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Amazon has released new numbers showing continued growth for its Simple Storage Service, better known as S3, one of the core components of Amazon Web Services for third-party web developers. Between the fourth quarter of 2011 and the second quarter of 2012, the number of objects stored in S3 rose 19 percent, from 762 billion… Read More
Raveld reveals Klout-like score for cloud spending on AWS
It may start getting easier to make optimal Amazon Web Services purchasing decisions. Or, at least, less expensive. Raveld, a Seattle-based startup formed last year, is launching a new free service to help organizations decide which AWS resources they need. At its heart, it is a report containing what the company calls the Raveld Score,… Read More
Amazon Web Services to collect sales tax on customers in Washington state
Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing unit of the Seattle online retailer, notified customers in Washington state this week that it plans to begin collecting sales tax on the online services if offers next month. "We wanted to let you know that starting with your March 2012 bill (sent out at the beginning of April),… Read More
Amazon Web Services: Almost a billion-dollar business?
Amazon Web Services is poised top $1 billion in cloud services revenue in 2012, according to a new report from research firm IDC that underscores the rise of cloud computing across the tech industry, and the increasing significance of AWS to the Seattle-based online retailer. Google's cloud-based enterprise technology business should reach that milestone 18… Read More
Amazon Web Services opens new West Coast hub in Oregon
Companies utilizing Amazon Web Services now have a new option. The Seattle company today opened a new U.S. West regional hub in Oregon, one that the company said will offer lower-cost pricing. "Since the launch of AWS over five years ago, we've lowered our prices over a dozen times," said Andy Jassy, Senior Vice President… Read More
Madrona, Amazon and others pump $10 million into online ad analyzer Yieldex
Madrona Venture Group and Amazon.com are among the backers in a $10 million round for Yieldex, a New York-based company that helps online publishers increase revenue by providing inventory analysis, forecasting and pricing. New investors in the round include Triangle Peak Partners and Hearst Interactive Media, the digital arm of the New York publishing giant. Total… Read More
Amazon Silk: New web browser taps cloud for flexibility
It's not just Kindles and tablets in the news from Amazon this morning. The Seattle company is also announcing a new web browser, dubbed Amazon Silk, that makes use of its Amazon Web Services cloud computing infrastructure in a bid for a more efficient browsing experience under the hood. Here's an excerpt from an Amazon… Read More
Geek of the Week: Amazon's Mai-lan Tomsen Bukovec
Some people tell great stories about camping out for the latest gadgets, but when your life experience includes time in the Peace Corps in West Africa, your strongest memories of waiting in line are very different. That's just one of the characteristics that distinguishes our latest Geek of the Week. Mai-lan Tomsen Bukovec grew up… Read More
Whoa, Amazon is now valued at more than $101 billion
Remember those folks who once declared that Amazon was "toast?" Well, where are they now? Amazon.com's stock has surged above $223 per share this week, giving the iconic Seattle online retailer a whopping market value of $101 billion. The company's rise over the past decade has been nothing short of remarkable. Many analysts thought Amazon… Read More
Amazon Web Services bracing for Hurricane Irene in Virginia
Seems like Amazon.com's data center in Northern Virginia just can't catch a break lately. And now here comes Hurricane Irene. Officials at the Amazon Web Services facility — a key piece of infrastructure for many high-profile websites, say in an online message to their customers that they're "closely monitoring Hurricane Irene and making all possible preparations, e.g…. Read More
Nerd Notes: Aviation High School launches with a rocket; Paul Allen's private island for sale; and more
Cheezburger has added to its line-up of weird and wacky sites. Introducing "Bronies." Men and boys who love the animated series "My Little Pony." Aviation High School – where the next generation of aerospace geeks will be trained –broke ground today on a new $43.5 million campus next to the Museum of Flight. The school, the first of… Read More
Amazon 'ElastiCache' promises to boost web app performance
Amazon Web Services this morning made a new pitch for running web apps on its cloud computing platform, introducing a feature called ElastiCache that promises to improve the performance of web apps such as social networks, games and media-sharing sites. In basic terms, the system uses server infrastructure more efficiently to help web apps keep key… Read More
Weekend Humor: Hitler gets the bad news about HP ditching the TouchPad
I am huge fan of Downfall, a classic war film that depicts Adolf Hitler's last days in Berlin. But even better than the film are the number of parodies that have arisen around the Oscar-nominated film. And here's one that you've got to see. The fictional Hitler (played by Bruno Ganz in the 2004 German… Read More
Amazon Web Services suffers another outage: Company says issue now resolved
Amazon.com's EC2 service suffered another outage this evening, taking out several high-trafficked Web sites and adding another black eye to the reliability of online services. The outage, which Amazon first reported on its service health dashboard at 7:39 p.m., was resolved as of 8:03 p.m., according to the company. That's a relatively short outage. But,… Read More
Social innovators to compete for $150,000 in prize money
Can you do well, by doing good? An upcoming event — hosted by Social Venture Partners — will highlight entrepreneurial ventures from both the non-profit and for-profit worlds. The goal is to feature products or services that attempt to solve a critical need of society. That can be anything from education to protecting the environment… Read More
Amazon expands Start-Up Challenge worldwide
Amazon Web Services today announced that it is expanding its annual Start-Up Challenge competition to include a total of 15 finalists from the regions of the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. "Within the AWS community, we're seeing hotbeds of innovation emerge throughout the world," said Adam Selipsky, Vice President, Amazon Web… Read More
Tech Moves: ISB attracts an all-star fundraiser; Blue Nile taps a Starbucks vet; and more
We've been tracking a number of key departures, appointments and new hires in the Pacific Northwest tech industry in recent days. Here are a few notable tech moves: Sissy Walsh Bouchard, a former fundraiser at the University of Washington, has been named vice president of development at the Institute for Systems Biology. In that role, the graduate… Read More
Citrix buys Cloud.com, challenges Amazon and Microsoft's Azure
Citrix Systems announced today that it is acquiring Cloud.com, raising the competitive bar on other cloud infrastructure services such as those from Amazon Web Services and Microsoft's Azure. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it does signal that the market for cloud computing services is starting to heat up. With its CloudStack product,… Read More
Amazon eyes new Seattle tower for even more growth
Amazon.com has been growing like crazy — adding 4,200 people worldwide in the first three months of this year alone. And despite a gigantic new headquarters campus, the Seattle company appears to need even more space to accommodate all that growth. We're hearing from people in Seattle's commercial real estate community that Amazon is on… Read More
Looking to mine data, Amazon backs analytics startup ParAccel
Amazon.com is investing an undisclosed amount of money into ParAccel, a Campbell, California maker of business analytics software that helps executives and analysts "predict the future." "From "great leap" conceptual thinkers to "step-by-step" problem solvers, only ParAccel has the performance to both rocket through a chain of incremental questions and answer the intricately-modeled queries imagined… Read More
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Amazon Web Services cuts prices on Data Transfer, CloudFront
Amazon Web Services suffered a massive outage back in April, one that caused all sorts of havoc developers. So, here's one way that Amazon is giving back to those who use its platform. The company just announced that it will be lowering the price for its AWS Data Transfer service. Effective July 1, the company… Read More
Report: Amazon's upcoming tablet will feature free movie streaming
Amazon.com's plans for a new color-screen tablet computer has got to be one of the worst kept secrets in the tech industry. And now here's a little more fuel to toss on the fire. Boston research firm Detwiler Fenton says in a note today that Amazon's new device is expected to come with a free video streaming service… Read More
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According to a report, former first-round pick Royce White has worked out for the Sacramento Kings and is likely to sign with the team on a 10-day contract.
USA Today reported that White, who was the 16th overall pick of the Houston Rockets out of Iowa State in 2012, but has yet to play in an NBA game, may join the Kings in time for their Friday game in Los Angeles against the Lakers or may report to their NBA Development League affiliate in Reno, Nev.
White had a very public battle with Rockets' management over a well-chronicled anxiety disorder from which he suffers. A fear of flying has been a huge impediment to his career as a professional player.
White did play 16 games for Houston's D-League affiliate, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, last season, averaging 11.4 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game in 25.6 minutes a night, shooting 44.4 percent overall.
Last July, the Rockets traded White along with cash and the draft rights to Turkish big man Furkan Aldemir to the Philadelphia 76ers for a future draft pick.
The 76ers waived White during the preseason.
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Apparently Buffalo, Carolina, Edmonton and Los Angeles have swung a major, four-team deal that involves Patrick O'Sullivan, Justin Williams, Erik Cole, and Ales Kotalik.
This one's complicated, as you can imagine, but O'Sullivan and Kotalik are going to Edmonton, Cole back to Carolina. There are draft picks involved, too.
UPDATE Buffalo receives a second-round pick (from the Oilers) and the Kings get Williams.
