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Just when it looked like Microsoft was on track with Windows Vista, the OS sees another delay. In a fantastically positive press release, Microsoft said that the consumer version of Windows Vista would not ship until January 2007 - a full two months after they originally hoped to get it on the market. Business customers will still be able to purchase and run Vista in November 2006, but Microsoft wants to make sure security issues are ironed out before releasing the product to the masses.
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Google Mars: Google Goes Galactic
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On March 14th, Google boldly went where no search engine has gone before: to Mars. With the launch of Google Mars, they extend their Google Maps service to interplanetary lengths, allowing you to search and discover Mars all on your own. Want to play astronaut? You can zoom, pan, and switch between elevation, infrared and photographic views of the Martian landscape. Cool!
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XP On Mac Contest Over - Instructions Included!
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We had a few people write in who were salivating over the video we posted yesterday of Windows XP being installed and running on an Intel iMac. Your wait is over, dear friends. narf2006 and blanka have claimed the championship, and will soon be the proud recipient of $13,854. In the meantime, you can download the instructions and files needed to get Windows XP up and running on your Intel-based Mac (be it an iMac, MacBook Pro, or mini) here.
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Video: Windows XP Installed and Running On Intel iMac
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Microsoft, Mods / Hacks, Software
So, narf2006 seems to have cracked the code, so to speak, on getting Windows XP to run on an Intel Mac. Using one of the new iMacs, narf recorded a video of the installation of Windows XP, followed by the rebooting of the platform, creating user accounts, logging in, and checking out the Device Manager. We must say, this one is very convincing. He goes out of his way to prove that this is authentic, and has sent his instructions to Colin Nederkorn (who has raised over $10,000 to award to the first person to get this figured out.) Once they are validated, and the check is cut, we can all hack up our iMacs to dual boot, despite all the roadblocks we have faced.
Back to reality for a moment. We don't see what the practical, real-world benefit of this is. In our offices, we have Macs and PCs right next to each other. If we need to get to something in the other OS, there is no need to shut down, and reboot. What we need is a version of Virtual PC that is fast, and runs on the Intel Macs. Better yet, we need to be able to run Windows programs on the Mac. When that happens, give us a call. We will squeal like schoolgirls.
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Google Calendar Screenshots
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The image above is a shot from Google CL2 Calender web application.
About CL2
CL2 makes it easy — even effortless — to keep track of all the events in your life and compare them to what your friends and family have going on in theirs. We've designed a calendar that works for you — helping you add events from email, friends, and other public calendars — so you don't have to spend all your time maintaining your schedule. CL2 even helps you discover new events you might be interested in. We think it's a great tool for managing your daily schedule, keeping track of what everyone in your family is doing, organizing events for a club or team, or creating public events that you can promote to the world.
Of course, this one is going to be tightly integrated with Gmail and Google Talk. The screenshots look smooth and familiar to anyone who has used any of Google applications. Do note that these shots were leaked, and may not necessarily reflect the final product, which he hear is nowhere near launch. Check the link below for more.
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Office 2007 Gets Facelift
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Earlier this morning at CeBIT, the Microsoft Office team revealed the new user interface of Office 2007. Now, while the screenshots of the various Office programs do look pretty sweet, they just look so Apple-esque to us. I mean, look at the background of the Microsoft Word image above. One of the new additions is the 'Office button,' which is to provide access to all of the document and system-level functionality within whichever Office program you are using. According to Microsoft, this is where you head to start and finish a document. Hey - it's like a start menu, but for documents. And it gets its own corner radius, which throws things off from our view. Still, it is nice to see Office 2007 coming along.
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Mac OS X: Hacked Root In Less Than 30 Minutes
Posted by John Goulden Categories: Apple, Microsoft, Mods / Hacks, Software
Windows detractors are generally more than happy to point fingers at Microsoft's failings in making their operating systems secure. It's hard to blame them, as it does seem that barely a day goes by without some new exploit popping up. However, one has to look at the percentages of installed systems. With Microsoft products commanding the vast majority of the market share, they make prime targets for anyone with too much free time or a grudge to bear. In contrast, Mac OS X and Linux seem to blend quietly into the background noise, with nary a peep to be heard with regards to security problems. Okay, that's oversimplifying things a tad, but the basic idea remains the same - Microsoft products appear to have more security holes than their competitive counterparts due in part to market share and their public presence.
As a case in point, an obliging Mac user set a Mac mini up and told would-be hackers to give it their best shot. Within six hours, the mini had been compromised and root-level access obtained. Total time to actually hack the mini? Less than 30 minutes. Granted, there aren't a lot of details as to patch level, security measures taken, etc., but the hacker claimed the use of an unpublished hack that would have worked regardless of counter-measures implemented.
With regards to recent viruses and exploits related to Mac OS X, a senior director of Symantec's Security Response Division is quoted as saying, "The lesson here is that if we look at Mac OS X and compare it to, say, Windows XP, we find that, in terms of the number of vulnerabilities, they are actually quite comparable."
Keep in mind that we're not out to bash the Mac by any means, and many Gear Live members love the Mac. Would an equivalently configured Windows or Linux system have fared any better? Not likely. Therefore it's important to be mindful, that regardless of your operating system of choice, security holes do exist and it's better to be as prepared as possible than sorry due to blissful ignorance.
EDIT: Turns out, this is a lot less important that it first seemed. Check out the comments section, and you will find that the "hack" was made to be extremely simple - this is not something that took place in a real-world scenario.
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TiVo's To Announce "KidZone" Parental Control Service
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It seems people are wondering what is up with TiVo booking the Museum of Television and Radio for a big announcement tomorrow. Luckily, we have some peeps on the inside who have given us the good stuff. It doesn't look like the Series 3 will be given a date, or that the Netflix downloads will be starting anytime soon. Instead, TiVo is going to announce their new KidZone service that aims to give parents guidance and control over what their kids watch on TV. Now, this isn't your standard, run-of-the-mill parental control feature. KidZone actually creates virtual TiVo menus and virtual channels, specifically targeted to the children. TiVo partnered with leading parenting and family groups including Common Sense Media and The Parents TV Council to select kid-friendly content for the new service.
Parents have the ability to select from an entire menu of weekly recommendations and automatically record all of those shows. When TiVo is in KidZone mode, it locks out all other programming access by children. Parents get password-protected ability to decide what's best for their children to watch and kids get their own space on TiVo to enjoy their favorite shows. The service will be launched in June 2006.
New Front Row Update Available (Among Others)
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Anyone running a Mac out there, be sure to run Software Update. You will receive updates to iTunes, iPhoto, and Front Row, along with a security update. What's stands out about these updates is the fact that the new Bonjour technology that Steve Jobs talked about yesterday is here. Now your Front Row Macs will be able to communicate to each other without the hassle. The iPhoto and iTunes updates also look to be a direct correlation to making sure they work right in Front Row sharing mode. As for the security update, here are the details:
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Dear Teen Me,
Specifically Age 13.
