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GWEN IFILL: Here now for a look ahead at the coming Supreme Court term is Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal.
Welcome back, Marcia.
MARCIA COYLE, National Law Journal: Thanks, Gwen.
GWEN IFILL: First day back in school, almost. First Monday in October, the court is back. What are the big issues that they're facing this term?
MARCIA COYLE: Well, Gwen, it's going to be, I think, a very interesting term. I believe that we will learn a lot about the court's newest justice, Sonia Sotomayor, and I think we'll also learn quite a bit about where the Roberts court is headed.
And I feel that way because there is almost a rich list of constitutional issues on the court's docket. Constitutional cases don't dominate the docket. In fact, it's really cases that have to do with interpreting statutes and regulations that have the greatest number on the docket.
But the constitutional issues, they reveal the fault lines among the justices, and there are also just really interesting fact patterns in the cases.
GWEN IFILL: Well, this week, for instance, you've got two First Amendment cases right off the bat.
MARCIA COYLE: Absolutely, and two very different First Amendment cases. One involves speech, and one involves religion. The speech case…
GWEN IFILL: Good thing they're not hot-button issues, huh?
MARCIA COYLE: Right, absolutely. The religion case, these cases always tie the court up in knots. The speech case involves a federal law that was enacted in 1999. It prohibits the possession and distribution of images of animal cruelty, and the Obama administration is defending that.
A Virginia man was charged with possessing and trying to sell images of animal cruelty. It really included a dog fight video made in Japan. And he says that this is protected speech. The Obama administration is asking the court to say, no, this is a category of speech that isn't protected by the First Amendment.
The religion case involves the type of case we've seen time and again at the Supreme Court. A cross was erected in the Mojave National Preserve. It was erected in 1934 by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The challenge here is that this violates separation of church and state. It's a cross on public land.
GWEN IFILL: Seventy-five years later, this finally makes its way to the Supreme Court?
MARCIA COYLE: It's actually been in the courts a while, but really only about 10 years. But you're right: It took a long time.
Congress saw the problem and tried to solve it by transferring the acre of land in the preserve that the cross is on to the VFW in exchange for an acre of land somewhere else, but the court saw this as trying to circumvent the court's order that the cross should come down.
Guns, patents, and punishment
GWEN IFILL: There's also a gun law case, in fact, D.C. gun law that's coming and making its way to the court.
MARCIA COYLE: It's a follow-up to the D.C. gun case. If you recall in 2008, the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision ruled that the Second Amendment guarantees, protects an individual's right to possess a gun in the home for self-defense. And in ruling that way, it struck down a District of Columbia gun control ordinance.
The District of Columbia is a federal enclave. The question that was left open is, does the Second Amendment apply to state and local gun laws? And that's the question that the Supreme Court said it will decide.
GWEN IFILL: There is also a couple of business cases, patent innovation, things like that?
MARCIA COYLE: This is probably one of the few patent cases everybody can get into, because it involves the most basic question of, what can you give a patent to? What sort of thing, object, process can you protect with a patent?
In this case, two men came up with a method of calculating the risk involved in the buying and selling of energy commodities, and the courts said this was too abstract. It has to be a tangible thing, a machine or something that transforms it into an object.
And the Supreme Court is going to take a look at it. It has huge ramifications for our intellectual property in this country, which, as you know, is pretty much the engine of our economy.
That's not so much a constitutional case. There's another really interest in two cases that are coming to the court on the heels of the Supreme Court's decision several years ago that found that executing juveniles violated the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
This time, the court is being asked whether that same prohibition in the Eighth Amendment is violated when you sentence juveniles to life in prison without parole for a non-capital crime. Those two cases -- one involves someone who was 13 when he sexually assaulted and robbed an elderly woman. The other case involved a 17-year-old who was engaged in armed robberies. There are about six states that allow life in prison without parole for juveniles.
A changing court
GWEN IFILL: All right, we have our court here on display. Let's look at them and see what it was like today. We have a new justice, obviously, Sonia Sotomayor here on the right, and we have rumors of a departing justice, and we have a new solicitor general who's also coming to the court for the first time.
MARCIA COYLE: Absolutely. The first day of the new term is always sort of exciting, and there's feeling of anticipation, but we got a little bit of a preview of the new court with Justice Sotomayor in September when the court heard arguments in the big campaign finance case.
But what happens is, when a new justice comes on and that justice is now the junior justice, is the seats on the court, everybody changes except the most -- the chief justice, who's right in the middle on the bench, and the most senior justice is John Paul Stevens, but everybody else sort of shifts one. So she is now at the far right end of the bench, as you look at the bench.
As you mentioned, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, this is her first full Supreme Court term. She made her maiden argument in September in the campaign finance case, and I believe she's scheduled to argue the cross case this week, as well. She will have an opportunity to really put her stamp on how the government approaches cases in the Supreme Court.
GWEN IFILL: And Justice John Paul Stevens, apparently the word is that he hasn't been hiring enough clerks, so that's supposed to be a sign of something.
MARCIA COYLE: It's one of the tea leaves that all of us read. Most of the justices hire clerks for the next Supreme Court term, so they're a term ahead of themselves. Justice Stevens, who was always one of the justices who hired earliest, has only hired one clerk for the next term. And that's a sign to some that he may be thinking about retiring.
GWEN IFILL: Does that really affect the work of the court when there's that potential or there's that buzz in the hall? Or do people just do their jobs and leave it to those of us on the outside to speculate?
MARCIA COYLE: Well, I think it doesn't -- well, I don't know how it affects the justices. I'm sure -- I think they respect each other's decision- making process. And I'm sure, if they're wondering if he hasn't really indicated to anybody if he's keeping his own counsel, I'm sure they're wondering like the rest of us.
And Justice Stevens would be -- to lose him would have, I think, a major impact on the court. Even though he is on the wing of the court that doesn't often prevail in cases, he has been sort of a master strategist at winning Justice Kennedy and preserving some liberal victories.
GWEN IFILL: Whereas Justice Sotomayor's ascension doesn't really change the balance of power or ideology on the court that much.
MARCIA COYLE: It does not. I mean, she's viewed as having views very similar to her predecessor, Justice Souter. However, we don't really know. I mean, there are certain areas where she may not be Justice Souter, and I would think, maybe in criminal procedure, given her background as a former prosecutor and trial judge, maybe in some of the business cases. She was a corporate litigator.
We have to wait and see. We didn't learn much about her during her hearings, also, in terms of how she looks at the Constitution, so I think the cases that we just talked about will give us greater insights into how she views the law.
The legacy of Justice O'Connor
GWEN IFILL: Final thought on a court-related issue. Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor gave remarks this weekend at the College of William and Mary in which she was asked whether she regretted -- I think the way she -- I think the word "dismantled" was actually put to her -- that people were dismantling her legacy, yet but she agreed.
MARCIA COYLE: Yes, she did. I mean, the truth of the matter is, she was replaced by Justice Alito, and he's more conservative than she was. She was a true swing vote on the court, and she swung in more areas than Justice Kennedy does today.
So the court is more conservative now with Justices Alito and Chief Justice Roberts than it was when she sat on it. So those cases in which she did tend to lean more to the left, to the liberal wing, they may not stand much longer.
GWEN IFILL: And yet, she said, she was happy to see -- even though we assume she doesn't agree with everything that Justice Sotomayor may believe in, she was happy to see another woman on the court.
MARCIA COYLE: She and Justice Ginsburg have been very outspoken in recent years about the need for more women, more minorities on the court, more diversity, not only in terms of gender, but also in terms of background.
GWEN IFILL: What are you looking forward to the most?
MARCIA COYLE: I think just learning, learning about the new justice, Justice Sotomayor, and also seeing if some of the hints that the Roberts court dropped last term about how it may undo some recent precedents, whether that's going to come true.
GWEN IFILL: Well, Marcia, we're looking forward to hearing your take on events at the court as always this term. Thank you so much.
MARCIA COYLE: My pleasure, Gwen.


