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Monday, October 15, 2012
All Eyes on Forever & Always
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Beautiful cards ladies! So much detail too!ReplyDelete
All of these cards are amazing! There is always so much inspiration here :)ReplyDelete
wow this stack looks like a must have!!!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous cards! This is a very pretty stack! I guess this one is getting added to the wishlist!ReplyDelete
- Lisa Sc.October 15, 2012 at 12:32 PM
Those cards are absolutely gorgeous!! I think I need to head to Michael's to check out the Forever & Always stack.ReplyDelete
- RebeccaOctober 15, 2012 at 12:37 PM
absolutely beautiful, next time i head to the city i will need to pick this stack upReplyDelete
What wonderful creations with this stack!ReplyDelete
Wonderful cards --great job and beautiful papers!! thanksReplyDelete
Love all the details on these cards!ReplyDelete
Fantastically Gorgeous!!!! nothing else to say on these!ReplyDelete
Wow!! What gorgeous cards from this stack! I can't wait to get it!!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous cards.ReplyDelete
Gratz! to the winners.ReplyDelete
Love the cards, especially the imagine card with the embossing and coloring, beautifully done. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards! What gorgeous paper and such great inspiration!ReplyDelete
Congrats to the winners too! Have a great week =)
All the cards are beautiful Erin.ReplyDelete
Love that new collection of paper
Beautiful Cards. Love it all....as always. Im so inspired.ReplyDelete
- Joyce EJWOctober 15, 2012 at 5:12 PM
Ooooooo! I love this collection. Love making crds and the papers in this collection are "Timeless" and should be "Forever and Always" in my paper stash. Can't wait to get it andmake lots of cards.ReplyDelete
Love all of the great cards.ReplyDelete
That stack has my name on it and these cards are a-mazing!ReplyDelete
Beautiful cards they are all fantasticReplyDelete
All of the cards are wonderful! What a talented DT!ReplyDelete
These cards are so wonderfully elegant. Thanks to the DT for sharing their creations!ReplyDelete
WOW! What beautiful cards...especially the clock one!ReplyDelete
Lovely projects! OH my goodness....That stack is On My List!!!!ReplyDelete
Seriously beautiful cards!!ReplyDelete
very nice cards. tfs. wish i had an unlimited craft budget - so many stacks, so little $$.ReplyDelete
All these projects are so wonderful & beautiful.ReplyDelete
Holy Cow! I won! Thanks so much Erin! I love the cards! That fairy is fabulous! TFS Hugs, JessReplyDelete
such pretty cards!ReplyDelete
this is a classic stack for sure! all the cards are very beautiful!ReplyDelete
Wow that is one stack worth owning, such beautiful cards.ReplyDelete
Very lovely cards, I really like the black with white one.ReplyDelete
Carla from Utah
*Sigh* Such beautiful cards!ReplyDelete
- ChelseyOctober 16, 2012 at 3:13 PM
Those black and white pages are delicious. I can't wait to get my hands on them.ReplyDelete
All cards are so nice!ReplyDelete
Beautiful cards! Excellent job!ReplyDelete
These are all gorgeous but I really really love the second one! Beautiful image!ReplyDelete
What gorgeous cards! They are so inspiring. Thanks for sharing them with us!ReplyDelete
great cards and congrats to the winnersReplyDelete
Beautiful cards! Congrats to the winners:)ReplyDelete
Peace, Love, & Cricut Hugs!
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- TracyM #6773October 18, 2012 at 2:32 AM
ALWAYS love bold B&W cards!!!ReplyDelete
That being said, my favourite today is the beautiful one at the top from the Forever and Always stack - LOVE IT!!!
- TracyM #6773October 18, 2012 at 2:34 AM
Oops - forgot to say CONGRATULATIONS to the lucky winners :)ReplyDelete
I will ALWAYS & FOREVER love DCWV. Look at these incredible creations in Black & White made with your paper!! How inspiring !!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats to the winners..ReplyDelete
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The long-overdue honor caps a long list of accolades for one of the best football players in school history, who completed his collegiate career by receiving the Morris Trophy as the Pacific-10 Conference's top offensive lineman his senior year. The first-team all-conference and All-Coast choice, who played for the Ducks from 1980-83, earned the rare distinction of receiving league player-of-the-week acclaim following a 1983 win over
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The question I was thinking of was "How do you make a good video game remake?" A straight port refers to a game that has been remade and nothing has been changed good or bad. A bad port is where something has been changed and for worse happenstance. A good port or as I would like to call a remake is where someone has fixed the problems that had plagued the game in the first place.
I will give you a perfect example of a remake, Resident Evil for the Playstation. While in my opinion to be a classic great game, it has its list of problems: camera angles, voice acting, graphics (while good for its time), fighting system, inventory, useless items (the knife for example). The boys and girls at Capcom took this game and molded it to the 21st Century by way of Resident Evil for the Gamecube and Resident Evil Deadly Silence for the Nintendo Dual Screen. Between the two of them they fixed all the problems of the previous game (s) and even adding new puzzles, better graphics, voice acting, puzzles, new weapons and play styles. If you are a Resident Evil fan I highly recommend buying these two games and reintroducing yourself to the game series that started the survival horror genre.
As much as I love Chrono Trigger I would have to say I am disappointed with Chrono Trigger for the DS. The bar for remaking games has been set very high in my opinion with the purchase of Resident Evil DS. The only things that is different for Chrono Trigger is the use of the dual screen with maps and for fighting, a monster fighting mode and an extra dungeon. The website made it look like there was going to be all these extra features like new places to go and extra characters. I am very disappointed with Chrono Trigger DS, I feel enough was not put into this remake.
There are also game collections like Midway Arcade Classics. I am not expecting any real changes. It is a nice touch when there are some improvements. I think these are a good deal and give you a lot of games in one package. These are examples of straight ports and usually play like how they did in the arcade.
There have unfortunately have also been a lot of poorly done remakes. This , in my opinion is where little or nothing has been done to improve the game or it is worse. The first game I think of is Rayman DS, this, is one of the first games I ever played for the DS. When I first played the Playstation 2 version it was known as Rayman Revolution. The games at its core are really the same game. You take a copy of Rayman Revolution (one of my favorite all time games) and squeeze into a Gameboy you get Rayman DS. Rayman Revolution, which in its own is a great remake/port/sequel to Rayman for the Playstation. The first game in the series (called Rayman) was, in my opinion a mediocre side scrolling game. Rayman Revolution is in my opinion was a perfect launch title for the Playstation 2. Add this to a list that includes Tekken Tag, The Bouncer and Metal Gear 2: Sons of Liberty. With its mind blowing graphics, soundtrack, controls and fight system I am still blown away. You take a copy of Rayman Revolution and you first put it in a washing machine, dryer and throw it down a couple of flights of stairs and you get Rayman DS. Compared to Super Mario DS (like Rayman DS was also a launch game) it is paled by comparison. Shoddy graphics, bad play controls, bad use of the second screen. I really hope that Rayman 3DS is better, but I am not hoping too high.
