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Rich And Poor Affected By This Rotten Economy [Audio] [Song Parody]
Depending upon what you read out there, the economy is either bouncing right back or continuing to SUCK! I tend to think the latter, personally, and decided this morning to sing about it
When it affects people you kinow and love it sways your opinion, I know. But I have both family members and real good friends who are out of work with no light at the end of the tunnel. This despite the recent poll from Businessweek.com that says that the economy is gaining strength despite political unrest.
Yea? Well tell that to these people! I'm sure there are many out there going thru the same pain.
I tried as hard as possible to make this song parody funny. That's the point of a parody, right? So I'm not sure how this one's going to be received, but it was an honest attempt. This is a take-off on the great song by Ronnie Dunn–"Bleed Red". Which made me think of us being IN the RED, which then got me to thinking about words that rhymed with red. Bread! We all bleed bread? No. Makes no sense. How about "we all NEED bread"? Perfect!
That was the thought process behind this. And at the hour we all wake up, it's amazing to even HAVE a thought process.
Hope you enjoy this. It's one of my longer parodies, by the way, so I'm warning you that by clicking on this, it's 3 minutes of your life you won't get back!
How do you keep smiling in this lousy economy? Would love to hear from you!
Have a good one!
PS- The parts of Sean, Levack and Casey are played by…Sean, Levack and Casey. (we have no budget to hire actors)


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The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book (Jerry Pallotta's Alphabet Books)
by Jerry Pallotta
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This book uses different reptiles for each letter of the alphabet. There is a small description with each reptile, teaching the students a little about that creature. Useful for letter or word recocnition used in conjunction with different reptiles. Good for K-3 reading.
*To be used in K-3 setting, helpful for small science projects, alphabet and word recognition.
Great information about common and unusual reptiles. One (or more) for each letter of the alphabet.
This would be a great book for boys to read. I think their attention will be caught by the word "yucky". It's a great ABC book that is filled with a lot of information about various reptiles. It could be used in grades 1-4. My nephew who is 5, loved looking at the pictures. I think this would be great to use as a text innovation. Students could each pick a letter of the alphabet and find an animal to go with it. The class could then make a collective ABC book about yucky, gross, or pretty, beautiful animals, reptiles, or insects.
The book The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta and illustrated by Ralph Masiello is one of my favorite books about reptiles! The book is set up in ABC format, with a different reptile for each letter of the alphabet. This set up allows for a wide range of reptiles to be portrayed in the book. It includes vivid illustrations instead of real pictures that sometimes show the reptiles in humorous ways, instead of just perched on a branch. Some of the rhymes about each reptile include funny sayings as well.
I would most likely use this book in any grade from 2nd to 6th. It is humorous and fun. I also think that it depicts each certain reptile accurately and in a way that students can understand and relate to. I would use this book when teaching a lesson about the differences between reptiles and amphibians. I could also use this book as an individual research resource for students when they are doing a project on specific reptiles because it contains some rare reptiles that may be hard to find information on.
The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book is a great choice of books for readers from about ages 4 to 8. The brightly colored pictures will interest them and the brilliant word choice will enthrall them and get them intrigued in reptiles. They will learn about reptiles and some of their most interesting characteristics, like how the chameleon's tongue can be twice as long as its body.
http://www.ickybugman.com/reptile_book.html is an informative website that has projects, coloring books, pictures, and more about The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0881064548, Paperback)As young readers turn the pages of this beautifully illustrated book, they will find that reptiles aren't really so "yucky." In fact, reptiles are among nature's most exotic and intriguing animals. Pallotta's well-researched text and Masiello's vivid illustrations will enthrall young readers.
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Dow Chemical's second-quarter earnings miss triggered a 10% decline in its stock price – not because it missed badly (Q2 earnings per share of 54 cents only fell short by 2 cents) but because everyone else thrashed estimates so handily.
On July 27, DuPont posted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.17, beating Wall Street estimates of $0.93 by a wide margin. On July 30, Eastman Chemical followed up with Q2 EPS of $2.05, blowing away Street estimates of $1.65. PolyOne, Westlake and Arch Chemicals followed up with earnings beats as well.
Plus, leading up to Dow's earnings release on August 3, investors bid up the company's stock in anticipation of another earnings beat. And why not? Dow had built a solid history of exceeding Wall Street earnings expectations, having done so in the previous three quarters – and in spectacular fashion.
Unplanned outages led to a 7-cent hit to Dow's EPS, noted Deutsche Bank analyst David Begleiter. Adjusting for this, Dow would have beat estimates, but not by much.
Lastly, Dow's bullish outlook was slightly more muted than some of its peers, with CEO Andrew Liveris expressing a "guardedly optimistic" view of the US economy, and growth continuing in emerging markets, "although at a tempered pace."
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This topless 911 carries with it a unique top mechanism that comes off like a particularly snug-fitting canvas lid that follows the roofline of the coupe beautifully – Porsche says it carries rigid panels like a folding hardtop along with its fabric top. The goal? Increased security and noise abatement along with improved styling. The new power retract cap can be raised or lowered at speeds up to 31 miles per hour and also includes a novel power wind deflector that can deploy in seconds.
The 3.4-liter Carrera reaches 62 miles per hour in 5.0 seconds with the seven-speed manual (4.8 seconds with the PDK and 4.6 seconds with the optional Sport Chrono) thanks to its 350-horsepower 3.4-liter flat six. Like the coupe, the Carrera S gets a displacement bump to 3.8 liters and a commensurate rise in power to 400 horsepower. 0-62 mph is dispatched in 4.7 seconds with the seven-speed manual and as little as 4.3 seconds with the PDK Sport Chrono. Check out some rolling footage of the Cabrio after the jump and the official press release.
The sky's the limit for driving fun: the 911 with emotional appeal
The sky's the limit now for driving fun with the new 911 Carrera: the Coupé is following on from the Cabriolet and introducing the superior attributes of the new generation 911 in the open-top sports car market segment. At the same time, the new lightweight top technology enables the typical 911 roof line to be retained in full for the first time: even with the top closed, the Cabriolet reveals the unmistakable 911 silhouette – never before were Cabrio and Coupé so similar.
Each of the two new Cabriolets has the same engine as its 911 Carrera Coupé equivalent:
911 Carrera Cabriolet
3.4-litre boxer engine with 350 hp (257 kW); rear-wheel drive, seven-speed manual transmission, optional seven-speed Porsche-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK); acceleration 0 – 100 km/h in 5.0 seconds, with PDK in 4.8 seconds (4.6 seconds with Sport Chrono Package); top speed 286 km/h, with PDK 284 km/h; fuel consumption (NEDC) 9.2 l/100 km, CO2 217 g/km; with PDK 8.4 l/100 km CO2 198 g/km.
911 Carrera S Cabriolet
3.8-litre boxer engine with 400 hp (294 kW); rear-wheel drive, seven-speed manual transmission, optional seven-speed Porsche-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK); acceleration 0 – 100 km/h in 4.7 seconds, with PDK in 4.5 seconds (4.3 seconds with Sport Chrono Package); top speed 301 km/h, with PDK 299 km/h; fuel consumption (NEDC) 9.7 l/100 km, CO2 229 g/km; with PDK 8.9 l/100 km CO2 210 g/km.
The new Cabriolets are the 911s with emotional appeal. With the top down, they convey a unique abundance of intense driving impressions between outstanding performance and calm comfort. This is based on the light, stiff body in conjunction with the long wheelbase. Reduced weight and a longer wheelbase compared with the predecessor generation are complemented by the wider front track and larger wheels. In terms of its performance, the new 911 Cabrio raises the bar not by an inch but by a yard. This is down to a precisely synchronised package of new and enhanced systems. Electro-mechanical power steering and, in the case of the Carrera S, Porsche Torque Vectoring with differential lock are featured as standard – in conjunction with PDK even regulated. If so desired, the new 911 Carrera ups the ante in driving dynamics terms with options such as PDCC roll stabilisation.
