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Facebook User Backlash Over Policy Change
Two privacy groups are asking Facebook to stand down on a proposal to allow the social media site to share users data with photo-application site Instagram, which Facebook recently acquired. David Jacobs of The Electronic Privacy Information Center discusses on The News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
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January 10, 2012
Obama's second in command has framed the federal government's campaign to hobble the Second Amendment as a "public safety" issue.
This will be how the government proceeds – like they proceeded when they mandated all cars have airbags.
In 2005, however, it was discovered that airbags are actually associated with slightly increased probability of death in accidents.
Sort like government-mandated "gun free zones" are responsible for a higher incidence of death.
Biden and the establishment media, of course, won't tell you about that as they push their "public safety" mantra designed to dismantle the cornerstone of the Bill of Rights.
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by David Crane [email protected] DefenseReview received some interesting information yesterday regarding this NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) interview of Lt. Col. Roger Charles (Ret.) and Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis (Ret.) conducted by Margaret Warner on Pinnacle Armor SOV Flexible Body Armor/Dragon Skin vs. the Interceptor Multi-Threat Body Armor System Outer Tactical Vest (OTV), a.k.a. Interceptor Body Armor. As many of …Read More »
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by David Crane [email protected] Click on photos below to view them full-size. In the immediately previous article, we discussed how a Pinnacle Armor SOV-2000/Dragon Skin flexible hard armor vest stopped multiple steel-core 7.62x39mm API (Armor-Piercing Incendiary) rounds. Well, as it happens, for the last few months, DefenseReview has been wearing a couple of tactical undergarment-type shirts made by Zensah …Read More »
Flexible Body Armor Saves PSD/Security Operator from 7.62x39mm API Round Hits
by David Crane [email protected] The following article contains exlusive photos of a Pinnacle Armor SOV-2000/Dragon Skin® ballistic vest (containing a ceramic composite hard armor disc matrix) after taking multiple impacts from 7.62x39mm API (Armor-Piercing Incendiary) rounds (steel core). Click on photos below to view them full-size. I've been writing about Pinnacle Armor's rather impressive SOV-2000/Dragon Skin® flexible ceramic composite …Read More »
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FCC: Content-Management Survey Fails To Answer Some Key Questions
By: John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable
The FCC commissioners have voted to adopt a 80-plus-page report on video content-management technologies, which was submitted to Congress by the Aug. 29 deadline and released to the public Monday. But they say the report's record of current and proposed technologies still fails to answer key questions and that it will be looking for more information.
The report categorizes and analyzes various options for blocking technologies and other parental control tools for broadcast TV, cable, satellite, wireless, DVD's and the Internet, concluding, as reported in B&C last week, that no single technology works across all platforms and that there is a need for more education and information for parents about the tools available, with "many commenters" urging a more substantial role for government.
The FCC did not say whether or not it would take that more substantial role, but it is in the process of reviewing its children's TV regulations more broadly with an eye toward how they may need to change in the digital world.
"While the record that was created in response to inquiry contains some important information for parents, it also raises important questions and exposes the need for further study of this essential issue," said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in a statement. "In the days ahead, the Commission will initiate a new notice of inquiry that will seek to gather new information on this topic as well as others related to children and media in the digital age."
Among the things the FCC said it needs to study further, and which it will make the basis of yet another Notice of Inquiry, are the level of consumer awareness and the pace of adoption. Specific questions it wants answers to:
To what extent are parents aware of the control technologies that exist today?
Does parental awareness differ among media?
Are there reasons besides lack of awareness that keep parents from using these technologies?
If so, what are they, and do they differ among media?
It appears that adoption of control technologies may be greater for the Internet than for broadcasting and other traditional media sources: Why is this so?
Are there data to determine the pace of innovation in parental control technologies, whether innovation is proceeding at a pace consistent with other consumer technologies, and whether evolving needs of parents, caregivers, and children are being satisfied in a timely manner?
The report was delivered to Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) over the weekend, according to a source. It was his bill that compelled the FCC to produce the report. His office was still preparing a response at press time.
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Payments in the sector range from 60 to 90 days; however, they can extend to more than 120 days depending on the market power of individual retailers.
- In 2016 consumer durables sales continued to grow, driven by robust GDP and private consumption growth, improved consumer confidence, low inflation and increased availability of consumer credit. Spanish retail sales increased 2.6% year-on-year in 2016. Consumer durable goods are expected to continue their sales expansion in 2017, although at a lower pace than last year, as private consumption and retail sales growth are expected to slow down, to 2.2% and 1.1% respectively.
- The recovery of the real estate segment has had a positive influence on home furnishing sales. While turnover growth slowed down in H2 of 2016, it still remained at healthy rates. Benign forecasts for real estate activity suggest that the furniture sales will continue to increase in 2017.
- Major domestic appliances (white goods) sales increased 3.8% in value in 2016. A slowdown in sales in H2 of 2016 led to decreased sales prices. Turnover is expected to increase again in 2017, although at a lower level than in 2016.
- Profit margins in the consumer durables retail industry have generally remained stable in 2016 after increasing in 2015. On average, payments in the sector range from 60 to 90 days; however, they can extend to more than 120 days depending on the market power of individual retailers. Payment behaviour in the sector was relatively good in 2016, and no major changes are expected, as the general performance outlook remains positive. The insolvency environment is also stable, with no major increases in business failures expected.
- Our underwriting approach remains positive to neutral for all subsectors, given the expectation of further growth in 2017. However, competition in the market remains strong, the slowdown in sales growth since H2 of 2016 needs to be monitored, and the industry remains highly dependent on consumer credit. Spain´s current economic rebound remains susceptible to setbacks in a more volatile global environment.


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Let's just say the chic gal's stylish Hayes Valley sanctuary left us nothing short of inspired. While ogling her enviable shoe and record collection and taking in her sweet, sweeping S.F. views, we determined one thing for sure: Bick's bedroom ranks high on our lust list. Click through and see the tomes, knickknacks, and so much more that make this blogging babe tick.


