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We had Senator Al Melvin on the Wake Up Tucson show this morning. We talked about the unique opportunity Arizona has to become a safe haven for enterprise. California is driving there business away and Texas has been opening doors for the past 10 years. Texas implemented tort reform, a relaxed regulatory environment and favorable tax status for enterprise. It's working. The jury is out as to if Arizona's conservatives can get it done and start turning the tide.
Even without our Tucson business communities support, we have leaders up north that are trying to turn the tide. Let's hope Arizona can but the 'open for business' sign up. Read about SALC's lobbing HERE.
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AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry joined state Rep. Brandon Creighton and sponsors of House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 50 in support of states' rights under the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
"I believe that our federal government has become oppressive in its size, its intrusion into the lives of our citizens, and its interference with the affairs of our state," Gov. Perry said. "That is why I am here today to express my unwavering support for efforts all across our country to reaffirm the states' rights affirmed by the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. I believe that returning to the letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution and its essential 10th Amendment will free our state from undue regulations, and ultimately strengthen our Union."
Perry continued: "Millions of Texans are tired of Washington, DC trying to come down here to tell us how to run Texas."
A number of recent federal proposals are not within the scope of the federal government's constitutionally designated powers and impede the states' right to govern themselves. HCR 50 affirms that Texas claims sovereignty under the 10th Amendment over all powers not otherwise granted to the federal government.
It also designates that all compulsory federal legislation that requires states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties, or that requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding, be prohibited or repealed.
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Looks like Paton, Antenori and Melvin are going to have to stick their necks out to keep the TIF funding for Rio Nuevo. You can bet there will be many strings attached. The idea of rational, business owners, without a stake in the project is a critical part of the plan.
From today's AZ Star, discussion on Rio Nuevo:
"I don't want to kill Rio Nuevo," Antenori said. "As much I'd like to do it for spite to the City Council, the reality is the business impact is far more important. We have to save it."
"The city government in Tucson is dysfunctional in almost every dimension," said Sen. John Huppenthal, R-Chandler. "And the idea that we would trust them, even in some reconfigured state, with $500 million to advance the economic growth of Arizona, I would find astonishing."
Waring told fellow Republicans that Rio Nuevo Director Greg Shelko didn't further his cause at last month's hearing.
"It was a really underwhelming performance; I can't emphasize that enough," Waring told a group that included Senate President Bob Burns and Appropriations Chairman Russell Pearce, who will be putting the budget together. "It was really, really ugly. … It was about as bad a performance as you're going to see down here. They really didn't articulate what it is that's happening."
Even local lawmakers were critical. Sen. Jonathan Paton, R-Tucson, said, "Quite, frankly, as a Tucsonan, I was embarrassed."
But Paton also said the hearing was a wake-up call for city officials, who are now focusing on the plans for the Convention Center, hotel and arena as signs of progress.
"I had been telling them they had problems with the Legislature," Paton said. "I don't think they really took that seriously. I think they started talking it pretty seriously after that hearing."
Rio Nuevo's future could rest in the ability of Tucson Republicans – Antenori, Paton and Sen. Al Melvin in particular – to convince their colleagues the project is worthy.
Melvin, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has the ear of Pearce. Melvin indicated Tuesday he wants to keep the funding in place with Paton's legislative changes.
"All these things, if we can incorporate them, hopefully we'll get it on the right track," Melvin said.
In what he himself calls a "twist of fate," Antenori, a long-time critic of the project, has taken the lead defending Rio Nuevo to House leadership. He wants to retain all funding.
Education is a hot potato right now in AZ. This press release came our way from the legislative leadership.
A prior post regarding Antenori's Op-Ed denial by the Az Star pointed out that;
Raise taxes you say and and cut less? Here's an interesting fact I heard from another State legislator; it took Arizona 100 years to grow it's budget to $6 billion. It took Napolitano only 4 years to grow it to $10.3 billion. Do you think we over spent a bit?
Google, Education Spending Arizona, and you'll find a bunch of sources for yourself. Look at the issue and do some homework, then make up your own mind.
|Education Funding
|§ Estimated Funding Per Pupil (from all sources): $9700
|§ Estimated Funding Total from all sources: $10.3 Billion
|§ K-12 & Higher Education comprise nearly 60% of the state General Fund
|§ % increase in expenditures over 20 years (in inflation-adjusted $$)
|§ Funding Per Classroom of students
|§ Total Revenues from State Government
|Teacher Salaries
|§ Average salary of all instructional staff2
|§ Average salary of all instructional staff relative to per capita income
|§ Average salary of public school teachers
|§ Average salary of public school teachers relative to per capita income
|Academic Achievement
|§ ACT composite scores
|§ SAT composite scores
|§ Of the 26 states where the SAT is more predominantly taken than the ACT
|§ Overall Student Achievement
|§ K-12 student enrollment
|§ % increase in enrollment over 10 years
|§ % increase in enrollment over 20 years
|§ Charter School Laws
|§ % of individuals 18-24 years-old with a Bachelor Degree
Why it is INACCURATE to say Arizona ranks 49th in Education:
§ This is just ONE statistic, based solely on a "per pupil" spending calculation
§ The "per pupil" spending calculation does not take into account the following:
i. uniformity as to what funding categories go into the calculation from state-to-state (for example, Arizona has consistently ranked at the top for capital expenditures per pupil, but none of those dollars are factored into Arizona's per pupil calculations)
ii. actual dollars spent in the classroom from district-to-district or state-to-state
iii. cost of living adjustments
iv. voter-established constitutional requirements/limitations for education funding
v. estimates and redundancies in student counts
vi. calculation variances that occur because of rapid growth issues faced by states like Arizona, versus states experiencing little, no or negative growth
§ It makes absolutely no sense for public policy to be driven by one isolated apples-to-oranges statistic, which looks at education spending in a vacuum
§ There are better gauges to education ranking that are outcome-based indicators, such as student achievement, test scores, etc.
§ The per-pupil expenditure is really a reflection of class size, excluding the idea of efficiency
§ A general state analysis by ALEC, as well as one by the RAND Corporation of California's massive (and expensive) effort to reduce class sizes, has found no correlation between class sizes and test scores.
Remember back to the 2006 legislative session to extend the Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) funding for Rio Nuevo? The debate was whether or not to extend the TIF funding.
The idea behind TIF financing is to focus money from existing retail sales in a geographic area and use those funds to bolster tax collections in a new area. Tucson has spent $78 million so far and it's questionable how much new economic activity has actually occurred. The City politicians point to 'laying the groundwork for future development'. That story is starting to wear thin.
The state legislature is coming into some tough times and balancing budgets is becoming a very big issue. If you take a look at the the current make up of the AZ Senate, no one in the current Republican Caucus voted for the extension and only four or 5 Republicans actually voted for it.
Let me paint the picture for you;
1. Rio Nuevo was a grand idea thought up by City Manager Keene as a way to make Tucson more Berkley like.
2. A fat legislature lead by Southern Arizona golden boy, Tim Bee and a governor that wanted to reward Tucson for supporting her in to office, authorized the TIF funding to jump start downtown Tucson.
3. City mangers changed, elected officials changed, downtown business associations changed, Rio Nuevo offices were opened and closed. Downtown Alliance came and went Downtown Partnership came and went, Glenn Lyons was hired and a new Downtown Partnership was created.
