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Chris Chaney pleads guilty to hacking over 50 celebrities' smartphones for fun and profit
Between November 2010 and October 2011, there were a rash of hacking of high-profile celebrities smartphones. Starlets like Scarlett Johansson, Christina Aguilera, Mila Kunis had sexually explicit or provocative pictures
stolen from their devices
and released onto the internet.
In Scarlett Johansson's case fully nude pictures, meant to be seen by then-husband Ryan Reynolds were exposed for the world to see. She recalls, "I have been truly humiliated and embarrassed."
But intrusions weren't the work of a team of savvy hackers; they were the twisted hobby-horse of a single man, according to federal prosecutors -- Christopher Chaney, a 35-year-old Jacksonville, Fla. resident.
On Monday, justice
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U.S. District Judge S. James Otero
weighed a seemingly remorseful Mr. Chaney versus tearful celebrities like Ms. Johansson, who comments, "I find Christopher Chaney's actions to be perverted and reprehensible."
The federal judge gave the hacker a prison sentence of 10 years after pleading guilty of several criminal counts
under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
of 1986 (
) -- unauthorized access to a computer and illegal wiretapping. (In the U.S. only federal agents are allowed to wiretap people.)
Mr. Chaney could have faced a maximum sentence of 60 years in prison, but the sentence he did receive wasn't exactly lenient either. Prosecutors were only seeking a sentence of 6 years, but Judge Otero was concerned that Mr. Chaney hadn't truly changed his ways and needed longer away from the world of electronics. According to the Judge, prosecutors presented evidence that Mr. Chaney continued to pursue and harass women online after his arrest in October 2011.
In all, Mr. Chaney's "Operation Hackerazzi" breached the smartphones of 50 Hollywood and music industry celebrities. But he was also alleged of hacking into some close acquaintances phones, including send a nude picture of a former co-worker to her father.
Chris Chaney claims he sorry for all the hacking and denies accusations that he hacked into real-world acquaintances' devices. [Image Source: AP]
Mr. Chaney does not deny hacking the celebrity phones, but was apologetic. He, however, refused to admit to hacking his acquaintances phones, insisting he never did that. He comments, "I don't know what else to say other than I'm sorry. I could be sentenced to never use a computer again and I wouldn't care."
The Judge is quoted as telling him, "It's hard to fathom the mindset of a person who would accomplish all of this. These types of crimes are as pernicious and serious as physical stalking."
Now he will spend a better part of the next decade of his life behind bars (although he could get out early if gets parole).
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"When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." -- Sony BMG attorney Jennifer Pariser
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Paolo So-DrearyA revered music venue goes silent
"It's sitting there, collecting snow right now," Santa Fe Indian School Superintendent Everett Chavez says of the Paolo Soleri Amphitheater. Santa Fe's first snowstorm of the season has just hit, and Chavez sounds stressed-out and, quite frankly, aggravated. "We're having problems with it right now," he adds. "We had to dig up some water lines that were busting, and we had to cap off some of the infrastructure to it."
In the early 1960s, the Institute of American Indian Arts commissioned Italian architect Paolo Soleri to design the amphitheater. IAIA has since relocated off the grounds of the former Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian School, which Congress transferred to the All Indian Pueblo Council in 2000.
Last summer, Santa Fe collectively freaked out when school officials announced they were shutting down public access to the beloved music venue. Soleri himself issued a public statement, noting that he would do "anything to support the preservation and renovation of the theater" [SFR Talk, June 16: "Paolo Politic"]. The dramatic response was due in part to the city's affection for the amphitheater itself, which for decades has hosted musical shows ranging from the Indigo Girls to Modest Mouse to the last show at the venue, Lyle Lovett, at the end of July.
School officials countered with information on Paolo's mounting expenses, and their plans for further development of the educational resources on the campus [Cover story, July 21: "Redemption Song"].
Reaction to Paolo's closing also was fueled by public outrage over the July 2008 demolishing of many of the historic buildings on campus, including a brick schoolhouse that had been built in 1890.
On July 15, US Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall, D-NM, wrote a letter to the All Indian Pueblo Council and Chavez, noting the importance of the amphitheater to Santa Fe's history and culture. Within that letter, the two senators defer respect to the council's authority on its own lands, but write, "in our opinion it would be a significant loss to the community if the amphitheater is not retained"—and offer their assistance should the council decide to preserve the amphitheater.
According to Bingaman's spokeswoman, Jude McCartin, no meeting has yet taken place between the senators and officials from the council or the Santa Fe Indian School. But, she notes in an email, "we're working on it."
Earlier this year, there also was a growing movement interested in building a new Paolo Soleri elsewhere in Santa Fe, Fan Man Productions' Jamie Lenfestey says. Lenfestey had brought music shows to Paolo since 1992 and worked on the venue's final show this past July.