I am happy to say I love what Treasure/Sega has done with Guardian Heroes for the Xbox Live. The original game was great for the Sega Saturn (remember that system?). It had a really good two player mode and six player multiplayer arena. When you played the two player game every enemy that you defeated you could play them in the multiplayer mode. Before Castle Crashers this was the Action RPG game to play besides of Secret of Mana.
The story of Guardian Heroes is of a puppet monarchy and of the evil wizard Kanon, that is pulling all the strings. There are six main heroes, four you can control from the beginning. There is Samuel Han the Knight who choses to wield the Heroes Sword, he is a skillful fighter but can only throw fire balls. There is Ginjiro Ibushi, the Ninja and my favorite character. He is a good balance of fighting might and his wielding of lighting magic makes him deadly on the battlefield. There is also Randy M. Green and Nando his rabbit. He is the black mage of the game and wields many powerful spells. He is no slouch on the battlefield as well. Nicole Neale is the white mage of the game and has two attack spells, then a barrier spell and a healing spell. Joining your quest is Serena Corsaire (an unlockable character in the main game). With a mysterious past and joins you from the beginning, what is her true intention? Also early in the game you meet a very helpful Undead Warrior, he is controlled by the computer but he has many commands that help you out. What does he have to do with the Heroes Sword?
I say battlefield but this game plays like any good brawler with great RPG elements. This game includes a backup system for both versions (Saturn and Xbox Live). After you beat sections you are able to allocate points to different skills like Strength, Vitality, Intelligence, Mental Protection, Agility and Luck. The game then saves for the Xbox Live version. If you are seeing similarities between this game and Castle Crashers you would be right.
This might be kind of long but I would like to state all of the improvements for Guardian Heroes for Xbox Live, a true example of a great remake.
Twelve player matches (as opposed to six for the Saturn), online play, you can now skip dialogue, shorter load times, dialogue fixed (for the most part), jump in online co-op, arcade mode survival, remix mode with counters, improved graphics option, training mode, achievements, and all this for the bargain price of only 800 points (ten dollars).
I hope to see you on sometime on Xbox Live, my gamertag is Biohazardjunkie. I would be more than happy to teach you how to play the game.
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DANIEL JOSEPH MARTINEZ Campus residency: April 4 - 8 Exhibition: April 4 - May 14
An exhibition of new work by Daniel Joseph Martinez, including photographic prints and "text paintings" made of raw pigments and clay, will open April 4 at the Pasadena City College art gallery. Martinez is Pasadena City College's twenty-fifth annual Artist-in-Residence.
"Through the wormhole, I can see myself as I once was a minute ago. But what if I use the wormhole to shoot my earlier self? He's now dead. So who fired the shot?" was designed by Martinez specifically for the PCC gallery. In the gallery's main space, he is presenting a group of 34 x 27 inch color photographic prints. Each depicts a single bonsai tree on a stand, in winter, against the blurred, abstracted background of a national flag. Each photo was taken with a very shallow depth of focus. The pairing of unique bonsai trees—all of which were personally trained and cared for by Martinez—with the cropped and unfocused backdrop of a flag—a different flag in every piece—activates a rich set of connotations that invite questions about the relationships between nature, aesthetics and social control.
Daniel Joseph Martinez is internationally recognized for his politically charged art. He employs diverse media to address the nature of democracy, citizenship, cultural memory and "the future of the species." Martinez is an artist whose work "unapologetically probes uncomfortable issues of personal and collective identity, seeking out threadbare spots in the fabric of conventional wisdom," according to critic Jeffrey Kastner. "A strategic provocateur with a keen intelligence and a wicked sense of humor, Martinez deploys the full range of available media in his practice, having used at various times (and in various combinations) text, image, sculpture, video, and performance to construct his uniquely tough-minded brand of aesthetic inquiry."
Martinez's work has been exhibited internationally since 1978. He was a prominent participant in the critically polarizing 1993 Whitney Biennial exhibition of American art, intervening in the museum's operation with a piece that became one of his best known: Martinez replaced the standard museum badges that visitors are required to wear with badges that bore all or part of the phrase, "I can't–imagine–ever wanting–to be–white."
In 2006 he officially represented the United States in the Cairo Biennial. Other international exhibitions include the 2004 San Juan Triennial, the 2005 Lima Biennial, and the 2007 Moscow Biennial. Martinez is represented by The Simon Preston Gallery in New York; in addition to numerous one-person gallery exhibitions, he recently participated in the 2008 Whitney Biennial, the California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art (2008), the Houston FotoFest Biennial (2010) and the Quebec biennial in Quebec City, Canada (2010). His room-sized 2008 installation, "redemption of the flesh, its just a little bruise; the politics of the future as urgent as the blue sky," was part of the 2010 exhibition The Artist's Museum, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
Martinez has been recognized with three National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships, a Getty Fellowship, a Pollock / Krasner fellowship, a United States Artists grant, and the 2010 Fellows of Contemporary Art Fellowship, among other awards.
A graduate of California Institute of the Arts, he is a Professor of Theory, Practice, and Mediation of Contemporary Art at the University of California, Irvine. He lives and works in the Crenshaw district in South Los Angeles.
A substantial book devoted to his career, Daniel Joseph Martinez: A Life of Disobedience, was published in 2009 by Hatje Cantz.
Pasadena City College launched an ambitious program in 1987 that brings prominent artists for a weeklong stay on campus, where the artists interact closely with students, faculty, and the larger campus community. In addition to his exhibition in the PCC Gallery, Daniel Joseph Martinez will spend the week of April 4 through 8 on campus, during which time he will present a public lecture and work closely with a group of PCC art students.
Through this program, PCC has hosted celebrated artists such as painters Masami Teraoka and Wayne Thiebaud; installation artist Alexis Smith; quilt maker Faith Ringgold; eco-political art collective Futurefarmers; illustrator and "futurist" Syd Mead; painter and comics artist Gary Panter and photographer William Wegman. Each artist also donated works of art to the college, which are displayed in the Shatford Library and Boone Sculpture Garden.
