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Apple is in the process of updating the iPod touch units used by Apple Store employees as a mobile point-of-sale system to the iPhone 5s, according to sources familiar with the roll out.
Apple first started using its iPod touch as an "EasyPay" system for employees in its retail stores back in 2009 and currently uses 4th gen iPod touch or previous models for staff. It uses a point-of-sale attachment for the iPod touch that adds a magnetic stripe reader, barcode scanning functionality, and more. It's not clear the exact motivation behind Apple's move to the iPhone after long using the iPod touch, but the device does provide a few advantages.
Apple's upgrade to the iPhone 5s for employees brings new features via an upgraded point-of-sale sled that adds in RFID capabilities as well as chip and pin card reading functionality and improvements for Passbook scanning. The new accessories are also said to integrate a keypad to allow input of pin numbers for debit payment processing and more. Additionally, the EasyPay software has been updated for iOS 7 with improved navigation on the new hardware.
In a memo to employees, Apple notes that the new hardware doubles battery life, adds a 2D bar code scanning, improved network connectivity, and "makes just about everything easier." Apple adds that the updated software adds improved personal pickup that adds a bar code to the confirmation screen in the Apple Store app allowing employees to quickly scan and bring up orders using their EasyPay unit.
Those are definitely a few upgrades from the previous iPod touch-based systems Apple Store employees used, but why iPhones and not an upgrade to the fifth-gen iPod touch? Of course you gain a few benefits from the speedier and more capable hardware of the iPhone 5s compared to the iPod touch. The fingerprint scanner could open up possibilities for faster logins for employees, or Apple could have longer term plans for using the sensor in its retail stores. In addition, it would allow employees to make phone calls without the need for a separate device. There's also the question of how much longer the iPod will stick around…
Tim Cook himself noted recently that Apple has "known for some time that iPod is a declining business," and with just 2.7 million units sold last quarter down from 6 million the quarter before, speculation has been that the iPod will soon come to the end of its life. Apple likely has at least one more iPod refresh in its pipeline, but perhaps the company has decided to transition to iPhones now ahead of an eventual end of the iPod.
The move is a notable one since many large retailers have followed Apple in implementing similar iPod touch-based systems for employees. Just yesterday we reported that Target has informed employees it will replace its old PDAs and LPDAs this summer with an iPod touch solution.
Apple has already deployed the iPhone 5s to a number of stores in the U.S. and says units are rolling out to every store across the country in the next few weeks. Apple is also planning to change the EasyPay name and is asking employees to submit suggestions.
Mark Gurman contributed to this report.
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I can tell you exactly what motivates the switch. Many stores are STILL currently using 2nd gen iPod Touches to run all in-store systems. Everything from Point of Sale to Genius diagnostics / GCRM to back of house inventory. The 2nd gens simply can not handle the newer versions of these apps. When I worked in the store, Easy Pay would just simply crash all the damn time. It was especially frustrating when it would crash in the middle of an iPhone sale and a customer's phone number and upgrade eligibility would be stuck in the ether.
I spoke with someone about this not 24 hours ago. Needed to happen. I remember gen 1 Fujitsu Ipad. Easy pay seemed like a god send.. And then everything got slower and slower.. RIP Classic POS.
No stores currently use 2nd-gen iPod touches. 3rd gen is oldest compatible, and even then it's quickly being phased out.
This means they can scan my gift cards from the passbook app right? No more having to type in codes? Please say yes.
iPay is already taken?
I think Apple would say that the name places the emphasis on the wrong part of the software. While being an POS system, they don't want to remind people that they are charging them $2000 for their new computer. Rather they want them to think about how easy and convenient the software makes payments.
I'm pretty sure I've already paid sometime by inserting my debit card in the easypay device and using the keypad to enter the pin code, about a year ago. So, that's not something new. Also, the geniuses (at least in Amsterdam) have already switched to iPads.
How's about 'iPay' for the EasyPay replacement name? And of course "iAd" should become "iAdvert" or just pluralize, to "iAds", as "iAd" rolls lumpily off the tongue, whilst those terminal sibilants let you slide softly into silence. 8^)


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This delicious red snapper appetizer dip is popular in Latin American countries like Peru and Chile.
1 lb. skinless, boneless fresh red snapper cut into 1" x 2" pieces
1/2 cup white wine vinegar
1/2 cup water
Juice of 2 limes
1/2 medium white onion, peeled
2 garlic cloves, roasted and peeled
1 sprig each of thyme and marjoram, leaves only
2 tsp sea salt
1 cup small white button mushrooms
1 tbsp Italian parsley, finely chopped
2 tbsp cilantro, finely chopped
3/4 cup small green or black olives, pitted and finely chopped
1/4 cup small capers
1/2 fresh jalapeño, seeded and finely chopped
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
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Step 2: Quarter the mushrooms and blanch for 30 seconds in boiling salted water and drain.
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Step 4: Add remaining ingredients and mix to combine.
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The prime minister has hoisted his administration's flag on the masthead of good governance. This is a welcome and timely objective. The question is, what does the prime minister mean by "good"? He campaigned on the slogan of "minimum government, maximum governance". This would suggest that he equates "good" with "small". There is merit in this equation. Our government is bloated, inefficient and wasteful. It needs to be slimmed down. But I am sure this does not capture the totality of the PM's intent. He knows that governance is not about big versus small, maximum or minimum. The financial crisis that roiled the Western world in 2008-09 was at least in part the result of slackened government supervision over the financial community. The crony capitalism that led to the 2G scam and "coalgate" was also partly due to the institutional and power vacuum created by delicensing.
