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The Proposed Approach
The current approach uses several of MySQL's special features to create a logging scheme that is both robust and practically free. We create two tables: a temporary log table using the Memory engine and a permanent log table using the MyISAM engine. MySQL supports several storage engines that act as handlers for different table types. MySQL storage engines include both those that handle transaction-safe tables and those that handle non-transaction-safe tables. The memory engine performs all operations in memory and never writes to disk. As such it is very fast, though transient. The MyISAM engine is a non-transactional engine, transactions can include both transactional and non-transactional tables (the non-transactional table simply ignore the transactional commands).
Log messages are inserted into the tmplog table, which is a practically free operation since that table lives in memory. The extremely low cost of this operation means that a developer can be very verbose in their use of logging. Rather than agonize over whether to log something or not, you can simply log at will.
In the (hopefully) usual case where nothing goes wrong, the Stored Procedures does not have to do anything. Temporary tables only exist for the duration of a connection. In the typical J2EE usage pattern, an external request arrives at the system, a connection is retrieved from the connection pool, is used and then returned to the pool. When the connection is returned to the pool the temporary table is effectively dropped -- the code does not have to do anything to remove the log messages that where inserted during the successful invocation of the Stored Procedures. In this way the system suffers little to no performance cost for a successful operation.
When the Stored Procedure detects a failure condition it does an INSERT SELECT from the temporary memory table into the permanent MyISAM table. Thus it preserves all log messages that were written to the memory table into the MyISAM table. In this way the system records all of the information it needs but only in the cases where it needs it.
Log4J users can imagine being able to run your production system at DEBUG level for all the failure cases but only pay the overhead of running at WARN level for all of the successful cases -- without having to know which cases were which ahead of time.
An important thing to note is the choice of the MyISAM engine for the permanent log table. Remember that rows are typically only written to that table when things are going badly. That would usually result in the current transaction being rolled back -- except that we really want the inserts into the log table to succeed! The MyISAM engine is not a transactional engine. This means that even if a transaction is rolled back the inserts into the log table are preserved -- which is exactly the desired behavior.
The Code
There are four SPs defined in the debugLogging.sql package. Two SPs help setup the tables to be used, one performs temporary logging and the last copies messages to the permanent table.
This first procedure creates both the temporary and permanant tables. Note the use of the engine specifier to distinguish the two tables. The temporary log contains a single interesting column which was called msg. The permanent table adds an automatic timestamp and a thingID. The assumption is that the logs are written during an operation that creates, destroys, or modifies some object, and that that object has a unique identifier. In the video-on-demand space that I work in, this can be the identifier of a movie being streamed to a customer's set-top box.
Create Procedure setupLogging() BEGIN create temporary table if not exists tmplog (msg varchar(512)) engine = memory; create table if not exists log (ts timestamp default current_timestamp, thingID bigint, msg varchar(512)) engine = myisam; END;
This next procedure creates just the temporary log table. We've seen cases in the field where the temporary table does not exist at the time that we are needing to insert into it. In that case we have a procedure to recreate the table.
Create Procedure setupTmpLog() BEGIN create temporary table if not exists tmplog (msg varchar(512)) engine = memory; END;
The next procedure is the one that is called the most and performs the actual logging. A message parameter is written to the temporary table. There is a continue handler that creates the temporary table if it does not already exist.
Create Procedure doLog(in logMsg varchar(512)) BEGIN Declare continue handler for 1146 -- Table not found BEGIN call setupTmpLog(); insert into tmplog values('resetup tmp table'); insert into tmplog values(logMsg); END; insert into tmplog values(logMsg); END;
The last procedure is the one to call when an error is detected within the user's SP and all of the logging needed to be saved for later analysis. This procedure takes a final message, presumably one saying what the final error condition is. It then inserts all of the rows in the temporary table into the permanent table, setting the timestamp along the way. To handle the situation where the user of the logging system chooses to continue after an error, and then runs into another error we make sure to delete all rows in the temporary table after inserting them into the permenant table.
Create Procedure saveAndLog(in thingId int, in lastMsg varchar(512)) BEGIN call dolog(lastMsg); insert into log(thingId, msg) (select thingId, msg from tmplog); truncate table tmplog; END;
Sample Use
The following code sample shows a possible usage of the logging procedures. The example is based on the notion of a Stored Procedure that would be called from within another stored procedure. The mission of the inner procedure is to parse a comma separated list of values and insert each value into a cache table for use in a query by the calling procedure. It illustrates the value of being able to log not just the final results but the steps followed along the way since it might be very valuable to know which iteration of the loop contained the failure.
Create Procedure parseAndStoreList(in thingId int, in i_list varchar (128), out returnCode smallInt) BEGIN DECLARE v_loopIndex default 0; DECLARE Exit Handler for SQLEXCEPTION BEGIN call saveAndLog(thingId, 'got exception parsing list'); -- save the logs if things go badly set returnCode = -1; END; call dolog(concat_ws('got list:', i_list)); -- say we got to the start pase_loop: LOOP set v_loopIndex = v_loopIndex + 1; call dolog(concat_wc(',', 'at loop iteration ', v_loopIndex); -- say we got to nth iteration -- actually do the parsing, or whatever END LOOOP parse_loop; set returnCode = 0; END;
The ability to do low- or no-cost logging with Stored Procedures has proven to be an extremely useful technique. It lets you instrument your code with extensive information, which is available at production runtime, but only when needed.


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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Inc. magazine has ranked Salt Lake City-based Spillman Technologies as one of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the nation, marking the sixth consecutive year that the company has been included in the exclusive list.
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Spillman has experienced a 40 percent increase in revenue from 2008 to 2011 and has added 41 new customers since the beginning of 2012. Inclusion on the Inc. 5,000 list places Spillman among the ranks of companies like Microsoft, Oracle, and Facebook.
According to Inc., the list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the nation represents a comprehensive look at the health of America's independent entrepreneurs. The companies on this year's list have maintained a median growth rate of 97 percent, have created more than 400,000 jobs in the last three years, and have an aggregate revenue of $299 billion.
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We've come a long way gender-wise. Not so long ago, women would be censured for speaking or writing in public. But cultural expectations are stickier and sludgier than oil....Women, inarguably, still are punished for failing to adhere to gender norms by acting "too masculine" or "not feminine enough"....Could it be that Obama is suffering from the inverse?Parker cites women's studies professor Karlyn Kohrs Campbell for the insight that "men are safe assuming female styles as long as they meet rhetorical norms for effective advocacy -- clarity and cogency of argument, appropriate and compelling evidence, and preempting opposing positions." But there's one component on which all this turns: Credibility.
Campbell's one-time co-author, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, got at this point in Eloquence in an Electronic Age: The Transformation of Political Speechmaking. She looked at reasons why Geraldine Ferraro fared so poorly in the vice-presidential debates against George H.W. Bush, during a campaign in which Ronald Reagan employed "effeminate" speaking techniques to advantage, while Ferraro took a more traditionally masculine tone. She writes:
Ferraro's style manifests the double bind in which television traps a female politician. The style traditionally considered credible is no longer suitable to television. But only a person whose credibility is firm can risk adopting a style traditionally considered weak. So a male candidate whose credibility is in part a function of presumptions made about those of his sex is more likely to succeed in the "womanly" style than is an equally competent but stereotypically disadvantaged female candidate.Many of us have been putting Presidents Obama, Clinton and Reagan in that group of top speakers who emply what are considered traditional female approaches to speaking -- "rapport-talk" or speech that builds relationships, rather than just "report-talk," as linguist Deborah Tannen calls it. It's ironic that much of the beginning of Parker's column is full of apologies and self-deprecating humor about having the gall to call the president feminine in any way. If you want a thoughtful read on men, women, leadership and how both use the "effeminate" speaking style--as well as a great short history of how women have been silenced throughout history--get your hands on chapter four of Jamieson's book. It's thought-provoking, and has prompted me to encourage women to take back their own speaking style while working to build the credibility they need to do so effectively.
What do you think about this article? I'm indebted to reader Dana Vickers Shelley, who brought this to my attention.
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Faux Security: @JosephKBlack, @ElyssaD, BlackBerg Security, and Shades of Project Viglio
BlackBerg & ElyssaD:
A while back, I ran across ElyssaD and her whacky site which was scraping my content from Infosec Island. I later read Jaded Security's post filling in the gaps that I had given up on in my searches on her digital rats warren of sites and chalked it up to idiots at play.
However, since then, she has failed to remove my content from her sites, her ersatz 'employer' Joe Black, has called me out as a supporter of Anonymous and LulzSec, and still, my content is on her frantically moronic sites.
So, the gloves come off.
I began to look around at her sites again to see what was being taken and scraped when I began to not only see more of her erratic behaviour, but a pattern of baiting for attention not only on her part, but that of Joe Black.
