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Last month, state legislators ratified and presented to Gov. McCrory N.C. House Bill 392—legislation that would give the Department of Social Services permission to drug test welfare applicants. The bill was one of two vetoed by the governor only days later—a decision which drew the ire of N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis, House Majority Leader Edger Starnes and other Republican legislators.
The ratified version of the bill would require the Department of Social Services to verify whether an applicant for or recipient of Work First or Food and Nutrition Services benefits is a fleeing felon or a probation or parole violator, deny such benefits to those found to be fleeing felons or probation or parole violators and require drug testing of applicants for or recipients of Work First program assistance.
The first two provisions sound reasonable, but the third provision—along with its conditions for "reasonable suspicion" of drug use — lends itself to various problems.
To begin with, the financial obligation required to implement such drug tests is accounted for neither in the bill nor in the final 2013-2015 state budget. In light of the expected decrease in government revenue due to recently implemented tax reform, compelling the state to potentially enter a period of deficit spending is not a practical way to approach welfare reform.
In addition, the conditions for establishing "reasonable suspicion," as outlined in the legislation, are not sufficient enough to mandate drug screening under the Fourth Amendment's prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures. Indeed, after just four months of implementation, a federal judge ruled that a similar law in Florida was unconstitutional. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously agreed and, as a result, Florida was obligated to temporarily end its drug testing of welfare applicants. The enactment of a comparable law in Georgia has since been halted, and Michigan's drug testing program was recently deemed unconstitutional by the state's Court of Appeals.
Though the Florida, Georgia and Michigan laws required blanket testing of welfare applicants and, thus, were ruled unconstitutional, N.C. House Bill 392 does not specify that the presence of warrants and drug convictions is the only condition for "reasonable suspicion" — meaning that the drug tests, if imposed, might constitute unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is more, similar efforts in other states have proven costly and ineffective. Since a recent law in Utah went into effect last year, the state has spent nearly $30,000 testing 4,730 applicants—only nine of which tested positive for substance abuse. A similar program in Arizona tested 87,000 applicants and found only one drug user. Likewise, a program in Florida found that only 108 applicants—out of 4,086—tested positive for substance abuse. Oklahoma's Department of Human Services also denied benefits to 29 applicants—out of 1,300—who either failed a drug test or refused to comply with demands for additional testing.
In all four aforementioned states, however, the amount saved by welfare disqualifications and deterred applications does not compensate for the amount spent on drug test purchases, laboratory fees, facility modifications, compensation for increased work hours and legal fees. In fact, a similar proposal in Virginia was unsuccessful after it was determined that its implementation would cost the state $1.5 million – a net loss of $1.27 million even after accounting for the $229,000 in savings from deterred applications and welfare disqualifications.
In order to ensure that the efforts of state legislators were not in vain, however, Gov. McCrory enforced the first two, and more reasonable, provisions of the bill by signing an executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services to run criminal background checks of applicants for and recipients of Work First and Food and Nutrition Services program assistance. Those found to be fleeing felons and probation or parole violators would be ineligible to receive such assistance.
Gov. McCrory called for a veto override session on Tuesday, thereby giving legislators a chance to implement the proposed drug testing of welfare applicants. As of this writing on Tuesday, the Legislature was debating an override vote. Since this proposal is fiscally irresponsible, potentially intrusive and ultimately ineffective, however, I hope legislators on both sides of the aisle voted to uphold the governor's veto.
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The number of gay characters on US television has reached a record high, according to a new study.
The Where We Are on TV report by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation reviewed scripted LGBT primetime characters in the upcoming 2012-2013 television season.
It found that after a decrease last year, the number of regular lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender characters on broadcast networks has risen to the highest ever recorded, while the overall LGBT character count also increased on cable television.
'This year's increase of LGBT characters on television reflects a cultural change in the way gay and lesbian people are seen in our society,' said GLAAD President Herndon Graddick.
'More and more Americans have come to accept their LGBT family members, friends, coworkers and peers, and as audiences tune into their favorite programs, they expect to see the same diversity of people they encounter in their daily lives.'