That movement lost steam when people began focusing instead on saving the existing structure on the grounds of the Santa Fe Indian School as an architectural treasure and a piece of American history.
Even if the council receives federal funding and agrees to refurbish the amphitheater and save the building itself, one problem remains: School officials do not want visitors and concertgoers on the campus of the school, where students in grades seven through 12 live and attend classes. In other words, even if the structure itself is salvaged and saved, the public still may not be able to attend concerts there.
But Lenfestey would like to see a return to the idea of a brand new "living, breathing outdoor performing arts space" for the city." And by supporting a new Paolo Soleri, school officials could assist those in Santa Fe who are seeking a performing arts space.
"It would be great to have them come on board," he says. "We could study the existing Paolo to build a new Paolo. They could allow the architectural renovation of the existing Paolo, but also lend a helping hand in helping Santa Fe build a new performing arts space."
CONSIPIRACY THEORY: There actually was a well-tread conspiracy theory regarding Paolo's destruction: that a casino was planned for the school grounds. However, under the federal law that transferred the Indian School land to the All Indian Pueblo Council, the land can only be used for "education and cultural" purposes," and gaming is prohibited.


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KANSAS CITY -- Prior to getting drafted by the Royals in the third round of the 2009 Draft, Wil Myers went to Kansas City to work out for the Royals.
At that workout, Myers asked the Royals if the team would mind turning on the fountain in center field while he hit. Prior to Monday night's Rays-Royals game at Kauffman Stadium, a reporter reminded Myers of the story.
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The natural follow-up by another reporter was whether Myers had actually asked the Royals to turn on the fountain.
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It's four months since I lost my lovely sister. I miss her so much. Today, as I opened my bedroom curtains, a robin flew at the window, stopped just the other side of the glass and hovered directly in front of me, flashing his gorgeous red breast. I didn't even know robins could hover!! Then it sat on the roof-ridge for a while - lingering much closer and for much longer than I've seen one before - before flying back into the trees.
Sue loved seeing robins in the garden. It really felt like she'd come to greet and reassure me.
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GOLFER Thomas Edwards, last year named as a Gazette & Herald Star of Tomorrow, was helping to raise money for other talented youngsters today.
The 17-year-old was part of the Bag4Sport Foundation team in its charity day at North Wilts Golf Club.
Last year, Edwards was one of six teenagers to receive grants of up to £500 in a competition organised by the charity with the support of the Gazette & Herald.
Joining him today to raise money for Bag4Sport Foundation was Andrew Douglas, a partner in the solicitors Awdry, Bailey and Douglas, which has offices in Devizes, Marlborough, Chippenham and Wootton Bassett.
The firm were sponsoring the nearest the pin prize on hole 13 and entering a team in the competition.
Douglas said: "The number 13 is a lucky one for me and now it will be lucky for someone else. We are pleased to be involved as we had heard about the work of Bag4Sport and this event will encourage people to take part in sport and get fit."
This is the second year that the Gazette & Herald is joining forces with Devizes based Bag4Sport Foundation to find Sports Stars of Tomorrow in Wiltshire.
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Last year grants of £500 were given to three winners and £100 to three runners-up and the charity will do the same again for 2014.
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Durban – "Mlunguuu" the crowd at the packed Moses Mabhida Stadium roared every time Dean Furman had the ball.
The special support, however, was not well received by some fans, who thought the 24-year-old midfielder and only white player in the South African national team was being booed.
"Every time Dean Furman had the ball, spectators booed him. Seems like racism is still rife in our country," read a text message to the Daily News SMS forum BackChat.
The message was followed by a flood of others, pointing out that the anchorman was actually being singled out and praised for his sterling performance.
The Cape Town-born player, who plies his trade for Oldham Athletic in England, became an overnight sensation with football fanatics during Bafana Bafana's Afcon games.
"The comment about racism when Furman had the ball during the Bafana games is false," said Baphumelele Sonjica.
"The crowd was chanting 'mlungu', which was in support of him. Just like they would say 'Booooth' when he (defender Matthew) had the ball. No racism is involved whatsoever."
"Furman was not being booed, the crowd was shouting 'mlungu', meaning 'white man'," read an SMS from Viv.
"Furman was our hero in all the games that he played. That is why people at the stadium screamed out 'mlungu'. If that means racism, then I don't know where you come from," read another message.
But some readers asked if the word was insulting. One said: "Mlungu: is that not a bit of an un-PC and derogatory term?"
The name and his performances seemed to have brought Furman, who was voted Man of the Match in Bafana's second group match against Angola, a fair amount of attention.
In the Daily News' sister newspaper, Isolezwe, the former Chelsea youth development player said he was aware of the name and had taken a liking to it.