With the open-top 911s as well, Porsche has managed to reverse the weight spiral and make the new Cabrio models significantly lighter than its predecessors, by up to 60 kilograms depending on equipment. As a result, for the same engine output, the new 911 Carrera generation combines enhanced performance with significantly lower fuel consumption – in short "Porsche Intelligent Performance".


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New transfer students and returning re-entry students to the University must submit an undergraduate application before admission can be reviewed.
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Saltillo athletes did well in recent district track action with several advancing to area competition Wednesday in Mount Pleasant.
Eddie Jaime was third in the discus, 95-3 and third in shot put, 39-7; Keagan Genzer, first in the 3,200 meter run, 11:13; Dakota Carroll was third in the 1,600-run, 5:06; Cade Daniel took first in the long jump, 19-10; first in the 100-meter dash, 11.09 and first in the 200-meter dash.
In girls action - Brenda Castro was first in the 1,600, 6:42; Katy Perea, second in the 3,200-meter run, 14:14 and third, 1,600-meter run, 6:44.
Other participants include: Jonathon Vanholton, seventh, 100-meter dash; eighth in the 200; 10th in discus, 11th in shot; Braden Ivy, 12th in discus, 12th in shot; Hannah Wade, eighth in the 1,600-meter run.
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I like meals that are simple to prepare, yet offer maximum taste. Served in hallowed-out rolls, this hearty chili offers extra zip with two kinds of meat, beans and jalapeno pepper. Sometimes I serve the chili in one large round bread loaf. —Tonya Burkhard, Davis, Illinois
Featured In: 12 Recipes to Make in a Bread Bowl
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 1/2 pound ground pork
- 2 cans (16 ounces each) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) diced tomatoes with garlic and onion, undrained
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) beef broth
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
- 12 hard rolls (about 4-1/2 inches), optional
- Shredded cheddar cheese, sliced green onions and sour cream, optional
- In a large saucepan, cook beef and pork over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the beans, tomatoes, broth, tomato sauce, chili powder and jalapeno. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Serve in soup bowls or if desired, cut the top fourth off of each roll; carefully hollow out bottom, leaving a 1/2-in. shell. Cube removed bread. Spoon chili into bread bowls. Serve with cubed bread,
- shredded cheddar cheese, sliced green onions and sour cream if desired. Yield: 12 servings.
Editor's Note: Wear disposable gloves when cutting hot peppers; the oils can burn skin. Avoid touching your face.
Originally published as Bread Bowl Chili in Quick Cooking September/October 2005, p11
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"i love to add corn to my chili. it revs up the vegitable factor. fresh off the cob is best but canned or frozen works well too."


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SparkFun Electronics Comments urn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f8249 2017-06-25T20:18:12-06:00 SparkFun Electronics Otzen42 on RTL-09899 - microSD Shield Retail Otzen42 urn:uuid:02b5647e-b71a-bae2-b38d-162a17a9c196 2014-07-13T11:04:25-06:00
Be sure to use the correct CS pin. The Arduino library should support selecting the custom pin when you initialize the SD card.

http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/SDbegin

SD.begin(8);
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Trying to connect the MicroSD Shield to a Leonardo but it seem that the Leonardo only has SPI on the ICSP Pins which the MicroSD Shield does not have. Is the Leonardo incompatable?
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I agree with cap9qd. Purchased one of these shields and no matter what I try it will not work. Check my solder joints and they are good. Change the SS_PIN .. nothing. Reformatted in FAT16, FAT32 .. nothing.
 There is definitely something wrong with the shield and/or the driver(s) (I even tried uFat to see if I could get that to work .. guess what .. nothing).
 I have purchased many items from SparkFun and never had an issue like this.
 Recommendation .. don't get this .. too many problems.
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UPDATE: So I initially had issues getting the MicroCenter MicroSD cards to work…but it turns out the MicroCenter MicroSD cards work fine with the Arduino libaraies; my Ethernet PRO Arduino had issues. These are a GREAT value!

I picked one of these up at Micro Center this weekend! (Very nice partnership by the way!) Micro Center 2GB Micro SD Media Card )
 Oh and I had to use an extra set of stackable headers for this to clear the magjack on my EthernetPro…Kinda sucky but Im pretty much over it already.

I have had no issues with this MicroSD Shield!


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New License4J version 3.0 release is available.
License4J is a total solution for software product licensing. It provides Java libraries and GUI tools for generation and validation of license files, cryptographically secure serial numbers and floating license files.
License4J provides software licensing solutions for applications developed with Java. It is designed to be easy to use and integrate in your application. Unlike other licensing libraries it has many licensing features defined and performs validation on required features when license file is used; also can be used to generate and validate cryptographically secure serial numbers (product keys).
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Vinyl lettering on the gallery wall blankly asserts that 'KEITH ARNATT IS AN ARTIST'. Centrally positioned, this undeniable conceit lies at the crux of this astute display of photographs that affectionately references both art history and the commonplace. By placing seven of his much-celebrated photographic series in dense proximity, this exhibition confirms Arnatt as a uniquely subtle and warm advocate of artistry and image making.
At once a nod to the photographic tradition of topography and a humorous take on the saying that dog owners come to look like their hounds, the black-and-white series 'Walking the Dog' (1976-79) pictures such pairs. When viewing these gently ironic portraits it slowly becomes apparent that with each, Arnatt has captured a moment in which both walker and dog stare directly at the lens, as if posing.
Eliciting a similar transformative moment, 'The Visitors' (1974-76) sees Arnatt follow in the footsteps of amateur photographers by documenting visitors to Tintern Abbey. In accordance with the great tradition of British tourists, the resulting 'snapshots'– picturing couples decked in matching outfits – are strangely formal and come to look eccentric, staged.
A coloured series, 'Miss Grace's Lane' (1986-87), marks an important transition for Arnatt, with the artist exploiting the vivid tones of Fuji colour film to depict littered patches of rural wasteland in a soft golden light. Monumentalising such drossy traces of human existence, this series parodies the ethereal romantic works of Samuel Palmer, lightly undercutting ideas of the sublime in British landscape painting.
As announced by his proclamatory text work, Arnatt was a practitioner driven by the productive worry of what an artist might be. It is perhaps telling then, that imaginative transformations take centre stage in this significant show of works.
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Reconnect with Life's Simple Pleasures at this Cozy Marble Falls Escape
Creek Side Camp & Cabins makes it their mission to provide a place to rest, relax, and rejuvenate. They are situated alongside beautiful Hamilton Creek in Marble Falls, Texas and offer cozy cabins with charming themes and stunning views of woods and water, BBQ grills, luxury linens and more. There are many exciting activities for the whole family to enjoy right here! Take one of their prepared picnic baskets with you on a canoe ride or hike, or simply enjoy it with the family by the creek.
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Enjoy the peaceful setting of Creekside Cabins for yourself and go on a hike or canoe trip where your family can enjoy some good, quality time with each other and mother nature! Prepared picnic baskets are ready to take on a canoe ride,on your hike, or just to enjoy down by the creek. Whatever your plan, your gracious hosts will accommodate!
Arrive in spring to return that special spring to your step as you rest and rejuvenate at one of Creekside Camp & Cabins' beautiful, home-styled lodging. Hike, canoe, or wander into the wilderness for some peace of mind.
Fresh wildflowers in season accent the rustic romance of Creekside Camp's four themed cabins. Take a hike creekside, go on a resort-prepared picnic for two, or canoe the creek and discover the serenity of silence in the woods of marvelous Marble Falls, Texas.
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Punk-rock band Alkaline Trio performs in Boise on Feb. 23 and in Denver on Feb. 25. In between, the band performs in Salt Lake City. There's little, if any, downtime on its tour schedule.
So although lead singer and guitarist Matt Skiba said in an interview he is "dying to get up there" to Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort, it doesn't look like he'll have a lot of time. But, then again, the band is used to doing the unconventional.
