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Senator John Hoeven announced Wednesday evening that BNSF Railway has agreed to hold off on a plan to increase speed limits for trains traveling through Devils Lake.
Hoeven spoke with BNSF Railway Executive Chairman Matt Rose this afternoon to express the community's concerns about the plan and to request the railroad work with the mayor and city leaders to resolve the issue. Rose agreed to hold off on increasing speed limits through the community, review the railroad's plan and have further discussions with city leaders before proceeding.
The railroad announced a plan earlier this month to increase the current maximum speed from 30 miles per hour to 60 starting Friday, August 1. BNSF noted frequent track inspections and the classification of the track, which allows speeds up to 60 miles an hour.
Residents, however, have expressed concern about the speed limit increase, citing the track's path through residential and commercial areas and its proximity to a daycare center, parks, schools and other sensitive locations
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Apple Pay launches on October 20th
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Apple, Corporate News, Handhelds
During this morning's Apple iPad Event, the company announced that its game-changing mobile payment service, Apple Pay, will launch on Monday, October 20th. Since being announced during last month's iPhone event, Apple has signed up an additional 500 banks and financial institutions as well as a multitude of additional retail stores. The service will work with VISA, MAsterCard, and American Express at the start. Apple Pay is compatible with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, and will be enabled by the iOS 8.1 update. The service takes advantage of Touch ID and NFC to make mobile payments both secure and and quick.
Apple iPad Air 2: Thinner, faster, 8MP camera for $499
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Apple has officially unveiled the iPad Air 2. iPad Air 2 is just 6.1mm thin, making it 18% thinner than the original iPad Air (and that was already 20% thinner then the iPad that preceded it.) Display components are now laminated together, reducing internal reflection, paired with an anti-reflection coating on the outside that reduced reflection by 56%, making it nicer to use when out and about. The iPad Air 2 is powered by the A8X processor, a 64-bit processor with 3 billion transistors that results in 40% faster CPU and 2.5x faster GPU (that's 180x faster than the original iPad.)
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Apple to reveal new iPad Air, Retina display iMac, and more this week
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Apple, Handhelds, PC / Laptop, Rumors
About a month ago, Apple took the stage at the Flint Center to unveil the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Later this week, the company will hold another special event, then time to reveal this years iPad lineup, and if reports are correct, updated iMacs (including one with a Retina display.) We've heard conflicting reports as to whether the iPad mini will see an update at the event, or if that'll come early next year, but we do know that the iPad Air will get an update that will make it lighter, slimmer, and more powerful.
Vietnamese leak site Tinhte.vn has already showed what's purported to be the iPad Air 2 frame, which is thinner and sees the volume buttons recessed into the frame, and the inclusion of a Touch ID sensor, bringing the iPhone feature over to the Apple tablet family.
Meanwhile, fans of Apple's desktop hardware have been waiting for a couple of years for the Retina display technology to make the jump from iOS devices and Apple notebooks over to the iMac. It appears that a 27-inch model that sports a 5K resolution may be prepped for Thursday as well, alongside a possible Mac mini refresh. OS X Yosemite may also launch on Thursday, as Apple has released three Golden Master candidates to developers so far.
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WWE 2K15 gets Season Pass with exclusive Paige DLC
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Downloadable Content, Fighting, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Sports, Xbox 360, Xbox One
2K Games has announced details of the WWE 2K15 Season Pass, which will offer additional downloadable content that will add characters and story mode content to the game. In addition, buyers of the Season Pass will get exclusive access to WWE Diva Paige. Of course, the rest of the DLC content will be available for separate purchase while Season Pass buyers get all of it.
As previously reported, other exclusive characters include two generations of Sting, and Hulk Hogan.
WWE 2K15 is scheduled for release on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 28, 2014. The series will also make its debut on next-generation consoles PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on November 18, 2014 in North America, and November 21, 2014 internationally.
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Is being too good at Shadow of Mordor robbing me of a better experience?
Posted by Chris Pereira Categories: Adventure, Editorial, Reviews, Role Playing Games, Xbox One
There were any number of reasons to be excited for Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, which launched earlier this week. For myself and many others, it was the Nemesis system--which promises unique enemies and emergent gameplay--that was the most exciting aspect of all. And while it's certainly an intriguing feature, I can't help but feel I've been missing out on it for basically being too good at the game.
Until reviews started to hit the web, I was very cautious in being optimistic about Monolith's first-ever Lord of the Rings game. For being such a major franchise, quality games based on it have been few and far between--something that's especially surprising considering its renewed popularity following the release of Peter Jackson's movies. Once I heard the almost-unanimous praise from the reviewers I trust, I was onboard. I was ready to finally play a LotR game that was a genuinely good game, not another passable one that I accepted because it happened to make use of one of my favorite franchises.
Unboxing Live 148: TiVo Mini
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The TiVo Mini is the powerful, all-purpose companion to your four or six-tuner TiVo DVR. Andru Edwards walks you through how the Mini makes it easy to share the TiVo experience on another TV in your home in this episode. Add one or more Minis and access your live TV, recorded shows and streaming apps - all with TiVo's distinctively easy-to-use interface. To use the TiVo Mini, you need a 4-tuner TiVo Roamio or Series4 DVR.
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Apple seeds OS X Yosemite Golden Master to developers
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Apple, Corporate News, PC / Laptop, Software
While Microsoft was busy introducing Windows 10 to the world, Apple released the first OS X Yosemite golden master candidate. Developers and beta testers were seeded with the update today through the Mac App Store, and the golden master designation means that the company is confident that this could be the exact same version that it ships to the general public when Yosemite is released later this fall, barring any last-minute bugs (hence the word "candidate.") OS X Yosemite was originally introduced back in June during the 2014 Worldwide Developers Conference, where it was shown to have a radical redesign from the current OS X Mavericks, along with much tighter optional integration with iOS 8.
It's rumored that Apple will ship OS X 10.10 Yosemite next month, alongside an update to the Mac lineup that would include the first iMac with Retina display at 5K resolution.
Windows 10: Microsoft previews the next iteration of Windows
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Corporate News, Microsoft, PC / Laptop, Software
Today, Microsoft officially announced the next version of Windows: Windows 10. If you're confused, you're not alone. The currently-available version of Windows is 8.1, which means that Microsoft has inexplicably decided to forego version 9 altogether. Rumors that the next version would be called Windows TH, Windows One, or Windows 9 have now been dashed—Windows 10 is the future of Microsoft's desktop operating system. It's also still technically the 9th release of Windows.
At an unveiling event earlier today, the company called Windows 10 the "most comprehensive platform ever," as it will run on all displays, from 4-inches and up. That means Windows 10 will run on phones, tablets, laptops, desktops, servers, and high definition television screens. "Windows 10 will deliver the right experience on the right device at the right time," said Microsoft's Terry Myerson. "Windows 10 will run on the broadest types of devices ever."
Optimists will say that Microsoft is listening to all of the negative backlash that was met with the release of Windows 8, taking in that feedback, and reverting a bunch of changes to give customers what they want. Others will point out that Windows 10 looks like a mashup of the beloved Windows 7 and the polarizing Windows 8, with a bunch of Mac OS X features (like Expose and Mission Control) thrown in, and is an obvious step backwards. We see both sides of the argument, but it's also very early to tell, as Windows 10 won't ship until late 2015.