UPDATE My mistake, this looks like a three-team deal with the Kotalik one between Edmonton and Buffalo thrown in afterwards (unless the second-rounder comes from one of the other teams here):
Buffalo trades Ales Kotalik for a second-round pick
Carolina gets Erik Cole for Justin Williams
Edmonton gets Patrick O'Sullivan and Ales Kotalik for Erik Cole
Los Angeles gets Justin Williams for Patrick O'Sullivan and a second-round pick
UPDATE I like what the Oilers have done here. O'Sullivan and Kotalik are both underrated players, and Cole was heavily rumoured to be on the way out anyway. It's a poor trade for the Kings, getting an injury-battered Justin Williams who has really struggled to produce this season and having to also throw in a second-round pick.
He was a phenomenal talent previously but has missed a lot of games lately and this season just hasn't looked right. I'm a big fan of O'Sullivan, and I still think that, at some point, he'll be a top line talent in the NHL.


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Here are the broadcast times for the 2011 PGA Championship in Atlanta, which is the season's last major.
There will be TV coverage on TNT at 1:00 to 7:00 PM Eastern on Thursday and Friday, and 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday and Sunday, the coverage will continue on CBS at 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
If you watch the event on TV, though, you'll miss a lot, particularly in the mornings. But if you're up early, you can head to the PGA's official site, which will be showing live coverage of key groups from 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM Thursday and Friday and from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday. Also, the website will show footage of Par 3 holes from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Thursday and Friday and from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday.
You can check out the full list of tee times here. Adam Scott will begin at Tee No. 10 at 7:55 AM, while Tiger Woods (along with Padraig Harrington and Davis Love III) will start at Tee No. 10 at 8:35 AM.
For more on the 2011 PGA Championship, check out SB Nation's golf blog, Waggle Room.


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The DN-01 is hard to categorise - Is it a cruiser? Is it a scooter? Whatever it is, it's a very easy to ride, comfortable, capable and enjoyable motorcycle, let down by a very high price and too much hype. If money is no object, all you want is an attention-grabbing commuter or Sunday cruiser, and you wonder why all ...
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The Honda XL650V Transalp has been providing honest transport seemingly since the dawn of time. Revitalised with a bigger motor and a face-lift in 2000, it's softly-chuffing charm and easy-going manners have won a devoted audience. Mostly blokes more interested in getting from A-to-B than having a giggle buy them up.
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Jefferson boys close with 10-point win
ANTWERP — The Jefferson boys basketball team finished the regular season with a 5-game winning streak via a 59-49win at Antwerp Saturday night.
The terrific tandem of sophomore Trey Smith and senior Ross Thompson again led the way for the Red and White, netting 26 (12-of-13 free throws) and 17 points, respectively. Thompson added a double-double with 11 boards, while Smith just missed with nine.
Smith moved into seventh place all-time with 836 career points.
The Wildcats finished 18-of-36 total (50%), including 3-of-12 downtown, and 20-of-23 freebies (87%); secured 30 boards (5 offensive); 17 assists (Jace Stockwell 7); 10 miscues; and 17 fouls.
The Archers finished 20-of-44 overall, 1-of-12 triples, for 45.5 percent; 8-of-17 singles (47.1%); with 13 turnovers; and 17 fouls.
The Wildcats (14-8) will open Division III Sectional action 6:15 p.m. Wednesday at St. Marys Memorial versus St. Henry.
The Wildcat junior varsity won 37-21 to finish 13-9.
Grant Wallace led the Wildcats with 12 and Drew Reiss 10.
2-pts. 3-pts. FTs Pts.
Jace Stockwell 0-1-2-5, Austin Jettinghoff 0-2-3-9, Ross Thompson 7-0-3-17, Trey Smith 7-0-12-26, Tyler Rice 1-0-0-2, Tyler Mox 0-0-0-0, Dalton Hicks 0-0-0-0, Kurt Wollenhaupt 0-0-0-0, Josh Teman 0-0-0-0, Grant Wallace 0-0-0-0. Ryan Goergens 0-0-0-0. Totals 15-3-20-59.
Brummet 14, Smalley 14, Stout 2, Williamson 2, Jones 3, Copsey 10, Messman 4. Totals 19-1-8-49.
Score by Quarters:
Jefferson 13 14 16 16 - 59
Antwerp 9 6 19 15 - 49
Beaver men close with 'W'
By Adriane Bruner
Sports information assistant
BLUFFTON — In the final game of the season, the Bluffton men were looking for a victory against Transylvania University.
With four seniors in the starting lineup Bluffton jumped out quickly, opening a 15-13 lead with all of the points coming from those donning the Purple and White for a final time. The Beavers took over midway through the second half, rolling to a 72-60 victory over the Pioneers.
Bluffton improved to 10-15 overall and 6-12 in the HCAC, while the Pioneers ended their regular season at 9-16 and 7-11 in the conference.
As the Pioneers were the first to get on the board, the Beavers were quick to follow with two plays in the paint, a deuce from Dustin Kinn (Alvada/New Riegel) and a Jordan Turner (Swanton/Delta) putback which was followed by a hoop and harm for Kinn to put Bluffton up 7-4 just over three minutes into game play. Again taking advantage inside the key, Jon Fowler (Cincinnati/ St. Xavier) tacked on four consecutive points of his own as the Bluffton seniors all came out with a bang for their final game on Copeland Court.
Once again using the talent inside, Will Pope (Somerville/Preble Shawnee) came up with back-to-back follows for a 29-20 spread at the 5:52 mark. However, the large lead was short-lived as the Pioneers had two consecutive long range shots behind the arc and an old-fashioned three-point play to make the score 34-32 at the break.
The Pioneers picked right up where they left off when they opened half two with a 3-point shot from Parker Stansberry. While Ryan bbeskotte (Fort Jennings/Delphos Jefferson) made his attempt to counter them with a drive to the basket, the Pioneers secured their lead with a jumper and yet another shot from distance that put the visitors up 42-36. Transylvania held the lead until Pope earned himself an and one call to take the lead and then bolstered by a bucket inside from Thayne Recker (Arlington) that capped a quick 11-2 Bluffton splurge.
As Bluffton went ahead 49-47 on a Pope chip shot, the home team never looked back. With the Beavers in the bonus they capitalized with points from the charity stripe while their stout defense kept the Pioneers at bay. With one last tip-in for Pope, the seniors all stepped off the court with mixed emotions while earning their final victory over Transylvania, 72-60.
Bluffton went 28-of-55 (50.9 percent) from the field, while Transylvania hit 23-of-59 (39.0 percent). The Pioneers struggled to get to the charity stripe as they were 4-of-7 (57.1 percent) while the Beavers went 12-of-18 (66.7 percent). Transy was solid as usual from deep, going 10-of-26 (38.5 percent) while the Beavers were less active from the three-point line, hitting 4-of-8 (50.0 percent). The teams proved to be adept in the ball handling department with just 11 turnovers apiece, but the Beavers showed their might on the boards with a commanding 40-27 advantage.
Leading the Beavers was Pope with 19 points, going 9-of-13 from the field with eight rebounds. In a close second was Ebbeskotte with 16 points of his own. Earning a double-double for Bluffton was Recker with 11 points and 10 boards.
Leading the Pioneers was Alex Jones with 13 points, followed by Stansberry and Logan Wade who each added 12 counters in the loss.
Transy will make the short trip to Mount St. Joseph on Tuesday evening for a first-round matchup with the Lions at 7:30 p.m.
Lady Beavers drop regular-season finale
By Blade Tackett
Sports information assistant
BLUFFTON — The Bluffton University women's basketball team lost their final regular-season contest 85-73 Saturday afternoon in Sommer Center against Heartland Conference champion Transylvania. The Beavers were hoping for a big win to carry them into their first HCAC tournament game next Friday against Manchester University in Lexington, Ky. Although they fell just short, the Beavers proved they could go toe-to-toe with the 23-2 Pioneers who capped off a sparkling 17-1 Heartland Conference campaign.
The visitors came out ready to play as they bolted to an early lead behind Alex Botkin who scored seven of Transy's first 10 points just 3:15 into the contest. Bluffton held its ground, however, as sophomore Taylor Knight (Perrysburg) hit two big threes that put them back into the game. As Knight went to the bench with her second foul a couple minutes later, Bluffton turned to its three leading scorers, Brooke Ruffer (Stryker), Kaitlyn Pennekamp (Hamilton/Ross), and Taylor Whitaker (Mansfield/Lexington) to keep up with the potent Pioneers.
