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YPSILANTI -- Eastern Michigan University and the EMU chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) have reached a tentative agreement in their contract negotiations.
"I think this demonstrates the tremendous commitment and dedication that both groups have to the students of EMU," said Pamela Young, director of University Communications.As a courtesy to the AAUP, details of the tentative agreement will not be released until the faculty union has had the opportunity to inform its membership.
For more information, visit www.emich.edu/facultynegotiations.
Eastern Michigan University is a public, comprehensive university that offers programs in the arts, sciences and professions. EMU prepares students with the intellectual skills and practical experiences to succeed in their career and lives, and to be better citizens.
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In addition to day-to-day working knowledge and experience obtained, participating students gain valuable "hands-on" work experience which will be applied and used during their post-collegiate employment positions. The prospective intern will perform a variety of activities ranging from the daily office routine to assisting with programming/on-air activities. Attention to detail is imperative with this position. Prospective candidate must be able to accommodate a varied and flexible schedule, which may include nights and weekend hours. The prospective intern will be exposed not only to the "fun" side of radio, but also the hard work involved in creating and maintaining a successful radio station.
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Web 2.0 Tools Encourage Public Debate
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Remarks By
Casey Coleman
Chief Information Officer
U.S. General Services Administration
CRM Evolution 2009
New York, New York
August 25, 2009
"These are times that try men's souls."
We've all heard that quote from time to time. But we rarely hear the rest of the passage, which says, "The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country."
Thomas Paine wrote these powerful words in his pamphlet "The Crisis." Better known for his "Common Sense" pamphlets supporting the Revolutionary War, Paine was acknowledged for creating a public debate about the war, which until then had been fairly quiet.
What does Thomas Paine have to do with Web 2.0 and participatory government?
It's quite simple, really.
The web and social media, or new media, are fundamentally changing the way government interacts with citizens, creating a new way in which public debate can occur.
This is not evolutionary, as the title of this conference would suggest, but truly revolutionary.
Evolution could be viewed as slow-moving. Revolution is active.
Evolution is a waiting game – let's see how this all shakes out.
Revolution is aggressive, risky. It requires speed and quick decision-making. Revolution says we will command the future, and not be shackled to history.
I know what some of you are thinking … is she talking about the federal government?
Trust me; this is not your father's federal government!
And the new media revolution in government is based on the fundamental nature of democracy.
In his book "The Revolution Will Not be Televised," political campaign manager Joe Trippi wrote:
"When people know they are being heard, they will speak up, and when they speak up, they will offer ideas that never occurred to you."
He also urged: "Have some faith in the American people again. Democracy is based on the principle that if we give the citizens control over their common future, they will choose the best path."
Trippi worked for Howard Dean in the 2004 election, and while we all know what happened to Dean, some forget that the Dean campaign was an early leader in breaking the restraints of "traditional" political advertising, turning to the web to build a huge political groundswell. In 2008, the Obama campaign rode the same wave to victory. Is it any surprise we have an administration committed to transparency, public participation, and collaboration?
The bottom line is that government serves people better when it makes decisions based on citizen input. So we are intensely focus on that goal, and everything we do must enable citizens to be part of the process.
Web 2.0 – and beyond – makes that happen.
Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra has called it "game changing innovation." New media guru Clay Shirky has equated the revolutionary nature of Web 2.0 with the four great communications inventions:
The printing press;
The telegraph and then the telephone;
Recorded media, including film and records; and,
Broadcast media – radio and TV.
Think what Web 2.0 has given us. Information is disseminated through multiple channels, allowing citizens to receive it where and when they want it … and they can respond back in kind.
We're not limited to one-to-one communications, or even one-to-many. We're at a place in time where many-to-many is the norm ... where the first news about protests following the election in Iran came from Twitter messages and mobile video.
How many of you could live today without your Blackberry or iPhone? How many of you are responding to e-mail, twittering or doing something else right now, multitasking while you listen to me?
What used to be called the digital divide is going away. When hundreds if not thousands of apps are available on a relatively low cost appliance, even the so-called "have nots" have the ability to participate.
And they are participating. From our experiences at GSA, we've seen this power. Believe it or not, there are still hundreds of thousands of Americans who want to get information the old fashioned way.
Our National Contact Center handled nearly two million phone calls and e-mail requests in FY2008.
And we distributed more than 28 million pieces of print materials from the Federal Citizen Information Center in Pueblo, Colorado.
On the other hand:
USA.gov, the federal government's one-stop-shop for information, received more than 116 million visits and search queries in our last fiscal year.
We also had more than 18 million visits to other GSA websites, such as GobiernoUSA.gov, our Spanish-language equivalent to USA.gov.
USA.gov and GobiernoUSA.gov have a very active presence on Facebook. Combined, we have more than 2,100 fans. The Facebook accounts allow us to share helpful, timely and relevant information with our audience base in an environment they know and love.
The sites also have active Twitter profiles, used to distribute timely and relevant government information … like the need for proper hand-washing during the H1N1 outbreak, live coverage of President Obama's inauguration, biking to work day, and the postage stamp rate increase.
Our GovGab blog features daily featurettes from a staff of writers on topics of common interest to citizens … things like how to prevent teeth erosion from drinking acidic beverages, the dangers of steroids, and how to take advantage of the "Cash for Clunkers" program. The blog provides plenty of links to further information on government websites.
My personal blog on GSA.gov – Around the Corner – provides bi-weekly (more or less) perspectives on innovation, technology, and information resource issues. I have fun writing it and I receive valuable feedback and perspectives from my readers.
To me, these kinds of numbers tell a story that our citizens are truly hungry for information, for answers, and most importantly, to participate in government.
And because one of GSA's primary jobs is to help other federal agencies do what they do best, GSA has developed the framework to help feds engage with the public.
We made it easier for federal agencies to use new media tools while meeting their legal requirements, signing terms of service agreements with Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, YouTube, Vimeo, Blist, Slideshare, AddThis and blip.tv, just to name a few. And we're in discussions with many other providers that offer new media services. The new agreements resolve legal concerns found in many standard terms and conditions that pose problems for federal agencies, such as liability limits, endorsements, freedom of information, and governing law.
We recently launched the official U.S. Government YouTube Channel with more than 200 videos from 25 agencies arranged in 12 playlists, including one in Spanish. We'll keep uploading additional videos as federal agencies share more content. And it's important to note that USA.gov hosts an accessible video player so that visitors with disabilities can enjoy those videos, a requirement for any government agency.
There's video from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's research on the ocean floors; health and safety topics from public health agencies; audiovisual collections and lectures from the Library of Congress; and how-to videos showing veterans how to find out if they are eligible for benefits.
And, we conduct Web Manager University sessions to train federal, state and local government web managers. To date, Web Manager University has trained more than 1,500 web managers, helping to make U.S. government websites and new media tools the best in the world.
And it's not just what we're doing:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, created Spacebook, essentially a Facebook-like social networking site for employees, who use it for sharing information, experience, and personal interests. Since it's behind NASA's firewall, it can serve as a collaborative workspace, as well.
Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy, maintains a Facebook page where more than 6,500 fans comment and provide feedback on his almost daily missives.
The Department of Education created a hip, interactive website specifically geared toward 9th through 12th graders. What's really cool about this site is that it was built in collaboration with students, so that the site really is peer-to-peer. And it's important to recognize that this site wasn't built for teenagers who are programmed to go to college, but for those kids who would be the first in their family to go to college … who sometimes need to be convinced of the value of college, and who need be given the tools to fill out an application and apply for financial aid.
These are just a few examples of the hundreds of cutting edge web and new media sites that are popping up in the federal government alone. I'm convinced we'll see thousands in the not-too-distant future.
And speaking of the future, I'm very excited about the prospects for cloud computing in the federal government environment. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has been a big proponent of the cloud model and I agree that it has tremendous potential to make government IT more efficient. We recently issued a Request for Quotations for cloud storage, web hosting and virtual machine services as a first step creating an online cloud services storefront that can be used by federal agencies.
The benefits of Cloud Computing are many:
Agility is first and foremost – giving organizations the ability to rapidly and inexpensively change resources.
Cost is greatly reduced since capital expenditures for IT resources are converted to operational expenses. These expenses can be allocated quite granularly.
Independence – Since systems are accessed using a web browser, resources can be used anywhere.
Reliability improves through the use of multiple redundant sites.
Environmentally sensitive – Today's data centers need to be located next to a hydro-electric generating plant due to the amount of power they use. Since cloud resources are utilized more efficiently, their impact on the environment is lessened.
Security – Cloud Computing is inherently more secure due to the centralization of data and the ability of service providers to devote resources to protecting sensitive data. Nevertheless, one of the challenges of Cloud Computing is to incorporate controls that don't sacrifice user benefits.