"Good" governance 101 for the 21st century is not about size, scope or ideology. It is about getting things done. It is about narrowing the distance between the governor and the governed. It requires strong institutions, rule of law, technology, information and talent. The executive must be empowered; the judiciary unencumbered and capable of providing timely justice; and Parliament functional for debates and legislation. It requires entrepreneurial decision-making and a systemic receptivity to new ideas and innovative solutions. It requires a government that encourages lateral entry of talent and the forging of partnerships and collaborations with business, academics and civic society. It is a government that is "smart" and biased towards action. These are different requirements from those when the world was not so connected, competitive and challenged by problems like global warming that do not respect national boundaries.
The question is, do the prime minister's political and party colleagues understand the nature of these requirements? Do they recognise that good governance can only be built on the above pillars? I ask these questions because I am perplexed by the logic of decisions that are reportedly under consideration, or have been taken. I do not understand why, for instance, the government would wish to compel the resignation of the independent directors on the boards of large public sector entities simply because they were appointed by the previous government, or why it would wish to circumscribe the autonomy of the IITs by bringing them under the umbrella of the University Grants Commission (UGC). The only explanation I can think of is that some members of the government have not fully appreciated the need to adapt to these new requirements and are stuck in the groove of siloed and self-serving politics.
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The US, through its Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), has joined several development finance institutions and private lenders in providing financing for the 310-megawatt project, which will be the single largest wind power project in Africa and is projected to serve more than 2,5 million Kenyan homes, boosting the country's installed energy capacity by 20 percent.
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Okay - I've done my measurements, but I think I am too embarrassed to post them. How bad is that?
Thanks for starting the chart off Barefootmama. I can tell you will do a great job! Everyone, please keep in mind what she has said, no-one gets forgotten or mixed up on purpose, it is just a big job - and LOTS of numbers. Oh, and FWIW, I have to convert all my measurements from kilos to pounds every week!Â
I'm not going to call any teams yet, because as far as I can tell, it's only Monday morning in the US.Â
(I'm in Australia, for anyone who is wondering, so I am something like 15 hours ahead of most of you.)
152 this morning.
It amazes me that it took me six weeks of concentrating, working, focusing, striving, sweating, almost starving to lose six pounds and six days to gain almost all of it back.
I'm in! And I need this! I woke with that F-it feeling - I'm hungry - everyone's gone, time to eat - I need to REconstruct a healthy brteakfast and get my ass to the gym!!
ETA - I EMOTIONALLY feel the need to chow down this am - bad weekend - now I'm alone with my bad self - glad I had this face me to pull mysel out of the hole :)
Mama to DS (8) and DD (7) Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not "Every man for himself." And the London Underground is not a political movement.
Wow - this has been a depressing morning!! My scale died, so I replaced it. New scale has me weighing in at 207.6# which is 10# MORE than I was a week ago. I checked myself on my neighbor's scale, and sadly, the new scale is correct! I guess my old one was messed up before it died :( Well, I am officially motivated!!
My goals for the next 8 weeks are to break 190#, give up cheese (my achilles heel of foods!), give up artificial sweeteners (without increasing my sugar cosumption), and to not sneak-eat any foods I would not want my kids to eat (I don't let them eat junk food!).
Married to the love of my life (career navy), and Mama to 2 amazing little ladies - K~ (03/2009) and M~ (01/2011) always to wish I had gotten to know our little ones lost      Reconfiguring my career track and working hard to keep my sanity through it all . . .
My stats are: 5'8, 166 lbs. Waist: 31", hips: 39" and my scale measured me as 36% body fat this morning.
I gained back a pound from last challenge. My period was early this month and I've just been feeling really off and eating too much.
Mama to Blake, 6, and Grant, 4
the comments about almost starving. i think there is a big line between actually starving oneself and restricting food intake.
i just ate nearly a 1/2 pound of sliced, low sodium turkey. this is my breakfast. nutrition packed. high-protein. i eat it first thing in the morning.
followed by a banana. AND then one sugar cookie. yes the cookies i made with the kids yesterday were tempting me all afternoon and evening.Â
i don't eat after about 3-5 pm. so i "starve" myself during those hours. i prefer to look at it as a "fast." a night time fast when metabolism naturally slows.
i eat A LOT first thing in the morning. but i try to make it really good foods. (with the exception of the cookie. but the memory of that one cookie is going to keep me going all day. supposedly eating a small sweet after nutritious protein breakfast helps to retain weight loss...)
that said, i'm going to have to work really hard to lose the last 12 pounds. i started at 187 in november, and have lost 38 pounds doing what i do with diet and moderate, normal exercise.
it is harder to lose lately, but i am not really regaining either, so i guess that part is good.
Buzzer Beater and BarefootMama99 -
I'm starting off this challenge at 162, which is a pound down from last week - I'm surprised I lost even that. I finally gave up Diet Coke - I've had a horrible addiction to that crap for years, excepting when I've been pregnant - and I had a week of awful caffeine withdrawal symptoms (basically a week-long migraine). I also ovulated, which is an exceedingly rare event thanks to suspected pcos, and my body just went haywire with mood swings and cravings (hello, peanut butter Choco Tacos!). I only managed to work out twice and I ate about 33% more than I usually do. I'm feeling better today and looking forward to getting back on track!
My goal for this challenge is to lose 12 pounds, which will put me at 150 and 5 lbs away from my goal weight. I also want to start Couch to 5k. My DVD workouts are getting so boring! Just need to get some decent running shoes.