LGBT characters now account for 4.4% of scripted series regulars in the 2012-2013 broadcast television schedule. This is up from 2.9% in 2011, 3.9% in 2010, 3% in 2009, 2.6% in 2008 and 1.1% in 2007.
Regular LGBT characters on scripted cable television also rose this year to 35, up from 29, for the 2012-2013 season.
Four out of the five broadcast networks reviewed have increased the number of LGBT characters, with ABC seeing the biggest boost.
Musical Glee stands out as the most inclusive show on broadcast television, while True Blood has the lion's share on cable.
'It is vital for networks to weave complex and diverse storylines of LGBT people in the different programs they air,' Graddick added.
'When young LGBT people see loving couples like Callie and Arizona on Grey's Anatomy or Degrassi's confident transgender high school student Adam Torres, they find characters they can look up to and slowly start building the courage to live authentically.'
This also marks the eighth year that GLAAD has analyzed the race/ethnicity and gender demographics of all 701 series regular characters expected to appear on primetime broadcast television in the upcoming season.
Of the 31 announced LGBT regular characters in the 2012-2013 primetime broadcast season, 11 are people of color (35.5%), and one will be a person with a disability.
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355 build check up
Alrighty so I got my block. Its been checked and is looking good other than high mileage wear. Once I get the parts I'll be able to get it bored and balanced.
I have a 1980 z28 with the 190hp 350 LM-1. 3.42 slip diff. It is bone stock.
Uses will be late night taco bell runs, The rare relaxing cruise and as much track time as I can afford.
Heres what I'm going with and want to know if it will work well together. or missing anything.
Not entirely sure as this was given to me but I believe this is it.
holley 650 cfm double pumper with mechanical secondaries(any way to switch to vacuum? or should I not worry about that)
Holley Performance Products 650 CFM Four Barrel Street/Strip Carburetor*0-4777S
Edelbrock performer air-gap
Edelbrock Performer RPM Air-Gap Intake Manifolds 7501 - SummitRacing.com
Bare brodix ik 200's. 64cc chamber
Brodix Cylinder Heads IK 200 Cylinder Heads for Small Block Chevy 1020000-1 - SummitRacing.com
Head improvement kit. up to .625 valve lift
Head Improvement Kit, Chev SB, 2.02-1.60", Mech FT/Hyd Rlr-Competition Products
Howards 1.6 full rollers 7/16 studs.
Howards Cams Billet Aluminum Rocker Arms 90073 - SummitRacing.com
Eagle 6" I beams
Eagle SIR I-Beam Connecting Rods 6000BPLW - SummitRacing.com
Probe -3.5 forged pistons w/ 1.26 compression height
Probe SRS Forged Pistons 13720-030 - SummitRacing.com
Entering the I'm really really unsure area.
Fel pro .015 compressed gasket for a .04 quench. I've been told to use this. The gasket is .07" larger than the bore though, will this affect the quench effect or any of the combustion process? Would a .04 gasket and get the heads decked to get proper quench be better?
Fel-Pro Performance Head Gaskets Q1094 - SummitRacing.com
Howards .927 wrist pins. Do i need these or will the pistons come with them? Alternatively I can't figure out where to find press fit piston wrist pins. Very confused here.
Howards, Tool Steel Wrist Pins, .927" x 2.500", .120" Wall-Competition Products
The crank I'm looking at. Alternatively should I keep my stock crank?
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I have spent a whole lot of time reading and getting a few people to critque my parts and most of them have ok knowledge as far as engines go but not so much on the performance side. I want to make sure I'm on the right track and everything will work well together. Going to eventually start shopping around everywhere but for now using summit as the main link.
This is basically pushing the budget with some left for machine work for the heads and block more gaskets, headers, oil pump and other stuff for the engine.
Trans and chassis will be researched and upgraded as soon as I've figured out the engine build. Also if anyone can give me an approximate HP/TQ figure I'd like this and any recommendations on headers, oil pump, distributors etc.
The heads you chose are very good heads.what camshaft? why a 650 carb? That car is obese,I had a 1980 Z-28 and it weighed 3915!not with a driver,yikes.Mine had a 454 ls-5.
what track time are you talking? road race? drag? slalom?