So much so in fact, that I have to really wonder if Elyssa is not just an identity scrape of a real person as opposed to actually being online herself and posting all this claptrap.
After all, what was it that LIGATT and Aaron Barr were trying to do but create many sock puppet identities to control and use to sway opinion in PSYOPS fashion. So the questions for me now are these:
- Is Joe Black just an insanely inept buffoon with some alleged connections to the defence base?
- Is ElyssaD just a cutout for Joe to weave his insanity online for... Well whatever purposes he has in mind?
- Is all of this just the personal lulz machine for whoever Joe may really be and is having a laugh?
- Are they both just insane and useless wankers?
After picking through their digital trails, I still cannot say for sure what their goal is or just how real they both are. I am told that Joe is a real person and that some in my circle know of him.
Personally, I had never heard of him until he started tweeting craziness on Twitter and came up with his craptastic site. Over time though, he just progressively got crazier and crazier with comments and challenges to the likes of LulzSec, who then allegedly hacked him and showed just how poor his site security was.
Of course now there are allegations that Lulz did nothing that that he (Joe) had hacked/defaced his page himself to garner attention (as seen below):
After his site went down this last weekend, we all thought perhaps he had been hit by another Anon attack of some sort, but then he popped up again yesterday, claiming fantastically, that he is the new Nietzsche of information security!
Which is ironic, because Nietzsche went insane at the end of his life due to Tertiary Syphilis, which I think Joe has a head start on now. Then again, if you really know who Nietzsche was, and did, perhaps this is another nod to irony and a play on the ideas of putting crazy out to the world to see what happens.
Frankly though, from his tweets and writings, I think it is the former and not the latter. Joe is just an attention seeking fool and Elyssa, well, if Elyssa is truly the one posting on the Internet, hon, you need some mental health dollars spent on you STAT!
So, on to the LIGATT worthy baloney shall we? I will present it in short montages, somewhat like the montage scene in Team America. Mostly because I am listening to the soundtrack now and YOU are, well, you are a farce just like the film.Joe.. Joe Black… CIA…:
Seriously Joe... If YOU are a NOC, then I am the King of Prussia. What the Hell are you saying? I mean, this right here just screams that you are either out of your head or just a clown.
If you are at all serious about this alleged business of yours and its ties to the military and government, then they, if they are indeed connected with you at all, should quickly pull out.
Then there's this little ditty:
Holy WTF? Really? C'mon man! Who is going to buy this stuff other than Elyssa? (to the tune of Freedom Ain't Free.. It costs a BUCK OH FIVE!)
And then there is this other missive:
Huh? Wha? Elyssa, take your MEDS! With employees like this, Joe is gonna have to have one HELL of a insurance plan! Elyssa, I am sure the Feds took you up on your offer and will give you FULL immunity *snort* (to the tune of North Korean Melody.. So Ronery)
AND then there is my favorite!
SO! That's how it works within the intelligence and hacking communities! I had NO IDEA! Really, Elyssa, if indeed you are real and this tweet wasn't just some elaborate insane joke.
YOU are not a hacker and it does not happen by "association" you morons. No more so than any of your degree's (if real) make you an INTEL analyst or a Black OP specialist. (to the tune of Team America March.. just because it came on.. Can you smell the gravitas?)
Speaking of gravitas, if indeed Joe and Co. are real, that is what they are trying, and failing to convey to the would be clients that the site alleges to want. Therein, you have LIGATT-ed quite well Joey.Board of Advisors:
Now, in another more interesting vein, Joe has added a board of directors to his site. Of course I had to look once Praetorian had pointed it out asking; "Who the hell are these people?"
So, I put on the waders and got the gloves on to go looking. What I found kinda makes me wonder what the hell is going on yet again. So, lets have a look at these people shall we?
Fernando Patzan:
Alright, so Fernando was pretty easy to find. I mean how many Fernando's are there in infosec who have government ties? Yeah, so Fernando, my first question is this; "Do you really represent in any way Joe Black and his particular brand of crazy?"
Because if you don't then this guy is dragging your reputation down with his easy use of your name as an advisor. Honestly, if half the stuff that Joe has done and said was on your advice, well, I should think that your current employers might want to re-think your job status.
Of course I have yet to speak with anyone who really knows you... So you too could be another cutout. However, I have found ancillary data through Google that you do really exist and you did work at GD. So, tell me my man, are you huffing the same glue from the same paper bag under that local underpass with Joe?
Oh, and if you don't know him... Well dude, you better get on the horn with your lawyer…
Patricia Ellington:
Oh Patty, Patty, Patty, your creds are kinda... Well 'meh' aren't they? You also have connections to me like Fernando now that the LinkedIn is working right. So, why have I never heard of you?
Well, I suppose that that is a bad question. So I will go back to the credibility issue and your connection to Joey here. Do you know Joe? Is Joe taking YOUR advice too in posting his whack ass diatribes about being in the CIA and allegedly outing Team Poison?
You too might want to call your lawyer…
John Berry:
John... Well... John is a blank slate to me. Of course his name is pretty common and bland, but I could locate no one with that name within the infosec community nor by using the super special word "CYBER" that all of the morons are using as a catch phrase today.
So he is a ghost... OOOOH maybe he is a super spy like Jason Bourne! I bet Joe knows you through his adventures in Thailand chasing heroin smugglers!
Justin Johnson:
Justin.. Well Justin was a bit of a puzzle. The only one who came up with network cred was this one. Are you an advisor to Joey? Once again, I say you should get a lawyer if you don't already have one because this guy may be trading on your good name and credibility (VERY Ligattworthy!).
Justin, if you do in fact know Joey and you are working with him let me know... I have more questions like; HUH? Why?Kevin G. Coleman:
Lastly, and most interestingly, we have Kevin. Oh Kevin, I liminally have heard of you before and I cannot believe that you would have anything to do with Joey, but, then again, maybe you like the glue huff now and again? Do you really advise Joe to do the crazy stuff he has been up to? Do you really approve of, or even know about this Elyssa character?
Dude, you are the most credible of the group and now you have this stink upon you!
If you know him and are working with him, best sever those ties now sir… EVEN if you are SEMI retired! This Joey character is only going to lead you down the path to smelling like a dog after a skunk attack while standing in the crap factory while it exploded due to a SCADA hack.
Please.. Someone tell these people their names are on this fool's site!
Ok, so in the end, as "I'm So Ronery" plays on the headphones I end this psychic barf of a post. Joe, Elyssa... Time for your meds! And as always "Remember to fade away in a montage"...
Cross-posted from Krypt3ia


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Rain lashed the tracks through Finland's verdant forests for almost five and a half days of this classic six-day international competition and even rendered two tests impossible to ride on the last day out on the big loops. Remes was the star performer throughout. He won five of the six days in the E1 class and held onto the overall competition in conditions that obviously suited his national team who combined to take the coveted World Trophy for the host country.
Remes, who is also second in the overall standings in the E1 class of the World Championship with four races to go, seemed to revel in difficult conditions. Known to favor the MX type terrain he was the favorite to dominate the last day when the final test was held at the Karhula MX track. He took victory in the final stage and won overall from teammate Juha Salminen with an accrued lead of just over four minutes. Remes was well supported in the overall E1 results by Spain's Lorenzo Santolino who finished on the podium in third, Remes' teammate Antti Hellsten who was fourth overall and Mario Roman of Spain who was sixth overall.
KTM's American rider Kurt Caselli also finished with great flourish on the final day wrapping up his very successful Six Day 2011 with at 1-1-5-1-2-1 result in the E2 class for the individual days to top the final podium, even though he accrued a 4-minute penalty half way through the race. KTM rider Cristobal Guerrero of Spain joined Caselli on the podium in third place. The KTM factory rider was a strong contender throughout the event but finished back in the field on the final day. Toby Price of Australia, winner of the recent Australian 4-days Enduro, finished fourth overall while KTM riders Jari Mattila (Finland) and American Russell Bobbitt were ranked sixth and seven.
KTM riders were also prominent in the overall E3 results with the best finisher being Britain's Johnny Walker in fourth overall. Walker also finished a superb third in this year's Red Bull Hare Scramble at Erzberg, Austria's Iron Mountain. Other top KTM riders in the class were: Jonas Karlsson of Sweden in fifth place, American Nathan Kanney in seventh, Mark Wassink of the Netherlands in eighth and Australian Mitchell Bowen at twelfth.
All in all it was a superb, if difficult and slippery ISDE for the host country whose strong team were clearly at home in the terrain around the Kotka-Hamina region in the south of the country. Finnish riders dominated throughout the event and they were worthy winners of the coveted World Trophy. Spain, well supported by KTM factory rider Cristobal Guerrero and Santolino and Roman took second place while Caselli, Bobbitt and Kanney all played a leading role in giving USA the bronze medal.
