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TOKYO – Memo to Japan: You should not make fun of foreigners' noses.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) learned that the hard way when it was forced to pull a television ad this week that prompted charges of cultural insensitivity, if not outright racism.
The ad featured two Japanese actors in pilots' uniforms discussing ANA's expanded international air service. As one actor cites the need to become more attuned to foreigners, the camera shifts to his companion -- now wearing a cartoonish blond wig and a long fake nose. He answers, "Of course."
Blond hair and large noses are common Western stereotypes in Japan.
ANA apologized and quickly removed the ad after a flood of largely negative posts appeared on its Facebook page and social media.
"Your latest commercial was in poor taste. As many might find it humorous, I (and) a large community of foreigners here in Japan don't," posted Michelle Pearce-Nakatani.
It wouldn't be surprising if the Japanese didn't quite "get" certain foreign concepts.
Japan is one of the world's most homogenous, if not isolated, societies. Less than 2% of the population is foreign-born and immigration is largely non-existent. English classes are compulsory beginning in grade school, but relatively few speak the language well.
While foreign visitors to Japan reached a record 10.4 million last year, that's fewer even than in neighboring South Korea, which has less than half the population.
Jeff Kingston, a professor of Asian Studies at Temple University's Tokyo campus, says that while the ANA ad was intended to poke fun at the Japanese, its creators failed to consider how it might play to an overseas audience.
"The ad explicitly suggests that Japan is too parochial," he says. "But it does show that there was insufficient concern about racial sensitivities and the backlash that this can generate even if the intention was innocent. Given that ANA is a global company, it needs to be more careful."
ANA is Japan's largest air carrier. It operates in 13 foreign countries, including the United States.
Spokesperson Maho Ito said the company pulled the ad on Monday, the day after it first appeared. She said a revised version will be issued later.
"The commercial was intended to be a humorous way of highlighting the increased number of international services ANA is operating from Haneda Airport (in Tokyo). It was not our intention to cause offense and we apologize to anyone who was upset," Itoh said.
Michael Cucek, a research associate with the MIT Center for International Studies, and a longtime resident of Japan, says the ANA ad was not racist – it just wasn't very good.
"The ad was just inscrutable. It was as if everyone at the final meeting didn't want to let on that he or she did not understand it, so they all pretended to get it, even though there was nothing to get. Anyone who has worked in a large Japanese organization is familiar with that," Cucek says.
Meanwhile, ANA's main competitor, Japan Airlines (JAL), announced this week that it will begin new daily service from Tokyo to London later this year. No word if JAL is planning a commercial, too.


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Foresight Nanotechnology Challenges
Foresight has articulated six critical challenges that humanity faces which can be addressed by nanotechnology. In the Weekly News Digest we identify news items, research breakthroughs, and events citing current research and applications providing the stepping stones to solutions to these challenges.
1. Meeting global energy needs with clean solutions
Foresight note: There is a lot of research being conducted on nano-sized solutions to improve the scalability and conductivity of solar energy. This article discusses work being done at Michigan State University.
Headline: A place in the sun: Nanotechnology could improve solar cell performance, MSU researcher says
More than enough energy to fulfill the world's electricity needs hits the earth every day. Converting the sun's rays into that electricity, however, is both costly and inefficient. But a Michigan State University researcher is working on a way to lower the cost using nanotechnology and plastics.
Incorporating nano-sized particles into thin polymers could make photovoltaic solar cells less expensive than using silicon as a conductive material, said Michael Mackay, MSU professor of chemical engineering and materials science.
Nanotechnology — working with materials 50,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair — has garnered attention for its potential applications in the medical industry. Mackay, on the other hand, seeks research in less crowded fields.
"I try to go where nobody else is," he said. "Where's the crowd not at yet? That's energy."
2. Providing abundant clean water globally
Foresight note: This article discusses a water supply test product using a disposable microarray that contains nanoparticles that is very close to market release.
Headline: Water-tampering test kit moving closer to market
A system that can sample a water supply to quickly detect up to 10 biological toxins has been created by a Northbrook-based firm and is ready for customer evaluation. This bioterrorism-alert product was developed by Nanosphere Inc., a start-up with 72 employees that uses technology from Northwestern University and research funding from federal defense agencies.
Intended to protect water supplies at U.S. military bases, embassies and other sensitive installations, the system uses tiny particles that affix themselves to toxic substances such as anthrax and send signals of their presence that can be read easily.
"One test does 10 things," said William Moffitt, Nanosphere's chief executive.
A sample of water is placed upon a microarray containing the mix of nanoparticles that can detect the various biological agents terrorists might release into a water supply.
The microarrays are disposable, so Nanosphere expects to prosper by selling a steady supply of them to customers.
"It's a razor blade/razor business model," Moffitt said.
3. Increasing the health and longevity of human life
Foresight note: This silver nanotechnology treatment is expected to reduce infection in the hospital setting.
Headline: New Nanotechnology Receives FDA Approval — Setting Stage For New Era In Battle Against Hospital Related Infection
AcryMed Inc. today announced clearance from the Food And Drug Administration (FDA) for the first use of SilvaGard, the company's breakthrough silver nanotechnology that can render existing medical devices impervious to infection-causing bacteria. Unlike any other infection control technology available today, SilvaGard can be used to treat virtually any medical device and its use does not alter the device's original properties. Due to these and other unique attributes, SilvaGard is expected to have a significant impact on the battle against hospital-related infections.
4. Maximizing the productivity of agriculture
Foresight note: It was a slow news week in the nanotech and agriculture arena. Here is an announcement of an agreement between the Colleges of Engineering and Agriculture to apply nanotech.
Headline: University of Illinois Scientists Apply Nanotechnology to Problems to Agriculture Research
Scientists in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) and the College of Engineering (COE) at the University of Illinois are collaborating in research that will allow them to utilize the latest applications in nanotechnology to find solutions for some of the most pressing problems facing Illinois agriculture, including disease management. These new research partnerships and activities are supported by the Soybean Disease Biotechnology Center at the National Soybean Research Laboratory (NSRL), the College of ACES, and the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research. Funding for the Center is provided by a special grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
5. Making powerful information technology available everywhere
Foresight note: Nanoelectronics research in some top-level universities got a big push from member companies of the Semiconductor Industry Association.
Headline: Semi Industry Association Announces Nanoelectronics Research Grants
A consortium of companies has announced its first research grants under the Semiconductor Industry Association's new Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI).
The grants will fund the creation of two new university-based nanoelectronics research centers — one in California and the other centered in New York — as well as support additional research at five National Science Foundation nanoscience centers and at a research group in Texas.
The two new research centers are The Western Institute of Nanoelectronics (WIN) in California and The Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery and Exploration (INDEX) in Albany, N.Y.
WIN will be headquartered at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Participants will come from three University of California campuses (Los Angeles, Berkeley, and Santa Barbara) and Stanford University. The institute will focus on novel spintronics and plasmonic devices. In addition to its NRI funding, it will also receive additional direct support from Intel and the UC Discovery program.
INDEX will be headquartered at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the State University of New York-Albany. It will include also the Georgia Institute of Technology, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Purdue University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Yale University.
6. Enabling the development of space
Foresight note: This paper discusses how nanotechnology could improve burn and ignition in rocket fuels.
Headline: Emerging Technologies Utilizing Nanotechnology in Aerospace and Rocket Fuels
Several aerospace firms have programs under way for the use of nanosized particles of aluminum or hafnium for rocket propulsion applications. The improved burn and the speed of ignition of such particles are significant factors for this market.
Rocket Propulsion for Launch Platforms – With the advent of telecommunications and other satellites, there is a major growth in the use of rocket propulsion for launch platforms. As compared to solid propellants, liquid propellant fluids, principally kerosene, are used in non-military systems such as space engines, because they use liquid oxygen in first stage boosters. Such fuels are not storable as solids, and therefore impractical for military platforms. As a result, there is a major interest in increasing the specific impulse of liquid propellants.