Always remember what pants you wear to school because Uniform pants all tend to look the same- and let's just say- there might be an awkward moment when you might accidentally take someone else's pants AND YOU WILL NEVER LIVE IT DOWN.
Now that we've gotten that out of the way.
I feel like you need a list of things to avoid. A giant all encompassing list of things that will tell you all the awkward moments you end up encountering and tell you how to avoid them. However, it will create a paradox, and really- being realistic- there may never be a time machine that could send this back to you. So. Your red jacket is awesome. Don't listen to the jerks who tell you it's really ugly or weird etc. It's the best piece of clothing you may ever own. EVER. They are merely jealous that they don't have a fire-engine red plastic jacket that exudes awesomeness.
It sounds like in the future I'm obsessed with clothing- but I'm not- I just felt you needed to know these things before anything else. Here- something to convince you that I've not gone crazy and decided that clothes are the best thing you could ever talk about.
No, wait. That's not right.
When you meet him- you won't even want to date him. He'll just be that weird guy who you're friends with. He's weird, and you're hopelessly in love with someone else. Over time though, he'll grow on you- like a… fungus.
Uhm. That's a terrible comparison. Caleb is not a fungus. But he is a fun-gi! Badoom-sh! (No, sorry- your jokes don't get better. There's no future for you as a world- famous comedian. ) He's the best friend a girl could ask for. He's nice, he laughs at your terrible jokes, he listens when you whine- and sorry hon, you do that a lot. When you end up falling in love with him it will be simple, nice, and mutual for a change. He may not be the best looking guy but he's one of the best guys you know.
Until you break his heart six months after you start dating. It's a really stupid reason- but if I could kick you I would.
Never fear though. Somehow, the friendship gods have smiled upon us, and we still are really good friends. YOU BEAT THE CLICHÉ! You can date a best friend without killing the friendship!
However, you can never ever ever ever make someone love you. They either love you- or they don't. I was there during all those times you wrote boys names in your notebook, relishing the ache of unrequited love. It ends up eating you from the inside. You try so hard to please them, and make them notice you that you end up wasting the best years of teenagerdom pining over a jerk with man boobs. It's true. He had really nice eyes but man titties and you were too stymied to notice.
True love will find you on the way out of your teens. I sound like a bad horoscope, but he's tall, dark and handsome, and maybe just maybe about as crazy as you are.
Screw getting people to like you in general. If you have a gut feeling about someone, go with your gut. If they seem like a jerk, ten to one, they'll end up a jerk. If you don't, they may end up posting pictures of you to 4chan saying that you look like a man and then lying about it. Do not get involved with drama. Drama is bad. VERY BAD.
Focus on things and getting better at them. Appreciate time, and the abundance you have! Take up knitting. Trust me. You'll love it. Write more poetry, and try not to make it all about Captain man-tits. Read more books. Read all of the books!
The main thing I want you to do is never stop believing in yourself. No matter what anyone says- do not stop writing. Don't give up on that novel you want to finish. Don't stop entering writing contests. Don't stop auditioning for things. Don't stop trying to learn music. Don't stop singing. Just don't stop. Never stop. Never give up.
Good luck,
Love your Adult self.
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My entry for the Dear Teen Me contest.
God. My teenage years were a train-wreck.
Yay for 20's!
God. My teenage years were a train-wreck.
Yay for 20's!
Thank you very much. Plus, rereading it, line breaks would be a good idea, however, I'm on my way out the door- so I shall edit when I get home. thank you again
man titties.
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Tom Brokaw Talks New Documentary, And How To Pass the NBC Torch Gracefully
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Given the controversy at NBC over rumors that Jay Leno will return as host of "The Tonight Show" after ceding the job to Conan O'Brien, Speakeasy wanted to know how one exits a high-profile position gracefully, as Brokaw did when he passed the anchor chair to Brian Williams in 2004. "For one thing, it was my idea," Brokaw said, laughing. "That helps. I was ready, and I said I was ready four years before I left. We had a system in place for succession. And I had a life that I wanted to go to. I knew what I wanted to do next." (Watch a clip of Brokaw talking to O'Brien recently on "The Tonight Show.")
Brokaw was asked if the diehard newsman in him misses covering stories like the Haiti earthquake. "I had a lot of Haitis in my life, and I had a lot of Afghanistans and a lot of Iraqs," he said. "It was time for others to be able to do it."


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Inside the exhibition Women Hold Up Half the Sky, one wall of the gallery is covered with dots—20,000 of them, give or take a few. Each one measures about an inch in diameter, a thin blue line rounding an empty center. Over time visitors have filled in the white circles, transforming the mostly blank space into a field of tenderly hand-colored dots.
The 20,000 are meant to represent, if only in part, the sixty million girls and women estimated to be "missing" worldwide because of sex-selective abortion, female infanticide, or gender-specific abuse or neglect—or what an article in The Economist calls "gendercide" (the article also increases the estimate to 100 million). It's a startling, sobering figure. While standing before this giant display of thousands upon thousands of dots, visitors are invited to take a moment and color in a circle in honor of a life lost.
A young middle-schooler, B.J. Dare, who toured the exhibition as part of a recent school field trip, colored in more than a dot or two, then chose to share the experience with online reading and writing community Figment. We stumbled upon it late last week, and we were moved. Here's an excerpt of B.J.'s composition "A Trip to the Skirball":
I colored and colored and colored and colored. Every dot was a new color, some were multi-color. For each dot, I felt like I was trying to help, or give support, somehow.
When we left I was kind of stunned. While the other kids were talking about what was happening at school, changed but wanting to temporarily forget about anything really important, I sat there in silence, thinking.
I thought about the women who tried so hard and suffered so much. I thought about the dots. And I thought about how many I would have colored, given the time. Maybe a thousand. Supporting a thousand.
And that was the end.
On a warm Wednesday afternoon in March, my class and I came back from the Skirball, changed.
Thanks, B.J., for coming to visit and leaving your mark on the exhibition. It's on view until May 20. We invite everyone to help us remember the 20,000 representing the sixty million.


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PARKERSBURG - Fifty of West Virginia's 55 county school systems closed Thursday after a winter storm moved northwest, covering most of the state.
The storm has been wreaking havoc in the South this week, burying normally snow-free areas under several inches of ice and snow. Area forecasters predicted the storm would remain south of the Mid-Ohio Valley, but local officials say the storm turned during the early-morning hours, leading many school systems to close.
"They didn't predict it to be this bad," said Mike Fling, assistant superintendent of school services for Wood County Schools. "We thought we were going to be safe and clear, but the storm started making this counter-clockwise motion and we had a lot more snow than they thought."
