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Rep. Mike Rogers Goes On National TV To Lie About NSA Programs And Snowden
from the aren't-journalists-supposed-to-call-out-these-things? deptNumber 1 NSA fan (and, laughingly, the guy supposedly in charge of oversight), Rep. Mike Rogers went on George Stephanopoulos' show this weekend to talk about the latest NSA goings-on and as far as I can tell, he appeared to be allergic to the truth, because there's an awful lot of things he said that are simply, factually, bullshit. Let's take a few examples, starting with the big one about Ed Snowden:
Rogers: Here's where I think he's crossed the line now, George, he has contacted a foreign country and said, 'I will sell you classified information for something of value.' That's what we call a traitor in this country.What he's referring to is the open letter Snowden sent to the people of Brazil, which we posted recently. Nowhere in there does Snowden do anything that Rogers says above. He does not offer to sell anything. He does not request anything. He does not offer them classified information. In fact, he does the opposite. He offers an unconditional promise to help politicians there with their investigation, if they want, but clearly stated he would only do so "wherever appropriate and lawful." And at no point did he request anything in return, let alone something of value.
Stephanopoulos: You're talking about his open letter to Brazil?
Rogers: Absolutely! He has traded something of value for his own personal gain that jeopardizes the national security of the United States. We call that treason. And I think that letter, very clearly, lays out who this gentlemen is and what his intentions were. Clearly.
Why would Rep. Mike Rogers go on TV and directly lie about Ed Snowden to claim he was a traitor? Does Mike Rogers think so little of the American public that he believes they won't actually read what Snowden wrote and realize that Rogers is flat out lying? He claims that the letter shows what Snowden's intentions are, and I agree. They're the exact opposite of what Rogers claims on TV.
Elsewhere, when asked about last week's task force report that proposes some pretty big changes, while calling out the NSA's programs for going too far, Rogers lies again.
Perspective is important here. If you think about where we are and what the panel did -- which was dominated by law professors -- they basically said that the information is important, but where we keep it may be up for debate. So that's a very important milestone for those who said 'oh, this is devastating to the NSA.' I disagree. What they said was 'this information is a vital part of our counterterrorism effort, to keep Americans safe.'"This is also a lie. The report repeatedly notes that the Section 215 program did not appear to be useful or effective. And, the members of the panel have been speaking out about how shocked they were that the NSA couldn't even come up with a remotely defensible excuse for the program. Richard Clarke -- who is not a "law professor" as Rogers implies, but rather the former anti-terrorism czar for multiple presidents -- went on On the Media last week to point out that what stunned him was that the NSA couldn't show the panel a single example where the program was necessary. Clarke notes that they were able to go through all of the data related to this program and "we came to the conclusion it was not necessary in any case where it was used."
Again, Rogers is flat out lying to the public over very factual information.
Next up, he's asked about the ruling by Judge Leon that the program is unconstitutional, Rogers went on the attack.
16 federal judges, 36 different opinions have all had a different opinion.... And these are business records, not your personal records. That's very, very different. There have been hundreds of appellate decisions reaffirming the government's right to get business records in the course of a terror investigation or determining if a terrorist overseas is calling into the United States. So this is one case, when you have a huge volume.... Yes, this one district judge that doesn't handle national security cases had a difference of opinion. That's our good system. But he set aside his own decision, as he said 'likely to be overturned' because of the sheer volume of federal judges who have already reviewed this... and reaffirmed that this program is legal. It does meet the constitutional test...Also, almost entirely untrue. Yes, courts have said that business records can be collected without a warrant, but the courts meant it within the context of Maryland v. Smith, involving a single bit of information about a specific person. Not the bulk collection of data on everyone. Judge Leon clearly made the distinction, which Rogers ignores and misrepresents. And, yes, while the FISA Court has approved the program repeatedly, it's in a non-adversarial process in which no one has presented the other side. Now that that's finally happening, the judge has rejected it.
Honestly, it's difficult to find anything that Rep. Rogers spoke accurately about in this appearance. Oh, and in case you're wondering, not once did Stephanopoulos push back on anything Rogers said. Because that's DC "journalism" where the "press" just let the politicians lie to the American public, because that's what they do.
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How does this medication work? What will it do for me?
Modafinil belongs to the group of medicines known as central nervous system (CNS) stimulants. It prevents sleepiness by stimulating certain parts of the brain. It is used to help people with a condition called narcolepsy, which causes daytime excessive sleepiness, by preventing drowsiness and keeping these people from falling asleep.
It is also used to reduce excessive daytime sleepiness for people with obstructive sleep apnea or hypopnea syndrome (breathing disorder that happens while sleeping), shift-work sleep disorder, or circadian rhythm sleep disorder.
This medication may be available under multiple brand names and/or in several different forms. Any specific brand name of this medication may not be available in all of the forms or approved for all of the conditions discussed here. As well, some forms of this medication may not be used for all of the conditions discussed here.
Your doctor may have suggested this medication for conditions other than those listed in these drug information articles. If you have not discussed this with your doctor or are not sure why you are taking this medication, speak to your doctor. Do not stop taking this medication without consulting your doctor.
Do not give this medication to anyone else, even if they have the same symptoms as you do. It can be harmful for people to take this medication if their doctor has not prescribed it.
What form(s) does this medication come in?
Modafinil by AA Pharma Inc.
Each white, round, biconvex tablet, engraved "MOD" over "100" on one side, contains modafinil 100 mg. Nonmedicinal ingredients: methylcellulose, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, and colloidal silicon dioxide.
How should I use this medication?
The recommended adult dose of modafinil for narcolepsy is between 200 mg and 400 mg daily. The total daily dose is usually divided between a morning and noon dose. Doses are usually started at 200 mg per day, and then gradually increased by the doctor as needed to a maximum of 400 mg daily.
For adults with obstructive sleep apnea, the usual adult daily dose of modafinil is 200 mg taken as a single dose in the morning.
Adults with shift work disorder should take 200 mg once daily, approximately 1 hour before the start of the work shift.
Many things can affect the dose of medication that a person needs, such as body weight, other medical conditions, and other medications. If your doctor has recommended a dose different from the ones listed here, do not change the way you are using the medication without talking to your doctor.
It is important to take this medication exactly as prescribed by your doctor. If you miss a dose, take it as soon as possible and continue with your regular schedule. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and continue with your regular dosing schedule. Avoid taking the medication in the late afternoon or evening, as it may prevent falling asleep at your normal bedtime. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one. If you are not sure what to do after missing a dose, contact your doctor or pharmacist for advice.
Store this medication at room temperature, protect it from light and moisture, and keep it out of the reach of children.
Do not dispose of medications in wastewater (e.g. down the sink or in the toilet) or in household garbage. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medications that are no longer needed or have expired.
Who should NOT take this medication?
Do not take this medication if you:
- are allergic to modafinil or any ingredients of the medication
- are in an agitated state
- have severe anxiety
What side effects are possible with this medication?
Many medications can cause side effects. A side effect is an unwanted response to a medication when it is taken in normal doses. Side effects can be mild or severe, temporary or permanent.
The side effects listed below are not experienced by everyone who takes this medication. If you are concerned about side effects, discuss the risks and benefits of this medication with your doctor.
The following side effects have been reported by at least 1% of people taking this medication. Many of these side effects can be managed, and some may go away on their own over time.
Contact your doctor if you experience these side effects and they are severe or bothersome. Your pharmacist may be able to advise you on managing side effects.
- anxiety
- appetite loss
- back pain
- diarrhea
- headache
- increased heart rate or palpitations
- nausea
- nervousness
- sleeping difficulties
- stuffy or runny nose
- upset stomach
- vomiting
Although most of the side effects listed below don't happen very often, they could lead to serious problems if you do not check with your doctor or seek medical attention.