France won the Junior Trophy with Sweden and Britain, supported by Johnny Walker taking the minor places, followed by USA and Australia, both reinforced by KTM riders. The Women's Trophy also went to France with Finland and Australia also on the podium.
KTM 1 also topped the ranking in the Manufacturer's Team Award thanks to the great riding of team members Remes, Caselli and Cristobal Guerrero.
E1 Day Six
1, Eero Remes, Finland, KTM
2, Matti Seistola, Finland, Husqvarna
3, Juha Salminen, Finland, Husqvarna
4, Paolo Felecia, Portugal, Yamaha
5, Colton Udall, USA, Honda
7, Lorenzo Santolino, Spain, KTM
8, Antti Hellsten, Finland, KTM
10, Joerg Haustein Germany, KTM
12, Benjamin Herreira, Chile, KTM
14, Lauri Pohjonen, Finland, KTM
16, Ralph Hubers, Netherlands, KTM
17. Mario Roman, Spain, KTM
E1 Final Results at end of Six Days
1, Eero Remes, Finland, KTM
2, Juha Salminen, Finland, Husqvarna
3, Lorenzo Santolino, Spain, KTM
4, Antti Hellsten, Finland, KTM
5, Matti Seistola, Finland, Husqvarna
6, Mario Roman, Spain, KTM
E2 Day Six
1, Kurt Caselli, USA, KTM
2, Luis Correia, Portugal, Yamaha
3, Toby Price, Australia, KTM
4, David Israel, Chile, Honda
5, Mathias Bellino, France, Husaberg
7, Jari Mattila, Finland, KTM
9, Mitcham Harper, Australia, KTM
15, Jonathan Manzi, Italy, KTM
18, Cristobal Guerrero, Spain, KTM
Final Overall Results for E2 at end of Six Days
1, Kurt Caselli, USA, KTM
2, Luis Correia, Portugal Yamaha
3, Cristobal Guerrero, Spain, KTM
4, Toby Price, Australia, KTM
5, Matthew Phillips Australian Yamaha
6, Jari Mattila, Finland, KTM
7, Russell Bobbitt, USA KTM
E3 Day Six
1, Ivan Cervantes, Spain, Gas-Gas
2, Valtteri Salonen, Finland, TM
3, Marko Tarkkala, Finland, Husaberg
4, Danny McCanney Britain, Gas-Gas
5, Johnny Walker, Britain, KTM
6, Nathan Kanney, USA, KTM
8, Mark Wassink, Netherlands, KTM
Final overall results E3 at end of Day Six
1, Marko Tarkalla, Finland, Husaberg
2, Ivan Cervantes, Spain, Gas-Gas
3, Valtteri Salonen, Finland, TM
4, Johnny Walker, Britain, KTM
5, Jonas Karlsson, Sweden, KTM
7, Nathan Kanney, USA, KTM
8, Mark Wassink, Netherlands, KTM
12, Mitchell Bowen, Australia, KTM
World Trophy
1, Finland
Eero Remes, KTM
Matti Seistola, Husqvarna
Juha Salminen, Husqvarna
Jari Mattila KTM
Valtteri Salonen, TM
Marko Tarkkala, Husaberg
2, Spain
Victor Guerrero, Yamaha
Mario Roman, KTM
Lorenzo Santolino, KTM
Cristobal Guerrero, KTM
Ivan Cervantes, Gas-Gas
Oriol Mena, Husaberg
Colton Udall, Honda
Destry Abbott, Kawasaki
Russell Bobbitt, KTM
Jimmy Jarrett, Homda
Kurt Caselli, KTM
Nathan Kanney, KTM
4, Sweden
Johan Edlund, KTM
Martin Larsson, Husaberg
Daniel Persson, Husaberg
Joakim Ljunggren, Husaberg
Jakob Morhed, Husaberg
Jonas Karlsson, KTM
5, Netherlands
Ralph Hubers, KTM
Erald Lamertink, Husaberg
Erwin Plekkenpol, KTM
Hans Vogels, Husaberg
Amel Advokaat, Husaberg
Mark Wassink
6, Germany
Joerg Haustein, KTM
Daniel Jud, Husaberg
Dennis Schroeter, Husqvarna
Otto Freund, KTM
Ralf Scheidhauer
Gerd Pfefferkorn, KTM
Junior Trophy
1, France
Alexandre Quereyre, Yamaha
Benoit Fortunato, Yamaha
Mathias Bellino, Husaberg
Romain Dumontier, Yamaha
2, Sweden
Martin Sundin
Carl Sjoo, Honda
Johan Carlsson, Beta
Karl Svensson, Husaberg
3, Britain
Jack Rowland, Husqvarna
Alexander Rockwell, Husaberg
Johnny Walker, KTM
Danny McCanny, Gas-Gas
Ian Blythe, Honda
Cory Buttrock, KTM
Andrew Delong, KTM
Cody Schafer, Kawasaki
5, Australia
Scott Keegan
Josh Ballard, Yamaha
Mitcham Harper, KTM
Mitchell Bowen, KTM
Women's Trophy
1, France: Ludivine Puy, Blandine Dufrene, Juliette Berez
2, Finland: Marita Nyqvist, Hanna Mertsalmi, charlotte Ljunglin
3, Australia: Jessica Gardiner, Alison Parker, Jemma Wilson
4, Sweden: Jessica Jonsson, Jessica Malcolmsson
5, USA: Nicole Bradford (KTM), Amanda Mastin, Kerrie Swartz (KTM)
Manufacturer's Team Award
1, KTM 1: Eero Remes, Kurt Caselli, Cristobal Guerrero
2, Husaberg 2: Mathias Bellino, Simon Wakely, Hans Vogels
3, Husaberg 3: Martin Larsson, Martin Sundin, Karl Svensson
4, Husaberg 4: Alexander Rockwell, Daniel Persson, Kajob Morhed
5, KTM3: Antti Hellsten, Mario Roman
9, KTM 4: Russell Bobbitt, Nathan Kanney, Cory Buttrick
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In the backyard of Facebook, Oracle and moneyed Sand Hill Road, more than half of public schools lack the Internet speed and connectivity needed to harness digital learning.
Still, they're far better off than the nation as a whole: An estimated 70 percent of schools endure slow speeds or lack wireless connections, according to partial findings of an ambitious national survey by the San Francisco-based nonprofit EducationSuperHighway.
The effort to expand schools' digital infrastructure will get a boost from a $9 million grant, announced Wednesday, mainly from Mark Zuckerberg's Startup-Education foundation and the Gates Foundation.
The grant will enable EducationSuperHighway to get more schools to test their Internet speeds. So far, 26 state education departments — but not California's — have signed on to assess their schools' digital tools. "You can't fix it if you don't know where the problem is," said Evan Marwell, CEO of EducationSuperHighway.
And it will help schools improve their Net connections. This isn't an effort to replace teachers with online learning. Instead, Marwell said, digital tools enable teachers to offer individual instruction, lead small groups, personalize work, tell what students have learned and address their needs. "Digital learning is one of the few scalable levers we have to improve education outcomes in our schools," said Marwell, 48.
The Obama administration has set a goal of connecting all K-12 schools to high-speed Internet in five years.
To expand capacity, the Federal Communications Commission offers $2.4 billion a year to schools. But already its E-rate initiative, started about 15 years ago, needs updating, and the FCC is in the process of gathering public comment on revisions.
EducationSuperHighway also offers to help schools upgrade. "The typical school doesn't have expertise to design, implement and maintain mission-critical networks," Marwell said. "Schools aren't very good at buying this stuff."
For instance, the median bandwidth cost for schools is $25 per megabit per month. But technologically advanced schools may pay only $2.50 per megabit.
In San Mateo County, when the EducationSuperHighway surveyed in the fall, about 45 percent of schools reported adequate digital access, and 35 percent were on their way toward setting it up. Surprisingly, both the have and have-not camps included socioeconomic variation. Among those best equipped were Sequoia and San Mateo high school districts, and the Las Lomitas, Menlo Park, Redwood City, Belmont-Redwood Shores, San Carlos and Ravenswood elementary districts.
Those with the least capacity included Hillsborough, Jefferson elementary and high school districts, San Bruno Park, South San Francisco, Cabrillo and La Honda-Pescadero.
Especially on the Coastside, the survey noted, schools can't get high-speed connections because the region lacks the network infrastructure, and districts don't have the funds to upgrade.
San Carlos spent 18 months improving its digital infrastructure, including network switches, wireless devices and bandwidth, technology director Tom Keating said. The district has moved from maintaining rows of computers in labs to providing Chromebooks to students in grades 3 through 8 in their own classrooms.
