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We are exhibiting again, this time at the NEC from March 21st – 24th, in the Fashion, Embroidery and Stitch Show.
Our work this time was developed from observing and recording something of interest over a period of time. We referred to this as 'site specific'. It was suggested by our mentor at the time Linda Westerman.
My area of interest was water. I thought initially that I would make observations of the beach where I live, just 3 minutes walk away. I took lots of photographs of water in different places and eventually decided on the Fairy Pools, Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye. These are quite magical. We visited them on a beautiful, warm, sunny day last May.
I worked on lots of sketching, painting and stitching ideas. I attended a couple of workshops with Shelley Rhodes on Collagraph Printing and decided to base my work on the print plates that I created. When I was at Shelley's workshop I printed my designs on paper. When I got back home I like the designs so much that I didn't want to make any changes to them so I decided to work some more on fabric. I had to work out my own way of creating a satisfactory print as I do not have a printing press of my own.
My method worked successfully enough for me and from the fabric prints I created the following 3 pieces.
'The Fairy Pools'
'Watery Cascade'
'Crystal Clear'
These are on show at the above exhibition. Unfortunately I won't be at the show. I would really like to have been there as it would have been a great opportunity to meet some of you. Hopefully we will be there again next year.
The first two pieces are not for sale but 'Crystal Clear' is. My husband really likes 'Fairy Pools' and I really like 'Watery Cascade'.
Enjoy the show if you are going and do please come back and let me know your thoughts on the work from our group. There are some really lovely pieces of work.

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"The Strange and Mysterious History of the Ouija Board" is an interesting article available at Smithsonian.com. Posted on October 28 no doubt intended to coincide with Hallowe'en, the piece provides interesting history of the spiritualistic device, which first appeared in spiritualistic camps during the heyday of American spiritualism in the late 19th century. The "talking board" was eventually patented in 1891, albeit that the patent does not explain how the device worked.
It was another big week in "doubtful" news with several important stories. Here is a rundown of the random surprises and non-surprises that occurred this past week courtesy of Doubtful News.
The major story of the week is the death of self-proclaimed psychic Sylvia Browne I had to close the comments on this thread because people expressed their "relief" at her passing. I felt that was inappropriate as well as the comments by her defenders who thought she was so gifted. There was really not much for comment - It is what it is.
Seven people were arrested for destroying a historic Louisiana mansion by arson after failing to stir up the legendary ghosts.
A new reality TV show about haunted houses is in the works There is no word on what the concept will be, but we can HOPE it includes some anomalistic psychology.
Here is a recap of the stories that appeared last week at Science-Based Medicine, a multi-author skeptical blog that separates the science from the woo-woo in medicine.
The Burzynski Empire strikes back (David Gorski) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-burzynski-empire-strikes-back/ Eric Merola has responded to Liz Szabo's devastating USA TODAY critique of Burzynski with an ignorant rant full of his usual tropes, misinformation, and pseudoscience. He denies the known toxicity of antineoplastons and even invokes Nazi Germany, slavery, and gay bashers! Burzynski's own response to the FDA investigation consists of unacceptable, even laughable excuses.
Faith Healing: Religious Freedom vs. Child Protection (Harriet Hall) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/faith-healing-religious-freedom-vs-child-protection/ Religious beliefs have led to horrendous cases of medical neglect, child abuse, and murder that can't be prosecuted in most states because of religious shield laws. Those laws should be abolished, as should all non-medical exemptions to vaccination. The parents' right to religious freedom doesn't mean they can endanger their children with their beliefs. It is trumped by the duty of society to protect children.
I refer my readers to http://www.uri-geller.com/courts.htm. On this site, you'll find very carefully selected and edited excerpts from a 1998 book – "Uri Geller – Magician or Mystic?" by Jonathan Margolis. The author fell completely for Geller's charm and freely accepted the most ridiculous stories and claims made to him, despite having interviewed me and other skeptics. The point is made again: the public vastly prefers woo-woo over reality. What you see below is 1,252 words taken directly from Geller's own site, in a most interesting style. It's a continuous series of words without breaks for paragraphs, selected from all over the Margolis book, purposely discontinuous to confuse the reader, and under the general heading "A Letter from Uri Geller's Lawyer to James Randi". Actually, it consists of bits from over a dozen lawyers, and is largely a listing of lawyers Geller has used, again and again, over the years. His litigious nature is quite evident here. its punctuation is ridiculous, and it's mostly disconnected phrases and hyperbole that make no sense. The errors you'll see here are not mine, they're Geller's…
When Sylvia Browne died, Montel Williams offered this sappy eulogy: "A beacon that shined [sic] for so many was extinguished today, but its brightness was relit and will now shine forever for many of us from above."
To explain to this apparently dense man where his judgment has reverted to the level of a 5-year-old, I'll point out that Browne was not at all funny "ho-ho" but frightening – to anyone with any compassion. She fed eagerly on the insecurities, the grief, the need and desperation, of her victims. They turned to her for help, at great cost -- $850 for a 20-minute telephone chat as she squatted before the TV camera like a taloned Jabba the Hutt confronting Luke Skywalker – played by Montel – and graveled out anything-but-funny, unfounded, useless, and damaging pap that added to their confusion and pain – but which made Montel and his sponsors ecstatic, because they could hear those cash register sounds as their products slid off store shelves.
And she let 10+ years go by yet never tried for the JREF million-dollar prize, as she'd agreed to do when we both appeared together on Larry King Live so many years ago…
I agree with JREF President D.J. Grothe that we do not celebrate her death, even as we criticize the way she lived. But I'll be quite frank with you, I cannot mourn at Browne's passing — she really hurt far too many people, and always so unapologetically.
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SAN DIEGOO - After going 5-1 in Mountain West Conference action and finishing in second place in the regular-season standings, the 33rd-ranked TCU men's tennis team added more accomplishments to its 2006 season with three players named to All-MWC honors.
"I am definitely proud of our guys and a congratulations goes to them," stated TCU head coach Joey Rivé. "I am looking forward to getting started this weekend, I think that our guys are really ready to play. It is a nice facility. The courts are real nice and I am just excited to get started."
Senior Rafael Abreu headlines the Horned Frogs' trio as he grabbed singles honors after posting a 3-3 conference record at No. 1. A product of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Abreu is ranked 93rd in singles action. He was also tabbed to the MWC doubles squad while paired with senior Jordan Freitas.
Andrei Mlendea, ranked 32nd, finished his conference schedule with a 5-1 mark playing at the No. 2 position. The sophomore had a strong non-conference campaign, posting wins over sixth-ranked Lars Poerschke of Baylor and 12th-ranked Jerry Makowski of Texas A&M.