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GoPro Hero4 Black edition offers 4K recording at 30fps
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Cameras, HDTV
GoPro has announced the new GoPro Hero4 Black Edition camera, which takes its top-of-the-line model and adds in 4K recording at 30 frames per second, what many video enthusiasts consider to be the holy grail for a pocket camcorder. That's not all, as it can also do 1080p at 120 frames per second (great for slow motions video recording,) and takes 12 megapixel images, up to 30 per second. On the inside you'll find a processor that is twice a fast as what was in the GoPro Hero3+ Black Edition, as well as a redesigned microphone with double the dynamic range as the previous model. Built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi allow you to use a smartphone or tablet as a live remote viewfinder for the Hero4 Black Edition as well, which is just awesome. You can pick up the GoPro Hero4 Black edition for $500 starting October 5th.
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Apple prepping to launch iMac with Retina display alongside OS X Yosemite
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According to reports from several outlets, Apple is set to finally bring its iMac desktop line into the future with the introduction of a Retina display with a 5K resolution. for the 27-inch model. The company is said to be in the late testing stage for the iMac with Retina display, which would put it on track to launch in the next couple of months. The smart money says that it'll launch alongside OS X Yosemite, with other updates that include faster processors, improved Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and Thunderbolt 2 ports. We expect that the Retina display would be a premium feature, with non-Retina models also being available with updated internals as well.
As far as OS X Yosemite goes, Apple has been testing a couple of Ultra High Definition resolutions, included 4096 x 2034 and 6400 x 3600 pixels. Additionally, the company is readying 4K-compatible versions of its video editing apps, Final Cut Pro and iMovie. If true, expect news on all of this to come directly from Apple next month.
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The scientific study of human behavior with emphasis on learning, perception, and motivation. A basic course for further work in psychology and related fields.
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Prerequisites: PSY 101 or permission of instructor
Offered: Fall, even years
This course is an examination of the adolescent in view of modern research of mental, physical and emotional changes that occur. Interrelationships of development, adolescent interests, social consciousness, behavior, and the major contexts of adolescent development are studied.
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PSY 330: Abnormal Psychology
Prerequisites: PSY 101 or permission of instructor
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A study of the major mental disorders as classified by the American Psychiatric Association. Emphasis is on symptoms, diagnostic criteria, and treatment of the disorders.
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Amy Robertson has been a part of Islanders Athletics since September 2009. She provides all administrative and clerical support to the men's and women's basketball teams, spirit teams and facilities. She also assists with the training of the department's business assistant staff members in addition to ensuring that all vendors are paid in a timely manner.
Robertson started working for the university in March 2006 as a senior secretary in Facility Services-Construction and Planning Department. Since joining intercollegiate athletics in 2009, Amy has moved from senior secretary to administrative assistant and then to business support.
Robertson is an alumnus of the University of Phoenix where she completed her bachelor's degree in Business Administration and is currently working on her MBA through the online services of the University of Phoenix.
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Not only are Tuck's cupcakes fantastic looking but they are fantastically fun to make!
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Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 24 cupcake cups with paper liners. Prepare the cake mix according to package directions and divide the batter evenly between the prepared cupcake pans. Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 18 to 21 minutes. Transfer the cupcakes pan to a wire rack and cool for 5 minutes. Invert the cupcakes and cool completely.
Spoon 1 tablespoon of vanilla frosting into a resealable bag. Tint the remaining frosting green using the green and yellow food coloring. Spoon 3 tablespoons of the green frosting into a resealable bag.
Spread a dot of green frosting on top of each cupcake. Place the cookie half on top so that one corner overhangs 3/4-inch on the right side of cupcake. (This will be Tuck's nose.) Spread the cupcakes with green frosting. Add the marshmallow half, cut-side down as the hat on the upper left corner of cupcake. Squeeze squiggly lines of the green gel on top of the cupcake. (The lines should go toward the nose tip.)
Add the blue candy as the eye. Snip a small corner from the bag of green frosting and pipe a line around the eye. Pipe a line of blue decorating frosting around the base of the marshmallow. Pipe Tuck's mouth, nostrils, pupil, and two lines radiating away from his eye with the black decorating frosting. Pipe a line of red gel in between the two chocolate lines near the eye. Pipe a white dot of frosting on the pupil and attach the red spice drop on top of the marshmallow. Add the red fruit taffy as the cape at the base of cupcake.
Introduce this classic snack to your child with the Wonder Pets!
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It's been 21 years since the Oakland firestorm. Ever since the October disaster, annual inspection notices go out like clockwork. They go out, but does anyone follow through to see that homeowners comply? Sadly, it seems to be no.
I'll cite my own case, since I know firsthand the frustrations of working with a city that is "fiscally challenged." Each year, the vacant property next to my house sets new records for weed growth. It's as if someone is fertilizing the brush as a cash crop, yet never reaping the yield. The fire department comes, cites the absentee owners and moves on.
For my part, I start making calls in midsummer, sometimes two or three phone calls a week. Voice mail takes the complaints, and where they go from there is anyone's guess. It is now mid-November, and I'm thinking of hanging holiday lights on the Scotch broom, if I can reach the high branches. And the Oakland Fire Prevention Bureau takes a long winter's nap until the next set of notices goes out in the spring.
Email bag: Speaking of gripes, reader Richard Schwarz has a beef with noise pollution. He says emergency paramedic vehicles routinely scream up and down Park Boulevard, sirens blaring, even on Sunday mornings before 8:30 when there's virtually no traffic. It's understood that there are several nursing homes in the area, but "one siren should be plenty," he writes, "rather than going for broke ..."
Helping hand: When Mel and Tiffany Copland aren't selling homes, they're working on them. The local Alain Pinel Realtors are helping to build a new addition on the home of an Orinda high school student who was injured when a sand tunnel collapsed on him. Ryan Buchanan has been in a vegetative state since the June 2011 accident, and Project Ryan's Wing is bringing together folks to retool the home so Ryan can live there. If you'd like to help, see www.projectryanswing.org.
In remembrance: Readers are mourning the passing of a great Oakland neighbor and volunteer. Roger Brett died Oct. 28 at the age of 68. He was a tireless advocate for the Chabot Space & Science Center and did so much for his own neighborhood; residents dedicated a "pocket park" in his honor. He leaves behind many friends and his high school sweetheart and wife of 46 years, Korki Bennett.
"Souper" bowl: It's a busy time of year for readers John and Maggie Kinstle, who send out some 300 invitations for their annual soup party. The idea started as a way to meet new neighbors and has grown into a competition to see who can make the best crock of comfort food. It's also a way for Maggie to show off the paintings she's created during the year -- "kind of an open studio plus soups," she says.
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How Firefox Is Pushing Open Video Onto the Web
There's a great article called How Firefox Is Pushing Open Video Onto the Web by Micheal Calore over at WebMonkey, dealing with the HTML 5 <video> tag and Firefox's native Ogg Theora support. The piece outlines the technical details of the <video> tag and includes an interview with Mozilla director of Firefox Mike Beltzner and Mozilla director of platform engineering Damon Sicore.
An excerpt from the interview:
Webmonkey: How do you see these factors — the HTML
5 video tag, putting the Ogg codecs right into the browser,
presentation techniques that mimic the plug-in player experience —
affecting video on the web? What's it going to change in six months? Or
six years?
Beltzner: In six months, you're going to see more
sites like DailyMotion doing things where they detect that the browser
supports Ogg and the video tag, and in that case, they're going to give
those users an Ogg-and-video-tag-experience.
