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Emerging Trends Affecting Employers
Employment Law and New Technologies
It was not so very long ago that employers and the lawyers who advise them were faced with a new set of legal issues because of developing technologies called "the internet" and "e-mails." Businesses were intrigued by the seemingly endless possibilities for how these new methods of communicating could enhance the productivity of their workers. It was only during the early-to-mid 1990s that the internet, as we know it, was commercialized. In 1995, the business world and employment lawyers learned of a potential downside for the new technologies when Chevron Oil Company paid $2.2 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by employees who alleged that Chevron had permitted its internal e-mail system to be used to disseminate sexually offensive content, including a "joke" e-mail that asked, "Why is beer better than women?" One of the joke answers was, "Beer doesn't demand equality."[1] After this settlement, employers realized the frightening potential liabilities that might arise because of the conversational ease with which e-mail messages could be sent and received, combined with common misconceptions about the permanency of jokes and suggestive e-mails after they are "deleted." As a result, employment lawyers sought to "get ahead of" the new technologies by suggesting monitoring employees' use of e-mail and internet on employer-provided computer systems.
Over the past 15 years, a number of employees have raised assorted legal challenges to employer monitoring of e-mail and internet use, either based upon alleged common law privacy rights or statutory claims under the Electronic Privacy Communications Act[2] or the Stored Communications Act[3], but most courts that considered such cases found in favor of the employers' monitoring rights, so long as the employers had policies that removed any "reasonable expectation of privacy" the employees may have claimed in their e-mail or internet usage.
Flash forward to 2004, and a second generation of internet uses known as "Web 2.0 applications" became widely available. These are applications that have made it easy for everyday folks to share information, collaborate and interact on the World Wide Web almost instantaneously and inexpensively, through such things as blogs, Facebook®, video sharing sites such as YouTube®, microblogs such as Twitter®, and the like (often generically referred to as "social media"). Add in the fact that, beginning in 2008, the number of text messages exceeded the number of mobile phone calls for typical cell phones, and we find that the evolving technologies have raised new legal issues for employers who were just getting used to dealing with employee use of e-mails and the internet.
As communications technologies and social media continue to open new horizons, employers must try to stay ahead of the curve and anticipate the new types of legal issues and claims that will inevitably result. It is impossible to predict where the new legal roads will lead or how the courts may decide the cases that will invariably arise, but a survey of recent developments will assist employers and the lawyers who advise them to anticipate and recognize developing issues and the current state of the law.
Supreme Court Guidance
The U.S. Supreme Court decided a case in June 2010 that gives some guidance to employers. In that case, City of Ontario, California v. Quon[4], the court considered the claims of a public employee (i.e., a police sergeant) whose text messages sent via pager were monitored, resulting in his being disciplined after it was determined that the vast majority were personal, and some were sexually explicit. Quon alleged violations of the Stored Communications Act and a Fourth Amendment violation based upon alleged unreasonable searches. The Supreme Court ultimately held that the search of his text messages was reasonable, for purposes of a Fourth Amendment claim. However, the court's opinion included language that has a broader application in the context of private employers and their monitoring policies.
The police department's computer policy provided for the employer's right to monitor e-mails and internet use, but it did not expressly cover text messages. The department's supervisors had told employees in staff meetings that text messages would be "considered e-mail messages," and there was a later memorandum to this effect. Good for the employer, said the Supreme Court, because these actions would remove any reasonable expectation of privacy on the part of the employer. However, the supervisor who reviewed the text messages had originally told Quon that he was only going to monitor the text messages to determine how much of the character "overage" fee would have to be paid by the employee, and that he did not intend to monitor whether the messages were work-related. The Supreme Court then assumed, arguendo (without actually deciding) that the supervisor's statements reinstated Quon's reasonable expectation of privacy. (A lesson for employers — do not permit your supervisors to verbally un-do the benefit of your policies.)
The Supreme Court explained its wariness about making a broad ruling, saying: "A broad holding concerning employees' privacy expectations vis-a-vis employer-provided technological equipment might have implications for future cases that cannot be predicted. It is preferable to dispose of this case on narrower grounds."[5] This restraint showed foresight, as it was apparent that several of the justices (like many of us) did not have the best grasp concerning the details of the technology at issue.[6]
The court ultimately held that, for purposes of the Fourth Amendment claim, the employer's search of text messages in the Quon case was reasonable because it was motivated by a legitimate work-related purpose, and because it was not excessive in scope. Then, somewhat contrary to its stated goal of a narrow holding, the court added in dicta, "the court also concludes that the search would be 'regarded as reasonable and normal in the private-employer context.'"[7] Therefore, the Quon decision offers some guidance to private employers, although the guidance is somewhat mixed.
Web-Based E-Mail Accounts
While the law seems reasonably well settled regarding monitoring employees' e-mails that go through an employer-provided server, Web 2.0 applications have now made it easy for employees to maintain personal web-based e-mail accounts that can be accessed with a password from any computer with internet connection, such as a Yahoo® account, or a GMail® account, or an AOL® account. Messages sent and received through these types of web-based accounts never technically cross the employer's server, so there may be questions whether monitoring and accessing these types of e-mail accounts may run afoul of the Stored Communications Act.[8]
A 2002 federal case from Wisconsin, Fischer v. Mt. Olive Lutheran Church,[9] considered this question, without actually resolving it. Fischer involved a senior pastor who overheard a telephone conversation by a children's pastor that seemed to indicate possible homosexual relationships. The senior pastor sent the children's pastor home, and then he hired a technology consultant to examine the church's computers. The children's pastor had a password-protected web-based Hotmail® account that had been accessed through the church's internet connection. The senior pastor was able to guess the password, and the consultant accessed the web-based e-mail account on multiple occasions. Eventually the children's pastor was terminated. He sued and asserted a common law invasion of privacy claim, as well as a claim under the Stored Communications Act, arguing that his e-mails had not been accessed from employer-provided servers, but rather from a remote, web-based server owned by Microsoft. While the Fischer court did not make an explicit finding on the applicability of the Stored Communications Act, it expressed that its review of the legislative history would support a conclusion that accessing e-mails "stored" on a web-based server could be a violation of that act.
