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Rebuilding Your Home
Floods and other natural disasters are devastating. They cost lives, loss of property, emotional stress, and disruption of normal life. Residents are displaced from their homes, and often those structures suffer considerable damage. But along with this destruction comes the potential for rebuilding, for making your home more sustainable than before. Particularly after major disasters, reconstruction is an opportunity for individuals to replace aging, damaged buildings with new structures, built with the latest techniques and equipment to lower heating and cooling costs, improve indoor air quality, and increase your family's comfort.
Whether recovery means putting damaged homes back together or building new ones, the process creates numerous opportunities for incorporating sustainable technologies. Energy efficiency and passive solar technologies can be incorporated into new or renovated buildings. The site design for new buildings can take into account the natural topography and provide for solar access, and appropriate landscaping can provide shading during the summer and wind protection during the winter Recycled and resource-efficient products can replace their virgin counterparts to conserve energy and landfill space. Energy-efficient windows and increased insulation levels can retain heat during the winter and reflect heat during the summer. Increasing your home's airtightness will lower its space heating and cooling requirements, allowing you to install a smaller, less expensive heating or cooling system.
Rebuilding or repairing with sustainability in mind means using tomorrow's technologies, not yesterday's. But the benefits are tangible: Incorporating energy-efficiency features conserves energy, reduces pollution, and reduces energy costs. Today's most energy-efficient homes are heated and cooled with one-third to one-tenth the energy of a typical home. Generating less waste during construction or remodeling activities means using fewer natural resources and conserving precious landfill space. And using non-toxic materials creates healthier indoor air quality for your family.
The following sections will help you guide you as you return to your home following a disaster and begin planning your rebuilding efforts with sustainability in mind:
Returning To Your Damaged Home
Before you begin planning for reconstruction or repair of your home, you will likely be returning to clean it up. First, you will need to ensure that your home is safe to enter. Then you will be faced with cleanup, disposal of debris, and drying out and decontaminating your home. The following resources will help you accomplish these primary tasks.
Rebuilding Your Flooded Home, U.S. Department of Energy. Provides useful information on what you should and should not do when you return to your home to ensure your personal safety, as well as on drying out your home following a flood.
"After a Disaster" Series of Publications
Treatment of Flood-Damaged Older and Historic Buildings
Coping with Floods
Repairing Your Flooded Home
After a Disaster
Incorporating Green Building Techniques into Rebuilding Efforts
Once cleanup is accomplished, you can begin planning for your rebuilding or remodeling activities. The following resources will help you incorporate green building into those activities, so that you can save energy and money, while providing a more comfortable home, lessening negative impacts on the environment, and maximizing the use of our finite resources.
Redevelopment Overviews
Rebuilding Your Flooded Home
"Retrofitting Flooded Homes"
Repairing Your Flooded Home
After a Disaster
Insurance Loss Prevention through Climate Protection
Government Resources
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Building Technologies Department and Energy Analysis Department
Non-Profit Organizations
113 Calhoun Street Community Sustainability Center, located in Charleston, South Carolina, is a project in which a decaying house was renovated to illustrate how homeowners can reduce their risks from hurricanes and earthquakes through the use of environmentally sound materials and building techniques. The Center is a project of the 113 Calhoun Street Foundation, a non-profit whose mission is to create communities more resistant to losses from natural hazards—and to promote ways of living that conserve natural resources. Their web site offers numerous publications, including several on making roofs more wind resistant and one on new home construction.
ToolBase Services, an information compendium for the building industry that features information from PATH (Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing) and the National Association of Homebuilders Research Center, has a special section on Natural Disasters. It offers links to information on minimizing the impact of disasters, hurricane preparedness for builders, and fire-retardant construction. In addition, the site offers numerous online documents on disaster-resistant building technologies.
Florida Solar Energy Center
U.S. Green Building Council
The Sustainable Building Sourcebook
Canadian Home Builders' Association
Florida House Eco-$mart Homes
Energy and Environmental Building Association
Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems
Sustainable Building Technical Manual: Green Building Design, Construction, and Operations
Energy and Environmental Building Association
Green Building Guidelines
Home Energy Magazine
Environmental Design & Construction Magazine
Environmental Building News
Resource Megalinks
Green Building Resource Guide
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Green Buildings
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Following the publishing of the report on Gloucester Prison which claimed the prison had 'stood still' since an earlier visit Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons said:
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In today's report, Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons said Gloucester Prison has many problems to address.
Inspectors were concerned during their visit in July to find that the environment for vulnerable prisoners at the Category B local prison was poor, and there was evidence that they experienced abuse and intimidation from other prisoners.
Segregated prisoners were not continually supervised, though this was mitigated by low numbers and generally brief stays, while the accommodation was among the poorest in the prison system, and prisoners did not have enough time out of their cells.
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The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Dallas has introduced a December treat for the hurried and harried, allowing spa-goers with busy schedules to enjoy a midday mini-escape.
Small Pleasures, Sweet Treasuresoffers 25-minute Ritz-Carlton Spa treatments which include access to the spa facilities, valet parking, a gift of a Spa Fresh mini-moisturizer, and a healthy sendoff of an energy bar and water to-go.
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Knitting in Public
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This book highlights different places in Chicago that are great for public knitting. It has beautiful full color photographs by the author.
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Avery® Assorted Color-Coding Labels 6167, 3/4" Round, Pack of 315Product Number: 6167
Mark your important objects or dates with neon clarity. These writable Removable Color Coding Labels affix firmly to files, documents, inventory, calendars and more to help you stay organized, and they are removable so you can peel them away when you don't need them anymore. The bright color draws the eye so you can easily find similar items or keep track of important appointments.They are good for document and inventory control, routing, organizing, highlighting, price marking and scheduling.
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At Russell Sage, life in the residence halls is enriching. You'll make new friends, share ideas, and have the opportunity to participate in a variety of social and educational programs. You and your future roommate will be matched according to answers you provide on the housing preference form. You will receive the name and address of your roommate in late summer so that you may contact her if you wish. Roommate requests can often be met if all students involved are in agreement.
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PDN Video Pick: He Believes in Santa Claus
Photographer Austin Walsh and his collaborators at Tight Salad produced "Believe," a video about Mike "Grandpa Mike" Babick, who for 46 years has been elaborately decorating his home in Prairie Village, Kansas, with animated Christmas displays. About 250,000 tourists visit the house at this time of year. In the video, Babick explains why he firmly believes in Santa Claus.
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A US District Judge in Oregon declared the appeals process for getting removed from the No Fly List unconstitutional on Tuesday. Specifically, there isn't one. Judge Ann J Brown ruled that in order to comply with the constitution, there must be a means of appealing when someone finds themselves on the list.
The No Fly List has long been controversial for is secretive nature, people often finding themselves unable to travel by air and being unable to find out why. The modern day blacklisting has often included people by mistake, such as Stanford University Student Rahinah Ibraham, whose only crime was having the wrong bureaucrat fill out her paperwork. In her case, a federal employee checked the wrong box on a form and it led to an almost decade-long struggle to return to the US.
