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- Kelly Horwitz v. Cason Kirby ruling (PDF - 234kb)
Judge dismisses Kelly Horwitz school board election challenge; Kirby victory upheld
Published: Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 4:24 p.m.
A judge on Wednesday dismissed Kelly Horwitz's contest of the Aug. 27 Tuscaloosa City Board of Education election, saying that there are not enough potential illegal votes to overturn the results.
BOE Election timeline
July 17: Political newcomer Cason Kirby announces he will challenge incumbent Kelly Horwitz in the Tuscaloosa City school board District 4 race
Aug. 27: Kirby defeats Horwitz by 87-vote margin, 416-329.
Sept. 6: Horwitz files an election contest in circuit court
Oct. 31: Hearings begin in election contest
Nov. 4: Kirby assumes office
Nov. 13: Judge dismisses Horwitz's election contest
Cason Kirby, who was inaugurated on Nov. 4, will continue to serve as the District 4 representative.
Horwitz, running as an incumbent, claimed at least 167 of votes cast in the election should be invalidated because the voters didn't meet residency requirements or cast their ballots based on illegally offered inducements.
Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court Judge James Roberts ruled just before 4 p.m. Wednesday that there were only 70 ballots that could be considered questionable, short of the 87 Horwitz would need to overturn the results.
"I am pleased that Judge Roberts validated what I knew all along, which is that we won the election fair and square and now I'm looking forward to continuing my work on the board," Kirby said Wednesday. "After the lawsuit was filed, I certainly expected this to be the outcome, but I'm now glad that the distraction is now gone and I can focus 100 percent of attention on moving Tuscaloosa City Schools forward."
Efforts to reach Horwitz were unsuccessful Wednesday.
The election contest raised questions of the influence of a group within the University of Alabama's Greek system called The Machine, which organizes block voting in support of preferred candidates.
Horwitz's attorneys said that voters who belonged to certain Greek organizations were pressured to vote for Kirby, but the judge wold not accept the evidence they offered. Facebook messages, emails and Tweets submitted as proof of bribery are "inadmissible hearsay," Roberts wrote in the order dismissing the case.
"Courts are not permitted to base findings on allegations, but rather only on admissible evidence," he wrote.
The issue of where a student voter was considered "domiciled" played a substantial part in the case. Horwitz's attorneys argued that students were not considered "domiciled" in the district if they received mail, reports of grades, tax returns and other government documentation at another address, such as their parents' homes.
Roberts cited several instances of case law and state legislation that he said presumes student voters are domiciled in the district where they are attending college.
Many of the challenged votes were cast by students who lived in District 4, left temporarily and returned before the Aug. 27 election. State law says that temporary absence does not mean someone is no longer "domiciled" at the location, Roberts wrote. People who leave home for extended vacation, study or military deployment are still considered domiciled at their residence, Roberts wrote.
"This court finds that, like any elector, a student voter does not lose his or her obtained domicile because he or she is not physically present in his or her college district due to temporarily leaving for the summer," he wrote.
Roberts ordered that Horwitz pay all court costs associated with the contest.
He issued his ruling after reviewing the answers submitted in affidavits crafted by attorneys from both sides. Horwitz's attorneys had hoped to call many of those voters to testify in court. If they were able to prove that the voter cast a ballot illegally, the voter would have then be required to reveal how they voted.
Attorney Robert Prince represented dozens of the students whose votes Horwitz contested.
"Hopefully, this decision will help restore any student's interest, which was damaged or lessened in any way by the initial allegations, in participating in one of our most cherished and fundamental rights as a U.S. citizen — to vote in an election by secret ballot and have it count," he wrote in an email sent to The Tuscaloosa News on Wednesday afternoon.
More than 80 percent of District 4 voters are UA students, Roberts wrote. He noted that both Horwitz and Kirby campaigned for their votes by visiting campus-area neighborhoods and Greek houses.
Horwitz targeted and encouraged those voters, Roberts wrote, but "now challenges the bulk of them as illegal and not meeting the 30-day residency standard." He went on to write "it is noteworthy that both candidates actively and personally sought the support of this large block of students whom both considered legal voters at the time of their campaigns."
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View the original article at: http://www.countryweekly.com/news/brad-kix-vince-help-ringo-celebrate-his-birthday-nashville
Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr just so happened to be playing Nashville's famous Ryman Auditorium—the one-time home of the Grand Ole Opry—on Saturday (July 7), the day he turned 72.
"You know, it's hard for me to believe—Ringo at the Ryman!" he exclaimed to the crowd, according to The Tennessean [2].
And Brad Paisley, Vince Gill and Kix Brooks just so happened to be at the show.
So when Ringo was getting ready to close out the two-hour "All-Starr Band" show, his country cousins joined him onstage for the 1967 Beatles classic "A Little Help From My Friends." Ringo also got a little more help from two pop/rock stars, Richard Marx and Joe Walsh.
Ringo made a couple of other country nods during the show. He performed a cover of Buck Owens' 1963 hit "Act Naturally," which was included on The Beatles' Help! album. And Ringo put on a black cowboy hat after a fan tossed it up onto the stage.
[1] http://www.whosay.com/kixbrooks
[2] http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2012/07/08/ringo-starr-brings-star-studded-birthday-celebration-to-ryman-auditorium/
[3] http://www.countryweekly.com/news/darius-rucker-and-lady-antebellum-record-cover-wagon-wheel
[4] http://www.countryweekly.com/news/michael-buble-will-be-blakes-advisor-voice


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Issue No.03 - May-June (2012 vol.14)
pp: 44-49
Loren Frant , US National Library of Medicine
Brian Goldstein , US National Library of Medicine
Yue Ma , US National Library of Medicine
Dianne Sun , US National Library of Medicine
Sarena Burgess , US National Library of Medicine
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MITP.2012.20
MedlinePlus Mobile provides a core set of the authoritative health information found on MedlinePlus.gov, optimized for mobile devices. The authors detail the technical approach taken to create this website, from the system architecture through development and testing.
emerging technologies, computer systems organization, applicative (functional) programming, programming techniques, software/software engineering, affective computing, information technology, health IT, MedlinePlus Mobile, mobile computing
Loren Frant, Brian Goldstein, Yue Ma, Dianne Sun, Sarena Burgess, "MedlinePlus Mobile: Consumer Health Information On-the-Go", IT Professional, vol.14, no. 3, pp. 44-49, May-June 2012, doi:10.1109/MITP.2012.20