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New KC Fed Chief Esther George Sounds Hawkish Note, Warning of Farmland Bubble
New Kansas City Fed President Esther George has found a way to stand out from the crowd of talking Fed heads this week: Bubble identification!
George had some fairly hawkish things to say today, in the context of discussing the risks of the Fed's extraordinary policy moves lately:
Policy choices that attempt to speed improvement in the housing and labor markets can be attractive given these circumstances. But this desire must be traded off against the need to foster long-term stability within our financial sector.
On the one hand, today's policy settings are designed to encourage risk-taking and to stimulate much-needed growth across our economy. But on the other hand, experience has shown that pushing risk taking too far can cause the mispricing of risk, the misallocation of capital and the ultimate weakening of financial firms' balance sheets.
And where does she see such risk developing? Not far from home:
Today, in our own Midwestern backyard, farmland values are soaring to unprecedented levels. Each week brings a new tale of dizzying prices at the most recent farmland auction. I hear from many well-informed, concerned voices across our region wondering whether this could be a bubble. Only time will tell; however, these types of events have played out in the past, and the results were not kind to the industry involved or its banks. There may be other sectors experiencing similar conditions that will not be obvious without the benefit of hindsight. This is a common pattern with mispriced risk.
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Our panelists answer questions about the week's news: First up: Ninth Meal.
Right now, panel, time for you to answer some questions about this week's news. Brian, nutritionists and weight loss experts now claim the best way to lose weight and lower your cholesterol is to do what? It's slightly counterintuitive. I'll tell you that.
BRIAN BABYLON: It's actually to eat more.
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BABYLON: You need to eat least eat nine meals a day.
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BABYLON: Nine meals a day.
GROSZ: Yep, very good. It turns out that eating many small meals a day, instead of just the traditional three meals, is actually the real secret to appetite suppression. And that's because it keeps your blood sugar level steady, and because you're eating nine meals a day.
ADAM FELBER: So Taco Bell was on the right track.
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FELBER: They only went to fourth meal.
GROSZ: Well that's the thing is if you're really paying attention and you want to do it right, you got to eat breakfast, lunch, dinner and then you have to make room for brunch, blunch, slunch, slupper, linner, brepper and dunch.
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GROSZ: Also, an interesting...
FELBER: And why are you serving me that? That's not a blunch food.
GROSZ: Yeah, exactly. Well, wait ten minutes and it'll be blunch.
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Twenty-nine minors who entered the country unaccompanied by adults appeared Wednesday before Judge James Loprest, Jr., some with attorneys, others with family by their sides. Six-year-old Gabriela and her brother Brandon Lopez, 15, were among the minors hoping to be allowed to legally stay with family already living in the U.S.
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Hello, I've got a problem with APM and Raptor 50 heli
I trying to set up APM on Raptor 50 with Glow engine. I connect my JR RC control to APM next variant:
rx in out
1 trotle(pitch) ----> 3 3
2 ailer ----> 1 1
3 elevator ----> 2 2
4 rudder ----> 4 4
my transmitter sets up in "airoplane mode"
The essence of the problem: I don't understand how set up the swash plate. On helicopter installed 90 degrees swash plate I tried different variants of degrees setup. For example:
servo1 90 (aileron??)
servo2 0 (elevator??)
servo3 180 (pitch??)
ailerons works normal, but elevator and pitch mix some strange.
please help me....
p.s. Sorry for bad English
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I will give it a go today, Robert has a good plan, I was waiting for 2.4 release before starting, it has the best chance of working well.
Sweet! I look forward to seeing the results.
Here's what Randy said about the issue in another thread.
"It's not terribly difficult to get a non-mixed input working but it's lower down on the to-do list so it won't be done for a while.
In case someone else wants to have a try at it - there are separate routines in the Heli.pde for both turning the ccpm inputs from the RX into separate roll, pitch, yaw and collective commands and the opposite of turning these commands back into ccpm outputs to the servos. The catch is that then we would need to have a new set-up routine to capture min + max servo values, servo direction, etc. At the moment, the set-up only works for CCPM."
Sounds like the routines for setting up the servos is designed around CCPM. The unmixed swashplate setup will apparently need entirely new setup routines.
This is getting a little over my head. I don't have ArduPilot hardware yet myself. I just recently ordered my first setup, and I'll be waiting for it for a while because it's a new APM 2.0 preorder (should ship this next week I think, judging by the order numbers they're posting on their status updates). I've just been doing all my flying in HiL mode to get a feel for how the software is supposed to work, using a barebones Arduino Mega 2560 as the platform until I get the real hardware.
Once I get my own hardware and get to play with the real thing, I'll have more insight into how the software's put together, and hopefully I'll be more help.
@Chris, All,
That comment was from the old ccpm set-up which was much more complicated and actually required you to send in mixed signals from the TX. I.e. the TX had to be set-up in helicopter mode. That's been changed now so the TX sends regular unmixed signals just like it does for the quad. So the solution is easier now.
The scaling is actually quite easy. If I knew exactly what I had to scale TO, I'd be done in 1 hour. I just haven't got my head around that yet. It's that RC_Channel library, it's not clear. It's a good library I think, it's just not clear, needs commenting.
While working on latest ACM 2.4 pull from Git, I find this problem,
How do you enable show line numbers in Arduino 23 relax MacOS IDE? I can't find the options.
I have a compile error, ArduCopter.cpp:6388:2: error: #endif without #if
but, Arducopter.pde only has ~ 2150 lines??
Any Ideas?
There are so many #if #endif conditions to check...
That's strange Mark. I would suggest pulling from the download section and try compiling from that. The GIT is in a constant state of flux. You never know what you're going to get. You could have pulled while somebody was in the middle of checking in changes.
Thanks Robert, I wish it was that easy.
I started with clean code, all was compiling fine with my changes before I applied my unknown Vodoo?
I must have deleted a #if statement some where?
Current compile errors from code for new Frame_Config = Heli_90_Frame for Raptors etc.
I can probably fix all soon but, the 1st one, I have spent hours on !.
I usually compile after a few changes but this error got by me.