Check with your doctor as soon as possible if any of the following side effects occur:
- agitation
- dizziness or fainting
- mood swings
- ongoing sleepiness
- signs of depression (such as such as feeling sad, losing interest in things you used to enjoy, weight changes, changes in sleep habits, feelings of guilt or worthlessness, thoughts of harming oneself)
- signs of liver problems (such as yellow eyes or skin, abdominal pain, darkened urine)
- skin rash
Stop taking the medication and seek immediate medical attention if any of the following occur:
- chest pain
- signs of severe allergic reaction (such as swelling of face, eyes, lips, tongue; difficulty swallowing or breathing; hoarseness; chest tightness)
- signs of severe skin reaction (blistering rash with fever, sores in mouth, peeling skin)
Some people may experience side effects other than those listed. Check with your doctor if you notice any symptom that worries you while you are taking this medication.
Are there any other precautions or warnings for this medication?
Before you begin taking a medication, be sure to inform your doctor of any medical conditions or allergies you may have, any medications you are taking, whether you are pregnant or breast-feeding, and any other significant facts about your health. These factors may affect how you should take this medication.
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Drowsiness/reduced alertness: Some people experience ongoing drowsiness or dizziness while taking modafinil. It may also cause overconfidence and over-stimulation, causing poor judgement. Do not drive, operate machinery, or perform other hazardous tasks until you have determined how this medication affects you.
Grapefruit juice: Grapefruit juice affects how modafinil is removed from the body and may cause too much of the medication to build up in the body and cause possibly harmful side effects. People should not drink grapefruit juice or eat grapefruit at anytime while taking this medication for treatment.
Heart disease: It is not known how modafinil will affect heart disease. There is some evidence that it may cause heart palpitations and chest pain. If you have a heart condition or history of heart problems, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed.
Liver function: People with severe liver disease should take lower doses of modafinil because of an increased risk of accumulation of the medication in the body and side effects. If you have liver disease or decreased liver function, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed.
Mental illness: Modafinil may reactivate certain mental disorders or cause confusion and agitation. If you have a history of mental disorders such as depression, psychosis, or mania, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed. If you experience symptoms of agitation, depression or hallucination, or notice them in a family member who is taking this medication, contact your doctor immediately. Your doctor will monitor you closely for these side effects while you are taking this medication.
Normal fatigue states: Modafinil should not be used to treat normal fatigue states (e.g., fatigue due to lack of sleep rather than narcolepsy), as it can lead to overconfidence in abilities without actually increasing performance. This could make it more dangerous to perform certain activities.
Seizure disorder: If you have a seizure disorder or a history of seizures, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed.
Pregnancy: This medication should not be used during pregnancy unless the benefits outweigh the risks. If you become pregnant while taking this medication, contact your doctor immediately.
Breast-feeding: It is not known if modafinil passes into breast milk. If you are a breast-feeding mother and are taking this medication, it may affect your baby. Talk to your doctor about whether you should continue breast-feeding.
Children: Serious reactions have been associated with the use of modafinil by children. The risks and benefits of modafinil have not been established for children. It is not recommended that children be given modafinil.
Seniors: Seniors may be more sensitive to the effects of modafinil. They should use lower starting doses.
What other drugs could interact with this medication?
There may be an interaction between modafinil and any of the following:
If you are taking any of these medications, speak with your doctor or pharmacist. Depending on your specific circumstances, your doctor may want you to:
- stop taking one of the medications,
- change one of the medications to another,
- change how you are taking one or both of the medications, or
- leave everything as is.
An interaction between two medications does not always mean that you must stop taking one of them. Speak to your doctor about how any drug interactions are being managed or should be managed.
Medications other than those listed above may interact with this medication. Tell your doctor or prescriber about all prescription, over-the-counter (non-prescription), and herbal medications you are taking. Also tell them about any supplements you take. Since caffeine, alcohol, the nicotine from cigarettes, or street drugs can affect the action of many medications, you should let your prescriber know if you use them.
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Evidence collected at crime scenes—everything from fingerprints to bite marks—is routinely called upon in the courtroom to prosecute the most difficult crimes and put the guilty behind bars. And though glamorized on commercial television, in the real world, it's not so cut-and-dried. A joint investigation by FRONTLINE, ProPublica and the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley examines the reliability of the science behind forensics in The Real CSI, airing Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 10pm on WMHT TV.
FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman finds serious flaws in some of the best known tools of forensic science and wide inconsistencies in how forensic evidence is presented in the courtroom. From the sensational murder trial of Casey Anthony to the credentialing of forensic experts, Bergman documents how a field with few uniform standards and unproven science can undermine the search for justice.
The investigation follows a landmark study by the National Academy of Sciences that called into question the tenets of forensic science. For the first time, Harry T. Edwards, a senior federal appellate court judge and co-chairman of the report, sits for an interview to discuss what the report means. He tells FRONTLINE that these television dramas often exaggerate or misrepresent the reliability of forensic evidence, including one of the most called-upon of the forensic techniques, fingerprint identification.
"If what some people are saying, it works because we've gotten convictions, … that's not proof that the discipline is undergirded by serious science," Edwards tells FRONTLINE. "It's been inaccurate and wrong for many years. It doesn't become better because it's many years. It's just many years of doing it incorrectly. … And the stakes are too high. When you're talking about prosecution, incarceration, the stakes are too high."
In this hour, FRONTLINE examines one of the most high-profile terrorist investigations since 9/11: the case of Brandon Mayfield, an attorney who was wrongfully identified and arrestedas a suspect in the Madrid commuter train bombings after the FBI erroneously matched his fingerprint to a partial print found at the scene. The case exposed the weaknesses of fingerprint identification, causing the FBI to change the way its examiners testify about the reliability of forensic fingerprinting. Bergman interviews the fingerprint expert selected by Mayfield's defense, the independent examiner Ken Moses, who concluded it was a positive match for Mayfield, but later admits that he and the three other examiners who looked at the prints were wrong. The Mayfield case highlights the weak link in fingerprint analysis—the examiner, whose work is not done by a computer, as seen on TV, and can be influenced by unconscious bias.
The reporting reveals that bite-mark identification is another one of several seriously flawed forensic tools used in criminal investigations. "What we're talking about with forensic science is systemic failure," Innocence Project co-founder Peter Neufeld tells Bergman. "We're talking about using techniques, using equipment that's never been validated scientifically."
In the small town of Brooksville, Miss., FRONTLINE explores the errors that led to the convictions of two innocent men, whose convictions in part were based on faulty bite-mark testimony. "There have been a number of people who were convicted based on bite-mark testimony, who were sent to death row or sent to prison for life," says Neufeld. "And in each of those cases, a whole group of forensic odontologists, or dentists, said they were absolutely certain that this was the guy, … and they were absolutely wrong."
Nowhere in recent history has forensic evidence been more prominent than in the trial of Casey Anthony, who was acquitted of the first-degree murder of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony. Based on a smell from the trunk of Casey Anthony's car and using an expert in "the odor of the dead," the prosecution set out to convince the jury that the stench was that of a decaying body. In total, 37 expert witnesses from more than a dozen areas of forensics testified, with the defense challenging with forensic experts of their own. "This case utilized every single type of forensic science. … They threw a bunch of stuff against the wall, and they were hoping something would stick, and none of it did," says defense lawyer Jose Baez.
FRONTLINE also examines what it takes to become credentialed in forensics by the American College of Forensics Examiners International (ACFEI). "It was like an open-book exam basically, and I passed," says Leah Bartos, a journalism graduate student at UC Berkeley, who demonstrates that for $660 and a few hours taking an open-book exam online, she became certified as a forensic consultant by ACFEI. Bergman's interview with former CEO John Bridges indicates that 99 percent of those who apply online will become certified by the organization. "There can be no meaningful exam that has a 99 percent pass rate," admits forensic guru and ACFEI spokesman Cyril Wecht, whose signature appears on ACFEI certificates.


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Dutch Chief Of Police Suggests National DNA-Database For All Citizens
from the bad-idea-of-the-day dept
The chief of police of the greater Rotterdam area has called for the creation of a DNA-database for all 16.6 million Dutch citizens. There is already a DNA-database in existence, but it only contains the DNA of 11,000 people since the policy is to only take DNA from people sentenced to prison for at least four years.