He was humbled and honoured to have the whole stadium roaring out the name.
"I know some people might be shocked to hear that I have embraced the name, but I understand that it's a praise name used by supporters to show that they appreciate what I'm doing on the field. I accept and like the name," he said.
Furman is not the only player who has had some football spectators hot under the collar because of their nicknames. Another fan favourite, Ajax Cape Town's Booth, received similar reverence every time he kicked the ball during the 2010 World Cup.
Some fans and international media also thought Booth was also being booed.
He subsequently explained to foreign journalists who had written articles about the only South African white player being booed, that the echoes were of approval and not ridicule.
Another player who elicited the same response was former Orlando Pirates player Mark Fish, who won the 1996 Afcon with Bafana. A chorus of "Feeeeesh" would be heard every time he touched the ball. – Daily News


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mikenz66 wrote:Funny thing about that talk was when Ajahn said something to the effect that: "You don't get dukkha from your ears" (picking some supposedly innocuous body part). In fact, often when I meditate in the morning, after a shower, my ears itch like hell as the water dries out...
I did a three-day retreat a couple of years ago with Ajhan Tiradhammo
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who encouraged us to work though the mindfulness sections through the retreat, so first day we concentrated on the body, second on feelings, third on mind states (he then joked we'd have to come on a longer retreat to do dhammas...). This was actually really useful, first day got us grounded with walking and breathing, second we were encouraged to look for the feelings generated by the body, so I was seeing how some body parts were warm some were cold, and the cold bits were unpleasant (we was walking outside and it rained a bit...). On the third day I could start to see how the feelings were affecting my mind-state, and I managed to catch one time when my mood changed as I turned around at the end of the walking path. I suddenly went from happy to sad (or vice-versa...). Which sounds pretty lame when you write it down, but I generally find that catching a change in mind state is quite hard, and I also find that one or two slightly insightful moments per weekend is all I get...
christopher::: wrote:Okay, thanks. How about identification, how these are observed? For example observing "I am angry" is different from "An angry mindstate has arisen" right?
These thoughts reflect differing levels of insight, no? At least it seems that way for .... errr........ "me"
mikenz66 wrote:I mean that I find catching the change in mindstate is difficult. For me it's easy enough to realise "I'm angry", or "I'm calm" but so easy to see the point at which it changes.
Spiny O'Norman wrote:mikenz66 wrote:I mean that I find catching the change in mindstate is difficult. For me it's easy enough to realise "I'm angry", or "I'm calm" but so easy to see the point at which it changes.
I think mind states are more general than this, eg a cloudy or distracted mind - as opposed to the arising of particular thoughts and feelings.
3: He further clearly perceives and understands any state of consciousness or mind cittānupassanā: whether it is greedy or not, hateful or not, confused or not, cramped or distracted, developed or undeveloped, surpassable or unsurpassable, concentrated or unconcentrated, liberated or unliberated.
mikenz66 wrote:I (and others here) assumed that when you said "mind states" you meant the third satipatthana:
A rough, but useful, alternative translation would be "mood". It's because "mood" tends to last for quite a while (minutes, hours, days...) that I said that it is difficult to catch it changing. Whereas thoughts, memories, etc, as you say, float past, and are clearly changing. (Those would, I think, belong in the fourth satipattahana.)
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On Jan. 6, a contractor at Bailey Yard accidently mixed some aluminum chloride with coolant for locomotive engines in a tank car near the diesel shop.
A large crew from Haz-Mat Response Inc. of North Platte removed around 7,000 gallons of the mix and hauled it away. Haz-Mat worked all afternoon Jan. 6 and until 2 p.m. Jan. 7, pumping the chemicals out of the tank car, UP spokesman Mark Davis said at the time.
To find out where the material ultimately went, Bulletin reporter Jay Huff checked with every source our staff could think of from Jan. 9-13, but we couldn't find out where the materials went.
The Bulletin published a report of our investigation in the weekly paper, listing the phone calls Huff made, and lack of answers, from Haz-Mat Response Inc., from the Union Pacific hazardous waste manager at Bailey Yard, from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality and from Clean Harbors, a hazardous waste dump near Kimball.
We published the report again on March 5 on our website, which elicited a response from Union Pacific.
UP spokesman Mark Davis said the hazardous liquid is in a concrete tank in Bailey Yard, awaiting the results of a laboratory test. Davis said the information came from Kim Keeling, the Bailey Yard hazardous waste manager.
Citing Keeling, Davis said the liquid was neutralized with an additive after it was pumped off the tanker car.
"The solidified non hazardous material is staged in concrete contained area in the yard," he said.
The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality is conducting a test to verify non-toxicity, Davis said.
