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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless will add to its offering three Windows Phone 8 devices before the end of this year, including the recently made official Lumia 822 from Nokia.
The handset will land on shelves in November at $99.99, Microsoft unveiled today, while adding that HTC's Windows Phone 8X smartphone will be released at $199.99, both with the signing of a two-year contract agreement with the wireless carrier.
Both these Windows Phone 8 devices are expected to become available for purchase through Big Red by Thanksgiving, Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer announced.
In December, the wireless services provider is set to launch a third smartphone, the Samsung ATIV Odyssey, which hasn't been made official as of now, nor has it been showcased to the world.
All three handsets will be put up for sale through all 65 Microsoft Stores open this holiday, as well as through the company's online store.

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More than 100 ops cancelled at Southmead Hospital - due to shortage of clean surgical equipment
Posted: September 05, 2014|
IT is yet another problem to hit Bristol's £430 million new hospital. About 100 patients have joined the list of those who have had their operations cancelled at the last minute – this time because surgical equipment has not been cleaned in time.
The equipment has to be sent away for sterilisation, because planners did not include a cleaning area in the first phase of Southmead Hospital's Brunel building.
By the time the hospital has its own sterilisation facilities next year it will have been spent 18 months sending equipment to sites four miles away.
North Bristol NHS Trust, which runs Southmead Hospital, was not able to provide information about how much the cleaning service was costing but it has been cited as one of the costs pushing the trust into the red.
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Emergency waiting times at flagship £430m Southmead Hospital are going from bad to worse
The issue is the latest in a series of problems to plague the hospital since its grand opening in May.
The Bristol Post reported a lack of parking had led to front-line staff threatening to leave their posts because they were not allocated spaces. Patients said they were missing appointments due to not being able to find anywhere to leave their cars and nearby residents said their roads were swamped.
Then, only weeks after the hospital opened its new operating theatres, 180 procedures had to be cancelled because of a technical problem with the high-tech air flow system.
Waiting times at the hospital's emergency department have also increased since the move, the Post reported last month, with the proportion of patients being treated within the Government's four-hour target falling from 87.9 per cent at predecessor Frenchay Hospital to 84.1 per cent during Southmead's first full month in action.
Now the trust has confirmed that, between mid-May and July, 94 patients were told last minute that their operations would not go ahead because of "equipment problems". The Post has spoken to a patient whose operation has been cancelled since that date.
The trust's chief executive, Andrea Young, blamed costs associated with cleaning surgical equipment as one of the reasons why the organisation was now in £33 million debt.
Ms Young, pictured, said paying for sterile services departments, based at Frenchay and Almondsbury, was not factored in to the hospital's original pricing.
It was only finalised last year that the equipment would have to be cleaned at two separate sterile sites.
Trust chief operating officer Sasha Karakusevic, said: "We only reschedule operations as a last resort.
"It was planned well ahead of the move into the Brunel building that the sterile services department would relocate to Almondsbury for an 18-month period while the next phase of works on the Southmead Hospital site was completed.
"Next autumn, sterile services currently provided at Almondsbury and Frenchay will move into a new home in the second phase of the Brunel building.
"There were some issues when the service first moved but it is now working effectively and there are very few occasions when sterile services are unable to provide all of the equipment that has been requested."
A spokeswoman for the trust said building a surgical sterilising department had always been planned for the second phase of the construction but it was not until last year that proposals were finalised.
Hospitals can be fined for canceling or rescheduling operations depending on how close the cancellation was to the planned surgery and depending on whether the trust rearranges another operation within 28 days.
During the same period, May to the end of July, there were 4,657 operations carried out in the Brunel.


