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Turned loose: Green light suits Gomez's game
Free to be aggressive, All-Star has become one of MLB's top center fielders
PHOENIX -- One of Major League Baseball's most impressive breakout stories of 2013 surfaced, spectacularly, in Milwaukee. Carlos Gomez's enormous potential finally was transformed into high-level performance.
"It didn't come overnight," Gomez, 28, said. "It took hard work for a long time."
A National League All-Star and Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner in center field, Gomez took his prideful place with the elite at his position. He was right there with NL Most Valuable Player Award winner Andrew McCutchen of the Pirates and the Angels' Mike Trout, widely hailed as the game's best all-around player.
In 147 games, Gomez produced career highs across the board. His .284/.338/.506 line featured 27 doubles, 10 triples, 24 homers and 40 steals in 47 attempts.
Advanced metrics identified Gomez as the game's best center fielder, and he finished ninth in the NL MVP Award balloting. His 8.4 WAR [wins above replacement) by Baseball-Reference.com eclipsed teammate Ryan Braun's 7.8 in Braun's 2011 NL MVP Award season.
Gomez, engaging and upbeat on Saturday at Maryvale Baseball Park, credited the extraordinary foresight of his father, Carlos, and the trust of Brewers manager Ron Roenicke with providing the physical gifts and freedom to unleash the center fielder's wide range of skills.
"Every time back home [in Santiago, D.R.] they call me Carlos Gomez's son," Gomez said, grinning. "He always wanted to be a professional player but never had a chance. I would always say, `When I'm 21, I'm better than you. I'm the one who's professional.' Now I'm an All-Star. We have fun with it."
The elder Gomez was a 5-foot-8 shortstop who became an outfielder as he aged, his son recalled. His father's master plan, as Carlos tells it, was to fall for a woman of physical stature with the idea of producing a son blessed with the size he didn't have.
Mission accomplished.
"My mom said, `Your dad was looking for me because I'm big,'" the Brewers star said. "She's taller than my dad. I'm the biggest one in my family. My brothers are both 5-foot-11, and my sister is 5-foot-4. I'm 6-foot-3."
Gomez, who carries 225 solid pounds, always has been ultra-aggressive in the batter's box, on the bases and in the outfield. That was not always embraced, he feels, by the Mets, with whom his career began in 2007, the Twins ['08-09] and in his first two seasons with the Brewers [ '10-11].
"For five years, the manager told me to hit the ball on the ground and run," Gomez said. "I'm 6-foot-3, 225. I'm strong. I can swing for power."
Roenicke arrived as Brewers manager in 2011, taking a team led by Braun and Prince Fielder to 96 wins and the NL Central title. Gomez, who fractured his collarbone in July, was limited to 94 games, batting .225 with a .276 on-base percentage.
When Roenicke turned Gomez loose to play the game freely, naturally in 2012, "it meant everything," Gomez said. "If I don't have the kind of manager with the team we have, I would never have been the player I am right now. When Ron gave me the green light to do the stuff I want to do, everything started right away."
Gomez raised his home run total by 11 to 19 and his steals by 21 to 37 in 2012, with a much-improved line of .260/.305/.463. The explosion was coming.
Swinging at 49.5 percent of first pitches in 2013 -- more than anybody else in the game -- Gomez was a .403 hitter with 107 first pitches put in play, and he clubbed eight of his 24 homers. He slugged .738.
"If I swung at the first pitch every time and hit .300, why not?" Gomez said. "If I hit .220, it's something else. If [pitchers] put it right there [over the plate], I'm going to be aggressive."
In the American League, the leader in hacking at first pitches, at 39.7 percent, was the one and only Miguel Cabrera. The three-time AL batting champion and 2012 Triple Crown king hit .448 and slugged .917 when he put 96 first serves in play, with 14 homers.
Maybe it's not such a bad idea to go up with the idea of crushing the first object you see in a zone you like.
Defensively, Gomez climbs walls and is off the metric charts. His 38 runs saved by Baseball Info Solutions calculations led all MLB outfielders in 2013. The only player who saved more runs was Atlanta shortstop Andrelton Simmons, with 41.
"The Gold Glove is something I dreamed about," Gomez said. "I always had the potential to get a Gold Glove and always was feeling I was one of the best center fielders. The numbers say I'm the best center fielder in the game [defensively]. I'm going to continue to work and bring that stuff, saving runs for my team."
Roenicke, a splendid defensive center fielder in his time, understands why a young athlete craves the trust of his manager -- especially one who had been branded a showboat by critics.
"Carlos is a super-talented player," Roenicke said. "He plays hard and has learned to play for his teammates. He's become a dangerous hitter, with power to go with his speed, and he can go get 'em in center field. He's crazy out there. He's running into walls, stealing bases. And he can throw."
That is the definition of a rare five-tool player.
"He's one of the leaders on this team," Roenicke said. "It's a joy watching him play the game and interact with his teammates."
The clubhouse comes alive with Gomez's presence.
"Carlos is a great guy to be with and play with," said shortstop and fellow Dominican Jean Segura. "He plays the game the right way -- all out."
For that Carlos thanks a couple of authority figures -- his father and the man, Roenicke, who runs his professional home.


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Petite Rose Gold Twist Living Locket Base + Face with Swarovski Crystals
It's the little things that count! Our Petite Rose Gold Twist Living Locket™ with Swarovski® Crystals is just the right size. Bigger than our Mini Locket®, {but smaller than our medium-size Locket,} this Living Locket® features a twist Face and Base with a delicate profile and sweet sparkle.
- Includes complete Twist Living Locket Face + Base
- Holds approximately 3-5 Charms (depending on size)
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Jean Fournier was in Redmond Oregon today for the first of two shows from the Mt Bachelor Kennel Club. Her final included the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, CH Javahill Steal My Heart, the Greyhound, CH Helio Foxglove at Heart, the Siberian Husky, CH Highlander's Vincent Van Go, the American Staffordshire Terrier, CH Alpine's Highwayman, the Silky Terrier, CH Wyncliff Tawny Mist Tumtress, the Standard Poodle, CH Brighton Lakeridge Encore, and the Shetland Sheepdog, CH Kensil's Irish Eyes. Her Best was the Standard Poodle, Encore. The winner of the Poodle Club of America's Nation Specialty took the month of June off, but she and handler Tim Brazier are back, picking up their seventh all breed BIS.


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Most New Yorkers love their city.
That's according to a new survey by the Municipal Art Society released Thursday.
But the survey also found that the degree of satisfaction varied by income and location.
Manhattanites are most happy while Bronx residents are least satisfied.
In general, 84 percent of New Yorkers love living in the city. Sixty-two percent would remain in the city or move to another part if given a chance to move.
The survey also found that 62 percent of New Yorkers would choose more green space over more housing development.
Manhattan was rated as the best borough to live in. Brooklyn and Queens tied, followed by Staten Island and the Bronx.
MAS surveyed 1,000 New Yorkers by telephone between Sept. 29-Oct. 6.