One of the things that excites me most of this new focus is the ability to move quickly. It used to be that in the federal government, "tomorrow" meant years. It's much different now. The days of developing massive agency-focused IT infrastructure projects are long gone.
We can try new things, and if they work, great. If not, lessons are learned. If there's an advantage to doing this in a government environment, it's that we are mission driven, not profit driven.
There's another exciting development in government 2.0 – the growth of data democracy, which I believe will result in a host of applications – some free … some for a small fee – that the public can pick and choose to enhance their lives … all based on easily available government data.
Data democracy has been around for years. Fundamentally, the U.S. government holds that if the taxpayer has paid for the collection of data, then the data should be available free-of-charge (except, perhaps for distribution charges) to citizens and businesses, who can then parse and use the data in any way they see fit.
While the data has been available, it hasn't always been easy to find. Now, through data.gov, there's easy access to machine readable datasets.
Want to calculate the probability of a Category 3 hurricane striking within 35 miles of a particular location … perhaps because you're an insurance actuary? Or you're responsible for pre-locating emergency supplies? Mash-up NOAA's North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks since 1851 with an appropriate geodata set and apply your particular algorithm. I know Bob is going to talk more about these types of capabilities, so I won't steal any further thunder.
Want to find your stolen car? Download a list of parking tickets for a particular VIN number … look for consistencies like a lot of tickets on a particular street … and stake it out. This really happened to a friend of mine. Why the police couldn't do this is another story, but he DID get his car back.
There are incredible opportunities here for commercial enterprise that will spur innovation and market growth. Here's one more example that could save your life.
The National Weather Service, as part of its mission is to protect lives and property routinely issues warnings for severe weather and other hazardous events, including severe thunderstorms, tornados, flash and river flooding, winter weather, hurricanes, and even tsunamis. The challenge, of course, is ensuring that people get and act on those warnings, particularly in cases where mere minutes can spell the difference between life and death … as with tornados. In places like tornado alley in Oklahoma and Texas, millions have been spent on massive infrastructure projects like tornado sirens to help people get the message.
But there's an easier way. A few years ago, the National Weather Service began issuing polygon warnings – areas defined by specific lat/lon locations – instead of traditional countywide warnings. This data is available in real time, so several companies now offer services that, for a small monthly fee, will send those warnings within seconds to your cell phone, pda, or computer. Go to a website, pinpoint your location – or several, such as your home, office or child's school – on a Google map, and sign-up. The next time a warning is issued and that location resides inside the polygon, you'll get the warning … wherever you are … at any time of the day – or night.
The potential applications are endless, and it's all based on readily accessible data … data collected with your tax dollars.
From my perch, it's a pretty exciting time to be in government, and it's especially exciting to not only be a witness to the new American Revolution, but to be part of it.
We're in the midst of a new era where citizens can truly have a say in how their government operates. Citizen engagement, participation, and collaboration are essential to a government "by the people, for the people."
I think if Thomas Paine was alive today, he would be proud. And one can only imagine what he could do with a laptop instead of his trusty quill pen!
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The Clay Shaw trial testimony of Perry Raymond Russo, continued
Q: Mr. Russo, you are living at 5807 Elysian fields, are you?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: How long have you been living there?
A: Since December 11, 1968.
Q: Where did you live prior to that?
A: 4122 Prytania Street.
Q: How long did you live there?
A: Oh, since September of 1967, I mean, let's see, September of '67, yes, that would be right.
Q: Now, prior to September of '67, where did you live?
A: For six months, 619 North St. Patrick Street in New Orleans.
Q: What is your occupation now?
A: I work with the Great Books of the Western World as part of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Q: A book salesman?
A: I work in sales and also in training.
Q: Is it a fact that you were a cab driver up until a short while ago?
A: I was a cab driver part time along with the insurance that I was working -- this was in '67, all the way until about the middle of '68, at times I worked cabs, on weekends, also during the week sometimes.
Q: Mr. Russo, are you sure this was Mr. Sciambra that you were talking about up in Baton Rouge?
A: Andy Sciambra? Yes, he identified himself that way.
Q: And you recognize him in the Court now?
A: I do.
Q: Now, you have pointed out in excess of 25 errors in Mr. Sciambra's memorandum of what he claims that you told him.
MR. ALCOCK: I object at this time, that may be Mr. Dymond's account, I don't know if the Court made a count, but it might be injecting something that is really not in evidence, I personally did not count them. I don't know if Mr. Russo did or not.
MR. DYMOND: We can count them here, sir.
THE COURT: Can't you say there were a number of them, because I can't comment on what Mr. Russo said, but you can say there were a number of corrections or whatever you want to call them.
MR. DYMOND: Just a minute, I will get the exact figure. To be exact, you have pointed out 26 alleged errors.
MR. ALCOCK: To be exact on each calculation, Mr. Dymond's arithmetic is in some question.
MR. DYMOND: If we have seen fit to count them, if the State wants to dispute them, I want to know what their count is.
THE COURT: Can't you say there are a number?
MR. DYMOND: We know there were 26, sir.
THE COURT: Mr. Alcock says they may be corrections and not admitted errors.
MR. DYMOND: Suppose I say approximately 26.
MR. ALCOCK: Yes.
MR. DYMOND: We will compromise.
Q: You have pointed out approximately 26 errors in Mr. Sciambra's memorandum of what he contends that you told him. Now, is it your contention that Mr. Sciambra deliberately distorted what you told, or that he made this many mistakes as to what you told him?
MR. ALCOCK: Objection, this man cannot obviously answer that question.
MR. DYMOND: This witness is disputing a memorandum of what he purportedly said. I would like to know on what basis.
THE COURT: The memorandum was not prepared for the witness.
MR. DYMOND: If he claims it is wrong, I would like to know on what basis.
MR. ALCOCK: He pointed out certain areas in the transcript, something that has been introduced into evidence and read to the Jury, and surely he can't know whether Mr. Sciambra deliberately made mistakes in compilation of this memorandum.
MR. DYMOND: This witness has to know whether he clearly told this statement to Mr. Sciambra, if he clearly told it to him --
THE COURT: Why don't you put that question to him?
Q: Did you clearly give this statement to Mr. Sciambra?
A: We talked for about three hours, it would be hard to say whether it was clear. There was a lot of -- in other words, Sciambra, in other words, to give you the physical aspect of how it stood, Sciambra sat there with a briefcase on his knees opened up and he had a bunch of photographs there, and he had a little pad, every once in a while he would write a little note on there, and most of the time he was holding the photographs, turned them all down, and pulled one out and said, "Do you know this guy," and I would say yes, or I never seen it, or I would say, yes, I remember him from somewhere or something to that effect, and he didn't even copy that, I guess he did, but he didn't let me see any of the notes taken, and I was sitting next to him.
Q: Be that as it may, you did your best to state it clearly to him, did you not?
A: Oh, I would say depending on the questions, I don't know if it was my best.
Q: You were not trying to conceal anything, were you?
A: He was asking me a question, and sometimes he would be asking the next question while I was trying to answer this one, a big deal was Ferrie's philosophy, I thought that it was important, I had to talk an hour and a half to explain that, he would listen but it was not all that exciting to him.
Q: You thought the big deal was Ferrie's philosophy, or was that his idea?
A: That was my idea, I thought that that was the big deal.
Q: You thought that was the important part of it?
A: I thought that was the big deal as far as that is why he wanted to question me immediately.
Q: Now, you knew that President Kennedy had been assassinated then, didn't you?
A: When Sciambra talked to me?
Q: That's right.
A: Yes.
Q: You say you had also heard at that time three men planning to assassinate President Kennedy, is that right?
A: I don't understand that.
Q: At that time you say that you had heard three men plan to assassinate the President?
A: No, I didn't make that at all clear to Mr. Sciambra, I said there was a meeting up there and a group of people were talking about shooting Kennedy, and five minutes before then I told him that Ferrie came over with a couple of guys and said, "We are going to kill Kennedy and it won't be long."
Q: I asked you whether or not you did not know at that time that you had seen and heard three people plan to assassinate President Kennedy.
A: I still don't understand the question.
Q: When you were talking to Mr. Sciambra in --
A: In Baton Rouge?
Q: In Baton Rouge, did you not then know that you had seen and heard three people plan to assassinate President Kennedy?
A: Well, I don't know if I had seen or heard three people plan to assassinate Kennedy, I heard a discussion about shooting Kennedy as well as I had heard the discussion on the street about killing Judge Perez or killing Martin Luther King or killing someone else.
Q: When you heard of this thing on Louisiana Avenue Parkway, you didn't take it seriously, or what?