ArduCopter.cpp:6691:2: error: #endif without #if
ArduCopter.cpp: In function 'void heli_reset_swash()':
Heli_90:64: error: 'heli_rollFactor' was not declared in this scope
Heli_90:74: error: 'heli_pitchFactor' was not declared in this scope
ArduCopter.cpp: In function 'void heli_init_swash()':
Heli_90:110: error: 'heli_pitchFactor' was not declared in this scope
Heli_90:114: error: 'heli_rollFactor' was not declared in this scope
Heli_90:128: error: 'heli_servo_out' was not declared in this scope
ArduCopter.cpp: In function 'void heli_move_swash(int, int, int, int)':
Heli_90:194: error: 'heli_rollFactor' was not declared in this scope
Heli_90:195: error: 'heli_pitchFactor' was not declared in this scope
Heli_90:207: error: 'heli_servo_out' was not declared in this scope
Heli_90:211: error: 'heli_servo_out_count' was not declared in this scope
ArduCopter.cpp: In function 'void init_motors_out()':
motors_quad:32: error: redefinition of 'void init_motors_out()'
Heli_90:250: error: 'void init_motors_out()' previously defined here
ArduCopter.cpp: In function 'void motors_output_enable()':
motors_quad:39: error: redefinition of 'void motors_output_enable()'
Heli_90:257: error: 'void motors_output_enable()' previously defined here
ArduCopter.cpp: In function 'void output_motors_armed()':
motors_quad:47: error: redefinition of 'void output_motors_armed()'
Heli_90:270: error: 'void output_motors_armed()' previously defined here
ArduCopter.cpp: In function 'void output_motors_disarmed()':
motors_quad:154: error: redefinition of 'void output_motors_disarmed()'
Log:1: error: 'void output_motors_disarmed()' previously defined here
ArduCopter.cpp: In function 'void output_motor_test()':
motors_quad:185: error: redefinition of 'void output_motor_test()'
Log:11: error: 'void output_motor_test()' previously defined here\
I don't think I can help you with that, from here.
I might as well mention this here. I've created a remote clone of the Arducopter project which I'll be using for this work. I don't know if maybe we should all use it to avoid duplicating work?
(I haven't made any changes yet).
But, I think that you got a good idea to start with. What I propose is to change all instances in the code of "Heli_Frame" to "Heli_Frame_CCPM". This will represent our current code.
Then we make a new #define, but I would prefer to call it "Heli_Frame_Mechanical_Mixed" or "Heli_Frame_H1". I want to make sure it's very clear what is what. Which is best? I think that "Heli_90_Frame" could be confused with 90° CCPM mixing, which does exist. Some helis have 4 swash servos at 90°. Yes, this means it's overconstrained, but for some reason it is done.
I would not change existing HELI_FRAME just use it as is, less change is better /easy?
HELI_H1_FRAME seems less descriptive than HELI_90_FRAME, Maybe HELI_NORM_FRAME?
Or maybe CCPM_FRAME and NORM_FRAME fewer characters, but still descriptive.
I am aware of 90° CCPM, but It is a special case that requires no Pitch servo, but uses 4 servos for collective mix (more power to move swash plate) similar to 120° CCPM mixing but at 90°
I found the missing "}" that caused Error #1, Whoo!
A lot of times its called single servo, CCPM_FRAME ........ SINGLE_SERVO_FRAME....although its a bit long in the name :)


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I was talking to one of the engineers on my team the other day about bugfixing and unit tests.
We've reached the bugfixing stage in our project. To fix a bug, one must do a lot of thinking about the case that fails. Clearly, one must change the behavior in a particular case from incorrect to correct. But one must also ensure that the correct behaviors that occur in all the other cases are preserved. So, the goal isn't just to make some test change from fail to pass; it's to make sure that all the cases are handled correctly at the same time.
It's surprising how often people forget this. Sometimes a developer will make a change, and if the failing test succeeds, they think they're done. If they haven't ensured that all of the other cases are still correct, they're being irresponsible. (A greater irresponsibility is with managers who don't understand this.)
When dealing with code -- whether writing it initially or fixing bugs in it later -- a developer has to do a tremendous amount of reasoning, analysis, and thinking about all the cases the code has to handle. Unfortunately, the results of this thinking are rarely written down anywhere.
Sometimes these results are written into design documents. These are usually separate from the code, they get out of date, and nobody reads them anyway. Sometimes these results are written into comments. People sometimes reads the comments, but they're so often out of date that they aren't to be believed anyway.
"When the comments and the code differ, both are probably wrong." -- attributed to Dennis Ritchie
The best place to write down these results is in unit tests. A good suite of unit tests acts as a reviewer who checks all the "other" cases for you automatically. If you run the unit tests all the time, they don't get out of date, either.
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On January 20, San Diego's Board of Supervisors filed a lawsuit against the state of California, claiming that California's medical marijuana law conflicts with federal law and should be overturned.
This action is against the wishes of an overwhelming majority of San Diegans. According to a January poll commissioned by the Marijuana Policy Project, 67 percent of San Diegans support California's medical marijuana law, and 70 percent said the county should follow state law and implement the medical marijuana ID program. 78 percent said that the county shouldn't sue to overturn the state's medical marijuana law, and 62 percent indicated that they would be less likely to re-elect their supervisor if he or she voted in favor of the lawsuit.
Medical marijuana patient Rudy Reyes refused to stand idly by and allow the county supervisors to attack the law that protects him and thousands of patients like him, and -- with the help of MPP and Americans for Safe Access -- he's fighting back.
Reyes has third-degree burns on 75 percent of his body from the 2003 southern California cedar fire and is plagued every day with intense pain, sleeplessness, and muscle contractions. He relies on marijuana-based topical creams, which alleviate his pain and prevent his skin from drying up and cracking into open sores.
With the support of MPP and Americans for Safe Access, Reyes, along with retired nurse Claudia Little and San Diego resident Dwight Filley, filed an initiative to limit the county supervisors to two terms in office, effective retroactively. Since each member of the board has already served at least two full terms, this initiative is a major threat to the political power and security that the supervisors currently have. MPP and ASA expect to begin gathering signatures in mid-February; people interested in helping in this effort should visit www.mpp.org/CA for information.
"Politicians shouldn't interfere with the medical decisions that my doctors and I make," Reyes said. "It's a relief to know that county voters support patients, and the Board of Supervisors should listen to the people who elected them."
Meanwhile, the board refuses to listen and is pushing forward with its lawsuit. But make no mistake about it: According to the U.S. Constitution, the federal government can ban medical use of marijuana if it wants to, but it cannot force states to do the same, and it cannot criminalize the actions of states such as California that choose to allow medical marijuana under state law.