The Illinois-based band will release "This Addiction" on its own label Feb. 23 after ditching the major-label marketing power of Epic Records. "It's an idea that's finally come true," said Skiba. "This is a dream come true."
"We didn't have anyone to answer to besides ourselves," said bassist and vocalist Dan Andriano about recording its latest album without the Epic contract.
Alkaline Trio seems like the type of band that major labels, in the midst of an epochal change of fortunes, would strive to hold onto. The trio's last three albums all debuted within the top 25 of the Billboard album charts, an impressive number for a punk-tinged band. But the band, although still under contract with Epic, asked for its release.
"We didn't have the best experience at Epic," Andriano said. "They had too many cooks in the kitchen. ... Midway through, they fired everyone that was working on our [album]. They called it The Project."
"We had a couple of debacles at Epic and [previous label] B2," Skiba said. "They let go all of the people we liked and trusted."
Inspired by the independent marketing successes of Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, the band decided to go its own way. The members also made the decision to go back to their hometown's Atlas Studios and work with Matt Allison, the same studio and producer they used for much of their early recordings. The result, "This Addiction," is reminiscent of the aggressive style of 1998's "Goddamnit" and 2000's "Maybe I'll Catch Fire."
"We wanted to make an urgent record, we wanted to make it in Chicago, and we wanted to make it with Matt," Skiba said.
Representative of the anger infused in the album is "The American Scream":
And that's where she found me
In the cemetery
A smoking gun in my hand now
I'm damned for the land of the free
Sing with me
The song was inspired by a Newsweek article about a returning, battle-scarred Iraq War veteran, said Skiba, who read the story three times on a plane, devastated by the way some veterans were being treated. "Both my parents came back from 'Nam," Skiba said. "But some people were getting f---ed."
Alkaline Trio is being supported by Cursive, a post-hardcore band from Omaha whose most recent album, 2009's "Mama, I'm Swollen," is also a dark document.
"It reflects people who are in a dark place," said Ted Stevens, Cursive's guitarist. "I'd be lying if I said I was a happy person, or that [lead singer and lyricist] Tim Kasher was in a happy place."
Some of the bad feelings are a result of fans' reactions to the band's previous album, "Happy Hollow," a concept album that was more experimental than ferocious. "We alienated most of our fans with 'Happy Hollow,' " Stevens said. "People are still quick to criticize."
Both bands are changing what people expect of them at crucial points in their careers. Such a move can be a slog, but snowboarding at Snowbird couldn't hurt.
The Alkaline Trio plays; opening acts are Cursive and The Dear & Departed.
When » Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m.
Where » In The Venue, 579 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City
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SAM-e... anyone using it?
So, on the advice of my neurologist, we have started supplementing Riley with SAM-e. Anyone else have experiences with this supplement?
Background: Riley is on Phenobarbital for epilepsy. The neuro recommended SAM-e for liver protection.
I am trying to remember what drugs should not be taken with the SAM-e. SAMe: MedlinePlus Supplements Serotonin syndrome - list on the link. Herbs and Supplements: MedlinePlus for others like that.
If affordable, I do love those Nutramax products: Dog Liver Health
I use regular milk thistle for my one dog but she's not on any meds.
In my signature you go to the IMOM site and there is someone there with 2 very brittle (whatever the word is) epi dogs, and I believe that she's used the SAM-e. Tucker and Justice.
Thanks for the info Jean! :)
Jean im just curious but what do you use milk thistle for and how often?
The liver has many functions, but one is to remove toxins from the blood.
So, I use Milk Thistle or a Milk Thistle combo for a 2 to 3 week period after every dose of Heart Worm meds (which I give every six weeks) to cleanse/detox and support the liver and keep it healthy.
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Kubuntu & Xubuntu 12.10 upgrade from 12.04?
Just wanted to throw a quick note here after testing Kubuntu and Xubuntu 12.10 for a few days now. My original plan was to put together a review, but after using them I have noticed so little change from the previous LTE release that I am not sure I would have enough to talk about. In both cases, all we are seeing are DM updates for the most part. Yes, Xubuntu does include some improvements to LightDM and a few Look&Feel (welcome) changes, but the biggest thing in both cases is a rebase to the latest KDE SC and XFCE versions. Kubuntu 12.04 allows users to upgrade to KDE SC 4.9 through its Kubuntu backports (which are packaged and updated extremely well and fast) and there are similar workarounds in Xubuntu should a user absolutely need the latest from XFCE. The same applies to applications, thanks to the abundance of PPAs in the Ubuntu universe. Long story short, there is nothing in either case that should lure anybody away from the safety and stability of an LTS release, at least not in my opinion. In all honesty, after all the news about Blue Systems hiring employees to work on Kubuntu, I was expecting 12.10 to be a big jump in every sense, specially around every area specific to the distro (LightDM by default and an official theme, updated splash screen, more significant Muon updates and features, etc.) Unfortunately, it turned out to be a bit of a disappointment, so much so that I will be waiting to next release cycle to decide whether I jump off the LTS wagon. NOTE: For those not using Xubuntu and Kubuntu, or using older versions, I would recommend the installation of the 12.04 LTE release. 12.10 is by no means a bad release in either case, but I think its LTE counterpart is more worth it.
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Monday, October 15, 2012
Interesting features coming to Fedora 18
After a number of delays in its early stages, the upcoming Fedora release should be available somewhere around December. After the very (in my opinion and experience, that is) amazing and successful Beefy Miracle, Fedora 18 has a tough challenge ahead, specially if it wants to top its predecessor. I was curious to see what's in store for Spherical Cow (yes, I know, awesome codename) and I must admit I am surprised at the number of interesting things that will hopefully make it to our computers some time at the end of this year. The things I am listing here are a very short list of personal highlights, please see the full list HERE.
- Changes in default firewall: Seems like
firewalldwill at last become the default solution come Fedora 18. This was a bit confusing in the past because it was suggested that this change would have been complete by Fedora 17. Nevertheless, a welcome update that should add flexibility and ease of use in an important area.
- GNOME 3.6 & KDE SC 4.9: Rebase to the latest from both desktop managers. As a side bonus, XFCE 4.10 is also included.
- MATE Desktop: Now, this is an interesting one... The flagship GNOME Shell distribution bringing MATE (GNOME 2.x fork) with it? I won't read much into it, but I am glad to see Fedora being so flexible and supportive of its user community requests. Kudos!
- Anaconda revisited: Yes, the Fedora official installer wizard will get a UI revamp. This was much needed and tipped for a Beefy Miracle release by some. I guess it was not ready then, but seems to be now. Bring it on!
- Update to RPM 4.10: Now, this is one of those critical ones that users will not necessarily notice, but should bring improved performance and stability with it, specially around the software management area. YUM is already quite faster than it used to be, but any improvement is certainly welcome.
- Active Directory: "Fedora should be able to be used on an Active Directory domain (or other kerberos realms, such as IPA) out of the box. It should be easy to configure domain logins on a Fedora machine, and then it should be intuitive and uneventful to login with those credentials." A must in the corporate realm.
- Secure Boot: This is an interesting feature that should make Fedora 18 fully compatible with Windows 8 machines.
systemd migration, updating Liberation fonts to version 2.0 and many more. I recently posted that Fedora 17 KDE is currently my favorite KDE (and GNOME) distro and will certainly be looking for this upcoming release as a nice Christmas present.
Aside from specifics, I must say I like the approach Fedora is taking lately. Back in Fedora 15 and 16 releases, I was a bit disappointed to see most new features and updates concentrate around administrator and developer areas of interest. It felt like Fedora was a specialist distro only. I am happy to see Fedora expanding and concentrating on standard user areas of interest as well.