TCU opens the 2006 Mountain West Conference Tournament with an 11 a.m. (CST) showdown with Air Force on Thursday. In the first matchup of the season, the Frogs downed the Falcons 6-1 on April 9.
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Oracle's list of claimed violations of software patents has been cut short. Now Oracle's claims of coyright violation, instead of being decided by the jury may be cut short by the judge. He's going to decide as a matter of law whether or not the 37 Java APIs are copyright-protected or not. Clearly Java code is permitted for Google under GPL v 2, and permission to use GPL v 2 code means the APIs must be usable. Judge Alsup has shown himself to be fairly knowledgeable about technology and eager to learn about the technology of Android/Linux and Java, so he should not be snowed as easily as a jury.
Of course, it's always possible for him to find in favour of Oracle, but he has shown in interactions with Oracle that he's not happy with their case:"Judge Alsup: When Google did their clean room implementation, did they have access to the English language comments [in Java source]?
Google: Yes, they had the English language prose descriptions of the APIs.
Judge Alsup: Does that make it a derivative work?
Google: No.
Google: The fully-qualified names are the organization.
Judge Alsup. I have to decide on copyrightability, not the jury.
You don't have to do exact copies, e.g., you could use science.sqrt() as your method rather than math.sqrt()
Google: It wouldn't work; existing code wouldn't find it.
Judge Alsup: Is fair use a question for judge or jury?"
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Judge Alsup Decides He, Not the Jury, Will Decide the Issue of API Copyrightability ~pj.
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> Google wanted the vast resource of Java developers but did not want to cut SUN/Oracle in on the action.
In other words: Google wants to use a product of SUN/Oracle (JAVA) that is very useful – rather, essential – for their product (ANDROID), but they don't want to pay for it.
> That's pretty reasonable.
That's one way of putting it. It reminds me of the bankrobber who was asked by the judge: "Why did you rob that bank?" His famous reply: "That's where the money is!" In this sense, yes, what Google does is "reasonable". But why do you defend it? Oh yes, Google never ever does anything evil, only the others do …
Illegal copies and stolen work have two slightly different meanings. Illegal copies is just that copies without approval you have not removed the Authors credit. A Stolen work is like plagiarism credit due has been removed in this case. This case is stolen work not illegal copies. Stolen work is basically taking credit for work you should not be.
Robert Pogson Java API is made of functions and Classes.
"An API does not cause a computer to produce any result. That is up to the implementation."
Its the classes that make this wrong. Classes produce a result or effect produced result.
This is where we are in hell. Classes do interact with each other. Function overloading. So scary enough they can and do produce a results.
If Java API was just functions not protected this has already be ruled as clear by the judge. So C is mostly free and clear.
So you example is right Robert.
"function sqrt(x:real):real;"
What if that was a virtual function like for average that depending on what class would be overloaded with something else. Polymorphism that is defined in classes is where the problem starts.
Because this is effecting the results the program will produce. So read what you quoted careful.
"A "computer program" is a set of statements or instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer in order to bring about a certain result."
The loop hole indirectly threatens to turn classes into a computer program in there own right. If this is the case Google owns Oracle.
Of course a classes could be argued as a method of operation. If that is upheld Google owns Oracle nothing over the copyright infringement bit.
Its not functions where the problem is. Its the classes that contain the functions in Java and Android where the problem is.
C++, Java, C#, Vala basically any Class based langauge there has been no ruling if Classes are in fact API or Copyright Protected Works. Also what conditions if any make Classes a copyright protected work. So far a class that is just a list of functions has been ruled as not copyright protected work.
The name of the class might be copyright protected judge is not sure on this. So that google copied class Math and its stilled called Math it might be a copyright infrignement. If it had been renamed like science it would not be for sure.
Classes with polymorphic interactions again judge is not sure on this either.
Yes Oracle vs Google is a very important case. To clear up where the lines are with classed based languages. The lines in function based languages was cleared up years ago.
When you think about the complexity of this problem I am thankful I am not the judge.
Robert Pogson this is the thing Oracle does not have to sue for breach of GPL any form. Reason Google did not include GPL copyright notices so it becomes just a stolen work.
This is where GPL enforcement gets fun. Someone steals GPL they had no license to use it so GPL does not even enter the case. Oracle is basically conducting GPL enforcement the other way.
Ivan the thing is openjdk that google could have used is under GPLv2 + linking exception. Openjdk is the base to Oracle Java. There is also GNU Classpath with the GNU Classpath exception license that includes same parts as what Google took as well.
So not just GPLv2. So there is no big bang against android. Since android can change the parts to a license that is still closed source friendly legally.
Basically Ivan and Robert Pogson if android had those API under GPL using one of the accepted forms by Oracle(Ie including linking exceptions) there would not be a Copyright case at all. Effects to Android minimal. In fact before the court case and threats of damaged even started Oracle asked Google without bill to license what they believed was their code correctly.
Yes it could ended before it started if there was a clear define of what a work is.
"Google is claiming the documentation was in the public domain, but even if it was GPL, they could just change the licence back on the API. Where's the "damage" to Oracle? None."
That is the problem the documentation was not public domain either. By copyright law damage is done because your product was distributed under the wrong license. So other people could believe your product was not protected by the license you wished for.
Yes Oracle is unclear if it has a copyright infringement case. Judge has also found that the section what Oracle is unclear about has no test case and no law document tell you if its right or wrong. Google first belief that they were protected by Sega v. Accolade has already been broken. So now Google is not clear either.
Its a real poor Judge problem. He has to work out some form of ruling based off law to cover problem if it happens in future.
If it too hard the Judge can even rule that it cannot be decided by the courts and send it into the political system for a bill to be passed defining it. I hope this does not happen.
There are exceptions. e.g. LGPL and the classpath exception.
And do those exceptions exist in the gpl?
What license was the copied code under?
What part of that don't you understand?
Damon Arnett
Java is an incredible developer's tool. It is largely open. It is so open that Sun had a hard time getting any money from it even though Java powers billions of devices worldwide.
One of the few areas that Sun reserved for significant licensing revenue was mobile phone technology. All telecoms that used Java, which was most of them, paid Sun for their specific flavor of a small, powerful Java platform for their smart phone.
So even though Sun could slap down Apache for numerous invasions of Java licensing rules, Sun left them largely alone because of their contribution to greater Java acceptance–as long as it did not imperil Sun's mobile phone licensing revenue. The rule was: Developers are free to write their applications for personal profit, but companies that commercialize a platform should pay to have their Java implementation certified.
Google invaded Sun's only real revenue stream for Java–hiding behind the Apache non-license and thought they could bully and out-lawyer the hapless Sun CEO, Johnathon Schwartz.