Brian McManus, NDEQ spokesman, said on March 7 that the material has been tested under the supervision of NDEQ. McManus expects the results to be final sometime during the week of March 10.
It is still unknown why no officials would say where the material was when contacted by the Bulletin during the days after the trouble.
Davis, who otherwise was helpful, did not respond to that question.
When Huff first contacted NDEQ, an employee there said DEQ knew that vapors were released Jan. 6 into the air, but did not know where the material was.
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On my way home today I was looking at a dark lower Manhattan, thinking how amazing it is that so much of this huge, modern city is without electricity. Will we ever be able to bicycle through lower Manhattan in complete darkness again? Probably not. Let's take this opportunity. It sounds creepy, but you know it'll be fun.
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Sunday Saturday evening, November 3rd, from Brooklyn and through lower Manhattan after dark. Since bicycles have been a bit of savior for many people after the storm--a simple and easy way to get around now that subways are down--let's also make this ride a small fundraiser for Transportation Alternatives. Hurricane Sandy has taught us something very important: bicycles are a reliable, efficient mode of transport. Donate whatever you want, whether it's a couple of bucks or a Benjamin, but you don't have to donate to join the ride. If you have the funds, though, know that you are supporting the future of bicycling and pedestrian-oriented projects in New York City.
Let's meet in Brooklyn at the Fowler Square plaza, located at the intersection of South Elliott and Fulton Street, at 6PM (Ride the City map). We'll ride over the Manhattan Bridge and pick up any Manhattan peeps at 6:30PM at the exit of the Manhattan Bridge (the intersection of Canal St and Forsyth St). Then we'll cruise around and explore the dark side of lower Manhattan, and eventually stop for a beverage. If anyone has a suggestion for a good route, let me know. Remember to have your bike lights on and if you don't have them, show up early to Fowler Square and you can pick some up at Bespoke Bicycles, which is just around the corner from the plaza.
Dress warm. Bring your night vision goggles. Spread the word.
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Tooth decay is now at epic proportions in little ones with 30% of under fives suffering from the condition, according to the experts at The Children's Hospital at Westmead. The main culprit? Baby bottles filled with milk.
The revelation has prompted The Children's Hospital at Westmead to an issue a warning to parents to put an end to bottle feeding.
Professer Widmer, Head of Dental Services at Westmead, says, "Ideally, children should go straight from breast to cup, avoiding bottles altogether."
Although warnings have been issued against giving children sweet drinks in bottles, this is the first time experts have included milk – formula, cows and breast milk - on the list of prohibited drinks.
The reason is that bottle feeding milk, particularly overnight when the bottle may stay in your child's mouth for long periods of time, allows lactose - a sugar found in milk - to pool in the mouth and combine with plaque on teeth to cause cavities. As such, prolonged bottle feeding at night is a recipe for dental caries (which are cavities caused by bacteria) - the most common chronic disease of childhood. If left untreated, dental caries can cause pain, serious infections and abscesses.
While lactose is present in both formula and breast milk, breastfeeding presents fewer dental problems because young children who are breastfed are not generally put to bed on the breast.
Breast milk offered in a bottle, however, can create the same dental problems as formula in a bottle because it is the sucking on the bottle of milk for an extended period of time that can do the damage.
Tooth decay due to bottle feeding is sometimes called Baby Bottle Dental Caries (BBDC) or Baby Bottle Syndrome, and is easily recognised by the trademark decay found behind the front teeth and lower back teeth. The decay pattern associated with BBDC occurs in these places because this is where the bottle is positioned when it is held in the mouth for long periods of time.
When a child's teeth decay it can be necessary to remove them, often under general anaesthetic. Premature loss of baby teeth can cause problems for children as they learn to chew and swallow food properly and develop speech, as well as guiding the permanent teeth into the correct position, which can result in expensive orthodontic visits later in childhood to correct.
When it comes to your child's teeth, breast is best because it keeps the amount of time milk is in your child's mouth to a minimum.
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From the moment that first baby tooth erupts through the gum, your child is capable of getting holes in her teeth so it is extremely important that you begin good dental practices early to create good lifelong habits in your child, including:
Pay attention to any changes in your child's teeth – early detection of cavities can save a lot of problems later.
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SWINDON Council's level of debt has risen by more than 20 per cent over the past year and by April 1 it is expected to owe the bank £120m.
This is an increase of more than £20m on the same point last year and will see an extra £1m added to the town's debt charges. This means the council will be paying almost £10m in charges alone, something opponents say is unacceptable.
Council leaders say the money has been spent on vital projects, such as laying the infrastructure for the Wichelstowe development, which will be paid back when the land is sold.
However, the Labour Group says much of the money has been wasted on projects like the Whalebridge Car Park, which they say cost £15m, and believes the £45m borrowed on Wichel-stowe is too much.