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Parkersburg residents, from left, Domonic Worstell, his sister Tionna and neighbor Ivy Green play in the snow near their homes on 11th Avenue Thursday.
Locally, Wood, Wirt, Pleasants, Ritchie, Jackson, Roane, Doddridge, Calhoun and Tyler counties closed Thursday morning, though private schools in Wood County remained open.
In Ohio, most Washington County School systems, including Belpre and Marietta city schools, operated on a two-hour delay.
Fling said portions of Wood County were hit harder than others, so a relatively clean commute in Parkersburg wasn't indicative of road conditions in Rockport.
"The southern and eastern parts of the county were affected significantly worse," he said. "We don't have the system set up to only close part of the county."
Fling said district officials begin driving routes to determine road conditions early in the morning, well before buses are on the roads. Those officials then report back to him. He also consults with state and national weather services and other school districts to determine how safe it will be to transport students.
About half of Wood County's more than 13,000 students use district transportation, but a significant portion of students also walk to school and have to be considered when it comes to bitter cold temperatures or unsafe walking conditions.
Fling said Thursday's decision to close schools came later than normal after officials had already announced a two-hour delay.
"Our concern was, if this doesn't stop, are we going to be able to get the kids home?" he said. "At that point we didn't know what the storm was going to do."
Thursday marked the 13th day missed this school year due to bad weather. The district announced Wednesday evening it would turn Monday and April 21 into instructional days to try and make up for some of the lost days. In March the Wood County Board of Education is expected to extend the school year through June 10.


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Tim Blair
–, Thursday, February, 23, 2012, (6:37am)
It began, as the best brawls always do, with a bottle of red wine:
Over dinner and a bottle of good red, the three men [Kevin Rudd, Kim Beazley and US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta] with key staff from the US defence department and the Australian embassy, discussed the most pressing issues facing the world and its leaders: The war in Afghanistan, Iran's nuclear ambitions and security in the South East Asia region. "It was a great meal," a source at the 90-minute meeting said.
Once word reached Rudd that he was being dissed back home, however, the furious dumpling rounded up whoever he could find and held a press conference:
His audience was a handful of TV cameramen and a couple of reporters, but he looked around as if he was addressing the United Nations.
Actually, Rudd's UN audiences aren't much larger. In his speech, writes Judith Ireland, Rudd was one angry little Vegemite:
The faceless men and Simon Crean were out to get him. Other ministers had no confidence in him. The Prime Minister had failed to back him up. And he couldn't possibly go to Tunisia in a state like this …
It simply wouldn't do. Oh yes, Kevin was clawing for the moral high ground and no amount of hypocrisy or overstatement would stand in his way. It was a performance for which any prima donna would be proud.
Speaking of prima donnas …
Tony Windsor boasts about his great judgment in choosing Gillard over Tony Abbott to form government after the last election. It was all about "stability", he claimed. Well, how is this for stability, Mr Windsor?
Windsor's view:
''If the Labor Party suddenly want to change arrangements in the middle of the stream, all bets are off,'' Mr Windsor told Sky News.
No stability there. Questions of stability also concern Craig Emerson:
"For Kevin then to say that this bickering and destabilisation must stop, well there's a good idea, there's a great idea," he told Lateline.
"He started it way back in the last election. It's been going on ever since and now at least it's coming to a point of resolution."
At least Craig might pick up some frequent flyer points:
It is understood Ms Gillard has appointed Trade Minister Craig Emerson as a stop-gap foreign minister.
He's been a Gillard stop-gap before. Over at Webdiary (remember Webdiary? No?) they're dreaming of insurrection:
Though the time's not ripe for an Aussie version of Arab Spring, surely this kind of political behaviour is fertilising the seeds.
Take to the streets! Labor's Sid Sidebottom isn't anticipating any riots:
"Everyone has a right to challenge, but they have to do it in the caucus, instead of boring Australian people …"
Hey, some folks love this stuff! Like teenage Queensland musician Matt McGuire, who is supporting Rudd over Gillard:
"He gets the younger generation," Mr McGuire said.
"I reckon he'll go for PM straightaway.
"I don't like her one bit.
"She's just a 'yes man'."
That's yes woman, Mr Sexist. Joan Kirner will hunt you down like a common pastry, once she's finished dealing with Kevin:
"I think the whole thing has been calculated and disgusting, disloyal to the party and disloyal to the nation," Ms Kirner said.
"It is not about saving the party or saving the nation, he is acting in a way which will undermine the party and the future of the nation."
Almost alone as a Rudd defender is Doug Cameron, which is tough break for Kevin considering that nobody can understand a word he says. Here's one journalist's best attempt at a translation:
"It's clear that some senior ministers are intent on putting a stake through Kevin Rudd's heart, and I don't think that's justified."
Or easy, if the opinions of former Rudd staffers are to be believed. Michelle Grattan:
This government has turned itself into a shambles. A party that overthrows a PM in his first term, and then returns to consider its choice a couple of years later, has forfeited its credibility. However these events turn out, the chance of the government appearing convincing to a majority of Australians seem nil - it's about the size of the loss. Labor and its leaders have squandered the mandate Australians gave them in 2007.
That they have. But Rudd is looking at the bigger picture:
Soon after the speech the @KRuddPM Twitter name was re-established. The account was popularised during Mr Rudd's time as PM but replaced with @KRuddMP after Julia Gillard displaced him in 2010. Mr Rudd at @KRuddMP is believed to have been the first to follow the new @KRuddPM account.
Gotta have priorities. Now we prepare for next week's showdown:
More than 13 million Australians failed to decide on a prime minister at the last election – but now the future of the country is set to rest in the hands of 103 people in a small room in Canberra.
And they all vote Labor.
Maybe not, the way this mob is fragmenting. Final word from Professor Bunyip:
"To an election. Now!"
Have Your Say
Thu 23 Feb 12 (06:52am)
"For Kevin then to say this bickering and destabilisation must stop . . . well, he started it," Dr Emerson told ABC's Lateline.
Sounds just like my under 5 grandkids......"He started it, Pop, she started it, Pop". Only difference- the little ones appear as mature adults compared to this disgusting freak show.
Thu 23 Feb 12 (07:07am)
Thu 23 Feb 12 (10:42am)
Exactly OSM.
I heard that line and thought ... there's your problem.
Thu 23 Feb 12 (10:16pm)
Oooooooh, I bet that Chris Evans can't wait for Monday night!
With all those people there it must have been a gooney.
Thu 23 Feb 12 (07:09am)
My call is Gillard will remain captain of the ship of fools, because it gives Labor a fair chance to hold the perks of office for another year (plus Rudd is hated by too many for good reason).
Either way, we need a no confidence motion on Tuesday. The voters of Australia need a clear reminder that Windsor, Oakeshott, Wilkie and the Greens keep these incompetent clowns in government.