More recently, in a December 2010 case from New York, Pure Power Boot Camp Inc. v. Warrior Fitness Boot Camp Inc.,[10] this question was resolved in a surprising twist to an employer. In Pure Power, employees of a gym had signed non-compete agreements, but they decided to set up a competing business. The employer filed a lawsuit based upon the non-compete agreements, using as evidence 546 e-mails from the employees' Hotmail® and GMail® accounts that showed that the employees had taken customer lists and training materials, as well as solicited customers. But how did the employer get access to the e-mails? It turned out that the computers the employees used while working for the employer "auto-stored" the user-name and password fields, so the employer simply logged on as the employees after they had left their employment (and, in fact, after the lawsuit was underway). The employees counter-sued the employer for violations of the Stored Communications Act, and the court agreed that violations had occurred, granting partial summary judgment in their favor. Moreover, the court stated that, even if the employees had not sustained actual damages, they were awarded $1,000 as statutory damages per violation. The employees wanted the court to find 546 separate violations, but it instead found that because of the proximity in time of the access to the e-mails, there was
only one violation.
The lesson for employers is that accessing or monitoring an employee's web-based e-mail accounts may lead to a Stored Communications Act claim, although there is not a great deal of court guidance at this point exploring the parameters of such a claim in this context. Proactive employers may consider revising their policies to specifically restrict employees from accessing personal web-based e-mail accounts through the employer-provided internet connections, although such a policy might negatively affect morale or be widely ignored.
A more aggressive approach would be to state in the policies that the employer's monitoring rights include the right to review the employee's use of web-based e-mail accounts through the employer-provided equipment. Actually implementing the latter approach may be impractical, if not impossible, since it would be difficult to selectively monitor or access only those e-mails sent or received through the work station, as opposed to all other e-mails created by or sent to the employee through the web-based account. Therefore, actually using this approach could still lead to Stored Communications Act claims. However, having such a policy in place (even if it is never truly implemented) would serve to remove the argument for a reasonable expectation of privacy concerning such e-mail activities conducted during work time, and perhaps more importantly, it might cause the employees to be more careful and selective about such activities at work. Some would argue that having a policy in place that is never intended to be used is a bad idea, but the counter-argument is that the employer would be simply reserving the right to do something, if it should become necessary. In any event, we should expect that this area of the law will see more developments and there will be more guidance for employers.
Lessons from the 'Facebook Firing' Case
What happens when an employer learns that an employee has "ranted" or made negative comments about the employer or a supervisor on a blog post or a social media site, such as Facebook®? These types of publicly posted comments carry no expectation of privacy, so many employers have believed they are free to discipline the employee for them, especially if the employer had the foresight to adopt a "social media policy." That belief was bolstered in December 2009 when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an "Advice Memorandum" in a case involving the "social media policy" of Sears Holdings, parent of Sears and Kmart. The social media policy prohibited employees from using blogs, message boards and the like to "disparage" the company's "executive leadership, employees or strategies." An employees' union had argued that this social media policy unlawfully interfered with "protected concerted activities" for the purpose of "mutual aid and protection," which would violate the National Labor Relations Act.[11] The Office of General Counsel of the NLRB issued its ruling in December 2009 that the social media policy, when considered as a whole, did not violate the "concerted activities" provisions of the NLRA.[12]
More recently, however, the NLRB has taken a contrary position, stating that a policy that discourages employees from complaining to and commiserating with each other about management actions does violate the "concerted activities" section of the NLRA. In American Medical Response of Connecticut Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 443,[13] the employer (an ambulance service provider) had a policy that prohibited employees from "depicting the company in any way" on social media sites on which employees made posts about themselves. The employee was asked by her supervisor to prepare an investigative report concerning a customer complaint about her work. She asked for representation in that process from her union, which was denied. Later that day, from her home computer, the employee made some negative comments about the supervisor on her personal Facebook®, which drew supportive responses from several co-workers. The employee was then suspended, and later terminated, on account of violations of the company's internet policies. The NLRB filed a complaint based upon the position that the policy at issue unlawfully interfered with and restrained employees' rights under the National Labor Relations Act in the free exercise of their right to engage in protected concerted activity, including communicating with each other about working conditions and the terms of employment. The NLRB's general legal counsel said publicly that "whether it takes place on Facebook® or at the water cooler, it was employees talking jointly about working conditions, in this case about their supervisor, and they have a right to do that."
The American Medical case was scheduled for hearing before a federal judge in late January 2011, but that hearing was rescheduled to February to permit the parties to discuss settlement. On Feb. 7, the parties entered a private settlement of the case. While the specific terms of the settlement were not disclosed, it is reported that the employer agreed not to discipline or discharge employees for engaging in discussions about wages and other work issues when not on the job.[14] Therefore, there has been no judicial ruling on the issues in the case, so employers are left somewhat in limbo regarding the legality of these types of policies. Moreover, the issues in this case may affect all employers, and not just employers with union employees, because the NLRA restriction against policies which interfere with or restrain employees from protected "concerted activities," such as discussing working conditions, generally apply to all employers, and not just to employers with a union workforce.
Discovery Issues Involving Social Media
Savvy employers' lawyers have begun realizing that, in defending employment claims, employees' social network postings may contain a treasure trove of useful information. Is an employee's information discoverable, even if the employee had privacy settings set to "private?" Should an employer be permitted to learn the "friendship status" of the employee on Facebook® or Myspace®? While the Rules of Civil Procedure have been amended to address "e-discovery," those rules are not always applicable to information contained on social networking sites, since the data in question does not "reside" on the servers or computers of the litigants. This is another developing area of the law for employers' lawyers.
In Quigley Corp. v. Karkus,[15] a question arose in the context of a securities claim and a shareholder's failure to disclose the "relationship" of "friendship" on a social networking site. The court in that case held that "[f]or purposes of this litigation, the court assigns no significance to the Facebook® 'friends' reference." In Mackelprang v. Fidelity National Title Agency of Nevada Inc.,[16] the plaintiff alleged that she had been sexually harassed by her employer, and the employer sought discovery of private messages sent by the plaintiff through her MySpace® account to impeach the plaintiff's credibility, because the company believed the messages would show that the plaintiff was involved in an extramarital affair. The court in that case did not permit the "fishing expedition" discovery to proceed, because it was not directly related to plaintiff's employment.
By contrast, in EEOC v. Simply Storage Management LLC,[17] the court permitted an employer to obtain discovery of an employee's social networking activity on Myspace® and Facebook®, even though the employee's "privacy settings" had been made "private" and the information sought was not available to the general public. Likewise, in Romano v. Steelcase Inc.,[18] the trial court permitted discovery of the plaintiff's social networking information, even though her privacy settings had been set at "only friends," reasoning that liberal rules governing discovery mandated the result, and that to rule otherwise "would condone plaintiff's attempt to hide relevant information behind self-regulating privacy settings." The court held that the defendant could also access "deleted" information that was archived by the service providers.
