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Local food blogger Joanne Ayoub is posting some delicious - and healthy - recipes on her blog, Apple Crumbles.
Local food blogger Joanne is posting some delicious - and healthy - recipes on her blog, Apple Crumbles.
A pescatarian Joanne makes great use of alternative whole grains like millet and quinoa and goods that are in season.
Joanne is also a baker- writing on her blog, "Baking is a hobby for me, it's how I express my creativity."
She posts recipes for both healthy and traditional baked goods as well as tips for bakers. She also adapts some recipes using soy or to be gluten-free. So if you've been on the lookout for a good recipe for gluten-free soy pumpkin muffins or healthy sweet potato brownies, she's your gal. She also can be contracted to make custom cakes or cookies trays.
On Sundays, she cooks, photographs and blogs about a recipe from the CNYEats: A Taste of Utica cookbook (available here for just under $20). The proceeds benefit the Compassion Coalition and Utica's hungry.
You should also check out her blog if you're interested in running. Joanne, a certified running instructor - also blogs about her runs.
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Sort of conflicted here. I'm really not into resurrections and we've had 2 in a 3 month span but each one was handled so well I'm not objecting as much as I normally would. And I don't think there's anyone else to bring back so I guess we're good.
The death of Choudhury was by far the biggest shock in the book. I had to re-read that paragraph to make sure I read it correctly. Then when Data came back for a minute I was thinking with Choudury dead was Worf going back to security and Data going to be 1st officer, so we're almost back to the TV series, how much of a reset was this going to be? Only that didn't happen. I'm really glad David Mack has better ideas than me.
The Breen also continue to be my favorite Typhone Pact race to read about.
I'm so looking forward to where this story is going to lead to I've already started the next book.
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Unfortunately, TeenHealthFX cannot diagnose problem over the Internet, as only a doctor can do that. You should go to your doctor and get checked out, because the frequency of urination (which is what you're describing) can be caused by things other than just a weak bladder, and most of them can be treated with medication.
Frequent urination is one of the most common symptoms of a urinary tract infection, also known as a bladder infection. When you have a bladder infection, bacteria grows in the bladder and irritates the bladder wall. This causes pain as soon as a very small amount of urine reaches the bladder wall. To soothe the pain, the body sends signals that you need to urinate to get rid of the urine, so you end up going to the bathroom much more often than usual. Some other signs of a urinary tract infection include:
In addition, frequent urination could also be caused by several other medical conditions, such as diabetes or inflammation of the prostate gland of epididymous (though these are more common in older men). It is unlikely that frequent masturbation would have any effect on the frequency of urination.
It's important for you to see a doctor as soon as possible about this. Most diseases that could cause frequent urination can be treated very easi1y with medications- having to go to the bathroom all the time is probably pretty annoying for you, and it's disrupting your sleep- you should get checked out and treated so you can get back to enjoying life as a teenager!
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Must See
Saturday (4/10) - Alice in Wonderbread. S'more and Peace. Huckleberry Flan. No pun is too painful at the fifth annual Edible Book Festival, where bookworms and food geeks unite to reinterpret great literature through gastronomy. As always, the fest asks the public to craft edible takes on books—and then eat them. Got a punny plan? Register online by April 8 to get your entrée on the table!
Admission is free for those bringing entries and $10 for those without entries.4/10. noon–3 p.m., Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N frybooks.blogspot.com
Must Paddle
Outrigger Championship Race
Saturday (4/10) - Can't afford a trip to the tropics this year? The spirit of aloha comes to you when the Sail Sand Point Outrigger Canoe Club hosts the PNW Orca Winter Series Championship. Long popular in Hawaii, the sport has also enchanted the Northwest—so much so that races take place all year long. This month, the seven-mile championship is expected to draw more than 70 competitors from across the region. Stroke! 4/10. 11 a.m. Free. North end of Magnuson Park, Lake Washington. For details, visit pnworca.org, seattleoutrigger.com
Must Hear
Rogue Wave
Saturday (4/10) - Visual artist, filmmaker and total weirdo Matthew Barney (who is married to Björk) made his notorious Cremaster Cycle—five related feature-length films and accompanying artwork that explore creation—over a period of nine years. Released between 1995 and 2002, the highly abstract, but visually stunning films combine Celtic myth, Masonic lore, reproductive biology and a lot of truly bizzarro stuff. Rarely screened and not available on DVD, this is your chance to see the works that caused such an art-world hubbub upon their release. 8 p.m. Prices vary. Neumos, 1122 E. Pike St. neumos.com
Must Play
Mariners Opening Day
Monday (4/12) - Mariners fans are hoping this season shapes up to be one for the record books—thanks to Cliff Lee, Chone Figgins, Casey Kotchman and, of course, Ichiro and Felix. With fresh zeal (and a killer one-two pitching punch), players and fans alike are daring to visualize a season that recaptures SoDo mojo and brings back the Magical Mariners of 1995. Opening Day: 4/12. 3:40 p.m. Prices vary. Safeco Field, 1250 First Ave. S. mariners.mlb.com
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Cupcake Camp
Saturday (4/10) - Sweets lovers, mark your calendars for this one-day charitable fundraiser for the Hope Heart Institute. CupcakeCamp is being held this Saturday April 10th from 11am til 2pm at 415 Westlake, a new 5000 square-foot venue in the heart of South Lake Union. 13 Professionals (including local favorites Trophy Cupcakes and Wink Cupcakes), along with 51 Amateur and 4 Youth entrants will be competing to see who makes the cupcake with the Most Unique Ingredients, Best Seattle theme, and Healthiest Cupcake.


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The IPO mini-boom that's sweeping Silicon Valley means big bucks for the venture capital firms that made early bets on billion-dollar companies. How much money each firm is making is guesswork, because as private partnerships, the only people who see the numbers are the partners themselves and investors in the funds.
Hercules Technology Growth Capital is an anomaly. As a publicly-traded venture firm, its success is on display everyday just like Apple and Google. And lately, the line is pointing up. As of last week, Hercules' stock had climbed 17 percent this year, topping the 10 percent gain for the S&P 500 and beating the Nasdaq by 2 percentage points. The company is valued at close to $550 million.