Thu 23 Feb 12 (07:16am)
Thu 23 Feb 12 (12:05pm)
Apart from the fact that Rudd will walk on Monday if its not him.
By-election ... then bye bye whole stinking ALP mess.
Wilkie will give Jullia some serious PAYBACK with the no confidence motion planned for Monday's parliament sitting.
Kevin, a word in your shell-like? It's not about you, mate!
Thu 23 Feb 12 (07:17am)
He's been a Gillard stop-gap before
Oooo you are a such a naughty boy
Thu 23 Feb 12 (07:31am)
Thu 23 Feb 12 (12:12pm)
Something along the lines of what Mark Latham once said, it depends what circle you're moving in.
Thu 23 Feb 12 (04:38pm)
Can't believe you wrote that Blair. Holy hell that was funny.
Thu 23 Feb 12 (06:08pm)
I caught that one too, and thought the exact same thing, in the same words!
What about the people who vote ALP. Are they still one track minds?
Thu 23 Feb 12 (07:38am)
Thu 23 Feb 12 (12:42pm)
What about the people who vote ALP
In a general discussion on this today, I suggested that a general election might solve the leadership dilemma, and one said "But Tony Abbott might get in" - apparently as if that would be a bad thing.
They are still out there
" 'His audience was a handful of TV cameramen and a couple of reporters' ... Rudd's UN audiences aren't much larger."
It was to secure that UN audience that signed the Kyoto Protocol, to swing the outcome at Copenhagen to a real commitment by the world's major 'emitters' to a coordinated global emissions trading.
It was an illusion.
Rudd subsequently mothballed the proposal to implement the Australian component of the undertaken with support for that decision from his deputy, who then used the decision to trigger a pre-planned change of leadership.
Julia Gillard assured Australians that a carbon tax and ETS would not be implemented out of step with other major emitting countries- such as the US, China and India- with a clear intention of ignoring the commitment.
Her government now justifies proceeding with the tax and ETS program on the basis of overwhelming evidence that the global regime will be fully established by year 2020.
How did we shift so quickly from 'progress' toward an illusory goal to delusional government on a grand scale?
Thu 23 Feb 12 (07:52am)
More insanity from webdiary:
"The one that seems to be sticking in the throats of Laborites is that Rudd didn't have the guts to make such an announcement from his own country, instead implying he had foreign endorsement by resigning from the US."
Thu 23 Feb 12 (08:10am)
Enough already, you conniving hate-media scum, you.
I agree with many true believers commenting on Fairfax and The Drum: This is all just a media beat up designed to get Abbott the Anti-Christ into The Lodge.
It is a media beat I tell you. A beat up!!
Thu 23 Feb 12 (08:11am)
Thu 23 Feb 12 (10:24am)
I spat my cereal everywhere reading that.
Also why is there only one challenger?
Doesn't Swan deserve a chance to be in charge for a bit?
Thu 23 Feb 12 (12:07pm)
Quite right Alex. Since 1975 the ALPBC and Fauxfacts have pinned the blame on Kerr & Fraser for the demise of Whitlam's monumental experiment in good governance.
Within a year Abbott & Murdoch will shoulder a similar eternal damnation, for destroying the visionary Gillard/Brown government and the plucky little independents that supported it.
Everything that Kevin Rudd does is calculated and it's all about him.
A 1am news conference? Just in time for the nightly news shows in Australia and for the ABC to recruit speakers for the 7.30 Report and Lateline.
Playing the victim card? As if he hasn't attempted to destablise the Gillard Government over the past year.
Campaigning for Anna Bligh? He's already focusing on the next federal election when he hopes to be a sitting PM and will need Queensland's support.
Quitting as Foreign Minister half-way through " a very important overseas mission"? He's run out of countries to visit.
Putting the national interest first? Snort.
How he has as many supporters as he has (or claims to have) beats me.
We don't need a leadership spill, we need an election.
Oh, I forgot. This is all Tony Abbott's fault.
Thu 23 Feb 12 (08:16am)
Thu 23 Feb 12 (09:44am)
This is all Tony Abbott's fault.
This is all Tony Abbott's fault.
In a way, it actually kind of IS his fault (for once!)
Poor polling by Rudd against Abbott was the justification for the switch to Gillard in the first place.
Her failure to improve those polls - as we know, they have only gotten worse - is what has kept Rudd in the frame.
If Abbott wasn't leading Gillard in the polls as preferred PM (albeit only just), and if the Coalition wasn't leading Labor (by a mile), then there would be no need to even consider an alternative.
But we DO need an alternative. Not just an alternative to the current PM, but an alternative to the current government.
As you say, we need an election.
Thu 23 Feb 12 (10:20pm)
ALP's woes started when Abbott became Opposition Leader and voted down the ETS. So yes, this is all Tony Abbott's fault!
Before casting my vote I wanna hear the air hostess's version of events.
Thu 23 Feb 12 (08:18am)
Where did Kevvie stay last night in DC? Was it at Blair House named after your forebears? (http://www.blairhouse.org/home.html). The Rt Hon John Winston Howard always stayed there for free as a respected friend of the US !
Thu 23 Feb 12 (08:19am)
" Kevin cracks the Quits" ..... if only Julia would do the same and call an election that we can all participate in rather than just the Labour party!
Thu 23 Feb 12 (08:22am)
I blame Tony Abbott
Thu 23 Feb 12 (08:33am)
Thu 23 Feb 12 (09:40am)
Did you see Kevni's press conference?
So did he!!!
Thu 23 Feb 12 (11:40am)
I blame CO2
Did you note how Kev gave his speech just in time to make all the Aussie TV evening news? 1.30 am Washington is 5.30pm Sydney/Canberra/Melbourne. Well-timed, Kev.
Thu 23 Feb 12 (08:42am)
Yes, poor little Kevvy, almost alone and sookin' and sulkin' in a dingy hotel room in front of a camera.
Couldn't he (or shouldn't he), have used better facilities at the Australian Embassy? At least a more flourishing flag, and an impressive desk ... pouring out his spiteful soul from the comfort of a leather, executive chair?
Maybe though, at 1:30am, the Embassy might have told him to p^ng off!
Now he's got to rush home and clear out his office. Hope he doesn't forget to delete any hissyfit videos from his compters.
Thu 23 Feb 12 (08:45am)
The biggest laugh for me came when Rudd described Abbott has having neither the "experience nor the temperament" to be PM. Leaving aside the chutzpah of Rudd criticizing someone else for 'temperament', this is rich coming from someone who had exactly zero experience in Federal government when he became PM, compared to the 10-odd years Tony has under his belt in various ministries.
Thu 23 Feb 12 (08:48am)
I think its really unfair .... you know, for the party to give little Kevvy the slightest hint that he might be a chance of getting the top job back. All because the Labor party thought news of a challenge would divert attention from the real issue ... BAD GOVERNMENT.
