text: Not sure about the reason for "shrouding the tests in secrecy," but it is not very credible that this FCC, which prematurely pushed for this solution, to now be working against their wireless broadband dogma. Perhaps this is another twist of the Solyndra model? A government too anxious to push its campaign rhetoric? It doesn't take a whole lot of expertise to predict problems would occur. And if anything is non-credible, it would be the various news bulletins we saw after the first round of tests, that claimed that LightSquared had found "a solution." Bert ----------------------------------------- http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/lightsquared-says-gps-tests-'rigged/211388 Deborah D. McAdams 01.18.2012 12:00AM LightSquared Says GPS Tests 'Rigged' Company says test advisory board was compromised RESTON, VA.: LightSquared says government tests of its network were "rigged" by manufacturers of global positioning systems, and charged the test committee advisory board with conflict of interest. "We believe the testing is invalid," said LightSquared's executive vice president for regulatory affairs and public policy, Jeff Carlisle. LightSquared is circling the wagons after the co-chairman of the test committee said last week that no mitigation could prevent interference to GPS by LightSquared's proposed wireless broadband network. Carlisle said this most recent round of tests were "shrouded in secrecy," and that GPS manufacturers were allowed to "cherry-pick" devices that were, in some cases, obsolete. "There were nondisclosure agreements with government agencies, preventing input from LightSquared and others. There was no way to ensure basic controls were being implemented," he said. LightSquared said the test committee worked out an agreement with Trimble, a Sunnyvale, Calif., GPS manufacturer, to exclude LightSquared from the process. Trimble is also a founding member of the Coalition to Save Our GPS, a lobby formed to fight LightSquared. Dr. Brad Parkinson, a director for Trimble, is a member of the test committee advisory board. LightSquared last week filed a complaint with the NASA Investigator General's office charging conflict of interest. The LightSquared camp also said the test committee used an arbitrary interference metric of 1 dB, which constituted a very low threshold of failure only detectable in a lab; and that tests were conducted using 32 times the power level proposed by LightSquared. "The original test parameters were selected for failure," said Ed Thomas, a former chief engineer with the Federal Communications Commission who is now consulting for LightSquared. "It was the classic example of the college student in the laboratory drawing the curve before they did the test." LightSquared is calling for tests to be performed by an independent lab, with oversight by the FCC and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, which manages the spectrum. "There should be no secrecy in this process," said Geoff Stearn, vice president of spectrum development for LightSquared. LightSquared has around $3 billion on the line plus a network-sharing deal with Sprint, which is poised to pull out by the end of this month if the feds don't grant approval for the network. Carlisle said the company was in talks with Sprint, but that LightSquared was also prepared to build out its own terrestrial infrastructure. "We're advising Sprint," Carlisle said. "We were originally financed to build out on our own. If we have to go back to that, we can explore that. We hope to go forward with Sprint." The network would require around 40,000 terrestrial base stations transmitting next to spectrum occupied by GPS devices. LightSquared obtained a waiver for the base stations from the FCC about a year ago on the condition that it demonstrated noninterference with GPS devices. A battle has since ensued between LightSquared and the GPS community. LightSquared modified its original proposal after initial test showed interference. It said it would reduce power levels and launch on the half of its spectrum farthest from the band used by GPS. Subsequent tests managed by the National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Systems Engineering Forum--ExCom for short--determined that the modification didn't adequately prevent interference. "It is the unanimous conclusion of the test findings by the National Space-Based PNT ExCom Agencies that both LightSquared's original and modified plans for its proposed mobile network would cause harmful interference to many GPS receivers," ExCom co-chairs Ashton B. Carter, Deputy Secretary of Defense; and John D. Porcari, Deputy Secretary of Transportation, wrote in a Jan. 13 letter to NTIA Assistant Secretary Larry Strickling. They concluded that "no additional testing is warranted at this time." The NTIA has yet to make its recommendation to the FCC, which has the final say on whether LightSquared can launch its network. "The FCC could look at the test result, agree with LightSquared, and say this is a travesty," Thomas said. "At the end of the day, the FCC has the authority, and only the obligation of consultation. I believe the FCC will try to find other options to move forward here." LightSquared engaged Alcatel Lucent to test precision GPS devices and released preliminary results last month concluding that "LightSquared's planned terrestrial deployment is fully compatible with GPS operations, even for the highest precision equipment available on the commercial market." The U.S. GPS Industry Council shot back that prototypes were used in the Alcatel Lucent tests and that results were not conclusive. Carlisle said the full results of those tests would be released by the end of this month. LightSquared's launch has been delayed now for nearly a year over GPS interference issues. Dozens of wholesale customers have signed up, but the company is burning through capital waiting for regulatory approval, leading some to speculate about bankruptcy. Reuters reported Dec. 19 that LightSquared was running low on cash. It said the company's financial statement indicated it would need to raise "substantial capital beyond the beginning of the second quarter of 2012 in order to have sufficient liquidity." Geoff Stearn, vice president of spectrum development for LightSquared, said "We have enough money to last several quarters. We're not trying to raise money right now." ~Deborah D. McAdams ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.


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in order to win the machine, all you have to do is hack it. currently, it is running shimpinomori's website, which has a picture of a baby on it standing next to the ps3 box. if you can do a clean hack on the site to replace the picture, as well as leaving a text file in the root of the machine with your details, then he will ship the machine to you free of charge in january next year.
at the time of writing, the baby picture is still displayed on the site.
read more at fragland.net.
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|ssh open (11:40am est tue nov 28 2006)
i am able to putty into this machine (ssh, port 22), but i am not able to crack (guess) the root password. i tried the kid's name, the site name, and other obvious passwords such as "ps3", "ps3", "p53" and so on. no luck.
or, maybe the ssh server is on another machine entirely acting as a honeypot. who knows. – by archerb
|january? (12:09pm est tue nov 28 2006)
does it strike anyone else as fishy that he will ship it in january? maybe he is just waiting until he can get a replacement so he is never without a ps3 of his own. – by wjciv
|wjciv (12:14pm est tue nov 28 2006)
yep, just use ssh software, the username is shimpinomori. the password will probably be in french. good luck. – by wjciv
|re: wjciv (12:14pm est tue nov 28 2006)
does it really matter? the point is he is giving away a ps3 to whomever can hack the site. whether he will get another ps3 or not is irrelevant. – by tray56
|hack his hack (12:33pm est tue nov 28 2006)
it's obvious what he's up to. he's trying to sell google advertising by getting as many hits on his site as possible, and potentially making more money than his cost on the ps3.
if you wanted to hack his hack, don't go to his website and rack up his counter. but, i think it's a rather clever way to make money, so everyone should go look at it. – by jsap
|omg (2:23pm est tue nov 28 2006)
"does it strike anyone else as fishy that he will ship it in january? maybe he is just waiting until he can get a replacement so he is never without a ps3 of his own"
dude that's so fishy omg you just figured it out!!!! he's just waiting…so he can ship it…and still have a ps3…to himself. why didn't i think of that?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
call the men!!! sound the alarm!!! load the cannons!!! to the top of mount sinai!!!! – by lived_ip
|fishy stuff (6:32pm est tue nov 28 2006)
or, instead, he might give you something bogus but most likely not because there was this one guy who paid over 250 thousand dollars for these antique magazines and got nothing but paper in his mail. the police finally caught the offender though and i don't remember what happened next. – by trinity
|hmmm (6:49pm est tue nov 28 2006)
yikes, he already has a linux distro on it?? wonder how well it goes with cell?
– by headley

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Cowboys' Ryan focuses on job, not head coaching openings
Updated 10:41 pm, Friday, December 2, 2011
Even as speculation increases that he could be in line for a head coaching job after the season, Rob Ryan said Friday he remains focused solely on helping the Dallas Cowboys win a Super Bowl.
"That's the only thing we're here to do … try to win championships. That's what we're going to do," the defensive coordinator said. "About the speculation, I mean, shoot, I've speculated my whole life. It's no big deal.
"Those opportunities come when you work hard and take care of the job you have. That's what I am trying to do."
Several media outlets bandied Ryan's name about after Jacksonville fired Jack Del Rio this week. Other coaches on the hot seat as the regular season winds down include Philadelphia's Andy Reid and San Diego's Norv Turner.
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But in his weekly appearance with the media at Valley Ranch, Ryan insisted his attention hasn't been diverted from helping the NFC East-leading Cowboys (7-4) beat Arizona (4-7) on Sunday.