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"O my God / am I here all alone?"
Iddhis Bing
I want to tell you a story. Yes, I know, GroundReport is not exactly a story teller's site – although we could debate that – but I am going to tell it because it illumines a few dark corners that can not only bear the light, but that could be useful to those who are engaged in airing and publicizing what Ed Dorn once called Heavy Business in the White World, while attempting to aide those who are on the receiving end of the World's Big Stick.
If I do that, I have to pass up the chance to talk about the untold juicy morsels that flew across the desk in the last few days, viz., in cash-strapped, austeritarian Spain, where the priest's favorite altar boy, Mariano Rajoy, is in power, it has just now been discovered that party of which he is the head, the Partido Popular, keeps two set of organizational books, and in the second and more compelling one, they have parked 22 million Euros in a Swiss bank account. For what purpose? This seems to me worth investigating for any number of reasons (how it got out, the persons involved, how badly it will damage the PP, etc.) Maybe the Partido Popular is just planning ahead and when Austerity collapses, as it inevitably will, the upper echelons will flee to Switzerland and retire on their savings. Plus there is news from Greece, where Blackwater, the security firm close to the Bush mafia, will now be protecting the Greek parliament from the rabble.
But instead I am going to tell you a story, a bit of old news, because I think it reveals a little bit about the current state of things. It's just too damn good to pass up.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon is a French politician, a long-time Socialist close to François Mitterand, who eventually split with the Socialist Party because he could not tolerate their drift towards the center, and formed the Front de Gauche. The F de G ran seriously for the first time in 2012′s presidential race and then in the legislative elections in June. Mélenchon ended up doing very poorly, scoring 11.4% of the vote (in contrast to Marine le Pen's 17.3%) for a variety of reasons that if you try to explain it, becomes a kind of Rohrsach Test of your feelings about French politics: it was his first national campaign, the party was new, everyone was sick of Sarkozy so they coalesced around the one candidate who offended almost no one and had a chance to win, François Hollande, and who did. There are many other possibilities, none of which explain the dreaded Le Pen's 17% share of the electorate.
You could argue that a large swath of the French electorate might say that Mélenchon, his quick verbal repartee and aggressive, unashamed leftwing take on issues appeals to them but they would never actually go into the voting booth and pull the lever for the man.
Now I read what Mélenchon writes and have published a translation of an interview with the man, and I find him smart, energetic, straight-on – even when, during the course of an interview it looks like his eyes are about to pop out of his head. Does he wake up angry in the morning? Is that a problem for you? Maybe we need a few more angry people around. The man engages with individuals when he meets them, he is committed to social revolution (yes, he dares to use the word from time to time), and he has provided the best ongoing criticism of Hollande's presidency over the last six months. The French elect a monarch and give him five years to prove he deserves the kingdom. If not, off with his head. Mélenchon keeps the blade sharp.
OK, since I am not a Protestant and believe neither in purity of motive nor even in the desirability of a pure outcome, I find the following story vastly instructive and even infuriating – but not for the reasons you think. Revealing, certainly, because it tells us a little bit about our current politicians and about us.
It's a true story, I have it direct from the horse's mouth, that is to say, one of the participants – the man who found himself with Melénchon's hands aimed at his throat. The story had a little play in the French press but never a whisper of it among the English speakers so, you read it here first. The photojournalist is Guillaume Binet and the journalist who accompanied him is Marion Mourgue. The story is old and it's still good.
My friend works in politics, knows Mélenchon, has photographed and spoken with him on several occasions. And he also knows that Mélenchon had, in 2010, characterized the UMP politico and then-Minister of the Interior Brice Hortefeux in the following words: "C'est sa tête qui est un terrain vague, à cet homme-là. Il n'y a rien dedans: des mauvaises herbes, des pensées névrosées, la peur de l'étranger, la haine de tout le monde. Pour dire autant de bêtises et s'y prendre aussi mal."
To wit: "The man's head is a vacant lot. There's nothing inside it except weeds, neurotic thoughts, fear of foreigners, hatred for everyone. Just talking about it is bad for you."
Strasbourg. The European Parliament building, the 26th of October. 1:30 in the afternoon, after a vote on the budget. Binet is passing through with Mourgue and in crossing the ground floor, takes a short cut through the bar.
And there at the bar, sharing a glass of champagne with none other than Brice Hortefeux on a beautiful autumn day in Strasbourg, is Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The only customers at that hour.
Binet walks on. He does not take out his camera, he does not play the paparazzi, he does not do anything more than gently poke his friend in the ribs with his elbow.
This is an interesting scene. From my own, limited point of view, I'm not sure I want politicians to talk to each other. Every time they communicate it's a conspiracy against the people. Maybe they should be kept in isolation, or some sort of public pillory. Of course, I also believe in the moderate application of the guillotine for pols. (Every other week?) But there's no law against talking.
And what happens next? Mélenchon charges my friend, who let it be observed, enjoys a rather strong height advantage over Jean-Luc, as well being twenty years younger. But – ah, champagne, the great equalizer. Mélenchon decides to go for broke and screaming that he knows this piece of shit journalist is going to make a story out of the fact that he, the one and only Jean-Luc Mélenchon, is drinking with a prominent right wing pol in the Parliament bar. He charges Binet, yelling "Mais racontez-le donc, hein ! Jean-Luc Mélenchon et Brice Hortefeux qui discutent ensemble, ah ça vous plaît, hein, ça vous amuse !" ("Go ahead and tell the story, so what! Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Brice Hortefeux talking together, you really like it, ha! You think it's amusing!") Clearly, Mélenchon shares my opinion of what happens when politicians get together for a chat.
He gets his hands up around my friend's neck and maybe he starts to squeeze but Mr. Vacant Lot Hortefeux comes to the rescue and slipping his arms around Mélenchon, pulls him off. Upshot? A brief media flurry and for the next several months Mélenchon regards the photo-journalist – who did not do his job, that is to say, took no photos before, during or after, they did not tweet the incident – with a withering contempt and a refusal to talk.
A rich scene, no? Maybe not Shakespeare but still compelling. In a perverse way I admire Mélenchon for being so explicit about his relation to the press, for making the point irrefutably clear that the press and the politicians have completely different interests. If M. makes it to the Palais Elysée one day, maybe he'll put a boxing ring in the back yard.
I told this story last night to a mixed crowd of French and Americans and the response was, stupefaction on the part of the Americans, who hardly know who Mélenchon is and disbelief on the part of the French – that takes some doing. A few denied that it was even possible. "Never! Mélenchon hates Hortefuex, he would never drink champagne with him….!" Hence, this scene, which can be viewed from so many angles, becomes the Rohrsach test mentioned earlier.
I want to argue that this incident, based on your knowledge of Melénchon and your partiality or aversion to left-wing politics, reveals your regard for politicians as a class.
Because that is what they are – a class with a specific function. In the U.S. it is obligatory to believe in a politician, to believe that this or that self-motivated hustler is going to fix things. He is going to change things – even when it is obvious that the politician, as a member of a class, has absolutely no interest in the vague wave of change that he constantly alludes to in his speeches. His goal, if he has one, is to readjust the status quo ever so slightly in favor of his pals. But that doesn't stop large numbers of people from falling in love with a politician, and the true believer stays in love after all evidence of infidelity is in. One stays in love with a politician after they have betrayed – by necessity – everything they said to get elected, and go on betraying until their last day in office. (I can't help but remember Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich on his very last day as president. But that boyo offers such rich, copious evidence of betrayal, one hardly knows where to begin.) Reagan, Clinton, Obama – recent American history offers such splendid examples of betrayal. The great advantage possessed by the Bush dynasty is that they never betrayed anyone – they simply and brazenly acted on the interests of their monied class, and never apologized for it.
This is the moment when you, dear reader, leap out of your chair and accuse me of being a cynic. Maybe you even hurl your glass at me – because I have dared to tell you that most love is not love, and in any case, the mere act of believing in a politician of whatever stripe is tantamount to asking to be betrayed. Don't worry, you're in good company. Most journalists make the same mistake, and are, in effect, in one camp or another. Melénchon knew this – he simply chose the wrong target, and made an enemy when he didn't have to. Which may help explain his 11.4% of the vote.
Politicians occupy a very small portion of the political bandwidth, and the untiring obsession with what they are doing or saying obscures a simple fact: their power derives, not wholly but substantially, from the people from whom they stole it. If people really and truly stopped waiting for politicians to deliver a fraction of what they say they will… the jig would be up. The obsession with politicians makes it endlessly easy for us to avoid looking closely at what the people are doing and making a critique of that. It is the blind trance of our love affair, the demise of a republic.
Meanwhile, Greece, whose government is as close to a protection racket as can be imagined, has just announced a deal with the notorious American firm Blackwater, to provide "security" – from the people. Drones will in all likelihood be patrolling the skies over the Parthenon very soon. But if the Greeks stopped paying attention to their governors, if they stopped waiting to see how Syriza does in the next election, if they decided to take back a bit of the power they have so recklessly given away… ?
None of which should be construed as that lowly seconal, advice, to the Greek people but taken for exactly what it is: the description of a predicament. Criticism never solves anything. It isn't meant to. It's meant to break the silence about an intolerable situation. That's enough, but it will have a tough time with Americans, who want instant solutions to intractable problems. And meanwhile half of Paris dreams of living in New York and the world pines for American solutions that after 200 years have yet to arrive.
The politicians have their hands around all of our throats, while we, ever patient, persist in believing that this is their tortured form of love, and if we just wait awhile, they will come to their senses and set things aright. Who is the cynic in this equation?
Iddhis Bing