Measurements: waist 30.5", hips 38.5", right thigh 24".
A, wife to R, mom to 3 boys and welcoming a baby girl in May 2015
Just realized we're basically the exact same size :)
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I actually dropped one pound this week so I am starting another pound lighter than the end of the last challenge. So, put me down for 5'8 and 207 (but not for long! I am getting into the 190s on this challenge!)
Okay - I am humbled by my weigh in this morning. 188 lbs. Only 3 more than when I got pregnant, but I feel this excess weight around the middle, and I look sort of pregnant (baby is 10 1/2 months). Going out right now to walk with the baby and get started on this challenge.
claybear and BarefootMama99 - looks like the three of us are heading for the same goal. I want into the 180s by the time this challenge is done!
Measurements this morning:
waist:Â 32"
hip: 48"
thigh: 28.5"
weight: 205
My family: me , dh , ds (11), dd1 (9), and dd2 (3).
Tout va s'arranger Ă la fin. Si elle ne fonctionne pas; ce n'est pas la fin.
Barefoot Mama I weighed in heavier than last week too! Start my chart at 147 - that's where I started off this am :(
Mama to DS (8) and DD (7) Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not "Every man for himself." And the London Underground is not a political movement.
Confession - my day out on St Paddy's Day was not helpful
I'm feeling v. unhappy this am with my body - and I can usually rise above this - if anyone has a pep talk for me - I need it!!
Mama to DS (8) and DD (7) Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not "Every man for himself." And the London Underground is not a political movement.
Well I weighed in this morning. I have nothing to do measurements with but I am 5'3" and 149.3 lbs.
I have a workout dvd I plan to use when I can and failing that, I am going to walk. What I am really trying to focus on is eating healthier. I have bought healthier foods to eat and I need to work on portion sizes. I am not a very hungry person in the am so I usually try to at least eat a cereal bar to get the metabolism going. I have lots of fruit and veggies for snacking. So now I just need to stick with it!
Well I'm going to repost my weight since I've dropped. I'm down 2.4lbs and I only started a week ago! This is fun It's all about the math. I need to cut 500 calories a day or 3500 per week and that can be through food restriction or exercise (preferably a little of both). I'm using sparkpeople.com to track everything. It's a pretty cool site let's you put in all sorts of other goals like veggie intake, glasses of H2O etc. I also hate to eat in the am but am forcing myself since I'm usually starving by lunch and eat a bunch of carbs. I'm finding myself a lot more alert lately which is a fabulous bonus! Instead of a mid afternoon coffee I do a mini workout.
When you measure where on the body do you measure the waist and hips?
my thigh 23in
upper arm 13in
hips 40 I think....
waist if measured at the smallest point 35in if measured at the belly button 39.5
height 5'4
weight 150.8
I am at 271 today. I am too lazy to measure -- maybe when I am closer to my goal!
Off for another bike ride. It's gorgeous out there!
Hi! I'd like to join, please. My height is 5'4 and my weight is 158. Please let me know if you need anymore information. Thanks!
Well, y good news is based on how my clothing is fitting and such, I am very confident that I did not actually gain 10#, it is really more a scale problem. But still a downer.
The good news is I took the kids out side to play this morning and have already promised them we will go to the park this afternoon (which means a nice long power walk while pushing the double stroller to get there. I am also really feeling energized by the fact that my husband is returning from a 15 month deployment this week - so I will finally have a little help, occasional mental breaks, and he has promised to make sure I get my workouts in (by taking the kids! so I can get it done if I have not had time to fit it in before he gets home from work each day). He is also trying to loose weight, so hopefully we will enourage eachother!
My extra challenges I am trying to prepare for:
1) This weekend we will be celebrating my 3 year old's birthday on sat, and hubby's birthday on sun - I am making both cakes (sat = dolphin shapped cake, sun = icecream cake with sorbet instead of icecream) and both birthday dinners (3 year old wants pizza, hubby wants white chili). So I am trying to figure out how to enjoy the celebrations while also not breaking my calorie goals. The chili is super healthy and I am serving salad with it, but pizza is a huge weakness for me! I am already planning to take left over cake to a couple of my neighbors who will enjoy it rather than let the leftovers tempt me. Any other good ideas?
2) Next week we are moving, which will be a high stress time for me, but also we will not have a fridge immediately (hopefully we will with in a couple of days) and we will have at least one night in a hotel - we are moving to SC, so it is a nine hour road trip - som basically we will be some what reliant on conveniance foods for wed/thurs maybe fri too. Any good ideas of things we can prep ahead of time or do on the fly to avoid fast food places/eating out? We will take a small cooler in the car - I will drive the kiddos in the car and hubby will drive the moving van and we will meet at the hotel and then pick up our keys bright and early the next morning. I do need to avoid super messy foods as my kids are 3 and 1 years old, and I do not want the entire car covered in food :)
On a book-keeping note, it looks like everyone has checked in with a weight except for: Amandamarie, Adaline'sMama, trekkingirl, pacificbliss, stegenrae, and of course any last minute additions :) I will post an updated chart tonight, and thanks to everyone for being so quick to get your numbers up!!!
Married to the love of my life (career navy), and Mama to 2 amazing little ladies - K~ (03/2009) and M~ (01/2011) always to wish I had gotten to know our little ones lost      Reconfiguring my career track and working hard to keep my sanity through it all . . .
