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Maybe Data Privacy Day should be every day
It's over. Data Privacy Day came and went yesterday. Proclamations were made. New state privacy units sprouted. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Twitter opened up about the number of information requests and calls that were made for action on pending legislation. People are now free to get back to ignoring the erosion of their privacy.
In Maryland, Assistant Attorney General Steve Ruckman will direct a new unit created to protect the privacy of the state's Internet users. The new unit will monitor companies' compliance with state and federal consumer protection laws, including the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Ruckman's unit also will examine weaknesses in online privacy policies and provide outreach and education to businesses and consumers.
This last directive caused some angst for law firm Mintz Levin, which warned Maryland residents to look out for the Maryland privacy police." The chair of the firm's Privacy & Security Practice (and a certified information privacy professional) Cynthia J. Larose, said that without clear legislative standards, determination of what the Maryland Internet Privacy Unit considers to be a "weakness" could well be a data protection practice that is within the scope of existing law. He firm will be watching developments on this front with great interest, she said.
Larose said California has been enforcing similar rules since July, when it established specific units within its Attorney General's office to deal with privacy. Since then, the attorney general of that state took on mobile application developers, despite not having specific mobile privacy policies in place. In December, the state sued Delta Air Lines for allegedly failing to post a privacy policy for its Fly Delta app.
While Larose is protecting the rights of businesses, Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler feels he is protecting consumers. "Internet privacy is one of the most essential consumer protection issues of the 21st century," he said in a statement. "I created this new unit to ensure that Marylanders who use the Internet every day have someone on their side, watching out for illicit online activities and working with key stakeholders to improve gaps in privacy policies."
Gansler's initiative will look for better ways to manage privacy risks, such as geo-location tracking, cyber bullying, data collection and data breaches. Last year, Gansler led an effort by 36 state attorneys general to demand accountability from Google when it unilaterally changed its privacy policy.
"The free flow of information in the Digital Age has made it easier for private records to fall into the wrong hands," Gansler said.
But on this Data Privacy Day, many were saying that those "wrong hands" belong to the government.
The ACLU of Maine, the Left-Right Coalition and bipartisan legislators used the day to detail a legislative privacy package underscoring key priorities for protecting individual privacy. Shenna Bellows, executive director of the ACLU of Maine, said "Maine needs stronger laws that shield us from overreaching surveillance by the government and corporations, and ensure that the most personal details of our private lives stay private."
Maine state Rep. Diane Russell (D-Portland), sponsored "The Maine Online Privacy Protection Act," a bill requiring operators of commercial websites that collect people's personally identifiable information to conspicuously post and comply with a privacy policy that meets certain conditions. And Rep. Michael McClellan (R-Raymond) sponsored "An Act to Protect Social Media Privacy in the Workplace," which prohibits employers and schools from accessing passwords to the private accounts of their employees or students.
The bills are comprehensive and also include language dealing with the use of domestic drones, warrantless tracking of GPS devices--including cell phones--and the warrantless collection by law enforcement of content created by cell phone users, such as text messages and text and call records. "These bills would keep us from sliding further into a surveillance society where the government can monitor everything we do, say or write at any time, for any reason," said Bellows.
Meanwhile, in Ohio, Attorney General Mike DeWine used the day to encourage consumers to protect their personal information to avoid tax-related fraud and identity theft. He also provided detailed information on how criminals were able to perpetrate this fraud. The state now has an Identity Theft Unit to help victims rectify the effects of identity theft. The unit currently offers two programs for victims: traditional assistance and self-help assistance.
Over the last year, requests from government entities to companies like Twitter and Google continued to climb. Google said last week that from July through December 2012, 68 percent of the requests Google received from government entities in the U.S. were through subpoenas, issued under the "Electronic Communications Privacy Act" (ECPA), and are the easiest to get because they typically don't involve judges. 22 percent were through ECPA search warrants which are issued by judges based on a demonstration of "probable cause" to believe that certain information relating to a crime is presently in the place to be searched. The remaining 10 percent were mostly court orders issued under the ECPA by judges or other processes that are difficult to categorize.
The number of requests almost doubled from the December reporting period of 2009 (12, 539 requests) to the same period in 2012 (21,389 requests). On Data Privacy Day this week, Google reiterated its policy, saying the company wants digital information laws updated so the same protections that apply to your personal documents also apply to your email and online documents.
Forbes used the occasion to bash the Obama administration on its privacy performance and its Privacy Bill of Rights, which has stated an intent to guide efforts to give users more control over how their personal information is used on the Internet and to help businesses maintain consumer trust and grow in the rapidly changing digital environment.
Forbes says they haven't come close. "Government has an important role to play in protecting consumer privacy, but it's snooping and surveillance are far bigger problems--which have only grown worse. While Washington talks of a new commercial privacy "Bill of Rights," the real Bill of Rights is in peril," said Berin Szoka in the Forbes article.
For more :
- see the Forbes article
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An English translation of the "The Profession of Faith of the 318 Fathers" may be read online. This document expresses the opinion of the majority of council members, who elected that Jesus should be decreed to be "the Son of God, the only begotten begotten from the Father." The perspective of Jesus as "a creature and a work [of God]" was addressed and found "impious" and "blasphemous." Nonetheless, the "only begotten begotten" declaration seems especially questionable as there are Bible passages that show Jesus to have characteristics and a vulnerability similar to all human beings.
In 2003 when I was being interviewed on a radio show, I was asked if I believe in Jesus Christ. Based upon my own unusual experiences and research, I answered: "I believe that Jesus Christ is actually two different entities. There was Jesus of Nazareth who was a Christed one by the Christ Force."
As many readers know, the case study of my own unexpected and unique spiritual awakening is available in a free Internet edition. Testament begins with my interviews of a family in Oklahoma who had been reported to be experiencing 'talking poltergeist' phenomena, a subject that I had been researching at the time. During our conversations, I mentioned some of these cases — including the 19th Century 'Bell Witch' case and Mary Jobson cases (as documented in the book). Something I told the family about the Mary Jobson case was a speech quoted of a transcendental communicator that included the following declarations.
The Mary Jobson case study book is now available at Google Books but the page with this paragraph (p. 5) is missing; also available online is the first published case study of 'The Bell Witch'.
Upon reflecting about our human predicament, what seems to me a prominent fallacy of religion is fostering the belief that people's individual consciousnesses could be in any way subordinate in their relationship with 'God' (Source of All Being) in regard to another person or any conceivable human 'avatar.' The concept of 'Christ Consciousness' makes this perspective more comprehensible.
Some previous blog articles have reported about patterns involving the words 'Michael' and 'Bell' and the number 9 among cases involving 'paranormal' phenomena. Following what I wrote earlier this year in the articles "Flying Saucers and 'The Nine Pattern'" and "Beyond 'Talking Poltergeists' and 'The Nine Pattern'", I found myself having an unusual experience involving the number 9 when I reported to a local courthouse for jury service in October.
After my first jury service experience around eight years ago at another part of the San Fernando Valley, I didn't think there could be much of a chance for me to ever be selected as a juror because it had been explained that jurors must let the judge's instructions take precedence over their spiritual beliefs. I had told the judge then that I thought if everyone responded to that statement honestly, they must say that they would not be willing to follow such an instruction. I was then excused from the courtroom. Several years later, I responded to a summons for jury service in another city but was never called to sit in one of the jury seats. While waiting to see if I might be called if enough people were excused, I was listening for the subject of jurors' spiritual beliefs to be addressed but this question was never raised. The judge at my most recent jury service experience also made no mention of the issue.
I believe it is one's civic duty to serve as a juror if called and my employer pays an unlimited number of days for jury duty. At first during my October summons appointment, I felt confident that I would not be one of the people selected to be on the jury for what was a civil case arising from an altercation between apartment complex neighbors that involved a dog bite. Then the attorneys excused many people from the juror seats and my name was called to sit in one of the alternate chairs.
The main questions that the attorneys wanted me to answer while interviewing me was whether or not I had resided in an apartment and, if so, what problems had I experienced. I said that I had lived in apartments most of my life without any major problems. When asked to explain further, I answered that there had been an inconveniencing flood after a pipe blockage and occasionally there have been times when needed repairs weren't made expediently but these were relatively minor inconveniences.