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Bay News 9 forecaster Mike Clay first TV weatherman chosen for weather assessment team
Mike Clay, one of the founding meteorologists at Bay News 9, was chosen to join a team developed by the National Weather Service to track the agency's response to Hurricane Irane -- the first time a TV weatherman has been picked for such a post.
Here's the press release:
Tampa, FL (September 8, 2011) – Bright House Networks announced today that Bay News 9 Chief Meteorologist Mike Clay has been chosen to serve on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Weather Service (NWS) Assessment Team. Clay is the first-ever TV meteorologist to be chosen to serve on a NWS team.
The NWS Service Assessment team is tasked with documenting and evaluating the performance and overall effectiveness of the NWS in respect to Hurricane Irene, including decision support, collaboration and communication, and operational procedures. Hurricane Irene hit with a vengeance in late August, with the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, North Carolina and southeastern Canada most severely affected by the event. Clay joins sixteen other NWS team members selected based upon their expertise, experience, and potential for contributing significantly to a constructive and thorough service assessment.
"I am extremely honored to be chosen to serve on the NWS Assessment team," said Clay. "I look forward to working with the team to provide a better understanding of Hurricane Irene and learn how we can continually improve upon our efforts during hazardous weather events."
Mike Clay helped launch Bay News 9 in 1997, and was its original meteorologist on Your Morning News. One of Clay's most memorable moments at Bay News 9 was the morning of Aug. 13, 2004 when Bay News 9 successfully forecast Hurricane Charley to stay south of the Tampa Bay area. Clay was also part of the team that installed Klystron 9, the first of its kind radar at any television station.

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But in a more recent presentation, the council learned that the bridges, which would connect Google headquarters to an isolated property at NASA Ames near the Bay, would be open to full public access for walkers, bicyclists, public transit buses and police and fire trucks. Google would pay for, own and maintain the bridges for 50 years, when they would revert to the city. The company's private shuttles would also have access to the Ames campus, which could host up to 5,000 employees in the years ahead. Construction there is scheduled to start in 2013.
Google's real estate and construction manager John Igoe may have sealed the deal when he said at October's civility roundtable event that "enhancing the environment ... enhancing the wetlands...is the responsibility of the company." And certainly the council has a responsibility to make sure the bridges have an extremely light footprint around the sensitive wetland areas and the creek, which is one of the city's most popular attractions.
In addition, Igoe told the council that there will be a park with public access just south of the new Google campus along the eastern edge of the creek. He added that the company has an obligation in its lease with NASA to have a park there. "It won't be a city park but it will have public access," he said.
Accessibility for police and fire engines to the Google site at NASA Ames, which is inside city limits, was another factor that leans heavily toward approving the bridges. The company's present growth spurt will continue in 2013 when it plans to begin building a 1.2 million-square-foot campus for up to 5,000 employees, as well as possibly 175,000 square feet of housing. The council was told that first responders to fire and medical calls would need four more minutes to reach the property without a bridge. That fact only makes the decision to approve the bridges more compelling, not to mention it would protect some $300,000 a year in county funds tied to crews reaching the scene of an emergency in eight minutes or less.
Certainly Mayor Jac Siegel, who said back in July that the bridges were not compatible with the Stevens Creek Trail, which he called, "Priority 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5," has changed his mind, now saying, "I didn't think I was going to like it but I like it."
"I thought it was going to look overwhelming," Siegel said after taking a look at the architect's renderings.
Finally, by not putting up a roadblock for Google to develop the Ames property, the city could see as much as $700,000 in additional property tax revenue when the project is completed in a few years.


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Nov 19 2008
They're Back!
I knew the crows were back in town for the winter but there was no doubt late yesterday in Oakland.
Around 4:20pm thousands of crows started passing WQED, heading for Schenley Heights.
I wish I'd thought to count them but I missed my chance. Not a big loss though. They'll give me ample opportunity in the days and weeks ahead.
Here's what they looked like last winter as they passed Carnegie Mellon University. Click on Tom Merriman's photo to get a better idea of how they fill the sky.
(photo thanks to Tom Merriman, who knows about my addiction to crows)
p.s. If you read "Hope is the bird…" November 15th but didn't find out if I saw tundra swans, read the answer at the end of that post.
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# Libby Strizzion 19 Nov 2008 at 6:40 pm
In Marshfield MA, where I lived for 15 years, there's a great big rock formation in the ocean. It's named Brant Rock, and the section of town in which it is located has the same name. That's because of all the brants that landed there. Apparently, they are still there, according to a friend. I never saw one while there.
# Kallenon 20 Nov 2008 at 5:36 pm
I was so happy I read your post a while back ago on how crows flock together to roost somewhere in the winter. Every night when I drive home (around 4:00 to 4:30), I see hundreds of crows all flying past me. All you see are flocks of crows all flying to one destination. I would have had no idea what they were doing if I had not read your blog.
It is very cool to watch. I just have to make sure I am keeping my eyes on the road because I am on a highway. ;p)


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HB,No offense taken!! I'm pretty easy to get along with.
Thanks for your advise.
For sure,I won't weld on the barrel ,and I won't weld near any locking surface.
And,I do not intend to weld inside the notch in the slide where the hood rests.
But I also don't subscribe totally to the zero welding school,either.
While I would not weld a reciever ring or near bolt locking lugs,Certainly welding sporter bolt handles on a bolt is common practice.
I have a 1911 38 Super fitted with a S+W revolver rear sight similar to how Mr Swenson would do it,only the rear sight dovetail was TIG welded away,and a couple of raised lugs added to support the sight.All is well.
I am still not sure my plan is a good one,and I hope for more advise.
I CAN be talked out of it. I am talking about a tool+die grade Tig Tech,not a goose pooper with a buz box.
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so omg i have this teacher who is obsessed with pink but like shes older, not to be mean, and so she doesnt know like who nicki minaj is or anything. so today we told her about nicki and how her albumn is pink friday and she was like omggg i like her.... and i was like i kno but theres this girl lil kim who has black friday, and she was like, eww tat sounds bad like it needs to go..but yeah, comment if u ever had to tell someone who nicki minaj was wen they didnt kno her, soooo sad
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Finance Minister Yigal Hurwitz submitted a 90 billion Shekel revised budget to the Knesset yesterday. At the same time, he credited his fiscal policies with holding down inflation and substantially improving Israel's balance of payments situation. He acknowledged that heavy defense expenditures and the general recession pose serious economic problems.
A no-confidence motion on Hurwitz's economic policy was handily defeated in the Knesset today by a vote of 59-42, after which the Knesset approved the amended budget. The motion, introduced by the opposition Labor Alignment, was the first since the Knesset began its winter session earlier this month. The Alignment summoned home several of its members traveling abroad to participate in the vote although it was clear that the government enjoyed a substantial majority.
Hurwitz said the 1980-81 budget had to be revised at midpoint because at the start of the fiscal year the Treasury did not know if it would succeed in containing the inflation rate and whether wage settlements would be reasonable. He said that when he took office a year ago, the inflation rate was expected to reach 170 percent but the steps he took put a brake on the spiral which has stabilized at 125 percent.
The brightest part of the economic picture, he said, was the decline in Israel's balance of payments deficit by $1 billion more than had been forecast at the beginning of the year. At the same time, however, Israel has been forced to spend an extra $1 billion on fuel, he said.
Hurwitz claimed that real wages have been preserved in all sectors and workers have been compensated for price increases. The problem now is to restrain spending as much as possible, he said, noting that the deficit remains high and revenue has been reduced because of the recession. He mentioned the problems of covering the budgets of Kupat Holim, the Histodrut sick-fund, local municipalities, universities and other institutions which have legitimate demands.
But the government still spends too much and all cuts introduced so far were cancelled out by defense spending, he said. The infrastructure and investments have suffered but welfare has remained constant. The issue is whether the government should contain inflation first and only then bring the rate down, he said.