Not a great starting eating-wise to the day, but just finished an hour long power walk with my mom in this gorgeous weather! Mood is up and I have the energy to drink my water and eat better the rest of today! :)
Mama to DS (8) and DD (7) Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not "Every man for himself." And the London Underground is not a political movement.
Looks like we have a great group forming up here. I had been avoiding the scale due to bad eating. So my original thoughts at what my weight was, when I said I wanted to join were a little off.
Can you put me at 194.8 - that was my official weigh in this morning.
I've been trying to not eat in the evenings, that is my biggest weakness. Once the kids are in bed, I feel like it is "my time" and use food to treat myself. Silly, because it isn't doing anything good to my health.
Good luck everyone on this first week!
My starting weight is 217.6 and I'm 5'4. Hip measurement is 44 in. and waist is 40 in. I actually measure my waist a little above my natural waist because that's where the top of my hockey pants should be, if I were wearing the correct size for my height. LolÂ
I fell over my toddler's wooden wagon and hurt my back and neck. I need to find a chiro. Last week, struggled during my hockey class because of the pain. Skipped my Saturday class because of it.Only walking at the moment which isn't enough for me. I do have class Wednesday and hockey shooting practice on Thursday, and another hockey class next Saturday. Hoping I'll be able to do all that. Also, a big challenge for me tomorrow night. I'm going to a pro hockey game ()and as a vegetarian, not many choices in food. Mostly junk. I'll skip the desert and fries. Thankfully, my dh is also working on eating healthier so I'll have some support.
Good luck to everyone this week!
Wow, there is some serious action around the thread. Â It's so motivating to read about everyone else being motivated!!
My goals - I'd love to love 8 kilos in 8 weeks (which was my goal in the first challenge - that I didn't quite achieve)
I am eating pretty much like a champ now, so I think I have to step the exercise up a bit. Â Or a LOT. Â
Dida17 - I struggle with the same after-bedtime-treat-myself routine - even knowing it is self destructive, it is a hard habit to break!! Good luck!!!
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Adaline (3/20/10), and Charlie (1/26/12- 4/10/12) and our identical   twins Callie and Wendy (01/04/13)
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Official weigh in is 169 lbs and I am 5'4". Thanks!!!
Oy, me TOO! I did well yesterday restricting portions, though. Still had not-good-for-me snacks, but not nearly as much as usual. A step in the right direction, anyway.
Sorry it took forever for my check-in. I had a chiro appt for my feet (and back, as it turned out) and a 2nd root canal in less than a month. Anyway, I'm 5'6" and 156lbs as of this morning. I want to do measurements, so that will just have to wait--maybe for tonight.Â
I did find out at my chiro that my ankle/foot/leg pain is just from using muscles that haven't really ever been used properly. She showed me a way to use my foam roller to help release the adhesions that come from it and suggested a deep-tissue massage if I can swing it. (Ironic that I run past my massage therapist's house every time I run, lol) It's WET and yucky here today, so I'll probably end up elliptical-ing instead of running. I'm due for C25K's w3d3 today.Â
eta: Oh, barefootmama, I meant to suggest some snacks--bell pepper sticks, carrot sticks, celery sticks and hummus. My kids LOVED hummus early on, and it's an easy clean-up if they do make a mess. (once it dries, it will just flake right off) I've also had good luck with what I call "meat roll-ups": a slice of deli turkey with some green beans and mayo or mustard inside. cheese sticks if you eat dairy. fruit and nuts travel really well. I make a version of Lara Bars into a ball instead  of a bar, and add extra protein powder in. I've also made some great no-bake granola bars with oats, honey, pb, and mini-choc chips (and again, a bit of protein powder) that were AMAZING on a cross-country trip. They really hit the dessert spot when we were on the road and other sweets were really bad for us. (My family is gluten- and dairy-free, so we couldn't just stop to eat anywhere, and had to prepare nearly all of our food for 3+ weeks of travel; we just had a cooler and another bag of non-cooler-food.) Tuna salad also works great on the road--just have some disposable bowls and spoons, and don't forget a can opener.  Good luck!! Â
EATA: C25K w3d3 DONE (even if it was on the elliptical machine). Mama Wants Her Abs Back #2 Done. :)
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I'd like to join too, I'm 5'1 and 160 lb = 73 kg
am already doing a dance class (1.5 hours) and a roller blading class (1.5 hours) and am planning to resume swimming (1 km in 30 min, once or twice a week used to be my regular work out, but that was 6 months ago before I got ill)
need to work on emotional eating & reduce portion sizes
I can't believe that I am 44 posts behind! Talk about motivating, yay! Lets keep up the frequent posts. It really helps me. I gained a little with the one week off.
Trekkingirl 5' 6"  189.9lbs
living with alopecia universalis (google it), learning alongside my children DD 2003Â DS 2007DD 2011
It is great reading all the posts. It might take me a little while to get to know who everyone is, and keep everything straight. But it is great to know everyone is trying for the same goals, to change our habits, lose weight and feel great!
I'm trying to turn off the night eating still. I just got back from an hour long walk and feel invigorated and less inclined to snack. A shower and teeth brushing shall help too. I struggle with the snacking thing too when my littles take their afternoon nap. I've been finding that a smoothie has been hitting the spot and is healthy, low-calorie and tastes so good, i even feel like I'm being a little bad :) I put lots of frozen fruit and ice too, so it is extra thick and takes awhile to sip. Other additions like protein powder or greek yogourt help to keep me feeling full. I use plain almond milk because it is only 40 calories per cup.  And I add some agave nector to sweeten it. Agave is 300 times sweeter than sugar, so you only need a little drizzle to sweeten it for little calories. Peanut butter makes a great addition too, especially with banana.