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Size matters when it comes to being 'green'
I was reading the Boulder County Business Report recently when an article about the "greenest home in North America" caught my eye. The house was being built to fulfill the dream of a businessman who specializes in renewable energy.
At first glance, Ronald Abramson's project, now breaking ground 10 miles north of Boulder, seemed to live up to his lofty goal. The house harvests the sun's energy through passive and active solar design; it utilizes carefully selected, earth-friendly materials. But then I noticed the elephant in the room: The house covers 6,500 square feet.
That's nearly three times the median size for new homes in America, according to 2007 census data. For the past decade, super-sized homes have spread like dandelions across the West, testament to the outmoded consumer ethic that bigger is better " especially if it's bigger than the Joneses. A host of derisive monickers have followed " McMansions, Hummer homes, prairie castles and my favorite, humungalows.
But how can size not matter when it comes to green building? The resources required to build and furnish a larger home need to be factored in, as well as the fuel expended and pollution created to transport those resources to the site. Big homes like the Abramsons often are built far from urban centers. The rulers of these prairie castles must therefore burn fuel to get to work or an airport. Bigger homes also require more upkeep " think of the landscapers, housekeepers, window cleaners and dog walkers who have to commute to service the home and its occupants. Adding solar panels and cork floors to one of these mansions is a nice touch, but is this going green, or is it green-washing?
The U.S. Green Building Council has recognized the inverse correlation of square footage and greenness, adding a new home-rating system this spring to its popular LEED (Leadership in Environmental Design) certification programs. Its system includes a "Home Size Adjustment" formula to compensate for "the over-arching effect of home size on resource consumption."
A decade ago, the term "mansionisation" didn't exist. Now, a national movement against it is gaining traction in the West. This May, the Los Angeles City Council passed new rules limiting most remodels in the city to 3,000 square feet. Seattle's planning board is currently grappling with its own home-size rules in response to public outcry against the loss of neighborhood character.
Boulder County, where the Abramsons are building, has passed new zoning rules to limit house sizes. But, there's a loophole. Developers can exceed the limits by purchasing transferable development credits that will preserve vacant land elsewhere in the county.
In this case, Boulder was following the example set by pioneering Pitkin County, home to Aspen's bazillionaires. In 2000, the county limited the size of new homes to 5,750 square feet. Of course, for those who can afford a new home in Aspen, the $300,000 for every extra 2,500 square feet turned out to be only a minor deterrent. Mega-estates were still being built, causing Pitkin County to set an absolute maximum of 15,000 square feet a few years ago.
Transferable development rights are like the carbon offsets of the construction industry. They allow the rich to buy indulgences to ease their guilt while continuing to commit sins against the environment.
Yet a small part of me feels bad about criticizing people like the Abramsons. They are, after all, helping to advance the sustainable building movement by paying an 8-to-15 percent premium to make their mansions greener. As in the case of organic foods, as green building materials become commonplace, prices will come down and the rest of us will be able to afford them.
Still, if they're striving to be the "greenest," I can't understand why the Abramsons couldn't make do with a more modest house, say 3,500 square feet. That would still be twice the size of the median home in America 35 years ago.
I think that the "green" McMansion symbolizes what's wrong with how Americans have faced climate change and resource devastation. Everyone's looking for the silver bullets that will allow us to carry on our consumptive lifestyles just as we always have. But to be truly green, some sacrifices have to be made, such as giving up the home theater or that fourth bay in the garage.
Monique Cole is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). She writes and tries to live small in Boulder, Colo.
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There's an excitement for the new mayor and city council members as they gear up for their first meeting Monday at 4:30 p.m. at city hall.
Richard Leon said he couldn't wait to sit in that chair on the dais and help solve some of the city's problems.
"I'm excited and ready to get to work. Monday was a good first run and now have been in the office and studying up and getting informed," Leon said. "It's about making our presence known and being in-depth on the issues and soaking up all the information."
There will be quite a bit to consider. One of the oldest ordinances going back to previous council is the second and final public hearing to establish the High Intensity Commercial-Industrial zoning district. This district will provide areas within the Mixed Use Preserve future land use classification for intensive non-residential development, primarily north of Pine Island Road.
No residential will be permitted in this area, and the minimum development size will be 10 acres, with 30 percent of it preserved as open space.
Another ordinance would amend the city's operating budget, revenues and expenditures, and capital budget for last fiscal year by increasing the total revenues and expenditures by $88,921,457.
During last week's introduction, Finance Manager Victoria Bateman said much of that money is due to the utilities expansion project in Southwest 6 & 7.
Also on the table is a resolution adopting financial management policies for the city relating to management of the city's operating budget, debt management, accounts management and financial planning, and economic resources management.
Council also will hear for the first time ordinances that would amend the definition of a kitchen to provide it is an indoor unit, to adopt an amended city investment policy, and to amend a PDP for the Seventh Day Adventist Church to expand its existing church.
One of the consent items will be an administrative resolution that authorizes the city manager to purchase equipment and vehicles needed within the city's finances.
The items listed were approved in the FY2014 budget Asset Improvement Plan, securing funding for the items and identifying funds from which the items will be purchased, of which there are seven.
This also gives the city manager authorization to declare as surplus any property no longer needed as a result of the purchases.
It is a nearly $7 million item that should receive scrutiny from the council.
Also, new councilman and former mayor Jim Burch will use his experience and discuss some of the big ticket items council needs to consider, such as debt, contracts, the budget and when to start putting it together and how to address millage rates, the UEP, charter revisions, utility rates, community planning and perhaps the resurrection of the workshop/meeting format.
Steve Alexander will also discuss with council its annual investment performance report, while legislative coordinator Terri Hall will discuss the 2014 legislative platform.
All told, the review packet the councilmembers get for their required reading came to a little more than an inch, said new Councilmember Rick Williams.
"I'm looking to get through it. I have a lot to learn about the process and procedures and I have a lot of studying to do," Williams said. "For the next few weeks it will be a learning experience."
Veteran Councilmember Rana Erbrick believes this meeting will be no different than her first meeting two years ago.
"I would expect most items are going to get scrutiny just to make sure they understand and feel comfortable moving forward," Erbrick said. "We were questioning to make sure we were doing the right thing."


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Nintendo says the 3DS' sales in the U.S. are "weaker" than hoped. Experts will blame everything from the popularity of gaming on tablets and phones to a not-yet-overwhelmingly-great software line-up for the 3DS.
But maybe that darn Nintendo DS is to blame.
From the beginning of April 2012 through the end of September, the 3DS sold 2,090,000 units in Japan, 1,390,000 in America. The DS? It sold just 10,000 units in Japan during that same period. Japan was done with the DS. But in America? 790,000 DSes sold in those six months. Arithmetic reveals that the American total is a shade better than the Japanese one. That's nice, but the split is not what Nintendo wants.
What's with America's sustained love for the DS? It could be the price. A new DSi or DSiXL can be bought for $100 or $130 compared to $170 and $200 for the 3DS and 3DS XL. The economy in America still stinks and people like cheaper things. Nintendo also might be subtly pushing the DS a little more in America. Japan's last major DS game, Pokemon Black/White 2 came out in July, but clearly didn't send people rushing to buy a DS. The same game didn't come out in America until October. The game runs on 3DSes, of course.
Nintendo's latest 3DS push came this past summer with the release of New Super Mario Bros. 2 and the 3DS XL. That has resulted in 820,000 3DS XLs sold in Japan and 550,000 in the U.S., plus 730,000 in the rest of the world. Clearly, people do like buying the 3DS, but in America, they sure do still like buying that DS, too.


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Snow from Thursday to Friday morning will be the first of three disruptive winter storms to parade through the midwestern and eastern United States in mid-March.
Over much of the next 10 days or so, cold weather will be more persistent than it has been during the past 10 weeks, relative to average. The pattern will not only bring a whiplash in terms of temperature, it will also pave the way for opportunities for snow.
