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One of my favorite long takes — those scenes when the camera doesn't look away — comes at the end of the 1996 film "Big Night." In it, two brothers make and then eat an omelet. Because it comes at the end of a frenetic movie depicting a frenetic night, this extended moment of rest is almost unbearably tense.
Another of my favorite long takes is in Michelangelo Antonioni's "Story of a Love Affair." The camera pans 360 degrees in 3½ minutes. Compared to "Avatar," no, it's not technically impressive. But in 1950, it was a Chris Nolan-style move.
There are so many great directors working today that, unless you're taking a film history course, it's easy to convince yourself that modern filmmaking started with Tarantino. But you've got a chance this weekend to see Antonioni's films for free, and you should take it. (The National Gallery of Art's retrospective runs through Sept. 3.)
Disclaimer: Hitchcock hated Antonioni's work. It's not bubblegum fare. You could live the rest of your life happily without seeing any Antonioni. But you've got nothing to lose except an hour and a half, and you might find yourself unable to look away."Story of a Love Affair," National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW; Sat., 2 p.m., free; 202-737-4215. (Archives)

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Gore wants 'family solution' for Elian
FORT LEE, N.J. (AP) - Vice President Al Gore urged Elian Gonzalez's feuding relatives on Thursday to get together ''without government officials or lawyers'' to try to resolve their increasingly entrenched and contrary positions.
This year could be different, and not just because several women are being considered.
''I'm not going to get into that. I respect the way they're going about this and I hope we'll be able to get the family members together,'' Gore said during a round robin of local TV interviews conducted on a campaign stop in New Jersey.
Like the Miami area, where Elian is staying, New Jersey has a large number of Cuban-Americans.
''I think it would be a constructive step if the family members could all meet together without government officials or lawyers to try to reach a family solution to this,'' Gore said.
''I'm still confident that might happen. I think everybody wants this thing to be over in the way that's in the best interests of the child.''
Gore, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has made clear he will strongly compete for the 25 electoral votes of Florida, where many in the influential Cuban-American community oppose turning Elian over to his father for a return to Cuba. Some have surrounded the relatives' home in Miami where Elian is staying and vowed to block his removal.
Gore declined to criticize those Little Havana demonstrators, either.
''I haven't been there to see the scene for myself. It's kind of hard to get a picture of it just from a television angle,'' Gore told New York's WNBC-TV.
He evaded repeated questions on whether he agreed with Attorney General Janet Reno's assessment that Elian should be with his father, who is waiting in Washington for a reunion and return to Cuba, while a court decides if the boy should have an asylum hearing.
''My position is the same as it has been. I think it would be a constructive step if the family members could all meet together without government officials or lawyers to try to reach a family solution to this and that's what I would recommend.''
A reporter pressed him: So you don't agree with the attorney general?
''What I have heard is she's studying the decision and I think that my position is the same as it has been.''
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Mike Stewart is the owner of Wildrose Kennels, Inc. located in Oxford, Mississippi, with training facilities in Jasper, Arkansas (along the Buffalo River) and in Granite, Colorado (parallel to the Colorado Trail). Wildrose is an importer of British and Irish Labrador retrievers. The kennel is an Orvis-endorsed facility specializing in producing their trademark retrievers, "The Gentleman's Gundog," and "The Adventure Dog," companion Labradors for enthusiasts and their families who enjoy an outdoor sporting lifestyle. Mike is the founder of the Adventure Dog Certification program, a unique self-guided, training curriculum developing dogs of all breeds into splendid companions of the trail. Mike has over 30 years of experience training and hunting a variety of sporting dogs, but is best known for his appearance on Ducks Unlimited TV, "The World of Ducks," with Drake and Deke, the DU Mascots. Mike and his dogs have appeared in over 80 national television programs. He conducts retriever, Adventure Dog and scent detection canine training workshops throughout the United States instructing in his unique training methodology– a gentle, positive way to develop versatile, sporting companions. He has produced two comprehensive training DVDs entitled, "Training the Wildrose Way," The Gentlemen's Gundog series. Wildrose was featured on the cover article of Forbes Magazine, April 13, 2009 edition, as one of six luxury, recession-proof businesses and Garden and Gun's magazine selecting Wildrose as "The Best of the Sporting South" in fall, 2009.
A law enforcement officer for 25 years, Mike retired as Chief of Police for the University of Mississippi. He is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and the FBI National Academy, Quantico, Virginia. Mike retired from the US Navy Reserves in 2005 as a Commander after 20 years of service.


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The Book of Satori (known as the Zen Scroll in the Game Boy Color version, and Words of Wisdom in the iOS/Android versions) is an item in III
This item is used to change a level 20 character in to a sage. The Hero/Heroine cannot turn into a sage. A Goof-off does not need the Book of Satori to turn into a sage, though it takes a bit of leveling up to do.
The Book of Satori is found in the Tower of Garuna, just north of the Shrine of Dharma. In the GBC remake, another one can be found in a house at Rimuldar
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Saturday, November 1, 2014
I know this has been said by many of you before, but last night this really hit home for me. The social status of computer geeks has really changed in my lifetime, especially for the younger generation.
For Halloween, my family decided to be superheroes of our own invention. I was the Caped Computer Crusader. My costume included a cape covered in computer parts, a keyboard belt, and an iPad in my chest. The iPad was running a short app I wrote that typed out its own source code in green text on black, including playing typing sounds.
Last night, the costume was a huge hit. When answering the door for trick-or-treaters, I was inevitably told I had the best costume they'd seen. Several kids sat wide-mouthed staring at my chest (not a phrase I figured I'd ever say). Kids loved it. Some adults thought it was awesome as well, while others clearly though I was odd.
I did not expect this reaction. Subconsciously, I was even slightly embarrassed to wear it when the time came. As a kid, I learned that flaunting how big of a geek I was would not lead to social acceptance and that is still somewhat ingrained in me. But the reality that I grew up with is not the reality of today. High school, middle school, and elementary school kids all seem to think that a guy with a Objective-C code printing on his chest is cool.
I know lots of others have written about this before. I understood the concept cognitively, but had not really internalized it until last night.
VoiceOver support for custom text editors
Friday, November 16, 2012
When I originally released Pear Note for iPad a little over a year ago, it did not include VoiceOver support. I had hoped to include it in 1.0, but ended up pushing it off. Soon after release, thanks to some emails from users, I started looking into providing VoiceOver support.
iOS makes it easy to add VoiceOver support for most controls. A button simply needs a label that the system can read. Some different kinds of views are much more complicated, and the most complicated of them all is the text editor. If you use the built-in UITextView class, it handles all of this complication for you. Users can scrub around the text, advance by different granularities using the rotor, and edit the text without needing to see anything.
Pear Note, however, has a custom text editor to provide many capabilities beyond UITextView. It draws text to the screen using Core Text and captures input by complying with the UITextInput protocol. I wanted to have my custom text editor emulate the VoiceOver behavior of UITextView. I searched for protocols to conform to and hacks I could implement to accomplish this, but I came up with nothing. Finally I filed a support incident with Apple, and was told that indeed there was no way for a custom text editor to support VoiceOver. So, I filed a rdar (which was soon closed as a dup) and accepted that I could not do this.
