis, dynamic, context-sensitive icons that automatically change to reflect the WinZip tasks available to your specific situation, streamlined processes that remove unnecessary dialogs and cut down on extra steps, the ability to show/hide the Address bar, the ability to instantly jump between any instances of WinZip that you currently have open, the ability to customize the look and feel of your WinZip interface with interchangeable themes, improved destination folder management, so when you open/alter a zipped file's contents directly from an email attachment, WinZip will prompt you to save your work to a new location on your computer (rather than the email temp folder), streamlined 'Unzip and Try' processes that remove extra steps, making temporary viewing even quicker and easier, extended enterprise support that provides IT control over the addition/alteration of e-mail services.
WinZip 16.0 was released on October 25, 2011.[17] It implemented new 64-bit zip engine and added 64-bit version of Winzip, added ability to zip and write files to Blu-ray discs, added integration with ZipSend and ZipShare services, improved capabilities of file conversion from other supported formats to zip, enhanced preview tools for browsing and editing contents of other compressed file types, added System Scanner (diagnostic tool that scans for possible performance issues). ZipSend and ZipSend Pro can send message up to 50MB and 2GB of zipped data per message. ZipShare can post files up 20 MB of data directly to Facebook, for free, and up to 100MB of total data per account.
WinZip 16.5 supports OpenCL acceleration to file compression engine for AMD Fusion processors and AMD Radeon users, streamlined interface.[18]
WinZip 17.0 was released on October 16, 2012. Introduced online sharing to storage and social media sites, image resizing, converting files to PDF, watermark addition, context-sensitive toolbars.[19]
WinZip 17.5 was released on May 9, 2013. New features include sharing and features permission controls, updated and modernized user interface, watermark timestamping, four times faster .ZIP archive extraction, maximum 23GB free cloud storage via Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive and CloudMe (new).[19][20]
WinZip 18.0 was released on October 31, 2013. New features include support for Xz (LZMA2) compression and additional features such as WinZip Express and cloud backup.[21]
Metro-style variant[edit]
A Metro-style edition of WinZip was released on November 15, 2012 on the Windows Store for Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and Windows RT.
Version 1.0.1 (July 4, 2012) adds following:
- Redefine the behavior of Back button.
- Add "Last.zip" option in Menu bar. User can check the zip file they last opened by clicking this button.
- Change icon for "Up" button.
- Save temporary files on SD card.
- For security reason, WinZip won't save password for encrypted zip files.
- Fixed crash error bugs.
WinZip 1.0 for Mac OS X (November 16, 2010): Initial release runs on Mac OS X Intel and can be run on 10.5 Leopard.[22]
WinZip Mac Edition 2 was released on June 26, 2012.[23] New features include OS X Mountain Lion support, Finder integration and in-place editing.
iOS version was first released on February 17, 2012.[24] The free English app is designed for iOS 4.2 on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, available on Apple's App Store.
Version 1.1.1 (May 4, 2012) includes following:
- Add New iPad support
- Add various file icons according different file types
- Support for .csv file type
- Bug fixes
Android version was first released on June 19, 2012.[25] The free English app is designed for Android operating systems 2.1 (Eclair), 2.2 (Froyo), 2.3 (Gingerbread), 3.x (Honeycomb), 4.x (Ice Cream Sandwich)and other successor version, initially available at Google Play.
What's new in version 1.1.0:
- Refresh the user interface
- Create a new Zip file in the sdcard
- Unzip the zip file to a customized place in the sdcard
- Search the files in a zip
- Delete the file(s) and folder(s) in the sdcard.
- Fixed crash error bugs.
Sister products[edit]
- WinZip E-Mail Companion: Automatically zips all files attached to an outgoing e-mail; replaced by WinZip Courier
- WinZip Courier: Automatically zips all files attached to an outgoing e-mail; supported e-mail clients include Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Gmail and Hotmail.
- WinZip Self-Extractor: Adds self-extracting modules to ZIP archives. A version called WinZip Self-Extractor Personal Edition is included with WinZip.
