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We are devastated to report that a three-month-old Pit Bull puppy named Joey was thrown from a car in Brentwood, Long Island, on Saturday. A witness found the tiny 10-pound pup in a plastic bag near the Sagtikos State Parkway, covered in fleas and crying out for help. Joey suffered three broken vertebrae in his neck and is recovering at the Veterinary Medical Center of Long Island.
The ASPCA is offering a reward of $15,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case. This reward is in addition to a $5,000 reward offered by the Suffolk County SPCA. We are also providing a $10,000 grant to the Veterinary Medical Center to offset some of the costs of treating and caring for Joey.
"We were both outraged and saddened to hear about this disturbing case of violent abuse, and the callousness that was demonstrated by those responsible," says Matt Bershadker, Senior Vice President of the ASPCA's Anti-Cruelty Group. "While our ultimate hope is that these types of heinous acts never occur, this is a message that cruelty toward animals will not be tolerated. We are pleased to be in a position to help those who are helping Joey."
If you have information related to Joey's case, please contact the Suffolk County SPCA by calling (631) 382-7722.
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I saw this case on Facebook from an organization called Pet Pardons. I called the facility directly and spoke with a very nice woman who informed me Joey is doing so much better. I did donate to the facility. These disgusting people that consider themselves humans are not. Someone should throw them from a car after being chewed and tormented. I hope these pieces of garbage are caught.
I know a dog is an animal and a human being is made in the image of God. When a human being commits an atrocity like this, they are menaces to our society and should be locked up and never released again. If there was anyway they could change that's different. The only way I know someone can "really" change is through Christ's Spirit living in them. What they did I despise and would like to see them suffer the same disdain, callousness and cruelty. I hate their actions. However, not only does "Joey" need prayer as he is the precious little victim, so does the perpertrator of this evil. Pray that God will grant him repentance.
I pray for little Joey, and i hope they find the person who did this to this puppie
This comment epitomizes my sentiments exactly. The person (s) responsible for this tragedy and heinous crime deserve the EXACT SAME TREATMENT only I hope that is their demise. They don't deserve to live, be on this planet. They will have ill will become them. You wait and see. There are too many animal lovers that will absolutely NOT tolerate these inhumane and senseless acts.
This just disturbs me. I feel so terrible for that poor puppy. My dog was a rescue that they believe was thrown from a moving car also. He was covered in scabs and what they believe was road rash. It just tugs at my heart. Hopefully he recovers and finds a good home.
I will never understand how a person could do such a thing to a poor puppy. When a person doesn't want a baby, they tell you to leave the baby at a hospital, police, church etc. Well the same with an animal. Don't discard and throw away like trash. You take the animal somewhere, like a Vet, somewhere they foster pets. You give the animal a chance at life. Just because you don't want the animal, I am sure there is someone out there that does. I don't know how the person that did this to Joey can lay their head at night. You should be ashamed of yourself and I pray to God you are found, If you could do this to a helpless animal, I'd hate to think what you could do to a another human being.
May Joey have a speedy recovery and be placed in a loving home where he can receive the care and love he deserves. I pray those who did this to him are caught and brought to justice for for their hideous act.
Unfortunately there are many people out there like the ones that threw the puppy out the window. Four newborn kittens were found in a washtub soaking wet in the rain and the blanket they were on was soaked. They were left at a gas station next to a pump so they wouldn't be seen doing it. We bottle fed them for three days and then one by one they came down with pneumonia. I've raised kittens before but the vet said they were too young to be cold for so long. They should have taken them to a vet's office. I know the SPCA and Humane Society can't take them until they are older, but there are a lot of people who will foster. Good look puppy! We're praying for you!
people r so cruel they should be locked up my two kittens i got r rescue kittens we found them in woods someone had sprayed them in eyes w mace covered w fleas and starving and look like someone threw them out the other kittens were dead only three survivers i kept two and a friend kept one they r doing great now and a fine addition to our family i just dont understand why people hurt animals
Bless his little heart... my prayers go out to you little buddy!
Thank you to all of you taking care of him, he deserves your love and help!!
Now for the skank that threw him out the window, you are a despicable person and deserve to be punished in the worst way!!


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A man has been arrested on charges including endangering the welfare of an incompetent person after he allegedly left his elderly mother in a tent in frigid weather in the Possum Hollow area of Dayhoit. The woman is confined to a wheelchair.
Brandon Buell was arrested by the Harlan County Sheriff's Office on Monday.
According to Harlan County Sheriff Marvin J. Lipfird, Sheriff's Office Chaplain John D. Gross filed the complaint after noticing a tent that had not been there earlier.
"He was out walking and noticed a tent," said Lipfird. "He went up to see what it was, and heard someone in the tent sobbing. He hollered at them and found there was an elderly lady living in the tent."
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Buell was charged with first-degree wanton endangerment and endangering the welfare of an incompetent person and lodged in the Harlan County Detention Center on a $50,000 full cash bond.
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The goal of the project is to conduct a systematic in-depth analysis, from a cross-linguistic and cross-cultural perspective, of the linguistic and psychological aspects involved in the use of figurative language, focussing on expressions such as, but not limited to, metaphors, similes, oxymorons, analogies, proverbs and idioms.
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"I hope this is not the new normal. The economy is simply not growing fast enough to generate significant improvement in the job market," Brady said. "The Obama recovery is three million jobs behind the average for post-war recoveries at this point and our GDP should be $1.2 trillion stronger if we had the right economic leadership from the White House."
Brady continued, "We are still lacking faster growth driven by private business investment in new buildings, equipment and software. That's the missing ingredient that will accelerate job creation, boost wages, and help Congress address our nation's deficit crisis. Why does the White House continue the same policies that produce the same weak results?"


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Monkeys and Mad dogs: what would the new Middle East look like to a sleeping Sharon?