Throughout the proceedings, it had been noticed and commented upon that many people had sat in seat number nine and each had been dismissed. Eventually the attorneys finished excusing jurors including another person in the number 9 seat. As I had not been dismissed, I began wondering if this was where I was going to be for the next two weeks. Then the judge suddenly asked me to move to seat number nine. Just as I sat down, an attorney said that I was dismissed. I can only presume that although he had found it acceptable for me to be an alternate, for some reason he didn't want me to have a more consequential role in the trial.
Following up my September article "Paranormal Radio Shows in 2013″, it turned out that Art Bell's Sirius XM Radio program lasted less than a couple months. As I've commented before, I had once been a regular listener and recurring caller to Art Bell and later George Noory along with some other interim hosts of the radio show "Coast to Coast AM." These days, in my car I usually listen to the singular local classical music station.
Regarding the lack of metaphysical topics at prominent news websites, it seems sad but true that many people's orientation to these topics may be more influenced by movies, TV shows, novels and pop music than by nonfiction information sources.
Over the years (and perhaps more often before the arts became so highly commercialized), there have been times when I've thought about insightful songs and poems that I had the opportunity to hear or read. Here are the lyrics of one of these songs — "Ammonia Avenue" (1984) by The Alan Parsons Project.
written by Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons
vocal by Eric Woolfson
as we stand in the darkness
watching the sun arise
as we gaze at the waters
into the stranger's eyes
to criticize
or scorn the things that they do
and we shall find
ammonia avenue
and we question the answers
only the doubt will grow
or a sign to believe in
Only the wise will know
they handed down
the light that shines today
at first to scoff
remained behind to pray
at first to scoff
remained behind to pray
and you can't see the reason
why should the hope remain
and his soul will grow weary
living his life in vain
to justify
the right in all we do
until we find
ammonia avenue
somehow they knew
they built it high
Until the sun broke through
a shining light
ammonia avenue
During ancient times, ammonia was produced by the distillation of animal dung, hooves, and horn. In fact, the name is derived from the ancient Egyptian deity Amun who was known to the Greeks as Ammon. Greeks observed the preparation of ammonia from dung in Egypt from sal ammoniac (ammonium chloride) near the temple of Amun. Sal ammoniac or "salt of Ammon" is an ammonium-bearing mineral (ammonium chloride) of volcanic origin.
An article about ancient oracles and a Temple of Amun may be read online: "Egypt: The Temple of the Oracle (Temple of Amun) at the Siwa Oasis in Egypt" by Jimmy Dunn.


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Creating a StreamProxy with Delegate/Lambda to read/write to a file
I saw a question the last time on Stackoverflow. The accepted answer was from Jon Skeet which was:
- Event handlers (for GUI and more)
- Starting threads
- Callbacks (e.g. for async APIs)
- LINQ and similar (List.Find etc)
- Anywhere else where I want to effectively apply "template" code with some specialized logic inside (where the delegate provides the specialization)
I was once asked "What is the use of a delegate?". The main answer that I found was "to delay the call". Most people see delegate as events most of the time. However, they can be put to much greater use. Here is an example that I'll gladly share with you all:
public class StreamProxy<T> where T : Stream { private Func<T> constructorFunction; private StreamProxy(Func<T> constructor) { constructorFunction = constructor; } public void Write(Action<StreamWriter> func) { using(T stream = constructorFunction()) { StreamWriter streamWriter = new StreamWriter(stream); func(streamWriter); streamWriter.Flush(); } } public String Read(Func<StreamReader, String> func) { using (T stream = constructorFunction()) { string result = func(new StreamReader(stream)); return result; } } public static StreamProxy<T> Create(Func<T> func) { return new StreamProxy<T>(func); } }
To summarize what it does... it accept a delegate that returns a class that derives from "Stream" that will be used as a Constructor. It will return you a StreamProxy object that you can then use to read or write String out of that stream. What is interesting is that when it's first created... nothing is done on the file. You are just giving instruction to the class on how to access it. When you then read/write from the file, the class knows how to manage a stream and make sure that no locks are left on the files. Here is a sample usage of that class:
// Here I use a FileStream but it can also be a MemoryStream or anything that derives from Stream StreamProxy<FileStream> proxy = StreamProxy<FileStream>.Create(() => new FileStream(@"C:\MyTest.txt", FileMode.OpenOrCreate)); // Writing to a file proxy.Write(stream => stream.WriteLine("I am using the Stream Proxy!")); // Reading to a file string contentOfFile = proxy.Read(stream => stream.ReadToEnd());
That's all folks! As long as you can give a Stream to this proxy, you won't need to do any "using" in your code and everything will stay clean!
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TNT – Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Hey, it's Thursday, so of course it's time for a TNT! Well, technically, this TNT, Belo Horizonte's first, was held on Tuesday. But that starts with a T too so it's all good! With Dismas Smith, from Ladro Coffee in Seattle in the house, it was like the godfather of … Read more →


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Criminal Law
Criminal Law Questions? Ask a Criminal Lawyer.
Can a writ of habeus corpus be filed for someone who was innocent but already completed their term of incararation?
If a person was never afforded a jury trial because the person received poor counsel and although requested and wanted a trial was told by the public defender the only result would be guilty and he was guilty just because he was arrested in Texas and then was told to plead no contest and that no contest was not the same as pleading guilty, would that person be able to request a trial?
If there is evidence a crime never occurred or new evidence that shows the person was wrongly arrested is there any way of getting a pardon based on innocence in texas? Thank you for answering.
Can this be done if the person originally pleaded no contest?
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- MaliAgricultureFunding via Réseau de Micro-institutions de Croissance de Revenus (RMCR)
Siguibanfe ...MaliAgricultureFunding via Réseau de Micro-institutions de Croissance de Revenus (RMCR)
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Kounta, standing in the middle of the picture, grows sorghum. She plans to use her loan to buy seeds and fertilizer needed for the cultivation of 1 hectare of farmland. After the harvest, the produce is sold in her village and at the Sikasso market to a clientèle made up of men and women. She expects to make an average profit of 155 000 francs per crop cycle. This profit will allow her to repay her loan and to support her husband with the daily living expenses.
Elles collaborent avec l'institution de microfinance Soro Yiriwaso afin de mener à bien leurs activités agricoles pendant l'hivernage.
Elles sont à leur sixième prêt avec l'institution, les prêts passés ont été bien remboursés.
La spéculation cultivée est : le sorgho avec KOUNTA debout au milieu.
Avec son prêt, elle compte acheter les semences et les engrais pour entretenir : 1 hectare.
La production est vendue au niveau du village, au marché de SIKASSO après la récolte à une clientèle composée d'hommes et de femmes.
Elle compte réaliser un bénéfice moyen de 155.000 FCFA par campagne.
Ce bénéfice lui permettra de payer son prêt et aussi d'aider son mari dans les dépenses quotidiennes.
Additional Information
Important InformationSoro Yiriwaso is a microfinance institution that works primarily in rural and semi-urban areas of Mali to provide underprivileged communities with access to financial services.The organization facilitates access for disadvantaged clients, particularly women, to new resources and services, fostering solidarity and cooperation among its clients. Kiva lenders' funds will enable Soro Yiriwaso to expand its outreach and target even more underserved Malians involved in business and agriculture.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
- Repayment Term
- 12 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
- At end of term
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- May 7, 2013
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Second Street Players announce auditions for M*A*S*H
Milford's Second Street Players will hold auditions for the comedy "M*A*S*H" at 7 p.m., Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 10-11, at the Riverfront Theater, 2 South Walnut St. in downtown Milford.
The comedy, written by Tim Kelley and adapted from the book by Richard Hooker, is the second show of Second Street Players' 2014 season and is based on the well-known and award-winning movie and TV series. M*A*S*H stands for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, and joining it are two unpredictable madcaps, Hawkeye and Duke.
In this wild, free-flowing comedy, the two Army docs wage a campaign to get a young Korean to the United States and entered into a good school. All the characters are here - Cpl. "Radar" O'Reilly, Lt. Col. Henry Blake, Capt. Burns, "Hot Lips" Houlihan and Father Mulcahy, plus a few less familiar ones. The plot also includs a little romance mixed with dramatic moments and a genuine love of life.