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Global seminars are interdisciplinary, theme-based courses designed to provide students with a broad understanding of several of the contemporary challenges facing humanity, using economic, social, political, scientific, moral/ethical, philosophical, and other approaches.
Each seminar presents a range of diverse perspectives in a variety of formats, including interactive lectures, visiting speakers, small- and large-group discussions, field trips, and student-driven projects. While Antioch College faculty organize the seminars and present on some issues, many of the presenters come from outside the immediate community and may include visiting faculty, journalists, recognized field experts, and the like. These courses are specifically designed to integrate Antioch College's long tradition of applied liberal arts learning with its socially conscious values and mission.
As a complement to the thematic courses in the global seminars, Antioch College offers students the opportunity to continue research interests they have developed in their global seminars through courses titled Continued Studies in Global Seminar (GSC). These courses, offered only with instructors' permission, allow interested students to engage in projects, research, and field work relevant to a Global Seminar topic they have already studied. These courses do not count towards the general education requirement, but they can fulfill elective credits or become part of a self-designed major.
Global Seminar: Water (3 credits)
While water is the origin and sine qua non of all life on Earth and, perhaps, of all possible life in the universe, Adam Smith was, in 1776, able to note the paradox that while water is invaluable, it is ubiquity and plenitude makes it essentially valueless in the marketplace. While water has been taken for granted in the past, retrospect allows us to see the essential and irreplaceable role that water plays in both the development of civilizations and the functioning natural processes. In twenty-first century looming water scarcity, degradation, and emerging ideas about the management and value of water allow us to reassess the nature and value of water from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. In this Global Seminar we will broadly investigate the nature of the local, regional, international water systems, and we will examine the roles that water plays in sustaining life on Earth. By understanding the interconnections between the ecological, economic, agricultural, scientific, ethical and life-sustaining aspects of water, students will develop their ability to engage in interdisciplinary analysis of hydrological issues that are of both contemporary and perennial importance.
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Global Seminar: Food (3 credits)
Why do we eat what we eat? What are our food traditions? Where does our food come from and how is it produced? What are the institutions, policies, and cultural dynamics that shape our eating habits? What are the costs and benefits—human, environmental, social, economic, political—of food production and consumption today? Are our methods of food production and distribution sustainable? What are positive solutions to the global food crisis? This course introduces students to food in relation to culture, science, psychology, history, politics and socioeconomics. This global seminar will include national and regional guest speakers, documentary films, and experiential/service learning. The course is oriented around guest led topics and small group discussions. Student requirements will include reading, journal writing, and collaborative final projects.
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Global Seminar: Energy (3 credits)
Where does our energy come from? What are the impacts and costs—human, environmental, social, economic, political—of extracting different forms of energy? What happens to the waste products and by-products of energy extraction and use? How should we plan for energy-related environmental disasters? For energy scarcities? What are the options for alternative energy sources? What are the factors that influence energy consumption? This course introduces students to the chemical and atomic bases of the major forms of contemporary energy generation: coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear fission. Students learn about the drilling, mining, and refining processes involved in various forms of energy extraction, as well as discussing some of the pressing contemporary economic and political debates around the production and consumption and conservation of energy. This global seminar will include guest speakers, documentary films, and field trips. Antioch is pursuing a geothermal energy project and students will also study and document this ongoing project.
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Global Seminar: Health (3 credits)
One of the central ethical questions in Philosophy is "What is the good life?" But before there can even be a discussion of the good life, there must be life itself, and that raises the question of health. What constitutes health, both for human beings and for the rest of the ecosystem, and how are those two related? In other words, how do we even define "health"? This course introduces students to the many-sided perspectives and questions involved in the issue of health from its very biological and chemical make-up to the global issues of the health (or lack thereof) of entire populations, including the central question of the ownership and distribution of health care. The course will especially draw from disciplines in the social sciences and natural sciences and will relate to subject matter covered in courses from the health sciences to the political economy of health and wellness. This global seminar will include national and local speakers, documentaries, field trips, experiential learning, and projects. The ultimate goal of the course is to provoke reflection on, and insight into, not just the questions of personal health and health care, but how the entire issue of health in the individual, society, and the world, is related to questions of justice, or the "good life."
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Global Seminar: Governance (3 credits)
What are some of the ways in which democracy has been defined and practiced? How should ordinary people participate in political decision-making? What constitutes a fair and legitimate decision-making process? What are some effective mechanisms, strategies, and recipes for creating participatory governance? This course will draw from political philosophy, political theory, postcolonial studies, and globalization studies. The course takes up influential meanings and applications of the concepts of democracy and participatory governance. Beginning with the history of the "term" democracy in the West, we will explore some of the major problematizations and expansions of this crucial political concept. We then move to examine numerous case studies in participatory governance and deliberative democracy from around the world. Students will complete critical papers and research projects; they will also pursue practical local projects in community building, community governance, and the development of community policies.
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Global Seminar: Education (3 credits)
What is the purpose of education? What does it mean to be educated? What knowledge, skills, abilities, customs, and values are deemed important enough to pass on from one generation to the next? What are the institutions, policies, and cultural dynamics that control the shaping of minds? In what ways do race, ethnicity, gender, culture, religion, geography, social desirability, access, costs, and benefits inform who is educated, and how? This course introduces students to education in an interdisciplinary context by exploring education's relationship to culture, politics, socio-economics, social science, and/or practice. Students in this course will become familiar with basic theories and practices of education, varieties of learning styles/modalities, and be introduced to a range of educational systems in the U.S. and across the world.
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Siteimprove Once Again Named One of Denmark's Top 10 Best IT Workplaces
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COPENHAGEN, DENMARK – 16 November, 2016 – Great Place to Work®, a global research, consulting, and training firm has for the second year in a row named SaaS company, Siteimprove, one of Denmark's top 10 best IT workplaces.
Since first making the top 10 list in 2015, Siteimprove has continued its amazing growth and seen a 70% increase in employees at the company's headquarters in Denmark.
Given the ongoing growth, Siteimprove's inclusion in the coveted gold standard lists and rankings is incredibly positive news for European HR Director, Gitte Hemmingsen.