Cases Involving Global Positioning Systems
In the evolving world of available technology, some employers have determined that they can monitor and track company vehicles (and thus, employees) for a variety of purposes through global positioning system (GPS) technology. Employers may have perfectly legitimate reasons for doing this, including monitoring the productivity of employees who travel as part of their job, keeping track of "time worked" for wage and hour purposes, or disciplining employees for unauthorized deviations and unproductive activities.
To date, only a handful of legal challenges by employees have resulted in lawsuits against employers based on the use of GPS technology, and thus far, it does not appear that any employee legal challenges have prevailed. In Elgin v. St. Louis Coca-Cola Bottling Co.,[19] the employer tracked an employer-owned vehicle assigned to the plaintiff during both working and non-working hours, and the employee had not been informed ahead of time about the practice. He sued for invasion of privacy and "intrusion upon seclusion," but his claim was dismissed because the court found that the use of the GPS to track the location of the company car did not constitute a substantial intrusion upon his seclusion, "as it revealed no more than highly public information as to the van's location." Likewise, in Girardi v. City of Bridgeport,[20] the employer (the city) had installed a GPS device in a city-owned vehicle driven by a fire inspector, without the employee's knowledge. Information collected from the GPS device was used to discipline the fire inspector for poor job performance. Connecticut has a statute that prohibits an employer from electronically monitoring an employee's activities without prior notice, and the employee filed a lawsuit based upon the statute. The Connecticut Supreme Court held that the statute does not create a private right of action, and it also held that the employer had not violated the employee's expectation of privacy because the GPS unit did not provide any further information than could have been obtained through visual surveillance of the public roads.
Similar to GPS technology is "radio frequency identification" (RFID) technology, which permits "tracking" by radio frequency. In business, RFID is used to track sales, monitor inventory, and prevent theft. RFID has been used in medicine to obtain vital information from patients who cannot communicate, such as Alzheimer's patients, by implanting transponder "tags" (sometimes called microchips) the size of a grain of rice under the skin.
Some employers are already utilizing RFID technology with employees, such as by issuing identification cards that allow the employee access into parking lots, buildings and rooms; or the "EZPass" system, which allows employees to pass toll gates on toll roads without stopping. This same technology also allows employers to determine the time an employer passed through the toll gate. RFID technology is also used by employers in connection with company-provided credit cards, parking cards and cell phones. It may only be a matter of time before some employers may insist upon implanting a "tag" underneath the employee's skin. In fact, in 2006, a Cincinnati company gave employees the "option" of receiving such tags, but it also conditioned employee access to certain areas of its premises to having such a tag.[21]
In the ever-changing world of developing technology, employers and their lawyers must try to stay in front of the curve, anticipating new legal issues and challenges. However, this will likely be an uphill battle, at best. Even before the pages of this Tennessee Bar Journal article yellow, it is virtually certain that some of the technologies discussed herein will be obsolete, and employers will be facing an entirely new set of legal issues. However, employers must not stick their heads in the sand, and at a minimum they should be aware of these developing issues and areas of legal conundrums, in the "brave new world" of technology at work.
- New York Times, "Chevron Settles Sexual Harassment Charges," published Feb. 22, 1995.
- 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510 et seq.
- 18 U.S.C. §§ 2701 et seq.
- 130 S. Ct 2619, 177 L. Ed 2d 216 (decided June 17, 2010).
- 130 S. Ct. at 2630.
- See United States Supreme Court docket no. 08-1332; oral argument conducted April 19, 2009; transcript available at www.supremecourt.gov.
- 130 S. Ct. at 2633 (emphasis added).
- Footnote 3, supra.
- 207 F. Supp. 2d 914 (W.D. Wis. 2002).
- 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135339 (S.D.N.Y., decided Dec. 22, 2010).
- See 29 U.S.C. § 157.
- NLRB Case No. 18-CA-19081, Advice Memorandum issued Dec. 4, 2009.
- Case No. 34-CA-12576 before the National Labor Relations Board.
- The Wall Street Journal, "Facebook Firing Case Is Settled," reported Feb. 8, 2011.
- 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41296 (E. D. Pa. 2009).
- 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2379 (D. Nev. 2009).
- 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52766 (S. D. Ind. 2010).
- 907 N.Y.S.2d 650 (Sup. Ct. N.Y., decided September 21, 2010).
- 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28976 (E.D. Mo. 2005).
- 985 A. 2d 328 (Conn. 2010).
- Peter Laborge, "Company Required RFID Injection," www.securityfocus.com/brief/134
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Early summer months at Nuffield Place bring the gardens and woodland to life, with many spots to laze around and relax.
The home of one of the most remarkable men of the 20th century
Early summer months at Nuffield Place bring the gardens and woodland to life, with many spots to laze around and relax.
Nuffield Place reveals the surprisingly down-to-earth lives of Lord Nuffield, founder of the Morris Motor Company, and his wife. Their home and personal possessions are just as they left them, the decor and furnishings intact.
From the comfortable sitting room with a small black and white TV, to Lord Nuffield's humble bedroom with a secret built-in workshop, this intimate home exudes the tastes and interests of its remarkable owner.
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What Tom Felton Will Look Like in 50+ Years
Draco Malfoy may be out of the picture, but Tom Felton's far from being out of the spotlight. Especially since his new flick The Apparition — co-starring Ashley Greene and Sebastian Stan — hits theaters this weekend. And even though Miley Cyrus is his current lookalike, we picked a bunch of older celebs (and real people) who Tommy may resemble as he grows up. Click along and tell us if you agree!
Tom at 24 years old
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Sales numbers have continued on an upward trend such that titles like CODMW3 instantly become the 'biggest' entertainment item ever released, but the second full week of November 2001 will always be remembered as one of the most eventful in video game history. Releasing just three days before the Nintendo GameCube debuted, Microsoft's first Xbox console arrived with a killer app that's remained the company's flagship brand for almost eleven years. That 'almost' means that this new Halo 4 x Globe 10th Anniversary collection just made it before the clock strikes midnight at the end of November 15th to mark the start of the second decade of Combat Evolved. It's particularly interesting to see the Globe Liberty used for this project, as it reminds us just how far the skate sneaker world has progressed in such a short period of time. On the other hand, the Halo-inspired cruiser board is so intricate it could steal all of your attention, so check out this pack in greater detail below and get ready for the Halo 4 launch on Sunday, November 6th.