Just as the Transy contingent appeared to have a comfortable lead, one of the three sophomores scored a couple baskets to get them within arm's length. As they found themselves down 10 at the ten-minute mark, a Bluffton run over the next 2:25 sparked by a drive and dish from Whitaker to Ruffer brought them back to within two points. The final minutes of the first half went back and forth as a jumper from junior Belicia Cooper (Painesville/Riverside) put the Beavers up three with 1:35 left. Unfortunately, Transy ended the frame with two buckets and a 46-45 lead.
Bluffton was able to hang around the first 10 minutes of the second half, down only five midway through the period. However, the rest of the way was all Transy as they slowly extended their lead to put the game out of reach. The Pioneers were able to convert easy buckets as Bluffton tried to force them into quick turnovers. When the horn sounded, Transy came out on top by an 85-73 final.
Brooke Ruffer led the Beavers, recording her 16th career double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Pennekamp had 16, Whitaker added 14, and Knight finished with 10 despite playing just 17 minutes due to foul trouble. Bluffton shot 28-of-71 (39.4 percent) from the field, going 6-for-21 from deep and 11-of-14 from the stripe. The Beavers recorded 31 rebounds, 15 assists, four blocks, and 16 steals. They finished the regular season 14-11 and 10-8 in the HCAC.
Transylvania was led by Alex Botkin and Katelyn Smith with 22 and 20 points, respectively. Four other Pioneers also scored in double digits. The visitors totaled 31-of-62 (50 percent) from the floor, going only 1-of-7 (14.3 percent) from distance, but 22-of-28 (78.6 percent) from the free throw line. They outrebounded Bluffton with a total of 45 boards to go along with 22 assists, 23 turnovers and nine steals. Transy finished with a 23-2 record and 17-1 in the HCAC.
Transylvania will host all five games in the tournament next week in Lexington. Bluffton earned the #4 seed and will meet Manchester University on Friday evening thanks to Rose-Hulman's victory over Mount St. Joseph on Saturday afternoon. The Beavers are slated to tip off at 6 p.m. in the Beck Center when they make their first trip to the HCAC tournament since 2008-09. A win over the Spartans would propel Bluffton into a matchup with these same Pioneers on Saturday at 3 p.m.


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Today's Tombstone Tuesday is from 'Corel Cousin' Cathie Dixon Constable and is of William J Puckett, first husband of Louisa Corel. William was born December 21, 1820 in Virginia. It is believed that his parents were Rhoda Francis Newby and Lewis Puckett.
Louisa Corel and William Puckett were married December 18, 1842 in Tazewell County, Virginia1,2. The couple would have 13 children, 8 of which were born before the family settled in Wyandotte County, Kansas in December 18573.
On August 15, 1862 Louisa and William's two oldest children, Henry and Joshua Jeremiah, enlisted in the Twelfth Regiment of the Kansas Volunteers. Joshua would make it back home, but Henry was one of 16 men in his regiment to die of disease4. Henry died December 10, 1863 at the Fort Scott Hospital in Bourbon County, Kansas.
In 1871 William Puckett moved his family to Wilson County, Kansas, near the border of Woodson County, Kansas5. This would be where William Puckett would live out his days. William died April 8, 1887 and is buried at the Little Sandy Cemetery, Wilson County, Kansas.
- Ancestry.com. Original data: Harman, John Newton. Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia from 1800 to 1922 in two volumes. Richmond: W.C. Hill Print. Co., 1922-1925. Volume 1, page 116. <http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genealogy-glh08027168&h=115&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt> (accessed 3/10/2007) ↩
- Ancestry.com. Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850. Online publication – Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data – Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers. <http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=va2&h=163389&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt> (accessed 4/14/2009) ↩
- Ancestry.com. Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1915. Online publication – Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: 1859 Kansas Territory Census. Microfilm reel K-1. Kansas State Historical Society. <http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ksstatecen&h=2795356&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt> (accessed 4/14/2009) ↩
- "The Ill-Fated Twelfth" History of Wyandotte County Kansas and its people ed. and comp. by Perl W. Morgan. Chicago, The Lewis publishing company, 1911. 2 v. front., illus., plates, ports., fold. map. 28 cm. (Vol. 2 contains biographical data. Paged continuously.) Transcribed by Tom & Carolyn Ward. <http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/wyandott/history/1911/volume1/201.html#020501> (accessed 4/14/2009) ↩
- Ancestry.com. Original data: Duncan, L. Wallace. "Part II. Woodson County." History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas : illustrated : embellished with portraits of well known people of these counties, with biographies of our representative citizens, cuts of public buildings and a map of each county. Iola, Kan.: Iola Register, 1901. Page 746. Online publication – Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. <http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genealogy-glh40472577&h=759&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt> (accessed 3/12/2007) ↩


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BlogOrlando 2008 - September 25-27th, 2008
The dates for the 2008 edition of BlogOrlando have been set, Sept 25-27th. Of course the big change is the main event is moving to a Saturday.
In the past I always debated about the Friday/Saturday thing, but this year we have some external forces....mainly the venue....we're just too big :-) In order to accommodate close to 300 people (like we had last year) we need to hold the event on Saturday.
Registration will be open shortly and we'll start to fill in the session leaders and schedule as well.
As I referenced in my previous post there will an invite only event on Thursday the 25th. The main event will kick-off Friday night with a reception and the full un-con and happy hour on Saturday.
If you're traveling in, then you can look to arrive on Friday and head back out on Sunday.
Of course we're always looking for sponsors to keep the event FREE. If you're interested let me know.
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Monday, February 24, 2014
A luggage thief who went on a stealing spree at King's Cross station has been jailed for 15 months.
Adam Newton pleaded guilty to eight counts of theft after taking property worth more than £11,500 when he boarded stationary trains and took whatever he could from luggage racks before going back onto the platform.
Blackfriars Crown Court heard he had already served a prison sentence for similar offences before targeting passengers on December 14 and 15 last year.
Newton was caught after an investigation by British Transport Police (BTP), which said he took suitcases from King's Cross and Paddington stations containing property worth including computers, clothing and jewellery.
In most cases the victims did not realise they had fallen prey to the crime until they arrived at their destinations, which were as far afield as Paignton, Oxford and Peterborough.
BTP Det Con Dave Graney said: "I had arrested Newton for a similar series of offences back in 2010 and knew, as soon as I saw the CCTV, that he had struck again."
Newton was arrested the day after the thefts took place and admitted all the offences.
He was sentenced to 15 months in prison at the hearing on February 19.
Det Con Graney added: "Newton is a prolific, persistent, thief who will now spend several months behind bars. He will have plenty of time to consider his actions and our prompt arrest should serve as a warning to him – and others – that British Transport Police will act swiftly to take action against thieves.
"Since the incidents we have managed to track down five of the stolen pieces of luggage though several items and the three remaining bags have not yet been traced.
"Theft can be extremely personal as often the property stolen has sentimental as well as monetary value. It is, therefore, vital that all rail travellers are aware of their surroundings and keep a close eye on their belongings.
"The rail network is a relatively low crime environment, but there are some people – such as Newton – who will happily seek to profit from the misfortune of others.
"We are taking steps to address this and will always seek to bring thieves to justice, but we need help from the public to report all crimes and suspicious behaviour as soon as possible."
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page 2 - Paris Hybrids: From Mild to Wild
All the rage in the City of Lights.
By September 30, 2008 / Photos by John Lamm
Honda Insight Concept
Toyota learned that one way to sell hybrids was to make them look different than their regular product offerings. Honda has taken a page from its rival's playbook with the new Honda Insight Concept, which is a thinly disguished version of the production car slated for a spring 2009 launch. Using Honda's Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) technology, the Insight relies on the electric motor to assist the gas engine, so it's a mild hybrid. It's not a parallel system with a full electric mode. The IMA system is less expensive, which will be reflected in the car's sub-$20,000 sticker.
Renault Ondelios Concept
Renault's vision for hybrid power involves a premium crossover vehicle powered by a diesel/electric drivetrain. Called the Renault Ondelios Concept, this people mover seats six on aircraft-inspired seats in a large cabin fitted with gull-wing doors. Power comes from a 200-bhp diesel engine driving the front wheels, while two 20-kilowatt electric motors switch on to provide all-wheel-drive traction when needed. Despite having an overall length of 189 in., the Ondelios has a wind-cheating shape with a drag coefficient of just 0.29 Cd.
Peugeot RC Concept
On the wild side, Peugeot shows that hybrids are not just about saving fuel, but having fun as well. The Peugeot RC Concept is a 4-door 4-seater, but styled in the mode of a GT Coupe. Beneath the skin is an innovative hybrid powertrain that develops up to 313 bhp. Peugeot calls it a "working laboratory of many future ideas." We call it a lot of fun. Someday, we hope a hybrid like the RC Concept makes it from the show stand to the showroom floor.