The suit was brought by the ACLU on behalf of 13 American citizens, all of whom are Muslims, and four who are veterans. The case represents a major victory for civil libertarians and the ACLU, but many believe it doesn't go far enough.
The right to travel has been long established by the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the Constitution, though the government argued that it doesn't apply to commercial air travel. The Judge didn't see it that way, concluding that inclusion on the list doesn't mean the plaintiffs should lose their rights without knowing why.
The ruling didn't go as far to declare the No Fly List itself unconstitutional, only that there must be a due process for those on the list to appeal and find out why they were included.
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Their tasty fruit and easy grow nature make them a popular plant. In fact, they often grow so well that keeping up with pruning will be your biggest growing challenge.
The picture on the right shows two general pruning options.
The left side of the photo shows tall grass and bending canes covering the front of the canes' root system. Those interested in providing more wildlfie ground cover might consider a variation of this look, and prune every couple of years.
The right side of the photo shows a dirt patch in front of sprouting canes. Those interested in maximizing fruit production choose a pruning option that starts from this vantage point.
Rasberry pruning brings some safety issues, because the stickers on the canes are very sharp. Wearing proper attire helps reduce the potential for getting scratched.
Dead and dying brown canes should be removed by clipping them as close to the ground as possible.
Live green canes take two forms.
The plants grow clusters of canes which fruit every two years. The canes that you want to keep growing are the first year canes. They are commonly called primocanes, and your goal during pruning is to provide these canes with food, water and sunshine in order to get them ready for fruiting.
While raspberry and blackberry canes grow in most climates and soil condition, fruit production is maximized when the canes are placed in sunny areas with soil that drains well.
Experts differ on the amount of pruning that primocanes need during the summer growing season. Suggestions range from no pruning, to keeping the canes at a three to four foot height, depending on the cultivar of the plant.
Some simple late fall or early winter activities take care of primocane nutrition needs. The most sound long term nutrition advise for the plants would be keep the ground around the canes free of weeds. Adding a layer of mulch on the ground around the canes helps suppress weeds. As it begins to decompose it adds organic content to the soil, and the canes thrive in rich organic soil.
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The software product will delve deeper into the past of the organization. Furthermore, Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of the "Naruto" multimedia franchise, will be providing some new character designs for the group. The same individual already created a new character, a robot version of the main character, in "Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution." You can find some screens of the Akatsuki, along with other shots from the upcoming title, with the slideshow to the left side of this article.
In addition to the aforesaid characters, the upcoming title features over 100 playable fighters. The cast is bigger when compared to the four previous games in the "Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm" series.
Bandai Namco Games confirmed that "Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution" is due to launch in the fall for Japan. Although the company has remained silent on a North American launch date, it should be coming to the west at around the same time.
The video game, which is being developed by CyberConnect2, is currently only being planned for the PS3 and Xbox 360 despite the PS4 and Xbox One systems being made available last year.


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The 90% Problem
2008-02-12 11:11 in /tech/haskell
Last night at the Portland Functional Programming Study Group, someone claimed that 90% of learning Haskell is figuring out monads. I replied back, "The problem is that the first 90% of learning Haskell is figuring out monads; the second 90% is figuring out arrows; the third 90% is figuring out monad transformers..."
In seriousness, we had a good discussion about the issues "practical programmers" have with using Haskell, which largely has to do with the need to learn seemingly irrelevant mathematical abstractions to get almost anything done. Sure, the difficulty of doing IO is vastly overblown. However, if you looks at my series on writing a web spider (1, 2, 3) you'll see an example of this. HaXML failed, not because using monads is hard, but because properly separating pure and monadic tasks is hard. In particular, parsing a DTD is not a pure function! HXT required learning about arrows, then about derivatives of regular expressions. I ran into a problem with leaking file descriptors, which I assumed had something to do with laziness so I learned about strictness annotations, but in fact Paul Brown recently showed that it's actually an error handling bug in Network.HTTP. I finally got a working program, which I then proceeded to never use because it takes too damn long to run and trying to figure out how to add concurrency just felt too overwhelming at that point, as it would undoubtedly require some new abstraction to learn, and I was just out of steam.
Yeah, this is about where I ended up, too (although I didn't write much code). Although there are many things about Haskell that seem cool, the whole purity thing is just a huge practical stumbling block. We have a fairly liberal environment where I work, so I could entertain things like this, but how can I possibly justify it? If I get hit by a bus, they'd have to toss everything I wrote in Haskell...
(2008-02-12 13:33)
We don't sit around learning mathematical abstractions though. We sit around writing code, reading library docs, looking at types, designing systems.
Your examples don't seem to have anything to do with learning mathematical abstractions, but more to do with particular libraries having poor docs, if anything.
(2008-02-12 15:01)
I hear that there is that fast language made by some French guys and that lives in the same monad as you and I do, and people do pretty nifty network and systems programming with it. It's called Oh Caml or something...
(2008-02-12 15:08)
It looks like 2 difficulties: poor library documentation is one problem. But that can be overcome if one already knows how similar systems are designed and used. The second problem is that the library's design and use is unfamiliar. Whether to label this unfamiliarity as an "irrelevant mathematical abstraction" is a labeling debate.
I think we all learned forms of abstract thinking when learning to program, and Haskell just has a slightly different set of abstractions than those in C/C++/Java.
(2008-02-12 15:13)
Hey, that was me! Cheers.
(2008-02-12 15:18)
I think you've managed to make some terribly misguided generalization from your experiences with a single user-contributed library (HXT).
I replied back, "The problem is that the first 90% of learning Haskell is figuring out monads; the second 90% is figuring out arrows; the third 90% is figuring out monad transformers..."
Let's ignore the fact that 90% of 10% is 9% and that 90% of 1% is 0.9% (gee, things sure are getting easier). Hopefully someone corrected you last night, but in case they didn't; Programming in Haskell generally does not use arrows and like you stated, the extra 0.9% needed to go from using monads to monad transformers is pretty painless, yet are not a necessity for general Haskell programming.
Bloggers seem to be in the business of getting attention by being controversial, but you should be able to do that without just being wrong.
(2008-02-12 15:24)
The only thing hard about learning Monads is spending too much time trying to learn __what__ they are. Learning how to use them is really not so bad. Or it wouldn't be if more of the tutorials did less handwaving ;-) But once you understand IO, State, and List the rest are all just variations (STM, Reader) or very specialized (Parsers and Cont).
(2008-02-12 15:26)
@chrisk: yes, we can debate what's a "mathematical abstractions" or not. The point is probably more that not only is the Haskell learning curve steep, it's also unusually _long_.
@Eric: it was a joke playing off a famous quote about software development that "the first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time." I actually rather like Haskell, but that doesn't mean that I won't point out the problems that I see. How do you think improvements happen?