Director Mark Dissinger and Assistant Director Josh Gross are looking for an ethnically diverse cast of 16 men and 14 women, plus extras, ages 18 and up. Although nontraditional casting will be considered, the cast of characters specifically includes a Korean teenage male and an African-American male to portray one of the Army surgeons.
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. A resume with a headshot is encouraged but not necessary. Rehearsals will be Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings at the theater. Performance dates are April 25, 26, 27, and May 2, 3, 4. For more information, call Mark at 302-228-9612.


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Looking for something to do this weekend? AZ Parenting Magazine has ideas
Arizona Parenting Magazine has some ideas for fun events for you and the family this weekend.
Glendale Glitter and Glow Block Party
January 12
Glendale/ Downtown
Over 75,000 people will stroll the sidewalks of Historic downtown Glendale, enjoy a dozen bans and street performers and watch tethered balloons gently expand while pilots fire them up. All ages. 3:30 - 11:30 pm. Free; complimentary shuttle from Glendale Community College.
Cave Creek Balloon Festival
January 12
Cave Creek / Rancho Manana Golf Course
Watch balloons inflate and see specially shaped balloons, such as bumblebees. Arizona Skyhawks will make a special appearance and descend from an elevation of 1300 feet in special suits with pyrotechnics. All ages. 3 - 9 pm. $10 for adults; $5 for ages 10 and under; under 2 free.
Barrett Jackson Car Auction - Family Value Day
January 13
Scottsdale/ Westworld
Hundreds of thousands of spectators and collectors from all around the world are expected to participate in the world class automotive lifestyle event and witness over 1,000 classics, exotics, muscle cars, hot rods and other collectibles as they cross the auction block. Kids can enjoy Radio Disney, games and live entertainment. All ages. 8 am - 5 pm. $10..
Visit www.azparenting.com to view the online digital issue!


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GAFFNEY, South Carolina, October 6. THE Limestone men's and women's swimming teams opened the season in style with a dominate showing against King in a dual swim meet on Saturday, October 06 at the Timken Aquatic Center. The men's team (1-0) defeated the Tornado men's team (0-1) 213-37, and the women's team (1-0) got a 203-45 victory over their counterparts (0-1).
Both teams had numerous tremendous performances on the day as they recorded first-place finishes in all but one event.
On the men's side, the trio of freshmen Christian Larsen (Essen, Germany), Kristofers Pone (Jurmala, Latvia), Denis Schulz (Alsdorf, Germany) and junior Zack Conviser (Arden, N.C.) paced the Saints.
Larsen squeezed out victories in the 100 and 200-yard freestyles with the times of 49.03 and 1:49.64, respectively. His combined margin of victory was less than .60 seconds in the two events.
Pone and Schulz also had notable debuts for the Saints. Pone swept the 100 (59.34) and 200-yard (2:11.35) breaststroke competitions in runaway fashion. While, Schulz won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 54.46 before having to hold off teammate freshman Raul Uranga (Chihuahua, Mexico) by the thin margin of 2:02.05-to-2:02.76 in the 200-yard backstroke.
Conviser notched a pair of triumphs in the 200-yard butterfly and the 200-yard individual medley. In the butterfly, Conviser held off sophomore Wes Poss (Lawrenceville, Ga.) by the paper thin margin .03 seconds with the time of 2:01.01. In the individual medley he got an almost three-second victory over the second-place competitor with a mark of 2:03.40.
On the women's side, freshman Patricia Santa Fe (Sao Paulo, Brazil), sophomore Emily Reh (Yuma, Arizona) and senior Razan Taha (Amman, Jordan) led the way with each earning victories in two different events.
Santa Fe, making her first appearance for the Blue and Gold, earned a first-place finish in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:50.09 which was 1:13 second better than second-place. Her other top finish was in the 500-yard freestyle with an impressive time of 5:16.36.
Reh won the 100 and 200-yard freestyle events with the marks of 53.22 and 1:57.32, respectively. While returning National Qualifier, Taha nabbed victories in the 50-yard freestyle (24.28) and the 100-yard butterfly (1:00.85).
Taha and Reh also helped the Saints to capture first-place finishes in both relay sections of the meet. The LC "A" team of Taha, Reh, freshman Morgan Jones (Loganville, Ga.) and Rejan Chin defeated the Limestone "B" by more than eight seconds with a mark of 1:51.91 in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Santa Fe and sophomore Brianna Jones (Summerville, S.C.) joined Taha and Reh to dominate the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:43.54.
The above article is a press release submitted to Swimming World Magazine. It has been posted in its entirety without editing. Swimming World offers all outlets the chance to reach our audience by contacting us at email@example.com. However, Swimming World reserves the right to choose what material is posted.


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Greetings from TechEd North America in Orlando, Florida. I'm very excited to announce two new Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) certifications based on Windows Server 2012. These certifications, and the training associated with them, provide IT professionals with new opportunities to grow and validate skills for modern IT and datacenter environments. The new certifications are the latest offerings in our reinvented Microsoft Certification Program.
As with all of our certifications, the MCSE can be the differentiator in hiring decisions and career momentum. Across the IT industry, it is becoming more important for IT professionals to have the necessary technology skills to address the increasingly blurred lines between work and life in their organizations and create dynamic, secure, available, and cost-effective infrastructure solutions. The MCSE certifications on Windows Server 2012 can help technology professionals to enable a modern workstyle and a cloud-optimized datacenter.
Here are the two new certifications:
Please keep checking back for more news about the Microsoft Certification Program. And as always, please let us know what you think.
Do you plan to publish invites for beta exams outside of TechEd ?
Are there plans for MCM Certification for Windows Server 2012 ?
So we have the original MCSE, MCSE: Server 2008 core, MCSE: Desktop Infrastructure and MCSE: Server infrastructure.
That's pretty simple and consistent (not).
Thanks for the 2 MCSE exams that match a little better of what the original MCSE was. So now the rest of us have something to target for :D
So what happens to MCITP?
MCITP stays MCITP. If you've earned it, you keep it. The new MCSE and MCSA exams are for different technology.
BTW, what's this "MCSE: Server 2008 core" you speak of? This is the first I've heard of it.
I am disappointed that an MCITP:EA is required to take 3 exams to upgrade. Essentially, by holding an MCITP:EA, you get to skip two exams from the standard MCSE: Server Infrastructure path. That is not very motivating for me to upgrade my certificate to the new MCSE. I have upgraded my Windows 2000 MCSE two times (2003, 2008), but I don't think I will do it for 2012 if it requires three exams. That is a terrible upgrade path.
The MCSE on Server 2003 upgrade to MCITP: EA was also three exams. There was the "upgrade" exam that covered the AD, Applications Infrastructure, and Network exams, then there was a client exam (Vista or Win7), then there was the Pro exam for MCITP: EA.
I suppose if you only wanted a single exam they could do a single 300 question exam, but most people would probably prefer to break that up a bit.
"MCITP stays MCITP. If you've earned it, you keep it." Does this mean if we obtain an MCITP:EA is will just say retired on our transcript?
I would assume that when it is retired it would say retired, but I can't imagine that it would say retired before it was retired.
On Prometric site both my 71-246 and 71-247 (betas) apper as "Passed". But I am still MCSA in transcript :(
Yeah 246 not showing on mcp site yet, but is on prometric.... hopefully show up tonight
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On Prometric site both my 71-246 and 71-247 (betas) apper as "Passed". But I am still MCSA in transcript :("
You got those certs already done? With honest studying? I doubt. Yesterday when i searched general information i bumped to the forum where ppl. were discussing about (and swapping) braindumps for this new MCSA certs... :(
Well I can't vouch for everyone, but yes I passed 246 with "honest studying" (well, that and ten years experience going back through SMS/MOM/SCCM//SCOM/etc...). Alongside all the other prereq's over the past few years (including the MCITP:EA years ago, exempting from the MCSA:2008 requirement)
MS virtual academy and the partner site both have some good resources, and the product betas etc have been available for a good while too. There's no reason to suspect foul play purely based on 'how quickly gained after exam launch', and no reason for anyone to wait for exam launch to begin preparing.
If I'm honest I can't imagine any 'braindumpers' would get any content so quickly after launch?