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Growth for the sake of growth, it is said, is the ideology of the cancer cell. That creed is firmly aligned with the human desire for long life. The longer we live, the easier it is for cancer—the universal name for a set of about 100 diseases—to turn our DNA against us.
Cancers are caused by the growth of abnormal cells, made malevolent by flaws in their DNA, their helical blueprint and control centre. DNA mutates either because it is inherited, or—much more likely—it is twisted out of shape by something in the environment, such as cigarette smoke, chewing tobacco or excess sunlight.
If their DNA is flawed, normal cells fix the problem or die. Cancer cells don't want to die. They spread their flaws, as they grow faster and adapt better than normal cells, writes doctor and author Siddhartha Mukherjee in The Emperor of All Maladies, a biography of cancer. Since the body turns on itself, self-healing is difficult. For instance, in leukemia, white-blood cells, the body's defenders, turn into traitorous killing machines, overwhelming their own army, the immune system. Cancer cells, Mukherjee points out, are "more perfect versions of ourselves".
For decades, cures for cancers have focused on stopping the mutations of normal cells or killing mutated cells. Stopping mutations is incredibly complex because cancerous and normal cells share common genetic foundations. It does not help that cancers express themselves in varied fashion within individuals.
Solutions tend to focus on killing cancerous cells. There are two problems with this approach. First, as the debilitated state of many cancer survivors indicates, anti-cancer interventions, primarily chemotherapy, kill normal cells as well. Hair loss, nausea, vomiting and weight-loss are among the many effects of current anti-cancer treatments, quite a few akin to dropping a nuclear bomb to clear a city of garbage. Second, it is impossible to guarantee that all the cells will be eradicated; the survivors can easily restart invasion.
New therapies rooted in nanotechnology, the science of manipulating individual molecules, promise to detect and kill cancerous cells with minimal damage to healthy tissue. If these new approaches succeed, within two decades, some predict, cancer could become a chronic but manageable disease.
Some deploy gold, polymer or magnetic nanoparticles to ferry anti-cancer drugs to the heart of diseased cells. Others use nanoparticles to literally explode cancerous cells. A few adopt a Trojan-horse approach, infusing nanoparticles with special molecules that degrade the ability of cancer cells to defeat the immune system.
This last method has particular potential. Instead of drugs that supplant the body's overwhelmed immune system, it uses immune response as a weapon.
It is a paradigm shift in the battle against cancer, a Gandhian approach of sorts. Martin Röcken says his group at the University Medical Centre Tübingen in Germany has been able to persuade tumour cells into a state of permanent dormancy without killing them. The results were published online this week in the journal Nature. "The immune system educates cancer cells to behave socially," Röcken, told me. In other words, he adds, the cancer cells are prematurely aged, so they cannot grow.
How is this senescence—as the state of permanent dormancy is called—induced?
In animal models and in petri dishes, Röcken's group used immune cells that produce interferon, a protein that is known to attack tumour cells, and tumour necrosis factor, (TNF), another protein that causes cell death.
Interferon and TNF attach themselves to receptors on cancer cells. In combination, their signals pulse through a complex of molecules that determines if a cell will grow or go dormant. "At this point," says Röcken, "the two signals tell the cell: stop proliferation."
This is a simplified explanation of what Röcken's group does with cancer cells. There are, as with other cancer treatments, hurdles to overcome. The main obstacle is to get the right amount of interferon and TNF into cancerous regions. And as with other interventions, senescence research has not progressed to clinical, or human, trials.
Over the last four years, inducing senescence has become an area of particular interest. "We believe that a new frontier in cancer treatment will be to find ways to revert cancers to…dormant states by inducing tumor-cell senescence and vasculature normalcy or increasing the immune response to the tumour cells themselves," says a 2008 paper in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology.
So, Röcken's approach pushes the frontiers. It was only in 2005 that two papers in Nature first propounded the idea that cancer cells could be induced to senescence. Researchers have often used interferon and TNF in a variety of approaches to destroy cancerous cells and the blood cells that supply them. The Tübingen way, however, appears to show that surrounding tissues can escape unscathed.
As the era of finely targeted, personalized medicine approaches, the challenge will be to translate the promises of senescence into reality.
Samar Halarnkar is a Bangalore-based journalist. This is a fortnightly column that explores the cutting edge of science and technology. Comments are welcome at firstname.lastname@example.com. To read Samar Halarnkar's previous columns, go to www.livemint.com/frontiermail


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April 23, 2010 - NCAA Media Rights Deal: Time to Better Manage Commercial Success
"Today's announcement of the new NCAA media rights deal presents an opportunity for universities to use the money guaranteed through this contract for the good of college sports and the educational missions of our universities. In the past, more revenue gained from more games and more television has not always resulted in outcomes that have strengthened our educational missions. Now is the time to better manage commercial success and ensure that sports programs and their growth are aligned with the primary missions of our universities. The Knight Commission will release a major report in June 2010 to address this goal.
The Commission is pleased the NCAA did not pursue a proposed 96-team NCAA men's basketball tournament, as the additional postseason games in that proposed format would have produced indefensible intrusions on college athletes' academic obligations."
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RHEL 7 the upcoming enterprise Linux of Red Hat is scheduled for the second half of 2013. Around half year ago Red Hat made known that they were going to ship GNOME 3 for their desktop, so it was easy to guess that they were going to use version 3.8 since that was going to be the latest GNOME version at the time for RHEL 7 Beta.
Shell 3.8 Classic Mode in Fedora 19
According to Denise Dumas, director of software engineering at Red Hat, RHEL 7 is going to use a tweaked version of Shell Classic
We think that people who are accustomed to Gnome 2 will use classic mode until they're ready to experiment with modern mode. Classic mode is going to be the default for RHEL 7, and we're in the final stages now. We're tweaking it and having people experiment with it. The last thing we want to do is disrupt our customers' workflows.
I think it's been hard for the Gnome guys, because they really, really love modern mode, because that's where their hearts are. But they've done a great job putting together classic mode for us, and I think it's going to keep people working on RHEL 5, 6 and 7 who don't want to retrain their fingers each time they switch operating systems — I think classic mode's going to be really helpful for them.
Red Hat's summit is currently in progress and new features will be revealed to the public.. Ooh yes, Red Hat is so famous to keep their future plans secret -at least whatever has to do with their precious RHEL :)
So a question here is why Classic instead of Default Shell; Does that means that RH guys recognize a small failure of Shell to be acceptable from their customers? The question is quite complex and we need to keep on mind two facts.
First, many of the guys that held high positions in Red Hat and Fedora Desktop are also respectful members of GNOME Community like the legendary Matthias Clasen. The second is that Classic Mode is basically just a Default Shell patched with a bunch of extensions, so the differences in practise are pretty small.
So the real question is: "Why RH guys (including some GNOME and Fedora guys) believe that Classic is more appropriate desktop than Default, for the RHEL customers*, when RHEL users are more tech-aware from the casual users of a Fedora or Arch (ok not Arch!) or Ubuntu home-distro?".
The good news of course is that GNOME 3.8 and GNOME 3 will receive the enormous attention of RHEL and all its derivatives like CentOS and Oracle Linux. Besides RHEL is not only about CLI but is deployed as desktop workstation in various companies –RH doesn't disclose their clients like Canonical.
*Question: Is a RHEL user considered customer while a Fedora user just user? –If yes, what that means? ;)


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New York, Oct 24 : 'Playboy' bunny Holly Madison is still living in Hugh Hefner's playboy mansion, though she has split from the octogenarian.
It has been reported that although Maddisson has bought a new house, she still hasn't moved out of the huge mansion.
Hefner split with Madisson as she wants to get married and have a baby.
"We tried to have a baby earlier this year and it didn't work out, She became very depressed," the New York Daily quoted Hefner as saying.
He is currently dating nineteen year old twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon.