The suit is wrong morally, politically, and legally. Morally, the supervisors are putting the sick and wounded on the front lines of the "War on Drugs." Politically, the clear majority of voters do not approve of the supervisors' choice to sue the state. And legally, the state of California has not broken any federal laws by implementing the medical marijuana law. It's simply a matter of time before the court throws out the suit altogether – and before San Diego voters do the same to their county board.
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His photos, always obtained from inside trains, automobiles, airplanes and buses, have a duality between the technically perfect image and blur, distressed, faded photos.
The light is always a vital component in the work of Ricardo: if abundantly present the image suffers less, the camera's sensitivity increases and decreases distortion. Where, instead, the light fades, a new image, full of mystery and fantastic distortions appears.
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Ricardo Hage was an art researcher and professor in Brazil for many years. Now works with photography and design. Through his personal website publishes his works, where he keeps a mobile diary powered by an iPhone. Also maintains a virtual environments at Second Life for exhibitions and research. Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil
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I've been falling off the wagon, self sabotaging, but this is not a blog about falling, it's about jumping back as soon as possible. I want to get back in a healthy groove.
As I've been observing the different parts of my mind at work, I've noticed there are 3 main players: the rebel, judge and victim. And it's like watching an insane basketball game, when the ball is passed between players, and whoever has the ball is the focus of my attention. The victim is the star player, and wants to be right, wants to say: I told you so, I can't win, the odds are against me, I'm hopeless and helpless. The victim, in order to be right, passes the ball to the rebel, who sabotages my weight loss efforts with thoughts of deprivation, cravings, and overeating. The rebel passes to the judge, who blames the rebel and then the victim, and the victim dunks the ball and gets the so-called satisfaction of being right.
I want lower the volume on the cast of characters; don't believe their points of view; lower the volume; tame my mind, and get back to thinking clearly. It's hard when the game gets going it has it's own momentum. I have to blow the whistle and send the team to the showers.
I start by observing that this is going on. Then focusing my attention on what's real and physical, and not mental. (more to come)
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The analogy that seems to work best for me is The Committee. I have a whole series of "Inner Me"s on the committee--Inner Child, Inner Teenager, Inner Mom, Inner Beancounter, and so on. The "meetings" tend to go best when the "real" me, the evolving me, takes over the meetings. I can't ignore any other committee member, but I do have to take the time to understand their real agenda. Once I do, it's easier to find an action my current me can take that suits us all, as it were.
If your basketball analogy seems to work best for you, I wonder if you could recruit a few more players? Players who could, for instance, co-opt the rebel into making you a stunning success story against all odds? Maybe you need to pull the judge off the team, and retrain her as ref? Yes, there might be times when the players on *your* team commit a foul, but sometimes life throws you a foul, too, ya know? Get that inner judge working on when to cut yourself some slack instead of saying you''re too slack... The victim may need validation--someone to acknowledge the rough patches you've been through, without allowing that inner victim to melt into a puddle of self pity. Hmmmm. Maybe what you need is a coach for your team?
"I want lower the volume on the cast of characters; don't believe their points of view;"
Lowering the volume is fine, but I'd be careful about not believing their points of view. You have these characters for a reason. If you try suppressing or ignoring them, you're likely to see them come back stronger. You can believe and understand the points of view without believing that they're telling the whole story.
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Ah, this was a great way of describing that mental struggle! My rebel is so powerful that I can't even let myself think the words "I want to go on a diet" without backlashing, so I sympathize. Maybe the trick is recruiting a whole new kind of player... or maybe it's just changing the game altogether?
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The Kansas City Chiefs drafted Oregon running back De'Anthony Thomas in the fourth round of the NFL Draft Saturday, giving them a talented offensive player that will be asked to replace Pro Bowl kick returner, Dexter McCluster, who left the Chiefs via free agency during the off-season.
Thomas (5-9 174-lbs), played collegiately for the offensive juggernaut Oregon Ducks for three seasons and scouts universally call him one of the most "electric" players in the draft. According to NFLDraftScout.com, he boasts "remarkable elusiveness, instant acceleration and the speed to pull away from defenders to make him a legitimate threat to score each time he touches the ball. Shows good vision, locating holes and slithering through them to get into the open field."
Thomas will likely get the first chance to take the slot receiver role McCluster played in KC. As a receiver, which will be critical for him playing for Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, Thomas has "soft, natural hands for the reception, easily snagging passes and securing them quickly. Tougher than he looks, showing a willingness to lower his shoulder and fight through initial contact to gain as much yardage as possible."
Thomas leaves Oregon in the conversation as the best all-purpose player in school history. His 5,345 career yards rank #3 all-time behind Oregon legends LaMichael James and Kenjon Barner, with whom Thomas teamed in the Ducks' most recent Pac-12 championship season of 2011. Thomas holds Oregon records for kickoff return yards (1,885) and punt return average (17.1), and he's fourth in career scoring (278 points).
Thomas, much like Kansas City's third round pick, cornerback Phillip Gaines, ran track in college, which became evident in his 4.4 time in the 40 yard dash at the NFL Combine. Thomas anchored the 4x100-meter relay that advanced to the 2012 NCAA Championships and ran the sixth-fastest time in school history, 39.89 seconds.
Thomas will be given every chance to replace McCluster in 2014 and considering the biggest knock on the Oregon back is that he lacked the build and size to handle a full work load as an NFL running back. The key to keeping Thomas on the field will be limiting his touches to 10-15 per game, including returns. The difference is that, with his speed and elusiveness, Thomas has the chance to score from anywhere on the field.
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Kids and pirates pretty much go together, and there's no better time to steer the ship of counterpane than when one is supposed to be sleeping. Cal Poly Universities' "Bedtime Buccaneers" played on the theme 2014 Rose Parade theme "Dreams Come True" with pajama-clad siblings following their dream of hidden treasure.
The float won the Crown City Innovation Trophy for Best Use of Imagination & Innovation To Advance The Art Of Float Design. The innovation was a rippling effect created by individually vialed blue and white iris that wowed viewers. The vials were mounted on a mechanical assembly that created an oscillating surface that really did look like lapping waves.
In the children's imagination, their bed was a sturdy ship and their toy box became a treasure chest filled with bounty and strange sea creatures on a small satellite float marked with a big red X. The entirety of the children's ship–the bed, chest in front, dresser in back, and the mast–rolled and pitched just as if it were on the open ocean. Booming cannon on both sides ofthe bed fire blasted of CO2 smoke and recoiled in succession.