4. Lots of money was spent on lots of consultants and plans that never came to fruition.
5. Enter the current City Manager, Mike Hein. He worked to get the TIF extension in 2006. The extension was a tough one to get and a few caveats were implemented regarding restrictions on eminent domain and using the funds to build police or fire facilities.
6. All total $78m has been spent and people question how much has actually been done. The officials in charge point to 'infrastructure' projects that 'lay the groundwork' for future Rio Nuevo growth.
7. 2009 will usher in a new slate of legislators that are under the gun to balance a huge budget deficit. The State will be looking high and low to capture all the dollars it can. Couple that with the fact that all but one of the state legislators taking office in this session were not involved in the 2006 extension negotiations and Rio Nuevo is looking at a tough, up hill battle.
From this weekend AZ Star: – HERE
A devastating blowLosing a half-billion dollars in Downtown redevelopment money would be a "devastating blow" for Tucson, said Si Schorr, a local lawyer and active Democrat. "One doesn't have to hold an MBA from Harvard to figure out that," he said.George Larsen, co-owner of Larsen Baker Commercial Realty, said losing the money would be a setback for Downtown, adding that the Legislature should be able to mandate changes like accounting reform, but should not be able to suspend or cancel Rio Nuevo.But Cotlow Co. President Dean Cotlow, a commercial real estate broker, said the city doesn't deserve any more money for Rio Nuevo, given how badly it has misspent the first $100 million. It would be understandable for the Legislature to take the money, given how it has been spent so far, he said.Losing the money would be a blow to the community, Cotlow said, but it would force the city to own up to its mistakes and learn an important lesson.Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup said he's concerned about the Legislature taking the money, but that he doesn't think it will happen because the city will make a convincing argument to the Legislature for keeping it."I think we've got a story to tell that a lot of good things are starting to happen," Walkup said. "We owe them that story."
Words of cautionSome Republicans are discussing a suspension of Rio Nuevo's ability to draw on state taxes until the state's budget crisis passes, said local businessman Bruce Ash, a party leader who has had a long-standing interest in Rio Nuevo.Ash said the city is "playing with fire" with its recent sale of $80 million in Rio Nuevo bonds, since the Legislature may suspend Rio Nuevo state sales-tax deliveries to Tucson. That would leave the city paying for the bonds out of its own general fund, meaning substantial cuts to other city services to pay off the bonds.Antenori also questioned the city floating Rio Nuevo bonds. "They've got to realize they could be on the hook for that," he said.Hein downplayed the potential the Legislature would take the money pledged to the bonds. He said all of Rio Nuevo's cash flow for the next several years is pledged to the $80 million in bonds sold in mid-December.If the Legislature were to repeal or suspend Rio Nuevo, Hein said it is likely to trigger complex legal action involving the city, the state and bondholders.It would also set precedent statewide that any specially dedicated funding source, such as water or sewer bonds, could be pulled by the Legislature, making it impossible for any Arizona jurisdiction to float those bonds because of that risk, Hein said.Assistant House Minority Leader Kyrsten Sinema, D-Phoenix, said she knows of no specific plans for Rio Nuevo this legislative session, but added that "you can bet on" someone trying to get rid of Rio Nuevo at some point.Sinema said the Tucson City Council asked the Democratic leadership to try to protect Rio Nuevo funding, something it will try to honor."What kind of power we have to do that is another story," she said.
A little history on the original set up of Rio Nuevo and the 2006 legislative extension from Blog for Arizona:
Voter Authorization
Rio Nuevo is a multi-use redevelopment district which diverts a portion of the tax revenues collected in the district, in this case Sales Taxes, and places them in a fund for redevelopement projects. A TIF district like Rio Nuevo must be authorized by a public vote. In 1999, voters approved Prop 400 which authorized the Rio Nuevo TIF for a period of 10 years.
Or did it?
Many in support of reauthorizing Rio Nuevo (disclosure: I personally support it), felt that it would be unwise to ask Tucson's voters to reauthorize the Rio Nuevo TIF. The most honest accounting of that concern I have yet heard was from LD 28 state legislature candidate Steve Farley, who opined that if Rio Nuevo went back to the voters, it wouldn't win. The dithering, incompetence, lack of visible progress, and repeated redrawing of the plan with new and better boondoggles, has left many Tucsonans with an impression, not entirely unjustified, that Rio Nuevo is a failed experiment.
So how could those who support it avoid sending it back to voters? Just have the legislature reauthorize it. There's just one pesky little detail: the law. ARS 48-4237, which authorizes multi-use TIF districts has a requirement: Section D states "The board shall state on the ballot the purpose of the tax, the maximum rate of the tax and the maximum number of years for which the tax will be authorized." Well, that's a pickle; Rio Nuevo expired after 10 years.
Supporters of the 'legislative only' reauthorization approach found a solution. They proclaimed far and wide that Rio Nuevo could be extended without refering it to the voters because, though the voter pamphet distributed to voters, and all the press coverge leading up to the vote, specified a period of 10 years, that limit wasn't actually on the ballot. Thus the Rio Nuevo TIF was not technically limited to 10 years and could be extended indefinitely. Only problem is, then that ballot violated state law.
Hair-spitting gone wild. But water under the bridge. But it leaves those advocating for the 'legislative only' approach without any real, good-faith basis for their argument. Well, actually, there isone. Back to Steve Farley's honest assessment. We won't have a vote, because it won't pass. So, no vote. If you really think Rio Nuevo is nifty and you don't care much about those pesky rules we call the law, there's no problem.
Unfortunately for Downing, he did care about the law. And he cared about the right of taxpayers to decide how their money is spent.
You see, the hundreds of millions that 'would just go to Phoenix' if not devoted to Rio Nuevo is only half the story: literally, half. Every dollar of Sales Tax that get diverted to Rio Nuevo by the TIF, must be matched with revenues by the local government. So, reauthorizing Rio Nuevo wasn't just keeping Tucson dollars in Tucson, it was also a decision to spend hundreds of millions of local tax dollars to match those funds, all of it tagged only for use on Rio Nuevo projects. So a handful of state legislators, no matter how well intentioned, took it upon themselves to decide how hundreds of millions of Tucsonans' general fund tax dollars would be spent: on Rio Nuevo. And we don't get any say about it.
Foraker ran a great timeline of events for Rio Nuevo on his blog – HERE. One of the highlights of the blog post worth a read;
November 26, 2007: Marketing Exec sees a lack of 'wow' factor in Rio Neuvo(Teya Vitu – Tucson Citizen) Margaret Pulles, deputy director of the Smithsonian's Affiliations Program, looks at what is going on and declares, "You're going to have a ghost town if you don't change your frame of thinking."
After landing the city contract to brand Rio Nuevo, Margaret declares that she didn't see much to brand, i.e. where are the clothes on this emperor? (Remember Bablove Ridgewood Workgroup? Lack of clothing didn't stop them from taking a quarter mill or so to make a yellow streak.) Margaret's "Where's the beef?" remark infuriated Rio Neuvo Director Greg Shelko. He declared, "I don't think she knows what we've been doing the past two years."
I've never met Greg or Hecker, but the cloth alarm is screaming. I have met Snell. I speak with confidence that if you asked these three to team up and bake a pizza, they'd drop fifty grand on an oven study, twelve grand to fly to Greece and watch them, $40 grand to consultants to study 1) dough, 2) sauce, 3) ingredients, 4) cheese, 5) baking temps, 6) pizza size, and 7) crust thickness policies. After extensive meetings and interviews, Snell would drop 75 grand for glossy pamphlets no one will read because everyone's already left for Pizza Hut, where it takes 20 minutes and costs about twelve bucks.
