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'American Horror Story: Coven' tries to scare up viewers
DON'T MISS: "American Horror Story: Coven" -- The outlandish scarefest returns for Round 3 and this time the setting is New Orleans, where Jessica Lange runs a finishing school for witches. Lange plays the Prada-wearing Fiona, an all-powerful spell-caster who finds herself trying to fend off multiple adversaries. The impressive cast also includes Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett and Sarah Paulson. 10 p.m. Wednesday, FX.
SUNDAY: Trick-or-treating arrives a bit early with the "The Simpsons" 24th "Treehouse of Horror" episode. Among the highlights: Bart is decapitated in a kite accident. D'oh! 8 p.m., Fox.
SUNDAY: A Victorian-era department store is the setting for love, comedy and intrigue in "The Paradise." It's a seven-part "Masterpiece Classic" series based on a novel by Emile Zola. 9 p.m., PBS.
SUNDAY: Will "Witches of East End" make for spelling-binding television? Julia Ormond stars as an immortal mom in this new drama series about a family of witchy women living in a quiet seaside town. 10 p.m., Lifetime.
MONDAY: "Valentine Road" is a documentary that revisits the shocking 2008 killing of Lawrence "Larry" King, a 15-year-old Southern California resident who had begun exploring his gender identity. The film raises issues about the safety of LGBT teens and the ability to prevent such tragedies. 9 p.m., HBO.
TUESDAY: "Second chances" is the theme as "The Biggest Loser" returns to deal with more weighty issues. Among the contestants: Season 2 "American Idol" winner Ruben Studdard and Olympic weightlifter Holley Mangold. 8 p.m., NBC.
WEDNESDAY: Stephen Amell -- and his highly acclaimed abs -- are back for Season 2 of "Arrow." The saga picks up five months after our hero failed to halt Malcolm Merlyn's destructive assault on the Glades district. 8 p.m., The CW.
WEDNESDAY: "The Tomorrow People" has Robbie Amell, cousin of Stephen, starring in a reboot of a British sci-fi series. He plays a teen who learns that he's part of a secret group of people who possess supernatural powers. 9 p.m., The CW.
THURSDAY: "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland" is lavish spinoff of "Once Upon a Time" that whisks viewers down the rabbit hole to a psychedelic fantasyland. Sophie Lowe stars as the new kick-butt Alice. 8 p.m., ABC.
THURSDAY: We're expecting a mix of tears and joyous memories in tonight's "Glee" episode, titled "The Quarterback." It's a farewell tribute to Finn Hudson, the likable character played by Cory Monteith, who died of a drug overdose in July. 8 p.m., Fox.
FRIDAY: Jorge Garcia drops in on former "Lost" co-star Daniel Dae Kim during tonight's edition of "Hawaii Five-0." He plays a conspiracy theorist who helps the team solve a double murder. 9 p.m., CBS.
SATURDAY: Bruce Willis joins the fun on "Saturday Night Live," serving as the show's host for a second time. Katy Perry is the musical guest. 11:30 p.m., NBC.


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North Central
Some of the roads in downtown Gainesville are so thick with cars that transportation concurrency rules forbid new development. This, say critics, forces developers to build farther away from urban centers, which contributes to urban sprawl.
Gainesville builder Mike Warren, president of AMJ Inc., knows the problem. His company wants to take an abandoned, 54,000-sq.-ft. Scotty's store just four blocks from the University of Florida and turn it into a mixed-use retail and professional center. But excessive traffic stopped him. "It's a vacant building that's an eyesore and does nothing but decay," he complains.
Help may be on the way. Recently, the city commission voted to exempt many streets from concurrency rules. In return, developers must build bus shelters, sidewalks, bike racks and other features that encourage alternate modes of transportation. The Florida Department of Community Affairs has already given its blessing to the plan.
Concurrency issues have not halted construction downtown. AMJ is building a new three-story chamber of commerce facility and 46 high-end condominiums. Also Union Street Station, a five-story, mixed-use complex, will be finished any day, and the University of Florida Foundation is constructing a four-story office building. To keep its cityscape at least somewhat green, the city of Gainesville plants 1,000 trees a year.
Meanwhile in East Gainesville, the poor side of town, the issue isn't traffic but affordable housing and attracting new businesses. The city, with the help of state and federal funding, is building 131 subsidized, single-family homes, each with a front porch and landscaping. City officials also broke ground on a 30,000-sq.-ft. business incubator -- the Gainesville Technology Center -- designed to nurture up to 30 budding companies by assisting entrepreneurs with marketing, management and technology. City planners hope the facility will raise the area's business profile and encourage retail development. At any rate, many of the construction jobs to build the incubator will go to locals.