Ryan won two Super Bowl rings as New England's linebackers coach from 2000-2003.
"There are some great feelings in the world, some great experiences," Ryan said. "Having kids is a great experience. Marrying the right girl is a great experience. Winning a Super Bowl is something else.
It's hard to say what's better. … That's (winning a championship) what we want to do."
Ryan, though, admitted that his twin brother Rex's success with the New York Jets has increased his desire to become a head coach.
"Two (AFC) championship (games) in two years, that's exciting," he said. "Do I have the talent enough to do that job? Absolutely."
Jones OK with role
Felix Jones' limited role in the Cowboys' 20-19 win over Miami last week included zero carries, but the veteran said he has no complaints.
"What's the point of tripping or anything like that?" he told reporters in Irving. "We won; that's all that matters."
Jones said he's happy for rookie DeMarco Murray, who became Dallas' No. 1 back while Jones missed four games with an ankle injury.
In the last six games, Murray rushed for 761 yards, eclipsing Emmitt Smith's franchise record for that span by 17 yards.
"It's all about friendly competition between us," Jones said.
Injury report
Miles Austin has been ruled out for a fourth straight game, but the Pro Bowl receiver is confident he will be ready to participate in the Dec. 11 showdown with the New York Giants.
Nose tackle Josh Brent (knee), fullback Tony Fiammetta (illness), quarterback Jon Kitna (back) and running back Phillip Tanner (hamstring) also are out.
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Londonderry-based Nutfield Publishing, which owns the Londonderry Times, and the Greater Derry Londonderry Chamber of Commerce present a community-wide Harvest Fest on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Historical Society's Morrison House on Pillsbury Road.
On that same day, RE/MAX 1st Choice Realty offers its annual Trick-or-Treat on Main Street from noon until 2 p.m., ending with the community festival at the Morrison House from 1 to 4 p.m. and sponsored by the Londonderry Business Consortium.
According to Chamber Executive Director Stacey Bruzzese, the Main Street Trick-or-Treat centers on the businesses at the Nashua Road (Route 102) malls.
"The children are given a map and the parents drive them from mall to mall along Route 102 so the children don't have to cross the road," she said. "They can trick or treat at the businesses, and then we have them meet at the Morrison House, and the child with the most businesses stamped on their map will receive a prize. We really are trying to make it a town-wide event."
Lisa Fitzgerald, branch director of the YMCA in Londonderry, said the Y will sponsor a pumpkin-carving contest.
"The children will carve their pumpkins at home and bring the carved pumpkins to the Morrison House between 1 and 2:30 p.m. for judging at 3 p.m.," she said. "There will be first-, second-, and third-place prizes. We have three judges lined up – Town Manager Kevin Smith, WMUR meteorologist Josh Judge, and Elder Affairs Commissioner Susan Haussler."
Kathy Skinner of RE/MAX 1st Choice said the realty company has sponsored Trick-or-Treat on Main Street since 2001. "The businesses pay a registration fee and all the money goes into the children's prizes and having the maps printed," she said. "The big change this year is that in past years we've ended up at Matthew Thornton (School), but this year they aren't participating, so we'll end up at Harvest Fest at the Morrison House. The kids will still wear costumes but the costume parade of past years won't be taking place this year."
In addition, a jazz band from Orchard Christian Fellowship will perform, and the Londonderry Women's Club will have candied apples. LYSA – the Londonderry Youth Soccer Association – will host a 5K road race, the Londonderry Lions will be serving chili, and the Londonderry Explorers will offer safety tips. Mr. Steer donated hotdogs for the event.
Deb Paul, owner of Nutfield Publishing and vice president of the Londonderry Historical Society, was instrumental in putting together this event, which is planned to be an annual activity. She said the Historical Society would be home to tours, games, popcorn, and crafters' booths.
"There will be doughnuts on a string, a pie eating contest sponsored by the Londonderry Business Consortium, and other great activities going on," Paul said. "We hope to add to this event every year with more civic group involvement. It will be true community fun."
In the event of rain, the Orchard Christian Fellowship has donated the use of its building, which is next door to the Historical Society.
All events are free, but some crafters will have items for sale.
Harvest Fest Set For Oct. 19 at Historical Society
Londonderry-based Nutfield Publishing, which owns the Londonderry Times, and the Greater Derry Londonderry Chamber of Commerce present a community-wide Harvest Fest on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Historical Society's Morrison House on Pillsbury Road.


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text: All adult club meeting reports appear on Living pages. Due to the increased volume, they will be limited to pertinent business items and a short (two- to three-paragraph) summary of the program.Reports should be in writing and reach The Daily Record within three days of the meeting.Lamplighter's AuxiliaryTwo scholarships were awarded at the recent Lamplighter's Auxiliary meeting. Recipients are Daniel Edington and Caleb Middleton.Edington is a 2004 graduate of Triway High School and will be attending Stark State College. He is the son of Richard and Cynthia Edington of Wooster. Middleton, a 2004 graduate of Smithville High School, will be attending The Ohio State University. He is the son of Randy and Jackie Middleton of Smithville.August birthdays were recognized. Mary Gasbarre will assume the office of secretary/treasurer and Kathy Hadley will assume the vice presidency.Phyllis Porter thanked all who helped make the pizzelle to be sold at Festa Italiana. The door prize was won by Bernie Barker.The refreshment committee for the Sept. 7 is Helen Miller, Nancy Paull and Phyllis Porter. The meeting date has been changed from Monday to Tuesday because of Labor Day.Smithville Historical SocietySmithville Community Historical Society met Aug. 2 in the Reception Center. Conducting business was president Joe Irvin. Pat Chambers led the opening prayer.David Darst presented a program on "18th Century Ohio Native Americans." He showed a number of artifacts, the first of which came from his grandfather at the age of 12. He showed large pieces of flint, various stone tools, metal tools, and pipes and told the story of James Smith who was captured by the Indians and spent five years as an Indian.Osie Feusier and Hope Sorsby served refreshments as an early celebration of Feusier's 100th birthday on Sept. 8. There will be no meeting in September. The next meeting is Oct. 4 with a program on buttons. Curt Diebel is in charge of refreshments.All buildings will be open on the following Sunday afternoons from 1-4 p.m.: Aug. 8, Aug. 22, Sept. 12 and Sept. 26. The Mishler Weaving Mill is open every Wednesday afternoon from 1:30-4 p.m.Wooster Exchange ClubOn July 6, the Youth of the Month from Boys' Village was presented a plaque, T-shirt and gift certificate.An evening meeting was held July 20 at the Pines to introduce Brian Reed as the new president for the coming year. There was a buffet dinner with entertainment.On July 27 the speaker was Pat Potter from Goodwill. She stressed that the Goodwill throughout Ohio serves people with barriers to employment. Donations are tax deductible.TOPS 1249TOPS Chapter OH, 1249 Wooster met Aug. 3 with 29 with a total net loss of 8 1/4 pounds. Loser of the week was Betsy Bower losing 2 pounds. Rededicated loser of the week was a tie between Lorena McCune and Sandi Merekle, each losing 2 pounds. KOPS of the week was another tie with Sue Ogden and Alida Carter both weighing in at goal. KOPS weighing in below goal were Wanda Acord and Judy Hershberger. Diet buddy winners were Wilma Gunnels and Betsy Bower losing a total of 2 3/4 pounds. Other winners for the evening were Lorena McCune for fishbowl and forbidden food, Wanda Acord for KOPS can and Linda Greegor for the hot seat. Forbidden foods for next week are cheese and macaroni and cheese.At the Christmas in July workshop in Berlin on July 27, Arlene Gerber was recognized for being the Best Chapter Monthly Loser losing 4 1/4 pounds. Next workshop will be held at the Memorial Park in Mount Hope and will be a picnic workshop on Aug. 17.The chapter's yearly picnic and weigh-in is Aug. 10 from 5-6 p.m.L.C. Boles Ladies Golf LeagueL.C. Boles Ladies Tuesday Evening Golf League played Aug. 3. Play of the Day was Most Putts. Winner was Jan Smith 22. Low Gross Scores were: Pam Manges, 44; Vicki Ritchie, 48; Mindy Laverty, 48; and Glo Cooley, 49.


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One of the results of being baptized in fire is holiness, a characteristic that was the primary focus of the Spirit in the late 1800s. It defined the Holiness movement and set the stage for the Pentecostal movement that followed at the turn of the century.