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This comprehensive installation kit includes everything needed to install a Radium fuel surge tank with a single 39mm fuel pump or Bosch 044 fuel pump in a 00-05 Honda S2000. The kit was not designed to work with the Radium MPFST.
All Radium FSTs are CNC machined from aluminum and fully anodized and use PTFE insulated wiring, submersible hose, etc. to make them alcohol (ethanol/methanol/E85) compliant. The Honda S2000 install kit locates the FST in a hidden collision-safe area of the trunk behind the left seat using factory located threaded bosses. No modifications or drillling required. Because the S2000 is a small vehicle, please consider the decibels of the fuel pump selected.
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I got submuscular silicone implants 11 months ago. My left side is soft & moves around well in the pocket, but the right side is much firmer. It... READ MORE
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The first (to our knowledge) III–V mid-IR vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (λ = 2.9 µm) are demonstrated and show promising characteristics for chemical detection applications. The cw optical-pumping threshold is low (4 mW at 80 K) and efficiency is high (5.6% W/W). Pulsed operation is obtained up to 280 K and cw up to 160 K. Lateral-mode confinement will lead to spectrally pure, single-mode output for chemical identification.
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Plankbridge Hutmakers' garden at Chelsea
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Congratulations to Dorset-based Plankbridge Hutmakers who have won a silver medal for their beautiful garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show! For me, the garden was one of the highlights of the show and it was lovely to meet Plankbridge owners Jane Dennison and Richard Lee there because we have a gorgeous feature about them in the August issue of Country Homes & Interiors (look out for it on sale on 5th July).
The Plankbridge Shepherd's Hut garden is a beautiful wildflower garden inspired by the Dorset countryside and designed by Woolcott and Smith. The traditional-style shepherd's hut at the heart of it is slightly smaller than Plankbridge's usual huts and was themed as a writer's retreat (in fact, author Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl Earring worked on her new novel in the hut yesterday).
I loved the attention to detail in the garden – the hut was 'aged' by scenic artist Jonathan Holbrook, who's worked on films such as Pirates of the Caribbean, and Woolcott and Smith also incorporated a dog basket underneath the hut and rabbit droppings on the path. Do look out for it if you visit the show.Tweet


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Imagine being an Alaska fisherman on March 24, 1989, when the supertanker Exxon Valdez runs aground at Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, sending an estimated 11 million gallons of oil into the waters in which you make your living. And all you want to do is wake up from the nightmare you see unfolding.
But you can't. It won't end anytime soon. It will span almost two decades.
The years of court wrangling alone over cleanup costs and punitive damage amounts is disturbing. But wait! Finally, there's a glimmer of hope! An Anchorage trial jury declares in 1994 that Exxon Mobil must pay the plaintiffs a total of $5 billion in punitive damages!
Yes! At last, some measure of healing can begin. Maybe your nightmare is finally over.
Not just yet.
Exxon Mobil challenges the punitive damages award. More years pass. And as they do, you watch people go broke, marriages and families dissolve. You see fishing communities torn apart.
Then the 9th Circuit Court reduces the punitive damages total to $2.5 billion in 2006. The oil giant has the money and manpower to keep the court battle going for years. Some 32,000 plaintiffs originally signed on to the case. About 4,000 of them have passed away by the time the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the punitive damages total in 2008.
And when it does, it whittles that total down to $507 million. Exxon ends up also paying another $470 million in additional interest to fishermen and others affected by the spill. Checks to the plaintiffs range from a few hundred dollars to more than $100,000.
For better or worse, at least your nightmare is over, right? Then two years later you have to watch another spill unfold in 2010 when the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster sends 200 million gallons of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. And you fear that this disaster will unfold in the same way the Exxon Valdez spill did, with the same type of damage and same results.
And the sour cherry atop this nightmarish sundae? A collision between a barge and a cargo ship releases 168,000 gallons of bunker fuel into Galveston Bay, causing the busy Houston Ship Channel to be closed to traffic on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill.
They say those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. The 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill isn't one anyone wants to celebrate. But it shouldn't be forgotten. And the New York Times Retro Report on the Valdez spill below is well-worth watching, even if it conjures up unpleasant memories of that long-running nightmare.


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Great one, sounds special!
Nicolas Masseyeff (herzblut)
Mirko remix is my favorite here !!! will play !!!
Fabrice Lig (Versatile rec, F Communications, Third Ear Recordings)
Good tribal track, efficient on a dancefloor. it's clear
Luke Slater
Could use the Mirko Loko Remix,thanks
Alex Tepper
Really great release, hard to pick a mix. Thanks :)
Andreas Henneberg (Voltage Musique Records)
Cool... Original is the one for me
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Cool release ,Ecco remix is perfect for me. Thanks!
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Original and Mirko Loko mix for me thanks right on time for south afrika gigs
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PCMCIA Wireless card /w rfmon mode and external antenna
Does anyone have any suggestions? I would like a PCMCIA card with rfmon mode to use with wireshark and kismet. Does anyone have a favorite card for this application? I have an intel pro 2915 right now which works pretty well but I would like a second one so I can both browse the internet and be in monitor mode. The external antenna would be great as well.
On second though if anyone has a sony vaio VGN-S580P with the same wireless card and knows of an external antenna for that, that would also be great. I opened up the case and it has a connection for an external antenna. The connector is the weakest connector i have ever seen. Are they all like that?
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*** Freshman wide receiver Darius Patton was taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Oakland after collapsing at practice.
"He's awake and alert and his vitals signs are very good," coach Todd Graham said. "We hope he is going to be fine. That's all I really know."
Patton, 18, played at Penn Hills as a sophomore before transferring to Poland (Ohio) Seminary.
*** Former Pitt running backs LeSean McCoy and Dion Lewis stopped by the South Side practice facility on Thursday morning during some free time before tonight's Eagles-Steelers game at Heinz Field.
"It was neat for our guys to have them come back," Graham said. "I appreciate them taking the time to do that. They came into the office. How is the team going to be? Anything we can do to help to motivate the players, talk to them? They were great."
Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett also visited the Pitt facilities on Tuesday.
*** Joe Butler, who runs Metro Index Football Scouting Service, attended today's Pitt practice and I got a chance to talk to him about some of the Panthers' pro prospects.
Among Pitt's seniors, Butler said offensive guard/tackle Lucas Nix is the highest rated according to NFL scouts. The 6-foot-6, 310-pound Nix is projected as a second- or third-round pick in the '12 draft by some scouting services. Butler raved about the former TJ star and it's easy to see why. Butler also said outside linebacker Brandon Lindsey, defensive end Chas Alecxih and inside linebacker Max Gruder are getting notice.
Here is what coach Todd Graham said about Nix after practice:
"He can be as good as he wants to be," he said. "I told him and (Jordan) Gibbs that I will be very disappointed if they weren't the two best tackles in the league and if he moves down to guard, I expect him to be the best guard in the league."
*** Chris Jacobson doesn't get a whole lot of rest during Pitt's two-hour practices. He's the first-team guard and the second-team center, so he's out on the field almost exclusively during drills.
The 6-3, 295-pound Keystone Oaks graduate probably doesn't mind the long day at all – as much as he loves the game. But a couple of players are benefitting from Jacobson's hearty work — sophomore Tyrone Ezell and freshman K.K. Mosley-Smith. The two defensive tackles get to work against an all-Big East caliber blocker who is vastly superior to a typical second-string center.
"Lumpy probably doesn't like it because it's hard being in this offense and go with the ones and the twos," Graham said. "But he's done a good job."
*** Cornerback K'Waun Williams (head) returned to practice, but wore a green "hand's off" jersey. Two safeties, Jason Hendricks and Brandon Ifill, sat out practice.
*** Wide receiver/kick returner Cam Saddler (head) didn't participate in practice, but it's hard to keep him away. Saddler wore his jersey and shoulder pads, and helped out during special teams drills whenever he could, ie., moving around cones, running down loose balls and offering general encouragement.
*** An impressive week by sophomore Juantez Hollins has pushed the Aliquippa product into the mix at left tackle. Hollins' improvement has coincided with a better understanding of the offense and a procedure to have a bothersome knee drained.
"I think he's competing to start," Graham said. "That's how positive I want to be about that. He's had a lot of problems with his knee. He's been having trouble bending. He's a big, physical, athletic guy. Up to four days ago, (he's) going to be a back-up. Then all of a sudden, he got his knee drained, he got a smile on his face and he's looking impressive. He's got a chance. He's competing for a starting role."
*** The offensive line has only two positions locked in – Jacobson at left guard and Ryan Turnley at center. Jordan Gibbs will start at one tackle spot, and Nix will start at either right guard or right tackle.
The possibilities are:
1. Juantez Hollins at left tackle, Jordan Gibbs at right tackle and Nix at right guard.
2. Gibbs at left tackle, Greg Gaskins at right tackle and Nix at right guard.
3. Gibbs at left tackle, Nix at right tackle and Cory King at right guard.
"We are very open to those three scenarios and it could be any of those three scenarios," Graham said.
Graham said the offensive line – and just about every other position battle for the Sept. 3 opener with Buffalo — will be settled after Saturday's final scrimmage.
"I would think what we look like on Monday is pretty much what we will look like Week One," he said.
*** There have been some bad snaps at practice, but Graham believes that's more an indication of the Panthers' style of defense.
"We've got a guy standing over (center) on every down, attacking him. I think that's kind of hard to snap the ball, too. When we start playing 4-3 teams, when there is nobody over him, I think it's a little easier and take a little stress off you."
*** Graham said the back-up quarterback spot remains up for grabs heading into Saturday's scrimmage. Trey Anderson, a freshman walk-on, is running with the second team, but Mark Myers is coming off a pair of solid practices.
"I think Mark is doing a lot of good things, too. The reason we are talking so much about Trey is because he's new. He's been a pleasant surprise for being an 18-year-old walk-on freshman. He is no doubt competing to be the No. 2 quarterback. … Mark has come on. He had his best day yesterday. I think that has a lot to do with it. He sees there's competition there."