I think you'll see content sites doing this because they'll have the
ability to re-encode their entire video libraries without having to pay
any licensing fees. The Ogg Theora encoders are completely license-free
and patent-proof. They don't need to worry about which player you've
got. They also don't need to worry about which hardware you've got. Ogg
Theora will run on Windows, Mac and Linux, or any embedded device or
mobile device built on the Linux platform.
Here's a beta example page from DailyMotion demonstrating use of the HTML 5 <video> tag. If you have Firefox 3.5 installed, or a reasonably new version of Webkit/Safari and the XiphQT component install, you should have in browser video playback – Ogg Theora and no Flash player needed.
YouTube's demonstration page here.


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Get ready for the holiday mail crush. Monday is likely to be one of the busiest days, as people get their cards and packages in the mail so they'll arrive at their destinations by Christmas, which is a week from Wednesday.
For those who've waited, postal workers have some good news. They say even things that are mailed late should still get through in time.
One shopper said she's avoiding the post office by buying gifts online. But another says he likes standing in the lines, because he gets to meet people.
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SANTA CLARA -- A former NFL coach named Bill Parcells once said: "You are what your record says you are."
Jim Harbaugh, coach of the 49ers, does not necessarily agree. Or disagree.
"It's pretty catchy," Harbaugh said Monday about Parcell's bromide, but he deferred comment when asked if the 49ers deserve their 8-4 record, saying: "I don't think it's that relevant. What's relevant is, our fate is in our hands. It's good for all of us to keep that in mind at all times."
Truthfully, both statements are good to keep in mind, at any time. Because both are relevant.
Parcells' statement is correct because the 49ers have an 8-4 record that they have earned, good and bad. Winning any NFL game is an achievement. But with an offense best described as sporadically intermittent, the 49ers have defeated just one team that currently owns a winning record -- Arizona. That's worth second place in the NFC West standings, behind Seattle.
"Not where you'd like to be," Harbaugh acknowledged.
He is correct, however, about the 49ers' fate being in their hands regarding the playoffs. They own the second wild card spot and can win out to clinch the postseason.
But in terms of what the 49ers really are ... and whether they are going to be relevant in the Super Bowl conversation ... we'll discover that definitively Sunday when they play the Seahawks at Candlestick Park.
Win or lose, the 49ers are not likely to finish as division champions. Seattle can retain the NFC West lead even with a defeat at Candlestick. And the Seahawks have a cake schedule the rest of the way (at New York Giants, home against Arizona and St. Louis).
But if the 49ers do win Sunday, it will be a marker and a statement and a big fat Facebook post on the "Friends Of Vince Lombardi Trophy" page.
Beating the Seahawks would prove that the 49ers belong in the Super Bowl conversation. And it would show that they have made meaningful strides since being thumped 29-3 in Seattle on Sept. 15.
"We're taking the revenge approach," Harbaugh said. "Validation. We want to play well."
They need to play well for the holidays, basically. History shows that teams with the best won-lost records in the regular season do not always reach the Super Bowl. Teams that are playing the best in December are a better bet. In 2010, Green Bay won the game as a NFC wild-card team on the uptick. Baltimore was the AFC's fourth seed last year when it beat the second-seeded 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII.
When you sit down to watch a Seahawks-49ers game over the past few years, you know what you're going to see. Both teams believe they can outmuscle opponents. So when they meet, they try to pound the snot out of each other. And the one who collects the most snot gets the victory. Too graphic an image? Maybe you haven't cued up the video.
For example, the biggest play of last season's 42-13 rout of the 49ers in Seattle occurred in the first quarter when Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor viciously slammed into 49ers tight end Vernon Davis' chest as he attempted a sideline catch while in a vulnerable position. Chancellor was penalized for unnecessary roughness, but Davis left the game with a concussion. With one of their most indestructible players out, the 49ers weren't the same team.
Likewise, last season when the Seahawks lost 13-6 at Candlestick, the 49ers crusher was a 10-play touchdown drive in the third quarter when running backs Frank Gore and Kendall Hunter handled the ball on eight of the 10 plays and chewed up yardage.
And we all saw what happened in Week 2 of this season when the Seahawks fed off their industrial-strength-noisy home crowd to sack 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick three times, hassle him into three interceptions and win by 26 points.
Have the teams really changed much since that September night?
"I'm sure they have," Harbaugh said. "I'm not prepared to say what those changes are yet."
Even so, Harbaugh was in a generally relaxed mood Monday, perhaps because his father is in town -- Jim even joked that his dad was questioning the 49ers' rushing game strategy -- and because the team's passing attack has shown growth spurts over the past two weeks.
Son and dad were also planning to watch the Seahawks-Saints game on "Monday Night Football" together, although on monitors at the team facility rather than in the Harbaugh living room. It's surely an edge for the 49ers that the Seahawks must play Sunday's game on short rest after a plane ride, because it will give Seattle's bruises one less day of rest before another physically demanding game.
Here's what is not an edge for the 49ers: Knee injuries to their two best offensive linemen, Joe Staley and Mike Iupati, might keep both men out of Sunday's game. That's not an ideal situation in a contest of corporeal might. The last five 49ers-Seahawks games have been won by the team that accumulates the most rushing yards.
It's possible that Kaepernick could now pick up the slack if the 49ers rushing game stalls. But in his two games as a starter against Seattle, he's thrown one touchdown pass and been intercepted four times. Best not to put the game on his shoulders.
There will be plenty of time to discuss all this, of course, as the week progresses. Harbaugh and his staff are clearly relishing the thought of another game against Pete Carroll and his staff. The 49ers coach even waxed philosophical about the meaning of it all, when a reporter wondered if too much emphasis was being placed on Sunday's game.
"You could probably say that for every game we play, there's too much emphasis," Harbaugh mused. "I guess you could make the societal argument: Do we put too much emphasis on these games? I don't know about the rest of society, but I know we do."
That's pretty deep. And if you are what the rest of society says you are, then the 49ers are a team that needs to prove something Sunday.
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Travelers Rest man killed during fireworks accident
Published: Saturday, July 6, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, July 5, 2013 at 2:06 p.m.
TRAVELERS REST, S.C. (AP) — A Travelers Rest man has died after a firework exploded in his hands on July Fourth.
The Greenville County Coroner's Office says 54-year-old Robin Rhodes Smith died on the way to a hospital around 9:45 p.m. Thursday.
Witnesses say Smith had been shooting fireworks in his yard. A mortar round-type with a 4-inch opening at the top, failed to ignite.
Investigators say Smith took the firework out of the ground and used a pocket knife to install a new fuse. Witnesses say Smith was holding the firework against his chest when it went off.
An autopsy was scheduled Friday.
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Brevard Little Theatre fundraiser 'Dancing With Our Stars' set for Feb. 16
Published: Friday, February 8, 2013 at 5:13 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 8, 2013 at 5:13 p.m.
BREVARD, N.C. – The Brevard Little Theatre at 55 E. Jordan St. will host a "Dancing With Our Stars" fundraiser at 7 p.m. Feb. 16.
The money raised will support the cost of operating the community theater Eight couples have been practicing their ballroom dance numbers in preparation for this event.
Donating their time and talent by competing in this fundraiser are Lisa Puckett Bader and Dean St.
Marie, Shannon Lopez and Matt Bader, Amber Austin and Jackson Wine, Gillian Hillman and Mark Henry, Marty and Glenn Ingram, Rebecca Carter and C.J. Stancil, Eva Robbins and Roni Daller, and Brevard Mayor Jimmy Harris with his surprise partner.
