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Kath & Kim
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
Addendum, 2010:
Worlds Funniest Island II takes place soon (Oct 16-17). Tickets are being offered at a special price until October 4. Kath & Kim are hosting the Foxy Gala. Go on, you know you want to: buy some tickets. Now. www.worldsfunniestisland.com
While attempting to Google™ 'Gina Riley' for a suitable biography and 'Kath & Kim' for a suitable synopsis to link to from the introduction to my Julie Dawn Cole interview, I realised that virtually no examples of the former really exist online (although this bio is at least a good starting point for Riley, while Andrew Denton's Enough Rope interview with Riley and Jane Turner provides quite a full picture), and few of the examples of the latter that do exist (again, apart from Denton's work, of course) satisfy me as much as my own attempt of the same. So, despite its short-comings (no info whatsoever of Peter Rowsthorn's contribution to the show; no mention of Marg Downey's saucey cameo; certainly, no biographical details of the writer/stars) I include here my interview with Jane Turner and Gina Riley. It originally appeared in FilmInk to coincide with the 2002 DVD release of the first season of Kath & Kim .
A recent criticism from a regular visitor to this blog is that I have been 'slipping' – updates being posted a week apart. Thus, any excuse to raid the comedy archive is a good one, particularly when it gives repeat visitors something else to read.
In addition to more information on Riley and Turner as performers, and any information whatsoever on the likes of Rowsthorn and Downey, the other thing I'd want to add to this piece is the way in which the opening sequence of Kath & Kim seems to tip its hat to those first seasons of Absolutely Fabulous: the distinct typeface of the title and the white background are so stylised that it would seem deliberate. Was someone cleverly trying to coerce the same comedy audience who loved that particular mother/daughter comedy to give this one a go? Or is there another dimension of humour at work, perhaps a class-based one, whereby the newley 'effluent' Aussie middle class is, as ever, taking the mickey out of the upper-middle class English mickey-takers? If so, that'd be really noiyce and un-yews-ual – as far as sitcoms go, particularly as Kath & Kim is now being enjoyed in other territories around the world.
Jane Turner and Gina Riley on Kath & Kim
The first hint came during the highly stylised opening credits, when Jane Turner bent over to look back at us from between the legs of her ridiculously billowy harem pants, while Gina Riley belted out an aptly defiant rendition of the Anthony Newley/Leslie Bricusse-penned comedy song 'The Joker'. The exact moment followed soon after, in the very first scene of that very first episode. When Kath (Turner) turned to daughter Kim (Riley) to utter for the first time the words, "Look at moiye, Kim; look at moiye, look at moiye, look at mooooiiiiye!" and a new catch phrase entered everyday speech, it was abundantly clear that, in addition to being a comedy lover's wet dream, Kath & Kim would also prove to be that most elusive beast of Australian culture: the funny sitcom. Jane and Gina, creators, writers and stars of Kath & Kim, have much to be proud of.
"That's good to hear," Jane acknowledges appreciatively. In the process of getting the show up, she says, "a lot of crap went down". Criticisms included the apparent lack of "emotional arc", ensuring characters "don't learn" and "don't change". Gina concurs: "nobody thought that the show was going to work." After eighteen months writing the series, it took a further two years to convince the ABC to start shooting it. But Jane and Gina stuck to their guns, concentrating on "what we think is funny and what we think is right." With their keen eye for detail they got it absolutely right: the misadventures of the would-be "empty nester" and her "hornbag" daughter is a cack.
However, if the characters fail to show sufficient development throughout the course of Kath & Kim's eight episodes, it is because their characterisations come to the show fully formed. Gina agrees that, in many ways, Kath & Kim is an extension of Dumb Street, the piss-take of Aussie soaps that she and Jane used to do on Fast Forward. Furthermore, Jane has a history of ditzy comedic blonde characters under her belt – or rather, in her handbag – since, Jane admits, virtually every one of her characters has had as a prop "the same sort of white, quilted handbag with gold chain." The handbag has been passed onto Kath, the latest in a long line of "daggy housewives" Jane has been playing since her Fast Forward days. And Glenn Robbins, who plays Kim's "hunk of spunk" boyfriend Kel Knight, often portrayed a similarly daggy bloke opposite her. "We've had each other's numbers for a while as those characters," Jane says. Indeed, it was on a sketch-comedy show that appeared in 1995, entitled Big Girl's Blouse, that Kath and Kim were born – in a hen's night scene, as it happens. "Jane naturally fell into the Kath character," Gina reports, "and I naturally fell into the Kim character, and that was it; we were off and running."
Initially, the mockumentary voice-overs and the housing estate setting of Kath & Kim – harking back to Sylvania Waters – clearly marked middle Australia as the butt of the joke. Hence a mixed response from the critics – 'elitist' Sydney Morning Herald gave it the thumbs up but 'populist' Daily Telegraph had to withhold approval until the realisation sunk in that it's own readership also had a sense of humour. According to Gina, "the response was the opposite in Melbourne." However, while journalists largely misinterpreted where exactly she and Jane were coming from, the audience "cottoned on" pretty quickly that they "were taking the mickey out of ourselves as much as anyone else". Jane adds that, having no pride, she and Gina were shameless. "We pulled out our warts and our carbuncles and our monobrows and our love handles; we dredged up our own lives."
Although the DVD release of Kath & Kim fails to include commentary or a 'making of', it does provide an additional hour of material. Takes in which the actors crack each other up (Jane mostly blames Magda Szubanski, who plays Kim's "second-best friend" Sharon: "it was very hard to maintain order with naughty girls like her around"), more mockumentary sequences and 'wine time' ruminations and even Sharon's handy cam footage of Kim's own "connubials", initially deemed superfluous to the finished product, were far too funny to lose outright. The real question, now that Jane and Gina have raised the bar so high, is "where to next?" Not giving anything away, Jane says, "because the relationships are set, we can take them anywhere and do anything with them. We just want to keep it as real as possible."


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Two Roads is my entry for LD13 – Roads. It's extremely simple to play, and you'd have to be sick in the head to not have the most fun ever in your whole life enjoying its extremely innovative and immersive gameplay.
POST COMPO UPDATE! This is not cheating! You can go ahead and download the 17mb compo edition below, or you can be smart and download the 5.4mb post-compo edition instead! It's the exact same in every way, except all the sounds are changed to OGG files, and all the images have been converted to 256 color. The only code change was to change "wav" to "ogg" in the sound loading code.
Win32 download: http://hamumu.com/goods/ludum/tworoads.zip (17mb! It must be good!)
Obviously I slacked off a lot this weekend, since this is only my second log entry… oh well. I hope you enjoy my game! It was a unique experience creating it.

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Video Review
What's In The Box
- Boogie Board LCD writing tablet
- Writing stylus
- Cleaning cloth
- Instructions
- Thin, light, and durable.
- Unlimited possible uses.
- Sensitve display allows for detailed texturing, strokes, etc.
- No neckstrap or wriststrap for easy carrying.
- No pen slot or compartment to store the writing stylus.
- Non-replaceable battery.
Perhaps we love the Boogie Board because it allows us to write shocking statements, flash them at friends, and quickly erase them with the push of the button. It could be that we love the Boogie Board because it's a new concept, fun and easy to use, and has multiple practical applications also. Regardless of the reason we highly recommend this new and innovative product and look forward to a Boogie Board version 2.0. Our recommendations for the manufacturer: add a replaceable battery, carrying strap, stylus holder, and the ability to transfer drawings via USB PC link, BlueTooth, or WiFi even!
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I love my country(Greece) but when it comes to wicca it can let you down.
I have n't found yet a decent occult shop in Athens. Don't get me wrong there are a couple of them, but they are creepy and i can't help it but shiver at the entrance. You can find there -when your eyes get used to no light at all- animal parts (iou!), books of black magic, pictures and dolls of demons. I think those shops are making a stereotype by themselves!
And i also hate the whole situation because i do not want my ingredients to carry that kind of energy. I grow some herbs by my self but we all know that this is not enough. Essence oils, candles or ingredients to make them, herbs you can't grow or don't have enough, you have to buy them from somewhere. So i choose to ignore those facts and get what i need for my craft.
But there is one thing that i can not convience my self to buy from one of those annoying places and i really do not think i should. This is my athame. It is such a big deal that i have considered giving a lot(!) of money that i do not have to a jewellery store to have it hand made, or simply buying a dagger but it seems lame! Until i find a satisfying solution i am using a beautiful paper knife that unfortunately is not very sharp.
If you have any ideas about what i can do please feel free to elaborate.
I wish to all of you a great sunday evening and an even better and more creative new week!
Blessed be*
I want an athame!
I love my country(Greece) but when it comes to wicca it can let you down.
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Labels: athame, athens, greece, occult shops
2 comments:
- Hibiscus Moon said...
How about buying one online? I have purchased many of my craft items this way, and sometimes at a better price than my local occult shop.
- March 1, 2009 at 9:28 PM
- Tara Maya said...
I was going to say the same thing. Shipping might be a problem. Otherwise, you could look online for a wicca-friendly shop in a neighboring country and take a train there. Make an adventure of it -- making a quest to find the perfect athame will invest it with the right spirit and make it very special.
- March 6, 2009 at 8:10 PM