According to the chief of police the privacy of civilians is not as important as tracking down criminals, stating that society is "too careful" and that "if you want to make the world safer, there's a price to pay." In a statement released later he added that safety is partly paid for by reducing privacy.
Of course, one could argue that it's not the privacy-concerned people being "too careful," but that there are some people that are so obsessed with security that they're willing to have others pay the price in giving up their privacy. Such a database will not prevent crime, since most crimes don't originate from rational risk-calculation. Any errors in the database could also have disastrous effects on people's lives in the case of a mistaken identity for instance, not to mention the implications of potential function creep. It really is a big price to pay for a small piece of security in one of the safest places in the world.
After a few hours of outrage from civilians and politicians, the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security released a statement that they do not support the plan and stated that it was not the first time such ideas have been suggested. It is probably not the last time, either.
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Jared Mitchell Watch: .286/.400/.429 in 13 games for Kannapolis, but with some interesting splits. He's hitting .323/.432/.516 against right-handers, but just .182/.308/.182 against lefties. Yes, the sample sizes are way too small to mean much at this point, but the platoon differential is worth tracking considering the rawness scouts detected in his game at LSU. He's drawn eight walks in 50 plate appearances, a strong ratio in line with his college numbers, but has also struck out 14 times, also in line with his college numbers.
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Mozilla announced this week the availability of Thunderbird 11, a new version of the popular open source e-mail client. It brings a minor user interface overhaul and a number of bugfixes.
As we reported when Thunderbird 5 launched last year, the mail client has transitioned to the same rapid release model as Firefox. Thunderbird is built on top of Gecko, the same rendering engine that Firefox uses to draw its user interface and render HTML content.
Aligning with the Firefox development schedule allows the builders of Thunderbird to continue using the same shared components without having to maintain a fork. Due to the transition to a shorter release cycle and more incremental development model, users can expect to see fewer changes in each individual Thunderbird update. Mozilla says that it will discontinue support for the legacy Thunderbird 3.1.x series in April.
In Thunderbird 11, the application's user interface was overhauled to move the tabs to the top of the window, a design that Mozilla has already previously adopted for Firefox. Unlike Firefox, however, Thunderbird doesn't provide an option that allows users to move the tabs back below the navigation bar.
Mozilla's Mike Conley explained the rationale for moving the tabs in a comment posted to the Mozilla bug tracker. Moving the tabs above the toolbar will allow tabs with different kinds of content to display their own contextually relevant toolbars. This will be advantageous for projects like Lightning, which are adding calendaring capabilities to Thunderbird.
It's also going to simplify the user interface as Mozilla works to integrate other communication tools into the e-mail client. Mozilla has already started prototyping a new built-in instant messaging system for Thunderbird, which is available for testing in the latest nightly builds.
According to some documentation in the Mozilla wiki, the developers plan to expose contact presence information in the e-mail interface and make it easier for users to track conversations that are spread across e-mail and instant messaging. The instant messaging feature could appear in Thunderbird 13.
Thunderbird 11 is available for download from the Mozilla website. For more details, you can refer to the official release announcement.


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We know that some of you are sick of hearing about this kind of stuff, but MacHeist is close to being over and the final bundle has finally been revealed. The bundle contains ten different apps, most of which you've heard of before, totaling up for a bundle worth $288.75. What apps are in the bundle?
- Delicious Library (surprise!)
- FotoMagico
- ShapeShifter
- DEVONthink Personal
- Disco
- RapidWeaver
- iClip 4
- One Pangea game of your choice
- NewsFire
- TextMate
The bundle is going on sale at 9am Eastern Time today (that's about 10 minutes from the time of this posting) for $49.00. Not too shabby. What's better is that 25 percent of your purchase (so around $12 for those of you who can't do the math) will be donated to a charity of your choice from the following list:
- United Way International
- Direct Relief International
- AIDS Research Alliance
- PreventCanter.org
- The Nature Conservancy
- World Wildlife Fund
- Global Hunger Project
- Save the Children
Not bad, all in all. Phil Ryu, organizer of MacHeist, told Ars that the reason they decided to donate a quarter of the sales to charity was because, "these are great causes of course, and that was a factor in the decision. Many of the charities on the list hold personal significance to members of the team and the developers involved, and that was another. But I suppose a big part of it was just wanting to show everyone how generous this community is. We'll be making these donations in the name of the Mac community, and I have no doubt in my mind that it'll be an amount that we'll be extremely proud of."
One odd little tidbit is that NewsFire, one of the apps in the bundle, won't be unlocked to customers until $50,000 is raised for charity through bundle sales (what happens for the customers if they don't reach that number, I'm not sure). The first ten people who order the bundle will receive their bundles for free, so good luck.
Update: TextMate has been added to the list as the 10th item in the bundle, but it will not be unlocked until $100,000 is raised for charity through bundle sales.


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The US Supreme Court today heard arguments today on what may be the most important constitutional case in a generation. Some of the nation's top attorneys are debating the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often known as Obamacare.
The eventual ruling could chart the boundaries of federal power for generations to come — not only for health care, but across the policy spectrum.
A major focus of the Supreme Court hearings is the individual mandate — the law's requirement that almost all Americans who aren't covered by employers must purchase a health‐care plan, whether they want to or not.
The plaintiffs — including 26 states as well as individuals and businesses — argue that Congress has no authority to force people to buy insurance. Most Americans agree: A recent Gallup poll found that 72 percent — including 56 percent of Democrats – consider the mandate unconstitutional.
Obama administration attorneys counter that Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, known as "the commerce clause" — giving Congress power to "regulate commerce among the several states" — is more than expansive enough to validate the mandate.
They rely on a list of Supreme Court precedents that stretch the definition of "interstate commerce" pretty far.
In the 1940s, the court allowed Congress to punish a farmer for growing wheat on his own land for his own use, on the theory that wheat prices would be affected if everyone did that. In the 1960s, the court classified civil rights laws as "regulations of commerce" even when they involved businesses that did practically no interstate business. And in 2005, the court ruled that Congress could prohibit someone from growing marijuana in her yard for her personal medical use, because federal laws against drugs are a kind of economic regulation.
Still, the court has never held that the federal government may compel people to participate in commerce. And this is what makes the individual mandate unprecedented: Never before has Congress presumed to order average Americans to purchase a good or a service in the marketplace.
Simply from the standpoint of semantics, the law's defenders face a challenge. As ordinarily understood, the word, "regulate," implies rules for activity that people have freely chosen to engage in (running a business, for instance). The word doesn't imply forcing people, say, to start a business in the first place.
Likewise, "commerce" implies economic activity — but someone who fails to buy health insurance is not engaged in economic activity.
Beyond these disputes over definitions lies a fundamental question about the extent of federal power: If Congress can force us to buy health insurance, what can't it order us to buy?
Practically any individual decision to buy something, or not to do so, has some theoretical effect on the economy as a whole. And if that's all that's needed to justify federal intrusion, limitless dictates could be imagined. For example, what's to stop Congress from forcing us to buy spa memberships — or electric cars — in the name of making us healthier, or more fuel‐efficient, consumers?
As Federal District Court Judge Henry Hudson, who ruled in favor of Virginia's challenge to the individual mandate in December 2012, put it: The argument for the mandate's constitutionality "lacks logical limitation."
Remarkably, the Obama administration has never offered a principled explanation of how to square the mandate with constitutional principles of limited federal government.
Instead, Americans are offered more semantic games. We're told the mandate only moves forward a purchase that would have happened in any case. People will now pay up‐front for health care that they would have eventually paid for, on their own, when they received it.
But again, this is a rationale without "logical limitation." Some version of this argument could be offered for practically any kind of forced purchase. If Congress commands you to buy something because lawmakers deem it "good for you," then almost by definition, it's something you might have bought on your own, eventually — so, voila, the mandate isn't really a mandate at all!
Bottom line: Upholding the individual mandate would set a treacherous precedent by licensing Congress to start micromanaging every facet of our lives.