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RALEIGH – A new independent performance audit of the N.C. Education Lottery, done every two years as required by state law, found that its latest performance has been exceptional and cited the lottery's work for its "prudent cost-benefit approach" to increasing sales and earnings for the state.
"The NCEL's ongoing performance has been exceptional," reported the audit. "Of the six U.S. lotteries started since 2002, only the NCEL managed to increase profits every year. In fact, the NCEL is one of only three U.S. lotteries to achieve profit growth every year from 2007-2012."
The audit, done by Delehanty Consulting LLC, a Wisconsin-based auditing firm with experience evaluating lotteries both across the nation and in the world, reported for the second time, however, that the law restricting advertising reduces the lottery's ability to increase funding for education. It found that the average dollar invested in lottery advertising in North Carolina generates $31.70 in profits for education.
"Given the NCEL's return on advertising investment, the advertising limit of one-percent of sales is likely reducing the profits available for education," auditors wrote. "And, although falling sales would motivate most companies to increase advertising, the NCEL would have to decrease advertising if sales begin to fall. This could exacerbate the decrease in profits available for education."
A presentation on the 62-page audit was made to the N.C. Education Lottery Commission today at its quarterly meeting in Raleigh. The audit attributed the lottery's recent success in growing sales and earnings for the state to an increase in prizes paid to lottery players, its investment in advertising and marketing and its expansion of the number of locations where lottery tickets can be sold. Other key findings of the audits included:
- Lottery sales, profits, and number of retailers consistently increased from FY 2008 to FY2012
- Lottery sales increased 60 percent in the last three years
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- Gaming revenue per employee increased almost 27 percent from FY 2008 to FY 2012.
"In the seven years since the lottery started, it has established a consistent record of high performance that has paid off for the taxpayers as our games produced more than $2.6 billion for education that would not have been available otherwise," said Alice Garland, executive director of the lottery. "Auditors found that our productivity rose along with our sales and profits. We remain committed to operating our state lottery as efficiently as possible."
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Stewart to Cycle as Ambassador of Benefiting Charity—the Challenged Athletes Foundation®
CARLSBAD, Calif.—San Diego-based innovative eyewear brand SPY®—known for its happy irreverence—announced today that Challenged Athletes Foundation® (CAF) ambassador and extreme athlete "One Arm" Willie Stewart will be racing in the upcoming SPY Belgian Waffle Ride (BWR) on April 7, 2013.
An above-the-elbow amputee who lost his left hand in an industrial accident in 1980, Stewart will be competing in the grueling 130-mile race complete with water crossings, dirt and some of San Diego County's toughest roads. Stewart will join 350 other cyclists to complete the challenge to benefit CAF, a San Diego-based non-profit that helps individuals with physical challenges get involved—and stay involved—in sports.
Nicknamed "One Arm" Willie, Stewart is an inspiration to challenged and able-bodied athletes alike. He's twice conquered the grueling Leadville 100 MTB, competed at the Ironman World Championships three times, named Ironman Outstanding Age Group Athlete, kicked up dirt in the XTERRA Series, raced the Balance Bar 24-Hour Adventure Race, HURT 100K run in Honolulu, Hawaii, and kayaked the Grand Canyon with one-arm.
Now in its second year, the SPY Belgian Waffle Ride is a unique and extremely challenging Spring Classic cycling event. In true Flemish fashion, the BWR will feature moules-frites, ale, waffles, and more ale, plus a 130-mile cycling extravaganza with 10,000 feet of climbing through scenic North County San Diego. The event has attracted a who's who of cycling icons, including Olympians; World, National and State champions; local professional and amateur cyclists; and surf, motocross and bike industry luminaries. The event kicks-off at 6:30 a.m., April 7, at SPY's Headquarters on 2070 Las Palmas Dr., Carlsbad, CA 92011, where from Noon until 5:00 PM on Saturday, April 6, there will be an Event Expo for participants and spectators alike. The Expo will also run all day on Sunday, April 7.
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If you are not a felon or mental defective, you can appeal a denial, that's your due process at work, so your rights remain.
Problem is you don't get your gun until after the appeal has been approved. In essence guilty until proven innocent.
I wish in a private FTF transfer that I could run a check.
I'm hoping you mean that as an optional thing for whoever feels like doing it. Making mandatory FTF NICS checks work would involve some very serious infringements.
We need to look at what will effectively rehabilitate criminals. If they're getting out with unacceptable recidivism rates, then we need to keep them in there longer.
What exactly does that do? Let them hang around their criminal buddies that much longer.
Perhaps the "rehabilitation" system should be more focused on actually rehabilitating people and not just leaving them to rot in a cell for 6 or 7 years.
When you pull someone out of normal society for near a decade and then kick them back in again with nothing to their name and no way of reintegrating again, it's surprising the recidivism rate isn't 100%.
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A group of 200 students, including several visiting French collegians, demonstrated for an hour today in front of the French Embassy here in protest against French President Charles de Gaulle's action in clamping an embargo on shipments of weapons and spare parts to Israel. (The demonstration was organized by the Inter-University Jewish Federation and was joined by the Ad Hoc Committee for Peace in the Middle East.
At the end of the demonstration, a letter of protest was handed to Embassy officials by Allan Baker, federation chairman, who also gave the officials a similar message from the Union of German Students, which was rejected by the French Post Office. The cable then was re-routed to London and to the Federation. Embassy officials said the protests would be given to the French Ambassador who would decide on whether to transmit it to his Government. The placards carried by the demonstrating students denounced Gen. de Gaulle but not France.
Two hundred Jewish students and members of Dutch Jewish youth organizations marched to the French Consulate in Amsterdam today in a similar protest. A consulate official refused to admit a delegation or accept a letter of protest. The students affixed their letter to the wall of the Consulate building and gave a copy to the press.
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I prefer to call it KitchenCare. Or ObamaBackOfTheHouseCare.
But actually this new nonprofit, designed to help cover emergency healthcare costs for San Diego's chefs and cooks, is called the Front Burner Fund.
Offering a bit of medical philanthropy to the back-of-the-house kitchen staff, this 501c-3 will focus on raising money with a tasting session with a bunch of chefs on June 12 at Alchemy Restaurant in South Park.
And actually this first fundraiser is dedicated to easing the burden of Alchemy chef Ricardo Heredia's corrective eye surgery. (He's been wearing an eye patch practically all year.)