By using free online technology, he said, students in English class can peer-review papers and teachers can review student writing in real time. "This is huge for teachers," Keating said. It has been so successful that history and science teachers plan to follow suit.
The Sequoia Union High district, technology director Robert Fishtrom said, in November upgraded its bandwidth to 1 gigabyte on its campuses. Now it will add a wireless access point in each classroom.
That way, the district will be prepared when it rolls out a policy, anticipated for August, allowing students to use their own mobile devices in classrooms.
Contact Sharon Noguchi at 408-271-3775. Follow her at Twitter.com/NoguchiOnK12.


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18 January 2013 • Friday
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Zvi Bern is currently Professor of Physics at UCLA. He received undergraduate degrees in physics and mathematics from MIT and a PhD in theoretical particle physics from UC Berkeley. He is widely known in theoretical physics for research into improved ways of calculating Feynman diagrams without using Feynman diagrams, offering new insights into quantum gravity and into experiments to be carried out at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
He has won a Sloan Foundation Award and an Outstanding Junior Investigator Award from the U.S. Department of Energy.


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How do you know when Gordon Klingenschmitt is lying?
When his lips are moving.
Well Gordon James "Chaps" Klingenschmitt a former Navy Chaplain convicted by a Special Court Martial for disobeying a lawful order not to wear his uniform to participate in a partisan political rally back in 2006 is at it again. The defrocked Priest, former chaplain, convicted criminal, compulsive liar, and theological thug has called the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen a "liar" in an e-mail sent out through the Washington Times Marketing Showcase in which he was calling for Christians to join his petition "DEFENDING OUR TROOPS AGAINST OPEN HOMOSEXUAL AGGRESSION." Since I received this unsolicited and poisonous e-mail I figured that thousands of others had it well. The fact that the conservative bastion Washington Times allows a man of Klingenschmitt's low ethical and moral character to send out poison like this to collect money for his particular political-religious crusade shows me that this paper is nothing more than a shill for the extreme right wing fringe of American political and religious life.
Klingenschmitt who has little regard for truth as was evidenced during his relentless campaign against the Navy while serving as an active duty Navy Chaplain as per his standard operating procedure has one again engaged in the character assassination of yet another military officer, this time Admiral Mullen. Klingenschmitt who has a palpable propensity to spin the truth in such a manner that it is no longer recognizable as truth; has launched this gratuitous attack against Admiral Mullen using the venomous invective that is his specialty. The title of his e-mail reads: "Top Admiral Lies to Senate about Homosexuality." If I recall lying to Congress is like a felony, so not only has Klingenschmitt accused Admiral Mullen of being a liar but committing a Federal Crime. Well I guess that Klingenschmitt knows what that is about having done it himself and then using it afterward to make a decent living off of gullible Klingenschmitt believing Christians who I sometimes refer to as the Klingenban who eager eat up his fabricated tails of being persecuted for "praying in Jesus Name."
Since lying to congress is a pretty stiff charge to level at anyone let's see the Klingenfraud's leap of legal logic which allows him to make such a claim about the nation's top military officer. Klingenschmitt is his e-mail makes the following explanation of his case in his e-mail:
Tuesday the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen deceived the Senate Armed Services Committee, repeating President Obama's demand to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) prohibition against open homosexual aggression within the ranks of the military. "We have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens," Admiral Mullen fibbed, revealing his personal belief that "allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do."
First he claims that Admiral Mullen "deceived the Senate Armed Services Committee" by "repeating President Obama's demand to repeal "the don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) prohibition against open homosexual aggression within the ranks of the military." If don't ask, don't tell was a "prohibition against homosexual aggression in the military" then the charge might have merit, but alas Gordon is serving up his own lie. "Don't ask don't tell" was designed to protect homosexuals and allow them to serve in the military with the restriction that they could not openly admit that they are homosexual and to prevent commanders or others from asking if they are homosexual which then could be used against them in judicial, non-judicial and administrative procedures which leave them with a criminal record like Mr. Klingenschmitt and end their career. It was never designed to protect the military from "homosexual aggression" as is charged by Mr. Klingenschmitt. The fact that the nation's top military officer supports allowing homosexuals to serve openly is lying by saying that don't ask, don't tell is a "policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are" is frankly insulting to any rational human being. The policy indeed forces these men and women to daily hide a major part of who they are in order to serve.
Now here is where Mr. Klingenschmitt's argument gets a little bit, oh well a lot loopy. Instead of perusing any actual point of law in regard to the crime of lying to congress he goes into an anti-homosexual screed built around his theology which is taken loosely out of Romans Chapter One but even so incoherently argued that it makes your head spin. It as if that he believes that his interpretation of scripture places him as the judge of Admiral Mullen or anyone, especially homosexuals who dare to disagree with him. He then makes this incredibly ignorant statement of circular logic that says in short that homosexual man are trying to be women and homosexual women are trying to be men. You have to read this to believe it:
"Here's a simple proof: Men who were created by God with male body parts are not women, and they lie to themselves, the world, and their commanders when they pretend to be, and act like, women. Women who were created by God with female parts are not men, and they lie to themselves, the world, and their commanders when they pretend to be, and act like, men." So in other words if a gay person admits to being gay they are lying about who they are because they are pretending to be the opposite sex.
He then goes on:
"Mullen's confused argument would permit men to deceptively act like women, and women to deceptively act like men, openly deceiving themselves, the world, and their military commanders, and boldface lying against God's very truth, that He created men to be men, and women to be women. But today's confusing homosexual propaganda equates "honesty" with men openly flaunting their femininity, and "truthfulness" with women openly flaunting masculinity. Who's really telling God's truth?"
Gordon states that: "Admiral Mullen's confused argument…" You have got to be kidding. I don't know any homosexual men on active duty who deceptively act like women and some of the homosexual men and women who are lesbians would surprise you, manly men and feminine women. You see Gordon Klingenschmitt attempts to impose his beliefs on others and uses the basest of stereotypes to paint homosexual men as effeminate, when only some are and homosexual women as the classic "dyke" which again pandering to the basest of prejudice which seeks to all lesbians as the crudest stereotype imaginable. He continues on in this vein for some time and it is not worth regurgitating here.
He then launches his attack loosely paraphrasing Romans One interspersed with his own commentary to buttress his charge that Admiral Mullen lied to Congress and that homosexuals are liars and that we need to help Senator McCain to "fight this open perversion, and protect our troops from open homosexual aggression…" The attack is disingenuous and dishonorable, but then I would expect nothing less out of a man who has made a career out of defaming others and using bully tactics to attempt to force the Navy to let him do whatever he wants.
He then makes a vicious and yet nonsensical attack at Army Lieutenant Daniel Choi a West Point Graduate.
"CBS news interviewed homosexual Army Lt. Dan Choi, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point who currently faces discharge for publicly announcing he's gay.
"I think it's a very healthy thing for people to be able to tell the truth and to come to terms with who they are. I think it's a sign of maturity," Choi said, "At my very first day at West Point, I learned that the honor code says a cadet will not lie, will not tolerate those who lie," said Choi. "They didn't say that a cadet who was gay could lie whereas straight cadets didn't have to lie."
As a USAF Academy graduate knowing the honor code, I now personally confront Choi as a liar, who now openly violates his honor oath, since he deceives himself and the world, by claiming to be feminine, when God created him masculine, with a male body. LIAR. Choi should immediately be thrown out of the Army, not merely for sexual perversion, but for DISHONESTY AND LYING. The only reason he graduated West Point is that he never lied by openly claiming to be feminine while a cadet, when God created him to be masculine. THIS PROVES DON'T ASK DON'T TELL IS THE MOST HONEST POLICY, because it encourages people with sexual perversions not to openly lie about their sexual identity. But if DADT is repealed by Congress, men will claim to be women, and women will claim to be men, and the open season of dishonesty and lying will begin."
Klingenschmitt once again uses the argument that Choi like other homosexuals is a liar because they are honest about their sexual identity. Whether Klingenschmitt and the Klingenban agree with this or not we live in a free country. We don't live in Afghanistan or Iran where guys just like Klingenschmitt, only Moslem versions, preach the same hatred and use their religion as the law of the land. Klingenschmitt though "Christian" is no different than the Taliban and if people like him were ever to assume control of the country we would discover what fun it is to live in a country where religious fanatics have the power of the gun to enforce their law. Lieutenant Choi in my view whether one agrees with his sexual preference has demonstrated integrity, honor and devotion to his country and never in his protest against don't ask, don't tell slandered his superiors. However I digress. Klingenschmitt who did not lie about being on a combat tour on USS Anzio his combat record pales in comparison to Choi a Military Academy graduate, son of a Korean Baptist minister, Arabic and Farsi translator and interpreter who served two combat tours as an infantry officer in Iraq before returning to the National Guard was discharged under don't ask, don't tell when he revealed his homosexuality. Since then he has become an advocate for ending don't ask, don't tell. Both are advocates for their cause but Choi has never offered public prayers for the death of his opponents or smeared the reputations of honorable men who were his superiors either before his discharge or after.