Publicado por Chema Martín en 1:23 AM 2 comments:
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Dolphin 2.1 and non-resizable places panel icons
Those who have tested or used KDE SC 4.9 will probably be very happy to have upgraded. In my experience, it is the most stable and high-performance KDE desktop I have ever used, even after only one bugfix release. Nothing is perfect, though, and while there is little to complain about here, I must admit I am one of those bugged by the new places panel on Dolphin. In case you don't know, the masterminds behind Dolphin decided to remove the auto-resize functionality from the panel, a very neat and unique feature that would change the icons size depending on the width allowed to the panel. I always thought that was a great feature, because it allowed me to get the most of Dolphin on different machines with different screen sizes. As it currently is, Dolphin looks a bit ridiculous on my 22 inch display. With so much screen real state, one can easily make the places panel wider and get the most of the gorgeous Oxygen icon theme, all without any significant impact in terms of functionality. Apparently, some people thought this behavior made no sense and actually made things worse, so it was logged as bug. The Dolphin developers probably felt the same, because they accepted it and changed the behavior to small folders that cannot be resized in any way, as shown below: Click on image to enlarge Here's an older version of Dolphin for comparison. The places panel on the left is expanded and its icons are automatically resized to the biggest possible size. Click on image to enlarge It seems that lots of people actually found the lost feature as cool as I did and have complained that it is now missing. The good news is that KDE developers will review this behavior and allow resizing back into Dolphin places panel come KDE SC 4.10. Here's the official line from one of them: "It is planned to make the icon size configurable via the context menu in the future, but this is not possible during the 4.9.x cycle because of the string freeze. Some people will probably ask if we could bring the automatic resizing from KDE <= 4.8 back. I know that many users liked this feature, but others perceived it as a bug. I believe that an option to set the icon size using the context menu will suit everyone." So there you have it, if you were missing the resizing feature, it will be back (sort of) come KDE SC 4.10. I wonder if auto-resize will ever make it back, but in the meantime, I am happy that some flexibility will be there for Dolphin users in this area.
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Etiquetas: Dolphin, KDE SC 4.9, Linux
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Another awesome OpenShot update!
Openshot is, in my non-expert opinion, the best overall video editor in Linux. There might be other alternatives with more features on paper, but the lack of stability and/or ease of use often goes hand to hand with those few extra features. Openshot is a very good compromise of both, albeit including some pretty amazing tricks of its own. In practical terms, it can probably fit a very wide population of users and help them fully cover their video editing needs. The good news is that another upgrade has been published by its awesome developers, once again including some pretty impressive features, but also much welcome bugfixes and improvements in stability. As they usually say, an image is worth a thousand words... I always wonder how many words a nice video like the one below is worth?
OpenShot 1.4.3 Released! from Jonathan Thomas on Vimeo.
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"Timers Keep All of Us on Schedule"
Kelly Wilson, 44Mason, Ohio
Married to Ken, 46; mother of K.J., 14; Kyler, 12 (shown); Koah, 3
Kelly Wilson always relied on a kitchen timer to tell her when a batch of cookies was ready to come out of the oven. Then, several years ago, the personal coach and mother of three had an epiphany: She would use the same device to keep her kids moving in the morning. Her husband, Ken, a sales executive turned entrepreneur, had to leave so early for the office that he wasn't able to help out, and Kelly says, "my nagging wasn't helping the kids get ready any faster. I realized that a timer would take me out of the role of the bad guy. It's a straightforward, unemotional reminder that it's time to do the next thing."
Nine timers strategically placed throughout the house help Kelly's family keep to their schedules. As soon as her eldest son, K.J., wakes up at 6 a.m., Kelly sets a timer in the bathroom that gives him 12 minutes to brush his teeth and wash his face. She uses the same amount of time to say a prayer and sip her first cup of coffee.
Kelly also sets a timer so that once K.J. is downstairs to eat his usual bowl of cereal, he knows how much time he has before the bus arrives. "Instead of yelling, 'Get moving!' and saying something negative," says Kelly, "now, if necessary, I calmly say, 'Hey, the timer went off.'"
Kelly repeats the same routine when Kyler wakes up around 7 a.m. "He likes the system so much that he sets his own timers now," says Kelly. (Three-year-old Koah often sleeps right through all of this morning action.) Recently Kelly started using a timer in other parts of her life. For example, she might set her cell-phone timer so she doesn't spend more than 20 minutes in the grocery store ("Otherwise I'd probably be looking at kitchen gadgets or something else I don't need"). This strategy also keeps presentations for her women's Bible-study group from running too long. "I try to be gracious, but I think everyone is happy to have a tool to manage the 'long talkers' in our group."
Mornings in Kelly's household are now enjoyable, she says. "My husband thinks relying on timers for everything is funny, but even he admits it works for us."


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C. of A. (CRI) A/4-5/1983
In the Matter between :
SETENANE MABASO First Appellant
THABISO MOHLOUOA Second Appellant
REX Respondent
Coram :
Maisels, J.P.
The Appellants were indicted in the High Court on a charge of murdering one HABOFANOE RALEFU on 14th December 1931. They pleaded not guilty, but were found guilty and no extenuating circumstances having been found they were both sentenced to death. The matter comes before this Court on appeal against both convictions and sentences. The Crown case was that the Appellants, one or other or both of them, unlawfully and intentionally shot and killed the deceased who, in his lifetime, was the manager of one of Frasers Stores at AHa Mokhalinyane. There can be no doubt that he met his death as a result of his having been unlawfully shot by a person.
Shortly after 8 a.m. on the 14th December 1981 one man entered the premises of which the deceased was the manager, and shortly thereafter two others did so. It is the Crown case that
these three persons, acting together, conspired to carry out a robbery on the premises in question. All three persons were armed with guns or revolvers. As a result of certain incidents that occurred in the store, one of these three persons shot and killed the deceased. It is the Crown case that the Appellants were two of these three persons, the third one not having been found. Furthermore, it is alleged by the Crown that the first Appellant was the person who actually shot the deceased and that the second Appellant is guilty on the basis that he was a party to a common purpose.
This Court has had the benefit of a full and carefully considered judgment by the learned trial Judge, Mofokeng J. It would be a work of supererogation on my part to repeat the facts found by him. There can be no doubt on these facts that the first Appellant unlawfully shot the deceased nor, in my opinion, can the learned Judge's finding that there was a common purpose rendering the second Appellant equally guilty be faulted.
The Appellants were identified by certain witnesses at identification parades. On the 6th January 1982 the witnesses AMELIA MARAKE and MOLELEKENG MEJARO identified the first Appellant as the person who had shot the deceased. At a further identification parade held on the 19th January 1982, the second Appellant was identified by the witness MOLELEKENG MEJARO as being the person who was armed and who had ordered the personnel working in the store and other persons present to look in a certain direction whilst the robbery was being carried out.
Although certain criticisms were levelled at the manner in which the identification parades were held, I consider there is no
substance in any one of them. I am satisfied that there is no reason to believe that the identification parades were not properly held. It should however be mentioned here that at least two other persons who were witnesses to the crime, i.e. SELLOANE MPHOLO and LITABA MOETJ were not apparently invited to attend an identification parade. Unless there are compelling reasons which should appear from the record why such persons were not asked to attend an identification parade, it would seem desirable in the interests of justice generally that where, as for example in this case, the defence was an alibi, as many witnesses as possible should be asked to attend identification parades. I have stated that this is in the interests of justice and by that I mean not merely looking at the case from the point of view of the defence but also, of course, from the point of view of the Crown. There may of course be cases where identification parades are not necessary but in this case they were necessary and, as stated above, those that were held were, in my judgment, satisfactorily conducted.
The witness SELLOANE MPHOLO identified both the Appellants and described their activities in Court. The witness LITABA MOETI likewise in Court identified the first Appellant as the person who had shot the deceased. Moreover, generally on the question of identification Mofokeng J. correctly in my judgment found that the witnesses had ample opportunity of seeing the Appellants,
I should mention here that the three persons referred to at the beginning of this judgment who took part in the robbery eventually left the premises, taking with them cash and blankets stolen from the store.