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5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, Alchemy Restaurant. 1503 30th St. South Park. (619) 255-0616. $25, buy tickets here.
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This was an exercise in large model simplification. The original has 28 mio. triangles, this simplified version has been reduced to 460 000. Filesize went from 1.4 GB to 21 MB.
Recommended file: Lucy_3M_O10_20%.stl
Update2: A print of the head at 50% scale, printed at a layer height of 0.3, looks very nice. At this scale, the statue would be 70 cm high. I'm now very motivated to build a Rostock derivative, although that would normally only allow 40 cm height.
Update: The mesh was sampled with 3M points, then an out of core Poisson reconstruction applied, followed by quadric edge collapse decimation (to 20%, hence the filename). The result is a 22 MB Mesh much better than the Lucy_simplified, at no extra size. I really need to document this all logically, this might not be the best place for it.
Taken from the Stanford 3D scanning site (graphics.stanford.edu/data/3Dscanrep/). The Stanford CGL asks that this model not be transfomed, morphed etc.
The original file was not manifold, making a straightforward simplification in MeshLab (see www.thingiverse.com/thing:40632) difficult. As a workaround, the statue was subsampled to 500K points in CloudCompare (www.danielgm.net/cc/). A reconstrucion of the resulting point-cloud should be possible with the poisson-reconstruction function in CloudCompare. As I am more familiar in Meshlab, I used that instead.
The workflow for a point-cloud to volume conversion is as follows:
Filters > Point Set > Estimate radius from density
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Filters > Remeshing, etc > Surface Reconstruction: Poisson (I used Octree Depth: 9)
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Thanks! The right arm didn't print well and the undersides of the wings are unraveled. My Lulzbot Mini is brand new to me, so I am sure it was something I could have done differently. The detail in the areas that printed well are great.
The 166mm Lucy statue was printed by my self-built DLP printer called WIZARD1. Its construction is similar to the B9C.
The print consists of 1581 layers à 105µm. For more infos please look here (May 30th):
We imported the Lucy model into AVAYALIVE MMO Virtual Museum Visit at http://wa692.avayalive.comhttp://wa692.avayalive.com Here is a screenshot of the 2m. high statue. http://twitter.com/joerigby1339/status/465286291160965122/photo/1pic.twitter.com/Hp38GWyTErhttp://twitter.com/joerigby133...
Thanks for reducing it to 23m. I am going to try to print this on my prusa. I can only make some that is 120mm tall. opened it with repG then I scaled it down so it would fit. When I save the stl back out it grew to 123M. WTF? Could you reduce it again? There seem to be to many points for the small model I would like to print.
I don't think my printer could catch all that detail any way. Thanks for model at any rate. I have a friend who is prepairing for her PHD at stanford and I thought this would be a nice thing to make for her.
I've made a Version that is now 112 mm tall. It's also simplified and only has 25K Faces.
How large is the original when in printable STL format? And is there any way i could get it? I'm really interested in using this model as a detail showcase. Is it slice-ready or is there work to be done? (I've never actually worked on a model before, unfortunately i'm a complete noob when it comes to cleaning up 3d forms, etc) but i do have a capable machine with 16gb of RAM. If there is any way i can get this to a printable state i would be overjoyed!
Going with the full mesh proved difficult. Even a 5 million point subsample crashed MeshLab. This doesn't matter howerver. With a Poisson reconstruction with a depth of 11 (just in case you ever want to try) I obtained a super high resolution mesh. At 500 MB this is a bit heavy though. At depth 10, the mesh still looked very good.
I applied a quadric edge collapse decimation to 20%. That is the 2nd last image you see. The last image is a comparison of the first "_simplified" to the "sampled 3 million points, Poisson with Octree depth 10, redused to 20%". Same filesize, better result.
I've not made a printable .stl at full resolution yet. When deleting non-manifold edges and vertices, as well as deleting self-intersecting faces, there are 12.000 holes in the model. It's impractical to make MeshLab close them, as they have to be selected manually, unless I missed an option somewhere. I'm rebuilding the model from the full point-cloud as well as a 5 million subsample (5x higher). I'll upload if I succeed.
The main problem I see is Slic3r though. It burns through memory. The highly simplified model needs 6 GB. The model is 1.4 m high. Maybe if I scale before loading to Slic3r, it'l get better. Can you let me know, what build envelop you are going for? I'll then scale and upload that as well.
Sorry for the late response, and thanks for yours! I'm running a Replicator 2 so the build area is max like 6x10x6h i think, i would like a 4-5in tall model ideally. To be honest i only caught half of the terminology you just threw but I can appreciate the amount of work this must be, especially with all of the intersections and holes, thanks again for continuing to work on it!
Just download Lucy_3M_O10_20.stl and scale to 8%. I noticed that it makes no difference if the model is scaled before going into the slicing software.
At that size the slicing should be pretty straightforward.
I'd be interested to see the printed part. Won't be possible without support and some features might be lost at that size. I really like this statue now. You can see the head I printed.That was at 50%:
The technical stuff is for me, so I remember, as well as others who might want to try something like this. I will have to find a more structured way to document this stuff.