Klingenschmitt then recites a litany of reasons of why don't ask don't tell should not be ended. His e-mail makes the following points:
"Four reasons: 1) Allowing open homosexuality especially hurts unit cohesion and would cost American lives in war, damaging the trust shared in close proximity, common sleeping quarters and showering facilities that are unavoidable in close combat. 2) Men and women do not share the same showers for obvious reasons, so why force men to share showers with openly homosexual men? This fact alone would hurt recruiting. 3) The rampant spread of the HIV-AIDS virus contaminates the blood often shared by necessity on the battlefield. Soldiers requiring blood-transfusions and medics would be immediately endangered. 4) "Gay promotion quotas" would soon be forced upon presently impartial promotion boards, causing a burdensome rise in sexually-charged "equal opportunity" complaints against commanders, especially those who offend gays by inadvertently speaking of their traditional Judeo-Christian faith."
First he makes the charge of decreased unit cohesion and trust but most recent polls of military personnel do not bear this out. Yes some will not be comfortable with open homosexuals in the ranks. However as I have said it is about conduct, if the standards of how one conducts themselves toward other service members are enforced uniformly there will be few problems. Shower facilities are an issue often thrown up by people like Klingenschmitt but there is no actual facts to back it up. His misuse of AIDs and HIV being blood donors either in combat zones or outside of them is spurious. No one with AIDS or HIV is allowed to donate blood and military personnel regulations which I helped to draft in 1987-88 forbid the deployment of HIV positive people to areas that they cannot be treated or that could endanger their medical condition. Since HIV and AIDS is not confined to the homosexual population and is not being spread rampantly as Klingenschmitt alleges the argument is a straw man. Finally the charge that there would be homosexual quotas for promotion is also disingenuous.
Plainly speaking Klingenschmitt has no honor. He is an expert at distortion of the facts, misusing scripture and character assassination. He has since his first days in the Navy sought to enforce his brand of Christianity on his shipmates, peers and superiors. He lodged complaints against every commanding office that he served under and with his accomplices at World Net Daily engaged in every form of malicious conduct imaginable to include clandestine recording of the his superiors informing him of his court-martial charges. His shipmates from USS Anzio have told me in person and in comments to this site of his intimidation tactics and bullying on that ship. Following his discharge from the Navy he has engaged in a tactic called "imprecatory prayer" against a number of adversaries, praying for God's judgment on them and that their days be few, a comment that he says is not a prayer for their early death but in the context of the entire scriptural passage (Psalm 109: 7-11) can only be read as such.
Klingenschmitt also quoted Elaine Donnelly of the "Center for Military Readiness" a right-wing organization that features Phylliss Schafly as a member of its board of advisors, that "it is unconvincing to hold up the small, dissimilar of foreign nations…as models for America's forces." Well since 25 nations including our closest allies, Britain, Canada, Australia, Israel, Germany and France as well of most of NATO whose soldiers both straight and gay serve alongside of ours in Afghanistan have allowed homosexuals to serve with little or no disruption in operations or efficiency I wonder what she is getting at. Maybe its that she feels that American military personnel are less professional than our allies and would not behave professionally if we end don't ask, don't tell. It is curious that I don't see too many elected Republicans getting on the Klingenban bandwagon…huh… perhaps they know that a large majority of voters would find their support of Klingenschmitt's crusade unpalatable and might react negatively to them if they oppose the change.
I have posted a myriad of links to other things that this dangerous man has done here:
The list can go on and on, these are but a few reports about Klingenschmitt so here are my own tributes to "Chaps" which are linked below:
So with Klingenschmitt in the news it is right that his theological cousins in the Taliban, Iran's President Ahamadinejad and the Mullahs seek to enforce the same standards of belief on their people as Klingenschmitt and the Klingenban seek to do here. He may be a "D-lister" but he serves an evil purpose and masquerades as a minister of light. Klingenschmitt's cause is not the redemption and reconciliation paramount in the Christian Gospel, but rather a twisted and hateful campaign of self promotion as he exalts not Jesus but himself and his political cause which he baptizes with Scripture verses. This is not Waziristan and the Taliban and Al Qaeda are not in charge. Our founding fathers fought to prevent the United States from becoming a theocracy. While we cherish the role of religion in particular the Judeo-Christian tradition of this country we recognize that this is a pluralistic nation where no religion can impose its views simply because they believe that they are more correct than others and no-one including Gordon Klingenschmitt can issue a Fatwah stating otherwise.
Have fun with the links and spread the news that Gordon Klingenschmitt is coming to town.
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"Our first family pet, Dixie, was a mischievous and ornery little Beagle–which meant she was true to her breed's reputation!
Not content with following directions, Dixie took it upon herself to hop the fence around my dad's garden–where she knew she was forbidden to enter. Thinking that no one was looking, she proceeded to dig her way into rebellious bliss, bringing to the surface the roots of all my dad's vegetables. When she realized she had been caught, Dixie tried to inconspicuously hop back over the fence, but soon found herself with a paw snagged on the fence.
The limp and bandage that she carried for the next few days served as a reminder of those garden-digging antics and earned her a new term of endearment, 'Snaggle Foot'. Now her nickname from all those years ago carries on!"
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Messy with Clay: Pottery Wheel Throw Class June 30th 1:15 PM
Explore working with Clay – Experience your body, hands and fingers in a whole new way !
This class offers in depth knowledge and hands on experience throwing on the pottery wheel. You will learn basic skills of wedging clay, centering, raising and shaping basic forms. Step-by-step demonstration allows students to familiarize with the wheel and able to sit down and go through the process of throwing. All materials, tools and supplies will be given to use in the studio. You get to take home your very own handmade pot.
What to expect:
First fifteen minutes of the class: Introduction on clay, tools and how to use the pottery wheel demo.
Following 60 minutes: Hands-on working time for all students
Last fifteen minutes: Cleanup time for everyone and take home a unique ceramic piece made by your own hands.
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- 90 Min Pottery Class
June 30, 2019
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Patrol: Teen fires shotgun at officers
The Iowa State Patrol said they arrested a teen after he fired a shotgun at two officers Tuesday morning.
According to troopers, Chance Newton, 16, of Kellerton, took his sister's car without permission.
Troopers said a Decatur County deputy spotted the car about 5 a.m. and attempted to pull the teen over. A chase ensued and the State Patrol joined the chase.
Officials said the pursuit ended when Newton lost control and crashed along 240th Avenue, just north of 150th Street in rural Decatur County.
Troopers said Newton fired a shotgun at them, hitting a patrol car and deputy's vehicle multiple times. The officers were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
At approximately 9 a.m., Newton was located roughly 1.5 miles away from the crash scene at rural farm house. He was taken into custody without incident.
Newton has been charged with two counts of attempted murder.
The incident remains under investigation.


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MUTEK.ES Previews: Getting to Know… Santiago Latorre
Performing at A/Visions 3: Miscelenea // February 10th
Pat Quintero - 31 janvier 2012
Santiago Latorre uses his voice, a saxophone, and electronics to break the chains of gravity, make you float, and take you on an atmospheric trip through the cosmos. "Something very old and at the same time very new", said France's ImproJazz, and "a mix of elegant jazz and gentle electronica", declared the UK's Plan B.
In 2005, Latorre started composing music for dance, theatre, and video art projects. A few years later, he released Órbita, his first album under the Californian indie label Accretions Records. He has toured in the U.S., Mexico, Japan, and China, and has performed in some of Spain's most relevant festivals, such as Sónar or LEM.
Recorded as he was traveling through Taiwan, Latorre recently released his latest effort, Eclíptica, his first album with Foehn Records.
PQ: After your visit to the Red Bull Music Academy and the success of Eclíptica, we could say that 2011 was a great harvest! Are you excited, shocked, surprised, or scared?
SL: Yes! All that. It's amazing that it happened in one year, or to be precise, this spring. I was in Barcelona with nothing to do with my life, about to turn 30, with an album in my hands that nobody wanted, and had just arrived from Taiwan completely disoriented. In half a year, things have changed a lot! All this has given me lots of energy; in fact, I think I was more scared before. Now, there is no point in turning back. There is nothing to consider; just keep going and see what happens.
PQ: Did you ever imagine Eclíptica would be named "Best Album of the Year" by national media outlets like Go Mag?