- WinZip Command Line Add-on: Adds command line processing to WinZip
- WinZip System Utilities Suite: System optimizer
- WinZip Registry Optimizer: Windows Registry cleaner/optimizer
- WinZip Driver Updater: Windows device driver manager and updater
E-Mail Companion[edit]
WinZip E-Mail Companion version 2.0 supports Microsoft Outlook (2002, 2003, 2007), Windows Mail 6.0, Outlook Express 6.0, and optionally supports Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, or Microsoft Excel (versions 2007, 2003, or 2002). Unlisted support for Outlook 2010 only works with 32-bit versions of Outlook 2010.[26]
- 3.0
- Version 3.0 was released on September 23, 2010.[27] It adds official support of Microsoft Office 2010, Ribbon UI integration, advanced Zip compression formats (via WinZip), image resizing, Zip file preview, AES-128/256 encryption, MSI installation, automatic updating, alternate extensions, improved support of Word e-mail editor.[28]
- Internet Explorer support was added on October 19, 2010.[29]
- Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox support was added on November 11, 2010.[30]
- 3.5
- The ZipSend app now requires Firefox 4.0 or later.
- 4.0
- Version 4.0 added support of 64-bit version of Microsoft Office 2010, Internet Explorer.[31]
System Utilities[edit]
WinZip System Utilities was released on February 14, 2011.[32] It includes WinZip Driver Updater 1.0, WinZip Registry Optimizer 2.0.
WinZip-based services[edit]
- ZipSend: ZipSend is a file delivery service. On October 25, 2011, YouSendIt, Inc. announced it would partner with WinZip Computing to use YouSendIt's platform to power the delivery service.[33]
- ZipShare: A Facebook app
See also[edit]
- ^ Why is my registration code not working in WinZip 12?
- ^ Corel Corporation Acquires WinZip Computing
- ^ Table of file formats supported by WinZip, WinZip Computing Knowledgebase
- ^ FIPS PUB 197: The Advanced Encryption Standard PDF (272 KB), AES Encryption Information: Encryption Specification AE-1 and AE-2
- ^ See Brian Gladman's AES code page and the official list of validated AES implementations
- ^ No filename encryption in the .ZIP file format
- ^ "Zipping up Unicode file names". Retrieved June 29, 2007.
- ^ "Zipping up Unicode file PATHs". Retrieved June 29, 2007.
- ^ "Download WinZip for Windows". Old Version.com. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
- ^ "Old Version of WinZip Download". OldApps.com. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
- ^ "When does support end for WinZip applications? - WinZip Computing :: Knowledgebase". Kb.winzip.com. October 16, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
- ^ Computing Encyclopedia - Article about WinZip
- ^ Where can I find the external programs required for ARC, ARJ, and LHA files?
- ^ JPEG Compression
- ^ WinZip – Version History
- ^ WinZip® 15 Delivers Faster and Easier Zipping - WinZip Sets New Standard for Speed and User Experience Excellence
- ^ WinZip Computing Announces WinZip 16: The Easiest Way to Send Large Files Fast - New ZipSend and ZipShare services mark WinZip's expansion into file sharing through email and Facebook
- ^ WinZip Version History
- ^ a b Protect and Share Files on the Cloud and Social Media with WinZip® 17
- ^ WinZip® 17.5 Delivers Greater Control, Security and Enhanced Cloud Sharing
- ^ WinZip® 18 Simplifies Privacy Protection & Cloud File Sharing: New Express Add-ons Bring WinZip Features to Popular Apps
- ^ WinZip Compression, Encryption and Email Attachment Optimization Coming to New Platforms - The World's Most Trusted Zip Utility Now Available for the Mac
- ^ New WinZip Mac Edition Simplifies Zip File Compression, Encryption and Sharing - WinZip Extends Multi-platform Product Line to Mac OS X Lion and Upcoming Mac OS X Mountain Lion
- ^ New Free WinZip® App for iPhone® and iPad® - Open and Browse Zipped Files on the Go
- ^ WinZip® Android App Now Available - WinZip Multi-platform Product Line Extends Mobile Support with Free Android App
- ^ What are the requirements for WinZip E-Mail Companion?
- ^ WinZip® Courier™ Makes Sending E-Mail Attachments Faster and More Secure - Built to Dramatically Improve Sending Email Attachments, WinZip's New Easy-to-use Compression and Encryption Solution Saves Time and Relieves Pressure on Corporate Servers
- ^ What's New in Version 3.0
- ^ WinZip Courier Speeds Email Attachments for Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail on Internet Explorer - WinZip Courier Can Dramatically Improve Users' Webmail Experience
- ^ WinZip Courier Speeds Users' Webmail Experience on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer - Supporting Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail, WinZip Courier Dramatically Improves Transmission Time When Sending Email Attachments from the Web
- ^ What are the requirements for WinZip Courier 4?