Cal Poly was the only float this year to receive the California Grown certification attesting that 85 percent of the floral material was grown in the state. It also used blue statice, marigolds and bougainvillea grown in the Cal Poly fields. The checkerboard quilt was created from yellow, pink and orange roses. More than 12,000 roses, 15,000 irises, 10,000 stems of orange carnations, and 25,000 white button mums were used on the float.
The float was designed by Andrea Swanson and built by students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly Pomona. The two schools work on halves of the float separately, then hook them together in Pomona for final work in the fall prior to the Jan. 1 parade. This was Cal Poly's 66th Rose Parade float.
"We are all college students earning degrees that we use to accomplish our dreams through our careers and communities. Our dreams do come true," the team said in press material. Because they are so proud of their work and because readers are likely to see their names on other floats after they leave Cal Poly, the riders' full info is listed here. They have all worked on the float for multiple years and contributed significantly to design and construction.
- Driver: Ian Davison – 3rd year Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Mechanical Engineering Major and 2014 Rose Float Construction Chair
- Observer: Amy Van de Poel – Senior year at Cal Poly Pomona Mechanical Engineering Major and 2014 Rose Float Construction Chair Animation
- Operator: Kendall Searing – 3rd year Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Electrical Engineering Major
- Drive Engine Operator: Loren MacDonald – 3rd year Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Mechanical Engineering Major
- Satellite Operator: Nolan Whitener – 4th year Cal Poly Pomona Mechanical Engineering Major
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Let's leave those Microsoft Project Pink phones aside and concentrate our attention a bit on another unannounced smartphone that's coming soon to Verizon: the HTC Incredible.
Unlike Microsoft's handsets, which run an unidentified OS that resemble Windows Phone 7, the HTC Incredible runs Android 2.1. The smartphone has just appeared in new leaked photos, which show it next to the old T-Mobile G1 aka HTC Dream.
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Cherise McCormick is a 38 year old actress from San Fierro who appeared on a popular 80's sitcom. McCormick is said to have developed drug and alcohol problems since falling out of the public eye and is also believed to have appeared in porn movies for crack cocaine. In addition she has six known convictions: for, possession of cocaine in 2001, Driving While Intoxicated in 2003, Resisting Arrest in 2004, possession of crack cocaine in 2005, Prostitution in 2006 and finally a conviction for an obscene performance in the year 2007. In 2008 she appeared on the hit T.V. show Waning with the Stars.
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- Famous actress on popular 80s sitcom.
- Drug and alcohol problems since falling out of the public eye.
- Believed to be participating in pornographic movies in exchange for crack cocaine.
- Currently featured on the TV show "Waning With The Stars"
- Her character's name on the 80's sitcome she was in was "Tiffany Gibson", which references two popular pop-stars of the 1980's: Tiffany Darwish and Debbie Gibson, respectively.


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Beyonce's "Best Thing I Never Had" might not have cracked our career top ten for the singer, and we still don't think it's the best single choice ("I Care"! "Countdown"! Promote those!) But that doesn't mean we won't watch the video when it's out. And since "when it's out" was last night, catch up here on the best Thursday-night plans you possibly never had!
Two obvious bits of headline bait here: B's wedding and what may or may not be B's prom. Summary: Beyonce surrogate meets boy, boy hits on girl who isn't Beyonce's surrogate, then cut to lots of sun-dappled golf courses and boudoirs and Beyonce singing to the camera in negligees and wedding dresses the world will fawn over, looking quite overjoyed about it all. Let this be two lessons to promgoers: 1) things can improve! 2) Cameras see everything, including figurative ass-showing!


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1999 Outdoor: A hurdle specialist . . . An NCAA qualifier in the 400-meter hurdles, where she finished 18th in a time of 58.35 . . . Also a provisional qualifier as part of the 4x400-meter relay . . . Two-time Conference USA champion, as she won the 400 hurdles (58.61) and the 4x400-meter relay (3:37.80) . . . Helped Tulane capture its first Championship of Americas award at the Penn Relays in the Distance Medley Relay with a time of 10:55.71 . . . The Wave finished the year with the nation's top-ranked DMR.
1999 Indoor: A first-team all-Conference USA performer as part of Tulane's victorious 4x400-meter relay team (3:45.70) . . . Also finished fifth in the 400 meters at the C-USA Championships (57.56) . . .Ran her fastest 400 of the indoor season (57.49) at Baton Rouge, La., on Jan. 16.
1998 Outdoor: An NCAA Provisional Qualifier in the 400-meter hurdles, finished 18th with a time of 58.35 . . . Ran a season-best 58.35 400m hurdles at the Penn Relays . . . Finished third at the C-USA Championships, earning all-conference honors.
1998 Indoor: Qualified for the NCAA Championships as part of the Distance Medley Relay that finished ninth . . . Finished fifth at the C-USA Championships in the 400m with a time of 56.35 . . . Her best time of the season was a 55.02 (an NCAA provisional qualifier) at the Cannon IV Classic . . . Member of C-USA record-setting 4x400-meter relay team.
1997 Outdoor: Placed eighth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Conference USA meet.Won the 400-meter hurdles at Tulane Relays (1:00.14)
1997 Indoor: Set school record in 400 meters (54.06) Feb. 8 in Indianapolis to qualify for NCAA meet . . . Finished 22nd in the 400m at the NCAA Championships . Also posted No. 2 all-time performances in 200 (25.23) and 800 (2:14.62).Fourth in 200 at C-USA meet, running season-best time in final.Had top qualifying time at conference meet in 400 (56.19), but was second in final (55.79) .Named Conference USA women's athlete of the week Feb. 10 for school-record effort.
Prep: Six-time track MVP.Third at Canadian junior national meet in 1995 and 1996 in 400 hurdles.MVP of Etobicoke Huskie Striders in 1994.
Personal: Born March 12, 1977, in North York, Canada.Full name is Charlotte Tamara Plummer.Parents are Mary Alexander and Trevor Plummer.Intended major is psychology.