So smoothie is my afternoon strategy. Night will take a little more effort: exercise, shower, brushing teeth, and maybe a cup of tea. Taking care of ourselves feels good too, we just have to change our habits.Â
Hoping I can keep myself motivated for the long haul, that's always so tough for me:Â Managing my highs and lows in this struggle to be healthy.
I think finding NON-Food "rewards" is really important not only for us as women who want to lose weight but also as mothers (so we avoid passing on the food-as-reward mentality to our kids). I love rewards such as: a movie, a new book, a hot bath, massage, new lotions, new clothes, time alone, saving up for a vacation, yoga feels so great .... I would love to hear how others reward themselves without food.Â
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Did Kim Kardashian Divorce Kris Humphries Because He's Gay?
Star Magazine is reporting Kris Humphries may be playing for the other team, and we don't mean because he's a NBA free agent!
Star's latest cover story puts Kris Humphries' sexuality on blast with a booming title which reads: "Kim's Bombshell: Kris Is Gay!" Inside, sources say Kim Kardashian discovered her husband was gay when he "wouldn't touch her" on their honeymoon. Yikes! The mag also claims sister Khloe "saw something" that confirmed Kris' homosexuality. (What? We don't even wanna know...)
Plus, the report says Kris – who's allegedly "humiliated" by the divorce – has vowed to take the famous family down. (Hm. Maybe he can start by adding his name to that ever-growing "No More Kardashians" petition?)
Anyway, we don't know about you, but we're gonna take all that Kris-is-gay dish with a grain of salt. Maybe he didn't want to get down n' dirty with Kim on their honeymoon because they were fighting the entire time? Yeah. We think that might have something to do with it.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Adam Miller, of Alburnett, has pulled what is believed to be the first back flip from one skateboard to another while going down stairs. The stunt has gone viral on You Tube and today fellow boarders reacted to the sick trick and Miller (and his Mom) talked with TV9 photo-journalist Adam Sotelo.
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Does anyone know how I can get to a list of all the extensions of Firefox and Chrome?
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Does anyone know how I can get to a list of all the extensions of Firefox and Chrome?
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Global warning
By Marc Gunther (Fortune Magazine) - April 5, 2006
The media agrees with the majority of scientists: Global warming is here. Now, what to do about it?
NEW YORK (FORTUNE) – Forgive the bad pun, but global warming has become a hot topic in the mass media.
ABC News spent two days focusing on climate change last month. Time ran a cover story headlined, "Be Worried. Be Very Worried." HBO will show a documentary called "Too Hot Not to Handle" on Earth Day. Next month, Paramount plans to release "An Inconvenient Truth," a theatrical film about former vice president Al Gore's crusade to protect the earth from global warming.
These programs strike similar themes. They assert that the scientific debate over global warming is over, and they argue that action must be taken sooner rather than later to protect the Earth from catastrophe.
Global warming is "no longer a controversy," said Terry Moran, an anchor on ABC's "Nightline." "Science tells us it's a fact."
Time writes: "The debate is over. Global Warming is upon us — with a vengeance,"
"All our lives will be affected and most of those effects will be very unpleasant," says Michael Oppenheimer, a Princeton professor who gets plenty of airtime on HBO.
And, of course, Al Gore declares, "It is now clear that we face a deepening global climate crisis that requires us to act boldly, quickly and wisely."
Some global warming skeptics, of course, will differ. There's an alarmist tone to some of this coverage, particularly HBO's show, which is produced by Hollywood activist Laurie David.
Then again, maybe it's time to sound alarms. The truth is, it's hard, if not impossible, for those of us who are not climate scientists to assess the scientific evidence.
The media shift
What's significant here is the media shift. A growing consensus has emerged in the media around global warming. That's new — in an effort to provide balance, much media coverage of global warming has until relatively recently given something close to equal time to the shrinking minority of scientists who challenge the majority view that the problem is real, caused by human action and worth worrying about. The new consensus (which threatens to become a drumbeat) will only step up pressure on government and business to act.
Put another way, the political climate and the business climate are changing as fast, if not faster, than the global climate.
States and localities are already acting. They are promoting green buildings, mass transit and the use of alternative fuels. Even on Capitol Hill, there's gathering momentum for legislation to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
"Washington is the last holdout," says James Gustave Speth, Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, on HBO.
Business opportunities
Regulation would deliver competitive advantages to the growing number of companies that have decided to take climate change seriously. They include General Electric with its ecomagination initiative, Toyota and Honda with their hybrid cars, Florida Power & Light with its investment in wind power, UPS and FedEx with their purchases of vehicles driven by alternative fuels, and many others.
"This could be the biggest business opportunity of all time — to move away from a carbon-based economy to a new economy that doesn't hurt the Earth's climate," says Jonathan Foley, director for the Center for Sustainability at the University of Wisconsin.
Big institutional investors are also pushing companies to act. (See "Global Warming Could Melt Your Portfolio.") A global coalition of investors, called the Carbon Disclosure Project, has urged companies to report on their exposure to climate change risks. You can read more by clicking here.
And, at the very least, corporate reputations are at stake.
Norm Thompson, a mail order company with outdoorsy roots, wins praise from the media for operating out of a green building, investing in wind power and printing catalogs on paper containing a minimum of 10 percent recycled content. By contrast, Victoria's Secret is bashed by activists and the press for mailing 390 million catalogs a year.