(2008-02-12 15:53)
Seriously. Dons is on point here. Underdocumented and too-clever libraries are a big issue here, as well as occasional bugs. I don't think it's hard to Haskell, but its rough to do it on your own still, without the lovely support network that #haskell, -cafe, etc. provide.
(2008-02-12 16:03)
"Let's ignore the fact that 90% of 10% is 9% and that 90% of 1% is 0.9% (gee, things sure are getting easier)."
I think that sums up the problem with Haskell right there.
(2008-02-12 17:12)
You should take a look at tagsoup: http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~ndm/tagsoup/
It might do what you need, simply, without Monads or Arrows, in entirely pure functions, at a fairly high speed (it processes Gb/s of data at a time already).
(2008-02-12 18:08)
@Neil, thanks for the pointer, but in fact my whole goal was to write a _validating_ web spider for use on my own personal sites. I'm sure tagsoup would be useful in other applications, though!
(2008-02-12 19:09)
@Kevin: I actually rather like Haskell, but that doesn't mean that I won't point out the problems that I see. How do you think improvements happen?
I'm not opposed to pointing out problems you've had with libraries, that can be quite useful. I'm simply opposed to over-generalizations. I don't find them productive.
I would agree that HXT and HaXML are quite complex and I tend to avoid them. However, I don't feel that these libraries are representative of the Haskell offering on the whole.
Generalizing all Haskell programmers as people who strive for unnecessarily complex abstractions makes popular blog posts, but not productive feedback.
(2008-02-13 00:29)
@Kevin: TagSoup contains a mini-validator within it that checks for basic well formedness, and you can layer a full validator against some DTD on top of that. It would be an interesting and useful exercise, and shouldn't be too much work. See the example tagsoup tool, validate option.
(2008-02-13 02:36)
Hey guys, it's #haskell come to defend their beloved language! But seriously, I'm a major fan of the language too. Unfortunately, I agree there's a pretty steep learning curve.
(2008-02-13 08:02)
I actually use HXT + Network.HTTP all the time and have no problems with parsing XML generated by web sites. I do remember when you had that bug though. Weird stuff!
The HXT API is, I suppose, under-documented, but I figured out much of it just by looking at the types. I used it to learn the Arrow syntax and functions.
(2008-02-13 11:34)
@mrd: The Network.HTTP bug apparently only bites on Mac OS. As for the other issues, parsing was no problem; it was validating where I ran into problem, and while most docs had no problems, certain documents caused an exponential blowup. Uwe fixed this in darcs back then, and it might be in the lastest release by now.
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In a press release from Staright at noon, Feb. 26, "Internationally known Director Philip Wm. McKinley will direct The Sound of Music at Starlight Theatre, July 25-31. McKinley previously directed Broadway's Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark and The Boy From Oz starring Hugh Jackman, as well as the internationally acclaimed Mozart L'OPERA ROCK which premiered last year in Tokyo, Japan."
"Starlight is thrilled to have Phil McKinley returning to direct our production of this beloved classic - The Sound of Music," Donna Thomason, Interim President of Starlight Theatre, said . Phil is like family to those of us who have been a part of Starlight for many years. He's an incredibly talented director whose career continues to rise at a staggering rate. We are very lucky he found time in his busy schedule to lead our production. Phil comes to Kansas City after finishing a great run with Spiderman on Broadway. He is known for creating impactful and memorable productions, full of heart, and I have no doubt this production will be one of the highlights of our 64th season."
The Sound of Music marks McKinley's eighth production at Starlight. He previously directed three productions of The Wizard of Oz, (the first in 1991, starring Phyllis Diller that garnered McKinley a Kansas City Drama Desk Award for Best Director); Peter Pan, Big River; Jekyll and Hyde; the Kopit/Yeston Phantom and Grease.
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The Sound of Music is the fourth production in Starlight's 2014 Broadway Season. The Sound of Music, being locally produced, includes many local actors from the Kansas City community as well as some of Broadway actors. Season and individual tickets will go on sale to the public beginning April 14; group tickets are now on sale. For more information, visit www.kcstarlight.com


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Trillian 2.0 for Android
We are pleased to introduce Trillian 2.0 for Android, featuring a more modern user interface that should blend beautifully with your ICS+ devices and a bunch of great new features and enhancements.
Trillian's new launchpad UI lets you keep up with the people most important to you at a single glance. Paired with optional address book integration, Trillian can now automatically import names and photos for your contacts to make you feel right at home.
Trillian group chats.
You can now easily start group chats with your friends who also use Trillian, with server-backed chat history!
Improved security.
Although we've always transmitted passwords using TLS, Trillian 2.0 now uses TLS everywhere, meaning all of your chats are now encrypted over the wire and better protected from third-party eavesdropping.
In-house server compatibility.
If your company runs a Trillian Server you can now connect to it using this version of Trillian for Android!
Other goodies.
History has been cleanly integrated into message windows, sending photos has been refreshed, taking photos can now load the camera more easily, emoticons have been overhauled, and a bunch of bugs have been fixed! If you've had trouble connecting to MSN or Yahoo! in the past, see if 2.0 helps!
Next steps.
We're excited to be working with a clean slate for our Android app – let us know what features you'd like to see come to Trillian for Android next!
59 Responses to "Trillian 2.0 for Android"
Voider Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 2:22 pm
Excellent work!
As for "features" – looking forward to see plugin for Vkontakte integration.
Sebastian Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 2:33 pm
What about a Windows 8 or Windows Phone client? Since your web client is awesome, especially the latter would make me pay for another year Trillian Pro
Jakub Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 2:46 pm
Looks very nice and runs smooth, hopefully it will sync with desktop client without any issues
Now some new version for Windows guys !
Grrbrr Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 2:48 pm
Skype chat support is just about the only thing i'd like to have. Without it, there is no reason for me at least to use this. Msn died, talk is built in on android and is now hangouts anyway.
Rocker93 Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 3:01 pm
It would be nice if it used Android Share dialog, it would be much more comfortable to send photos directly from other apps. Second thing- Skype integration, that would be really nice. Keep up the great work, I'm a big fan of your products
Irontiger Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 3:10 pm
Thanks for the update
Irontiger Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 3:16 pm
2 Features would be great:
1) Custom font size
2) a black Skin – the white one doesn't fit to the android "dark" default skin
Bolcien Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 3:22 pm
Skype support would be great since MSN is no more and will be gone in a year or less. Also have an option to revert to classic view, I like the black background, I'm not blinded by black text on white background.
Fyrus Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 3:26 pm
I kinda miss having the remembered accounts at the front page for multiple Trillian accounts … Any way to bring that back ?
Fyrus Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 3:27 pm
Also, phone number pairing doesn"t seem to work in France …
open Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 3:31 pm
Very buggy, crashes often on my gs4.
Connor Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 4:30 pm
Well I got a handful of suggestions likes/dislikes
The new icon you click on to open the app is ugly. It seems very large compared to all my other icons I have next to it. I loved the old icon. I'd really like the old icon back in the notification tray too, but people might like that more than I do.