"The first storm will spread snow from part of the lower Great Lakes region to the central Appalachians, the upper part of the mid-Atlantic and southern New England, prior to the end of the week," according to AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Elliot Abrams.
In some locations, the storm will begin as rain then transition to snow.
The area that stands the best chance of accumulating snow will be between Interstate 70 and I-90. Even though it may snow for only a four- to eight-hour period, the snowfall rate can be intense for a time.
There is the potential for 6 inches of snow along the Interstate 80 and I-99 corridors in Pennsylvania to the I-84 corridor in southeastern New York state and near I-95 in southern New England. In this swath, the snow can fall at the rate of 1 to 2 inches an hour for a short time, which can quickly cover the road surface.
Road conditions may change quickly from wet to slushy to snow-covered from late Thursday night to the Friday morning rush hour.
"Morning rush hour could be slippery from parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, southern New York state and northern New Jersey to southern New England," Abrams said.
Motorists should allow extra time for their commute.
Flight delays are likely by Friday, especially from Cleveland and Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, New York City and Boston.
No worse than a mixture of rain and snow is likely for the cities of Baltimore and Washington, D.C. However, there can be some slushy roads for commuters well north of the cities.
The storm will race out to sea on Friday afternoon. Natural melting and treatment with ice-melting compounds should allow roads to be just wet during the afternoon. Where roads and sidewalks remain wet into Friday night, slick spots can develop.
"Following the Thursday to Friday morning snowfall, there can be additional threats this weekend and next week for portions of the Midwest, Northeast and South," Abrams said.
As colder air rushes in across the lower Great Lakes and central Appalachians, locally heavy snow showers could be a hazard for motorists along the I-80 and I-90 corridors of Ohio, western New York and western Pennsylvania during Friday afternoon.
A storm bears watching from early this weekend over part of the Midwest to late this weekend in the Eastern states, south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
The storm during Saturday night and Sunday could bring accumulating snow as far south as Tennessee and North Carolina.
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If this is the post-PC era, I first encountered computers in the pre-PC era. I remember a field trip to a room of giant kitchen appliances that turned out to be full of information instead of groceries. Despite the lack of snacks, I was enamored with the punch cards they gave us as souvenirs. My dad was amused enough to bring home a whole stack of punch cards from his work -- Hewlett-Packard's Santa Clara manufacturing facility. (Another day he brought home a cat.)
Not long after, I met my first desktop computer when I started learning very basic BASIC programming on a Commodore PET with an external cassette tape drive. Ah, the nostalgia of summer school and CRT displays.
In a recent internet trends presentation to BASE, the Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students, Mary Meeker, general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, went through the charts and graphs showing the state of the union in the world of operating systems. In the late-1970s and early-1980s, the operating system world was a colorful place (especially when graphed). Then came Intel-based PCs. Microsoft started to take over, quickly flooding the universe with MS-DOS, then Windows.
Apple managed to maintain a Macintosh beachhead, but it was definitely a sea of PC.
For the most part, it was much like Henry Ford's infamous "Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black." At most companies it was the same story, you can select any of 14 options, but they're all PCs. Want a Macintosh? Provide business justification and get VP approval. Today at Cisco, the PC vs. Mac choice comes down to personal preference.
In 1998, Oracle introduced "the concept of hosted applications to the Oracle market, allowing customers to rent access to software hosted on Oracle computers and access those systems via a Web browser." As eager as Larry Ellison might have been to displace the dreaded Microsoft and PCs with lightweight terminals, the rest of the planet wasn't quite there yet. Hosted software? Internet storage? Thin clients? Web access? Huh, sounds a lot like cloud.
Fast forward and today we're in the post-PC era. Android and Apple iOS have made even quicker, more vigorous operating system inroads than DOS did, thanks in large part to devices and applications.
Smartphones and tablets have outplaced desktop and notebook PCs in global unit shipments since the fourth quarter of 2010, according to Morgan Stanley Research data.
PC manufacturers need to adjust more quickly than most seem to be doing to survive. Says ZDNet's Jason Perlow, "To put it bluntly, the Post-PC world represents a displacement of computing from the traditional, 30 year-old Intel architecture used on desktop to the Datacenter and the Cloud." We no longer need the same processing power and storage for the things we do on a daily basis. We have web applications, we have clouds, and we have mobile devices.
Today is about mobility, smartphones, tablets, and clouds -- ideas impossible to picture on my first field trip to HP. Operating systems, bits, bytes, and cumulus accumulations of data aside, the biggest difference is in how we use our devices of choice today. Emphasis on choice.
"Within ten years, the majority of business professionals will be using extremely inexpensive thin notebooks, tablets and thin clients (sub $500) which will utilize any number of software technologies that run within the browser or will use next-generation Web-based APIs and Web Services … to provide line-of-business application functionality."--Jason Perlow
Microsoft Office still has a good claw-hold on the business applications world with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, but it's slipping. We're using applications differently than we once did. Collaboration is less about documents and more about interaction, bringing forth more ways to communicate and more applications with which to do it: instant messaging and presence, web conferencing, enterprise social platforms, and more.
Collaboration solutions are about allowing people to communicate and share information anywhere, anytime, on any device. They're erasing the restrictions around devices and operating systems. If my PC is abducted by aliens, I can still be productive using my mobile devices or accessing what I need via a shared machine at the office.
The openness of Android and iOS has opened up the opportunity for all sorts of applications, both of the productivity and time-wasting variety. Who needs the standard PC solitaire when there are all sorts of flocks of Angry Birds to send up against drifts and droves of pigs?
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A banana, an apple, a tin of tuna, some peppers and a lettuce, are all foods we eat, never taking time to reflect on how precious they are. In a video produced to mark World Food Day, residents from Fabrica highlight the hidden beauty of food as a way of emphasizing its importance.
To mark the Day, 'Live Windows' contributions were made by students from the MediaDesign Hochschule in Berlin, the British Higher School of Art and Design (Moscow), ECV Bordeaux and the Macromedia University for Media and Communication (MHMK) in Munich, as well as the cover video from Fabrcia residents.
UNRIC has been involved in the the Live Windows project since April 2012, partnering with Fabrica's network of schools to highlight a series of United Nations Observances.
The video animations from the four schools were showcased through the Live Windows project in partnership with UNRIC.
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This is neither just a test, nor extreme. This snippet is exactly what every octet oriented Perl function should do.
Doubtless, this will "break" some existing code, as it has clearly done in this case. But believe me, clear breakage with a meaningful error message is SO much better than the vague semi-random encoding trouble you could have gotten without it!
An HTTP message is strictly a stream of octets. It is impossible to have unencoded text, because TCP does not support that. If you would try to use the rejected message over a socket, you would get Perl warnings about "wide characters", a sign that Perl is doing the best it can to force the invalid value into an octet form: it UTF-8 encodes and warns about it. However, Perl first tries to downgrade. If that succeeds, it uses the downgraded string and does not complain. This repairs several bugs caused by sloppy programming.
The snippet that you cited does the same thing: downgrade and use the downgraded form, but if it cannot be downgraded (that is: if the string contains a character with an ordinal value greater than 255) to byte form, complain. The way in which it complains is different from Perls built in. This code DIES. Your gain: you now know exactly that there is a problem, and where it is. Without this new addition to LWP you would probably not have know that there was a problem, and if you had, you would probably still be looking for the source. And if you're like most Perl programmers who don't yet fully understand the octet/text separation logic, you would probably have mis-identified something else as the source, and "fixed" it by making your code forward incompatible. Much like PoCoCli::HTTP did.
All I can say is: be glad, very glad, that LWP got this change. The pain it causes is temporarily, and much less than the pain it prevents.
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hi, how do i place my bookmarks toolbar below the address bar plz?
Moving to 3rd Party builds...
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(Always choose the "Custom" Install.)
Can you post a screenshot of what it looks like now?
here you go https://imgur.com/2Jf3Xkl
Well, I can't figure it out :/
anyone else maybe?
The person with your answer might be in a different time zone, sleeping or at work. Give it some time.