People to Watch
Developers Ken and Linda McGurn strongly believe in downtown "in-fill." Union Street Station is their project, as were Harry's Restaurant, First Union Bank, the Florida Theater, Sun Center and many others. The duo also has plans for a six-story, mixed-used complex in Gainesville and similar multimillion-dollar projects in Port Orange and St. Augustine.
Conchi Ossa, Gainesville's economic development director, spearheaded creation of the Gainesville Technology Center -- a $1.8-million business incubator. The center will use government funds to hatch businesses in a part of town that Ossa says has been "overlooked by investors."
Businesses to Watch
NeuralDimensions makes software products that use "neural net" processing to emulate the way the human brain works. According to Gary Lynn, company spokesman, revenues have grown 15% each year since 1995 from sales in 45 countries. The company expects even better sales from a new product that spots stock market trends and helps day traders make financial decisions.
Regeneration Technologies crafts pins, screws and dowels from bone tissue for use by orthopedic surgeons and podiatrists. Begun in 1998, the company has grown from 76 employees to more than 300 and continues to expand. Company spokesperson Nancy Walsh says revenues increased 87% from 1998 to 1999.
Gainesville is a university town, but 85% of its housing market is single-family homes and 15% condominiums. Median price for an existing home in 1999 in the Gainesville metro area was $108,000, according to the Florida Association of Realtors. County per capita personal income of $20,517 is highest in the North Central region.
Thanks to the University of Florida, Alachua is by far North Central's youngest county. It has 27% of the region's population, but 39% of its young people age 15-19, and 41% of those 20 to 39 years old.
Ocala: City that Can't Say No
Ocala is losing its identity as an equine center as the idyllic horse farms that long graced the outskirts of town yield to development. A decade ago, much of State Road 200, a major corridor heading west out of Ocala, was lined by horse farms and woods. Now it's clogged with residential developments that target retirees and new businesses. Traffic jams get worse as land is rezoned and new construction approved.
More development is on the way -- much more. Top of the World, a huge retirement community, is expanding. The Ocala Regional Medical Center, owned by Columbia/HCA, recently received permission from the state to build a $50-million hospital on S.R. 200 to serve the influx of retirees.
But the big player is Boca Raton developer Richard Siemens. On a horse farm once home to a Kentucky Derby winner, Siemens plans to build 1,500 single-family houses, 850 apartments, 150 assisted living facility units, 700,000 square feet of retail space, 100,000 square feet of office space, 200 hotel rooms, an 18-screen movie theater and a 36-hole golf course.
Some Ocalans welcome Siemens' plans. Upscale shopping venues, they say, will fill a void in the community and keep shoppers from going to Orlando and Tampa. Orlando-based economic consultant Fishkind & Associates estimates that new development will "generate a cumulative net positive fiscal impact of $24.1 million," for the city, Marion County and the local school board, mainly from higher ad valorem taxes.
Other Ocalans are appalled by the scope of the project. Ocala's planning department and the Ocala Planning and Zoning Commission both nixed the project, but the Ocala City Council approved Siemens' plan late last year. Andy Kesselring, a landscape architect and now an ex-councilman, cast the only "no" vote. Design flaws and the huge potential impact of the project, he says, convinced him to vote against it. In addition, he says, "I was hoping we could set a new standard for what we wanted for Ocala."
Instead, when this "city within a city" is built, editorializes the Ocala Star Banner, it "will change the face of Ocala."
People to Watch
Restaurateur, insurance agent and renovator George Carrasco was one of the first to realize Ocala's easing of impact fees would spark downtown revitalization. In the past six years, Carrasco has bought and rehabilitated 28 buildings in Ocala's community redevelopment area and historic district alone.
The number of retirees in Ocala unable to pay for their medicine is growing. That's why Gary Linn, executive director of Ocala's Interfaith Emergency Services, and Dr. Nathan Grossman, head of the Marion County Health Department, are training volunteers to help seniors fill out paperwork to qualify for little-known programs run by big pharmaceutical companies. Grants from private donors pay the drug bills of indigent seniors during their two- or three-month wait for acceptance into a company program.
Businesses to Watch
Merillat Corp. of Ocala, a manufacturer of kitchen cabinets, expects its new factory to be up and running in September. The company plans to hire 350 and expects its annual payroll to go as high as $8 million. "We wanted access to the Florida market," says plant manager Tom Royce. "Retirees aren't affected by a downturn in the market. They'll spend their money no matter what."