Do not buy a dome piston. Get a flat top piston.
Here is a better build.
get the block bored as required.
Buy the Summit house brand labeled complete 350 SBC engine rebuild kit with flat top pistons inc.
Get your stock GM crank reground 10-10 and get your stock GM connecting rods resized.
Get the block decked as required to achieve a assembled 0deck height with the flat top pistons in the kit.
Buy a complete Comp cams mech street roller cam and kit
K-12-772-8 Xr286R-10 (add a roler cam thrust button to complete)
Buy the brodix Ik200 64cc heads bare and add Manley 2.02x 1.60 7/16" screw in studs+guide plates and comp pushrods.
Summit-Scorpion 1.6:1 aluminum roller rockers (7/16"stud)
650 DP Carb upgrade with a Holley/proform 750HP carb body kit.
The Performer RPM manifold is fine.
1-5/8" or 1-3/4" headers and 2.5" dual exhaust (use collector extensions at the track.)
Trans converter and gears. Get a 9" 10" 3500++stall converter and 4.56:1 gears. 9x28" street strip ET streets.
Get some traction bars and a drive shaft hoop.
Buy 4.56:1 gears and buy a NEW Auburn gear posi or a NEW Eaton posi. Do not re-use the stock GM posi.
The Stock GM axles are fine.
8.5" x 28" ET streets
because the block is 0 decked use a .041" felpro composite head gasket.
your dome piston choice would have resulted in excessive compression ratio.
The money you save using the Summit engine rebuild kit and your crank and resized GM rods
will more than pay for the roller cam kit.
You will go faster-longer.
As Vinnie stated:
80's camaros are heavy. you will need the 4.56 gears (28" tall tires)
This matched street strip combo will go fast at the track and run very nice on the street.
Anything you do to reduce vehicle weight is a bonus.
These Comp cams XR street roller cams are very easy to maintain. Set the valve lash cold .004" tighter than the cam card "hot lash" spec. real easy.
Pushrod length" you must preassemble "mock up" the assembly and measure for correct pushrod length-rocker geometry
and then order the comp pushorods.
Call Comp Cams cam help line for tech advice.
Getting the crank+rods+pistons rebalanced is a good thing. Other than that + gettig the assembled piston deck height right and the piston ring end gap right (read the directions in the box) and the roller cam thrust button installed end clearance right, its pretty straight forward.
Your compression ratio will be 10.2:1 and run fine on 92 octane gas.
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Static compression ratio 11.50:1 using those pistons. What will you use for fuel?
IK200 heads can be had with either OEM size 1.250" valve springs or aftermarket 1.437" springs. Do you know the size of the spring pockets? Your head improvement kit includes 1.437" springs. If the heads are cut for 1.250", you will have some machine work to do.
Do you understand that the valve seats are not finished on these heads? You will have some machine work to do.
Do you understand that you cannot run the valve springs directly on the aluminum head. I don't see where you have taken spring cups into consideration.
Do you understand that the rocker studs you are buying are 7/16". I'm bettin' the heads are tapped for 3/8-16 and you will have more machine work to do.
Do you understand that you cannot run a shim gasket with aluminum heads and iron block?
Do you understand that you can buy all this stuff ready to bolt on without machine work. You will pay the price for this motor, whether it's to the manufacturer who will finish the product so that it will go together without further work or you will pay less for semi-finished stuff and pay a local machinist to finish it for you. There is no free lunch. You will pay somebody.
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Use a new stock OEM GM SBC oil pump.
Distributor: any good distributor with adjustable vacuum advance is fine.
EG: GM style HEI
For this combo: the distributor set up is real simple,
Simply lock out the mechanical advance curve.
dial in the vacuum advance as required. 15deg max limit.
aprox 10+/- deg added at steady part throttle hiway cruise speeds.
use ported vacuum.
Do you understand that the rocker studs you are buying are 7/16". I'm bettin' the heads are tapped for 3/8-16 and you will have more machine work to do.