January 10, 2008: Glen Lyons, the new director of the Downtown Tucson Partnership, arrives. Salary $100-$120K. Now things will really start to happen.
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In May, 2006 over ten million people—about 8.2 percent of all employees—were employed in three occupations: retail salespersons, cashiers, and office clerks, general.
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The permutation representation of $S_n$ is $\mathbb C^n$ with elements of $S_n$ permuting the basis vectors $\{e_1, e_2, \ldots, e_n\}$. It has a trivial subrepresentation spanned by the vector $v = \sum_i e_i$. By Maschke's theorem there is a complement subrepresentation (given by the condition $\sum_i x_i = 0$, where $x_i$ is the i'th coordinate). This last representation (the standard representation of $S_n$) is irreducible. Why is this?
If we try characters, we can get the following: denote the standard representation by $V$ (dimension n-1), and the full permutation representation by $Perm$. Then $$ Perm = V\oplus Triv, $$ where the latter is the trivial representation. This means that $\chi_V(g) = |X^g| - 1$, and $$ \langle\chi_V, \chi_V\rangle = \frac{1}{|G|}\sum(|X^g|-1)^2|C(g)| = 1+\frac{1}{|G|}\sum (|X^g|^2 - 2|X^g|)|C(g)|, $$ where $X = \{1,2,\ldots, n\}$ and $X^g$ is the set of fixed points of permutation $g\in S_n$ and $C(g)$ is the conjugacy class of $g$. The sum is taken over all different conjugacy classes of $S_n$.
Now, since I know that $V$ is irreducible, the last sum must be zero. I don't see, however, why that should be.
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Although it doesn't erase the problems that have plagued the series in the past, "Metro: Redux" is an extensive labor of love that raises the bar for future "remastered" games.
When nuclear disaster destroys Moscow, what's left above and below ground is an absolute beautiful disaster. As society tries to rebuild, it must first eliminate what is attempting to take its place.
Originally released in 2010 and 2013, "Metro: 2033" and "Metro: Last Light" are unique stealth/first-person shooters based on the novel of Dmitry Glukhovsky that combine a wide-sweeping narrative with solid gameplay. If you've never played the series before, think "Fallout," minus the more open-world feel and a ton less bullets. Well, that's not entirely true. Both games are pretty different from a gameplay point of view. "Metro: 2033" is more of a shooter that relies on stealth action and watching your ammo, while "Last Light" is more a run and gun shooter. Regardless, the emphasis and theme remains the same. You are alone in a world that is wildly different than it used to be and in order to live, you have to kill whatever is in your way.
While there's nothing wrong with these games to facilitate updated versions, especially considering both have been available for less than a decade and can easily be found in game shops all over the world, developer 4A Games' "Redux" versions of these titles are not only better, they are easily "the" versions to play. Thanks to easily recognizable cosmetic changes and gameplay updates, the two tales told in "Metro Redux" feel like brand new games that take solid advantage of the visual capabilities of the XBox One and PlayStation 4.
While the visual changes in both titles can be seen right away in terms of frame-rate and lighting effects, it's the gameplay additions that make "Metro: Redux" so special. The new "Survival" mode option makes the more traditional FPS in "Last Light" feel more like the stealth/Survival Horror experience of "Metro: 2033," by limiting the amount of ammo you find and making enemies more difficult to take down. At the same time, the "Spartan" mode ironically makes "Metro:2033" feel more like "Last Light," allowing you to not worry about your ammo as much and take more damage. It doesn't seem like a huge thing, but what it allows you to do is maintain the same play style through both adventures, creating an even longer and epic story than what was originally there. It also makes both games far more accessible to gamers looking for different types of experiences.
Because of both the visual upgrades and gameplay additions, "Metro Redux" has to currently be considered as one of the best games available on both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Although that has a lot to do with the lack of titles available, don't let that take anything away from the experience of "Metro Redux."
In spite of that, there are still problems, many of which haven't been solved from when the games were originally released. Although the story has been altered-slightly, both titles are still slow-to-develop tales that many, especially those with low-attention spans, won't give the time to develop. Away from the story, the difficulty for some will be an issue as well. Enemies still seem to eat bullets at will. Make no mistake- head-shot hunters will have their work cut out for them here.
Regardless of these hiccups however, "Metro: Redux" is a blast from the not so recent past that can and will take you into a wild world and steal hours of your time.
The Good:
Both Games Feel Brand New: The new gameplay modes and visual updates make both games, even the far more recent "Metro: Last Light" feel like much more than remastered remakes. Although "The Last of Us: Remastered" set the bar high for remastered remakes earlier this year, "Metro: Redux" is covered in blood, sweat and tears. Simply put, it's a one-of-a-kind remake.
Graphical Updates Are Easily Noticeable: Sure, the lighting effects are improved and everything is stylized in HD with improved frame-rates, but even the characters and monsters look different. More than just a coat of paint, it's obvious that this time around, 4A games have tried to make the game they originally wanted to. Simply put, the disgusting, murky and dark worlds of both "Metro: 2033" and "Metro: Last Light" are beautiful.
Stories Connect Beautifully for a Fleshed-Out Experience: In addition to the changes graphically, the story has been tightened up some to allow for both to flow beautifully into one another. All in all, they essentially feel like one big game.
Huge Value: Both of these games are rather large, despite the linear approach and together provide a big time bargain. By themselves, they're an admirable accomplishment, but together, they serve as an awesome introduction to the series or a fine way to revisit it for hardcore fans.
The Bad:
Same Problems From Past Remain: If you didn't like the games in this collection before, you won't appreciate "Metro Redux" nearly as much as someone who is a fan. The blend of story, stealth and first-person shooting isn't for everyone and although the extra gameplay modes even-out the experience, they won't attract those that prefer more action.
Final Thoughts:
Although it's somewhat sad that the most fleshed-out next generation experiences on the PlayStation 4 are remakes, "Metro: Redux" is one of them. Although it tries hard to make the game more appetizing for new gamers, it's still a title that will be best enjoyed by those that have played the series before. That aside, it's easily the best game the developer has ever produced.


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Colts quarterback Kerry Collins is inactive Sunday, leaving Curtis Painter as Indianapolis' starting quarterback against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Collins is sitting out for the second straight week with a concussion. Other inactive Colts starters include Peyton Manning (neck), and offensive linemen Ryan Diem (ankle) and Anthony Castonzo (ankle).
Mike Pollak will replace Diem at right guard, Jeff Linkenbach will move from right to left tackle in place of Castonzo and newly signed Quinn Ojinnaka will take Linkenbach's spot at right tackle.
Inactive Chiefs include quarterback Ricky Stanzi and receivers Jerheme Urban and Jonathan Baldwin, the team's first-round draft pick.


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#7035 Feb 7, 2013
Let's be perfectly stupid here:
Los Angeles and Torrance police started shooting when vehicles similar to the one sought by authorities in the hunt for a former LAPD officer suspected of killing three people.
This is why we need to take the weapons away from these idiots, looks like they don't like being hunted by one of their own?
#7036 Feb 7, 2013
Uh Oh. The Government licensed "news" media is predicting snow is expected to fall on New Yawk City and New Jersey. The minority of Americans who still pay taxes better be prepared to get their checkbooks out.
#7037 Feb 7, 2013
I'm not going to take this, any more. Looks like the LAPD need to be turned inside out and made to start following the law.