- ^ New WinZip® System Utilities Suite Restores Computer Performance - WinZip Expands its Offering with PC Utilities to Optimize and Speed Up Your PC
- ^ WinZip Selects YouSendIt to Power New ZipSend Service - ZipSend Securely Sends Large Files Directly From WinZip 16, Outlook and Popular Email Services
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Corel press kit: WinZip Computing
- Corel pages: WinZip 16 Standard, WinZip 16 Pro, WinZip 17 Standard, WinZip 17 Pro, WinZip Mac Edition, WinZip Courier 3.0
- WinZip press kit: WinZip 17 Product Information Kit
- WinZip app pages: WinZip Mac Edition, WinZip for iOS, WinZip for Android, WinZip File Sharing Services
- ZipSend - WinZip's Large File Delivery Web Service
- ZipShare - WinZip's Social Media File Sharing Service


text: amy azzarito, interior design, sneak peeks by Amy Azzarito 74 sneak peek: john & vivian of square feet studio When Grace and I were in Atlanta for Lavish, Wendy Hanson and Lucy Allen Gillis took us to Star Provisions for lunch (yummy!), and then insisted we check out Sid Mashburn. I've seen a lot of stores, but I seriously wanted to move right into this one! (I'm determined to find someone to paint a… Read More »


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Byham Theater
Byham Theater | |
Address | 101 Sixth Street |
City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Country | United States |
Owned by | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust |
Capacity | 1,300 |
Opened | Halloween night, 1904 |
Rebuilt | 1990 |
Other names | The Fulton Theater, The Gayety Theater |
Current use | Performing arts center |
The Byham Theater is a landmark building at 101 Sixth Street in the Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally built in 1903 as The Gayety Theater, the former vaudeville house was renovated and reopened as The Byham Theater in 1990.
Built in 1903 and opened Halloween night 1904, the then-named Gayety Theater was stage and vaudeville house, and it featured stars such as Ethel Barrymore, Gertrude Lawrence, and Helen Hayes. It was renamed The Fulton in the 1930s when it became a full-time movie theater. In 1990 the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust bought the theater and refurbished the Fulton as part of its plan for the Cultural District. The Byham family of Pittsburgh made a major naming gift for a 1995 renovation, and it has been the Byham Theater since.
1960 World Series Game Seven[edit]
For the 50th anniversary of the Bill Mazeroski's series winning home run the first public showing of the Game 7 taped discovered in December 2009 will be hosted by Bob Costas at the theater on November 13, 2010 at 6 p.m. Mazeroski will be joined by Pirate MVP Dick Groat and former Yankee Bobby Richardson to be interviewed during the showing of the game. MLB Network will then telecast the game and interviews nationally. [1].
See also[edit]
- Conner, Lynne (2007). Pittsburgh in Stages: Two Hundred Years of Theater. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-4330-1.
- Kidney, Walter C. (1997). Pittsburgh's Landmark Architecture: The Historic Buildings of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. ISBN 0-916670-18-X.
- Toker, Franklin (1986, 1994). Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-5434-6.
- Fulton Theater Records [2](Records of the Fulton Theater, 1962-1963, AIS 68:6a, Special Collections Departmen, University of Pittsburgh)
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Coordinates: 40°26′38″N 80°00′09″W / 40.4439°N 80.0025°W
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While guys like Rufus Wainwright, Conor Oberst, and Sufjan Stevens rule the genre of sad-eyed, Beatles-influenced folk singer/songwriters, Bay Area troubadour Goh Nakamura probably deserves greater notoriety than the one-time success of "Embarcadero Blues," a Youtube sensation (over one million viewers last year) and an ode to the SF service industry (watch it below). In his second album, Ulysses, Nakamura is up to his old tricks, singing about lost loves and impossible crushes over melodies that are as precise and sweet as they are complex. At his best, Nakamura will make you miss Elliot Smith badly. Goh Nakamura plays a birthday show tonight at Café Du Nord.