Seven years after he first slipped into a coma, former Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, has begun to show evidence of brain activity. Those on watch for signs of life have been disappointed before when, two years ago, a report was released suggesting Sharon was stirring from his slumber. However, according to Israeli scientists, the ex-general is now demonstrating 'normal brain activity', a significant change on his vegetative state.
Although a hero to many Israelis, Sharon has been no friend to the region's Arabs. Known variously as 'Bulldozer', 'war criminal' and 'Baby Butcher', the former statesmen is vilified from Baghdad to Tripoli. But the images of this retired general are not all black and white and towards the end of his political career, Sharon seemed to have a change of heart.
The Israeli politician moved his stance from hero of the settlement movement to head of the left wing, Kadima party, now under the wing of Tzipi Livni. But Arabs have not been quick to forget his part in the Sabra and Shatila massacre of 1982 or his role in the Six Day War.
And pigs might fly?
For the last seven years, though, Sharon has been neither liberal nor right-wing, as he sleeps through some of the most radical changes the region has seen in decades. The remote likelihood has been creatively explored before, but if he were to wake from his coma now, a bewildered Sharon would find an austere Israel, more isolated than ever from its neighbors, only just clinging on to its most important ally: the U.S.
Although there has been no vaunted 'peace in the Middle East', the region would be barely recognizable to him. Post-Arab Spring, Arabs have voted in leaders who have to spend more time appeasing their electorate and less time jetting around the world stage. Empowered populations of Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and even Yemen, ousted long-time dictators and demanded change. In effect, the landscape for an Israeli leader is a much more nerve-wracking one, seven years on.
Here we set the scene for the awakening of an Israeli leader effectively stuck in a time-warp. What would Sharon be greeted by if he was to wake up in the winter of 2013?
What do you think Ariel Sharon would think if he suddenly regained consiousness? How do you think things would have panned out differently if he'd maintained his health over the past seven years? Comment below.
He will wake when the time is ready the Arab world won't know what hit them. He is not in a coma for the souls of all Arabs and Palestinian he killed and tortured. He is being ready for the plan.
I think he will realize how criminal he was. I believe while he is in the coma the souls of all Arabs and Palestinian he killed and tortured are visiting him, and giving him hard time. I hope so.
It would be obvious to him that the Arab world is worse off than when he saw it last, more backward, more violent, just what he would have expected.


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There are no shortage of things to see at the Kennedy Spaceflight Centre, particularly for space lovers – the place really is Disney World for space nerds. One of the most interesting sites for Apollo enthusiasts is the one thing on site that no one can see: the blast chamber and infamous rubber room underneath launch pad A. Not only is it underground and out of site, but it's protected as an historical site and off limits to the public. But if you know the right people, which I happily do, you can make your way inside this fascinating piece of history.
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SCCA Announces 2013 U.S. Majors Tour Schedule At PRI
ORLANDO, Fla. (November 29, 2012) – Sports Car Club of America President/CEO Jeff Dahnert unveiled the U.S. Majors Tour schedule today at the Performance Racing Industry Show in Orlando, Fla. The highest level of amateur racing in the United States, the Majors schedule provides each Conference with a mix of tracks to form a geographic season-long championship.
"The U.S. Majors Tour schedule is one that many pro series would envy," said Dahnert. "Our drivers will compete at legendary and renowned circuits such as Sebring, Road Atlanta, VIR, Watkins Glen, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Circuit of the Americas and Portland International Raceway. Complimenting these venues are a host of Club Racing driver favorites to form four great Conference schedules.
All Majors Tour events on the schedule are doubleheaders, with the exception of the Chicago Region June Sprints, which will keep its traditional single race format.
Each Conference will crown a champion in all 28 Runoffs-eligible classes. Drivers will score their best finishes in two-thirds of a Conference's races. In the Eastern Conference, that means eight of the 12 available races; the Northern Conference will count seven of nine, and the Western Conference tallying six of eight races. The Mid-States conference would currently count seven of 10 races, but may see an additional race weekend added in the coming weeks.
The Gateway Motorsports Park event, August 3-4, will count in both the Northern and the Mid-States Conference.
As previously announced, points will count toward that Conference's championship, as well as to the SafeRacer National Series point championship and the traditional Divisional Championships.
Additionally, six premiere races will make up the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour – Sebring International Raceway, Auto Club Speedway, Circuit of the Americas, VIRginia International Raceway, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Watkins Glen International.
The 2013 U.S. Majors Tour schedule, by Conference affiliation, is:
Eastern Conference
January 4-6 Sebring International Raceway*
April 19-21 VIRginia International Raceway*
May 3-5 Summit Point Motorsports Park
May 17-19 Road Atlanta
May 31-June 2 New Jersey Motorsports Park
July 5-7 Watkins Glen International*
Northern Conference
May 25-26 Michigan International Speedway
May 31-June 2 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course*
June 14-16 Road America (June Sprints)
July 13-14 GingerMan Raceway
August 3-4 Gateway Motorsports Park
Mid-States Conference
March 8-10 Circuit of the Americas*
April 6-7 Hallett Motor Racing Circuit
May 24-26 Pikes Peak International
July 6-7 High Plains Raceway
August 3-4 Gateway Motorsports Park
Western Conference
January 25-27 Auto Club Speedway*
April 27-28 Buttonwillow Raceway Park
May 25-26 Pacific Raceway
July 6-7 Portland International Raceway
*Denotes BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour event
The qualification path to the 50th National Championship Runoffs will be announced during the PRI show in Orlando, Fla., in December, following a discussion and vote at the SCCA Board of Directors meeting.
More information on the U.S. Majors Tour, the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour, and the SafeRacer National Series is available at www.scca.com.
Follow SCCA on Twitter @SCCAOfficial, and like the Club on Facebook at facebook.com/sccaofficial.


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Owen Farrell will start at flyhalf in place of the injured Toby Flood as England make one change for Saturday's Test New Zealand.