Even some small companies are getting into the act. HBO spotlights Hot Lips Pizza, a chain of four pizza parlors in Portland, Oregon, that purchases locally grown ingredients, uses waste heat from its pizza ovens to heat water and delivers its pizzas in electric cars.
Portland, of course, is not America, and Hot Lips is not Domino's. But when a local pizza joint gets national exposure for trying to curb global warming, you can see which way the wind is blowing.
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Alicia Keys Announces Dates for 'Set the World on Fire' North American Tour
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Alicia Keys has announced that she will embark on a 24-city North American tour to celebrate the release of her fifth studio album, "Girl on Fire."
The tour is set to kick off on March 7 in Seattle, Washington. Miguel is set to open for the singer/songwriter. The full list of dates is below.
"I can feel the energy of this upcoming year building and I couldn't be more excited to go on tour with the new album and I'm thrilled to have the insanely talented Miguel join me," the singer said in a statement. "'Girl On Fire' has been such an empowering and freeing experience for me as an artist. I can't wait to discover how the new and familiar faces I see on tour embrace the music and the Journey I've taken."
Tickets are set to go on sale on Friday, Jan. 18 at 10:00 AM.
The dates for Keys' Set The World On Fire Tour include:
Thu. Mar. 07 Seattle, WA WAMU Theatre
Fri. Mar. 08 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
Sun. Mar. 10 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
Tue. Mar. 12 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
Wed. Mar. 13 San Diego, CA Valley View Casino
Fri. Mar. 15 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Center
Sun. Mar. 17 Dallas, TX Verizon Theatre At Grand Prairie
Mon. Mar. 18 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Thu. Mar. 21 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
Sat. Mar. 23 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena
Sun. Mar. 24 Tampa, FL Tampa Bay Time Forum
Wed. Mar. 27 Southaven, MS Landers Center
Fri. Mar. 29 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
Sat. Mar. 30 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
Tue. Apr. 02 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Wed. Apr. 03 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
Fri. Apr. 05 Brooklyn, NY Barclay's Center
Sat. Apr. 06 Mashantucket, MA MGM Grand at Foxwoods
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Thu. Apr. 11 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Sat. Apr. 13 Atlantic City, NJ Mark G. Etess Arena
Sun. Apr. 14 Washington DC Verizon Center
Wed. Apr. 17 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
Thu. Apr. 18 Chicago, IL United Center
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No shit... But his quotes are usually paragraphs and people get onto me for being lengthy in my posts as is, hence why I went to using SO MANY GIFS in the first place.
Did you read the Heenan quotes in the Memorable Quotes thread? I loved the one about Tito Santana - "He's like a cue ball; the more you beat him, the more english you get out of him."


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3D Site Modeling in Context
Creating Sections in Sketchup
This page illustrates a workflow for exploring the geometry of street sections. In an earlier tutorial we started a model of a piece of Boston's Back Bay -- an area with many different types of public space. We can learn a lot from the Back Bay by going there and walking down Commonwealth Avenue or Newbuty Street or the interesting back Alleys behinid the houses, which have a very nice einclosed feel. If we want to take some of this feel into our own designs it will be useful to take dimensions of the orizontal expanse and the vertical confines of the different spaces. Measurements like these are difficult to do on the ground, but they are easy to do in our model!
A section is a way to discover and communicate a few critcal aspects of the shape of a space. Earlier tutorials covered A Mindset for Structuring Models in Sketchup. Some of the key concepts covered on that page that will make our work here easier is understanding how to articulate our model into groups and layers so that we can control it. IN this tutorial we will use our back bay model to practice creating illustrative sections.


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|Dex Media West, Inc. v. Seattle
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|Mueller v. City of Boise
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|United States v. McTiernan
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Stocks Are Not Overbought Yet, Could Go Even Higher
July Fourth in New York City Means Two Things: Fireworks and Hot Dog Eating Contests
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Stocks may be staying at near record levels, but Keith Bliss of Cuttone & Co.says they aren't overbought just yet. He said most traders feel that until the S&P 500 reaches 1990 it won't be overbought. Short traders expecting a correction continue to lose money. He believes stocks will continue to move higher as long as all the central banks stay coordinated. He thinks that unless there is a 'black swan' type of event, which can't be predicted, the markets will push through minor resistance, like what is happening today. There are minor pullbacks but no corrections in stocks.
Although Independence Day may be a federal holiday commemorating the adoption and signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776 that declared independence of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain's rule, the holiday has some seemingly unrelated associations that have become American traditions. The Macy's July 4th fireworks display started in 1976. The fireworks display is estimated to cost around $6 million this year and launch 40,000 different pyrotechnic shells at an impressive rate of 1,600 shells per minute. In 1916, Nathan's Famous began the annual July 4th hotdog eating contest the same year that the hot dog stand was founded on New York's Coney Island. Polish immigrant Nathan Handwerker started selling hotdogs for a nickel, which was the price of a Nathan's famous hotdog up through 1940, however the current cost of a Nathan's hotdog is currently priced at $3.58. The original Nathan's Famous hotdog stand still stands in its original location. The record for the most hotdogs eaten in the ten minute contest is held by Joey Chestnut of California, who ate 69 hotdogs in the 2014 competition.