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Murray's BrieWhen the mushroomy, garlicky intensity of Fromage de Meaux is more than you want, pasteurized French Brie offers a creamy and mild, buttery flavor familiar to all who have purchased most other well-known brands. This one is a true double creme 60% brie, meaning it is 60% butterfat in dry matter (but 100% brie). Sturdy and economical enough for baking in pastry or slicing for artsy sammies. Light bodied, fruity whites are best for pairing. Read More


text: 23 September 2012 archive See all show photos IT might have taken a while to start (and it did), but when it got going, it was clear to see what Salvatore Ferragamo's Massimiliano Giornetti had on the brain: riding. "Yes, but I wanted to reinvent everything, reinvent the shapes, to make it cool and contemporary. I wanted to show the two sides of a woman and for it not to be classic," he said by way of explaining his spring/summer 2013 collection, which was suited to a tough and self-assured woman, all gold chains, lacing, rivets and buckles as it was, and had plenty of equestrian references. It was a concise collection with a neat colour palette of black and biscuit – and the gold that came with those chains worn around the neck and on the rivets of trousers and belts that were slung low on the hip (we saw emphasis on the hip earlier in the day at Marni too). It was trench coat and riding jacket-heavy with boots you wouldn't want to mess with – thick-high and laced all the way up the back. Funnel necks buttoned up more jackets and there was a prevalent use of luxe skins, as well as summer suede, all of which contributed to a protective and armour-like sensibility. It was a focused collection, but at times did seem rather more suited to autumn/winter than spring/summer – but then he did say he wanted to reinvent everything. Jessica Bumpus Continue reading Back to top


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This was clearly not the case upon Israel's inception — 66 years ago this week — as it was forced repeatedly to defend its very existence on the battlefield and its legitimacy in the international arena. Historical developments, strategic challenges and socio-economic necessities have all converged in a way we could only dream about back in 1948.
This is no small feat, particularly in a region where stability has never looked more fragile in our surroundings than today.
Perhaps no example illustrates this evolving status better than Israel's relations with its neighbor to the east, Jordan, with whom we maintain a formal peace treaty since 1994. Indeed, bilateral meetings between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and King Abdullah are a matter of routine, with the meeting this past January following three such meetings in 2013.
Reflecting the maturity of the Israel-Jordan ties, mishaps and disagreements between the two countries are handled as they would be in any healthy bilateral relationship. The recent death of a Jordanian judge at the Allenby border crossing, for example, was quickly followed by Israel's launching of a probe and expression of regret.
To our north, the civil war in Syria has brought its own challenges in terms of Israel's security, our approach to that country's future leadership, as well as our ties with the country's civilian population. This, in addition to the parallel challenges to other countries friendly to Israel that border on Syria.
Despite the complexities, Israel's approach has clearly won it admiration among many on the other side of the border. Syrian refugees eagerly avail themselves of the humanitarian aid we provide — not only in Israel itself, but as far as Bulgaria — and Israeli nongovernmental organizations are providing humanitarian aid within Syria itself. It is therefore not surprising that opposition figures have spoken positively and publicly about our conduct.
Also in the Syrian context, the developing chaos there is fueling the creation of alternative commercial routes to which Israel can also be a partner.
To our south in Egypt, bilateral relations have weathered developments in a country which was the first to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, to this day a central pillar in the building blocks of regional stability.
The scarcity of natural resources in the region has also begun to play a role in the changing attitude toward Israel, whose water self-sufficiency, advanced desalination infrastructure and newly discovered natural gas reserves are being touted as a long-term lifesaver in the Middle East. In this context, we recently struck historic deals with Jordan and the Palestinian Authority which pave the way for broader sharing of resources.
This potential is critical in understanding Israel's budding status among the Gulf states. For while it has almost become common wisdom that the Iranian crisis is creating a rapprochement, there are other significant issues that are relevant to future progress.
All these developments point to one bottom line: Israel's contribution as an asset to the United States' efforts to secure stability in the Middle East, and the world over, steadily grows. Particularly in view of signs that regional volatility could very well continue over the long term, Israel will remain there for the U.S. in the Middle East into its 67th birthday and beyond with a responsible, cautious and well-considered policy vis-a-vis our neighbors.
Yehuda Yaakov is Israel's consul general to New England.


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Bristol TEC's Work Based Learning Program reinforces students' trade theory and project work with experience in an industrial setting. Students learn how to manage a work schedule with their academic and trade requirements. Students can also earn credit hours toward apprenticeships and are compensated monetarily for their work. Many companies pay up to $14 per hour. Some students continue as a full time employee after completing their certificate program at Bristol TEC.
We truly appreciate the companies who hire our students and provide an opportunity to work in their trades and learn on the job. There are presently twenty one students participating in the program at the following companies:
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Articles Are Like Micro Books. Why Cannot They Be Sold?
Writing articles for money is regarded to be a negative trend. Many people think that those who write articles for money sell their conscience. Is it so? Is it so bad?
Negative features of writing articles for money
Of course, sometimes some people write articles for money which hide or misinterpret the truth. This can lead to negative consequence. For example, a journalist is asked to write an article (for money, of course) about some new product which is not safe in reality, but the article should reveal only positive features of the product.
Unfortunately, there are still journalists who can do such a thing. Thus, the public will be deceived and some people can be even harmed. This, scenario is highly negative. But, basically, it is left in dim 1990s.
Positive features of writing articles for money
But the former example is not the rule. In the majority of cases when a journalist is asked to write an article (for money, as well) he/she implement some investigation which reveals the truth. And in this case the journalist decides whether he/she will sell his soul to the Devil or he will promulgate the truth. In the majority of cases the Devil gets nothing.
Another situation is very common: a journalist is asked to write for money an article which coincides with his/her own ideas. Why not to take the money for something you believe in? Fortunately, at present even in school particular attention is paid to developing media literacy in children and adults. Thus, writing an article for money becomes safe since people always understand the degree of reliability of this or that article. So, the money for the article is spent in vain.


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Pig Dinner at the Fat Radish; Monday Night Barbecues at Achilles Heel
Plus: The Musket Room's special tasting dinner, and more, in today's Leftovers.