But gradually the emphasis in the Holiness movement changed from seeking to develop a pure heart to simply following a set of rules, and true holiness--taking on the nature of God--was lost. We settled for a doctrine of partial holiness: one that allowed a watered-down purity to coexist with carnal hearts full of compromise, competition and division.
I believe God is visiting us again on this issue. In 1 Pet. 1:16 we are commanded, "Be holy, because I am holy." God desires that we lay our lives on the altar so that He may consume them with His fire (see Heb. 12:28).
When we embrace the fire and allow it to work in us, the limitations of the past and the hindrances of our old nature are taken away. Everything the enemy planted in our lives is destroyed, and the image of God's Son begins to come forth.
The reward is that when the old things are burned out, a new passion for God is released. We desire to stay in close communion with Him because we realize that without continual grace, it is impossible to be holy.
Another benefit is that we receive power, as the disciples did on the day of Pentecost, to be witnesses in the earth. This power will become more crucial as the revival harvest increases and God calls us to do our parts.
During the week we spent in Argentina, Steve and I were impacted afresh with the fire of God. We received renewed passion to see the body of Christ purified and empowered for revival. And we were encouraged to hear that the leaders of the Argentine revival believe it is God's time for the United States to experience the fire of God.
Steve and I believe this, too. It was for this reason that we hosted the first Charisma International Conference in Orlando on Nov. 17-20, with two of the leading voices of the Argentine revival, Carlos Annacondia and Claudio Freidzon. We wanted to help usher the fire of God into this country.
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ISP NTL has received a barrage of calls from customers venting their frustration at its decision to limit broadband usage.
Users of its so-called 'unlimited, always-on' broadband service will now be restricted to downloading no more than 1GB of data per day, the company announced on Friday.
On its customer gripes website NTHellworld the company defines 1GB as roughly 100 large software programs, 200 music tracks, 650 short videos or 20,000 web pages.
The company insists only a few customers will be affected, but many people switched to broadband in the first place to make regular large music or video downloads faster and easier.
"If you occasionally exceed your data limit, this will not be a problem," states the company's MD, Azid Hussain on NTHellworld. "Our only objective is to limit very frequent or persistent heavy users that can impact other customers."
For the next 60 days NTL will monitor usage and alert those customers who exceed the limit. Only those that go over the limit three times within any consecutive 14-day period will be contacted, but the company says they will not be disconnected.
A poll on NTHellworld shows that 760 users will be switching to another service provider as a result of the caps and an anti-NTL website was set up on Friday encouraging users not to pay the hiked prices.
NTL says it no longer refers to its broadband services as 'unlimited', claiming it confuses customers. 'Unlimited' now means 'available at any time' rather than unrestricted usage. Sounds like a way of pushing users already paying high fees for the benefits of broadband toward even greater tariffs.
Many ISPs are making only small profits from broadband services and several leading ISPs in Europe have already offering 'tiered' systems, charging users for the amount of content that use, in order to make back some of the money invested in high-speed technologies.
BT Retail's 'no frills' broadband product, which provides basic internet connection without extras such as email services, also has a 1GB ceiling for downloads.


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Event: Bollywood's acclaimed filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, Shilpa Shukla, Shadab Kamal, director Ajay Bahl, Dibyendu Bhattacharya and others were snapped at the special screening of the film B.A. PASS
Guest List: Vishal Bhardwaj, Shilpa Shukla, Shadab Kamal, Ajay Bahl, Dibyendu Bhattacharya
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Bollywood actress Kajol along with sister Tanishaa Mukherjee and mother Tanuja were snapped at Durga Puja.
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With the behemoth China Mobile (NYSE:CHL) increasing its focus on 3G, second-placed China Unicom (NYSE:CHU) is facing heightened competition for the more valuable 3G subscribers. The smaller carrier added less than 4 million 3G subscribers in August, about a third of what China Mobile did during the same month. This is in sharp contrast to last year when both the carriers were adding a similar number of 3G subscribers, and the smaller rival was able to compete on an equal footing with its much larger counterpart. China Mobile's under-performance in 3G was mostly due to a home-grown 3G standard called TD-SCDMA, which was not widely supported by handsets. However, new advancements in chipset technology have helped TD-SCDMA become more mainstream this year, allowing China Mobile to tap into its huge 750 million subscriber base and creating headwinds for Unicom's 3G ambitions.
As a result, China Unicom's 3G market share has started to decline. It is already down by about 3% since the start of the year, largely due to China Mobile's impressive ramp-up in 3G additions. However, China Unicom's 3G penetration is still below 40%, leaving a lot of room for growth in the coming years. With the carrier's 3G ARPU almost twice that of 2G, the transition to 3G has been good to Unicom's top line, which grew y-o-y by nearly 19% in the first half of 2013. At the same time, increasing focus on low-cost smartphones has helped China Unicom control its 3G subsidy costs which caused its first half net income to rise by more than 50% over the same period last year. With profits rising and the 3G transition gaining momentum, we maintain our $18 price estimate for China Unicom – about 15% ahead of the market price.
See our full analysis for China Telecom's stock here
- Chinese Wireless Carriers Had A Good August, Led By China Unicom
- China Unicom Posts Strong Profit Growth, Outlines Mixed-Ownership Reform Plans
- Why China Unicom's Stock Has Outperformed This Year
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The Importance Of China Unicom's 3G ARPUs
China Unicom has had a lot of success promoting its 3G network so far. Its overall market share has increased and ARPUs have improved due to subscribers transitioning from 2G to 3G. But China Mobile's 3G resurgence means that Unicom will find it increasingly tough to grow its monthly 3G net adds significantly from here on. While this doesn't mean that revenues will stagnate since increasing 3G mix will still drive ARPUs up, China Unicom's 3G growth will become increasingly reliant on ARPUs as time goes by.
The reason this is important is because low cost smartphones have become increasingly popular in the Chinese market, which has impacted China Unicom in two ways. While on one hand, it has helped China Unicom control subsidy costs and arrest the fall in its margins, on the other, it has attracted the less affluent 3G users and lowered 3G ARPU levels. The carrier has seen its 3G ARPU decline from RMB 91 in H1 2012 to less than RMB 78 in H1 2013. The fall did not impact China Unicom much when its 3G subscriber base was expanding rapidly, but any further decline could adversely impact 3G revenue growth. With 3G accounting for over half of Unicom's mobile revenues currently, the impact could be felt company-wide. It is therefore a good sign that Unicom's 3G ARPUs seem to be stabilizing at the 77-78 RMB levels as seen in the last two quarters.
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What could help China Unicom in increasing its ARPU levels further is the potential shift to 4G in the coming years. The Chinese government is expected to issue LTE licenses in the coming months. Since LTE is a much faster network than 3G, it will incentivise the use of more data-intensive applications and further drive demand for data. As a precursor to LTE, Unicom has been investing in a HSPA+ network which offers speeds faster than 3G. CapEx investments in LTE will, however, depress Unicom's cash flow generating ability, which recently returned to the black. The carrier has been conserving cash in preparation for the upcoming 4G LTE rollout.
While the 4G transition will help with the ARPU levels, it will be interesting to see how China Unicom adapts to the increasingly competitive mobile landscape. China Mobile has been the front-runner in 4G, with plans to build more than 200,000 4G base stations in 2013. It will use a TD-LTE technology for its 4G network that should not suffer from the same constraints as its 3G network did because it is more widely supported by carriers worldwide. It will look to use this new network as means to not only improve ARPU levels, but also drive subscriber growth. Given China Mobile's clout and dominance in the mobile sector, its return to strength remains the most potent threat to Unicom's 3G/4G growth in the coming years.
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January 1, 2012, 12:41 AM
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Sorry about the delay. Christmas has been busy as I have been working right through and training staff.
I will try and post some photos in a couple of days of the harmonica rifle and a pistol also made by Brian Redwood. I don't have access at work to load up photos.
Just briefly. I managed to see Brian just before he headed away for Christmas. He told me he made twenty rifles for the TV series Greenstone. Ten were functioning and ten were not. He said it would have been easy enough to make them all work.
My gun is one of the firing ones and features an anodised aluminium receiver and solid brass magazine. He has given me an extra magazine and a punch for punching out the large pistol primers used in the magazine. mine has a non functional peep sight. The lead actors gun had a functional peep sight.
The magazine chambers are in .44 calibre, but the barrel is .45 as it was made out of heavy walled 7/16 tube. Not a problem for a blank firing movie gun. A friend of mine has had the gun at a local Mountain Man black powder shoot this last week to demonstrate it. I did note at Brians factory that the trigger is very sensitive and a good tap on the stock will make the gun fire! I'll need to check the sear engagement.