Flood's toe injury, sustained against the Springboks last weekend, means 21-year-old Farrell, runs on for only the second time this year. Freddie Burns covers flyhalf from the bench, while in the only other change Courtney Lawes is included on the bench in place of Mouritz Botha
England - 15. Alex Goode, 14. Chris Ashton, 13. Manusamoa Tuilagi, 12. Brad Barritt, Mike Brown, 10. Owen Farrell, 9. Ben Youngs, 8. Ben Morgan, 7. Chris Robshaw, 6. Tom Wood, 5. Geoff Parling, 4. Joe Launchbury, 3. Dan Cole, 2. Tom Youngs, 1. Alex Corbisiero.
Subs: 16. David Paice (London Irish, 5 caps), 17. David Wilson (Bath Rugby, 22 caps), 18. Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 3 caps), 19. Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 14 caps), 20. James Haskell (London Wasps, 44 caps), 21. Danny Care (Harlequins, 36 caps), 22. Freddie Burns (Gloucester Rugby, uncapped), 23. Jonathan Joseph (London Irish, 3 caps)


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Finn M. W. Caspersen and Household International Professor of Law and Economics
Louis Kaplow is Finn M.W. Caspersen and Household International Professor of Law and Economics at Harvard Law School, Associate Director of the John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has a Ph.D. in economics and a J.D. from Harvard University. He has published widely in the fields of antitrust, taxation and public economics, law and economics, and welfare economics and moral philosophy. He serves on editorial boards of numerous journals and has been an economic and legal consultant to various government entities and private parties.
Notable recent publications include: (1) Competition Policy and Price Fixing (Princeton University Press 2013); (2) The Theory of Taxation and Public Economics (Princeton University Press 2008), and a series of related articles presenting a new framework for the analysis of taxation and related subjects in public economics; (3) Fairness versus Welfare (Harvard University Press 2002) (with Steven Shavell), an analytical argument and synthesis at the intersection of economics, moral philosophy, and law; (4) Antitrust Analysis (7th ed., Aspen Publishing, forthcoming) (with the late Phillip Areeda and Aaron Edlin), the leading legal text in the field, and an extensive survey, "Antitrust" (Handbook of Law and Economics 2007) (with Carl Shapiro); (5) Analytical Methods for Lawyers (2nd ed., Foundation Press 2011) (with Howell Jackson, Steven Shavell, W. Kip Viscusi, and David Cope), an innovative text creating a new foundational course for law students.
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- Law and Economics
- Tax Law and Policy
- Antitrust
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Al Nusra fighters execute 11 men in Deir al-Zor, Syria, video shows
The al-Qaeda linked al-Nusra Front executed 11 men they accused of taking part in massacres against Syrian people, a video posted online showed.
An unidentified man whose face is covered by a black balaclava is seen shooting the men, who are blindfolded and kneeling in a row, in the back of the head. As each man is shot, cried of "God is great" can be heard from off camera.
The sharia court for the eastern region in Deir al-Zor has sentenced to death these apostate soldiers that committed massacres against our brothers and families in Syria," the executioner said as he walked behind the men. He returned to shoot some men more than once to ensure they were dead. The man also says that the executed men were responsible for the massacre of civilians in Banias, two weeks ago.
It's the second execution style video to come out of Syria this week, after similar footage emerged from the Northern province of Raqqa, in which three blindfolded men were executed by a shot to the head.
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I don't think the question is are we any better than the murderers. More to the point, do we prefer to be murdered, or kill those determined to kill us and our families ?
I seriously don't know how to form an opinion over this. Nobody deserves to be shot from behind, especially unarmed. I have watched movies and documentaries about how Americans who commit treason are executed, and if I am not mistaken, they are tied to a post and out of 8-12 men, it is one man's rifle that executes the prisoner so that no one knows who fired the fatal shot. In biblical times, when men or women commited sin according to God's word (old testament, Torah), they were stoned to death. I have watched a documentary showing how someone is stoned to death. It is rivoting to witness to say the least. I despise what is happening to the Syrian people because of Bashar al Assad. When anyone is wronged, justice should prevail. The matter of how it should prevail is what I find questionable because if we take matters into our own hands, then are we any better then they who are murderers?


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It was a proud and humbling moment Tuesday night for longtime West Point attorney Bennie Jones, who received a hearty round of applause after the city of West Point hired him as the first African American Municipal Court Judge.
The decision by the West Point Board of Mayor and Selectman came just one week after current Municipal Court Judge Mark Cliett submitted a letter to the board stating he would be stepping down as judge effective February 28.
Ward 4 Selectman Keith McBrayer made the motion to hire Jones, and the motion was seconded by Ward 5 Selectman Jasper Pittman. Ward 1 Selectman Rod Bobo was absent at Tuesday's meeting and was unable to cast a vote, but the motion passed after receiving approving votes from the other four city selectmen.
Jones, who has served as a private practice attorney for over 30 years, will serve the remainder of the term through June 30 and expressed his appreciation to the board for supporting him as he prepares to serve in his new public service capacity.
"I'm really humbled by the board's and the mayor's trust and confidence in me,appointing me to this very important position, and I will do my very best to live up to your expectations," Jones said. "I'm looking forward to serving the citizens of West Point and Clay County."
Jones is a native of Merigold, Miss and graduated from East Side High School in Cleveland, Miss. He and his family are longtime residents of West Point, having lived on N. Division Street since 1989 and are longtime members of Davidson Chapel M.B. Church of West Point. He received his law degree in 1975 from the University of Florida after attending Colorado State University as well as the University of Maryland Extension and Mississippi State University Extension during his time in the Air Force.
Jones' judge seat is also the first public office Jones has held in West Point and Clay County, and he said he believes he "can be fair and just. A person has to have compassion for the people who appear before the court yet have the capability of being stern at the same time. You also have to have knowledge of the law and the application of the law."
He said at this time he doesn't plan to make any immediate changes to Municipal Court but plans to first familiarize himself with the system already in place.