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text: Transformers 3 gets new Ferrari autobot Autopia 24 March 10 by George Barrow The latest movie in the Transformers series will get an injection of Italian style with the introduction of a new Ferrari autobot. Film director Michael Bay confirmed the arrival of the Ferrari 458 Italia supercar in the forthcoming Transformers 3 film at a charity dinner and later on his blog.According to Bay, the 562bhp supercar -- which commands a price of over £160,000 -- will be joined by John Malkovich, Ken Jeong and Frances McDormand onscreen, with filming beginning in around a month's time. There's no word yet on what the 458 will actually transform into.Locations for the sequel to Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen will include several major US cities as well as Moscow and sites in China and Africa.The film's 3D future also appears to be hanging in the balance after Bay seemingly rubbished the possibility of filming the third chapter to the Transformers story with 3D cameras, as he believes the equipment is too heavy to film the fast paced action.Bay is also sceptical of the 2D to 3D conversion process and is unwilling to sacrifice the quality of the film for the sake of 3D. Transformers 3 is scheduled to be released in July 2011. Edited by Nate Lanxon Comments Love that Bay is 'unwilling to sacrifice the quality of the film'. Erm, quality? Transformers? So funny... although – shhh – I did quite enjoy The Island. Mark King Mar 24th 2010 Please, no. I don't think I could sit through another one. Howard Mar 25th 2010 "There's no word yet on what the 458 will actually transform into."My guess is it'll be a robot. Frank Apr 5th 2010 Will it be an autobot or a punk ass decepticon? Shady Apr 6th 2010 Autobot or Decepticon? There's a clue in the headline I think. And the first paragraph. Frank Apr 7th 2010 I think it better be CliffJumper!!!!!!!! doesntmatter May 12th 2010 dude that car is freaking nice i bet he is going to be a autobot.if he is that rocks gohst Jun 12th 2010 actually if its an autobot im sure it will be hot rod. slacker Jun 13th 2010 it has too be hot rod. It cant be any1 else amy Jul 6th 2010 what the thing is probably going to get killed like ten mins in to the movie like the r8 in the second one z Oct 12th 2010 I think it should be around these characters; Cliffjumper, Rodimus, Mirage, or Excellion! PLUS he was in a scene where he was in vehicle mode racing with the autobots! Plus, it may even be a compleat diferent carecture that we never heard of! PS, TO ALL OF THE MOTHERFUCK BITCHES THAT THINK THAT TRANSFORMERS LIVE ACTION MOVIES ARE SHIT. THEN YOUR A PEACE OF FUCKING TRASH! LOL sorry! Had to say it! XD AustinJazz Jun 8th 2011 Reply to a comment Name Email Comment Submit » Latest on wired.co.uk


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Pesticide News Story: EPA Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Stipulated Injunction Regarding 74 Pesticides and 11 Threatened or Endangered Species in the San Francisco Bay Area
For Release: July 1, 2009
On May 30, 2007, the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that EPA failed to comply with section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in regard to 47 pesticides and 11 species found in the greater San Francisco Bay area that are listed as endangered or threatened under the ESA (Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA, Case No. 07-2794 JCS (N.D. Cal.)) (49 pp, 195.33K, About PDF). Ultimately, 74 pesticides came to be at issue in this case.
EPA has reached an agreement with the plaintiff to resolve the case by having the court issue a Stipulated Injunction that would establish a series of deadlines for the Agency to make "effects determinations" and initiate consultation, as appropriate, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the 74 pesticides' potential effects on one or more of the 11 species. The Stipulated Injunction would also include interim injunctive relief, such as buffers around certain habitat features intended to reduce the potential exposure of the 11 species to these 74 pesticides while EPA is reviewing the potential effects of each pesticide and consulting, as appropriate with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The public has 15 days to comment on the proposed Stipulated Injunction. EPA will evaluate all comments received during the public comment period to determine whether all or part of the proposed Stipulated Injunction warrants reconsideration or revision. This proposed Stipulated Injunction, if entered by the Court, would resolve the lawsuit brought against EPA by the Center for Biological Diversity in the U.S District Court for the Northern District of California.
The Federal Register notice announcing the public comment period and instructions for providing comments, along with the full text of the proposed Stipulated Injunction, are available through the Endangered Species Protection Program Web page.
EPA continues to work with regulatory partners to meet its obligations under the Endangered Species Act and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to protect endangered or threatened species from potential risks posed by pesticide use. EPA is addressing issues related to potential effects of pesticides to threatened or endangered species while, to the extent appropriate, continuing to keep pest control tools available.


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i'm just bored! hehe! nothing much going on here......Kaylee is coming soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!! i'm so excited! i can't believe it's been 5 months since i've seen her! omg! yeah, i'm pretty happy bout that. hehe! well, i gotsta go! hehe! bye!