When iOS 6 was in beta, I scoured the API changes to see if they had added support for this. Alas, I found nothing. So, I gave up for another year, hoping iOS 7 might hold a possibility of this. Then, a few weeks after iOS 6 shipped, I was going through my bugs on bugreport.apple.com and noticed something odd. My bug was still closed as a dup, but the bug that it was a dup of was also now closed. I again searched the documentation to find anything new in this area, but found nothing.
So, I submitted another support incident to Apple asking what was going on. It turns out that they had indeed added support for VoiceOver in custom text editors in iOS 6, but they had done so without any changes to the published API. They simply made VoiceOver work with the existing UITextInput protocol that editors must conform to. So, they had added this functionality under the hood and not updated any documentation to tell us about it.
I quickly tested Pear Note and found that while it was completely broken since I'd never tested it, VoiceOver was indeed trying to work. I spent a few days fixing bugs and improving my string tokenizer, and then I had working VoiceOver support in Pear Note.
So, if you're looking to provide VoiceOver support for a custom text editor, it is now possible in iOS 6 despite not being documented anywhere. Just conform to UITextInput and make sure your tokenizer is fully functioning.
Photography gear
Monday, November 12, 2012
A couple years ago, I cataloged my growing photo kit. Since that time, I've expanded a bit and certainly learned a ton about photography. I thought it was about time to catalog my current kit again. So, here goes.
From left to right: Panasonic GH1 body, Panasonic 20mm f/1.7, Olympus 45mm f/1.8, Rokinon 7.5mm f/3.5 Fisheye, Canon FDn 50mm f/1.4, Canon FDn 100mm f/2.0, Panasonic 14-140mm f/4.0-f/5.8, Panasonic 45-200mm f/4.0-f/5.6, Canon FDn 200mm f/2.8 IF, Canon FDn 300mm f/5.6, Olympus E-P1
My main body is a Panasonic GH1. It's a couple years old, but it's still a great body. I've hacked it to increase the video bitrate to around 40Mbps, which means it is a phenomenal video camera. I'm tempted by some of the newer bodies (e.g. the Olympus E-M5) to get faster autofocus and slightly better high ISO performance, but the GH1 is so good in both stills and video that I can't bring myself to change.
I also have an Olympus E-P1, though it rarely gets used. I bought it cheap off eBay. Jen was complaining that she sometimes wanted a camera when I had the GH1 with me elsewhere. I looked at getting her a compact, but the used E-P1 body was just as cheap and takes much better pictures. That said, its screen is awful and its focus is really slow, so Jen does not really use it. I use it occasionally to shoot stills when the GH1 is busy shooting video, though.
These are listed in order of how often I use them. Some of them are native, meaning made for Micro Four Thirds cameras. Others are legacy lenses, meaning made for older camera systems (all my legacy lenses are made for Canon FD). Legacy lenses require a cheap adapter to work, which is not a big deal. The bigger issue is that you have to manually set aperture and focus these lenses. Lacking autofocus can be a big deal, but there are lots of great old lenses out there that fill gaps in the current lens line-up or can be had for less money than their native counterparts.
- Olympus 45mm f/1.8 - This lens is fantastic. It is very sharp and a great focal length for portraits or just things a bit farther away. It also focuses quite quickly, making it a great video lens when the light is dim or you want shallower depth of field.
- Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 - This lens is also fantastic. It is the sharpest of my bunch and a great normal focal length. Its one drawback is that it is pretty slow to focus, so it's not the best for fast action or video.
- Rokinon 7.5mm f/3.5 Fisheye - This is my newest lens, and I'm surprised how much I use it. It's fun to have something so extremely wide. I sometimes use it for fun fisheye pictures, but I also use it as a standard ultra-wide. I combine it with Fisheye-Hemi to straighten things out a bit when I don't want the curvy fisheye effect. It is also great for getting a shot of my daughters when they're sitting right next to me. Note that while this lens is native on Micro Four Thirds, it is also manual like a legacy lens. That said, manually focusing it is easy as the depth of field is huge given its wide focal length.
- Panasonic 14-140mm f/4.0-f/5.8 - I'm more of a prime shooter than a zoom shooter, but I still use this lens a bunch. It's aperture leaves a lot to be desired, but the rest of it is quite good. I find it to be pretty sharp for a superzoom (though not in the same league as the 20 or 45 above). It also focuses extremely fast and quietly, making it a good lens for action and video. Of course, the range of focal lengths it covers is so large that it's quite versatile as well, which can be handy when I'm in a situation that I don't know what I'll be shooting.
- Canon FDn 100mm f/2.0 - As I've filled out my collection, this has become the legacy lens that I still use most commonly. There isn't anything native that is this long and this fast. It's a great lens for capturing something from afar and provides excellent subject isolation.
- Canon FDn 200mm f/2.8 IF - This is a giant lens and I would not dare use it without a monopod or tripod. It takes the attributes of the 100mm (close up from afar and extreme subject isolation) and takes them to the next level. I don't use it much due to its heft, but it is fun to pull out occasionally.
- Panasonic 45-200mm f/4.0-f/5.6 - I got this lens before I had the superzoom and used it a bunch then. These days, I really hardly use it. The superzoom has so much more range on the near side that if I want a bunch of options I use it. If I want something more specific, then I'll use one of the primes. So, this lens gets very little use these days. It's not a bad telephoto zoom, but I find I don't have too much interest in a telephoto zoom.
- Canon FDn 50mm f/1.4 - Before I got the 45, I used this lens a lot. It is a great legacy portrait lens and can be had for very little money. That said, the 45 has autofocus, is sharper, and is better in almost every way. I still put this lens on occasionally, as it can take a great picture, but not very often.
- Canon FDn 300mm f/5.6 - I have only used to shoot the moon. It's not a great lens, but it was very cheap and incredibly long.
You may notice a few lenses from my previous write-up that are missing from this list. I do still have them, but I don't use them. I would sell them if they were worth anything, but they're not.
So, that's what I use from a camera and lens standpoint. I've obviously got a bunch of other gear as well, but that will have to wait for another time. I hope to write up some specific things regarding photography in the coming months, but I wanted to get an overview of what I use out first so you could all see where I'm coming from. If you have any questions about any of this, please don't hesitate to ask.
Does this count?
Sunday, September 23, 2012
I've complained that sandboxing was not ready to be mandated for all Mac App Store apps before, and pointed out that Apple seemed to know this as they had not sandboxed any of their own apps. Well, the recent updates to iPhoto and Aperture are actually sandboxed. At first glance, this seems like evidence that sandboxing has passed a huge milestone. Now sandboxing is capable of handling very complete applications such as these. Sadly, that's not exactly the case.
Michael Tsai dug into the entitlements Aperture is using, and found some alarming things. I'll group these into 3 categories.