A: It depended again -- I am trying to emphasize that Ferrie's philosophy, you wouldn't know whether or not to take him seriously or not.
Q: You knew at that time that a District Attorney from the Parish of Orleans was being represented by Mr. Sciambra who was investigating the assassination of President Kennedy, didn't you?
A: Yes, that is correct.
Q: And you knew your story about the meeting on Louisiana Avenue Parkway, didn't you?
A: Yes, right.
Q: And you knew that President Kennedy had been assassinated, is that correct?
A: President Kennedy had been assassinated, yes. Q: Knowing all of these things, you thought that the philosophy of David Ferrie was the big deal he wanted to talk to you about and that you wanted to talk to him about. Is that right?
A: That is what I thought was most important.
Q: David Ferrie was dead at that time, was he not?
A: My recollection is that I saw his picture in the paper, on television, one or the other, and I saw his name first, David William or Woodrow Ferrie, and I didn't look, they didn't have an address, as I remember it, and he was alive at that time, and then I saw his picture that night or afternoon in the news or on television, at that time I decided to write the letter and just send it to the District Attorney's Office, at that time I think he was alive, but I am not real sure of exactly when he died.
Q: The point is when you spoke to Mr. Sciambra, you knew Mr. Ferrie was dead, didn't you?
A: When Mr. Sciambra talked to me on the 25th, yes, I did know it.
Q: Now, when you first met David Ferrie, I understand he was living out in Kenner. Is that correct?
A: Yes.
Q: And according to my recollection of your direct testimony, you do not know the address he was living at there?
A: No, sir.
Q: Now, who first introduced you to David Ferrie?
A: Al Landry.
Q: Al Landry?
A: Yes.
Q: Is this the same Al Landry to whom you referred in your statement to Mr. Sciambra?
A: Yes.
Q: Is it the same Al Landry whom you said could give more detailed information about Ferrie's roommate?
A: I said he could give more detailed information about Ferrie's friends and associates, yes. I did say that, on Page 4, towards the bottom.
Q: You said that Landry could give more information about the roommate. Is that right?
A: In line with this, in connection with -- I asked Mr. Sciambra to -- on Page 6, I asked Mr. Sciambra to take a picture, put a beard on Oswald and do not say who it is and show the picture to Kenny Carter, Landry, Kershenstine, and a few others, essentially the idea I cam across, they might have seen this person before.
Q: Now, when Ferrie was living out in Kenner, approximately how many times did you visit him out there?
A: Once.
Q: Only one time. Is that correct?
A: Yes.
Q: Is that the occasion upon which his mother was present?
A: Yes.
Q: And Al Landry was with you at that time. Is that right?
A: I remember it, he brought me out there or drove in another car, there was some kind of a meeting going on out there.
Q: Now, in what year would you estimate that?
A: I would say 1961 or '62.
Q: '61 or '62. Would we be safe in saying late '61 or early '62?
A: I don't really know exactly, because there was just -- I don't know exactly the date of that, I told that to Sciambra in Baton Rouge, I don't know the exact date of when I did go out there.
Q: Now, were you aware of the fact when Ferrie moved from Kenner to Louisiana Avenue Parkway?
A: When he did move, no.
Q: In other words, you did know he was going to move when he did move. Is that right?
A: No.
Q: When did you first find out he was living on Louisiana Avenue Parkway?
A: He contacted me.
Q: Now --
A: I don't recall, either bumping into him or perhaps he called me, one or the other, because I had no reason -- I lived on Elysian Fields with my father at that time.
Q: Approximately how long after this call or chance meeting did you visit Ferrie or Louisiana Avenue Parkway?
A: I am not sure, he came over to the house on a couple of occasions, he might have just come over initially, anyway, I am not sure he called, but he came over to the house, to my house, on several occasions before I had occasion to go up to Louisiana Avenue.
Q: Now, after the contact was made, after he had moved to Louisiana Avenue Parkway, did you commence seeing him with reasonable frequency?
A: Well, more or less, I saw him, yes.
Q: Now, approximately when would you place this date of your renewing these appointments with him?
A: Well, it was not -- you know, an acquaintance, I don't know, really, I mean -- it could have been late '62, early '63 that I first went up there, I don't know exactly when the first time was I went up there, but he came over in the beginning more than I went over to his place, I don't know exactly when the first time was that I ever went up there.
Q: Now, did you and Ferrie become pretty good friends?
A: He was a distant person, you could not be a good friend, that is the way I figured it, although a lot of people probably say different on that.
Q: After you renewed the acquaintance, after he moved to Louisiana Avenue Parkway, can you tell us about how frequently you saw him?
A: Well, on occasions, just averaging it out, maybe twice a week, I don't know, he might pass over to the house or I might pass up there, more likely than not these times were after April or May of 1963 than before because of exams and because of school, but during school he came, sometimes would come over, but just as an average during those five or six summer months, maybe twice a week.
Q: Now, at one point there was a reciprocal open invitation given by you and Ferrie to come to each other's houses when you would want to.
A: Well, yes, I told him, I said, "If ever you are in the neighborhood just drop in, if it is late knock on the window and I will wake up," and, well, always knew he kept late hours.
Q: Well, would it be fair to say that each one of you felt free to go to the other one's house uninvited?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: To take with you whomever you pleased?
A: Right.
Q: Now, approximately how long did this relationship continue?
A: Well, during the Summer months of '63, and I went back to school.
Q: Now, what do you term the Summer months, Mr. Russo?
A: Well, school starts trailing off and you start preparing for exams in early May, late April, baseball starts around April, that to me -- baseball is parallel with the Summer.
Q: Just so that we will both now what we are talking about here, would you say the Summer months are April through what?
A: September.
Q: April through September. Is that right?
A: Yes, although September is a month of school.
Q: Now, how old were you back in 1963?
A: I guess about 22.
Q: How old are you now?
Q: 27. How old was Ferrie at that time?
A: I don't know.
Q: Approximately how old was he?
A: Just about 40.
Q: About 40?
A: Yes.
Q: Now, you have testified that David Ferrie's appearance varied from time to time, that is sometimes his wig was combed, other times it was mussed up; is that right?
A: Well, sometimes it had spots, and other times it didn't have spots, it seemed to be combed a little bit, yes.
Q: What do you mean "having spots"?
A: I other words there were places it would be bald, you know, I didn't sit there and stare at it, but you couldn't help but notice, and sometimes it would not be bald, it would be -- it would have been filled up, and it would be -- if he would have combed it.
Q: Now, as a matter of fact, Ferrie had been the victim of a disease which caused him to lose all of his natural hair. Is that correct?
MR. ALCOCK: Object, that is something not in evidence.
THE COURT: I think it is a fair question, if he knows.
MR. ALCOCK: If he knows of his own knowledge.
THE WITNESS: I didn't.
Q: Did he have any natural hair on his head?
A: I don't know.
Q: You never did see him without a wig?
A: No, sir.
Q: Did he have any natural eyebrows?
A: Natural eyebrows?
Q: Yes.
A: I don't know.
Q: Did you ever see him without his false eyebrows?
A: Well, I saw him with bushy eyebrows and I saw him with some that were not so -- you just could barely see them, I guess that might be the natural eyebrows, if he had them at all, that was probably them.
Q: So it is your testimony that you have seen him with thin eyebrows. Is that correct?
A: Slightly, right, slightly there. If it was real, I don't know.
Q: Would you term them unusually light eyebrows?
A: Oh, I don't know, unusually light, you could see them a little bit there.
Q: Well, were they as heavy as mine or not?
A: Lighter than yours.
Q: Lighter?
A: Yes.
Q: Approximately how many times in all would you say that you visited this apartment on Louisiana Avenue Parkway?
A: Oh, I don't know, 15 or 20, 25.
Q: Within a period of how long?
A: Four or five months, four or five months we are talking about.
Q: Now, during the month of September, 1963, how many times did you visit the apartment?
A: Four or five.
Q: Four or five?
A: Yes.
Q: Did you make any visits there early in the month of September?
A: I'm almost sure I did.
Q: If you recall, when did your school start that year?
A: When did school start?
Q: Right.
A: I think it was about the third week or about the middle of the third week of September.
Q: Well, as I understand it, the frequency of your visits depended to some extent on whether you were occupied at school or not. Is that correct?
A: Quite often, yes.
Q: Therefore, would you say that you visited quite frequently in the first part of September before school started?
A: Well, I visited more than I would have after school had started, but the first couple of weeks of school aren't very much, you know, you just go there and check in and check out and it is all over.
Q: When would you say that your really serious school work started?
A: About the third week, I mean, the first week of October, after a couple of weeks of orientation and stuff.
Q: Now, you say that you went there three or four times during September. When was the first time that you saw this person whom you have described as a roommate?