Revenge is in the eye of the beholder, and all others start running like chicken's.
Buckley, UK
#7038 Feb 8, 2013
Buckley, UK
#7039 Feb 8, 2013
So you finally admit to listening to what others say to you instead of your own judgement, is that what"which few believe" represents?
#7040 Feb 8, 2013
No I am saying that just about everyone considers you the village idiot here, regardless of which side of any issue they are on.
That you have not noticed that is hilarious
#7041 Feb 8, 2013
While it happens time to time, so many 'out-of-towners post on the john crappers web site.
Since: Nov 12
#7042 Feb 8, 2013
Two storms are merging to bring a major blizzard to New England with the worst conditions Friday night into Saturday. There are already airline and rail delays. Roads may become impassable in many areas.
Has anyone seen Rev. Gore?
#7043 Feb 8, 2013
You really dont understand what is happening do you?
This is the problem with letting religion and politics govern your intake of information
2012 was the9th hottest year on record.... 9 of the 10 hottest years were in the last 10 years, and the one exception was also very recent 1998, global measurements, not local. This causes wilder short term effects, wide swings in both directions.
You should not post on topics you know absolutely nothing about.
There is no question about global warming, it isnt a question, It is a fact, you either know it, or are ignorant of it. The question is how much we ( people ) are affecting the fact of global warming, we know for a fact that we are affecting it, the question is how much.
Wrexham, UK
#7044 Feb 8, 2013
Do you know how hot those days were? Do you have actual proof, or are you just providing us with what you were told to believe?
#7045 Feb 8, 2013
Nasa has already provided all of that, you go do your own research I am not here to teach you.
This is fact, and in fact common knowledge, granted that isnt something you have.
The adults are talking, Ricardo will know exactly what I am talking about
#7046 Feb 8, 2013
Oh ya, another piece of wisdom for today.
Next piece could be printed in the newspaper, but you'll miss that one because you can't read.
Maybe if you wait until Sunday you can look at the pictures?
Since: Nov 12
#7047 Feb 8, 2013
I got the news from rueters and many sources reporting the record cold and storm, not from religion or politics. I thought you knew history and science? The earth has been in many trends throughout it's history. Yeah, great story, the cold is from global warming...lol....The question is who is baiting you with all the false information? I'm all for clean air and water, but to make people like Rev gore rich from all his lies about is sickening. What is your plan to stop the cosmic rays and the sun's magnetic field that are behind global warming? Maybe you need to keep your nose out of the smelling pants of government grant researchers. Henrik Svensmark and several other leading climate scientists make an excellent case for cosmic rays and the solar magnetic field as the cause of global warming. I guess the Danish Government doesn't pay their scientist to get the result they desire. But I'm sure you are smarter then Svensmark since you have a telescope....lol.
Since: Nov 12
#7048 Feb 8, 2013
if it came from a party that has a "D" it's fact to that idiot.
Since: Nov 12
#7049 Feb 8, 2013
You don't know what you are talking about. Despite playing a key role in advancing climate change hysteria, the United Kingdoms National Weather Service, known as the Met Office, quietly released a report last week conceding that so-called global warming actually stopped more than 15 years ago. The startling admission shows once again that United Nations theories and climate models are wildly inaccurate at best, experts say, meaning multi-trillion dollar schemes to deal with alleged human-caused climate change are at the very least severely misguided.
Since: Nov 12
#7050 Feb 8, 2013
Big Dope didn't get the memo, it was a Hoax, fool!
#7051 Feb 9, 2013
And that was the big news flash?
P.S. Sunday is coming.
Since: Nov 12
#7052 Feb 9, 2013
What's funny is how you are critical of the Government, but the first time any liberal working for the Government says anything, you gobble it up....lol....keep posting, I enjoy the humor.
#7053 Feb 9, 2013
I haven't given you permission to post anyhing right now.
Go stand in the corner.
Since: Nov 12
#7054 Feb 9, 2013
Which person inside you are you talking to?
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A report out this week revealed that Georgetown police officer, George Bermudez, was filmed tripping kids rushing to the field after Vandegrift High School's win. He's also a school resource officer for Georgetown High School. His actions have raised some concern.
"After personally watching the videos, the actions of my officer are very concerning to me as well," Georgetown Police Chief, Wayne Nero, said.
Bermudez has been with Georgetown police since 2005 and was recognized for his outstanding work last year.
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Zipper Pencil Case
Zipper Pencil Case
Sewing Pattern: Download pdf sewing pattern here.
To make: 1
1. Fabric – cotton or linen mixed, 15″x 17″
2. Fabric – lining, 15″ x 17″
3. Batting – 10″ x 17″
4. Muslin – 10″ x 17″
5. Interfacing – medium/thick, 9″ x 17″
6. Piping – 1 1/4 yard
7. Zipper – 16″ (click here to watch how to shorten metal zipper)
8. Ribbon – 1/2″ wide, 2 1/2″, 2 pcs (for zipper tag)
9. White paper – letter size, 4 pcs.
1. Sewing machine, with normal foot and zipper foot
2. Sewing kits
3. Iron
4. Quilter's safety pins
5. Pins or Clover's wonder clips
6. Erasable fabric marker
7. Ruler
8. Scissors
9. Printer
Finished Dimension: 8 1/2″ (W) x 4″ (H) x 3″ (D)
The zipper space is 1/2″.
You may use medium interfacing on the body instead of batting. No quilting required if using interfacing.
This tutorial needs a lot of turning right side out, do iron to flatten the crinkles when ever is possible.
Download the pdf pattern and print them. Print 2 sets on each page and glue the halve parts to get the full pattern.
{If you can't download the pdf pattern, probably you don't have acrobat reader, download the latest version for free here.}
Draw the pattern on the drafting paper.
Cut the body piece out form the main fabric slightly bigger than the pattern.
Trace the body pattern on the right side of the body fabric with water erasable pen.
Draw some designs on the body fabric with water erasable marker. I drew circles from 3 sizes of bottles.
Layer the body fabric with batting and muslin underneath it.
Pin with quilter's safety pin.
Carefully stitch along the drawing lines. Start from center of the body and work outwards, this will avoid crinkle between fabric and batting.
Spare about 4″ thread at each new stitching.
Pull the front thread to the back, tie a knot and trim the ends. This will prevent the thread from exposing to the front.
After finish the quilting, spray some water to erase the quilting drawing lines.
If you can wait for it to dry, light iron with medium heat iron to dry it.
Cut the body pattern to the correct shape and size.
Prepare the rest of materials per above list.
Fuse the interfacing to the lining, or the main fabric. I like my interfacing on the lining when I need to do a lot of turning right side out.
Draw and cut out the zipper gusset and invisible side gusset patterns. Trace all pattern to the rest of the fabric and cut.
Make a few stitches near the top stop of the zipper.
Pin the zipper gusset to the zipper (1/4″ away from the center) with right side facing each other.
Change the presser foot to zipper foot, sew a line near to the seam line to secure the position.
Place the zipper gusset lining on top of them with right side facing down. Stitch on the seam line.
Flip the lining to the bottom of main zipper gusset, top stitch near the seam line.
Repeat sewing another side of the zipper gusset. The width of the zipper in between the gusset should measure 1/2″.
Change the presser foot back to normal foot, stitch on the seam allowance around the zipper gusset so that the main and lining fabric attach together nicely.
Baste the ribbon loops at both ends of the zipper too.