Oracle will monetize Java where Sun could not. They will not destroy the developer community or the Java ecosystem. But Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt–who had been Sun's CTO–thought he could get a billion dollar free-ride by pushing Sun in their one sweet-spot for Java–smart phone licenses.
The judge is pushing on both sides in this case to get them to ultimately accept his compromise. He says it will start at $100 million (the figure that Google and Sun were discussing when negotiations broke off) and could go much higher. Oracle will also have an ongoing financial/development interest in Android.
"entire collection of API"
Java API is broken into sub collections. That is where the problem comes in. Google did take a few sub collection as is. So yes entire collections in particular areas was taken by Google and integrated into there API of android from Java..
The ruling is to work out where the define of a work is. Its never been legally defined clearly.
"How the Hell can the API be restricted for something that's GPL?"
That is a simple case if it not a independent work it should have remained under GPL license.
Again the problem comes back to the same legally grey bit. What the hell is a work.
Oracle might be right that what google did has taken a work. Or google might be right that what they took was just API and not a work.
Both sides are most likely to have over reached the define.
Complete problem comes from one define being as clear as mud.
Yes getting a clearer define of what a work is. That is what the case is major-ally about. Depending on how that define comes down could have big effects.
"There's just no basis for copyright violations."
Depending on define of what a work is depends on if there is copyright violations or not.
Simple fact no one knows because the define of work in this area has never been ruled on. After the Oracle vs Google case it will have been ruled on so something like this should never happen again.
Really its better for Oracle and Google todo this than have Mircosoft or someone else truly nasty do it and find out that work define is not what we think it is.
I suspect on most of it the Judge will rule Google way. But I do suspect the Judge could rule against google over some of the whole sail coping of API collections in Java. Its not like google took a class here or there.
Google took complete tree's of classes in the exact same order as java. How a API's are connected to from a structure might be a work.
For case of making a compatible implementation you refer to Sega v. Accolade. What basically says refer to fair usage conditions to neutralise copyright.
(1) the purpose and character of the use, (e.g., is the use commercial? Educational?); (2) the nature of the copyrighted work; (3) the amount and substantiality of the copied material in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and (4) the effect on the market.
Particular point 4. Of course Google did try to argue that Sega v. Accolade applied. It does not in this case.
The idea that API cannot be copyrighted comes from Sega v. Accolade. A reimplementation of a API always falls under fair usage.
In fact this is the problem you have something badly wrong Robert Pogson.
"No, it is not. During the trial when the experts came up with lesser potential awards, Oracle had the option of choosing to ask for less to which Google might well have agreed."
Problem is you have missed exactly what Orcale did. As experts came up with lesser claims they reduced.
Start reading Oracle has corrected the figures to under 100 million total damages claim from the 6 billion. Yes it went from 6 billion to 2 billion when the experts redid numbers and it drop to under 100 million.
Orcale could have tried to stick it out. They did not they did the right thing. 6 billion to 2 billion in one step was one hell of a cut. The cut to under 100 million was even more.
Oracle is no longer asking for the 6 billion or 2 billion. $37.5 million and $46.6 million is all Oracle is asking for now. Yes Oracle has corrected as experts were proven wrong.
Judge said they could claim up to a 100 million. So claiming Oracle is being greedy is false. Oracle is attempt to ask a fair price.
That Oracle doing this they are not Evil blood sucking greedy people. They are just a little greedy but they are mostly after fair payment.
The 6 billion figure and 2.6 billion figure were all based on old maths for doing damages. That really did not take the letter of law into correct account.
Google suspects they should not pay at all on particular sections so here comes the fight. Worse some of those sections have no legal define if what Google did was right or wrong.
Robert Pogson the problem here is Oracle is not really the villain.
The Judge has also be very bunt with Google as well that they knew that the area of copyright law they were going into was suspect. They tried to invent way around it. If they have failed he is going to basically throw the book at them since they could not produce the documents to prove they had done enough legal checking.
Google is not really the villain either.
Its a simple case that both have got themselves in a location where the only way out is court to work out what the law really says.
Really its a sad case. Its one of those cases that has to happen.
It doesn't matter, it's still gpl code from Java and was still used in Android which still violated the license.
You simply can not use gpl functions in non gpl code.
The only person grasping at straws here is you by selectively applying the terms of the gpl because you like google.
Google did not copy any of SUN/Oracle's code.
Like hell they didn't:
Identical down to the white space which means that Android has to be released under the gpl2 because it used that code which makes it a derivative work. No silly deflecting argument is going to change how the gpl2 works, Bob.
It is nice to know that you are willing to selectively apply its terms to companies that you like.
Robert Pogson
"Google did not copy any of SUN/Oracle's code. They did not create a Java VM illegally."
This is the problem if they had created a Java VM they would have been covered by the prior case rulings. Of copyright cannot get in the way of cloning.
"Dalvik virtual machine" bit a ruling on it also applies to Vala and other reimplementation.
"Oracle wanted Google to pay $billions" This was what the standard maths for patent infringement before the rulings in this case said Google owed. This is already one good thing to come out of the case. That the maths for patent damages is far less.
Oracle did not create the billions figure internally. They got there patents valued externally by parties that values patents for patent deals. The billions figure is not Oracles mistake. In fact Oracle contacted 4 different parties to get there stuff valued that all basically returned figures in the same range except one that was basically insane. Oracle knew their own bias might cause them to over value there assets so tried to get third party valuations and at first only presented the lowest valuation to the court they had.
That is a company trying todo the right thing. So the billions claim bit you have to take with a grain of salt.
Its like if you had a car crash you have the damaged valued you get many quotes to repair and you take that to court and you find out that the people who you got quotes from were all shifty buggers and were attempting to rip other party off. This part is an example how shifty patent assessment firms are. we cannot blame Oracle here. They did the right thing but the people they asked to value did it wrong.
The billions in the Oracle claim comes from the basic maths of number of units produced by cost per unit to use the material. That is basically been ruled as an invalid method to make a claim.
Instead the cost of development of the copyrighted material and patents has to be taken into account. You cannot claim back more than three times that. There is now an upper limit to a patent claim that did not exist before the Oracle Google case.
Also that the claim has to be broken down so much per patent. So defeating patents equals not having to pay that percentage. This is also new form this case.
So Oracle vs Google case should be the last time we see a billion dollar damages claim over patents since the maths is now changed. Its very simple to attempt to blame Oracle for the billions not thinking that its what law schools has been teaching world wide to calculate the cost of damages on patent and copyright was wrong so leading to insanely huge figures.