"I'm extremely honored that Siteimprove has again been named one of Denmark's top 10 best IT workplaces. Fast growth can sometimes pose issues to employee satisfaction but I'm so glad to see that our employees continue to view us as a great place to work" said Hemmingsen.
In 2016, 128 companies in Denmark participated in the survey that evaluates workplaces against five criteria. The first three—credibility, respect, and fairness—give an insight into whether employees trust management, while the remaining two—pride and community—assess whether employees are proud of their role in the company and the company as a whole.
About Siteimprove:
Since 2003, Siteimprove has provided industry leading Web Governance tools to thousands of organizations worldwide. Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark and Minneapolis, Siteimprove has a strong presence in dozens of countries across North America, Europe, and the Pacific. Siteimprove's Web Governance Suite, offered via Software as a Service (SaaS), helps organizations manage and maintain their large websites through web quality assurance, web accessibility, web analytics, SEO analysis and web performance alerts.
About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work® Institute is a global research, consulting and training firm that helps organizations identify, create and sustain great workplaces through the development of high-trust workplace cultures. Great Place to Work serves businesses, non-profits and government agencies in 51 countries on all six continents.
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It was the proximity of family and a job offer her husband just couldn't refuse that ultimately convinced American lawyer and new mom April Mackoff to trade in her home in Washington D.C. for British Columbia's West Coast seven months ago.
It certainly wasn't the cost of housing.
Vancouver's real-estate market is so expensive compared to what they were leaving behind, the couple hesitated before agreeing to the move.
"In the suburbs of Washington, for a million dollars, you can get a very nice home. Here, if you want something, particularly on the west side, you're going to be lucky to get a teardown," Mackoff said, noting the difficulty of finding an affordable option that could also accommodate her growing family.
"We have one child and in the future may have another, so, for us, it would be very hard to be living with two kids in 1,000 square feet," she said.
Mackoff was among the hundreds of representatives of B.C.'s real-estate industry who came out Tuesday to an Urban Land Institute luncheon where Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson delivered a speech addressing the future of housing in the city, as well as a host of pressing urban issues from rapid transit to Vancouver's place in the global economy.
Reflecting an ongoing theme in the ULI's speaker series: The City in 2050: Creating Blueprints for Change, Robertson talked of the urgent need to invest in affordable housing — rental housing in particular — to ensure the city "moves beyond the precipice that we are on right now."
"The price of housing is unthinkable from 38 years ago to now," he said.
Robertson drew attention to city council's recently passed affordable housing strategy designed to help low- to middle-income earners afford to stay in the city, rather than being forced to the suburbs by the high cost of living.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation defines housing as affordable if it consumes less than 30 per cent of household income, but a city task force on housing found that almost two out of five Vancouver households spend more than that.
Almost half of households headed by people under the age of 34 spend more than 30 per cent of their income on housing.
The strategy calls for an interim rezoning policy that would add up to 20 higher-density housing options, including townhouses, row housing and 3.5-storey buildings, to be built within 100 metres (or 1.5 blocks) of the city's major streets. It could also add six-storey towers within 500 metres of neighbourhood centres or shopping areas.
"We need to make sure we have a mixed-income city — that we have a city where its workers, those who grow up here, go to school here, have the opportunity to create business opportunities as well. This is all about making sure that we have more density and more affordable housing. That we tie it to our transportation goals ... and make sure that it fits with neighbourhood characters," he said.
Robertson also highlighted the city's long-term transportation plan aimed at helping the city achieve its goal of having two-thirds of all trips taken by bicycle, foot and public transit by 2040.
The linchpin of the plan is getting an underground rapid-transit system on the Broadway corridor.
"If you've ever tried to catch a B-line at eight in the morning, you know how badly Broadway needs rapid transit," he said.
The City 2050 is an ongoing speaker series designed to examine the needs of the people, places and policies that will influence planning and development in B.C. now and into the future.
During past sessions of the series, experts have discussed aspects of land use, city planning and development.


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McCain calls for suspension of Myanmar sanctions
15 May 2012
McCain proposed that the United States, like the European Union, freeze sanctions on the country formerly known as Burma for a set time period with the exception of the embargo on arms sales.
McCain, who has traveled twice to Myanmar over the past year, acknowledged the country had more work to do on ending long-running ethnic wars but said President Thein Sein and his allies "are sincere about reform, and they are making real progress."
Such concrete moves "should be met with reciprocal actions by the United States that can strengthen these reforms, benefit ordinary Burmese and improve our relationship," McCain said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank.
McCain said the United States should still maintain a blacklist on trade with particular companies and individuals in Myanmar and ban US companies from doing business with military-dominated firms.
"The right investment would strengthen Burma's private sector, benefit its citizens and ultimately loosen the military's control over the economy and the civilian government," the Arizona senator said.
"The wrong investment would do the opposite -- entrenching a new oligarchy and setting back Burma's development for decades," he said.
"US businesses will never win a race to the bottom with some of their Asian -- or even European -- competitors, and they should not try," he said.
The administration of President Barack Obama, a Democrat who defeated McCain in the White House race in 2008, has been pursuing talks with Myanmar in hopes of ending the country's long isolation.
In its latest gesture, Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin will hold talks in Washington Thursday in a long-planned reciprocal visit to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's landmark December trip to Myanmar, a US official said.
The Obama administration announced on April 4 that it would allow limited investment and appoint an ambassador after Myanmar allowed by-elections in which democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi -- who spent most of the past two decades under house arrest -- won a seat in parliament.
But the administration has opposed a complete lifting of sanctions, saying that it needs to preserve leverage to encourage further reforms including an end to abuses by the military in ethnic minority areas.
Human rights groups have also opposed an immediate end to sanctions. But leading US businesses have urged a lifting of restrictions, saying they are losing out to Chinese and other competitors in a growing market.
Separately, McCain voiced concern about China, saying that the Asian power's fragility was laid bare by the power struggle that ousted political leader Bo Xilai and the escape to the US embassy of dissident Chen Guangcheng.