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ok, will do. thx
I have Waterfox as well, but the bookmarks toolbar is already below the location bar. So it's either due to an extension you've installed, or possibly a CTR option you've enabled, or even the theme you're using.
Maybe try changing the theme to start with. Here's the link to the old style which I find easier to use: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/themes/solid
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WASHINGTON — Congress and the White House face the choice of continued fighting or a shift toward bipartisan bargaining after the Senate voted to kill President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs plan.
They're likely to do both as they seek to produce results sought by a discontented public while also drawing bright political lines for voters as the 2012 campaign heats up.
Obama's plan died at the hands of Senate Republicans on Tuesday, even though the president had been campaigning for it across the country for weeks. The $447 billion plan died on a 50-49 tally in the 100-member Senate, falling well short of the 60 votes needed to crack a filibuster by Republicans opposed to its stimulus-style spending and tax surcharge for the very wealthy.
The tally had been 51-48 but Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., switched his vote to "nay" to reserve the right to force a re-vote. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., is recovering from surgery and did not vote.
Now, the White House and leaders in Congress are already moving on to alternative ways to address the nation's painful 9.1 percent unemployment, including breaking the legislation into smaller, more digestible pieces. And on Wednesday, both the House and Senate are poised to approve long-stalled trade pacts with Korea, Panama and Colombia.
"Tonight's vote is by no means the end of this fight," Obama said in a statement after the vote. "Because with so many Americans out of work and so many families struggling, we can't take 'no' for an answer."
In the weeks and months ahead, Democrats promise further votes on jobs. But it remains to be seen how much of that effort will involve more campaign-stoked battles with Republicans and how much will include seeking common ground in hopes of passing legislation. Further complicating matters is a deficit "supercommittee" that is supposed to come up with $1.2 trillion or more in deficit savings — some of which Democrats may want to claim for jobs initiatives.
Tuesday's tally also shows that Republicans believe they have little to fear by tangling with Obama.
The White House appears most confident that it will be able to continue a 2-percentage-point Social Security payroll tax cut through 2012 and to extend emergency unemployment benefits to millions of people — if only because, in the White House view, Republicans won't want to accept the political harm of letting those provisions expire.
White House officials also are hopeful of ultimately garnering votes for the approval of infrastructure spending and tax credits for businesses that hire unemployed veterans.
Obama's plan would have combined Social Security payroll tax cuts for workers and businesses and other tax relief totaling about $270 billion with $175 billion in new spending on roads, school repairs and other infrastructure, as well as unemployment assistance and help to local governments to avoid layoffs of teachers, firefighters and police officers.
Obama said the plan — more than half the size of his 2009 economic stimulus measure — would be an insurance policy against a double-dip recession and that continued economic intervention was essential given slower-than-hoped job growth.
Unlike the 2009 legislation, the current plan would be paid for with a 5.6 percent surcharge on income exceeding $1 million. That would be expected to raise about $450 billion over the coming decade.
"Democrats' sole proposal is to keep doing what hasn't worked — along with a massive tax hike that we know won't create jobs," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday, adding that there are 1.5 million fewer jobs than when Obama's 2009 economic package became law. "Why on earth would you support an approach that we already know won't work?" McConnell said.
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The Most IMPORTANT Video You'll Ever See! Arithmatic, Population, and energy...
The concept of compounding numbers, exponential growth, and exponential curves is indeed one of the keys to understanding what has happened to our economy over the past century. The way the math works is simple, yet not intuitive to most people. If we're going to produce a SUSTAINABLE system going forward, my contention is that it does not, and should not be based on never ending growth. Growth is great when it contributes to society, but left unchecked it quickly gets out of control and then crashes. The misallocation is a waste, and the crash is devastating to those who are caught in it. I would contend that bubble, then crash is NOT the most efficient way to advance society and to ensure survival of our species.
As you view these videos, please ask yourself who is it that profits from never ending growth? Is it you? Does it benefit our nation? Is there a monetary system that is both sustainable and flexible, allowing for growth when needed?
Most people understand the limitations to growth created by being on a rigid gold standard… we were on a hybrid gold standard/fiat system between the Bretton Woods Accord (1944) and the time Nixon took us off the gold standard entirely in 1971 – that system didn't even last 30 years. Pure fiat has now lasted 38 years, but I contend the end of the current system is near. Is there a better system? Yes, I believe there is, but that new system must separate corporate interests from our government and we must take the central banking role back into the hands of the people – the systems we have all spent our lives under is NOT the only way it can work, and after viewing this series of videos you will see why never ending inflation/growth is destined to NOT WORK!
After viewing, your thoughts or comments on that subject are appreciated.
Below are two VERY important PARABOLIC growth charts to understand and to keep in mind while viewing Dr. Barlett's video:
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Highlights of the racist Arab, Islamic fascist, butcher and brutal dictator: Muammar Gadhafi:
- 1) Planting the seeds in the 1970s for the recent genocide in the Sudan. Involved in the bloody violence there, early on.* His (pan-Arabism) 'racist,' 'fascist' influence on Al-Bashir and co., who brought the genocide upon non-Muslims first (pan-Islamism), then on non-Arabs in Sudan.* * In the 1980s, waving the banner of the "Arab Gathering" (Al tajammu al-arabi) – a "militantly racist and pan-Arabist
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- 2) Allied with the butcher of Uganda, culminating into strong fanatic 'Islamic' ties (Gadhafi himself a fanatical Muslim.* * Indeed, at the opening of 'Idi Amin's Dream Mosque, named after Qaddafi, the crowds chanted "long live Gaddafi")*. Influencing anti-Jewish bigotry on the Ugandan leader.*
- 3) Epitomizing his dictatorship and character, the 17 April 1984 shooting at 11 people and killing British policewoman Yvonne Fletcher amid a protest against his brutal regime,* which he "apologized" for, at the end.*
- 4) Terrorism, the 1986 bombing of the La Belle Cafe in Berlin, Germany, the 1988 massacre – bombing of Pan-Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland (270 killed), which he personally ordered to,* and the 1989 downing of a French aircraft UTA Flight 772 (170 killed).* * * *
In an October 4, 2003 speech, as he spoke of Libya's work for the pan-Arab cause, accused the Arab countries of ingratitude, he said that women should be trained to carry out suicide operations in Baghdad and in Gaza.*
In 2001, Gaddafi sent thugs to help (anti-white racist* * and persecutor of Anglican Christians* *) Mugabe fight election battle, the Libyan dictator urged Zimbabwe's Asian Muslims to wage a jihad against Zimbabwe's small white population.*
In February 2010, he urged 'holy war' [jihad] against Switzerland.*
- 5) Despicable alliance with L. Farrakhan.