What's also unique about Hercules is that it's one of a handful of firms that specialize in providing debt to startups instead of equity. Typically, the firm issues a loan that gets paid back over time with interest, and it gets warrants to buy a certain amount of stock at a given price. Hercules also pays an 8.3 percent dividend to its investors so they can make money even if the stock goes nowhere.
Manuel Henriquez, who co-founded the Palo Alto, California-based firm in 2003, attributes the recent success to a first quarter that saw four portfolio companies go public (Cempra, Annie's, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals and Enphase Energy) and another two get acquired (BARRX Medical and NEXX Systems). For Hercules, that's a record number of transactions for a single period.
Among companies still in its portfolio are Box, Trulia and Glam Media, which are all headed toward the public markets. And Facebook, of course. Hercules bought over 300,000 shares of the social-networking site at $31 a share. Should Facebook go public at a $100 billion valuation, Hercules would notch a 39 percent gain.
"People are beginning to realize that we're sitting on more than 100 different warrant and equity positions in some really attractive companies," Henriquez said.
Hercules plans to put $500 million to $700 million to work this year, though Henriquez does see risks both in the European debt crisis and the soaring private market valuations of social media companies.
Those are also concerns for investors in Hercules shares, for anything that disrupts the current upswing in IPOs hurts the potential value of high-flying startups.


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It's hard out there for a High School Musical alum. Just ask Vanessa Hudgens, who spends the majority of her October Allure cover story begging everyone to treat her like a grown-up.
"People think of me as the High School Musical girl," she laments. "There's nothing wrong with that. My character was a great role model, but I get so bored doing the same thing. I want to grow like everybody else."
And she is determined to accomplish this, whether it be naked pictures (we'll talk more about those in a minute) or playing a prostitute in Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch. "It totally is my Angelina Jolie part," she said of the role. "I get to run around with guns and fight big men."
It's not just Angelina's career the 20-year-old wants to emulate...
"I really want to pick Halle [Berry]'s brain," V says. "She's such an empowering, sexy woman." And later, "There's nothing I would rather do than play [a role like] Catherine Zeta-Jones['s] in Zorro."
It doesn't help Vanessa's plea for adult roles that she spends a good deal of the interview talking about Disney princess movies. But just keep putting it out there into the universe and one day she'll be Angelina Zeta-Berry.
And now for the naked pictures portion of the interview. It is impossible to do a Vanessa Hudgens story without one, you know.
"It's just really unfortunate, and to this day people hate me for it, but it's not like I chose to put that out there in the world, you know? It's so aggravating and frustrating, and whenever anybody asks me, would I do nudity in a film, if I say that it's something I'm not comfortable with, they're like, 'Bulls--t, you've already done it.' If anything it makes it more embarrassing, because that was a private thing. It's screwed up that someone screwed me over like that. At least some people are learning from my mistakes."
Seems appropriate to end on a non-naked picture of Vanessa trying to be a sweaty, sexy, pouty grown-up.
Very Angelina Zeta-Berry, no?
Now check out celebs doing their best-dressed thing in our Fashion Week gallery.


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GSD Course Bulletin - Spring 2012
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01407: Gansevoort Peninsula: A 5-acre Unfinished Segment of Hudson River Park, NY, NY (STU 0140700)
Landscape Architecture
Option Studio - 8 credits - Limited enrollment
Thursday Friday 2:00 - 6:00
Michael Van Valkenburgh, Rosetta Elkin
Course Description
The tremendous expansion of parkland in New York City in the last 15 years has its closest parallel in Parks Commissioner Robert Moses' building campaign that started in the 1930s. Although Hudson River Park (HRP) has not received the same level of attention as the High Line, Governor's Island or Brooklyn Bridge Park, it is, in some ways, as remarkable in its own right. HRP is a 550-acre waterfront park at the west margin of Manhattan. It is also an estuarine sanctuary that connects the northern end of Battery Park City at Chambers Street with the southern end of Riverside Park South at 59th street. Divided into several segments and involving the work of multiple design firms over 15 years, HRP consists of a continuous water's edge esplanade and bike trail as well as a series of pier parks – many built on structure. Remarkably, HRP has been funded almost exclusively with public money from the City and State of New York.
The studio will focus on the Gansevoort Peninsula, a 5-acre parcel of filled land situated between Gansevoort Street and Little West 12th Street and jutting into the Hudson River. Although it is a peninsula today, Gansevoort is actually a remnant of a much wider Manhattan that extended as far west as 13th Avenue and further into the Hudson. When large-scale ocean liners dominated the shipping trade, city engineers cut back the filled shoreline, so as to attract new commerce without interfering with Hudson River navigation. On terra firma, rather than wooden piles, Gansevoort is the sole remnant of the 19th Century-constructed Manhattan shoreline.
In 2001, MVVA was awarded the design contract for Segment 5 of Hudson River Park, the northern portion of which opened in 2010. Gansevoort Peninsula was master planned as part of the original MVVA concept planning for Segment 5, but completion has been postponed indefinitely until a new location is found for Gansevoort's current function as a waste transfer point for the New York City Department of Sanitation. The Peninsula is a long walk away from the Chelsea Piers' commercial recreation facility and MVVA's Chelsea Cove, both to the north, but it is close to a popular children's pier to the south, the southern end of the High Line and the future expansion of the Whitney Museum, just one block away in the West Village. In summer, HRP throbs from the density of its usage. In the last decade this neighborhood has become the showcase of many of the city's more exciting new works of architecture and design. In that way, and with so much of Hudson River Park now completed, the Gansevoort peninsula has become a potentially fecund landscape-making opportunity. That is the essence of what the studio asks students to imagine and create.