"I wonder about the real permanency of this regime that's now running China, and whether with things like a BlackBerry and a tweet and all of those things, whether there may not be maybe some real dissent," McCain said.
"I don't see how a group of men -- who most of the 1.3 billion people in China don't even know their names -- can continue to meet once a year in a seaside resort and determine the future of 1.3 billion people without something having to change either sooner or later," he said.
The blunt-speaking senator later clarified that, despite his concerns, he was not predicting "cataclysmic events" in China.
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Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos vowed to bring peace to Colombia after winning re-election on Sunday, telling Marxist rebels his victory shows that voters demand an end to five decades of war.
Santos, a center-rightist who has staked his reputation on securing a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), won almost 51 percent support in the runoff election on Sunday. His right-wing rival Oscar Ivan Zuluaga trailed with 45 percent.
The election divided Colombia between voters who support a deal to end Latin America's longest-running insurgency and Zuluaga's backers who want to force the rebels into a battlefield surrender.
"This is the end of more than 50 years of violence and the start of a new Colombia," Santos said after his election victory, holding up a hand daubed with the word "peace" and wearing a trademark pin of a white dove on his lapel. "A Colombia at peace with itself."
Santos opened talks with the FARC in late 2012. The conflict has killed over 200,000 people and forced millions more from their homes.
Last week, Santos also revealed preliminary talks with a smaller rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), and he said on Sunday the Colombian people were now insisting on peace.
"The demand is not just for the government. Today's message is for the FARC and the ELN and it's a clear message - this is the end," the center-right president said surrounded by family.
He will start his second four-year term on Aug. 7.
During a bitter campaign, Santos faced a barrage of criticism from Zuluaga and his mentor, former President Alvaro Uribe. They played to the outrage felt by millions of Colombians that FARC leaders could escape prison time and even hold public office as part of a negotiated settlement.
Zuluaga's strong support in the election shows how tough it will be for Santos to win the nation's approval in a future referendum if a peace deal is signed and for it to pass through Congress.
And Uribe will be a formidable foe after being voted into the Senate in March. (For more on the vote, see )
Santos, the son of one of the country's most influential families and a Harvard-educated economist, says he began to dream of leading Colombia toward peace two decades ago.
Learning from the mistakes of previous attempts to end the war, Santos said he promised himself he would not allow the rebels to strengthen their ranks, build up their war chests or take the upper hand over the government.
"You don't improvise with peace building," Santos told Reuters in a recent interview. "I've spent 20 years thinking about this opportunity. I'm prepared, I'm well advised and hopefully this process will be irreversible."
Agreements have already been reached with the FARC on three items on a five-point agenda, including land reform and the rebels' withdrawal from drug trafficking.
A key question is whether the rebels will be more stubborn at the negotiating table after recent advances, especially now that they no longer have to worry about a Zuluaga victory.
Responsible as defense minister under Uribe for operations that killed senior FARC leaders, Santos insists there will be no impunity for serious crimes, but also says it is unrealistic to probe 50 years of atrocities.
As his supporters raised cut-out figures of white doves on Sunday, Santos recognized that achieving peace will not be easy and thanked those voters from the left who rallied around him in the election runoff.
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This is a photo of my husband Todd as the Empire State Building and my son Max as King Kong. My husband dreamed up this idea while we were pregnant with Max. He told everyone how he was going to be the Empire State Building for Halloween and Max would be King Kong. So, of course, mommy had to make dreams come true! I made the Empire State Building out of cardboard boxes, shoeboxes, a contact cleaning solution box and a toothpaste box. I pulled a lot of pictures of the Empire State Building off of Google for reference. I spray painted it with silver paint. There was also a lot of glue involved. I used black construction paper and black electrical tape for windows on the building and on the shirt.
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Almo Pro Debuts "AV Snacks" Webinars
Almo Professional A/V has announced plans for a series of short webinars that it calls "AV Snacks." The series starts this Friday.
The upcoming events include Atlas Sound: "Pump Up the Volume!" and "Paging Party of Three!" (Nov. 9), NEC: "Ads and Ambiance: Two Uses for Displays in the Bar/Restaurant Setting" (Nov. 16) and, following a Thanksgiving break "ZeeVee: "Why is Digital Modulation Red Hot?"
"Our reseller partners are incredibly busy but are still always looking for new ways to learn," Melody Craigmyle, vice president of marketing for Almo Professional A/V, said in a statement.
"AV Snacks will be upbeat and informative — currently no other distributor offers anything like it. The chosen topics are relevant to an AV reseller's career growth, but are presented in a way that is quick and easy to follow."


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The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal yesterday from a New York photographer who said that a federal decency law violated her First Amendment rights to post explicit pictures of sadomasochism and bondage on the Web, The Associated Press reported.
The justices affirmed a decision by a special three-judge federal panel upholding the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which made it a crime to post obscene materials on the Internet. The appeal was brought by Barbara Nitke, whose work is featured in the book "Kiss of Fire: A Romantic View of Sadomasochism," and by the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom.


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Even though it's set in a prison that serves tampon sandwiches for lunch, Orange Is the New Black is a pretty highbrow show, whether it's quoting Shakespeare's Coriolanus, name-dropping Ulysses, or analyzing Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" in a way that will permanently alter how you interpret that poem. Midway through the second season, Officer Fischer (Lauren Lapkus) makes a literary reference that's particularly spot-on. She's monitoring the inmates' telephone conversations when her eyes brighten. "It's so interesting, all these lives," she says. "It's like Dickens."
She's right. Orange Is the New Black might be the closest thing we have to Charles Dickens right now: a sharp denunciation of an arcane system, driven by hardscrabble characters with whimsical names that define who they are and what they like. This season delves further into the complicated lives of Poussey (Samira Wiley), Crazy Eyes (Uzo Aduba), and Taystee (Danielle Brooks), making them even more sympathetic, especially when Taystee's old drug-dealer boss Vee (Lorraine Toussaint) shows up. (Minor spoilers ahead.) And when Piper (Taylor Schilling) starts snooping into allegations of fraud at Litchfield, OITNB continues its savvy critique of officials who benefit from the oppression of the poor — what, exactly, is Fig (Alysia Reiner) doing with those prison funds? — and prisoners who manipulate the goodwill of officials. And there's no better satire of white privilege on television: When Larry (Jason Biggs) tells Piper that he just stood in line for hours to get a much-hyped "bagnut" — half bagel, half doughnut — she sighs, "I forgot what it's like to have all that freedom to waste."