And to drag us back on topic - are the server 2012/win8 exams going to only be beta'd at TechEd? No way I can get to it this year due to client commitments :(


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Etta James blasts her way through a sad song, but it's not good enough. Leonard Chess taunts her and claims she's not "woman enough" for such a song. Didn't anyone ever walk out on her and leave her heartbroken? Take that and put it in the song, he suggests. She steps up for another take, and -- although she has tears in her eyes now -- it sounds pretty much the same. The main trouble with Cadillac Records is that no one took aside writer/director Darnell Martin with the same advice. Scene after scene, Cadillac Records is thin, flat and rote.
Like all biopics, the new film skims over years and years of history in a brief fling. All the moments are historical; they describe what happened, but not who they happened to. Sometime in the 1940s -- the movie is rarely very clear as to what year it is -- Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody) runs a junkyard and decides to get into "race music." He moves from a club to a record label and signs Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), a blues guitarist straight off the plantation. There are a few nice, early scenes showing these two men touring together, sharing meals and getting the stink-eye from local rednecks, but the movie shies away from developing this friendship.
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Muddy brings aboard the volatile harmonica player Little Walter (Columbus Short) and eventually gives him his first taste of liquor, which leads to a full-blown bout of alcoholism (this rock biopic cliché was ridiculed and should have been buried forever in last year's spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story). Chess then signs the giant, monster-like Howlin' Wolf (Eamonn Walker), and Muddy takes an instant dislike to him. Once again, this rivalry is never fleshed out. (I would like to have seen an entire movie about this Wolf; he's mesmerizing and positively terrifying!)
Then comes Etta James (Beyoncé Knowles), and though Chess has apparently remained faithful to his wife, he clearly nurses something more than a crush on Etta. Etta remains hard and standoffish, most of the time, though Chess claims he can "see her." Good thing he can, because we can't. Moreover, the poor wife (Emmanuelle Chriqui) barely registers a blip; in one scene she looks worriedly at a magazine with Etta on the cover; what's she thinking? Does she know what's going on? Poor Gabrielle Union fares only slightly better as Muddy's long-suffering significant other. She at least has an interesting scene in which she explains how she doesn't have any dreams because "someone has to keep their feet planted on the ground."
Chuck Berry storms on the scene, and though Mos Def plays him with a very appealing, cocky gusto, he also quickly turns into wallpaper. When Chuck goes to jail, the movie drops him, just as it drops everyone else who doesn't happen to appear onscreen at that given moment. If only Cadillac Records could have found an angle on this story, or some sort of focus. The most obvious one would have been the friendship between Muddy and Chess. In a radio interview, Muddy calls Chess "family" and Chess appears genuinely moved. But otherwise, the movie shuffles them around to better serve its version of history. Another angle could have been Chess' obsession with Etta; how far did it go? What did it mean to him? To her? As it stands, we never get inside either of them.
A third way to go would have been similar to Allison Anders' underrated Grace of My Heart (1996), which told a fictionalized story of the Brill Building. Everything in that film happened through the eyes of its main character (Illeana Douglas), a songwriter who dreams of being a singer. Because she's lower on the totem pole, she can watch all the legendary proceedings almost unnoticed. Instead, Cadillac Records cooks up the dubious device of having Willie Dixon (Cedric the Entertainer) narrate the story, but even that device is dropped when it's not needed.
This general, rambling flatness spreads throughout the rest of the film. I even found myself longingly recalling such films as Ray (2004) and Dreamgirls (2006), neither of which I particularly liked, but which at least had their energetic moments. The music in Cadillac Records consists of half-hearted covers, capturing only the structure of the songs, but not their fire or spirit. (It's like listening to Eric Clapton's gutless "unplugged" version of "Layla" as opposed to the painful, ferocious original.) Moreover, the lip-syncing is among the worst I've ever seen -- and that includes Mos Def and Beyoncé, who presumably sing their own tunes -- giving the movie a rushed, slapdash feel.Presumably, Cadillac Records is getting a December release for Oscar consideration; generally biopics yield nominations in the acting categories. Wright is so good with his line readings and facial expressions that he often manages to fill in the many blanks in Muddy's character, but I wouldn't call it one of the year's most accomplished performances; it's more like a last-minute rescue. Mos Def is fun, but his performance isn't particularly deep. The other characters remain ciphers. Interestingly, there's another Leonard Chess movie floating around, Who Do You Love, starring Alessandro Nivola. According to reports, it's supposed to be quite good and has yet to pick up a distributor. Leonard Chess may once have cared about injecting fire and life and personality into his product, but clearly the movie business does not.


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I think I'm done with this series for the boys. they are too old for it. This was cute and sappy.
This book is great because it shows that teachers are real people and have a life outside of school which children tend to believe isn't true. The story also shows a boy who is responsible but unfortunately is in a position where his teacher's old dog dies while in his care. Shows kids how he emotionally deals with the death of a pet.
This book would be great for teaching setting. Its also a very good book to get the older kids like 3rd and 4th grade interested in reading.
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Greenville, SC April 26, 2013 – It was a home game for the Greenville Drive (8-14) on Friday night, and the Delmarva Shorebirds (12-10) were rude guests, as they rode a 12-hit performance to a 10-3 victory at Fluor Field.
The Shorebirds scored three runs in the top of the first against Drive starter Justin Haley (0-3). The big innings started with a two-out walk to Joel Hutter. Christian Walker snuck a single through the right side, and Creede Simpson's bloop single to center scored Hutter. After a walk, Delmarva received another bloop single, this one from Torsten Boss, that plated a pair.
Gregory Lorenzo extended Delmarva's lead to 4-0 in the second as he drove a 2-0 fastball over the wall in right for a solo homer. Boss came up to lead off the fourth and smacked a homer just inside the right-field foul pole for another solo homer to make it a 5-0 lead.
The Delmarva lead went to 6-0 in the fifth when Walker's single to center plated Hutter, who walked to lead off the frame.
The run in the fifth was the only blemish on the night for Drive reliever Yunior Ortega, as he threw three and one-third innings of relief, allowing the lone run and two hits while striking out two.
The Drive finally got on the scoreboard in the fifth when Delmarva starter Josh Hader uncorked a wild pitch that scored Dreily Guerrero.
Greenville cut the lead to 6-3 in the seventh when Boss Moanaroa plated Cody Koback on an RBI double to right, while a fielding error by Hutter brought home Moanaroa later in the frame.
Delmarva added a three-spot in the eighth and another run in the ninth to put the game out of reach.
Lorenzo had four hits on the evening to pace Delmarva's offensive attack. Boss collect two hits and three RBIs, while Walker and Chase Weems each added a pair of hits.
The same two teams will meet on Saturday night for game two of the four-game set at Fluor Field. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05. LHP Brian Johnson (0-1, 2.70 ERA) starts for the Drive, while the Shorebirds will send RHP Brady Wager (2-1, 5.29 ERA) to the mound.


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As some of you may know by now, I have made no secret of my atheism to anyone outside my family. I have not told my parents or grandparents simply because I think my grandparents would literally die if they found out (and I do mean literally - they are quite old and very devout). Although I am open and honest about my atheism at work when asked, I do not go out of my way to talk about it. Those who know respect me enough to live and let live. I accord them the same respect.
I have a new boss now who is a Southern Baptist. He seems like a nice enough guy but something that happened today has me a bit upset. Our financial consultant and my immediate supervisor were both talking with me today in front of my boss when the consultant brought up my atheism. I felt embarrassed and shocked - we don't normally speak so openly about religion and I had wanted my boss to get to know me first for my character and the quality of my work. When I mentioned to the two later that I was a bit upset, they kind of blew it all off as no big deal. My supervisor said it didn't matter because she'd already told him I was ... she couldn't even say the word "atheist." I said, "Why were you discussing it him? It has nothing to do with my work." She replied that she didn't want him to say something to offend me. I have no doubt that she is telling the truth. I trust her completely and I know neither of these people meant any harm. They know me and they are comfortable with me.
What they don't understand (and what I tried to explain to them) is that not everyone is so tolerant. I told them about my atheist friends who were threatened and run out of a nearby town just a couple of years ago because they didn't want the public school preaching and teaching religion to their son. I expressed concern that some people might treat me badly or make things harder for me because of my atheism. They just didn't get it. I suppose when you've never been hated and shunned like the atheists and gays, then maybe you just can't really understand.