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"Insomniac" wrote:(I was asked to join...) Name: Kuroi Mako. Age: About eighteen. Looks: Mako has dark hair that's slightly "emo-styled" and sweeps to the right. It only goes about to his chin, and his right eye is covered by his bangs. His skin is pale but has a slight tan to it, and he's average height, maybe a bit tall for his age. He's only about 5' 8" and despises his height. He's slightly built, but not too much, and remains one of the "weaker" guys. His eyes are ocean blue and seem to glow or shine whenever he's excited or just really happy. Personality: He's very over-protective of the people he cares about, especially his younger sister. He doesn't like when people get hurt and tries his best to help. Whenever someone's sad he'll try to cheer them up, but can sometimes end up hurting them more. He's a bit sensitive and likes keeping his face hidden, but seems really cheerful around his sister. They get along fine and he always cheers her up. Activites: Hm...I'm not sure at the moment. Love Interest: None. He's afraid of love, anyways, Problems: Sometimes Mako just gets in everyone's way, and he can be annoying. He's really childish, which adds to the annoyance, and likes playing pranks. He has a bad habit of going too far with his pranks, which hurts people and makes him feel bad. He also likes blaming himself for everything, which can also be annoying. What They Look For in Somebody: He wants someone who is nice who can cheer him up at times instead of it being the other way around. He'd like someone with a nice sense of humor who can laugh off pain and try pranking him back every once in a while. Pretty much someone who is a fun-loving, carefree, cheerful person. Best Friend: Honestly, his sister. Enemy: He doesn't believe in enemies, even though a lot of people think of him as an enemy. Bio: Mako and his sister grew up in Japan and moved when they were only kids. They always got along and found something in common, and have always believed in sticking together. After they moved, though, it wasn't long before Mako went off to middle school, and his sister was only in fourth grade. He made some friends, but by the time high school came around, he lost them all. Once his sister got into high school, the two were really close again and have been inseperable ever since. Other: Mako has a younger sister named Mato. They like making faces at each other and hardly ever stay apart. Between them, it's like having a child-hood friend who looks just like you, and who you wish was related to you. But they actually are related, and it's easy to tell. They look almost exactly alike, but they're two years apart. Name: Kuroi Mato. Age: About sixteen. Looks: Mato has dark hair with two short, choppy pigtails, which are always in her hair. Her skin is pale, a bit more than her brother's, and her eyes are ocean blue. They sometimes seem to sparkle, but otherwise are slightly dull. She stands at about 5' 1" which is fairly short for her age, but doesn't seem to mind one bit. Her bangs hang in her face, and a strand or two of her hair rests in the center of her face as well as framing both sides of her face. It always seems pretty messy, so she keeps it put up. She seems to have a childish-looking face that is slightly pudgy, making her look like a kid at times. Personality: She's the kind to get hurt really easily. She's pretty sensitive so she likes staying around her brother, since he's the protective one. Mato usually seems pretty happy, but only around Mako. Otherwise she's shy and it takes her a while to get comfortable around people, which is a rare thing. She can usually be seen hiding her face if she's around strangers, but only if her brother isn't around. Obviously, they rely heavily on each other's presence. Activites: I'm not quite sure yet... Love Interest: None. Like her brother, she's afraid of love anyways. Problems: Mato will get really depressed and break down into either a fit of rage or tears. At times she changes her sadness into anger, and it shows her violent side, which she usually tries to hide. She can get pretty annoying if you're around her long enough, especially if you make her upset. She's accident prone and is always seen with either a cut, bruise, sprain, or a broken limb. What They Look For in Somebody: She wants someone who will laugh with her and be there for her when she needs them the most. She'd like to be with someone who will act like more of a best friend around her than anything else, and who will always try to help her when no one else will. Mato looks for someone who enjoys peace, but will break a silence by either a random noise or something like that, similar to what she'll do in the midst of silence. Best Friend: Honestly, her older brother is her best and only friend. Enemy: Mato actually does - at times - believe in having enemies. But only if they're really mean. She doesn't really have one, though, at the moment. Bio: Mato and her brother grew up in Japan and moved when they were only kids. They always got along and found something in common, and have always believed in sticking together. After they moved, though, it wasn't long before Mako went off to middle school, and she was still in fourth grade. She focused hard on her grades afterwards, and ended up getting bumped up a grade in high school, so her and her brother ended up in the same grade level. Since then the two have been inseperable, and hardly spend time away from each other. Neither of them mind, though, because they need each other. Other: Mato has an older brother named Mako, who likes pranking her a lot. She tells him all the time that he's predictable, but only when he's pranking her. She says that because she can always find a way to learn the prank he's going to pull, and finds a way to dodge it, which usually ends up with her getting back at him; sort of. He always gets in trouble because the prank gets pulled on the wrong person, since she dodges it. (Acceptable?)
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Information on working terriers, dogs, natural history, hunting, and the environment, with occasional political commentary as I see fit. This web log is associated with the Terrierman.com web site.
Friday, January 20, 2012
A Coffee Cup Quote Starbucks Missed
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- Starbreeze said...
The Starbucks chain is named for Starbuck from "Moby Dick". He was said to be exceptionally fond of coffee. The logo is also that of a mermaid which fit the nautical theme the company chose.
- PBurns said...
Yes, I know. The irony is that they have all these cup with quotes and leave Melville out of the swing. Noting is said about coffee and Starbuck in Moby Dick, however. The name Starbucks was selected for the coffee store after the name Pequod (the ship chasing Moby Dick) was rejected by one of the co-owners. The reference is to old-time whaling which used to be done out of Seattle, and the three original founders were english and history teachers, so they like the literary/historical bent to it. There is also a small chain called "Stubbs" -- a knock off named after the Second Mate on the Pequod.
- Grey Fedora said...
I was curious about where Starbucks got their inspiration... as I didn't remember Starbuck drinking coffee in the book.
I slogged through it again, and found the one reference to coffee: Chapter 81, The Jungfrau. It is a joke made by Stubbs.. so why isn't the chain called Stubbs' Coffee?


text: [ 'Scarface' is Getting Remade Whether You Want it or Not By Damon Houx October 16, 2012 | ScreenCrush It's hard to get upset about a remake of Brian De Palma's 1983 film 'Scarface,' if only because it was a remake of Howard Hawks's 1932 film of the same name. But a second remake is moving forward, and Universal proved it by hiring a new writer. Read More Category: National Buzz Tags: scarface Send to a friend! Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pin it! Reddit This! Share on Tumblr!


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Cowgirls ride range of design
Updated 2:58 pm, Sunday, February 2, 2014
SAN ANTONIO — Suede, leather, turquoise, cowboy hats and lots of fringe hit the runway at Pearl Stable earlier this month during the ninth annual Cowgirls Live Forever fashion show.
To date, more than $1 million in scholarship money has been raised by the combined luncheon/fashion shows; scholarships are awarded to deserving students by the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo organization. This year's 18-day rodeo begins Thursday at the AT&T Center.
Julian Gold sponsored the show of ready-to-wear fashions, elegant evening gowns and furs — all styled with a rodeo chic look by Patti Lynch and Sherri Lubianski.
Skinny leather trousers, beaded dresses, glamorous fur vests and fringe dancing along the hemline of several skirts were accessorized with concho-adorned belts, turquoise statement necklaces and 10-gallon hats — plenty of ideas for more than 300 guests to, well, lasso.
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Enigmatic rapper Coolio has admitted on Celebrity Big Brother that he would "rather be feared than loved".
The admission will come as a surprise to millions of viewers and several of his celebrity housemates stung by his barbed words and cutting raps.
But speaking to Big Brother, Coolio said he disagreed with contemporary Ice Cube, "a famous man, a great man, or a man", that being popular was more important than intimidating people.