Maybe that's the biggest difference from last season: Piper's not the Whole Foods-eating, Toms-shoes-buying idealist anymore, and it's gratifying to see her lose the wide-eyed blondie shtick. Early on, she must decide whether to tell the truth and testify against a drug lord, or lie and protect Alex (Laura Prepon), and her decision makes her want to declare herself "a lone wolf, and a vicious one." But these women are way too caught up in one another's lives for that, and watching how much they depend on each other in this matriarchal world can be quite moving, from Vee saving a piece of cake for the ever-excluded Crazy Eyes to Poussey helping Taystee tailor her skirt for Career Day. When Piper wonders whether anyone would care if she died, Nicky (Natasha Lyonne) is right there to reassure her. "You're one Cheerio in the bulk box of life," she says, "but you f—in' tickle me, so I think it would matter." Okay, so that's not exactly the stuff of Dickens — but that doesn't mean it's not profound. A
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Elephant shot in Mississippi returns to Missouri
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A circus elephant is recovering at her home near Springfield after it was shot in Mississippi.
The 39-year-old elephant, named Carol, was shot Thursday in Tupelo, Miss., while performing in a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Her owner, Brett Carden, said he saw a man running from the scene after hearing the gunshot.
A veterinarian caring for the animal said the shot missed major organs or blood vessels and Carol should be fully recovered in three to four weeks.
Tupelo police and federal wildlife investigators said the shooting was intentional. They are looking for a silver or white Ford Explorer with tinted windows that was seen in the area.
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sent a strong signal Tuesday that he backed the continuation of the central bank's $85 billion bond-buying program.
"In the current economic environment, the benefits of asset purchases […] are clear," Bernanke said in remarks to the Senate Banking Committee. See MarketWatch's live blog on Bernanke's testimony to the Senate Banking Committee.
"The bottom line is that it is QE3 until the job markets improve substantially," said Sal Guatieri, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.
Bernanke: Fed has means to normalize balance sheet
In his testimony about the Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report, Chairman Ben Bernanke discusses the Fed's balance sheet and Japanese Devaluation. Photo: Getty Images.
Bernanke warned that the Fed's innovative policy could not completely offset the drag to the economy this year from fiscal policy.
He urged lawmakers to defuse the sharp automatic spending cuts, known as the sequester.
Stocks stocks climbed Tuesday after they fell Monday by the largest amount since November. The S&P 500 index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +0.47% climbed 9.09 points, or 0.6% to 1,496. Read how stocks were also helped by housing data.
Bernanke said that Fed policy was not fostering a bubble in the stock market. "I don't see much evidence of an equity bubble," he said.
Earnings are very high, and equity holders are risk-averse in their behavior, Bernanke said. But the Fed is on the lookout for excessive risk-taking, he said.
In his testimony, Bernanke backed the new stimulus programs of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. This signaled the Fed chairman is not worried about any so-called currency war.
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Bernanke also said that U.S. banks would not suffer serious damage if Italy was forced to write down its debt. But he said any sign that Italy would be unable to stay in the euro would have broad impact on stock and bond markets and would put pressure on U.S. financial institutions.
Overall, Bernanke championed the Fed's bond-buying program.
"Monetary policy is providing important support to the recovery while keeping inflation close to the FOMC's 2% objective," he said.
While there are risks, "at this point they're not of sufficient concern that they outweigh the important benefits of trying to support a continued recovery," Bernanke said during the hearing.
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The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) and the Ohio State Highway Patrol work to ensure that commercial motor vehicles (CMV) are traveling safely throughout Ohio. PUCO inspectors regularly conduct safety inspections on CMVs. Each safety inspection follows a thorough process to make sure that the driver and CMV meet necessary state and federal regulations. Vehicles and drivers that fail to meet these regulations may be placed out-of-service and cannot continue operating until they comply with the regulations.
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The inspector collects the driver's documentation and operating permits, interviews the driver, identifies the motor carrier, checks for the presence of hazardous materials and explains the inspection process to the driver. The inspector also checks the condition of the driver for signs of fatigue and for the use or possession of alcohol or illegal drugs.
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The inspector checks the front side of the CMV including the steering axle tires, wheels and rims, and the vehicle's exhaust and fuel systems.
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The inspector checks the lights on the rear of the truck-tractor, the tires, wheels and rims, the air lines and connections on the front end of the trailer and the vehicle's fifth wheel.
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The inspector checks the lights and reflective devices on the trailer, the condition of the trailer frame and side-panels, tires, wheels, rims and coupling device. The inspector also inspects the safety chains on double trailers.
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If no critical violations are discovered during the inspection, the inspector issues a decal from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) for the vehicle or vehicles. These decals exclude the vehicles from future inspections for up to three months and are recognized in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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Over the last few days, quite a few Android apps and games received pretty major updates and a couple of popular apps landed on Google Play market as well.
Angry Birds Seasons
Rovio has released an update for Angry Birds Seasons that adds 15 brand-new Piglantis levels. Unlike your usual Angry Birds game, this new Piglantis level takes things below the water thus adding a new sense of physics, just like Angry Birds Space. The update is already live in the Google Play market and can be downloaded for free from here.
Draw Something
Draw Something has got its first major update, ever since it was acquired by Zynga. The game's UI gets elements have been refreshed, along with adding support for "Special Words" and the ability to play the game with your friends from over 13 different languages.
Hopefully, this new update wil help Draw Something gain some of its popularity back, which it started losing after it was acquired by Zynga. If you still have not tried Draw Something, go ahead and try it now.