The login screen's scrolling contact pictures are really really really really annoying. Its gonna get old, really fast. They serve no purpose, and it seems very unprofessional. My opinion, but I REALLY don't like it.
The new homescreen is anti productive compared to 1.2 because its missing Your current connections, and the whole contacts list.
I would much rather have the option to make the contacts list my default screen. Or something that looks like the old trillian's homescreen because it had everything on the new homescreen and more.
I do like the new UI in general, it would be nice to have more themes or more customizability on the theme though.
I would like to see the tab system like 1.2 had, sliding into an adjacent chat is pretty neat though.
Its a small thing, but I'd like a button that says "Send" instead of an airplane.
Thanks for working hard on Trillian!
Holger Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 5:09 pm
Hooooray, first post after three months, and so many great reactions. Please let this be motivation for you to stay in touch with your customers and fans more frequently…
My wishlist:
1. reverse engineer whatsapp
2. reverse engineer whatsapp
3. reverse engineer Vibr, if only for text messages.
4. reverse engineer whatsapp.
sabret00the Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 5:58 pm
Definitely needs a dark them, but a welcome improvement. Now if only there was a Linux version too.
TheKong Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 6:59 pm
Thanks for the update. Many of us have been waiting for it for a long time.
I also miss the dark theme, I feel it needs an option for it.
I love that Yahoo is now working again, I look forward to that ability to use Yahoo again.
I find the "Link to phone contacts a little odd, but I still need to play with it some more.
I like the idea of "favorites" but I find it awkward and annoying to not quickly and easily see my "online" contacts.
Also the "Set phone" and First name/Last name do not seem to be working correctly.
I hope for and look forward to future updates and fixes.
TheKong Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 7:09 pm
Got the "set name" working, it still says "unable to match code" for phone.
Also, under Accounts, reallly need to separate "identities again, they are all mixed together"
Mike Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 8:54 pm
I begged for you to add font changing, as I'm legally blind. You all insisted it was in the latest version for Android to come out. Severely disappointed.
Mike H Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 9:26 pm
I'm really glad you all got the app updated. The new visual style is long overdue and quite frankly looks great.
That said, I have two major complaints.
1) I don't want the 'favorites' view… when I open the app I want to see my full contacts list. Why isn't this an option? Why are we 'forced' to use the favorites/open chats screen?
2) The 'Ongoing' notification toggle does not work. The status bar notification is persistent whether the toggle is on or off.
STiger Says:
September 16th, 2013 at 9:26 pm
Why exactly is there contact integration? I prefer to keep my Google Contacts (i.e. people whom I have phone numbers for) and everything else separate. Don't force contact integration on people.
rob Says:
September 17th, 2013 at 2:03 am
Would be nice to have per contact notification settings so you can disable or change sounds.
Would also be nice to have a toggle for Theme.holo.dark
iq Says:
September 17th, 2013 at 2:48 am
Great to see a way to enter a phone number and tether android contacts to trillian BUT:
- Phone function keeps producing "wrong security code number", although the SMS from you shows varying numbers…its always wrong.
- I misstethered two contacts by simple fat fingers, now I do not see how I can untether or correct my error.
Also some crashes and yeah a dark theme would be nice. But anyways: A LIFESIGN, THANK YOU
Steven Says:
September 17th, 2013 at 3:32 am
First of all thanks for a new version
But I'm a little bit commiserate about the missing holo UI which means we have no swipe contact list and no dark theme…
I would wish a Split view for contacts I am chatting with and the actual chat, at least in landscape mode. An option to have the contactlist as
default view would be nice to and with a swipe from right to left you would see the opened chats.
schoker90 Says:
September 17th, 2013 at 4:46 am
Thanks for the new version, but what's with the favorites crap? I admit – there are people I talk to more often than others but I already positioned them at the top of my contact list.
It takes me two taps now to actually login because you seemed to think it is a nice idea to first have a list of pictures of my phones contacts.
I just want to login to Trillian – everyone who has it setup does not need the redirection that may lead those that are 'new to trillian' to set it up. – Just bring the direct account selection back.
I can't swipe from the active chats to the contacts – really disappointed.
sabret00the Says:
September 17th, 2013 at 6:58 am
Err, there's no intents for sending images? I thought that was gonna happen? Android supports it and its not hard to do, why was it left out?
Tony Says:
September 17th, 2013 at 7:24 am
Wow, thanks for the completely unnecessary clutter that is this UI overhaul.
Bring back the black theme
Git rid of that worthless splash screen, just let me log in
Stop asking me if I want to link contact info to my friends
Just show me my damn contact list of who's online. No need for this "favorites" trash.
Never thought I'd see the day when Trillian jumps the shark. It's IM. Keep it simple.
Chilinmichael Says:
September 17th, 2013 at 9:58 am
1. This is buggy on both my Galaxy S3 and Nexus 7. I've had crashes on both almost immediately.
2. Fix the status bar icon…you've made it worse than the old one IMO…sometimes things are better left alone.
3. Again, fix the bugs. I've been waiting how many years for this update and it does nothing but crash?
4. I appreciate the effort, it does look better.
5. Skype chat support. I understand video support would be a very long shot, but at least integrate chat.
Chilinmichael Says:
September 17th, 2013 at 9:58 am
Also another note, I went to verify my phone number and add it, I entered the correct code yet it says it was wrong. Awful.
Cyber Says:
September 17th, 2013 at 11:36 am
I am really, really disappointed with the new version. First of all, I want to see a contact list, not a favourite list when I use a messenger. This is a no-go, really! Then, the white skin uses a lot of battery rather than the old black one. Until now, the Android version was easy to use, but the new one will complicate everything and does not offer real new useful features (incl. – in case of Android – core features such as WhatsApp & Skype integration).
Fortunatly, I was able to reinstall the older version. I use Trillian for more than 10 years, but before using this version I´d switch to another messenger! Please, do a complete redesign! This app is a good example how an update can ruin a good product!
Kyle Says:
September 17th, 2013 at 11:42 am
Yeah, can we have an option to get rid of the launchpad UI?
Martin S. Says:
September 17th, 2013 at 11:50 am
I've just updated to the new client. Thank you for the new version.
I'd like to weigh in on the suggestions already made:
1) Please add a dark skin.
2) Please add a option to choose the default screen. I like to see my contact list as homescreen.
3) Please put back the option to disable the avatars. I really liked the clean look of the previous version.
4) Please get rid of the scrolling contact photos on the start screen. They serve no purpose and for my part those are pople i generally have nothing to do with. They are just people that happen to have a contact photo.
I was really stoked as the update came out, but for now i have reverted to the previous version.
MagicMiguel Says:
September 17th, 2013 at 12:22 pm
Nice update! Suggestions:
1) Use low priority notification icon so that it is not visible on the status bar (like Google Now notifications).
2) Notification sync, so when I view a message on desktop, the notification disappears on mobile.
Utihnejte Says:
September 17th, 2013 at 1:13 pm
This UI is not an improvement. It loses information that the previous iteration had, and does not make my chatting any easier.
I will not be running this version.