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Pheasant's Tears Boost Georgia Wine Fightback on Russia Embargo
John Wurdeman uncorks a bottle of Pheasant's Tears, holds it to the sun, and drinks with a smile.
The long-haired American artist, with his imaginatively named wine, is described by vintners as an unlikely savior of their industry in the Black Sea country of Georgia. He started the business after a Russian trade embargo, which threatened the existence of 35 existing wineries. Georgia makes some 90 million liters a year and previously exported 80 percent to Russia.
"There is an 8,000-year wine-making tradition, and there are 520 wine grapes here," Wurdeman says. "We have the best wine story on the face of this planet."
Georgia, a republic of 4.6 million people on the Silk Road, expelled four Russian servicemen who it accused of espionage in 2006. In response, Vladimir Putin's government cut road, rail, air and sea links, blocking imports of mineral water and wine. Local boutique winemakers are fighting back by making better-quality products -- what Wurdeman calls "amber wine," not white wine -- that can be exported at a premium outside Russia.
He is producing 40,000 bottles a year of his distinctive wines, named after a legend that only specially made wine can make pheasants cry. They are for sale at $25 to $45 each in nine countries, including the U.S., Canada and Hong Kong. The company, founded in 2006, plans annual 60,000 bottlings by the end of 2011 and aims to boost this to 120,000 when possible.
Wurdeman, 35, says it is "a failed strategy" for local wineries to mass-produce poor copies of Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Bordeaux or Burgundy.
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Tourists prefer the products in his organic shop, which shuns factory methods and uses traditional qvevris, large clay vessels used to store and ferment, with extended skin contact for both reds and whites. His dry whites include Rkatsiteli, Mtsvane and Kisi; the dry reds are called Saperavi and Tavkeri.
Wurdeman is preparing for the September harvest and says seven varieties of grape are used in Pheasant's Tears, as well as an experimental planting of 340 variants. He is busy in his stone-built estate in Sighnangi, laying tables for visitors in a small sampling restaurant that serves local cuisine, then rushing off to Tibaani village, where his vineyards grow.
He has tousled long hair and talks fluent Georgian to his staff and children. The company also organizes wine tours and Kakhetian cuisine tasting.
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Many years before he started making wine, John Wurdeman was a 15-year-old aspiring artist from Virginia. He was rummaging through CDs in a record shop hoping to find some alternative world music when he came across one of Georgian folk songs. The disc changed his life.
He became fascinated by Georgia, and arrived in Tbilisi in 1995, going to a feast where the same folk group was singing. Wurdeman is now married to a musician from Kakhetia and they have two children. He has also made a name as a painter of vineyards.
Georgia exported 59.3 million bottles of wine in 2005, 80 percent of it to Russia. Exports plummeted 67 percent with the embargo to 19.5 million bottles and stayed about 11 million a year since, the Agriculture Ministry reports. The 2010 total was 15 million bottles, up 34 percent on 2009, going to 46 countries. Of the larger companies, Tbilvino sold 2 million bottles in 2010 and forecasts purchases to rise about 20 percent this year.
Targeting Aid
President Mikhail Saakashvili said last year that the worst of the wine crisis was over, Wurdeman says. Georgia's government says it has invested 600,000 lari ($365,000) into private wine production since the embargo. Still, Wurdeman says the government and international financial institutions are spending money in the wrong places and coordination is lacking.
"Georgia went from a dead frozen situation to a minimal amount of growth," he says. "The situation needs nurturing further." The money would be well spent, with much more brought back from wine tourism, he says.
"Georgia is known as a cradle of wine," Malkhaz Kharbedia, president of Georgia's Wine Club, says in an interview. "I wouldn't even look at the Russian market anymore; this is a dead market. The Georgian wine will certainly survive, however we must not compete with Australian or Chile wine, we need to retain our distinctive mark in the market."
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With High-Profile Hire, Banks Gear Up For Possible Tax-Plan Fight
It's not a role we've ever heard a Supreme Court litigator getting hired to do: to look into the possible constitutionality of a law before it's passed.
But it looks like Wall Street — defined here as the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, or Sifma — is sending a preliminary shot across the bow in regard to President Obama's plan to tax banks. The NYT reported over the weekend that Sifma had hired Sidley Austin's Carter Phillips (pictured), one of the country's most experienced Supreme Court litigators.
So what's going on here? Does Phillips really need to get cranking on this now? Not necessarily, reports Bloomberg on Tuesday. The move, writes Bloomberg, "may be aimed more at swaying lawmakers than winning a lawsuit."
D.C.-based appellate specialist Bruce Fein calls any move to challenge Obama's plan in court "a fool's errand." That said, he told Bloomberg: "[T]hey might get Congress nervous, so maybe the levy wouldn't be as heavy."
So let's play this out a bit. What might a challenge to the tax look like? Bloomberg writes that the banks could try to argue that a bank tax would be a so-called bill of attainder, or measure that singles out a certain person or group without due process, says Baker & Hostetler's David Rivkin.
Others, like Case Western law professor Jonathan Alder, think that a bill-of-attainder would likely fail so long as it doesn't name individual companies or target a small group. "If you put that you want X dollars from a particular bank and mention it by name, that could pose a problem," Adler said.
Under Obama's proposal, Bank of America, the biggest U.S. lender, would owe $1.53 billion a year, or 18 cents a share, while New York-based JPMorgan, the No. 2 U.S. bank, would owe $1.52 billion. The tax would amount to 22 percent of Bank of America's expected 2010 earnings per share and 12 percent of JPMorgan's, he wrote.
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DEXTER - Betty L. Casey, 77, died Nov. 2, 2012, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter.
Born March 12, 1935, near Bloomfield, daughter of the late Malcolm Edward and Elva Christine Fortner Sills, she grew up in Southeast Missouri and lived in St. Louis then California for 20 years before returning to Dexter in 1976. Employed at Arvin Automotive for 30 years, she was a member of the Dexter Eagles Aerie and the U.A.W. Local and attended the Assembly of God Church in Dexter.
On April 7, 1964, in Inglewood, Calif., she married Johnie Jefferson Casey, who preceded her in death on Feb. 2, 1982.
Also preceding her in death were two brothers, George Leroy Fortner and James Edward Fortner in infancy.
Survivors include: one daughter and son-in-law, Christine and Calvin Sandlin of Dexter; one brother, Charles Marler of Hillsboro; four grandchildren, Linda Kirkpatrick and Dylan, Aaron and Quentin Sandlin of Dexter; and two great grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, where services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Phil Warren of Dexter will officiate.
Burial will follow in the Bloomfield Cemetery.
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Disputes between Sudan and newly independent South Sudan led to a halt in oil production in early 2012, bringing an economic crisis to both countries. On June 16, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and his National Congress Party imposed austerity measures, including the withdrawal of wheat and fuel subsidies. Demonstrations against the regime broke out at universities across Sudan in response.
Despite a National Congress Party official's claim that trying to oust Omar Al-Bashir was like "trying to lick your own elbow," protests quickly spread and intensified, led by student activist groups such as Girifna, meaning "We are fed up." The movement was co-opted by opposition parties, who turned out hundreds of worshippers at affiliated mosques to demonstrate against the regime.
However, although these demonstrations were larger and persisted for longer than any Sudanese protests had in many years, they began to die out by mid-July and had almost completed dissipated by August. This video shows how Palantir Gotham can be used to integrate news media and other open source data to deliver a comprehensive understanding of major events as they unfold. In this case, we have been able to track the conflict and assess the factors behind the escalation and subsequent de-escalation of unrest in Sudan.