SL: Not at all. How would you imagine that! Most of the songs I composed were created for a single concert in a small Romanesque church in Castelltallat. I had the keys for the church, went every day to work there, and tried out sounds for those specific acoustics. I wanted the people there to enjoy it (64 registered inhabitants in 2010) – something they could find nice and not rare, inspired by the culture of Barcelona. In the end, they opened their church to me.
After the concert, I went to live in Taiwan, and did a song. I looked for some money to record and mix, so I returned to Barcelona. Before entering the studio, I gave all the demos to a friend at home. I thought that perhaps the material itself was really powerful. But after mixing many CDs, I sent them to many labels with no response. I was about to self-release it to get it off my mind and move on. Then it fell into the hands of Marc Campillo (Foehn), who took action and since then, it's been a revolution. I still find it amazing that people get excited about something that's so personal for me, without knowing me personally.
PQ: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe your album titles have to do with the DNA of the cosmos and the cycles of life that inspire you. In fact, some of us could enjoy the results of your residence at the Astronomical Observatory of Castelltallat with Nikka, who also participates in this 3rd edition of MicroMUTEK.ES. We could say that you've had a long lasting relationship with the universe, right?
SL: When I was a kid, my father and I got together for those weekly collections of videocassettes on astronomy. I must say that I saw most of the videos (the voice overs were a mess) but I remember the feeling. I've always been fascinated by the cosmos; the idea that great things are governed by laws and movements that simple, is amazing. I also find it attractive as a poetic device because it is totally universal, intercultural, and although it seems very abstract, it's intrinsic to our most basic routines.
PQ: The United States, Mexico, Japan, China, and Singapore: anywhere you go, you take computer, saxophone, microphones, MIDI controllers, and your vocal chords along. Have you added more equipment or gadgetry to your luggage of late? And any new projects on the go?
SL: At the Red Bull Music Academy, I learnt a lot, but not about devices; more about approaches and attitudes to adopt when you tackle a subject, a concert, or whatever. Also how to interact with other musicians, which is a very difficult thing, especially for solitary rats like me. Oh, and very good contacts. Now I'm in London (my roommate says that visits are allowed) studying composition with notes and staves all day. After several years devoted to the physics of sound, I am now reconciled with life and I love the process.
As for projects, there is a sketch of something that has to be made that deals with the erotic (I say no more). In late March, I'll go on a small tour of Spain in collaboration with Julia Kent (cellist with Antony and the Johnsons) and I will soon publish a remix of "Caffeine" with Brandt Brauer Frick (also present at MUTEK BCN). Also, I've just released Accretions Eclíptica in the U.S., and in February it will be released in Japan. I want to go there to play. And I have yet to win over London! (This will not be easy). Uffff, with this, I'm overwhelmed.
PQ: In a live interview you did for RBMA Radio, you said that you always had a book by your side. What did you read while you were in the RBMA's converted slaughterhouse digs? And did the reading affect your work?
SL: (laughs) I did not read about this! I wish I had more time, if only to sleep... Some days, I carried a book of poems by Jaime Gil de Biedma. I was looking for ideas for a theme, in collaboration with Ilya Goryachev (a participant from Russia). Recently, it is as if I had broken the Internet's brain; I cannot read my novel. Shyly, I'm starting to write lyrics. We'll see where that leads.
PQ: MUTEK is the sum of "MU", representing music's various mutations, and "TEK", for the technology that nourishes it. Any mutations in store for your live act during the festival?
SL: It is very active and very "MUTEK", but barely noticeable. Technology plays an important role because it is what allows me to record live, and the recording process integrates diverse elements, such as the saxophone, classical music, synth sounds and a "non-singer" voice, into a single thing, which sounds like a near whisper. Sometimes, I do not even control the computer; I just generate the sounds coming from the microphones, and it works and breaks with those sounds. The staging is very theatrical and very sensory; there will be four-channel sound (surround sound), photographs, captions, and light motion. Expect a lot of tension!


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You can tell that it is award season as all the major magazines have gorgeous actresses gracing their covers. Vanity Fair has gone for Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence, Harper's Bazaar have an elegant looking Anne Hathaway, Glamour UK goes girlie with Emma Stone, and Victoria Beckham's designs score two covers with both Scarlett Johansson and Kristen Stewart wearing white on the covers of ELLE UK and V Magazine.
My favourite has to be the gorgeous Jennifer Lawrence sporting her natural blonde locks in a fun cover for Vanity Fair. Shot by Ellen von Unwerth there is a softness in Jennifer's face on the cover that is transformed into a complete vixen for the accompanying editorial and I love it. Sometimes Jennifer can be a little too serious – this cover is fun and relaxed and definitely brightened up my day.
It was close but my girl crush Emma Stone is my second favourite with her girlie cover for Glamour UK shot by Matthias Vriens-McGarth. Wearing a D&G botanical floral print, Emma is perfect for Glamour's audience, I just wish they had gone for a different colour for the font – the orange is working for me. Anyone else was thinking this cover looks a little familiar? Well you would be right as a very similar shot from the same shoot was used for Glamour US back in May 2011.
Next up has to be Scarlett Johansson's subscriber cover for ELLE UK's February issue wearing a Burberry coat shot by Rankin. I like the newsstand version with her working a Victoria Beckham microbrush and lace dress but only from the ankles up, I am not loving those runway Manolo Blahnik for Victoria Beckham shoes. The subscriber cover is intriguing – I love the messy hair and seeing only one eye – Scarlett looks beautiful.
It was hard to decide who came next between Anne and Kristen, I am not blown away by either cover to be honest, but I think Harper's Bazaar just takes it because of that gorgeous crystal-embellished Giorgio Armani strapless gown – all I can say about the rest is does Anne have a lazy eye?
Kristen doesn't fair much better for me on V Magazine's Spring 2013 issue. It isn't that I don't like the styling, the white Victoria Beckham vest with a black bra peeking out is fine, the make-up is grundy as you would expect from the Twilight actress – the problem I have is that I feel I have seen it all before – the wet hair, the moody look, the dark make-up around the eyes. Anyone else a little bored?
So which actresses gets your vote? Jennifer, Emma, Scarlett, Anne or Kristen?


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Liquipoint FTW33
Christoph Merian-Ring 12
4153 Reinach
Lukas Klausmann
Product description:
The Liquipoint FTW33 is developed for the food industry and meets all international hygiene requirements. The device also fits perfectly for applications in all industries. For use in pasty and sticky media and media with heavy build-up.
- Oil and water based fluids and sticky media
- Real flush-mounted
- Active build-up compensation
- Function check with test magnet
- No calibration or adjustment required
- Plug & play without any specific tools
- IO-Link connectivity
- Perfect fit to the hygienic industry thanks to flush-mounted design, which allows pigging of pipes
- Safe and reliable measurement due to build-up compensation, ensuring reliable switching; IO-Link reduces costs and complexity due to easy configuration and flexible integration in all fieldbus systems
- Individual adjustment to each medium not necessary
- Easy installation thanks to compact design, even in tight conditions or where access is restricted
- Broad range of process connections for installation in new and existing plants
- CIP and SIP cleanability ensured - up to protection class IP 69
- LED display for on-site function check
Field of application
For use in pipes and in storage, mixing and process vessels with or without an agitator. For liquids with electrical conductivity >1 μS/cm or dielectric constant >2. Developed for the food industry. Detection of foam occurring within the food industry possible.
- Process connections: Threads and hygiene connections
- Sensor length: Flush-mounted
- Temperature: -20 to +100°C (-4 to +212°F), CIP/SIP to 150°C (302°F) for 1 hour
- Pressure: 0 to 25bar abs (0 to 362,5psi abs)
- Hygienic certificates


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The geekfeminism.org site has a new look thanks to Viv Smythe (tigtog), who customised the Suburbia theme for us.
The aim of the redesign is to make it less easy for posts to get somewhat lost on heavy posting days or weeks, by not turning fairly recent posts into a "scroll down… and down… oh, and down" search, instead making the most recent 6 posts, in particular, available at a glance.
Viv has already asked for feedback in the open thread, but I'm making a new post so that it attracts more attention. If you have feedback, please comment here.


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Next Generation Science Standards Connection:
Students will listen to a read aloud about matter and explore the vocabulary solid, liquid and gas. Then after being asked to discover ways that sound can make matter move they will investigate, observe and answer this question. Using cause and effect the students will demonstrate an understanding of the sound waves ability to move various phases of matter. Students will record their observations and evidence in their science journals.
Classroom Structures:
In order to support a high level of student discourse within my science lessons I have assigned two different student partnerships. Turn and Talk Partners are discourse partners that work together to share the deep thinking that happens throughout the day. Workshop Partners are partners who are matched together for the purpose of working during our independent times. In this lesson students will be engaged in both partnerships.