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New merged school district on horizon in Memphis
More than two years of legal fighting, political acrimony and parental anxiety are culminating in a massive merger of the Memphis and suburban Shelby County school districts, but a key vote Tuesday could change the landscape of the new system after just one year.
The consolidation creates the Unified School District, a system of 150,000 students in Memphis and Shelby County, and officials are ramping up preparations for the start of classes next month. Experts call it one of the largest U.S. school consolidations in recent history.
But six majority-white suburbs of the smaller, successful Shelby County Schools district are eager to avoid the merger with the struggling, majority-black Memphis system. They've decided to try to start public districts of their own.
Tuesday will be the suburbs' second vote. In August 2012, residents approved separate districts, but a federal judge invalidated the vote. If approved, the six new systems could be up and running in 2014. Suburban voters and their mayors predict victory.
Christopher Myers said he and his wife moved to suburban Collierville from Memphis to provide his four children - including one with autism - a better education. He said parents are anxious about spending a year under a system joined with underperforming Memphis schools.
"The belief is that they're not up to the standards we have in Shelby County," he said. "You put inferior with superior or excellent, you're going to get something less than optimal. Is that really fair?"
Critics say the suburban separation would cause a dent in the massive consolidation efforts, including intense budget battles and layoffs of hundreds of teachers and office employees. Efforts have been hindered by accusations of foot-dragging, political sniping and racial discrimination.
"It's all being done at the last minute," said David Pickler, who sits on the 23-member Unified School Board. "That lack of stability certainly does not send a message of confidence to parents, to administrators. We've gone from trying to create a world-class school system to try to see if we can survive and move forward in a year that will set the foundation for an additional year of instability."
After 160 years in operation, Memphis City Schools gave up its charter in December 2010, forcing the merger with Shelby County. City voters approved the merge in March 2011. Supporters said it was necessary to preserve funding for the Memphis district, where inner-city schools were receiving D and F grades from the state.
A transition planning commission made recommendations to the merged division's board. U.S. District Judge Samuel Mays oversaw the transition. He mandated the number of seats on the board and was responsible for overturning the first vote for separate suburban districts as part of a lawsuit filed by the city of Memphis and Shelby County Commission.
In November, Mays ruled that the law that allowed the vote was illegal. But legislators in Nashville passed a second law, clearing the way for Tuesday's vote.
But Mays has not heard arguments on another accusation in the same lawsuit - that the suburbs want to break away for racial reasons. The city of Memphis and the Shelby County Commission say the move would create districts that are segregated along racial and socio-economic lines. It's not clear when, or if, Mays will address that part of the lawsuit.
Memphis is 63 percent black, with a median household of income $43,812, according to census data. The six suburbs - Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Lakeland and Millington - are 80 percent white with a median income of $88,036. Suburban mayors and residents have denied any racial motivation.
Erica Frankenberg, an assistant professor at the College of Education at Penn State University, said the merger has major implications for state and local education policy issues. It raises questions about school funding and the implications of diversity, she said.
"What's unique about Shelby is the quickness with which this happened, but regional merger-consolidation efforts today hinge on the continued buy-in of suburban districts to succeed, and sometimes that can be difficult," she wrote in an email.
In August, when students take their first class under the new district's banner, they'll notice few changes. Most won't have to switch schools.
Basil Alter, 13, a rising 10th-grader at Overton High School, said there hasn't been much talk among his friends about the merger or vote. "Most people that I go to school with don't think about it," he said. "The teachers, I know they are very concerned about it."
As the second vote looms, the Unified School Board has been charged with the complicated planning process, including recommending a budget to the Shelby County Commission.
In its first year, the Unified School District will have about $1 billion to work with - about $75 million less than the premerger budgets of the city and county combined.
More than 900 teachers were not retained, though some of those positions are being filled. Another 200-plus office positions were cut, as were 600 non-teaching school jobs and 200 operations positions, according to the Unified School District. Teachers who have jobs in the new district worry about confusion over curriculum, evaluations and pay.
The board has decided on policies ranging from school uniforms to extracurricular activities and cellphones in class. It addressed many issues at a late June meeting, weeks before the start of class.
Pickler acknowledged that some issues should have been dealt with already. For months, the board worried about what he termed "political issues" - such as conducting, then suspending, a national superintendent search - rather than focusing on academics, he said.
"I did not recall one single conversation that we were making decisions to improve education quality," Pickler said. "I did not hear one conversation about how we're going to be more effective, more efficient in how we deliver education."
Kenneth Whalum, a former Memphis City Schools board member who sits on the new board, opposed the merger. He said he's frustrated that no planning has been done for the potential loss of more than 25,000 students, and the tax money and teachers that follow them, if the suburbs start their own systems.
Asked whether he thinks the board will be ready for the Aug. 5 start of school, Whalum said, "Absolutely not."
"I foresee a worsening of the economic conditions that we have now and certainly a worsening of the political conditions, and certainly a worsening of the delivery of education services," Whalum said.
Interim superintendent Dorsey Hopson has been under the microscope since he took the job in January, two years into the planning process. He recently told reporters that details like bus schedules are keeping him up at night.
"The grind every day, thinking about it and worrying about it, is tough," Hopson said.
In an earlier interview, Hopson said he reviews a checklist of areas of concern in each area of the county daily. He said he's confident the new district will be ready to go.
Unified School Board member Martavius Jones, who voted for Memphis to surrender its charter, said most everything will be ready for the school year, but some hiccups are likely.
He said that even after a split, the unified district would have more than 100,000 students.
"I don't think that it's a productive exercise to focus on who is leaving, rather than focusing on those that you're going to retain," Jones said.


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Claudia Bildiricci, our very own Martha Stewart, deserves a academy awards for her creative genius for her Passover Seder table decor.
Mini picture frame place cards, a quail's egg, gold chargers atop a a damask backdrop and an orchid are just some of the table top details that make this night different from any other! Great job, Claudia!
- Claudia's Passover Marshmallow-Nut Log (thejewishhostess.com)
- Easy Passover Chocolate Freezer Cookies (thejewishhostess.com)
- Chocolate Nut Chunk Gifts for the Holidays (thejewishhostess.com)
- Mediterranean Lamb With Warm Plums and Pears Cooked in Wine (thejewishhostess.com)
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School Counselors
The purpose of our school counselors is to help you achieve your highest growth mentally, emotionally, and socially. We try to do this in several ways. We want you to feel at home in our school, with teachers and friends. If you feel a need to see one of our counselors, stop in. If they are busy at the time, leave your name and number and they will get back to you as soon as they are able. All of our counselors, welcome the opportunity to talk things over with any student, parent or teacher.
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Jet.com is an online retailer promising savings and speedy delivery on millions of products in their catalog—everything from laundry detergent to loveseats. When the company grew from a few hundred employees to 1,300 people spread out across six offices in just six months, Jet needed to find an efficient way to connect all their employees and give them visibility into the extraordinary amount of product and customer data they need to keep the business running. Now Jet is using Slack as the central hub for employee communication while also using it to gather important system alerts and updates from the various applications they use.
With e-commerce, the store is never closed. Slack helps us get together quickly when there are issues. The ability to be always on, located in the same place, and have a common touch point where data can be shared is vital to us.
To ensure customers are getting the best deals, Jet uses their real-time pricing engine that adjusts product prices minute-by-minute. The algorithm takes into account where products are located, which could be in Jet's warehouses or one of thousands of warehouses and distribution centers Jet is partnered with across the United States. When a customer submits an order, Jet's algorithm takes a product's price, shipping location, and shipping time (along with other key elements) into account to make sure the customer is getting the best deal.
One of the biggest challenges Hanlon and his team faced before using Slack was staying on top of all the automated alerts generated by the many apps they use to track product data. "No matter how good of a system you develop, it can get noisy," says Hanlon. "The traditional method of sending out this type of communication is email, but people start ignoring it because their inbox already gets so much volume, so they naturally stop paying attention."
"The traditional method of sending out this type of communication is email, but people start ignoring it because their inbox already gets so much volume, so they naturally stop paying attention."
Integrations like Jenkins for releases and Pagerduty for issue tracking help the team be even more productive by funneling alerts from multiple systems into separate channels in Slack, allowing stakeholders and team members from across the organization to view and discuss them. They've even set up their own bots and custom-built integrations that alert the team of issues with the website and monitor which orders are in the queue to be processed.
For example, one bot alerts team members of changes or anomalies in SKUs (Stock Keeping Units), like when a product suddenly starts to sell quickly, in unusually high quantities, or, conversely, when sales become abnormally slow. When this happens, their custom-built integration "Dr. Doom" (named in line with their superhero-themed tech systems) directly alerts the manager responsible for that product and its pricing. That manager can then immediately communicate both with the warehouse team and with other teams within the company to resolve the issue. This is tremendously important, Hanlon explains, given that any issue with product pricing or availability poses a big risk for the business.
Before we had one spot for all our updates, we lost a lot of time piecing together data from multiple sources. With Slack, we're able to streamline that process very efficiently.
Jet's core values are trust, transparency, and fairness; Hanlon sees Slack as an integral part of helping employees within the company live these values. "When everything is out in the open, there's a sense of trust between people," he says, "everybody's on the same page. The objective is extremely clear and, even though there are more than 1,500 of us now, we can really keep that team feeling of being unified towards a common objective."
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Metals, Materials, Miner Funds Leap After China's Strong Data
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A 5.1% jump in China's exports during July -- or more than double economists' forecast-- is making it an especially good day for battered materials and mining funds.
As the S&P 500 rises by 0.5% or so, Select Sector SPDR Materials Fund (XLB) is jumping by 1.7%, while SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (XME) has jumped more than 4%.
Precious metals are rallying especially hard Thursday after gold settled 1.9% higher at $1,3010.70, cutting the year-to-date loss to less than 22%. SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) is higher still this afternoon, rising by 2.1% to $126.77.
Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is surging by 8.2%. The triple-leveraged Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X Shares (NUGT) is enjoying a single-day rise of nearly 23%, cutting its YTD loss to 89%.
From Dow Jones Newswires' Matt Day and Laura Clarke:
Data released on Thursday showed Chinese exports and imports both grew at a faster-than-expected pace in July, a sign that the second-largest economy was steadying after a first-half slowdown.
In response, the cost of physical gold on China's benchmark exchange rose another $4 an ounce to $5 an ounce above London's global benchmark, traders with TD Securities said, potentially a sign of increased demand there. China is the No. 2 gold consumer, and stronger growth can lift demand for gold.
The data gave "hope to those gold bugs who hope that Chinese buying will lead [prices] back to the heady heights of 2011," said David Govett, head of precious metals with Marex Spectron. Futures hit record highs above $1,900 an ounce in September 2011.