Tech: when was the last time you actually built a motor. All the heads are machined for a 7/16" thead in the head.
The only difference between a 3/8" SBC screw in stud and a 7/16" SBC screwin stud is the top thread diameter of the top part of the stud. one uses a 3/8" rocker and the other uses a 7/16" stud SBC rocker arm.
Either a 1.5 or a 1.6 ratio rocker arm gets it done, its up to you but wiht this street roller cam a 7/16" stud and matching 7/16" rocker arm is advised.
The Brodix bare Ik200 heads come with the valve job already done.
cleaning , checking clearances and valve sealing and correct assembly is all thats required.
Comp sells the spring seat cups. When using a spring seat cup in this head you will probabily want a +.100" length Manley valve and then shim as required for assembled spring height.
Comp cams and Brodix can advise. All you need to do is call.
this is the kit includes pistons all gaskets, rings bearings and the oil pump.
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Street and Drag strip traction in a 1980's era Camaro.
Do it right the first time. And you will only need to do it once.
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They are saying these heads have unmachined seats.
.041? why not .04? Also now this is something I can't find much on but what would be the disadvantages of a tighter quench? If I wanted to run a tighter quench (if its advantageous of course and i wouldn't exceed below .037 or so) What would I have to do to ensure stability?
Thank you for all the additional information I really really appreciate that. Essentially I'm trying to build the most efficient engine possible. I'm also trying to read about all the tips and trick so keep em coming . Information is my currency. So any articles or however much you want to type is appreciated.
Also I would like to add I'm skittish about buying brands my friends or people at the car shows don't mention much. I want to do this once for the time being. I only have the next 6 months+ what I have saved to perfect this thing. So I can also only afford to do this once.
Cam: Howards Cams Retro-Fit Hydraulic Roller Camshaft and Lifter Kits CL111815-10 - SummitRacing.com
As far as the machine work questions. Anything I can do I want to do. Not want to save money on. I want to do this. To me having to pay someone else to do work I could do is alienating myself from the project. Also as a note. My father will be helping. He has been a mechanic for 25+ years. Has an abundance of tools and we have discussed this. Anything I think I can not do accurately enough He is more than happy to assist with.
I also understand higher octane does not=higher power.
I'm also going to have an approximate 9.1-9.3 DCR.
Thanks for the helpful questions. Especially the seat cups. Going to go read about those now. Really appreciate it.
That Howards roller cam is a fair cam.Is that your choice for sure?
I gave you a complete Car engine build recipe. All you need to do is follow it, without substitutions.
Find a qualified auto machine shop that can do the block machining for you.
@ vinnie there is wiggle room there. I've been thinking about going with a mechanical I just don't know if i need to worry about the restrofit like I do with the hydraulics.
@ f-bird Sorry I'm not trying to argue just curious. There is only so much information one can garner without actually talking to people.
Main question is will that setup hold together after multiple track passes?
There is no "retrofit" when it comes to solid roller cams.
It will out live you. Find a engine shop and build it exacty to spec.
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With another season in the books, here's what Monday night (and the rest of the 2012 season) have taught us.
Notre Dame: Midmajor team, major name
For the past 10 years, we've had mid-majors come into the BCS — Boise State, Utah, Hawaii, Northern Illinois — with gaudy records and big dreams. A couple of times people actually clamored for that team to be in the national championship. What would happen? Would the underdogs have a chance? Well, we found out what would happen on Monday night.
Because if Notre Dame's name wasn't involved, that team would never have played for a title. It followed the same script as previous BCS-busters: The Irish played a pretty poor schedule, had only one convincing win vs. a quality opponent (at perennial fraud Oklahoma) and, didn't have the speed to match up at any position — not even its best player, linebacker Manti Te'o.
Back-to-back, go to the front
It's good that we'll be going to the four-team playoff system for Division I-A — I can't call it the FBS, just like the bowl game in Atlanta is always the Peach Bowl.
With games in back-to-back weeks, a truer champion should come out of this. The thing most people hate about bowls is the huge gap in time between the end of the regular season and the bowl itself. And while there will still be a gap for the opening game, there will only be a week for the 2nd one. Ask Alabama how hard it is to play a pair of big games in a row — remember that the Tide said it was exhausted after playing LSU and was partially to blame for its loss to Texas A&M seven days later.