Striking down the mandate, on the other hand, could pressure Congress to finally get creative about reforming America's ailing health care delivery system. With the mandate off the table, Congress could be forced to de‐emphasize rigid bureaucratic prescriptions in favor of market‐based reforms to expand competition and consumer choice.
So this case is not just a pulse check for constitutional principles of limited government. The health of health care could also be on the line.


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We've seen a lot of "small car chases an exotic" 'Ring vids before, but I've never seen a car with drum brakes passing a Porsche GT3. Watch this 1974 Audi 80 vintage racer go Porsche hunting.
The first two passes come at 2:30 and the last chase starts at 7:30.
The little Audi only has 130 horsepower, but it weighs just 1,500 pounds. That and the driver claims he's done over 640 laps of the Ring, so his speed is understandable. Just get a real camera next time; your laps deserve something better than an iPhone.


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Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Romeo Benetti, Luciano Chiarugi, Gianni Rivera and the emerging AC Milan force they formed part of began the 1972/73 season with a firm statement of their Scudetto intentions. That 4-0 thumping of Palermo left Cesare Maldini's side top of Serie A, and once they assumed outright leadership, they never looked like relinquishing it. Indeed a 4-1 win away to Sampdoria in Round 24 of 30 left Milan on a run of five successive victories, unbeaten in ten games, and three points clear of second-placed Lazio – in the two-points-for-a-win era, the title was I Rossoneri's to lose.
Yet as Milan stuttered down the final straight, Luciano Re Cecconi, Giorgio Chinaglia and their Lazio team-mates managed to shave the gap and heading into the concluding matchday, 40 years ago to this Monday, were just one point off the pace. So, too, were Juventus, whose five-match winning sequence was indebted to Dino Zoff, Fabio Capello, Franco Causio, Gianpietro Marchetti, Pietro Anastasi and Roberto Bettega.
If two teams finished level on points, a play-off would determine the destination of the trophy, but few expected one to be required. Milan were, after all, visiting a relegation-threatened Verona side that had won just one of their 14 home matches that season: 1-0 over rock-bottom Ternana. Lazio and Juventus, for their parts, were away to mid-table Napoli and Roma respectively.
Up in Veneto, however, a header from defender Paolo Sirena and a Giuseppe Sabadini own-goal gave Verona a 2-0 lead, and though Livio Luppi made it 3-0 on the half-hour, Milan did at least simultaneously receive some good news from the capital. There, Juventus forward Helmut Haller's back-pass was intercepted by Valerio Spadoni, who duly fired Roma into the lead.
All to play for
As the teams went in at half-time, the scores were Verona 3-1 Milan, Roma 1-0 Juventus and Napoli 0-0 Lazio. Had those results stood, Milan and Lazio would have finished on 44 points and Juventus on 43.
Juve coach Cestmír Vycpalek had 15 minutes to motivate his men into turning the tide – or so he thought. For as soon as they had entered the dressing room, in stormed the Czech's former Bianconeri team-mate and now club president, Giampiero Boniperti. The 44-year-old, who had spent his entire 15-year club career at Juventus, gave a rousing speech, outlining Milan's plight and urging his players not to let such an opportunity go begging.
Something else significant transpired during the break: Vycpalek advised that Haller would be replaced by Jose Altafini. At 34, the striker who helped Brazil win the 1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden™ and later represented Italy was past his best, but he had a reputation for scoring crucial goals. It took him just 16 minutes to net another – via a cute glancing header – and equalise for Juve. It made Altafini, who had previously represented Milan and Napoli, only the fourth player in history to reach 200 goals in Serie A, after Giuseppe Meazza, Silvio Piola and Gunnar Nordahl.
On 70 minutes over at the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona extended their lead, with Luppi somehow winning a ball he had no right to win inside the Milan area, someone holding on to it amid pressure from two opponents, and beating goalkeeper Villiam Vecchi from an acute angle. Swiftly, defender Maurizio Turone inadvertently deflected the ball into his own net to make it 5-1.
Sabadini did pull a goal back for Nereo Rocco's Rossoneri, but with five minutes remaining the scores were Verona 5-2 Milan, Roma 1-1 Juventus and Napoli 0-0 Lazio. That would have resulted in a three-way play-off settling the Scudetto scrap, but the drama wasn't over.
On 87 minutes at the Stadio Olimpico, Juve went in front from an unlikely source. Antonello Cuccureddu hadn't scored in over two years, but when the ball fell to the defender just inside a crowded Roma box, he employed exquisite technique to thunder the ball into the roof of the net.
La Vecchia Signora were on the cusp of defending their title and making it 15 Scudetti – Inter Milan had the next highest on 11 – and that became all but certain when, on the stroke on 90 minutes, Oscar Damiani gave Napoli the lead against Lazio.
There was still time for Albertino Bigon to reduce Verona's lead to 5-3, but that would be the final goal of a riveting title race which finished with Juventus one point ahead of Milan and two above Lazio.
"We weren't in control of our own destiny, but we were determined to do our part and [Boniperti's] words really fired us up," said Cuccureddu afterwards. "I had mixed emotions when I scored because we weren't sure what was happening with Lazio. But the news was filtering through to us gradually and when we got confirmation, it was an incredible feeling."


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Forget apps like Spotify, Dropbox or the one that makes the farty noises on demand. Researchers at MIT have just developed what is surely the greatest smartphone app of all time.
Reuters reports that the new app, SignalGuru, "predicts when a traffic signal is about to change, and the speed that should be driven when approaching an intersection in order to cruise through without stopping."
MIT, I want to thank you for solving one of the biggest problems in my life: red lights that prevent me from getting places really, really quickly. My commute to work is mostly stop-and-go city driving in heavy traffic and it's marred by a constant stream of red lights.
Here's how it works: when you approach an intersection, the app activates your smartphone camera, which detects how the signal changes and then tells you how fast you need to drive to beat the red light.
I think I'm going to have a LOT of fun with this app.
But expedient driving isn't the reasoning behind the app, apparently. Scientist Emmanouil Koukoumidis told Reuters the real reason his team created the app was to improve fuel economy. "The stop-and-go pattern that traffic signals create increases fuel consumption significantly," he said.
Right, scientists. Fuel economy. Whatever you have to say to get this approved. I know you hate catching reds as much as I do. The app isn't available to the public yet, but it could be soon.
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cococo avait besoin d'un nouveau design de logo et a lancé un concours sur 99designs.
Un gagnant a été sélectionné de 37 designs proposés par 17 designers freelance.
A logo for a social networking site for cyclists to chat/brag/boast about their wins/rides.
Who has todays bragging rights?
Desired Color Scheme:
Open to suggestion, like blue
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Simple, Clean, not too busy : One suggestion is to use a talk cloud, I think they are called a balloon. Will emphasise talking/bragging.
I do want to emphasis the bragging/boasting aspect of the site.
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I want the site to be very clean so the logo needs to be accommodating of this.
Here are some sites I like the look of:
After I have selected a logo I will be starting a contest for the uncoded template.
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Hope College has been recognized as a pioneer in providing study-abroad experiences for students.
IES Abroad honored Hope as one of the consortium's first 10 institutional members during the organization's 60th-anniversary celebration in October. The recognition included a citation dated Thursday, Oct. 14, that "acknowledges the continuous and long-standing membership of Hope College in the IES Abroad Consortium. We are grateful for this dedicated support of our programs and mission in the field of study abroad."
Hope became the second member of IES Abroad (formerly the Institute of European Studies) when the college joined the program in 1964.
The college's engagement with IES Abroad had actually started some eight years earlier, in 1956, when Dr. Paul Fried worked with the program as he developed Hope's popular Vienna Summer School. IES's first initiative in 1950 had taken 23 students to Vienna for a year.
In commemoration of its anniversary, IES Abroad also published a book that chronicles the organization's history. In citing Hope's involvement, the volume includes the cover of the 1965 Vienna Summer School brochure as an illustration.