Excessive access
The most obvious of these is this one:
<key>com.apple.security.temporary-exception.files.absolute-path.read-write</key> <string>/</string>
Yes, that says that it can read and write all files on the system. This is obviously a large access, but I actually have very little problem with them requesting this. I don't mind it because any 3rd party developer could do the same. Of course, they'd have to make their case to the app reviewer as to why they need this access, but it's a publicly available entitlement that anyone could use. They should work to remove this access, but as a temporary stop-gap until system functionality is fixed it's fine by me.
Private entitlements
There are three entitlements listed that are not public. These are:
com.apple.security.library-repair.extensions com.apple.security.library-repair.ostype com.apple.security.temporary-exception.sbpl
It doesn't surprise me that Apple is using private entitlements for their own stuff. I'm not sure what the first two do, but they seem to be specifically created to handle their own apps controlling their internal databases. The third is very different, which I'll discuss next.
Breaking encapsulation
The sbpl exception, which Daniel Jalkut wrote about, allows them to drop down to the underlying sandbox policy language and allow whatever they like. This is equivalent to inline assembly, and is a way of Apple admitting that the entitlements mechanism is not complete enough to handle this app. In this particular instance, they grant themselves three abilities beyond what is available via normal entitlements:
(allow file-search) (allow ipc-posix-sem) (allow system-fsctl)
The first of these seems odd, as it seems unnecessary given the broad filesystem access they've already granted themselves via temporary entitlements. The second shows one of the many interprocess communication mechanisms that doesn't work fully with sandboxing entitlements - POSIX semaphores. I'm not sure what the third is for, as fsctl can be a catchall for filesystem controls.
Regardless, the point here is that even with incredibly broad entitlements and private entitlements, they still couldn't sandbox Aperture. They had to use this escape hatch to grant additional capabilities outside of entitlements. 3rd party developers can't use this escape hatch.
A bright spot
None of the above is surprising. Many developers have known how much was missing from the available entitlements, so we all knew Apple wouldn't be able to sandbox their apps without cheating. However, there is one surprising and awesome thing in the entitlements. It's this:
<key>com.apple.security.temporary-exception.mach-lookup.global-name:before:10.8</key> <array> <string>com.apple.AOSNotification-FMM</string> </array>
The cool part is at the end of the entitlement. It ends with a suffix indicating this entitlement should only be applied before Mac OS X 10.8. It looks like Apple has heard our cries and added a mechanism for continuing to use temporary entitlements in older OS versions while removing them in newer ones. This is very important for evolving beyond excessive temporary entitlements. It means an app can claim an excessive entitlement (such as the one for all files at the top of this post) only on the older OS versions that contain bugs requiring such excessive access.
This is not yet public, but I really hope it becomes public. Pear Note requires some excessive sandboxing entitlements on Lion, but I don't want to claim those excessive entitlements forever. This mechanism looks like the perfect solution.
Baltimore Cocoa comeback
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
To Baltimore-area Cocoa developers:
I've missed Baltimore Cocoa (or at least having some sort of Cocoa developer group). So, I've talked to Zach Waugh, Ed Schmalzle, and Chris Ashworth about reviving/reinventing the group. Chris has generously offered for us to meet in the Figure 53 office (@HeyArea53), which will hopefully work a bit better and not result in people getting locked out of get-togethers.
The biggest unknown to me is what format to take. The previous format involved monthly meetings, each with a speaker (e.g. https://vimeo.com/13513818, https://vimeo.com/14316719, https://vimeo.com/14875584). This is similar to the model followed by CocoaHeads groups all over the globe, I believe. This was tough to maintain, as there were only a few of us volunteering to put talks together and we all got busy.
Alternatively, we could just get together and code, helping each other as it is requested, as is done in weekly NSCoder Nights. No formality, no preparation, just show up. Certainly easier to pull off, but possibly less worthwhile.
Or, we could do a hybrid. Or, something else.
The other big unknown is when to meet. We could do the traditional week night. Or, we could do something in the morning or afternoon, as many of us have flexibility in our work day.
My questions to you are:
- Are you interested in being involved in a Baltimore Cocoa group?
- What sort of format would you like to see?
- When would you like to get together?
Please email me directly with your response. Once I get an idea of who's interested, I'll start a conversation among that group to hash things out further. I can do that via email or Glassboard, so let me know which you'd prefer.
Lastly, please spread the word to other Baltimore Cocoa developers you know, and get them to email me to if they're interested.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
As I wrote last week, I attended and spoke at CocoaConf DC. CocoaConf is a Mac and iOS developer conference that's held in different locations throughout the year (the next one will be in Columbus, Ohio August 9-11). It was an excellent conference, and I'd encourage any other developers to attend one if you get the chance.
I'm not generally excited about going to conferences as I'm an introverted guy and the idea of spending a few days constantly socializing is off-putting. Combine that with a high dollar and time cost, being away from home, and the usual focus on drinking heavily, and I rarely even consider attending a conference. CocoaConf, however, is a very different sort of conference.
I'm not sure what the actual number was, but I'd guess CocoaConf DC had less than 100 people attending. That's far smaller than most other conferences, which makes getting to know the other attendees and speakers much easier. Don't let the small size fool you into thinking there weren't interesting people there, though. The conference was packed with folks with very impressive backgrounds and technical skills. I'm not sure how they got so many great speakers and attendees for such a small conference, but I'm not complaining.
A common trend in conferences these days is to decrease the technical content and increase the socialization. I get why people would want to do this, but I'm not a fan of this trend. I go to a conference to meet people, but the context of that relationship is technical. I'd much rather chat with someone in the 15 minutes between sessions about HTTP Live Streaming or Core Text than go to a party and make idle chit-chat. CocoaConf did this really well. The first day went from 9:00am to 8:00pm, and was packed with technical content and short breaks between each session for chatting. They even provided all meals so that we didn't have to waste time looking for food.
The technical content was very good as well. I increased my breadth of knowledge significantly over the course of the two days and look forward to putting my new knowledge to good use. The speakers took their subjects seriously, as did the attendees. There were no speakers apologizing for taking up time when the attendees could be at the bar. They understood that this conference was not just an excuse to have a party, but that we were there to learn and share ideas.
Just go
I'm very glad I went to CocoaConf and I plan to return next year. I met several new developer friends (some even in the local area!) and learned about a number of technologies I previously knew nothing about. If you're a Mac or iOS developer, watch for it to come to your area. I think you'll find it's worth your while.
The Wonderful World of Text
Sunday, July 1, 2012
I just got back yesterday from CocoaConf DC, which was a fantastic conference (and that's coming from a guy who doesn't generally like conferences). I even got to speak. I'll post more about the conference soon, but for now I wanted to post my slides and example code for everyone who wanted them.