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My 7 year old (!!, damn, I remember buying that in the middle of the night with Zagrophyte…) mini maglite hacked to use an LED bulb just died due to explosive Duracell failure, or as I like to say, Durafail. Turns out the LEDs were so efficient that, yes, I was still on the same set of batteries after four years of at the very least weekly use…to the point that they were providing enough power to keep working as they outgassed.
So it needs a replacement. The obvious choice would be a new LED minimag, but I've also thought of a few Innovas and such. I'm moderately familiar with flashlights but I know there are people on Ars that know a lot more than me, so I thought I'd go ahead and ask.
I need something that fits the following specs, all fulfilled by ye olde minimag.
1) Must use AA batteries. Yes, I know 123As aren't that expensive when ordered online, but they're still more than AAs and really more than necessary for this application. Ideally I'd like to use my Eneloops in this, but sometimes they don't play nice with LEDs.
2) Must have a slim profile. I have a squat fat guy with a battery carrier and I don't like it nearly as much.
3) Must use an LED bulb.
4) Must be bright, but not to the point where it gets shitty battery life. This is my primary around-the-house flashlight, not one I use as a primary when out and about hiking or anything. I have larger flashlights for that.
Fenix L2D-CE
It's a bit expensive - but it's totally sweet. Mag-lites don't hold a candle.
I also own the P1D - awesome pocket flashlight, I use it many times daily. But it fails your AA requirement.
Mmmmm fenix... nice value for a nice light. There's better, but I like the features and price point.
Fenix L2T if you need less control than the L2D-CE provides.
Looks awesome, but more than I can just impulse spend on a flashlight. I was hoping to keep it around $20. I'll definitely keep it in mind.
this one
There's a few other similar ones at either Walmart or Target.
Review shamelessly lifted from another site.
Gerber Tempo - $10 at REI.
Just got one of these, and it's very small and pretty bright.
EDIT: Ack, sorry, mis-read AA battery as AAA battery.
or if you have a standard maglite that nearly fits the bill, i've seen a company that offers LED replacement head/bulbs for them:
They also have this awesome piece of technology, the S-shaped carabiner clip:
AAA is fine, I just specifically don't want another massive one (C or D) or a 123a cell flashlight. They did just open an REI in town a few months back...it could replace the shitty Solitaire on my keychain.
Got there, see what you can find. You didn't specify a price range earlier, sorry about that.
I have a problem with the candlepowerforums (and flashlightreviews.com when it was up)...they make me want to spend a whole bunch of money for no good reason
Streamlight Stylus Pro
Reasonably small (It's an overgrown penlight), takes normal AAA batteries instead of 123's or the retarded AAAA's that the original SL Stylus uses. More than bright enough for everyday uses. It's a great light. $20-25.
Oh my! I've been extremely happy with my limited edition LT2 (v2 Rebel Edition - RB80), and have been wondering what would be a good upgrade. The LD20 looks like what I've been waiting for, thanks Flameboy!
I'm trying to convince myself to get the Fenix lights. How do they deal with NiMHs? I'm assuming they're regulated so that the slightly lower voltage isn't a problem?
Edit: I'm leaning toward the L2T, if I go that route.
Are there any actual problems with the LED maglites if I wanted a more direct replacement?
Correct, they work fine.
L1D-CE and L2D-CE
If anyone wants to buy a slightly used P3D or L2D-CE (both with the Cree P4), let me know, I could always use an excuse to upgrade. I WANT an excuse to upgrade. Although I really shouldn't upgrade... *sigh*
Have you looked at anything from Inova? The one I have takes the lithium batteries, but they have models that take AA and AAA batteries as well.
I for one prefer the lithium battery. Sure it's more expensive, but it lasts forever. I've had my Inova since mudboy got it for me in Ars SS in 2005 and I've replaced the battery ONCE. It doesn't get everyday use, so that's probably freakishly long. But when I do use it (camping, etc.) it tends to be on for very extended periods of time.
I have a 3AAA battery Leatherman. It is compact and very bright. LED bulb.
The only thing I've ever played with is the X5, which for some reason I just didn't like much.
How much? PM me. I'm quite obviously looking
do you have this light? i am strangley intrigued by it.
Nope, but I'm considering picking one up based on the review I posted. I've only got one Surefire G2 atm and my carbine is screaming for a light.
i have an e2d and love it! but...
it plays hell on everything it rubs up against with the crenelations.
the cost of 123's for an everyday flash.
if i loose it i will cry.
115 lumens for 30 bucks!
so that coleman just may well be a good everyday kind of flash
CR123s aren't bad online, as mentioned in the OP - try here - $1 a piece:
true, they are not to bad online. but i can walk over to the -four right now and pick up aa's and slurpee and be ready to go...
Just to be a pain-in-the ass
Lithium CR123As have fantastic shelf life (5 years I believe) - so you can buy a few, and afford to have them on hand without worrying about them losing life while not in use, and order more when you get down to one or two . . .
Obviously there are benefits to both - which is why the one I keep around for weekend stuff uses AAs and the one I carry every day uses CR123s. That way if the one I don't use as often runs out of juice, I can easily find replacement AAs out and about, and the one I use every day has a few replacement CR123s on hand at home all the time and I'm always on top of my stock and whether I need replacements.
Though I've had this P0D on my keychain for nearly a year and haven't replaced the CR123 yet - fantastic battery life with this thing.
also true....wait a second, are you trying to talk me out of buying a flashlight? what are you my gf or mom all of a sudden? are you saying i shouldn't or can't have both? i hate you now!
I have an Inova that uses 123 cells and it has the brightest and most tightly focused beam I have ever owned. (X3? Don't remember. And the cells seem to last forever.) But you want AA cells and for that I don't think there is a better choice than the Maglite.
Have you tried calling Duracell and asking them to send you a check? Surely if their batteries killed your light they might do something for you.
I might try that. Maglite also has their lifetime warranty, but I believe I voided that when I did the LED upgrade.
I went ahead and bought a flashlight off continuum anyway
You mentioned this in the last flashlight thread a few weeks ago. What are you planning to upgrade to? I've been REALLY interested in these threads, because I'm always looking for a bit more power in a great package.
I don't know about continuum, but I'm lusting after the Fenix P1D-CE Q5 - tiny, but pumps out 180 lumens.
The P3D Cree Q5 is pretty amazing, too - 215 lumens:
Loving their bike mount, too:
I have a Fenix L1D and it is fantastic. I use Sanyo Eneloop NiMH batteries, and it gets nice battery life and with the low self-discharge I can leave it sitting around and it'll still work when I need it. It was more money than I wanted to spend on a flashlight, but as long as I don't lose it, I don't expect to be buying another one anytime soon.
Fenix LD20 that flameboy first posted about.
The 2xCR123A Fenix PD30 or the 18650-powered Jetbeam Jet III Pro IBS is tasty, too.
However part of the reason I haven't upgraded yet (well, not til now, since Crossed Reality just bought my L2D-CE ) is that while the newer Luxeon K2 and Cree XR-E Q5 LEDs are brighter than my now-18-month-old Cree XR-E P4 LED lights, they're not a gigantic difference...
It looks like the Fenix L1D, L2D, P2D, P3D are all being replaced with the LD10, LD20, PD20, PD30.
The main difference seems to be the driver circuit. The lowest setting in now 9 lumens, and apparently the brightness is more consistent as the batterys run down. It's a good time to pick up an old model, most resellers have good discounts on them
Er, brightness on low on the original L2D-CE is also 9 lumens. The L2D-CE Q5's low is 12 lumens.
Are there stronger lights that take 3 or 4 AA batteries? I really want to stick with AA, as I use some pretty sweet rechargables for my camera flash gear. Wouldn't bother me a bit to get a little larger flashlight, but they really seem to be focused on sizing for 1 or 2 batteries.
There are, but they can get pricey fast.
Also most then use far more than 3xAA or 4xAA, because then you have to go to multiple LEDs in the head if you get much brighter than that, and hence your power requirements start to shoot up-- waaay up. You'll also probably want to switch over from AA's or CR123A's to 18650 Li-Ion batteries because only Li-Ions can handle that much high-current-draw for any appreciable time.
Stroll over to Candlepowerforums for some examples.
So, short answer is no, there aren't any brighter lights that take 3xAA or 4xAA due to the current delivery limitations of AA batteries-- it becomes much more efficient packaging-wise to switch over to 18650's...
I'd go with fire. You can light cigarettes, chase monsters with it, and it will also keep you warm
Was not expecting this!
How is this relevant to flashlights?
Sorry. That's the refund from Procter & Gamble for their battery ruining the original flashlight in the OP