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United States Senator June 20, 2011
Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.),Chairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing On "Building Safer Communities: The Importance Of Effective Federal-Local Collaboration In Law Enforcement"June 20, 2011I thank Senator Coons for holding this important hearing in Delaware today, and for his strong commitment to supporting state and local law enforcement. Today, we will hear about the critical ways that Federal and state law enforcement work together to keep our streets safe. Supporting collaboration between Federal, state and local law enforcement has long been crucial, and it remains so even in these hard economic times. This collaboration includes both information sharing and making sure that key Federal resources continue flowing to law enforcement. I look forward to hearing about both of these issues this morning.Interagency coordination and information sharing is more important than ever. When the so-called Christmas day bomber attempted to detonate an explosive on a flight in 2009, intelligence agencies knew his identity, but his name was not on a watchlist that would have prevented him from boarding the plane. I agree with President Obama that this was a "systemic failure," and I am glad that the administration acted promptly to identify and fill gaps in our information sharing systems.We must continue to ensure that we are able to effectively piece together the information our government agencies - Federal, state and local - collect on terrorist and criminal threats. The Fusion Centers, which we will hear about today, were designed to promote information sharing between Federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and state and local agencies, and they are an important part of responding to threats as efficiently and effectively as possible.Continuing Federal support for state and local law enforcement is no less important. This Congress has focused on how best to continue the economic recovery. An effective way to both protect our citizens and create jobs is to bolster Federal resources for state and local law enforcement. When neighborhoods become safer, property values rise, businesses open, and local economies prosper.Like Vermont, Delaware is a small State where neighboring jurisdictions are close by and cooperation and interoperability are especially critical among state and Federal partners. My attention to information sharing and law enforcement safety was shaped significantly by the Carl Drega incident in Vermont and New Hampshire in August of 1997, during which four people were killed, including two New Hampshire State Police officers, and three other law enforcement officers were wounded. I expect many in law enforcement are familiar with this incident.During that terrible tragedy, I saw how information sharing deficiencies and the lack of bulletproof vests made the jobs of those incredibly brave law enforcement officers so much more difficult. The Senate acted quickly as the result of that incident, and one of things Senator Judd Gregg and I did was to provide funding to state and local law enforcement to create communications interoperability.As a Senator, I have never lost sight of how important it is to provide state and local law enforcement officials with the support they need, and to support the partnership between state and Federal law enforcement entities. It is truly one of the best investments we can make in Congress.Crime dramatically affects communities across the country, from bigger cities like Wilmington, to smaller towns like those across Vermont and Delaware. In this environment, the Federal Government must do everything we can to assist states and communities. This morning, we have a distinguished panel of witnesses representing Federal, state, and local law enforcement. Each of you brings a unique perspective to law enforcement collaboration, and I look forward to your testimony.# # # #


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Thomas was sure that escape from the maze meant he and the Gladers would get their lives back. But no one knew what sort of life they were going back to. Now, the earth is a wasteland. Government and order have disintegrated and Cranks — people driven to murderous insanity by the infectious disease known as the Flare — roam the crumbling cities hunting for their next victim... and meal. Thomas can only wonder — does he hold the secret of freedom somewhere in his mind? Or will he forever be at the mercy of WICKED? Synopsis:The Scorch Trials picks up where The Maze Runner left off. The Gladers have escaped the Maze, but now they face an even more treacherous challenge on the open roads of a devastated planet.
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Tomato salad with walnut and rocket pesto
The combination of cherry tomatoes and homemade pesto make this colourful salad a great addition to your next barbecue.
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1 cup | Rocket |
4 | Tomatoes |
1 punnet | Cherry tomatoes |
1 to taste | Salt & freshly ground pepper |
Rocket and walnut pesto
1 cup | Rocket leaves |
2 | Garlic cloves |
2 tbsp | Walnuts |
2 tbsp | Parmesan cheese |
¼ cup | Extra virgin olive oil |
1 to taste | Salt & freshly ground pepper |
- To make the pesto: Place rocket and garlic in the bowl of a food processor and pulse to chop. Add walnut (pieces) and Parmesan and pulse to combine.
- With the motor running, add oil through the feed-tube of a food processor in a steady stream until amalgamated. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Arrange rocket leaves in a large salad bowl. Scatter with tomatoes and season with salt and pepper. Use the pesto as a dip or as a salad dressing.