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Alan McGovern, the creator of MonoTorrent, has spent the past 12 weeks developing a visual design tool for XAML that runs on Mono. Although McGovern had no previous experience with either Silverlight or XAML when he started working on his XAML designer, he has successfully created an impressive working prototype.
McGovern's XAML tool—which he calls Lunar Eclipse—was designed to work with Moonlight, Novell's open source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight rich-media application development framework. Novell's developers produced their Moonlight prototype during a 20 day hackathon in June, during which McGovern started working on Lunar Eclipse.
McGovern's current Lunar Eclipse prototype supports basic animation as well as creating, moving, resizing, and changing the properties of basic shapes. "The basics are there for recording animations. Not everything can be animated as of yet. The supporting infrastructure is all there. It's just currently it can only animate properties which take doubles as their value," writes McGovern in a blog entry. "You can do cool stuff like record several keyframes, then move them around to make the time longer, or shorter, or you can completely rearrange the keyframes so things happen in a different order. You can also seek along the storyboard and see the positions of the elements at different times in the animation."
Although the user interface of Lunar Eclipse is still extremely primitive, the underlying functionality is shaping up nicely. According to McGovern, the eventual goal is to make it possible for Lunar Eclipse to be integrated into MonoDevelop. There are also plans to make a XAML-based interface for Lunar Eclipse so that it can be used in a web browser.
According to lead Mono developer Miguel de Icaza, most of the components required for the open source Silverlight development stack are working, and will be part of Mono 1.2.6, which is scheduled for release in October or November.
The demonstration videos posted in McGovern's blog entry provide additional insight into the capabilities of Lunar Eclipse.


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Barkhamsted voters approve tax abatement for new medical facility
BARKHAMSTED >> A plan to build a new medical center in town got a boost from town residents Wednesday night when they voted to approve a five-year tax break for the project's builder.
The decision to relocate the Charlotte Hungerford Hospital's services from the Winsted Health Center from to a new location in Barkhamsted was unanimously approved by the Barkhamsted selectmen late last January. Following a vote at a special meeting held at town hall, only opposed by a handful of the about 75 locals in attendance, it appears that this plan will soon become a reality.
"Having used an emergency facility more than once in my lifetime, I think it's outstanding to have an updated facility as close as this is going to be for the town of Barkhamsted," Frank Kaczynski of Riverton said, to a round of applause.
The now-approved tax incentives include a full tax abatement on improvements made to the property for the first five years, 50 percent for the sixth year and 25 percent for the seventh year.
The town will continue to receive the same amount of taxes as it does now, according to the agreement, and will receive full taxes during the construction period, and be eligible to get additional taxes on personal property in doctor's offices when the building is completed.
Though it will be called Barkhamsted Hospital LLC, the medical facility will not be a hospital, according to Barkhamsted first selectman Don Stein, since a hospital means that people can stay overnight. It will instead be used as an emergency room as well as a treatment center. Along with this, roughly 6,000 square feet of the 19,000 total will be reserved to be leased out to private physicians.
The emergency center would include cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, CAT scans, blood drawing, laboratory work and X-rays.
The site will also include a helicopter pad that can accommodate Lifestar.
The building will be located on New Hartford Road on Route 44, near Mallory Brook Plaza and will have a 40-year lease. Allan Borghesi of Borghesi Building Company LLC will be constructing the new one-story facility. The estimated time to complete the project will be two years, according to Borghesi.
"Even during the construction period, even during the beginning of the opening, the town is getting more income," Borghesi said. "I am spending a considerable amount of money bringing sewer and water to this site."
There has been plenty of backlash in Winsted in regards to moving Charlotte Hungerford Hospital's services to the new site roughly two miles away.
Stein spoke about the issues with Winsted Health Center, and why the move is necessary.
"It has a very steep hill, it has limited parking, limited accessibility," Stein said. "And the building, to make it current, requires a lot of work to update the facility."
The projection is for roughly 30 medical staff, not including cleaning and maintenance, Stein said. According to Stein, the cost is clearly in excess of three million dollars.
Stein said that a sewer agreement with Winsted in 2003 and a water agreement with the same town in 2011 would allow water and sewer to come across the town line from Winsted for the first time to the part of Route 44 where Mallory Brook, Lombard Ford and this proposed facility would be.
"What we get is a medical service upgrade," Stein said, "Not just in Barkhamsted but for the whole area."
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NHL Roundup: Gomez signs with Panthers, Palffy announces retirement
Veteran center Scott Gomez signed a one-year contract with the Florida Panthers on Wednesday, the team announced.
Gomez, 33, played for the San Jose Sharks last season after his contract was bought out by the Montreal Canadiens. In 39 regular-season games with the Sharks, Gomez had two goals and 13 assists.
Gomez's one-year deal with the Panthers is worth $900,000, according to Sportsnet. That would be a raise from his one-year, $700,000 contract with the Sharks in 2012-13.
Gomez has played for the New Jersey Devils (1999-2007), New York Rangers (2007-2009), Canadiens (2009-2012) and Sharks. He has 171 career goals and ranks first among active U.S.-born players in assists (530) and points (701) and second in games played (941).
---The Calgary Flames signed forward Josh Jooris to a two-year entry-level deal worth $832,500. He will receive a base salary of $70,000 per year along with a $92,500 bonus both years for a total annual pay of $925,000.
Jooris spent three seasons at Union College, recording 29 goals and 59 assists over 117 games, and is leaving the school with a year of eligibility remaining to join the Flames' prospect camp this summer.
---Ziggy Palffy, who appeared in more than 700 career NHL games, announced he will retire.
Palffy spent last season with HC 36 Skalica of the Slovak Extraliga, leading the league with 73 points in 39 games. He was a three-time 40-goal scorer in the NHL, including a career-high 48 goals in 1996-97.
He spent time with the Isles, Kings and Penguins during his NHL career.