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A Lesson in History: Legal Services May Not Always Provide Best Advice
In light of the MF Global hearings, investors should always remember that companies are not always forthright about their activities. Sometimes, in the case with Jon Corzine's firm, companies may lie about their risk exposure. Other times, companies may refer to their business practices in an ambiguous way in order to confuse investors - a strategy used by Enron.
While many companies do not do this with malicious intentions, little white lies may not be beneficial to many investors. As many know, history typically repeats itself in strange ways. Today, we look at a publicly traded legal service company, called Pre-Paid Legal Services. While its business model was fairly straightforward, the way it booked revenues and reported them to shareholders was less than immaculate.
Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. was one of the first companies to "design, underwrite and market legal expense plans." As a key industry leader, the company greatly benefits from the huge growth in the legal service plan industry. As the market continues to evolve and more individuals are covered, PPD will capitalize on these gains. A key element in their business strategy is selling plans to large groups of individuals like labor unions, American Association of Retired Persons, the National Education Association, military services, government officials, etc. These groups can provide long-term stable profits for the company.
The primary problem that shareholders had regarded the company's revenue recognition methods.
The major problem that was revealed by the 1997's third quarter earnings announcement was that the three-years of advanced commission paid to the Associates from the Memberships they brought into the firm seemed very questionable and possibly did not conform to the GAAP principles. This causes cash flow issues to the company because of the money upfront the company must pay. If we look at the "cash and equivalents" account, it has decreased from $27.722 million in 1997 to $8.604 million in 1998. If this continues, how long will the company be able to continue dishing out such large amounts of commissions to their employees? It seems that they will run out of cash by the end of 1999.
Additionally, because 25% of Members do not renew their membership, this adversely affects PPD because of the advancement they had made. The company clearly states that they only attempt to "recapture 50% of any unearned advance" and even then they have historically had trouble immediately recovering the "majority of such charge-backs."
In addition, because of how PPD is now set up, the company's "financial conditions and results of operations may be materially adversely affected" if the new memberships fall below their historic levels compared to the ratio of prior members. The market may fluctuate and if PPD goes through a downturn, it would be very detrimental to see the company have troubles because of how their commission system is set-up.
The revised earnings better represent the company's earnings because of the income tax breaks that the company has experienced. By implementing allowance accounts, the balance sheet has a more realistic view of the actual commissions paid, including the discontinuation of services by customers.
This is a significant risk, as the company has consistently experienced about 26% drop out rate each year. By accounting for this risk, the income tax paid by the company is altered, and is reflected appropriately in both the balance sheet and income state. Both the allowance account and income tax revision more accurately reflect the company's health, liquidity, and performance.
In response to investors' reaction to the third quarter earnings announcement, PPD's management should revert back to their old accounting methods. These methods include not reporting membership commission advances for three years. In doing so, their prepaid asset account would drastically diminish, but their cash account would replenish and remain consistent.
Furthermore, these methods provide a better indication of the true condition of the business and better the company in the long-run. Under the current methods, PPD suffers from membership lapses and poor persistency. Therefore, the current and long-term commission advances do not properly reflect future revenues that will be recognized by the Company since the clients may not even remain for the full three years.
The investor's have caught wind of this fact and look to the cash flows as a better measure of the business. Since this account is depleting because of the advanced commissions, their unrealizable revenues are overstated.
Pre-Paid Legal Services is a classic case of mismanaged accounting standards. Some could argue that the company did so intentionally, but many could contend that it was a simple accident. Regardless, many investors got hurt because of it. To protect yourself from problems like this, you should learn how to scrutinize companies.
As Warren Buffett once said, he only invests in companies that make sense. This means that if you do not know everything about company, do not invest in it. Make sure you also understand the company's future direction as well. It always pays off to wait a few extra days before making an investment to learn as much as you can.
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Word on the streets is that the brand new PHOTON 4G just announced by Motorola today (June 8th, 2011,) will have more than just your standard ATRIXish capabilities of desktop and multimedia mode, it'll have a brand new manufacturer-created car dock. The PHOTON 4G is the newest NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core phone on the market, perfect for playing games and outputting video via HDMI – is promoting the in-car capabilities with an official dock a step too far into our all-the-time connectedness lives?
This phone is one that's trying its darndest to stay in front of your face at any point in the day, no matter what you're doing. It's got a kickstand built in to it so it can stand at your desk when your preparing a salad. It's got the ability to output media to your giant television via HDMI, it's got more than one docking mode for media playing and data organization – and productivity, don't forget productivity. HDMI works through the phone's HDMI port by itself, or through the Multimedia dock – but what about this car dock?
While this isn't the first time a car dock for a device such as this has been offered, it's certainly the first time a manufacturer has been so forthcoming with the phone's ability to work as a partner to you in the car. While your humble narrator has used smartphones to direct via spoken aloud GPS directions in the past, I've got to say that it's never really seemed safe enough to have one's name attached it it. Is the activity of using one's smartphone in one's car something Motorola should be pushing as a great idea? Time will tell!
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Korg's Kaossilator 2S synthesizer can be used by simply manipulating the touchpad weather you are beating it or stroking it for a truly versatile input interface. Its design is perfect for users who are not traditional keyboard players, allowing them to perform easily with horizontal motions controlling pitch while vertical motions control variations in tone. A whopping 150 built-in sounds cover a wide-range of electronic dance music, and can also provide a handy addition for the DJ booth for effects and additional audio such as its quality drum presets.
The Korg Kaossilator 2S makes for an ideal tool for the non-musically trained, with a scale and key function that lets the user effortlessly keep in the chosen scale with no chance of hitting a wrong note! Simply select the musical key or "root", and you will be offered a wide range of scales from the simple chromatic to much more unusual and exotic variants. The Kaossilator 2S also boasts a gate arpeggiator to further enhance your performance, along with a loop recorder with overdub capability, letting you build performances on the fly.
Finally, there is a new workflow added to the Korg Kaossilator 2S which allows stored loop data to be directly imported into Ableton Live software. This makes the Kaossilator the perfect tool to capture ideas and inspiration whilst out of the studio as well as being an incredibly creative tool within a fixed set-up.
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In March 2014, France's La Tribune reported that Egypt was about to become DCNS' 2nd customer for their new Gowind Combat Corvette, with plans to order 4 ships in a EUR 1 billion (about $1.38 billion) deal. What's interesting is that despite the country's current economic woes, naval modernization at all levels remains an important commitment. By June 2014, Egypt had signed a deal.