U.S. stocks opened slightly higher on Thursday as the Labor Department said 223,000 jobs were created in the United States in June. However, wage growth was stagnant and the department revised lower April and May job growth. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.3 percent. Weekly jobless claims gained 3,000 and came in at a 5-week high. Centene (CNC) is buying Health Net (HNT) in a $6.8 billion dollar deal. The combination will create a health care company with more than 10 million members across the United States. Energizer's (ENR) board has approved a stock buyback of 7.5 million shares. Facebook (FB) will ad revenue from video advertisements. The move is aimed at attracting more premium content away from sites like Google's YouTube. Facebook said it will offer contributors 55 percent of the revenue from ads on a video, roughly the same split offered by YouTube. TheStreet's Jane King reports from the Nasdaq Marketsite.
Greece is in full campaign mode as leaders prepare for Sunday's referendum on whether to accept the country's creditors terms. Greece has been in a state of crisis this week with shuttered banks and limits on how much people can withdraw from ATMs. A 'no' vote Sunday could push the country out of the Eurozone entirely. Money transfer company Xoom (XOOM) is being bought by PayPal for $890 million. Xoom lets people send money, pay bills and reload accounts from mobile phones to 37 countries. General Electric (GE) and Electrolux say they will vigorously defend their proposed merger. The U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit blocking the deal, saying it would lead to less competition in the appliance market. TheStreet's Jane King reports from the Nasdaq Marketsite.
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Golfinopoulos, V; Stathopoulos, V; Miaoulis, G; Plemenos, D; (2006) A knowledge-based reverse design system for declarative scene modeling. In: ICEIS 2006: Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. (pp. 82 - 90). INSTICC-INST SYST TECHNOLOGIES INFORMATION CONTROL & COMMUNICATION
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Declarative modeling allows the designer to describe a scene without the need to define the geometric properties. The MultiCAD architecture implements the declarative forward design, accepting a declarative description and generating a set of geometric solutions that meet the description. The aim of the presented work is to settle the reverse design process through the RS-MultiCAD component, a knowledge-based system, in order to extend MultiCAD declarative conception cycle to an automated iterative process. The RS-MultiCAD receives a selected geometric solution, which is semantically understood, permits the designer to perform geometric and topological modifications on the scene, and results a declarative description which embodies the designer modifications. That declarative description leads to more promising solutions by reducing the initial solution space.
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|A knowledge-based reverse design system for declarative scene modeling
|8th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2006)
|Paphos, CYPRUS
|2006-05-23 - 2006-05-27
|declarative modeling, knowledge-based systems, reverse design, computer-aided design
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James Harrison has had an extremely quiet season with the Pittsburgh Steelers, by James Harrison's standards. His sack numbers are down, but he has also kept his name free of talk about concussions and illegal hits. The Pro Bowl linebacker says that is because he has been aiming a lot lower. "I've really lowered my target area to where it's down around the knees," Harrison told Mike and Mike on Friday morning, via Pro Football Talk. "Situations come along where you could tackle the guy high. I don't do that anymore. I tackle the guy low." Of course, Harrison didn't have an epiphany and wake up one morning seeing things Roger Goodell's way. Instead, it sounds like he had an agenda in explaining his new style of tackling. He then went into a discussion about how he strained Denver Broncos receiver Eric Decker's MCL in the playoffs last year. "I could have tackled him high, but if I had hit him high, I probably would have gotten a helmet-to-helmet or something and gotten fined," Harrison said. "So I hit him low and strained his MCL. … They're saying it's a life-threatening injury to hit a guy in the head and he gets a concussion and so on and so forth, but I think a life-threatening injury is to go low on a guy and blow out his ACL or whatever, and he's not able to come back the way he was before. Now he can't make a living, he can't feed his family, he can't do what he does. That's life-threatening to me." You can certainly make the argument that targeting an opponent's knees is just as dangerous for their career, and I understand where Harrison is coming from. However, the NFL is trying to avoid lawsuits from players who suffer from long-term brain damage. A player's quality of life after football is less likely to be affected by a leg injury than a head injury.
A guy can't feed his family. Football has never lasted forever. Sometime players have to retire. Then they have to do someting to feed their family. Even if they made obscene amounts of money when they played, many of them blow it and can't feed their family. Get over yourselves! Work for a living at what you supposedly learned in college. Sounds like he has a head injury already, downright delusional.
Your post reeks of jealousy. haha
Sounds like you're mad bro...
Harrison has been the dirtiest player for years. Never mind Ndomakong Suh - his kicks are small beer. Harrison is out to maim on every play, and the NFL has GOT to watch the films and see how often his "tackles" lead with the helmet, not the hands or shoulders. He's spearing almost every time. This was SUPPOSED to be outlawed. This man belongs in an asylum, not a football stadium getting paid millions.
You obviously couldn't tell a good football player if he hit you in your head. Harrison plays the game the way it was meant to be played. All you morons out there that call him a dirty player only do it because he kicks you teams a** and your team sucks.
I agree.
Dirty player idiot, truth hurts and I'll be one of 1St LMAO at him if he gets his knee taken out.
P_Huck the Steelers and their stupid fans!
The last sentence of your rant is being performed by your Mama.
I would say the team that sucks this season is the Steelers.
But good season or bad season Harrison is a constant. He's always an A**hole.
They only look like they suck because we are getting used to 12-4 seasons.
It's too bad that we are getting used to superior play and when we see an average year, it looks horrible. Oh, the trouble with being a fan of the best franchise in sports.
Take a pill dude You'd love this guy if he was on your team
Hey look kids captain moron is on here again. Dude, you don't know football if you are throwing out things like this about Harrison.