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Don't just produce a video about your company executives, says Alison Provost, founder of video company TouchStorm. Do something else entirely.
Use informative video to drive traffic to your business.
Video Transcript
00:11 Alison Provost: If you're going to use video to market a small-to-medium size business and you want people to be able to come to your site and get to know you better through video, it gets tempting to make a video that is more "let us tell you about us", right? So, the lawn care service that 'let us introduce you to our management team here' or the hospital, 'let us tell you what kind of healthcare we deliver'. Those videos, however, it's important to know, won't do as well in search. There are three different kinds of search queries, but the ones that Google and Bing most often answer with a video suggestion are ones that provide information.00:53 Provost: So, now let's change that video subject for the lawn care company from 'let us introduce you to our management team' to 'let's give you some tips for taking better care of your lawn'. And for the hospital instead of 'what kind of healthcare do we provide', 'it's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, let us tell you about some breast cancer prevention tips'. Those sorts of things really can help grow traffic to the website and credibility with the company to bring you new business.


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John Carter Review
March 10, 2012 § 1 Comment
John Carter Review
By: W.B. Preston
First off, let me say I did not go into this movie expecting to like it. Quite the contrary. I thought it was going to be bloated, poorly plotted and ridiculous. Instead I got a well plotted and paced, fun action adventure. But while not quite bloated, John Carter is dense. There is no getting around it. There is a lot of information being thrown at you, in a short amount of time. At the end of the first act, the audience is asked to juggle three separate Martian factions, multidimensional beings, John Carter's nephew, and the meaning of the relationships between them all.
The gist of it is this: there are two humanoid warring factions, on Mars, and one tall green species that hates both humanoid sides. The Red Humans have a Princess, the Blue humans have a Prince, and the multidimensional beings have given a powerful weapon to the Blue humans and the Prince, for no other reason then that it is easier to control the Blue (dumber) humans then the red. In order to make peace, the Red King will marry off his daughter the Red Princess, to the Blue Prince. John Carter winds up in the middle of this when he is whisked off to mars by one of the multidimensional being's transportation device. He is captured by the tall green Martians and must navigate this tricky ecosystem in order to survive and eventually make his way home. He learns customs, languages, religions, and Martian History during his adventure. Yes I know this sounds extremely convoluted and messy, and in many ways it is. However In some crazy way, Andrew Stanton and his team have streamlined all of this information into a two hour, action-packed, blockbuster.
By no means is this a perfect movie. There are many terrible dialogue choices, and Taylor Kitsch is terrible in this. In fact I would venture to say that John Carter would have been even better without John Carter. He is the weakest link in this film, followed closely by the screenwriters, most notably the dialogue. But even with all these missteps (critique of the marketing to come) this is one of the best experiences you can have at the movies. The 3D was nonexistent, but I urge you to engulf yourself in John Carter through the IMAX experience. It truly is something to behold.
What lies at the center of this movie is love ultimately. A love for a father, a love for a daughter, a love for a nation, a love of power, a love of freedom, a love lost and everyone vying to obtain the object of their love. In the end, what you love, defines who you are, what your actions represent and what your fate shall be. There is a powerful message buried somewhere deep in the muddied dialogue and bloody skirmishes. Unfortunately, it seems many people will not get the opportunity to find the message for themselves, due to the terrible marketing.
The marketing for this film is criminal. Seriously. Whoever is responsible should be taken to court and tried for crimes against cinema. Punishment should be to watch every movie ever made until death. The strange thing is, it is so simple. The marketing should have focused on the Princess! Her struggle to save her kingdom, and find her place in this world, and John Carter's ability and unwillingness to help her. That is all they needed to convey, and everyone would have gone to see it. Instead they decided to go the non-plot route, where we see a bunch of random shots of jumping and walking and mugging, and then the title card. Andrew Stanton should be furious with Disney's marketing department. In the end this movie gets a 3/5. Slightly lower than Avatar but way higher than Prince of Persia or Clash of the Titans, And a seriously fun time at the movies.
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§ One Response to John Carter Review
There's a princess? Who knew?
I just stated in a recent blog post I thought this movie looked potentially interesting but ultimately silly. Now that you mention the poor marketing and depth of detail involved in the plot, I will definitely have to see it. Thanks for enlightening me!


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