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The Challenging Chore of Enterprise Content Maintenance
With the continual growth of multi-device web browsing, everything we once knew about web content has changed. So there's a lot of discussion these days about content strategy. Web experts preach best practices for publishing to multiple channels, making content the priority, thinking mobile first, moving away from the WYSIWYG, and creating content chunks.
A lot of these principles are well and good.
They work swimmingly when you're building a smallish website. Or when everyone contributing to your site has a solid grasp of web best practices. Or when your main goal is publishing articles, posts, or documentation that carries similar content structures—like news sites, blogs, and help forums.
But what about when you have a 20,000 page website with diverse and varied content requirements? What if you have hundreds of web contributors who are experts in finance, biology, or event planning but not necessarily web content management?
I've worked in enterprise content management at a university for six years. And I've found a lot of the latest web content theories to be useful and relevant on the super-micro or heady-abstract level. But, if I'm being honest, many of the principles just don't seem to scale when you're managing a big, complex content system.
Universities, government agencies, and other mega institutions likely get what I mean. Taking these abstract theories and trying to apply them in a highly political, messy, human environment is immensely challenging and maybe even borderline impossible. When you tack on the limitations of your CMS and available resources, it feels like you're trying to drive a system as incomprehensible as the Starship Enterprise.
So which of today's web management principles can we actually use in our big messy systems? Is there any way to make the theories more practical or grow them to a larger scale so they make sense for our kind of work?
Here are a few of the strategies I've used.
Extend content management beyond the web
One of my big pushes right now is to help people stop thinking of our CMS as a tool for building webpages. Instead, I want us to see it as a system for managing information.
The CMS should be the place to store as much content as possible—not just webpages.
Some info will end up on the web, but not all of it. Some might get sent out through emails or exported for use on print pieces.
We're trying to take a huge step back and think of not only what's needed on the web, but what info should be in the CMS that's currently sitting in word docs on shared drives, Adobe files on desktops, or email inboxes.
For example, this spring we needed to update our print promotional materials for our undergrad academic programs. Instead of looking only at print pieces, we decided to include the websites and work on new content for both at the same time. That way we could identify what content would be shared across print and web and then build out the content requirements in the CMS to house all promotional info together in one place.
Now, when web authors update their site, they're also keeping content for their print pieces current because it's all housed in the same template. Next time we need to run a print job, we can pull fresh content right from the CMS and pass it along to a designer for new formatting. When we need a blurb about a specific program for a new kind of piece or an email, we know where to go.
One of today's web best practices that makes this system work is separating information from presentation. If we think of content as the words and images (the information), and let the CMS take care of the formatting, then the information becomes more portable and useful. The content becomes pieces of information, rather than designed elements stuck to a webpage.
It takes some work on the backend and lots of conversation and planning, but once structures are in place it becomes a lot easier to maintain information going forward. And don't worry about doing it everywhere. Start with one small section or a single content type and see what you learn.
Find a balance between structure and flexibility
The harsh truth is that you can't give everyone equal attention. There's no way you can dedicate the same amount of time and skill and funds to every piece of information when you're working in enterprise content management. And that means you're going to have to say no and make tough decisions and prioritize.
I spend a lot of time thinking about content priority. At our institution, all information falls into 5 different content levels.
Assigning content levels to all of our information helps us determine things like:
- How much time we should spend planning and developing
- What information needs to go through editorial workflows
- How much training and support we can provide
- What tools should be used for building and maintaining content
- What permissions we should assign to authors and contributors
Content levels also help us find the balance between structure and flexibility.
Top level content gets more flexibility. We spend more time crafting unique layouts and content treatments for higher level information. It receives more design finesse and development magic.
But that means lower level content must have more structure and follow more rules. It's housed in similar templates and uses basic tools so that we can distribute content production to authors who don't work with web content all day. Because turnover of web authors is high, structured systems also allow us to streamline training and make it easier to replace authors who have moved on to other roles within the institution.
Finding that balance between structure and flexibility will be different for every institution because of politics, clout, business process, and resource availability. But at the very least, it's important to spend time prioritizing where you should invest the time to make a splash and where you need to say no to unique requests so that you have time for the projects that will make a bigger impact.
Plan for the life of your content
When you're dealing with content on such a large scale you have to plan for maintenance. There's just no other way to keep your sanity. And then you have to do the tough work and carry out your maintenance plans.
This is a huge challenge for us humans. We like to create, but we struggle to sustain because it's tiring, draining work with little reward.
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
– Kurt Vonnegut
There's no slick trick for ensuring your information is maintained. It's just a lot of work. But there are some strategies we use to make it a bit easier.
First, we don't create or publish new content unless there is a dedicated author for the information. Our web team members are not information experts. They're here to set up web systems that work for the institution. They're not here to know when information is out of date. All content needs someone looking after it once it's created.
Second, everyone goes through training. We try our best to not only train people on how to use tools but also on how to create good content—from information architecture to heading structure to linking best practices.
Third, we meet regularly with those responsible for maintaining content and give them new information. Through monthly meeting ups, our authors have an avenue to ask questions, connect with each other, and build their skills.
There's a lot more I could say about enterprise content management because it's a huge, challenging task not for the faint of heart.
Be encouraged that there are others out there trying to figure out how today's best practices apply to the complex work you do. There are likely times when you dream of being able to build and support a 50-page website focused on a single product or service, but know that lots of people appreciate and rely on the work you do behind the scenes to keep your giant systems running.
Keep up the good work, and know that every small step moves you forward.


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For the record, I do not believe in God, so I do not trust God. However, the inscription proponents seem to be genuinely and positively motivated, so I propose a compromise: Inscribe "In God Some Trust." At least this would be a true statement.
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Re: "Benghazi still a hot topic": Give it a rest, Dick Gustafson. Benghazi was a tragedy and there is plenty of blame to spread around, but trying to make Obama, Hillary and Panetta seem indifferent to the incident doesn't wash. You're grasping at straws to continually find something to trash the Obama administration about so you can justify your obvious disappointment with his re-election.
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The bacon-scented alarm app and device come from -- are you ready for this? -- the Oscar Mayer Institute for the Advancement of Bacon. Oscar Mayer did not immediately respond to questions about how the app produces the bacon smell.
Bick says the app will give "bacon aficionados a new reason to welcome their morning alarm clocks."
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It marked A&M-Corpus Christi's first road weekend sweep since the opening weekend of the 2009-10 season.
The men's basketball team will return home this week for a pair of games. The Islanders take on Northwestern State at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, and follow on Sunday with a matchup against Stephen F. Austin Saturday with tip set for 6:30 p.m.
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There's nothing funny about a Government shutdown that affects millions of Americans/low-income families but sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying and that's exactly what happened on Twitter (with controversial commentary mixed in) once the shutdown was announced.
Here are the good, bad and ugliest Twitter reactions to the Government Shutdown. Take a look.


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A review of history will reveal that because the White European and North American countries had an advanced civilization, they became arrogant and believed that they had a Manifest Destiny to go into other countries and take their natural resources and trample on their people, their cultures and religions. In every country in the world where they went, they eventually were tossed out by a people of color, Brown, Black & Beige. China, the Indian Continent, Africa, the Mid-East and South and Central America and the Caribbean Islands. Gone.
Just maybe, because we now have a man of color in the White House we might be successful. Yeah! We know one thing for sure, he won't lie to us and invade Iraq.