Dave Kratter Says:
September 17th, 2013 at 1:26 pm
I'm not impressed with the Trillian 2.0 overhaul.
1) The new UI does not at all fit in with Android Holo design standards, and looks cheesy. More so than in previous versions.
2) There needs to be an option to disable the Favorites screen.
3) There needs to be an option to have a dark theme. All this excessive white does not look good.
4) There is no indication that I have an open chat with someone when I'm looking at the Contacts list.
5) There is no indication that I have an open chat with a Favorite when I'm looking at the Favorites screen.
6) Notification sync between mobile and desktop broke some time in the previous version, and still does not work reliably.
7) The scrolling icons on the Sign in screen are ridiculous. Completely useless.
The new icon sucks.
9) It crashes. A lot.
I think the Trillian team needs to spend a lot more time on basic UI design principles.
GodSponge Says:
September 17th, 2013 at 6:50 pm
This is honestly what you came up with for an update? I can't find a single thing that I like. The favorites page is worthless and annoying to me, the sign in screen looks awful. There is no dark theme, not to mention that it doesn't match android's UI. The settings screen is now almost worthless as there are almost no settings there. When I enable phone contacts and try to do anything with them, Trillian crashes. Please post the previous version's apk somewhere so the people who prefer the old version can get a working and useful program.
Loren Says:
September 17th, 2013 at 7:38 pm
Why is Trillian 2 pulling information from my Android contacts and how do I turn this off? I have my metacontact named X because I want her to be referred to as X in Trillian, not Y as she's named in my Android contact list.
ben Says:
September 17th, 2013 at 7:56 pm
benk Says:
September 18th, 2013 at 2:17 am
I don't know how you're choosing the photos to scroll across the start page, but it's bring up an ex-girlfriend and my boss, neither one of whom I want to see on a regular basis. There's got to be a better way to do that. I also want to be able to turn off asking me to combine with my android contacts, as other people have mentioned.
Tom Says:
September 18th, 2013 at 5:40 am
Lol. All u @ssholes have no clue how an instant messenger should look like and work.
Who the hell asked for phonebook sync, and favourites screen and a searching bar OVER!!!!!!!! tha contact list (THAT SHOLUD BE ON MAIN SCREEN INSTEAD OF FAVOURITES)
And about the white design, which smartphone platform uses WHIT as IT'S MAIN THEME COLOUR you retarded ˘^ˇ#&##^?!?!?!
Yeah all the nice work that needed a one day work to be push out as an upgrade.
But no "send voiceclip" or "send location" options, no language translations, no direkt linking for pictures that the user recieves from facebook, no fixed WLM connenction issues. ( Ah yes that is quite interesting, that PC version can cope with reamining WLm accounts, but the web and the android app can't. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE, and WHY not fixed insted all these bullshit you call an upgrade?)
You might prefer bugfixes, not he silly ideas of a visual (most likely gay) designer.
Stopt listening to teenage girls and hippster boys (who dress like teenage girls) and put functionallity, simplicity, speed, low ram/resource usage to focus and leave eyecandy and design for the second place.
nano Says:
September 18th, 2013 at 8:23 am
Please, where can I find the old 1.2 version of Trillian for Android? The new one is just a pain in the ass; I wont use it anymore. The UI is just terrible! I want to install the old version again. But please: Where can I find it? Thanks!!!
Adrian Says:
September 18th, 2013 at 9:33 am
@Tom: You just went full retard. Never go full retard. No, really – insulting the programmers does NOT help with getting that abysmal thing they call an update fixed ASAP. It's one thing to post valid criticism, and another to vent your – albeit justified – anger about what they did and shouldn't have and have not but should have done.
Paul E. Jones Says:
September 18th, 2013 at 12:34 pm
This update looks really good. I did wake up this morning to discover that Trillian had closed. Is there something in the code that says "exit" after a period of inactivity? I could not find an option.
nano Says:
September 18th, 2013 at 1:11 pm
My trillian also closes from time to time and i dont know why….
open Says:
September 18th, 2013 at 8:20 pm
For those who want the prior version here:
nano Says:
September 19th, 2013 at 4:48 am
@open: Thank you very much!
Tom Says:
September 19th, 2013 at 8:03 am
Adrian, let me just call this "upgrade" a bullshit. Please…Because it is nothing more than an unwanted graphic redesign of the app. This is just a copy of skype's latest updte . Nothing more. You like it? Well I feel sorry for you then. All the popular android apps are downgraded by their developers ( skype, google maps, google talk, opera, gmail….) and they "sell" it as an update. Quality and usability are ont the way down, needed resources and permissions are higher and higher.
Why follow this tendency? There is a point where there are no reasonable updates, so the app will be nothing better than the other competitors apps, but trillian is now very far from this point. They say there are only a few men working on every platform of trillian. Then why not they focus on real development, and bugfix? The most simple thing to update is the GUI of the app, but it is nothing more than jugglery… Or they have such a good position among the somewhat unstable market circumstances, that they can afford to f.ck up the most sensible IM app on google play? Have you visited the blog, or the facebook page, or google play? 85-90% of the users are considering this app a garbage.
Wes Says:
September 19th, 2013 at 9:48 am
Trillian iOS icon being used on Android is hideously ugly. Also clashes with all my other icons (except the also ugly dropbox iOS icon that dropbox thinks works on Android). Please revert it back.
Wes Says:
September 19th, 2013 at 9:51 am
Also, please give us back a choice of a dark theme. While I do prefer a more modernized app that does not look like it belongs on 4 year old Android, an all white theme is jarring at times (especially for those of us with AMOLED screens). Themes are not overly hard to implement if one is abstracting out the styles for an Android app.
APWaddington Says:
September 19th, 2013 at 7:30 pm
I'm glad I read the comments and looked at the screen shots, this version is a no go for me I'll sit on what I have
JusMe Says:
September 20th, 2013 at 2:48 am
So, are you guys going to respond / listen to what's being said and voiced loudly in the android store? Many really dislike what's happened here, their app experience is totally ruined by all of the stuff that is now forced on us – white UI (battery eater), all sorts of forced things like the contacts, facebook and whatnot…. This, for many, is a downgrade, and not even a small one …
Stringthing Says:
September 20th, 2013 at 5:49 am
First, I have one major issue and some minor ones. The major issue is that this thing has crashed multiple times, and as of last night will not sign me in on either my LG Optimus G or my Nexus 7. I use this program extensively and it just plain isn't working.
For my little issues, the splash screen is annoying, and since it is constantly signing me out, I see it a lot. I wish there were a dark theme as late night conversations are pretty blinding. I wish I could have the option to have the contacts list the main screen as well. The little issues I can live with, because I don't know of a better program for chat messages, but the big one could be a dealbreaker if not fixed very soon.