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Alden Hart, one of our LED gurus at HacDC (that's right, we have several — we're geek like 'at) sent out a memo about how impressed he was with the latest issue of Digi-Key's TechZone magazine.
I got a Digi-Key TechZone magazine in snail mail the other day and it has a lot of good and very detailed info on LEDs and lighting, including how specs are measured, circuits, and some theory. It looks like an advertisement for CREE, but what the hey… It's available here. I'll be digesting this for a few days.
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Previously, we took a look at the offer of proof, which is also known as the "informal" bill of exception. The informal bill is a tool of error preservation, and is used to inform the appellate court of the substance of evidence which the trial court refused.
In addition to an informal bill of exception, the Texas rules provide for a formal bill of exception as well. Although they share a similar name, generally one cannot substitute for another. Informal and formal bills are rarely interchangeable because they are intended for different situations and designed for different purposes.
One characteristic that both formal and informal bills share is that they both serve to supplement the record for appellate purposes and preserve error for appellate review. However, they differ in what they actually prove. An informal bill of exception provides proof of the substance of something that was not permitted into evidence at trial. A formal bill of exception, however, provides proof of something that occurred at trial but isn't reflected in the record. For example, if a judge made a ruling during the course of a trial which wasn't included in the court reporter's record, then the attorney complaining of the ruling could seek a formal bill in an attempt to get the ruling included in the record on appeal.
A second difference between an informal bill and a formal bill is one of timing. Informal bills must be made before the jury is charged, or any error in excluding evidence is waived. A formal bill isn't due for filing until 30 days after the Notice of Appeal has been filed.
Another, perhaps technical, difference between an informal bill and a formal bill is where they appear in the record. Informal bills will be included in the reporter's record on appeal, whereas formal bills will be found in the clerk's record.
The Judge's Bill: While there are two types of formal bills of exception, for all practical purposes nowadays there is really only one: the "judge's bill." Rule 33.2 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure provides that when a party wants to complain about a matter which does not appear in the official record of the proceedings, the party should present to the trial judge a formal bill of exception. While there are no magic words which should be used in a formal bill, the rules do require that the bill be sufficiently specific to make the trial court aware of which of the trial court's actions or rulings is being complained of. Once presented with the bill, what the judge chooses to do with it depends upon the posture of the parties and, in some instances, the discretion of the judge.
If both sides agree to the contents of the formal bill, then the court has no discretion but to sign the bill and file it with the clerk. (According to the rule, this is mandatory even if the judge disagrees with what the parties agree to.) Absent agreement, however, on the bill's contents, then, after notice and hearing on the matter, the court will be left with three options:
- If the judge agrees with the bill, then the judge will sign it and file it with the clerk. If the judge disagrees with the bill, then the judge may suggest corrections to it that, in the court's opinion, would make it accurate. If the moving party accepts and makes the suggested corrections, then the judge will sign the corrected version and file it with the clerk. (Interestingly enough, if a formal bill of exception conflicts with a reporter's record, the bill, not the reporter's record, controls.)
- If the moving party disagrees with the suggested corrections, then the judge will return the bill marked "refused" and will instead file a judge's bill (usually prepared by the other side) which, in the court's opinion, accurately reflects what occurred.
The Bystander's Bill: The second type of formal bill, the "bystander's bill," is filed by a party who is dissatisfied with the judge's bill. Today, the bystander's bill has become a rarity, at least in civil trials. This is because a bystander's bill must be supported by the affidavit of three disinterested witnesses who were present in the courtroom and witnessed the event which does not appear in the record. These three disinterested bystanders must also attest to the correctness of the bill which the judge refused. (The refused bill must be filed with the clerk as well.)
The requirement that these bystanders be disinterested disqualifies most everyone who is present in the courtroom during the trial of most civil cases today. (Attorneys, parties, and paralegals are all considered "interested.") The rule permitting the bystander's bill is still there — TRAP 33.2(c)(3) — but, alas, bystanders are not. With the advent of television and the internet, the bystander's bill has gone the way of dinnertime conversation, letter-writing and book clubs.
For better or for worse, gone are the days when the courthouse was the center of entertainment for the community. Instead, the community tunes into the more interesting drama of Judge Judy, the People's Court, and the courtrooms of prime-time T.V. In the event that a courtroom does manage to attract a disinterested audience of three or more — perhaps during a T.V. blackout, or in a criminal trial, which will sometimes manage to muster a decent-sized live audience despite today's competitive entertainment market — a bystander's bill will be the only recourse in challenging the accuracy of the judge's bill. When this happens — when the court of appeals is presented with competing bystander's bills and judge's bills — the appellate court will sit as a fact-finder to determine which bill correctly reflects what actually occurred in the courtroom.
— Bonnie Sudderth, Judge of the 352nd District Court of Tarrant County, Texas


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Sovellus edellyttää, että {0} päivitetään. Päivitä {0} Garmin Expressin avulla.
A widget to make sure that, in case of emergencies, you have the important information for others to help you on your watch: name, date of birth, phone numbers, and perhaps some other information. A safe idea!

If the widget does not behave as you expected, please contact the developer, so the issue can be fixed or clarified.

Fill in this information in the settings from the Connect Mobile app, Garmin Express or using the menu button on the watch. This article describes how you can change the settings: http://www.harryonline.net/connectiq/changing-settings-garmin-connect-iq-app/4152

v1.4.10: Fix issue where app would crash on some input sizes (June 16, 2020)

v1.4.9: Support for new devices (Feb. 9, 2020)

v1.4.8: Support for new devices (May. 18, 2019)

v1.4.7: Fix issue with Epix (Mar. 18, 2019)

v1.4.6: Support for va 3 LTE (Feb. 9, 2019)

v1.4.5: Bugfix, workaround for ancient bug https://forums.garmin.com/forum/developers/connect-iq/114865-connect-iq-1-2-1-sdk-available#post812871 (Jan. 7, 2019)