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A review of history will reveal that because the White European and North American countries had an advanced civilization, they became arrogant and believed that they had a Manifest Destiny to go into other countries and take their natural resources and trample on their people, their cultures and religions. In every country in the world where they went, they eventually were tossed out by a people of color, Brown, Black & Beige. China, the Indian Continent, Africa, the Mid-East and South and Central America and the Caribbean Islands. Gone.
Churchill said: " It is better to Jaw, Jaw, Jaw than to War, War, War.
Besides if this thing gets settled, we will get even by letting them have fast food chains and rap music. That will teach them.
It appears that many do not want Obama to be successful. Why?
Do some have son-in-laws they don't like and want to ship them off to another war?
Richard Mason
Anyone who has borne the price of battle knows the cost, not in dollars(that is another major issue)but the blood price we pay to win(?)the fight. Iran has no intention of living up to any agreements it makes. I know the current adminstration is working to safe guard our future; however, they are not taking into account the people they are working with. Our own actions in the region has ramped up the hate/made tartgets of our troops and homeland. Is it time to pull out of the middle-East/quit being the world's police force/let them solve thier own problems??Something to think about.Our allies can't depend on us living up to agreements/treaties( some going back to WW2)and we are rapidly becoming a nonenity in world politics.( Not necessarily a bad thing.)
Let me say it this way " ROLLING THUNDER "
Where Does It say That America Can Force Its Will On Nation? I'M a Vet And I'm Sick And Tired Of All The Crazies Who want To War Continually. America Has Some Blame For The Hate That Comes Out Of The Middle East. We Left Iraq in a State Of Constant Death And Fighting. We kill Innocent Civilians With Drones in Afganistan. Israel Practices Genocide On Palestinian Peoples. Israel Does This With War Material Supplied By America. In Iraq Before The Stupid Bush War (Which Killed 5,400 Innocent American Citizens) America And its UN Friends Had An Embargo on Iraq..Which Killed 500,000 Innocent Iraq Babys'! Tell That Story To ANY Mother in The World. Yes......America Brought On Its Own Attack by SOME Of The Mentioned Subjects I Spoke Of Here. The American middle EaST pOLICYS ARE aLL uSELESS aND bRING sHAME And Hate And ATTACK oN aMERICAS iNNOCENT cITIZENS.(my upper case key was stuck) Sorry. I Love my country...but I'm terrified Of Its Ignorance in Foreign affairs!
Instead of bashing the President for not etting "tough" with Iran's leaders, we should remember what getting tough with Iraq's leaders got us into. Do we hope to eventually invade Iran and replace that government by force? Get real. We did that in Iraq and succeeded in losing more than 4,000 of our brothers and sisters as well as filling our hospitals with many thousands more, and for what? Look at the logistics. From where would our supply lines operate? Look at the size of that country. We would have to abandon the Rumsfeld idea of a small, well-trained cadre and hurtle back into a massive draft of unwilling civilians, just to get enough bodies into the attack. As I see it, an Iranian nuclear bomb is no more of a threat than the Pakistani and Indian bombs, which were once seen as the end of the subcontinent. Israel has the bomb, and I doubt they would hesitate to use it if they felt the Iranians were preparing to nuke them. The only way we can contribute something resembling peace is by negotiation, which at least MIGHT be effective. Saber rattling wastes lives and usually ends up with everything being the same. Do any of you warrior types honestly believe there is any alternative to negotiation? We can try a blockade, but China and Russia have already shown that they will make sure there are more holes in it than our border with Mexico.
Well bashing the president constantly isn't fixing a thing. Truth is he hasn't done any worse than any other president. I do not believe he is muslim. I do believe that we have a do nothing congress that was mad because the president was re elected. They are so busy getting even with everyone who supported the president that they have failed to achieve one damn thing themselves. Unfortunately over half the United States voted for the man so the congress is going to punish the American people for supporting the president. This is the truth. Look at the big picture people. I don't agree with everything the president wants to do. But that is no excuse for the whole government to not do their job. Congress can prevail if they wanted to but there would have to be both sides negotiating. They blame the president, you blame the president and we are on a huge merri-go-round not accomplishing anything.
The press in the USA has let us down for decades, and it's getting worse everyday. Air time on TV and space in newsprint is shrinking, but profits are level or climbing. Really, when I turn on ABC's Good Morning America and hope for some well layed-out explanation of what the agreement is about, the news anchors are discussing some celebrity's new nail polish or something else of higher national importance. To answer the original question requires some background information upon which to give an answer, and if we aren't going to get the background from the press, where do we get it? And I don't trust 30 second sound bites on Fox or CNN from the pres or senators, or congress reps. Has any interview been held with our secretary of state to help us understand this? If so, and if it is on the internet someplace, somebody please post the site.....
A perfect illustration of the wisdom of Ron White: "You can't fix stupid!"QPD1u
Why can we not learn from history?
The fear and hatred expressed by those who oppose the President in these comments sure brings back memories of 1966. Just before I went overseas a very nice family invited me to dinner. Over dinner they informed me that they supported my mission to defeat "Godless communism" and expressed their fears that the country was on the very edge of being brought to ruination by traitors from within.
Only two things seem to have changed since: (1) the names of the feared demons (Muslims vs. Commies) and (2) back then such people were a fringe group ("Birchers") and now they make up one of the major parties. Somehow the country managed to survive the communist menace and I hope we can also survive those who daily attack the legitimacy of our elected government.
I wonder how many of those who choose not to give peace a chance, have ever served in a combat situation? I get it that for most of you, hating our President has turned into an obsession, how un-American. You turned against one of your own, a tried and true combat veteran John Kerry, to elect a draft deferring George Bush and his group of war mongering draft dodgers. Where's your sense of fairness and patriotism.
Check your history son,When did a"tried and true" combat veteran ever come home and trash his comrades still in the field by telling congress they were like Gengis Kahn,killing the innocent,as a male Jane Fonda ? You bet, Hoorah! for"Hanoi John"!
I can feel the love for Obama in your responses. I swear you right wing radicals would follow a new Hitler if he were a republican. Maybe you can dig up Reagan he can't be any more brain dead than your comments.
Obama has studied history (at least his version of history) and he wants to go down in the annals of history as being equal to that other great peacemaker in England, Chamberlain, who kept peace with the Nazis during the 1930s.
The Middle-East is a cess-pool of liars,cheats,and billionairs.If the industrial nations didn't need the oil: the whole place would be an after-thought on the world stage. As long as the money rolls in for oil/countries "black market" the equipment to enrich thier nuclear program,(most our allies!!) IRAN's rulers can agree to any thing the US and her Allies ask. Why?? Because they have no intention of living up to said agreement!! Remember-THEY LIE!! The Koran states they can lie/cheat/steal/kill non-believers and be rewarded for it. We need to accept the fact: Zealot's, no matter the faith in question, are dangerous people/the normal rules of civiliation do not apply!! Our leaders need to write that down and refer to it on a daily basis.
When IRAN joins the nuclear club, and they will certinly do that, it should put a whole different spin on foreign policy as well as make her neighbors very afraid. They will use the bomb to improve "world standing" and at some point: they will use it against the U.S. directly.
GOD has a plan and it is told in the Bible! Know matter what is done the in the Middle East, all the enemies of Christians and Jews will be
destroyed. Pray for Israel and believers of Jesus and we will have
every lasting life! Peace be with you!