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According to Chris Sheridan from ESPN, Lee has now met with Chicago, Miami and Minnesota, but he has been proceeding with the understanding that the Raptors could be his final destination if Bosh decides to go to New York. If they got Lee at an $11 million starting salary, the Raptors would also gain a …Continue Reading
"Option" as in maximum contract. Unless there's a deal that blows Colangelo's mind, it would appear as though the Raptors are just walking away. Ken Berger from CBS states that the Raptors might be Bosh's only option now for a maximum deal. If BC doesn't like any of the offers, could we see Bosh play …Continue Reading


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Brianna Graves has been a miracle story on the Children's Miracle Network for three years now. Her parents thought they were going to lose her this spring when she suffered a major setback and dropped to 76 pounds. Not only did she recover, she is back at school in Slaton.
On Monday she was in the president's office at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. Dr. David Smith, who is Chancellor now, went back to his old office to give Brianna three tickets to the upcoming Britney Spears concert along with a Texas Tech lab coat, and an offer that made them both smile.
"I've gotta tell you this is the neatest part of my day and I did tell you the job's open. This is the office. So, if you want to apply for president, put your application in you look pretty good in that," said Dr. David Smith, Chancellor of Texas Tech.
"I told him thank you so much for making her dreams come true, because it is one of her dreams. And you know, she has been through so much and of anyone I can think of she deserves this because she has fought for her life this year," said Lori Graves, Brianna's mom.
NewsChannel 11 will have more on Brianna's personal struggle with Gorham's in a special report leading up to the Children's Miracle Network broadcast in June. The tickets that Brianna won are not just regular concert tickets that Dr. Smith gave her. Brianna, her sister, and her mom will sit in the chancellor's box for that sold-out concert in June.
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Memphis is the Greek version of one of the many names the Ancient Egyptians used to denote the city that lay on the border between Upper- and Lower-Egypt.
The Egyptian version of of the name "Memphis", Mn-nfr, "the beautiful monument" was used originally for the pyramid of Pepi I, but from the 18th Dynasty on, this name was extended to cover the entire region or city where this pyramid was built. It is not known why the name of a monument of relatively minor importance, such as Pepi I's pyramid as compared to the pyramid of Kheops in Giza, became the name of the entire city.
The original name given to this city and used together with the name Mn-nfr, was inb-hD "the White Wall(s)", a reference to the white walls surrounding it.
According to Manetho, the city of Memphis was founded by Menes soon after the unification of Egypt. This is supported by the fact that the oldest known tombs of any importance were built at that period, but it needs to be noted that the area was inhabited even before Narmer's reign.
During the Old Kingdom, it served as the nation's capital and it held the kings' primary residence. The end of the Old Kingdom by no means meant the end of Memphis as one of the most important cities in Egypt. Quite to the contrary! Memphis remained the political and administrative center of Lower- and Middle-Egypt. This importance was recognised even by the Theban kings of the 18th Dynasty. Thutmosis III and Amenhotep II often held residence at Memphis and to be accepted as a king of Egypt, one needed to be crowned at Memphis.
After the turmoil of the Amarna-revolution at the end of the 18th Dynasty, Tutankhamun took up residence, not at Thebes, which was the capital of his predecessors (except Akhenaten), but at Memphis. The Ramesside kings, whose primary residence was the city Per-Ramesses in the Delta, too, recognised the importance of Memphis. One of Ramesses II's army divisions was named in honour of the Memphite god Ptah; and one of his sisters, Tiya, was buried at its necropolis, along with many other New Kingdom officials and dignitaries.
Memphis was also the principal place of the cult of the god Ptah, who is accepted as a creator-god in the region. The many temples built for him, his 'wife' Sekhmet and their 'son' Nefertem now lie in ruins, or have been demolished, destroyed and stripped of their decoration to be dispersed throughout the world. It is from one of these temples, Hw.t-kA-PtH (Hut-Ka-Ptah) "the mansion of the Ka of Ptah" that the Greeks derived the name Aegyptos, hence the modern name Egypt.
The principal necropoleis associated with Memphis were Saqqara and Giza, although other places to the West of the city were sometimes favoured as burial place as well.
Memphis is located at the place where the Nile splits up into different branches, to form the Nile Delta.
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation that would crack down on boating under the influence and strengthen boating safety laws.
Quinn signed two bills on Sunday, Senate Bill 1479 and Senate Bill 1310.
Bill 1479 would ensure that anyone operating a motorboat involved in a crash resulting in serious injury or death has to consent to a blood, breath or urine test to determine their blood alcohol content.
Those who refuse testing, test positive for drugs or exceed the legal blood alcohol content would face suspension of their Illinois driver's license.
Bill 1310 strengthens the state's Boat Registration and Safety Act regarding the carrying capacity of boats.
It also redefines "authorized emergency watercraft" and raises penalties on boat rental operators who do not equip their crafts with life jackets, a fire extinguisher or lighting.
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Firefighters, police officers and other city officials gathered at the Sherrill Community Center in Hattiesburg Wednesday evening for the swearing-in of the Hub City's first African-American fire chief.
Paul Presley, 48, took the oath of office from Mayor Johnny Dupree.
Presley, who joined the Hattiesburg Fire Dept. in 1993, had been serving as interim fire chief for nine months.
The City Council last month unanimously approved his appointment.
"I've had some great mentors, great teachers, a lot of older guys who are retired now I had a lot of respect for," said Presley. "If it wasn't for them, none of this would be possible. I really appreciate those guys," he said.
He also said one of his main goals is to encourage more young people to consider careers in the fire service.
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Charles J. Stewart, 77, of Port Saint Lucie, FL died Thursday February 7, 2013 at home.
He was born on April 10, 1935 in St. Louis, MO and has been a resident of Saint Lucie County since 1989 coming from Long Island, NY.
Charles was retired from the hospital business as Director of Food Service.
He was a member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church where he served as Deacon, President of The Brotherhood, Trustee and a former member of the Men's Chorus. Charles was also a member of the Martin Luther King Committee and the Masonic Lodge of NY.
Survivors include his wife, Saundra Stewart, of Port Saint Lucie, FL; sons, Kevin Charles Stewart, of NY; Shawn Joseph Stewart, of Port Saint Lucie, FL; daughter, Renell Frances Stewart, Tampa, FL; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Charles was preceded in death by his mother, Carrie Stewart Mosley, father, Frank Hamilton, and sister, Rose Marie Smith.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 6PM and a memorial service will begin at 6 to 7PM Friday February 15, 2013 at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. A funeral service will be held 11AM Saturday February 16, 2013 at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Fort Pierce. Burial will follow at Riverview Memorial Park.


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Last Updated: 27 June 2013
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Elea Golf Club, Sir Nick Faldo's 'Mediterranean Masterpiece' situated near Paphos in Cyprus, has announced the appointment of Chris Campbell as its new Head Professional.
In its mission to be regarded as one of the best new golf clubs in the world, Elea has secured the services of one of the industry's best young professionals, who previously worked for the Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle in Scotland.
Ross Robertson, Director of Golf Operations at Elea Estate, said: "Chris comes to us with a rich pedigree of experience, having worked at both Skibo Castle and the Cranfield Academy, thus fulfilling our criteria of having experience in an exclusive and world-class members' environment, as well as being schooled as an excellent teacher at a prestigious academy.
"Furthermore, it was also critical that our golf professional was both educated to degree standard aswell being an excellent player of the game. Chris has an admirable playing record that includes being a Scottish Boy, Youth then Men's International player, which included becoming the Scottish Under 16 Champion and runner-up in both the European Amateur Championship and European Boys Championship."
Chris joins the team at Elea Golf Club during a very exciting time. Since Elea was opened in October 2010 – by Sir Nick Faldo – the course has received rave reviews, including a 'Top 10 new internationalgolf courses of 2010' ranking from American title, Golf Magazine, and being recognised as 'one of the World's most exciting new courses' by UK title, Golf World.
Chris Campbell commented: "To be part of a development that has already been recognised as one of the world's top new courses, so early in its life, is an opportunity I wasn't going to pass over. The facilities at Elea Golf Club are quite superb and I look forward to helping members and visitors alike, to get the best from their game."
At 6,900 yards, Elea Golf Club circulates through groves of mature carob and olive trees, while dramatic outcrops of weathered limestone strikingly contrast with the dark green fairways that, on many holes, are fringed by Mediterranean grasses and an abundance of wild herbs and native flora.
The course is supported by the Elea Golf Academy that features a full-length driving range complete with target greens and bunkers, a short game practice area and a stunning putting green, which commands an imposing location overlooking the whole course.
For further information about Elea Estate, visit the website, www.eleaestate.com, or telephone +357 26 202001 (main switchboard) or +357 26202005 for The Academy.
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Disclaimer: It's just summer league and it was just one game... These are just some of my notes from the game written for those who missed it.