In February 1985, Qaddafi called on Black servicemen in the US Army to leave the military, create their own army, and fight "your racist oppressors." Three months later, infamous anti-white racist *: L. Farrakhan of the "Nation of Islam" (he, his Nation of Islam organization have been described as fascist.* * * *) received $5 Billion dollars interest-free loan from Libya.* Farrakhan-Gadhafi alliance grew.* * In fact, it is common knowledge that the Nation of Islam receives considerable financial assistance from Sudan and Libya.*
His relationship with the Libyan tyrant was described as if he were saying: oppressing Third World people is OK with me unless the oppressors happen to be white, like South Africa's former rulers.* Farrakhan was the only known leader to have been supporting dictator Qaddafi (calling him a "friend," after all, and that if he's tried for crimes against humanity, so should be G. W. Bush…) at a time when everyone shunned him, as he was murdering his people for protesting against his oppressive rule in Feb. 2011.* The Islamic anti-Semite, in the same breath -naturally- has also managed somehow to blame the Jews, embedding his infamous distortion of history, as he often tries to rewrite history and minimizing the main force in slavery – Arab Muslim.* * *
The typical hypocrite – hater Farrakhan -rather- supports Sudan's Arab-Islamic slavery, the real slavery in our times.*
- 6) In 1987 Qaddafi was accused by Chad's President H. Habre of "bringing a truly racist crusade against Chad and Africa."*
- 7) In 1998, the UN spoke out against Libya's Racial Discrimination.* In 2000 there was a serious upsurge in anti-African racist violent attacks in the Libyan Arab Republic. Thousands have fled.* * Still, today, Millions of blacks are treated with harsh racial discrimination (Arab Apartheid). They are referred to as "animals" and as "slaves."* * *
- 8) Showing his true racist* colors against both: blacks, and "white Christians," he was "worried" of "Black Europe" and urged EU cash to stop African migrants. He said: "We don't know what will happen, what will be the reaction of the white and Christian Europeans faced with this influx of starving and ignorant Africans…We don't know if Europe will remain an advanced and united continent or if it will be destroyed, as happened with the barbarian invasions."*
- 9) The hypocritical [Qaddafi regime's] chairing of the infamous anti-Israel bigoted so-called "anti-racism" conference, in Durban (2), 2010.*
- 10) The massacres on thousands of his own people (using mass violence, arms and jet fighters on masses of civilian protesters). He's accused of genocide (2011).* * *


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Prototype Improves Mobile Typing by Ditching the Keyboard
Typing on mobile devices such as tablets and phones is notoriously dodgy. It can be done, but it's awkward, inefficient and frustrating. Sort of like rooting for the Chicago Cubs.
A startup in Austin, Texas, may have found a way to solve the mobile keyboard problem: Get rid of the keyboard entirely.
The AirType project — currently in early prototype phase — is a "keyboardless keyboard" accessory that allows you to type on any surface, or none at all. Unlike projection keyboards, which use a virtual keyboard image displayed on a flat surface, the AirType has no visual component whatsoever.
Instead, the Air Type system uses a pair of cuff-like sensor units that go around your hands and over the knuckles. The units track your finger moments to detect which keys you're striking, or would strike, on your mobile tablet keyboard — which isn't there, mind you.
It's all rather Zen, really, and the AirType unit would seem to require total touch-typing proficiency. According to the project page, the system has some adaptive technology built in so that it will learn to adjust to your habits, and not the other way around. It appears to be similar to the way you "teach" voice recognition software to recognize your speech patterns.
Photos suggest that the AirType cuffs are designed to be small and mobile, clipping onto your tablet like a pair of friendly barnacles. The accessories would also come with an app that incorporates dynamic text correction and prediction.
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SETTING NEW TRENDS: Fashion's Night Out is a month away to the day, but the activities around it are already starting. On Aug. 15, Vogue.com and online fashion community Polyvore will launch FNO Style Setter, a new initiative that lets Polyvore stylists prepare for the big night with a styling contest on Polyvore.com/fno. The site will showcase merchandise from various FNO online retailers, and the virtual stylists can put together sets according to a set weekly theme, from "Fall Wardrobe Essentials" to "What to Wear on FNO" and "Dress a Style Icon for Fashion Week." Vogue.com editors will pick the best set daily and spotlight it on their site. Blake Lively, Alexander Wang and Grace Coddington will then judge one week each, and choose two sets for the final. On Sept. 6, Vogue.com readers will be able to vote on the six sets, and the favorite one will win a trip with a friend to New York to attend a Vogue photo shoot and tour magazine's fashion closet.
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BIEBER'S SOMEDAY SUNDAE: Justin Bieber's debut fragrance, Someday, is a fruity concoction designed to appeal to the sweet tooth of the singer's hordes of teen fans. So it's fitting that when the fragrance launched in Harrods last week, the London department store created an ice cream sundae in its honor, which mimics the notes in the fragrance. The sundae, called a "Bieber Bocker Glory," is inspired by the top notes of Someday, and mixes in wild berry and vanilla ice cream, fresh pear, lavender sprinkles and even edible glitter. The treat will be on offer to customers at Harrods' new Ice Cream Parlour cafe on the store's second floor, and will cost 19.95 pounds, or about $32 at current exchange. While that might seem a princely sum for an ice cream, all the proceeds will go to the Make-A-Wish-Foundation, which raises money to fund unique experiences for sick children. The sundae will be on sale at Harrods' Ice Cream Parlour throughout August, while Someday is exclusive to Harrods in the U.K. for the month of August, and will launch nationwide from Sept. 10.
INSIDE POLO: Who says August is a lazy month? Ralph Lauren recently made two major changes to its 4-D installation and presented the result last week midday at KaDeWe department store in Berlin — its 4-D debut in Continental Europe. And rather than showing outside the 888 Madison Avenue building in New York, the polo players, Ricky bags and bottles of Big Pony fragrance came to life inside KaDeWe's atrium hall. "It's nice to be able to control the light," said Ben Fender, director of Drive Productions and the creator behind Ralph Lauren's 4-D presentation. And Lara Piper of KaDeWe's marketing team explained, "The occasion to show this installation here was really the hall itself. And of course, to kick off our temporary 'Design Your Own Polo' counter," she said. While the installation was only shown to the public once, shoppers can create their own polo shirt in-store until Aug. 27.
FASHION ON CALL: London designer Richard Nicoll has found a new partner in the technology sphere — Vodafone. During an event at London's Soho House, the cell phone company said it has partnered with the Australian-born designer for two seasons and will sponsor Nicoll's spring and fall 2012 shows. In return, the company's customers will be able to compete for the chance to see the shows and meet Nicoll backstage. Meanwhile on Fashion's Night Out in London next month, Nicoll and Vodafone will host an event at Asprey in London, during which Nicoll will customize limited edition products for Vodafone customers who have won an invitation to the event. Vodafone and Nicoll are also working on a new accessory that "fuses technology and cutting edge design," to launch for fall 2012. The partnership is part of Vodafone's VIP program, which gives the company's customers the chance to attend events and go behind the scenes in worlds of fashion, music festivals and Formula 1 racing.
TERRY'S THIRD: Terry Lundgren, triathlete? Well, almost. The Macy's chief was one of 4,000 athletes participating in the Nautica New York City Triathlon early Sunday morning in Manhattan. Lundgren was part of a relay team, taking on the running portion of the race. His wife, Tina, however, took on the whole challenge: a 1.5-kilometer swim in the rollicking Hudson River, 40 kilometers on a rain-soaked West Side Highway and 10 kilometers through a hot and humid Central Park. It was Tina's first triathlon.
Before the race, she said she'd like to cajole her husband into doing all three sports next time, but it's hard for him to find time to do the training.
The race was won by professional Ben Collins, while New Yorker Rebeccah Wassner took the women's title for the third consecutive year.
CASTELBAJAC RULING DELAYED: A French court ruling on the fate of designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac's eponymous label, initially expected in July, has been delayed until September, a source close to the matter said. The Commercial Court is due to meet Sept. 6 to examine proposals to purchase the brand, which has entered into receivership, and will likely rule on the matter later that month. One of the bidders, Florida-based Falic Group, which owns Christian Lacroix, has dropped out of the running, the source said. The remaining two bidders are Dominique Bergin, president of bicycle maker Look Cycle, and South Korean sportswear designer and retailer EXR Korea Co. Officials at Castelbajac declined to comment.


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Shocker! Internet Votes Cat as New Monopoly Piece
This is what happens when you let the Internet choose.
Hasbro let fans decide on a new token for the game (and which of the old tokens to boot) on Jan. 9. The voting closed Tuesday night. The result: The iron is out and a new character, a cat, is in. Here's a look:
The cat's ascendance isn't hugely surprising given the Internet's fetish for all things feline. And there's no corresponding craze for LOL Irons. As the chart below shows, the race to the bottom between the iron, the wheelbarrow and the shoe was a real nail-biter:
Other new pieces that vied for contention included a robot, a helicopter, a guitar and a diamond ring. Oddly, Hasbro announced the new token Wednesday morning well before it told fans via its Facebook Page. While Hasbro was teasing the announcement in a status update, fans let the gamemaker know that they already knew who won the prize.