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Looking at all my notes and files and such, I realize I need to actually try and get one of these projects done. So I went through them and pulled a few that are farthest along, and will try and work on one of them to completion. I just don't know which one I should put my efforts into first. So I thought of posting the working titles and a short description of what its about here so you kind folks can help me make up my mind? Any commentary and critique is most welcome. Do note that my stories are written with a 'man on the scene' sort of viewpoint so grammar, sentence structure, and such will not be that of an English major.
- Darkening of the Days - Set in Eriador, a young ranger is gripped by the reality of life in the shadows in the years before the War of the Ring. A bit dark and occasionally grim, it fills in on how life may have been for the Rangers. Book character Halbarad makes an appearance, and Aragorn is only mentioned as he was likely off south at the time. Elrond gets a mention as well. The rest of the characters are my made-up originals.
- The Fracturing of Arnor - Set in the years just before and during the reign of King Earendur, its more of a dark social/political intrigue that focuses on the internal conflicts that led to the break-up of Arnor into Arthedain, Rhuadur, and Cardolan.
- The Long Defeat - Set in the year 1940 of the Third age, the King Araphant of Arthedain tries to forge anew the bonds with the Kingdom of Gondor. The sub-setting is in two parts. That which takes place in Fornost, that which takes place in the Weather Hills.
- The Winter of Winters - Set in Bree and the surrounding lands in the years 2758-59 of the third age. The books tell of the suffering that befell Rohan and Gondor during this time, but if it was that harsh of winter in the south, it was all the more colder in the north. The Rangers were hard pressed to keep the Shire and Breeland safe from the fell white wolves of the north.
- Shadows of Rhuadur - set in the time just before the war that destroyed Amon Sul, its a story written by soldiers whose watch had them in the Weather Hills. One company of Arthedain, and one company of Rhuadur. A sort of bottom level tale, told from the 'grunts' viewpoint on both sides.
- The King's Mercenaries - Set after the war and well into King Elessar's reign, times of battle would still flare up on the outskirts of the realm. The books mention in brief that King Eomer would always ride with King Elessar to war afar, so this tale is about a company of mercenaries that were hired by King Elessar to help man the far reaches of the realm. With a cadre of ten aging Dunedain veterans in command, the company is fleshed out with veteran soldiers from other armies of men from the War of the Ring (Dale, Dunland, Gondor, Rhun, Harad, Khand) and others trying to hide from their old lives or those eager to seek adventure. With the exception of the history and the make-up of the company, it is presented in a series of short tales of different campaigns and situations, with some personal bits of the characters coming out.
Another thought I had for this thread was to put links to the fine stories of Arnor that reside here in the Scriptorium. If you know of any I have missed, do post the link please. And if they're on other sites, post those links as well (subject to forum rules on posting links to other sites). These are ones I've found so far in the Scriptorium:
- The Rise and Fall of Calimendil, Fifth King of Cardolan (1st draft) by Celebrimbor32
- The Rise and Fall of Calimendil, Fifth King of Cardolan by Celebrimbor32
- The Bloodline Hero by Celebrimbor32
- The Lost Palantir by Isildur's Bane
- Rambles of a Ranger by kaya
- Tales of Nolduryan by Valandil3430
- Visitors Come to Court by Valandil3430
- Letters to Firiel by Valandil3430
- Annals of the Northern Kings by Valandil3430
- Arrasuil's Journal by Arassuil
I was thinking of starting an Arnor-based thread in the Alliances forum that would serve as a hub with links to all the bits about Arnor that are here in the Scriptorium, Prancing Pony, and the Books forum. But the rulesposted at the top of the Alliance forum seemed vague on what the content can be (RP'ng, stories, etc. being in their respective forums, etc.) I'll check into that further.


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HELPFUL AND FUN: Many a wildlife sanctuary and animal park and spread where beasties roam free open up to the public to better educate and inform. But the public often has a part to play, too. That part can be going on the social media site of their choice and talking about the sanctuary, the better to raise its profile and call attention to its mission, or, even better yet, to share photos. Photographs taken of a wild horse or a Mexican wolf are very shareable indeed, and tend to inspire new fans to get involved. So when the California Wolf Center near Julian plans special photo tours of the facilities, think of it in this sense: everyone wins. The photographer wins because she gets to snap great, fairly close pictures of the center's Alaskan grey wolf pack and the endangered Mexican grey wolves. The center benefits because those photos will be seen by others, which helps bring more love to the sanctuary.
A FEW PHOTO TO-KNOWS: The cost is $200 with donation of photos or $250 without donation (and that's up to two people). You want to donate, right? That's nice. It runs later in the year, August through December, and contact with the wolves isn't allowed (of course). Also, all photo tour participants should be 18 and over. Easy? Easy.
PUBLIC TOURS: If you'd like to take a tour without the photo angle, or perhaps you want to visit ahead of the later summer-fall photo window, you can. There are public tours of the center. They're set to open on May 20 and the days of the week? Saturdays and Sundays. Cost is $20. The California Wolf Center is located a bit southeast of Julian off Highway 79.
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Teenagers are more likely to smoke weed and cigarettes and drink alcohol for the first time in June and July, according to a new federal study. Around 5,000 teens aged 13-17 start lighting up cigarettes and 4,500 try pot each day for the first time during those months, as opposed to 3,000 to 4,000 a day during the rest of the year. And over 11,000 teens take their first sip of what we can only conjecture is Smirnoff Ice in June and July (with similar levels in December, because apparently even kids can't resist holiday party pressure), way more than the 5,000 to 8,000 teens who drink for the first time during other months.
Some questions: What happens in August? Is everyone too hungover? How difficult is it to glean legitimate statistics from (possibly drunk/stoned) teenagers? Do you think the findings have anything to do with the high levels of summer-conducive Sublime they're listening to? (Or maybe teenagers don't listen to Sublime anymore — so, I don't know, Party in the USA?)
"More free time and less adult supervision can make the summertime an exciting time for many young people, but it can also increase the likelihood of exposure to the dangers of substance abuse," SAMHSA Administrator Pamela Hyde said in a press release. "That is why it is critically important to take every opportunity we can throughout the year to talk to our young people about the real risks of substance abuse and effective measures for avoiding it, so they will be informed and capable of making the right decisions on their own."
Addiction research and policy expert Deni Carise gave CBS a few ideas for parents and communities that might help kids abstain, like make sure teens are keeping busy, so they're not hanging around the house all day slowly filling up all of the vodka bottles in the bar with water. She also thinks cops should be harsher on underage tobacco and alcohol sales and that anti-drug media campaigns specifically targeting teens who haven't tried drugs before should increase in June and July.
First-time teen tobacco and marijuana use booms in June and July [CBS]