Taylor Bean & Whitaker, an Ocala-bred mortgage processing company, does business in 40 states. Recently it converted an old downtown auto parts building and a blighted Winn-Dixie store into new corporate offices to accommodate the 150 workers the company expects to hire in the next 12 to 18 months.
The Florida Association of Realtors says of Ocala: "There is a major difference in housing here compared to other markets -- you can get a lot of home and land for the money." Housing runs anywhere from $30,000 to $5 million.
Residents 65 and older comprise 25% of Ocala/Marion County's population, compared with 18% statewide, but the area's supply of doctors is low. In 1998, according to the 1999 Ocala Quality of Life Report, there were 156 physicians per 100,000 residents, while the Florida average was 229.
County Outlook
Alachua, Bradford, Putnam
"This is the first time ever that the city and the county each have a 'green' commission," says Alachua County Commissioner Robert Hutchinson. Commissioners are keen to ban some billboards in the county; they also intend to let voters decide whether to raise property taxes to buy environmentally sensitive land. Last year the Florida Supreme Court struck down Alachua County's "privilege fee" on electric utilities that used public rights of way. In so doing, the court quashed plans to use the fees to pay for transportation and infrastructure needs caused by growth.
The court's decision hit neighboring Bradford County even harder. "Our main problem is not enough growth," says Roy Ayres, Bradford County administrator. "We're really strapped for lack of revenues." One of Bradford's two utilities refuses to pay both "privilege" and negotiated "franchise" fees. This shortfall, plus an 18% increase in health insurance, forced commissioners to cut staff at the county's jail and planning department, and none of the 125 employees get raises this year. On the positive side, S.M.I. Joist, a manufacturer of steel joists, will hire up to 120 new workers within a year. Locals also hope new festivals and ecotourism will bring people and money into the area.
Putnam County is getting a small infrastructure facelift. A new regional water system is coming to underdeveloped East Palatka, and county commissioners recently approved a five-year capital improvement road-surfacing project. Along with a $1.9-million state road grant and a new 200-acre industrial park, the road project could help economic development. However, points out Putnam County Administrator Roger Baltz, "We still have several hundreds miles of dirt roads."
Businesses to Watch
In Putnam, Lafarge Gypsum has teamed up with Seminole Electric to use the utility's waste by-products to make wall-board. The manufacturer expects to create a tax base of $1.5 million and hire 100 workers.
Professional race car driver Ivor Wigham chose Bradford County over Marion for his European Rally and Performance Driving School to train drivers of airport-rescue vehicles and corporate tourists wanting to have fun with fast cars.
Citrus, Levy
At last something's happening to improve transportation in isolated Citrus County. But is a turnpike extension what's really needed? Environmentalists want to stop construction of Phase One of the Suncoast Parkway -- a 41-mile stretch that will link the Tampa area to Citrus. Issues include: What impact will fast cars have on local roads? Will visitors stop and spend money in Citrus? Does Citrus really want to become Tampa's bedroom community? Other changes under way: A new hospital to serve veterans is coming to Citrus; ecotourism is growing, though talk of new restrictions on tourist access to manatees is causing concern.
A rise in boat building is providing much needed employment in Levy County, which has the lowest per capita income in the North Central region. Monterey Boats left Alachua County to relocate in Williston's new industrial park, bringing 200 to 400 jobs within two years. Emerald Coast, a maker of upholstery for boats, is coming with work for 40. In addition, Wise Trucking, an independent trucking firm, plans to hire 26 to transport boats to market.
Business to Watch
New EPA regulations convinced Citrus' homegrown Proline, a world-class manufacturer of luxury fishing boats, to relocate at a new industrial park in northeast Citrus, expand operations and add 150 to 200 workers in two years.
According to Royce Carter, Citrus County veteran services officer, 23,500 retired military personnel live in Citrus, a county of only 118,000. That's 20% of the population, and that helps explain why the county is getting a new veterans hospital.
Marion, Sumter
Though industries are reluctant to move to rural Sumter, the county saw a 23.5% increase in population from 1994 to 1999 -- the fourth highest in the state. Many of the new residents were retirees, perhaps attracted by the low cost of living. "Our water and sewage rates have not gone up since 1988," says Jim Stevens, city manager of Wildwood, "and our city property tax is 25% lower than 12 years ago; that's because we've expanded utilities for new growth."
As much as 40% of Sumter's workforce is employed outside the county. Many work in Marion, where a strong economy has reversed the fortunes of wage earners. Not long ago, job agencies called upon companies trying to secure jobs for the unemployed.