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Well, May turned out to be one hell of a month, didn't it? First, Alex Salmond and his independence-hankering cohorts scored a landslide victory down Holyrood way, then the mighty Inverness Caledonian Thistle had a massive say in the most bile-riddled SLP title fight in years and finally, to top it all off, one of our national newspapers dared to scoff in the face of a privacy protecting super-injunction that didn't do a particularly good job of protecting anyone's privacy. What next? A giant twice-in-a-lifetime ash cloud covering the entire country and ruining the summer holiday plans of millions? Oh…
To tip our hat to the tumult of May, let's start this month's stroll through Scotland's lush musical pastures on a somewhat controversial note; namely the announcement of the 16 acts selected to play this year's T Break stage at T in the Park. With the gritty likes of Lady North, the superbly titled The Church of When The Shit Hits The Fan and Conquering Animal Sound mingling alongside the conventionally-attuned Cancel The Astronauts and Boycotts, there's a more multi-dimensional edge to this year's quota (although it's possible I'd say that anyway, having been on the selection panel).
Of course, the line-up was never going to please everyone. Reams of recriminations have been sweeping across the Scottish blogosphere, with accusations of foul play, geographical bias and the partiality of the judges all being aired in the usual sour-graped fashion by disappointed bands and their fans who never made the Balado-based grade this year. I've had my own say on things here and Edinburgh-based record shop Avalanche have thrown their tuppence in too. It's safe to say, if there's one thing we Scots love, it's a pointless rammy about music on the internet.
Now, back to the things that actually matter, King Tuts Wah Wah Hut has announced it's playing host to a two week musical extravaganza of Scotland's best bands. The venue's appallingly titled Summer Nights soiree will see 70 bands take to the stage from 14 -28 July, showcasing the mercurial musical delights of Found, Meursault, United Fruit, Bronto Skylift and, well, 66 other bastions of tartan-tainted tunesmithery. It works out at about four bands a night for 15 nights, which is a hell of a lot of music. Let's hope they've reinforced the stage.
Those fine fellas at Detour Scotland are slipping on their walking brogues in preparation for a Wee Jaunt around Edinburgh on Saturday 4 June. Rather than taking in all the regular tourist traps, the boys are guiding 50 paying punters around the city's more unusual haunts and introducing them to a few venerable Auld Reekie songsmiths along the way. For those who miss out on the musical mystery tour (and word is the spaces are already gone) there's a post-Jaunt show in the Electric Circus with equally dis-orientating locals Found. And if you can't make either, here's how last year's jaunt in Glasgow went down:
Up in Inverness, the line-up for the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival has been announced. Now, with the likes of Deacon Blue, Texas and Echo & The Bunnymen bloating up the main stage on 5-6 August, this isn't a festival that's likely to titillate most DiSers ear canals. But, with Guillemots, Woodenbox and a Fistful of Fivers, Bronto Skylift and Unicorn Kid all confirmed, there's a fairly tight underbelly to negate the festival's sagging overhang of washed up has-beens. Plus, Belladrum's set in the north of Scotland's promised land where locals (known as tcheuchters) are said to intonate the purest form of Queenie's English (and that's an actual FACT, apparently). What more could you possibly want?
In sadder news, much underrated Edinburgh act Y'all Is Fantasy Island (YIFI) called it a day a few months back, no doubt tired of being comprehensively ignored beyond the Central Belt for the entirety of their career. Never heard of them? Well, fear not, you can download their exquisite back catalogue in it's entire glory for free over at Wise Blood Industries' website. Lauded by some as Edinburgh's answer to The Twilight Sad, YIFI never managed to hit such peaks, but they did make some cork-popping ditties along the breadth of their five album career. This song, With Handclaps, was my particular favourite:
Voting has now opened for the first ever Scottish Music Industry Awards, which is being held in Glasgow's Barrowland Ballroom on 4 September. In the name of democracy (or possibly 'who's got the most friends') you can decide who is the most deserving in a mammoth 27 categories until 1 August, where your votes will be counted to decide the winners. Categories include Sound Engineer of the Year, Best Online Publications (cough, cough… vote Radar), Concert Venue of the Year, Event Photographer of the Year (cough, cough… vote Su Anderson) and much, much more. Sure, it does sound a little like self-congratulatory backslapping, but this is the first real attempt at uniting a disparate Scottish Music Industry that I can remember, so let's give it the benefit of the doubt for now - or at least until we know the winners.
Rounding off this month's news in suitably gooey style, Calum Gunn of Haribo guzzling noise-merchants Dananananaykroyd has been busy working on a solo project, affectionately titled Slimes. He's released his first exoplasmic efforts on t'internet, which you can buy here for whatever number of pennies you wish to pay. Instead of the hi-energy throttling of Calum's hyperactive day job, it's bonkers, beat-ridden stuff, full of glitchy effects and skittery, ear-infesting rhythms. Not bad for a wee guy from Glasgae.
June is be serving up a surprising slew of high-end giggage to get stuck into. To help you on your way, here's the pick of the bunch...
Eagleowl - Wednesday 1 June, Limbo @ Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
Eagleowl's breathy way around a tune often finds them struggling for airspace amidst their more vocal Edinburgh contemporaries. But, once on stage, there are few more captivating or alluring bands in the country.
The Lava Experiments, Organs of Love -Saturday 4 June Captain's Rest, Glasgow
Expect to be swarmed with rich melodic soundscapes at the launch night for intricate folktronic makers The Lava Experiments' new EP, Love, Lust & Loss.
Copy Haho, Ducktails, Julian Lynch, Big Troubles - Saturday 4 June, The Tunnels, Aberdeen
Usually a show containing Aberdeen indie-merchants Copy Haho would, in itself, be an aural treat , but throw in the hypnotic shivers of Ducktails and Julian Lynch and you've got a magnificent gig of the month.
Battles - Tuesday 7 June, Arches, Glasgow
Battles without Tyondai may seem incomprehensible, but a few spins of their worryingly sticky looking new LP Gloss Drop soon underlines their math-noodling mettle. Expect the usual propulsive bursts from John Stanier and co as they look to silence the doubters.
Wu-Tang Clan - Tuesday 14 June, HMV Picture House, Edinburgh
With its regal history and gentile audience, Edinburgh hardly seems the perfect backdrop for a Wu-Tang reunion. But that's exactly what it is. Just seeing which Clansman bothers to turn up (if anyone) is probably worth the entry fee alone.
United Fruit are something of an oddity on Scotland's current musical climes. While a predisposition for awkward, electronically-skewered sounds continues to permeate the country's hipster haunts, the Glasgow quartet's ...Trail of the Dead-esque apoplectic hardcore should be ill-placed in such pretentious surroundings. Yet somehow their ballistic clatter of ear-grating guitars and behemothic percussion is dragging the band out from the west coast noise scene and onto mainstream playlists and venues. Their riotous, adrenaline fuelled live shows are fast gaining them a heady reputation , while the rambunctious clang of excellent soon-to-be-released debut album Fault Lines will compound the band's rapidly increasing presence on the Scottish scene. Right now, United Fruit are making a sound that demands to be heard. In fact, it's so loud, you could say it's almost unavoidable.
United Fruit's debut LP Fault Lines is released through UF Records on Monday 30 May
For more on the latest happenings on the Scottish music scene check out Radar.Scotsman.com


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UK Hotel Accommodation is currently undergoing a complete site redesign. In the near future we will be bringing you a completely updated guide to the amazing array of accommodation on offer throughout the United Kingdom from 5 star hotels to quaint country cottages, cozy guest houses to stately homes and castles - accommodation for all tastes, to suit all budgets.
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Ever think that you could make a flick craptacular enough to light up the Syfy Channel? Starting Friday, they're letting online users collectively create a movie, from concept to the next Dinoshark.
Syfy is partnering with IGN.com to launch B Movie Mogul, which will serve as a clearinghouse of ideas, allowing users to vote on everything from the genre — either 2010 apocalypse flick, Bermuda Triangle monster movie, or Roswell-set alien picture — to costumes, dialogue, and casting. The results will be shot and aired next year as a Syfy original movie.