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A four-team playoff is a start, but I think college football needs at least eight teams in a playoff format – if not 16.
The long layoff for these teams is also a problem – and it's another reason why a three weekends of playoffs would be great.
Assign a bowl game to each playoff game – even if it's in a rotating system. The people in charge right now don't seem to understand at all what an improvement this would be. And the level of excitement would ramp up significantly.
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Pamela used to comfortably provide food for her four children from the little wages she earned from vending water. But now the rising cost of living has made her job almost irrelevant to her needs. Her wages have stagnated yet her expenses continue to become more expensive. Pamela like many mothers worries a lot for her children's next meal. Mothers' traditional role of cooking for their families is getting hard hit from the current rising costs of living. Kenyans living below poverty line can hardly put food on their tables. In Kenya, the spiraling cost of living has prompted the Consumer Federation of Kenya to find a way to make consumers life a bit more bearable. The federation's general secretary , Stephen Mutoro, at a press briefing said plans are underway to provide consumers with price lists of different outlets so as to give them an option of choosing the most affordable shopping outlets.
While this may be a solution to managing the costs of living, the most basic solution such as proving a steady income for families is still facing hurdles. In Kenya currently the rate of employment is at 40 % according to the World Central Intelligence Agency( CIA) fact book. This means at least one out every two Kenyans is unemployed. Women therefore form the bulk of the unemployed population since they are the majority of the population. These unemployed women definitely have children they must provide for. The poverty cycle is evidently grasping tight the ability of these mothers to provide for their children.
Spiraling costs of fuel and basic commodities has sent Kenyans on the street to protest against the harsh reality. Civil society groups and ordinary citizens marched on the streets of Nairobi asking the government to intervene.
The lasting solution may lie in women's ability to mobilize and create new money- making opportunities to supplement their income or to create more employment opportunities for themselves. Women leaders have a task here, to see grass root women awaken to the solutions towards tackling the rising costs of living. If every woman gets even a minimal supplement to her income, it would be possible for them to enjoy preparing those sumptuous meals for their children again.
My sister, thanks for this...I always thought I knew about women and poverty becasue of my background, but my work in STAR NGO which I founded last year has ttruly shown that the World does not even understand what poverty and female have in common! I have not seen anything when I said I have seen it all, Now I am awake...we must save womanhood. Poverty is targetted at women, it is another form of gender based violence.
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50 Shades of What The Fuck Did I Read, And Is Everyone Huffing Gas?Posted: April 18, 2012 Filed under: Throwing Shades, Vampires Getting Torn Apart 2 Comments
I have a lot of feelings on the subject of 50 Shades of Grey. I can separate these feelings firmly into two sub-headings, labeled Fan Fiction Writer Feelings and Professional Writer Feelings. There is some overlap between these two groups, which I could illustrate with a Venn diagram, but fuck it, I just don't have the time or the desire.
In the Professional Writer Feelings corner, we have anger. Not just on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of every writer out there who works hard at their craft, suffering rejection after rejection, only to find that the most talked about book in all of America is a poorly written (in both the grammatical and logical senses), barely edited piece of Twilight fan fiction. I would go so far as to say that this year, there could not be a Pulitzer awarded in the category of fiction simply because the universe needs checks and balances, and the Pulitzer committee recognizes that there can be no accolades for fiction in the same year that 50 Shades became a runaway success.
In the Fan Fiction Writer Feelings corner, there is a deep sense of shame and disgust. Fan fiction writers know (or at least, they should know, else they should not be writing fan fiction) that every piece of fic you write is done out of respect and nostalgia for the original show. You realize these are not your characters, and that it would be wrong to make a profit off them. And if you don't know this? Congratulations on being the biggest dickhead, ever. While the rest of us were out there, trying to make fanfic appear harmless to creators, you were proving to those same, litigious creators that everything they thought about us was right all along; we're not in it for love, we're in it for the money. Their money.