This is a continuation of plan to destroy this country as we know it. Look at the people selected to run these programs. The man in the White House is a puppet selected to just be a front. The Democratic has worked for 70 years to reach this point and will bear the full responsibility for the actions hopefully soon. I hope that the majority of voters of America will soon learn that we can only save this country by eliminating the power in Washington and giving it back to the States. 90% of the people of this country do not have a voice in the government. Look at the last election map of the area that voted them in verses those who opposed. I say give two votes to each county in America and see who wins elections!
Or the popular vote? George W. Bush lost the popular vote and was handed the oval office.
Iran has the largest supply of natural gas in the world for power production and do not need a nuclear plant and are only months away from getting the bomb, so the unconditional surrender of Iran,s nuclear programs and materials is the only way to keep Iran from getting the A-Bomb
I think we are looking at a "Perfect Storm" of political wants/public needs. The middle-class has been destroyed, the working poor is even futher in bondage to Bussiness interests, the unemployed are directly under the heel of goverment. Just where the 1% want us. As popular as it is to blame the current house-sitter in Washington,DC, stop and think how long this mess has been in the making! Since the early 1960's I feel a quiet, determined effort is being made to destroy our nation from within, a return to the glory days of slavery, "We the Rich deserve to Rule this Nation" and you poor folks have no voice in much of anything; just the way it should be.I have no idea who really runs this Republic; I'm just sure it's not by the people nor FOR THE PEOPLE!! I was never a big believer in the "ONE WORLD" "BLACK HELO'S" ect. ect. but now I'm just not so sure. What it comes down to is we are in a hell of a mess and I really have no idea how to fix it.
Obama has had no chance to get anything useful passed because of stubborn Republican politicians. It's laughable that Republicans now say "What has he actually done?" What could he have done? The Republican elected, made the post Bush years, a party vs party stalemate rather than actually try to do anything useful to help the country.
This so-called agreement is nothing more than a)Obama's Chamberlain agreement and b) a sop to the weakest Secretary of State in history, John F'ing Kerry. We as a country are in deep trouble when we send the likes of Kerry to "negotiate" for us: he wouldn't know how to cut a deal in our favor if his life depended on it. Unfortunately, it will be the lives of many Israelis and possible many American lives that ultimately depend on this Potemkin agreement. Stick to marrying rich widows, Kerry: do something you're good at.
This individual who is living in the white now is not our president. He is a lying, double crossing, idiot who talks out both sides of his mouth. I don't trust any agreement he makes with any foreign country. He has turned his back on our allies and now if the truth be known probably one of his cronies has figured out a way to make some money behind the scenes to filter back into Obama's or his wife's pocket. This man should be impeached for delectation of duty, lying to the nation, obstruction of just, abuse of executive powers and for all the levels of stupidity he has reached as well as making America look like the court jester on the world stage.
Read your comments on our President. Sorry about your head wound!
Nuclear weapons are going to expand to people who really shouldn't have them. That is why those that have been responsible with huge stock piles of them should sit down with together and decide how they are going to handle these nukes in the hands of unstable governments. It doesn't have to be a big world wide announcement just a plan so that innocent friends and allies of all the nuclear super powers don't have to suffer. All the big powers are making big money off of selling technology and obsolete weapons to their friends this is not going to stop.
The liberal Democrats know that Obama is a weak leader and ineffectual president, but they don't care as long as a Democrat is in the White House..We must stop worrying about Obama because he is a lame duck president and will be out in a few years..We must concentrate on winning the off-year election and gain the Senate..Reid and Pelosi must be neutralized before they ruin this country.
Who cares? Iran won't so anything anyway. We need to get Obama out of office now!
Everyone had best wake up. This administration is out to destroy the U. S, of America and from the looks of it he has a good start. They are already deleting more airborne units and cutting back on all military personnel. Plus that, he has used the Executive Orders for Gun Control which if they get the guns from everyone, they can come in and take over with out a fight. Japan was afraid to try to attack the states because they knew that everyone had guns and would fight. So watch out America....
Who cares! Iran won't do anything anyway. We need to get Obama out of office.
Wake up AMERICANS "what is our presidents name". what religion does he claim. This is only the beginning of the down fall of America as we know it.
I remember that England negotiated with Germany just before WWII. need I say more??
Iran is, and has been, an Islamic Terrorist State, that promotes the Rape and murder women and children, since 1979.
The president is weak. What has he actually done to improve life in our country? The answer to that simple question is NOTHING. Please don't tell me Obamacare is a good thing. This program will kill jobs and the county. I believe that's what this president wants to do -- destroy the country. This idea of redistribution of income to give money to people who don't deserve it is absolutely outrageous. I still can't believe the man was reelected. When will politicians start thinking about country instead of individual mandates? David Fulkerson (above) is right. It is ok to lie to infidels. No more American lives lost in the middle east. Let the local countries take care of their own business with American appreciation only.
They did in Korea they did it in Viet Nam and now they do it in Iran what you ask,is it. they lie
It was negotiated by that lying coward, Hanoi John Kerry. We need to know nothing more than that.
"know nothing" certainly represents you well. Kerry and Jane Fonda spent more time in Vietnam than the draft dodging Bush.
The legion needs to lose it's tax exempt staus as it has become a right wing organization of members promoting the over throw of the elected government.
The American Legion is promoting the over throw of the government. That's a good one, LOL! I hope some of your elected government is voted out in 2014.
It's not "right wing" to want to put the Constitution, the very thing we all swore oaths on, back into force-it's the right thing to do. When we follow the principles put forth in the Constitution, we prosper. When we don't, we fail, and we are on the road to failure now unless this "elected government", which was put in power under fraudulent means (I have 10 examples if you don't believe me) doesn't pull its head out.
Hanoi Jane spent HER time in North Vietnam Betraying our prisoners of war, are you going to give her a medal ?
When Jerusalem goes up in a mushroom cloud - Obama and his lap dog SoS will say, "hey! Do gone it… the CIA ,NSA, FBI, kid down the street, all the little birdie (who are normally pretty free with information) , Yahoo, Google, Verizon and ATT failed the American people (poor Jews)… beside we have it on very good authority that it was only a few protestors and they only used a low yield bomb!"
It's all crap and Kerry and Obama should be tried for Treason period.
What is wrong with trying no war as an alternative? I am a Vietnam vet and think this war thing has gone far enough. There are so many nukes what's another. Going to war over a maybe has already been done.
I'm with you Jerry. America is BANKRUPT now. Should we borrow more money that we can't pay back for a maybe? As far as Israel is concerned, they never were and never will be our friend. Does anyone remember them attacking the USS Liberty, trying to kill all aboard and blame Egypt for it? The dancing Arabs at 9-11 that you don't hear about anymore were Israeli's, not Arabs. Iran is not an American problem.
I too served two and a half years in RVN - in the trenches on the ground. The U.S. has been at war pretty much since before we became a republic. The V.A. cannot take care of the vets we have now, so we have to have "wounded warriors" and other charitable organizations chipping in. The Persian Gulf/Arab Penninsula was a mess 2,000 years ago and if it still exists it will, in all probability, be a mess 2,000 years from now. Let's try sitting this one out.
Since it is possible that our president is a Muslim (We will never know) we will never get tough with an Islamic country.
A ISLAM SLEEPER indeed. So now a out for his promise that the U.S. has Israel's back. The RED line was crossed but that was denied that he had made/said it. How many nore F-16's and billions of dollars did he recently give Egypt? Good thing Israel has the best pilots. All KERRY did was negoiate a way to throw Israel under the bus as now they will have to go it alone. I shudder to think about a Nuke WWIII.