Trace the zipper gusset pattern on the right side of the lining. Remember to mark the position of the invisible side gusset.
Sew the invisible side gusset:
1. Place the invisible side gusset fabric and lining with right side facing each other, sew both top and bottom seam lines.
2. Turn the right side out, top stitch near both top and bottom edge.
3. Fold the gusset into halve vertically with lining side facing out, stitch near the edge.
4. This is how the invisible side gusset looks like.
Place the side gusset to the wrong side of the zipper gusset. Position according to the markings, with lining side facing up.
This is how the zipper gusset looks like after attaching the side gussets in it.
Set it aside while working on the main pencil case main body.
Line the piping around the body, pin and sew with zipper foot.
Cross the piping ends when they meet.
Clip lightly on the piping seam allowance at the curve.
Place the zipper gusset on the pencil case body, with the ends align to the center markings.
Sew from marking to marking at both ends.
Place the lining on top of them with right side facing down.
Sew from marking to marking too.
Clip at seam allowance on the markings.
Sandwich one of the long side of the zipper gusset with the body main and lining piece. Align properly so the seam lines are matched.
Secure with pin or clover's wonder clips.
Sew with zipper foot. Sew slowly and carefully, it is not easy especially at the curve.
Turn the piece right side out, one side of the pencil case completed.
We need to spare a 5″ opening at the lining on this side to turn the pencil case right side out, so, stitch a 6″ line at the center of the zipper gusset to attach to the main body piece only.
Fold the lining over (as shown on the above photo) and sandwich the zipper gusset with main body piece, pin and sew but remember to leave about 5″ at the center of the pencil case for turning inside out.
The 5″ opening is just on the lining side. Slowly and carefully turn the pencil case right side out from this opening.
Stitch up the opening.
This is optional, but I find that hand hem stitch the seam allowance make the pencil case neat and more stable.
Turn the pencil case right side out, it is completed!!!!
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Beautiful. Perfect. Thank you.
Greetings from Poland 🙂51
I am lost at step 20 when the lining is placed….52
do you have any tutorial videos? it may be easier for me 🙁53
I love this pencil case. I'm attempting to make one for my children and their friends each. There are some parts that i'm having problems with.
Once I get one completed and start another, can I do a video tutorial for people? I would have loved a video tutorial for this and haven't been able to find one.
Thank you54
Michaela, Have you did a video tutorial for this pencil case, if so can you let me know…Thank you54.1
Thanks for the tutorial, it's very close to what I'm after. Just need to figure out how to add another zippered pocket 🙂 Could you please tell me what measurements the finished pencil case has? It looks way smaller than 15″ in the pics..!
Best regards
Hey craft passion,
I'd like to make this adorable pencilcase but there is one thing i'd like to know before i start.
What kind of interfacing did you use? What brand and number?56
I love the design and zipper. Can you tell me where you buy your zippers?57
Thank you very much for your tutorial!
My English is unperfect, but till the 18th step I understand it clearly.
I would like to sew a bag similar to http://www.kipling.com/de-de/handbags/hand-shoulder-bags/amiel.html?show_img=K1537193K00+999 but with a wall inside the bag like this one: http://img5.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/tasche6yr7kuv8fz.jpg
Unfortunately I am a beginner. 🙁
Do you have any idea how I can sew a bag like this? Sizes should be 27 L x 24.5 H x 14.5 W cm and volume/capacity 10 Liter.
I would like to put my tablet and books in the bag to have a bit more order. My old bag has a lot of room, but if I put books in it, the bag rolls over and I can't find anything in my bag with too much unordered space.
I hope you can help me.
Wish you a nice weekend!
Thanks .you are the best.I saw it .and my girl loves it very very….59
Having read this I believed it was rather enlightening.
I appreciate you spending some time and energy to
put this information together. I once again find myself spending way too much time both reading and
leaving comments. But so what, it was still worthwhile!61
Hi- Thanks for the wonderful tutorial. I have now made 4 of these- adding additional pockets in most and adding some straps to the outside to make a perfect handlebar bag for bicycles! I don't think I have the gusset part correct but my bag works fine.62
Thank you so much for the wonderful pattern and tutorial! My bag turned out wonderful, it was a tough one for me.63
Hi. This is really great tut, thank you very much. I used it to sth totally different – netbook case, with different proportions but crtainly same pattern. It's universal and nicely explainde. Have a nice sewing!64
Beautiful bag. If you could help me, how would you go about shortening the bag to 6″ instead of the original 8 1/2″? TIA.65
What a great pattern!! I started sewing and then realized that I don't really understand how to sew the second half of the lining, could you clear that up for me? Thanks!66
hi, i want to sew such zipper pencil case.
Which fabric should i use for best result?67
Thanks for this tutorial! It was exactly what I was looking for. 🙂 I wanted to create a bag that opened fully, to hold my oils. I left off the gusset and added some elastic on the inside. It was challenging because my sandwiching was not nearly as smooth, and the fabrics didn't totally line up, but it ended up pretty nice anyway.
For anyone else having trouble with the directions, I'd recommend just going through the steps and you'll discover that it does all come together. I try too hard to visualize each step in a project before I start and was confused on this one. When I just dove in, it all made sense.68
Ive read and reread but cant get beyond "place the lining" I attatched the lining and couldnt get access to the zip, unpicked then tried to sandwich lining and zip and fabric and unpicked Is there something I am missing? Obviously as many people have made this bag!69
for the zipper pencil case I'm not getting it when it said to sew line to line….do you have a video tutorial this? thanks70
sorry, but this zipper pencil case is very hard to do, it doesn't give you alot of instruction how and what to do next..or picture to follow, can anyone help on this? do they have a video to watch…I would love to make this..I'm up to the part where you put the lining on top…please help me…Thanks71
Dear Joanne,
thank you for your pattern. I have just one doubt for now, I print your pattern as you told, twice, then I glue them togheter but the result are 18" not 17"…what did I wrong?72
Great pouch! Wondering if I could sell them at my booth when I do craft shows?73
I sure will put out a card crediting your design you put in a lot of work and its great that its free, thanks!74
Hi Craft passion, i have made this twice and i have difficult when we put together with Lining. may i know what type of needle do you use? i use portable sewing machine and i think its too thick for finishing.
thank you from Indonesia75
Love your design, but I'm stuck on p. 5.
"Make a few stitches near the top stop of the zipper. Pin the gusset to the zipper." Where? I don't see any stitches across the zipper. What am I sewing to if the gusset is pinned after sewing some stitches?
Also, seam lines on your patterns measure 1cm. Just checking – is that the desired seam allowance?
Thanks very much.76
Figured it out – sts near top of zipper were to tack the zipper tape together above the zipper stop.
Then I realized I had printed the pattern out incorrectly. Pieces were too small because the printer option used had been set to "scale to fit Entire Paper". When I changed it to "Print entire image", the pieces enlarged to a more appropriate size.
So start over, but no problem, I still think it a beautiful design and I look forward to working through your instructions. Gotta go cut more pieces …77
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Washington, DC, March 4, 2014 | Jim Billimoria, Justin Harclerode (202) 225-9446 |
The Subcommittee on Aviation, chaired by U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), will hold a roundtable policy discussion on Wednesday to review how the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) can best utilize the data from the six unmanned aircraft system (UAS) test ranges.
The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 required the FAA establish a program designating six UAS test ranges to gather a variety of critical UAS safety and operational data. The roundtable discussion will explore how the FAA will gather, analyze, and utilize the data collected from the test ranges to help safely integrate UAS into the national air space. The discussion will also include how to best share the data with stakeholders and other government agencies.