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This years parade is all on campus starting and ending at the FUBC. The parade will go north along 26th St. through campus while the Peace, Love and Buffs Festival happens throughout campus.
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With the added pressure of being the bookies' favourite, Beth Tweddle showed why she was the pick of the bunch in her first performance on Dancing on Ice
Gymnast Beth, who was one of the heroes of Team GB at the London 2012 Olympic Games, has been tipped by many to eventually win this year's competition. With her partner Daniel Whiston, himself a former two time winner of the show, it was easy to see why there is so much hype around the couple.
Dancing to Anything Can Happen by Ellie Goulding, Beth displayed the flexibility and strength that have made her an Olympic bronze medallist.
And the judges were suitably impressed awarding her 21 points after her own unique move, the Tweddle tip
Karen Barber said: "That was amazing. I'm so excited to see you progress."
Jason Gardiner was his usual acerbic self. He said: "Unfortunately tonight I was bored to death." He criticised her performance saying: "It was very robotic."
Head judge Robin Cousins said: "I saw a gymnast ice skating."
New judged Ashley Roberts finally added: "You were amazing tonight. I wanted to see a little bit more fierceness, I want to see that sassiness come out."
Coach Christopher Dean also praised Beth's consistency.
The 27-year-old from Bunbury in Chesire appeared delighted at the judges' comments. Heading into the competition, Beth had been cautious about her gymnastics background being an advantage.
She said: "My first biggest task is breaking away from my natural stance in gymnastics. I was told I needed to change my position as it's totally opposite to what I've trained in."
With a fantastic opening performance and the public in support of her, the Olympian looks set for a long charge into the series.


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CHAFFEE -- Eugene Leo Glastetter, 86, died at 10 a.m. Aug. 30, 2007, at the Chaffee Nursing Center.
Born March 24, 1925, in New Hamburg, son of the late Anton and Regina Heuring Glastetter, he was a retired self-employed farmer and U.S. Army Air Force veteran of World War II who served in the quartermaster corp in Europe and received a Bronze Star. He was a member of Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 6407 in Scott City, St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Chaffee, the St. Ambrose Mens Club and the Knights of Columbus Council No. 6420 in Scott City.
On March 10, 1945, he married Rella Agnes Glueck who survives.
Other survivors include: seven sons, Stanley Glastetter of Lakeland, Fla., Les Glastetter, Tim Glastetter, Karl Glastetter and Eric Glastetter of Chaffee, Brian Glastetter of Marston and Barry Glastetter of Bardstown, Ky.; one daughter, Susie Wipfler of Kelso; and 24 grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren and two step great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by one son, Tom Glastetter; one grandson, Keith Wipfler; and four brothers and eight sisters.
Visitation is scheduled from 5 p.m. today at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee with a rosary to be recited at 7 p.m. and Knights of Columbus prayers at 7:15 p.m.
Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church with the Rev. Ralph Duffner officiating.
Burial with full military rites will follow in the St. Ambrose Catholic Cemetery in Chaffee.
Pallbearers will be: Stan Glastetter, Les Glastetter, Brian Glastetter, Barry Glastetter, Tim Glastetter, Karl Glastetter, Eric Glastetter and Susie Wipfler.