That's all changed; now it's employers who call. In 1998, the Citrus, Levy, Marion Regional Workforce Development Board began recruiting for industry and business. Among its offerings is a One-Stop Center for employers in need of workers. Says Kathleen Woodring, the center's director of workforce initiative, "If people have skills and want to work, we've got jobs."
Organization to Watch
The Film Commission of Real Florida is North Central's new regional film recruiter. It's financed by $40,000 annually from the city of Ocala, a similar amount from Alachua County and Gainesville, and free office space and $10,000 in computer equipment from Marion County.

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Only two of the 16 who signed a letter of intent aren't enrolled in school. Of the 24 seniors from the team, 19 attended college, and only one failed to graduate. The promise of that signing day in 2011 is tainted by the disappointment related to all 16 not remaining connected to the school they vowed to attend; however, this story is not over.
Some may wonder why it matters. Is it reasonable to track the progress of young men who made their mark by playing a game? Are these setbacks due to more than what shows up on the roster of a team? What is the real story behind what happened to 16 young men who made us proud after signing letter of intents to play for Division I schools?
It matters because of what continues to haunt black men in higher education. The story of the Hillside football team is no different than what takes place in black families from coast to coast. An examination of other schools within the Durham Public School system will reflect numbers comparable to Hillside's championship team. The class of black male students that shows up on campus each year drops significantly each semester. Sometimes it's due to academic problems. Sometimes it's because of financial problems. Sometimes it's a lack of interest.
What sets the Hillside football team apart from the rest is the promise of a free education. The gift of a four year free ride minimizes dropouts among students. Black males who fail to return, for reasons other than finances, normally do so for two reasons: poor academics or disciplinary issues.
According to a report from the U.S. Department of Education, young black men are not attending, or graduating from, college at the same rate as black women. Although the absence of black men is more apparent at historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, black male students are scarce at colleges everywhere.
The national college graduation rate for black men is 33.1 percent compared with 44.8 percent for black women. Black men represent 7.9 percent of 18-to-24-year-olds in America but only 2.8 percent of undergraduates at public universities.
This education gap virtually ensures that black men will continue to have less earning power than their white counterparts and be underrepresented across a broad spectrum of high-paying professions.
Failure to obtain a college education leads to limited job opportunities, reduced earning potential, and stunted career advancement. Those who fail to graduate face long-term economic and social implications. Without solid incomes and steady jobs, their ability to marry and support their families is hindered. They struggle to secure credit to purchase a home or start a business.
The report from the U.S. Department of education found that black male enrollment at Howard University declined from 3,070 during the 1994-95 academic year to 2,499 during 2009-10, while female enrollment declined by only 52 students, from 4,958 to 4,906.
While half of Howard students graduate within six years, most HBCU's do not. Graduation rates at HBCUs are lower than the graduation rates of blacks students at white universities. At 20 HBCUs, two-thirds or more of all entering black students do not earn a diploma, and most are men.
A two year report released by the College Board in 2011 found that black and Latino men are measurable less educated than minority women and white men. According to the report, 16 percent of Latino and 28 percent of black men age 28-34 had obtained an associate's degree or higher as of 2008, while the comparable figure for white men was 44 percent and 70 percent for Asian men.
The report shares firsthand stories from minority men. One black student, who was enrolled as a freshman in a public university, shared disillusionment with the process. "He remembers that all through school people told him to get good grades so he could succeed and go to college," the author writes. "But senior year he realized it was all about money and affordability."
Money is cited as the biggest setback in gaining an education. 16 student-athletes from Hillside High School obtained a free ride. It matters because it's a ticket to breaking a disheartening trend among black men. They can't use as an excuse a lack of money to attend and graduate from college.
Each of them has an opportunity to get a head start toward building a life for themselves and their families. We owe it to them to prepare them for what's ahead. They owe it to us to fulfill the promise that comes with signing on that dotted line.
No, it's not the glory of playing football that matters. It's more about shifting a trend and, in the process, transforming the image related to black men.
That's why it matters.


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Matthew Brown, the founder of ThatsUs.com, became an early believer in cloud communications after helping hundreds of firms set up local telephone exchanges. The experience helped him appreciate the efficiencies that could be gained from accessing telephone networks through a web API rather than with physical hardware and on-premises software.
But Brown's initial experience with apps that promised communications as a service was disappointing. He wanted to add a full communications solution to LotVantage, an app that made it easy for auto dealers to create a single listing and post it to multiple sites, like Backpage.com, Craigslist, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other classified and social marketing sites. But the services Brown tried weren't reliable and lacked the functionality he needed to ultimately offer a full communications product to both the end user and consumer interested in these advertised goods.