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For a long time, the cure for diabetes type 1 and type 2 has relied on agonizing insulin shots for patients or insulin infusion via mechanical pumps. Regarding this, experts have been creating artificial pancreatic beta cells with the he…
Automotive coolant hose, also commonly known as a radiator hose, is an integral part of an engine's cooling system. The coolant is brought into and out of the radiator by the coolant hoses.
Scope of the Report:
This report focuses on the Automotive Coolant Hose in global market, especially in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa. This report categorizes the market based on manufacturers, regions, type and application.
There are two coolant hoses, one placed above the radiator and the other placed below the radiator. A coolant is passed through the tubes of the radiator hose to cool down the engine and dissipate the excess heat. The hot coolant then passes through the inlet tank of the radiator, generally located on the top of the radiator, it then passes through the tubes of the radiator. As the coolant passes through the tubes of the radiator, it dissipates the excess heat and thus maintains the optimal efficiency of the engine.
The worldwide market for Automotive Coolant Hose is expected to grow at a CAGR of roughly 3.8% over the next five years, will reach xx million US$ in 2023, from xx million US$ in 2017, according to a new GIR (Global Info Research) study.
Market Segment by Manufacturers, this report covers
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- Toyoda Gosei
- DuPont
- Keihin
- Plastic Omnium
Market Segment by Regions, regional analysis covers
- North America (United States, Canada and Mexico)
- Europe (Germany, France, UK, Russia and Italy)
- Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia)
- South America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia etc.)
- Middle East and Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa)
Market Segment by Type, covers
- Molded Coolant Hose
- Modular Radiator Hose
- Others
Market Segment by Applications, can be divided into
- Passenger car
- Commercial vehicle
There are 15 Chapters to deeply display the global Automotive Coolant Hose market.
Chapter 1, to describe Automotive Coolant Hose Introduction, product scope, market overview, market opportunities, market risk, market driving force;
Chapter 2, to analyze the top manufacturers of Automotive Coolant Hose, with sales, revenue, and price of Automotive Coolant Hose, in 2016 and 2017;
Chapter 3, to display the competitive situation among the top manufacturers, with sales, revenue and market share in 2016 and 2017;
Chapter 4, to show the global market by regions, with sales, revenue and market share of Automotive Coolant Hose, for each region, from 2013 to 2018;
Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, to analyze the market by countries, by type, by application and by manufacturers, with sales, revenue and market share by key countries in these regions;
Chapter 10 and 11, to show the market by type and application, with sales market share and growth rate by type, application, from 2013 to 2018;
Chapter 12, Automotive Coolant Hose market forecast, by regions, type and application, with sales and revenue, from 2018 to 2023;
Chapter 13, 14 and 15, to describe Automotive Coolant Hose sales channel, distributors, traders, dealers, Research Findings and Conclusion, appendix and data source


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Contemporary high-top trainer in premium nappa leather with perforations and a removable ankle strap. Tan leather lines the inside and the tongue is made of woven nylon. A moulded cupsole is used in combination with a padded insole for a comfortable sports-style fit.
G-Star footwear is a refined offer of heels, lace-ups and trainers that combine denim with classic inspirations. An unexpected mix of chambray panelling, rivet details and high-gloss leather form a motif for the collection.
Colour: Navy perforated leather. / Upper: Polyurethane, cotton, leather. / Lining: Cotton, leather. / Footbed: Leather.
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Have you seen the new Circular Attachment that just got launched? I think this is one of the most creative accessories we have launched in a long time. I know it all started with a request for a tool to make perfect circles but it has grown to become so much more.
You can create circles, flowers and more only your imagination is the limit. I have only played with it for a few hours and this is what I have created so far….
The star circle top
I don't know where I got my idea with the star and circle, it might have been something with a bulls eye…
I'm very much into stars right now, just love the shape of them. This was a nice way to combine the two. I cut out and added fusible web to the back of the star and then ironed it on the fabric.
It's important to find the exact center of the star and then you just sew straight stitch circles with the circular attachment. Then I made a simple oversize top from the fabric.
I just wanted to try out the different decorative stitches with the circular attachment so I created a pillow with applique circles and stitches. It's not really done yet but soon…
I know that several colleagues have tried it and created wonderful flowers, circles, and even teddybears? :) I haven't seen them yet but hope to show you soon.
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CCS adapting to COVID-19 realities to support Canadians during and after the pandemic
Mary McBride
Improvements in cancer treatment mean that more children are surviving their disease and are going on to live long and productive lives. However, as a result of their treatment, many of these survivors will also face numerous challenges in their young adult years.
With funding from the Canadian Cancer Society, Mary McBride hopes her research will ultimately ensure that these survivors will receive the post-treatment support they need.
"We have had a lot of success in treating childhood cancer, but we don't know much about the long-term effects of cancer treatment that could put this group at risk of serious and ongoing medical, psychological, educational and social problems," says McBride, who is evaluating the lifetime impact of childhood cancer treatments on survivors diagnosed before age 25.
"Our research will help better identify this group and, for the first time, document the problems they may be facing as a result of treatment."
It is especially important to understand the needs of this group of young survivors for a couple of reasons, McBride says:
- they are receiving treatment at a time when they are facing physical and developmental changes and treatment will affect them in ways that that it wouldn't affect fully grown adults;
- this group faces isolation and socialization issues at a time when they are developing the social skills that will eventually allow them to live independently.
Vikram Bubber understands these challenges. Bubber was just 5 years old when he was diagnosed with a cancer in the middle ear. He was treated successfully and was cancer-free for over 20 years. In 2006 however, Bubber was diagnosed with a new cancer on his cheekbone. This cancer, also treated successfully, was the result of the radiation treatment he received as a child.
"It takes more than 'being cured' to survive cancer. Cancer takes a chunk out of you. It takes you away from the normal timeline of your life, and then you have to get back on track," Bubber says.
Bubber is now participating in McBride's study because he hopes that it will eventually help children that are now being treated for cancer and are going to be facing these issues as young adults. He adds that he also knows the impact research can have.
"When I got my second cancer, I experienced how treatment had changed. I may have had 2 days of weakness and then I was back at work," he says. "I know first-hand that research is making a difference."
Great progress has been made
Some cancers, such as thyroid and testicular, have survival rates of over 90%. Other cancers, such as pancreatic, brain and esophageal, continue to have very low survival rates.


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One of the most popular features available in web search add-ons is showing thumbnails next to search results. Google added this feature last year, but you need to click on "page previews" in the sidebar to enable it.
Google found some clever ways to make thumbnails more useful and more discoverable. To enable the new instant previews, click on the magnifying glass or on the snippet to see a visual preview of a search result. Google shows a large screenshot of the page and highlights the text that's included in the snippet so you can quickly find it when you visit the page. After enabling previews, you no longer have to click on the magnifying glass: Google shows the screenshots when you mouse over a search result.
Google says that visual previews are actually useful. "In our testing, we've found that people who use Instant Previews are about 5% more likely to be satisfied with the results they click. The previews provide new ways to evaluate search results, making you more likely to find what you're looking for on the pages you visit."
I'm not sure that screenshots can help you pick the most relevant search results, but they're useful if you're looking for pages that include many pictures or videos, long articles or detailed guides. Unfortunately, you might ignore a site that has a poor design, even if the content is useful.
Google Instant Previews will be rolled out in the coming days, but you can try it using this URL.


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Simplifying the system: Replacement of three devices with one linear rotary actuator.
The use of a SMAC actuator as a screwdriver has expanded to disc drive assembly. Typical screw sizes are M2 & M3 using STAR socket heads. A common method is the use of an electric, brushless rotary screwdriver which is attached this to a high precision pneumatic slide. Electronic screwdrivers can be programmed with a maximum torque level, monitoring torque and using a Hall Effect sensor for rotary rpm.
A couple challenges with this method are related to both the linear and rotary axis. As for the linear, precise height alignment is necessary at pick and place locations. Since the end of stroke is a physical adjustment and not programmable, the manual tuning is a nightmare. Sometimes, two pneumatic slides are used to accommodate these two locations, long stroke for pick position and second slide for force controlled extension during threading. A proportional valve is used to control the extended force but it remains difficult to keep accuracy.
The rotary axis is not able to determine position or the linear movement, thus neither the pitch, the number of rotations nor the first thread CCW can be confirmed. The cost of this combination can run up to US$10,000. In comparison, the SMAC linear rotary electric actuator is an all in one, off the shelf solution, providing a long stroke with fast approach, Soft-Land function at both positions pick and place, constant accurate force control while threading, monitoring the torque, pitch verification. Good, shallow, cross, or no threads as well as the precision of the thread are detected through linear position feedback. SMAC provides this at 50% less the cost of the previous method.