***honey bee*** (lol, Hannah!!!)
hey! did u all have a good Thanksgiving? i did! lol! my nieces LOVED my brother's girlfriend! so that's good. hehehe! last Sunday at church was AWESOME!!! we had a Holy Ghost party, as i like to say. lol! it was awesome. there has been a lot of stuff going on at church, not just in the adult service, but also in Oneighty. we are in the middle of revival, so yeah. Pastor calls it a "visitation" yeah, it's pretty awesome, the only thing is, Satan has been coming against a lot of the teens that are really on fire for God. some are falling away, some r sick, some have been made fun of (a lot), and just all kinds of crap like that. and it's just cause satan is REALLY mad! and i'm loving it!!!!!! hehehe! but we will be okay. teen prayer has been getting really good too. we have gotten a few more ppl, and we have had a lot of prayers answered, so don't try to tell me God doesn't hear prayers, cause He does, and He has answered a lot of ours. it's soooooo awesome!! i wish Hannah and Kaylee were here to be part of it too! but God is in Houston and Clarksville too. yeah. well i have to go! ttyl! ~melissa~
Hey! Wus ^ with u all? Nothing much here hehe. Just chillin. Yeah, I'm bored, I'm going to babysit my two fave kids in the whole world today!!!! YAY!!! lol! Yup yup, can't wait! Yeah, they just got a new baby sister, so it is soon to be my 3 fave kids in the whole world lol, just gotta get to babysit her first! I can't wait till I get to watch her!!!!! I was supposed to a few weeks ago, but I was sick, so yeah, not good. Are you all ready for Thanksgiving? I am!! My neices, my sister, her boyfriend, and my Aunt and Uncle are coming, so that'll be fun. Then Friday my brother's girlfriend is coming over to meet our neices, cuz she's never met them. So, this should be interesting......I'll let ya know what kind of crazy stuff they come up with to say to embarrass my brother. lol! *~Melissa Nicole~*ps. what are you all thankful for? :D
like my subject? lol. i just wanted to tell you about my day at church so far. well...i was bending over to get my coat cuz, as always, it was cold. lol! anywayz, i hit my mouth on the pew in front of me and my gums started bleeding! it was bad! lol. yeah but its much better now! hehe! it was a really good service tho! and Pastor Mike was talking and he said "Because I'm so hot.......I meant that spiritually." he was embarrased lol. but he had a good point, you just had to be there to understand. lol! well, g2g! bye!!!!!!
Hey everyone! Sry I haven't posted on here in a while, I had surgery Monday in my mouth. I had two teeth lodged in my gums, and they pulled one and brought down the other....so yeah, I've been in bed all week. I still have stitches in my mouth and they look REALLY gross, but, I'm going to church tomorrow anyways, cuz I already missed Wednessday's service. It was a big night too!!!!! :-( Oh well.....hehehe! Yeah, I CANNOT believe next week is Thanksgiving already!!!! Wow, where has the year gone? It seems like just yesterday I was outside sweating to death and now I'm insde freezing to death. lol! Sry....I'm still on meds from the surgery. Haha! jk! Weeell, I just thought I'd come and say hi to my peeps! lol! Bye!!!!!!
Luv always....MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :D
Hey! I just wanted to say thanx to all our Veterans out there! and to remind you to do the same! luv y'all! hehe~~mel
hi!!!!!!! how are you all doing? i'm just great! lol! yeah, i can't believe it's November ALREADY!!!! and then it'll be Christmas! yay!! hehe! Kaylee is coming home for a visit (woo hoo) yeah, so that'll be fun!!! hehe! i don't think i ever wrote about the concert i went to a few weeks ago.. well i went to a Disciple concert with my brother and his gf and bff. it was so AWESOME!!! people were moshing and jumping and shouting and going crazy! it was kinda scary, but fun! yeah, Disciple is prolly one of my fave bands. they r cool. lol.~mel
last night at Oneighty was awesome! (it was ladies night) they handed out natchos (sp?) to every lady in the room, then a drink, then a cupcake, THEN little gift sacks with a clippie, three bracelets, a ring pop, some other candy, and a shower scrubbie. i think thats all..... lol. then they gave away prizes, the 1st one was $40.00 worth of Mary Kay products, and the 2nd one was a really expensive shampoo that is supposed to work really well. yeah, then Pastor Devin preached about respect, how to get it, and how you should respect yourself. it was a pretty good message. well, any ways, it was fun. lol!~mel
hello! i'm bored, so i thought i'd come and post some interseting stuff for you to read (yeah right) my life is pretty boring, doing school, surfin the net, talkin to peeps online & the phone, goin to church tonight!!!!! YAY!! i can't wait! tonight is ladies night, it's all about us girls tonight! hehe! cause, u know, most of the stuff in our youth group is mainly guys stuff. like the skatepark, the video games, the new gym they r building (its coming along great btw) the dance stadium, the pool tables, just alot of things some girls cant do or just dont wanna (like me lol) so tonight we r doing all girl stuff! woo hoo! yeah its gonna be flippin fun! hehe! well ill let u all know how it goes! ttfn! hehe********************************************************melissa
Hey everyone! How are you? I haven't been on in forever! (been REALLY busy) lol! Last week was revival at my church. It was so AWESOME! Damon Thompson is a really great preacher. My life has changed alot! (that's a good thing) hehe! Yep yep....... so that's just about it. lol! I don't think anything else new is happening here. I'm gonna go now........Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*hehe*~Melio
hey! sorry i haven't been on in a while! i forgot my pasword hehe :oops: oh well, i fixed it and now i'm back!!!!!!!! hehe! yeah n2m new happing here though. the kids i baby sit just got a new little sister! she is SO cute! and about five other ladies at our church are having babies! wow! hehe! oh and my new favorite word~~~~ wowness!! lol! i gotta go now! i luv you all! ***Mel***
okay i'm just wondering, but who is maristogirl07??????????~mel
today is Tuesday but, its also Friday because school is out!!! yay! yup! maize is out, so i'm out, and it's all good! lol! yup i'm gonna go now!-melps- isn't my life just SO interesting?! lol (yeah right!)