Flipboard For Android
While Flipboard is still in beta for Android, the developers behind the app have been updating it regularly to fix all the issues being reported by thousands of users. The new update is the first one since the app went into open beta, and fixes some memory leak issues as reported by users and brings some performance improvements along with it.
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Temple Run: Brave
Bored of playing Temple Run? Well, Imagni and Disney have released a new version of the game, Temple Run Brave. While the basic premise of Temple Run Brave remains the same, the game has graphically stunning graphics now along with some new additions to its gameplay like the ability to shoot a bow or hitting targets to gain additional points.
Unlike the original Temple Run that was released for free, Temple Run: Brave will set you back by $0.99 on the Play Store.
Zombies, Run!
Looking to loose a couple of inches around your stomach but feeling too lazy to get up from your chair and start jogging? Zombie, Run might just be the perfect app for you then. The application was released on iOS nearly 4-5 months ago, and was an instant success. Plug in your earphones and start Zombies, Run! before you start you jogging session. The application will then take you on an audio adventure where you not only save yourself from the Zombies but also burn that fat around your stomach in the process.
The bad part? The app costs a whopping $8. Here is the link to the app if you are still interested in buying it.


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Whether you're new to Tekken or a veteran to Namco's classic fighting series, there's a nicely presented introduction to ease you into the main storyline from the very first title right through to the present day, bringing you bang up to date. From there, you're shown the reasons why all of the fighters (from a choice of over 40) have entered the new King of Iron Fist Tournament.
Many old favourites make their return in Tekken 6, albeit older and more battle scarred from their previous encounters. While some mainstays such as Jin Kazama and Kazuya Mishima provide the main thrust of Tekken 6's story, the likes of Nina Williams, Marshall Law, Yoshimitsu, King and others come back to prove their worth and get their turn to shine with glossy and fully animated opening and ending cutscenes, which you can watch in the Gallery once you've unlocked them.
Some newcomers have entered the fray as well in the shape of the mysterious Alisa Bosconovitch, former fighting legend Bob, military man Lars Alexandersson, the youthful Leo Kliesen, vengeful bullfighter Miguel Caballero Rojo and village tomb guardian Zafina, who watches over the frightening supernatural entity Azazel.
Tekken 6 throws you into a large ring of battle options which are sure to keep you scrapping away for a long while. Arcade Battle is for those who want to get straight into the fight with one-on-one confrontations being the order of the day - pick your champion and bash your way to the finish. Other game modes include Survival (defeat as many opponents as possible with one health meter), Time Attack, Team Battle, Ghost Battle and Vs Battle if you want to tussle with another player offline.
For anyone who wants a bit more narrative to go with their fisticuffs, Scenario Campaign is ideal. Taking the main story of the game, you roam around a more open environment battling multiple thugs and aggressors to proceed. Once you beat all the foes in that area, you can move on to the next. Sometimes you'll have a partner to fight with, while pick-ups and weapons, such as a Gatling gun and flamethrower, litter the environment to help you out.
Regardless of which mode you choose the timeless gameplay of Tekken remains. The massive number of moves to complement the wealth of characters means there's always something to master, and the quick and responsive fighting makes it smooth, fun and engaging.
The use of destructible environments keeps the bouts intense as you tactically work your way around the arena trying to find an opening in your opponent's defence and bombard them with a combination to put them out for the count. There's also the Rage system which allows you to inflict more damage when your vitality is low, and the literally stunning Bound attack.
If you want to fight with others outside of your living room, Tekken 6 obliges with some comprehensive customisation and online content. Ranked Match puts you into battles which affect your overall world ranking, while Player Match leaves out ranking and lets you fight for fun and bragging rights.
The set-up is quick and easy, throwing you straight into a battle once you've chosen your mode and character. With the added element of unpredictability brought by friends and other Tekken fans, taking the fight online is addictive and enjoyable. And with the large number of characters to choose from, there's a wide variety of fighting styles to go up against and study.
Outside of the confrontations, you can check out the worldwide leaderboard and see who's among the best Tekken 6 players out there across its various modes. You can also download or upload ghost data to simulate fights against others (or let them fight against a simulated version of you based on your style). This is invaluable in letting you learn from your defeats and devise new tactics from your successes.
There's never been a better way to prove your skills in Tekken than going online, brawling it out and seeing your name high on the leaderboard as a result. It's all there for the taking - can you rise to the Iron Fist challenge?


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Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator Receives $250,000 Challenge Grant From The Broad Foundation
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 30, 2012
The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) has received a $ 250,000 challenge grant from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to help advance the Citys leadership in creating up to 1,600 green jobs in the next five years, fostering economic development, and advancing environmental stewardship in the clean technology sector. The grant is the first private funding that provides the cornerstone to LACI's $ 1 million bridge to sustainability fundraising campaign that will help support operations through the opening of the La Kretz Innovation Campus, a 60,000-square-foot advanced clean technology center soon to break ground in Los Angeles Downtown Arts District.
The Broad Foundation's support comes on the heels of widespread city support for LACI, a key regional initiative that helps promising green startups succeed and create new jobs. As a private non-profit born from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosas vision of a world-class clean technology ecosystem in Los Angeles, LACI received seed operational funding from the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA/LA). In addition, LACI has partnered with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), which has taken the lead on securing more than $ 30 million in federal, state, local and private capital to fund the acquisition and build the La Kretz Innovation Campus.
While the Campus is funded, the state-mandated dissolution of the CRA/LA has left a temporary operational funding gap for LACI that the Los Angeles business and philanthropic communities are being asked to fill. Weve achieved a lot in a short time, and were so very close to funding programs that will continue to create jobs and a better, cleaner Los Angeles for generations to come, said Fred Walti, executive director of LACI. Our goal now is to raise the necessary operating funds to sustain and scale our organization until we are profitable. We are grateful to The Broad Foundation for its challenge grant, as it provides us with crucial support, validation and momentum as we move forward.
With our challenge grant, we hope to encourage other private and corporate philanthropists to support LACI as an investment in our local economy, said Eli Broad, co-founder of The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. LACI is like the baseball farm team system, identifying and funding promising clean technology startups that will hopefully grow into a clean tech corridor in our city.