"Every judge has his or her own approach within the framework of what a judge can do discretionarily as opposed to what a judge has to do where there is no discretion," he said. "I think there are programs that individual municipalities can act on at the suggestion of the judge, but the governing body would have to approve any kind of programs implemented by a judge."
West Point Mayor Scott Ross said several letters of interest came in this past week from attorneys, who expressed interest in serving as judge. As Municipal Court cannot be conducted without a municipal judge, Ross advised the board that a decision to hire a judge would have to be made fairly quickly since Cliett's last day to serve is only two weeks away.
As of Tuesday, no applications had been submitted for the vacant seat of city prosecuting attorney, but Ross said court proceedings can continue for a while without a prosecutor in place. The city expects applications for prosecutor to come in soon after which time the board will hire someone who will then serve until June 30.
After June 30 a new city administration will take over, and the new board will once again decide who will serve the next four years as municipal judge and municipal prosecuting attorney. Jones said he does plan to reapply for the judge's seat after the new administration has been elected.


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The first thing you see after installing iOS 7
Once you install iOS 7 for the first time, you will notice the clean, white screen and the new typography, which has much thinner fonts.
Region selection
You can see for the first time here the new buttons at the top of the screen and the notification area. The "back" button is the only bit of color on the screen.
Wi-Fi network and activation
At this screen, it's already not immediately apparent why some text is in blue, some is in a thin, black font, or why others are in thick, black fonts. iOS 7 is currently in "beta," meaning it is far from finished — we will avoid overly criticizing the software, as many things are not functional or broken. Already, the new user interface at this point feels a little haphazard, however.
New style keyboard, input entry user interface
The new keyboard, which retains its functionality and feature set from previous releases — it fits more in with the monochrome color scheme. It does not come with "next" or "previous" buttons, unlike iOS 6.
Activation only takes a few moments. The standard iOS 6 spinner remains on this screen, but some progress has been made in other apps, such as Music, when a single progressing thin circle spins as something is downloading.
First look at iOS 7
This is the first post-setup screen that you will encounter: The lock screen. The "slide to unlock" text isn't immediately clear from the still graphic, but, as with previous versions, it highlights from left to right. Notice the thin typography still. Also, the network signal indicator is now displayed as a series of five circles.
The notification area can also be slid down from the top of the screen, where the small chevron can be seen. The whole lock screen actually swipes to the right, rather than just a small slider at the bottom.
Redesigned home screen icons
As soon as the lock screen disappears, your home screen icons "fall" onto the screen from the inside out. It already gives a three-dimensional effect. The icons have also been redrawn from scratch, giving the home screen a much flatter, brighter, and more vibrant color scheme. But not all app icons fill the screen, which lacks in consistency, unlike previous versions of iOS.
Swiping between screens
Swiping between screens remains mostly the same. You can also, for the first time, put Newsstand in a folder out of sight. It's not clear whether this will make it into the final version of iOS 7, because Newsstand can add to Apple's top line.
Still can't delete default apps
But the default apps cannot be deleted, much to the displeasure of some. Also, FaceTime has its own icon for the first time. iBooks, which comes with iOS 7 preinstalled, can be deleted.
You can see some of the transitions in the video above.
3D-style wallpapers
Some included wallpapers give a distance effect. When you tilt the screen side to side and up and down, the background will shift around ever so slightly to give the screen a layer of "depth." Using the inbuilt accelerometer and compass, the wallpaper shifts beyond the edges of the screen to make the icons look like they are floating above the surface of the display.
You can also set panoramic pictures as your wallpaper.
New multitasking
Multitasking is much more different than in previous versions of iOS. When you double-press the home button, a stream of open apps with their corresponding icons appear. It displays what's happening on screen — live.
Closing apps with a swipe-up gesture
If you want to close an app, instead of holding the icon with your finger, which before would make it "jiggle" and red Xs appear, you simply swipe up and the app closes.
Spotlight search not in the usual place
Spotlight is no longer out of sight to the very left of the stream of apps on the home screen. Pulling up from the bottom brings up the Control Center (see later), and swiping down from the bottom displays notifications. But that gap in between — basically where the apps are — you have to pull down. It's hidden above the top row of apps. Like a Windows 8-like learning experience, one hopes that Apple will make this a little more apparent somehow.
Spotlight now a swipe-down from anywhere above the dock
But when you get to Spotlight, it sports a Gaussian blur background on top of the home screen icons. When entering text, it lists everything it can find, from contacts to email, events, and calendar entries, even applications. Wherever possible — such as if Facebook is connected and updates contact pictures — it will display a small picture associated with that person. But, failing that, it defaults to the first two initials of that person, making it far easier to spot from the crowd.
Redesigned notification center
The notification area now includes natural text, rather than a list of events and things to do. It also notes the weather. It appears easier to read, but one has to ensure that calendar items are noted properly, or it can get confusing. There are also tabs at the top to include social feeds and application updates.
The key thing here is that it scrolls all the way down, further below the screen. It offers more space, but it's no longer at a glance.
Swipe up to reveal the Control Center
Finally, at long last. It's a quick and simple way of getting to the options that you use on a regular basis. Similar to how the BlackBerry Z10 performs, you simply swipe up from the bottom of the screen to display a range of options. Those options — such as flight mode, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and so on — are not yet customizable. It also includes a flashlight (bottom left button) and quick access to AirPlay so users can stream presentations to nearby devices.
Simple, white-space embracing user interface
With the contacts app, it's simple and sleek. There's no clutter. You can call people and FaceTime them if they have a compatible device.
Redesigned phone app with larger color-coded buttons
The new phone replaces square buttons with circles. It also takes up the whole space of the screen. The call button is extremely prominent, but the buttons at the bottom are much smaller. Because these are the same buttons in iOS 6, you intuitively go to where you need to go, regardless of the new user interface.
Lots of translucent, blurry effects
On calls, you still have the same options as you did before. There seems to be an increase in "green" for change and "red" for stop or delete. Much of the changes are almost entirely aesthetic. Note the thicker, deeper translucency of the home screen icons behind it.