#18 Ben Uzoh -
Can not remember Uzoh hitting a single shot inside, especially in the early going. He showed nice form on his three-point attempts and connected on them at an acceptable rate but was eaten alive when guarding Jrue Holiday. Didn't show too much playmaking skills but didn't get much of a chance to handle the ball until the third quarter.
Regardless did not look like a true point guard.
#35 Brian Zoubek:
Was pretty much invisible, what did stand out however is that he is SLOW. Zoubek was helpless anytime a player faced up against him, was beaten to a number of rebounds, and picked up a handful of fouls on late rotations / block attempts.
#14 Derrick Favors -
Energetic and active Favors uses his body well when tracking down rebounds. Currently not much of a threat to put the ball on the floor but on the 2-3 sequences that he did good things happened (clearly remember Favors drawing a foul on two such sequences). Jumper wasn't falling, release looked awkward, body somewhat contorted when going up for shot (didn't seem to go straight up). Had one nice give-and-go play with Damion James, unlike many young players Favors does not suffer from tunnel vision.
Defensively Favors holds his ground extremely well which is probably due to the fact that he's already as strong as an ox. While he was impressive in one-on-one situations / defending post-ups he was bit over eager in help defense situations and was chumped into a handful of fouls.
Favors is a bit raw offensively, but there's no questioning his effort level. Would like to see him be a bit more assertive (to better assess where his post game stands), but with the lack of spacing in summer league play it's hard for any non-guard to consistently get looks around the basket.
#10 Damion James -
Played within the offense, had trouble connecting on shots from the outside. A number of his shots seemed to end in quasi-knuckle balls and were consequently off to the right of the rim, not sure if this was his typical shot release or just a bad shooting day. Had multiple turnovers when trying to create his own offense (stripped up top, turnover on post-up, etc.). Athleticism stood out on plays. Seems to be more of a catch-and-shoot player / slasher, will benefit from playing in a structured offense with a real point guard. Routinely overpowered smaller players in the post.
Good intensity on defense, spent some time guarding Jrue Holiday and Evan Turner but struggled with staying with them on some sequences.
Projects as a SF right now. Didn't press the issue. Would like to see him use his length better defensively.
#1 Terrence Williams -
A man amongst boys. Williams played pretty loosely the whole game but was still able to get into the lane at will. Seemed content setting up other players instead of looking for his own shot, assist number vastly understates the number of open looks he created (would have had double digit assist numbers with ease had even half of the uncontested looks he generated went in). Took less floaters than he did in the past, 2-point jump shot looked pretty much the same (still needs work), same with free throws.
Really had the ball on a string. Was tremendous in drive-and-kick situations. A few of his turnovers came from playing so care-free / when trying to set things up for others while he was still on the perimeter.


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This weekend on local WGN they're going to be showing the Randy Hundley Fantasy Camp special. According to the listings, it is on Saturday 3/14 at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday 3/15 at 10:30 p.m. It runs 30 minutes. Since this is a local Chicago showing which I don't get here in L.A., plus I'll be in Mesa this weekend anyway, I would very much appreciate it if some kind soul here could see their way to recording in somehow. My e-mail is email@example.com. Thanks in advance.


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Right about now, Arizona state archivists and conservators must be poring over the documents from the Shootout at the O.K. Corral found during a recent spring cleaning at a Cochise County jail in Bisbee, about 20 miles South of the legendary town of Tombstone, where the shootout took place.
The documents, which describe eyewitness accounts of what's generally regarded as the most famous gun battle in the history of the American West, were lost in the 1960s, and only a dim photocopy of them remained.
The confrontation on the afternoon of Oct. 26, 1881, ostensibly over a misdemeanor arms violation, pitted the not-yet-famous lawman — later outlaw — Wyatt Earp, his brothers Morgan and Virgil, and their friend John Henry "Doc" Holliday against a band of local ranchers, known as the Cowboys, that included Bill Claiborn, Frank and Tom McLaury, and Bill and Ike Clanton. When the smoke from the 30-second gunfight cleared, the McLaurys and Bill Clanton were dead, and Ike Clanton had fled. The ensuing argument over who fired first and why tore the town in half. The Earps claimed self defense, and an investigation cleared them. But Ike Clanton always called it murder.
Last week, Arizona officials announced the document find after workers cleared a corner of a Bisbee jail storeroom. They were inside a manila envelope labeled "keep" and stuffed in a stray box. A yellowed, thick sheaf of blue-lined sheets taped end-to-end and handwritten in dark blue ink appeared to detail the account by Claiborn. Though its contents were already known, some hope new technology may reveal margin notes or other information not visible before.
A whole shelf of books has been written on the O.K. Corral, and several movies have dramatized it — to the point that, for many, this one conflict has become "the West writ large," according to Katherine Benton-Cohen, an assistant history professor at Georgetown University who has written extensively about historic Southern Arizona. But like much else in the history of the West, the O.K. Corral gun battle has layers, and for historians, this is the interesting part.
Under its violent surface simmered leftover resentments from the Civil War: local Confederate sympathizers against Northern-allied lawmen viewed as carpetbaggers; partisan politics: Republican Earps vs. Democrat Clantons and McLaurys; and the fundamental conflict over resources and land, of Northern-style "big-government" development vs. traditional "small-government" agrarianism.
"(Earp's supporters) wanted a government powerful enough to make Southern Arizona safe for capitalism," Benton-Cohen said. "That came up against a Southern agrarian, democrat world view."
Benton-Cohen said the West people think of when they think of the O.K. Corral isn't a border West, and yet that was a major aspect of the conflict, as Tombstone is only about 30 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.
"The politics of border enforcement were an important part of the controversies unleashed by the violence in Tombstone," Benton-Cohen said. "Federal officials in the U.S. and Mexico — all the way up to the Cabinet level and the President — wanted the Cowboy violence contained to avoid an international controversy with Mexico. Cowboys were going into Mexico, stealing cattle, and murdering their Mexican owners. Officials were calling for a Border Patrol — not to stop Mexican migrants coming north, but to apprehend American criminals going South."
Conflict over federal presence has long been an issue in Southern Arizona, and because of the proximity of that international border, local fights have often turned into national arguments — as happened last Friday when Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed a law requiring local police to strictly enforce immigration laws.
"The border is both local and national," Benton-Cohen said. "People outside the border regions sometimes don't understand that."
One thing the O.K. Corral story does allow is the exploration of different points of view, and thus different interpretations of history. This isn't merely a story of white hats and black hats. The story received extensive regional — and not necessarily objective — newspaper coverage at the time, and later retellings had decidedly personal points of view. But for historians, the more points of view the better.
"The public often gets a lot of very simplistic interpretations of events, but historical interpretation is a skill," Benton-Cohen said. "It involves critical thinking. Part of our job as historians is to communicate that complexity to the public .… People often want to find heroes and villains; we know that very few people are either one or the other. That's true of people in the past, too."


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Andrew Gale and Jack Brooks making 'bizarre' trip to Sri Lanka with Yorkshire
6:00am Wednesday 6th February 2013 in Sport By Graham Hardcastle
Yorkshire are sending seven of their players to Sri Lanka for an eight-day training camp later this month, including first-team captain Andrew Gale and new signing Jack Brooks.
The Headingley delegation were originally due to go to India but had to change their plans when the Indian board (BCCI) prevented counties from using their country's facilities as a result of England's success in the Test series there before Christmas.
The BCCI are unhappy that young English players such as Joe Root have gained experience of their conditions to the detriment of Indian teams.
Both Gale and Brooks have labelled this stance as "bizarre" and "petty" but are delighted to be travelling to Colombo from February 18 to 28 under the guidance of second XI coach Paul Farbrace, the former Sri Lanka assistant coach.
"Originally it was supposed to be India but they won't let any teams in now because of England's success," explained Gale, who is paying his own costs to travel.
"I think it's all a bit bizarre but it's probably worked out for the best because the Sri Lanka trip looks a better option.
"Farby has got loads of links and I think he's hoping to get people like (Kumar) Sangakkara and (Mahela) Jayawardene to come and chat to us."
Brooks, who is in the final stages of his recovery from an Achilles injury, echoed Gale's thoughts by saying: "I think it's a bit petty, more than anything.
"But to be honest, the Sri Lanka trip looks better, so maybe it's been a bit of a blessing for us."
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A 17 year-old Whitewright teenager was killed in a car accident just before one a.m. Sunday morning.
Texas DPS troopers say Josh Holder was the passenger in a car driven by 17 year-old Ricky Pirkle. Troopers say Pirkle was driving southbound on White Mound Road, just outside tom bean, when, for an unknown reason Pirkle's vehicle left the roadway.