In order to reach Gansevoort from the West Village, park users will have to cross the multilane high-speed West Side Highway (route 9-A). Others will encounter Gansevoort as part of the connected linear parks along Manhattan's west side. Most of Hudson River Park is built on new marine structure designed by landscape architects working in consultation with marine engineers. The fact that the Gansevoort Peninsula has a fundamentally different underpinning presents a design opportunity to qualify the condition of the new park edge and the degree of water access it might offer as compared with the rest of the park; it also allows exploration of refiguring the edge and changing the shape of the land parcel. Abundant excavation from numerous subway projects in the city also means that extra and cheap fill is available to allow the "unleveling of the site," to borrow a term from Matt Urbanski. These physical variables all can become powerful design tools for re-imagining this urban landscape as a nexus with HRP as as a threshold to the west side. The existing buildings on the Gansevoort site also have potential for transformation, although the fireboat pier, and land access to it, will need to remain a design constant.
In actual practice, alterations to the peninsula's shoreline or repurposing of existing structures would require complex structural and environmental analyses and permitting. For the purposes of the studio, students will be free to develop a scheme(s) that explores the landscape potential of these approaches, setting aside the stringent environmental reviews that might, in real life, be significant hurdles.
The studio is organized and taught by Michael Van Valkenburgh, Charles Eliot Professor in Practice, and head of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA),mvvainc.com<http://mvvainc.com/>. Rosetta Sarah Elkin, founding principal of RSE Landscape and Design in Amsterdam, and a visiting Lecturer in Landscape Architecture for Spring of 2012, will also be teaching in the studio. As the term progresses, a series of guest instructors will be brought in to work in brief stints with students on specific aspects of their plans. These include eminent structural engineer Ted Zoli of HNTP, a MacArthur Fellowship winner, hydrologist Eric Rothstein of eDesign Dynamics, planting design specialist and landscape designer Diana Drake who teaches at Columbia, and two landform grading experts from MVVA's Cambridge office, Associate Chris Donohue and Senior Project Manager Matt Girard.
While issues of urban connectivity to the larger context would be central to the project's success, the size of the project is meant to be manageable as part of the design studio – one that focuses on physical design – and one in which students will define a conceptual approach to the Gansevoort Peninsula in this evolving and dynamic neighborhood, and as the last unfinished piece of Hudson River Park. The first module of the studio will be run as an ideas competition of sorts, with students using the assignment as a culmination of their landscape studies to date. This seems particularly relevant given how much this urban neighborhood has evolved in the decade since the MVVA master plan was completed. The review at the end of the first module will be a silent review – students not talking and jurors reviewing the work – much as would be the case in a competition entry. The second module of the studio will focus on the physical development of the conceptual plan from the first module. Physicality of the landscape and its design expression will be the focus of the second module's work, integ


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Salem police search for man who broke in, left adult DVD in little girl's room
SALEM, Ore. - She doesn't want to be identified, but a Salem mom does want others to know what happened inside her daughter's bedroom early Tuesday morning, after she'd put her 7-year-old to bed inside their home at the Stoneridge Apartments.
"Woke up to my daughter at 1:30 saying 'I just saw a man jump out of my window,'" the mom said.
The window in the bedroom was open and the screen was pushed out.
Salem police believe the man had been hiding in the little girl's bedroom closet.
The next day, the girl went to watch a Disney movie on the DVD player in her room and found a different DVD left in the player.
"It was an adult DVD," the girl's mother said. "And I – every horrible thought passed through my head and I just hysterically started crying."
Salem detectives interviewed her daughter. They believe the man who was in her room never touched her.
"I feel so lucky to find out that her innocence was not robbed," the woman said. "Because I think the whole time, that's what I was scared of. She's a child."
A search of the closet turned up a photo of a woman.
The mother believes the man in the closet may have dropped it – a man she believes is too dangerous to be on the loose.
"This person HAS to be found," the girl's mother said. "I want to know the reasoning behind it. I want to see this person face to face. I want, I, I want it so bad I can taste it."
Salem police investigators told the family they're looking into a similar break-in at a home in south Salem.
The only description the little girl could give police is that the man was wearing a white t-shirt and dark pants.


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A dolphin died after washing up on Jacksonville Beach on Friday morning.
After it washed up about 8 a.m. near 18th Street North, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists went to the beach. They said a necropsy was done to see why the dolphin died.
Officials said they tested for the morbillivirus, which has been killing dolphins along the East Coast since last fall.
The virus was cited in the deaths of 61 dolphins in northeast Florida last year and more than a dozen so far this year.
The last outbreak of the virus was in the late 1980s. Officials said this one is worse.
If you see a dead or distressed dolphin, call 1-888-404-3922.


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RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY: Alex James Walker, 20, Carlisle, was stopped at 1:20 a.m. Friday in a 2012 Toyota Camry for allegedly driving the wrong way on U.S. 30, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg.
Police found the vehicle was stolen from North Middleton Township, Cumberland County, and Walker taken into custody for receiving stolen property, and then turned over to North Middleton Police, who charged him with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. He was placed in Cumberland County Jail.
- Quincy Township
HIT AND RUN: Dustin K. Ditch, 33, Waynesboro, was traveling south at 12:05 a.m. Monday on the right side of Anthony Highway when his front passenger side bumper hit a utility pole, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg. Ditch drove back onto the road and then once again went off the right side of the road until the vehicle stopped in a field. Ditch fled the scene, and his vehicle was towed.
Ditch was charged with violations of roadways laned for traffic, police said.
- Mercersburg
FORGERY AND ACCESS DEVICE FRAUD: Joann Epperson, 38, Mercersburg, allegedly stole the bank Visa card of an unidentified 17-year-old, and tried to use it to withdraw money and make purchases multiple times on Oct. 5, according to Mercersburg Police.
Epperson was arrested Tuesday at her home on two counts of forgery and three counts of access device fraud. She was arraigned and held at Franklin County Prison.
HIT AND RUN: A commercial vehicle is suspected of hitting a metal post at 7: 55 a.
The impact of the vehicle the post from its base and caused substantial damage to the road underneath. Police believe the vehicle was turning right when it hit, and continued southbound on North Fayette Street.