can you hear it???? it's the hallelujah chorus! and i'm FREE!!!!!! no more school 4 two days!!!!!! no more MATH 4 two days!!!! i could kiss this computer cause i'm SO happy! (well, i guess i'm not that happy) hehe! yeah i'm going to enjoy this weekend, i hope you all enjoy yours! lol
i'm so bummed about Hannah moving! i'm gonna miss ya girl! i just wanted to say thanks 4 being such a great friend, it means a lot to me. i luv ya and am praying 4 you and your family. i wish you the best in Houston! i luv ya and miss ya!:-( :'-( *snif snif*-Melissa
hey! wus up? i'm doin good! i'm glad it is Friday again! guess what i got today?!?!?!?!?! a letter from Hannah!!! yea! i was so excided when i got it and i have been waiting all day to write one to her, so i'm going to go now! lol ttyl
This is a special message to Hannah and Kaylee: i miss you both SO much! i can't wait till the 29th so i can see you, Hannah! and Christmas so i can see you, Kaylee! (that is soooooooooooooooooooo far away!!) :'-( i miss you and will ttyl! luv ya!
*hug hug kiss kiss*(does everyone like my hugs and kisses? lol)
where are you all at? lol!
I just got out of scool! yay! lol! my head hurts really bad! lol oh well! i had 2 quizzes today (i ALWAYS have quizzes or tests or reveiws) :-) hehehe i was reading in Matthew the other day and there was a very funny, but strange verse: "You blind guides! You strain out a knat but swallow a camel." i just thought i'd let you know lol!
*hug hug kiss kiss* luv ya!
hi every1!!!! i can't talk much cause matt wants to get on! lol i just wanted to say hi and say to Kaylee and Hannah- I miss YOU! and luv u all!
*hug hug kiss kiss*


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May 1, 2010
Survey Says ... Get a Cat!
The Morris Animal Foundation surveyed non-cat owners about their perceptions of cats to gain insight into what may be preventing them from finding those homes. The results show that the next wave of cat owners may come from unexpected segments of society.
March 1, 2010
Q & A: Minds of Their Own
Two leading scientists in the growing field of animal ethology discuss their study of the complex emotional and moral lives of animals.
March 1, 2010
Maintaining the Bond
Get the scoop on Pets for Life New York City, an HSUS pilot program dedicated to helping people resolve problems that otherwise could lead to surrender, abandonment, or neglect of their animals.
March 1, 2010
Behavior Department: Making Babies? First, Make Baby-Ready Pets
For a pet who's used to being the center of attention, the arrival of a newborn child can be an upsetting experience. But some shelters are showing expectant parents how to adjust their routines beforehand to make their pets baby-ready and prevent them from being relinquished unnecessarily.
January 1, 2010
Dealing with Death
A survey of animal shelter employees from 62 shelters in the United States identified coping strategies that euthanasia technicians recommend for dealing with euthanasia-related strain.
January 1, 2010
Chipping Away at an Old Problem
A recent study published in JAVMA suggests that microchipping and database registration should happen concurrently.
January 1, 2010
Q & A: A Crisis in Customer Service? Not So Much
Is there a customer service crisis in the animal welfare field? Animal Sheltering editor Carrie Allan talks to staff of Maddie's Fund and the Petfinder Foundation about the results of a "secret shopper" program they conducted last summer at a series of rescues and shelters.
November 1, 2009
The Dollars and Sense of Spay/Neuter for Cats
A study published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA) supports statistically what animal shelters know from experience-that households with higher incomes are more likely to spay or neuter their cats.
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Seeking Many Happy Returns (To Owners)
Missing pets pose a daunting challenge for animal welfare workers: Frantic owners want nothing less than peace of mind, and ideally they'd like a miraculously returned family companion. There's plenty that shelters can do to aid searches and refer owners to effective resources.
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Whether people seeking to drop off pets after hours are driven by convenience or shame, the result at many shelters is the same: Dogs and cats are frequently left during times when no staff member is there for intake.


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Team Suzuki Press Office – May 7, 2006.
Kevin Strijbos guided the RM-Z450 Suzuki to a second consecutive runner-up position this afternoon in front of 31,000 spectators at a hot and sunny Teutschenthal circuit for the Karcher Grand Prix of Germany.
The fourth round of 15 in the 2006 FIM... READ MORE
Team Suzuki Press Office – May 6, 2006.