"I've had to tone my person down, be the soft Coolio," the rapper said after it was suggested to him that Michelle Heaton might have been 'playing' him with crocodile tears.
Michelle has repeatedly cried after Coolio teased her over a potential romance with fellow pop singer Ben Adams.
Speaking earlier in the day, Michelle said that Coolio's behaviour had made her sick and revealed that she blamed the rapper for the exits of Lucy Pinder, Tina Malone and Mutya Buena.
In further diary room anguish, Coolio debated whether he should be the "soft Coolio, the quiet Coolio".
"People can't take me, even the ones who say they can. In America, me being the way I am, my friends love me for it but here in England they can't take me... they think I'm a hot rod for attention but I'm a Leo.
"I don't wanna hurt anybody or anyone to leave and say that Coolio is an a******e."
Elsewhere in the Big Brother house, despite having several former and current musicians among the ranks, the housemates conspired to limp home in a task to write their own song and perform.
"You can't sing. You can't dance and you look ridiculous. Congratulations," Big Brother said.
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Paint Hospitality House
My name is Paul Davis and I am the Operations Manager at The Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center. We are a 501(c)3 Non-Profit organization that, among others things, operates a 24 bed homeless shelter in Fort Bragg, CA – The Hospitality House. We currently operate the only year round homeless shelter in Mendocino County.
At The Hospitality House, guests have an opportunity to get off of the street and have a safe place to stay while they try to improve their situation. We serve breakfast and dinner 365 days a year, not only to our guests, but anyone in our community who is hungry. Additionally, we offer laundry and shower services to our guests and other needy community members.
The staff, Board of Directors, and our clients all pride ourselves on how well we maintain our properties and beautification and proper maintenance are an integral part of how we maintain good relationships with our neighbors and the community at large. Currently, our shelter is in need of a paint job, and it is particularly important that it be done professionally as we live in a coastal community where the elements really take a toll.
We need $25,000 to hire a professional painter who will repair and paint both of our buildings front to back.
Any contribution that you can make toward painting our shelter would be a great help and if you can spread the word to your friends, family and coworkers VIA email, Twitter, Facebook or any other means, it would go a long way toward helping us meet our goal.


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See The ACM's Entertainmer of The Year George Strait in Dallas June 7 [VIDEO]
Did you catch the Academy of Country Music Awards Sunday night? Then you got to see George Strait WIN the prestigious "Entertainer of the Year" award. I thought it was great to see a man who has meant so much to country music walk away a winner. The best part of it was knowing the award was fan voted and I think every country star in the building was on the same page.


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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Access information from anywhere with Toro's new mobile website, m.toro.com/LCE, specifically designed for professional landscape contractors to work on smart phones. The new site features a current, hourly, and 10-day forecast, plus weather radar, parts and product information, dealer locator with maps and distances, Toro highlights and special offers, as well as operator training and safety tips.
"Smart phones and tablets play an increasing role in the way landscape contractors run their business," says Ross Hawley, marketing manager for Toro. "Our customers want easy access to information that keeps their crews working in the field, instead of sitting behind a computer screen. Our new mobile site will deliver that information in an easy-to-read format. There's already a lot of great information on the mobile site," he reveals, "and we plan to continue making additions based on the needs of contractors."
The new Toro mobile website is not an app, so there is no need to access the app store to download updates. As Toro continues to enhance the features of the website, those updates will be instantly available to the site's users. The easiest way to access the Toro mobile website is by bookmarking it on the home screen of a smart phone.


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ATHENS, Ga. (AP) Defense attorneys for the founders of a Georgia-based ministry charged with fraud and money laundering say evidence in the case is totaling millions of pages of documents.
The Athens Banner-Herald reports it has been a year since a federal grand jury indicted Angel Food Ministries founders Joe and Linda Wingo. The couple is accused of illegally taking money from the charity, which sent discounted groceries to needy families across the U.S., and using the funds to buy jewelry, cars, homes and gambling trips.
The case is moving slowly because of a mountain of evidence. Defense attorneys say in court filing they expect the case will include 60 million pages.
A judge has set a Dec. 31 deadline for pretrial motions.
Joe Wingo's attorney, Michael C. Daniel, says Wingo is innocent.


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How does Orwell describe his vision of the future in the novel 1984?How would his vision of the future be analyzed?
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Orwell paints a very bleak vision of the future. It is a future where a once powerful nation is constantly in a state of war. Oceania's citizenry have been stripped of all civil rights and must show complete loyalty to 'Big Brother'. It is a society where truth can only be found through the dogma of the governing party. Indeed, the very language of the society (Newspeak) is moulded to create a citizenry which can be constantly manipulated. Compassion, creativity, privacy and individuality are all completely absent in the society of the future which Orwell created.
"It was a good hanging," said Syme reminiscently. "I think it spoils it when they tie their feet together. I like to see them kicking. And above all, at the end, the tongue sticking right out, and blue - a quite bright blue. That's the detail that appeals to me." (p. 52).
Characterization and setting are used very effectively by Orwell to ceate his vision of a dystopian society. The misery and monotony of the protagonist Winston's life is described in vivid detail, while the irony of a society which contains Thoughtpolice, a Ministry of Love and a Ministry of Truth is quite chilling.
Orwell's vision of the future is basically a satirical take on the erosion of civil rights and dangers of overt nationalism and cult followings.


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Criminal Law
Criminal Law Questions? Ask a Criminal Lawyer.
Did your fiance have a trial or did he take a plea?
Did he have a sentencing hearing?
Was he represented by counsel?
The court normally waits to review the PSI, prior to sentencing a defendant. Any mitigating factors to reduce the sentence imposed by the Judge or court, should have been raised when he entered into his plea and was sentenced. If he is already serving a 10 year sentence, the attorney should file a motion for reconsideration of the sentence, imposed by the court. He needs to use the facts you stated above, as mitigating factors. If the 10 years sentence that was imposed was within the guidelines, his only other option is to file a motion to vacate the plea based upon circumstances at the time he entered the plea, which he did not know.


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When it comes to sacred spaces in Soho, we think of the Mercer Hotel and Deitch Projects, but a hip, young rabbi has other ideas. Dovi Scheiner recently signed a 12-year lease on a five-story Crosby Street building that he intends to transform into the home of his hipster house of worship, the Soho Synagogue. According to The New York Observer's Dana Rubinstein (in an article that appears in the paper's October 12 issue but not online), the 32-year-old rabbi "employs a modern aesthetic to attract [Soho]'s hip, and often lapsed, Jewish set." The Soho Synagogue has called a series of temporary locations home since its founding in 2005, and settling down means thinking big. Tel Aviv-born, Eindhoven-educated, and New York-based Dror Benshetrit (pictured at right) is designing the new space, which is expected to open this spring. Rubinstein describes his design for the temple as calling for "one space that can transition into several different uses: prayer, lecture, lounge, dinner, movie, gallery, and family." Sounds like a job for the Dror for Target modular shelving unit!