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I'm so happy I got back to Omaha in time for a homecoming show with Betsy Phillips and Mitch Gettman. Check out the poster below, and join us at Sozo Coffeehouse on Dec. 20!
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New Recording for AS220's Sampler
Last month, I had the chance to be part of a marathon recording session and exhibit by AS220 artists-in-residence Tony Kapel and Maite Josune. Bands and artists from Providence were given 30 minutes to record an original track that Tony and Maite mixed and mastered later. Their aim was to create an exhibit focused on the process of capturing a song.
Even though we only had half an hour together, it was so much fun working with Tony and Maite. Thanks to their mixing, the finished recording is different from anything I've done before. Check it out below if you'd like, and don't miss the other artists on the sampler.
Tour Dates!
Could not possibly be more excited about the little tour Mitch Gettman and I are going on this month! Hope you can make it to one of these shows!
5/15 – Lowell, MA – Brew'd Awakening – 1-3pm
5/16 – Dover, NH – Dover Teen Center – 7pm
5/17 – Burlington, VT – Radio Bean – 7pm-9pm
5/18 – Shelburne Falls, MA – Mocha Maya's – 2:30-4:30 pm
5/19 – Brooklyn, NY – Branded Saloon – 10:30pm-12am
5/20 – Rochester, NY – Boulder Coffee House – 8-10pm
5/22 – Lockhaven, PA – Ave 209 Coffee House – 7pm-9pm
5/23 – Cortland, NY – Blue Frog Coffee – 7pm-9pm
5/24 – New Paltz, NY – Cafeteria – 7pm-9pm
5/25 – Plaistow, NH – Sad Cafe – 6pm
"Hannah Hunt" Cover with Mitch Gettman
Mitch and I cover "Hannah Hunt" off of Modern Vampires of the City. Thanks to Kyle Forrest for his artistry. Truly, this is one of my all-time favorite songs – I hope we did it justice. Give it a listen if you'd like, and let me know what you think!
Ode to Omaha
On one of my last nights in Omaha, I recorded this video with my very dear friend Mitch Gettman and the talented Kyle Forrest. The temperature was below zero, but the view of the modest skyline from the fire escape was too lovely to pass up. The song is by Mitch, as yet untitled.
"Don't Wait Up" at the Slowdown
Here's a video from the show at Slowdown last month. Thanks again to everyone who made it out. What a great crowd!
Show at the Slowdown December 22!
I'm so excited to announce that I'll be opening for the incredible Tim Halperin at Omaha's Slowdown on December 22! I've always wanted to play at this venue and it should be a great night. Hope to see all my friends and family there! Tickets and details are available here.
Release Show Poster
I'm so pleased with how this poster design turned out. It was created by my very talented friend David Shatan-Pardo. I can't wait for the release show – hope to see all of my PVD friends there!
First Single from New Record "Latitudes"
I couldn't be more excited to announce the release of my new record, "Latitudes", on September 24! I'm pretty thrilled about this one and I think you'll like it too.
This baby came together in a week and a half at ARC right here in Omaha, with the help of multi-instrumentalist and all around godsend Ben Brodin. I couldn't be prouder of what we completed! Here's the first single, "Geography". Hope you enjoy it.


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Nix the Corona. too fine of grind/crush. I've got a Schmidling for over 10 yrs now. very satisfied.
I've read enough about the corona to know what I'd be getting in to. Fine crush is no problem, as I'll be doing BIAB anyway.I kind of like the thought of a Philmill from a nostalgia perspective. And the price is right (under $40).I'm typically doing a partial mash with <10 lbs of grain so milling time is no big deal, either.If no one has horror stories about the Philmill, I think I'll pull the trigger today.


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Justin TV is a streaming service that uses the broken flash concept in order to allow you to view channels.
Unfortunately it's the only source of Arabic movies, series and shows.
I wrote a GStreamer source that retrieves the channel information and uses libRTMP to connect to the Justin streaming server. The rest is handled by GStreamer ;-)
If you want to watch http://www.justin.tv/ammartv for example, you simply do
gst-launch-0.10 playbin uri=jtv://ammartv
The 2nd plugin is a Totem plugin that indirectly utilizes the GStreamer source.
Given a language code (ar or en or ...), it will download the list of channels in that language and shows them in Totem's side panel. One can then easily double click on a channel and simply watch it. I originally wanted to do the Totem plugin in python but the inability to do asynchronous callback based HTTP requests prevented me :-(
Be warned that the code is of course a bit buggy and needs a lot of cleanups, it's been years since I coded anything in Gtk and that Justin might find out and either block the source somehow or even change the protocol but let's wait until that happens ;-)
thanks and I'm new to linux world...
how can I put this into my ubuntu box and make it running?
be nice to have some FAQ
Your best option would be to find the ubuntu forum and ask there. People can easily answer you :)
nice and thanks...
I have installed and when i run the program and got this results...
mainpc@mainpc-desktop:~/justin-tv-gstreamer-source$ gst-launch-0.10 playbin uri=jtv://mo159
Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
ERROR: Pipeline doesn't want to pause.
Missing element: JTV protocol source
ERROR: from element /GstPlayBin:playbin0: A JTV protocol source plugin is required to play this stream, but not installed.
Additional debug info:
gstplaybasebin.c(1686): gen_source_element (): /GstPlayBin:playbin0:
No URI handler for jtv
Setting pipeline to NULL ...
Freeing pipeline ...
any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
make sure you pass --prefix=/usr to ./configure


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In the original Star Trek TV series from the 1960s, the "tricorder" was a device that could instantly scan and analyze geographical, meteorological and biological data. Today's smartphones are not that far behind. Smartphones are already used for many health-related purposes, such as storing medical and nutritional data and accessing information about diseases and treatments. Some people even "meet" with their doctors via video apps such as Apple's Facetime for iPhone.
While smartphones demonstrate how technology can make our lives easier, they're taking on a new importance as actual medical devices—regulated products—which has far-reaching consequences, both for the businesses that create them and the people who use them. The future of mobile healthcare technology couldn't be brighter.
Medicine vs. Healthcare (A Brief History)
Modern, technological medicine—which some call Western medicine, conventional medicine or simply, biomedicine—was not always the preferred healthcare regime in this country. In colonial times, Native Americans had a rich tradition of botanical medicine, using plants for medicinal purposes. Our founding fathers used techniques such as bleeding (facilitated through the application of leeches). Various other medical approaches competed for supremacy.
Some of the other approaches that gained popularity include naturopathic medicine (based on the notion that "nature cures"), chiropractic medicine (based on spinal manipulation and maintenance of spinal health), homeopathic medicine (based on the notion that "like cures like,"—unlike allopathic medicine, in which symptoms of disease are suppressed by medicine), and acupuncture and traditional oriental medicine (based on a theory of flow of bioenergy through meridians and the balancing of yin and yang).
Politically, biomedicine gained ascendancy, and eventually licensing laws carved out the healing roles—"diagnosis," "treatment," "prescription," and "operation"—as the exclusive province of the medical doctor,[1] relegating other practitioners to cult healer status. MDs were barred even from making referrals to nonmedical doctors.[2] "Go to jail for chiropractic!" was a popular slogan in the early 20th century, since chiropractors were often imprisoned based on charges of practicing medicine without a license.
Eventually, non-MD practitioners who were not allied health practitioners (for example, not nurses or physician assistants) fought for licensure on a state-by-state basis, and, when successful, were assigned a narrower scope of practice under which they could legally offer services. These so-called complementary and alternative practitioners are still at risk of prosecution for unlicensed practice of medicine today if they go beyond their legally authorized scope of practice boundaries, and are seen as intruding into the practice of medicine. For example, one case in Michigan, People v. Beno, involved a chiropractor who examined a patient's elbow for pain. The legal issue was whether treating an elbow is so dissimilar to treating the spine that the chiropractor violated medical licensing statutes.
In short, the distinction between medicine on the one hand, and the broader world of healing on the other has not been clearly defined in state licensing laws.
The FDA and Today's Smartphones
Just as state licensing laws consider diagnosis and treatment to be the province of the MD, the FDA considers any product whose intended uses include the diagnosis and treatment of disease to be a medical device—including a mobile phone—bringing it under the purview of the FDA. Medical devices, for example, can include anything from X-ray equipment to tongue depressors.
Recently, the FDA has tackled the question of whether mobile apps can be considered medical devices, which would subject them to FDA regulation. For manufacturers and software publishers, the consequences of such a decision could be staggering. Medical devices must meet host of regulatory requirements, including registration of the manufacturer and the device and a prohibition on introducing the product to market unless it receives premarket approval from the FDA or is "substantially equivalent" to a "predicate" (or similar) device already on the market.
Proving substantial equivalence requires a submission to the FDA of a document known as a 510(k) (based on the applicable statutory section of the federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act), which can be burdensome and expensive. Among other things, the FDA can ask the manufacturer for proof of performance effectiveness, which can require costly clinical trials. Medical devices also have special labeling requirements, and manufacturers must establish quality system regulation, report adverse events, and abide by other regulatory requirements.
What is Considered a Mobile Medical App
In its Mobile Medical App Guidance, the FDA states that not all health-related apps are to be considered medical devices. In general, only apps that are used as an accessory to a regulated medical device or that transform a mobile platform into a regulated medical device are considered mobile medical apps and are, therefore, subject to FDA regulation.
To give an example, the light-emitting diode (LED) with a mobile app on your smartphone that is intended to illuminate objects generally would not be considered a medical device. But if the manufacturer promoted the LED as a light source for examining patients, then the app would meet the definition of a mobile medical app and would be subject to FDA requirements.
The FDA points out that many apps on the market today simply log, record or track general health and wellness data and would not be considered mobile medical apps. For example, a calorie counter app that allows you to track your food intake and calculate calories does not diagnose or treat disease and does not, therefore, transform your phone into a medical device. But if that same app contained a clinical algorithm to determine how many calories of protein you need to keep your hypoglycemia under control, it could potentially be considered a mobile medical device.
What FDA Mobile Medical App Guidance Means for Consumers
Although the FDA's guidance of medical apps primarily affects app designers, forward-thinking consumers should understand that the mobile medical app guidance by the FDA marks a significant increase in the FDA's ability to affect the ordinary life of a smartphone user.
Phone technology continues to move in the "tricorder" direction, with no end in sight. At some point, there will be no such thing as a "dumbphone" and, if current rates of adoption are any indication, our phones will be indispensable. As technology accelerates, people will rely more and more on their devices for feedback and guidance regarding their health. Where today's phone tells you where to turn left, tomorrow's phone may advise you to put down that donut. Or, if the person next to you suddenly collapses, your smartphone may be able to analyze and transmit their vital signs—pulse, respiration, blood pressure, etc.—directly to a 911 operator. The line between medicine and health is blurring again, and you and your device are a part of the transformation.
Michael H. Cohen is president of the Michael H. Cohen Law Group. He represents healthcare companies, practices and practitioners in healthcare corporate, compliance and regulatory and litigation matters.
The materials above have been prepared by the Michael H. Cohen Law Group for informational purposes only and are not legal advice or counsel. Readers should not act upon any information in this article without seeking professional legal counsel.
[1] Michael H. Cohen, Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Legal Boundaries and Regulatory Perspectives (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998).
[2] Id.