Shake hands with a pick pocket while he steals your wallet.
Our State Dept has let the horse out of the barn or rather the toothpaste out of the tube and will not get back to where we had them with sanctions. They cannot be trusted and when they boot the inspectors out of their country, they will enrich the uranium and be more dangerous than they are now. Meanwhile they have six months to make the best of lessening the sanctions by the other countries. Very poor decision!!!!
Honestly, this Administration cannot be Trusted. They had a PRIME opportunity to jump as getting this settled once and for all when Obama was at the G8 summit, and what did he do? Basically told Iran to F off. IF the NEW Leader of an enemy state came to me and said hey, can we sit and talk, all of a sudden my schedule would be wiped clean. This is just like when Clinton was given Bin Laden on a Silver Platter and he turned down the Saudi's. Imagine were we would be HAD Clinton taken them up on their offer.
We are NOT the World's Police. Being a Veteran, it pains me how my brothers and sisters are sent into Conflicts we have no business being in. Bush Senior did it right. Kuwait was attacked, we went in and helped and repelled the attackers and did not follow the Black Guard as they fled back into Iraq. Bush Jr. vowed to track down and bring Bin Laden to Justice after 9/11. Unfortunately he did not get to complete his promise, but Obama did. And what happened when Bin Laden was killed? Not a damn thing. Had Bush been in Office he would have followed up on his promise.
Let Iran have nuclear power or weapons. IF they use them then the WORLD community will take the appropriate steps. IF a World Delegation wants to discuss what actions are appropriate, that is fine. If the US wants to be part of that Delegation, that is fine. BUT it should be a COLLABORATION of multiple Countries. THOSE Countries that immediately surround Iran should be the ones leading the charge, they will be the ones most affected if fit hits the shan.
We have a president who famously said, "I'm not against all wars, just dumb wars." Those who won't support talking may push us into another dumb war.
This Iran deal is a lot of horseshit just like the Secretary of State and the President who OK'D it !
Iran wants nothing but to destroy the USA, Iran cannot beat us directly but they can try to within(seems like an ancient Chinese General said that before!). Don't listen to Iran's lies because they are lies!
Unfortunetly, we have a "Islam sleeper" at the helm of our government, so what do you expect is going to happen to America. Nothing good!
Our current administration is allowing Iran to stall sanctions, stop U.S. interference with Iran's "Going to Get A Nuke Bomb" program, and is endangering the entire free world, by allowing radical Muslims to outsmart our negotiators, our President, and his entire Department of Defense and State Department. We are NOW negotiating with terrorists…something we never did before. And, apparently, Iran's negotiators are better at negotiating than the President's men. How did that happen?
How can a person negotiate when you leader says that you must negotiate in a certain way and accept the president thinks is acceptable? The president has final say what will be negotiated and acceptable to his administration but the final authority is our Senators.
Easy to explain: President Obama openly said I'm a Muslim and we all are Muslim brothers including Iran. His security cabinet is made up of Muslims and one has ties with the Muslim brotherhood. Therefore, Obama is caught between religion and duty, So he will not attack Iran and destroy his Muslim brothers. Proof as seen in Benghazi as he stood back and watched as our Embassy was being destroyed by a mix of terrorists and Muslims, Also there is no active response for the killing of Christians in Muslim countries . He Only Attacks Terrorist leaders with drones. Obama wants the U.N. to handle problem matters concerning Muslims. By understanding Obamas situation these problems and solutions by him are recognizable and predictable.
you got that right !!
It is happening because we have a weak leader and has weakened out country to the point no one respects us anymore. It will take years to correct this failed policy. I probably will not last that long. They respect power. We dont have it.i45zm
"Walk softly and carry a big stick" said Teddy Roosevelt over a hundred years ago. I can't put it any better. Negotiations must be conducted at some point, we've got to talk to them (even if it is only to ask them where they would like to be buried), since we are the good guy and WE ARE, we must stand tall for what we believe in and that belief is in peace, and the worth and dignity of every human being and their right to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. This "liberal" view of the rights of man contradicts the Islamic vision of a man subservient to the will of "Allah". The will of God all too often is dictated by one man. They firmly intend to conquer the world via Jihad. Hitler, in Mein Kampf warned the world of what his plans and intentions were and so have the Islamic fascists. We don't want to believe them so we ignore it. Our problem is that our negotiators are incompetent. Those they are negotiating with believe that there is no iron in our words and they laugh at us. Another problem is that President Obama is a Moslem. He was raised a Moslem and the formative years are crucial to forming character. He will side with Islam in the end, because after all he knows what's good for us even if we don't.
Very well said! I can't add anything to what you have said. I hope these far left senate Democrats are put on the unemployment row in 2014 election. I'm a U.S. Army vet.
The president is a Muslin. Why would we think anything different from him or his appointees. He is out to destroy America!
Amen to that. I have been saying that for five years.ujfwm
I agree! Why can't our self appointed deities in Washington see it?
Get real. The President is not a Muslim. To quote Sen. Patrick Moynahan, "everyone is entitled to their own opinion but not their own facts".
I guess 11 years of killing young American GI's is not enough. Thats not counting the ones that are maimed for life. Robert I'm sure you will be one of the first to say we cant afford social programs, VA programs, etc but we can afford more war.
Give the President a chance to save a few American lives. If the Iranians are playing games with the truth we will know within 6 months. Then I want you to be 1st in line to have your boots on the ground.
Get real! Check your search engines and Obama's past as to what he has said regarding Muslims. Who you voted for, will explain your position. Does Obama lie? We are fighting a proxy war with Iran now, these extremists will starve and sacrifice their own to meet their goals. This 6 months is like the other delays, These billions sent Obama will help them make their goals and possible kill more of our troops. I am a Vet and have a active relative serving right now and he would like to see a end to the war. Bring the troops home and protect our borders like Obama should do.
Jerry, a chance? are you serious? that must be one comfy rock you've been under, a chance? Really!
The Qu'ran says that its is ok to lie to infidels.
The Qu'ran says it is ok to lie to infidels.
Amen brother! People need to read up on our enemy's. They sure know about us.
To believe that Iran will stop developing its bombs is like believing a spider closing in on a trapped fly in the web when he says "I am not going to hurt you."
The Muslims want to destroy the west and any culture that does not believe or follow the Sharia law as found in the Qu'ran. Jihad is their solution for infidels for not excepting their faith. Martyrdom is their greatest heavenly reward. Lies to infidels is a good solution for their cause. Therefore, to except any delays or lies on their nuclear program and delivery systems by the U.S and allies could be a prelude to a nuclear war in time And by not understanding their goals is a danger to the whole world.
Oh, could thing be the explanation for President Obama's lies? Just asking.
Why President Obama Lies! This can be best explained in a article called THE WHISTLE BLOWER Volume 21 No.7 Published July 2012.(WHY OBAMA LIES.) Call be ordered though WND web site. Approx. cost $4.95. It goes from young Obama to adulthood. There are other articles and references pertaining to Obama. For me, It gave a good insight on why Obama lies. There are 46 inner pages and other interesting and relating things.
That is their belief and their mandate, why do we ignore it. The treat infidels as trash /garbage or such and we accept it.
What would be the reaction if the situation was reversed? They know the political and media game better than we do.
Wake up America they are out to annihilate us.