For those that didn't make it to the talk, it was about dealing with text in Mac and iOS apps. I started by giving some basic text concepts (e.g. plain vs. rich), covered the two main model classes in Cocoa (NSString and NSAttributedString), talked at a high level about a bunch of the text rendering technologies on the Mac and iOS, and then delved deeper into two of those rendering technologies - the Cocoa Text System on the Mac and Core Text. I was afraid that it wasn't going well due to how tired some of the attendees looked, but I got a lot of positive feedback afterward so I guess it went well after all. I think people were just tired since it was the last session of the conference.
History repeats itself
Friday, June 1, 2012
Today I find myself remembering the day Fedora Core 2 launched. As you may remember, I used to be an SELinux developer. Today, as sandboxing becomes mandatory on the Mac App Store, I think we may be repeating the mistakes of the past.
Fedora Core 2 was the first major release of a Linux distribution to include SELinux support, though the user had to choose to turn it on during install. It enforced a security policy that was later called the strict policy which confined everything on the system. It was a disaster. Applications broke everywhere. Trying to take a preexisting general-purpose OS and confine all the apps in one action was a bad idea.
Red Hat quickly realized this and changed courses. They created a new security policy they called the targeted policy. For this policy, they left most of the system unconfined and only confined a few (~13) high-payoff apps (apache, mysql, etc.). For Fedora Core 3, they removed the strict policy and replaced it with the targeted policy. Over the course of future releases, they expanded which applications were confined significantly while improving the underlying system to handle those new apps better at the same time.
Today, Apple seems to be taking a similar approach to Fedora Core 2. They're forcing an initial implementation of a security mechanism onto all apps that come from the largest source of apps on the platform. Rather than allowing for organic growth in the wild the way Red Hat did with Fedora Core 3 onward, Apple is choosing to start with everything.
Interestingly, the pain will be felt differently than the pain of SELinux in Fedora Core 2. Apple has chosen to grandfather in any app in the store before today, but no updates (except for minor bug fixes) will be allowed. So, instead of everything breaking on user systems the way they did on Fedora Core 2, things will keep working. They'll just either stagnate due to lack of updates or lose features in future updates in order to work within the incomplete sandboxing technology that currently exists.
I do realize that it probably would not have worked for Apple to force certain Mac App Store apps to sandbox early, and allow others to wait till later the way Red Hat developed the targeted policy. They need consistent rules for all Mac App Store developers. That said, I believe that Apple should have at least led the way by sandboxing all of their own apps sold through the Mac App Store (I believe they have not sandboxed a single one of their 17). This would have showed them a lot of the deficiencies in the current sandboxing mechanism and given them the chance to improve it before forcing it on all of the rest of us.
Oh, and in case you were wondering about Pear Note in specific, I'm still waiting on Apple to get their own frameworks working under sandboxing.
OS X is not ready for sandboxing
Thursday, February 16, 2012
In my previous post, I talked a bit about the high-level approach Apple was taking to sandboxing and the problems therein. Sadly, Apple has not changed their position on this at all yet. So, for now, it appears we have to live with it. I've expected this, so I've been targeting Pear Note for Mac 3 (which just came out in beta) to work in a sandboxed environment. This means I've gotten familiar with dealing with sandboxing, which has led me to the conclusion that OS X is not ready for apps to be sandboxed.
To me as a developer, an operating system is primarily a set of frameworks, of APIs, of functionality provided to applications to let them work. OS X has a long history of providing some great frameworks, from Cocoa to QuickTime and more. These have primarily been developed before the days of sandboxing. So, it's no surprise that many of these made assumptions that cause them to malfunction in a properly sandboxed environment.
The good news is that Apple has a work-around. They call them temporary entitlements, and they allow you to grant your application broad access. So, I figured I would develop Pear Note 3 with a design that could work in a properly sandboxed environment. Then, when I encountered bugs in Apple's own frameworks, I would file those bugs with Apple and in the end grant myself broad temporary entitlements to get Pear Note to work while waiting for Apple to fix their bugs.
And that's what I did. Not surprisingly, I found several bugs. What surprised me was that when I gave myself the broad temporary entitlements, Pear Note still didn't work. One method from QTKit (-[QTMovie writeToFile:] in case you were wondering) fails even with full filesystem access granted. Worse, it does not generate a denial in the system log to give a clue as to why it isn't working. As you can probably guess, writing out audio/video is a pretty important thing for Pear Note, so this wasn't something I could just live without.
So, for now, Pear Note 3 is not sandboxed. If Apple doesn't fix bugs quickly or extend the March 1 deadline out, I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I've already done all the work to make Pear Note ready for sandboxing and would just have to throw a switch to turn it on, but I can't do that until Apple fixes at least this bug.
My point here is not that there's one bug preventing me from sandboxing my app, but that there are lots of bugs preventing developers from sandboxing their apps. Putting aside the debate about whether Apple should be mandating sandboxing and what classes of apps can't be run inside a sandbox, you're left with a bunch of apps that sandboxing was designed for that still can't use it yet because the OS frameworks aren't ready. Pear Note is not unique here, which is why you can look on your system today and see that almost no apps are sandboxed.
It reminds me a lot of when Apple added garbage collection to Objective-C in Leopard. I actually used garbage collection in the first version of Pear Note, but it quickly became apparent that some of Apple's own frameworks (notably QTKit) didn't behave well when used with garbage collection. Thankfully nothing prevented me from throwing out garbage collection until it was ready (which actually never happened). Apple's mandate will prevent us from waiting to use sandboxing until it is ready.
I hope Apple extends the deadline on sandboxing. More than that, I hope that Apple fixes the problems with older frameworks not working with sandboxing. QTKit/QuickTime haven't gotten much love lately, which makes me fearful that their sandboxing bugs may never be fixed.
Crash after opening an NSDocument subclass
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
I've been dancing with this bug for the past day and a half. Now that I found the problem, I thought I'd detail it here for anyone else having the issue to find in the future.
The problem I've found is that, on Lion, after opening a document represented by a NSDocument subclass, the app would crash. This did not occur for any NSDocument subclass, just one in particular. It would report an uncaught exception to me with the following stack trace:
2012-01-02 16:04:03.405 Pear Note[5933:507] An uncaught exception was raised 2012-01-02 16:04:03.406 Pear Note[5933:507] *** -[__NSArrayM insertObject:atIndex:]: object cannot be nil 2012-01-02 16:04:03.409 Pear Note[5933:507] ( 0 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff94eb1286 __exceptionPreprocess + 198 1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff8dd6bd5e objc_exception_throw + 43 2 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff94e58108 -[__NSArrayM insertObject:atIndex:] + 296 3 AppKit 0x00007fff970e475d __-[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpenDocumentsForURLs:]_block_invoke_2 + 1089 4 AppKit 0x00007fff971e9ca7 __-[NSDocumentController _openDocumentsWithContentsOfURLs:presentErrors:completionHandler:]_block_invoke_2 + 50 5 Foundation 0x00007fff8f835b95 -[NSBlockOperation main] + 116 6 Foundation 0x00007fff8f7fc788 -[__NSOperationInternal start] + 705 7 Foundation 0x00007fff8f80f9e6 ____NSOQSchedule_block_invoke_2 + 124 8 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff961f78ba _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 18 9 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff961f972a _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 308 10 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff94e464dc __CFRunLoopRun + 1724 11 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff94e45ae6 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 230 12 HIToolbox 0x00007fff918793d3 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 277 13 HIToolbox 0x00007fff9188063d ReceiveNextEventCommon + 355 14 HIToolbox 0x00007fff918804ca BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 62 15 AppKit 0x00007fff96e273f1 _DPSNextEvent + 659 16 AppKit 0x00007fff96e26cf5 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 135 17 AppKit 0x00007fff96e2362d -[NSApplication run] + 470 18 AppKit 0x00007fff970a280c NSApplicationMain + 867 19 Pear Note 0x000000010001a172 main + 34 20 Pear Note 0x00000001000021b4 start + 52 )
This is a fun stack trace, as it contains none of my code. But, it at least gave the clue that something was nil that Cocoa couldn't handle. So, I began searching for what this missing object might be.