Crowdsourcing creativity seems like a recipe for disaster. But judging by some of the flicks that end up on Syfy, perhaps disaster's the most popular item on the menu.
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The short version: Nyko just debuted a bunch of new video game accessories at CES, including the Wand, which it trumpets as "the most advanced alternative to the Wii Remote." Strong words.
The Wand is your standard third-party controller, with all the familiar fixings: a slightly odd-looking D-Pad, that Nyko rubber grip, larger face buttons, etc. Nyko is also proud of what it calls Trans-Port Technology, which is essentially a method for allowing Wii Remote attachments that usually use mechanical buttons—think light gun and steering wheel—with regular electrical functions. That is, you push a button on the gun and you're actually pushing a gun button, not merely pushing the Wii Remote button via the plastic gun overlay. No price for it yet, but it comes out in April.
There's also a new round of controller chargers, the Charge Station EX and Kama Charge Kit. The former merely charges the Wii Remote, while the latter also charges Nyko's Kama nunchuck. Those are out in April, too.


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Alberto Vilar's lawyer accused of dating co-defendant
VAIL — Alberto Vilar has lashed out at prosecutors for trying to embarrass the attorney representing him and his co-defendant.
In a letter Friday to a U.S. District Judge, Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Naftalis said it appears attorney Vivian Shevitz is in an "intimate romantic relationship" with Gary Tanaka, Vilar's co-defendant.
"This relationship, by all appearances, would impair Ms. Shevitz's duty of loyalty to Vilar and cloud her judgment with respect to Tanaka," the letter said.
Shevitz denied it in a response filed Monday morning, and Vilar lashed out, standing firmly with Shevitz.
"My lawyer could be involved with Attila the Hun and I would stay with her, she's so damn good. This is just their latest below-the-belt dirty trick," Vilar said in a phone interview from Manhattan. "I've had eight lawyers and this woman is 10 times better than all of them put together. These people are playing dirty. They're trying to rid me of the one lawyer who has successfully worked for me. … I think the prosecutors are trying to embarrass this woman."
Naftalis wrote his letter to U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan in Manhattan. Vilar and Tanaka will be resentenced, and Sullivan will handle that. Naftalis said Tanaka and Shevitz have been living together since the fall of 2012 and that her representation of both defendants may be compromised.
Shevitz's response to allegations
The case has been grinding along for almost a decade, and Shevitz has argued that Vilar's original attorneys were incompetent. She was gloriously sarcastic in parts of Monday's response.
"It is certainly refreshing that nearly 10 years after, the government has so much solicitude for the defendants' rights to effective representation," Shevitz wrote.
Tanaka, 70, is receiving treatment for jaw cancer and oral reconstruction, Shevitz said. She said she offered him a place to stay, as she did with one other client, an Israeli who was released on bail by the Second Circuit Court in 2008. Shevitz said she is 69, and that the "relationship" is not germane.
Shevitz has been fighting to get both Vilar's and Tanaka's 2008 convictions overturned. They are free on a $10 million bond.
Prosecutors say Vilar bilked up to $40 million from investors. Shevitz and Vilar continue to argue that those "losses" did not happen, and that his attorneys should have made that clear during the trial.
They argue that the government froze more than $50 million in 2005 at J.P. Morgan Chase, and there is more than enough money to repay the victims, but the government won't release it.
Vilar said that, somehow, prosecutors calculate that a $20 million capital gain is the equivalent to a loss.
"I never stole one penny. There is not and never was one penny missing," Vilar said. "They either didn't do their research or they are lying."
Vilar said federal prosecutors asked that he receive a 26-year sentence. He was sentenced to nine years in prison and was sent to federal prison in Fort Dix, New Jersey. Tanaka was sentenced to five years and served two and a half.
"Where was the government trying to protect my rights when they asked for a 26-year sentence? That's a death sentence for someone my age. They got a nine year sentence, and that's also a death sentence," Vilar said.
Prosecutors say Vilar and Tanaka promised clients at Amerindo Investment Advisors Inc. high returns in seemingly safe "deposit accounts," but lost millions of dollars investing in technology stocks.
On Aug. 30, a federal appeals court in New York upheld the convictions of both men, but said they needed to be resentenced because their punishments, including their prison terms, need to be revisited.
Vilar said he will not go quietly.
"I will continue to fight. They've had my money frozen for eight years, they've had me locked up, they've sued me for $100 million with no money missing. They're doing everything possible to keep us from defending ourselves. They will have more dirty tricks," Vilar said.
Vilar was a second-homeowner and philanthropist in the Vail Valley. He donated money to help build the Vilar Performing Arts Center, which is named after him.
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It was a different kind of night for the Anaheim Ducks: They traded their uniforms for tuxedos, their hockey sticks for spatulas, and the entire team filled the Hyatt Regency Irvine for their 13th annual fundraising gala. Aptly titled Dux in Tux, the event paired players like Teemu Selanne and Jonas Hiller with chefs, including The Ranch's Michael Rossi and Charlie Palmer's Seakyeong Kim, to cook up creative cuisine for the 300 guests. A rousing live auction and a chance to mix and mingle with the guys rounded out the affair. The winning goal: More than $200,000 was raised for the Ducks S.C.O.R.E. (Scholastic Curriculum of Recreation and Education) program. Yes, we'd be happy to see those Dux in Tux more often. Photos by Debora Robinson
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We aim to help consumers fall in love our products . Help independent traders and promote their products and ethics through e-commerce.
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Discover shops rated by unique customers who know and value exclusive products.
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Our website was started in 2013 to provide a platform to connect sellers and consumers At the time there was nothing serving this niche market. The aim of the platform helping businesses serving this market to grow and innovate.
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Moreover, the newly introduced Simon base model format (.sbm) and the integration of a GHNS online repository of base models have removed the last big hurdle of the initial configuration.
One can now easily go from a fresh installation to a working setup in less than 5 minutes without any preparation. Don't believe me? Check out the quick start below!
Simon 0.4.0: Quick Start
SPHINXOne of the major internal changes of Simon 0.4 is of course the included support for the BSD licensed CMU SPHINX. While we still also maintain full support for HTK and Julius, new models compiled with Simon will default to the SPHINX backend and the (proprietary) HTK is no longer required to build user-generated models.
Best of all: Simon will select the correct backend for your configuration transparently and automatically.
The Voxforge project has been working for years towards GPL acoustic models for a variety of languages. While their models are certainly not yet perfect, they offer a promising starting point.
The English Voxforge model is of course available as a Simon base model and can be downloaded and imported with Simon.
Additionally, starting with Simon 0.4, users will also have the option to contribute their gathered Simon training samples directly to the Voxforge server.
These recordings will then be used to train and improve the general acoustic models.
Simon 0.4.0: Training
For example: Why listen for "Close tab" when your browser isn't even open? Or why listen for anything at all when you're actually in the next room listening to music? Yes, Simon is watching you.
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DownloadTo install Simon 0.4.0, you can either compile the official source tarball, install a binary package provider by our Linux distribution or use the installer for Windows.
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Jessup erroneously releases woman imprisoned for burglary
Woman released last month from prison
State prison officials erroneously released a woman serving a six-year sentence in November, corrections officials announced Friday.
Tamicia Renea Hager, 26, was released Friday from the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services announced.
Hager was serving two three-year sentences, one for conspiracy to commit robbery with a deadly weapon, and another for first-degree burglary. No further information regarding the crime was immediately known.
Hager was incarcerated on Nov. 21 and she was not eligible for release until next December.
Corrections officials describe Hager as a black woman who is 5 feet, 5 inches tall and 300 pounds. She has brown hair and eyes.