Now we ll see our Kev rant and stomp like a schoolkid having a tanty, and all the while Joolya is spared making any more errant and uninformed decisions.
The Labor party is continuing to rot and decay from its core. I pity the fools who have taken on a job in the party, thinking they might be able to do some good with their ideals.
Please bring us a new party Bob Katter
Thu 23 Feb 12 (08:49am)
Thu 23 Feb 12 (11:58pm)
Please bring us a new party Bob Katter......you're having a gag, right? Bob hasn't got bats in his belfrey, he's got bloody pterodactyls.
Christine Milne in a big hat, and proud of his record as a national party minister in Qld who axed a new coal-fired power station for FNQ. Panders to every conspiracist, rent seeker and fruitcake who gets in his earhole.
We need a new party, a conservative/libertarian one that'll destroy the statist agenda of the majors, then put itself out of a job.
Sat 25 Feb 12 (04:48pm)
can you offer a better option? Bob and his hat may be old school, but that might be what this country needs. With the right guidance, maybe we can get to a stage where we re less hamstrung by all the worthless treaties the past 60 or so years of government have signed to with the international pirates, the UN?
Thank you Tim
I just fell laughing off my chair with your comment on the incomprehensible and unintelligent Cameron.
When he was on TV last night my wife turned to me and asked. 'Have you any idea what that man is saying?'
Thu 23 Feb 12 (09:00am)
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One is the incumbent and closely aligned with the governor's top appointed representative in Buffalo.
The second is a longtime civic activist and political maverick who has run for office several times without success.
And the third is a four-term commissioner for the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority.
On Sept. 13, Democratic voters in the new 149th Assembly District will choose from the three - Sean M. Ryan, Kevin P. Gaughan and Joseph A. Mascia, respectively.
Whoever wins the primary is likely to win in November because the district, which encompasses North Buffalo, Lackawanna and Hamburg, is overwhelmingly Democratic.
Ryan won the seat in a special election in 2011, after longtime Assemblyman Sam Hoyt was appointed to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's economic-development team. Party leaders chose Ryan to run as Hoyt's successor.
Ryan's opponents are now trying to paint him as a political insider who bases decisions on what Albany wants and not what the people need. Ryan, however, says that there is no evidence to support that and that his 20-year career as a public interest lawyer and nonprofit leader has allowed him to represent the people well.
Although specifics differed in each candidate's platform, one message came loud and clear from all three: Elect me, and you'll get a representative who is truly for the people.
Here are some highlights of each candidate's background and platform:
During his tenure as a public interest lawyer, Ryan worked with groups with advocacies such as civil rights and children with disabilities. For the four years before he was elected, he started a nonprofit that rehabilitated vacant housing.
When Hoyt left office, Ryan decided to run for the seat because he thought he could make a bigger difference in the lives of more people as an elected official.
"I've been at advocacy work for a long time. So now instead of advocating for a client, I'm advocating for a large part of our community," said Ryan, 47, who also has long ties to the West Side political organization maintained by Hoyt.
Although he has been in office for only a year, Ryan points to a record of setting attainable goals and achieving them.
He cites the following as accomplishments in his short tenure:
. Reforming the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority. He fought cuts to transportation routes that community members depend on, and championed the sale of outer harbor property from the NFTA to a state-run agency.
. Increasing the Historic Tax Credit, which helped renovate the landmark Hotel Lafayette into the Hotel @ the Lafayette, from $5 million to $12 million. He brought the idea to Cuomo, then convinced a majority of Assembly members to vote for it. The tax credit will help improve a number of buildings in downtown Buffalo.
. Championing legislation to fight prescription drug abuse and build better resources for fighting addiction.
Ryan also has been an advocate alongside Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz for reforming the Industrial Development Agency system, which he says wastes taxpayer money. He would like to consolidate the county's five IDAs into one serving the entire area.
He believes he's the right candidate for the job because he has a record of success and understands the needs of the community. When he knocks on doors, he said, he's shocked by how many families have two full-time employed adults yet still qualify for food stamps and other assistance programs because their wages are so low. He supports raising the minimum wage.
"To me, that's not the American deal. The American deal is if you work full time, you should be able to support your family and live in dignity. I understand those issues," he said. "But I also understand what is realistic and what is achievable."
Gaughan, 58, an attorney, has for years campaigned for downsizing government, a cause he says he would take to Albany if elected.
Under his leadership, citizens have voted to downsize government in three counties, six towns and one village. Town boards in Hamburg and West Seneca, for example, have reduced from five members to three.
But these reductions have met some controversy.
Under the Opening Meetings Law, a majority of board members cannot discuss public matters without giving advance notice to the public. This means that two members can't bounce ideas off each other over coffee without violating the law. Board members in places such as West Seneca and Alden, for example, have said the downsizing means more work for members, who only make part-time salaries. This has led to pay raises in some areas, which goes against the fundamental goal of the downsizing.
In response to these criticisms, Gaughan said that an overwhelming majority of citizens voted for the downsizing and that the number of elected officials in Erie County is far more than other areas across the country with a similar population.
Making government less expensive and more efficient is one step toward tackling what Gaughan believes is the biggest problem facing the area: a rapidly declining population, particularly the loss of young people.
If elected, Gaughan plans to tackle issues such as:
. Reducing the State Senate from 63 seats to 50 and the Assembly from 150 to 125 seats, which he says would save taxpayers $88 million per year. He also plans to introduce legislation that would prohibit part-time politicians from receiving lifetime pensions, and would reduce his own salary by $20,000.
. Reinvent public education, including better addressing the needs of immigrant populations and determining the appropriate role of the state government.
. Rein in bloated state authorities, such as the NFTA and the state Thruway Authority. Gaughan doesn't believe that Ryan can make honest decisions regarding the NFTA because he accepted a $2,500 campaign contribution from NFTA Chairman Howard A. Zemsky. Ryan disputes this, saying he has been a fierce critic of the NFTA and that he is proud to have Zemsky's support because they have built a positive relationship based on similar objectives that best suit the needs of the community.
In addition to these three issues, Gaughan supports raising the minimum wage and opposes hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."
Gaughan said he would restore a "sense of humility" to government service and would stop practicing law if elected.
"I'm not running to be someone; I'm running to do something," he said. "I've shown I can do it on a local level, and I want to bring those skill sets to Albany."
In the last three elections for the Housing Authority, Mascia has run on a simple platform: "If you don't think I've done a good job, don't elect me."
Mascia, 67, has won election to the BMHA four times and was a cement worker for the city of Buffalo until retirement. He also serves as chairman of the Joint Commission to Investigate the Reorganization of the Buffalo Police.
He said the issues he feels strongly about include:
. Opposing the Peace Bridge Plaza expansion, because he does not believe that it will solve the health problems affecting nearby residents due to vehicle emissions. Furthermore, he says, giving more authority to the agency will not make the development accountable to voters.