So here I sit now wondering how I should feel. I was outed to my boss before I even realized I was outed! My friends say it's no big deal but it feels like a violation somehow. I feel like I'm on display and my boss will be watching me to see what I may say or do next. Am I paranoid or is there a possibility that I will suffer in some way?
As silly as it may sound, I think I'm uncomfortable because I no longer feel in control. When we all just got along and accepted each other, things were fine. But now that I know someone feels she must reveal my atheism (even for my own sake), I don't have that sense of control anymore. I feel diminished, somehow, as if I had ceased to become a person in that conversation and just an atheist who needed to be handled carefully.
I don't want to be treated differently because I'm an atheist. I don't want anyone to make changes in order to make me feel comfortable. I want people to do what's right by me because it is right and I fully intend to reciprocate.
I want people to see me as a good person who happens to be an atheist and not the other way around. But no matter what happens as a result of this, I will continue to proclaim myself a proud member of the reality-based community. I can only hope that the consequences will not be severe.


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I'm gearing up for my first race in 15 years. Back when I was young(er) and hitting races pretty heavy, I always ate the same breakfast and I always wore the same socks for my one-day events. Those socks got pretty tattered over time and I don't have them anymore.
So I'm wondering if you guys (and gals) have any pre-race rituals or superstitions that you go through. I'm not really talking about the standard good nutrition, make sure the bike's in good working order, get a good warmup in kind of thing; let this be your excuse to come clean about a strange or not so strange thing that you are compelled to do before a race.


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Here's to hoping everyone's day got started off right and that you're all ready to party on into this second night of SXSW! We've had a full day of Interactive and Film grooviness (including Tilda Swinton, swoon) and now it's time to check out tonight's happenings.
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- Daylight Saving Time starts tomorrow! Spring forward an hour at 2am.
- SXSW Trade Show Starts Tomorrow. Get ready for four days of schmoozy fun.
Film Events 5pm-11:43pm
- Digital Domain Presents: AMC's The Walking Dead Webisodes. Talking zombies and webisodes.
5pm, Ballroom G in ACC
- Only Lovers Left Alive. A love story several centuries in the making.
6:30pm, Stateside Theatre
- Neighbors. Zac Efron and Seth Rogen, together at last!
7pm, Paramount Theatre
- Predestination. A time-traveling law enforcement officer pursues his white whale.
10pm, Paramount Theatre
- Midnight Shorts. Twelve short films, including parents who turn into cats.
10pm, Rollins Theatre at the Long Center
Interactive Events 6pm-12am
- Mix at Six. Networking central - don't forget your business cards!
6pm, Palm Door on Sixth
- SXSW Gaming Awards. The inaugural Gaming Awards and a celebration of the life of our staff member Matthew Crump.
7pm, Long Center
- Deloitte SXSW Party. Celebrate innovation with Deloitte!
8pm, Hangar Lounge
Comedy Events 6pm-1:30am
- improv4humans. Live podcast recording with the king of improv, Matt Besser.
6pm, Esther's Follies
- Conspiracy Theory Live with Jesse Ventura. Jesse Ventura (James Adomian) is joined by a panel of inside experts (comedians) to discuss conspiracy theories.
7:30pm, The Hideout
- The Grawlix. Adam Cayton-Holland, Andrew Orvedahl, Ben Roy - oh my!
8pm, Esther's Follies
- Set List. Comedians perform on outrageous, never-before-seen topics.
10pm, The Hideout
- SXSW Comedy Opening Party. Start SXSW Comedy right!
10:30pm, Buffalo Billiards
SXsports Events 6pm-10pm
- DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation "Sports Matter" Launch Party. See the launch of the Sports Matter initiative to save underfunded youth athletics.
6pm, Easy Tiger
Eco Events 7pm-12am
- SXSW Eco Launch Party. Talk ecological innovation with SXSW.
8pm, Blackheart
- SXSW Eco Light Garden. Peep our mesmerizing light garden.
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Havanna Red (No.2) battling with eventual Gottstein winner Talk to My Lawyer
AUBURN, Wash. (May 27, 2012) – Three-year-old colts and gelding take center stage as Emerald Downs presents the $50,000 Auburn Handicap on Sunday, June 3.The Auburn at 6-½ furlongs is the first stakes and lone sprint for sophomore colts and geldings en route to the $65,000 Emerald Derby at 1-1/8 miles on Sunday, Aug. 12.Havanna Red, second in all four starts as a 2-year-old including head and neck defeats to Chu and I and Talk to My Lawyer in the WTBOA Lads and Gottstein Futurity, is among nine evenly matched colts nominated to the Auburn.Now trained by Chris Stenslie, Havanna Red has been training steadily for his 2012 debut, including a six-furlong drill in a quick 1:11-2/5 on Saturday. Stenslie helped engineer one of the biggest surprises in track history in the 2011 Auburn, as Showme Yourfriends at 50.20-to-1 prevailed by a half-length in 1:15.05.Makors Finale ships in to Emerald Downs after a productive winter/spring at Turf Paradise, where the Makors Mark colt finished runner-up in both the $75,000 Turf Paradise Derby and $35,000 Tempe Handicap. Tom Wenzel now conditions the Washington-bred colt for owner/breeder Karl Krieg III.D'honorable One might be the betting favorite based on an 87 Beyer Speed Figure earned for a 1:08.54 six-furlong clocking on April 29. The 6-1/4-length victory was the third in five starts for the D'wildcat colt, whose owner-trainer combination—Heidi Nelson and Blaine Wright—won two stakes with Zayda in this division last year.City Twister also comes off a fast recent victory for owners Sue and Tim Spooner and trainer Dan Markle. The He's Tops colt came off the bench to whip $25,000 claimers by 8-¾-lengths in 1:01.85 for 5-½ furlongs on April 21.Ron Crockett Inc.'s Johnski is another Emerald Downs' newcomer with great potential. A nicely bred bay colt by Lion Heart out of the exceptional producer Carrie Can, Johnski comes off a half-length victory in a Golden Gate maiden special weight in which he covered six furlongs in 1:11-1/5 on the synthetic Tapeta surface.Frank Lucarelli trains both Johnski and Brudda Clyde, a vastly improved Virginia-bred that has scored two straight maiden special weight victories at Emerald Downs (although disqualified from the first one for interference).Brady's Kat was 2-for-2 last year including a $22.80 upset in the restricted Dennis Dodge Stakes, and finished third to D'honorable One in his 2012 debut. Nominations for the 17th Running of the Auburn Handicap-Sunday, June 3 Nominee Owner TrainerBrady's Kat (3-WA) West Coast Racing LLC David MartinezBrudda Clyde (VA) David P. Taylor & Shawn M. Taylor Frank LucarelliCity Twister (3-WA) Sue & Tim Spooner Dan MarkleD'honorable One (3-FLA) Nelson Family Racing Blaine WrightFirst Last Chance (3-WA) Ken Jochimsen & John Holmes Racing John A. HolmesGold Surge (3-WA) Grasshopper Racing Stable Inc. Jim PenneyHavanna Red (3-WA) C.E. & Ann Richardson Chris StenslieJohnski (3-KY) Ron Crockett Inc. Frank LucarelliMakors Finale (3-WA) Karl Krieg Tom Wenzel


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In this article Nancy Mack provides a persuasive argument for the use of multigenre writing projects at the secondary and postsecondary levels. She has received student projects that have moved her as meaningful works of art rather than artificial, formatted research papers. Strong motivation for her argument is that this type of writing is challenging and requires use of academic skills. Multigenre assignments often pull on the knowledge gained from other courses. Within the article Mack includes specific information and details about a multigenre project she assigns at the college level. Included in this description are minilesson topics and examples of student work. The author also addresses the process of documentation with the use of primary and secondary sources, fact and fiction, authorial intent, and oral interviews. These projects work well because students are able to use this assignment to write artfully and skillfully about things that matter in their lives. (author/aec)
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This article informs secondary teachers and teacher educators about the value of teaching students to mix genres while writing the five-paragraph essay. The five-paragraph essay has a place in writing instruction because of the expectations of teachers in other content areas and its presence on statewide assessments. Deborah Dean discusses ways for students to use a variety of genres to see beyond the limitations of the form to what else can be accomplished -- to stretch the boundaries of what is expected. When students are familiar with the five-paragraph essay, they will be able to take risks with their writing, experimenting with mixing genres to create deeper understanding and insight. (author/aec)
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In this lesson, picture books are used to provide a writing frame for structuring research projects. Using picture books as models, students are able to think more about what to say and less about how to say it, which leads to better learning experiences and better writing. When matched to the research students are doing, these picture-book frames encourage writers to shape their content in ways that facilitate meaningful learning. Teachers should be sure to provide a range of picture books, varying in levels of complexity, to support struggling writers and provide approapriate challenges for more capable writers. (author/ncl)
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Telling Your Story (ORC#: 97)
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which was developed by the Smithsonian Institute, this resource encourages the use of museum artwork, exhibits, and artifacts as a basis for student writing. Information for obtaining a copy of this publication is offered at the website. Links to online exhibits, such as online versions of the National Museum of American Art exhibitions, allow this activity to be completed as part of a virtual field trip. (author/ncl)
Writing To Learn, Learning To Write: Revisiting Writing Across the Curriculum in Northwest Secondary Schools (ORC#: 5167)
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MAMBA (Moscow Area Mountain Bike Association)
Moscow is a special place, and it is simply amazing that we have access to a large amount of private land to ride/hike trails just a few miles from town. We all owe a lot of gratitude toward the landowners who have given us permission to enjoy the beautiful places on the mountain, and to the countless volunteer hours of the community who have built and maintained the MAMBA trails for many years.