The roundtable is open to the public, and is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 in 2255 Rayburn House Office Building. The roundtable will not be webcast.
In addition to Subcommittee Members, roundtable participants will include:
Mr. James H. Williams, Manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office, Aviation Safety Organization, Federal Aviation Administration
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Mar 09
Posts: 792
SuzyA says:
Hello all
Anybody out there that puts aside part of their grazing to make hay?
If so, if you use the whole field for grazing when would you section off the part you will use to make hay?
Thanks in advance, Suzy.
Mar 10
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greyandbay says:
I should do it now - we had our 1st cut during the one good dry week we had about the 3rd week of July, but with luck we'll get a 2nd cut off it at the end of August / beginning of September, and with the amount of rain and sun we've had it's growing well.
If you want to section it off earlier next year, so you can have it cut at the usual 1st cut time of June / July then I'd think about doing it March / April time maybe?
Ours have extra field given to them in small amounts during the autumn, so that during the winter they get pretty much all of it (3 horses and a pony on 3 acres) and then in the spring when it all starts growing again they get it taken away, again in small amounts at a time, but all ours are good doers who don't need a lot of grass in the summer.
Good luck for it !!
The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man - Winston Churchill
Thanks for that greyandbay. Am looking at giving it a go for next year. Got two horses on ten acres. Our grass is what I reckon to be good grass for horses, not too rich. Many moons ago before we had ponies, the grass used to get really long and had lots of lovely meadowey things in it. For yonks now I've just sectioned off a smallish area so that they can have a treat in the autumn. One's not ridden and the other goes out hacking now and again. One's a cob - say now more! and the 16hh warmblood, well he has got a bit of a tummy on him at the mo! So I'm thinking of dividing the fields into two next year and see what the grass does. March/April time as you suggested sounds good, so we'll see what the grass does during that 4 to 5 months. I'm very conscious of letting them have plenty of running-around space which I think they will still have (they live out 24/7/365 with stable access). A bit suck-it-and-see. Thanks for you input x
With that amount of land it certainly sounds worth it - the farmer who does ours charged us just under £15 per big bale last year, which is way cheaper than you'd be able to buy (that's for haylage, not hay, as we have nowhere to keep hay, and my old girl has respiratory problems on hay).
And if you think there'd be any spare, you could very easily sell it, I'm sure.
Aug 11
Posts: 270
nix123 says:
Hi Suzy
Ive got about the same amount and the best crop ive had off it was 698 bales (i know i was the one who stacked them in the barn!) If you find a good farmer he'll probably hay it for you and you'll prob need about 250 bales for winter and if you let him have the rest he shouldn't charge you. Or you could pay him and sell the rest, make sure you have somewhere dry to store it though, I've got a w/b and a do-gooder cob too that live in in winter i feed them ad-lib hay. Hope that helps.
Thanks greyandbay and nix123 .
I've let the two of them have the whole ten acres for ages, and they keep the grass pretty short, it's amazing how they seem to keep the whole lot the same length - little munchkins!
Wow, 698 bales - that's amazing. I'm not sure how long the grass is gonna grow, so not sure how many bales the approx 5 acres will give us, but I will give it a go. About how long does the grass need to be to cut for hay? That would be lovely to have hay for free, or even make a profit which would pay for the w/b's winter bowl feed and maybe other horsey expenses too!
Little piccie below of the area I'm thinking of.
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. I'm not sure how long the grass is gonna grow, so not sure how many bales the approx 5 acres will give us, but I will give it a go.
. I'm not sure how long the grass is gonna grow, so not sure how many bales the approx 5 acres will give us, but I will give it a go.
Well to give you a very vague idea, we got 10 big bales off roughly 2 acres last month - last year we got 9 in the first cut, and 3 in the 2nd cut off a similar amount of land, but it does depend on the weather and how well it grows, and when you can get it cut - this year we ought to have got more, but because of all the rain it was very late when it was cut, and had gone past its' best.
Your land looks gorgeous !! I don't know what sort of grass it is or how long it grows - most of ours grows to about knee height, but some is shorter, and we have one quite large patch that is pretty much waist height. We had the field ploughed up and seeded with horse pasture mix grass when we moved to our field - it had been agricultural land before, so it's a good mix of lots of less rich stuff than cows would have, plus the odd herb.
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I have been trying to look online for a download to help install my printer without the CD and I am completely lost on what exactly I am looking for. I did find this link on another yahoo ask question
But I don't know where to click after that. IF someone could please help me it would be greatly appreciated!! My cd drive stopped working and I would still like to use my printer until I can save enough to buy a new cd drive thing. Thank you!
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So if that's their big play, they're definitely finished.
BlackBerry teased one the year's most whacky smartphone designs at its shareholder AGM yesterday, but it still isn't ready to disclose any more details. The firm then posted - and deleted - a statement about the BlackBerry Passport. BlackBerry's Passport is striking for a couple of reasons. It has a physical QWERTY keyboard …
So if that's their big play, they're definitely finished.
People like you have been repeating that "they're finished" for the last four years.
Would that be the same four years that saw their stock fall from over $50 dollars to $10 dollars?
Correct - BB has shrunk dramatically and become a niche player. But that doesn't mean they're finished. If they can get the size right for their particular market, and get the business balance right, they can continue quite happily.
Being a huge company may mean that a few people can pay themselves a lot more, but from the shareholder point of view if a medium size company shows the same price and dividend trends as a large one, there's nothing between them.
My own view is that there are always going to be literate people who need to do a lot of mobile messaging, that some of them will always need secure communications, and that meeting their needs will provide a long term stable business.
"Correct - BB has shrunk dramatically and become a niche player. But that doesn't mean they're finished. If they can get the size right for their particular market, and get the business balance right, they can continue quite happily."
Yes, I was being a tad flippant - 'finished' needs qualifying, and I need to do a little bit of backtracking. Blackberry 'as we knew it' most assuredly is finished - they've never managed to adapt to a changing market, and frankly the build quality I've seen with some models is diabolical. If they want to continue as a niche player in the handset market that needs to be dealt with post-haste, and I will admit that I've seen none of the Q models - perhaps they are a marked improvement.
Still, Blackberry's best hope for survival is to reinvent itself as a software services company and continue applying that handset policy and management knowhow they have from BES and focus on solutions across other platforms; definitely money there, and we know they're still sitting on a fairly sizeable war chest that should be used for development.
Bear made the very valid point that people 'like me' have been saying that BB are finished for 4 years; that's nothing compared to Novell's long, slow spiral into irrelevance in terms of timescale, but they're still a has-been, no matter how long it took. Blackberry got rid of Thorsten 'Tablet are a fad!' Heins, but for their sake I pray his kind of thinking isn't entrenched in the company - there's no room for that kind of Ballmer-esque denial and disconnect if they are to survive in any form.
The new Z3 looks like an i5C competitor, the Classic is the same old BB for business, but the Passport looks interestingly different. That large screen should make it tough to fit in a pocket, yet it should make many apps a joy to use. It's more a mini tablet but with full BES and phone capability. I'd actually choose the Z3 for business use rather than the Classic (full screen and slimmer), but I will be looking to try the intriguing Passport, especially with Android apps tailored to take advantage of the screen.
It's actually the same width as the Galaxy Note and a bit shorter. They fit in pockets. I've measured, in fact, and it would fit in my top shirt pocket.