"We are enormously grateful to The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation for their generous support of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator," said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. "The incubator will play a key role creating jobs, building a stronger regional cleantech industry cluster, and revitalizing the Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles."
LACI works closely with the Mayors Office to identify, attract, and accelerate the growth of businesses with clean technologies that will support the City in meeting its environmental, renewable energy, energy efficiency and related goals. In addition, LACI holds a close strategic relationship with the LADWP, acting as a scout in the region to identify and accelerate technology that supports their pursuit of innovative clean technologies for water conservation and renewable power.
In its first year operating in a temporary facility in LAs Downtown Arts District, LACI has helped nine high-quality cleantech companies grow their green businesses, create jobs and build sustainable products that are Made in LA. LACI has recruited a team of more than 40 expert mentors and advisors to help these businesses and offers educational, coaching, and outreach programs. LACI has also generated significant national awareness by hosting roundtable discussions about regional clean technology initiatives with the likes of US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, US Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, and Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality Nancy Sutley.
Once the permanent La Kretz Innovation Campus opens next year, LACI is expected to sustainably accelerate the growth of dozens more promising companies and entrepreneurs in world-class facilities that include wet labs, dry labs, prototype manufacturing space, conference space, and strategically aligned partners all in one convenient location. It is anticipated that, over the next five years, LACI can help create over 1,600 direct and indirect jobs.
About LACI
The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is a private nonprofit founded by the City of Los Angeles to accelerate the commercialization of clean technologies in the Los Angeles region. Located in the center of the Citys Cleantech Corridor, LACI offers flexible office space, CEO coaching and mentoring, and access to a robust network of experts and capital. Incubated companies operate in a range of sectors including Smart Grid infrastructure, energy efficiency, energy storage, electric transportation, and materials science. LACI works closely with the regions universities, business community, government institutions, capital markets and utilities to foster innovation and to grow the regions green economy. Learn more at http://www.laincubator.org/media.
About The Broad Foundations
The Broad Foundation were established by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad to advance entrepreneurship for the public good in education, science and the arts. The Broad Foundations, which include The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and The Broad Art Foundation, have assets of $ 2.4 billion. The Broad Foundations Internet address is http://www.broadfoundation.org.
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Schools & Colleges
College of Arts & Media/Film
Fulbright FLAD Chair
Porto, Portugal
Talent and timing worked well for David Liban, assistant professor of film/video, when he received the Fulbright FLAD Chair in Television Production. Liban was able to spend three months teaching at Catholic University in Porto, Portugal, at a time when the Catholic University's Sound and Image Department was still developing its production curriculum. Liban was able to make valuable contributions and provide insights into curriculum development based on his years in media production education. His stay also enabled him to teach the first graduating class.
According to Liban, it was fascinating to see the cultural differences between the Portuguese students and their American counterparts. American students are sharply focused on landing a job. Fewer media jobs currently exist in Portugal, but Liban has hopes for growth in this area.
"The students are in school to learn, experiment and exercise their creative impulses rather than focusing on finding a job. I found this very inspiring."
- David Liban, MFA
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Monday is the unofficial day to start a new diet. Monday is tomorrow! That makes Sunday a good day to evaluate the last diet cut short before reaching goal. Many diets end with reaching goal but the new lower weight isn't maintained because once the goal weight is reached, the weight-loss diet gets replaced with the former (weight gaining) diet.
Setback savvy is about learning from what you did right and didn't do right from past diets. The goal is to create a way to eat and exercise that's in harmony with your lifestyle and preferences.
In other words, you're finding a way to lose weight that will become your way of living to enable you to maintain your loss. You can think of preparing for this lasting weight loss attempt like packing a bag to go on an extended vacation.
Every time you came "home" from a diet (e.g. stopped your weight loss actions and gained back weight) you left stuff in your bag instead of unpacking it and putting it away empty. With each new attempt more stuff gets put into the bag. So first step is taking everything "out of the bag."
The only things go back in the bag are things that you are sure will be useful to not only lose weight but also to keep it off. Frozen diet meals, for example, may be helpful to pack for lunches or dinners when you're time-crunched. You may not want to rely on them for every meal as your major weight loss strategy. They tend to get boring if you're only eating microwaved meals, while those around you are enjoying "real" food.
"Starving," "brutal workouts", and "expensive health food" have no place in your bag. The truth is those actions are not going to sustain lasting weight control and they aren't even necessary to lose weight.
A good food plan lets you eat what you want and guides you to ensure you're getting adequate nutrition while achieving a reduction in calories to allow successful weight management. A good plan does not categorize foods by those you can eat and those you can't eat. It gives you freedom to make choices from all foods and food groups.
Fun physical activity are all things you enjoy that involve moving your body. It can be any sports, walking, hiking, playing, skating, skiing, horseback riding, or bowling. The important things are it's fun, and you do things to keep you active every day.
Good cookbooks help you enjoy delicious meals and variety while monitoring calories. Boredom is a major reason for setbacks. Discovering new foods and lower-calorie ways to prepare favorites supports long-lasting weigh management better than zapping diet meals every night will ever do.
Satisfaction is key! If you are hungry or eating foods you don't particularly enjoy this diet simply won't last. Humans are hard-wired to eat what tastes good! It's an unfortunate fact that some diets are built on the premise that if "the food doesn't taste very good it will be easy to eat less. There's a fear of eating favorite foods among dieters. The fear is, "I can't stop." The reality is that "we can stop and the more we practice balance and moderation and flexible restraint the better we become at it!
Sunday is the day before you "start a diet on Monday." Setback savvy, or understanding what caused your setback(s), is a good way to ensure that this diet is the one that lasts a lifetime!


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I have an Adruino Mega2560 with Ethernet shield and two Nano's all connected to each other through I2C. The power supply comes from a 12v DC source which is put through a 9v regulator to power the boards via Vin.When I power the Maga through its USB and the Nano's from the 9v everything works perfect, but when I change the Mega to run from the 9 volts the SD card gets corrupted on any attempt to read or write it. I have also tried powering the Mega through the jack socket instead of Vin but still the same problem.