I will post up a series of photos showing the action working and some close ups. As the trigger guard lever is cranked, the magazine is cammed in and the whole magazine feed mechanism rocks and moves forward to seal the magazine against the barrel, so it is interesting to play with.
I also photographed a prototype single shot pistol that Brian made as an initial concept for the film job. It uses a chamber that pops out to the side as the trigger guard is rotated and the chamber can be unscrewed to load and replace the cap. I recorded a video of Brian firing a blank in this in his factory.
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POWERGRID International Magazine Names Projects of the Year Award Winners at DistribuTECH 2011
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TULSA, Okla., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PennWell Corp. – The editors of POWERGRID International magazine (formerly Utility Automation & Engineering T&D magazine) and PennWell Corp. have announced four winners for the magazine's annual Projects of the Year Awards program.
The winners were selected for four specific categories: Best Energy Efficiency/Demand Response Project, Best Grid Integration of Renewables Project, Best Smart Grid Project and Best Smart Metering Project. This year, there was one major trend for winners: They put the customers first.
The awards were given out today during the keynote presentation at the DistribuTECH 2011 conference in San Diego, Calif.
For more details on these award winners, see the April issue of POWERGRID International magazine.
Best Energy Efficiency/Demand Response Project
The winner of the Energy Efficiency/Demand Response Project of the Year Award is National Grid for the utility's Comparative Home Energy Reporting Program.
National Grid is an international energy-delivery company that delivers electricity to approximately 3.3 million customers in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island and manages the electricity network on Long Island under an agreement with the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA).
In October 2009, National Grid became the first East Coast utility to launch one of the most innovative energy efficiency programs in the U.S., based on the comparative home energy reports program of OPOWER Through this program, National Grid expects individual electric customer savings to average as much as 260 kilowatt-hours annually—more than 32,500 megawatt-hours of saved electricity annually—through behavioral changes and by employing the energy-efficiency tips offered in the reports.
Finalists in the 2011 Energy Efficiency/Demand Response Project of the Year category include Glendale Water & Power's Energy Storage & HVAC Replacement Program and the California ISO's Demand Response System for Managing California Proxy Demand Resources.
Best Grid Integration of Renewables Project
The winner of the Grid Integration of Renewables Project of the Year Award is ESB Network for their EPRI-assisted Smart Grid Demonstration Project.
Ireland's 200,000 km of electricity transmission and distribution networks serving its population are owned by ESB Networks (ESBN), which also operates the distribution system. As part of the country's commitment to climate change, the government has targeted 40 percent of electricity to come from renewable sources by 2020.
ESBN's smart grid project began in 2009 and will continue until 2012 before it completes all aspects of the initiative (with 2010 being a productive year for renewable integration in the project). The wind integration portion of ESBN's effort comprises three projects which investigate novel wind farm control strategies: control of reactive power, control of wind farm voltage rise using voltage regulation close to demand and design of a low cost substation interface between larges amounts of medium voltage connected wind.
Finalists in the 2011 Grid Integration of Renewables category include PSE&G's Solar 4 All Program and the Midwest ISO's Real-time Integration of Wind Energy Initiative.
Best Smart Grid Project
The winner of the Smart Grid Project of the Year Award is Salt River Project for the utility's Smart Grid Consumer Initiatives.
Salt River Project (SRP), the third-largest public power utility in the United States and the largest provider of electricity to the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, wanted to implement a smart grid solution that would increase customer satisfaction, improve services and lessen energy consumption during peak hours.
As an early adopter of AMI technology, SRP has deployed approximately 580,000 Elster REX residential and ALPHA commercial and industrial smart meters and is utilizing the data collected to support customer service as well as significant cost and environmental savings. SRP customers are now able to monitor and manage their energy use. SRP estimates that their smart grid solution has saved more than 341,000 hours in labor, avoided more than 1.7 million driving miles and conserved 169,000 gallons of fuel.
Finalists in the 2011 Smart Grid Project of the Year category include EDF's Project PREMIO and OG&E's Positive Energy Smart Grid Program.
Best Smart Metering Project
The winner of the Smart Metering Project of the Year Award is Southern California Edison (SCE) for the Edison SmartConnect program.
SCE serves a population of more than 14 million people in a 50,000 square-mile area of central, coastal and southern California. Edison SmartConnect is the company's $1.6 billion dollar advanced metering program that will replace approximately 5 million traditional electric meters with smart meters and other advanced technologies that will empower customers to conserve energy and save money.
Edison SmartConnect smart meter installations began in September 2009. As of July 2010, Edison SmartConnect achieved its targeted deployment of one million meters. As deployment efforts continue, Edison SmartConnect is also focused on customer engagement. The customer outreach and education approach to date has been multi-pronged in order to achieve the goals of generating awareness and understanding of the program's progress and customer benefits. One of the highlights of Edison SmartConnect's customer communications was the May 2010 unveiling of the Carl & Eddy "edutainment" video vignettes now appearing on www.YouTube.com/SCE. The ten English and Spanish vignettes, offer a unique and ground-breaking approach to educating customers and stakeholders about Edison SmartConnect in easy-to-understand concepts and messages.
Finalists in the 2011 Smart Metering Project of the Year category include Portland General Electric's System-wide Wireless Smart Metering System and SDG&E's 2010 Smart Meter Program.
About POWERGRID International
POWERGRID International magazine (formerly Utility Automation & Engineering T&D magazine) celebrated its 15th year as the voice of the electric T&D industry in 2010 and is the power industry's leading source of information on electric power transmission and distribution automation, engineering and information technology. It reaches 40,000 electric utility professionals, managers, engineers and other qualified subscribers who count on POWERGRID International to present the information they need to make on-the-mark business and technical decisions every day. The magazine and DistribuTECH are owned by PennWell Corp., a worldwide media company based in Tulsa, Okla.
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Coming out can be fraught with difficulty for both parents and child—but Wesley C. Davidson, a popular blogger on gay rights issues, and Dr. Jonathan Tobkes, a New York City-based psychiatrist, provide a road map so families can better navigate this rocky emotional terrain. Emphasizing communication and unconditional love, Davidson and Tobkes help parents untangle their own feelings, identify and overcome barriers to acceptance, encourage strong self-esteem in their child, handle negative or hostile reactions to their child's sexual identity, and more. Filled with case studies and interviews, along with useful action plans and conversation starters, this is a positive, progressive guide to raising healthy, well-adjusted adults.


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Brian Bannister made his final spring training start against the Brewers yesterday. He went five innings, allowed six hits, including a solo home run, struck out four, and walked none.
Here are some of his comments about his start:
"I kept the ball down today, mixed all my pitches in. It was just a good quality outing. That's exactly the kind of momentum I want to build going into the season."…"I really did want to sharpen my pitches with two strikes and work on missing some more bats to counteract the more hits I'm going to give up," said Bannister, who is known to be a contact pitcher." "And I want to walk fewer guys. That's kind of my formula right now. It's my game plan, and I'm going into the season with it."
From the PITCHf/x data, Bannister threw 31 fastballs, 22 sliders, three change-ups, and 15 curveballs (three of which were of the soft variety). It's interesting to see that he's keeping both speeds of curveball in his repertoire for 2008. His four strikeouts came on a slider that Mike Cameron swung at and missed, a foul tip on a fastball to Corey Hart, a slider that Corey Hart swung at and missed, and a slider (again) that Mike Cameron swung at and missed. The home run was on a fastball to J.J. Hardy that was up and over the middle of the plate.
Bannister threw a lot of first-pitch fastballs, as well as at 0-1 and 1-1 counts–24 fastballs and 17 off-speed pitches. But in other counts he didn't throw the fastball much at all–seven fastballs and 23 off-speed pitches. That lines up well with what he said in this chat with fans on MLB.com: "Big league hitters have better strike-zone discipline, and I am working on refining my secondary pitches so that they are more effective in different counts, depending on what I'm trying to accomplish."
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Folks wondering where winter is in Minnesota this year may be waiting a bit longer.
NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) released it's new 30-day outlook for January today. The outlook features a major shift in thinking from previous outlooks for winter in the Upper Midwest.
The January outlook now favors chances for a warmer than average January in Minnesota and the eastern half of the USA.
The outlook is a major change form the colder than average predictions by NOAA and other private forecasters within the last month.