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Police arrested 315 people in a pre-festive season crackdown in Soweto over the weekend.
Police conducted road blocks and raids in Dobsonville, Lenasia, Jabulani, Lenasia South, Moroka, Naledi and Protea Glen between Friday and Sunday morning, Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela said.
Arrests were made for crimes ranging from murder to assault. Among them was a 40-year-old woman arrested for possession of 17 bags of dagga which she was transporting from Lesotho.
Five shebeens were closed for operating without a licence. The owners were arrested and liquor worth R100,000 was confiscated.
Twenty-eight people were caught driving drunk. - Sapa


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I have received two sample envelopes of this pre-blended from Teavana with rock sugar, as well as being convinced by the store staff to buy two packets and blend it myself. I like the combination; it makes a flavorful and fruity cup of tea. Adding a little bit of rock sugar enhances the flavor; what comes in the pre-blended samples makes it syrupy. I think this is the best tasting blend that Teavana currently sells, so I'll give it a good rating.
I have to mention that I agree with another reviewer about her overall feeling regarding the Teavana stores; as my husband puts it, "If you don't buy $200 worth of tea, they treat you like crap." (This was at the Mall of America store in Bloomington, MN.) Well, I've had very bad luck ordering online too. My last shipment arrived with two packets in a larger box, and the shipping list showed that 12 were included. That's right, 10 2 oz packets were missing. I called customer service and they made it right (but I had to wait 4-5 days to get the rest of my tea). Check your orders from Teavana!


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Galaxy Note 2: Android 4.1.2 Approach, a Leak of Unofficial ROM – XXDLJ2
Samsung continues to lend a youth in his last devices. Nothing official yet but leaks suggest that it is more a matter of time. After rumors of an imminent update of Galaxy SIII to the Android 4.1.2, a latest leak for the Galaxy Note 2, international version GT N7100 should be next on the list.
ROM referenced in a number XXDLJ2 was seen on a Vietnamese site Tinhte.vn. We think it is a version that dates back to October. Also different Screenshots published by the site confirm that this update will feature multiple windows management, a feature which first time appeared on the Galaxy Note 10.1
No question Samsung Galaxy Note 2 made a huge success In five months, it is 3 million units have been sold and the arrival of Android 4.1.2 would be an asset to improve the performance of the previous version but it is the gateway to Android 4.2, which will be considered an event because innovations are much more important.


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State police in Perry County are investigating a burglary at a Rye Township home. Officials said a handgun and a flat screen television were taken.
According to officials, someone forcibly broke into the locked home on Holley Road and stole a 9mm Taurus handgun and a 39-inch RCA television sometime between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
The burglar(s) then fled the scene.
Anyone with information may contact police at 717-567-3110.


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Norway striker Tarik Elyounnoussi expects a tough match against the champions of Africa on Saturday.
Speaking to fazfootball.com in Ndola, Elyounnoussi who will captain his side said he believed that Zambia will put out an experienced team for the much anticipated international friendly match.
Elyounnoussi, who has played 15 times for Norway, scored the only goal of the match when Norway defeated South Africa in a friendly match played in Cape Town on Tuesday.
"We were surprised to win against a good South African team. We surpassed our expectations because we had 7 or 9 players who were playing for the first time with the national football team," said Elyounnoussi.
"Zambia are the champions of Africa so it will be a big challenge for us. We will play under hot weather and before a crowd of 40,000spectators. That will be new for us because it is not always
that we play under such conditions and before such big crowds."
The Norwegian forward added that he expected coach Egil Olsen to change tactics Saturday's match.
"Against South Africa our best players started on the substitutes bench. I think they will start against Zambia. You should watch out for Mohammed Fellah," he said.


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Scleroderma Registry & Repository at the Hospital for Special Surgery
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified March 2017 by Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: August 1, 2012
Last updated: March 13, 2017
Last verified: March 2017
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|August 1, 2012
|Last Updated Date
|March 13, 2017
|Start Date ICMJE
|August 2006
|Estimated Primary Completion Date
|January 2030 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Modified Rodnan Skin Score [ Time Frame: Baseline & follow-up visits during regularly scheduled appointments for up to 5 years ]
Physician score of skin thickening over 17 areas of the body.
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01656447 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title ICMJE
|Scleroderma Registry & Repository at the Hospital for Special Surgery
|Official Title ICMJE
|The Scleroderma Registry & Repository
|Brief Summary
|The overall objective of the Scleroderma Registry is to support and promote the basic science and clinical research of this complex rheumatic disease at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). The registry facilitates our understanding of the clinical features, pathobiology, genetics of Scleroderma. This will ultimately lead to a potential treatment for this currently untreatable condition.
|Detailed Description
What will be asked of you:
Benefits to Patients:
|Study Type ICMJE
|Study Design ICMJE
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Target Follow-Up Duration
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|Retention: Samples With DNA
Research bloods will be collected if the patient gives permission. These bloods can be donated at the time of a patient's private visit with a physician at Hospital for Special Surgery, or at an independent research visit.
|Sampling Method
|Non-Probability Sample
|Study Population
|All individuals older than 18 years of age who have Scleroderma
|Condition ICMJE
|Intervention ICMJE
|Not Provided
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|Patients with Scleroderma
Patients who have been diagnosed at any point in their life with Scleroderma will compose the cohort.
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|Recruitment Information
|Recruitment Status ICMJE
|Estimated Enrollment ICMJE
|Completion Date
|Not Provided
|Estimated Primary Completion Date
|January 2030 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Eligibility Criteria ICMJE
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers
|Contacts ICMJE
|Listed Location Countries ICMJE
|United States
|Removed Location Countries
|Administrative Information
|NCT Number ICMJE
|Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE
|Has Data Monitoring Committee
|U.S. FDA-regulated Product
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|IPD Sharing Statement
|Not Provided
|Responsible Party
|Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
|Study Sponsor ICMJE
|Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
|Collaborators ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Investigators ICMJE
|PRS Account
|Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
|Verification Date
|March 2017
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