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Advice for new year: Live each day to fullest
Most residents of The Commons couldn't tear themselves away New Year's Eve from the crooning of the Frank Sinatra impersonator, Randy Fosburgh, as they sang along and tapped their feet.
"I want you to know I've danced for miles to his music," Marge King said, professing her love for "Ol' Blue Eyes."
Every year, Hilltop's The Commons and The Fountains put on the New Year's Eve special dinner, drinks, entertainment and fireworks to the delight of residents and their families.
Even staff managers who aren't working come out for the event, said Libby Kennard, clinical director for senior services.
"Residents think it's special that we come out and mingle with them," Kennard said. "That's our tradition."
Resident Norma O'Sullivan, 84, recalled past New Years of partying until 3 or 4 in the morning.
However, having the festivities at The Commons come to an end by 7 p.m. was OK with her.
She said she wasn't about to make any resolutions for the new year, adding, "Then you don't feel as guilty."
But O'Sullivan did have some advice for others: Live each day to the fullest.
"You should take advantage of every opportunity to go places and see things," she said, adding she's happy about how much she traveled. "You can put things off, but you get old before you realize it."


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Quote:Im such a freak, sometimes I use my ipad as well. So I have 3 screens going on a lot of the time. Im out of control and need to be stopped. This is why the machines are going to rise up against us.
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EL PASO, Texas - After nine seasons and a career record of 177-182, 48-60 while at UTEP, football head coach Mike Price announced his retirement Monday afternoon during his weekly press conference.
"I am retiring from the game that I have loved for all of my life," Price said. "I wish I could coach here for forever but that just doesn't happen. That's the reality of life."
Price was hired as UTEP's football coach in Dec. 2003, just seven months after Price's contract with Alabama was terminated because of off-field misconduct.
During his tenure, Price brought excitement to the program early on earning 8-4 records in back to back seasons and took the Miners to bowls (Houston in 2004, GMAC in 2005). Unfortunately he was unable to continue the momentum he build in his first two years falling short of bowl eligibility in six of the last seven years. UTEP was eligible again in 2010 when UTEP accepted a bid to the New Mexico bowl. Unfortunately for the Miners, Price lost each bowl game he coached.
Rumors had surfaced over the last couple of weeks about his retirement, but he remained mum on the situation.
"We had been talking about it for a couple of weeks. I wanted to wait till the end of the year," Price said. "We have a responsible team. They're going to be motivated and our coaches aren't going to quit on anybody. They're going to work hard to make this a great week."
"It was obvious to me when I was looking at the stadium [in Hattiesburg] and what they're writing about the poor coach there. It's BS. You don't get that here. I've been to a lot places and I have thick skin, but they treat people with dignity and respect here and I appreciate that," Price continued.
Athletic director Bob Stull and a former head football coach at UTEP said the hiring process will be underway immediately and has a list of candidates.
"The goal is to have someone hired by Christmas," Stull said. "I have a short list of people we are interested in, including (current defensive coordinator) Andre (Patterson)."
Questions have risen about the amount of money UTEP would be willing to pay for a head coach and Stull address those issues.
"We are not going to break the bank to hire a coach," Stull said. "I know there are a lot of people who want to be a head coach here. I think we have assembled an excellent coaching staff and everyone of them would be good to keep. If we hire someone from the outside, we will sit and talk about continuity."
Price is just one of two head coaches to lead UTEP to three bowl games, Mike Brumbelow being the other. As head coach, UTEP fell short of winning a conference title and came as close as finishing second in the West division of the Mountain West Conference.
Much of the 2012 season was considered to be his last as Price was in the final year of his contract and there was much speculation as to whether or not he would get a contract extension. The Miners had possibly one of their most difficult non-conference schedules in program history facing off with Oklahoma, Ole Miss and Wisconsin.
After dropping all three contests, Price and the Miners never fully recovered from travel and injuries dropping several Conference USA games to East Carolina, SMU, Tulsa, Houston and UCF. UTEP's three wins this season came against New Mexico State, Tulane and Southern Miss this past weekend.
UTEP finishes their season Saturday against Rice in the Sun Bowl.
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Friday, July 17, 2009
Dell Sells Tennessee Operations
Round Rock-based Dell reported Thursday afternoon that the firm has sold its North American remanufacturing operations, which is based in Lebanon, Tenn., to third party logistics provider GENCO Supply Chain Solutions. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dell said the sale includes its 298,000 square-foot facility in the city, plus employees, who the firm said will continue employment at the facility. Dell said the sale would simplify its global operations, efficiency, and costs. The computer manufacturer said it will continue to use the operations for the next three years for remanufacturing of its returned desktop and notebook computers, servers, and storage systems.