A persistent milder than average December weather pattern and shifts in the tropical Pacific Ocean are likely driving the changes.
As I talked about earlier this week, La Nina shows signs of fading in the Pacific. The weaker La Nina episode this year has not produced the same atmospheric circulation patterns as last year's event that produced a vigorous winter in the Upper Midwest and eastern USA.
Here at the MPR Weather Lab, I'm not sure whether to totally but into the new CPC outlook yet. I'm seeing a potential pattern emerge that could drive some much colder air down into Minnesota from Canada around or after January 1st.
The dreaded "Polar Vortex" shows signs it may migrate southward to near Hudson Bay by early January. If that happens, it will drove down brutally cold arctic air masses into Minnesota.
Could the "Polar Vortex" setting up over Hudson's Bay around New Year's Eve deliver an arctic outbreak in early January?
Stay tuned… while the rest of December looks milder than average overall, there could be an arctic outbreak in our future.
Ray of hope for saving a "White Christmas?"
This week I've talked about a 70% chance of having a "Brown Christmas" in the metro and much of western and southern Minnesota.
I'm not ready to go any higher than that yet….and 30% is still hanging tough today.
The GFS has been hinting at a possible snow system headed for the Upper Midwest in the days just before Christmas. The latest version paints a low pressure system emerging from the southwest and tracking into the Midwest on Christmas Eve.
If it verifies, this could potentially "save" a White Christmas from the metro into southeast Minnesota, northeast Iowa, and much of Wisconsin.
The latest GFS model run is printing out .33″ of precip on Christmas Eve at MSP Airport, with temps cold enough for all snow. If that scenario were to pan out (and it's a long way off) it could be 3″ to 4″ of snow in the metro, with heavier snow in southeast Minnesota.
Just as likely though, the system could completely miss us to the south.
Stay tuned….Santa may still have a little "Christmas Weather Magic" in his stocking for Minnesotans who want a white Christmas!


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Aristolochic Acid: FDA Warns Consumers to Discontinue Use of Botanical Products that Contain Aristolochic Acid
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April 11, 2001
Based on new information, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers to immediately discontinue use of any botanical products containing aristolochic acid. These products may have been sold as "traditional medicines" or as ingredients in dietary supplements. Aristolochic acid is found primarily in the plant Aristolochia, but may also be present in other botanicals. Consumption of products containing aristolochic acid has been associated with permanent kidney damage, sometimes resulting in kidney failure that has required kidney dialysis or kidney transplantation. In addition, some patients have developed certain types of cancers, most often occurring in the urinary tract.
Previously, in May 2000, FDA alerted health care professionals and the dietary supplement industry of two patients in the United Kingdom who had experienced serious, permanent kidney damage following the use of botanical products containing aristolochic acid. These cases, along with the ones previously reported from Belgium and France, resulted in FDA imposing an import alert to detain botanical ingredients that are either labeled as "Aristolochia" or, for other reasons, are suspected to contain aristolochic acid. The ingredient will only be allowed to enter the U.S. when adequate testing shows that the suspect ingredients are free of aristolochic acid.
Recently, FDA has received reports of two patients in the U.S. who developed serious kidney disease associated with the use of botanical products that were shown by laboratory analysis to contain aristolochic acid. In addition, the agency analyzed a sample of 38 botanical products available in the U.S. that were labeled as containing aristolochia or other herbs that might contain aristolochic acid and found that 18 of these products contained aristolochic acid. Based on these analytical results, FDA has requested that the involved U.S. manufacturers or distributors initiate recalls of these products.
Due to the potential serious public health risk, the agency is now advising consumers to stop using any products that may likely contain aristolochic acid. This includes products with the words "Aristolochia," "Bragantia" or "Asarum" listed as ingredients on the label, or any of the products FDA has found to contain aristolochic acid (see list of the 18 products analyzed by FDA). Consumers cannot be assured that products containing these ingredients are free of aristolochic acid unless they have been tested in a laboratory. To inquire about whether appropriate testing has been done, consumers may wish to contact the manufacturer or distributor of the product.
FDA advises consumers who have taken any of these products of concern to contact their health care provider immediately. Even if these products have not been used recently, consumers should still inform their health care provider about which product they took, so that an appropriate evaluation may be conducted.
Current and past FDA activities and actions associated with aristolochic acid.
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"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."Soren Kierkegaard on Lao Tzu
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"Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is."Soren Kierkegaard on Jim Morrison
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"Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate."
"Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid."
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Autoliv Settles with the U.S. Department of Justice
The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced a plea agreement with Autoliv, Inc. (NYSE: ALV) (STO:ALIVSDB) on financial terms consistent with the Company's related accrual disclosed in the first quarter of 2012. This effectively ends Autoliv's role as a subject of the matters investigated.
Under the terms of the agreement, which is subject to court approval, the Company will plead guilty to two counts of antitrust law violations involving a Japanese subsidiary and pay a fine of $14.5 million. The DOJ will not otherwise prosecute Autoliv or any of its subsidiaries or present or former directors, officers or employees for the matters investigated. Three employees in the sales organization are excluded from the non-prosecution provision of the agreement, but no decision has been communicated by the DOJ regarding these employees. The Company will continue to cooperate with the DOJ in its investigations of other auto-parts suppliers.
"It is simply unacceptable that we have ended up in this situation in the first place. It goes against everything we stand for," said Jan Carlson, President and CEO. "Therefore, we have cooperated extensively with the DOJ to investigate and rectify the matter as quickly as possible and, as a result, we have reached an early resolution of our part of this industry-wide investigation."
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When documentary filmmaker Amy Berg first came across the story of the West Memphis Three, she found the tale utterly compelling.
"It's kind of an intoxicating case, once you start reading about it and hearing about the people," the Oscar-nominated documentarian told CBC's Laura Thompson.
"It's the greatest injustice in the American criminal justice system. It's a travesty. It's a huge miscarriage."
Berg's documentary West of Memphis, now hitting theatres, explores the infamous case of the trio convicted and jailed for the 1993 murder of three children in Arkansas but who were ultimately released in 2011 after years of campaigning to have their conviction overturned.
Berg talked to CBC News about incorporating vast amounts of detail into West of Memphis, hearing crucial new evidence for the first time and her sense of responsibility as a filmmaker working on what was essentially a court case still in progress.
A host of famous faces helped direct attention to the trio's struggle through the years, including singers Henry Rollins and Eddie Vedder, director Peter Jackson and actor Johnny Depp.
Damien Echols, the member of the West Memphis Three who was sentenced to death for the killings, served as a producer on the documentary. He also published a memoir entitled Life After Death.
"There was some brotherly kind of love that was instant," Depp said of his meeting Echols.
"Having been in such close contact with [Echols' wife] Lorri over the last dozen years... to finally see Damian arrive at my house, on my doorstep, well it was quite moving," Depp said at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, where the film screened.
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Roma sporting director Walter Sabatini has insisted Daniele De Rossi is not for sale.
De Rossi's current contract at Roma expires next summer and talks over an extension have yet to reach a conclusion, fuelling rumours he could be moved on for a fee this summer, with Chelsea and Manchester City alleged suitors.
But Sabatini said: "Daniele is not subject to negotiations, as he has never and will never be on the market. We are in talks over the renewal and will not begin any process with other clubs. He is not for sale.
"I'd prefer to have long negotiations over the contract renewal and risk losing him in a year than let him go today. The club will do everything possible to keep hold of De Rossi."
Jeremy Menez, however, is set for a Roma exit, as PSG reportedly close on securing his signature. But Mirko Vucinic's future is less certain, despite claims Manchester United and Tottenham are keen.
Sabatini said: "Menez's sale is almost certain. As for Mirko Vucinic, the process of his departure will not be accelerated, especially as he showed some great things in the friendly last night. His sale is probable, but not certain.
"Maarten Stekelenburg is one of our objectives. When the team returns to Trigoria for training, there will certainly be a new goalkeeper.
"I want to clarify another situation, as Javier Pastore will not come to Roma. You'll soon realise we already have the new Pastore in our squad, as it's Erik Lamela."
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Some 21,000 of the 90,000 Eritreans who fled into eastern Sudan to escape recent fighting with Ethiopia have been voluntarily repatriated since July 25th, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said in Geneva Thursday.
Some 12,000 of the returnees were from the Shagareb camp, about 70 kilometers from the border, said UNHCR spokeswoman Delphine Marie.
Thousands of others came from the Lafa and Gulsa camps.