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In the last sentence of his article he asks the question, is Roe v. Wade right? And that is a question our society needs to explore. I would encourage those who ponder this question to Google "Alexander Tsiaras" and watch his narrated video "Conception to Birth" This video reinforced my belief that this process is the work of a "Creator" "Deity" "God," and that humanity's artificial interference with this process is morally evil. The Creator allows this because he respects the freedom he gave his creatures, but clearly warns humanity there will be an individual judgment of one's moral conduct.
So what's your answer? Too many of us choose to stand on the sidelines and say "Not My Problem!" Apathy will also be judged.
Let's find a compassionate solution to this evil that mars our society.
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Basketball: Oxford boys dump Spartans
James Badas netted 14 points to lead Oxford to a 47-33 victory over Lewis Mills in a nonleague boys basketball game in Burlington on Thursday night.
Jason Mraz added 12 points for the Wolverines (4-6), and James Michaud chipped in with nine.
Nate Cook recorded 12 points and nine rebounds for the Spartans (3-8), while Alexander Daigle had seven.
O'Brien Tech 73, Whitney Tech 55: Shaquan Jackson scored a game-high 29 points to lead the Condors in Ansonia on Thursday.
Tamaron Hargett added 15 points for the Condsors (7-3), and Chris Kelly chipped in with 12. Rohan Mooyin had a team-high 24 points for Whitney Tech (3-8).
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Terryville 47, Wolcott Tech 19: Julia Pilarski netted 24 points to lead Terryville over Wolcott Tech in a nonleague contest in Torrington. Liz Klopp had five points and 10 rebounds for the Kangaroos (6-6), while Bailey Doran added six points.
Jen Hislop recorded eight points, 10 rebounds and three blocks for the Wildcats (3-9).
Bristol Eastern 44, Bristol Central 25: Daijia Brooks scored a game-high 19 points for Bristol Eastern as it defeated Bristol Central in a CCC match-up. Karissa Smith added 12 points for the Lancers (9-4).
Erika Monsalve led the Rams (6-6) with 12 points.
Kent 51, Taft 39: Daneesha Provo recorded a game-high 15 points for Kent (6-4) as it earned the victory over Taft in Watertown.
Chelsea Robinson led the Big Red (2-6) with nine points, while Dominique Moise and Maggie O'Neil added seven apiece.
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Fellow Emacs geek Paul Lussier pointed me to Take Back Your Brain!, a blog about influencing _your own brain_ through advertising. Here's what the about page says:
How to Take Back your Brain
- Learn the techniques professionals use to persuade us and borrow any that seem useful.
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ledger -M -C -R -n -J reg ^assets ^liab > net-worth ledger -t -a -M -C -R -n -j reg ^Income > income ledger -M -C -R -n -j reg ^Expenses > expenses
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- plot "expenses" using 1:2 title "Expenses" with lines, "income" using 1:2 title "Income" with lines, "net-worth" using 1:2 title "Net Worth" with lines, 0 with lines
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Ag and Interior Departments Propose to Boost Clean Energy Funding
February 3, 2010
The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Interior are proposing to increase funding for renewable energy and energy efficiency programs in their budget requests for fiscal year (FY) 2011. For the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), the New Energy Frontier initiative includes $73.3 million for renewable energy programs, a 24% increase above 2010 funding levels. The proposed funding includes $19.8 million for the Bureau of Land Management to review applications for renewable energy projects on public lands, $34.9 million for the Minerals Management Service for renewable energy activities on the Outer Continental Shelf, $6.6 million for U.S. Geological Survey to analyze and document the effects of renewable energy on wildlife populations, and $7 million for the Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct endangered species consultations and help plan and design renewable energy projects that are friendly to wildlife. It also includes $5 million for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to help facilitate renewable energy development on tribal lands. See the DOI press release, and pages DH-3 to DH-7 (PDF pages 1-5) of the proposed budget for the New Energy Frontier initiative (PDF 2.1 MB). Download Adobe Reader.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) budget is harder to interpret because much of its funding is mandated by the 2008 Farm Bill. Of the discretionary funding, the budget proposes near-level funding of $39 million for the Rural Energy for America Program, although it shifts most of the funds to grants, resulting in $34 million in grants and an estimated $12 million in loan guarantees (supported with $5 million in federal funds). The Farm Bill provides another $70 million, supporting an additional $36 million in grants and an estimated $73 million in loan guarantees. The budget proposes $17 million for the Biorefinery Assistance Program, enough to support $50 million in loan guarantees, while the Farm Bill provides $85 million for the Bioenergy for Advanced Biofuels program. Through the Commodity Credit Corporation, the budget provides $479 million for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program. The Farm Bill also provides $15 million for the Forest Biomass for Energy Program and $5 million for the Community Wood Energy Program, both programs of the U.S. Forest Service. In terms of research, the proposed FY 2011 budget provides $10 million for the establishment of five Regional Biofuels Feedstocks Research and Demonstration Centers, which will coordinate government research efforts to accelerate the development and deployment of dedicated energy feedstocks. The USDA budget also includes $34 million for a research initiative to develop cost-effective non-food feedstocks for biofuels. See pages 16, 30, 35, 56, 58, 96, 112, and 118 of the USDA Budget Summary and Annual Performance Plan for FY 2011 (PDF 1.8 MB). Download Adobe Reader.
But perhaps most significant is that the 2008 Farm Bill allows the USDA's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to provide loans for energy-saving efforts, including energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. The budget for the RUS Electric Programs includes $4.1 billion in loans, although it's unclear how much of those loans may go to clean energy projects versus traditional transmission and distribution projects. The USDA also notes that funding for several of its business programs, including the Business and Industry Loan Guarantee Program and Value-Added Producer Grants, will be available for clean energy projects. In addition, the Homeownership Loan and Loan Guarantee programs will provide financing for more energy efficient homes. See pages 16 and 60-61 of the USDA Budget Summary document.


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Barack Obama, a basketball fan who once had a Dr. J poster on his bedroom wall, found time to talk a little hoops while in the Silicon Valley this week.
The President wanted to know more about the work of Stanford medical student Muthu Alagappan, whose scientific reevaluation of basketball strategy was profiled in this paper last week. (mercurynews.com/stanford-cardinal/ci_23365773)
Neal Khosla, a second-year Stanford computer science student who works with Alagappan on basketball research, showed Obama a copy of the article during a brief meeting with country's most powerful pick-up player.
Obama wanted to hear more, so Khosla spent a few minutes giving a quick demonstration of the software created by Ayasdi, the Palo Alto-based start-up that uses topology to find value in complex data.
Khosla and Alagappan, who started at Ayasdi as interns, used that data to suggest that basketball's traditional positions are outdated.
"He was pretty intrigued, pretty analytical about it and asked a lot of questions," Khosla, 20, said. "He had good instincts and caught on quick to the nuances of what we were trying to do.
"I was very impressed with his passion for basketball and his basketball knowledge."
Khosla said that Obama was particularly intrigued that their proposed redefinition of positions underscored why it worked fine when, say, two traditional small forwards were on the floor at the same time.
"The example that came up was of Shane Battier and LeBron both being classified as small forwards and how different their playing styles are," Khosla said. "We actually located them in the network and saw that they were practically on opposite sides of the graph."
The meeting took place during Obama's dinner visit to the Khosla's home in Portola Valley on Thursday night. Vinod Khosla, the venture capitalist and co-founder of Sun Microsystems, began working with Obama on clean technology issues during Obama's days as an Illinois senator.
The last thing the President of the United States said as headed out the door?
"He wanted to know the score of the Heat-Spurs game," Neal Khosla said.
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