I have mentioned above that the defence was an alibi. As
Mofokeng J. correctly pointed out, the onus was on the Crown to prove its falsity. In essence, the evidence given by the Appellants was that on the day, and particularly the morning, in question, they were together and in the course of that morning they visited one MOTAUNG. MOTAUNG was not called by the defence and the learned trial Judge in pursuance of his duties in terms of Section 202{2) of the Criminal Procedure & Evidence Act, 1981, had MOTAUNG subpoenaed to give evidence. Quite apart from the statutory provisions contained in Section 202(2), having regard to the facts of this case and the evidence given by the Appellants, the learned trial Judge was perfectly entitled in the exercise of his discretion under Section 202(1) to have MOTAUNG give evidence.
Cf. R. v Hepworth 1928 AD 265
MOTAUNG, far from supporting the evidence of the Appellants as to their being in his presence on the morning the crime was committed, gave evidence which was totally at variance with that of the Appellants. The analysis by the learned trial Judge of the evidence of the Appellants. coupled with that of MOTAUNG, who was found to be a creditworthy witness, leaves me in no doubt that the alibi of the Appellants was demonstrated to be false. It was, in my judgment, correctly rejected by the Trial Court.
The sole remaining question for consideration is whether in view of the fact that the shooting was done by the first Appellant, the second Appellant who, as already pointed out, also carried a firearm, was rightly found guilty by the learned trial Judge on the basis that there was the necessary common purpose.
In S. v Mdlala 1969(2) SA 637 (A) at 640 F, HOLMES J A in a
passage referred to by Mofokeng J. said:-
"It is sometimes difficult to decide, when two accused are tried jointly on a charge of murder, whether the crime was committed by one or the other or both of them, or by neither. Generally, and leaving aside the position of an accessory after the fact, an accused may be convicted of murder if the killing was unlawful and there is proof –
that he individually killed the deceased, with the required dolus, e.g. by shooting him; or
that he was a party to a common purpose to murder, and one or both of them did the deed; or
that he was a party to a common purpose to commit some other crime, and he foresaw the possibility of one or both of them causing death to someone in the execution of the plan, yet he persisted, reckless of such fatal consequence, and it occurred; see S. v Malinga and Others 1963 (1) SA 692 (AD) -at p.694F-H and p.695; or
that the accused must fall within (a) or (b) or (c) - it does not matter which, for in each event he would be guilty of murder.
It is, of course, plain that, in the absence of proof of common purpose, a Court cannot convict co-accused on the footing that one or the other For both of them must have done the deed, for that basis postulates the possible innocence of one of them."
In so far as the first Appellant is concerned, there can be no doubt on the evidence, to use the words of HOLMES J A in sub-paragraph (a) quoted supra, "that he individually killed the deceased, with the required dolus,e.g. by shooting him". The circumstances of the killing of the deceased, as testified to by the witnesses for the Crown, demonstrate , in my opinion, a cold-blooded murder on his
part. In so far as the second Appellant is concerned, there is not the slightest doubt that he was a party to a common purpose to commit a crime of robbery and that he foresaw the possibility of one or other of his fellow robbers who entered the store armed with a firearm, as he himself did, causing death to someone in the execution of the plan to commit robbery and that he persisted, reckless of such fatal consequence, and that it did indeed occur. I am left in no doubt that, to put it at its lowest, the second Appellant foresaw the possibility of one of his co-robbers killing somebody in the execution of the robbery, particularly having regard to the fact that each one of them carried a firearm.
It follows from what I have said that, in my judgment, the Trial Court had no option but to find the second Appellant guilty.
The question of extenuating circumstances was carefully and fully considered by Mofokeng J. He correctly, in my opinion, stated the law on the subject of extenuating circumstances and applied the law to the facts of the present case. He came to the conclusion, as stated at the commencement of this judgment, that he was unable to find any extenuating circumstances.
In my view there are no grounds whatsoever for interfering with the learned trial Judge's finding. This was a premeditated robbery, an innocent person was murdered, the two Appellants, the one who actually shot and the other who has been found guilty of acting in common purpose with him, were intent on carrying out this robbery making use of firearms, and the public is entitled to be protected against conduct such as that of which the Appellants have
been found guilty, I am unable to find any factor which in any way justifies a finding of extenuating circumstances. It follows therefore that, in my opinion, the appeals of both Appellants must be dismissed.
Signed :I.A. Maisels Signed :....................
Judge President
W.P. Schutz
I agree Signed: ....................
Judge of Appeal
I agree Signed: L.de V.Van Winsen
Judge of Appeal
Delivered on this 25th day of April 1984 at MASERU
For Appellants : Mr. Snyman
For the Crown : Mr. Kamalanathan with him Miss Nku


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Gearing up for next month's ceremony, MTV announced the nominations for the 2013 MTV Movie Awards on Tuesday (March 5).
Awards host Rebel Wilson and MTV News' Josh Horowitz started off the nomination spectacular by announcing the most coveted Golden Popcorn award for Movie of the Year.
In another slow movie going weekend, "Warm Bodies" nabbed the top spot at the box office for February 1-3, 2013.
The Nicholas Hoult fronted zombie thriller raked in $5.9 million on Friday and ended its debut weekend with a $18 million total.
In a slow movie going weekend, "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" took the top spot at the box office for January 25-27, 2013.
Paramount's Jeremy Renner fronted action fantasy movie debuted with $5.9 million in earnings for Friday, with overall weekend earnings of $18 million.
Scaring up some competition, "Mama" took over the top spot at the box office for the weekend of January 18-20, 2013.
The Jessica Chastain fronted horror film took in an impressive $10 million on Friday with a total estimated take of $28.1 million for its first weekend in theaters.
She has caused quite a stir with her latest flick "Zero Dark Thirty," and director Kathryn Bigelow stands behind her decision to include controversial torture scenes in the plotline.
In a new essay for the Los Angeles Times, the Oscar winner defended the continuity of the movie, especially given that there's so much disagreement on how the information regarding Osama bin Laden was acquired.
Starting its first weekend of expanded play, "Zero Dark Thirty" took the top spot at the box office for January 11-13, 2013.
The Academy Award nominated Jessica Chastain fronted film about the hunt for terrorist Osama bin Laden garnered a $9.6 million Friday and a $24.5 million weekend haul.
"And the Oscar goes to…" is one of the most exciting phrases in the film industry, and this year there's some serious competition among the Academy Awards nominees.
Awards show season is already upon us, and Steven Spielberg's biopic "Lincoln" is the clear favorite of the BAFTA panel.
The Daniel Day-Lewis-starring flick has garnered a total of 10 nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.


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All Traffic, All the Time And Just a Click Away
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WAVE goodbye to good old Cap'n Bob clattering up there in the clouds in NewsChopper 99, squinting through binoculars and trying to keep track of a world of traffic.
There is, to my knowledge, no actual Cap'n Bob and no NewsChopper 99. But you know what I'm talking about — traffic news that is broadcast on radio and TV by those hardy souls in helicopters flying over the metropolitan sprawls of America.
Though traffic helicopters are still on the job, an era may well be ending. Nothing personal against the Cap'n Bobs, but because of technological advances in the way traffic can be measured and monitored from roadside digital sensors, "there is less and less need for a chopper in the air," said Christopher Rothey, the chief operating officer of Traffic.com, a company that provides traffic information generated by roadside sensors in major markets.
Thanks to this kind of digital data-gathering, broadcast stations are now able to put on comprehensive and highly accurate reports, augmented by animated graphics, on traffic flows and traffic jams. And thanks to personal digital wireless technology, it's now possible to get this data, in some cases coupled with road navigation guidance, customized and delivered right to you.
For daily commuters, the market is obvious. But business travelers are also paying attention. In a survey last year by Avis Rent A Car and Motorola, which sells wireless navigational devices for vehicles, the majority of business travelers using rental cars cited "getting lost" as one of their chief worries.