Today IES Abroad has 72 member schools and 117 associate-member schools, and more than 5,000 students annually participate in more than 90 IES Abroad programs in 32 cities.
Each year, approximately 300 Hope students study abroad through either semester-long or full-year programs or shorter summer programs, many through IES Abroad. In addition, Hope is hosting 61 international students from 29 countries during the current school year.


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Just in time for the holiday season comes Sir Alan Ayckbourn's Season's Greetings at Northlight Theatre, directed by Artistic Director BJ Jones. Though the play, centered around an English family's Christmas get together, is billed as a comedy, to me it really is something of a dramedy, for there is plenty of drama in this play as well, albeit small dramas of the variety that tend to occur in a family when they are cooped up together from Christmas Eve through Boxing Day and unresolved issues abound.
Among the attendees of this little get together are three married couples: Belinda (Heidi Kettenring) and Neville (Matt Schwader) – who also are the hosts of said get together -- Pattie (Maggie Kettering) and Eddie (John Byrnes) and Bernard (Francis Guinan) and Phyllis (Amy J. Carle); along with Belinda and Neville's children, Pattie and Eddie's children (none of whom appear on stage), Belinda's sister Rachel (Ginger Lee McDermott), Rachel's friend Clive (Steve Haggard), and (last but most certainly not least) Neville and Phyllis's brother Harvey (Rob Riley).
While the idea is to celebrate a traditional Christmas together, as a family, it quickly becomes apparent that, to a certain extent, it's just that… an idea. In short order Neville and Eddie go off to do their own thing, tinkering with broken items, seeing if they can't get them working again; Harvey is off in his own little world watching some violent television program. Meanwhile Belinda and Pattie are left to try to deal with their children all on their own, without any help whatsoever from their husbands, who it would seem would much rather spend time with one another. Rachel, for her part, is forced to deal with her seemingly confused (and, some might say, confusing) relationship with her friend Clive, an author.
As time goes by we learn that many of the problems exhibited during this reunion of sorts merely mirrors what goes on at home. Neville and Eddie both prefer to spend time away from home. This leaves Belinda and Pattie to take care of their home and children, practically on their own. This understandably leads to a strain in both Neville and Belinda and Eddie and Pattie's relationships. Neville is so preoccupied by everything else that even when Belinda talks to him he only seems to be devoting half his attention to what she's saying, if that much.
When he's asked to do complete one task (related to the Christmas get together at their house), he completely neglects to do so.
The disconnect between Neville and Belinda is only made that much more obvious when she meets Clive and has a chance to speak with him. Unlike her husband, Clive pays attention when she's speaking. She can (and does) have a real conversation with him. The fact that Clive listens and is attentive makes him extremely attractive to Belinda, an attraction that she doesn't hide very well.
Bernard and Phyllis also have a somewhat odd relationship. Phyllis is an alcoholic whom Bernard, a doctor (albeit not a very good one, even by his own admission) must look after at all times. If the opportunity to drink were to arise (as it does while she is cooking the Christmas dinner), she takes it. Unlike Neville and Belinda and Pattie and Eddie, Bernard and Phyllis never had children, due in large part to the tremendous effort (on Bernard's part) it takes merely to care for Phyllis, to whom he is devoted – or perhaps he's just merely gotten used to the same routine.
Bernard and Harvey are also frequently at odds about just about everything. Harvey feels that Bernard's annual holiday puppet shows that he puts on for the children should come to an end, particularly after last year's show which felt like it would never come to an end. Harvey announces to Bernard that he has bought the children presents – guns – for this Christmas, which Bernard (rightly) feels are unsafe and inappropriate gifts.
While I did enjoy Season's Greetings, I have to say that if you are one of those people who absolutely has to have some sort of resolution, you might just be a bit disappointed. While everyone knows that their relationships are strained and a bit dysfunctional, for the most part they continue to approach their relationships the same ways they had initially, which gives you a feeling that they're never going to break out of this cycle they seem to be perpetually caught in. Even though the play starts out a bit slowly, once the pace picks up a bit Season's Greetings proves to be an enjoyable show.
Season's Greetings is currently scheduled to run through December 18, 2011. Curtain times are Tuesdays at 7:30 PM (except November 29 and December 13), Wednesdays at 1:00 PM (except November 30) and 7:30 PM (except December 7), Thursdays at 7:30 PM (except November 24), Fridays at 8:00 PM (except Opening on November 18, at 7:30 PM), Saturdays at 2:30 PM (except November 12) and 8:00 PM, and Sundays at 2:30 PM and 7:00 PM (except November 20, December 4 and December 18). Northlight Theatre is located at The North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Boulevard, Skokie. To purchase tickets to Season's Greetings log onto the Northlight Theatre website, www.northlight.org, or call the Box Office at 847-673-6300. To learn more about Northlight Theatre, the rest of the 2011-2012 season, or any special events associated with this production, log onto the theatre's website, www.northlight.org.
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So this is what my perennial garden looks like when I got home from Texas . Had a great time with a great lady. She hadn't told me we were going to be stopping at a friends house below Fort Worth and do some cooking.
Yep she is the one that writes cook books mainly so far for those that have Celaic Disease. They can't eat anything with wheat in it so she tests receipes using other flours like rice, potato and baking powder for a few.
So now she is working on a book for Mircrowave baking.
Here is the mainly quilty thing that I finished on the trip. I had shown this before but not since I quilted it and then did the binding on the trip. Had to wash is as some coffee spilled on it but did not hurt it. It is all Thimbleberries fabrics.
These pictures got in at the wrong place again. But this is the final product of the muffin done in the microwave for about 2 minutes.
Here is Roben mixing and recording on her laptop what she is doing. Then mixes this in the measuring cup. Yes, she uses one egg and the rest of the ingridents and beats it up and puts it in the little pyrex bowl for baking.
We had stayed in this little town the night before and did get out in the afternoon to get a little lunch and do a little shopping. Have you ever heard of an eighth measuring spoon? I hadn't but with these little cakes you need one. When this book comes out next year I will tell you about it. I want to try this myself. Would be nice to be able to bake a small cake for just me and not have so much left to have to eat.
I did go into one quilt shop but was not impressed.
We left there about six and had a 3 hour drive to Austin and needed to find a hotel. about in the middle of where her wedding was and where My grand nephew lived. That took some time as the first couple we stopped at were full for the weekend. OPPS what was going on. Yep, Graduation at the University.
Finally got one at the Hilton Garden Suites. A King size bed which was OK and a very nice room. The best thing of this trip was we both had laptops and was able to get online at every hotel we stayed at . So were able to keep in touch. I had hoped to post to the blog but was usually so tired that I couldn't think straight.
When we got there I was looking for my nephews phone number. I had their address but had left the card at home. So set out to try and get it. Found their name online but no number. I called my brother in Ohio and the number they gave me was disconneted. So Roben thought about Facebook. Finally , yes, lots of my relatives have a facebook page and set out to get the number. Seems nobody was online that night but finally in the morning my nephews sister-in-law had it for me. Of course I got a lot more too. So Facebook is good for something.
Had a wonderful day with them and Anne took me to downtown Austin and showed me the sights. What a fun day and of course temperatures at around 90. We only had one day of rain on the way down. Beautiful coming home. But was I tired.
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AUSTIN, TX - The New Mexico State football team opened up the 2013 season with a loss to No. 15 Texas, 56-7. The Aggies are now 0-1 on the season, as the Longhorns open the season at 1-0.
Quarterback Andrew McDonald completed 32 passes for 242 yards on the night. He threw the Aggies' only touchdown to New Mexico native, Joshua Bowen, for 11 yards. Bowen led the Aggies with eight receptions for 83 yards and his first career touchdown.
Brian Bonilla finished the season opener with eight tackles, one for a loss, including four solo. Darien Johnson had seven solo tackles for the Aggies, while Davis Cazares had five solo and two assisted. The defense also created three turnovers on the night.
As a team, NM State had 346 yards of total offense, while allowing Texas to run up 715 yards.