- Shippensburg
SIMPLE ASSAULT/FALSE IMPRISONMENT: Around 1:45 a.m. Wednesday, an officer was patrolling the area around 20 S. Penn St., when he heard loud calls for help from the bedroom window of a residence there, according to Shippensburg Police.
A female was heard yelling for a male to get off her, and later told the police that the male had been arguing and he had begun to choke her with both hands. The female had injuries on her neck, but another person had pulled the male off her. He tried to refuse to let her leave the bedroom, by blocking the exit.
Niquey Jones, 18, Shippensburg, was identified as the male in the room, and was found to be allegedly under the influence of alcohol while underage. Jones was charged with simple assault, false imprisonment, endangering another person, harassment and underage drinking.
He was taken to Cumberland County Prison.
RETAIL THEFT: Devon Park, no age provided, Shippensburg, was detained Friday by store personnel at Sheetz, 359 E. King St., for allegedly trying to steal a Faygo raspberry soda, valued at $1.05, according to Shippensburg Police.
Park was arrested for retail theft and taken to Cumberland County Prison.
- Other incidentns
RETAIL THEFT: Rachel Elisabeth Green, 21, Shippensburg, went into Claire's at Chambersburg Mall, 3055 Black Gap Road, and allegedly took a pair of tights without paying for them at 6:41 p.m. Monday, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg. Green was caught by mall security, and state police arrested and charged her for retail theft.
RETAIL THEFT: Brian K. Richardson, 45, Shippensburg, is accused of removing regular price tags from sale items and replacing them with sales price tags at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday while at Giant, 397 Baltimore Road, Shippensburg, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Carlisle.
VANDALISM: The mailbox at 124 Hope Drive in South Middleton Township, Cumberland County, was damaged at 3:13 p.m. Oct. 21, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Carlisle.


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Uusimaa (Swedish:Nyland) is in Southern Finland.
- Espoo (Esbo)
- Hanko (Hangö)
- Helsinki (Helsingfors)
- Hyvinkää (Hyvinge)
- Inkoo (Ingå)
- Järvenpää (Träskända)
- Kauniainen (Grankulla)
- Kerava (Kervo)
- Kirkkonummi (Kyrkslätt)
- Lohja (Lojo)
- Loviisa (Lovisa)
- Porvoo (Borgå)
- Raasepori (Raseborg)
- Sipoo (Sibbo)
- Siuntio (Sjundeå)
- Vantaa (Vanda)
Other destinations[edit]
Get in[edit]
If you are arriving in Finland by air or sea you will likely arrive in Helsinki, where the largest airport and several major harbors are located. All passenger airports in Finland except Lappeenranta have a flight to Helsinki (for many of them it is the only destination) and most longer train lines end in Helsinki. Direct buses connect Helsinki with all larger cities in Finland, and to get there from the smaller ones you would usually have to transfer just once. For other destinations in Uusimaa trains and buses usually stop on their way to Helsinki in cities along the route; so it is for instance possible to get off in Porvoo if you're coming from east or in Järvenpää if you're coming from north - otherwise you would most likely need to transfer in Helsinki.
Get around[edit]
Again, Helsinki is the hub of the region and there are generally no form of public transportation bypassing the city. There are at least a couple of buses a day to every city and municipality in the region from Helsinki. Local trains take you north to places like Kerava, Järvenpää, Mäntsälä and Hyvinkää and west to Kirkkonummi, Siuntio and Raseborg.
- Raseborg medieval castle ruins
- Suomenlinna fortress outside Helsinki
- The old town of Porvoo
- Finnish Aviation Museum in Vantaa
- Finnish railway museum in Hyvinkää
- WW2 sites along the coast between Helsinki and Hanko
- Enjoy Blues music at Europe's largest blues festival Puistoblues in Järvenpää
- Take a brief tour out in the Finnish nature at Nuuksio National Park in Espoo or at the Uutela trail in Eastern Helsinki
- Have fun at Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki
- Go down into the limestone cave of Torhola in Lohja
- Go skiing at Vihti ski center
Recreation areas[edit]
Uusimaa coast is relatively densely populated and large areas along the shore are privately owned, so sometimes visitors can struggle to find a place for recreational use.
In Uusimaa region the Association of recreation areas (sv: Föreningen Nylands friluftsområden, fi:Uudenmaan virkistysalueyhdistys) buys and leases scenic areas that are suitable for outdoor and recreational use. These areas are often located at the coast (as well as islands) and are free to use for camping, BBQing, canoeing, mushroom and berry picking, swimming and other activities under everyman's right (fi:jokamiehenoikeus).
The list of the areas can be found at the Association's web page (in Finnish and Swedish only).


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FSU center Bryan Stork
Draft time
Where: Radio City Music Hall, New York.
Thursday 8 p.m. (Round 1). Friday 7 p.m. (Rounds 2-3). May 10 Noon (Rounds 4-7).
TV: ESPN, NFL Network.
Lions picks by round
1. No. 10
2. No. 45
3. No. 76
4. No. 111
4. No. 133
4. No. 136
6. No. 189
7. No. 227
Bryan Stork was 5 years old when he got his first job working at his familys Italian restaurant in Mattoon, Ill., a small manufacturing community about 45 minutes south of Champaign.
Angelos Pizza was famous for its Wednesday night special back then, a $3.39 plate of spaghetti, and Stork earned $5 a night making pizzas and washing dishes and scrubbing all the hard-to-reach places like behind the ice machine.
He used the money he made to buy Legos, mostly, and he learned enough lessons about hard work that, years later, when he went to Florida State as a lightly recruited tight end, no one should have been surprised to see him leave as one of the nations best centers.
My dad was a grinder and I picked up on that as a young kid, Stork said. He did everything he could to make sure I had what I needed and everything you think of a father, it was pretty much him ... he always worked his butt off and hes very tough probably the toughest person I met in my life. He definitely passed that on to me and he taught me how to work.
Stork is projected to go in the middle rounds of next weeks draft, and could be a fit for a Lions team looking to find a long-term replacement for center Dominic Raiola.