A: Oh, about the middle, a little bit before the middle of the month.
Q: A little before the middle of the month?
A: Yes.
MR. DYMOND: Your Honor, it is 3:00 o'clock, I think you wanted to recess.
THE COURT: I know you have more examination. You may leave the stand and smoke. We are going to take a five-minute recess. Will you take the Jury upstairs.
(Whereupon, a brief recess was taken.)
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U.S. citizens must have a passport which is valid at the time of entry, though we strongly recommend it be valid for at least six months after your return date.
U.S. passport holders must have a visa for entry into Brazil, obtained prior to arrival. Applications must be submitted in person by the applicant at a Brazilian consulate, or online through a fee-based visa service such as our preferred provider VisaHQ. See the U.S. Dept. of State website for more information.
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If you hold a passport from another country, you are responsible for obtaining any necessary visas and meeting all entry requirements.
Children under age 18 traveling alone, with one parent, or with a third party must have a notarized, written authorization from the absent parent or legal guardian. It must be translated into Portuguese and authenticated by a Brazilian embassy or consulate.
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In Brazil, March thru November are the best months in which to visit due to a drier climate. December through February are rainy, hot, and humid months. July through August are the best time to visit the Amazon, although the climate there is almost always humid and hot.
One of the best times to visit Iguazu Falls is during the rainy seaon (January to March) when the water flow of the waterfall is significantly increased. The hottest months in Iguazu Falls are October through April. During the rest of the year, the climate changes slightly based on the hot breezes from the Amazon and cold winds from Patagonia. Winter months are a bit cooler, especially at night.
Check out the current weather conditions in Brazil.
A Yellow-fever certificate of vaccination is now required for all passengers taking the Sensational South America tour program. Remember to bring mosquito repellant and lots of sunscreen.
In Brazil, the currency is the real. Please review the current exchange rate for the Brazilian real.
Few ATMs provide cash from American Express cards. Travelers may be able to use debit cards in some ATMs located in the "Banco 24 horas" or "Banco do Brasil" (ATM's with Plus, Visa logo). Travelers are encouraged to contact their respective U.S. bank in advance to enquire about ATM fees. Visa is the most commonly accepted card. For safety reasons, use ATMs located inside banks or convenience stores.
A 10% service charge is usually included in the restaurant bill, but feel free to leave more. Tip a cabdriver no more than 10%. Tip the bellboy, the porter, or the concierge about R$1 per luggage item or for help given.
Brazil is famous for its leather goods and shoes. Other items unique to Brazil are coffee, gems, music traditional handcrafts, lace, embroidery, and artifacts from Brazil's indigenous tribes.
110/220 volts. Plugs A & B. C. You will probably need a voltage converter and plug adapter in order to use U.S. appliances. We recommend getting a universal adapter and converter kit. View more information about electrical standards around the world.
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First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) Given a $47.00 Price Target at Deutsche Bank AG
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) has been assigned a $47.00 price target by Deutsche Bank AG in a note issued to investors on Wednesday. The firm currently has a "hold" rating on the solar cell manufacturer's stock. Deutsche Bank AG's price target points to a potential upside of 2.91% from the company's previous close.
FSLR has been the topic of several other reports. Axiom Securities upgraded First Solar from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $30.32 to $21.00 in a research report on Wednesday, May 3rd. UBS AG upgraded First Solar from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 2nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded First Solar to a "hold" rating and set a $38.00 price objective on the stock. in a research report on Saturday, March 25th. Morgan Stanley restated an "equal weight" rating on shares of First Solar in a research report on Tuesday, July 11th. Finally, Robert W. Baird restated an "outperform" rating on shares of First Solar in a research report on Wednesday, May 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty have assigned a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. The stock has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $43.42.
Shares of First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) traded up 3.75% during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $45.67. The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,849,125 shares. First Solar has a 12-month low of $25.56 and a 12-month high of $49.50. The company's market cap is $4.76 billion. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $39.01 and a 200-day moving average of $34.08.
First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 2nd. The solar cell manufacturer reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.13) by $0.38. First Solar had a positive return on equity of 6.71% and a negative net margin of 18.14%. The business had revenue of $891.79 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $699.15 million. On average, equities research analysts forecast that First Solar will post $0.54 EPS for the current year.
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In related news, insider Bryan Robert Schumaker sold 2,747 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $35.00, for a total value of $96,145.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 1,235 shares of the company's stock, valued at $43,225. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director J Thomas Presby purchased 4,000 shares of First Solar stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 11th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $36.89 per share, with a total value of $147,560.00. Following the acquisition, the director now directly owns 17,958 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $662,470.62. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Corporate insiders own 0.40% of the company's stock.
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Personal Capital Advisors Corp increased its position in shares of First Solar by 33.4% in the first quarter. Personal Capital Advisors Corp now owns 331,437 shares of the solar cell manufacturer's stock worth $9,290,000 after buying an additional 82,983 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of First Solar during the fourth quarter worth approximately $3,470,000. Russell Investments Group Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of First Solar during the fourth quarter worth approximately $872,000. Baird Financial Group Inc. increased its position in shares of First Solar by 86.9% in the first quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 12,890 shares of the solar cell manufacturer's stock worth $349,000 after buying an additional 5,995 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. acquired a new position in shares of First Solar during the first quarter worth approximately $623,000. 60.37% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
About First Solar
First Solar, Inc is a provider of photovoltaic (PV) solar energy solutions. The Company designs, manufactures and sells PV solar modules with a thin-film semiconductor technology. The Company also develops, designs, constructs and sells PV solar power systems that primarily use the modules it manufactures.
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text: Branham Law, LLP announces that it has launched an investigation for possible violations of federal law stemming from a Department of Justice suit against Austin, Texas based Bazaarvoice, Inc. ( NASDAQ:BV). The Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against Bazaarvoice earlier this month relating to the Company's acquisition of PowerReviews, Inc., a California based company. Bazaarvoice's stock has since declined almost forty percent and the CEO resigned unexpectedly. November 2012 saw Bazaarvoice report second-quarter losses of $11.2 million and revenue of $38.6 million. This was a drastic reversal from losses of $5.8 million and revenue of $25 million in the same quarter for 2011. After the DOJ suit was filed, Bazaarvoice shares dropped by 17% from $9.00 per share to $6.65 per share on January 11, 2013. Investors purchasing Bazaarvoice prior to the PowerReviews, Inc. acquisition, or anyone with information relating to the allegations at hand are encouraged to contact Trey Branham, Managing Partner of Branham Law, LLP at 1-877-722-5910 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Additionally, anyone with knowledge that may aid in the investigation may, under the Dodd-Frank Act, be entitled to as much as thirty percent of any recovery where their information leads to an actual recovery.


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Not EPIC for us.: Norwegian Epic Cruise Review by NSAHO79
Overall Member Rating
Not EPIC for us.
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: Miami
We flew into Miami a day early on November 12th and stayed at the Embassy Suites with a "cruise/shuttle/breakfast" special. Worked quite well and hotel was very nice.
Took hotel shuttle to ship at 11 AM and arrived at the dock around 11:30.
Embarkation was excellent and we were on the ship in about 15 minutes. The cabins were not ready but we headed for the Garden Cafe to have lunch. We basically stayed there until they announced that the rooms were ready.
CABIN - We were in Cabin 12253 on the "blue" side of the ship. It was a nice idea for the cruise line to have red carpet on one side and blue on the other as it made finding things a bit easier. We had a deluxe balcony cabin which included a bathtub. We were about 20 cabins away from the More back of the ship and did not notice any serious engine or ship noises.
My first impression of the cabin was good as it was a decent size and very tastefully decorated. Our cabin had the bed by the balcony and the sofa nearer to the door. The toilet enclosure and tub enclosure (sliding frosted doors) was very attractive but after using them for a few days became simply annoying. Basically, there is no "bathroom"; it is the space where you enter the room. You get into and out of the bathtub directly into the room (hallway) so there is NO privacy. There is a curtain you can pull across and since it was only my husband and I we didn't bother with it. The problem was when someone came to your cabin door!! I guess if you were in the bathtub you would have to only open the cabin door a few inches and tell whoever was there to come back later??
The toilet enclosure is very tight and if you close the door I hope you are not claustrophobic! I certainly hope that NCL goes back to a normal "bathroom" setup with any future ships. The tiny sink which is on the counter was not a problem and worked fine. My best guess is that this "curved" room idea gave the engineers a few extra feet of space per cabin which allowed them to add more cabins and thus "more money" for NCL.
Cabin storage: There were three closets but only one of them had coat hangers and I certainly wouldn't expect anyone to bring their own coat hangers with them! In our case most of the clothes we brought were shorts and t-shirts so we needed more shelves than closets. There were plenty of storage areas but only a few that had deep, accessible shelves. The baskets in the lower cupboards were a good idea.