More than 200 trucks under UNHCR supervision made the trips to Eritrea and back to Sudan, Marie said.
The Eritreans were taken to cities deemed safe, such as Guluj, Tesseney, Gergef and Tebeldia, and will be housed in transition camps until they can return to their homes, mostly located in areas still under Ethiopian control.
Elsewhere, those who were displaced within the country by the fighting have begun to return to safe zones in southwestern Eritrea.
By mid-July, some 25,000 had already returned to Tesseney and Guluj, with new arrivals from occupied zones noted every day.
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DUNEDIN — Wendell is a loser.
He's too skinny, a slacker, neurotic and dull. He complains, "Something's gone horribly wrong for me to get to this point," and it's hard to disagree.
Adam Bowers, 24, said he created Wendell to mirror his own life. But here's the twist: Bowers is far from dull. And the film world seems to have noticed.
New Low, the romantic comedy he filmed with friends on the beer-soaked streets of Gainesville, was one of 200 selected from nearly 10,000 applications to premiere later this month at the Sundance Film Festival.
Sundance is the Super Bowl of independent cinema; Bowers, one of this year's youngest filmmakers. As director, writer, lead actor and head jury-rigger of the no-budget feature, he'll appear at the film's first sold-out showing at the Yarrow Hotel Theatre in Park City, Utah.
"It's been really weird, you know. I'm just a kid from Dunedin," he said this week from his apartment on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. "I want to cry. I would love to cry. But for some reason that hasn't happened."
Bowers, a 2007 telecommunications graduate of the University of Florida, has a publicist, a sales agent and prospects for a talent manager. In the next few weeks, he'll field interviews, schmooze with industry bigwigs and attend a press party at "the nicest house I'll ever walk into."
"It's hilarious," he said. "I don't have money or anything. And suddenly in a couple of weeks I'll be in this mansion."
Like Bowers' Wendell, the man in the Sundance spotlight seems far separated from the University of Central Florida film school reject who began his no-budget career as an 8-year-old in his mother's closet, raiding her dresses for props. A student of San Jose Elementary and Dunedin middle and high schools, his early songs and comic books bloomed into a love of self-deprecating comedies and improvised skits.
The script of New Low, expanded from a short film Bowers made his senior year, tells of Wendell's love troubles with an angelic social activist, played by UF graduate Valerie Jones, and a rude and dirty drunkard, played by Bowers' ex-girlfriend, Jayme Ratzer. (Bowers quickly points out that Ratzer, who also grew up in Dunedin, didn't inspire the character.)
UF alums will recognize the cheap pubs, punk venues and "Student Ghetto" streets that serve as the film's grungy backdrops.
"He wanted to make a movie in a real place like Gainesville, instead of like Los Angeles … and it's funny because every scene has a Dumpster in it," said Bowers' mother, Jan, who rents out property on Indian Rocks Beach. "I don't think the chamber of commerce will like it very much."
The cast and crew shot for five weeks, for up to 18 hours a day, in the summer heat of 2008 on pay of grub and beer. They borrowed camera equipment, used a Pier One china ball for lighting and had to routinely chuck pebbles at chirping cicadas to keep quiet on the set.
For moving shots, cast members stuffed the cameraman into an old Volvo. They muffled the sound by pushing the car barefoot.
"Of the low- to no-budget category, I definitely feel it's the least professional," Bowers said. "Everybody else seems to have known what they were doing so much more."
Ryan Moulton, 23, the film's director of photography, said the crew didn't mind.
"Adam's a talented guy," Moulton said. "He knew he had a story to tell, and he got it made."
When the movie finished and Bowers moved to Los Angeles, he hadn't planned to submit it to Sundance until a friend convinced him the day before the festival's deadline.
A festival official told him it was perfect for its new low- to no-budget Next category, calling it "a breath of fresh air," said Bowers' father, Tom, a graphic designer in Safety Harbor.
The future of the film is unclear — studios often pay to distribute Sundance films, though organizers make no promises. (To prevent buyers from low-balling, Bowers won't say how much the film cost.)
Still, there's a lot of excitement about what a Sundance showing could do for Bowers' early career. Though he hides it well, his parents said, he's upbeat about the possibilities, far from the negativity on display when Ratzer's character, Vicky, wishes "life was like a movie" and Wendell responds in a huff:
"Yeah. Then it'd be over in two hours."
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I was struck by the huge number of selections offered by the salad bar at the Star Market in Central Square Cambridge --just behind the CompUSA store on Mass. Ave.
This is a new supermarket --all bright and shiny --the salad bar must have had 40 or so offerings --and there are tables and chairs in a space to eat --if you aren't doing a take-out.
Its close by the Central Square McDonald's with their fine little indoor play-space for kids --so my wife and I graze on the green stuff while the kids bounce back and forth from the chicken tenders and fries to the plastic balls in the "mosh-pit". Not bad at ten below zero wind-chill. The twins need their bottled up winter energies drained and the outdoor playgrounds are no place for anybody of sound mind in this weather.
I just hope that this bright and styrofoamy Micky D's doesn't sink into their souls and turn them into all-American robots in later life. I see the college students huddled with their burgers and strange thoughts come into my head. Must be the stuff they spray into the heating ducts --or, maybe, the sublimnal messages that are on the edge of perception while they play the elevator music.


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The funding will be used to provide working capital for Intrexon's commercial divisions and the expansion of its UltraVector® platform. UltraVector, which is the underlying architecture and construction methodology for the company's complex transgenes, is the backbone of Intrexon's activities in human health care, animal science, agricultural biotechnology and industrial products.
"We welcome our new investors, who share our vision of the historic potential of synthetic biology generally and of Intrexon's technology specifically," said Mr. Kirk. "The success of the raise, including the valuation that Intrexon was able to attain, speaks strongly in favor of our business model and the opportunity that synthetic biology represents. Given the vast scope of applications that are amenable to biological synthesis, Intrexon's unparalleled ability to produce gene programs for the control of cellular function, and our scalability, I believe that Intrexon today represents one of the most exciting endeavors in all of life sciences."
Intrexon has achieved a number of significant milestones in 2011. In addition to the successful completion of its Series E capital raise, the company announced an exclusive channel partnership with ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc., on January 6, followed successively by the acquisitions of Agarigen, Inc. and Neugenesis Corporation on January 31 and April 21. The company has also launched two new commercial divisions this year: Intrexon's AgBio Division was established in concert with the Agarigen acquisition in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The company launched its Animal Science Division on April 27 in Germantown, Maryland. These divisions complement Intrexon's Protein Production Division, Foster City, CA; its Human Therapeutics Division, Germantown, Maryland; its Industrial Products Division, Burlingame, CA; and its UltraVector Division, Blacksburg, VA.
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Intrexon Corporation is a privately held synthetic biology company that employs modular DNA control systems to enhance capabilities, improve safety and lower cost in human therapeutics, protein production, industrial products, agricultural biotechnology, and animal science. The company's advanced transgene engineering platform enables Better DNA™ by combining revolutionary DNA control systems with corresponding advancements in modular transgene design, assembly and optimization. More information about the company is available at www.DNA.com.
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Fab Finding Follow-Up: Fashion's Night Out in NYC!
Fab Finding Follow-Up: Fashion's Night Out in NYC!
This New York Fashion Week has an extra special event to attend — Fashion's Night Out. I'm all about doing my part, so you know I'll be attending all the amazing soirees to shop and support. That's why I asked you to help me create an amazing outfit for this fun affair.
I started you off with these DKNY Metallic Flats ($180) because I need Fab flats to survive all the walking. Let's see your creations . . .
Look #1, created by Sarahab145, is super cute. So feisty, yet chic.
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Look #2, created by nikkeeb, incorporates jewel tones. I love the color contrast.
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How to Never Look Fat Again
How to Never Look Fat Again
Author: Charla Krupp
Publisher: Springboard
Every woman has said "Does this make me look fat?" Now we have the answers from Charla Krupp who has brought her newest book to Newman Communications for a National Book Publicity and Radio Media Tour.
About the Book:
In HOW TO NEVER LOOK FAT AGAIN, Charla examines every aspect of how not to look fat, suggesting smart, easy and stylish ways to hide any reader's arm flap, big bust, muffin top, back fat, Buddha belly, big booty, wide hips, thunder thighs, heavy calves as well as special problem situations such as not looking fat in work-out gear, evening wear and even in a swimsuit. She dissects clothing, giving specific "High-Fat," "Low-Fat," and "No-Fat" advice about the "four basic ingredients" of shape, fit, fabrics and colors. She's as thorough, detailed, fun and stylish as ever! Other invaluable advice in each section includes:
- High-Fat/No-Fat Lists: Clothing and accessories are analyzed for their potential fat-making content.