Team Suzuki's Steve Ramon has taken his first pole position on the RM-Z450 after Time Practice at the Talkessel circuit in Teutschenthal for the Karcher Grand Prix of Germany, round four of the 2006 FIM MX1 World Championship.
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. (May 5, 2006) – Team Makita Suzuki Racing announced today that 13-time AMA Supercross/Motocross Champion Ricky Carmichael has re-signed with the team for three more years. The reigning AMA Supercross, AMA Motocross and World Supercross GP Champion will defend his AMA Motocross... READ MORE
Team Suzuki Press Office – April 30, 2006.
Ricky Carmichael raced from the back of the field after poor start and off-track excursion to claim third position at Saturday night's wet and muddy AMA Supercross Championship penultimate round at Qwest Field, Seattle.
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Team Suzuki Press Office – April 23, 2006.
A heavy crash on the fifth lap of Saturday's Dallas Supercross dropped World and AMA Supercross Champion Ricky Carmichael down to sixth position overall, but he still leads the series.
The Makita Suzuki rider had holeshotted the 20-lap Main Event... READ MORE
For your safety, always wear a helmet, eye protection, and protective clothing when riding any motorcycle or ATV. Never ride under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. Study your owner's manual and always inspect your Suzuki before riding. Take a riding skills course. For the MSF street course nearest you, call 1-800-446-9227. Off-road riders can enroll in the DirtBike SchoolSM by calling 1-877-288-7093. ATV riders can call the SVIA at 1-800-852-5344 and we'll even pay for the training. Suzuki engineered the GSX-Rs™, Hayabusa, and the QuadSport Z400 for experienced riders.
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A New Kind Of Terrorism
This made me laugh, until it made me cry. CabinGirl from Booman's Tribune had an interesting exchange while voting in Pennsylvania on Tuesday…
So, I just voted in the PA primary today…
For the first time ever, I was asked for a photo ID to vote. When I responded that asking for that was just wrong, the suburban white lady looking up my name in the voter rolls actually defended it: "It will keep the terrorists from voting, and we'll give you a free one."
Oh my god, run for the hills…the terrorists are going to vote us into submission.
I don't have to think very hard to figure out where that poll worker might have gotten that idea. I can just picture Gretchen Carlson saying it on Fox and Fiends (not a typo).
What isn't funny about that incident is that the right has succeeded in brainwashing way too many people into believing such nonsense.
Think about how many people don't bother to vote because its an inconvenience or they might actually have to think about things other than the Kardashians for two minutes. I'm having a hard time understanding exactly what these "terrorist voters" are going to achieve with all this voting. Democracy?
April 26, 2012 - Posted by ExtremeLiberal | 2012 Election, Republican Party, Tea Party
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Republicans in Texas (and nationwide) are enraged that the Federal Dept. of Justice has an injunction in place to prevent the Texas photo ID Law from going into effect. Evidence presented in the case so far shows 600,000 eligible people in Texas will be unable to vote if the law is enforced and that minorities would be impacted the most and most of them vote Democratic. Dozens of Texas counties don't even have a DMV where one can obtain a state photo ID. So far a state photo ID card is NOT free but costs $16 (so really an illegal POLL TAX forcing the poor to pay to vote). Texas counties are very large (Houston/Harris County is 500 square miles larger than the state of Rhode Island…70 miles in width and Brewster County, Texas is 500 square miles larger than the state of Connecticut!). So driving over to the next county to visit a DMV office can require driving 100 miles in some cases. Hundreds of thousands of Texas state college students cannot use their state issued student ID cards, but if they have a concealed weapons photo ID they can vote. But then students tend to vote Democratic and gun owners vote Republican! Texas will remain a solid red state as long as Democrats are denied their vote.
Looking at all 57 election fraud prosecutions in Texas from 2002 to 2012, PolitiFact tallied up the resolutions (some had multiple outcomes, when charges were pursued as separate cases):
Specified as convictions: 26
Guilty plea resulting in conviction: 2
Deferred adjudication: 19
Pre-trial diversion: 10
Acquitted: 2
Dismissed: 4
Three-quarters of the cases involved election code violations classified as "illegal voting" — which includes acts such as voting more than once, impersonating a voter or voting despite ineligibility — and "method of returning marked ballot," often meaning the defendant was accused of having someone else's ballot.
However, only two cases are described as "voter impersonation" on the list over this TEN YEAR SPAN.
Vote fraud is NOT A PROBLEM in Texas even though we have a very large LEGAL Hispanic population, the majority born here as citizens of the USA. Those who are illegal tend to avoid being around government workers anyway for fear of discovery. A voting place with all of those officials, security guards, etc. is too scary for them.