Group Leader Coun Jim Grant (Lab, Rodbourne Cheney) said: "While the Conservative controlled council have made cuts to things like children's centres, roads and bus services, and are now proposing to charge people £40 per year to have their green waste collected, they have racked up huge debts that has resulted in £1m increases in annual debt charges both in this financial year and the next financial year.
"I think Swindon residents will rightly be asking themselves why the Conservative administration has got Swindon Council in a position that they're increasing their debt charges budget while making unprecedented cuts to important council services that affect us all.
"The answer is that they have taken the decision that they will spend money on things like an unneeded car park in the town centre. At some stage when you make this unnecessary spending your annual debt charges have to go up.
"What worries me is that it is likely that the council's annual debt charges will go up again in the future and that is something we should be desperately trying to avoid."
Council Leader David Renard (Con, Haydon Wick) disputes this, saying all the money has been vital for the town's regrowth and much of it will be recouped.
He said: "Fundamentally we are investing in Swindon and its future. With Wichelstowe we expect to recover all of the money once the development starts to move forward.
"The town centre was in desperate need of a new car park and that is what we have done, with plans to knock down two which are well past their best.
"The car park will lead the way for new office space and bus station so it is a part of bringing Swindon forward.
"If Labour do not want us to invest in Swindon's future then I think they should come out and say so. Local authorities have very good credit ratings so the cost of debt is much lower."


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Remember when you were a kid and you would go to the park and play?
Did you always have your parents with you? Probably not.
Like most kids, you probably left the house in the morning, hopped on your bike and played with your friends all day.
A Port St. Lucie, Fla., mother was arrested Saturday for letting her 7-year-old kid do just that, WPTV 5 reported.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Sarah-Ann Lynch was sworn in as the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Mission Director for Iraq. As director of the mission, Ms. Lynch will have the primary responsibility for overseeing programs that work with Iraqis to strengthen their democratic institutions, improve governance, and promote civil society and private sector growth while improving the quality of primary health care services.
"We are at a crossroads for our mission in Iraq," said USAID Associate Administrator Mark Feierstein. "We will begin to work with the Iraqis to help them use their own money to pay for the technical expertise they still need."
USAID has continued to help Iraqis use their own resources to build a self-reliant and prosperous country. Ms. Lynch brings with her experience as the Director of the Office of Iraq and Arabian Peninsula Affairs in Washington, DC.
"We're reminded of how much Iraq has gone through over the past ten years, how much has been accomplished, and how much can still be done. Working in partnership with the Iraqi people and government, USAID continues to support the aspirations of the country's people for a stable, prosperous and democratic Iraq. Sarah-Ann's experience with the agency makes her uniquely qualified to head our Mission in Iraq," said USAID Acting Assistant Administrator for the Middle East Alina Romanowski during today's swearing-in ceremony.
Ms. Lynch has served with USAID since 1993 in Bangladesh, Peru, and Afghanistan. In Washington, she has served in the Bureaus of the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia, as well as the Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, and the Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs. Prior to USAID, she worked in both international business and for a non-governmental organization before settling on a career in international development. Ms. Lynch also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco where she taught English at the secondary level. Ms. Lynch is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College, and holds Masters Degrees from The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University and the National War College.
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* TRON Night: An IMAX 3D Experience: A special event on October 28 that will give audiences worldwide the first opportunity to step onto the Grid and into the 3D world of TRON: Legacy during a 20-plus-minute sneak peek of the anticipated film, sponsored by Asus Computer International. Tickets to the October 28th TRON Night events are free and will be distributed for US and Canadian screenings on a first-come, first-serve basis starting 10:00 a.m./PDT on the first "TRON Tuesday," October 12, 2010. Information for U.S. and Canadian ticketing can be found on Facebook.com/TRON.
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* TRON: Get on the Grid Sweepstakes: Features hundreds of prizes including a Grand Prize Trip for four to experience ElecTRONica, the new street celebration at Disney California Adventure Park. Details and official entry rules are available at Disney.com/TRONsweeps.
* Walt Disney Records will release the TRON: Legacy official motion picture Soundtrack, scored by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk, on December 7th.
* In addition to new merchandise arriving to stores this month, Disney Consumer Products will debut new TRON: Legacy products and promotions, including a special line for women, a one-of-a-kind immersive retail destination for products and a unique gadget line for music and gaming fans.
* On December 7th, Disney Interactive Studios will launch the next-gen video
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* Disney Parks is celebrating TRON: Legacy with ElecTRONica, a nighttime street event at Disney California Adventure Park, featuring a dynamic visual- and music-based experience, a re-creation of Flynn's Arcade and an opportunity to see a special 3D preview of TRON: Legacy. ElecTRONica runs from now until April 2011 every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night and nightly through the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday periods.