The Aggies went three-and-out on their first drive of the 2013 season, but the defense quickly got the ball back for NM State with a forced fumble and recovery to give the offense its second chance of the game with 11:44 left in the first quarter. The Aggies went three-and-out again, punting to Texas for the second time with 10:15 in the first.
Another defensive stop by NM State on a fourth-and-two by Texas gave NM State the ball at its own 45 yard line with 8:30 left in the quarter. The Aggies quickly drove down the field, inside the Longhorn 25, but failed to convert on a fourth-and-one, giving Texas the ball back with 4:30 remaining in the first quarter.
Again the defense stepped up and forced a Longhorn punt, but it was down by Texas at the NM State 1-yard line, with 3:57 left in the quarter. McDonald moved the Aggies down the field and as the first quarter ended, NM State was tied with the No. 15 team in the nation, 0-0.
The second quarter started with Nm State moving into Texas territory before McDonald fumbled on a quarterback keeper, giving the Longhorns the ball back with 13:20 left in the half.
Texas marched right down the field, inside the Aggies' 25-yard line, before George Callender picked off Longhorn quarterback David Ash in the end zone, for a touchback. It was the second turnover of the game for the Aggies, as they took over at their own 20-yard line, with 10:10 left in the half. It was Callender's third interception of his career.
The offense came onto the field, as King Davis III made his collegiate debut. The Aggies went three-and-out after a miscommunication between Davis III and Bergstrom on third down. The Aggies punted the ball back to Texas with 8:07 left in the half.
Four plays later, Laudermill tipped a pass from Ash, allowing Clint Barnard to intercept the ball, forcing the third turnover of the game with just over seven minutes left in the half. McDonald came back in a quarterback and quickly took the Aggies in the Longhorn's side of the field, after a long pass to Jerrel Brown.
McDonald then connected with New Mexico native Joshua Bowen for an 11-yard touchdown strike, giving NM State a 7-0 lead with 2:28 left in the half, following a successful Maxwell Johnson PAT attempt.
Forty seconds later Texas scored on a 54-yard pass from Ash to Harris, as the score was tied at 7-7, with 1:48 to go in the half. The Aggies then went three-and-out and was forced to kick the ball back to Texas with 1:25 to go in the half.
The Longhorns hit a 66-yard touchdown pass from Ash to Johnson to give Texas a 14-7 lead with 1:08 left in the half. Texas' scoring drive was one play, 66 yards in 10 seconds.
The Aggies would run out the clock for the remained of the half, as Texas led NM State 14-7.
McDonald threw for 105 yards and a touchdown, including 54 yards on the ground. Scoggins and Dean led the Aggie receivers at the tight ends combined for seven catches for 42 yards. The defense caused three turnovers in the half.
The Aggies opened the second half of play with an on-side kick, which was recovered by the Longhorns. Texas capitalized on the short field position, scoring on a 24-yard rush by Johnson, as the Longhorns took a 21-7 lead with 12:48 to go in the third quarter.
NM State drove right down the field, inside the Texas 20-yard line before McDonald threw an interception, giving the Longhorns the ball back with 11:55 left in the third at the Texas 12-yard line. Four plays later, Texas scored on a 54-yard scramble by Ash to extend its lead to 28-7.
Texas would add another touchdown after a three-and-out by the Aggies, making it 35-7 with over eight minutes left in the third quarter. The quarter would end with the score unchanged at 35-7, with NM State driving.
The Longhorns added three more touchdowns in the fourth quarter, as the game ended at 56-7.
The Aggies will host Minnesota on Sept. 7 in the home opener for NM State, as the Golden Gopher become the first ever Big Ten team to visit Aggie Memorial Stadium.


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KPovModeler: A Graphical Modeler for KDE
After a good year of public existence, KPovModeler 0.2 is released.
Current features are:
What is still missing is user documentation. We lack the
To see KPovModeler in action see our nice screenshots.
Konqui SDK
It'd be nice if someone with the required ability could "port" (that is, redraw) the Konqui SDK to this package. Then we all could use that guy in more graphics than Garfield or Snoopy. :-)
By Neil Stevens at Wed, 2002/06/05 - 5:00am
Re: Konqui SDK
Somehow I'm sure that port would involve quite a bit more than just drawing! :)
By Anonymous at Wed, 2002/06/05 - 5:00am
The big shops
The big shops still use OpenInventor and in conjunction with scripting languages (on SGIs and Suns, I might add). GUIs are great and all, but perhaps they should be geared towards extending the lead of complex packages instead of trying to make less complex apps even simpler. If graphics guys want Linux to go in this direction, it will help everyone in the graphics business. But if Linux keeps going the route it is, it might remain just an alternative to the ever-popular Windows - just a hack-tool for the masses, although only a small percentage of those masses. Isn't it time to change this?
By Anonymous SF at Wed, 2002/06/05 - 5:00am
The commons
I agree with you in the sense that it would be a pity if, after all the efforts done by the open-source movements, GNU/Linux systems remains just as a free alternative to Microsoft's Trust Softwares.
But, never forget that this little difference is, for at least a half
The sole and unique question to think of is : "Will the open-source community wait for proprietary high quality multimedia softwares to be ported to Linux before hacking better ones ?"
By this I mean that it is not good for GNU/Linux not to develop some kinds of professional multimedia studios. Just think of an open-source software which allows you to product digital videos from scratch.
An "open-source-minded" guy.
By Chucky at Wed, 2002/06/05 - 5:00am
good apps
KDE keep bringing in the best apps.
By Ax at Sun, 2002/06/09 - 5:00am
I'd like to see a way to create and manipulate landscapes, that is, rocks, skies, water, etc. easily. If you know Bryce 3d, you know what I mean.
By Carsten Pfeiffer at Wed, 2002/06/05 - 5:00am
Re: Landscapes?
I'm working on a program to create and render landscapes (called 'landscape' ;-), although it's nowhere near as fancy as Bryce/Terragen etc.
There's currently no way to export created terrains, but I've got vague plans to add such functionality later.
By Jonathan Belson at Thu, 2002/06/06 - 5:00am
to bad
Povray suck's!
By Andreas at Wed, 2002/06/05 - 5:00am
Re: to bad
Maybe (I haven't used non Windows 3-D renderers, so I can't tell).
But the KPovRay program looks great already as far as modelling
It could also potentially use another renderer, if POV is all that
So, generally, this stuff is GOOD NEWS.
By Bug Powder at Wed, 2002/06/05 - 5:00am
Re: to bad
povray is avaible for windows
By AAA at Wed, 2002/06/05 - 5:00am
Re: to bad
windows sux
By asdf at Fri, 2002/06/14 - 5:00am
Re: to bad
Not sure why you feel that Povray sucks. It seems to be a very good ray tracer and its radiosity engine has improved greatly in recent months (with the the version 3.5 release candidates). You might argue that the scripting language native to Povray is not as intuitive as, say, a 3D modeller, but if you look at Renderman, the standard used by Pixar for their movies and shorts, it is also based on a scripting language.
If you would like to see the quality that Povray can achieve, I suggest that you look at the following images posted to the Povray news groups (news.povray.org):
By falrick at Wed, 2002/06/05 - 5:00am
Re: to bad
I was especially amazed by those pictures:
The problem about all that is that it's hard to animate stuff. Most renderers are based on polygonal models I guess. While in theory, a procedural model is superior because of better scalability, it's hardly possible to animate this. You can use polygons for povray, but you'll lose a lot of "cool" stuff. However, for still images, povray is a very nice renderer.
By Rolf Magnus at Tue, 2002/06/11 - 5:00am
Re: to bad
Yes, animating something in povray can be quite difficult, but an animation is just a sequence of still images. The idea behind this modeller is precisely to hide the complexities of a procedural renderer from the end user.
If you create the scene using object declarations and links, you can create an animation of sorts.
You just have to use an application to join all pictures in a movie and it's done. No application name occurs to me but there are several out there.