Tried running from the 12V directly? Also did you swap power inputs while the Arduinos were running?
Could be an earth problem between the various power supplies and your computer
You can NOT power a Mega (~70mA) with ethernet shield (~160mA) directly from 12volt.The onboard 5volt regulator will overheat and shut down (if you're lucky).
A 5volt cellphone charger (connected to the USB socket) is a good option.But it all depends on what else you have connected.Post a full diagram.Leo..
I am guessing (lack of proper information) that you power everything (whatever that is) from a lead-acid battery.The most efficient way (minimal heat) would be to bypass all the 5volt regulators on the Arduinos.Use a (reliable) 5volt buck converter, and connect it's output to the 5volt pins of the Arduinos.Leo..
...to change over to a lead acid battery in the even of mains failure
Hi,Please answer post #8.Thanks.. Tom..


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The Kansas City Startup Village (KCSV) is aglow with the announcement that Brad Feld, an early-stage investor, has closed on a house in Kansas City, Kansas (KCK) that he's already dubbed the "FiberHouse." Feld is also a co-founder of TechStars, a well-known startup accelerator based in Boulder, Colorado.
"I'm not going to be living in it," he wrote on his blog on Wednesday. "Instead, I'm going to let entrepreneurs live / work in it. Rent free. As part of helping create the Kansas City startup community. And to learn about the dynamics of Google Fiber. And to have some fun."
Feld is partnering with the local Kauffman Foundation, which has been instrumental in hosting and incubating related startup events, to create a competition for new entrepreneurs in the space. The contest begins Wednesday and will end on March 22, 2013.
"Applicants must be at least 18 years old. Up to five winners will be selected from among the applications received," the Foundation wrote on its site. "The panel of judges—Feld, Scott Case of Startup America Partnership, David Cohen of TechStars, and Lesa Mitchell of the Kauffman Foundation—will judge the applicants based upon the innovative potential of their startups and their companies' ability to leverage Google Fiber."
"Unbelievable energy"
As Ars reported in December 2012, Hanover Heights, KCK was the first part of the city to get Google Fiber. As a result, a small startup community—the Kansas City Startup Village—began to cluster within a several-block radius.
While none so far have reached massive success, the companies are very excited that Feld could bring some startup-style celebrity to the region.
"It's huge because it validates what we're doing in the KCSV," wrote Ben Barreth, the mastermind behind his "Homes for Hackers." The initiative places a small handful of startup hopefuls, rent-free, in a house in the area as a way to encourage the local tech community.
Feld's new property is at 4437 Cambridge St., a five-minute walk around the block from the first Hacker House (currently housing three entrepreneurs). Barreth has also opened up one of the rooms on Airbnb, making it available to "fiber tourists."
The KC Web developer floated the idea of pairing local families with spare rooms with budding entrepreneurs back in August 2012—a concept that later turned into the first "Hacker House" that Barreth bought for $48,000.
Others in the KCSV community have expressed their excitement with Feld investing in the property.
"All I have to say is that this startup community is on fire right now!" wrote Adam Arredondo, in an e-mail to Ars. He's the CEO and co-founder of LocalRuckus, a startup based in the KCSV.
"[There's] unbelievable energy. Rapidly growing collaboration across startup, corporate and government organizations on all levels. We have seen a drastic shift in the openness and mindset in Kansas City over the last couple of months. The sky is the limit for where this could go!"
Observers of the KCSV and Google Fiber have previously noted the fiber itself is an effective lure for entrepreneurs and developers. But it remains to be seen if the fiber alone, particularly as it expands throughout the KCK area and neighboring Kansas City, Missouri regions (and beyond?), can sustain a thriving, profitable startup community.
"Google Fiber itself brought attention to Kansas City and brings lots of visitors," Lesa Mitchell, a vice president at Kauffman, told Ars. "Last week I met an entrepreneur from China who requires serious bandwidth for his company and came to town to see if he should locate his US presence here. That would not have happened so easily without Google Fiber."


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Just a day after the Trump administration issued new rules allowing states to enforce work requirements for Medicaid recipients, Kentucky received permission to begin doing so Friday.
The approval is expected to receive immediate legal challenges, with some critics charging that work requirements could harm some Medicaid recipients.
According to The Wall Street Journal, "Kentucky will be the first test case. The state's Medicaid program covers more than two million people, and many of the new rules proposed by Republican Gov. Matt Bevin will apply to people covered before the expansion as well as those covered by the state's Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act."
Nine other states seeking permission to begin their own programs: Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Utah and Wisconsin.


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Stop Making Sense on Blu-ray (new release / video)
In 1984, the Talking Heads' release of Stop Making Sense floored critics and fans alike, securing a place in music history as one of the greatest documentaries and performances captured on film. Pauline Kael of The New Yorker described it as "a dose of happiness from beginning to end." Now, 25 years later, the film is being re-released on Blu-ray by Palm Pictures, on October 13th.
The film was directed by Jonathan Demme, and filmed over a period of three separate performances at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, in December of 1983. As the concert progresses, the complexity of the music and presentation grows. There are few cutaways and no interviews; the audience doesn't even appear until the end. The film is focused around the music and the eccentric talents that created it.
Its 1999 DVD release included an audio commentary with Demme and all four band members, David Byrne's storyboards and notes, bonus songs, Byrne's self-interview video, text notes and the film's trailer. The Blu-ray features the same extras as the DVD, plus a never-before-seen, hour-long press conference with the full band, filmed in 1999 at the film's theatrical re-release.
With an enhanced visual and audio experience, Stop Making Sense is sure to inspire you to throw on an over-sized suit and frantically dance about.


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Bring your own ideas to life with one of our blank Ceramic shapes.
For use with any kind of paints, collage or pens you can have a ton of fun designing and making your own friend to life.
Includes- 1x small ceramic mermaid 10x8x8cm
You'll need- paint brush, pens or paints. Be sure to browse all our mini paint pots, glitters and crafty bits available to buy from our craft items and essentials range!
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