Jon Says:
September 20th, 2013 at 4:15 pm
Totally Ruined the best IM application on android. Awful, just Awful.
stickyfinga Says:
September 21st, 2013 at 3:23 pm
Guys, I love Trillian, I've been using it for years and I have a Pro Membership but this is terrible. I don't want this contact merging crap. At all. Please give me my contacts list and the proper login screen back. The app is very annoying to use now. While I do like the general look of the chat window, it's much too bright. Mine was black before and that's also why I'm going to downgrade to the previous version now. Some sort of warning shot would've been nice.
Sanicle Says:
September 23rd, 2013 at 12:30 pm
A haiku for the android update:
From dark into light,
New skin on android OS
Reflects changing times
GodSponge Says:
September 23rd, 2013 at 3:40 pm
I was a bit angry when posting my last comment. I still like very little about the new trillian. It is also now not syncronizing my messages. I can send messages on my pc and the phone version doesn't seem to get the new conversations for several days if at all. I have a meta contact for my wife that has her astra account along with several other protocols. Whenever she messages me with her astra account trillian for android asks me whether i want to add the contact or block it. I have her account already added. On top of that, When she sends me a message, I get a different chat history than the one that is on my contact list. I'll see her last messages until I close the chat. When I open up her astra account from the favorite's screen, I don't have that history anymore.
That being said, if Trillian could integrate my SMS and MMS messages into a single app with all of my other connections I'd never have to use another app. I'd like the problems fixed first, but you've started integrating contacts, next step should be to add text messages.
masleyko Says:
September 24th, 2013 at 8:22 am
All s fine and smooth…. but 3 things…
1>autologin on app start… when i sign off .. then i have to click sign in every time…
2>that favourite contacts screen isnt a good idea.. i have about 1000contacts how do i pick 6? the screen with contact list after login is much more usefull
3> Dark theme ,,,
TJSynkral Says:
September 24th, 2013 at 4:12 pm
When will we see the update in Amazon Appstore?
Trillian für Android: Version 2.0 bringt Redesign und neue Funktionen » Cocas Blog Says:
September 26th, 2013 at 7:01 am
[...] Version 2.0 ist die Verbesserung der Trillian-App, die bereits extrem lange komplett überfällig war. Würde ich persönlich noch auf Instant-Messenger setzen, wäre Trillian mehr denn je meine Wahl unter Android. Bei einigen Nutzern scheint die neue Version überhaupt nicht gut wegzukommen, was ich allerdings überhaupt nicht nachvollziehen kann. "Geschmackssache" ist hier wohl eines der Zauberwörter, weswegen ihr die App bei Interesse auch einfach mal selbst ausprobieren solltet. Download @Google Play Trillian Entwickler: Cerulean Studios, LLC Preis: Kostenlos Quelle Cerulean Studios [...]
Apapirra Says:
September 27th, 2013 at 1:01 pm
Bye-Bye Trillian on my mobile. Used it on my phone for years. Didn't use GTalk / Hangouts because i liked Trillian very much: was clean, had black design and was easy to use. Now i switched to Hangouts because it's almost the same. While there is no Skype combatibility i think i will just use the desktop version and use hangouts on mobile.
Mark N Says:
September 27th, 2013 at 1:42 pm
My only request is to have the option to disable the status bar icon. I do not see a way to do this, and it doesn't need to be there all the time taking up space. I want Trillian to run 24/7 on my phone, but I don't really need the icon there to remind me. Having the option to disable the status bar icon is my only request. Thank you!


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buckwheat baby with salted caramel syrup
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Buckwheat Baby with Salted Caramel Syrup
Makes 1 12-inch pancake and 3/4 cup salted caramel syrup (really, sauce but with a slip more cream to thin it further), which will be much more than you need, and will set you up well for next time/heaven-on-a-scoop-of-vanilla-ice cream. This pancake can also be divided and cooked in two 9-inch skillets (12 to 15 minutes baking). I have made this pancake successful with only 2 instead of 3 tablespoons of butter in the pan but only recommend this if you have excellent faith in your pan's seasoning. As noted above, I have also made this with 100% buckwheat flour and the result is tasty, but didn't rumple.
Two photo notes: The photos show me making a double volume of the syrup because I apparently like to torture myself with extra sauce in the fridge. It also shows me using a larger volume of butter (4T) than I found necessary in ensuing batches.
Serves 2 (for breakfast) to 4 (for dessert) or 6 to 8 (as a dainty dessert)
Caramel syrup
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons unsalted butter (or, salted but ease up on the sea salt)
Two pinches flaked or fine sea salt
1/3 cup heavy cream
3 tablespoons buckwheat flour
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1/8 teaspoon table or fine sea salt
1/2 cup whole milk
2 large eggs
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
Confectioners' sugar, to dust (optional)
Salted caramel syrup
Make syrup: Melt the sugar over medium to moderately high heat in a larger pot than you think you'll need–at least two quarts, whisking or stirring the sugar as it melts to ensure it heats evenly. Cook the liquefied sugar to a nice copper color. Add the sea salt and butter and stir until the butter melts. Lower the heat and slowly drizzle in the heavy cream, whisking the whole time. The sauce will foam and hiss; just ignore it and whisk until the sauce is smooth. Set aside until needed. Store in the fridge for up to a week. Rewarm gently to thin it out.
Make pancake: Heat oven to 400 degrees. Whisk the flours, sugar, salt, milk and eggs together in a medium bowl. Leaving a couple lumps behind is fine. Melt butter in a 12-inch cast skillet, preferably cast iron but any heavy ovenproof skillet should work. Roll the butter around a bit so it goes up the sides. Pour in the batter and transfer skillet to the oven. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes, until the pancake browns lightly at the edges and rumpled. Transfer to a trivet, dust with powdered sugar (if using), drizzle with salted caramel syrup and serve immediately in halves or wedges.
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In today's world, finding... and keeping love can be a challenge. On March 17, the highly anticipated You're Beautiful Honie series of conference calls is set to debut its 4 week lineup of relationship experts discussing views and advice on dating.
Kean University honors graduate and Motivational Speaker Lena Cohen is the Founder of You're Beautiful Honie. She is the force behind the series of conference calls to help those looking to change their lives for the better. Utilizing resources from a panel of experts that she has comprised herself to help impact others with their know how and expertise on everything from relationships to Health and Fitness to business advice. By day, Cohen coordinates stories for the popular television show Inside Edition. For over 10 years Lena has dedicated her life to helping others, mentoring and now coaching has become second nature to her. When asked about the need for the next topic of conference calls, dating was polled #1 on the list. Cohen states, "Love is the most powerful emotion we have as human beings, yet it seems like we never know what to do with it. We're always chasing it. But love starts with YOU. The basis of my company is loving yourself first and being mentally, physically, emotionally, and spirituality sound. With these calls we work on know what YOU want, what standards YOU have, where YOU see the relationship going. The dating series was chosen by popular demand, so I created it with the core foundation of my business in mind." Health & fitness, goals and balancing life are all topics mentioned for future teleconferences.