Here's a good idea...how about you TACKLE rather than launch yourself at the ball carrier? Wrap your arms around the guy and drag him down. MUCH more effective way to do it anyway. You don't make Sportscenter and get worshiped by 12 year olds who have never played sports in their lives, but you also don't miss as many tackles and allow the ball carrier to break loose for 30 yard runs.
Harrison rarely if ever launches at players. Have you ever played the game, apparently not. There are times when the offensive player causes himself to be in a vulnerable position and you cannot wrap him up like you should and you actually try to avoid a dangerous hit. People do not understand, the one delivering the hit takes a risk himself and there are times that the hitter gets hurt more than the hittee.
And the Saints got tagged for bounties? This guy just ADMITTED that he is out to deliberately maim someone, possibly for life and he still gets to play? Double standard don't you think?
Too bad you can't see through your homer, Steeler-tinted glasses, cause otherwise you'd see how ridiculous Harrison sounds. He basically just said he doesn't know how to hit or tackle. There's this whole area of the body that is between the head and knees that he can hit as hard as he wants with no repercussions from the league offices. But nope, he decided to go to the other extreme and go for the knees. You obviously didn't understand what Harrison was saying, because HE is the one saying he thinks low hits are just as dangerous, not Goodell. Someday you'll understand. Maybe reading comprehension wasn't your strong point in school. As far as being a "game for faggots"...grow up. Whatever argument you thought you had is completely moot as soon as you pull out childish slurs. Your mother must be so proud of you.
Ever see a game? when you go for that mythical area that you speak of, the runner lowers their head and you get the same penalty again...
So what else is new with the Steelers,they have been doing this for years ask Carlson Palmer.Another thing the Steelers are good for,is holding a ballplayer up so their team mates can come
in and put a good hit on them.I used to root for the Steelers but no more,too dirty.
If you are referring to the Kimo VonOlhoffen hit on Palmer, you probably didnt see the play. Try to look it up on youtube. You might notice the guy blocking Kimo into Carson as Kimo is falling down.
What linebacker [or any player] has ever won a Superbowl running an interception back 100 yards for a TD: In the Steel City, He's our kinda guy...
Your kinda guy is a THUG! He's a criminal that if a real person on the street came running up to you and head butted you that's your kinda guy that would be in jail. The Steelers' Harrison did get something right, wearing that urine and black uniform was perfect for his next stage in life.
Must suck to root for a losing team. I guessed that because you sound like everyone else who is jealous of the Steelers winning tradition. haha
Well if you go back and do scans on players coming up into pro football, you'll see most of the damage was done in college so they could get to the pros. I think we need to change it from the nfl to the flag nfl for poor little girls who play this rough game, which pays them one year more than i can make in ten years. bunch of puss's.
So what to say when a human being confesses that his aim is to dish out a life threatening injury on another human being? That could be an indication of how far we have deteriorated as a civilized race. One would think that sports professionals would have some kind of comaraderie within their group, but I guess those days are over. Now it is every man for himself. What you said is not something to be proud of Mr Harrison, not a position to be proud of.
No suprise to me the Steelers, especially Harrison have always been known as a dirty playing team and then blame it on others that they can't play a man's game. This psychology does not work. How does permanently injuring someone who may not be able to walk unassisted prove that you are a man? Only someone that worships a team like that think that is cool. Dirty players are dirty players.
Well, you gotta admire this guy's honesty....
You RottenBurger Fans must be so proud to have this guy on your team...
too bad he and Donkey Kong Suh never face each other
Steelers are dirty players especially Harrison then blame their dirty play on others. Well intentionally and willfully maiming another person does not make you a winner. It certainly does not make you a man. Oh I forgot that the steelers fans measure greatness and respect with super bowl rings. Oh that is right they are so good because God knows they have reminded me time and time again. But in real life, greatness and respect comes with humility. You cannot maim respect into someone. You have to earn it.
Suspend him and all the coaches for next year. His actions are detrimental to the game and his coaches know about and did not stop it. Oh and the owner also, he paid him to do it. I have no proof you say, well Goodall does not need proof why should I?
Sounds like you are in the division and are trying to finally win it... by taking the Steelers out of it. haha
Please lets pray this guy gets taken out on the knees by some other psycho.
Whatever happened to just stopping your opponent without crushing him into the turf and (lets be real) intentionally injuring him? With very few exceptions it's clear when excessive force is used to bring someone down. Carried to it's logical conclusion we will all be paying inflated priced to watch 2nd stringers. Is that really what we want?
Are we talking about the same sport? The men who played this game since its start have always tried to crush the other team. You might be thinking of golf.
This joker is a real dick head!!!!!
Harrison has been a dirty player for years - no I wouldn't want him on my team - however----how about another alternative---have all players sign releases that they won't sue the league for any injuries that are an alleged injury caused during their playing days----this would allow the players to play this violent game as they wish---my guess is that the players association might exercise some intiatives from within their organization to reduce injuries and punish playes like Harrison for unecessary cheap shots - as it stands now the players blame everybody but themselves for these injuries---as long as the deep pockets of the NFL are available to the players,they will constantly blame everybody but themselves - shut down the revenue stream and you may shut down some of these players.Why should the NFL have to be responsible for doling out punishment---why isn't the players association responsible for the behavior of their players and initiate the appropriate punishments for their players - the Saints players "beat" the system through unsavory legal representation and brag about it!!!! - if you want to see an permanent reduction in injuries and enhanced player safety "charge" the players association with developing the programs and punitive action for their "dirty" play---if they understand that they are destroying their own organization, destroying the lives of their peer group and there is no free $$$$ at the end of the rainbow--------they might alter their behavior -
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