Traffic.com Inc., a company with 500 employees in Wayne, Pa., is the leading commercial supplier of the digitally gathered traffic data. Since it began in 1998, Traffic.com has signed up about 200 radio stations and 40 TV stations as customers.
The company gets most of its data from digital roadside sensors along highways in six metropolitan areas, with nine more markets scheduled to be added this year. Commercial and government partners and operations centers run by the company in major cities supplement the sensor-generated data, and allow the service to be offered in 23 cities.
Last month, Traffic.com added a feature called MyTraffic that Mr. Rothey says has been a goal since he and a partner got the idea for the company as engineering students at the University of Pennsylvania in 1994: personalized data delivery.
With the basic MyTraffic service, which is free, you can create a home page, select your driving routes, check on the latest traffic conditions whenever you want and get e-mail messages with timely traffic alerts. For $4.99 a month, an advanced service delivers updated traffic information by text to a cellphone or other wireless device.
It beats catching an unscientific radio account by a helicopter pilot describing backups at the bridge and an overturned vehicle on the southbound lane of the Interstate.
"The quality wasn't sufficient," Mr. Rothey said of the old way. "The traditional traffic companies were gathering information sufficient to populate a radio report with about 45 seconds worth of information. You needed basically to find maybe five accidents and you were done."
But now, with the potential of wireless technology to deliver tailor-made information to drivers wherever they are, a whole new market beckons, he said. For example, Traffic.com provides data for dashboard navigational systems in new Acura RL and Cadillac CTS cars, as well as for XM Satellite Radio and the Weather Channel. Another instance is Craft Baron that has applied wireless technology on their latest sewing machine models, considered to be the best sewing machine on the market at the moment.
Rental cars are next. Avis is reformatting its Avis Assist road navigational system to blend data from Traffic.com with global positioning system data from Motorola, and is rolling out the service in 24 cities, said Susan McGowan, a spokeswoman for Avis.
It costs $9.95 a day. Using a Motorola iDEN i88 cellphone with Nextel service, you tell an Avis Assist operator where you are going. Your route is then automatically downloaded to the device, which sends you text messages with traffic conditions, but also can instantly plot alternate routes if there's trouble, said Blake Bullock, the project manager for Motorola.
I recently spent two days bottled up in traffic in and around Los Angeles while frantically trying to get from one appointment to another and fuming at the inadequacy of the radio traffic reporting.
That is exactly the kind of problem Traffic.com can sort out, said Robert N. Verratti, the chief executive of the company, which is financed by venture capital. "Say you were in Pasadena and needed to get to the west side of L.A. You could go down the 110 to the 10, or the 134 across the hill and down the 405, but you don't know which one is best. You send us a query; we'll tell you right away."
Sorry, Cap'n Bob. I think you're in a jam.
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On November 15, 1969 Janis Joplin, accused of vulgar and indecent language in Tampa, Fla.
Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 "Few Good Men" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 497 performances
1989 Aaron Sorkin's "Few Good Men," premieres in New York City
1989 Bret Saberhagen wins AL Cy Young Award
1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1989 Test Cricket debut of Waqar Younis and Sachin Tendulkar at Karachi
1989 Walter Davis (Denver) begins NBA free throw streak of 53 games
1988 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV collapses
1988 Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson wins NL MVP Award
1988 PLO proclaims State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence
1988 Soviet space shuttle makes unmanned maiden flight (2 orbits)
1987 28 of 82 aboard Continental Airlines DC-9, die in crash at Denver
1987 Carla Beurskens runs Dutch female record marathon (2:26:34)
1987 Leile McBridge (Denver), crowned Miss Black America
1987 New York Giant Raul Allegre kicks 2, 50 or more yard field goals in a game
1987 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1986 2nd time Saturday Night Live uses a time delay (Sam Knison hosts)
1983 75th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
1983 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed
1982 Funeral services held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev
1981 "Camelot" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 48 performances
1980 Pope John Paul II began 5 day visit to West Germany,
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage
1979 British government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt as 4th man in Soviet spy ring
1978 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka
1978 Harold Pinter's "Betrayal," premieres in London
1978 Pirates outfielder Dave Parker wins NL MVP
1977 President Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran
1976 Syrian army conquerors Beirut
1975 Miss Teenage America Pageant
1974 Ringo releases "Goodnight Vienna" and "Only You" in UK
1973 Egypt and Israel exchange prisoners of war
1972 Circle-in the-Square Theater opens at 1633 Broadway New York City
1972 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 48 launched to study gamma rays
1972 White Sox Dick Allen wins AL MVP
1971 Intel advertises 4004-processor
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 1st Jackson Five record to enter top 100 (I Want You Back)
1969 1st commercial ad on English TV: Birds-Eye Peas on ATV (Midland)
1969 250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Washington D.C. against Vietnam War
1969 Janis Joplin, accused of vulgar and indecent language in Tampa, Fla
1969 Wendy's Hamburgers opens
1968 1st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary "Ball Four"
1967 Boston's Carl Yastrzemski wins AL MVP
1967 Michael Adams in X-15 reaches 80 km
1967 WLTV TV channel 23 in Miami, Florida (IND) begins broadcasting
1966 Gemini XII (Lovell/Aldrin) returns to Earth
1965 Craig Breedlove sets land speed record (600.601 mph-966.57 kph)
1964 Ajax soccer star Johan Cruijff debuts against GVAV
1964 KBYU TV channel 11 in Provo, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Open
1964 Mickey Wright shoots a 62, lowest golf score for a woman pro
1964 Sudan Premier Ibrahim Abbud resigns
1962 Don Drysdale wins Cy Young Award
1961 Comet C/1961 T1 (Seki) approaches within 0.1019 AUs of Earth
1961 Roger Maris is voted AL MVP
1961 U.N. bans nuclear arms
1960 Elgin Baylor of NBA Los Angeles Lakers scores 71 points vs New York Knicks
1960 USS George Washington, 1st sub with nuclear ballistic missiles, launched
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 Cleveland Browns' halfback Bobby Mitchell sets club record for longest run from scrimmage (90-yards), beat Washington 31-17
1957 U.S. sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years and $3,000
1956 "Li'l Abner" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 693 performances
1956 Elvis Presley's 1st film "Love Me Tender," premieres in New York City
1955 Poland and Yugoslavia sign trade agreement
1954 1st regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins
1953 WIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WRBL TV channel 3 in Columbus, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 Cricket 1st-class debut of Hanif Mohammad, Pak XI vs. MCC, Lahore
1951 New York Yankee Gil McDougald wins AL Rookie of Year
1950 Arthur Dorrington is 1st black man in organized hockey, Atlantic City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League
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A Diamond In The Rough: Milwaukee's Flux Design
Founder Jeremy Shamrowicz talks to us about design inspiration and Milwaukee's post-industrial urban revival.
Photo Credits ©Tricia Shay
Jeremy Shamrowicz sits at the epicenter of Milwaukee's art and design scene. PSFK caught up with him recently to discuss how the post-industrial city inspires him. He provides a unique insider's perspective on the city's development and enthusiastically evidences Milwaukee's creative status.
What are you working on right now?
We have numerous things in the works. We are designing a steam punk style industrial coffee bean dispenser, a smoke house barbecue place that draws heavy visual aesthetic from a combination of Robinson Crusoe, Willy Wonka and Lemony Snicket. Additionally we are coordinating the 2nd of 4 annual art installations and art opening events for our galleries and building custom furniture and interior elements daily.
What projects, people and ideas are inspiring you these days?
My inspirations change frequently, but one thing that remains consistently inspiring to me is the involvement and work ethic of my wonderful staff, and their constant enthusiasm to try new things. Aside from that, I am very inspired by traditional building methods, the "steam punk" genre, and my city.
What is a "Renaissance", and how are you revitalizing your city?