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New Yorker Amy Azzarito of Design*Sponge guest blogs
I love pretty much any opportunity to talk about design so when ACHICA Living asked me to share a list of some of the things I love, I jumped at the chance. The best bit about being senior editor and writing for Design*Sponge is the opportunity to see beautiful handmade objects. I live in the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York where there seems to be a constant flurry of design activity so many of the things on my list are made or designed right here in Brooklyn…
First up, I love to eat at restaurant 5 Leaves, which is just down the street from me (pictured at the top and below). It has a wonderfully relaxed feel and the food is delicious. My favs are the black kale salad and sweet & spicy Brussels sprouts – Brussels sprouts have become like French fries in New York – they're on every menu and are so yummy! And raw kale salad has also become a winter staple for me! (But on the more decadent side - they also have a delicious sticky date pudding!)
(Photos by Will Femia)...
I do all my Design*Sponge work from home so having a cozy nest is important. I just recently redid my bedroom and a few of the things that I found for that space made my list. Although handmade objects can be a bit more expensive, there's nothing like meeting the person who made the object that you're going to sleep on or wear - it's such an intimate thing...
My bedroom features Organic Cotton Frayed-Edge Sheet Set from West Elm. Photograph by Samantha Contis.
It's been a cold and snowy here in New York so I've been snuggling up with this cozy blanket from Brahm's Mount. The blankets are made on antique shuttle looms up in Maine...
I adore Ceiling Stars too. They're not handmade! But when I was little, I remember falling asleep at my grandmother's house while gazing at tiny glowing stars on her ceiling. I wanted to recreate that feeling in my own bedroom so I put a mass of stars on the ceiling - I spent and entire evening arranging the stars to form constellations...
I also love these zodiac pillows designed and made in Brooklyn by Nightwood. Each pillow is tie-dyed and embroidered with a zodiac sign.
On to fashion...I love a wedge shoe! In the summer, my favorite shoes are Toms wedges - I seriously live in those things. But for winter, I need to keep my toes covered! These shoes were designed here in New York and are super comfortable - they feel a little like you're wearing a slipper.
I usually dress pretty simply - more often than not, in black! So I love to dress things up with fun jewelry. You can probably sense my growing star obsession - so these Prova earrings - designed in Brooklyn - fit right in.
I just got this gorgeous Matta scarf for Christmas, from my Design*Sponge Editor Grace Bonney. I've barely taken it off! It's Indian-inspired, but (yup! you guessed it!) designed in Brooklyn.
And last but not least, I love visiting the Cooper-Hewitt museum on 91st Street in New York - I'm a little biased because I got my master's degree from Cooper-Hewitt and all my classes were up at the museum. But, it has great exhibitions, such as Color Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay and Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels. It also features a pretty fantastic gift shop, which I can spend quite a while in! And in the summer, you can sit and hang out in their beautiful garden...
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Why MySpace's redesign was well done but remains a failure
MySpace was once tremendously successful and no less lucrative, being bought by News Corp. in 2005 for nearly $600 million. Back then, it had more pageviews than Google. It was the place to go to connect with friends and engage in the world of music.
Even in late 2008, MySpace raked in well over 40 billion page views per month. But it's fast becoming faded and forgotten.
In order to reverse its dramatic downward spiral - less than two years later, its 40-plus billion page views have dwindled to a comparatively meager 12 billion - News Corp. initiated a thorough redesign of the website. CEO Jonathan Miller stated that the redesign would return MySpace to its music-based roots.
The redesign is no Digg V4 flop - it's actually well done. It's considerably more clean-cut and modern than its tacky predecessor. But MySpace is still a doomed failure. The question is, how come?
There are two core reasons, and they'e the two core reasons that MySpace became a giant in the first place: friends and music. First, friends. The U.S. is perhaps somewhat of an exception (for now), but everybody else is mass-migrating to Twitter and Facebook because they offer vastly superior channels of communication. The U.S. is mass-adopting these two sites, yes, but they're also clinging to MySpace too. The rest of us have full-out abandoned it.
The second reason is a little overlooked, but nonetheless crucial to the theory. Music is less and less the lifeblood of people's self-definition. An annual study recently showed for the first time in its history that friends overpowered music as what chiefly defined a person. Facebook, therefore, offers a much greater opportunity to monitor and expand one's distinction in society, than MySpace, whose relevance crumbles with each passing month.
The proof is in the pudding, as MySpace's redesign went largely unnoticed, when typically such a thorough renovation would generate some internet buzz.
Better pull out the gravestone, Jonathan.


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Unwanted supernatural guests (as opposed to the wanted kind) on film tend to come in two varieties, (1) a ghost or spirit haunting a particular place or abode, usually, but not always isolated, due to unfinished business with the living or a refusal to move on to the afterlife, whatever it may bring, and (2) a demon or devil sent to cause mischief, torment the living, or otherwise cause havoc, usually, but not always, through bodily possession. Together, these sub-genres exploit our fears and anxieties, of mortality, of bodily decay, of losing our selves, of the past injustices or crimes, of repressed and suppressed desires, returning to disrupt normal, everyday lives. That and we, meaning almost everyone, likes (even loves) to be scared.
So without further delay, "Cinematical Seven: Unwanted Supernatural Guests' (in alpha order, not order of preference):
1. 'Dark Water'
Returning to the well (so to speak) for a second time, Hideo Nakata's 2002 adaptation of 'Ringu' author Koji Suzuki's novella, set inside a dilapidated, semi-abandoned, water-logged apartment building, builds slowly toward a devastating, wrenching climax for its single-mother protagonist and her young daughter. 'Dark Water's' ghost, a yellow-raincoat wearing girl, may not be as malevolent as its 'Ringu' counterpart, but it's driven by an insatiable need for maternal comfort. Post-'Dark Water,' no ceiling stain looked the same.
2. The Exorcist'
Supernatural horror went mainstream in 1973 with the adaptation of William Peter Blatty's 1971 bestselling novel of demonic possession and an exorcism that goes awry, 'The Exorcist.' Academy Award-winning William Friedkin ('The French Connection') had an A-level budget at his disposal, A-level actors, e.g., Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn, Oscar-nominated Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller, and Lee. J. Cobb, and source material that resonated powerfully with audiences, Catholic and non-Catholic alike, almost four decades ago. Even if you weren't a true believer, Friedkin's expertly paced direction, well-timed shocks and scares, and thematic exploration of religious faith through flawed, questioning characters, 'The Exorcist' would have moved you viscerally and emotionally. That 'The Exorcist' remains just as effective in scaring and shocking home video viewers 37 years later is a testament to the Blatty's strengths as a novelist and screenwriter and Friedkin's talents as a filmmaker.