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O.K....It is not really Siberia...but temperature-wise, it is as close to a Siberian Doppler reading as Seattle gets...indoors...where we humbly work. Let's call it a temperature adventure, one that our dearest customers forged in order to take part in the biannual Seconds Sale.
To describe...Sunday January 14th dozens of customers, swaddled in fleece, lined up outside of our Greenlake store (temperature: low 30's.) We opened the store door with a flourish at approximately 9:55 am. Customers streamed in for the sale with excitement (temperature in the store:mid 30's.) They strode down onto the glassblowing floor and shopped adjacent to our furnaces (think perpetual fire...a wonderful visual.) It was a great, cheerful, determined, color saturated swarm of shopping. Notably included in the mix...2 scruffy-lovey pooches, and the sweetest eyes peeking out of a 9 week old baby. It was the third Seconds Sale that I have witnessed and simply put...it was a completely marvelous spectacle.
A sweet anecdote culled from our sale experience...one customer, in the midst of buying her chosen seconds...held up a framed photograph of glassybaby lining her mantle.She explained, her friend and sale side-kick...had taken the photo on New Years Eve. The friend framed it and bequeathed it to her as a gift, a thank you and a memory from their New Years Eve together. Sweet.
One tell tale sign of a glassybaby Seconds Sale... the ghost cups of Starbucks lattes lining our ledge just outside of the store. We were tickled to find a host of them...post sale...again a great visual and Seattle style cairn of the sale.
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A fire destroyed an auto shop and two vehicles Friday morning in Madison.
The fire was reported sometime before 10 a.m. on Highway 311 west of town. No one was injured.
The fire was started by an unattended wood stove, fire officials said. Dangerous chemicals such as paint and acetylene gas were also inside, fire officials said.
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eCommerce UI Part 1: The Product Detail Page
When it comes to eCommerce design there are plenty of Do's & Don'ts, a ton of "best practices" and even more people claiming they have the keys to successful eCommerce design.
Is there a magical recipe that will convert that browsing customer to a paying one? Perhaps the key is a magical button, so magnificent that the user has no choice but to click. Or maybe it is the number of licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie roll tootsie pop?
In this series of posts over the next several weeks we'll look at some of the top internet retailers, and see what they're doing to achieve their success. I think you will be surprised at what we find.
The Product Detail page or PD page is where most online shoppers will spend their time. Whether it's reading reviews, product information, or looking at alternative (alt) images, the PD page is the heart an soul of the online eCommerce experience.
For the purposes of this part of the series we will take a look at two of the Top 100 eCommerce websites of 2009, straight from the Internet Retailers Top 100 list. Well look at 1 well designed page and 1 not so well designed, and talk about the good and the bad of both.
Creatively speaking this entire site is gorgeous. Anthropologie certainly has their brand down, and it's reflected from page to page. The PD page is no exception.
Simple, concise information. The customer can get all the information about the product within a glance. This works well for sites like Anthropologie who's clientele may be more concerned with what the label says, than what it's actually made of. But that's ok. Some of us do the same thing with Apple products. :)
From the on mouseover zoom to the tooltip message on the "Add To Bag" button when you don't select a color or size. It's those little touches that improve user experience and make the sites usability effortless.
Nice use of whitespace, and typography as well as the consistent product photography, and great use of a left nav, especially the strong call out to where you are as well as breadcrumbs, this site makes my top list for the design alone.
Just as I mentioned typography as a strong point I'd also like to point out the inconsistencies. I'm not going to make a big deal about it because it is more than likely part of the quirkiness of the brand and if this is true then who am I to tell them differently.
Next I have to point out that the placement of some features seem odd to me. Grouping "add to wish list" with "send to a friend" and social network sharing feels a little off.
On to the "Add To Bag" button itself. It is the same color as the left nav and even though the page is clean and uncluttered it could benefit from standing out a bit more. I'm not saying they need a BOB (Big Orange Button) but perhaps just a simple color change would make a stronger call to action.
Overall, Anthropologie is definitely one of the better designed eCommerce sites. Easy to navigate, consistent user interface and branding. They have carved their niche, and provide their customers with a great shopping experience. They are able to achieve this great experience because they don't try to be all things to all people. which is a perfect transition to our next site.
Amazon.com is the #1 eCommerce website. It's the first place I go when I want to compare pricing. They will typically be the best price on the net and often have free shipping. Their product catalog is larger than Han Solo's ego, and they outperform most, if not all of the competition by billions (with a "B") in annual revenue year after year.
As cluttered and confusing as Amazon may look there is actually some method to the madness so to speak. Scrolling down a PD page on Amazon is like long checkout lines at the world's largest flea market on Christmas Eve. If you want it, it's there and probably cheaper than anyone else. But we're here to talk about the UI and overall design.
Amazon has clearly defined each section as you move down the page, and even though there are a million things that could distract you, Amazon does a nice job at grouping it's content so that each section is easily distinguished.
Another thing they did right was putting the "Add To Cart" button in the same place on each PD page. With all the variable content, can you image what it would be like if the button was under, oh lets say the "Product Description"? On some products you would have to scroll 4 screens down to get to it. So, as much of a no-brainer this was, they did it right.
They also put the basic info right at the top and left a plethora of statistical info for further reading if you so choose. I think Amazon knows they are not a browsing site per se. I don't know anyone who goes there to see what's new, or to watch videos about a product specifically. You go there when you already have something in mind.
Well, firstly you might be thinking who am I to tell the #1 online retailer they could do better. Well, I buy stuff from Amazon all the time. I'm a customer. The customer is always right! :)
I have a lot of issues with Amazon.com. As a designer, I wouldn't know where to begin with attempting a redesign but lets start with the PD page. Amazon could really benefit from a tabbed structure to clean up some of the clutter. I realize this would put some things an extra click away, but from a user experience standpoint, choice suppresses conversion. I've said this before in a different context, but the principle is the same.
…people, confronted with a large pool of options will be less satisfied with a decision. The more options there are, the higher their expectation. So even if they have made the best possible choice, their satisfaction level has by default, dropped.
Amazon could also stand to drop so many of the up-sells or at the least moving some of the less relevant ones to a click away. Things like "Customers Who Bought Also Bought" is fine, but "What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item"? Seriously? I'm sure these are extremely valuable metrics for their business, but I could care less if 2% of the people viewing this product bought some other product. The only thing this does is make me second guess my decision, potentially abandoning my cart for fear of making the wrong choice.
These aren't just business decisions. As interaction designers, we need to take on some accountability. We're supposed to be improving the customers experience through well thought out UI and persuading them to convert. Amazon somehow manages the conversion part very well, but leaves user experience at the door quicker than Luke left Dagobah to save Leia.
I could write pages on how we could improve Amazon's Product Detail page, but the truth of the matter is, they're #1 and probably will be for the foreseeable future so the point really is moot.
We've taken a look at 2 of the top100 eComemrce sites PD pages and talked about their good points and bad points. To recap:
The Good
- Great design
- Clean layout
- Nice use of whitespace and typography
- Good usability
- Strong brand definition
The Bad
- Strange link grouping (wish list with sharing)
- Need stronger call out for "Add To Bag" button
The Good
- Clearly defined sections
- Great Add To Cart/Wishlist placement
- Important description info at the top
- Plenty of product images
The Bad
- Clutter
- Too many up-sells
- Poor layout
- Too much useless information
What say you? We would love to hear your thoughts.
Jeff is a Sr. Art Director at HSN.com. When he isn't being an evangelist of User Experience, UI Design and Best Usability Practices you can find him floating around the Twittersphere or perpetually tweaking his WordPress Blog.
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The federal "vaccine court" has rejected claims that either the measles/mumps/rubella vaccine or thimerosal in vaccines caused children's autism.
The vaccine court -- shorthand for the Office of Special Masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims -- administers a system that since 1988 has overseen all claims for compensation due to injury from vaccinations.
Today's ruling is a major setback for the more than 5,000 cases in which families claim that the MMR vaccine, either alone or due to the mercury-based thimerosal preservative in the vaccine, caused a child's autism.
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Hungarians are known for many things: their numerous Nobel Prize laureates, their cuisine with goulash and chicken paprika, and their cunning. A Hungarian is who enters the revolving door behind you but comes out in front of you, as the saying goes.
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Billy Currington celebrated his latest No. 1 single, "Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer," with a party at Nashville club Rooster's. "It's nice to have No. 1s. They don't come easy. I've been fortunate enough to pair up with songwriters like Troy [Jones]. I just hope we continue to get more from those guys," Billy told reporters. So does BMI, who threw the party for Billy and Troy, who wrote "Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer." The song's producer Carson Chamberlain and the radio promotions department of Universal Music Group Nashville were among those honored for their part in making the song a hit.
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So one question remains: Is Billy Currington pretty good at drinkin' beer? "I'm kind of good at drinkin' beer, like once in a blue moon, but it's nothing I do every day."
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Issue No.04 - October-December (2000 vol.17)
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A heuristic algorithm synthesizes efficient multiplexers consisting of a multiplexer component tree from a technology library. The synthesized multiplexer structures are more area and delay efficient than those generated by commercial tools.