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Whilst I had no problems installing the subsites module on my localhost with wamp, I cannot get it to install at all - not even rebuild the databank when I upload the same subsite directory to my server hosted by domainfactory. Any ideas what could be the problem?
Do you get an error? If you enable display_errors in your php.ini and turn on dev mode on your live site (just for now) you should get a more helpful error message.
Thanks Willr.
I cannot get it to display any errors even with everything switched on. I just get the Silverstripe Web error banner come up. The browser error console does not show any errors either.
Solved the problem
Added: Director::set_environment_type("dev"); to mysite/config file
(I did this in an attempt to see the messages)
Then it surprisingly worked!
Afterwards I could comment that out and it still works.
If logged in as administrator, you can also add the URL-param ?isDev=1
this also enables development-mode for you.
This might also be handy...
Thanks Marc for the useful tip. It's just been beginner's luck to date.
I have tried installing subsites with the genericdataadmin module. when I try to access the site or run /db/build or /dev/build I get database errors regarding missing table for the sub-site.
Running the DEV mode, I see the error...
[User Error] Couldn't run query: SELECT `Subsite`.*, `Subsite`.ID, if(`Subsite`.ClassName,`Subsite`.ClassName,'Subsite') AS RecordClassName FROM `Subsite` WHERE (`Subdomain` = 'kidsmusiccompany' AND `IsPublic` = 1) ORDER BY "Title" LIMIT 1 Table 'kidsmc_ss233.Subsite' doesn't exist
Line 401 in /home/kidsmc/domains/kidsmusiccompany.com/public_html/sapphire/core/model/MySQLDatabase.php
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When the gunman, kitted in full military fatigues, stepped onto the grounds of University College Falmouth, the campus security didn't blink. Simon David, a photography student there, had called ahead and forewarned security of his unorthodox visitor.
What appeared to be an AK-47 rifle over the visitor's shoulder was in fact a very realistic Airsoft replica that shoots only plastic pellets. For that day, it was only a prop and would not be fired. David was developing a photo series called Plastic Soldiers about the Airsoft military simulation (MilSim) community in the UK.
The portraits and landscapes in Plastic Soldiers, which were eventually presented as the thesis project of his photography degree, are David's look at the culture of aggression, the specter of war and the communities of military cosplay — joining many other photographers such as Christopher Sims, An-My Lê and Karl Burke.
David was keen to explore the visuals of conflict and to reflect on a decade of constant war – but do so at home within UK borders.
"I wanted to make photography that was a bit more visual and to document something that is an indirect reference to war," say David.
As well as being used in training for police and military personnel, Airsoft is a game played by the public in purposely-designed, privately-owned outdoor grounds. The Airsoft community is small; David estimates it is only a couple of thousand regulars. What they lack in numbers they make up for in commitment. The tactical clothes, guns and the drills they maintain look and sound real says David.
"They dress the part and take it seriously. They have expensive gear, guns worth hundreds of pounds," says David "It's obsession for many of them."
David began thinking about the effects of war on individual personalities when working with Marines just one month prior to their deployment to Afghanistan. He realized many of them would return with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). He wondered why people might simulate aggression when it and the result of its use can contribute to stress. Confoundingly for him, many Airsoft players use the structure and the scenarios of the games to cope with existing stress. Some of the players are former UK Navy or Army soldiers while others are blue-collar mechanics or corporate consultants. In each case, David discovered they were battling some demons.
"They were people who had suffered from traumas – childhood traumas, car accidents. It's a way to manage their stress and to live a different reality for a couple of hours a week," says David. "They might have mundane jobs or they are dealing with emotions but they cannot wait to go shoot each other up. They'll dream up the scenarios during the week and play it out at the weekend."
Airsoft takes its participants up and down the country. Teams from different counties will play one another. It's like computer gaming but with more commitment to the cause. You've got to get off your couch and get you boots dirty.
"There are kids that play Call Of Duty on computers. The Airsoft players are serious. They have rules — they wear eye protection. They're physically exert themselves. It's better than sitting in front of a screen," says David.
All of the players were keen to share their passion too, jumping at the chance to visit David's studio.
"They loved it. I did not ask them to pose in the studio. They came up with the poses on their own," says David who was worried at how graphic they might appear to new audiences. "Some of the photographs can be quite shocking, especially the execution one. More so if one thinks about the fact that some of the subjects are ex-soldiers."
So cautious was David that, last year, when Plastic Soldiers was slated to show in London at Foto8 Gallery, he asked his subjects once-more if they were comfortable with their portraits in exhibition. They didn't hesitate.
The overall reception has been positive. David's photographs take a bit of deciphering and it is perhaps a relief for viewers that it's all a game. War is violent and its use divides political debate. The visual ambiguity of Plastic Soldiers has the ability to trigger emotive reflexes. This is is the work's strength but also the definition of the fine line it treads. David hopes his audience can be open to the work.
"I don't want people to think I'm passing judgement," he says. "I wanted to give the people in the photos a platform to express themselves. I'm not out to paint them in a bad light."
Throughout the Plastic Soldiers project David was warmly welcomed by the Airsofters and it made his work a lot easier. They even invited him to get behind the barrel of a gun but it was an invitation he declined.
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Join the fun at outback bowl beach bash
You can join the two Outback Bowl teams, their marching bands and their cheerleaders as they perform and play on the beach today at the Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort. The day includes live music, skydivers, sand sculptures, a tug of war and a fan pie-eating contest. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the football teams usually arrive in the early afternoon. This year's bowl game in Tampa pits the Iowa Hawkeyes against Steve Spurrier's South Carolina Gamecocks.
Party will mark library's reopening
The Palm Harbor Library will reopen at 9 a.m. Monday in its newly renovated building at 2230 Nebraska Ave. Among the improvements to the 26,000-square-foot facility are a larger children's area, a redesigned reference area and desk, new carpeting and a new color scheme, improved lighting and a newly installed Friends of the Palm Harbor Library Bookstore. A grand reopening party is planned for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 10, during which a sculpture purchased by the Pinellas County Arts Council will be unveiled outside the library. For more information, call (727) 784-3332.
2 teens charged in school graffiti case
Two 15-year-old boys were arrested on charges of defacing school property Sunday night. Police said the teens spray-painted graffiti at Largo High School. Police were responding to an alarm when they found the boys hiding near racquetball courts at the school about 8 p.m., said Largo police Lt. Mike Loux. The teens, whose names were not released because of their age, admitted painting "gang signs and other graffiti" on the racquetball courts and some vacant houses on First Avenue NE, near the school, he said. But the markings did not appear to be affiliated with any known gangs, Loux said. Police also found an open window but determined that the teens had not entered the school, which is closed for the holidays. The boys were taken to the Pinellas Juvenile Assessment Center.
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I think you need that funky green tipped ammo to kill Superman and it seems hard to find. I like the long green rail because a few other new shooters are going to the range with me and it is much easier to see movement while they are shooting and point out bad habits. The magazine release and slide release on opposite sides make it obvious when they are not thinking about what they are doing.
I didn't expect much from the old ammo, particularly the Remington. If it works at all it should be good for training how to clear a bad round while firing. Dad lives in a pretty dry area but we'll have to see how well this older stuff performs. I'll lay my hands on some newer cci as soon as I see it. The current availability makes it hard to be choosy.
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Last summer, the hip way to handle cauliflower was to treat it like a steak.
It was a trick that started in restaurants and quickly trickled down to home cooks. Most recipes call for cutting a head of cauliflower into thick slabs that remain intact during cooking. The slabs are seasoned and often grilled, and the result is a delicious, impressive and substantial dinner.
But recently I read about a whole new approach to cooking cauliflower, with whole being the key. The food website kitchendaily.com posted a fascinating recipe for spicy whole-roasted cauliflower in which the entire head is coated with a spicy cumin-yogurt sauce, then slowly roasted. The result is a lightly crisped exterior and a tender interior, all of which is cut into slices like a pie.
I had to try it. But I also had to adapt it. After all, it's summer, and I firmly believe anything that can be done on the grill ought to be done on the grill. I also wanted an even crunchier exterior, something savory and a little salty, but that also would play up the textural contrast with the tender interior.
My solution was a well-seasoned blend of almond flour and egg. I simply overturned the head of cauliflower into a bowl of this coating, then set it on the grill right side up. Note that the trick to getting the insides tender without burning the outside is a gentle heat. Indirect grilling is the best bet for this recipe.
large head cauliflower
cup almond flour
tablespoon whole-
grain Dijon mustard
tablespoon water
tablespoon lemon juice
teaspoon smoked paprika
teaspoon kosher salt
teaspoon ground
black pepper
Splash hot sauce
Heat a grill to medium-high, then prepare it for indirect cooking. On a charcoal grill, bank the lit coals to one side. On a gas grill, turn off the burners on one half of the grill. Coat a large sheet of foil with cooking spray.
Use a paring knife to trim away any leaves and protruding stem from the bottom of the cauliflower. Be careful not to cut into the head; you want it to remain intact.
In a shallow bowl large enough to fit the overturned head of cauliflower, whisk together the almond flour, egg, mustard, water, lemon juice, smoked paprika, salt, pepper and hot sauce. Overturn the cauliflower into the bowl, turning and moving it to coat it as completely as possible with the mixture.
Set the head of cauliflower right side up on the prepared foil. Spoon any of the almond flour mixture remaining in the bowl over the cauliflower, making sure it is evenly coated. Set the cauliflower (on the foil) on the cooler side of the grill. Cover the grill and cook for 1 hour, or until lightly browned outside and tender inside (you can check by inserting a paring knife at the center).
Let the cauliflower cool for 5 minutes, then slice into wedges as you would a pie. Makes 4 servings.
PER SERVING: Calories 130 (54% from fat), Fat 7 g (1 g sat), Cholesterol 45 mg, Sodium 620 mg, Fiber 5 g, Carbohydrates 11 g, Protein 7 g