mauro rizzo
30. elokuuta 2019 | Versio 1.4.8
does not work with edge 1000, downloaded but does not appear on the browser, also set on garmin express.
Kehittäjän vastaus
30. elokuuta 2019, HarryOnline
This is a widget, and it is not in the manual how to access a widget :-( See the description of this widget: On the Edge devices, widgets are accessible via the status bar by swiping down on the home screen. Swipe left or right once the status bar is visible to cycle through your installed widgets. If this does not solve the problem for you, please contact me using the Contact Developer button.
Reijndert de haas
9. elokuuta 2019 | Versio 1.4.8
Great app. A "must have" in my opinion. Garmin should have created a build-in widget like this one. Thumbs up.
18. heinäkuuta 2019 | Versio 1.4.8
I like this idea. Would work well if it self initiated when ko movement it detected for a few mins etc (settable). Maybe even beep to draw attention...just a thought.
4. kesäkuuta 2019 | Versio 1.4.8
This is great. Would love to see it as a watch face standalone or with a companion watch face that tells someone how to access the widget.
27. toukokuuta 2019 | Versio 1.4.8
One of the best and most useful widgets for the Garmin watch. Thank you.
Marius Tubbesing
29. maaliskuuta 2019 | Versio 1.4.7
Perfect! I hope that this widget will never be used on my vivoactive 3, but it gives me a safe feeling, when I'm running without my phone and just the watch.
27. maaliskuuta 2019 | Versio 1.4.7
Great, but recently not working - displaying info on my watch (f5s, latest firmware), just an IQ! picture on the screen. Reinstalled, info filled in and still nothing visible on my watch, IQ! only :-) Therefore currently useless.
Kehittäjän vastaus
27. maaliskuuta 2019, HarryOnline
Obviously, the app is tested before I release a new version, but I can impossibly test all cases on all devices. So if it is not working as expected, get in touch (See Contact Developer link or message to [email protected]) with details (device, info entered), then it can usually be fixed.
4. tammikuuta 2019 | Versio 1.4.3
I`m having trouble editing data fields on my Garmin 735XT, After install, the apps works fine but once I edit data fields (name, labels, phone) the APP Crash, and all I can see is the IQ logo with an exclamation mark. Any ideia how to fix this? I`ve already tried to reinstall it too many times. Garmin Forerunner 725XT 9.40 and Emergency Info 1.4.3. Tried to edit fields with Garmin Express and Connect for iOS. Thanks!
Kehittäjän vastaus
5. tammikuuta 2019, HarryOnline
Under App Info, there is a link to contact the developer. If the app has crashed (IQ logo with exclamation mark), there should be a file '/GARMIN/APPS/LOGS/CIQ_LOG.TXT' on the watch, please share that file, as well as more details, e.g. the information that you entered and possibly the phone type if it may be related to Connect Mobile.
18. joulukuuta 2018 | Versio 1.4.3
While it may never be used, it's nice to know I'm able to put emergency contact information into my watch.
Iain Gibson
2. joulukuuta 2018 | Versio 1.4.1-upd8
Would be great if it could be permanently displayed. How will paramedic know to swipe to find it?
Kehittäjän vastaus
3. joulukuuta 2018, HarryOnline
I fully agree, but this is what is possible as a custom widget. - A widget always returns to the watch screen after one or two minutes - Accessing a widget is different for different devices. It would indeed be more useful if there was a standard way to access such information, so paramedics would know how to find it, but that is something to be taken up by Garmin and other manufactureres, not possible for a custom widget.
Naim Brown
30. lokakuuta 2018 | Versio 1.4.1-upd8
I love this app, however formatting is off for fenix 5s plus and fenix 5 plus. I also have fenix 5x and it works great. Hopefully someone else experienced this and its not just me. Please fix and update asap!!
Marlon Meese
10. syyskuuta 2018 | Versio 1.4.1-upd8
*Erweiterungen der Zeilen für lange Namen und Informationen *Einstellen (in Minuten), wie lange dieses Widget in der Oberfläche erscheinen soll *Widget auf Deutsch übersetzen
David Teague
4. toukokuuta 2018 | Versio 1.4.1-upd5
This is not so much a review, but a question. I'm looking for an app that automatically displays your contact information during a run if you stop for a certain preset period of time, or until you acknowledge an alert or something. That way, if you are hurt or injured during a run, the info will automatically be on your watch screen. Can this app do this?
Kehittäjän vastaus
4. toukokuuta 2018, HarryOnline
No, this widget has to be activated manually. I doubt it is even possible for a Connect IQ app to run in the background, and show when you stop for a preset of time, probably Garmin has to build in some kind of trigger for this. You may post your suggestion in this forum, perhaps other developers have a good idea: https://forums.garmin.com/forum/developers/connect-iq/connect-iq-app-ideas
7. helmikuuta 2018 | Versio 1.4.1-upd2
As a person with epilepsy I love this app. I can't give it 5 stars yet because it is a little restrictive. I found that a few of the fields cut off some of the important text areas where I wish they scrolled like the "other info" field. Maybe as a note to the developer add an option for the user to designate the field as a scrolling field. I understand for the app's sake that these must be limited so maybe give x amount to put in there so the overall field stays compact. Thank you for giving me that much more peace of mind when I go out though!!! I do wear my medical dogtag but now I have days where I feel comfy leaving it hanging on my bathroom mirror because that same info is right on my wrist.
Kehittäjän vastaus
7. helmikuuta 2018, HarryOnline
Thanks for your feedback! I'd like to look into this case. The fields are designed to fit international telephone numbers, but for a specific use case or device, it may not fit. Can you share the info you use, and the device type? You can use the Contact Developer link on the App Info tab.
25. tammikuuta 2018 | Versio 1.4.1-upd
23. joulukuuta 2017 | Versio 1.4.1-upd
Got all my information entered just fine. Great idea to have just in case.
4. joulukuuta 2017 | Versio 1.4.1-upd
This is a very useful, simple app for holding & displaying emergency information (or any other short bits of info). It would get 5 stars if the way of entering the data on Garmin Express was simpler. Surely Heading 1 : Data 1, Heading 2 : Data 2 etc would be more intuitive than entering all the data fields and then rewording the headings?
Andrew Richardson
29. marraskuuta 2017 | Versio 1.4.1-upd
Hi great widget but is there a way of adding more than 1 emergency contact... thx
Kehittäjän vastaus
30. marraskuuta 2017, HarryOnline
The space on the screen is limited, but you could use any of the other fields (e.g., Date of Birth, Phone) for another Emergency contact. In the settings, you can not only change the information, but also the labels, so you can customise it as you want.
Muiris Ó Cléirigh
19. marraskuuta 2017 | Versio 1.4.1-upd
Works well on my FR235. Would it be an idea to call the headings Line 1-5 instead of Phone Emergency etc. ? That would keep it nicely flexible. For example I always switch phone and emergency because the mobile number is too long to display.
6. marraskuuta 2017 | Versio 1.4.1-upd
Useful (also for/as "Owner Contact Info" if unit is lost). I even use the field labels for info (content is usually pretty obvious so the labels are not fully necessary). Suggestion: add one extra page (swipe down..?) with one free form text field.
Adrian Danczyk
16. syyskuuta 2017 | Versio 1.4.0
Does not display on the Edge 820 device... it'll be listed in Garmin Connect along with any other apps/widgets you've downloaded, and you'll be able to go into the app settings from Connect to update your own info, but alas, it doesn't display on the device. Even if it did, there's no obvious "Emergency crew look here" type of button in the Edge 820 that would tell first responders they can get vital medical info and contact numbers for the injured.
Kehittäjän vastaus
17. syyskuuta 2017, HarryOnline
You are right that Garmin has made it very hard to find a widget on the Edge devices, that's a problem for all widgets. You can access widgets from the home screen, swipe down (this shows some settings menu), then swipe left or right to see the installed widgets. Emergency Info should be one of them, if you have more widgets installed, you may have to swipe a few times left or right.
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text: This is the accessible text file for GAO report number GAO-09-266T entitled 'Troubled Asset Relief Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency' which was released on December 10, 2008. This text file was formatted by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to be accessible to users with visual impairments, as part of a longer term project to improve GAO products' accessibility. Every attempt has been made to maintain the structural and data integrity of the original printed product. Accessibility features, such as text descriptions of tables, consecutively numbered footnotes placed at the end of the file, and the text of agency comment letters, are provided but may not exactly duplicate the presentation or format of the printed version. The portable document format (PDF) file is an exact electronic replica of the printed version. We welcome your feedback. Please E-mail your comments regarding the contents or accessibility features of this document to firstname.lastname@example.com. This is a work of the U.S. government and is not subject to copyright protection in the United States. It may be reproduced and distributed in its entirety without further permission from GAO. Because this work may contain copyrighted images or other material, permission from the copyright holder may be necessary if you wish to reproduce this material separately. Testimony: Before the Committee on Financial Services, House of Representatives: United States Government Accountability Office: GAO: For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EST: Wednesday, December 10, 2008: Troubled Asset Relief Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency: Statement of Gene L. Dodaro: Acting Comptroller General of the United States: TARP: GAO-09-266T: Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Bachus, and members of the committee: I am pleased to be here today to discuss our first report on the newly created Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), which gave the Department of Treasury the authority to purchase and insure up to $700 billion in troubled assets held by financial institutions through the Office of Financial Stability (OFS).