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- Thinner by Tonight! Fierce, fast ways to drop a dress size in seconds.
- Brilliant buys. Specific recommendations for the products that really work, including brands, style numbers, prices, retailers, and shopping websites
- Going to Extremes: Cosmetic surgery, dermatological treatments, and new age solutions to body issue dilemmas.
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DICE isn't trying to make Battlefield 4 look the same on all platforms
It's common for developers to try and get their games to look the same on all platforms, even if it means that it has to be toned down on some systems in order to achieve graphical parity. Not so much with Battlefield 4, says developer DICE.
According to DICE's Patrick Bach, they aren't trying to make Battlefield 4 look the same on all platforms. Instead, their goal is to make it as good as possible as each of the platforms allow. Of course, this means that the game will look better on some systems compared to others, which in return attracts a lot of fanboy love/hate.
For example, Battlefield 4 will run at 900p resolution on the PS4, but only in 720p on the Xbox One. Bach says that no matter what, people will compared the different versions and "judge us based on that, rather than comparing us to other games on the platform".
Bach points out that Battlefield 4 should be compared to other games on the same system, not against other platforms altogether. Battlefield 4 will launch on both current and next gen systems, and the PC. The PC version will be the best looking one, depending on the kind of hardware players have. Check out the recent screenshots to see just how realistic the game looks on the PC.
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As the pregnancy comes to a close, there are signs and symptoms mom will need to look for in order to recognize the beginning of labor. During the last trimester of the pregnancy, the changes in the body of both mom and baby are happening at a lightning pace. Baby is gaining more weight every day and mom is feeling that weight gain paired with the body preparing for the birth of the new baby.
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Doug Robinson: Horrific crimes show the thin line between good and evil
TimBehrend Auckland NZ, 00April 23, 2014 6:09 a.m.
When someone has a deep personal commitment to the idea that demons or malevolent gods are the source of all evil, every ill in society is attributed to them. When the zeal of a simple, single-source explanation for the way the world works is focused on 'liberalism', then it's not the devil, but the liberal that makes everything bad happen and explains every disappointment. Neither model tells us anything meaningful about the complexities of the real world.
GaryO Virginia Beach, VAApril 22, 2014 2:32 p.m.
Hey Mcdugall –
"Suggesting that someone's political affiliation is some how related to ones propensity to commit crimes is nonsense."
Don't be so hasty Mcdugall.
Right Wingers often laugh at Liberal Democrats for being pansies because of their emphasis on political correctness and their propensity for respecting the rights of minorities, and animals, and trees, and snail darters etc. Haven't you ever heard Anne Coulter go on and on about how she thinks Liberals are unrealistic sissies ?
Many Conservative Republicans, on the other hand, share Ayn Rand's philosophy that greed is good. That philosophy is obviously very attractive to self-centered, uncaring sociopathic types. Ted Bundy was a Conservative Republican. In fact Bundy was even a delegate at the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami.
Yes, there very likely is a correlation between Party affiliation and generous, thoughtful, kind, and caring attitudes on the one hand . . . And the callous self-centered, just plain mean attitudes on the other that allow people to commit heinous crimes without batting an eye.
my_two_cents_worth university place, WAApril 22, 2014 2:08 p.m.
Loving the Lord is self-serving folly if the Lord dose not exist. Loving your neighbor is neither right nor wrong so long as one does no deliberate harm to one's neighbor
procuradorfiscal Tooele, UTApril 22, 2014 1:51 p.m.
Re: "The first presupposes the existence of a "Lord," . . . the other is the tried and true "golden rule" . . . clearly not an absolute."
Yeah, well, the beauty of a moral absolute -- a belief that certain actions are absolutely right or wrong, regardless of other circumstances such as consequences or intentions behind them -- is that no one gets to argue with it or explain it away.
Sorry, but loving The Lord is always right.
Not loving your neighbor is always wrong.
No amount of liberal guile, sophistry, or dissimulation can change it.
Let it Go! Omaha, NEApril 22, 2014 1:44 p.m.
I think that kind of message is seen in the villain of Frozen. Nice for 2/3 of the movie, then discovery of evil changes everything.
No wonder Jesus states "By their fruits ye shall know them." But I think it's more than just seeing the number of good-or-bad things someone did. Rather, it is their attitudes and reasons towards their actions that we should watch out for.
Is it a good thing for a bad guy to help the good guy fulfill his mission in order to accomplish his own purposes? Remember, he is helping the good guy. Therefore, he is good, right?
procuradorfiscal Tooele, UTApril 22, 2014 1:37 p.m.
Re: ". . . why did conservatives elect twice a repub President who loved starting wars in the middle east?"
It never happened.
Just a quick reminder -- the first Gulf War was started, not by Daddy Bush, but by Saddam Hussein invading and raping his small neighbor, and our ally, Kuwait. The war in Afghanistan, by Osama bin Laden who, as de facto ruler of a large part of Afghanistan, made a formal declaration of war on the US, then followed it up with the largest attack on US territory since WWII. The Iraq war was started, not by Baby Bush, but by Saddam Hussein making incessant, in-your-face threats against us and the world -- threats rendered credible to Democrat and Republican alike, not just by his past serial aggressions and use of WMD -- but by his admitted stockpiling of WMD equipment and precursors.
At least Republican wars were directed to threats against us and our interests. Unlike Democrat wars, which tend to use US troops as logistic support to, or the air arm of Islamist movements in countries of absolutely no importance to US interests.
mcdugall Murray, UTApril 22, 2014 1:35 p.m.
Some of the comments on this board are extremely concerning. Suggesting that someone's political affiliation is some how related to ones propensity to commit crimes is nonsense. Suggesting that hand outs are defining of a "taker" or "me first" society is very disingenuous. The vast majority of people are intrinsically good people who want to work hard and provide for their families, suggesting otherwise, without providing any peer-reviewed research, is only your opinion, not fact. Also, it's extremely unfortunate that these programs have to exist because tax policies favor a very small and powerful wealthy group more so than any other group because they have the most influence over politicians. When was the last time you saw any efforts made on behalf of the most marginalized group in society?
my_two_cents_worth university place, WAApril 22, 2014 1:32 p.m.
". . . Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart . . . ." and ". . . Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
The first presupposes the existence of a "Lord," something not supported by evidence and the other is the tried and true "golden rule" which, while a good idea, is clearly not an absolute.
andyjaggy American Fork, UTApril 22, 2014 1:06 p.m.
My goodness people, my guess is if you did a study you would find murderers are probably split pretty 50/50 down the conservative/liberal line. Also I'm not sure I buy the evil is getting worse line, I suppose it's possible, we are certainly taught that in church on Sundays, however if you study any sort of history you quickly realize humans have been doing pretty terrible things to each other for a very very long time.
procuradorfiscal Tooele, UTApril 22, 2014 11:27 a.m.
Re: "Name one moral absolute. Just one."
Oh, that's easy. In fact, I can do better than one -- here's two:
". . . Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart . . . ." and ". . . Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
Those are moral absolutes. The fact that some choose not to comply, or that others choose to interpret them to suit their own fancy, or that some may not even believe -- does not change their status in the slightest.
FreedomFighter41 Provo, UTApril 22, 2014 11:20 a.m.
If killing people is evil and originates from liberalism then why did conservatives elect twice a repub President who loved starting wars in the middle east?
Midwest Mom Soldiers Grove, WIApril 22, 2014 10:40 a.m.
We set ourselves up for a fall, when we see the potential for evil only in others. Frequently, it is our strengths, and not only our weaknesses, that get us into trouble.
Maybe this woman was so kind to the children of others because of her own guilt. Many people compartmentalize their lives in this way. It's like a chain smoking friend of mine who would only eat organic food.
Brahmabull sandy, utApril 22, 2014 10:02 a.m.
One thing you must consider is that sociopaths and serial killers are very often very good liars. They know how to act a certain way and create a facade that they are normal, when in fact they are far from normal. They know that they can deceive others, and they take pride in it. They don't bother their neighbors, and are often friendly with them because the last thing they want is for their neighbor to think they are capable of heinous crimes because then the gig is up.
Gildas LOGAN, UTApril 22, 2014 10:00 a.m.