First I looked for methods I had overridden that might be giving back nil when they shouldn't. That yielded nothing. Then I tried overriding other methods in NSDocument just to see if any of them were returning nil. Nope. Then I moved on to NSDocumentController. Nothing. I couldn't find anything in my code that could be causing the problem.
Finally, I discovered the problem. It wasn't in my code at all, but rather in the xib file for the document. I had not connected (or more likely had disconnected) the window outlet for my NSDocument from the window. This NSDocument subclass often didn't even need a window (as it was used as a temporary object for importing other data types into a proper Pear Note document). So, the simple solution was to connect this outlet to a window. Problem solved.
Of course, this is technically Apple's bug. They shouldn't be crashing because of this, or at least should be checking input to provide a useful error message before crashing. So, being a good citizen I've submitted a bug to Apple. If you'd like to dup it, it's rdar://10638416.


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Search giant Google Inc., today announced the release of Google SMS, a new service that enables people to get instant answers to specialized queries through text messaging. So, if you're on the road, but need to find some food, a phone number or compare prices, Google now offers help through your cell phone.
Using a cell phone or handheld device, users can now obtain local business or residential listings, dictionary definitions, product prices and more – all available through Google. By sending a query to the US shortcode number 46645 (corresponding to GOOGL on most mobile phones), users can receive specific results as a text message to their mobile device.
Using Google SMS, people can:
* Find names, addresses and phone numbers for local businesses and residences
* Compare online product prices with ones you find in retail stores
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"Using your phone to send and receive text messages is a newer phenomenon in the U.S. Now we're getting into the fray with Google SMS. It's a way to access Google for precise information from your mobile phone or handheld device (like a BlackBerry)" said Benjamin Ling, Product Manager, Google SMS in his blog post.
Currently available only in the United States, Google SMS works with wireless providers including AT&T Wireless, Cingular, Nextel, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint PCS. More information can be found on the Google SMS page.
We tested this inhouse and found the following:
When Text Messaging "Price Hosting" Google replied: Froogle:wholsale web hosting $9.99 per year unlimited memory, $9.99 Andale along with another listing for a ebook on desktop hosting.
When we tried to locate Google HQ, we messaged "google mountainview ca" and got back, did you mean mountain view ca, and then the full address for google Inc.
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Madeline and the Big Cheese is the thirteenth Episode of Madeline's Second Season.
It is written by Betty G. Birney, based on the Story Idea by Judy Rothman Rofe and D.B. Sweeney and directed by Mark Kirkland.
Judy Rothman Rofe and D.B. Sweeney came up with the Idea for the Episode and assigned Betty G. Birney to write the Teleplay. The Keystone Kops-style Road Rages were written by John Swartzwelder.
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Listed Australian property trusts could be set for a bounceback after recent heavy selloffs but over the long term it may be tougher for investors to find strong capital growth and sustainable income.
Australian real estate investment trusts (A-REITs) have morphed from darlings into demons with average values falling by 17 per cent, with some down by about 20 per cent, since the middle of the year.
"It's time for caution," says Shane Oliver, chief investment officer for AMP Capital, about the outlook for an investment that has been hugely popular with investors seeking better returns than fixed term bank deposits.
A-REITs are listed funds that allow investors diversified exposure to property.
Trusts investing in commercial, industrial office and retail property are generating historical yields of about 6 per cent – or about double the return on a top-paying savings account or the benchmark 10-year government bond.
Eight months ago the sector was yielding only 5 per cent and analysts were bullish about solid earnings growth and sound fundamentals as the supply pipeline continued to feed strong demand outside of former mining boom towns such as Perth and Darwin.
But Brexit – the UK's departure from the European Union – and the election of Donald Trump to presidency of the US herald a new era of lower taxes, bigger government spending, rising inflation, higher interest rates and, possibly, the end of a 35-year bull market in bonds.
"The smouldering flow of money coming out of fixed income markets over the last few months has turned into a small eruption since the US election," says Hasan Tevfik, equity strategist for Credit Suisse.
JP Morgan, another investment bank, predicts rising bonds yields will push more funds from bonds and other high-yield assets to better performing sectors.
Over the last three and five years, A-REITs have generated a return of about 16 per cent, or nearly three times the return of the S&P/ASX 200, the nation's leading share market index of the top 200 companies.
Yield-starved investors, who are struggling to get more than 3 per cent on fixed term deposit accounts, flooded into the sector, pushing up the funds' premium to net asset values, which means many investors were paying inflated prices.
But in the past three months the index for REITs has slipped as the broader market gained nearly 4 per cent.
Winston Sammut, managing director of Folkestone Maxim Asset Management, which has about $1 billion under management, reckons recent falls are creating buying opportunities because the "fundamentals are still very good" for top trusts. .
He's referring to trusts that are invested in blue chip properties with medium to long leases, regular rent increases equivalent to the consumer price index, good tenants and high sale prices, particularly in property hot spots like Melbourne and Sydney.
Sammut believes the sector has been over-sold on the strength of speculation about what the future US president might do, rather than what is happening. He adds: "We do not know what president-elect Trump is going to do until he takes over."
David Bryant, chief executive of Australian Unity, which has about $10 billion under management, says recent falls mean A-REITs are selling at "fair value" again.
"Yes they are near the top of the cycle, but this cycle isn't a circle – picture a long plateau at the top," says Bryant. "Things won't be at risk of a correction until interest rates rise, and although Trump's election in the US brings forward the start of their rate increase cycle, both there and here it will be very gradual and careful."
Capital market experts are debating the timing and size of a potential rate rise.
Martin North, principal of Digital Finance Analytics, a consultancy to banks and financial services companies, says the forward rates used by money markets suggest the rises could be as early as next year. Others claim the Reserve Bank of Australia will not raise the cash rate until 2018 "at the earliest".
These predictions assume no unexpected major disruption to the global economy.
Smaller lenders, which rely on international capital markets rather than deposits to fund their lending, are increasing borrowing costs on three- to five-year fixed deposit products by up to 60 basis points.