[Footnote 1] Treasury was granted this authority in response to the recent financial crisis that has threatened the stability of the U.S. banking system and the solvency of numerous financial institutions. Among other things, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (the act) that authorized TARP on October 3, 2008, requires GAO to report at least every 60 days on findings resulting from our oversight of the status of actions taken under the program.[Footnote 2] My statement today is based on our December 2, 2008, report. This report is the first under the act's mandate and covers the actions taken as part of TARP through November 25, 2008.[Footnote 3] Our oversight work under the act is ongoing, and our next report will be issued by January 31, 2009. Like the report, this statement focuses on (1) the nature and purpose of activities that were initiated under TARP as of November 25, 2008; (2) the structure of OFS, its use of contractors, and its system of internal controls; and (3) preliminary indicators of TARP performance. To do this work, we reviewed documents related to TARP, including contracts, agreements, guidance, and rules. We also met with OFS, contractors, federal agencies, and officials from the eight large institutions that had received disbursements. Going forward, we plan to continue to monitor the issues highlighted in the report, as well as future and ongoing capital purchases, other more recent transactions undertaken as part of: TARP (e.g., capital purchases in Citigroup and American International Group), and the status of other aspects of TARP. We conducted this performance audit in October 2008 and November 2008 in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain sufficient, appropriate evidence to provide a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives. We believe that the evidence obtained provides a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives. Summary: Treasury has taken a number of steps to try to stabilize the U.S. financial markets and banking system, including injecting billions of dollars into financial institutions. Although Treasury initially planned to buy mortgages and mortgage-related assets through TARP, Treasury shifted its focus to a preferred stock and warrant purchase program, known as the Capital Purchase Program (CPP). Treasury has provided more than $155 billion in capital to 87 institutions through CPP as of December 5, 2008. It has also established a Systemically Significant Failing Institution (SSFI) program, through which Treasury may invest in any financial instrument, including debt, equity, or warrants determined to be a troubled asset, and continues to explore other programs, including those focused on insurance, foreclosure mitigation, and consumer lending.[Footnote 4] As of December 5, 2008, Treasury had allocated a total of $335 billion of TARP funds and disbursed $195 billion to institutions under the various programs.[Footnote 5] While we recognize that TARP has existed for a short time and that a new program of such magnitude faces many challenges, especially in this current uncertain economic climate, we found that Treasury has yet to address a number of critical issues. These include determining how it will ensure that CPP is achieving its intended goals and monitoring compliance with limitations on executive compensation, dividend payments, and stock repurchases. Moreover, it has yet to formalize transition planning efforts given the upcoming shift to a new administration or to establish an effective management structure and an essential system of internal controls. In our report, we recommended that Treasury take nine actions to help ensure the program's integrity, accountability, and transparency. These would require that Treasury: * work with the bank regulators to establish a systematic means of determining and reporting in a timely manner whether financial institutions' activities are generally consistent with the purposes of CPP and help ensure an appropriate level of accountability and transparency; * develop a means to ensure that institutions participating in CPP comply with key program requirements (for example, executive compensation, dividend payments, and the repurchase of stock); * formalize the existing communication strategy to ensure that external stakeholders, including Congress, are informed about the program's current strategy and activities and understand the rationale for changes in this strategy to avoid information gaps and surprises; * facilitate a smooth transition to the new administration by building on and formalizing ongoing activities, including ensuring that key OFS leadership positions are filled during and after the transition; * expedite OFS's hiring efforts to ensure that Treasury has the personnel needed to carry out and oversee TARP; * ensure that sufficient personnel are assigned and properly trained to oversee the performance of all contractors, especially for contracts priced on a time-and-materials basis, and move toward fixed-price arrangements whenever possible; * continue to develop a comprehensive system of internal control over TARP, including policies, procedures, and guidance that are robust enough to protect taxpayers' interests and ensure that the program objectives are being met; * issue final regulations on conflicts of interest quickly and review and renegotiate mitigation plans to enhance specificity and compliance; and: * institute a system to effectively manage and monitor the mitigation of conflicts of interest. In the short period covered by our report, Treasury has taken a number of important steps to set up TARP and to address the unfolding financial crisis. While immediate action is important, this urgency must be balanced against the need for strong management and oversight. Because Treasury is establishing oversight policies and procedures at the same time that it is setting up the program, we found some lag in its administrative efforts, which we have highlighted in this statement and discussed in detail in our report. Until these issues are resolved, there is heightened risk that the interests of the government and taxpayers may not be adequately protected and that OFS may not achieve its mission in an effective and efficient manner. We are continuing to follow up on these issues and to oversee new developments in the program, such as the foreclosure mitigation and insurance programs, SSFI, and minority contracting issues, as we prepare for our next report. We also have started to evaluate indicators that, when reviewed collectively, should provide information about the state of financial markets and credit flow. However, it is too soon to determine whether the program is having the intended effect on credit and financial markets. Further, isolating TARP's impact will be difficult because of the number of actions that have been taken by U.S. regulators and foreign governments to stabilize the markets and because we cannot say what would have happened in the absence of TARP and these other efforts. We will continue to monitor and report on these preliminary indicators, including trends in interest rate spreads, mortgage rates, mortgage originations, and foreclosures, and to identify additional indicators as the program evolves. Treasury Has Moved Quickly to Establish CPP, but Plans for Other Approaches to Strengthening Financial Markets Are Ongoing: Treasury allocated $250 billion to CPP and purchased $115 billion in senior preferred shares of eight national financial institutions on October 28, 2008, and about $40 billion in senior preferred shares of 79 additional financial institutions on November 14, 21 and December 5, 2008.[Footnote 6] Treasury and the regulators have publicly stated that they expect these institutions to use the funds in a manner consistent with the goals of the program, which include both the expansion of the flow of credit and the modification of the terms of residential mortgages. But it is unclear how OFS and the banking regulators will monitor how participating institutions are using the capital investments and whether these goals are being met. The standard agreement between Treasury and the participating institutions does not require that these institutions track or report how they use or plan to use their capital investments. Although Treasury has said that it expects the institutions to increase the flow of credit, Treasury has not yet determined whether it will impose reporting requirements on the participating financial institutions or whether it will leverage existing reporting requirements to the banking regulators to reduce the regulatory burden. While we understand that money is fungible, such monitoring and reporting requirements are critical to ensuring the transparency and accountability of CPP and would help Treasury to monitor how the infusions were being used in the aggregate across the participating institutions. We recommended that Treasury work with the bank regulators to establish a systematic means of determining and reporting in a timely manner whether financial institutions' activities are generally consistent with the purposes of CPP. Treasury had a different perspective on what should be done to evaluate how institutions were using funds received under CPP, and is opting for development of general metrics for evaluating the overall success of CPP rather than working with bank regulators to establish a systematic means for determining whether financial institutions' uses of CPP funds were consistent with the purposes of the program, as we recommended. While we agree that it will be important to develop a range of metrics to evaluate the overall success of CPP and we welcome continued discussions with Treasury and the bank regulators on general metrics to achieve this purpose, given the magnitude of funds provided to this program, these types of metrics alone will not provide the necessary transparency and accountability needed to ensure that participating institutions are using the funds in a manner that is consistent with the purposes of the act. Moreover, institution-level information aggregated across the participants would also provide an alternative basis to assess the effect of TARP in restoring liquidity and stability to the financial system. The standard terms of the securities purchase agreements also include certain requirements regarding executive compensation--for example, certain senior executives must repay any incentive or bonus compensation that was based on materially inaccurate financial statements. [Footnote 7] However, Treasury has not yet determined how it will monitor compliance with this or other requirements, such as limitations on dividend payments and stock repurchases. Without a strong oversight and monitoring function, Treasury's ability to ensure an appropriate level of accountability and transparency will be limited. Our related recommendation in this area is intended to bolster the program's accountability and transparency. The creation of CPP was a shift in the direction of TARP. Treasury's rationale for the shift was that purchasing troubled assets would not provide the immediate results that were needed, given the deepening crisis in financial markets. Treasury believed that purchasing preferred stocks and warrants from financial institutions would be the fastest way to stabilize the markets, encourage interbank lending, and increase confidence of lenders and investors.