Pirkle's car struck a colvert on the east side of the road, then hit a pipe fence, causing damage to the front and side of the vehicle. Troopers say Holder was pronounced dead at the scene. Pirkle was taken to Wilson N. Jones with minor injuries. Counselors are coming to the school Monday to speak with, and help students through this tragic time.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by Bratcher Funeral Home in Denison, but no times or dates have been set.
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Ten years ago, TV commercials were all about food, cars and deodorant. Now you can't get through an episode of MasterChef without seeing at least one ad for a mobile phone and more recently, a tablet.
As connected devices become more popular and accessible, what will become of our old friend the desktop computer? For the June edition of the Millennial Media Mobile Mix, tablet owners were asked to quantify the shifts in their digital behavior and here's what they got:
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With exciting challenges and talented, watchable contestants, Syfy's "Face Off" recently finished a second season even stronger than its first, as the addictive and fascinating competition reality series ended with some of its best work to date. Exploring the world of special-effects makeup artists, "Face Off" challenges the unlimited imaginations that enable makeup artists to create works of living art.
Each season on "Face Off," contestants are tasked with elaborate feature challenges, including such tasks as executing full body paint makeup on models or creating their own horror villain. The show's challenges routinely incorporate the full gamut of effects makeup approaches and techniques, prompting skill sets that range from prosthetics, to 3D design, sculpting, eye enhancers, casting and molding, and more. Each episode culminated in incredible reveals of the competitors' finished work, and the drama of one contestant being sent home by the panel of expert and celebrity judges.
In the end, "Face Off" aired its finale with the spotlight on one winner, Rayce Bird, who received a grand prize package that included $25,000 in makeup supplies, the 2012 Toyota Camry hybrid, and $100,000.
Judging the talented competitors in Season 2 was a distinguished panel that included three-time Academy Award winner Ve Neill (Pirates of the Caribbean, Edward Scissorhands), who despite her formidable resume exuded warmth and comforting maternal approachability with the contestants. The "Face Off" judging panel also included Hollywood veteran Glenn Hetrick ("Heroes," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "The X-Files") and Patrick Tatopoulos (Underworld, Independence Day, Resident Evil: Extinction). Adding an elegant bit of industry cachet and historical significance, actress McKenzie Westmore hosted the series once again, bringing poise and a rich history to her role as part of the famed Westmore family -- a name that is historically synonymous with the makeup effects field.
In Season 2, "Face Off" broke its own series records, establishing new marks in total viewers of nearly 2.5 million during the season finale on Wednesday, March 14, as Bird, the 29 year-old family man from Shelley, Idaho, was crowned the winner.
I recently caught up with Rayce, a tattoo artist who also showed superb expertise in sculpting, painting, character design, and more in his time competing on the show. Before joining "Face Off", Rayce had worked two jobs to support his wife and four children, after studying virtual technology and design at the University of Idaho, and developing a design style that integrated a variety of art media and approaches, from tattooing and graphic design, to sculpting, 3D special effects and music.
Angela Mitchell: Rayce, congratulations on your win of season 2 of "Face Off!" As a career artist with a wife and kids, what does your win mean for you?
Rayce Bird: This win is huge for me! Many of us artists get caught up in the careers we don't love, to fund the careers we wish we had. For me, shipping boxes, delivering doors and mowing lawns were ways for me to "get by" when all I've ever wanted to do is create art all day! Among other things, this win has really enabled me to get my name and my style out there for the world to see. Which otherwise would have taken years to achieve.
Angela Mitchell: Was there a particular movie or TV character that was instrumental in making you want to create makeup and effects as a career? For instance, Rayce, how did a mask you found back in Salt Lake City change your life and inspire you to become a makeup artist?
Rayce Bird: I've always been greatly inspired by Predator and Aliens.
Angela Mitchell: Great choices! Not just great movies, but the creatures are fantastic.
Rayce Bird: Yeah, I remember as a young child idolizing these characters, and being a little jealous that I wasn't an alien! But it wasn't till I found a werewolf mask at a Halloween shop in Salt Lake City, that I actually thought I could do this stuff. This werewolf mask was awesome and nothing like the cheap Wal-Mart masks that I was used to seeing. From that point on I began my venture into the world of latex mask-making. It wasn't just about making similar masks, I wanted to make cooler masks, and I used the werewolf mask as a constant competitor and as a reminder to continue.
Angela Mitchell: Who was the most surprising boot, to you, while on the show? For me as a viewer, it was Brea. I thought the argument could have been made for Jerry or Athena going that round.
Rayce Bird: There were a few surprising boots for me. I thought Miranda left too soon, she is very talented and would have loved to see her show her talents more. A lot of the reason why I picked Miranda [in the finals] is that I knew she going to nail the characters I had in mind. I also thought Jerry left to soon -- this guy was a lot better than we saw on the show. He ran into some time management issues early on, but I knew he was a threat early on. I also was a little surprised Matt didn't make it into the finale.
Angela Mitchell: What was your favorite challenge? As a viewer, I absolutely loved the Tim Burton Challenge, and thought the creations were fantastic for that one. And I especially loved your cellist -- there was something very haunting about her, and the character was note-perfect, from the crooked cello to the soulful makeup design on the face and body of your model.
Rayce Bird: Not to sound cheesy, but I really enjoyed every challenge! This was a big vacation for me. But if I had to choose my favorite, I would probably go with the finale, mainly because those characters have been bouncing around my head for quite some time and I was pleased to finally let them go! Plus the concept was really personal. Fourth-dimension, alternate realities are great spawning grounds for new ideas and characters. But I did really enjoy the Burton challenge as well as the horror villain challenge!
Angela Mitchell: What was the most difficult challenge for you? I thought the Dinoplasty challenge was pretty tough (although the looks were all so fantastic in the end anyway).
Rayce Bird: For me, the old age challenge was the most difficult. I went into the competition having no experience in makeup. Old age I knew the least about, luckily I had a great team to teach me the techniques. Even though the judges didn't really care for my 50 year-old makeup, I wouldn't have changed it too much if I did it over. We quizzed the triplets about their family history and squished their faces around for 90 minutes to come to the conclusion that they wouldn't age as much as some of the other models would have. I'm no expert on old age makeup, but I have a very good understanding of evolution. But, overall that was the most difficult.
Angela Mitchell: This is something I'm asking each one of the finalists, but I'm curious to find out, for the animal challenge, if you could go back in time, would you pick a different animal as your inspiration?
Rayce Bird: I wouldn't have picked another animal or plant, but I would have gotten more creative with the concept. I often look back at that episode and regret not taking it further. I played it a little safe on that one. Seems like I missed an opportunity to do something really cool!


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- Python on Symbian (Book table of contents)
Original Author: User:Mike.Jipping
This chapter provides a brief overview of how Python on Symbian can be extended using C++. It also touches on the mechanisms to call Python from within Symbian C++ code.
Python is a rich and flexible programming language. Its core modules provide access to most of the functionality expected in a modern programming language, including support for adding and extending Python using Python itself (using classes and modules, as we discussed in Chapter 2).
Python for Symbian extends the core Python offering by giving access to many useful Symbian platform C++ APIs, which are encapsulated in developer-friendly Python APIs. To access new or different platform functionality, you are free to write your own extensions, or you can simply add code to optimize functionality that runs faster if written in C++.
This chapter provides a taste of what is needed to write C++ extensions, and provides references to where you can find more information. A full explanation is beyond the scope of this book because it requires a fairly deep understanding of Symbian C++, which is a variant of C++ that uses its own idioms and introduces new data types and objects.
In this chapter, we also provide a very shallow introduction to the converse approach of accessing Python functionality from a Symbian C++ application. This approach is useful if Python code accesses a C++ API that uses callbacks (since the C++ code must call back into Python).
Using C++ from Python
This section describes how Python functionality can be enhanced by incorporating C++ code into a Python program. This is referred to as extending Python.
Why Use Python Extensions?
There are a number of reasons why C++ code should be used by Python. One is performance. The Python interpreter on a Symbian device runs very quickly but, when performance is important, C++ code is typically faster than comparable Python code (because Python is interpreted by a software layer while C++ code runs directly on the phone processor).
As an example, consider an implementation of a C++ module called "mymath" that implements a cosine computation. The following Python code uses this computation and tests it against the Python cosine implementation:
import time, math
import mymath
start = time.time()
for x in range(360):
r = mymath.docos(x)
print time.time()-start
start = time.time()
for x in range(360):
r = math.cos(x)
print time.time()-start
This code compares the two cosine computations, and the C++ implementation runs 23% faster than the Python implementation.
Another reason to use C++ code from Python is to access hardware features of the phone that are not built into a Python module. This applies to new hardware features or to hardware features you want to use in a different way than is available through standard Python interfaces. For example, you may need to access new buttons on a device before access to them is provided in a Python module. Since C++ is the system programming langage for the Symbian platform, it is the first language to have access to all phone features and functionality. While the Python interface to the operating system is quite extensive, there are likely to be system calls that you need to be accessed in a new or different way. Extending Python is an easy way to make this happen.