"How can anyone think that the implementation in a GPL release cannot be used to create any derivative legally?"
If you read GPL very careful a derivative has to remain under GPL. Google releases as Apache license so problem. Also Sun and Oracle had been talking about this problem for a long time before hand with Apache.
There has been friction even before Google got mixed up in it. Sun and Oracle both did not strong arm Apache. They could have but they did not.
This is the big thing. Android API/ABI is technically not a Java API/ABI. The prior rules were dead clear on this. If you were re-implementing and ABI/API having matching names is fine. But this is a case that google has created a new ABI/API not compatible with the prior one and cut and pasted from other ABI/API to make theirs. This might not be legal.
One of the big points the judge did say is google was not forced to copy the Java API stuff. Implementation would have worked if classes were named differently. This causes a problem Google is not protected by the prior exception.
This is a true Pandora question.
So main points
1) Patent and Copyright infringement claim maths have be made sane by this case. So we really cannot hold the claim figure against Oracle its not a figure they dreamed up.
Here is the good one. The patent and Copyright infringement calculation method had never in any court world wide been examined in a court of law before the Oracle vs Google case. This also explains why the people who have download videos get such insane claims about how much they owe.
Over claiming is not unique to Oracle. Oracle was willing to put it before a judge and find out what they should be claiming. This happened in the Google vs Oracle mediation stages. In mediation you don't have to change you valuation of claim and you don't have to take it before a judge to find out if your maths is right. Oracle did what means they are someone what of a decent company. Doing so was also high risk to the case because it could have seen the complete case thrown out due to over valuing. Oracle deserve some credit for having some balls.
2) We will find out once and for all if its legal to copy API designs from other API's into your own and use a different license.
2 could cause companies using BSD stuff big problems.
I know its hard but everyone wants a villain. If you want a true villain its the companies that value copyright and patent infrignement.
Robert Pogson the case Oracle has brought had to be done. Really I don't see Oracle as dark and evil here in the copyright law problem.
Oracle if they were evil could have sued all produces of android devices. Microsoft with the same case most likely would have gone after each android device maker alone like they do with Fat patents and other patents.
To a point I trust Oracle. At least if Oracle are upset about something they will take it to the head of the project to get it resolved one way or the other.
Oracle true colours don't really look that bad. Oracle is not going to sue you if upstream is the problem. They will sue the upstream and get it fixed.
Ok Oracle is likely to enforce what they believe.
Its level of evil here. Microsoft is still less trust-able than Oracle. Microsoft is more likely to bug you about things you don't control.
Oracle vs Google had to happen. Patents Oracle had they were not 100 percent sure of. Copyright law in a particular area is vague. This vague could effect anyone cloning programs. Better to have this sorted by Oracle vs Google than sorted by someone like Microsoft.
On the stand the head of Oracle openly admitted to the judge that he himself was not sure if Oracle had a case neither was the Oracle legal teams. Google legal teams have admitted the same thing.
So now the poor judge is sitting in a location where the is no prior ruling to help him. That is the story of the Copyright problem.
Oracle was right to question over the patents as well since the patent grant is linked to using LGPL or GPL with classpath exception.
Try using RCU from IBM in something that is not GPL or LGPL you will get skinned since the patent grant is only for source code under GPL or LGPL. Oracle is not the only one funding the Open Source world who will attempt to skin you with patents if you license your source code wrong.
IBM truly will completely do you in if you use some of the patents in works under the wrong license. VMWare and others also provide patents for use in the Linux kernel that are source code license restricted as well.
So the patent case is prity much status normal.
Oracle has been leaving Apache harmony mostly alone. They could have attacked Apache harmony as well with the patents. They really don't have the resources to fight back.
This is the thing Oracle waited until someone used the harmony code that was strong enough to fight back to find out what is valid.
This is not a sign of some underhanded company. Oracle does not take on the weak if they can avoid it.
Lot of ways Oracle is not a bad company. Greed yes. But not high evil level greed.
From the start Oracle would have drop the complete case if Google changed there code base to LGPL or GPL with classpath execption.
Google argued that due to a prior ruling over that copyright could not be used to prevent compatibility that they could use the Apache license without issue.
Oracle was right that the prior ruling does not apply to the problem that has been created.
So you are really in the crappier at this point. Now Oracle does not want a long case so pulled out its patents that google also does not have a license to use. In the hope this will speed settlement.
Funny enough the maths Oracle used for patent infringement that the judge has said is wrong legally. Is the basic maths that has been used for the last 12 years of patent deals by everyone. So means that almost all patent agreements are over priced. This is a break threw because it means patent infringement does not equal billions.
Then we end up in the mess we have now.
It always takes two to fight. This case neither Google or Oracle knows they are in the right. That leads to one hell of a feud.
Each of the rulings in this case has resolved stuff. By end of case the rules of copyright and patent enforcement will be more clear.
Most likely will equal more resistance to patent troll demands due to the fact patents are now worth less.
There is still one one ruling on the patent side. Can a patent legally insist that the source code be under a particular license. This is another section not tested in court.
Per unit produced claim on patents has weakened by this case that a following case might break that completely. If this happened it would allow redhat and others to go out and buy particular patents so making open source more competitive.
This Orcale vs Google case could reshape the complete patent landscape and make copyright a lot clearer. Someone had to take this before a judge to find out what is legal.
Yes I know its simple to make Oracle the devil and Google the good guy. But in this case they are both the devil and both the good guy. It depends what you are looking at for what they were in this case.
To be correct the Oracle vs Google might be the most important case of our time.
Most people don't get how big this case is.
ernest here is where things get evil. apache harmony is where a lot of the program code comes from that Google is in trouble over.
Apache harmony attempts to be a full Java implementation. So the files that google is in trouble over is legal in Apache harmony. Since the layout of interfaces are required to make a Java implementation.
Since android is not an Java implementation. Google is now in a corner case.
The judge is not even sure if Oracle case on copyright is exactly right. Neither is Oracle or Google.
from java math.sqrt() could have been called science.sqrt() or anything else in android since android was a new platform that technically would not have broken anything. Since java need a re-complier run to run on androids runtime the re-complier could have corrected things like this.
Judge is no fool basically. So by coping Java structs make googles re-complier simpler.
Past test case on the same kind of thing covers emulation like wine or runtimes like Java. That since you need those parts to run other third parties you are allowed to copy them. This does not protect Google in this case even that Google thought it would have. Oracle had this bit right Google usage was not covered by any prior test case of copyright. Also means Oracle going after Google on copyright has never been tested before either.
Simple case is no matter how much we like it we have to wait until end of case ernest to find out how copyright law in the USA will be written forever more. Until then MIT or GPL or LGPL might be right.