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Let me go!: How many "final" bills?
Here's a handy device I'll bet Edward Nemergut wishes he'd been using last November, when he claims he called Sprint to cancel one part of his service: a telephone tape recorder. Although I haven't used mine in several years, I recommend them occasionally– and yes, they're legal in Virginia. As long as one party (that would be you) knows the conversation's being recorded, it's kosher.
Nemergut's tale began last June, when he called EarthLink to sign up for internet dial-up service and was pleasantly surprised to learn that since Sprint is his long-distance carrier, he qualified for a plan that would save him money on his phone bill. As described on Sprint's website, "For $19.95 per month, Sprint 7¢ AnyTime plus Internet gives you unlimited EarthLink Internet Access, plus residential long-distance and local toll (where available) service– all on one monthly bill."
Nemergut signed up, and was "very pleased" with the service. This fall he and his wife moved to Ivy, however, which put them outside EarthLink's service area. In a December 29 letter to Sprint Customer Service, Nemergut detailed his attempts to cancel the Internet service and switch to a different calling plan.
"On November 4, 2003, I called your customer service center and spoke to a very nice young lady, who indicated that she would cancel the program. She explained that I would still have to pay a 'final bill,' as I had discontinued in the middle of the month. I agreed."
According to Nemergut, he received that bill on November 25 and paid it. "Wanting to be sure that everything had been taken care of appropriately," he wrote, "I called your customer service center again to make sure that I had indeed cancelled the program. I spoke with another very nice young lady who assured me that 'everything had been taken care of.' I also signed up for some kind of 10 cents [a minute] anytime long-distance program." When he hung up, Nemergut "felt certain" that his former service had been cancelled.
Alas, it hadn't. On December 27, Nemergut received another bill for the combined Internet-service-and-long-distance plan. This time, he claims, the Sprint employee he spoke with said the account was still "active" and that she could find no evidence that he had tried to cancel it. "She assured me that she would cancel the service, but indicated that I would have to pay the December bill"– as well as another "final" bill.
"Obviously, this is ridiculous," Nemergut wrote. "How many times do I need to cancel a service with Sprint before it is indeed cancelled?"
Nemergut discovered that EarthLink had cancelled his Internet service on November 4– the same day he says he called Sprint. "How do you think it is possible," he wrote, "for EarthLink to get word of my attempts to close my account and for there to be no record of my account closure (twice) in your computer?"
Sprint customer service wrote back to say, "A careful review of your account and call detail indicates that the calls in question were made from the telephone number assigned to you. Since the calls were dialed directly from your number, we were unable to approve your credit request." Long-distance calls, however, were never in dispute; it was the $19.95 monthly Internet charge Nemergut was protesting.
In the end, Sprint sent Nemergut's account to collections, and he ended up paying for two months of Internet service he maintains he shouldn't have been charged for. Faced with the threat of having his phone service cut off, he decided to be safe and pay up.
I spoke with Jim Harlow, Sprint public affairs manager for Charlottesville, who referred the matter to Susan Hutchison in Sprint's executive office in Dallas. Hutchison, according to Nemergut, asked whether he might have called EarthLink separately, and he can't swear he didn't– but even if he did, of course, Sprint employees, by his account, assured him the service had been cancelled.
In any case, Hutchison arranged for a $39.90 credit (two months of Internet service at $19.95 each) to his account, and Nemergut pronounced himself satisfied.
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Global Precision Farming Market is anticipated to reach USD 10.23 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Precision farming, also known as site-specific crop management or satellite farming, is a concept of farm management that uses information technology to ensure optimum health and productivity of the crops. The precision farming technique largely depends on specialized equipment, IT, and software services. Furthermore, this farming technique involves a broad range of technologies including bio-engineering, robotics & automation, imagery & sensors, and big data, as well as digitization. The adoption of site-specific crop management would reduce the cost of nitrogen fertilizers, improve crop yields, reduce the usage of pesticides, provide better farm records that are essential for sale, and provide better information for management decisions.
The growing application of telematics in agriculture is anticipated to drive the demand for precision farming over the projected period. Telematics services include tracking devices using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) to show the position of the equipment for management purposes. It also offers a real-time view of the position, coolant temperature, ground speed, and the duration before which maintenance is required. Major agriculture equipment manufacturers are adopting telematics services for their equipment in order to improve farm efficiency.
Improving the efficiency of agricultural machinery reduces the cost of agricultural operations and maximizes profitability. Additionally, good management might reduce the environmental impact. Farmers are increasingly using telematics technology to collect and manage information from their field equipment.
Telematics technology is used to capture and transfer data from the farm equipment through sensors installed on tractors and other field monitoring equipment. The increasing adoption of telematics systems by agricultural equipment companies is expected to drive the demand in the precision farming market.
Trimble Ag Software's Connected Farm uses cellular and wireless technology to transfer data. Furthermore, the company uses Farm Works software to manage data transferred from the farm equipment. Raven Industries, Inc. provides a telematics service called Slingshot. It uses cell phone networks to offer data transfer, real-time kinematic GPS correction signals, and real-time technical support in the fields. Additionally, Slingshot allows users to track the vehicle's location.
However, the lack of technology adoption among farmers is likely to restrain the market growth over the forecast period. The lack of standards and limitations on the exchange of data between the systems limits the adoption of modern agricultural machinery of different brands and companies. Furthermore, farmers lack independent consulting and advisory services owing to the lack of validated agronomic models for Variable Rate Technology (VRT) to make a decision on investments. Additionally, independent services are not linked to co-operatives, government bodies, and farmer's associations where farmers can get additional information to take decisions.
Full Research Report On Global Precision Farming Market Analysis:
Australia Precision Farming Market by Offering, 2014 – 2025 (USD Million)
Further key findings from the report suggest:
- The increasing government support for adopting modern agricultural techniques and the growing need for monitoring crop health for yield production are expected to drive the market demand.
- The services segment is expected to portray a significant growth rate over the projected period, growing at a CAGR of 16.0%.
- The cloud-based software model is anticipated to gain market share over the projected period as it reduces energy consumption and large data storage, and facilitates cost saving.
- Innovations in GPS mapping and related applications concerning farms are helping farmers to operate more efficiently and increase their profit margins.
- Drones are expected to witness enormous growth in the agriculture field as they are increasingly used in monitoring irrigation systems.
- Soil monitoring is a major application of the yield monitoring segment as it is used to detect soil properties to increase the yield.
- Digital revolution in the agricultural sector along with government financial incentives to farms is likely to drive the demand in the European precision farming market in the coming years.
- The key players of the precision farming market include Agribotix LLC (U.S.), Deere & Company (U.S.), SST Development Group, Inc. (U.S.), Farmers Edge, Inc. (Canada), and Granular, Inc. (U.S.), among others
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Grand View Research has segmented the Global Precision Farming Market based on offering, application, and region:
Precision Farming/Agriculture Offering Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2014 – 2025)
- Hardware
- Automation & control systems
- Drones
- Application control devices
- Guidance systems
- Remote sensing
- Handheld
- Satellite sensing
- Driverless tractors
- Mobile devices
- Map-based
- Sensor-based
- Wireless modules
- Bluetooth technology
- Wi-Fi technology
- Zigbee technology
- RF technology
- Sensing devices
- Soil sensor
- Nutrient sensor
- Moisture sensor
- Temperature sensor
- Water sensors
- Climate sensors
- Others
- Antennas/access points
- Software
- Web-based
- Cloud-based
- Services
- System integration & consulting
- Maintenance & support
- Managed services
- Data services
- Analytic services
- Farm operation services
- Assisted professional services
- Supply chain management services
- Climate information services
Precision Farming/Agriculture Application Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2014 – 2025)
- Yield monitoring
- On-farm
- Off-farm
- Field mapping
- Crop scouting
- Weather tracking & forecasting