The Fat Radish is hosting a farmer's dinner next Wednesday, August 7, from 8 p.m. to midnight. Chefs Nicholas Wilber and Phil Lewis will collaborate to create a five-course menu using a whole pig. Tickets are $110 per person; e-mail for seats. [Grub Street]
Achilles Heel is throwing Monday night barbecues for the rest of the summer, with a selection of sausages from Marlow & Daughters, housemade bread, and Clinton Hill Pickles. [Grub Street]
On Monday, August 5, the Musket Room will offer a special tasting menu featuring cold smoked scallops, black garlic, and sea beans, paired with beer from a popular New Zealand brewery. Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. and is $90 per person; e-mail to reserve a spot. [Grub Street]
Jeff Kreisel, formerly of Hotel Chantelle, is taking over as head chef at Pounds & Ounces. His revamped menu features a new steak section. [Grub Street]
City Grit is offering mobile clambakes for the month of August. This new delivery service features a choice of Lowcountry or Asian Cajun-style clams, as well as shrimp, crab, or lobster, and a variety of sides. Prices start at $55 per person with a twenty-person minimum; e-mail to book. [Grub Street]
Sirio Ristorante announced that Massimo Bebber, recently of Caravaggio, will replace Filippo Gozzoli as executive chef. [Grub Street]
From now until the end of the summer, Hotel Chantelle will host the Maine Squeeze Lobster Bake on Sunday nights. Tickets are $29.95 and include whole lobster, steamed littleneck clams, baked russet potatoes, and corn on the cob. [Grub Street]
Turkish bread-and-snack chain Simit & Smith will open its fourth NYC-area location on William Street this October. The company plans to have twenty locations in the city within the next four years. [Grub Street]


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Cisco custom-built the so-called "Great Firewall of China," also known as the "Golden Shield." This system enables the Chinese government to conduct Internet surveillance and censorship against its citizens. As if that weren't bad enough, company documents also revealed that, as part of its marketing pitch to China and in an effort to meet its customers needs, Cisco built a special Falun Gong module into the Golden Shield that helped the Chinese authorities identify, locate, and ultimately persecute practitioners of that religion by, for example, creating profiles of them that could be used during interrogations and forced conversions (i.e., torture).
The Google Books case is over after a decade of litigation, leaving in its wake new guidance on the reach of the fair use doctrine and, not incidentally, protection for an extraordinary public resource for finding books and information.
Last fall, the Second Circuit issued a long-anticipated ruling soundly rejecting the Authors Guild's claim that the Google Books Project infringes copyright. The Authors Guild asked the Supreme Court to review that ruling, and today the Supreme Court said no. That decision means the Guild has run out of options, at least in the courts.
H.R. 2666 Would Undermine FCC's Charge to Protect the Open Internet
In a disappointing turn of events, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 241 to 173 to pass H.R. 2666, the No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act, a bill that would undermine the FCC's ability to enforce key net neutrality protections.
The U.S. White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is considering a new policy for sharing source code for software created by or for government projects. There's a lot to love about the proposed policy: it would make it easier for people to find and reuse government software, and explicitly encourages government agencies to prioritize free and open source software options in their procurement decisions.
EFF submitted a comment on the policy through the White House's GitHub repository (you can also download our comment as a PDF). The OMB is encouraging people to send comments through GitHub, reply to and +1 each other's comments, and even offer direct edits to the policy via pull requests.
The Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico (SCJN) is about to issue its decision on an injunction against a provision of the Federal Telecommunications Act (also known as Ley Telecom) that requires telephone companies and internet service providers to retain data about their users' communications for a period of 24 months.
En México, la Segunda Sala de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) está a punto de resolver los juicios de amparo contra la disposición de la Ley Federal de Telecomunicaciones (also know as Ley Telecom) que obliga a las operadoras de telefonía y empresas proveedores de Internet a retener masiva e indiscriminadamente los datos de comunicaciones – e incluso geolocalización – de sus usuarios por un periodo de 24 meses.
Traducción del inglés al español por David Bogado.
UPDATE: AEPROVI is denying that it cooperated with the Ecuadorian government to block websites, despite the Telefónica memorandum.
According to a leaked internal memo of the multinational ISP Telefónica in Ecuador, the Association of Internet Providers of Ecuador (AEPROVI) collaborated with the Ecuadorian government to block their users' access to websites. The memo was obtained and published by the Associated Whistleblowing Press and the Ecuadorian whistleblowing platform, Ecuador Transparente.
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You may have received a letter recently from your
bank or credit union cheerily noting what a valued customer you
are and telling you that if you bounce a check or two every now
and then, don't worry, we'll pay it and then just charge you our
standard nonsufficient funds fee.
You won't be embarrassed by mean Mr. Grocer posting
your name on the "bounced checks" list at the cash register,
and you won't have to pay Mr. Grocer's bounced-check fee.
And, you don't even have to sign up for this overdraft
privilege, as it's often called; you're automatically enrolled.
Sounds pretty good, doesn't it? Consumer groups say
it's anything but a good deal. It takes unfair advantage of unwary
customers and encourages irresponsible banking habits.
The typical overdraft protection many financial institutions
offer is very different from these offerings for bounce protection.
Customers sign up for standard overdraft protection. The overdrawn
check is paid and no NSF fee is charged. The customer agrees in
advance to have the overdrawn amount deducted from their savings
account, or a line of credit, or charged to their credit card. Fees,
and any interest charges if the overdraft is paid through a line
of credit or credit card, are known in advance.
Bounce-protection literature typically states the
amount that a customer may overdraw their account, usually $100
to $1,000. If the overdraft exceeds the bounce protection limit
the bank may decide not to pay the check.
The institutions charge the customer the NSF fee,
often $35, and sometimes a daily fee, anywhere from $2 to $10, is
charged until the account is brought into balance.
Most bounce-protection plans require the overdraft
and fees to be repaid within 30 days, but some expect repayment
in 16 days or even five. After that the account can go to collection,
or in some cases, the customer can opt for a risk-management program
that allows the customer to keep their checking account open but
the bank debits the account for 10 percent of the amount due a month
until it is repaid.
In addition to checks, bounce protection can be used
through ATMs and debit cards.
What's your balance?
A major complaint of consumer advocates is that some institutions
include the bounce protection in the balance when a balance inquiry
is requested.
Suppose you have only $100 cash in your checking account,
but you have $200 in bounce protection. Do a balance inquiry by
phone or at the ATM, and some institutions will tell you there's
$300 in your account. Some people might overdraw their accounts
without even realizing it.
Consumer groups say bounce protection amounts to a
form of short-term, high-cost credit.
"These checks have to be repaid in 30 days instead
of installments over time. We believe this is payday lending done
by banks," says Jean Ann Fox of the Consumer Federation of
"They don't do an ability-to-repay credit evaluation
of you, and they demand immediate repayment all at once, and they
don't tell you what it's going to cost."
Bren Pomponio, an attorney for Mountain State Justice,
a Charleston, W.Va., practice that represents low-income people,
has a 71-year-old client who he says was charged $75 in bounce-protection
fees for a $35.79 "loan" of less than two weeks.
The woman has a checking account with City National
Bank, which, in addition to the $30 NSF fee, charged $5 a day for
each day the account remained in negative balance.
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