. Transferring authority of the outer harbor from the NFTA back to the City of Buffalo rather than a state agency, which Ryan champions. From there, he said, the city should organize a private-public partnership, with public dollars focusing on improving infrastructure matched by private funding for other improvements.
Mascia also laid out concerns facing each community. Lackawanna, for example, needs repairs to infrastructure and better public housing. In Hamburg, he says, the downsizing that Gaughan championed has crippled the government's effectiveness. In the Elmwood corridor, he said Kaleida Health needs to put forth a comprehensive plan for reuse before moving Women & Children's Hospital.
Above all, Mascia says, he will be an independent voice in Albany and bring his understanding of the people's needs and a commitment to the future to the capital.
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Michael A. Middleton, JD
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Michael A. Middleton was appointed interim president of the University of Missouri System on November 12, 2015, by the University of Missouri Board of Curators. Middleton previously served as deputy chancellor of the University of Missouri-Columbia and is a professor emeritus in the MU School of Law.
Middleton joined the faculty of the MU School of Law in 1985 after an illustrious career with the federal government in Washington, D.C., where he was first a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. In 1977, he was appointed assistant deputy director of the Office for Civil Rights within the former U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
After serving as director of the Office of Systemic Programs for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and as principal deputy assistant secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, Middleton was appointed associate general counsel of the EEOC's trial division. He returned to his alma mater from St. Louis, where he was director of the EEOC's St. Louis District Office.
Beginning in 1997, Middleton served as the interim vice provost for minority affairs and faculty development at MU. A year later, he accepted the position of deputy chancellor, a role he held until his retirement on August 31, 2015.
Middleton is married to Dr. Julie N. Middleton, who retired in February 2016 after serving as director of organizational development and an extension professional at MU. Together, they have three children and seven grandchildren.
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In an effort to provide clarity to a topic often misunderstood by the media and the general public, Ralph J. Cicerone, the U.S. President of the National Academy of Sciences, presented the scientific basis for the earth's changing climate while delivering the Princeton Environmental Institute's 2011 Taplin Environmental Lecture on April 7 in Guyot Hall.
Archive – April 2011
In this video, Elie Bou-Zeid, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, is mapping the microclimate of Princeton's campus.
Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow discuss the Carbon Wedges in NOVA documentary on clean energy. (Watch video)
Meeting participants discuss program's accomplishments in first 10 years and plans for the work ahead.
The 2010-11 PEI Visiting Environmental Economist, E. Somanathan, joined us from the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), New Delhi, India where he is Professor and Head of the Planning Unit.
This report is a review of the fish and fisheries section of the Feasibility Study (FS) and of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Xayaburi hydropower project, with a particular focus on the fish passes proposed as an environmental impact mitigation measure.
Stephen Pacala, director of the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI), narrates an overview of the Grand Challenges Program.
Today's nuclear power plants have a fiendish feature: they keep giving off heat, long after they are shut down.
Ramanan Laxminarayan, an associated faculty member of PEI, discusses his research on antibiotic resistance in the Economist.


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Applicants will be heard in the following order. Please note that all times are approximate.
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Managing Partners' Confidence Down: Dan DiPietro, the client head of the law-firm group at Citi Private Bank, has released his latest Managing Partner Confidence Index, which provides a nice barometer of where the BigLaw industry's been, and where it's headed. Coming into 2009, law firm leaders were worried, and they got more worried as the first quarter progressed, according to the Index. Seventy-one percent of the respondents to Citi's first-quarter MPCI believe that demand for legal services will be flat or down in the next 12 months, compared to 66 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008. Law.com.
Santander Settles Potential Madoff Claims: Banco Santander SA, one of the largest conduits of investor money to Bernard Madoff, agreed on Tuesday to pay $235 million to settle potential legal claims by the trustee of the defunct Madoff firm. If approved by the bankruptcy court overseeing the Madoff firm's liquidation, the bank's agreement would would mark the first time a so-called feeder fund has agreed to make payments to the trustee. WSJ.
Lockheed Wins Trade-Secret Trial: Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $30 million jury verdict against L-3 Communications Corp. last week over the use of Lockheed proprietary data to refurbish P-3 maritime patrol aircraft for South Korea. Capping a roughly three-week trial in Atlanta federal district court, the jury found that L-3 violated a Georgia trade-secrets statute and breached a nondisclosure agreement in connection with its work as a subcontractor to Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. WSJ.


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After her 10-percentage-point loss to labor leader Cindy Chavez on Tuesday for the seat once held by her mother, Blanca Alvarado, plus her defeat in the 2010 primary to represent District 1, does Teresa Alvarado have a political future?
Some had expressed dismay at Alvarado's reluctance to take the fight to Chavez, who as a former San Jose city councilwoman was criticized over spending and lost to Chuck Reed in a 2006 mayoral landslide.
"This campaign demonstrated two things: There may not be Blanca Alvarado coattails, and she needs to learn to be a more skillful candidate," said one political observer, who did not want to be identified. "She needs to hear that. She thought she could win by not offending anyone, including Cindy and labor."
But other observers insist Alvarado still has political wheels.
"She's extremely bright, and she knows how to connect with people," said San Jose State political science professor Larry Gerston. "I fully expect her to surface in the public domain and be an elected official at some point along the line. She has too much to offer."
Larry Stone, county assessor and Democratic power broker, agrees.
"I don't think for a minute that Teresa's political career is over," he said. "I think she would be a very viable candidate for the right office at the right time."
San Jose Giants no longer part of lawsuit group
You may recall back in May when we wrote that San Jose Giants President Dan Orum was insisting that his team has nothing to do with the "Stand for San Jose" group suing to block the city's ballpark plans to lure the Oakland A's. We had found that odd since the original Stand for San Jose lawsuit described the group as a "coalition of entities and individuals, including residents and taxpayers in San Jose and the County of Santa Clara, and the San Jose Giants."
Orum never returned our phone and email messages to explain, which hurt our feelings so much we took our kids to another A's game instead of his minor league Giants. A's co-owner Lew Wolff returns our calls.
But you'll be interested to know that when Stand for San Jose filed a new lawsuit last week, arguing that the city continues to maintain a ballpark land option agreement with the A's that they allege is void, it no longer lists the San Jose Giants as part of the group. It also has a shorter list of individual plaintiffs: Eileen Hannan, Michelle Brenot, Robert Brown and Robert Shields. Fred Shirey and Karen Shirey, named plaintiffs in the original December 2011 lawsuit, aren't named in the new one.
Ronald Van Buskirk, Stand for San Jose's lawyer, said the San Jose Giants aren't affiliated with the group now.
Assistant City Attorney Nora Frimann noticed the dwindling number of identified plaintiffs and said San Jose may challenge the group's "standing" to sue. A trial on the original case was scheduled for November, but the cases are expected to be consolidated.