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Prospect Taveras closer to return from injury
LOS ANGELES -- Outfielder Oscar Taveras, who has been sidelined by an ankle injury since May 12, is moving closer to a return, farm director John Vuch said on Friday.
Vuch said that Sunday is now the target date for Taveras to be inserted back into the Triple-A lineup. The Cardinals have been conservative with the amount of work they have allowed Taveras to do since he sprained his ankle sliding into second base. He has resumed running and agility drills.
Taveras, ranked by MLB.com as baseball's third-best prospect, has not been placed on the disabled list during this absence.
Other news from the Cardinals' farm system:
• The organization has released left-hander Barret Browning and catcher J.R. Towles. Browning pitched in 22 games for the Cardinals last season when the organization needed a second lefty in the bullpen. He was taken off the 40-man roster during the offseason. Both Towles and Browning played for Triple-A Memphis this season.
• Left-hander Tim Cooney allowed one run on four hits in seven innings for Double-A Springfield on Thursday, though he came out on the losing end. Since being promoted to Double-A, Cooney has allowed four earned runs in 18 innings. He has struck out 21, while walking just three.
• Kolten Wong, ranked by MLB.com as the Cardinals' third-best prospect, entered Friday riding a 12-game hitting streak with Memphis. Over that 12-game stretch, Wong is 24-for-57 with 17 runs scored, 13 extra-base hits and seven RBIs.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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After the July 1 deadline expired, students applying for federally subsidized Stafford Loans face interest rates that have doubled from 3.4 to 6.8 percent for the 2013-2014 year.
Federal lawmakers are working to lower the interest rates, which many Republicans and Democrats agree are too high, but partisan bickering over how to address the matter leaves no solution in sight.
'Disappointing outcome'
That doesn't sit well with officials in the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, whose low- and middle-income students benefit from such loans.
"It saddens me that Congress did not maintain the 3.4 percent on student loans at this time," Foothill College President Judy C. Miner said. "The economy has yet to recover fully enough to benefit the most recent
college graduates, and underrepresented communities show even more of an economic gap."
Kevin Harral, Foothill's director of financial aid, added, "The doubling of the Subsidized Direct Loan interest rate is a disappointing outcome to say the least. At this time, there does not seem to be much momentum to get it back down in the short term, but hopefully our elected officials are hammering out a long-term solution for student-loan interest rates."
The good news, however, is that Harral does not expect an immediate impact on students borrowing money to attend Foothill.
"The unsubsidized interest rate has been 6.8 percent for several years, and the dollars borrowed last year are almost the exact same as dollars borrowed from the subsidized program, despite the significant interest-rate difference," he said.
Harral reported 1,400 borrowers of $2.26 million in unsubsidized loans, compared with 700 borrowers of $2.33 million in
subsidized loans.
"The interest rate is not front and center for most students," he added. "Even when told the rate, the impact is often a bit abstract until they go into repayment, often years down the road."
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill requiring that interest rates reflect the condition of the economy. The U.S. Senate last week considered a move to restore the 3.4 percent interest rates on the Stafford loans for one year.
"There is some dissension among the Democrats regarding what to do. Republicans are not the only ones holding it up," said Howard Myers, president of Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley. "Many Republicans want to tie the student loan rate to an index and some Democrats don't want to give up the revenue."
"I think most people are not averse to the rate being able to adjust up and down in reasonable increments, as it was set up to do just about a decade ago," Harral said. "But the fact that this rate just doubled, and really much more quietly than it was going to last year, when other lending rates are still very low and the economy is still depressed, just doesn't seem reasonable."
Local impact
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-18th District), who represents Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View, estimated that approximately 8,500 students in her district have taken out low-interest loans.
"If they're just starting out, the double rate applies," Eshoo said. "If the student's in the middle of loan, it does not need to be renegotiated. Interest rates are fixed for the life of the loan."
Eshoo said she found it "befuddling" that the Stafford interest rates were allowed to double. As a result, she added, students could pay nearly $2,000 in interest.
"Our society and nation cannot secure its own future unless we have an educated population," the congresswoman said. "Instead of creating a plus and a win, this represents a subtraction sign."
Hikes in student-loan interest rates concern Foothill College officials
After the July 1 deadline expired, students applying for federally subsidized Stafford Loans face interest rates that have doubled from 3.4 to 6.8 percent for the 2013-2014 year.


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Actually I'm watching the Tivo of it now and I forgot about THE key play (one PacerTom mentioned).
3rd down, up 21-3 the Pats complete a pass to the 20 to Watson for the first down. About to go up at least 24-3 and maybe worse....