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3. 'The Innocents'
This 1961 supernatural ghost story remains the definitive adaptation of Henry James' profoundly unsettling 1898 novella, 'The Turn of the Screw.' Featuring a career or near-career performance by Deborah Kerr ('From Here to Eternity,' 'Black Narcissus') as Miss Giddens, a governess to Flora (Pamela Franklin) and Miles (Martin Stephens), preteens who may or may not be possessed by the ghosts the deceased caretaker and former governess. Shot in stunning black-and-white by master cinematographer Freddie Francis, who used minimal lighting for the interiors to heighten mood and menace, 'The Innocents' works as a straightforward horror story and as a psychological portrait of a deeply troubled, deeply repressed woman.
4. 'The Others'
Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar's ('The Sea Inside,' 'Abre los ojos') masterful take on the venerable haunted house story, 'The Others,' came with a not-quite-devastating, we-saw-it-coming twist, but that did little to diminish the entertainment value for classic horror fans. Thick on mood and atmosphere, heightened by a World War II, English countryside setting and a carefully modulated performance by Nicole Kidman, 'The Others' offered a steady mix of existential dread and scares over its 104-minute running time. 'The Others' was (and is) proof positive that you don't need an R-rating to deliver a dramatically and emotionally satisfying horror film.
5. 'Poltergeist'
Tobe Hooper ('The Texas Chainsaw Massacre') received credit as the director of 'Poltergeist,' a modern (for 1982) retelling of the haunted house story, but 'Poltergeist' was always Steven Spielberg's film. Spielberg came up with the idea of setting a ghost story in suburban California, storyboarded the film, and acted as all-around-mentor (if not more) for Hooper's first studio film. Memorable performances, including Zelda Rubenstein as a diminutive psychic, Craig T. Nelson as a suburban father and homeowner, Jobeth Williams as a suburban mother, and Heather O'Rourke as their youngest daughter, anchored a ghost story that remains, almost 30 years later, a standard for PG-rated horror (the MPAA created the PG-13 rating two years later).
6. 'Ringu'
Supernatural horror in Japanese film has a long, venerable history, but it was Hideo Nakata's 1998 adaptation of Koji Suzuki's novel that ushered a new wave of horror (dubbed "J-Horror" at the time). The oft-parodied shot of a young, pale woman, her face obscured by her black hair, emerging from a well in the videotape-inside-the-movie, remains effective more than a decade later. A murder-mystery with a twist that M. Night Shyamalan, circa 1999, would have envied, 'Ringu' spawned a franchise, including direct sequels and a prequel, each less effective than the last, and an American remake directed by Gore Vebinski (the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' trilogy).
7. 'The Shining'
Stanley Kubrick's one-and-only foray into supernatural horror, 'The Shining" took Stephen King's bestselling 1977 novel, removed superfluous subplots, swapped ambulatory hedge animals for a maze, and kept the Overlook Hotel as a menacing, malevolent character. The film also added riveting performances by Jack Nicholson as the borderline deranged Jack Torrance, a frustrated author with serious anger management issues, Shelley Duvall as Torrance's borderline hysterical wife, Wendy (no Peter Pan-like figure to whisk her away into a fantasy dreamland), and Danny Lloyd as their paranormally gifted son, ultimately delivering a supernatural horror film that remains among the best of the genre.
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Since this is a Cinematical Seven and not a Cinematical Eight, Nine, or Ten, we'll have to stop there, but before we do, honorable mentions to 'The Uninvited,' 'The Haunting,' 'The Legend of Hell House,' 'The Entity,' 'The Changeling,' 'The Orphanage,' and, of course, 'Paranormal Activity.'
Feel free to add any films we might have missed in the comments below.
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What's with Mobilicity's new Android-y corporate identity?
Mobilicity seems to be running out of ideas.
The company appeared hip and fresh when it first launched, and for a while after, because of its unusual antics and unique ways of hyping up promotions and whatnot.
But the discount wireless carrier startup's latest move, a shift in its corporate identity involving a new tagline and two mascots, seems a little bizarre and suspiciously Androidesque.
The company has a new tagline—"Now that's smart." I suppose it applies to both smartphones and smart, as in high value, cellphone plans. Unfortunately, it's painfully generic and uninspired.
Pair it with two "spokesaliens"—hailing from the Tarantula Nebula, a "bright a pink green nebula on the edge of the Large Magellanic Cloud"—and you have a rather questionable new Mobilicity.
"The wireless industry has become commoditized by a flood of offers, price points, handsets and language that we believe are confusing and unhelpful to consumers," said Mobilicity Chief Customer Officer Anthony Booth. "We have researched the mistrust Canadians have of the Big 3 carriers and we see a tremendous opportunity for a refreshing brand that brings clarity, change and honesty to the industry."
Only… how do aliens propose to do that? Besides the fact they reek of Android and look straight out of a bad Disney movie, the goofy backdrop to their leaves isn't apt to appeal to many consumers over the age of eight. And the smart tagline sounds like the result of a five-hour meeting of think-alike bobble heads stuck inside a tiny box. Nothing anywhere screams clarity, change, or honesty.
Toronto-based advertising agency Sharpe Blackmore Euro RSCG created the Mobilicity rebrand campaign. Agency Chairman Bill Sharpe said, "We developed a radically different visual look, and personality, or in this case, personalities to cut through the noise and differentiate Mobilicity with a memorable, personable and loveable brand identity."
Maybe I'm being overly harsh here but I'm just not seeing it. I'm predicting a flop and would be surprised to see Mobilicity earn a solid return on this investment.
Unless their spokesaliens plan on forcefully abducting other carriers' clients, I'd have to argue that Mobilicty messed up.
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In the last couple months I have seen a major surge in "Programmer Boot Camps" that feature nothing but Ruby On Rails. It's fascinating that these "schools" can teach web development in 5 - 9 weeks, but I wonder why they are doing it. In this article I took a closer look at one of the "schools", and pointed out some of the issues of this approach.
I personally have nothing against the Ruby language, but relatively few companies exclusively use it, and as a result there is few Ruby developer jobs available.
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Complementary tools for RBA to conservation
At the XIII World Forestry Congress held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC) hosted a side event to present complementary tools for Rights-based Approaches (RBA) to conservation which have been developed in collaboration with IUCN partners. As a highlight of the event, the new RBA to conservation portal was launched. Developed by the ELC, the RBA portal is intended to serve as a central point for collecting relevant information on RBA to conservation and sharing it with the larger IUCN community. The RBA portal can be accessed at www.rights-based-approach.org. …
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Writing the rule book on REDD
Since 2007, reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD) has become a major focus in negotiations over renewed commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC). An effective REDD mechanism may enable developing countries to merge the goals of national forest protection with sustainable development, while providing a potentially effective and efficient climate change mitigation option to help combat climate change. For successful REDD regimes, national governments must have effective national legal frameworks to ensure that forests remain intact and standing on a permanent basis.
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FXStreet (Guatemala) - EUR/USD is trading at 1.3642, up 0.23% on the day, having posted a daily high at 1.3646 and low at 1.3608.
EUR/USD is well placed again on the 1.36 handle having grinded higher throughout the end of this weeks session around the globe, despite a short lived pull back overnight. Meanwhile, in relation to next weeks news, Marc Chandler, Global Head of Currency Strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman noted that the ECB meets next week and no action is expected. "Indeed, we see nothing new from the ECB in Q3 as it waits to gauge the impact from
its June actions." He further added that Draghi's press conference will be closely watched for clues on further action. "After dropping down to test the $1.35 level after the June 5 easing, EUR/USD recovered and remains firmer now than the post-ECB lows."
EUR/USD Levels
Spot is presently trading at 1.3643, and next resistance can be seen at 1.3646 (Daily High), 1.3659 (Weekly Classic R1), 1.3661 (Monthly High) and 1.3672 (Daily 200 SMA). Next support to the downside can be found at 1.3642 (Yesterday's High), 1.3629 (Weekly High), 1.3624 (Hourly 20 EMA), 1.3614 (Hourly 100 SMA) and 1.3611 (Daily Open).


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I respect a lot ken fuchs for the help that he gave to blackjack players.
But please stop the discussion about "copy" of system , everybody try to remember that money to sold books come from many players ...so don't allow me to think that all these forum are only "publicity for yours books.
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Hot-Rod Haulers At CowtownWritten on May 28, 2004 Texas Trucks at the 2004 Fort Worth Show
When it rains in Dallas, it's usually beautiful in Fort Worth. This was certainly the case for the weekend of March 4-7, 2004. After we picked up our '04 Ford F-150 Extra Cab courtesy truck at the John Eagle Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Dallas, we aimed her up the I-30 Northbound toward downtown Fort Worth just in time for a mini tornado, bringing with it several inches of rain. This was the trying start of our weekend attending the 30th Annual Fort Worth Rod & Custom Car & Truck Show.