AMP's Oliver reckons A-REITs have been oversold after their slump since mid year and are due for a short-term bounce.
"But they are likely to remain relative underperformers as bond yields continue to drift higher in the year ahead. It's time for caution on A-REITs – either look for less yield-sensitive REITs or at other more cyclical sectors of the markets," he says.
Fund managers recommend trusts less sensitive to interest rate changes with diversified portfolios across retail, industry, commercial and residential, or specialist sectors where growth and returns are driven by demographic change, such as health care, aged care facilities and education.
Suggestions include Mirvac, Stockland and Goodman, although investors should seek independent, authorised advice.
For example, the share price of Mirvac, a diversified property group that both develops and manages properties, has slipped from about $2.30 to around $2 in the past eight weeks.
Stockland, another diversified property group with a deep balance sheet, has slipped from about $4.80 to $4.20 in the same period.
Investor checklist*
- Does management follow its investment strategy?
- Beware complicated financial structures as they increase risk, reduce clarity and add expense.
- Is the performance fee based on a reasonable hurdle? Are there extra fees for raising debt, or are they included in the management fees?
- Check the level of gearing. Experts generally advise against borrowing higher than 50 per cent in unlisted funds and 30-40 per cent in listed A-REITs. High gearing increases risks in a market downturn.
- Do the assets have strong tenant covenants and long-term leases? Are they located in good positions and do they have quality cashflows?
- Ensure you get regular updates on fund performance, assets and strategy to critically assess their management.
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Thursday is code puzzler day here at DZone. The idea is simple: solve the coding problem as efficiently as you can, in any language or framework that you find suitable.
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Return the Factorial
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It is interesting that people view spa therapies as something casual and unprofessional, but a huge amount of spa equipment and spa treatment is quite technical and requires a bit of advanced knowledge. In fact, what many people used to think of as unofficial work now requires licensing in many areas. The woman doing your "mani-pedi" or the man giving you a massage will probably have to have a license to perform these tasks!
These people tend to also need quite professional gear too. For instance, if you explore almost any health site you will see the more familiar spa equipment that includes massage tables, manicure and pedicure supplies, waxing supplies and such. You will also see spa equipment for the treatment of athletes, for people with diabetes, and even for people who have had esthetic treatments done by professional surgeons.
Clearly, this means that heading to the spa is never the same as popping into the beauty parlor for a quick blow dry and style. Instead, it is actually quite possible to begin looking at your spa therapies and the spa equipment used for them as much more significant and "official".
If you still disagree with this idea, we suggest you visit a website offering all types of spa supplies. This is a place that will show you the tremendous diversity of materials that are put to use, and the seriousness with which the people in the industry take their jobs.
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You can see this sort of progression in nearly any service offered by spas of all kinds. Another of the primary areas in which this is seen is in esthetic treatments. It is not unusual for a spa to have equipment that looks like it came directly from a physician's offices, and this means that someone enjoying treatments can now that the person doing them is also utilizing the best and most modern tools of their trade!


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Inspector Morse 13: The Sins of the Father
John Thaw stars as the cerebral Inspector Morse in this episode of the popular British television series. This case centers on a family-run brewing company that comes under scrutiny when its managing director, Trevor Radford, is found dead. What's more, a controversial takeover bid may have figured in the man's demise, as Trevor's brother Stephen was pushing to sell the company. And there are many other surprises in store are Morse digs deeper.


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3rd Grade Art
The Art Curriculum is designed to give art teachers freedom to deliver the curriculum in a personalized manner, while ensuring all elementary students throughout the district learn the same information. There are 4 Units, or Learning Target Packages, all students will experience in 3rd Grade, which include the following:
Process & ProductThe Art Curriculum works to balance the process of creating with the final product, by focusing on the Create Process Map created by The Perpich Center for the Arts.Visual LiteracyVisual Literacy, or the ability to 'read' an artwork, begins in first grade and is used in all levels of the Wayzata Art Curriculum. Visual Literacy includes Visual Analysis and Critique, and focuses on student's making their own meaning by noticing, making connections, connecting feelings, analyzing, questioning, interpreting and speculating.
- Ancient Civilizations: Students will be learning about art from three Ancient Civilizations including Egypt, China and Greece, and will be learning about these civilizations in Social Studies as well. They will learn about cultural symbols and create art inspired by the civilizations.
- Minnesota Native American Artwork: After exploring traditional Minnesota Native American designs students will create a 3-dimensional artwork that incorporates traditional designs.
- Alma Thomas: Students will be learning about Alma Thomas and the artwork she creates, and then will create an artwork inspired by her. They will be choosing a color scheme with emotion, using nature as their inspiration and create a title for their artwork.
- Elements Representation: After exploring the Elements of Art in 1st and 2nd grade, students will apply their knowledge by creating an artwork representing the 7 Elements of Art: line, texture, color, value, shape, form, and space.
3rd Grade Health
Wayzata Public Schools has a comprehensive health education program to support the development of health literacy.Each grade level addresses specific topics aligned to five units.
The primary resources used to address these topics in the classroom are McGraw Hill's Health & Wellness curriculum and the Second Step Program published by the Committee for Children.
- Mental, Emotional, Family & Social Health
- Growth & Nutrition
- Personal Health & Safety
- Drugs and Disease Prevention
- Community & Environmental Health
3rd Grade Language Arts
Third graders should be confident readers and writers. They comprehend shades of meaning and reveal a deep understanding of text. "Reading to learn" becomes a reality in third grade. Students do independent research from sources. Nonfiction is as much a part of their reading as fiction. Third graders continue to hone their writing skills. Their writing shows more complexity, e.g. using dialogue, varying sentence beginnings, using paragraphs.
Wayzata Public Schools' Literacy Plan Grades K-3
3rd Grade Mathematics
Your child's classroom will use Bridges in Mathematics second edition, a comprehensive curriculum for grades K-5. Bridges is a rigorous program designed to address math standards in a way that's enjoyable and accessible to all learners.
K-5 IXL Math
3rd Grade Media
Students continue to learn about their choices in reading, viewing and listening, and further their understanding of what makes literature great. Students will choose something to read for personal enjoyment and learn about the Maud Hart Lovelace Award.
Students will continue to develop information literacy skills and skills that enhance the inquiry process. Students will use an electronic catalog to search by subject or keyword, access print and non-print resources, learn ways to locate information within resources, locate specific materials in the Media Center, and begin to understand the Dewey Decimal system. Students will brainstorm possible resources for a topic, locate and select a limited number of resources related to a topic, evaluate the selected resources and record bibliographic entries.
3rd Grade Music
Singing activities are the primary focus of instruction, and include songs from our American folk music tradition, as well as songs from many other cultures. Both individual and group participation contribute to students' development as music makers. Your child will also listen to music written in many styles and from many different periods of history. Other activities in music class include learning to play percussion instruments, studying music history, performing rhythmic exercises, responding to music through movement, and reading music notation.The elementary music department is dedicated to the development and maintenance of a positive classroom environment and to providing a thorough music education program that is relevant to the needs and interests of each child. Our goal is to help students acquire the knowledge and skills that will enable them to explore, appreciate, and participate in the rich musical culture outside of the classroom throughout their lives.