He won the Rimington Trophy as the nations best center last year, when he helped Florida State win the national championship, and he spent time talking with Lions coach Jim Caldwell and general manager Martin Mayhew, a Florida State graduate, at his March pro day.
Raiola, who signed a one-year deal to return to the Lions for a 14th season in February, has said he has at least two more years left.
But the Lions havent hid the fact that theyre in the market for a young backup.
Ive always been a team guy and as long as Im doing my job I should have a job on the field, Raiola said last week. Im not going to last forever. Its not an easy position to learn, but if they draft somebody new then so be it. I guess I get to teach them.
Stork, who started 40 games over the past four seasons at right guard and center, said hes willing to play an understudy role if need be as a rookie.
Ill do whatever the team needs me to do, Stork said. Whatever team picks me up, whatever they need, Ill do it and Ill probably do it for cheaper than the last guy. And Im just going to learn. If they need me to play right away, I will. If they dont, they dont, and Ill take advantage of it like a redshirt year.
Colorado States Weston Richburg and USCs Marcus Martin, who made a pre-draft visit to the Lions, are widely considered the top two centers in the draft. But Storks maturity and drive stand out.
Stork moved to Florida as a 12-year-old to live with his father after his parents divorced partly for football reasons, and he spent the later part of his high school years taking care of his father, who died of colon cancer during his senior season at Vero Beach High.
I wanted to have a normal life so I tried to make the best I could and I just took everything in stride, Stork said. My dad, when he passed away that night, it was on a Wednesday night, I went to school the next day cause I wanted to be able to go to practice for the next day. And then we had a game on Friday, so I didnt take much time to grieve but I moved on. I dont think hed want me to do any different, just live with it and it is what it is and just live your life.
Already, Stork said hes moved on to the next stage in his life the NFL.
When he left Tallahassee in January, he packed most of his belongings in a box, including tokens from last years championship run, and doesnt plan to open them anytime soon.
Ive got bigger and better things, he said. Its cool. Ive got a box of crap from that year like I do the other years and Ill just save them and theyll make a sweet man cave someday.
As for what whoever drafts him will get on the field, Stork said they can expect sweet things there, too.
Theyre getting a tough, mentally and physically, intelligent football player, he said. Im not a crazy, freakish athlete, Im just a ballplayer.


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Cahill is accused of scheming to use $1.5 million in taxpayer-funded lottery advertising money in an attempt to boost his faltering 2010 gubernatorial campaign.
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Cahill's lawyer told jurors Cahill approved ads touting the lottery's benefits to defend it against attack ads run by the Republican Governors Association.
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Officials at the battleship New Jersey on Camden's waterfront are preparing to expand the number of areas open to visitors. / Gannett NJ photo/Chris LaChall
CAMDEN — Marking the 70th anniversary of the original commission of the battleship USS New Jersey this year, officials plan to begin taking tour groups through sections of the floating museum never before seen by the public.
The planned February launch of the Turret Two tours means the public for the first time will be able to see and operate the mechanisms deep within the No. 2 gun turret, as well as the 1930s-era analog computer that aimed and fired the projectile.
The nonprofit that manages the historic site also looks forward to another significant event as the nations most decorated battleship turns 70 a four-year financial plan that could lead the museum to self-sustainability, after years of seeing nothing but doubt over the horizon.
Shutting down the museum? We were close to it, sure, CEO Philip Rowan said. Scraping by? Sure. Being a nonprofit, thats what a lot of them are doing right now.
Since opening as a museum on Camdens waterfront in October 2001, the battleship has relied on state aid to keep itself running and open to the public.
According to Rowan, state aid peaked in 2007 at $3.4 million, but then dwindled. The battleship received $660,000 in 2012.
You have to stay positive, because were just so close (to being self-sustaining), said Jason Hall, the ships curator. Its right there, within sight.
As he said that, Hall was walking across the lower deck of the battleship, which was crusted with ice. In January, the weather and the ship become too cold for walk-up tours. Group overnight stays continue to draw hundreds each weekend, however.
This place has the climate control of a tank, Hall joked.
Thats a large part of the battleships costs $600,000 in electricity each year to light and heat the ship. About 1,000 of its 3,500 lights are never turned on, in order to conserve power.
Rowan and the battleship museum staff have been trying every possible idea to raise money for the daily operations, from the current push to sell naming rights of the adjacent pier for $2 million, to selling their own wine through Auburn Road Vineyard in Pilesgrove.
The museum staff plans a large celebration ceremony May 23 for the ships birthday. Plans for a commemorative coin and a stamp also are in various stages of completion.
However, the largest changes to the museum are in the sections previously closed to the public.
No other historic ship has this, and no other ship that I know of will let you put your hands on the mechanics of the ship and operate the controls like were going to allow people to do, Rowan said. People will be able to operate World War II-era controls and technology that still works.
Well hopefully open that tour in February, once the state signs off on some of the safety issues, such as smoke detectors.
In addition to taking tour groups of up to 15 through the previously closed-off innards of the No. 2 gun turret which stretch five stories below deck to the bottom of the ship the public will be able to walk through Broadway, a 400-foot-long hallway connecting all three turrets.
That part of the tour will be meant to attract more donations, toward opening the engine and boiler rooms to the public.
No other state has a ship like this the longest, and most decorated, Hall said. Its a national treasure that I think is under-recognized in New Jersey.


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State Dept, Pentagon Planning for Post-Assad Syria
The Obama administration may use pretexts, like securing weapons stockpiles, as a way to take charge post-Assad
The US is engaged in extensive planning and preparations for a post-Assad Syria, largely without telling the American people, in the hopes that they can secure a smooth transition in the event their proxies in the rebel militias topple the regime.
The preparations for a post-Assad Syria are the logical next step after having adopted an official policy of regime change, as the Obama administration and its allies in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar have by supporting internal revolt.
According to the New York Times, "the State Department and Pentagon are quietly sharpening plans to cope with a flood of refugees, help maintain basic health and municipal services, restart a shattered economy and avoid a security vacuum in the wake of Mr. Assad's fall." But these departments don't exactly have the best record on that score, Iraq being only the most recent and infamous failure.