We did not have a problem finding spots for everything but we had to put some clothes on the bottom (floor-level) shelves because the upper shelves were not very deep. Lots of room under the bed for your suitcases
Cabin furniture - The curved couch was pretty useless. It was very hard and there are no arms. The back is padded vinyl and two parts of it open (doors) where the extra bedding is stored.
The Bed - The bedding was lovely but I personally found the bed too hard. I ordered an egg-crate but I guess they had all been taken. The pillows were comfortable.
The Balcony was OK and had two regular chairs and a TINY (useless) table. The chairs were not adjustable or high-backed so they were only for sitting out and reading but not very comfortable.
TV - A good-sized flat panel but nothing to watch. Basically a news channel, one sports (for football), two children's (I think) and the rest were NCL channels for advertising or looking at your bill. There was one regular channel with very old repeats of TV series like The Nanny and Two and a Half Men.
Room Steward - When we were on the NCL Gem we had a wonderful steward who came and introduced himself immediately, greeted us by name everyday and took care of our every request immediately.
This time we didn't even SEE our room steward (John) for THREE days. Any request was not taken care of for AT LEAST a full day (if then) and during the whole cruise I think we saw him three times! We had to call room service to get the fridge re-stocked and the mirror and balcony were not cleaned properly for two days. Perhaps NCL is cutting down on staff or giving them too many rooms to look after but it was poor service in my books.
BATHTUB - A note to future cruisers: if you like a hot shower and start out with the water temperature at a high temperature, IT WILL GET HOTTER! It fluctuates from where it was originally set to HOTTER so be very careful. I found getting out of the tub to be very tricky and also hard to sit down in the tub as you could not hold on to the side of the tub where the sliding glass doors were. There was a convenient clothesline on the wall of the bathtub.
DINING - We ate at Taste one night and the service was excellent but I found the steak (NY Strip Loin) rather tough and chewy. We had the same meal in the Manhattan Dining room and it was better however we did not like the live orchestra that played during the meal.
Mostly we ate at the Garden Buffet and the food was very good with a large selection from vegetarian to pizza. The roast pork and spare ribs were very good. There was soft ice cream all the time and hard ice cream during meals along with hot deserts and fruit. Although it was sometimes crowded we never had a problem finding a place to sit.
I had lunch at O'Sheehan's on the last day and the fish and chips weren't bad.
Casino - This is a big problem as covered in other reviews. There are smokers everywhere and even if you are in the "non-smoking" area the smoke comes in.
Even walking through this area was bad and made my eyes burn. NCL really needs to make totally separate and enclosed areas for smokers.
To make things worse, they have restaurants directly off the casino so the smoke would go there as well. Lots of "air purifiers" running but they didn't seem to help much.
Second City Comedy Club - This was in a bar type venue so if you were not directly in the front you really couldn't see the comedians. It was all "improv" so wasn't all that funny. Lots of audience participation which I personally find boring. Give me a good stand-up comedian any day.
Cirque Dreams Dinner Theatre - Don't waste your money. We paid for the "premium seating" which apparently meant nice tables and comfortable chairs but NO VIEW of the show unless you were in the front table and sitting the right way!! We were in the second row of tables on the same level as the performers so with all those other people in our way all I could see was from the shoulders up of the performers. The less expensive seating was on the second level looking down and looked like it would give you a much better view of the show. Also it is hard to watch a show and eat a meal at the same time. It is a shame because the performers seemed to be excellent. The meal was OK but there is no selection and a lot of it was not to my taste. The prime rib was very good however as were the deserts.
Blue Man Group - FANTASTIC! This group made the whole cruise worthwhile and we actually went to see them twice. If you don't like loud music I would suggest taking ear plugs.
INTERNET - If you want a good laugh, this would be it. $55.00 for 100 minutes and I managed three short emails and got my boarding passes printed off!! Slow doesn't even begin to describe it. Unless it is a necessity in your life I would wait until I got into a port to find a WIFI site.
POOL and SLIDES - Another problem. There are two main pool and they are usually full of children. The adult pool is in the H2O area which is full of loungers WITH NO shade! They also have a big TV monitor to watch the football games but sitting out in the hot sun for 3 hours is not part of my plan. They do have tables and chairs with umbrellas over them but they were not all that comfortable.
The EPIC slide was fun but we didn't try the others since it is not really our thing.
There were lots of loungers everywhere and you could find quiet shady areas but unfortunately the loungers are very hard and stiff so I would suggest bringing a couple of extra beach towels as padding.
For two days we managed to get up early and get one of the "beds" on the main pool deck. At 6:30 AM three out of four of them were already taken.
The shuffleboard courts were great and we had some good games. We wanted to BOWL but the lanes in the Bliss Lounge (adults only) were closed most of the time or the Lounge was reserved for some function or other. I thought the bowling was $10.00 for two strings but it is only for one (two adults). One lane has "bumpers" for kids.
Overall the ship was very nice but the constant "big sell" was annoying to say the least and reminded me of the beach vendors except you couldn't make these guys go away.
SHORE EXCURSIONS - We only went on two.
Roatan Sightseeing and Beach - This was a long bus ride with stops at an Iguana Refuge (really neat) and a look-off (Joe's House) before hitting Turquoise Bay Resort. Be warned that there are NO washroom facilities at Joe's House as it is a private home which happens to have great views and a patio to set up vendors selling trinkets. I think that if someone wants to open their home as a tourist site and sell stuff then it should be forced to have proper facilities including public washrooms. At least four people asked the tour guide where the bathrooms were.
The waters had been stirred up by a recent storm so there were no fish to see when snorkelling. The beach is crushed coral and not sand so I would highly recommend beach shoes. With all the stops and the long bus ride you only get to spend about 45 minutes at the beach. One fruit punch is free and everything else isn't.
COZUMEL SHORESIDE SNORKEL - Not recommended. The "beach" is 8 minutes away from the ship and is called Sunset Beach except it is NOT a beach but a very rocky shoreline with a bar, washrooms and lockers. The owners (??) built steps down to get into the water but this is a man-made snorkel site (not a reef). The rocks are laid out on the sand bottom in rectangular areas with large cement beehive things places about every 20 feet. These have holes in them so the fish use them as shelters similar to coral but definitely uglier.
The main problem for me was that this turned out to be a "tour" and not free snorkelling. You had to follow your guide and then come back in. It was very windy, cloudy and off/on rain so it didn't make things any better. There were some fish but nothing special just the regular yellow/white, white/blue and a bunch of tiny silver ones.
The best shopping was in Cozumel and I was surprised to find that all the prices were in US dollars and then shown in Mexican pesos. A t-shirt would be priced at $7.00 US and then $110.00 pesos. Considering that 100 pesos = $9.00 US (when I left) it certainly discouraged anyone from using Mexican money.
DISEMBARKATION - We used the "walk-off" option and it worked very well except that we were leaving on Deck 6 (the Casino - midship) and there was no way to tell where the line ended since people were snaked all over the place. Once things started moving we were off the ship in about 10 minutes. Lots of taxis and a taxi boss making sure things went smoothly.
Miscellaneous Notes - The lighting and A/C in the cabin were fine and the staff service in the rest of the ship (except for our Rm Steward) was excellent.
So I would not go back on the Epic and if I ever do convince my DH to cruise again it will be back to the Gem or similar ship. Less
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Cabin was very nicely decorated but fairly small for what you expected. The separate bathtub and toilet enclosure were horrible. Lots of storage but two of the closets (there were three) had no coat hangers and at least one should have been all shelves which are much more useful. No noise problems but a long walk to the Buffet area at the other end of the ship. Balcony was fine but more comfortable chairs would have been nice. Lighting and A/C were fine and bedding was very good although I found the bed too hard.Read All Mini-Suite with Balcony (MA) Reviews >>
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I have been told I look 10 yrs younger than I actually am, which seems unfair as im not remotely health conscious or anything - but hey, all good :-)
I'm reasonably savvy, slim, blonde and sort of quirky I guess. Unfortunately also quite clumsy, can knock anything over (it's a skill), have no sense of direction, like to laugh at stupid stuff, rage at social injustices (quietly, tho), cry at documentaries about people who overcome the odds in life, and wallow in tragic black & white movies. According to Myers briggs, i'm an INTJ. I like to go out to gigs (music nerd alert), movies, comedy nites, but am also happy plonked on the sofa with a good book or searching for driftwood and shells on the beach.
As for music: starsailor, radiohead, Fleetfoxes, Foals, the divine Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Chris Whitley, James Vincent McMorrow, James Blake, Feist, Joni Mitchell, Depeche mode, Johnny Marr, Alabama 3, Lemonjelly, and many many others...