In effect it has the screen definition of a 1080px screen but in a format which works better for messaging, i.e. wider than the narrow Android screens in portrait, deeper than the same screens in landscape.
It's actually a clever idea and was on the original BB10 roadmap - I guess they were waiting for the screens to become available, as it's basically a 2k screen with the bottom cut off.
I might even buy one when the Q10 wears out, though that could take some time.
Oh. I was sort of thinking it would be the same size as a passport.
"...tough to fit in a pocket..."
Doesn't anyone make clothes with larger pockets for today's gadgets? If not there's an opportunity waiting.
Everyone I see seems to carry their phones in their hands nowadays since they're too big to fit comfortably in pockets. Definite a backwards step to me!
"Doesn't anyone make clothes with larger pockets for today's gadgets? If not there's an opportunity waiting."
Sony have a patent on that
Weird designs are a sign of desperation.
Nokia did all manner of odd designs in the late 90s and 00s
Nokia ruled the world in the late 90's.
Your theory falls somewhat flat.
Nokia did all sorts of very weird designs - whilst being de facto leader in the market with not a threat in sign. One still wonders how they threw it all away...
Management, I reckon. The engineers were still making stuff, like the linux tablets and other wierdos.
I think that companies mimic people. They have a foolish childhood, a vigorous adelescence, a capable and stong midle age, and descend into senility and refusal to change.
> Nokia did all sorts of very weird designs - whilst being de facto leader in the market with not a threat in sign
Motorola had arguably better hardware in many cases but their OS was dogshit.
Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.
Am I the only one thinking that for work purposes that could be really rather good? I _hate_ not having a physical keyboard, and a square screen actually makes quite a lot of sense for reading emails.
Reminds me of that square looking LG smartphone from 2012. I'm looking forward to this and the "Classic" version. Probably the only two phones that I will want to have to replace my Z10.
Sort of like an electric penny-farthing - and probably the same target market
Have you seen those Chinese electric unicycles? In a sense they're a derivative of the penny-farthing, but also a very interesting 21st century idea for mobility on crowded cities.
But then a nuclear reactor is basically just a steam engine boiler with the coal replaced with uranium.
They are desperately trying to copy iOS and Android by having large colour screens, while not understanding what their sector of the market wants.
It's a pity they are cutting back on native apps. The difference in ease of use and battery live between native and android apps on BB10 can be huge.
BB is a shining example of what happens when you ignore customer requests because you think you have it down, failing to realize your corporate head is up your corporate ass and what the marketing people are telling you is pure unadulterated bullshit.
I implored Crackberry to respond to HTC phones running Windows back in 2005 and to Motorola Android based mobes that were teasing Verizon back when, but noooooo, I was told there was no demand for it !!!
How did that work for you, BB execs???
On the plus side BB OS sucks, so Android has to be a better strategy if they can port BB technology into the darn devices.
BB excecs should look at SAAB and why they went under, they would not change what they designed because they knew best, where are they now, a history that all businesses execs should read.
Not really. Saab actually did know best, and made some of the safest, most reliable and really quite luxurious cars going. It was the sale to GM - being forced to use common GM platforms - that was the issue.
GM tried to make them into a volume manufacturer. The amount of re-design they had to do of the common platforms to meets Saab's own safety standards etc to maintain their key selling points added loads of cost.
If GM had kept Saab as a "premium" brand and allowed them to tootle away at their own thing, selling lower volume higher margin, then they would have been far less affected by the overcapacity in the auto market in 2011-12.
So the main issue was GM not understanding what they had, not Saab "knowing best".
IMHO anyway...
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Wasn't the beginning of the end for SAAB when they decided that as the only producer of luxury hatchbacks, they should switch to selling cars with boots, like BMW & Audi.
Too late, turns out some people like luxury hatchbacks.
Some people like their phone to have a keyboard - hence BB.
Pisspot would be better.
The Passport is the same size as a Canadian passport. It's not too tall or too wide to fit in any normal pocket. I think it will be easier to hold and type on than most phablets.
As long as it doesn't share the Q5's poor text selection. (Cursor keys would solve that). And lack of phonetic non latin keyboard layouts.
I actually really like the look of it.
I know they already tried this with the torch, but ended up with the worst of both worlds. The screen was smaller than an iPhone 3.5 inch job, and the keyboard was awful. Plus the whole thing was 1.5cm thick.
Still if they could produce a thinner torch, with a bigger screen, and a keyboard rivaling those on the classic designs, they would have a very nice phone. Whether that is physically and technically possible I don't know?
Also the keyboard is a bit worse than onscreen ones by not being contextual. Could they use a white and also a UV backlight to highlight different characters on the keys? Or make changeable e-ink keys? And for a reasonable price?
I do think the Torch failed not just because of its design compromises, but because BB7 was bloody awful as a smartphone OS for downloading and using aps and surfing the net. Messaging still worked outstandingly well, but Android and iOS were good enough by then.
I would buy this no question. I loved my note 2 and love my note 3 but I still miss having a hardware keyboard as I used to on my desire z and n900.
Hardware qwerty keyboards still have their place among those of us who's primary mobile use is email and texting, even more so in the slightly smaller subset of users I fall into who heavily use their phone for remote desktop and telnet/ssh sessions.
Given that you can run android apps on it, what's stopping you?
About two months ago the spouse and I were ready for new smartphones, so we ordered up two BlackBerrys - a Z10 for me, and a Q10 for her.
Reason? Partly Canadian pride. Partly because she owns a bunch of BB stock. Partly because I use my phone as a primary computing device most days - especially email and text creation and such - and figured that BB should do that well.
Upside: I love the hardware. The on screen keyboard is so much better than my old Android phone that it's a true joy. And the predictive text on the Blackberry is stunningly good.
Downsides: Android apps work, sort of, sometimes, to various degrees. Native apps are few and far between. Integration with Google products is spotty and occasionally just plain boneheaded in how bad they work. I was REALLY surprised by that.
Biggest downside for me though is in support: there is none. Period.
BlackBerry does not offer ANY support to end users, Nothing, At All, and is explicit in saying so.
When a serious problem emerged (suddenly can't text message a group of more than ten people) I found that:
- There was no way to get support from Blackberry
- my wireless provider claims it's software bug, and not their problem.
- the company that sold me the phone will exchange it for a new one, but that's it - no other support.
I'm the first to criticize Google for lousy support, but this takes the cake. And at least with Android the core OS is more or less open sourced, so there is almost always someone who can fix something, or at least tell you why it doesn't work.
I'm not a big corporate customer, but I can't see me ever buying another Blackberry product.
Barry, did you try the Crackberry site, from what I can tell they have huge community that help each other in the forums... chances are your problem already has a solution.
Oh yeah, been through the Crackberry and Blackberry forums. Sum total of knowledge there is a) Restart your phone b) delete the group c) rest the phone to factory state.
Nothing that really addresses the underlying problem.
HOWEVER, only two days after tweeting them Blackberry Twitter support responded. I immediately replied, and expect to hear back in another two or three days.
In the words of Sloan, "I was underwhelmed, if that's a word."
That Passport looks pretty decent - especially as a "grown up" phone (e-mail, notes etc), rather than one to twat about on Angry Birds all day long.
I used to love the candybar style keyboards (I had "touch typing" sorted by my last one back in '08) and personally I'm sick of touchscreen keyboards (yes I've tried Swype etc but with thumbs like cauliflowers I think I'm beyond help...)