What the Times didn't mention about these plans is the effort in Washington, most likely ongoing, to find a replacement for the Assad regime that they find suitable to their interests. As has been clear from the beginning, Washington's interests – not the humanitarian crisis – has been of paramount concern and the Obama administration is sure to exploit Syria's power vacuum for its own benefit.
There are also some plans for contingent military options for NATO to intervene, with broad goals like securing weapons stockpiles or maintaining security. But these are mostly a pretext to complete the task of eliminating Iran's close ally in the region.
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The US politics both at home and abroad is scam all together, it seams that they playing god when they want and where they want…,when it comes to regime change, I presume that they all ready have a plan for haven and how to replace the god and his/her staff with a new regime of their choice.
I mean how the hell can you even think that such matter is possible without discussing the matter with the vatican or for that matter where the house of god is. Having said that, first thing in democracy that must be of importance is people, here US government or for that matter the EU regimes don't even bother ask people if they agree with changing god and his regime, or in this case asking the Syrian people.
I guess they see the jihadist, the muslims brotherhood and their terrorism, the al queada and those few and brave street intellectuals as Syrian people, so when they had a privet meeting in WDC or for that matter in NY or Chicago or Virginia they decided that this is it, these bandits are the Syrian people, so as the Saudis and UAE, the Turkish government, the Jordanians kingdom and off course the English and Swedish government and their kings and queen, they also are those Syrians whom are against the Syrian government wanting to change the Syrian regime.
Ummmmmmm… Sorry…I wasn't quite clear that Assad had lost control of Syria… If that were the case, or even close, we'd hear constant whining from Israel to that effect–which hasn't happened. The goal now is to entice "intervention" now–while Assad is in control…not "after"… Is this not "understood"???
Of course that also means that the Syrians Want or will even let there be US help , which is not fait acompli! Remebering that many of the Non Government forces are in fact, Muslim Extremists of varying persuasion, bent on a more extreme Muslim Fundamentalist regime!
the usa turkey and the rat bag collection of the zionist entity uk and fuedel gangsters from the gulf have reached a low point of arming terrorist from the same group who did twin towers. these are the so called free syria opposition. most are from libya, uk and other backward gangster states in the gulf.
They should have contacted the boys in Tel Aviv for advice on taking over. After all, those guys have taken control of a much more powerful capital without half the hassle of Damascus. Oh, wait. That place was in a deee..mocracy where the voice of the people is the controlling power. Never mind.
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Syrian rebels are brimming with self-confidence these days. Just 40 kilometers from the embattled city of Aleppo, they have already raised their flag. In their eyes, dictator Bashar Assad's Syria no longer exists, and they are already beginning to set up their own country".
This news is from the German news Der Spigel, proves the fact what we said from day one of the Aleppo war and later the closing of Syrian borders with Turkey. Turkish government is helping these thieves, so is US and EU neo liberal fascism, so is Saudis feudalism and so is UAE. What all that means is this: US and EU with Turkish (NATo) government help, the Saudi and UAE economical and even sending their terrorists into area trying to divid Syria, creating a buffer zone protecting Israel just in case of a war with Israel, but above all protecting the area in case of US and EU wants to send in their militarism invading Lebanon and these barbarians jobs is to help US and EU in time of invasion.
Look: people, Barack Hussien Obama and his foreign policies is same as Bill Clinton when he and Madeline Albright orchestrated the Balkan war using Sunny terrorism dividing nation in that part of the world, his policies is same as father Bush "New World Order" and is same as George W. Bush stupidity when he invaded Iraq, when Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perl and others orchestrated the US political and economical interests by the method of "what is so good about this mighty army if we can not use it" invading countries, dividing nations, using religious as their "democratic" method. We also said that: this war is going to be a long war, this is part of the plan and for now is working.
Look: people if you don't know the past you want be able to see the present, if you able to see the present then you can predict the feature. There is no other way for this world to exist then a just social economic and a just political system functioning for the people. Vulture capitalism as EU and US have done enough harm to this world and it needs to end for the sake of the world existence.
Syria, like Iraq and Libya before it, are targets for regime change by Israel and its neo-con Zionists who conduct all US foreign policy. One only needs to read the document mentioned in these videos and articles to understand that ALL violence in the region is related to Israel:
Also, Syria is the conduit through which defensive weapons flow from Iran to Israel's victims in Lebanon and Gaza. By severing this conduit, Israel will be able to continue its illegal land theft and expansion as it has with near impunity for more than six decades:
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USA Has:
Caused Drought – Now they have drought.
Starved Millions – Now millions are starving.
Caused Floods – Now they have floods.
Destroyed Millions of Homes – Now Homes are being destroyed.
Destroyed the Infra-structure
of Many nations. – Now theirs are being destroyed.
Killed Millions – Now they are being killed.
Plundered Nations – Now they are being plundered.
Tortured Millions – Yet to happen in a big way.
Enslaved Millions – Yet to happen in a big way.
God Is Not Mocked http://www.peterjamesx.com/docs/God%20Is%20Not%20…
Well, it looks like everyone (US citizens that is) can now donate $$$s to arm the "peaceful protesters" in Syria directly–thanks to a new policy cleared by Mr. Obama in conjunction with his "non-transfer of lethal support" to the "Syrian opposition" program:
To quote Capt. Willard in Apocalypse Now: "I don't see any method at all, sir." That the Pentagon denizens are involved in planning anything–besides post-Pentagon futures–is baseless optimism.


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Saskatoon Rhubarb Jam - NO Certo Pectin
Saskatoon Rhubarb Jam - NO Certo Pectin
For the love of jam we break open the cookbooks every two years or so and make up a few batches to tide us over till the next time.
This year we ran into a slight glitch. The plan was to take our Saskatoon berries (thanks to Hounjet Family Orchard) and the rhubarb we stole from our mother-in-law :), mix 'em up, cook 'em, jar 'em, process 'em & then enjoy for the next year.