Similar layout, functionality, just with an entirely different feel
Again, even with Visual Voicemail, the functionality remains the same. However, the confusing elements — the different-colored, not-so-prominent text — makes it difficult to determine whether something is actionable with a finger press.
New 'mailbox' features. (Get it?)
Taking a leaf out of the Gmail-focused app Mailbox, you can swipe to the left and display two options. One is a simple delete button, which is marked in bright red — compared to the rest of the interface, it stands out, but arguably looks out of place. The other is a "more" button that gives the user another slide-up menu from the bottom.
Lots of white space, simplicity
This is the menu that slides up from the bottom of the screen. Note even more translucency effects — you can clearly see the red "trash" button in the background. There's lots of white space, in line with the platform's design.
Reading email messages
The core reading and writing experience has not changed significantly. It's easier to read overall, thanks to the white space and clean feel to the email, sort of like an actual document in your hand. Core features have been added to the bottom of the screen — flag, delete, reply, and so on. But there still isn't any Gmail- or Exchange-specific features that can be taken advantage of.
Writing emails
Writing emails feels natural and simple. It's far cleaner, and makes it easier to write knowing there's a blank canvas to begin with.
Dictation redesign, feedback
Users can also take advantage of the dictation feature, which recognizes voice and transcribes it on the fly, so long as there's an Internet connection. It is visually more appealing to use.
Side menus, darkened foreground
When sending text messages, again the feature set remains the same. The overall design has changed. Green denotes a text message, while blue denotes an iMessage. But why this is still necessary to show remains unclear, besides the cost of each message, which is none if you use the former. Apple doesn't explain this clearly, either.
Entirely redesigned calendar; bottom breadcrumb bar
The redesigned calendar will help users organize their lives. It features a week-by-week view by default, in which you can scroll across left and right. You can search events, and switch to a "today" view that outlines the agenda for the day.
Calendar agenda, Today
This view allows you to see exactly what's coming up day by day. From all-day events to birthdays, reminders, and dinner reservations. Anything that is readable by the operating system — such as "dinner tonight" or "drinks at 5pm" — can be added automatically to the calendar.
Siri gets a makeover
Siri has developed into a beautiful voice-recognizing virtual assistant. It's simple to use, and elegant in design. It also adds voice-input feedback at the bottom, which makes the whole experience feel even more sci-fi and responsive.
Better speech recognition in Siri, quicker response times
One of the best features is the ability to edit what you've just input — especially if you're in a noisy environment. You can simply tap the "edit" link, and change various variables. The voice is far clearer and easier to understand, even if the accents are a little off at times.
Larger, easier-to-read results
The results are easy to see. Your eyes are automatically drawn to the most important bits of information, which varies depending on what you've asked it. Apple no longer tries to squeeze in every bit of information into one screen. It recognizes that scrolling down is effortless, and users will likely not mind.
Weather app redesigned, à la Yahoo
Weather updates have been a core feature of iOS since it first launched. Similar to Yahoo Weather in a sense, the kind of weather displays in the background. You can easily see the temperature, what's ahead, and what the conditions are. The only two criticisms are that it's not immediately clear which unit of measurement is being used, and the numbers do not correspond to a value, such as the day highs or the day lows.
It's worth noting that the Weather app on the home screen still isn't live updating. It remains a static image. But the Clock app, on the other hand, has a seconds hand that presents the exact live time.
Multiple locations; focus on vertical rather than horizontal
You can add different cities from all around the world, and immediately see what the conditions are outside based on their slide on the screen. Weather is generally a dark app, compared to the bright whites and clear spaces around the operating system. But it's far from being skeuomorphic like iOS 6 and prior versions were.
Swipe features, right to left
The clock app, which has much of the same features as the weather app — with slides and world times, versus weather — is bright white and almost colorless. Again, it includes the red left-swipe to delete entries. With a mix of text and buttons, it's not always clear what is tappable and what isn't.
Bright white spaces, except when Apple changes its mind
The clock app is simple and elegant nonetheless. Like previous versions, it displays a darker clock for nighttime and a lighter clock for daylight hours. It also explicitly states what day it is and how far ahead or behind a place is, using this natural language feedback that Apple seems to have embraced with this iOS version.
Maps also updated with 'square'-like interface
Apple Maps got off to the wrong start. But in its latest version, more than a year after it was first released, the mapping app is getting better. It now includes transit lines and significantly more accurate data. The 3D-enabled Flyover is still a cool feature to flip through.
3D rendering far quicker over 3G, 4G, and LTE
Flyover is getting faster with every release. Even over 4G (non-LTE), it renders quickly, picking out the more prominent areas first and working outwards. You can also share directions using the inbuilt sharing feature.
Tighter integration across in-built apps
These apps may be individualized in a lot of ways, but they have in common an iOS-wide sharing feature that allows you to share the addresses or directions with other iPhones, iPads, and other devices. It integrates with the App Store to show apps that are most popular in that geographic area.
Photo collections
Now organized into events, rather than a mish-mash of different ways, Apple has finally solved the photos problem. You can zoom out as far as you can and hover over images with your finger to quickly browse through them.
Instagram-like filters
When editing photos, you can also add filters, similar to how Instagram works, which is a bit of a middle finger to Facebook. The social network is integrated, but it's not as deep as Apple's relationship with Twitter.
Redesigned camera app
The camera itself has a wide range of new features. The user interface has changed significantly. Also, as many users take photos in landscape mode, the camera also flips some features sideways, so you can quickly access them without craning your neck.
Sharing functionality
Depending on the app that you're using, you can share almost anything. The default options are iMessage and your email. But photos will use Flickr, videos will use Vimeo, and almost anything else can be uploaded to Facebook and Twitter. Also, you can copy files and move them about, as well as print them with AirPort-compatible devices.
Reminders redesigned
Reminders has been overhauled. With the same feature base as before — including geofencing — the style of the app has changed. Apple has begun to take advantage of text, rather than imagery. On this page, there's almost no graphics except for text. Even the priority buttons are exclamation points.