[Footnote 8] While Treasury has provided information on its Web page about its activities, this shift in the direction of the program heightened the need for Treasury to provide sufficient information to external stakeholders, such as Congress and the public, about not only the change in strategy but also the rationale for the new focus. Consequently, we urged Treasury to strengthen its communication strategy about plans for the program in order to avoid information gaps as market conditions and TARP evolve. It is unclear what other approaches Treasury will pursue to meet the purposes of the act, including purchasing and insuring mortgage-related assets. Treasury has established the SSFI program under TARP. According to Treasury, institutions will be considered for participation in SSFI on a case-by-case basis, and there is no deadline for participation in this program. For example, in early November, Treasury announced that it would purchase $40 billion in senior preferred stock from AIG as part of a comprehensive plan to restructure federal assistance to this company, which Treasury views as systemically significant. In addition, Treasury has taken initial steps to gather comments on ways of using its authority to insure troubled assets and is exploring approaches to supporting loan modification efforts. For example, Treasury solicited comments on how to structure the program, identify institutions and assets for inclusion, and calculate premiums in the Federal Register.[Footnote 9] Moreover, having decided against large purchases of troubled mortgage-related assets under TARP, Treasury stated that the agency was considering other ways to meet Congress's expectation that Treasury would work with lenders "to achieve aggressive loan modification standards" to mitigate foreclosures but has not yet developed a program to maintain homeownership, an area we continue to closely monitor.[Footnote 10] Efforts to Establish the Office of Financial Stability Are Ongoing: Treasury quickly established an overall organizational structure for OFS, filled key leadership roles on an interim basis, and contracted for support services. Currently, it is working to hire the full complement of staff (perhaps as many as 200 full-time-equivalent positions depending on the ultimate design of the program), and OFS officials said that about 48 employees were assigned to TARP as of November 21, 2008, including those from other Treasury offices, federal agencies, and organizations who were providing assistance on a temporary basis and 5 permanent hires. Identifying and hiring the numbers and types of staff needed to successfully operate TARP will be challenging because of the evolving nature of the program and the upcoming transition to a new administration. While Treasury has filled key positions on an interim basis, these same issues may limit its ability to ensure that key leadership positions at OFS remain filled both during and after the transition, potentially creating uncertainty about the direction of the program and impeding efforts to effectively implement and oversee TARP. Therefore, we made several recommendations aimed at facilitating a smooth transition to the new administration and ensuring effective oversight of the program. In addition to using permanent staff, OFS plans to rely on contractors and financial agents in several key areas. Treasury used expedited solicitation procedures and structured the agreements and contracts to allow for flexibility in obtaining the required services. Most of the contracts awarded thus far have been priced on a time-and-materials basis, which provides for payments based on a set hourly rate plus the cost of any materials. As we have noted in past work, this type of pricing arrangement requires enhanced oversight.[Footnote 11] Treasury has also taken steps to help promote the use of small businesses in carrying out TARP. In addition, Treasury has issued interim guidelines to address potential and actual conflicts of interest. As required by Treasury, the financial agent and contractors selected have identified a variety of potential and actual conflicts of interest and proposed a variety of solutions to mitigate identified conflicts. However, the agent and contractors have provided few written details on how they intend to implement mitigation plans or communicate related issues to OFS, and OFS has not yet developed a process for monitoring conflicts of interest. As a result, Treasury must continue to take steps to formalize its oversight of conflicts of interest and monitoring time- and-materials contracts. Recognizing the importance of internal controls, Treasury awarded one of the first contracts to PricewaterhouseCoopers to assist OFS in developing and implementing a comprehensive system of internal control over TARP activities, including a risk-assessment framework. However, the rapid pace of implementation and the evolving nature of the program have hampered efforts to put a comprehensive system of internal control in place. Instead, OFS has focused on specific transaction controls as programs such as CPP are implemented. While OFS and PricewaterhouseCoopers are working to implement a comprehensive system of internal controls, until such a system is fully developed and implemented there is heightened risk that the interests of the government and taxpayers may not be adequately protected and that the program objectives may not be achieved in an efficient and effective manner. Measuring the Impact of TARP on Credit Markets and the Economy Will Be Challenging: TARP's activities could improve market confidence in institutions that choose to participate and have beneficial effects on credit markets, but several factors will complicate efforts to measure any impact. If TARP is having its intended effect, a number of developments might be observed in credit and other markets over time, such as reduced risk spreads, declining borrowing costs, and increased lending. However, several factors will make isolating and measuring the impact of TARP challenging, including simultaneous changes in economic conditions, changes in monetary and fiscal policy, and other programs introduced by Treasury, the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Federal Housing Finance Agency to support banks, credit markets, and other struggling institutions. As a result, any improvement in capital markets cannot be attributed solely to TARP, nor will a slow recovery necessarily reflect its failure, because of the effects of market forces and economic conditions outside of the control of TARP. Moreover, little time has passed since the initial infusion of capital into the institutions, and a variety of other programs and efforts directed at bolstering the economy and helping homeowners are still being considered. Nevertheless, we have preliminarily identified some indicators to facilitate our assessment of TARP's activities. We believe that these preliminary indicators, when viewed collectively, should signal whether TARP and other programs are functioning as intended. Among these preliminary indicators are interest rate spreads, mortgage rates, and mortgage originations. We also have identified other indicators that may prove useful as TARP evolves. Together, these indicators should provide additional information to policymakers and others on the overall stability of our financial markets.[Footnote 12] Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Bachus, I appreciate the opportunity to discuss this critically important issue and would be happy to answer any questions that you may have. Thank you. Contact: For further information on this testimony, please contact Thomas J. McCool on (202) 512-2642 or firstname.lastname@example.com. [End of section] Footnotes: [1] GAO, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency, GAO-09-161 (Washington D.C.: Dec. 2, 2008). [2] The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110- 343(Oct. 3, 2008). The act requires the U.S. Comptroller General to report at least every 60 days, as appropriate, on findings resulting from oversight of TARP's performance in meeting the act's purposes; the financial condition and internal controls of TARP, its representatives, and agents; the characteristics of asset purchases and the disposition of acquired assets, including any related commitments entered into; TARP's efficiency in using the funds appropriated for its operations; its compliance with applicable laws and regulations; and its efforts to prevent, identify, and minimize conflicts of interest among those involved in its operations. [3] Selected transaction information in this statement has been updated through December 5, 2008. [4] The Secretary of the Treasury is to make the determination that the asset is a troubled asset, after consultation with the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and notice to Congress. [5] As of December 5, 2008, Treasury had allocated $335 billion to various programs, including $250 billion to CPP, $40 billion to American International Group (AIG) under SSFI, $20 billion to Citigroup, and $20 billion to a Federal Reserve lending facility. To date, it had disbursed a total of $195 million of the $335 billion including $155 billion under CPP (excludes $10 billion committed to Merrill Lynch & Co., which has yet to be disbursed) and $40 billion to AIG. [6] One additional purchase of $10 billion is pending until a merger is complete. [7] Under CPP, a qualified financial institution can receive a minimum investment of 1 percent of its risk-weighted assets, up to the lesser of $25 billion or 3 percent of those risk-weighted assets. In exchange, Treasury receives shares of nonvoting senior preferred stock that pay dividends of 5 percent annually for 5 years and then 9 percent annually, redeemable after 3 years and earlier under certain conditions. Treasury will also receive warrants to purchase a number of shares of common stock at market-based prices. Among other things, the number of shares of common stock underlying a warrant can be reduced by half if a financial institution receives proceeds from one or more "qualified equity offerings" that equal the amount of the preferred shares by December 31, 2009. [8] See Section 3(9)(B) of the act. Treasury transmitted its determination to the appropriate committees of Congress on October 13, 2008. [9] 73 Fed. Reg. 61452 (Oct. 16, 2008), Department of the Treasury: Development of a Guarantee Program for Troubled Assets (Notice and Request for Comments). [10] GAO, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Defaults and Foreclosures on Home Mortgages, GAO-09-231T (Washington, D.C.: Dec. 4, 2008). [11] GAO, Defense Contracting: Improved Insight and Controls Needed over DOD's Time-and-Materials Contracts, GAO-07-273 (Washington, D.C.: June 29, 2007). 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New trial for NY man who said he assisted suicide