Subhasish Mitra, LaNae J. Avra, Edward J. McCluskey, "Efficient Multiplexer Synthesis Techniques", IEEE Design & Test of Computers, vol.17, no. 4, pp. 90-97, October-December 2000, doi:10.1109/54.895009


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Toyota's upcoming fuel-cell powered car will be priced roughly in line with the Tesla Model S, and deliver around 300 miles on a full tank of hydrogen, the company has revealed, ahead of the FCV-R-based vehicle's debut at the Tokyo Motor Show later this year. The new car, which may be launched under Toyota's own brand or as a Lexus, will cost in the neighborhood of $50,000 "depending on how big your neighborhood is" US advanced product development VP Chris Hostetter said, Bloomberg reports, with Toyota targeting something "price competitive" with Tesla's sedan.
The Model S kicks off at $69,900, before any federal tax credits are applied. The start-up, founded by Elon Musk, originally offered a cheaper version, at around $52,400 after credits, but axed the model after discovering that only 4-percent of buyers opted for it in favor of more expensive versions with greater range.
These latest numbers from Toyota are more vague than the Japanese company has been in previous months about the fuel-cell vehicle. Back in May, Toyota said that it would be priced at $50,000 and that it expected to sell around 11,000 each year, as well as suggesting it would be sold as a Lexus.
Now, though, the company declines to forecast sales, and says that it has not finalized model or branding. However, Toyota now says to expect the final decision in time for the Tokyo Motor Show in November 2013, with the production vehicle potentially hitting forecourts as early as 2014 as a 2015-model-year car.
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Nonetheless, despite Toyota's - somewhat tempered - enthusiasm, fuel-cells are not universally acclaimed. The technology uses hydrogen, stored at high pressure in tanks usually under the trunk or rear seats, that is passed through a stack of polymer electrolyte membranes coated with catalyst layers: each produces under one volt, but given sufficient density can output sufficient energy to power the car.
The advantages to fuel-cells, advocates say, are that they only emit oxygen as a waste product, and can be fueled on hydrogen sourced from water put through an electrolysis process. However, critics point to the fact that, in actuality, most commercial hydrogen is produced from natural gas, undermining some of its eco-friendly credentials. There's also a requirement for power to actually compress the gas - in the case of Toyota's FCV-R concept, which the production car will be based on, to 690x normal atmospheric pressure - into the car's tank.
Perhaps Toyota's biggest challenge - and one which Elon Musk has highlighted - is infrastructure: so far, although there are a few hydrogen refueling stations in the US, they're sparse. Unlike an EV, the FCV-R cannot simply be plugged into a regular power outlet for a straightforward (if slow) top-up. Meanwhile, Tesla pushes ahead with its Supercharger network, as well as flirting with even faster battery-replacement systems.
One possibility is that the commercial car will see a markedly staggered release, likely focusing on California - where "hundreds" of fuel-cell vehicles are already in operation, and the highest density of hydrogen refueling stations exist - before feasibility for the rest of the country is ascertained.
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East Central University women's basketball coach Kent Wayne Franz turned himself in Tuesday in connection with an alleged hit-and-run by auto that left a woman seriously injured Monday.
Franz, 50, turned himself in to authorities and was arrested on suspicion of leaving the scene of a personal injury accident causing great bodily harm. He was taken to the Pontotoc County Justice Center where bail was set at $10,000. Jail officials said Franz bonded out late Tuesday.
The alleged hit-and-run occurred in the 2800 block of Arlington at 9:42 p.m. Monday. Two passersby called 911 and said there was an unconscious woman lying beside the road and a dead dog in the middle of the right westbound lane of Arlington.
Emergency personnel arrived and rendered aid to 49-year-old Angela Wilburn for serious injuries. Wilburn was taken to Mercy Hospital Ada then taken by Medi Flight to OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City with multiple injuries. Ada Police Officer Kathy Unbewust said those injuries included a shattered pelvis, right ankle fracture, vertebrae fracture, internal injuries, a blood clot in the brain and a heart attack.
Wednesday, a spokesperson for OU Medical Center said Wilburn was in serious condition.
Unbewust spoke with Franz after he turned himself in and gave a written and verbal statement.
"He advised that he was westbound on Arlington, headed to (a local eatery) when he struck something," Unbewust wrote in a report. "Mr. Franz wrote that he turned around twice, checking the area for anything he may have hit but saw nothing in the road and then continued on west. Mr. Franz wrote that he pulled over to look at the damage to his vehicle when he heard and saw an ambulance running to the location where he hit something. Mr. Franz stated he saw the ambulance stop at a woman (who) was face down on the ground. Mr. Franz stated he panicked, left the scene, went home and told his wife what happened."
"It appears Ms. Wilburn was walking with her dog, a small brown short-hair dog, when she and the dog were struck by a westbound vehicle, description unknown," Unbewust wrote in a report on the scene. "Officers located several pieces of what appear to be car parts from the point of impact."
Unbewust said that after speaking with Franz Tuesday she inspected his pickup, which was parked outside the courthouse.
"I went to where the vehicle was parked," Unbewust wrote. "(I) observed damage to the passenger-side front corner, passenger-side outside mirror and a small dent on the front bumper."
Unbewust confiscated the pickup and placed it in a police impound.
"We are currently reviewing the situation and we are going through the correct process and plan to take proper action," said ECU Director of Athletics Jeff Williams. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to all family and friends affected."