PASS INTERFERENCE ON TROY BROWN. Back to the 38.
Then a run that gets them maybe into long FG range...illegal shift on Watson. Back to the 43.
Brady sacked at the 50. No points at all. Colts stay within 18.
Even if Watson dropped that first pass the Pats still had a good FG shot without the PT on Brown. Those 2 penalties, the first 2 on them all night, saved the Colts chances by keeping it a bit closer.
BTW, I sat on the other side so watching the TV coverage is kinda disorienting. I remember everything from the other angle. :)


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Thanks to Twitter, I won an indefinite number of tickets to tomorrow's Ball Up Streetball game tomorrow at Northwest High School in Indy. I was wondering if anyone else would be willing or able to go to the game. I'll hopefully be at the Pacers press conference tomorrow at 4pm, and the streetball game is at 6:30. If you are willing to go, let me know, and I'll hold a ticket back for you. These games are usually very exciting, and full of the kind of things I love: sweet dribbling moves, amazingly creative dunks, and insane alley-oops.
If you're interested in going, let me know, and I'll hold onto a ticket for you. Best bet would be to send me a private message with your email or phone number so we can get in contact. Otherwise, we can hash out the details later.


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I accidentally ordered a microATX motherboard, but don't know if it will fit in my extra mid-tower case. It seems like it should, and I don't really care what size the board is. Are there any good reasons to refuse delivery and order an ATX sized board?
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Museums, history, golf, and so much more
If you are a golf buff, the lush greens at Amherst Golf Course offer a nine-hole course. Hometown heroine and pop music star Anne Murray founded The Anne Murray Centre, a community center and charity that showcases photos, memorabilia, and audio/visual highlights of her career. Cumberland County Museum and Archives focuses on the industrial and social history of Nova Scotia as told through the arts.
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Mustard and his brother Fred came into the shelter as strays. They are looking for a new home together. They are very sweet boys, but a bit shy right now. More information coming soon!
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Despite the fact that the card-check bill cleared the California legislature four times and was vetoed each time during Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration, it is back.
If SB104 passes, it could have major ramifications for California agriculture.
The card-check bill, sponsored by the United Farm Workers Union, effectively eliminates secret ballot elections for union certification. A labor organization would be certified as the workers' bargaining representative by submitting cards bearing the signatures of a majority of the employees.
Steep penalties would also be established if SB104 passes. If a dairy farmer fails to provide the union detailed information within 48 hours after receiving notification of an organizing effort, including home addresses of employees, he may be fined up to $10,000 per day. An unfair labor practice penalty of up to $20,000 can also be assessed per violation under SB104.
Opponents of the bill believe eliminating secret ballot elections will give a green light to worker intimidation, coercion and bullying from union leaders.
Eliminating secret ballot also takes a fundamental right away from employees. "In this country, we believe when people have to make decisions they do so in the form of secret ballot from electing officials at the local level to federal election and even in business," says Anthony Raimondo, agriculture labor law attorney with McCormick Barstow in Fresno, Calif. "Think about who we are. We teach our children these same values, that the best way to vote is in a secret ballot election. The union wants to take this away from workers – it's just not right."
In recent years, the union has been fairly quiet, leaving the dairy industry alone for the most part. "We've been successful at keeping unions out of dairy farms," says Raimondo. "If the union does get voted into a dairy, eventually they are voted out."
Raimondo believes that because the union has lost under the existing rules and can't seem to get employees to vote for them once they are in a business, they've decided to change the rules and tip the playing field in their favor.
If the card-check bill does pass, a whole new surge of union organization is expected in California. "Dairy farms will be forced into union negotiations before they even know it," notes Raimondo.
The most important thing will be for dairy farmers to find themselves a good attorney, one that specializes in bargaining. "If you end up with a union, you will be forced to negotiate a contract, and you have to end up with a contract that you can live with and still maintain control of your business."
And to get through contract negotiations you're going to have to have two things – resolve and money. "Nobody cares more about your business than you do, but you're going to have to fight to maintain control of it. Everything is on the table once the union comes in. You can negotiate how fast cows should be milked, the number of turns the parlor should make per hour, the quality of milk, coliform counts, standards for over or under loading feed ingredients, etc."
It will be expensive to stick to your guns. "They won't give it to you for nothing," notes Raimondo.
At the end of the day the card-check bill is the worst thing that could happen to dairy farms in terms of labor problems."Right now, if the union shows up a dairyman still has a chance. Without secret ballot election, in most cases it will be over before it starts," he says.
No word has come from Gov. Jerry Brown's office if he will sign SB104; opponents of the bill believe that he will. SB104 was approved by the senate and is currently sitting in the state assembly.
On the federal level, card-check is dead in the water. But if the card-check bill does pass in California it could open the door to a national bill.