Like most types of food really, fave is prob Italian and Thai.
General Dislikes: Ice Cream Vans and Clowns. When I die there will most likely be an Ice Cream Van full of clowns parked outside the front door - whose very existence will have precipitated my untimely demise.


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The West Australian government has ridiculed the decision to broaden the federal review of the goods and services tax to include state mining royalties, a change which could hurt its chances of getting a bigger slice of GST revenue.
In a submission to the review, the WA government said the independence of the process might be compromised by the recently expanded terms of reference.
The review was initially set up to examine how GST revenue is divided between the states, amid complaints, particularly from WA, that faster-growing states were losing out on their share of funds.
In November, federal Treasurer
Higher royalties will lower returns from the MRRT because the federal government has pledged to refund royalties to mining companies.
WA's submission said the proposition of penalising states which raised royalty rates was now ingrained within the review.
"[This] unfortunately may also compromise the independence of the review panel," the submission stated.
"The Commonwealth government's credibility in claiming superiority of its MRRT over state royalties on economic efficiency grounds is diminished by both its revenue motives and its preparedness to spend vast amounts of taxpayers' funds supporting the car manufacturing industry where Australia has no competitive advantage."
The review panel – former premiers
The federal government threatened to cut infrastructure funding to WA in response to Premier
Mr Barnett and WA Treasurer
They say the state is being penalised for being productive and needs the money for resources-related infrastructure to encourage more investment and cope with current demand.
WA will receive 55 per cent of the GST collected within the state next financial year. The state Treasury estimates that return will fall to 27 per cent by 2015-16.
"WA now has the lowest share of GST revenue of any state and has experienced the lowest drop in GST share for any state," Mr Porter said.
"In 2012-13 the Northern Territory will receive basically the same GST share as Western Australia, despite having only 1 per cent of the population compared to WA's 10.4 per cent and despite not having anywhere near the infrastructure requirements of WA."
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CHICAGO – The Japan America Society of Chicago plans to establish a scholarship named after Yoichiro Nambu, who won the Nobel Prize for physics in 2008, to raise young people's interest in science.
Nambu, 91, a professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, is welcoming the move, saying it is "very good," sources said. Nambu, who was born in Tokyo and is now a U.S. citizen, won the Nobel together with two Japanese scientists.
The scholarship is the brainchild of a society member who was impressed by Nambu's personality. The society will launch the scholarship this year as a prize for an existing science competition among students in the state of Illinois.
Six Japanese firms have agreed to extend funds to the scholarship this year, the sources said.
A Nambu prize of $2,000 will be given to the winner of the science competition between high school teams from Illinois. The runnerup will get $1,500.
The society, a nonprofit organization established in 1930 to promote friendship between Japan and the United States, is thinking about how to utilize the scholarship from next year to raise interest in science among more young people.


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Aarklash Legacy, tactical adventure game from Cyanide Studio, is one of the first games to spit out a new trailer from Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. Cyanide studio is known for developing the Pro Cycling Manager series and the more recent Blood Bowl game released for Xbox 360 and PC. It's clear that Cyanide has yet to branch out in developing a full, deep experience. They seem to hoping Aarklash Legacy can be that branch.
Venture into the fantasy world of Aarklash and discover the fate of the last mercenary "Wheel Swords." Customize skills, experiment with different tactics and strategies, and collect artifacts to advance on the quest. Ultimately, promote synergy between companions and lift the veil on the odious plot against them.
Aarlash Legacy looks decent, definitely more entertaining than watching a trailer for Pro Cycling Manager. Aarlash Legacy will release on September 12th for PC. Below is the brand new trailer…
- Games: Aarklash: Legacy
- Developers: Cyanide Studios
- Publishers: Cyanide


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In Review: Phoenix's Hellos and Goodbyes of 2011
As we bid farewell to the year and look ahead to 2012, Jackalope Ranch contributors will bring you some greatest hits from 2011. In a year, things come and go. In 2011, we said hi and bye to plenty of our favorite (and no so favorite) places.
1. phICA
In March, art curator and investor Ted Decker, Roosevelt Row and eyelounge founder Greg Esser, and graphic designer Eddie Shea, created the Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art (phICA), a nonprofit organization that has no official space, carries no permanent collection, and instead focuses solely on programming. It's what the founders call a "lean and mean" opportunity for contemporary artists to learn, grow, and contribute to the contemporary art scene in Phoenix.
3. Lulubell Toy Bodega
Geeks and fanatical collectors of designer vinyl figures got another reason to downtown Mesa tonight with the grand opening of Lulubell Toy Bodega. The designer toy boutique relocated from Tucson's Fourth Avenue and we've been drooling over their niche nerd culture to come to Mesa in the past year.
4. Hazel and Violet INC.
Hello letterpress. When longtime friends Nancy Hill and Beverly Wolfe found a jackpot Craigslist post for a 1922 Chandler & Price letterpress, they knew they were in for a project. And so, Hazel and Violet INK was born. Catch the work in progress (and take some home) at their shop on Fourth Street, or catch some live-pressing during First Fridays.
5. Montage Gallery
Mill Avenue took a deep breath when the City of Tempe opened Montage gallery in the old Abercrombie space. The community art studio houses work and workshops by 18 local artists in November, and it continues to find its place along the busy college street, we're looking forward to seeing another source of creative energy.
6. Monsterland
Mesa's Main Street welcomed a spooky newcomer in October. Monsterland, a combination haunted house and horror film museum, is open year-round so horror buffs and monster lovers can get their fill long after the holiday has passed.
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Putting the square peg in the square hole is really what this game boils down to, but unsurprisingly it's not quite as simple as that.
Tumbling your rectangular block across the landscape of squares your path to victory is blocked by the shape of the playing surface itself as well as a number of special tiles. Some collapse, some teleport, some split your block in two and others act as switches adding more tiles and removing barriers.
The clean visual style and simple sound effects suit the straightforward gameplay, though you'll annoy bystanders with the constant clicking as you toss your blocky pawn about the board in your quest to sink it in the hole.
Your success in each level is scored on how many moves it takes to reach your goal, driving you to go back and make another attempt at the perfect score if you're that way inclined.
Brain Cubes strikes the balance between challenging and impossible, with most levels being tricky enough to take you a few attempts while taunting you with the knowledge that the solution is never more than a few squares away. We played through all 50 levels but could have kept going longer.
Rolling a rectangular block across a landscape of squares might not sound like a recipe for a good time, but this slick puzzler proves to be a surprising amount of fun.


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Meckel Meck·el (měk'əl), Johann Friedrich. 1781-1833.
German anatomist and embryologist known for his comprehensive descriptions of congenital defects.
Moreover, meckel has found that deaf-mutism is more frequently met with in flour-mills than elsewhere.
Yet at heart meckel was a transcendentalist of the German school.
The famed meckel received his famed patient with a nobleness worthy of the heroic ages.
The incus, or anvil-bone, may be formed from part of meckel's cartilage.
meckel's cartilage is of course not seen in the dried skull.
meckel's cartilage lies in a groove on its under surface, and projects beyond it in front.
The part of meckel's cartilage which in most vertebrates ossifies, forming the articular bone, remains unossified in the Frog.
The first discussion of the comparative variability of the sexes was broached about a century ago by an anatomist, meckel.
Posteriorly, meckel's cartilage is dorsal to the angulosplenial.
It is very interesting (as well as amusing), in view of subsequent ideas about variability, to note what meckel said.


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Ten Ways a Condom Can't Protect You
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Charity Raids Coordinated by the US and Financed by the EU
The continuous illegal raids by the Israeli occupation and the Palestinian Authority are coordinated by the US air force criminal Lt. Gen. William Fraser and Lt. General Keith Dayton, the US coordinator for the genocide against Palestinians. Both lead the Palestinian authority security groups according to some of the accords of the Annapolis summit. The accords are based on targeting the Palestinian opposition parties and their charitable organizations, like the orphanages, medical centers, kindergartens, and confiscating and freezing their banks accounts in order to strengthen President Mahmoud Abbas and protecting the Israeli security. The European Union is financing this plan with the funds which they transfer for the PA security system.


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White Cake with Mincemeat Filling and Glaceed Fruit
The cake layers are brushed with brandy syrup and filled with mincemeat, a spiced and spiked mixture of dried fruits traditionally served in holiday pies.