How did we ever have a democracy for 236 years when people didn't need a photo ID (there weren't even cameras for most of our first century as a nation and not until the Kodak "Brownie" camera became available in the early 20th century were photos even common). Can you picture George Washington carrying one of his Stuart oil portraits to his voting booth? My first Indiana driver's license in 1955 did not include a photograph, nor was it even plastic laminated. It was like a photo negative with white lettering on a black background. I took a razor blade and cut out the "9" in my 1939 birth date, inverted it to make it a "6" and thus was "born" in 1936 going from age 18 to 21 instantly….thus "legal" to drink alcohol (but I didn't try to vote!). I was most careful cutting out a perfect rectangle around the "9" and then I bought a lamination kit to make sure the inverted 9 didn't fall out.
Comment by grantinhouston | April 27, 2012 | Reply
Love how the talking heads all over cable are lambasting President's "deal" with Afghanistan BEFORE we have heard the President give any details. Jimmy Williams on Dylan Ratigan said when he first heard the "news" his first reaction was, "Obama just lost my vote!" And you can be sure the GOP hawks will come down hard on Obama because his name isn't Bush. Add to the that the anti-war left and Hamwaldians to trash any decision by this president. Of course, we've been in Germany and Japan for 67 years and troops along the DMZ between the Koreas for 58 years.
Did hear one retired military man say that the USA spent billions training the Taliban (including Osama bin Laden) and as soon as the Soviets pulled out in early 1989, we also pulled out to concentrate on Saddam Hussein in the First Gulf War. If perhaps we had stayed, we may have prevented the growing power of the Taliban and their alliance with Al Qaeda, changing our whole history from 9/11 on.
I want us out of wars ASAP, too, BUT I will listen to our Commander-in-Chief before I begin making up my mind.
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Yesterday, Judge Patel issued her order regarding a motion for summary judgement in the Napster investors case. The defendants are being sued for investing in and controlling the original Napster, and thus are claimed to be liable for secondary (some would say tertiary) copyright infringement.
The motion essentially argued that the plaintiff record companies had failed to make a case of direct infringement, which would mean they could not make a case for secondary liability. The court dismissed one argument for direct infringement, that the index hosted by Napster was, itself, directly infringing as an offer to distribute.
The other arguments, that uploading and downloading by Napster users violated federal copyright law as well as various common law state copyright claims with regard to pre-1972 sound recordings, were not dismissed. However, the court did not rule that there was direct infringement, only that there were material facts in dispute as to whether plaintiffs had demonstrated direct infringement by Napster users, which is enough to beat a motion for summary judgement.
Read the 16-page decision: Capitol Records v. Bertelsmann, Memorandum & Order, Re: Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgement [PDF].
Defendants summary judgment motion focuses primarily on plaintiffs third theory of direct infringement. As noted above, this theory posits that Napster itself directly infringed plaintiffs distribution rights by maintaining a centralized indexing system listing the file names of all MP3-formatted music files available on the Napster network.
The instant plaintiffs seize upon the cataloging or indexing system in Hotaling and argue that Napsters indexing system is akin to that in Hotaling. There is, however, more to Hotaling than that. In that case the library had a copy of the copyrighted work in its collection. Napster did not have works in its collection; it did not have a collection of recordings. The infringing works never resided on the Napster system. Instead, plaintiffs here seek to establish copyright infringement based on the mere fact that the names of their copyrighted musical compositions and sound recordings appeared in Napsters index of available files. This might constitute evidence that the listed works were available to Napster users, but it is certainly not conclusive proof that the songs identified in the index were actually uploaded onto the network in a manner that would be equivalent to the way in which the genealogical materials at issue in Hotaling were copied and distributed to the churchs branch libraries.
Applying this standard to the case at bar, it is apparent that plaintiffs indexing theory falls well short of meeting the requirements for establishing direct copyright infringement. Rather than requiring proof of the actual dissemination of a copyrighted work or an offer to distribute that work for the purpose of its further distribution or public performance, plaintiffs theory is premised on the assumption that any offer to distribute a copyrighted work violates section 106(3). This is not sufficient to satisfy plaintiffs burden of proving that Napster or its users directly infringed their copyrighted musical compositions and sound recordings, as they must do if they are to hold defendants secondarily liable for that infringement. Accordingly, the court holds that defendants are entitled to summary judgment on this issue.
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1. Biff on June 3, 2005 04:47 PM writes...
Couldn't this be extended to bittorrent sites that list the torrents?
2. Ernest Miller on June 3, 2005 07:05 PM writes...
Well, it might protect them from allegations of direct infringement. However, this ruling would not protect them from allegations of secondary infringement.
3. Robert Penhollow on June 7, 2005 12:40 PM writes...
BayTsb sent me a copyright infringment notice. I was not sharing said file. Would you not need a subpena from the Clerk of the Unites States befor BayTsp can send Notice to an ISP? Having been sent a notice, how can I defend myself against a possible lawsuit if I can not read what is said in it? Does this company have the right to monitor anybodys computer is they believe that there is illegal download without any prodf.