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'Electronic skin' lights up when touched
Jul 26, 2013 2 comments
Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley have integrated three distinct electronic components to create touch-sensitive "electronic skin" or e-skin. The new technology combines semiconducting carbon-nanotube transistors, pressure-sensitive polymer sensors and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) – which are integrated over large areas on a single plastic substrate. The result is a mechanically flexible sensor network that responds to a finger touch by immediately lighting up. And the harder it is touched, the brighter the light.
The researchers believe that the technology could help enhance the sense of touch in robots of the future and even find use in applications such as touchscreen wallpapers. Medical applications, such as "e-bandages" that monitor a patient's health in real time, might also be possible.
Led by Ali Javey, the team made the new e-skin by first spin coating a polymer sheet just 25 µm thick on top of a silicon-wafer substrate and subsequently hardening the plastic by baking it in an oven at 300 °C. The electronic components were then vertically built on top of the plastic surface using conventional microfabrication processes. Once the electronics were stacked, the plastic backing layer was peeled away leaving a free-standing film with the sensor network embedded within it.
Active matrix
Each pixel in the active matrix of the device contains a nanotube transistor with its drain electrode connected to the anode of an OLED. A pressure-sensitive polymer is laminated on top of the OLED and it is in electrical contact with the cathode of the OLED at each pixel. The top surface of the polymer is made conducting by coating it with silver ink and acts as the ground contact. When the device is touched, current flows through the polymer layer and switches the OLED on.
"Our e-skin is the first flexible system that responds to pressure stimuli of varying intensities and provides a real-time response by emitting light through the integrated OLED display," team member Chuan Wang says. "In the system, OLEDs are turned on only where the surface is touched and the intensity of the emitted light depends on the amount of pressure applied. This basically allows us to visualize the applied pressure."
The e-skin can be laminated on a variety of surfaces, curved or otherwise, he adds. Potential applications include robot skin, interactive wallpaper and interactive in-vehicle dashboards. "I can also imagine things like e-bandages applied to a person's arm that would continuously monitor blood pressure and pulse rates, for example, while providing real-time feedback."
The Berkeley team is now busy integrating additional sensing capabilities – such as those that respond to thermal and light stimuli – into its e-skin system. "We are also experimenting with the possibility of having the whole system built using roll-to-roll printing processes for large-scale, low-cost fabrication of the sensor networks, reveals Wang.
The e-skin is described in Nature Materials 10.1038/nmat3711.
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Belle Dumé is a contributing editor to nanotechweb.org
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By Pfc. Justin Naylor, 2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public AffairsMarch 27, 2009
FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARRIOR, Kirkuk, Iraq-The concussion rattles the chest as flames erupt from the barrel of the M109A6 self-propelled 155MM Howitzer, also known as a Paladin. The blasts could be heard around post, and it shook the nearby buildings.
Calibrating the Paladins is not a quiet task, but it is an important one for the Soldiers of Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, who had the opportunity to adjust the Paladins to ensure their accuracy Feb. 13 at Forward Operating Base Warrior, Kirkuk, Iraq.
We want to make sure we are going to be able to hit whatever we are aiming the Paladins at, said Bronx, N.Y. native 1st Sgt. Derrick Webb, the 1st Sgt. for Battery B.
There are quite a few factors involved in calibrating the Paladins, said Webb. According to Webb, the muzzle velocity of the rounds is checked as they depart the Paladins by testing how much gas escapes around the round when it is being fired. This gives the crew and fire direction controllers a better idea of how far the round will go; the more gas that escapes, the less distance that the round will travel. Knowing this enables the crews and FDC's to make adjustments to the Paladin to compensate for these factors. The computer on the Paladin records this data and includes it when it is calculating the correct flight, along with factors such as the type of round, weather conditions and the earth's rotation.
The calibration was also an opportunity for the artilleryman of Battery B to train with the weapons for the first time since arriving in Iraq.
This gives us a chance to get a little more familiar with Paladins, said East Peoria, Ill. native Pfc. Wesley Bernius, an artilleryman for Battery B. It's an opportunity for us to see where the rounds are hitting and what adjustments need to be made to ensure the accuracy of the Paladins.
The calibration was an opportunity for the Soldiers in the Paladins to keep up on their artillery skills, said Kansas City, Mo. Native Staff Sgt. Timothy Thacker, the fire direction non-commissioned officer. It is a perishable skill and if the Soldiers don't use them they will lose them. A lot of the Soldiers from Battery B are currently tasked out to do patrols and convoys, but they need to be able to switch to firing artillery at any given moment.
After firing the rounds, adjustments were made to the Paladins, and the Soldiers of Battery B were able to have confidence in the fact that if they aim their artillery at a target, they can hit it.


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Chutzpah. This is a word that is used often by myself because sometimes I just can't believe what people do. I mean really! I thought it would be fun to share our Chutzpah moments. The only rules are no names of stores, people, or events. You may also not use inappropriate language. Leave a comment listing your favorite Chutzpah moment! I mean laughter is the best medicine.
chutzpah Or khutspe. Nerve, extreme arrogance, brazen presumption. In English, chutzpah often connotes courage or confidence, but among Yiddish speakers, it is not a compliment. For more Yiddish WordsChut
I was shopping this week and a guy came over to me asking for money. He gave me a card with the letters in sign language on the back and it asks for a donation. I have no problem supporting different causes. What I do not like is when people pretend to be something they are not. I happen to know a little sign language and he happened to know a lot less. ( I used to use sign language to amuse my students when we were waiting in line for lunch.)
Yes, I am sure he was not hearing impaired. He was outside with his buddy carrying on a conversation. His friend was not facing him and he was responding to his friend's questions. I think it is rude to scam people. It makes people not want to help those who truly need help.
So what did I sign? I signed No, thank you I want more milk. It was the first thing I thought of since I am working on baby sign with our youngest. He got the hint and moved on.


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Micoshaft fraudster Ezekiel wrote on behalf of Half Wits from Micoshaft
> Asustek brought out a new version recently that runs on Microsoft Windows
> XP operating system. Weighing a mere 2 pounds and measuring about 9 inches
> wide by 6.3 inches deep by 1.3 inches thick, the new Eee allows users to
> choose from a larger range of applications and gives them a familiar
> interface.
Talk about inches,
the expee OS version will set you back 8Gb disk space.
Thats because expee users like Doofus have shorter pinky toes (thats
what he calls his tally whacker!).
With Linux machine you get 20Gb, with an expeed machine you only get a 12Gb
fitted - the 8Gb disk size is stolen by WINDUMMIES so it can pay for
Micoshaft to survive.
Is that you Ezekiel?