So, I have a lot of feelings. But I thought it would be silly of me to be so pissed off at a book I had never read. I should take a look, and see what all the fuss is about, right?
At first, I thought of doing videos, much like my "Jen Reads Blood Ties" videos. But they were too mean. Go back and read the second and third paragraph again. I've chosen this format because it downplays the rage I was expressing in front of the camera. Really savor that a minute, and you'll understand why I am about to do what I am about to do.
Over the next few weeks (if it takes me that long, and I pray to God that it doesn't take me that long), I'm going to read 50 Shades of Grey. I'm going to recap it for you here, with the choicest bits of WTF that I find. And by choice, I mean it the way they talk about cuts of meat in dog food commercials. Cheap, plentiful, throwaway jabs at what has to be the most insulting book ever to rob someone of ten bucks.
"But Jen," you ask, "Didn't bitching about something you hated come back to bite you on the ass once?"
Yes, hypothetical reader, I'm sure it has. 99% of the time, after I express an opinion, I immediately regret it. But not this time. The way I figure it, 50 Shades of Grey has become a phenomenon above protection from the usual rules of "Thou shalt not criticize another author's books". It's Harry Potter big. It's Twilight big.
Oh, and did I mention the similarities to Twilight? I'll be keeping tabs on those, too. The nods are not as subtle as you might imagine. And by nods, I mean, that stuff that was blatantly ripped off.
So, April 18th, 2012, I embark on a senseless journey of pain and regret.
April 18th, 2012, I'm reading 50 Shades of Grey.
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It is not illegal to make a fanfic and then change the characters and sell them and if you even checked all the reviews she had gotten on fanfiction you would notice everyone was wishing her well and luck in her publishing. And people commented on buying the book once it was published.
Secondly, fanfiction doesn't have to be written out of respect or nostalgia for the original piece of work. You can write whatever you want about characters that are in that universe. You pick the shippings you prefer (if the character you like didn't end up with the one you wanted), you can change everything about them, their appearance, attitudes, and even sexual orientation. That's why there are lemon waring, shippings like Bellaxjacob, or even gay or lesbian shippings, in some for instance edward is human, maybe bella's a vampire…etc. That isn't being respectful to the original show, that's the point in FAN-FICTION. You can write what ever you please so long as if conforms to the rule and regulations of the site..i.e no explicit sex scenes hence why she had to post the chapters on a different medium. There are no rules to fanfiction and by making up your own arbitrary rules you're diminishing writers/readers freedom to read and write what ever they please.


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You've got a wide range of options when it relates to picking where you and your fiance will become a couple. In fact, you basically have an unlimited choice of wedding venues. Whenever you ponder over it, you could be married just about anywhere. Regardless of whether you pick a church, your home or a friend or family member's home, a location specifically designed for events, or even your favorite club or cafe, you'll be able to enjoy the festivities and relish the occasion for years to come.
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Rumor: iOS 6 will finally bring Siri to the new iPad
Consumers were left scratching their heads when Apple announced the new iPad would not have Siri. It made no sense considering the iPad has beefier specs than the iPhone 4S. Apparently, Apple's holding out on us to bring Siri to the new iPad alongside the next version of iOS.
We've already detailed what we're expecting to show up in iOS 6, but Siri as an update would be icing on top of the iOS 6 cake.
According to 9to5Mac's sources who have been busy leaking all kinds of iPhone and iOS details in the last couple of weeks, the new iPad's voice dictation will be replaced with full-on Siri assitance:
Unlike on the iPhone 4S, Siri for iPad is not a full screen experience. This makes sense given the device's larger, 9.7-inch display. Siri on the iPad is activated by a quick hold of the home button, just like on the iPhone 4S. The interface slides up from below the display with a clever animation. Siri is built into the iPad as a small window on top of whatever interface the user is currently interacting with. This Siri window with rounded corners sits at the bottom center of the display, as you can see in our mockup above. The Siri iPad interface takes very little space over the iPad interface currently in use, and is designed with the same linen texture as on the iPhone 4S. Siri for iPad also works from the lock screen.