Anyway, animation is one of the features we intend to add to kpovmodeler later on. We have no clear view on how this will be implemented and we're always open to suggestions on how to do it.
By Luis Carvalho at Tue, 2002/06/11 - 5:00am
Innovation 3D
Anyone interested in KDE 3D modelling could do worse than
By Will at Wed, 2002/06/05 - 5:00am
Re: Innovation 3D
Sorry to burst your bubble but innovation3D sucks. You can't have it open for too long or it will crash, and you can't open anything that you save. So, hooray for i3D.
By Anonymous at Mon, 2002/06/10 - 5:00am
POV-Ray speed
I remember POV Ray from when I was back on Windows. I quite liked it, but compared to commercial raytracers it had a BIG problem with speed. Is this still the case? I last tried it many years ago, but it could take forever to render a moderately big scene, whereas for instance LightWave would do it in only a few minutes. By the way, KPovModeler looks really nice, when I've got kde3 i'll definately try it again, and I might be able to do some doc writing for you. No promises however.
thanks -mike
By Mike Hearn at Wed, 2002/06/05 - 5:00am
Re: POV-Ray speed
I never used other raytracers than povray, but I agree that povray could be faster. A great raytracer though.
Would be great if you join our team and help with the user documentation.
By Andreas Zehender at Wed, 2002/06/05 - 5:00am
KDE Graphics package?
So this is going to be part of the KDE Graphics package. So when I install kde3.1 it will be included?
By theorz at Wed, 2002/06/05 - 5:00am
Re: KDE Graphics package?
Yes. KPovModeler will be included in KDE 3.1.
By Andreas Zehender at Wed, 2002/06/05 - 5:00am
Interesting but...
There are already a lot of 3d modellers available for KDE and GNOME and they are all the same. None of the ones I've seen have support for animation. What I'd like to see is something capable of modelling motion, such as water droplets, a bouncing ball, creatures that walk, etc. I'd also like to see a modelling program that reads stereoscopic images/video and develops a model in 3D space. Maybe these ideas might spur some innovation. :)
By A coward at Wed, 2002/06/05 - 5:00am
Where are my toolbars?
This program looks excellent, and was looking forward to trying it out. Un fortunatly when I started it up the only tool bar I had was the one with open, save, and print on it. The screenshots show loads of others so where are they? Couldn't edit or render the example scenes as a result. Maybe it's just me being stupid or lack of documentation but any ideas?
By David Williams at Mon, 2002/06/10 - 5:00am
Where are my toolbars?
This program looks excellent, and was looking forward to trying it out. Un fortunatly when I started it up the only tool bar I had was the one with open, save, and print on it. The screenshots show loads of others so where are they? Couldn't edit or render the example scenes as a result. Maybe it's just me being stupid or lack of documentation but any ideas?
By David Williams at Mon, 2002/06/10 - 5:00am
Re: Where are my toolbars?
You installed KPovModeler into the wrong directory.
Either set your KDEDIR environment variable correctly or specify the kde directory with ./configure --prefix=yourkdedir
By Andreas Zehender at Wed, 2002/06/12 - 5:00am
Just a quick one here. I can't get this to compile. I'm running SuSE 8.0 with KDE3.0.1. Configure just says:
You are missing at least one of opengl (mesa), glu, glut and glx.
et:/usr/src/kpovmodeler-0.2 # rpm -qa | grep mesa
I have the -devel packages installed. Anyone have a suggestion of what I can look for?
By Xanadu at Mon, 2002/06/10 - 5:00am
Re: Compile?
You can see in your configure output which header file it can't find.
Maybe the glx header is missing?
By Andreas Zehender at Wed, 2002/06/12 - 5:00am
A standardformat for all 3d-moddeling programs
How about a standardformat for creating 3d-models and other graphics?
Conclusion: its not a matter about wich program we use, but wich format the programs use.
By Maarten Romerts at Wed, 2002/06/12 - 5:00am
Re: A standardformat for all 3d-moddeling programs
Good point!
It would be more than "cool" to have KPovModeler "aware" of most (all) other (OSS) renders out there.
BMRT, Entropy both by Exluna (Larry Gritz)
Thank you for the great work!
By Dieter Nützel at Thu, 2002/06/13 - 5:00am
Re: A standardformat for all 3d-moddeling programs
I'd have to second BMRT and of course that should automatically include Renderman. I would like to see some comparisons between the speed and qualities of the various renderers especially the free ones.
By Strog at Thu, 2002/06/13 - 5:00am
Re: A standardformat for all 3d-moddeling programs
mental ray is OSS? I got the impression it cost a whole lotta.
By Alex Gittens at Tue, 2002/08/13 - 5:00am
Re: A standardformat for all 3d-moddeling programs
Do you could read?
..."aware" of most (all) other (OSS) renders..."
Or would you trolling, only?
By Dieter Nützel at Tue, 2002/08/13 - 5:00am
Re: A standardformat for all 3d-moddeling programs
Yes, apparently too well. You see when someone writes (says) something like "most (all) other (OSS) renderers...", I tend to think they are qualifying the 'other renders' to mean 'other OSS renderers'. Sorry.
But that was a genuine question. Not trolling.
By Alex Gittens at Wed, 2002/08/14 - 5:00am


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It's the 7th Americas Summit, it's in Panama, it has a lot of Presidents and other people:
Canada didn't send its Head of State, she was busy at Andy Murray's wedding or something.
'Chelle didn't go, some other Chilean took her place.
Nico Maduro's ordering a coffee or a beer, it seems.
Varela looks like he needs a pee. And a better fitting suit.
You get three Enrique Peña Nietos for one Nicolas Maduro.
Evo Morales has put on weight.
Juanma Santos decided to rawk the TAN SUIT in public, bless his heart.
Rafa Correa's looking older
Barack Obama got old! When did that happen?
Dan Ortega got really old! Seriously, looks older than the dude from Cuba.
Life's too short, and so is Ollanta Humala.


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SuicideGirl of the Day — Pilot [PICTURES]
Meet Pilot, a SuicideGirl who hates casseroles almost as much as she hates mosquitoes.
Name: Pilot
Age: 25
Location: Indiana
Into: Bicycling, collecting old stuff, records,a good rhyming thesaurus, word masters, film and traveling.
Not into: Mosquitos and casseroles.
Makes me happy: My dogs Igby and Fred, cuddles, Autumn and making things.
Makes me sad: Friends who live far away and the world we live in.
5 things I can't live without: My dogs, caffeine, iPhone, bike and some sort of creative outlet.
Vices: Tattoos and olives.
I spend most of my free time: Raping department stores and designing synthetic hairballs for ceramic cats. I also river dance the crap out of spiders from time to time.
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NEW YORK -- For the San Jose Sharks and New York Rangers, eight meant different things in their previous games.
The Sharks totaled eight goals in their first regulation win of the young season while the Rangers allowed eight in falling to 0-3-0.
On Thursday, the teams will get together at Madison Square Garden where the Sharks will hope to keep the goals flowing while the Rangers will hope to avoid another ugly loss.
The Sharks (2-2-0) are heading back to New York following a dynamic 8-2 win in Philadelphia on Tuesday. After getting 35 shots on goal in Monday's 4-0 loss to the New York Islanders, San Jose saw 13 players get at least one point.
"Sometimes that back-to-back game, you feel better for whatever reason," Sharks captain Joe Pavelski said. "You should be a little tired, but it woke our legs up a little bit. We moved a lot better, passing was cleaner.
Pavelski and Evander Kane registered two goals and two assists apiece while playing on different lines after opening training camp as linemates. Pavelski scored the second and third goals while Kane netted the next two.
"It's early enough in the season where those back-to-back games aren't as bad," Kane said. "It was good to get a bunch of different guys on the board after getting shut out yesterday afternoon."
Pavelski scored his first two goals while Kane is up to four goals already. Kevin Lebanc tied a team record with four assists by setting up Pavelski's two goals and Kane's second goal
It was the first time since Oct. 8, 2013, that the Sharks scored eight goals. The opponent that night was the Rangers, who gave up nine goals early in a season that saw them lose in the Stanley Cup Final.