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Electropop Singer Oh Land On Being 'Oh Landish'
It's hard to open a magazine these days and not see a picture of Oh Land, the Danish electropop singer whose American debut will be released next month by Epic Records (a four-track EP came out last fall). The 25-year-old has appeared on the cover of Time Out, been featured in Vogue and cool-kid magazines like Paper and Interview. Next week, she'll appear on "The Late Show with David Letterman."
Oh Land also been playing showcases around New York City, where she lives, drawing attention for her crystalline voice and performance artist approach (on stage, she uses a drum pad that activates sounds and light displays). Speakeasy caught up with the busy singer.
The Wall Street Journal: How important are visuals to your performances?
I wanted the electronic music to have a physical body, not just something streaming out of a laptop. I've been working with an engineer and we developed this idea of the box — an LED screen activated by movements. The music is always the most important. But I grew up with a mom who was an opera singer and I was in a very theatrical environment watching her perform every night. It became a natural thing for me to have visuals with music.
Do you think your music sounds European?
I hope it's global. I don't see my music as having a specific nationality, except for Oh Landish.
And what is Oh Landish?
Oh Land is this little country where everything can happen.
You're a former ballet dancer, but your moves on stage and in videos aren't balletic.
I tried ballet for 10 years and I got really bored with beauty and perfection. I just wanted to dance my way and not intend to look a certain way. I don't try to look beautiful. I don't try to look sexy. I just move my body to the music.
How has living in Brooklyn influenced your songwriting?
I have one song called "White Nights," which is very much inspired by the energy of New York. I came from a much more silent place on the outskirts of Copenhagen. When I first moved to New York, a year ago, and everything was new and exciting, I didn't want to miss any of it. I just didn't sleep. I wanted to experience more and get more from the city. I wrote "White Nights" about that energy.
You're playing South By Southwest this year. Have you been to the festival before?
I did it two years ago, in 2009. I'm going to do it this year and play 10 shows or something. It's going to be crazy. No matter what happens, it's going to so different from the first time. The first time I got signed to Epic. It was such a surreal, fairy tale thing to be there. I just came from Denmark with my friends and played for a room of five people and they happened to be the exact right five people and they signed me. This year I guess I'll get a more festival-like experience where I'll have an audience.
How big would you like your audience to be?
If I could ever fill a stadium that would be fun.


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"To facilitate any transition, a critical success factor is understanding your target market."
As brands realize the power mobile serves as a personal productivity device (PPD), the investment they make in reaching this group shifts. According to comScore, as of March 2011, there are 72.5M US owned smartphones, up 15% from last year. That's a lot of people that have changed, or are changing, their search habits!
We know as consumers how we find information. The way each person searches for information is as unique as they are. What's important from a business standpoint is to understand how to find that group of ideal customers. For a company to capitalize on this they need to market their brand in various ways in an effort to be where the seeker is. Here's an interesting article from ClickZ that shows "mobile movement" as of April 2011.
Searching from a computer (work or at home)
Primary source: using a search engine; secondary source: Facebook, email.
- Situation: Local search, whether using Google, Bing or Yahoo! "how" a search occurs is very personal. The way I think to find information isn't the same as how you think to find the same thing.
- Solution: Embrace the uniqueness of how people think, act and find information. Number of scenarios far outweigh any company's budget. Through analytics select long tail keywords which are very targeted and although will result in less traffic, will be less expensive, have a higher CTR and generate a more relevant audience to engage in your brand afterwards through email subscription or Facebook "likes". Money saved can then be moved to other forms of lead generating tools such as LBSs, Facebook ads, "daily" savings companies like Groupon or Daily Deals.
Businesses: Reach audience by geo targeted and/or keywords business established
Shoppers: Find information with long tail keywords, Facebook, email
Searching from a mobile device (anywhere, anytime)
Primary source: app; secondary source: mobile web (post coming soon on this)
- Situation: My search habits aren't the same on my iPhone as on my laptop which makes targeting me different throughout the day, every day. I'm a moving target, literally. And I'm complicating the process and keeping businesses guessing. It can be fun🙂.
- Solution: Stop what you're doing, how you're investing in your brand and the tools you're using. Ask these questions:1. What am I trying to accomplish?
2. Who is my target audience?
3. Where is my target audience finding what I offer?The answers to these questions determine where you invest marketing $$ and the most efficient ways to be found.
Personal example:
I actually use apps and Safari depending on what I'm looking for. If I seek information, I use Safari. If I'm looking for a specific brand or location, I'll use Foursquare or Yelp. Sounds crazy, but true. I was in an unfamiliar area for a sporting event and needed to get rid of my headache. I used Foursquare to locate a nearby pharmacy. I was going to check in there anyway so as a time saver, I streamlined my efforts. I've also used Yelp to find a particular restaurant. I was looking for my latest favorite Hot Head Burritos and had no idea where the nearest location was. Yelp helped.
Businesses: The "how" to find new customers is not as obvious as it use to be. Why the 3 questions above are so important.
Shoppers: So many options that we use what we're comfortable with. Such diversity and is constantly changing, i.e. moving target.
Next steps
Refer to the solution above, reflect on the three questions then have a team of people in your company (or subject matter experts) to develop the strategy. Assign tasks to people who are stakeholders who understand and want to be part of the success.
Hardest step to accept is change. Change is good if it's carefully evaluated and decisions made to support the questions above. Trying something new like Foursquare and offering specials, may surprise you at who's using this and the value they know in your brand and seek in your offers.