3rd Grade Physical Education
The "FUN"dation of Education!Physical education is an integral part of the total education of every child from Kindergarten through grade 12. Quality physical education programs are needed to increase the physical competence, health-related fitness, self-responsibility, and enjoyment of of physical activity for all students so that they can be physically active for a life-time. Physical education programs can provide these benefits only if they are well-planned and well-implemented so that they include the following:
- Skill development - Physical education develops motor skills that allow for safe, successful and satisfying participation in physical activities.
- Regular, healthful physical activity - Physical education provides a wide range of developmentally appropriate activities for all children and youth. It encourages young people to choose to be physically active and aware of the benefits of such a choice.
- Improved physical fitness - Quality physical education improves cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, muscular endurance, and body composition.
- Support for other subject areas - Physical education reinforces knowledge learned across the curriculum and serves as a laboratory for application of content in science, math, and social studies.
- Self-discipline - Physical education facilitates development of responsibility for personal health, safety, and fitness.
- Improved judgment -Quality physical education influences moral development. Students learn to assume leadership, cooperate with others, and accept responsibility for their own behavior.
- Stress reduction - Physical activity becomes an outlet for releasing tension and anxiety and facilitates emotional stability and resilience.
- Strengthened peer relations - Physical education is a major force in helping children and youth socialize with others successfully and provides opportunities to learn positive social skills. Especially during late childhood and adolescence, being able to participate in dances, games, and sports is an important part of youth and peer cultures.
- Improved self-confidence and self-esteem - Physical education instills a stronger sense of self-worth in young people based on their mastery of skills and concepts in physical activity. They become more confident, assertive, independent and self controlled.
- Experiencing goal setting - Physical education gives children and youth the opportunity to set and strive for personal, achievable goals. (NASPE)
- Skill development - Physical education develops motor skills that allow for safe, successful and satisfying participation in physical activities.
3rd Grade Science
In Third grade students will continue to experience science using the research-based FOSS science curriculum, developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California at Berkeley. Science content is reflective of the Minnesota State science standards and emphasize concepts in the areas of scientific investigation, sound and light waves, acquired and inherited plant and animal traits and their impact on growth, survival and reproduction, and our solar system. The FOSS modules used include Physics of Sound, Structures of Life and Sun, Moon and Stars.Physics of Sound:
The Physics of Sound Unit consists of investigations designed to allow students to explore the concept of sound. Students learn how sound is made, how pitch and the rate of vibration are related and the variables used to manipulate the pitch of a sound.Structures of Life:
The Structures of Life Unit consists of investigations that allow students to observe, compare, categorize, and care for a selection of organisms. Throughout the unit students learn to identify properties of plants and animals and to sort and group organisms on the basis of observable properties. Students also investigate structures of the organisms and learn how some of the structures function in growth and survival.Sun, Moon and Stars:
The Sun, Moon and Stars unit consists of investigations that allow students to explore the shadows created by sun, the phases of moon, and constellations in the sky. Students will explore what causes seasons, day and night and why the stars (including the Sun), and the moon appear to move and change over time. Students will use Science Notebooking for this and all other modules to record their findings and understandings.
3rd Grade Social Studies
In grade three, students expand and deepen their knowledge in the four social studies disciplines of citizenship and government, economics,geography and history. By applying basic concepts in each discipline to complex communities and environments near and far, students begin to understand the social, economic, geographic and political aspects of life in the world beyond our state and nation. They create and interpret simple maps, using them to understand the physical and human characteristics of places around the world, from one's neighborhood to vast regions of the earth. As students examine the world of long ago through historical records, maps and artifacts, they discover how geographic factors, technology, and individual and group actions have shaped history. Students practice weighing the costs and benefits in making decisions, and examine the economic forces that influence interactions among individuals in a community. They further explore the civic relationship between an individual and the community in the United States in which he or she lives, the three branches of government, and the functions and funding of government.
3rd Grade Technology
Wayzata Public Schools ensures that students will graduate with the necessary skills to be successful in careers and social interactions they will encounter in their futures.In our work, we ensure:
- Digital citizenship - Help students understand the rights and responsibilities of their actions when using digital tools.
- Digital literacy - Help students learn how to most effectively and safely access information and tools online.
- Critical thinking, Problem solving and Decision making
- Global Perspectives - Use technology to communicate and collaborate with people and places locally, nationally, and globally.
- Technology Skills - Provide the basic foundational skills in order for students to effectively use current technologies.
- Personalized Education - Use technology to streamline the collection of data to determine student needs and to provide instruction based on individual student needs.


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Question about Nintendo Wii Console
We have had our wii for a year now with very few problems. We just got five brand new games for our system. Everytime we put in a new game it would come up on the screen saying...can not read dics..turn off power. After shutting it off and on about three times AND then unplugging and then plugging it all back in, it usually will work. Why is this??? We are putting the disc in correctly and they can't be dirty since they are brand new.....Getting frustrated.
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If Wii gives Disc Read Error, first step you need to check is to try
another disc or clean the exisitng disc. This will confirm that problem
is with either Wii or Disc. If the console itself is giving disc read
error then it needs to be repaired. You may check out DIY Wii Fix Guide,
that will show step by step information to fix the problem yourself. It
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'Fugly' (2014) actress Kiara Advani will feature in Mustafa Burmawalla's Bollywood debut.
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Mustafa is the son of filmmaker Abbas Burmawalla.
The men in white duo of Abbas-Mustan are launching Mustafa in an action flick, 'Machine'.
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"Time, Real and Imaginary" was a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Richard Harries had a book of poems containing the piece. When Ian Stratford opened the book he found several of the lines underlined. They were:
- Two lovely children run an endless race,
- A sister and a brother!
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- And looks and listens for the boy behind,
- For he, alas! is blind!
- O'er rough and smooth with even step he passed,
- And knows not whether he be first or last. (PROSE: The Banquo Legacy)


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Martha Coakley is the liberal Attorney General of Massachusetts and was the Democratic nominee to fill the late Ted Kennedy's seat in the US Senate.
Coakley was elected Massachusetts Attorney General in the 2006 general election as a Democrat, defeating Republican Larry Frisoli with 73% of the vote. She was sworn in on January 17, 2007. Coakley is the first woman to serve as Attorney General in Massachusetts.
On July 8, 2009, she filed a law suit, challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act. The law suit claimed that Congress "overstepped its authority, undermined states' efforts to recognize marriages between same-sex couples." Massachusetts is the first state to challenge the legislation.
In 2009, Coakley won settlements of $60 million from Goldman Sachs and $10 million from Fremont Investment & Loan for their abuse of subprime loans and lending.
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Paris: US Secretary of State John Kerry says it is "up to Iran" to prove that its nuclear program is peaceful.