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ISPRS 2003 Specialized Planetary Cartography Database
The existing DBs are not enough universal from planetary cartography point of view . It is useful to develop a Solar System bodies DB with a map-oriented data access. Our Planetary Cartography laboratory is occupied on realization this idea now. The main role will play thematic maps characterizing such aspects as morphology, gravity anomalies, hypsometry, colorimetric and polarimetric properties, climate parameters etc. of celestial bodies. There are some typical region areas there too. The DB structure will have various levels of information for different groups of users. These levels will depend on the map scale you need and on accuracy level and concentration of some cartographic information. We suppose to use the international Series of Multilingual Maps of Planets and their Moons as base maps for DB. This series includes the Moon, Mars, Venus and Mercury maps for today and will be continue in the next future. The topological editor for digital maps (GeoGraph for Windows) is chosen for DB saturation. This editor is an instrument for creating digital maps of high quality. It takes in to account the demands of leading world GIS, and allows to transform existing digital maps in other GIS (ARC/INFO, MapInfo et all) without additional operations. Beside the means of special data connection with attributive data base there are powerful means for digital map transformations in this editor. Its means allow to transform more than 40 kinds of cartographic projections. Wide possibilities for DB saturation will be opened by using GeoGraph.
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Ramos resolved to reverse Madrid's fortunes
Wednesday 18 April 2012
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Real Madrid CF's Sergio Ramos and Pepe are confident the Santiago Bernabéu factor will tell when they try to overturn a first-leg deficit against FC Bayern München next week.
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Despite succumbing to a last-gasp UEFA Champions league semi-final first-leg defeat by FC Bayern München, Real Madrid CF defenders Sergio Ramos and Pepe are confident the imposing atmosphere of a packed Santiago Bernabéu will prove telling when they attempt to turn their deficit around next Wednesday.
The nine-time European champions appeared destined for a valuable 1-1 draw at the Fußball Arena München until Mario Gomez pounced late on to earn Bayern a slender advantage, after Mesut Özil had cancelled out Franck Ribéry's first-half opener. Nonetheless, Ramos said: "It's still very open. We have another 90 minutes at the Bernabéu and that's definitely an advantage for us."
Fellow defender Pepe regretted Gomez's late strike but the Portugal centre-half agreed that plenty of cause for optimism remained. "Obviously it was a shame to concede a goal in the final minute," he said, "but it was a fantastic game. We're leaving here with a positive feeling as we scored and we're confident of doing so again at the Bernabéu. It will be a completely different game at home."
Though "disappointed" at the nature of the loss, goalscorer Özil also remained confident of a return to the Bavarian capital for the 19 May showpiece. "Bayern are a great team and we knew beforehand that they're very strong at home," said the German playmaker, who was competing against a club from his homeland for the first time since swapping the Bundesliga for the Liga in 2010.
"Still, I'm convinced we'll win the second leg. We believe in our strengths and at times tonight we showed what we're capable of. We may have lost 2-1, but we have to look forward now and make sure we get to the final."
The Merengues had gone into the game on the back of a 20-match unbeaten run and after Özil had levelled proceedings shortly after the restart, appeared content to hold out for a 1-1 draw. However, despite absorbing sustained pressure throughout the second half, their plans of taking home an away-goal lead were scuppered by Gomez's last-gasp winner.
While Bayern can afford to rest key players in their weekend match against SV Werder Bremen, Madrid will need to be firing on all cylinders once again in Saturday's much-hyped title clash against arch-rivals FC Barcelona, prompting Ramos to emphasise the importance of maximising recovery time between fixtures: "Football carries on, the league is still going and tomorrow we'll look ahead to the next match, but we also need to rest as we worked very hard tonight."
In spite of the gruelling schedule, Pepe played down suggestions that the Clásico might detract from his team-mates' focus ahead of the second leg: "We're a great team with great players. These things happen in football and you always have to be prepared."


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Bridget E. Fogarty 1934-2012
A Mass of Christian Burial for Bridget Fogarty of Emmetsburg was held Saturday, Sept. 29, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Emmetsburg. The Rev. Tom Geelan officiated.
Burial was in St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Emmetsburg. The Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Emmetsburg was in charge of arrangements.
Bridget E. Fogarty, daughter of George and Anna Weir, was born Nov. 30, 1934, in Algona. She graduated from Algona High School in 1952.
In 1954 Bridget was united in marriage to Terrance "Ike" Fogarty. To this union seven children were born.
Bridget was a devoted and very busy homemaker, raising her children until 1974, when she and Ike opened their family business, Fogarty Grocery and Repair. From that point on, until this summer when her health declined, she was at the station cooking, pumping fuel for all of her customers and taking care of the accounting duties, each and every day.
Bridget was a long time member of Holy Family Catholic Church in Emmetsburg.
Bridget passed away Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, at the age of 77, at Lakeside Lutheran Home in Emmetsburg.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Terrance "Ike" on June 17, 2012; brothers, Lawrence "Bud" Weir and George Weir, Jr.; and a sister, Mary Oldenberg.
She is survived by her children, Mike (Carol) Fogarty of Emmetsburg, John (Holly) Fogarty of Spencer, Tom Fogarty of Emmetsburg, Jill (Kevin) Hanson of Graettinger, Jim (Christina) Fogarty of Phoenix, AZ, Bill Fogarty of Wichita, KS, and Joe (Tina) Fogarty of Chicago, IL; 12 grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; sister, Julie Gilbert of Knox, IN.
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Motorists caught talking on their cell phones or texting while driving would face stiffer fines – up to $1,000 – under a bill that is being considered in the Oregon Legislature.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved the bill put forth by Senate President Peter Courtney. The Salem Democrat says he would like to see distracted driving treated the same way as drunken driving.
The proposed law is intended to make motorists take the existing law more seriously.
Committee members watched a video demonstrating the dangers of texting and heard from law enforcement officers who support the bill.
A House bill aims to increase the fines for drivers caught using their cell phones to $2,000.
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GIRARD, Ohio (AP) - A spate of five-figure water bills in an Ohio city is being blamed on new software, but a pastor jokes his church's $93,000 bill was from using too much holy water.
The July bill sent to St. Rose Catholic Church in Girard near Youngstown was one of many erroneous statements sent to the city's water customers. The (Youngstown) Vindicator (bit.ly/12ooIaW) reports that the Tri-Changes hair salon got a $12,000 bill.
Residents, business owners and clergy recently descended on the city's water department seeking an explanation.
Girard public services director Jerry Lambert says the city is replacing manual-read meters with automatic readers. He says the errors are a result of software problems during the changeover.
Lambert says the statements should be '100 percent correct' by the next billing cycle in September.


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Step 5. Query the Database Using the DataContext Object
Once the XML mapping file is loaded into the DataContext object you can query the database using LINQ or Lambda expressions. Here's an example of grabbing all of the customer records that have a last name starting with "M":
IEnumerable<DAL.Customer> custs = from c in context.GetTable<DAL.Customer>() where c.LastName.StartsWith("M") select c; foreach (DAL.Customer cust in custs) { Console.WriteLine(cust.FirstName + " " + cust.LastName); }
The ap_GetCustomerByLastName stored procedure can be called using the CustomDataContext object's GetCustomerByLastName() method as shown next:
IEnumerable<DAL.Customer> custs2 = context.GetCustomerByLastName("A"); foreach (DAL.Customer cust in custs2) { Console.WriteLine(cust.FirstName + " " + cust.LastName); }
The results of the two queries are shown next:
Although the LINQ-to-SQL designer provides the biggest bang for the buck as far as productivity goes when working with LINQ-to-SQL, the XML mapping features discussed here (although not as productive from a time standpoint) let you have more control over the classes that are used in an application and the manner in which they're mapped to database tables. Regardless of which route you choose to go, LINQ-to-SQL will definitely provide a productivity boost for many applications especially when compared to writing data access code from scratch.


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Averill, Vermont
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Averill is a town in Essex county, Vermont. It was formed in 1762 in 1762 N.H. from the following county/ies: Orange. The probate and court district for Averill is Essex. On the attached map, Averill is shown as 5 in Essex county.
For information about the state of Vermont see Vermont Family History Research.