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The Utica Zoo family grew this summer with students from various areas of the state, country and world joining the crew as a part of the zoo's internship program
Hailing from Hong Kong to New Zealand, the students spent their summer vacation as zoo interns to gain knowledge and experience in their fields of study.
"As a pre-veterinary student, I have been exposed to so many aspects of zoo-keeping and care for exotic species. The experience will definitely help me in pursuing a veterinary career," said Miriam Lee, from Hong Kong.
The interns all met for the first time on May 28 at a pizza luncheon hosted by the zoo.
"This internship is providing me with so much experience in animal care, enrichment and training. The knowledge I'm gaining here will be very useful for my career as a zookeeper," said Kristin Haser, of Gainesville, Ohio.
From cleaning, feeding, record keeping and diet preparation, to updating zoo databases and planning for special events, all of the interns gained experience.
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MTA on Hunt for More Smartphone Apps
The MTA and AT&T will hand out $50,000 in prizes over the course of the summer as the agency hopes to spur development of a new generation of mass transit-based smartphone applications.
The MTA is sponsoring its second App Quest this summer, a multi-month app design contest for developers.
But first up is a "hackathon" on May 4 and 5 at NYU Poly's campus at Metrotech in Brooklyn. Over the two-day event, being conducted with assistance from the development platform ChallengePost, developers will be encouraged to use newly released streams of data from the MTA to build programs that help disabled customers navigate stations, give real-time service updates, and pull transit system info into other programs like calendars and email.
Up for grabs at the hackathon will be $10,000 in prize money, ponied up by AT&T. Programs developed at the hackathon will be automatically entered in the App Quest contest, which is slated to conclude in early September, with an additional $40,000 in prizes awarded, also thanks to AT&T.
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The goal is to hasten development of apps that will help customers use the rails and buses, said MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan. Since the initial contest, which launched in July 2011 and ended in February 2012, the MTA has rolled out more extensive real-time data about buses through its Bus Time program and has begun issuing a stream of arrival data for seven subway lines — the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and Times Square-42nd St. Shuttle.
"We're delighted with what app developers have been putting forward so far and we hope that a formal contest including a hackathon will stimulate yet more useful tools for our riders," Donovan said.
Among the judges will be New York City Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne Haot, General Assembly Co-founder Matt Brimer and Andrew Rasiej, chairman of the NY Tech Meetup, where the contest was announced Tuesday night.
"AT&T is always looking for new and innovative ways to connect people and this is a great opportunity to harness the talent of the tech community to develop the next generation of transit apps with the MTA with the goal of making it even easier for New Yorkers to get around the City," said Kerri Lyon, a spokesperson for AT&T, in an email.
Registration for the free contest is here.


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lek 1
Words that rhyme with lekbeck, bedeck, check, cheque, Chiang Kai-shek, crosscheck, Czech, deck, dreck, exec, fleck, heck, hitech, keck, neck, peck, Québec, rec, reck, sec, sneck, spec, speck, spot-check, tec, tech, Toulouse-Lautrec, trek, wreck
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A patch of ground used for communal display in the breeding season by the males of certain birds and mammals, especially black grouse.
Example sentences
- Groups of males form leks, or display grounds in the tundra breeding areas.
- Males gather on a communal breeding ground, or lek, to display for females.
- Males utilize bright mating colorations when displaying on the lek and contribute only genes to their progeny.
verb[no object] (usually as noun lekking)
Take part in a communal display on a lek: antelopes mate in lekking grounds
More example sentences
- If this is so, then a female mating with a lekking male may be avoiding the less healthy males of the population by default.
- Hermits usually form leks and congregate on traditional lekking grounds, where females visit to choose a mate.
- Such simultaneous sampling may be common in lekking and chorusing species, which have been the subjects of many studies of sexual selection.
Late 19th century: perhaps from Swedish leka 'to play'.
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ANZ Frequent Flyer Black Ad
Qantas has ended a Sydney Airport trial of priority boarding for its top-tier passengers, which provided an 'express lane' for business class passengers and platinum-grade frequent flyers to whizz through domestic flight boarding queues.
The two-week trial was running at Gate 4 and Gate 8 of Qantas' T3 domestic terminal, but when Australian Business Traveller visited T3 this morning things were back to normal, with all passengers joining the same long, snaking line.
Although Qantas sometimes calls for business class and gold/platinum Frequent Flyers to board early, along with families with young children, it's practically difficult to do because it means visibly 'jumping the queue' and elbowing one's way in front of other people already queued up.
Qantas gate staff told Australian Business Traveller that results of the trial were mixed, and were uncertain about the success of the trial and the prospects of future roll-out.
Foremost was the observation that premium passengers tended to stay in the Qantas lounge until the final boarding call, rather than wait around the gate to take advantage of the express lane.
Congestion at the gate itself was also a factor, with a second boarding queue requiring more space – something to which T3's spacious gate 8 area was better suited than the tighter confines of gate 4.
Last week, Qantas spokesperson Sophia Connelly told Australian Business Traveller "Post trial we will assess the long term viability (of the program)."
Qantas says it will now run the trial at other airports to see whether priority domestic boarding should be introduced as a permanent feature or if the program should be abandoned.
About David Flynn
David Flynn is the editor of Australian Business Traveller and a bit of a travel tragic with a weakness for good coffee, shopping and lychee martinis.
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @djsflynn


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This game is titled Bust-A-Move Bash! in North America and Bust-A-Move in Europe.
Extra stages
Successfully complete the first 250 stages in Puzzle mode. Highlight the "Stage Select" option at the selection screen and press A. The colors will change to orange from blue and only the first stage will unlocked. Stages 251 to 500 are now unlocked.
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Play the indicated puzzle to unlock the corresponding character.
- Evil Dragon: Puzzle 1
- Wizard: Puzzle 251


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Flyers Sign Bartulis to Three-Year Extension
Wednesday, 12.2.2009 / 4:41 PM ET / News
|Oskars Bartulis has two assists and six penatly minutes in 10 games with the Flyers this season. (Getty Images)
"Oskars has developed nicely over the past two years and fit in nicely with our team," said Holmgren. "We are happy to have him under contract and are pleased to know he is part of our defensive group for the next several years."
Bartulis, 22, has two assists and six penalty minutes in 10 games with the Flyers since being recalled on Nov. 9 from their American Hockey League affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms. He made his NHL debut on Nov. 12 vs. Ottawa. With Adirondack this season, Bartulis posted two goals and two assists for four points, and 14 penalty minutes in 12 games.
"At first I was surprised they offered it to me because it was such a short period of time," said Bartulis. "I didn't think about it a lot. I said 'yes' because the Flyers are such a great organization, and I am very happy to be here."
In 2008-09, he appeared in all 80 regular season games with the Flyers' AHL affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms, where he posted 13 points (2G,11A) and 59 penalty minutes.
In parts of three seasons with the Phantoms (2007-08 to 2009-10), Bartulis has registered 38 points (5G,33A) and 115 penalty minutes in 149 career games. He has also appeared in four Calder Cup Playoff games with the Phantoms.
A native of Ogre, Latvia, Bartulis was originally selected by the Flyers in the third round (91st overall) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.