This is as far as we got:
Step #1: Grind 4 cups of Saskatoon Berries &
4 cups of Rhubarb in food processor...aaaand
Stop, because that's when we realized we had the
wrong kind of Certo pectin!
The thought of packing up four kids to drive into
the city to get one box of liquid pectin DID NOT
appeal - so we then ask..."Do you NEED to use
Certo pectin when making jam??"
Google that one and you will spend the next half
hour learning that you CAN make jam with NO
I recommend the following site to get you started:
Bernadin Home Canning
As for exact measurements and ingredients to use, it of course varies from recipe to recipe. I suppose it's because the natural pectin level in the fruit is different every time you make jam: depending on how ripe, how large, when you picked and so on.
The following is what we did here - using fully ripe berries and rhubarb. We did end up with jam (not syrup), a little stronger on the lemon flavor than I'd like and not as thick as the jam we normally make but still considered a success for the first time out!
The point of this blog is that it CAN be done - you just have to play around a bit and trust what you think is best :)
Our next step was to take our ground berries, 4 cups of sugar, the juice of 1 freshly squeezed lemon, the rind of 1/2 a lemon and 1/2 tsp. butter: Mix into a large pot.
As it cooked we:
Skimmed off the foam as it formed: Steralized our canning lids: Steralized our jars:
(simmer, don't boil) (225 degree for 15 min in oven)
To check that the jam was 'done' we placed a spoonful of jam on a chilled plate and placed in freezer until cooled. We then used a spoon to draw a line through the center of the jam - if the jam stays seperated than it's good to go.
Next step was to fill the jars. We used a soup ladle and a canning funnel - highly recommend the funnel, makes things less messy! Wipe the jar edges with a damp cloth and then put on sealers and rings until finger tight. We process our jars for 15 min in a water bath to help against spoilage. (Place jars in canner, ensure water covers jars by at least 1 inch. Heat on high with lid on and bring to a boil. I start timing once the water starts to boil.)
Once the timer goes, remove the jars from the canner and place on cooling racks. Once cool check to make sure they've sealed - when you press on the lid it shouldn't move. If it does than your jam didn't seal and you should then store in the fridge and eat first.
Voila! Jam is done.


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Welcome to another exciting edition of Reader UI of the Week! This week is a treat for warlocks, as one user interface that graced my inbox looked slick and clean and is all about being simple and sturdy in a raid environment. Fizzik's warlock raiding UI evoked three distinct emotions in me, which we will tackle individually -- wonderment, calmness and righteous anger. Let's get to discussin'!
I think it would be best to first hear from reader Fizziks first:
Thank you for the e-mail, Fizziks, and enjoy your UI I did! As you can see, a lot of the addons that Fizziks uses are addons I consider to be stock for the user interface enthusiast who wants to configure easily and to a heightened degree, namely SexyMap, Bartender, kgPanels and Pitbull. Let's run through my three previously stated emotions, and discuss why it would be prudent for many warlocks out there to take some hints from, what I consider, a great user interface.Fizziks of <Special Circumstances> (Aman'Thul - Oceanic Server) here, just though I would share my UI for your Reader UI of the Week post. (Mid-raid UI Screenshot attached).
The screenshot I have submitted is during the Blood Queen encounter on 25m. I play an affliction warlock and the UI I'm using has some modifications specific to the class and dot classes in general.
Unit frames - My unit frames are handled by Pitbull4. I use player (top left), target (right of player), focus (bottom left), target of focus (above focus) and raid (above action bar) unit frames. You may notice I only use 20 unit frames of the 25, I am still working out how to display my party in a different location to the regular raid frames.
Action Bar - I use Bartender4 for my bars which are then tweaked visually using ButtonFacade (I use the Caith skin).
Meters - I am using Omen (threat) and Recount (damage) for meters located on the right of my action bar.
Cast Bars - I use Quartz for my player and target cast bars. Quartz shows how latency affects your cast. I use this in a different manner by having no texts shown for latency and the latency offset at the start of my cast bar. This gives the cast bar a more natural appearance.
Buff/Debuffs - I use Buffalo to reposition and my buffs and debuffs and then alter their appearance with ButtonFacade.
Minimap - I use SexyMap to adjust my minimap to the style you see here.
Chat - I use Prat to adjust my chat window to the style you see here. It also lets me reposition the typing box location from under that chat pane.
Texts - I use SharedMedia to insert alternative fonts into the game (I download these from dafont.com), that you see in my unit frames and chat panes.
Backdrop - The backdrop you see behind my chat pane, action bar and meters is handled by KGpanels.
Boss Mod - I use Deadlybossmods to display the boss warnings and timers you see here.
Warlock Management - I use Necrosis to assist in managing Warlock functions and soul shards, you can see these buttons in the bottom right of my UI.
DOT Management - I use Dotimer to display the timers for my dots. You can see this mod to the left of my character in the screenshot.
I also use other mods for out of combat functions, however none of these are shown in the screen shots.
Hope you enjoy the UI!
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Aman'Thul (Oceanic Server)
Fizziks' user interface looks great, and I was shocked and amazed at how little is really on the screen for a DoT class like the affliction warlock. The small, eye level DoT timers are a great addition to the mod, especially being put so close to the character. Having DoT timers situated at a central focal point has always helped me so that there was less I had to dart around the screen to catch going off. Dotimer is an excellent addon to use for this task, as Fizziks has recommended.
Screen real estate is key for Fizziks' user interface. Icecrown is a very positional dungeon, with fights requiring good situational awareness and precise positioning. Having as much screen space dedicated to the environment makes judging what is happening during any given boss encounter makes for a more streamlined raid experience and a happier raid altogether. I very much like that DPS classes can flatten out their raid windows since, opposed to healers, they need to have less interaction with the other raid members during boss encounters. Fizziks' raid information is available to them but situated in such a way that it does not interfere with the view of the action. Tougher for healers, but doable.