The headliner of the 1st week phone conference call is with Trevor "Treo" Scott, an influential dating and relationship coach, he has led hundreds of personal development trainings and empowered over 10,000 individuals to achieve more by becoming more. While building his brand in the insurance industry, Treo experienced a devastating setback when a 5 year relationship came to a disastrous halt 2 months prior to his wedding day. Following the relationship's arduous demise, he was determined to show himself and others the difference between knowing a path and actually walking a path to living an exceptional life. He deepened his scholastic research interning with an accredited marriage counselor and subsequently obtained a coaching certification. Through his 60/40 principle of logic versus emotion, he lays out the blueprint on how to attract and identify ones ideal partner. "Anyone can find a spouse, but very few find their ideal mate. Finding is reserved for the searcher. However, the search is only successful if you know how to look." Known as the "Dating Designer" Treo's goal is to help you design your personal plan to find and keep "Mr. or Mrs." Right. His topic of conversation will be "Knowing Yourself and What You Want" on March 17, 7pm-8pm to join this conversation call: (605) 475-6333 Dial access code: 3533063
The 2nd week phone conference call is with Darlene Brown, CEO of Divine Empowerment, a certified Personal Development and Business Leadership Coach, Inspirational Speaker and Training Facilitator with over 25 years of professional business experience. She is a certified workshop trainer for the Yale Curriculum "Coping with Work and Family Stress: A Workplace Preventive Intervention" and Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Darlene is currently completing her first book, which will be released in spring of 2014, "Head Ladies In Charge" and "The F Word". She has delivered dynamic speeches on "Strategic Planning", the "Power of Positive Thinking" and "Seven Success Principles for Leaders" to academic institutions across the nation. Thurgood Marshall Academy, Bowie State University, Coppin State University with Heal a Woman Heal a Nation non-profit organization, Loyola University Maryland, the Black and Male in America Conference in New York with Kevin Powell, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority of Delaware State University and on numerous virtual platforms. Her topic of conversation will be "Standards: What they say about You" on March 24, 7pm-8pm to join this conversation call: (605) 475-6333 Dial access code: 3533063
The 3rd week conference call expert is known to many as Mr. Real Talk and Mr. Positive, Chris Richardson is a respected and sought after Relationship Strategist, Best Selling Author, Dynamic Speaker and Radio Talk Show Host. He is the author of the bestselling book, Can We Talk? A Journey Towards Having a Healthy and Lasting Relationship. Chris was a former Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps and proudly protected and served his country during Operation Desert Storm. While serving in the Marine Corps, Chris began to develop and refine his ability to lead, inspire and encourage others. His passion for inspiring and leading others, would later lead him on his journey to becoming an author and relationship coach. Fueled by the pain of a devastating divorce, Chris became determined to turn his pain and his setback into a story that will help transform the lives of individuals and change the culture of organizations. It was not long after Chris recovered from the heartache of divorce where he realized that as a Marine he was trained how to kill a man, but not how to LOVE a woman. Upon receiving this revelation, he became relentless in his quest to share with others the significance of understanding their history and the importance of loving themselves. As Chris continues on his mission to transform lives, he is seeking out an army of men and women who will join him in his efforts to SAVE relationships and families all across the country. His topic of conversation will be "Where is this "Dating" thing going? Relationship or not" on March 31, 7pm-8pm to join this conversation call: (605) 475-6333 Dial access code: 3533063
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Here is a the complete series of teleconference calls on Dating & Relationship:
March 17, 2014 Knowing Yourself and What You Want Moderator: Trevor Treo Scott 7-8pm Call: (605) 475-6333 Dial access code: 3533063
March 24, 2014 Standards: What they say about You Moderator: Darlene Brown 7-8pm Call: (605) 475-6333 Dial access code: 3533063
March 31, 2014 Where is this"Dating"thing going? Relationship or not Moderator: Chris Richardson 7-8pm Call: (605) 475-6333 Dial access code: 3533063
April 7, 2014 Dating 101 Wrap Up Session Moderator: Darlene Brown 7-8pm Call: (605) 475-6333 Dial access code: 3533063
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TULSA (AP) — The family of a former University of Tulsa football player who was killed in an unsanctioned boxing match is suing a church that put on the exhibition.
The family of George Clinkscale III filed damages lawsuit against the Guts Church on Friday in Tulsa County.
Clinkscale died after a boxing match on Sept. 21 that was held at the church's parking lot.
The church didn't immediately respond to email messages on Saturday.
The suit accuses the church of negligence for organizing a boxing match that wasn't licensed.


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Obama more dangerous than Putin. When President was elected in 2009, he was asked about American exceptionalism. His response was he believed in American exceptionalism just like French exceptionalism and Greek exceptionalism. American exceptionalism doesn't mean Americans are better than others living around the globe. It means America stands for and freedom and has liberated hundreds of millions to pursue that freedom.
Today in 2014, the world is a more dangerous place because of Muslim terrorism and Russian President Putin invasion into the Ukraine and controlling the Crimean Peninsula. Even former Secretary of State Clinton compared Putin to Hitler with this invasion.
Both Obama and Secretary of State Kerry are accusing Putin of acting like a dictator from the 19th Century. Putin is laughing at Kerry and Obama. Putin is acting like a tyrant regardless of the century he's living. Obama and Kerry are acting like stunned Ivy Leaguers, completely baffled and timid.
The world knows Putin is a tyrant. He doesn't care. He has made Obama look weak with Syria, Iran and now the invasion of Ukraine. The world also knows Obama is feckless. The Russian media portrays Obama as a real-life Inspector Clusseau. The difference is the inspector can recognize evil and a despot. Obama is oblivious and irresolute leaving the United State and the world vulnerable.
The country is war weary. Putin is obviously instigating our country's fears. Military force is not a likely option especially with Obama. He is preoccupied with raising the minimum wage or planning his next vacation.
The United States however could increase its oil and gas production here and even in Ukraine. That would decrease Russia's stronghold on Europe. Russia is a primary supplier for oil and gas for much of Europe. Because of this dominance, the European Union is reluctant to challenge Putin. The United States can offer a viable alternative with our abundant resources but Obama and Kerry must get serious and forget chiding Putin about what century he's ruling Russia.
The Russian invasion is extremely grave. Obama is appearing neglectful. He isn't getting much support from Europe. For someone who can't pronounce Navy Corpsman, Obama better implore personnel with conviction and military mastery. The freedom of the world and this country are at stake.


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How To: Install The Windows 7 OPK OEM Preinstallation KitBlog December 21, 2012 Comments Off on How To: Install The Windows 7 OPK OEM Preinstallation Kit 3672
For those who purchased the official OEM version of Windows 7 the licensing clearly states that the installation must be built and deployed using the official Microsoft Windows 7 OPK (OEM Preinstallation Kit). Although the link is placed right on the box where to download it, this process isn't clearly defined nor is it as self-explanatory as it ought to be.
Microsoft went out of their way on Windows 7 to make OEM installations a bit more difficult than their previous operating systems. The Windows 7 OPK is essentially a tool designed for OEMS to take a Windows 7 installation disk and customize an OEM install for clients and customers who will be purchasing or receiving their machines.