A little clunky at this stage
But the overall design of the app is clunky and difficult to understand. With different colors for different things, Apple doesn't explain what these are for. It's not clear exactly which lists go where, either. It's an overall confusing experience, which seems to dip further below the quality of its predecessor in iOS 6. Of course, iOS 7 is still in beta and is subject to change over time.
More black vs. white design theme with Stocks
Apple's stocks app has also changed. Note that the platform continues to deepen its integration with Yahoo — with weather, and now stocks — to bring the most up-to-date data. The very dark elements of the app are unclear, when other apps are bright and spacious in design.
Additional, clearer details included in stock quotes
There are also more advanced data fields in the stocks app, such as opening highs and lows, volume of shares, and market cap data. For those investing on the go, it's enough to keep them ticking over.
Videos is now clearer with tiles
Videos are now separated into three major categories: TV shows, movies, and music videos. With album art and high-resolution imagery, it's pleasant to view and to scroll through your media collection. It's overall an improvement on iOS 6's handling of videos.
iTunes Store gets 'simplicity' overhaul
The iTunes Store, where users can browse for music and videos on the go, is cleaner and simpler, and in line with the overall design aesthetic of iOS 7. It's simple to use, and categories are easy to access from the bottom breadcrumb bar.
Auto-updating apps, or manually if you prefer
Apps are auto-updating in iOS 7, allowing users to always use the latest and greatest. It works over Wi-Fi, if you specify it to, so it doesn't churn up your data bill. But for those who like control, apps can be manually updated as and when users choose.
Location-aware app finder
A new feature allows you to switch on your GPS and determine the best apps for that location. If you're in Central Park in New York, you might well find park-related apps. Meanwhile, if you're in London, it might suggest a private car app, such as Uber. It helps you find new things at the places you find yourself.
Popular Near Me in action
For instance, at ZDNet HQ in New York, we find three major apps that many have heard of: Uber, the private car app that allows you to bop around the city with your own driver; BestParking, for those who need to find a parking space in the city — a notoriously difficult thing to do; and Airbnb, for those who need on-the-fly accommodation.
Installing books, magazines over Newsstand
Newsstand now fits into a folder. Before, it didn't, and many found this to be frustrating and wanted to keep it out of sight. You can see the da Vinci-style app "building" — even though this is Newsstand, new apps look like this until they are installed.
No more skeuomorphism!
One of the major gripes that users had with iOS 6 and earlier versions were the felt-like covers for Game Center, the leather binder style for Contacts, and so on. This design was scrapped with iOS 7, making everything look a lot cleaner and simpler. No more felt or leather designs, but instead simplicity.
Additional details with third-party access to personal information
As per a controversy in 2012, when apps were uploading vast amounts of user data to their company servers, Apple introduced a feature that formally requests access from the user when they need to access personal data, such as contacts and calendar entries. This has been maintained into iOS 7, and includes microphone and audio privacy technology.
Redesigned, but still easy-to-access settings
The settings area remains much the same. It's still a complex web of different settings and switches, but it's now a lot easier to see what is what, thanks to the handy icons on the left-hand side.
New on/off switch, background app 'refresh'
As we saw earlier, apps that are ready to upgrade can be modified in the background without having the user to manually install new apps every other day. Some apps can be prevented from doing this to preserve battery life, such as Newsstand material, which often requires a lot of data in a short space of time.
Continued stream of corporate features
Of course, for the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and prosumer customer, there's still a range of enterprise-focused features in iOS 7, including VPN technology and hooks to enable back-end mobile device management (MDM) solutions.
Additional iconography in settings for easy searching
The iconography in iOS 7's settings makes it easier to pick out the right option. However, some features are still buried in places where you might not expect them. Location Services, which handles your location and GPS settings, is located in Privacy, when it could be argued that it deserves it own panel altogether.
Music app updated
The iPhone is all but an iPod touch with cellular capabilities. Many buy the device for its music functionality, synchronization, and always-on music store. The interface is similar to previous versions, but much simpler to use.
Larger album artwork; smaller text a little confusing?
To take advantage of the larger space on later iPhone models, album art is presented in the middle of the screen, rather than spreading out over the controls. It's simple and elegant, and many will enjoy this. However, the one gripe is not knowing whether the text labels at the bottom are enabled. Options on older iOS versions typically glowed a different color. In this case, it's not clear.
iCloud music downloading
Whether or not iTunes Match is enabled, you can still download your music collection that isn't on your iPhone or iPad from iTunes in the cloud. The cloud software keeps tracks of your purchases, and allows you to download music over cellular or Wi-Fi connections while you are on the go.
Safari searching, Bing by default
Safari now uses Bing as its default search engine, saddling up with Microsoft — Apple's former main rival — away from Google, which remains the iPhone and iPad maker's staunch enemy in the mobile space. Predictive search is fast and responsive, and often nails down the right result in moments, likely a testament to Bing rather than iOS 7, however.
Scrolling through open pages
Multitasking within Safari is now far easier, as you can scroll through your open pages quickly and simply. iOS 7 does have a lot more glitz and glamor when it comes to transitions and animations, and the browser is no different.
Similar layout, functionality, just with an entirely different feel
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LA GRANGE --- It was Darryl Goff's first time returning to North Lenoir since 1997.
Wayne Jackson wore his East Duplin coaching hat Friday night as dozens of Hawks recognized his coaching success during halftime.
And Paul Dunn III and Jason Roach were with their families just hours before the official induction.
The quad became the 2013 North Lenoir Athletic Hall of Fame class Friday night. They join the likes of other former standout North Lenoir athletes and coaches in a tradition that began in 2007.
"I thought the (Hall of Fame) was going to be a drudgery, another added … responsibility when we already had our plates full, but it's turned out to be a pleasure," said Wayne Barwick, NL's assistant athletic director and 2009 inductee. "There's been a lot more going on than people think over the years. There's a wealth of things that we hadn't uncovered yet."