- Servings: 12
- Yield: Makes one 8-inch layer cake
Source: Martha Stewart Living, December 2008
For the Cakes
- 3 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising), plus more for pans
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pans
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped, pod reserved for another use
- 1 cup whole milk
- 8 large egg whites
For the Brandy Simple Syrup
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon brandy
For the Mincemeat
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 2 medium baking apples, such as Rome or Cortland, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch dice
- 3 ounces dried apricots, preferably California, cut into 1/4-inch dice (1/3 cup)
- 3 ounces dried figs, preferably Calimyrna, cut into 1/4-inch dice (1/3 cup)
- 3 ounces golden raisins (3/4 cup)
- 3 1/2 ounces Medjool dates, pitted and cut into 1/4-inch dice (about 1/3 cup)
- 3 1/2 ounces dried currants (3/4 cup)
- 1 1/2 ounces candied lemon peel, cut into 1/4-inch dice (5 tablespoons)
- 3/4 ounce candied orange peel, cut into 1/4-inch dice (1/4 cup)
- 3/4 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
- 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon)
- 3/4 teaspoon finely grated orange zest
- 4 teaspoons fresh orange juice (from 1 orange)
- 1/3 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- Pinch of ground cardamom
- 1/4 cup Cognac
To Assemble
- 3 1/2 cups heavy cream
- Glaceed fruit, such as Glaceed Figs, or apricots and clementines, for decorating
Make the cakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 8-by-2-inch round cake pans, then line with parchment. Butter parchment, and dust pans with flour, tapping out excess. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
Cream butter and 1 cup granulated sugar with a mixer until light and fluffy. Add vanilla seeds.
With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture, alternating with milk, starting and ending with dry ingredients. (Scrape down sides as needed.)
Whisk whites with a mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Slowly add remaining 3/4 cup granulated sugar, beating until stiff, glossy peaks form. (Do not overbeat.) Whisk 1/3 of the whites into batter, then carefully fold in remaining whites.
Divide batter between pans. Bake until testers inserted in centers come out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool in pans on wire racks for 15 minutes. Run a knife around edges of pans to loosen cakes. Invert cakes onto wire racks, and let cool.
Make the brandy simple syrup: Bring granulated sugar and water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat, and stir in brandy. Let cool.
Make the mincemeat: Combine everything except the Cognac in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, stirring often, then cover and reduce heat to low. Cook, stirring occasionally, until dried fruits are soft and beginning to break down, about 30 minutes. Stir in Cognac, and cook for 5 minutes more. Let cool.
To assemble the cake: Whisk 1 1/2 cups cream until soft peaks form. Trim tops of cakes to create flat surfaces. Slice each cake in half horizontally. Place 1 layer on parchment, cut side up, and brush with simple syrup. Spread with 1 cup cooled mincemeat and 1 cup whipped cream. Top with another cake layer, cut side up. Brush with syrup, and top again with mincemeat, then whipped cream. Repeat layering, ending with a cake layer, flat side up. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours (or overnight).
Whisk remaining 2 cups cream until soft peaks form. Frost cake with whipped cream. Decorate with glaceed fruit, and serve immediately.
Cook's Notes
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ytwnyny14 NOV, 2013I have made this cake for Christmas and it's fantastic, especially if you make the glaceed fruits. Apricots are not in season, do I make glaceed figs, clementines, kumquats, grapes, chestnuts and red currants. The recipe is very accurate but allow a day to make this cake because all the steps take time.Reply
megant6205 JAN, 2013I made this recipe for New Year's Eve and loved it! Everything is from scratch from the vanilla bean to the homemade mincemeat. It tasted great and looked very pretty. It is a great winter-time cake. I highly recommend this recipe.Reply
MS122039734 JAN, 2012The recipe says "8 oz butter (2 sticks)" - but 8 oz is one stick. Has anyone made this cake? Is it one stick of butter or two?Reply


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"There are only four people who really know what's going on with Lance's body: me, Michele, (team director) Johan Bruyneel and Freddy (Viaene, Armstrong's massage therapist)," says Chris Carmichael, Armstrong's longtime coach.
But Ferrari isn't with the U.S. Postal team car in France. He's watching the Tour on TV at home in Ferrara, Italy. That's because the 51-year-old Ferrari is also under investigation in a doping case in Italy that alleges he advised pro cyclist Filipo Simeoni and other athletes to use the blood booster erythropoietin (EPO) and testosterone-based Andriol in 1996 and 1997. Simeoni also claims Ferrari taught him how to beat drug tests.
The Tour does not ban riders from taking advice from those under investigation, so Armstrong is not subject to dismissal because of his relationship with Ferrari and has not distanced himself from him.
But the relationship has not helped the five-time champion in his assertions that he never has used performance-enhancing drugs and never has had a positive drug test. It's a matter of associations, as has been the case with track star Marion Jones and her relationships with various figures in the high-profile BALCO investigation. Jones also has said she never has used performance-enhancing drugs and never had a positive drug test.
The Tour has shown a willingness to suspend riders under suspicion of using banned performance-enhancing drugs, even if they haven't had a positive doping test, much as the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's charges could keep track and field athletes out of the Olympics even without a positive doping test.
Monday, race officials dropped riders Stefano Casagranda of Italy and Martin Hvastija of Slovenia because they are under investigation for doping. Two other riders, including world time-trial champion David Millar of Scotland, were banned before the Tour began July 3.
Intricate data helps adjust training
Carmichael, former head coach of the U.S. Olympic cycling team, met Ferrari in San Diego in 1995 and soon introduced him to Armstrong, who had won a world championship and a stage in the Tour but was not considered a potential overall winner of the world's biggest cycling race.
"He's a very smart guy," Carmichael says of Ferrari.
Carmichael and Armstrong communicate with Ferrari mostly by e-mail. Armstrong uses a sophisticated SRM on-board cycling computer that stores data from each ride, including heart rates, speed, pedal cadence and power output measured in watts produced. He e-mails that data to Ferrari, who analyzes it and sends his observations to Carmichael.
Ferrari's most famous formula — the Velocita Ascensionale Media (VAM) — produces a precise measure of the rider's rate of ascent, calculated over a specific distance and grade. Ferrari uses Armstrong's data to see what is the most efficient means of achieving maximum power output.
"In mountain stages of races such as the Tour," Ferrari says, "most of the work a rider does goes to overcome gravity, so VAM is a useful indicator of the rider's form on that day."
Carmichael adjusts the training program based on Ferrari's interpretation of Armstrong's physical state.
"All of the training schedules are prescribed by me," Carmichael says. "I have the final decision."
Sticking by his guy
The final outcome on Ferrari is still far from determined. The case has been plodding through the Italian judicial system for more than two years. No final charges have been made; all doping charges that do not involve possession are considered "sports fraud."
In a dramatic February 2002 court hearing in Bologna, Italy, Ferrari's chief accuser, Simeoni, testified that while he never received drugs from Ferrari, "I took EPO under the instructions of Dr. Ferrari, then further on from March to April (1997) we were talking about taking Andriol that I had to take after intensive training, based on strength, to give power to my muscles."
Ferrari rebutted that testimony in an April 2003 hearing, telling the court, "Simeoni was caught red-handed and lied to get a lighter ban. Simeoni is a damned liar. He even lied to me."
Armstrong first acknowledged the relationship with Ferrari in 2001 after newspaper stories brought up the issue at the same time his U.S. Postal team was under investigation by French prosecutors for alleged doping in the 2000 Tour. After a 19-month investigation into the use of the blood-boosting drug Actovegin, Armstrong and his team were cleared.
The team said the drug was on hand for treating severe skin abrasions caused by crashes and for use by a staff member with diabetes.
The Tour will not comment on the case because Ferrari is not part of the Tour in any official capacity.
Armstrong, in the midst of his attempt to win an unprecedented sixth Tour title, has always said he believes Ferrari is innocent. The 32-year-old Texan adds that if Ferrari were to be convicted, he would cut all ties.
"I believe that these charges are all groundless," Armstrong told USA TODAY in June. "Michele is telling the truth. I will back him until I see evidence otherwise. The man is extremely talented; he's more than a coach, he's like a mathematician or a physicist."
After years of grinding through the glacial Italian judicial system, the case might finally be nearing resolution.
Simeoni recently told cyclingnews.com he had been in touch with his lawyers "and they tell me that in a short time, the discovery part of the case will be closed by the prosecutor of Latina (Italy) and the date for the trial will be set."
But the legal wrangling and resulting publicity connected to Ferrari will still go on.
Armstrong is suing the authors of the recently released L.A. Confidential, the Secrets of Lance Armstrong, David Walsh and Pierre Ballester, for libel in the United Kingdom and France. Their French-language book contains allegations that Armstrong used performance-boosting drugs before he won the 1999 Tour and includes mentions of Ferrari.
Armstrong, in turn, is being sued by Simeoni because the Tour champion allegedly defamed him by calling him a "compulsive liar" in the April 18 edition of the French daily newspaper Le Monde.