One of Brown's board members suggested he check out Twilio. Brown liked what he saw. "Twilio's simple, easy-to-use, open API reminded me of our API," Brown said. A developer at ThatsUs.com immediately got to work integrating the LotVantage app with Twilio.
Within days the developer had added not only call tracking, but also single click lead distribution and intelligent call recording. Four weeks later, the product was fully operational. This meant that customers could use LotVantage to create listings with disposable phone numbers. When a buyer called one of those numbers, he or she got transferred to a salesperson.
If a salesperson was away from his or her phone, for example, on the showroom floor, the salesperson would be alerted with a text message, and the customer would get a text message not only confirming their call had been received but also containing a direct link to the vehicle they were interested in for easy access later. Meanwhile, the data around the call was also tracked, so dealers had the information they needed to optimize their businesses.
"Twilio makes it possible for us to build the technology we want, without having to worry about the telecom back end," Brown said. Even better, from Brown's perspective, Twilio's flexibility didn't come at the expense of reliability or scalability. "By building our call tracking solution on Twilio, we ensure that no lead ever gets lost," Brown said. "Twilio easily scales to accommodate large spikes in call volume, and its record uptime means we don't lose any sleep worrying about our telecommunications infrastructure."
The new features meant that LotVantage could offer customers one of the fastest and most reliable lead distribution services in the industry. Each lead was fully traceable, making it possible to quickly identify the most effective advertising channels and to calculate monthly ROI.
Brown said dealers who use LotVantage expect a cost per lead in the single digits and realize ROI on a monthly basis almost immediately.
As for ThatsUs.com, Brown said he realized ROI on the Twilio app in six months.
ThatsUs.com plans to continue to add features to LotVantage that will set the solution apart. Brown said the company is also planning to add communications capabilities into its other business apps.
"Our mission is to is build affordable applications for small businesses that level the playing field," he said. "With Twilio, we can add reliable communications capabilities that scale."


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After a summer of experimenting with my Taylor 430 frozen drink machine, I wanted to share my personal easy mix recipe for margaritas. It always gets praise from my guests and can be made quickly and cheaply (about $5 a gallon, excluding alcohol).
Makes 1 gallon of mix:
2 cans frozen limeade (i.e. minute maid or grocery store brand) - 12oz cans
1 can frozen lemonade 12oz can
6oz lime juice
1/4 cup regular granulated white sugar
up to 1 quart of Tequila
In a large (1.5 gal +) container, empty the 2 cans of limeade and 1 can of lemonade. Using the empty limeade cans, add 7 cans of water.
Add the lime juice. I use bottled 'not from concentrate' lime juice from the organic section of my grocery store to help maximize 'bite' - but I'm too lazy to stand around juicing limes, which would be best. If you must, use 'from concentrate' lime juice, but the idea is to add the tartness you get from fresh juice.
In a microwave safe container (e.g. pyrex cup), microwave for 1 min (or until it boils) the sugar with a small amount of water - just enough to cover the sugar by 1/4 of an inch. After heating, stir with until the sugar dissolves and the liquid is clear. Add the sugar water to the rest of the mix.
At this stage the virgin mix is ready and could be added into the machine's hopper for freezing if desired (e.g. mix of kids and adults).
Alternatively, up to 1 quart of tequila can also be added to the mix - the cheapest 100% agave tequila is what I like, and 1 quart per gallon makes for a stealthy and very strong drink. Adding much more than 1 quart (25% of mix volume) tequila may prevent the mix from freezing. Also, substituting some cointreau for the tequila is also nice - e.g. 70/30 tequila-cointreau split.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the recipe as much as I enjoyed creating it! I'd love to hear other recipes if you have them.


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Pregnant Leah Messer may have two new playmates for her twin girls, Alianna and Aleeah.
The Teen Mom 2 star is reportedly pregnant with twins, according to In Touch Weekly. The father is Messer's new guy and fiance Jeremy Calvert.
Teen Mom 2's Leah files for divorce
"She just found out last week," a source tells the magazine. Messer, 19, is "absolutely thrilled."
The source also claims that Messer sees her incoming twins as a way to earn more money. "She thinks the babies will help her get her own spin-off show," says the insider.""And that means a much bigger salary... She wants her own series and her own brand, just like Kate [Gosselin]."
Messer had her first set of twins with ex-husband Corey Simms. The two filed for divorce in April after being married for six months.


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Bottle Opener, Gold
Nousaku's craftsmen meticulously hand-make each and every item in this collection of brass objects designed in the clean, minimalist style of designer Taku Shinomoto.