I agree with Bifftacular's post. Only a superficial people think that someone is good just because he or she acts friendly. A smile and a wave cost little especially if it is to succeed in covering sinister ongoing murderous evil or other deplorable secretive conduct.
Politicians and sociopathic personalities, not always the same thing of course, know how to ingratiate themselves with those from whom they wish to profit or easily accomplish a good reputation. Reputations are built on good deeds not talk, handshakes and nice suits.
OTOH there's nothing wrong with being sincerely friendly, quite the reverse.
GaryO Virginia Beach, VAApril 22, 2014 9:38 a.m.
"Is the line between good and evil — between normal/nice guy and aberrant/sociopath — really that thin?"
Apparently, one man's aberrant sociopath is another man's normal, nice guy.
Look at the Mountain Meadows murderers, the vast majority of whom maintained positions of respect within the Church both before and after the murders . . . In spite of the heinous nature of the crimes . . . murdering civilian men, women, and children . . . and leaving their naked hacked-up bodies, unburied for scavenging animals to consume, and then stealing everything that had once belonged to these innocent dead.
And yet these men went on to prosper in society and raise families and grandchildren, and experience the joys of old age surrounded by family . . . And that is something their victims would never know.
Were these murderers evil? . . . Or were they normal, nice guys who had a bad day?
my_two_cents_worth university place, WAApril 22, 2014 9:28 a.m.
"Look at the damage done to suggestive children by Hollywood liberals, in the name of freedom of speech."
Okay. What, specifically should I be looking for?
"And that done to families by political liberals in the name of humanist compassion."
Okay. What, specifically should I be looking for?
"And, then, there are all the liberals engaged in the medical, psychological and sociological industries, who insist on clinicalizing evil,"
Okay. What specific evil(s) have been "clicnicalized?"
"eschewing moral absolutes"
Name one moral absolute. Just one.
one old man Ogden, UTApril 22, 2014 9:05 a.m.
If liberalism "created" all these people, perhaps someone can explain why some of them, at least, were known to friends and neighbors as "conservative" in their beliefs.
Is it possible that at least some of the people named in this article really were not "evil" until some crisis pushed an otherwise sane person over the edge? Is it possible that what we are seeing is part of the legacy of Ronald Reagan who shut down not only mental hospitals but much of the support that was available for "normal" people who were reeling under pressures in their lives but had no place to go for help?
Is it possible that better mental health care coverage under ACA might be at least a partial solution to reversing the tragedy that Reagan's dumping of mental health support created? Are people who crumble under life's pressures "immoral" in some way?
Is it possible that this is not something created by "liberalism" but actually by "conservativism?"
Even thinking such things is probably some kind of "immoral liberalism" to people who find it easier to cast blame than to actually THINK and try to find better solutions.
Eliot Genola, UTApril 22, 2014 8:46 a.m.
I am too busy trying to root out evil in my own character to spend much time trying to recognize it in my neighbor.
procuradorfiscal Tooele, UTApril 22, 2014 8:38 a.m.
Re: "Such individuals have always existed. Liberalism didn't create them."
That's probably true, but liberalism certainly empowers them, encourages them, and covers for them until serious things happen, then suggests their evil is our fault, and that "fairness" dictates that we excuse or overlook it.
Look at the damage done to suggestive children by Hollywood liberals, in the name of freedom of speech. And that done to families by political liberals in the name of humanist compassion. And, then, there are all the liberals engaged in the medical, psychological and sociological industries, who insist on clinicalizing evil, suggesting there is some medical or psychological intervention that can substitute for moral rectitude.
Liberalism exalts a variable, secular humanist approach to evil, eschewing moral absolutes. Even though this approach has always failed.
In other words, liberals surrender to, explain away, or, quite often, embrace evil, if it's personally convenient to do so. In doing so, they often find ways to convince themselves of the moral superiority of their position, even as it predictably wreaks havoc in the lives of real people and the Nation.
Midwest Mom Soldiers Grove, WIApril 22, 2014 7:16 a.m.
It is human nature to want to be able to dismiss people with simple judgments. Prejudice can enhance, as well as diminish, what we see in people. Hence the American adoration and admiration of people with wealth.
In the Old Testament, God warned the people against having kings. Why would anyone want a king to govern them, over their own agency to choose their leaders? I suppose it's easier and more comforting to make yourself believe in a benevolent monarch than having to weigh issues and use your own judgment.
We can't ever truly know someone because most of us don't even know ourselves. I am reminded of a poem by the late Stevie Smith.
Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not waving but drowning.
Poor chap, he always loved larking
And now he's dead
It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way,
They said.
Oh, no no no, it was too cold always
(Still the dead one lay moaning)
I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning.
marxist Salt Lake City, UTApril 22, 2014 12:50 a.m.
Re: John Charity Spring "The liberal handout of welfare and other entitlement dollars has created a large segment of the population that has a "me first" attitude. "
Do you mean like the big investment banks and insurance companies which were bailed out by the Federal government, and continue to be supported with near zero interest loans? Now, that is ENTITLEMENT on steroids.
Your remark here is wide of the mark, Mr Robinson's list is full of people who would be called sociopaths by psychologists. And that's what the are. Such individuals have always existed. Liberalism didn't create them.
John Charity Spring Back Home in Davis County, UTApril 21, 2014 9:04 p.m.
Biftacular is absolutely right. The general public has become so lazy and complacent that it has all but forgotten that evil exists, and as a result, fails to be on the watch for it.
The greater question, which Robinson largely ignores, is: why is evil becoming more and more prevalent? It does no good to recognize that evil exists, unless society is then willing to fight against it.
One major source of evil is the modern entertainment industry. Indeed, modern Hollywood produces one movie after another that glorifies gang violence, drug use, and deviant sexuality. It is completely naive to think that the public can consume this evil without imitating it and becoming more and more depraved.
Another source of the problem is the entitlement mentality promoted by the current government. The liberal handout of welfare and other entitlement dollars has created a large segment of the population that has a "me first" attitude. This segment believes that laziness and sloth are desirable, and as a consequence, are more prone to engage in criminal activity.
In short, the ignorant and slumbering masses must awake to a sense of civic responsibility before it is too late.
Bifftacular Spanish Fork, UtApril 21, 2014 7:51 p.m.
The line between evil and good isn't thin at all. Seeing someone take out the trash and wave hello in the morning doesn't automatically mean they are "normal" or "good". It is a misnomer to think that evil people act evil all the time. Hitler was really generous to his friends, kind to his girlfriend, and gentle with animals. But people that knew him well undoubtedly knew he was cruel and evil. The people that need to be asked in these stories are the perpetrators closest friends, their family, perhaps their employers. "He always waved", "he smiled when he drove by", "he loved his dog" means very little to me.


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Global warming is changing the face of the Chesapeake Bay by accelerating the rate of sea-level rise. At risk is an amazing diversity of coastal habitats, from sandy beaches and barrier islands along the Atlantic Coast to coastal marshes, swamps, seagrass beds, and estuarine beaches in the bay itself. Together, these habitats support thousands of species of fish and wildlife, and they are a linchpin for the regional economy, culture, and quality of life. This short report summarizes results of a detailed modeling analysis commissioned by the National Wildlife Federation of how Chesapeake Bay habitats will be affected by sea-level rise in the coming century.
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EB I-70 lanes to close early Thursday at Harding Street
The Indiana Department of Transportation plans to close all lanes of eastbound Interstate 70 at the Harding Street interchange on the city's near west side at 1:00 am Thursday to remove a large overhead box truss with several green panel signs attached.
Drivers will be rerouted via I-465 and locally via Harding Street, Morris Street and Missouri Street, then back to eastbound I-70.
Removal of the 40-foot truss and the vertical supports attached to a median wall at the 78.8 mile marker was necessitated when a semi truck collided with the wall Saturday. The concrete wall and a support bracket were damaged.
INDOT Indianapolis Subdistrict maintenance crews will use a large crane to lower the truss and its signs. Operations should be complete prior to Thursday morning's "rush hour" traffic. INDOT anticipates reopening the eastbound I-70 lane before 5 a.m.


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Scientists have discovered evidence of gravitational waves, which show ripples in space and time. A new machine has made it possible for scientists to observe space in a whole new way. Recently, the machine picked up vibrations from the collision of two black holes. The discovery comes a few months after the very first detection of gravitational waves. With these tools, scientists can look at the universe in a new way. In this story you will hear the signal from the black holes converted from gravitational waves to soundwave.
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