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On Saturday, Jan. 12, the Smith-Cotton JROTC Drill Team competed at the first-annual Leavenworth High School Drill Meet in Leavenworth, Kansas. The Smith-Cotton Drill Team earned the Overall Championship trophy at the awards ceremony, bringing home a total of 10 other trophies.
They included a fourth place in armed regulation, first and fourth place in unarmed regulation, third place in armed exhibition, second place in unarmed exhibition and unarmed color guard, and first place in armed color guard and new cadet squad.
The team was named first place overall in the unarmed division, second place overall in the armed division and first place Overall Champions. Cadet Rachael DeMent, the commander of the armed regulation team, said, "I really enjoyed traveling to Leavenworth with my team and being able to compete at the first annual Pioneer Drill Meet. It was a great experience for us."
The Smith-Cotton Drill Team has been working extremely hard to pursue their goals and look forward to competing at Army Nationals in Kentucky and Drill Nationals in Daytona Beach, Florida. HOOAH!
Pictured from left to right, top to bottom are: Top row: Cadet Master Sergeant Connor Greene, Cadet Corporal Matthew Binney, Cadet Second Lieutenant Jonathan Sanchez, Cadet First Sergeant Jacob Karman, Cadet Staff Sergeant Michael Frazier, Cadet Staff Sergeant Kyle Pierson, Cadet Second Lieutenant Austin Breining, Cadet Second Lieutenant Stephen Weeks, and Cadet Captain Allison Morey.
Second Row: Cadet Private Cierra Jennings, Cadet Captain Shelbi Davis, Cadet Private First Class Hollee Akers, Cadet Staff Sergeant Emily Greble, Cadet Staff Sergeant Cosette Claybaugh, Cadet Captain Kendall Ott, Cadet Private First Class Jessica Martin, and Cadet Private Brittany Gollaher.
Third row: Cadet Private Kaitlyn Brown, Cadet Private Nicolochrist Dalumpines, Cadet Private First Class Keila Baeza, Cadet Private Allison Bouslaugh, Cadet Private Daryna Matsyokha, Cadet Staff Sergeant Keannia Collins, Cadet Second Lieutenant Madelyne Ash, and Cadet First Sergeant Elizabeth Narron.
Bottom row: Cadet Sergeant First Class Stephanie Barnier, Cadet Captain Alexandria Stewart, Cadet Major Jovana Cervantes, Cadet Major Aurora Rafael, Cadet Master Sergeant Rachael DeMent, Cadet First Sergeant Megan Wilbanks, Cadet First Sergeant Blake Kramer, and Cadet Staff Sergeant Dalton Trimnal.
Submitted by Cadet Captain Jacob Tilman and Cadet Master Sergeant Cristina Tejeda


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February 28, 2013
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Bolt to earn $1m a second Star sprinter set for big payday at Paris meet
World's fastest man Usain Bolt is set to earn around $1,429,200 per second when he runs the 200 metres at the Paris Diamond League meeting later this summer.
In total, organisers have shelled out (US$300,000) J$28,584,000 to bring the Olympic champion to the Stade de France, his fourth in the French capital. Bolt competed at the Meeting AREVA in 2009 and 2010 over 100m, then in 2011 over 200m. Despite the hefty appearance fee, organisers are confident having the sprinter for the meet will be worth it.
Olympic triple feat
"With Bolt, we know that we will easily fill the Stade de France," said Laurent Boquillet, head of the meet, adding that before his Olympic triple feat last year, he was available for US$250,000 per meeting.
Bolt won 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay gold at last year's Olympics in London, repeating the feat that he first achieved in Beijing four years earlier, and cementing his reputation as one of the greatest sprinters of all time.
He is using the event in July as part of his build-up for the Moscow world athletics championships the following month.
Bolt, 26, will compete in a 150 metres race on Brazil's Copacabana beach on March 31.
His only other confirmed race this year is over 200 metres at Oslo's Bislett Games on June 13.
The Jamaican world-record holder will compete against France's European 100 metres champion Christophe Lemaitre in the final race of the evening of the July 6 meet. Lemaitre finished third in the 2011 Daegu world championships 200 metres, which was won by Bolt.
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Taking one for the team was junior Madeline Adams who, despite taking second in her two previous invitational races, placed a credible fourth in 19:19.53.
"Maddy had a few problems that developed after the last race in Binghamton," said Tuttle. "Her plantar fascia is strained and as a result, her opposite hip is hurting. And to complete the trifecta, she caught a nasty head cold.
"We'll keep her in the recreation center pool for the next few weeks to give her a chance to heal fully. When she's healthy, she's an All-State runner."