Google does have the option of going lgpl2. Since Java specs do allow that. So the release code might be limited only to classes taken from Apache harmony if google loses.
ernest even if google loses it will not be ruled wilful on the copyright bit. That has already been ruled out by judge due to no existing test case of this particular problem. So there is no way that Google could have 100 percent know what it was doing was an offence. Oracle has accepted that. Its a untested section of copyright law that threatens to have large effects.
Which license is it then, Robert?
The GPL, or Apache?
Enquiring minds wish to know.
How can that be if Google has the GPL licence that accompanied the code?
The gpl license that covers the code that google copied forces all derivative code (Android becomes a derivative by including the copied functions) to be redistributed under the gpl2′s conditions. Those conditions are not compatible with the Apache license which Android is licensed under.
Google is willfully ignoring the Java license, a license which you seem to support but are apparently arguing that it should be ignored because it's google doing the breaking. Why is that? Why are you supporting a company that is actually doing something that is worse than anything that Microsoft has ever done?
This is a corner case. Where goggle copied from since it run java programs could copy the struct. Since google removed the means to directly run java programs the debate is now if something particular is allowed.
A new test case and legal define will come out of this either way.
If google is using Java's gpl2 code as a part of Android, than they are violating Java's gpl license with their Apache 2 license. Either way, the large faceless corporation that claims to not be evil is still being evil.
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(Red Cloud, Neb.)- The crash claimed four lives and injured five others. On September 5, a Blue Hill Community School bus and semi collided at an intersection. The Nebraska State Patrol and the Webster County Sheriff's office investigation has determined that each driver appears to have shared some level of responsibility in the outcome of the crash.
"The investigation indicated that both vehicles entered the intersection at approximately the same time," Sara Bockstadter, Webster County Attorney said. "The investigation revealed that both drivers had an unobstructed view of the roadway and the opportunity to see each other."
The crash occurred just before 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 5, when the school bus and semi hauling hay, collided at the intersection of County Road "R" and 1800 Road, south of the community of Blue Hill. As a result of the impact, both vehicles caught fire. The fire destroyed data recording equipment in both vehicles, hampering the ability to determine the speed at which either vehicle was traveling. The driver of the semi did not have a Class A Commercial Driver's License required to operate the vehicle he was driving. The driver of the bus failed to statutorily yield the right of way to the semi on her right. Both issues were identified as possible contributing factors in the crash. Drugs and alcohol were not involved in the crash.
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WEST LAFAYETTE - Frequent rain is delaying some Indiana farmers who need to harvest winter wheat and then plant a crop of soybeans right after that while there is still time in the summer growing season.
While nearly all of Indiana's soybean crop already is in the ground, some farmers who "double crop" have not yet planted their beans. They are facing crucial dates this month for planting them, generally sooner in the central parts of the state and later in the south. Double-cropping is not recommended in the north because of its shorter season.
"This year's wheat harvest is a polar opposite compared with 2012, when nearly every acre was already harvested by now," said Purdue Extension soybean specialist Shaun Casteel. "Delayed wheat harvest directly affects our double-crop soybeans."
Only 32 percent of the winter wheat acreage in Indiana had been harvested as of the week ending July 7, compared with 98 percent last year and the five-year average of 69 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Still, 76 percent of the crop was rated good to excellent.
Wheat development was delayed this season when cooler temperatures extended into the spring, Casteel said. The cool and wet spring, however, benefited many wheat fields with extended period of grain fill.
"Unfortunately, the rain cycle continued for many of our areas as the wheat matured in June and now into July," he said.
Farmers who double-crop would need to plant their soybeans so the plants can reach maturity before the first freeze in autumn. Because double-crop soybeans need about 90 days to reach the first harvestable stage of development, Casteel recommended that farmers target July 15-25 as estimated planting deadlines depending on their location in the state.
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February 10 'Media Mash': Bozell Reacts to AOL Buyout of Huffington Post
"AOL giving control to Arianna Huffington. How the mighty have fallen!" NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell quipped on the February 10 edition of FNC's "Hannity."
"Ten years ago, AOL had 30 million members, they were joining forces with the Time-Warner colossus," the Media Research Center founder noted. Now "they're down to 4 million members and they're at Motel 6 getting into bed with Arianna."
"It's a mess of an organization and they're going to make an even greater mess of it with Arianna. I promise you that," Bozell told Hannity during the program's "Media Mash" segment.
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Great job... enjoyed watching!
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 12:59pm.
I just WISH more people were exposed to honest, objective points like shown here!
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Submitted by bsny on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 1:17pm.
Seriously - is anything on the Hannity show objective? Even he'll admit as much.
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So what media has covered the
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 2:55pm.
So what media has covered the duplicity of the media asking Rummy these questions when these very same media were absolutely against doing the very thing they are chastising him for. Yeah I think that is a relevant fact regarding the perspective of the story. That is valuable information which would better shape one's perspective of what they are currently egging him with.
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Name ONE MSM program
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sat, 02/12/2011 - 11:11am.
where they have more opposing points of view. I am tired of the crap with no facts talking points nonsense.
And now the crickets!
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Correct me if I am wrong but
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 1:13pm.
Correct me if I am wrong but didn't Huffington lambast "corporate money" in regards to one company buying another? If my memory is correct that would reveal that Huffington holds to double-standards (no big shock there) and is a hypocrite (again, no big shock).
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The delicious irony - a
Submitted by PeskyDane on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 2:28pm.
The delicious irony - a concept lost on libtards - is that the Huffington slaves who posted their columns faithfully every week are getting nothing out of this. A great lesson in capitalism, kids.
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Submitted by David Kramer on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 2:36pm.
I had to login after seeing this one.
Hey Bozell, you have the wild and crazy eyes on this vid, try not to get sooo excited while on the tube.
Loved the clip though!
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I wouldn't have used the
Submitted by tcm14 on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 2:52pm.
I wouldn't have used the "climbing into bed with Arianna" analogy because that is just going to polarize people and play into the Dems' favorite issue of sexism. Also yeah, major crazy eyes going. But besides that, loved the segment and try to never miss the mash.
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Plus, who in their right mind
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sat, 02/12/2011 - 11:13am.
Plus, who in their right mind would jump into bed with that skank?
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Two problems with this
Submitted by Reflect on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 3:46pm.
Two problems with this video:
1. The recent praise of Obama in the media discussed here has come only after he has explicitly taken a more moderate/centrist tone in response to the election and struck compromises with the Republicans. Isn't this evidence of a centrist media bias instead of liberal? They seem to be rewarding him after he's extended tax cuts for the rich and given a state of the union speech where he didn't even say the word "environment".