The S/N collection is a line of brass products combining the superior craftsmanship of renowned tin, bronze, and brass casting company Nousaku with the clean, simple style of designer Taku Shinomoto. Any piece in the collection is sure to complement modern tastes and has a patina that increases in character over time.
Takaoka City in Toyama Prefecture has a 400-year history of metal casting. Utilizing casting techniques handed down from generation to generation, Nousaku was established in 1916 primarily as a producer of Buddhist altar equipment, tea utensils, and flower vases. In recent years, the company has turned its focus to tableware, interior goods, and lighting fixtures, breaking the mold of a traditional industry by making products to complement modern lifestyles.
Bottle Opener
• 3.38" W x 1.63" D x .38" H
• Brass
• 6.5 oz
• Toyama, Japan
Jinen processes and ships in stock items within 3 business days. If your item is out of stock you will be contacted via email. Orders over $150 that ship within the contiguous United States receive free standard shipping automatically. We offer shipping via UPS and USPS.
If for any reason you are not happy with your purchase, you may return the items within 30 days of purchase for an exchange or full refund for the purchase price of the product.
Returned items must be unused and in the condition you received it in, along with any product tags and original product packaging. Returns must be shipped back in a proper shipping box. You must ensure that returning items are properly packaged, and at your option, insured.
Jinen is not responsible for return shipping charges unless there is a mistake in the order or there is a product defect.
Refunds will be issued only after we have received your package and have been inspected.
Jinen is not liable for any damages or lost items that occur in the return process.
How to Return
- Please fill out the return form included in your package
- Carefully package your item(s) and include your completed return form
- Ship to the address specified on the return form.


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Mac: The Apple TV 2 makes a great, cheap XBMC box, and now the previously mentioned Seas0npass jailbreaking tool offers untethered jailbreaking, so you can reboot without losing your hacks. A Windows version is on the way. [Firecore via How-To Geek]
Seas0npass Now Offers Untethered Jailbreaking of the Apple TV 2


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Dateline 3/24/11.
Our old pal the Prospect Park West Bike lane is still blowing up the news like the crazed tweets of Martin Sheen's son, well maybe not that popular. (Charlie Sheen does have 3,141,447 followers on twitter.)
WNYC's Brian Lehrer couldn't resist the opportunity since the cover spread in NY Magazine. Yesterday he hosted a 20 minute segment called: "Bike Lane Brouhaha," featuring lawyer Jim Walden who's taken on the Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes case to sue the DOT for "not doing their job."
Seems kind of ridiculous that a 1,000 dollar a hour lawyer would work pro bono to sue a city agency for accountability especially since the DOT has been working on this bike lane in complete transparency since 2007. Luckily, Michael called in the show who works for Councilman Brad Lander to set the record straight about how the local community board asked for this bike lane and 70% of local residents approved and felt safer.
Part 2 is on today's show with Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson calling in to praise the bike lane. He recently wrote an article in the Huffington Post saying, bike lanes serve a simple purpose in NYC, "to help provide all New Yorkers with more diverse transportation choices." He also pointed out a recent Quinnipiac poll which illustrates how "City residents give bike lanes the nod by 15 points, 54-39." Read more here.
I dunno, maybe I have it all wrong about supporting this bike lane. Perhaps we should base safety improvements and a less auto centric direction of the city on the convinces of a few people who happen to live on one of the widest streets in Brooklyn.
Meanwhile, things have elevated to a major case of the ridiculous in Central Park. What started as a massive NYPD ticket blitz against cyclists for not stopping at red lights has now turned to speeding. That's right the cops are giving cyclists tickets for breaking the speed limit designed for automobiles. Of course their setting up their sting operation on the downhill part of the park around 110th st.
I recieved this email from a bikeblog reader:
"Unfortunately, I have some frustrating news regarding to the cycling situation in Central Park.
As you know, many cyclists spoke out against the crackdown on cyclists in Central Park at the community board meeting. They expressed reasonable opinions and criticism to the police and asked for the ticketing – which Boro President Stringer called "harassment" – to stop.
The police have responded by ramping things up: this morning, as early as 6:00AM, the police set up a RADAR speed trap on the West Side of Central Park. It was placed at the bottom of a hill, with two black unmarked police cars and approximately six police officers in the roadway, blocking off more than a full lane.
At about 6:10AM, I passed the officers. It was dark, the officers were dressed in their dark uniforms and their black cars had no lights on. Their cars were difficult to see.
To express that their position was unsafe, I said to the officers "cars in the middle of the road? really?"
One of the officers responded "you got a problem with that?"
When police set up speed traps for cars – they do not park their police cars blocking half the roadway.
Clearly, their goal is not safety – tickets are the goal.