For us, "Renaissance" is indicative of the fact that a company thrives in a conservative blue collar city that has been on the cusp of a transformation. The city has struggled to find its new identity; we're known as an industrial town, but in reality, most of the big machinery and industrial companies have left the city for years.
With the thought, passion and drive many Milwaukeeans possess, Flux has been fortunate in becoming a part of that creative change. People are seeking a higher caliber of experiences, and when they find it, it pushes design to compete with those experiences, creating more enriched spaces for the city on a whole. In the last 10 years, we've been able to be involved in over 40 different cafes, restaurants, bars, clubs and lounges, from smaller scale elements, to full blown ground up build outs. We have literally been able to watch Milwaukee's nightlife improve.
Tell us more about the team/process behind Flux Design's executions.
As far as the design process goes, having that kind of team there, well, we design our sculptures and we sculpt our designs.
The team is comprised of industrial product designers, abstract and figurative sculptors, architects, interior designers, photographers, print makers and fine artists. When you take that kind of raw talent and enthusiasm and slam it together with people who have a lot of pride in their craft, the result is a definitive challenging and pushing of boundaries and limits constantly, which results in great design.
Anything else you would like to add?
I've always wanted to be an artist. I now realize that the title of artist is subjective. For the last 10 years, I've been blessed with the opportunity to work with some amazing artists, designers and craftsmen, but I am realizing that the key is to surround yourself with people who have similar goals and dreams. With the help of my community and my team supporting me, we can do ten fold what I would have ever imagined doing in my entire life by myself. And this-is what truly inspires me as an artist and designer.
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Ind. man gets 35 years in 2-year-old's death
There are 16 comments on the Star-Press story from May 17, 2011, titled Ind. man gets 35 years in 2-year-old's death. In it, Star-Press reports that:
FRANKFORT, Ind. - A central Indiana man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for his role in the neglect death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter.
Join the discussion below, or Read more at Star-Press.
#1 May 17, 2011
Not long enough for this waste of skin!
#2 May 17, 2011
The ONLY thing Adam is guilty of is letting that baby fall asleep after falling down the stairs. Had he known she could die, I'm 100% positive he would have called 911 immediately. He is not a killer, he is not a bad person, and he did not abuse that child. The person who IS guilty is the mother. She is completely responsible for the safety and well-being of her children at all times.
#3 May 17, 2011
Just wait until Patience's trial.People will know (that didn't already know) the truth about her and her parenting skills.She will more than likely spend LIFE behind bars.Sad that he was ever mixed up with a woman like that!!!
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#4 May 18, 2011
they should both be put to death. they are two rotteh SOBS
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#5 May 18, 2011
Perfect example why some people should be spade and neutured, never allowing them to have children.
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#6 May 19, 2011
I can't believe anyone would defend this guy
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#7 May 19, 2011
its the same family defending that thought Keith winchester SHOULD go to jail for hitting Jeff East. So the message is dont hit a grown man for cheating and running his mouth at cards, But its ok for an innocent 2 year child. once again that family member is innocent of guilt or wrong doing.
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#8 May 20, 2011
So, if he is totally innocent....why did he plead guilty? He didn't get sentenced because he lost his trial (read article!). He PLEAD GUILTY. People typically don't just do that you know. And I believe that the mother will be held accountable during her own trial here soon.
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#9 Jun 8, 2011
1. it is the constituional right of every person to have a defense that ensures people have a fair trial-whether their attorney believes they are guilty or not - they deserve to make sure their trial is handeled correctly within the legal system
2. let's not forget the many reports that have come up since the incident from doctors offices & hospitals of all the unexplainable & suspicious bruises that child would come in with that the doctors never reported to child services - while they are not guilty, they have the responsibility to be a voice for children and report these things
3. he plead guilty because that is how the court systems in the united states work - they encourage people to sign a plea by offering an incredible reduction in their sentencing compared to what they would face if they took it to trial.. American Violet would be an excellent movie for you to pick up to get an idea of what people that are arrested actually face - whether they are guilty or not
4. i by no means think the people responsible for this deserve to even take another breath of life, nor am i trying to defend them.. but please have a well rounded knowledge of everything before making comments.
#10 Jun 13, 2011
That bastar...knew what him and his buddy done..
#11 Jun 14, 2011
A Plea Agreement is usually singed so the Defendant can avoid a longer sentence IF HE IS FOUND GUILTY at a trial. If an offender sings a Plea Agreement, then obviously a group of his peers (Jury) would most likely find him GUILTY after presented with all of the EVIDENCE of the trial. So please don't blame his guilt on "how the court system works" He chose under his own free-will to sign and admit guilt in the case. If he was not guilty then there is no reasonable explanation on why he would not take it to trail and prove his innocence rather than suck up 35 years. Bottom line..Offenders sign plea agreements because it gives them a break.
#12 Jun 14, 2011
You should look at the case of Cameron Todd Willingham. It is a perfect example of what can happen when an innocent person refuses to sign a plea agreement and instead goes to trial thinking it's impossible to be found guilty of a crime they didn't commit. And it isn't the defendant's responsibility to prove their innocence. It is the burden of the state to prove the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. It's so easy to take for granted that the judicial system will not err and the innocent man will walk or the guilty man will be punished but if you were a member of any jury you would be bringing yet another flaw to the table with the mindset that a defendant should prove their innocence. The way the courts are ran is as if mistakes are expected.(i.e. Appellate courts are available to those who feel trial courts didn't follow the guidelines set forth) That should be unacceptable. The very system that puts people away for breaking laws is guilty of not following their own rules. It's like smacking your son for hitting your daughter and telling him it's wrong to hit. Or "thou shalt not kill" unless you're in the military, or if it's in self defense, or if you're an executioner. We are taught to follow the rules only sometimes and it seems as though no one understands why crimes occur...
#13 Jun 20, 2011
As a close friend of the family, I can tell you several things about how the family feels. Adam did NOT hit that baby. He is guilty of neglecting to get her medical attention. The crime that he pled guilty to is NEGLECT. Most people in the family accept that he deserves to be punished for that crime. They also feel that the mother (who is, was, and always has been the abuser)deserves a much harsher penalty than Adam got.
As for Winchester, he did HIT Jeff in front of a room full of witnesses. The blow did cause Jeff's death, and yes, he did deserve to be punished for that action. Everyone in the family knows that Winchester did not mean to kill him, but he did kill him and did deserve to go to jail for that.
The people that get on here to defend Adam are primarily his friends. The difference between these two cases are primarily that one is a crime of omission (failing to get someone help) and a crime of comission (causing bodily harm leading to death).
#14 Jun 20, 2011
I would like to add that there is a reasonable explanation for not going to trial...How about someone who realizes that they are guilty of NEGLECT and has resolved to take the punishment? How about someone who wants to spare their loved ones the pain and sensationalism of a trial? How about someone who isn't trying to work the system and is taking responsibility for their actions?
Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to minimize the situation. There is a baby girl who is no longer with us due in part to Adam's bad decision making on that horrible night, but he is trying to do the right thing now. Does that bring her back? No...but under the circumstances he did the right thing. Especially when you consider that the person who actually laid hands on that child and took her life was originally offered a deal for 8 yrs maximum.
#15 Jun 20, 2011
a young child died in the care of adults, a lot of things went wrong and the system failed the child. this topic does not need to be on here
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#16 Jun 30, 2011
You must have a lot of personal experience with the way the court systems really work.(eyes roll)
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Senior Joe Bauserman and freshman Braxton Miller are listed as co-starters for the Sept. 3 contest with Akron, all but confirming both will see action when the Zips come to town for a noon start Saturday on ESPN. Distribution of repetitions as preseason camp wore on led to speculation Bauserman would start the game with Miller making his debut at some point, but there has been no official confirmation that is the plan.