Prior Knowledge Needed:
Students should have a basic understanding of sound waves or vibrations. This lesson will deepen their understanding of matter and how sound can make it move.
Home-School Connection:
I LOVE involving parents in the learning in my classroom. This parent letter is both an introduction to our next two units as well as a request for supplies. Many of the items used to teach this unit are recyclable items so I request parent help as well as help from my colleagues in collecting items.
1. Book: FOSS stories: Solids and Liquids
2. 3 Bowls covered with plastic wrap: salt, sugar, sand and rice
3. Different instruments, pots and spoon
4. Two tubs of water and tuning forks
8. Science Journal - I use blank paper in my journals so my students have more space and freedom to experiment with graphic organizers, illustrations, etc.
To begin this lesson I want to activate student prior knowledge by reminding the students what they learned in our previous lesson about sound Va-Va-Vibrations. To help my students be successful in this next lesson I will introduce the different phases of matter. We will read FOSS Science Stories: Solids and Liquids.
"Boys and girls the other day you learned that when you hear loud sounds, soft sounds, high sounds, and low sounds it is because you are hearing different vibration (or waves) that are sending signals to your brain telling you what you are hearing. When the sound goes high the waves are moving really fast but when the sound is low the vibrations are moving really slow. That is called pitch. We also learned that we can make the vibrations very large and the sound becomes louder and then we can make the vibrations small and the sound becomes quiet. That is called changing the volume. When the vibrations stop so does the sound. Today I am going to read this book called Solids and Liquids.
As I read this book I want to be careful to include the vocabulary from the text (matter - solid, liquid, gas) to provide a scaffold between their language and the "science" language. I will read sections the first two sections to help build the science vocabulary (solid, liquid, gas, matter) and add those words on our science bulletin board under "Science Vocabulary." I will point out that matter is anything that takes up space. We will briefly explore what that means by looking at stuff that takes up space (chair, air in a zip-lock bag, kids, pencil). I will tell the children that there are 3 phases (or states) of matter: solid, liquid, gas. The book will point out different examples of each. The next part of our lesson will have students exploring how sound makes different phases of matter move so it is helpful to for students to have that language before getting started.
High level speaking and listening skills are important in preparing our students to be college and career ready. I am always finding ways to allow for student discourse throughout the day. After the read aloud, I ask my students to share their thinking with their Turn and Talk Partners.
Please take a minute and share your thinking with your Turn and Talk Partner. I will be listening for you to use words like solid, liquid and gas as you talk today. Okay! Turn and talk!
I give them a few minutes to share their thinking and then point out some of the good thinking I heard them sharing.
Boys and girls, you shared some great ideas today. Wilder, you said that matter can be a gas, solid or liquid. You are RIGHT!! Rylie, you said a gas is like air and solid is like a table! That is right! Can anyone give me an example of a liquid? I give the class a chance to yell out any liquids they can think of. Great! I think we are ready to begin!
For this activity you may want to have some volunteers to help with the different stations but it is not necessary if you don't mind a little bit of controlled chaos. There are a total of three different stations for the students to explore. If the weather is nice we will take these stations outdoors to the picnic tables or sidewalk.
Solids and Sound Waves: At this station I will need three bowls with plastic wrap tightly secured to the bowl. On top of the bowls I have a sugar crystals, salt crystals, rice and sand. The students will use different instruments, pots and spoons as well as their voices to see what sound (pitch, volume) makes the sugar bounce.
Water and Sound Waves: At this station I have two tubs of water and four tuning forks. The students will hit the tuning fork on the table and then hold it above the water to observe what happens. They will have to explore what vibrations caused movement to the liquid.
Air and Sound Waves: At this station students will blow bubbles and then will use their voice or clapping to make the bubbles move.
In Science and Engineering Practice 4 students are asked to analyze data and at the K-2 level this means students collect, record, and share observations. In this lesson the students will be recording information, thoughts and ideas in their science journals. After exploring each station the children will record their findings on a science page. For these entries I have created a journal page that the students can glue into their journals after it has been completed. This will make the recording simplified for my students.
Boys and girls, today you will be visiting three different sound exploration stations. As you are working you will be asking yourself a very important question. Can sound make matter vibrate? Today you will observe sound moving matter and traveling through matter. As you are exploring today I want you to observe what is happening to the solids, liquids and gases. One very part of this exploration is the work you do on your science handout. This work will tell me what you learned at each station. Before we get started let's take a tour so you know how to work at each stop.
At this station there are four bowls each with a different solid. You will draw what happens as you scream at each bowl. If the object doesn't move, you may need to scream louder. Be sure to record what happens at each bowl on your science page.
At this next station you need to be very careful. Do not put these metal tuning forks in the water but rather above the water. You will hit the fork like this (Gently hit the fork on something solid) and then hold it above the water. Draw what happens on your tuning fork section of your science page. If nothing happens try again but hit the the tuning fork a different way.
Lastly you will each get to visit this station. These are BUBBLES!!! It is so important that we only use these bubbles for learning today. You will blow bubbles and then using sound (your voice or clapping) you will explore ways that you can try to make these bubbles move. Be sure to tell me what worked the very best on your bubbles section of your science page.
Ok, it is time to divide you into working groups. Be sure to use this time to learn all about ways that sound makes matter vibrate! Off you go!
As we break from our loud investigation and the students are quietly working in their journals I will walk around and confer with each group naming and noticing the smart thinking happening. Conferring is the process of listening and recording the work the student or students are doing and then compliment the work. As I listen, I research a teaching point and then work to provide clarification through questioning, modeling and reteaching.
I have the students join me on the carpet (our meeting area) to explain their new understandings. I ask the students a question, "Can sound make matter vibrate?" I allow the children a few minutes to share their thinking with their Turn and Talk Partner. As they are sharing I wander the group to listen in the conversations. I want to listen for both new understandings and misconceptions. When we rejoin I share out all the smart thinking I heard.
WOW! Boys and girls you have shared so many smart things I don't even know where to begin. Nate, you said sound can make water vibrate. I love the you used the word vibrate and sound because those our two very important vocabulary words for us to know. I am going to write that on our chart. Hunter, you said that sound made the bubbles move. You are right. I am going to write sound made bubbles (air) vibrate. Vincent you told Patrick that when you just talked the sugar didn't move but when you yelled at it the loud sound made the sugar move. I am going to write, loud sounds made the sugar vibrate.
Boys and girls can we all agree that sound can indeed make matter vibrate? Great job today!!
In this part of the lesson I will challenge my students to apply what they have learned. I will build upon their new understanding of concepts.
Boys and girls, you know that sound can make matter vibrate! Do you want to know why? Sound is a form of energy. It is something we can feel. How many of you feel wild when you eat sugar? That is because you get more energy. Sound energy can change just like our energy. When I run my heart gets beating really fast just like those loud sound waves that made the sugar rattle all about. Today you noticed that as the sounds get louder the objects were vibrating. The louder sound gets the more it causes stuff to rattle or move. For example, the louder you scream at the sugar the more it rattles. If you turn the volume up on your television or radio the sound it makes will cause small objects in the room to shake and move.
Can you tell me how sound might help people and animals be safe during a thunderstorm?
The students will have a variety of answers. I will listening for answers like, "You can hear the thunder and that tells us that the lightening is close by." Or, "When you hear thunder sometimes it is so loud you can feel it shake the house. You should to go inside because it is not safe."
As we sit in our meeting area I conclude by saying, "Boys and girls today and everyday when you hear sounds or make sounds I want you to know that your sound waves can make matter move. When the sound waves are REALLY loud they can move solids, liquids and gases. Sound waves are very powerful and can be used great ways.
In order to check for understanding, I ask my students to answer our question today. I want you to think for a minute and see if you can answer our question today. Can sound waves make matter move? Please share with your turn and talk partner.
Boys and girls will you take a minute to write one thing you learned today in your science journal? Please be sure to tell me why you think that. Great! Off you go!


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Jaso's fly in ninth gives M's 3-2 win over Twins
SEATTLE – Pinch-hitter John Jaso's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth gave the Mariners a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night.
Michael Saunders led off the ninth with a single to right and Brendan Ryan's bunt single put runners at first and second with none out against Tyler Robertson (1-1).
Dustin Ackley walked to load the bases to set up Jaso's fly ball to left to score Saunders and lift Seattle to its fourth straight win.
Mariners closer Tom Wilhelmsen (4-2) got Josh Willingham to fly out to right with the bases loaded in the top of the ninth.
Minnesota took the lead in the seventh after Joe Mauer's grounder scored Pedro Florimon. Matt Carson and Florimon opened the inning with consecutive singles before Seattle starter Jason Vargas handled Jamey Carroll's bunt attempt to get a close out at third base.