In addition, I saw a few cyclists get pulled over for running red lights *directly in front of the officers.* It's clear that these people had no idea that they were supposed to stop at the lights – otherwise, why break the law in front of a police officer.
Our petition currently has 1,586 online signatures + more handwritten.
The NYCC petition currently has 586 online signatures + more handwritten."
Here is more about this from Gothamist. and here is video from one rider in which the NYPD tries to explain why cyclists shouldn't go more than 15 m.p.h.
Read more here.
Meanwhile two city council members Brooklyn's Brad Lander and Manhattan's Ydanis Rodriguez have introduced a flashing yellow bill to change the stop lights in Central Park to cater to cyclists.
More on this in NYvelocity.com
Here is a story that just about made me faint. The NYPD had to apologize for giving speeding tickets to cyclists in Central Park.
NY Times:
Police Apologize in Person for Cyclist's Ticket in Park
By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN
Published: March 22, 2011
David Regen was sitting down to dinner Tuesday night when two police officers appeared at his home under circumstances that will instantly evoke envy from any New Yorker who has ever been issued a ticket.
The officers had come over to apologize for a ticket issued to him earlier that day.
"They said, 'We're here because we're withdrawing your ticket because we feel you were treated unfairly,' †Mr. Regen recalled about an hour later in a telephone interview.
The ticket was for speeding through Central Park on a bicycle some 13 hours earlier. Mr. Regen, who lives on West End Avenue at 103rd Street, was one of 10 cyclists caught Tuesday morning on a police speed gun, a rarity during the early-morning hours in Central Park, when cars are not allowed on most of the roads.
Read the article here.
Meanwhile, City Councilwoman Gale Brewer has a better idea for dealing with Central Park, she is introducing a bill that will completely eliminate motor vehicles from both Central Park and Prosepect Park.
Way to go Gale!
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Minutes from the Santa Monica Freeway, in California, supposedly the single busiest strip of highway in the world, there's a lightly traveled two-lane highway that spins through the mountains of the Los Angeles National Forest. It's rather lightly traveled because it goes no place in particular, unless you live in Big Pines or Wrightwood or want to take the long route to Barstow. Which makes it a great place to play with a new Bugatti EB110 that could be especially powerful or might have tremendous handling potential.
Getting the Bugatti out on that asphalt playground shows it has both. Power? A 3.5 liter V-12 with four turbochargers that can propel the car from zero to 60 mph in less than 3.5 seconds. Handling? Fully independent suspension, Michelin MXX radial tires as wide as Aunt Flossie's backside, brakes with discs as big as garbage-can lids and race-car-quick rack-and-pinion steering. All that comes wrapped in a package as sleek and threatening as anything that's come off a designer's drawing board in eons. All that for $350,000--give or take.
With a price tag like that, you can appreciate that the first couple of miles up the twisty delight might make a driver a bit uneasy. At least until you get comfortable with it. Actually, the uneasiness begins while driving the rocket on wheels out of the parking lot at the Beverly Hills Rolls-Royce dealership. The thought of driving in Los Angeles traffic and then joining the action on the Santa Monica Freeway was a bit daunting. The first minor bump scraped the car's low chin spoiler on the driveway ramp. Nice start.
Visibility to the rear is severely limited, thanks to huge panels plumbed for air intakes for the midmounted engine and the rear spoiler, which nicely bisects the small rear window. Lane changes are made with a great deal of care and peering about. But all goes well on the surface streets, and, merging quickly with the freeway traffic, the car's nose soon points toward the mountains.
The scintillating pulse of the new Bugatti echoes with the almost unparalleled history of one of racing's greatest machines. The Bugatti name is legendary among automotive enthusiasts, although the company built its last serious car in 1939. The name was resurrected in the late 1980s by a wealthy car distributor in Italy, Romano Artioli, and his wife, Renata, who built a most impressive headquarters/factory in Campogalliano in northern Italy.
Today's Bugatti is the spiritual if not direct descendant of the marque that flowered from the early years of this century until the Second World War. No marque before or since has owned the sport as Bugatti did. During the years between the wars, Bugatti virtually dominated the international racing scene. From 1925 to 1927, Bugatti won 1,851 events, ranging from hill climbs to Grands Prix, frequently taking the top three positions in an event. In 1926, Bugatti won 12 Grands Prix, and in another string, Bugatti won five straight Targa Florios, the famous race around the island of Sicily.