Marcellus transfer Maggie Dunn saw her first action after months of physical rehab, and the senior didn't disappoint. For most of the race, she was in the top three, and only in the final 800 meters did she drop back a bit, still getting a strong sixth-place finish in 19:24.38.
"She either goes hard or she doesn't go at all," said Tuttle. "In a few weeks, she'll race herself into top shape."
Having the race of her life was the team's 'secret weapon' Liz Dwyer, who finished ninth in the 93-runner field in a time of 19:47.18.
"She's beginning to fly and she's gaining more confidence every race," said Tuttle. "She's the game changer, the one who will put us over the top."
Rounding out the team scoring was soph Jennifer DeRosa who took 15th in 20:04. "She's learned how to start, how to allocate her energy resources, and most important of all, she's confident and willing to grind it out for the team," according to Tuttle. "She's the steadiest girl on the team."
The rest of the Lakers also ran effectively. Morel Malcolm took 22nd in 20:18.37 as she begins to leave a lingering hip injury behind. Maria Schillace found the wet and mucky course to her liking while placing 30th in 20:43.87 in the best race of her career.
Running side by side and passing Fredonia runners in the final stretch was eighth-grader Julia Willcox in 32nd (20:48.82) and frosh Finan Malcolm in 33rd (20:52.22). Ginny Hamlin ran to 42nd place in 21:24.
At the 61st Baldwinsville Invitational, the Skaneateles boys team ran. Cooper Watt and frosh Chris Niebuhr took 51st and 54th in the 221-runner race. The Lakers placed 15th in the 31-team field in the Small School division.
The Lakers travel to Jordan-Elbridge for an OHSL Liberty division dual meet this Wednesday. The Skaneateles boys will compete at Central Square this weekend.
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Viewing postbox email tasks from within Mac Todoist app
When I click on an email task from within the app, or from within a Firefox web browser, nothing happens. The problem seems to be that Todoist does not realize that the mail was created in Postbox instead of Thunderbird, as when I click the email in a browser, it shows:
in the address bar. I don't have Thunderbird installed, I have Postbox (which was also used to create the task). Could you fix please?
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Hello Jeff,
Thank you for your report, we'll look into it.
Best regards,
Same here. Please fix it.
Same thing happens the other way around:
Tasks created within chrome plugin or todoist application wont work inside Postbox.
Postbox console error is: "href is not defined" inside function Todoistinterceptnavigation in "helper.js"-


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CROTON-ON-HUDSON - A village mother was accused of taking the "Home Alone" scenario to a new extreme, leaving her 13-year-old daughter behind during her weeklong trip to Taiwan.
Police charged the single mom, Winifred Chaffee, with misdemeanor child endangerment, despite her claim that she left her girl with plenty of cash, credit cards and prepared meals.
"If you want to leave your 13-year-old home for like an hour or two to go to dinner or shop, that's acceptable, depending on how mature the kid is," Croton police Sgt. John Nikotopoulos said. "We obviously felt this was not right and made the arrest."
Chaffee, who was arrested after returning to her Maple Avenue home last week, appeared in Village Court Monday. She is free without bail pending her next hearing April 28.
She left on her international trip March 21.
Her child was home alone for two days before a male friend learned of her situation. That boy's mom took the child in, and Westchester Child Protective Services were called.
CPS and police responded, interviewing the girl and her friend's family. Authorities decided to let the 13-year-old stay with them, while awaiting Chaffee's return on March 28.
"When the mother returned, we interviewed her and obviously she admitted to leaving the child alone," Nikotopoulos said. "She thought it was OK. She left her with pre-made meals, money, credit cards, whatever the child needed."
The sergeant said he knows of no "hard standard" for when, and how long, it is OK to leave a child home alone. But he said this would fail to meet practically any standard.
Chaffee's defense lawyer, Casey Raskob, said she had been out of work and received a business contract that sent her to Taiwan. He said she contacted the girl's school, asking for permission to take the child with her on the trip, but that "the school said no."
"She's a single mom," he said. "This poor lady doesn't deserve exposure for this."
Raskob was just elected a village trustee last month, and some question whether he should be allowed to represent a defendant in the village where he serves as an official.
"There appears to be a conflict of interest in that the village Board of Trustees, on at least some level, oversees the Village Court and village Police Department," said attorney John Wallenstein, secretary of the state Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
"He should not be permitted to do it," he said, but added, "I don't know if there is a statute that would prevent this."
Raskob said there was no conflict.
"I am in conflict if I am a county legislator because I'd have control of the district attorney's office," he said. "Because the (Croton) judge is elected, not appointed by the village board, I have no authority over him, and I certainly have no authority over the DA's office."
He said he researched the issue and cited ethics rulings that support his position.
The Westchester District Attorney's Office, which is prosecuting the case, and the village manager, did not immediately respond to calls seeking comment.