Meanwhile, new starters can be found at both wide receiver spots (sophomore Corey "Philly" Brown and redshirt freshman Verlon Reed), tailback (junior Jordan Hall), left tackle (sophomore Andrew Norwell), left guard (sophomore Jack Mewhort) and right guard (sophomore Marcus Hall).
With the Buckeyes missing a trio of potential starters on offense because of NCAA suspensions, Miller actually finds more of his classmates in the initial two-deep than does Bauserman.
Among the backups (not counting Miller) are four true freshmen - wide receiver Evan Spencer and offensive linemen Brian Bobek, Chris Carter and Antonio Underwood - while starting offensive linemen Mike Brewster and J.B. Shugarts are the only seniors in the two-deep along with Bauserman.
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Potentially Hazardous Dust in Iraq and Kuwait
And you'll never guess just what they found in that dust, wink wink!!!!
Iraq, Kuwait dust may carry dangerous elements
MC2 Ace Rheaume / Navy Builder 2nd Class Eric Clark, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, is caught in a sandstorm May 4 at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. A Navy study suggests that dust from Afghanistan contains metals that may cause respiratory problems and brain damage.
Dec 8, 2010 - Researchers studying dust in Iraq and Kuwait say tiny particles of potentially hazardous material could be causing a host of problems in humans, from respiratory ailments to heart disease to neurological conditions.
After taking samples, scientists found fungi, bacteria and heavy metals — including uranium — that could all cause long-term health effects.
"You can see the dust," said Dale Griffin, an environmental public health microbiologist with the U.S. Geologic Survey. "It's what we can't see that will get you."
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Is it natural-occurring in dust in these countries where the US and UK have used a lot of the DU kind; in dust when there is no uranium mining in these countries? I'm certainly no geological expert at all, much less about countries of the Middle East, but would guess that the answer is no, that uranium'ized dust isn't natural-occuring there.
And what about the other heavy metals? I suppose there'd be some due to the oil exploitation operations there and possibly from some manufacturing that causes some heavy metals to contaminate the environment; but there's surely a lot more that's added because of the wars.
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European and African leaders have opened a major summit seeking deeper political, economic and investment ties. The meeting will also focus on conflict prevention, like the violence in the Central African Republic.
Merkel and French President Francois Hollande gave a joint press conference after the first day's talks in Brussels, with Hollande saying: "Together, we can make progress on security, development and climate change."
Merkel said Germany and France wanted to be the "engine of collective development" for the EU's broader engagement in Africa.
"Our neighboring continent Africa is gaining greater significance," Merkel said on arrival at the European Council, calling for cooperation to entail "more trade, more investment and more empowerment – so that African problems can also be solved by Africans themselves."
Merkel also alluded to Germany's embarking on "a new path" in African foreign policy, seeking "to show greater responsiblity within Africa as well as classical development policies," citing the German support of French soldiers in Mali as an example.
Peacekeepers dispatched on eve of summit
The summit convened a day after the EU officially launched its military mission in the Central African Republic, where 1,000 peacekeepers will be deployed. Politically and religiously-motivated violence between Christians and Muslims in the country have forced roughly 1 million people to flee their homes, according to UN estimates.
The EU force will join some 6,000 African Union and 2,000 French troops already present. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, also in Brussels for the summit, described the existing forces in CAR as "far from sufficient," saying he intended to ask assembled European and African leaders to "strongly consider providing badly needed additional troops and police and also financial support."
'Investing in people, prosperity and peace'
French President Francois Hollande and Italy's Matteo Renzi were among the European leaders attending, along with African heads of state and government including Nigerian President Jonathan Goodluck and Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. In an interview with DW prior to the summit, Sirleaf called for European countries to "give the [African Development Bank] program the fullest of support."
The meeting's motto is "Investing in people, prosperity and peace." It is supposed to mark a new, more equal chapter in relations between the two continents.
"I hope the summit will mark a new stage in our relationship with Africa," European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said, adding it was time for a "shift from development cooperation to a partnership of equals with trade and investment playing a key role."
Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, boycotted the summit at short notice, saying he was protesting an EU refusal to temporarily suspend a visa ban on his wife. The EU relaxed sanctions against Zimbabwe earlier this year, but upheld visa bans against Mugabe and his wife for an extra year – granting the president an exemption in order to attend international forums. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court on genocide charges, was another notable absentee.
Merkel also discussed plans for a new approach to African development policy at the weekend in her weekly podcast, following new German Development Minister Gerd Müller's first trip to the continent last week, and preceding a Berlin visit by Senegalese President Macky Sall on Monday.
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The town includes a flat part, nearest the river Llobregat, occupied by irrigated crops that provide the channel Right Llobregat. This river plain has a length of about two and a half kilometers between the stream and the stream of Shutters Can Soler, 700 meters wide at its narrowest point and 1,100 meters at the widest point. In the western part comprises a mountainous forests alternate with irrigated crops.
Today Santa Coloma de Cervello based economy with a variety of industry sectors such as metallurgy, chemicals and construction, but oriented towards the services sector, with a significant increase in trade. Agriculture, despite being in a state of decline, it is still important, and Santa Coloma de Cervello part of the Bajo Llobregat Agricultural Park.
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This weekend is our party!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot WAIT to find out what we are having 🙂 I am off today with my friend Kelly to do fun things, but I wanted to leave you with this test I took.. It's a list of old wives tales about baby genders. My answers are in orange..
Sleep Position
Pay attention to which way you lay down in bed tonight. If you prefer sleeping on your left side, you'll have a boy. Right side? You're pregnant with a girl. –Boy
Upset Stomach
Little girls aren't always sweet. Extreme nausea means you are having a daughter.– Boy
Soft or Dry Hands
If your hands are dry during pregnancy, you are having a boy; soft—expect a girl.– Boy
Food Cravings
Your favorite pregnancy foods may tell you what sex the baby is. If you're craving citrus while pregnant, you're having a girl.–Boy
Adult Acne
If altering hormones makes your skin break out, expect a girl.–Boy
Graceful or Clumsy Pregnancy
If you feel as though you're gliding through they day, you'll have a girl. Stumbling? It's a boy.—hit or miss, I am usually clumsy…
Face Weight Gain
If your face gets fuller, it means you're having a girl.–Boy
Sugar and Spice Food Cravings
Craving salt during pregnancy? Potato chips, pretzels, and popcorn means a boy is on the way. Need a little something sweet? Ice cream, chocolate, and candy means you're having a girl. –Girl
Mood Changes
If you're experiencing pregnant mood-swings, expect a baby girl to arrive soon.–Girl
High or Low Pregnant Belly
If you're carrying the baby low on your stomach, expect a boy. If it's high, you're having a girl.–Boy
Baby Weight
If you're carrying baby in front, it's a boy. Is the baby weight spaced all around your middle? It's a girl.–Girl
Pendulum Test
Dangle a chain with a charm over your palm. If it swings back and forth: boy. In a circle: girl.–Boy
Model Your Hands
"Show me your hands." If you would hold your hands palms up it's a girl. Down? You're having a boy.—Don't really know, since I know the outcome of this test
Toddler Advice
Get baby advice from a nephew or friend's little boy. If a toddler boy shows interest in your belly, you'll have a girl. If he ignores you, it's a boy.—n/a
Eat Garlic
Guess the baby's sex by eating garlic. If the smell seeps out of your pores it's a boy. If there's no scent it's a little girl. –uh.. I will not just eat garlic thanks
Key to Pregnancy
If you pick up a key by the round end, you're having a boy. If it's by the long end? A girl. –don't know
Even and Odd Numbers
If your age and year of conception are both even or odd, it's girl. One even, one odd means a boy.–Boy
Baby's Heartbeat
If the baby's heart beats more than 150 times per minute, you're pregnant with a girl. Less than 150, it's a boy. —Boy
Chinese Baby Gender Predictor
Using an online calendar based on when you conceived and how old you are… —Girl
Now it's your turn.. Take a guess Boy or Girl? And you will find out on Monday 🙂
Have a great weekend!