NEW YORK — A New York man convicted of murder after claiming he was just helping a stranger commit suicide won a new trial Thursday.
The Appellate Division of state Supreme Court ruled that the trial judge in Manhattan misinterpreted the law and confused the jury by limiting the definition of assisted suicide.
The twist came two years after the prosecution of Kenneth Minor became a debate about assisted suicide in an unusual context — a knifing on the streets of East Harlem.
Minor told police that Jeffrey Locker, a debt-ridden motivational speaker from suburban North Woodmere, approached him on the street in 2009 and asked for help in staging his death. He said Locker wanted it to look like a robbery so his family could collect millions of dollars in life insurance. Locker had sent his wife an email about how to shield and distribute their assets.
Minor said Locker directed him to hold a knife against the steering wheel of Locker's car then Locker repeatedly lunged into the knife. Minor said later that Locker told him: "If you don't do it, someone else will. But this is getting done."
The district attorney argued that "this was murder for money."
Minor was arrested after using Locker's ATM card, which he said was his compensation. He was convicted of murder rather than manslaughter and was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. At the time, he said, "Mr. Locker is where he wanted to be."
Assisted suicide is illegal in New York, but is allowed as a defense to murder. Minor's attorney, Daniel Gotlin, said a second-degree manslaughter conviction would have been lawful.
"Obviously we're elated. ... Now we hope we can get a fair and appropriate resolution," he said.
State Supreme Court Justice Carol Berkman, who has since retired, told the jury that if Minor "actively" caused Locker's death, even with Locker's consent, it wasn't assisted suicide "because the consent of the victim is not a defense to murder."
One juror said afterward that the judge's instruction led her to vote for a murder conviction.
The appeals court said the judge was mistaken. Her instruction "was confusing and conveyed the wrong standard," it said. "Neither the word 'active' nor its antonym 'passive' appears in the statutory language." The court said the instruction effectively "mandated a directed verdict of guilt" on the murder charge.
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Dec 21 has come and gone with the prophecy that the world would come to an end turning out to be all hot air and hype.
The truth regarding the date, says renowned Maya scholar David Stuart and University of Texas at Austin art history professor, is that the day is indeed meaningful, but not in the way you might think.
"The Maya never actually predicted the end of times," says Stuart, who recently won a Unesco medal for his lifetime contributions to the study of ancient Maya culture and archaeological sites, including Unesco World Heritage Sites.
"In the Maya scheme of time, the approaching date was thought to be the turn of an important cycle, or as they put it, the end of 13 bak'tuns. The thing is, there are many more bak'tuns still to come," adds Stuart, reputed to be the world's leading epigrapher of Maya script.
Earlier this year, Stuart was working with colleagues at the ruins of La Corona in the Guatemalan jungle, where they excavated many inscribed stones that had been part of a staircase.
Stuart was brought in to decipher the 56 glyphs carved into the stones. He discovered 200 years of political history and, to his surprise, the second known reference in Maya culture to the so-called end date of Dec 21, 2012.
But despite the popular misconception, the date doesn't predict the end of times. Rather, it was intended to promote continuity during a time of crisis.
"The hieroglyphs emphasised seventh century history and politics, linking the reign of an ancient king to the turn of the 13th bak'tun many centuries later," Stuart explains. "The point was to associate the divine king's time on the throne to time on a cosmic scale."
"The monument commemorated a royal visit to La Corona in AD 696 by the most powerful Maya ruler of that time, a few months after his defeat by a long-standing rival in AD 695," said Stuart.
"This ruler was visiting allies and allaying their fears after his defeat. It was a time of great political turmoil in the Maya region, and this king felt compelled to allude to a larger cycle of time that happens to end in 2012."
Rather than prophesy, the 2012 reference served to place this king's troubled reign and accomplishments into a larger cosmological framework. In times of crisis, the ancient Maya used their calendar to promote continuity and stability.
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Hollywood has been pumping out a prodigious amount of movies about aliens in recent years, and the public has been eating them up. But just why is it that we can't get enough of extraterrestrial life?
Scientific American and SPACE.com's Mike Wall has put together this interesting read on the increasing popularity of big-budget alien films.
The article includes interviews with Emory University physics professor Sidney Perkowitz (author of Hollywood Science: Movies, Science, and the End of the World), and Seth Shostak (senior astronomer at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute and advisor to numerous Hollywood scifi directors), and provides some thought-provoking insights on whether society's fascination with extraterrestrial lifeforms — writ large in the form of major motion pictures — stems from geopolitical developments or scientific ones:
Hollywood seems to have caught alien fever.
In the past few months, a slew of big-budget alien movies has hit theaters, from kiddie flicks ("Mars Needs Moms") to comedies ("Paul") to high-octane action films ("Battle: Los Angeles," "Green Lantern" and the just-released "Cowboys & Aliens," among others). And many more such movies are on the way, both this year and next.
This glut of alien sci-fi films comes at a time when scientific discoveries are making the existence of life beyond Earth seem more and more plausible. And that might not be a coincidence, some experts say.
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Undergraduates Show Competitive Skills in Diplomacy at Model UN
UT Dallas students were recognized for their participation in a Model United Nations Conference in Washington, D.C. Back row, from left: Ray Xia, Joshua Wyllie, David Weisser, Nancy Fairbanks, Bobby Gottam and Andrei Rosu. Front row, from left: Kathleen Alva, Hyunjoo "Eunice" Ko, Brooke Knudtson, Hope Steffensen, Megan Simons and Ana Vives.
Even though most were first-time competitors, UT Dallas students demonstrated the academic preparation and diplomatic savvy needed to take home the highest honors in a recent United Nations simulation held in the nation's Capitol.
Twelve UT Dallas students achieved the award for Outstanding Delegation in the National Model United Nations conference in Washington, D.C. The students served as representatives of Mexico during the October conference, and only two of them had ever competed before.
The 650 international student delegates at the conference also voted one of the novice UT Dallas teams – Megan Simons and Joshua Wyllie – as Outstanding Delegation in Committee.
The Model U.N. competition is unique in that it involves "diplomacy as well as raw brainpower," said Michael Seeligson, assistant provost for the Honors College and one of the chapter's advisors.
"You have to not only work hard and think quickly; you have to successfully build a coalition to support your cause," Seeligson said.
The UT Dallas undergraduates included 10 new delegates and two experienced head delegates, David Weisser and Hyunjoo "Eunice" Ko. Most of the students are pursuing degrees in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, though students in management, the natural sciences and engineering also participate.
"We had people competing who had never heard of Model UN before this fall. We typically have represented well, but for 10 rookies to take highest honors is outstanding."
The UT Dallas chapter's showing at the D.C. conference was especially strong given the number of its first-time delegates, Seeligson said.
"We had people competing who had never heard of Model UN before this fall," he said. "We typically have represented well, but for 10 rookies to take highest honors is outstanding."
UT Dallas students sought to represent Mexico because it is well-positioned to be a geopolitical leader in Latin America. It also has a stake in most of the topics the conference focused on, including maternal health and population development, Seeligson said.
Before attending conferences, students do intensive research on their countries as well as the issues within the U.N. committee to which they are assigned. Once on site, students must demonstrate preparedness, spontaneous public speaking skills and diplomatic tact.
Wyllie, a mechanical engineering freshman, said his team prepared by researching speeches and voting patterns of Mexican delegates in the United Nations. His team's resolution on sustainable energy for the environmental committee was the only one that was unanimously adopted.
"It was a very new experience for me, drafting resolutions in a short timeframe and gaining skills in compromising," Wyllie said. "I had never heard of Model United Nations before coming to UT Dallas, but it's been a great way to meet like-minded people and learn about world affairs."
Being able to think on your feet is "incredibly important" for delegates, said Ko, a biology sophomore.
"You've never seen these people before, and you have to make friends quickly, and then hold your ground," Ko said. "I was totally impressed with the way our students would control the room."
The real work is done in breakout sessions, where representatives of different countries must draft proposals and muster support, Seeligson said. He added that all of the resolution papers that the UT Dallas students put forward were accepted.
"Our students were regularly at the center of conversations," Seeligson said.
Valerie Brunell, program coordinator for the Honors College and co-advisor for the Model U.N. team, said the conference was a big win for the UT Dallas chapter.
"Our students worked well with other students, making new friends and winning them over. This is such a great start," Brunell said.
UT Dallas will participate in two more Model United Nations conferences this academic year. Ten students will represent Canada, France, Cuba and Ethiopia at the February competition in Portland, Ore. In April, about 18 students will represent Rwanda at the New York conference, where they will join an estimated 5,000 students at the largest annual conference of its kind.
Media Contact: The Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, [email protected].