2. Any criticism of Rumsfeld must be seen in a longer context, particularly including the run up to the Iraq invasion. How does Newsbusters explain how & why the media was so complicit in the run up to the war? Wouldn't a liberal media have advocated an anti-war position instead? This clearly did not happen.
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On your first comment
Submitted by ahusser on Sat, 02/12/2011 - 2:12am.
Your memory must be short. After the '08 election Obama was telling Republicans to shut up we won and the media were howling at the moon in their unbridled happiness. Now they could come out of the closet and be the partisan hacks they always wanted to be. Now as usual the Democrats misread the public's mind and paid the price in the '10 elections. With their's and left wing pols stunning display of arrogance, pomposity and entitlement. I am sure Obama's handlers have told him to tone down his Anti-American, muslim loving, and yes commie loving self. So once again chameleon like is reshaping and adapting his image and the media slavish praise on how Reaganesque he is while actually bashing the real Reagan and his legacy. He is still a poseur, an amateur and still dangerous. He will do whatever it takes to remain in power. The media is still biased in the extreme and will do everything they can to become chamelon's like their fearless leader and portray themselves as centrist/moderates but they are not.
"Somehow, I told you so, just doesn't quite say it." Will Smith in 'I, Robot.'
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The MSMS would praise BO
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sat, 02/12/2011 - 11:15am.
for taking a loose movement on the desk in the Oval Office. You must be kidding?!
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Right on -
Submitted by Ashrak on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 4:13pm.
Had we went in with "more troops" in the first place, a "surge" would not have been as effective. The "surge" was more PR than anything else, imho. Now, what came along with it, ROE upgrades, had a huge impact.
The same is true in Afghanistan with Obama's own "surge". No PR value is to be had because it was basically done all hush hush and the ROE were further restricted and downgraded - which has seen more soliders killed on Obama's watch than all the Bush years combined.
It isn't the number of soldiers in theater that matters so much - it is whether or not their hands are tied behind their backs and their chambers empty that makes the difference.
Just think how different things would be today had the media been pointing their fingers at the root cause of this conflict - the Muslim terrorists - all along. I am a firm believer that this conflict will continue until the world stands firm together, the free world at least, all standing shoulder to shoulder in the face of the political correctness we have witnessed. With the Leaders of the UK and France coming out publicly as they have in recent days, I am thinking this stand is coming closer to fruition.
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What other root cause of the
Submitted by Reflect on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 4:28pm.
What other root cause of the conflict has the media been pointing to other than terrorism? I've never heard anyone in the mainstream media dispute the fact that the root cause of the Afghan war was 911, all Americans have been told that and understand that.
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I interrupt this serious
Submitted by jdhawk on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 4:24pm.
I interrupt this serious discussion with a bit of Friday afternoon frivolity. Find below a link to an exchange between Congressman Hank Johnson (aka the congressman most in need of a drug test) and a Navy admiral regarding the stationing of troops on the island of Guam (warning, place all drinks in a secure location while viewing):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZczIgVXjg lol
And a take off on Congressman Hank Johnson's remarks (gives new meaning to the term dimocrat) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITx4aFhASTE&feature=related . lol
OK, back to the regularly scheduled programming . . . .
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Guam capsizing
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 4:39pm.
Yes, that one is a classic.
And the deviated septum echo in his voice tells us exactly why his brain is fried.
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Someone I know captured that
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Someone I know captured that event in a postcard.
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The Midwest League game between the Beloit Snappers and the Kane County Cougars scheduled for Monday evening was postponed due to inclement weather. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Tuesday consisting of two seven inning games. The twin bill will begin at 4pm with the second game starting at 6:30pm or one half-hour after the end of game one. Starting pitchers for Tuesday's games are TBD.
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text: Well since I touched on an offensive blueprint I figured may as well show some love to the otherside of the ball huh? From what it seems we have 2 stud DE's (CC and DD) with one very capable back up (Branch), I am high on Iwebema, I think they downplayed the fact that the man had a tumor carved out of his chest about this time last year wasnt it, correct me if I'm wrong. Hopefully we have a real estate hog in the works (Williams) and although Watson has been rather ineffective since his knee cap injury I for one would love to see him return to form from our superbowl run. On the LB's well our outside position is still rather old, however I think signing porter (although he has last a step or two) will be great for Brown, Davis, and schofield. Haggans will still be fairly, but not particularly great at anything. ILB's we have Hayes (whom in my opinion is the most underrated ILB in the league), some journeymen fill ins and Daryl washington who we all hope will develop into something special. Now for the secondary we lost Rolle (although he was a heck of playmaker I still dont believe his good plays outweighed the bad) and he was replaced with Rhodes who is a very good cover safety, and Adub is back there (Do I really need to mention anything about Adub aside from being the best linebackin' safety in the NFL today?) DRC who is one of the most dangerous to throw down the field at, and some question marks with toler, adams, and the others...I feel if our young guns pan out the way we want...well you fill in how you think we will see our defense play this year ROTB nation.


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SMITH COUNTY (KYTX) - The Smith County Sheriff's office is on the scene of a body found in a burned out car on County Road 3101 near the Smith County line.
A 911 call came into Smith County dispatch around 6 am on Barber Road.
Fire had almost extinguished itself by the time emergency crews arrived on the scene. Smith County Fire Marshal and sheriff office responded to the call. Unidentifiable remains were later found in the car. Investigators say it will be several days before an identification can be made on the victim. Officers are trying to piece together the last known whereabouts of victim and whether or not the fire was ignited with the use of flammable liquids.
The car did not show signs of body damage other than what was caused by the fire. The body was found inside the passenger compartment of the
vehicle. The car out of county in North Texas and the victim is believed to have possible ties to Smith County. The burned body is being investigated as a potential
Justice of the Peace Mitch Schamberger pronounced the victim dead.
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UFC 168 Predictions - UFC 168 will come to us all live on December 28, 2013 from Las Vegas, Nevada. Simply put, the main event between Chris Weidman and Anderson Silva is one of the most anticipated in UFC history. What's more, bouts between Ronda Rousey-Miesha Tate and Josh Barnett-Travis Browne have fans salivating.
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It was a rematch mixed martial arts (MMA) fans had been looking forward to since the first time it went down, when Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) flyweights Demetrious Johnson and Ian McCall fought to a controversial draw at UFC on FX 2 in Sydney, Australia, on March 3, 2012.
The controversy stemmed from the fight originally being called in favor of Johnson, but later overturned because of a scoring error, and was determined to be a draw.
A mere three months later, "Mighty Mouse" and "Uncle Creepy" went at it again, when the two exchanged leather at UFC on FX 3 in Sunrise, Fla., on Fri., June 8, 2012.