I've finally accepted no-one is going to make a decent candybar/touch hybrid as I appear to be the only person in the world who wants one, so looks like I might have to settle for this as the nearest I can get!
head/desk - why are we still stuck with the typewriter thing? Newton and palm got close to handwriting recognition, and we have had various types of voice input. Where are the brave ideas like the microwriter? I can still send morse code at 25wpm. perhaps we could have a phone with a morse key? What about direct neural input, or using the smartwatch to somehow pick up the sort of nerve impulses that are used for moving prosthetic limbs? What about a giant projected keyboard that is half whole words and cameras to detect eye movement, something like thegdget that Hawkin has, only - err - better?
There are thousands of engineers making me-too replicants of what the other bloke is selling, and not enough trying to make something genuinely new.
Phone with just one button?! Sounds great, would love to see it in action!
The typewriter thing works. It is tactile, allowing users to type without the perfect hand-eye coordination needed for touch screens. The only other idea you mentioned that makes the least bit of sense is Morse -- I too can do Morse at 25 WPM and would love a Morse straight key (bugs are for wussies) phone, but alas nobody makes one. Handwriting is horrible -- again it is an obsolete skill that some folks have and others don't, and we shouldn't be regressing there. Cuneiform with a stylus is probably a less bad retro option.
I don't mind that. I'm asking for innovative ideas, not telling people what to do.
How will we make phone calls?
No shift key, either - SHOUTY EMAILS ONLY?
Tetraplegic keyboard aside, I quite like the design - different from the competition, which must be a good thing.
Agreed -- it looks like they forget about phone calls. Glass dialer apps are hostile to us tactile phone users. I stick with my ancient clamshell because it's good as a phone, and I need that more than stupid apps. The Q20 looks more promising, frankly; I hope that comes out and Verizon picks it up (not all that likely, given how few 'berries the still sell.)
Mark my words - The new Blackberry Passport will be a huge success. Enough Said.
Im late to this comments page, but, want to expand on my title.
Its been a long time sine the mobile phone designers looked closely at how people actually use a keyboard. We all use them to write text and given the size of the keys on a standard k/board. theres no problem, but scaling that down to a mp size is trying to get a quart out of a pint pot.
Smaller keys are fine, even for big hands "IF" the spacing between the keys is suitably designed.
Its all been done before over 100 yrs ago. Ive a Lachenal concertina the keys of which are just over an 1/8in dia. a 1/4 in high and spaced some 3/8in apart. Easy to use even for my size 10 hands.The last time a properly designed k/b was made was by Nokia on their communicator range prior to th 9300. Then the rot set in.
There is a constant fight for the front of a mp. either its all screen or a small screen and a keyboard.
The only way to get a quart out of a pintpot is to go back to the folding mp.
One side is the screen and the other the kb.
When folded its the right size for a normal pocket , when in use, USEABLE!!
As Ive written here many times before, FORM should follow FUNCTION.
Top hinged flip mp is better than a side opening. Actual size? when closed?
3 in wide by 4in deep. Battery? at least 3000mah. A decent speaker, to cover machinery noise. Back illuminated keys. and waterproof.The money is here to buy one,
As for the this bb? keyboard a desaster. Even if it was completly free I coiuldnt use it.
so wouldnt hve it.


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Geoff Keezer: Across the Universe
Across the Universe
Geoff Keezer (piano)
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Geoff Keezer (piano).
Composed by Lennon/McCartney.
Recorded: Los Angeles, June 1999
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Solo piano adventures are too often unfairly measured against the introspection of Keith Jarrett, the complexity of Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea, or the technical prowess of Art Tatum. Inevitable comparisons to the indisputable brilliance of the masters can taint our perceptions of their disciples' efforts. Geoff Keezer proves that beauty is sometimes best realized through simplicity. Listeners won't be wowed by mind-boggling runs or harmonic eccentricities in his thoughtful solo version of John Lennon's "Across the Universe." Staying close to the melody, Keezer's soothing and concise performance doesn't push any boundaries or break any rules. But when isolated and appreciated for what it is and not chastised for what it isn't, the results are altogether gratifying.
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More than 202,000 homes and businesses were still blacked out as of Tuesday morning a week into Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts as lawmakers and the public increasingly lose patience with the Long Island Power Authority.
That number is down from more than 1 million of LIPA's 1.1 million customers who lost electricity during the storm, but LIPA stopped counting the hardest hit areas incapable of being repowered, inclucing the Rockaways, Long Beach and Fire Island. The utility, which has 11,000 crew members from across the nation helping it, has said it will have the lights back on to 90 percent of its customers by sundown Wednesday, but some were still not appeased.
"I think the utility companies have not performed adequately," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday evening. "If you don't perform the service, then don't ask the consumers to pay the bill. And if you can't perform the service, then we'll find another vendor who will."
LIPA temporarily took down the storm outage map off their website Monday, frustrating the issue further. Michael Hervey, cheif operating officer of LIPA, told News12 Long Island the map web page had to be relaunched because the old map had inaccurate information. A new outage map was up by Monday night.
Not that the new map solved the blackout problem as some Long Islanders struggle to keep warm amid tempratures dropping into the 30s and 40s at night. Asked Cuomo: " If their power is out in the apartment, how are they going to contact you on the web?"
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"LIPA continues to restore power to customers in the most severely damaged areas in and around Brookville, St. James and Port Jefferson, and we are advising customers that they should plan for the potential that power restoration could extend a week or more beyond [Nov. 7]," LIPA said in a news release Monday night.
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College Hockey:Former D-III Star Aucoin Shares In Cup Celebration
Former Norwich standout Keith Aucoin doesn't have his name on the Stanley Cup yet, but he's getting close. The 2001 Division III Player of the Year played in the Carolina Hurricanes' system this season, and was on the reserve roster for the Hurricanes' postseason run. That meant he was with the team throughout the playoffs, on standby in case an injury occurred.
"[Being in the system] meant practicing everyday with the Hurricanes and traveling with the team to Buffalo and Edmonton," said Aucoin. "I worked out every day and kept in shape. If there had been one more injury, then I probably would have gotten in. I wasn't really hoping anyone would get hurt, but if they did, then I would have been ready to go."
Though he didn't get into the action, Aucoin was invited to take part in the Hurricanes' post-game celebration, including, of course, hoisting the Stanley Cup.
"It was very surreal," said Aucoin. "It's something you dream about as a kid growing up."
The Waltham, Mass., native played most of the past season with Carolina's AHL affiliate, the Lowell Lock Monsters. Aucoin led the team in goals (29) and assists (56). He got "the call" twice this season, playing in a total of seven games for the Hurricanes.
Aucoin will not get his name on the Cup, but will get a championship ring and have the honor of having the cup for a day this offseason. He expects to be in the Carolina system again next year, and, if the 'Canes repeat, have another shot at having his named etched in glory.
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Tracking Printer Cartridges
The Area being Modelled is :-
A Database to support the Tracking of Printer Cartridges.
Specifications have been provided by Tatenda in the following terms :-
Thanks for your website! I am a beginner at programming.
I work for a school that uses a wide range of printers.
One of our challenges has been to keep track of stock levels and usage rates.
I then decided to design a database in MS Access (I had been using excel spreadsheets)
to keep track of all this info.
I have confused myself a bit and wanted to check with someone who knows what they are
doing to see if what I am doing below is on the right path?
Thanks for your help
My ideas look like this :-
User Entity
Printer Entity
Technician Entity
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