Summary of police tactic disturbs some groups
There's an age-old police tactic to help ensure that confessions don't get thrown out of court. Nudge the suspect to pen an apology letter that can be used to counteract accusations that the confession was coerced.
The July newsletter of the San Jose Police Officers' Association outlined this tactic in such frank detail that it disturbed civil rights groups who view it as pushing the boundaries of acceptable interrogation.
The newsletter was proffered by a pair of veteran officers -- Detective Enrique Garcia and Lt. Paul Francois -- who also run a police consultation firm on the side. It offered helpful tips such as "sell the letter as a means of showing remorse" and tell a suspect that those who came before have also done it, citing those techniques as staples of sales professionals.
While interrogators should stop short of prodding a suspect into writing an apology, it suggested telling a suspect the letter won't make it into the police report, and leaving the suspect alone in a room to reinforce the letter's voluntary status.
J.J. Kapp, acting assistant public defender for Santa Clara County, called the tactic old hat -- but he sees how it might worry some.
"That does offend a lot of people, especially when a client is very unsophisticated," Kapp said. He added that the newsletter "takes the cloak off" of "the idea that this is something the client or subject wanted to do."
Still, Kapp acknowledged it's within legal bounds since police are allowed to use deception. Undercover work would be mighty difficult otherwise.
"This is not a trick," SJPOA President Jim Unland said. "By the time you're getting to an apology letter, you've presented enough evidence to show you've got the goods. I would think at some point they would look and go, 'the guy's guilty, it's a good thing officers caught him.'"Â"
County finance director now facing a demotion
Santa Clara County Finance Director Vinod Sharma is getting demoted in the aftermath of former county Supervisor George Shirakawa Jr.'s descent from board president to thief of public funds.
Sharma was a conspicuous character in the Shirakawa scandal, as he publicly downplayed concerns his controller-treasurer's office missed neon, flashing, in-your-face, red flags that the former supervisor used taxpayer funds for his personal entertainment in a yearslong spending spree.
County Executive Jeff Smith is sending Sharma to a lower-level controller job in the public hospital system. Deputy county executive Emily Harrison will take Sharma's job in the interim.
Sharma's new job does not have a salary set yet, but Smith said it will be "significantly less" than his current $181,929 base pay.
Without commenting on his motives, Smith described the new assignment as "important" to improving finances at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.
"Vinod has a skill set that complements the new position better than the current position," he said.
We sure hope so. In May, Sharma told us the nearly $30,000 of inappropriate Shirakawa spending his office missed needs to be put in perspective because "out of a $4 billion budget, $30,000 is not a material amount."
Internal Affairs is an offbeat look at state and local politics. This week's items were written by Tracy Seipel, John Woolfolk, Robert Salonga, Karen de Sá and Paul Rogers. Send tips to email@example.com, or call 408-975-9346.


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Dragon Quest X will feature orchestral music on Wii U
Dec 24th - Dragon Quest X is one of the most anticipated titles of 2013 for the Wii U and will feature HD resolution graphics as well as orchestrated music.
Chasing Aurora Wii U review
Dec 23rd - Our full review of Chasing Aurora, the divisive bird-battling Wii U indie game.
Pachter on Wii U supply vs demand
Dec 23rd - Michael Pachter gives his thoughts on why the Wii U is in stock in some places, while elsewhere it's sold out.
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- The way your room looks sets the tone and atmosphere for your
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(to make it appealing, enjoyable, and comfortable), you should
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- A well-designed room shows you care for your junior highers.
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By Sgt. 1st Class Shannon Wright, ASC Public Affairs OfficeMarch 14, 2014
ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill.--Rock Island Arsenal's fire department sits across Rodman Avenue from the Army Sustainment Command headquarters and houses the men, women and equipment responsible for emergency first response on the island.
It starts with a call. When 9-1-1 is dialed on the island, it connects directly to the dispatch center in building 225 on Rodman Ave.
"We can be upwards of six to ten EMS (emergency medical service) calls (daily) maybe, including the cities," said Terese Gleason. "We take all kinds of calls for the police department, too."
Gleason has worked emergency dispatch for nearly 40 years, 32 of them for Davenport, Iowa. Experience has taught her how to cope with some of the stress involved with dispatching for emergency services.
"I will tell you what I tell a trainee; it's (the incident) already over with, and if you panic, you're not helping anyone," she said. "If you can't think, you're not helping anyone."
The RIA first responders have saved lives on and off the installation.
When factory workers found a man lying unconscious on the ground in one of the manufacturing facilities on the island, they started CPR and called 9-1-1.
"I've been on several of these types of calls, and the outcome usually isn't very good," said Darin Keith, RIA FD engine and truck captain. "This particular one, I remember thinking I didn't see this individual making it. Nobody knew how long he had been down."
Keith, a nine-year veteran of the RIA FD, took over the chest compressions while the paramedic crew started an IV.
"Sometimes things are dispatched differently than they actually are," said Ryan McDonnell, RIA FD firefighter and EMT. "It (the 9-1-1 call) didn't come out as a code (cardiac arrest). But, when we got there, it came out later as 'CPR in progress,' when we were walking in."
The ambulance crew was able to revive him en route to the hospital.
"We did CPR until we were going out the gate. (That's) when we noticed we had a heartbeat back," said Daryle Wood, RIA FD fire inspector. Wood was a paramedic on the fire engine that day.
"The chance of survivability on those types of calls is slim to begin with, and especially with not knowing the downtime," said Keith. "To be able to get him back the way we did is just great teamwork. And, with the help of the co-worker that started the CPR before we got there."
Wood and McDonnell were teamed up on another "code" call that took them off the Arsenal. Police officers needed assistance in Rock Island. The [Quad] cities' assets were tied up with other agencies at a structural fire so, putting to use the mutual aid agreement between cities, the RIA FD responded with an ambulance, a paramedic and an EMT.
The two knew they were dealing with a patient who was unconscious and not breathing. When they got there, McDonnell took over CPR compressions while Wood prepared the heart monitor and medications.
"We got on scene, the police officers were doing CPR," said McDonnell. "They did great initial CPR, they had the AED (automated external defibrillator) already hooked up, which is good. We transitioned in and took over the scene. We have a little more advanced training than the police officers."
Typically, a fire engine accompanies the ambulance on every medical call. Since RIA's and Rock Island's engines were tied up with the structural fire, an engine from Moline arrived about 10 minutes after the RIA FD.
"He was in cardiac arrest," said Wood. "If they (police officers) had not have done what they call early access which is starting CPR, he would've died."
Wood started out on the RIA police force before making the decision to crossover to the fire department. He had spent seven years as an Army active-duty military policeman.
Both Keith and McDonnell grew up around firefighting. Keith's father started the volunteer ambulance service in Erie, Ill., his hometown, back in the mid-70s. McDonnell's uncle was a full-time firefighter in Bettendorf, Iowa.