- Irrigation management
- Inventory management
- Farm labor management
Precision Farming/Agriculture Regional Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2014 – 2025)
- North America
- Canada
- Mexico
- Europe
- Germany
- France
- Russia
- Asia Pacific
- China
- Japan
- India
- Australia
- South America
- Brazil
- Middle East and Africa (MEA)
View Blog On this research report by Grand View Research: http://www.grandviewresearch.com/blog/precision-agriculture-market-size-share-research
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For over a decade as Royal Trux the duo of Neil Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema played rock and roll to their own rules and vision. They were locked into their own musical consciousness ignoring all others and taking their own route, as one of their song titles proudly maintains it was: The United States vs One 1974 Cadillac El Dorado Sedan Neil Hagerty played guitar in the final line up of Pussy Galore; whilst his long hair and Gibson SG helped codify PG's ambitions to properly rock, Royal Trux were set from lift off to not only take their own musical path but create their own personalised orbit as they did so.
Their first album the self released Royal Trux (1998) had a space-clatter that took the garage / blues template for a walk across a desert; it prompted its distributor clerks to start a new record company, Drag City, and sign the band. Their next album was a double. Twin Infinitives (1990) is regularly listed amongst other double albums (Trout Mask Replica, The White Album, Metallic KO, Selected Ambient Works 2) as a sprawling, semi-penetrable masterpiece. Only immersion in the record - hey it's a double album - and a familiarity with its disjointed pulse can begin to describe it. Songs and band dynamics are replaced with disembodied voices and screaming laments. The Wailing Wall is under construction to the sound of a slow melting synapse. As a contemporary review in Forced Exposure had it: "If you can go so far as to make contact with this disc, I think you'll have a real, real good feel for their personal space. It's wide, wonderfully incoherent, totally baffling, and mystically engulfing."
The band followed up with 1992's Untitled. A spare folk and country tinged record that showcased Hagerty's virtuoso guitar playing and the duo's ability to write affecting songs. The album's standout track Junkie Nurse became a live favourite in its myriad interpretations and seemed to be coming from the inside track. Just as they were gaining a fast growing audience as a live draw and on the tip of every hipsters' tongue Royal Trux released Cats & Dogs (1993). The album in many ways defines the Royal Trux sound. Hagerty was regularly discussing Ornette Coleman's theory of harmolodics in interviews. A three dimensional intervention of melody and rhythm, harmolodic just about describes the juxtaposition of American Rock, sci-fi mysticism, sub-equatorial drumming and vocal interplay that defines the Royal Trux sound. While their beat science contemporaries were dropping the name Sun Ra like so many bags of paranoid weed, Royal Trux were the true progeny of his Solar Myth Approach.
By now every single major label was courting the Trux. Having witnessed the post-Nirvana gold rush first hand Hagerty and Herrema played it their own way, holding out for the right deal. (Rumour has it they managed to negotiate a deal that meant they would be just as well off getting dropped). Their major label debut Thank You (1995) was released worldwide on Virgin and saw long term Neil Young producer add clarity to the Trux sound and hone their Classic Rock leanings whilst taking away nothing of the band?s character. A worldwide tour, exposure on TV and increased sales all followed. Sweet Sixteen (1996) quickly followed and was recorded on the band's Virginia ranch, which they had kitted out as a studio on Virgin's proceeds. A return to the density of Cats & Dogs it contained the anthem Morphic Resident surely a drivetime staple on Mars and Jupiter.
The box set and self-explanatory Singles Live & Unreleased (1997) was a coda to the mid-period of the band and revealed the true depth of ideas and creativity not to say the stand-alone individuality of Royal Trux. Released on Domino / Drag City Accelerator (1998) was the Trux at their most high-octane rock and roll direct. Garnering renewed critical acclaim its primitive riffing (and Herrema's increased profile in the style and attitude media) proved highly influential and helped clear the ground for the turn of the century Rock renaissance. Energised by their access to the independent mainstream the Trux kept up a phenomenal work rate.
Veterans of Disorder (1999) rocked hard and contained Blue Is The Frequency, which became the astonishing Trux live show closer. A harmolodic guitar excursion that took band and audience wherever the group mind decided leaving crowds drained and ecstatic. Pound For Pound (2000) took Royal Trux into the new millennium but signalled that the Trux course had run. For the first time in their history there were other bands around who were starting to sound like Royal Trux; for reasons that only add to the Trux myth they split up. Few bands have ever carved out so singular an identity and defined their own space so eloquently as Royal Trux. In the ironic 90s they re-defined rock and roll and went to places their contemporaries dared not go.
Perpetually ahead of their time their influence lingers in countless bands- guitar sound, attitude, image, and dress sense. But no one else can ever get close to the inner workings of Hagerty and Herrema.
This artist is a member of Neil Michael Hagerty.
- ROYAL TRUX HAND OF GLORY ALBUM RE-ISSUED Friday 28th August 2015
- Royal Trux - Pound For Pound reissued on Domino on 1st December 2014
- ROYAL TRUX 'The Radio Video EP' - reissued 19 May 2014 on Domino
- Classic Royal Trux album Veterans Of Disorder to be reissued on 18/11
- Royal Trux to reissue 3-Song EP
- Royal Trux's record 'Accelerator' to be Reissued
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A Chichester councillor was so rude to IT staff that he was suspended from his elected office, an official report revealed yesterday.
The local government Adjudication Panel, which hears cases of misconduct brought against local government officials by ethics officers, published the reasons behind its decision to suspend councillor "Taff" Davies for a year, taking him to the end of his elected duration.
To paraphrase the report, the councillor put lot of noses out of joint. He accused the council IT department of running a "crap" IT system, told the techies they were "servants", and in December 2004 tried to bypass official channels and get a business associate's web proposal straight into the lap of the chief executive.
The damning report said he was an "embarrassment" to Chichester District Council, "aggressive" and "intimidating" toward junior council staff, had slagged off council executives, and breached parts of the council code of conduct that govern "honesty and integrity" and "respect for others".
Councillor Davies, a retired Royal Navy captain and software entrepreneur, claimed he had been treated in a "bullying and despicable manner" and "goaded" into writing rude emails.
The adjudicator did not quote from emails or provide other technical evidence that would have shed light on Davies's defence.
Davies insists his email had been "routinely monitored" by the council, but this was dismissed by the adjudicator. It also dismissed Davies's complaint that some of the evidence used against him might not have been obtained lawfully.
A press release issued in Davies's defence on Tuesday, the eve of the adjudicator's full report into the case, alleged that Chichester deputy chief executive Rob Benny admitted to the adjudicator that he authorised the monitoring of Davies' email.
The release said the councillor had been monitored because "he had a predisposition to be critical of the council IT policy and provision". The Adjucator's report mentioned this, but gave no explanation for excluding the evidence.
The press release, attributed to the Chichester Local Democracy Action Group, whose sole activity to date appears to be in rallying support for Davies, said that his "disparaging" and "sarcastic" email campaign had been directed at the council's £11.5m egovernment programme.
Davies is quoted in the release as saying that he had been punished by the council for raising "significant questions" about the programme.
"It is nonsense to disqualify someone from elected office for using words like 'crap'. It's an offence against democracy," he said.
Davies's concern over the council's e-government programme and the state of local democracy was not recorded in the adjudicator's report. But it did quote from a trail of rude emails Davies started sending out within weeks of being elected to the council in May 2003.
His first recorded mistake was to copy the IT department into an email that discussed the council's "crap email system". Davies appeared to know better and became frustrated when his barracking brought no one round to his way of thinking. It also appears that the "old salt's" behaviour was quickly getting him ostracised around the council.


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Nokia has released a new SDK for Series 40 6th Edition mobile devices. The Series 40 6th Edition supports the Nokia WebKit Open Source, Adobe Flash Lite 3.0, and the Java-based location API (JSR-179). The Series 40 6th Edition SDK provides application development, testing and debugging tools.
Series 40 6th Edition support for the Nokia WebKit Open Source Browser lets mobile content and service providers target Series 40 feature phones with full web look-and-feel. Webkit Browser features include the Pointer user interface, Incremental Page Rendering, Page Overview and Visual History browsing, and the user-favorite Minimap browsing that allows for easy screen navigation of full-size web pages.
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