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Top industry figures says there's no sure fire method of predicting internal shorts
For the last two decades demand for lithium ion batteries in mobile devices has exploded, but so did safety concerns. Apple, Inc. (
), Sony Corp. (
) and several others
with exploding
smoldering products
I. Expert Panel -- How to Make Batteries Safer
Now it's the transportation industry that is grappling with these issues. This week a panel of experts
met at a forum
sponsored by the
U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
in a bid to answer the question of how to prevent the wave of battery fires that have swept the electric vehicle and commercial aircraft industries.
The answers were not terribly reassuring. While experts said the issue of short-circuits was known and best-practice preventive measures were included in most large battery systems, that there's no sure-fire method of protecting a battery from its own internal flaws.
And the mechanism by which short circuits start fires is still poorly understood. Laurie Florence, principal engineer at international battery safety certifier
, says that you can shoot a nail into most lithium ion batteries, triggering a short circuit, but no fire. However, more subtle internal design issues can trigger short circuits that
lead to fires.
Daniel Doughty, president of
Battery Safety Consulting
, urged the industry at the forum to embrace research into design isolated cell technology that prevents a fire in one cell from spreading to the next. He also urged industry leaders to develop better technology to diagnose and predict internal short circuits.
Battery manufacturers already rely on a cruder fault prevention technology -- additives. The liquid lithium ion fluid -- roughly 25 percent of the contents of a typical cell -- is highly flammable. Typically additives are mixed into this volatile liquid to reduce the fire risk. But these additives also frequently reduce the power capacity/delivery of the battery, hence raising costs and cutting battery life.
Janet McLaughlin, deputy director of the
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
's hazardous materials safety programs,
, "We all know lithium batteries are hazardous materials."
On the other hand, replacing batteries also isn't cheap.
II. Battery Fires Hit Boeing, GM, Hard
Both Airbus, a subsidiary of The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. (EADS) (
), and The Boeing Company (
), the world's top two commercial aircraft companies, initially tapped lithium ion batteries for auxiliary power systems in their new flagship aircraft, an industry first. Airbus recently dropped plans for lithium ion batteries in its upcoming A350 after
backpedalling amid fire concerns
Those concerns allude to rival Boeing's efforts, which are still forging ahead despite major setbacks.
In January the battery module in the
Dreamliner 787 caught fire in Boston
, Mass. while on the ground. Just a couple weeks later, a Dreamliner in Japan was
struck by a serious battery fire
. After the second incident Boeing
agreed to ground the Dreamliner
and search for a solution.
Boeing 787 production line [Image Source: Boeing]
Since then, Boeing has redesigned the battery module. And while
an investigation
into the previous fires is still ongoing, the FAA has agreed to permit Boeing to start testing the new module.
The auto industry has also been struggling with battery issues of its own. Fisker
suffered a pair of fires last year
, although the company
insists they weren't battery related
. But General Motors Comp. (
) did trace
fires in its Chevy Volt
electric vehicle back to malfunctions,
triggering a quasi-recall
. In the aftermath of the recall GM executives were forced to
testify before Congress
. GM recently acknowledged that the
publicity from the fires hurt Volt sales
Chevrolet Volt [Source: TECHVEHI]
But again, in automotive applications automakers are struggling with the delicate game of risk regarding batteries and additives. Fewer additives might give customers more miles on a charge -- but they might also cause a fire.
III. Soft Demand Tempts Some to Cut Corners
A final issue is soft demand. The struggles of electric vehicles -- caused in part by poor battery range and public awareness of battery safety issues -- have cause the industry to badly miss sales growth predictions.
In 2002 only 800m lithium ion cells shipped. This year roughly 5.5 times that total -- 4.4b cells -- shipped. Glen Bowling, vice president of sales at Saft Specialty Battery Group, a producer of lithium ion batteries, comments to
, "The growth in the mission of lithium-ion batteries is substantial. It's a stretching of the technology boundaries and we have to be professional when we do that."
But the industry is also hurting.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
materials engineering professor
Yet-Ming Chiang
comments, "[2008-era predictions of 2011 demand] were off by more than a factor of 10. This created a great deal of stress among those who manufacture batteries.
LiIon battery-makers have been under increasing financial stress amid missed sales targets.
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Those miscalculations have caused manufacturers and startups to load up on
expensive lithium metal
and overproduce. Professor Chiang says there's enough idle lithium cell stock to power 400,000 LEAF EVs from Nissan Motor Comp., Ltd. (
Many companies have gone out of business.
Amid that market it may be tempting to the survivors to cut corners. Survivors are desperate that Congress will back
a fresh round of $7,500 to $10,000 USD electric vehicle tax credits
proposed by President Obama to stimulate asales.
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