"I love what I do," said Keith. "Everybody says, 'I have to go to work.' I don't say that. To me, this isn't work. I love coming here and doing my job and doing the best I can and making sure the guys, the firefighters that work with me, go home safe. That's our priority, I love helping people, always have."
Robert Andersen is also a firefighter and EMT at the Arsenal. He's a certified CPR instructor and teaches it to Soldiers and civilians on the island, as well as at the Unity Point Health Rock Island campus.
He said science is proving that compressions are more important than giving breaths during CPR.
"If you see someone drop in front of you and the only thing you do is compressions, you're doing a lot," he said.
Compressions keep oxygen-rich blood flowing through the body, including to the brain which needs oxygen to survive.
"Time is brains," said Wood. "The faster that we get to that patient and we're able to start emergency care, the more likely they will have a better outcome."
The RIA FD also has members certified in HAZMAT operations and technical rescue operations including high angle, confined space, trench and structural collapse rescues. They support mutual aid box alert system division 43's deployable HAZMAT and technical rescue teams, said Deputy Fire Chief Joe Heim, RIA FD.
"We do a lot with the communities," he said. "We do a lot with neighboring departments. We do a lot of training, we interact quite often. That's a good thing."
Because RIA is on an island, the department also has to be prepared to respond to emergencies on the river. They've got three boats they use for first-response situations.
"We end up being kind of the jack-of-all-trades," he said. "You know, when people can't figure something out, they call the fire department and we try to go figure it out."
The RIA FD's first responders work 24 hours on-duty/24 hours off-duty shifts with a "Kelly" day after every sixth shift. A "Kelly" day is firefighter slang for a day off and serves to bring the work week down to the agreed number of hours. Nine to 12 personnel per shift are responsible for manning the fire engine, the fire truck, and the ambulance daily.


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Jeep Patriots Under Investigation for Alleged Stalling
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into complaints alleging Jeep Patriot SUV engines can stall without warning, sometimes at highway speeds.
The agency said its Office of Defects Investigation, or ODI, has received 12 reports about the stalling problem including 10 in which the engines quit while the vehicles were traveling at 65 miles an hour or faster.
In each incident drivers reported they could not immediately restart the vehicles and in eight cases they could not be restarted at all or had to be towed to the dealership.
The NHTSA said it opened what it calls a preliminary evaluation to assess how serious the problem is and how it affects safety. This type of investigation can lead to a safety recall. The probe includes a total of about 112,000 Patriots for the 2011 and 2012 model years.


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Daniel Deronda
by George Eliot
Daniel Deronda Chapter 26 Summary
- Mr. Gascoigne tells Gwendolen that everything is all set for her interview with Mrs. Mompert – she'll go see her in a week. He neglects to tell her that rumor has it that Grandcourt is back in town.
- When Mr. Gascoigne leaves the room, Gwendolen bursts into tears and feels sorry for herself. If she's unhappy now, and she's young, then when will she ever be happy? Never, duh!
- The narrator basically says that people our age know forget what it's like to be young and have these concerns.
- Gwendolen feels helpless – and the narrator suggests that it's partially because Gwendolen has been so spoiled up until now.
- Our girl Gwen continues moping around, thinking about how sad her mother is, and deciding that she (Gwendolen) is even sadder.
- Mrs. Davilow walks into the room with a letter from Grandcourt. In the letter, he asks if he can come visit the next afternoon.
- Mrs. Davilow urges her daughter to answer the letter. Gwendolen knows that Grandcourt means business – that is, he's probably going to pop the question to her – and she needs to decide right now whether or not she should accept him.
- Gwendolen writes back to Grandcourt and tells him to come visit the next day.


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KPN Lags European Peers As It Slashes Dividend
Royal KPN used to be dubbed an "investors' darling" not so long ago.
Investors in the Dutch telecoms giant jumped with joy as KPN paid out decent dividends and embarked on large share buy-back programs, rather than doing huge acquisitions at hefty multiples.
It looks like these times are over, for the time being at least.
Earlier this year KPN said that it won't roll out a new share buy-back program and today KPN slashed the dividend by €0.55 to €0.35 per share.
This leaves KPN with a dividend yield of 5%, behind its European peers who pay out a yield of 8%, according to the number crunchers at Rabobank.
Indeed it does not look like telecom firms are the high yield stocks they used to be.
In distressed Southern Europe Telefonica and Telecom Italia have already lowered dividends to preserve cash and this trend has now spilt over to the Netherlands, partly also due to some problems at home.
KPN faces changes in customer behavior as internet protocol based services like Skype or WhatsApp replace more and more traditional services like voice calls or text messages, challenging telecom providers to find a reasonable price model for mobile data and forcing them to invest in their networks.
Francesco Radicati, research analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media said "it's reasonable to expect that other companies will have to follow suit sooner or later, to be able to keep investing in infrastructure."


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STORRS, Conn. - Three College of Charleston women's basketball players scored in double figures, but the Cougars fell 103-39 against the No. 2 ranked University of Connecticut Huskies.
Junior Alyssa Frye led the Cougars (1-1) with 14 points. Senior Latisha Harris scored the first basket of the game and added 13 and junior Afreyea Tolbert scored 10 points.
Freshman Breanna Stewart, the 2012 High School Girl's Player of the Year, led Connecticut (1-0) with 21 points.
Up next the Cougars travel to East Carolina Saturday Nov. 17 for a 2:00 p.m. contest.


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Multimedia Technology in India
- August 2011
- Region: India
- 26 pages
- Cygnus Research
- Access Technology India
- CDN Solutions
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India is fast becoming an attractive destination for global R&D Investments, due to the large pool of qualified scientists and engineers and the excellent educational and R&D infrastructure, coupled with regulated patent regime. Currently over 150 MNC's have captive R&D centres in India, besides a host of government and privately funded R&D organizations.
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- Snapshot reports on emerging technologies in well comprehending manner
- Focusing on the status of technology in India
- To develop an understanding on the recent trends in technology
- To keep a track of the latest developments
- It is also helpful for the students of technology and technology related field –
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1. Introduction
2. Application of Multimedia in Industries
3. Education and Training
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4. Research and Development
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5. IPR in Multimedia
6. Investments in India
6.1 Government Investments
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7. Foreign Collaborations
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8.1 Internet access through cable TV
8.2 Mega web sites for online promotion
8.3 Value added network services
8.4 Contents in local languages
8.5 Industrial Policy
8.6 Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB)
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9.1 National
9.2 International
10. Achievements
11. Market Opportunities
12. Conclusion
Annexure 1: Profiles of multimedia Companies in India
Annexure 2: Major Government R&D Organizations
Annexure 4: List of Abbreviations Used
Annexure 5: Bibliography
Access Technology India
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