Darin Mastroianni singled to load the bases and Mauer grounded to second. Ackley pivoted to throw to second for the second out, but Ryan's throw to first was late in an attempt to turn a very difficult double play. That allowed Florimon to come in from third and end Vargas' outing.
Vargas threw 6 ? innings, allowed eight hits and two earned runs. He struck out two and walked one.
Reliever Josh Kinney replaced Vargas and retired Willingham on a grounder to short to keep Minnesota in front just 2-1.
The lead didn't last long. Justin Smoak hit his 14th homer of the season on the 10th pitch of his at-bat to start the bottom of the seventh and tie the game. Ackley missed a two-run homer by a few feet when his drive to right cut just in front of the foul pole. Ackley singled to close the night for Minnesota starter Scott Diamond.
Diamond threw 6 ? innings, allowed nine hits and two earned runs. He struck out two.
Reliever Alex Burnett hit Trayvon Robinson to load the bases with two outs. But, Jesus Montero popped up the first pitch he saw from Burnett to end the seventh.
The Twins got started early against Vargas when Justin Morneau looped a single into left to score Carroll in the first. Carroll led off the first with a single up the middle and moved to second on a wild pitch before getting to third on a fielder's choice.
Vargas walked Willingham, though Willingham came into the game 0 for 14 with seven strikeouts in his career against the left-hander. Morneau followed with his RBI hit.
Consecutive singles from Saunders, Ryan and Ackley tied the game at 1 in the third. Ryan was thrown out by Carson trying to advance from first to third in the inning, helping Diamond get out of it just allowing a run.
Vargas settled in after the first, allowing just two baserunners the next four innings.
Vargas' error and an infield single by Ryan Doumit put two runners on for Minnesota in the sixth with two outs, but Vargas forced a grounder from Trevor Plouffe to end the inning.
NOTES: Seattle outfielder Franklin Gutierrez started a rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday. Gutierrez played five innings in the field and went 0 for 2. Gutierrez has been on the disabled list since June 29 because of a concussion. . The Twins and Triple-A affiliate Rochester Red Wings agreed to a two-year player development contract extension through the 2014 season.


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Disney's 'Wreck-It Ralph' won the Best Animated Feature honor at the 40th Annual Annie Awards held Saturday, February 2 at UCLA's Royce Hall . This year's expanded list of categories topped 30, honoring many more nominees and team entries as in years past. New to the awards this year was the addition of the Best Student Film. A live streaming of the ceremony was made available again to animation enthusiasts as well as those who were unable to attend the event at www.annieawards.org/watch-it-live. A complete list of winners can be viewed at www.annieawards.org.
The Best Animated Special Production was awarded to "Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem" (Illumination Entertainment); Best Animated Short Subject to "Paperman" (Walt Disney Animation Studios); Best General Audience Animated TV Production for Preschool Children "Bubble Guppies 'A Tooth on the Looth'" (Nickelodeon Animation Studios); Best Animated Television Production for Children "Dragons: Riders of Berk 'How to Pick Your Dragon'" (DreamWorks Animation); Best General Audience Animated Television Production "Robot Chicken 'DC Comics Special'" (Stoopid Buddy Studios); Best Animated Video Game "Journey" (Sony Computer Entertainment America); and Best Student Film "Head Over Heels" ( Timothy Reckart ).
"What a great evening filled with a lot of fun and surprises," said ASIFA-Hollywood President Frank Gladstone . "A variety of individuals and studios participated and joined in celebrating the best in animation across project, studio and geographic boundaries."
Former Annie Awards host and movie reviewer Leonard Maltin and voice actors Rob Paulsen and Maurice Lamarche shared hosting duties, along with a special appearance by long time Annies presenter-favorite, actor and animation industry professional, Seth Green .
Honored with the Winsor McCay award were Terry Gilliam , Oscar Grillo and Mark Henn . The Winsor McCay stands as one of the highest honors given to an individual in the animation industry in recognition for career contributions to the art of animation.
Howard Green was honored with the June Foray award which is presented to an individual who has given significant and benevolent contributions to the art and industry of animation, and Toon Boom Animation was honor with the Ub Iwerks award created and given to individuals or companies for technical advancements that make a significant impact on the art or industry of animation.
Often a predictor of the annual Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the Annie Awards honor overall excellence as well as individual achievement in a total of 30 categories ranging from best feature, production design, character animation, and effects animation to storyboarding, writing, music, editing and voice acting. Entries submitted for consideration were from productions that originally aired, were exhibited in an animation festival or commercially released between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012.
ASIFA-Hollywood is the world's first and foremost professional organization dedicated to promoting the Art of Animation and celebrating the people who create it.
Today, ASIFA-Hollywood, the largest chapter of the international organization ASIFA, supports a range of animation activities and preservation efforts through its membership. Current initiatives include the Animation Archive, animation film preservation, special events, classes and screenings.
Created in 1972 by veteran voice talent June Foray, the Annie Awards have grown in scope and stature for the past four decades. For information on ASIFA-Hollywood, please visit www.asifa-hollywood.org. For information on the Annie Awards, please visit www.annieawards.org.


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NOTE: This post has been updated from an earlier version.
Right down to the wire, a complaint filed with the San Francisco Ethics Commission today [Tue/3] – election day – alleges that Democratic County Central Committee elected chair Mary Jung authorized phone calls that were meant to deliberately confuse voters on Proposition B.
The ballot measure, which would require voter approval for waterfront height limit increases, is officially backed by a committee called "No Wall on the Waterfront, Yes on B."
But according to the Ethics Commission complaint, opponents of Prop. B falsely portrayed No Wall on the Waterfront as being against Prop. B in a bid to confuse voters.
A transcript of the call included in the complaint notes that a live caller opened the communication by saying, "I'm calling about the No Wall on the Waterfront Campaign," without saying they were calling in opposition to that campaign, and seemingly posing as being affiliated with it. Callers also made statements such as, "Prop B is about environmental loopholes, against affordable housing," and "No on B endorsements — the Democratic Party, Alice Toklas democratic club, labor."
"This act by Ms. Jung was a devious and deceptive plan to trick San Francisco voters," complainant Geraldine Crowley, formerly a DCCC member herself, charged in the filing. "While I realize she employed as a highly paid lobbyist for the San Francisco Association of Realtors – who oppose Prop. B – it crosses the line for Ms. Jung to violate the ethical codes and San Francisco law in this manner."
We reached Jung by leaving a message on her phone line, listed on the San Francisco Association of Realtors website, next to her job title: "Director of Government and Community Relations." (Which is really a very convenient arrangement for the real-estate crowd, when you think about it. Who better to relate to the "community" and the "government" than the chair of one of the most politically influential organizations in town, which endorses candidates for elected office?)
When she called us back, Jung confirmed, "We were calling people to vote No on Prop. B." But what about the allegation that those calls were intentionally deceptive, falsely painting No Wall on the Waterfront as being against Prop. B? "I have not seen the complaint," Jung told us. She added, "I don't have a copy of the script" used by callers when they contacted voters. To get a copy of the script, she said, we would have to call political consultant Eric Jaye, who is handling communications for the opposition to Prop. B. We tried calling Jaye but couldn't reach him.
[UPDATE: Jaye just returned our call. He said Crowley's complaint is "frivolous" because the callers said they were calling "about" the No Wall on the Waterfront Campaign. "This was what they named their campaign," Jaye said repeatedly. "It's not deceptive." But we asked him multiple times if he would provide a copy of the full call script, and he refused to do so, without offering any reason why he couldn't.]
What's more, according to Crowley's complaint, is that the paid phone calls to DCCC members appear to have originated with venture capitalist Ron Conway, who made a $25,000 donation to the DCCC on May 30. A few days later, Ethics Commission filings show, Jung authorized expenditures totaling $12,281.13 for "membership communication calls."
Jung denied having had any conversation with Conway about it, and said "the Democratic Party has done a lot of fundraising in the past three months," and that she could not link a specific donation with a specific DCCC expenditure. She then said she had to go.
Officially, "you can't give to the party and officially say the donation is for some purpose, but anyone who's worked in San Francisco politics knows … it's designed to make something happen," said Jon Golinger, who heads up the "No Wall on the Waterfront, Yes on B" committee.
He added, "They're literally using our name to further an agenda that is the opposite" of what the Yes on B campaign has been organizing for.
Some members of the DCCC are reportedly seeking copies of that script, since there seems to have been little awareness of what was being told to voters in the Democratic committee's name.
But the idea that Jung herself did not know what was being said in the calls, when she authorized the expenditure for membership calls and works in the same office as Prop. B opponents, raises questions about what sort of leadership she's actually providing.
In the meantime, here's the Ethics Commission complaint.