It was everything we'd been hoping for -- and then some. The fight had all the action, fast pace and crazy transitions that we saw in the first fight. Also like the first fight, Johnson had his hand raised at the end, only this time, it was the real deal.
After the jump, we'll take a closer look at what the immediate future holds for Demetrious Johnson:
The rematch was very similar to the original in that Johnson came out early as the aggressor, winning the first round with his speed and unpredictability.
In the second round, McCall was able to find his timing and distance, as well as to score several big takedowns. It was a close round, but more than likely, it should have gone to McCall.
The third and final round was the difference, in that Johnson finished what he started. He outstruck McCall, kept him off guard, continued applying pressure and did just enough to eek out the round and the decision win.
It was a big win for Johnson, who admitted during his post-fight interview that McCall is easily the toughest guy he's ever fought in the UFC. Now, with this chapter of the story behind him, Johnson can finally get rid of the asterisk and rightfully proclaim himself to be the better man.
Bragging rights are nice. Don't get me wrong. After fighting to a draw, last time, certainly there was huge satisfaction in coming out on top this go-round.
But, it's about more than that. It's about the belt.
The next stop for Johnson will be no easy task. He will be taking on a very tough Joseph Benavidez, who has essentially been on the shelf since his technical knockout win over Yasuhiro Urushitani at UFC on FX 2.
With Benavidez and Johnson, you've got two fighters who both believe that this is their anointing. They both had been waiting for a long time for the UFC to finally unveil its Flyweight division, and the circumstances are very similar.
Benavidez has always known that flyweight is where he belongs, but with the UFC not having had that weight class available, he had no choice but to be somewhat a fish out of water in the Bantamweight division. Johnson protested the move down to flyweight for years. When asked about a move down, in interviews, Johnson almost seemed irritated by the question. He always seemed content to stay at 135 pounds, regardless of whether or not the UFC ever opened up a flyweight division or not.
Luckily, due to the prodding of UFC President Dana White and people close to him, "Mighty Mouse" finally caved when he received the call and the offer to fight in the promotion's inaugural flyweight tournament.
Now, all that history culminates into one moment, when the two fighters will collide, each hoping to be the man with his hand raised in the air and the UFC's first ever Flyweight Championship belt wrapped around his waist.
It certainly looks to be a very intriguing bout between two evenly matched fighters.
Who are you Maniacs picking in this one? Will Joseph Benavidez remain flawless in his UFC flyweight career? Or will Johnson prove that this really is his weight class?
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A south moving outflow boundary tapped into a very muggy ArkLaTex atmosphere to produce showers/storms this afternoon. Some storms pulsed up to severe levels with wind gusts over 60 mph. Trees and power lines were damaged in Mt. Vernon TX, Haughton LA and Eros LA.
More storms are possible tonight as a cold front moves into the area after midnight.
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Five adults and two children were displaced from their homes after a fire in a New Cumberland apartment building Monday afternoon.
Firefighters arrived in the 500 block of Bridge Street to find fire and smoke coming from the 3rd floor of the building at 4:15 p.m.
Crews quickly brought the fire under control and contained it to the 3rd floor and attic area.
The American Red Cross is assisting the affected residents.
One firefighter was transported to an area hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 47) -- After a slow start to the growing season, the latest crop report says Minnesota farmers have been making rapid progress on the fall harvest.
In its weekly crops and weather report for Minnesota, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says more than a fourth of the state's corn crop got harvested last week thanks to dry weather that made an average of 5.3 days suitable for fieldwork.
Minnesota's total corn harvest was 48 percent complete as of Sunday. That's 13 percentage points short of the 61 percent average, but the cold, wet spring delayed crop development by a week or two across the state.
For the first time this season, however, the progress of the state's soybean crop is ahead of normal. Minnesota's soybean harvest is 91 percent complete. That's 3 percentage points ahead of the average.
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New Mexico State is the fifth consecutive opponent to not score on its opening drive against Louisiana Tech.
Andrew Guillot's touchdown reception in the first quarter marked his first career touchdown reception. He became the 13th different Tech player to reach the end zone this season.
Chad Boyd recorded his third interception of the season.
Lennon Creer recorded 59 yards rushing on five carries in the first quarter. He had 56 yards rushing in the entire game against Fresno State last week.
Jacarri Jackson's 41-yard reception late in the second quarter marked a career long catch for the redshirt freshman.
Louisiana Tech's 83-yard touchdown drive in the second quarter marked the third-longest scoring drive this season (in terms of yards).
New Mexico State's Boyblue Aoelua returned a Ross Jenkins interception 41 yards for a touchdown marking the first time a Louisiana Tech opponent has returned an interception for a touchdown since Marquis Powell of Southeastern Louisiana did so on Sept. 20, 2008 (51 yards).
Javontay Crowe recorded his first career interception, picking off Manley's pass in the third quarter and running it back seven yards.
Phillip Livas' 62-yard reverse run for a touchdown marked the longest running play of the year for Louisiana Tech and the longest touchdown play of the season except for his 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown last week against Fresno State.


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I've had my HTC Desire for three years, almost to the day. It works fine. I want to know: what killer feature or app am I missing by using such an old phone (and old version of Android)?


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The New York Times called his Bach Goldberg Variations a "radiant interpretation" and named it one of the top classical recordings of 2011. Programme: Bach: Goldberg Variations and Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32
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Location: Hyogo, Japan
Type: Residential
The house which stands on a south-oriented cliff facing the Seto inland sea is designed for a couple with two children. Major part of the site is occupied with retaining walls which have been administrated by government. Only narrow plane was remained for the house to build.
The narrow plane stretches from east to west and has a 2.5meter drop approximately half way across its length. The structure incorporates this drop taking complete advantage of the site.
The main structure is made of reinforced concrete which acts as additional protection against minor land slippage on mountain side. On the other side which is facing the sea, glass façade provides magnificent view to the sea, breeze and sun light to enhance the activities of the residents and intimate relationship between residents and natural environment.
It is important to control the solar radiation in order to ensure comfortable thermal environment of the house. In this house, the amount of solar radiation entering the house and volume of the spaces are controlled by varying room widths and heights, as well as the use of varying eaves length.
Doma which is floor finishing and is made of concrete with electronic heating system beneath, collects the heat which is gained from direct solar radiation in winter season, and radiates the heat at night. Electric heating system will be used as sub heating system when temperature is low in the morning and lack of solar radiation. In summer, when temperature is high, the glass façade allow the breeze which is cooled down on the sea, to enter the house. And the concrete structure on the mountain side has high thermal capacity, and with insulation outside, it contains a function of collecting the heat and the cool. In this house, It is intended to have various spaces climatically and geometrically, so as to have flexible lifestyle for residents. It is meant to be the house as an environment.