Windows OEM licensing traditionally allowed hobbyists to purchase a copy of the OEM disk and install it on a system they build themselves, unfortunately Windows 7 changed this in their latest release of OEM editions. They state quite clearly that the Windows 7 OEM edition is designed for distribution to an end user from an original equipment manufacturer. That OEM is required to register themselves as a Microsoft Partner prior to the installation and distribution of their OEM license.
Regardless of the reasoning, The Windows 7 OPK is quite easy to install once you've jumped through a couple of headaches from Microsoft. In fact, as of the making of this video, the link printed on the OEM copy of Windows 7 I purchased is broken and I had to manually track down the links to obtain my official copy of the Windows 7 OPK.
This article walks users through the prerequisites, download and installation of the Windows 7 OPK (OEM Preinstallation Kit). This kit is required for the distribution of an OEM copy of Windows 7 to an end user.
How To Install The Windows 7 OPK OEM Preinstallation Kit:
- Register yourself or your company as an OEM system builder Microsoft Partner (https://mspartner.microsoft.com/en/us/pages/membership/enroll.aspx).
- Login to the OEM Partner Center (http://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/installation/downloads/Pages/windows_7_opk.aspx#fbid=7D8dUEyZAri)
- Download the latest ISO image version of the Windows 7 OPK from Microsoft.
- Double click on the ISO image using Windows 7 to use the built in Windows 7 image burning utility (you may also opt to mount the image using a separate image mounting utility).
- Insert a Blank DVD into the drive and select Burn.
- Launch the DVD by removing and inserting it into your drive or double clicking on the CD Rom drive in Start Menu > Computer
- Select OPK Setup
- Choose a destination folder and select Next
- Confirm your installation.
- Wait for the installation to complete.
- Select Close.
- You can launch the Windows 7 OEM Preinstallation Kit through Start Menu > Microsoft Windows OPK > Windows System Image Manager
After the installation of the Windows 7 OPK (OEM Preinstallation Kit), you can then start to build your own custom Windows 7 installation image. This image will allow you to enter custom OEM information that will allow the end user to go through a "First Time Boot" sequence catered to you as an OEM. Although the kit leaves many hobbyists with some frustration, it has become a necessary evil for obtaining an OEM copy, rather than retail copy, of the Windows 7 operating system.


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PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- A man has pleaded guilty to setting a blaze that gutted a Pensacola abortion clinic.
A trial for Bobby Joe Rogers was set to begin in August, but he changed his plea during a hearing in federal court in Pensacola on Thursday. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 4.
Rogers, a homeless man with a lengthy criminal record, is accused of setting fire to the American Family Planning Clinic in January.
The burned-out clinic was bulldozed earlier this month. The building was the site of previous anti-abortion violence, including a double-murder in 1994 when an anti-abortion activist killed a doctor and the doctor's security escort.


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BIFOCAL ASSESSMENT at the ASCD Conference, San Antonio, TX
I was leafing through the ASCD San Antonio Conference program and it looks like we are finally in the 21st century! It seems like every other presentation title includes a link to 21st Century Flat Changing World of Globally Connected Learning! Ok, I am playing the fiddle on the 21st century bandwagon like everyone else—and it is a conference theme. But even as we bring in new technologies, and new teaching and learning strategies, our educational community is still half blind as we look around for assessment tools that reflect what we know about from brain research, thinking skills development, and disciplinary learning.
Last year Kim Williams and I wrote a journal article for the ASCD-Plymouth State University New Hampshire Journal of Education and here is the link www.thinkingfoundation.org/david. Kim gave our article a great starting point by going back a few centuries and then into the future … to an invention that gave us the metaphor for what happens when Thinking Maps are used in "21st century classrooms" for formative (and summative!) assessment:
- Among his other revolutionary accomplishments, Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals to allow us to see things more clearly—that which is right before our eyes as well as that which typically requires closer inspection—with the same tool. The most effective, revolutionary tools are elegant in their simplicity, leading to complex applications. Thinking Maps, as a fundamental language of cognitive patterns, have shown promise to become a revolutionary model for transforming educational assessment. This set of visual tools allows us as teachers the capacity to see student content learning and thinking processes through the same bifocal lens—viewing the content at the surface and the cognition more in depth. Our cognitive age requires that our assessment tools keep pace with our new understanding about how the brain learns and processes information. In this writing we offer tools for educators and learners to determine not only "what" is learned but also "how" it is learned.
On Monday, March 8, Kim and I will systematically present student work that reflects how we can move students to a high level of fluency with Thinking Maps so that teachers may assess and students may self-assess the discipline specific concepts being developed while at the same time seeing the development of thinking processes. Read more on the ASCD presentation.
Of course, in Texas, as in most other states, one of THE most important needs is captured in this question:
How do we assess ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS on their content learning as they are on a developmental path toward fluent language use in a second language?
What happens when one's language abilities prevent students from fully expressing their best thinking?????
So we will address what Dr. Stefanie Holzman wrote about in her chapter of Student Success with Thinking Maps, and explicitly brings forward in this interview at Roosevelt Elementary School in Long Beach, CA…
… if you want to assess their content learning… leave it in a map!
If the above video does not play, download the free Quicktime Player for Windows and Macintosh.
SPREAD THE WORD to colleagues about our presentation and we hope to see some of you there!
…thinking IS the foundation for learning…
ASCD PRESENTATION information:
Bifocal Assessment:
Combining Teaching and Learning with Thinking Maps
David Hyerle, Ed.D. and Kimberly Williams, Ph.D.
Session # 3201
12:15 – 1:15 pm Monday, March 8
Where: Henry Gonzalez Convention Center, Second Level
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At the commencement exercise on Saturday, Cletus the dark brown pit bull walked across the Holt Arena stage at Idaho State University with his master's father, Terrell Kelly, to accept a posthumous diploma reported the boiseweekly.com.
The more than 2,000 students had trouble holding back tears as Cletus walked across the stage in honor of his favorite human, Josh Kelly who had epilepsy. Josh and Cletus were fixtures at the college as the two commuted by bus everyday and walked two miles to attend classes on the Pocatello campus.
Cletus would bark whenever Josh would suffer from a seizure; EMS frequently found Josh on the side of the road or on the route to meet the bus with Cletus standing faithfully over his human, protecting Josh until help arrived.
In February, Josh was admitted to the hospital and died on February 13 - just a few months short of graduation. Josh was 38 years old.
When localnews.8 asked Terrell what he thought of a pit bull being a therapy dog, Terrell stated the following:
"I'll be honest, I was one of them that was giving (pit bulls) a bad rep until I met Cletus. And he allows our little grandchildren to climb on him, pull his ears, pull his tail. He's just great."
Josh received his diploma in geology posthumously. He also was an organ donor, and someone was lucky enough to receive his kidney.
Rest in peace Josh; we are proud of your accomplishments.
Congratulations Cletus; you make all pit bulls very proud.
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