Fizziks' user interface puts me at ease. How, you might ask, can a user interface instill such calmness and serenity in you, Mat? This user interface is at full bore during a raid. Granted, DPS classes have arguably less to deal with in the sizeable addon category (raid healing addons are notoriously big) so it is easier to slim down things. Fizziks does it right, though, and it's nice to see a raid user interface that looks clean while the fight rolls on. Deadly Boss Mods is placed to the right and, I'm guessing, the impending boss warnings float in at a larger size towards the center of the screen. Personally, I put the Deadly Boss Mod timers in a far top area of the screen and let them fall down like Tetris pieces, but that's personal preference.
Also, one great decision was the font chosen. I am a stickler for fonts. I watched the Helvetica documentary! Fonts are so much more than ease of sight and understanding information. Fizziks' chosen font works very nicely with the user interface and provides for crisp, clear text. I cannot recommend a font addon like Fontain or, like Fizziks has done, use SharedMedia to insert your own fonts. Take the time to go through fonts and try a lot of them out -- you'll be very impressed with the results the right font can bring.
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First, GNOMES. Second, it absolutely amazes me that everything fits on TWO BARS. Ugh, warlocks. But this proves something invaluable -- by condensing your experience into two bars, you can get rid of a lot of fluff on your screen. For Fizziks, Necrosis is the addon of choice. I deferred to a warlock friend and asked if this is a good move and he agreed. I'm not one to argue with a warlock. Necrosis is a great addon because a lot of the warlock's vital information is presented in a very compact fashion.
So there you have it. Fizziks' UI looks great, even in a raid setting, and keeps a good amount of screen open for what really matters in Icecrown Citadel -- not standing in fire/shadows/puddles/goo/line of sight of Sindragosa's frost bombs/void zones/Canada/death and decay. Excellent job!
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Bartender4 - Download at [Curse] or [WoWInterface]
ButtonFacade - Download at [Curse] or [WoWInterface]
Omen - Download at [Curse] or [WoWInterface]
Recount - Download at [Curse]
Quartz - Download at [Curse] or [WoWInterface]
Buffalo - Download at [Curse]
Prat - Download at [Curse] or [WoWInterface]
SharedMedia - Download at [Curse]
kgPanels - Download at [Curse] or [WoWInterface]
DeadlyBossMods - Download at [Curse] or [WoWInterface]
Necrosis - Download at [WoWInterface]
Dotimer - Download at [Curse]
Fontain - Download at [Curse]
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We've written a ton about Brazil, and for good reason: while still dragging behind it dire legacies of poverty, violence and corruption, Lula's Brazil is plotting out what looks like the first genuinely 21st Century course for the developing world.
And more and more people are noticing; most recently, Wired. In a new piece We Pledge Allegiance to the Penguin, they discuss the explosion of open-source, open-access, copyleft approaches in Brazil:
"Every license for Office plus Windows in Brazil - a country in which 22 million people are starving - means we have to export 60 sacks of soybeans," says Marcelo D'Elia Branco, coordinator of the country's Free Software Project and liaison between the open source community and the national government, now headed by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. "For the right to use one copy of Office plus Windows for one year or a year and a half, until the next upgrade, we have to till the earth, plant, harvest, and export to the international markets that much soy. When I explain this to farmers, they go nuts."
This analysis goes a long way toward explaining why the Lula government loves free software. Brazil's national IT policy these days can more or less be reduced to two words: Linux roolz. "We're not just discussing one product as opposed to another here - Ford versus Fiat," says Sérgio Amadeu da Silveira, the institute's director. "We're talking about different models of development."
It's not a bad piece (though it suffers from some typical old tired Wired-isms, like the need to include a 60s countercultural figure (a "rebel") -- in this case Gilberto Gil -- or the constant, conspicuous absense of poor people). It's worth a read... but it ultimately misses the point entirely.
And I think I know why. After my talk at Poptech, Wired editor Chris Anderson approached me and said he thought the talk was a good one, but that it'd be much better if I "took all that politics out of it."
The idea that you can "take the politics" out of subjects like technology, development, trade regimes and intellectual property systems is, of course, patently absurd. There's practically nothing but politics involved here -- the technical issues, the innovation, are practically trivial in comparison to the politcal challenges involved in creating South-South science or fashioning the Brasilia Consensus. Our entire global system is a political construct, and Brazil is doing its best to hack that system to make it work better for the billions of people on this planet who don't own Microsoft stock. Technology is only a means to an end in that fight.
Brazil isn't engaged in a science project, it's declaring a revolution.
Actually, I agree. Agriculture is BIG NEWS. Arguing about who owns the spoils of Agriculture is SMALL NEWS. Solving problems is a big deal. Arguing about who gets shafted by the unsolved problems is a small deal.
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The buildup of technology knowledge and access in the (previously) third world, due to their use of Open Source, is going to have interesting effects. It's going to give millions of people a voice and get them used to HAVING a voice. This isn't just going to change these countries materially (though it definitely will) it's also going to radically alter them politically in previously unsuspected democratic ways. Open Source voting is much easier to prevent or detect tampering in than Diebold! Just as democracy, self-belief and forward thinking stagnate in the North-Western world, a new form of democracy will rise forcing it to change just to keep up. It's going to be an interesting ride, ladies and gentlemen! (as if you hadn't noticed that already).
In your talk, your point would have been stronger had you mentioned Richard Stallman and GNU in addition to Linux and Linus. The GNU Public License is the foundation of the Free Software movement. It protects, promotes, and sets the general rules by which the collaboration takes place.
Linux is an archtypical example, but the work of the Free Software Foundation encompasses so much more. The Wikipedia, for instance, is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Without the GNU Public License, it's hard to imagine Linux where it is today.
Without the politics, you take the Freedom out of Free Software.
I ran across this accidentally.
Just wish to say,India is kicking Korporate butt with the concept of the "Simputer" from nCoretech &etc,but,already,an class-caste segmentation is occuring there in its' marketing.
An gold-plateing,uppa-Krust model is being mass-marketed,the "Amida",to cream off the luxury PDA market.
Let's hope this doesn't happen in Brazil or other impoverished countries.