The school holds the induction every fall during the Hall of Fame game's halftime, which was against East Duplin this year.
Jackson is an assistant coach for the Panthers, and spent Friday on the ED sideline trying to beat his former school. East Duplin won, 22-12.
"You can't blame him there, but he's still a Hawk," Barwick said of the conflict. "He graduated a Hawk. It was time to recognize him; he coached here for 10 years and had some success."
Goff, a former wrestling standout who went undefeated his senior year, said the Hall of Fame shows North Lenoir's appreciation for its athletes and coaches.
"It just says they want to show pride in their past athletes and maybe introduce some of these new athletes to what we did," Goff said. "Maybe we can all help here in the future. As far as the Hall of Fame, I'm glad they started it."
The Hawks wrestling program ended in 1997, but will start up again this winter. Goff is hoping to offer volunteer hours.
Goff works and resides in Kinston and was proud to be inducted.
"It feels great," he said. "I never thought it would happen."
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VA, OPM implement promising practices for next generation of SESers
Wednesday - 7/24/2013, 5:45am EDT
More than two-thirds of all senior executive service members will be eligible for retirement in the next five years. And few agencies are doing enough to ensure the next generation of leaders are prepared for the SES ranks.
A new report by the Partnership for Public Service and McKinsey and Company found inconsistencies among agencies in how they recruit and develop their SESers. That lack of standardized leadership development is causing some to question whether senior executives will be prepared to replace long-time managers.
Nora Gardner, partner, McKinsey & Company
"When we look at actual retirements, those are rising and have been rising since 2009. In fiscal year 2012, over 8 percent of the SES retired, so it is becoming more and more of a reality for federal government agencies," said Nora Gardner, the leader of the talent and leadership practice for McKinsey and Company, in an interview with the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp. "The thing that is most difficult is that it requires a sustained effort over time. You don't just create a leader overnight. Even if you could put all of these practices in place, it actually takes time to develop a pipeline and have leaders move through it and become elevated to SES positions. It's the sustained effort required that is such a challenge for federal agencies."
Despite the report's gloomy facts and figures, several agencies have implemented promising practices, and the Office of Personnel Management also is sending help.
Treasury trains, surveys
The Treasury Department is one of those agencies. It created the Treasury Executive Institute to educate GS 13-to-15s and encourage mentoring and sharing with current SESers, said Nani Coloretti, the department's assistant secretary for management and chief financial officer.
She said the TEI is open to all federal employees on a fee-for-service basis.
Coloretti said Treasury, like many agencies, is developing a strategic plan required under the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act that will address workforce, among other things.
"What we also are doing in response to some of the changes coming our way is a top-to-bottom leadership assessment of every SES, and trying to really understand and tailor what's offered to what people really need," Coloretti said during a panel discussion sponsored by the Partnership in Washington Tuesday. "Two years ago, we did a 360-degree review in partnership with OPM of all of our SES candidates, and I think it's really great to get a whole look across all the bureaus at all of your SES. We are continuing to use that as an assessment tool, and it helps us understand how we compare to the rest of government on several of the leadership and executive qualifications across government."
She said the top-to-bottom review is taking place over the next few months.
Coloretti said this research will help Treasury understand how it's preparing leaders today and with succession planning. She said that data also will help inform the department's strategic plan and decide on what new courses are needed at the Treasury Executive Institute.
VA centralizes development efforts
Along with Treasury, the Veterans Affairs Department is putting a huge focus on creating leaders.
It stems from Secretary Eric Shineski's previous life as an Army general and the general officer approach he preferred in the Army, said Christine Kluh, the deputy assistant secretary for corporate senior executive management.
Christine Kluh, deputy assistant secretary for corporate senior executive management, Veterans Affairs Department
VA created a new office to oversee and centralize SES and senior leader development. She said VA officials at first pushed back heavily against the idea of a centralized SES process and oversight.
Kluh said VA holds sessions at the University of North Carolina to bring senior leaders together for training.
"We have VA senior leaders coming in. We have the inspector general coming, talking about red lines, talking about how you can derail and how you can get into a lot of trouble," Kluh said. "One of the things we've seen a lot of value in is bringing executives in VA together from across organizational lines. Some of them, when we started doing this, had never been in an event with executives outside their organization. That was the most amazing feedback we got, how much they appreciated that."
She said initially, VA had to force executives to attend the strategic leadership sessions.
"Some of them went kicking and screaming. Some of them had someone die every time a session came up. We have one who still has not gone," she said. "But by day two, you saw them start to unfold their arms a little bit and start to listen. By the end of the week, they were new change agents for us."
Kluh says online training is good and useful, but nothing replaces in-person training to create networks and trust relationships.
Additionally, VA created an executive review board made up of 50 SESers from around the country that have six-month terms to review candidates. That opened the door to many more candidates.
She said VA also simplified the process to apply for a SES position, no longer requiring three to five mandatory qualifications, which Kluh said basically froze out any non-VA or even non-federal applicants, to one or two mandatory qualifications that opened up the gates to many others.
More outside candidates hired
Kluh said the department is now hiring about 30 percent of all senior executives from outside of the agency, which is one metric that shows this type of training is working.
"For every executive in VA, there's an executive transition plan that's developed for every executive before he or she is hired. The executive transition plans looks at the requirements of the position and what that nominee brings to the table, and it addresses the gap for 90 to 120 days out," Kluh said. "Some of it, quite frankly, is technical. We are selecting the best leaders, but that individual has no idea what's it like to deal with a union in government or employee relations or hiring. There is an intense crash course on that or there's a coach or mentor to help with that."
OPM is trying to take a broader perspective to assist agencies in refilling the SES pipeline.
It's playing two roles: one of training and the other around guidance that helps agencies develop their own leadership development programs.
Steve Shih, OPM's deputy associate director for senior executive services and performance management, said the agency is about to give agencies some help in both of the training and guidance areas.