Partnership has been intense
Despite the controversy and huge risk Armstrong is taking should Ferrari be found guilty, their partnership has solidified. Armstrong implicitly trusts Ferrari's theories on high-altitude training, perhaps the key element in his dominance of the Tour.
In an e-mail interview with USA TODAY, Ferrari said that his work with the champion takes up almost half of Armstrong's year.
"My relationship with him is that of consultancy in training," Ferrari writes, "which we can simplify by subdividing it in three distinct phases:
• "A first winter part of about eight to 10 weeks focused on strength work.
• "A second 10- to 12-week part centered on aerobic work (endurance and aerobic power development).
• "A subsequent part is usually that of fitness refining with race tempos."
He also hosts three to four pre-Tour altitude-training camps, each spaced out by either training or racing periods at sea level.
"Apart from this natural training, he does not use other hypoxic training methods or devices," Ferrari writes of Armstrong. "Sometimes he does sleep for some nights at simulated altitude (with an altitude tent) before actually going to the training camp, in order to better become acclimatized to altitude."
To critics who have insinuated that altitude training is just a smoke screen to hide the use of blood boosters such as EPO, Ferrari points out that a person's hematocrit (red blood cell) level "is an extremely variable parameter, especially in athletes: Every time plasmatic volume changes, so does it modify hematocrit. Hydration status, physical efforts, detraining: all of these significantly alter the values of hematocrit, which can (give a test) result above the (legal) limit of 50%, even in athletes who didn't take any kind of medicine."
But he does note that altitude training, "be it natural or simulated, stimulates the natural production of EPO, which itself favors the formation of red blood cells.
"It is impossible to distinguish an artificial increase in hematocrit from a natural one."
Learning through vast experience
Ferrari has to be careful about what he says about synthetic EPO.
He has been saddled for several years with what he says is an inaccurate quote that equated EPO's safety with that of orange juice.
His intent, he writes, was to say that EPO and orange juice can be used safely, but both can be dangerous if abused.
"EPO is illegal. And that is all about it," he writes in the email. "I'm totally against administration of any kind of medicines with the intent of artificially enhancing performance. Every athlete has rights to take medicines for therapeutic reasons or to limit the lesions caused by intense sport practice, obviously in every respect to laws and regulations.
"I am convinced that it is possible to be competitive by developing and utilizing the most proper training strategies. The majority of doping medicines used in sport are not only dangerous for health; they definitely do not improve performances, if not even worsening them."
Ferrari also writes that he has learned much from his experience with the judicial system and sees that the courts are not necessarily the best way to deal with the performance-enhancing drugs.
" I personally think that prohibition alone does not resolve the doping problem," he writes. "It is necessary to make athletes understand, with the help of credible arguments, that doping is not essential, that often it can worsen performances and that it is possible to reach results through perfection of nutritional and training strategies and proper lifestyle."
Expanding his involvement
Ferrari, who was born, reared, earned his medical degree in medicine and surgery and still lives in the Italian town of Ferrara (and is no relation to the famed automaker), doesn't stray far from home.
"His English is not too good," says Carmichael. "He's more comfortable with e-mail."
From 1977-80 Ferrari was a consultant for the Italian Track and Field Federation, and from 1984-94 he was the physician for many professional cycling teams.
There are signs that the reclusive Ferrari is ready to return to the public arena. He has begun an online coaching service, www.53x12.com, that is similar to Carmichael's personalized Web coaching system.
Ferrari is also writing Tour commentaries for the popular Australian cyclingnews.com Web site and has begun granting interviews again, a practice he stopped after his infamous "orange juice" quote appeared.
"He has suffered under this investigation for far too long," Armstrong says. "It is time for this to be over."


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When "Winter on the Wharf" debuted at the Boston Harbor Hotel at Rowes Wharf, RoamingAround was there. The first-time event is a seasonal compilation of food, drink and merriment, anchored by a new 2,500 square foot ice-skating Rotunda Rink, located under the hotel's iconic Archway. To make the event memorable and take it viral, the Boston Harbor Hotel presented Bostonians, visitors, and adventurers with a digitally-branded photo of themselves enjoying the festivities, complements of Mobile Photo Share by RoamingAround.
Mobile Photo Share is a fast and fun way to engage with attendees and leverage mobility by instantly sharing photos with their friends and colleagues across the most popular social media channels. Each photo features a custom, digitally-branded frame designed to promote the event. Within seconds of a photo being taken, the image is sent via SMS/text messaging to the photo subject, who in turn can instantly upload the image to their favorite social networking site expanding the reach of your brand. Mobile Photo Share software provides analytics to help measure the effectiveness and track added exposure of the campaign.
For three hours, RoamingAround's Mobile Photo Share team ambassadors took photos of attendees engaged in the festivities. Photos were taken of visitors waiting to get on the ice, those skating, those enjoying refreshments in the Wharf Room, and those visiting with Santa Claus.


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Exmoor Horn Sheep
The Exmoor Horn sheep of today are direct descendants of the horned sheep that roamed Exmoor for centuries.
Exmoors can be fairly descrived as dual purpose sheep. Being an excellent grass sheep, they are very hardy and cheaply maintained, and are therefore an ideal breed to keep pure on the highest moors. They are quite rightly classified as a hill breed. They are among the most prolific of all hill breeds, being excellent mothers and very good milkers, producing a quality upland lamb.
The draft ewes, when taken to better ground produce a higher lambing percentage. They are also one of the few hill breeds to produce wool of a very fine quality.
The Exmoor Horn is an excellent crossing ewe. A large percentage of the flock are crossed to breed a halfbred ewe that is much in demand by lowland sheep producers looking for a prolific ewe capable of providing prime lamb for the modern market. The majority of these halfbred ewes are Exmoor Mules, sired by the Blue Faced Leicester. This cross is considered to be one of the finest halfbred ewes produced in this country.
The Border Leicester has also been used on the Exmoor Horn for many years with great success.
Draft ewes, purebred and crossbred lambs, are sold at various Exmoor markets throughout the Autumn.
For further details of the breed, and for the sales and dates, please contact the Secretary:
Mrs Yvonne
Exmoor Horn Sheep Breeders' Society
Holtom & Thomas
The Elms Office
Bishops Tawton
Devon EX32 OEJ
Tel: 01271 326900 / Fax: 01271 326692


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Any TV show that features badgers gets my vote - and The One Show kicked off last night with an item on my favourite animal.
The formula for this new nightly BBC1 magazine programme is very simple and very traditional.
Four general features - each about four minutes long - plus loads of good-natured studio chit-chat and advice in between.
It is apparently the BBC's biggest ever factual commission, but you could quite easily have missed this landmark event because they have clearly gone for the soft launch option without any fanfare.
As the name implies it was also conceived as a signature show for BBC 1, emphasising its national and family-orientated values.
In truth only the BBC could make a show of this scale and range, calling on the expertise of its various specialist departments such as history, natural history, entertainment and current affairs, as well all the regional BBC operations and a handful of independent production companies, like Tigress in Bristol.
Between them they will produce around a thousand beautifully crafted feature items every year. Adrian Chiles - the face of BBC 2 football, business and now general factual entertainment on BBC1 - fronts the programme with his usual west Midlands charm.
He is backed backed by a galaxy of celebrity reporters, including Colin Jackson, Carol Thatcher, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Phil Tufnell, and Dan Snow.
But tonight's real star was actually a newcomer - a former Channel Five colleague, Ellie Harrison, who reported on the badgers - and yes, I am biased about her too.
The One Show was piloted last summer for a month and a few interesting changes have been made to the formula. Nadia Sawalha, who co-presented the pilot series with Chiles, is no longer part of the team, apparently because she's pregnant.
Her place has been taken by Myleene Klass, who also happens to be pregnant.
Chris Rybczynski, editor of last summer's pilot run, who came from a hard news background, has been replaced by Doug Carnegie from Crimewatch.
In fact news people, with the exception of Newnight's "Ethical man", Justin Rowlatt, have been largely kept out of the picture - maybe they are just too downbeat for The One Show. BBC 1 Controller Peter Fincham seems very confident about the programme's prospects - commissioning a run of 200 shows attests to that.
If The One Show works, and I think it will, it will become as a big an institution as the Six O'Clock News or EastEnders - a regular weekday fixture smack in the middle of BBC1 prime time. There are a few things that need fixing fix fast.
The studio sound was really poor, some of the sofa talk went on a bit and I think they may actually need a fifth feature to give it a little more pace and energy. That said, the show has a great presenter in Chiles and a really positive upbeat feel, which I am sure will chime with the family audience it's is aimed at. And best of all, it's got badgers.
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