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On my hair, Carla decided to do alternating layers of pink and purple colour to give it a rainbow effect.
Because my hair is so light, much less Colour.Bug needs to be used. Layer the colour to play with the vibrancy.
After Carla finished layering the pink and purple, she played with my waves and used the Session.Spray to hold the colour in place.
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Colour.Bug truly does do what it claims: it provides amazing, temporary colour, no matter what type of hair you have. However, before using it, there are things you need to consider. Remember, it is a powder which means that no matter how much hair spray you use, if it gets wet it will come out… so you don't want to get caught in the rain. And for the blondes out there wanting a splash of colour for a day, here's a warning: it may be visible for a few days. The packaging does say that very light or over-processed and porous hair may be stained by Colour.Bug. In my case, the vibrancy of the colour washed out after using a cleansing shampoo; however, a pastel tint was still very visible after two more washes. Four washes later, there is barely a trace except for a slight purple tint when you look very closely at a few strands. But my hair is naturally blonde and not over-processed, so the staining might be more severe with bleached hair.
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Grocery Ninja: Crisp, Golden, Buttery Roti Prata—the Asian Croissant
The Grocery Ninja leaves no aisle unexplored, no jar unopened, no produce untasted. Creep along with her below, and read all her mission reports here.
Before I knew the gentle, sit-down joys of a warm croissant, I knew the theatrical flips and flying acrobatics of the roti prata. Crisp, golden, with multiple, tissue-thin layers of buttery flakiness, the roti prata is Southeast Asia's street food answer to the West's more gentrified pastries.
Flour, water, and copious amounts of ghee (clarified butter) are formed into a dough, kneaded, allowed to rest overnight, then formed into balls. Each ball of dough is then stretched paper thin, tossed in the air, twirled, slapped onto a greased work surface, slathered with more ghee, folded, and repeat. This goes on until the roti prata man has worked sufficient layers of ghee and dough together, and finally lays it down on a hot plate to be fried to a golden crisp. This is what's known as "roti prata kosong" (literally, "roti prata empty"), and is usually served with a dish of curry for dipping, or crunchy, coarse-grained sugar crystals for the sweet-toothed.
If you had ordered a "roti prata telur" ("telur" means egg), the roti prata man would stretch the dough ball out on his griddle—like a hanky—crack an egg into the middle and muddy the yolk, before folding the four corners in and flipping the prata onto its now egg-filled belly. As you can imagine, enriching what is already a very rich dough with egg makes for even more deliciousness, and roti prata telor is an undisputed brunch and supper favorite in Southeast Asia.
Here in the U.S., I don't have the luxury of strolling to the neighborhood coffee shop for my prata fix. But I do have the option of picking up a pack of frozen pratas from Ranch 99 and sticking it in my freezer for a 3 a.m. craving—which is exactly what I found myself doing last weekend. There are, of course, basic recipes for making your own roti prata at home, but like croissants or pizza dough, they demand plenty of commitment and a somewhat glinty-eyed zealousness.
The boyfriend and I are decidedly commitment-phobic (especially when commitment means climbing up on a high stool to pick roti prata dough off your ceiling) and so we've been taste-testing frozen roti prata brands instead. So far, Raya and Spring Home are clear favorites, and we've heard good things about the Kawan brand too. In fact, at a foodie meet-up group, the buzz was that someone who knew someone at Spring Home heard that the owner of the company had spent $3 million experimenting on the yummiest roti prata recipes (take from this what you will, but they are certainly tasty).
There are many stories surrounding the origins of roti prata, but the one that sounds the most plausible to me involves migrant workers from Chennai, India, who brought with them a flat bread or "paratha" that they ate with a side-dish of dahl (lentil curry). In Malaysia, this flat bread is known as "roti chennai" (usually spelt "roti canai"), and in both the Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur and the neighboring city-state of Singapore, "cosmopolitan" versions of roti prata/canai can be found. Savory versions include roti prata with eggs and caramelized onions, spicy minced mutton, tuna, sardines, garlic, or cheese. While sweet versions can be found enveloping kaya (a rich, creamy, coconut jam), caramelized bananas and peanut butter, fudgy durian puree, ice cream, or simply drizzled with condensed milk and/or chocolate syrup.
The supermarket version the boyfriend and I "made" involved heating up a pan and griddling the frozen roti prata (no need to defrost) till they were golden brown. We thought about fixing up some Japanese curry for dipping, but were too lazy (it was a Sunday, after all) and found that the roti prata did an excellent job of sopping up leftover oxtail stew. It also served admirably as a delivery vehicle for the obscenely creamy scrambled eggs the boyfriend whipped up. Later that night, we did a sweet version by wrapping the roti prata around dollops of Japanese an (azuki bean paste), as well as topping the roti prata with mango gelato.
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Last week I was at my mom's and she mentioned that she had some yellow swallowtail caterpillars on her fennel. I had seen a few tiny caterpillars on my dill, but they were too small to tell what they were yet. I've been keeping my eye on them, and sure enough – they're going to become yellow swallowtails. These caterpillars are quite striking with their lined and bright colors. They've been munching away on a bronze fennel plant I have growing in my front flowerbed. It's amazing how quickly they grow!
This is one reason to include a wide variety of plants in your gardens. Fennel seems to be attractive to a lot of insects, as does milkweed. My mom has been working on establishing a nice stand of milkweed for the last 15 years and last year she was finally rewarded with monarch caterpillars on hers.
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I plant about a dozen parsley plants partly because they always attract swallowtail larva. They are often eaten before I can see them hatch into butterflies,but I usually collect one for my neices and nephews,then we get to see the whole cycle. Lovely pictures! I heard fennel was a good host plant too. Maybe I will put some in our school butterfly garden The problem is school is not in session when most of the butterflies are active.
to Kathi's comment
I haven't seen any so far this year. I'll have to check because they love my fennel plant too!
to pam's comment
I am not sure yet about my plants attracting insects. Last year I had Hysopp in my herb garden and that attracted EVERYTHING!
I have a fennel plant I am still trying to decide where to plant it; I read that a lot of other plants don't care for it?
to Allison's comment
I get these cute little guys every year, but mine are the black swallowtails. They show up on my parsley and that's one of the reasons why I have so much but hardly ever use it. I jut like the butterflies. :-) The first year I noticed them, I took tons of photos of the caterpillars and had dreams of watching them become butterflies … I soon realized that nature had another plan and watched as one by one, my little butterfly babies became food for just about every other creature in the neighborhood. The wasps really love 'em! :-(
to Rhonda's comment
I have a number of bronze fennel plants in my garden and they also attract caterpillars.
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Tomatoes = hornworms
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I had some on my fennel last year, haven't seen any yet this year though. Would be nice to have a few but not so many that they munch my whole plant!
to Melissa's comment
OH NO! I just killed a three of them. I didn't know what they were and they were eating the leaves of my potato plants! I got mad and flicked them into a cup of vinegar. Now I feel like like a killer. I don't usually mind feeling this way, of course, if I'm flicking other little buggers of my plants. I guess I need to be more careful when it comes to possessiveness of my plant leaves and insect identification! Son of gun!!!!
to Amanda's comment
Fennel is so delicious too! We have so much wild fennel along the creek that runs behind our house, I should go check it for butterfly cocoons. I've never seen any, but I haven't really looked, either.
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Hey, just out of curiosity, have you seen any manarch butterflies yet this year? I have a great stand of milkweed, and they're blooming, which seemed to be when they started showing up, but this year I haven't seen one. My Mom and sister are reporting the same thing where they live. Maybe we're just too early……just curious.
to indianacraig's comment
so cute. i haven't seen a real caterpillar yet. haha. can we even have butterflies as a pet? lol
to Lea G's comment
I grow fennel just for the caterpillars. I don't love the taste myself but it is a beautiful plant and I encourage the caterpillars to stay on it instead of my dill and parsley. This year I seem to have hit a happy balance of dill, parsley and fennel because I actually have gotten to harvest some for myself! The last two years, the caterpillars ate the plants so fast that they didn't even go to seed. That seems to be a species limiting behavior to me!
I've tried and tried to get milkweed started and can't seem to get theses to even germinate.
I love your ability to let nature handle the bad guys but what do you do when a villain destroys your whole crop? For two years now I have had NO pumpkins or squash (summer or winter) because of squash bugs. And this year after they destroyed my squash and pumpkins they moved on to my melons…. so no cantaloupe this year. Have you ever had bugs destroy ALL of your plants?
to Seren Dippity's comment
I'm so glad I didn't pick off the ones I saw munching the bronze fennel!
to Teresa's comment
I have these in my garden every year on the fennel and parsley. Sadly, I think they fell victim to parasitic wasps because they just never made it. Next year, I'm going to protect them so I can see the whole cycle!
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