Architect: Keiichi Hayashi Architect
Structure Engineer: Satoru Shimoyama / Shimoyama structure Office
Site Area: 379.65㎡
Total Floor Areas: 135.74㎡
Stories: 2 stories
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Lierac Prescription products, in amber bottles designed by Brandimage. These are part of the "Regulating" range, to address skin issues such as adult imperfections.
Lierac Prescription includes a few plastic tubes, such as these spot treatment products that are part of the "Correcting" range. The majority of the line is in amber glass bottles.


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Spare a thought for Daniel Akerson. The chief executive of General Motors just delivered another decent quarter on Thursday. On the same day, however, his former employer, Carlyle Group , went public. The private equity firm's initial public offering wasn't great, pricing below its original range. But Mr. Akerson nevertheless left about $100-million (U.S.) on the table to head to Detroit in 2010.
He's not doing a bad job. Profits are chugging along, hitting $1.6-billion (U.S.) in the first three months of the year. The company has more than $30-billion in cash, a solid business in China and April's U.S. sales make the slight first-quarter dip in market share look like a blip. Mr. Akerson is honest about how far GM's operational restructuring still has to go. And his experience at Carlyle should come in handy for turning around GM's European business, which lost $300-million last quarter.
For his efforts, Mr. Akerson was paid $7.7-million in cash and stock last year. And he cannot earn more than $9-million this year because the U.S Treasury still owns a 32-per-cent stake in GM and so sets the parameters for his compensation. That leaves Mr. Akerson earning barely a quarter of what Ford's Alan Mulally took home in 2011.
Some of the disparity is justified. North America, GM's largest autos money-spinner, cranks out a decent pre-tax margin these days – around 7 per cent in the first quarter, for example – but remains shy of Ford's 11.3 per cent. And GM's stock still trades at only a little more than half what's needed for taxpayers to get all their money back.
After more than 30 years running telecom companies and working at Carlyle, Mr. Akerson was already a rich chap. And he's hardly earning a pauper's wage running GM. Americans on regular salaries will correctly assess his decision to go for $7.7-million instead of $100-million as a problem reserved exclusively for the 1 per cent. But his loss has been a gain for taxpayers – even if only operationally so far. And surrendering that much cash isn't a choice too many would make.
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Andy Dalton spent his Halloween evening with Cincinnati's 700WLW radio hosts Lance McAlister and Dave Lapham. He sat down with the two local personalities and answered questions for roughly thirty minutes. The following is a transcribed excerpt from their interview. The entire audio for the interview can be found here.
DL: "Andy, what's your definition of a leader?"
AD: "Being a leader is getting guys to respond to what you're doing, whatever it takes to win the game and what I've been able to do my entire career and that's what I've been able to do here so far."
LM: "How noisy was it on the field on Sunday?"
AD: "It was really loud. That place is known for being one of the loudest places to play. Communication is the biggest thing and I thought we did a good job of that Sunday."
DL: "A four-game winning streak is contagious and the team seems to be all working together, buying in. You said yesterday was a 'team win'..."
AD: "It is contagious and every game is going to be different. We're just trying to do whatever it takes to win every week."
LM: "We've called this offense the 'equal opportunity offense'. What's it like going to the line and looking to your right and left, knowing what you've got to your usage?"
AD: "We have a lot of talent. It makes my job a lot of fun. It's nice to know that I have all of those guys to work with--it definitely makes my job a lot easier."
LM: "Has the transition (to the NFL) been what you thought?"
AD: "It's kind of what I thought. Coming from a good background at TCU, I felt that I was well-prepared. Getting used to the speed of the game has been something I've been adjusting to and I feel like I've done a good job of that so far."
LM: "What's the marriage been like from the offense you at TCU to the one that Jay Gruden runs here? It seems like a pretty good match..."
AD: "It is. It's very similar to the way we're calling things, the way we're doing things. It's all very similar and it's made my transition smooth."
DL: "At what time at TCU did you feel that you could go on to the next level with this?"
AD: "It's always been a dream of mine. I always felt like I had the talent, it's just a matter of going out there and making it happen. It was later in my career at TCU that I said 'Okay, this is actually going to happen.'"


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Food Truck Palooza 2013
September 22, 2013 - 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Temple Shalom is hosting the 2nd Annual "Food Truck Palooza" on September 22, 2013 from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
This great event, which benefits North Texas Food Bank, will include fun, food and music for the entire family. Last year, more than 2500 fans sampled gourmet treats while enjoying music and fun in the shaded picnic area.
The Gourmet Food Truck craze is sweeping the nation; and Dallas is no exception. Dallas' best food trucks including Nammi, Tutta's Pizza, Crazy Fish, and Easy Sliders will be on hand to deliver delicious food ranging from Gourmet Sliders, Sushi, Pizza, and so much more!
Listen to live music from local bands like Vic Duncan, while the kids play in the huge Kids' Zone. This year we are hosting four large bounce structures, professional face painters, and other fun activities. ALL INCLUDED IN THE ADMISSION PRICE.
There will be a multi-winner raffle with exciting prizes, as well as special appearances by local performers. There will be a magic show for the kids during the dinner hour.
Admission is only $5 and includes parking, all kids activities, and great music.
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Back the Surrey Canal Road Station Campaign
No one likes them, but on this occasion, they do care.
The second phase of the East London Line extension - which would link New Cross with Clapham Junction - was recently given the go-ahead. However, at this stage, there are no plans to include Surrey Canal Station along the route. Trains would pass right through on their way to Peckham.
Lewisham Council is supporting a campaign called "A Key Station For Our Area" that aims to reinstate Surrey Canal. The campaigners say:
Almost 10,000 new homes are going to be built in North Lewisham all within walking distance of where the new station was originally planned. In addition up to 6,000 new jobs will be created within the station�s catchment area. It has been calculated that a new station would actually be used by between 1.6 and 2.4 million passengers a year.
So a new station has always been planned for this critical part of the new rail link for years � and �7 million of funding has been set aside by the Department for Transport as a major contribution towards the estimated total cost of the station of less than �10 million.
The campaign aims to put pressure on TfL to re-look at the business case for the station and to highlight the benefits of the station to the local area. These include increased access to jobs and employment, improved transport solutions on Millwall match days and enhanced transport routes within the Borough.
Local residents, business owners and other supporters are being urged to join the campaign by signing the online petition, registering their support on the website http://www.surreycanalroad.co.uk/ or picking up one of the leaflets which are available across the Borough.