The Apple blog's moles tell it that Siri will most likely be released for just the new iPad and not last year's iPad 2 (although, Apple is said to be testing compatibility with it, too).
It's believed that Apple has kept Siri as a feature exclusive to the iPhone 4S because it couldn't handle the data load. After all, Siri is still technically "in beta."
But, Siri is not an angel. Frank M. Fazio who is suing Apple over false advertisement of Siri's abilities obviously thinks Siri is a dud.
I frequently use the Voice Dictation on the new iPad for typing out notes and instant messages and for the most part, I've found it to be very accurate. You can bet your car that adding Siri to the new iPad would make it an even more attractive buy for first-time tablet shoppers. And Apple just loves adding more value to old products.
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Switch : How to Create Change When Change is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath, co-authors of the best-selling Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die.
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Collaboration at Apple March 28, 2012Posted by keithsawyer in Genius Groups.
Tags: design, jonathan ives, jony ives, superbowl commercial
The late Steve Jobs seemed to fit the classic stereotype of the creative genius. A college dropout who invented the first personal computer in his garage. The man who stood up to IBM's boring corporate PC (with the famous 1984 Superbowl commercial). The man who was kicked out of Apple, which promptly started to fail, and then who returned to again lead the company to success.
Jobs deserves a lot of credit for being an effective corporate leader. But he's not a lone genius. Like all lone genius stories, this one is a myth. Back in 2009, I blogged about the important role played by the design team at Apple, led by Jonathan Ives. And earlier this month, in an interview in the London Evening Standard, Ives confirmed the central role of collaboration at Apple:
The way we work at Apple is that the complexity of these products really makes it critical to work collaboratively, with different areas of expertise. I think that's one of the things about my job I enjoy the most. I work with silicon designers, electronic and mechanical engineers, and I think you would struggle to determine who does what when we get together. We're located together, we share the same goal, have exactly the same preoccupation with making great products.
One of the other things that enables this is that we've been doing this together for many years – there is a collective confidence when you are facing a seemingly insurmoutable challenge, and there were multiple times on the iPhone or ipad where we have to think 'will this work' we simply didn't have points of reference.
- 1. Ruben - March 28, 2012
Wonderful quote by Jonathan Ives. It shows how much we always owe to others in achieving results and breakthroughs!
- 2. Chris Harris - Creative Expert - March 29, 2012
I found one of the most interesting parts of the biography of Steve Jobs was the description of how Ives was granted the most operational authority at Apple, second to Steve Jobs himself. Additionally, the mention of how each department would work together, simultaneously to develop product, coined "deep collaboration", as opposed to typical companies where a product is envisioned, passed off to design, then handed off amongst different engineering departments, marketing, etc.
Some good parallel discussions along these lines:
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Boeing put its 787 battery fix through a "final" flight test on Friday and will soon submit the data to regulators, who the aircraft maker hopes will sign off on the new battery system and allow the 787 back in the air.
The 787 Dreamliner has been grounded since mid-January because of smoldering batteries that, in one case, caused a serious fire on the tarmac in Boston. Boeing's fix includes more heat insulation and a battery box designed so that any meltdown of the lithium-ion battery will vent hot gases outside of the plane.
Friday's flight took off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., according to flight-tracking service FlightAware. It returned one hour and 49 minutes later.
"The crew reported that the certification demonstration plan was straightforward and the flight was uneventful," Boeing said in a statement. The flight was to "demonstrate that the new battery system performs as intended during normal and non-normal flight conditions."
The FAA needs to approve the test results and certify the battery system before airlines can fly 787s again. But the root cause of the battery problems remains unknown. Boeing executives have said that other airplane problems have been fixed without understanding exactly what caused them. The big question for Boeing in the weeks ahead will be whether the FAA agrees. The FAA has not laid out a timetable for a final decision about the fix.
On March 12, the Federal Aviation Administration approved Boeing's plan to test the redesigned battery system, and Friday's flight test was the final part of that plan. The same plane, built for LOT Polish Airlines, flew on Monday in a pre-delivery check flight, where pilots did things like raise and lower the landing gear and ran backup systems.
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