The follow-up to San Jose's last eight-goal showing was a 4-1 win at Vancouver, and the Sharks are hoping for a similar showing against the Eastern Conference's only team without a point.
The Rangers are 0-3-0 for the first time since 1998-99 after absorbing an 8-5 defeat Sunday at Carolina. After not getting a lead and scoring three goals in their first two losses, the Rangers held the lead four times before allowing four goals in the final 15 minutes.
The last time the Rangers began a season with four straight losses was also 1998-99, the second of their seven straight seasons out of the playoffs.
New York followed that rough stretch by making the playoffs in 10 of 12 seasons and is experiencing rough patches in its rebuilding efforts so far under first-year coach David Quinn.
While wholesale changes are not looming, it is possible defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk could be a healthy scratch. Knee surgery cost him 36 games last season, his plus-minus rating is minus-4 and his ice time was 7:29 Sunday.
"You have to learn from it, obviously," Shattenkirk told reporters. "I'm not a guy that would take that the wrong way and mope about it."
Another change could be on New York's No. 1 line. Based on line combinations in practice this week, rookie center Brett Howden may start on the top line flanked by Chris Kreider and Mats Zuccarello.
Howden made the team out of training camp after being acquired from Tampa Bay as part of the return in the deal involving J.T. Miller and Ryan McDonagh. In three games, he has a goal and two assists.
"He's getting more comfortable for sure," Quinn told reporters at practice Tuesday. "As most first-year players in this league get when they have a little bit of success, there's a confidence level that grows."
Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist did not play Sunday but is expected to start Thursday. Martin Jones is likely to start for San Jose.
Since San Jose's 9-2 win over the Rangers five years ago, New York is 5-3-1 in the last nine meetings. Last season, the Sharks posted a 4-1 victory in New York on Oct. 23, while the Rangers recorded a 6-5 win in San Jose on Jan. 25.


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Swing Dance Foundations (level 1)
Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 with Stina
(Week 4)
For Students with no prior knowledge or background in Lindy Hop / Swing. This class is an introduction to the look and feel of social swing dancing. This course is intended to provide instruction and repetition of the basic 6-count patterns that form the structure of this dance.
Students should take this course for at least two months before moving on, or should take the Tuesday and Thursday Beginner class simultaneously. Tuesday and Thursday classes alternate curriculums (A and B), which can be taken in any order. Students should feel comfortable with all the material in both sections before moving to the next level. We recommend students obtain teacher approval before taking the Advance Basic class.
Curriculum B: Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov
Curriculum A: Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec
Curriculum A: Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov
Curriculum B: Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec


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We recorded our discussion at UnPub 7 in Baltimore, Maryland, on Friday 17 March.
|Game tree for "Battle of the Sexes"
Source: "Managerial Economics
Online," kwanghui.com/mecon
Our discussion opened with a hypothetical game in which first Aaron and then Austin decides whether to go out to get ice cream. Aaron prefers ice cream but more important than that prefers not to spend time with Austin. Austin prefers ice cream. Knowing Austin's preferences (his "payoff"), Aaron "prunes" from the tree those decision branches that he knows Austin will not take, leaving Aaron with a strategy to stay home and avoid Austin's company. Austin will then go out and get ice cream.
In the sample illustration for "Battle of the Sexes," a wife and a husband are choosing whether to go to the opera or to the bullfight. The wife prefers the opera with the husband (payoff 5), but would rather go to the bullfight with her husband (4) than to the opera alone (3). Going to a bullfight alone is as bad as staying home (0). The husband's payoffs are the same except that he prefers the bullfight over the opera. In this sequential game, the wife chooses first, and then knowing the wife's choice, the husband chooses second. This is not a zero-sum game, and the wife's payoffs don't necessarily compare to the husband's. Rather, each seeks to maximize her or his own payoff in isolation. So if the wife chooses "opera (O)," the husband would rather go to the opera with his wife than to the bullfight alone (even if they would be equally miserable alone), and so chooses to go to the opera (O) as well. (Later we'll see how the social concept of "fairness" can undermine game tree analysis.)
The authors insist that a player's strategy be complete, i.e. that it include contingencies for nodes that perfect analysis says might be unnecessary. It's not clear in Chapter 3 why that's the case, but they refer to stability analysis in advanced game theory, and so we accept that a well-defined strategy for a player is a complete plan of action for all the player's decision nodes.
Interestingly, the authors stipulate that every node have only one branch leading to it. I find that interesting, inasmuch as it is possible for different decision sequences to result in a game state that poses the same player with the same decision and the same consequences. If they are treated as different nodes, then the downstream game tree branches will be identical for both. That seems an unnecessary restriction, but I don't see it as problematic, and in fact it may simplify game tree analysis.
An approach to solving a game tree, i.e. establishing a strategy for each player and predicting likely courses of a game, is to sequentially prune branches that represent decisions that are categorically not in the interest of the deciding player. So for example in the case of the Battle of the Sexes, at node b, the husband is faced with a payoff of 4 for the opera (O) or 3 for the bullfight (BF). So the BF branch may be pruned because in that case the husband will not choose BF. At node c, the husband is faced with payoffs of 0 (O) and 5 (BF), so that O branch may be pruned. The result is that now at node a, the wife's choices have payoffs of 5 (O), because she knows that the husband will also choose O in that case, or 4 (BF), because the husband will choose BF. So at node a, the lower payoff BF branch may be pruned, and the game tree has a single path in which both partners choose the opera.
Instead of pruning, a different way to represent the same technique is to highlight clearly optimal choices, such as the O choice at node b and the BF choice at node c. Then highlight the O choice at node a to complete a path from the initial node to the terminal node. In either case, this method of working backward is called rollback, or backward induction. When all players use rollback to arrive at a strategy, the resultant set of strategies is a rollback equilibrium, and the resultant terminal node is the rollback outcome. The authors stipulate that every sequential game has a rollback equilibrium - typically exactly one, except where players have equal payoffs between two choices and are indifferent to the result.
Depending on the configuration of the game tree (and the Battle of the Sexes is an example), the rollback equilibrium may result in the player at the initial node gaining the maximum possible payoff while other players gain less than their maximum. A game tree with such a configuration has first-mover advantage. In other cases, when reacting to the first decision yields the maximum payoff (as it would if rock-paper-scissors were a sequential game), the game is said to have second-mover advantage.
solved in July 2007 and, perfectly played, will always result in a draw.
Rollback analysis presupposes a clear understanding of the value of the payoffs to rational players. An "Ultimatum Game" gives 100 coins to Player A, who offers some of them to Player B. If Player B accepts the offer, both keep their shares; if not, neither keeps anything. Rollback analysis dictates that Player A offer one coin and B accept, but in social experiments, observation indicates Player A typically offers much closer to 50 and B accepts only if offered something that appears fair. So empirically, players value fairness in a way that the originally constructed game tree does not reflect. When the experiment is posed in a way that Player B does not know how the offer was derived (e.g. whether it was random, by computer, by Player A, or by some other method), Player B typically accepts much lower offers because the sense of fairness is less offended by an arbitrary opportunity. Going back to the "Battle of the Sexes," if the same game is played every week and the couple goes to the opera every week, the husband might - out of a sense of "fairness" - deliberately go to the bullfight alone rather than continue to accede to his wife's preferred event.
It will be interesting to see how rollback analysis might apply to social games where signaling might induce opponents down one branch over another. For example, if the husband signals an intent to go to the bullfight regardless of the wife's decision (and if the signal is credible), the wife may choose to go to the bullfight rather than risk going to the opera alone.
So we can approach sufficiently simple sequential games with game tree analysis as long as we correctly value payoffs. Game tree analysis still provides insight (if not explicit solution) for more complex games. Irrational play may undermine strict analysis, so strategies need to take into account unexpected paths that the game might follow.
Next time we will discuss Games of Strategy Chapter 4, "Simultaneous Move Games with Discrete Strategies."