"It is frankly up to Iran [to prove] that wants this program, that asserts that it has a peaceful program ... to show the world that it is exactly what they say," said Mr Kerry following talks with his French counterpart Laurent Fabius in Paris on Saturday.
Mr Fabius said there were still differences to overcome with Iran in their high-stakes talks over the country's nuclear program.
"There is progress in certain areas, but there are also divergences that must be remedied, so there is still work to do," he said.
"We need a solid agreement, not only for us, but also for the whole region, for the security of the region, including for the Iranians."
The United States and France played down any disagreements over the nuclear talks with Iran, saying they both agreed the accord now under discussion needed to be strengthened.
"We are on the same page," US Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters.
"If we didn't think that there was further to go, as Laurent said, we'd have had an agreement already.
"The reason we don't have an agreement is we believe there are gaps that have to be closed. There are things that have to be done to further strengthen this. We know this."
A high-stakes nuclear game
The aim of the negotiations is to persuade Iran to restrain its nuclear programme in exchange for relief from sanctions that have crippled its economy. Iran, a major oil exporter, wants the sanctions scrapped swiftly, but the West says the sanctions should be rolled back in phases.
Mr Fabius said on Friday that Iran's commitments did not go far enough and more work needed to be done, notably on what he called "volume, checks and duration".
On Saturday, he clarified that by volume he meant the number and quality of centrifuges Iran might be allowed to operate under any deal. By checks, he meant an inspection and verification regime to ensure Iran does not violate the deal.
France has positioned itself as more demanding than other countries on the conditions Iran must meet under any nuclear agreement.
As well as the United States and France, the other world powers involved in the Iran negotiations are Britain, China, Germany and Russia.
Mr Kerry had flown to Paris specifically to shore up European support for the proposed deal ahead of a March 31 deadline.
Western powers and Israel suspect Iran of having used its civil nuclear programme as a cover to develop a nuclear weapons capability. Iran denies this, saying its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes such as generating electricity.


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Considering divorce? Take a few minutes to understand your finances
Marriages end during good economies and bad, but we remember hearing about couples who put off divorce during the recession. The cost of splitting up was just too much for them to handle -- not the legal costs, but the expense of setting up two households when they could barely afford one. They chose to wait until home prices stabilized or an unemployed spouse found work, until their credit card balances were more manageable or medical bills for the kids had been paid off.
SCOTUS decision will affect the (financial) ties that bind
While we discussed the impact of the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hedges in our July 3, 2015, post, we know that legal experts are still determining the full range of legal issues the ruling will affect. The newly married same-sex couples will learn that marriage comes with many legal benefits -- including the employer-sponsored benefits we talked about last time -- and just as many legal obligations.
How does the same-sex marriage case affect Minnesota couples?
Unless you're personally connected to the issue, it may not be clear exactly why the recent decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide is a big deal in Minnesota. After all, same-sex marriage was already legal here, and we have a number of other laws protecting the civil rights of LGBT people. Wasn't the Supreme Court just forcing other states to do what Minnesota has already done?


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Part 1
Foxy is calmly walking around, The Puppet to his left. "Why are you following me..?" Foxy questioned, getting angry. The Puppet shrugged, and was about to reply, if it wasn't for Foxy's short and rude temper. He bites the Puppet's head and storms off in anger. Toy Chica finds what happened. "Oh my gosh!" She gasped, running towards the Puppet. "A-Are you ok?" The Puppet gasped for air. "Foxy.. Bite..." He lets out before fainting. Toy Chica knew something had to be done. She picks the Puppet up and takes him to Mangle so he can be healed. Later, she goes to find Foxy, and encounters Balloon Girl and Balloon Boy chatting to each other. "Hi balloon kids!" She says to them, happy. BG and BB turn to her and smile. "Hello!" They both say at the same time. Toy Chica crouched down and held them relatively close. "Do you know where Foxy went..?" She asks them. BB shakes his head, and BG slaps him into sense. BB then nods willingly. "Down the stairs, miss." He says calmly. Toy Chica stands back up right. "Thanks." She walks down the stairs, leaving the balloon kids to be happy together. She finds Foxy beating the heck out of Bonnie and Toy Bonnie. "YOU STOLE MY DARN HOOK!" Foxy spits in anger, beating them down. Toy Chica gets in the way and takes the blows for herself. It was at this point, when horror struck Foxy at what he did as Toy Chica drops down to the floor. Bonnie walks off, Toy Bonnie giving Foxy his hook back calmly, worried for Toy Chica. Toy Chica gasps for air. "O-ow...." She says weakly. Foxy kneels down. "Be calm lass, we be takin' you to Mangle now." He says, as he and Toy Bonnie work together to take her to Mangle. Seems like it's a day of hard knocks for the animatronics... Let's hope it ends soon.
Part 2
Toy Chica is now in Mangle's room, healing. "Are you OK?" Mangle asks, concerned. "Anything broken..?" Toy Chica tries to move her mouth to reply, but is too injured to do so. Mangle instantly continues to heal her. Meanwhile, all is average. Foxy is hanging out with Freddy and Toy Freddy, his only two friends. The Puppet had left Mangle's healing room, a big bandage on his head. Foxy spots him. "Oh hey, it's spirited!" He mocks, then laughs, Freddy and Toy Freddy not amused. "Foxy, that's not nice.." Freddy says, ashamed of Foxy. "You should know better. You treat the girls, me and Toy Freddy better than you do the others!" Foxy sharpens his hook. "IS THAT A DEATH WISH I HEAR?" He snaps, eyes black. "N-No! You don't get it!" Freddy is brutally injured and beaten down. Foxy snarls, his anger most likely limitless. Toy Freddy runs off, scared. "BETTER LEAVE ME..." Foxy snarls at the injured Freddy before walking away. Toy Bonnie finds Freddy injured, Balloon Girl with him. "You OK..?" Toy Bonnie offers Freddy a hand up. Freddy doesn't respond, limp and bleeding. He then breathes heavily. "Foxy.. Rage.. Stop him.. Please.." He says, nearly no air in him. Foxy hears him and storms back, and looks at what he did. Tears quickly come out of his eyes which are now normal. "C-captain!" He says, dashing to Freddy. "I'm so sorry! Me temper is short, ya see, like a cannon fuse!" Toy Bonnie starts at Foxy coldly. "You did this..?" He questions. Foxy nods in shame, sad. "I know.. You're gonna.." He stays silent, crying more. BG goes next to him, and tries to calm him down. Chica is seen watching, very sad. The Puppet goes to her to calm her down. He uses a familiar sound he used on Freddy and puts her to sleep. Foxy's not just himself anymore.. He's a mobile bruiser. With a short temper and hook, and that's a fact.


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The Gordons' cabin is up in the mountains, outside Kendal, Maryland. Lawrence Gordon had a particular fondness for the cabin, and Flash Gordon has happy memories of their time there.
In Episode 104: Assassin, Dale Arden brings Dr. Hans Zarkov to the cabin, trying to hide from a Patriot assassin.