Writing and Using a C++ Extension
Let's continue the cosine example from the previous subsection. Here is the C++ code to implement the docos() cosine computation:
#include "Python.h"
#include <math.h>
static PyObject *
docos(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
double value, result;
if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "d", &value)) return NULL;
result = cos(value);
return Py_BuildValue("d", result);
static PyMethodDef mymath_methods[] = {
{"docos", docos, METH_VARARGS},
{0, 0}
/* module entry-point (module-initialization) function */
/* Create the module and add the functions */
PyObject *m = Py_InitModule("mymath", mymath_methods);
Note that we are not very clever in the docos() implementation: we simply call the cosine function built into the C/C++ math library.
Let's point out some elements of the definition of the docos() function:
- The definition requires a reference to the object defining it and to function parameters. These are required for Python functions and are also present in the previous code, where all the parameters are contained in the args C++ parameter.
- Note that the return is a tuple, built by a C++ function call.
- Note that multiple use of PyObject objects. These objects are Python tuples formatted so that Python can work with them. C++ works with these objects and tuples through special functions that can interpret and build them.
This last element is at the core of Python extensions. PyObject objects represent data and class objects in Python. Any communication between C++ and Python happens using PyObject objects.
The code that implements a C++ extension must pay attention to several constraints:
- It must start with
#include "Python.h"
The #include directive includes redefinition of some C++ structures and must be used before all others.
- The C++ code should take care to convert Python objects. This includes the data objects we discussed previously as well as Python exceptions (not discussed here). Python exceptions should be used to represent all error conditions, including those generated by the operating system, as well as the implementation code.
- The C++ code must include a method table. This table is a C++ array that holds PyMethodDef structs. These structs inform the Python runtime system which methods are implemented by the C++ code. For example, in the previous cosine implementation, we would declare the following table:
static PyMethodDef mymath_methods[] = {
{"docos", docos, METH_VARARGS},
{0, 0}
- The PyMethodDef struct declares the name of the function, the implementation that name refers to, and the type of parameters used with the function. The typical method is METH_VARARGS, which indicates the Python style used in the example, but other methods exist, such as METH_NOARGS, where no parameters are used, and METH_KEYWORDS, where keywords are used for positional parameter assignment.
- Finally, the function implementation needs an entry point, a kind of constructor used to initialize the implementation. The initialization is performed through a call to Py_InitModule, which creates a PyObject representation of the class to which the function belongs.
Note: Names are important in the code that implements the C++ extension. The method table must be named "module_methods", where module is replaced by the name of the module you are implementing. Likewise, the entry point function must be named "initmodule", where module is replaced by the name of the module you are implementing.
The DLL must be given the platform security capabilities of all the applications that might attempt to use it - in practice this means that you need to give it as many capabilities as possible. This is done in the C++ project's MMP file, as shown in the following section. You should also take care to document any capabilities that are needed by users of your module. If you're unfamiliar with the topic, platform security is discussed further in Chapter 15).
When the extension code is complete, it is compiled into a dynamically loaded library (DLL). Compilation can be performed either from the command line of an operating system shell or through the Carbide.c++ Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Details on using Carbide.c++ are provided later in this chapter.
The extension DLL must be bundled with the Python programs that use it. Python extension users do not need to think about this process, they simply package their application as described in Chapter 16 and the application packager automatically includes any DLLs that have been referenced in the module and that are included in the application packager module repository. As an extension developer however, you need to ensure that the DLL is copied to the right place in the application packager - this is discussed in the reference documentation: http://pys60.garage.maemo.org/doc/s60/modulerepo.html.
It is important to note that extension modules bundled with a Python program are not available to other Python applications on the device. A unique copy of the extension module is made available for every application that bundles it (named using the application UID).
Using Carbide.c++
Developing the C++ code necessary for Python extension is a fairly straightforward process. Deploying this code, however, can be complicated and involves several configuration files. While the compilation and deployment of this library can be done from the command line, it is much more easily done through the Carbide.c++ IDE. This subsection will briefly walk through the steps necessary.
To use Symbian C++ for Python extension, you must install kits for Symbian C++ development. Find the "Symbian C++ tools" page on the Nokia Developer website (at http://www.developer.nokia.com/Develop/Other_Technologies/Symbian_C++/Tools/). You must install both the Application Development Toolkit and the Symbian C++ SDK. Then you must find the Python overlay for the C++ SDK and overlay that code on the SDK installation.
Once you have the proper installation environment, follow these steps using Carbide.c++:
- Begin by creating a new project. This should be a "Symbian OS C++ Project" found under the "File > New" menu. Selecting that menu option will bring up the new project dialog window shown in Figure 13.1:
- Using the descriptions in this chapter, design and implement the code you need for your Python extension.
- When your code is to the point where you need to make the DLL, start with the MMP file. This is found under the "group" folder in the Project Explorer (see Figure 13.2):
- You must add specifiers to the basic MMP file generated for you. You may select the provided links in Carbide.c++ or you can simply find the source (select the name of the MMP file on the bottom of the editor) and type in a few statements yourself.
- The MMP file for the "mymath" example is shown as follows:
Name : mymath.mmp
Author :
Copyright : Your copyright notice
Description : This is the project specification file for mymath.
TARGET kf_mymath.pyd
USERINCLUDE ..\inc
SYSTEMINCLUDE \epoc32\include
SYSTEMINCLUDE \epoc32\include\stdapis
SYSTEMINCLUDE \epoc32\include\python25
SOURCEPATH ..\src
SOURCE mymath.cpp
CAPABILITY LocalServices NetworkServices ReadUserData UserEnvironment WriteUserData
LIBRARY python25.lib
LIBRARY estlib.lib
DEFFILE mymath.def
- Note the inclusion of more system include files as well as the EPOCALLOWDLLDATA specifier, the definition file additions, and the new library specifications (the "mymath" example needs the "estlib.lib" library for the "cos()" function). The TARGETTYPE should be DLL. Also note the name: "kf_module.pyd", where module is replaced by the name of the module you are implementing.
- Note also that this DLL has been given all the user capabilities (using the CAPABILITY keyword). As discussed in the preceding section, in practice you'd seek to give it as many capabilities as possible.
- Once the MMP file is in place, you can build the C++ library file. When you are ready, you can build for the release target on the phone for which you are building. You will be able to find this in the SDK installation directory under "epoc32\release\gcce\urel".
- Now you need to place the library where the bundling software can find it. This place is located in the installation directory under the "module-repo\dev-modules" directory. In this directory, you need to create a folder with the name of your module. For the "mymath" example, this is the directory "C:\Program Files\PythonForS60-2.0\module-repo\dev-modules\mymath". In this new directory, place two files. The first is the library file ("kf_mymath.pyd" for our example). The second is a configuration file called "module_config.cfg", which needs to contain a single line, as follows:
{'type': 'repo', 'deps': []}
- The final step is use the application packager to bundle the Python code with the library file you created.
Using Python from C++
While the typical way for Python and C++ to interact is to extend Python functionality, another way to mix the two languages is to use Python as part a larger application. This technique is referred to as embedding Python in an application. The difference between extending and embedding is that when you extend Python, the main components of the application is the Python interpreter and runtime environment, while if you embed Python, the main component may occasionally call the Python interpreter to run some Python code. The process of embedding Python is less straightforward than implementing an extension. However, many ideas and skills developed extending Python with C++ are useful when embedding Python.
At a very high level, embedding Python in C++ uses a very high level interface. This high level embedding is intended to execute a Python script that does not interact with the application directly. Consider the following simple code:
#include <Python.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
PyRun_SimpleString("from time import time,ctime\n"
"print 'Today is',ctime(time())\n");
return 0;
This code starts by initializing the Python interpreter with Py_Initialize(). It then executes a Python script that is contained in a single string by calling PyRun_SimpleString(). The call to Py_Finalize() terminates the Python interpreter.
Obviously, this is a simple and contrived introduction to interacting with Python from C++. There are many other ways to interact at this high level, such as getting the Python code from a file with PyRun_SimpleFile() or compiling Python code with Py_CompileString(). The most effective interactions, however, come from deeper, more intimate collaborations with the Python runtime; there are many ways to work with a Python interpreter.
There are several reasons to embed Python in a C++ application. Providing scripting layers that allow the user write Python scripts to automate common tasks or extend a feature set is a common use. Allowing users to tailor an application to their needs by writing some scripts in Python is useful if some of the functionality can be written in Python more easily than in some other configuration language. Another use of embedding is as a configuration medium for an application. Sometimes complication configurations are better handled by languages that already exist and might be more familiar to a user.
Documentation on C++ interfaces to Python can be found from links outlined in the next section.