By the way, we forgot to thank Dallas Region Ford Public Affairs Officer Harold Allen and his staff for the vehicle loan. How did he know we needed a 4x4 to get through the flash flood? He must be psychic. With local rock station KZPS cranked up, we forged past Arlington, Texas, where the clouds parted and the sun appeared.
Thursday was set-up day at the 30th Annual Fort Worth Rod & Custom Car & Truck Show. The Amon G. Carter Exhibit Hall at the Fort Worth Showgrounds was packed. However, with inclement weather conditions in surrounding counties, the entries slowly but surely came in.
By midnight the exhibit hall was packed to the rafters with 300 plus of the area's finest cars and trucks. Suffice it to say, the cleaning towels and car polish concessions probably made enough money to send their kids off to college.
All kidding aside, the Texas Show Car Association-sanctioned and Christian Classic Cruisers-hosted 30th Annual Fort Worth Rod & Custom Car & Truck Show (sponsored by Painless Performance Products) was one of the best-attended indoor events of the first calendar quarter. This is Texas, where trucks typically figure high in the equation -- about 40 percent -- and at the end of Sunday, various winners included Tim and Dorothy Cimbanin's (Cimtex Street Rods) candy tangerine Pro Touring '55 Chevrolet Stepside. So impressed were the crowd and judges that the Cimbanin's awesome angle-chopped '55 captured both Outstanding Early Truck and People's Choice. In the late-model sector, Scott Clark's Magnusen-supercharged candy pearl orange '02 Escalade/Silverado won Outstanding Late Truck honors along with capturing First Place in the Contemporary Pickup Full Custom class. This was apparently the year for orange-colored trucks. Other big winners included Ricky Sanders' just-completed '56 Ford F-100 small-window, which captured First Place in the Post War Pickup class, along with nostalgic vehicles such as Chuck Nixon's '29 Model A Ford Huckster, which won Outstanding Antique honors and captured First Place in the Antique & Restored class.
There were many big winners in the truck classes, and if we could, we'd show all of the trucks that came to show off at Cowtown. Here's CCT's hot-rod haulers at Cowtown 2004. CCT
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3. One of our show favorites was Jerry Thompson's fully restored '51 Ford F-6 stake bed, which won First Place in the Truck & Van category.4. Roy Mitchell's small-block-powered candy-black cherry '54 hails from Arlington, Texas. Roy's truck swept the Early Pickup class.5. This cream '56 Ford F-100 is owned by Grapevine, Texas-based owner Ray Treff. Powered by a 302ci V-8 Ford with factory tri-power, the '56 captured Second Place in the Post War Pickup class.6. Joe Bob and Faye Powers from Arlington, Texas, showed their dark-green '48 Chevrolet. The 1/2-ton truck featured a built small-block and a late-model Chevy pickup bed.7. Arlington's Larry D. Sowers rolled out his '02 Chevrolet with an Escalade treatment and captured First Place in the Contemporary Pickup -- Mild Custom category. When not showing his truck, Larry works at the Arlington GM Assembly Plant where they build Escalades.
9. Speaking of Escalades, Scott Clark's Magnusen-supercharged orange '02 Chevrolet/Escalade won First Place in the Contemporary Pickup Full Custom class. Clark also captured the Jerry's Chevrolet/Cadillac-sponsored Outstanding Late-Model Truck honors.11. Corbin Taylor, a member of the North Texas Corvair Association, owns this Corvair Greenbriar pickup. Corbin's 'Vair won Third Place in the Late Post War Pickup class.12. One of the nicest trucks at the show was Ricky Sanders' just-completed '56 F-100 small-window, which won First Place in the Post War Pickup Full Custom category. You'll see more on this truck in an upcoming issue of CCT.
13. The truck on everybody's lips was Tim and Darrell Cimbanin's (Cimtex Street Rods) angle-chopped and pancaked '55 Pro Touring Chevrolet Stepside. Featured often, it captured People's Choice and First Place in the Post War Pickup Radical category.14. Randy Popiel's beautiful tan and white '65 Chevrolet named Dad's '65 not only captured First Place in the Late Post War Pickup class, but it also won the Joe Fuchs Homes-sponsored Outstanding Inline award for its highly detailed inline engine.15. Billy McSawin's chopped and blown '58 Chevrolet Apache captured First Place in the Late Post War Pickup Radical category. Here's one slick-looking '58.16. Roy and Brenda Richards' '72 Chevrolet Cheyenne, named Good Guys, captured Third Place in the Late Post War Mild Custom class.17. This little yellow '32 Ford belongs to Dennis Cannon of Azele, Texas. It's another Ford-powered Ford.18. Tim Cummings' '42 Pro Touring Willys was introduced at last year's show and is powered by a built small-block Chevrolet.
20. Cleburne's Rusty Doyle showed his silver-frost '56 Chevy Stepside. The small-block-powered '56 featured a lot of details.21. Fort Worth's Chuck Nixon wowed the old timers with his restored '29 Model A Ford Huckster. The little A not only won First Place in the Antique & Restored class, it also won Outstanding Antique honors.22. If you like nice El Caminos, take a gander at Mike Thurman's '64 Chevelle El Camino known as the Crimson Camino. Thurman's light-duty hauler was awarded First Place in the Custom Pickup class.23. Ravena, Texas, is home to Tommy Rivers' '39 Ford pickup. Tommy's tune-port-powered pickup was well detailed with a hardwood bed, outstanding red paint, and underhood murals.


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Security forces find, neutralize bomb belt packed with shrapnel, say Islamic Jihad terror cell planned to carry out suicide attack on Gush Katif
By Hanan Greenberg
Published: 08.17.05, 22:25 / Israel News
By Hanan Greenberg
A major terror attack was thwarted Wednesday evening when security forces found a explosive belt weighing eight kilograms near Gush Katif.
An Islamic Jihad cell hid the explosives, which were supposed to be picked up by suicide bombers and used during the disengagement to carry out a suicide attack in Gush Katif, the army said.
The military's Gaza division and the Shin Bet located the belt, which was packed with shrapnel, on a roof in the Mouasi area in the Gaza Strip.
The discovery was made following the arrest of ten Palestinians in the area, who are suspected of belonging to the terror cell behind the attempted bombing.
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Two members of the cell were to act as suicide bombers, army officials said.
The cell behind the failed operation is part of the Palestinian terror infrastructure, which dug a tunnel designed to attack Neve Dekalim with explosives last month.
The explosive belt was neutralized with a controlled explosion by army sappers shortly after 19:00 Wednesday evening.
Sources in the IDF said the incident proves that despite coordination with the Palestinians on the disengagement from Gaza, the responsibility for the security of residents of Gush Katif still falls on the army until the end of the pullout.
The IDF's Southern Command chief, Dan Harel, praised security forces for preventing the attack, saying he was "very glad that we stopped it."
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"Surface Physics: An Introduction" is a much improved and extended version of my earlier online lecture notes on the same subject. It is updated to contain some of the most recent developments in the area, such as graphene or the topological insulators. It is a proper textbook and has been used by me and colleagues at other universities for course work. Here you can download a free trial version or purchase the full version.
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Scott Helman knocked to ground, bitten by K-9
Suspect accused of leading deputies on chase
A suspect who led deputies on a chase was caught after being knocked to the ground and bitten by a K-9 early Wednesday morning.
Indian River County Sheriff's Office deputies said Scott Helman, 40, fled from them after they were called to a domestic disturbance in which a man was armed with a knife.
Deputies said Helman drove off in a Chevrolet Suburban, ignoring the pursuing cruiser's blue lights and sirens. At one point, the sport utility vehicle struck the front bumper of the deputy's Tahoe.
After losing control of the SUV, Helman bailed out and ignored commands to stop, deputies said.
That's when deputies released Taz, a K-9 that took Helman to the ground.
Deputies said Taz restrained Helman by biting him until they were able to place him in handcuffs.
Helman was taken to Indian River Medical Center and treated for his injuries. He faces charges of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, driving with a suspended license and resisting arrest without violence.
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