"We actually just recently issued a supervisory training framework and guidance. This is a follow-up to our executive onboarding framework and guidance. The onboarding framework and guidance obviously focuses on bringing in new executives," Shih said. "The supervisory training framework and guidance provides an outline for the recommended and mandatory training for new supervisors and managers, as well as aspiring leaders. It basically gives agencies a structure on how to go about ensuring their new supervisors, managers and aspiring leaders really get the kind of leadership training they need."
Two more tools on the way
Shih added OPM is not trying to prescribe one approach for every agency or every new leader, but a set of basic standards and expectations the person needs to achieve.
Steve Shih, deputy associate director for senior executive services and performance management, OPM
"Within that framework, we give agencies flexibility to tailor their approach based on their own needs and resource levels," he said.
OPM also provides best practices and products that they benchmark across the public and private sectors. He said the goal is to provide standards to ensure consistency in how agencies develop future SESers.
To that end, OPM also is about to release two other tools for agencies in the coming weeks.
"We are developing currently a managerial development framework and curriculum, which will focus more on the senior supervisory level — basically, the individuals that are getting ready to go into the SES," he said. "We are hoping to issue this week an excellent online training product that I'm extremely excited about and very proud. It mirrors a lot of my personal as well as my current policy experience and philosophies. This training is going to be entitled Executive Excellence and Wellness through Strategic Leadership. The idea is to really focus on helping executives not only succeed in their jobs, but in their personal lives, so they are healthy and can continue providing excellent leadership to the federal government."
Shih said the executive excellence and wellness training focuses on teaching senior officials how to be strategic at work as well as in life by figuring out priorities and balancing their work and personal lives, and to stop being so reactive and random.
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Congratulations to Leonie LaPoint from Novato, California, on qualifying for the Cruise for Gold trip! Here's what she had to say about qualifying for the cruise…
"It means so much for me to go on the Cruise for Gold trip. It is a great reward for all the hard work my team and I have put in. It has taught me how important it is to set goals and how focusing your mind on your goal, together with believing that it is possible, creates a tremendous positive synergy! It also helps to have a supportive upline. I could not have done it without my mentors Jill Paul and Kathleen Deggelman. These girls rock!
"Although my kids aren't going with me on the cruise, they are very excited that I qualified. They helped me in many ways by being a team at home helping me with chores around the house. My daughter wrote a note saying, 'Mom, you can go Gold!'
"I really took advantage of the RVL promos. I made packets with the chocolate and vanilla samples along with a cute rhyme on them, handed them out to people, and followed it up with many, many phone calls. December was a perfect month with all the holiday parties and school events. I also approached people suggesting they buy juice as a holiday gift of health for their loved ones. And, I strategized with my team.
"I really focused on a lot of activity in a short period of time. It was the busiest time of the year since I qualified the two weeks prior to Christmas. I am a single, working mom. I'm not even sure how I got my Christmas cards out, but somehow it all worked out and Christmas morning all the gifts were wrapped neatly under the tree. My best gift ever was the cruise!
"I want for my team to set their goals to go Gold and believe it can happen. I always say, 'you don't have to know how; just focus on the activity and work like you've already achieved it. The results will follow.' The cruise is a huge incentive to make things happen. It pushes you out of your comfort zone and motivates you to make those extra phone calls you've been putting off. It's now or never! Think of who you'd like to see with you on the cruise and help them get there as well.
"I plan to cast a vision for my team, help them in strategizing to reach their goals, and teach them to help others on the team so that they can get where they want to go. One of the best things for me was asking my team member, Lisa, to join me on the cruise. She has been an integral part of my business and so deserves the reward.
"I look forward to being with fellow Gold qualifiers and finding out new ideas about how they achieved their goals. I cannot wait to pick the brain of Mark Macdonald about the RVL products and the 90-day RVLution, to hang out with Jeff Graham, and to learn about new MonaVie MX and the MonaVie Elements. I also look forward to getting to know Jeff Cohen, and I can't wait to see what kind of weird outfits Henry Marsh will appear in on the cruise! Sunshine, relaxation, and lots of fun with my mentor Jill, her guest, and Lisa—thank you MonaVie!"


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The Journal of Experimental Linguistics is part of the Linguistic Society of America's eLanguage initiative. Like the rest of eLanguage, JEL is an Open Access online journal.
JEL is a linguistic "journal of reproducible research", that is, a journal of reproducible computational experiments on topics related to speech and language. These experiments may involve the analysis of previouslyŁ published corpus data, or of experimentŁ-specific data that is published for the occasion. Other relevant categories include computational simulations, implementations of diagnostic techniques or task scoring methods, methodological tutorials, and reviews of relevant new publications (including new data and software).
In all cases, JEL articles will be accompanied by executable recipes for reŁcreating all figures, tables, numbers and other results. These recipes will be in the form of source code that runs in some generally-Łavailable computational environment.
Although JEL is centered in linguistics, we aim to publish research from the widest possible range of disciplines that engage speech and language experimentally, from electrical engineering and computer science to education, psychology, biology, and speech pathology. In this interdisciplinary context, "reproducible research" is especially useful in helping experimental and analytical techniques to cross over from one subŁfield to another.
Publication is in online digital form only, with articles appearing as they complete the review process. A rigorous but rapid process of peer review, designed to take no more than 4-6 weeks from submission to publication, will be supplemented by a vigorouslyŁ-promoted system for adding moderated remarks and replies after publication.
The editorial board, in alphabetical order, is Alan Black, Steven Bird, Harald Baayen, Paul Boersma, Tim Bunnell, Khalid Choukri, Christopher Cieri, John Coleman, Eric FoslerŁ-Lussier, John Goldsmith, Jen Hay, Stephen Isard, Greg Kochanski, Lori Levin, Mark Liberman, Brian MacWhinney, Ani Nenkova, James Pennebaker, Stuart Shieber, Chilin Shih, David Talkin, Betty Tuller, and Jiahong Yuan. Mark Liberman is the editor in chief.
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