Further Reading
For further reading into combining Python with C++, here are some places to start:
- PySymbian project documentation on extending and embedding for the Symbian platform: http://pys60.garage.maemo.org/doc/s60/extendandembed.html.
- Documentation for extending and embedding in Python "in general": http://pys60.garage.maemo.org/doc/ext/ext.html.
- A general look at multi-language programming in general can be found on the Symbian developer website. The article, entitled "Multi-Language Programming - An Overview", describes several languages that can work together, including Python.
- A more detailed look at extending Python with C++ can be found in the article "Multi-Language Programming - Combining Python with Flash Lite and Symbian C++" on the Symbian developer website. As the name suggests, the article has more detail about Python with C++ as well as using other languages with C++ (e.g., Flash Lite).
This chapter provides a look at what is needed to write C++ extensions, the use of C++ code from Python. It also briefly introduces the idea of embedding Python into C++ code.
We provide a small example of how to create a C++ extension, including how to use the Carbide.c++ integrated development environment to accomplish this: File:PythonOnSymbianBookExampleCode ExtendingPython.zip
© 2010 Symbian Foundation Limited. Portions copyright Bogdan Galiceanu, Hamish Willee, Marcelo Barros de Almeida, Mike Jipping, Pankaj Nathani and others in wiki document history list. This document is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode for the full terms of the license.
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All in the family takes a menacing turn for one man, his brother and sister-in-law and the officers who answered the call.
Mark A. Richardson, 56, of Racine could serve more than a decade behind bars after he got into a heated altercation at a Mount Pleasant home and then threatened police who arrested him.
Richardson was charged in Racine County Circuit Court Thursday with one count of disorderly conduct domestic abuse, one count of disorderly conduct and two counts of felony bail jumping. If convicted, he faces up to 12-½ years in prison and $22,000 in fines.
According to the criminal complaint:
At 10:54 p.m. Wednesday, Mount Pleasant police were called to a residence in the 5100 block of Rosedale Lane after Richardson got into an altercation with his brother and sister-in-law. The victims said Richardson was upset about a camera that was stolen two months ago and threatened to kill everyone in the house until he found it.
His brother said Richardson has told them every day since the camera went missing of his philosophy that it's OK to steal from the rich, but not the poor, working people or family. The brother told Richardson he was sick of hearing about the philosophy and the stolen camera, which caused Richardson to get upst and chest bump his brother and eventually knock his sister-in-law to the ground.
Police arrested Richardson and, during the transport to Racine County Jail, told officers he fought in Vietnam, which he described as a "good war" and not like the "(expletive) war in Iraq." He then told the officer he used to work in a prison in Missouri, but said he still didn't trust "you evil (expletive)" police and told the officer he would spit in his face if not for the glass divider between them.
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- He can provide the league with an NBA version of cash for clunkers. That means DTS could get rid of Baron, take a tax credit, and get a new, more efficient, free agent point guard.
- He can appoint an NBA Discrimination Csar to make sure that DTS gets investigated for discriminating against Elgin Baylor and get Elgin reinstated as GM.
- He can ask the FCC to permanently ban Milph from future broadcasting in response for stirring up animosity against the peaceful, loving nation of Iran.
- He can cap out executives salaries on franchises that have losing records while providing bail out money to those losing franchises. This means that DTS can get more money for LeBron by reducing MDsr's salary.
- He can save more American jobs by preventing foreign workers from working in the NBA. Goodbye, Dirk, Yao, and Manu!
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I'm pretty certain two boiled eggs once saved my life, or at least my sanity. My husband and I foolishly imagined that flying across the country to his hometown for Christmas would be a great idea with two young kids in tow. We had however, let it slip our minds that occasionally in winter, it snows. In fact, it blizzards. Even freezing rain happens in winter in Canada. Go figure.
Though a very long series of redirected flights, too numerous to list here (and it was not on this airline), we found ourselves waiting on the tarmac in Montreal, unable to deplane as the plane refueled, and with the planes' food supply emptied. Anyone with small children knows that, although deicing a child is unnecessary, these little creatures need to be refueled approximately every two hours.
No sooner, it seemed, had I wiped the sticky residue of fruit bars from their little fingers than they were pulling the headsets from their ears and inquiring, "Mama, can I please have a snack?"
But this time, there was no "please." In fact, there was nothing calm about their demeanor after nine and a half hours on a flight that was supposed to last four hours. I had run out of games, fruit bars and any modicum of patience I still possessed at hour seven.
So when I reached into my backpack for an aspirin, and my fingers closed around two eggs, lovingly wrapped in paper towel and tucked into the side pocket at the last minute, that I knew we would survive this ordeal.
Two little eggs provided my kids with enough of a distraction while peeling them, as well as a protein-packed snack that settled them down enough to snooze for the rest of the flight.
Airline food has evolved tremendously. As long as it's always available, and exactly what your kids love, great. But as much fun as a new adventure can be for kids, it's also unsettling for them to be away from their own routines and familiar surroundings. Packing the same snack that they have enjoyed very morning at 10:00 will soothe their little spirits, when of the rest of their surroundings are unfamiliar.
My eldest also doesn't eat wheat or dairy, so finding food that meets this criteria out "in the real world" is nigh on impossible at the best of times, let alone when you're late for a flight because your little ones filled their diapers and pants on the way out the door.
I'm sure Cheerios stock jumps 10 per cent every time a baby is born in North America. Pack a few baggies of this parents' staple, and bring along a few shoelaces, so kids can spend time stringing together necklaces before they munch. As a matter of fact, pack everything you can in ziploc bags, and avoid the bulk of Tupperware.
Just make sure to avoid anything juicy. Apple slices with a squeeze of lemon juice, carrot sticks, cucumber and red pepper sticks pack well. If possible, avoid anything sugar-laden, as sugar and kids in confined spaces are never a good mix.
Foods that can keep little hands busy are a good idea as well. Cheese slices and crackers so they can "make sandwiches," eggs to peel, or cream cheese with celery sticks for dipping. You'll also want to pack things that you can finish up without guilt. Oh, and don't forget your own napkins.
One time when I was especially creative (I'm sure I'll never be that organized again) I brought a variety of shapes of fruits and veggies, and my kids made faces on their napkins: Apple slices for ears, red peppers for mouths, grapes for eyes (well, until turbulence made them one-eyed monsters, but you get the point).
We're not that different from these little creatures, and I am always surprised at how much of a comfort it is to have one of my favourite herbal tea bags to drop into that ubiquitous Styrofoam cup on the plane.
And if my little ones are asleep, I might even sneak into my purse for a square of dark chocolate. Don't tell on me.
What are your favourite travel snacks? Share your ideas and tips in the comment section below.
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Susan Pederson is a Calgary-based writer and editor who lives with her husband and two daughters. She has written for Avenue, Homemaker's, CBC Radio, The Globe and Mail, and Today's Parent, often with one of her kids dangling from an arm or leg, and from wherever she can steal an Internet connection while travelling.


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Allen Township supervisors took the final vote Wednesday to dissolve the water and sewer authority and unanimously accepted a sewer service agreement with Northampton borough.
After heated discussion by Supervisors Vincent Sarnicky and Robert Koch, the board voted 3-1 to disband the authority, a resolution put to a motion in February. The board accepted a sewer agreement with Northampton that would provide the township with 200,000 gallons of sewage capacity daily.


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Perfect 10 for surging Twins
Mauer breaks eighth-inning deadlock with game-winning homer
MINNEAPOLIS -- The last thing the Twins wanted to do on Friday night was get in a slugfest with the Brewers.
The Twins' bullpen did its share, too. Brian Bass pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings after Blackburn's exit, and Matt Guerrier held the Brewers bats at bay for the eighth to pick up his fourth win of the season. Joe Nathan then came in and, despite giving up two hits, picked up his 22nd save of the season."We're playing in the moment," Nathan said. "You don't hear guys talking about what we've done and what we need to do. It's really about going out and seeing what situation comes up and what guys can do. And it seems like a different guy or group of guys is stepping up every night." The Twins are now 13-3 in Interleague Play, and while starting pitching has been a big part of that success, Minnesota seemed more than content with seeing the offense take the wheel for one night. "It helps out so much to know the offense is putting up the numbers that they are, and the bullpen -- the way they are throwing," Blackburn said. "I mean, it's been unbelievable these last 10 games. No matter what happens, we're going to keep fighting until we come out on top." And that even includes producing homers when necessary. "I think we have people that can hit home runs," Gardenhire said. "First, you have to find your swing, and I think the ball will fly out of the ballpark. We've got guys that have power and are still learning to hit. We have a young team overall and eventually the ball is going to fly." If Friday night was any indication, the "Homer Dome" might become a more common phrase again.
Kelly Thesier is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.