The cars were famous for their power, their reliability, the attention to detail, but not necessarily innovation. The founder and stern dictator of every detail, Etore "Le Patron" Bugatti was stubborn to the point of wrong-headedness. He simply refused to abandon proven methods in light of the rapidly improving technology that was sweeping the industry. (He finally adopted hydraulic brakes years after they proved far superior to mechanical brakes.) But stubborn or not, Bugatti built cars that won races, and in those salad days of the automobile business, cars that won races were successful in the showroom. It was truly "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday." Gentlemen sportsmen, and some sportswomen, bought Bugattis to race, and they bought them to drive on the street. From today's vantage point, it is difficult to appreciate that the Bugatti company was the equivalent of Porsche and Ferrari--combined.
Etore (pronounced: Eh-tory) Bugatti was born in Milan in 1881, the son of a successful artist. In his teens he became fascinated by the motorized vehicles of all shapes and sizes that were clattering and banging around the streets and back roads of Europe. His first involvement with this new phenomenon was with one of the tricycles that were so popular at the time. If it moves and a man can get on it, it will be raced, and so it was with tricycles. By the time he was 19, Bugatti was one of the best trike racers in Italy and one of its most popular sports stars. Bugatti used his innate engineering talent to design most of the machines he raced.
It was inevitable, given the development of powered cars during the period, that Bugatti would turn his talents to four-wheelers. The first Bugatti automobile was built in 1900. But Bugatti didn't immediately go into the automobile-manufacturing business. Rather, for the next several years he designed cars and engines for established firms, constantly adding to his reputation as one of the best designers and engineers in the new industry. After a string of successful designs for others, Bugatti opened his own manufacturing facility in the Alsace town of Molsheim in January 1910.
Later that year, an article in England's The Motor wrote about "A New Light Car," which was the first substantial description of a car from the new facility:
The designer of this little car, indeed, has made no attempt to compete with the low-priced popular models already on the market, the price of the Bugatti being higher than any other car of equal horsepower offered to the public. The reason is, the new production stands in a class by itself. M. Bugatti, an Alsatian designer with a high reputation in German factories, has sought to produce what may be termed the motorcar pony, but a pony that is fit to stand comparison with the most costly product of the best factories, and able, notwithstanding its small size and low power, to hold its own in the matter of speed with any touring car built.
That description would hold true for Bugatti's cars for the next three decades, until the Second World War stopped production and, for all practical purposes, stopped Bugatti permanently.
Throughout the production run of approximately 7,800 cars, each Bugatti model was designated with the prefix T for Type, which referred to the chassis and drive train. The same chassis type could be used with a wide variety of bodies, some of which were manufactured at Molsheim, but many that were manufactured by independent coach makers. That multiple-body situation can be confusing for the non-Bugattiste. The same type number can be found in reference books as an open race car, an open touring, a closed touring, a coupé, whatever.
The Type 13, the first-production Bugatti and the one written up in The Motor, quickly established Bugatti in the fledgling auto industry. The four-cylinder Type 13 was soon joined by the Type 15, Type 17 and on up. The most familiar Bugatti is probably the Type 35, a two-seat, fenderless roadster typically seen in French racing blue. The most famous Bugatti, however, is Type 41, the Royale.
Bugatti's dream was to build the ultimate road car, a dream he mentioned to a friend early in his career. But it wasn't until 1926 that the car became a reality. One part of the definition of "ultimate" in Bugatti's mind, apparently, was huge. The Royale chassis had a wheelbase of 14.5 feet, or 174 inches. (The current Cadillac Brougham, the largest car in production, has a wheelbase of just more than 10 feet, or 121.5 inches.) The straight-eight engine had a displacement of 13 liters. (The V-12 in the Mercedes SEL600 is 6.0 liters.)
The six Royale chassis that would be built over the seven-year "production run" would be fitted with 11 body variations as they changed hands. The cost of a bodied Royale was in the £6,500 to £7,500 range. At the height of the speculation craze in the late '80s, a Royale reportedly sold for $15 million, although no one saw the money change hands. Of the six Royales built, only three are in private hands and theoretically available for sale. It is impossible to say what the going price would be today: none of the three have been offered for sale recently.
The Royale, named for the class of people Bugatti envisioned buying it, was not successful, but Bugatti's other models were. The early '30s in particular were good years for Bugatti. Previous model types were phased out, and the T57 became the basis for a full line of models. Then, in 1939, the war stopped production.
Bugatti moved to Paris, and the German Army converted the Molsheim factory to war production. After the war a legal battle ensued, and Bugatti was able to reclaim the factory. Plans were quickly implemented to build a small, inexpensive economy car as well as a replacement for the popular prewar T57. But Bugatti unexpectedly died in August 1947, and with his death the heart seemed to go out of the company. Jean, the son Bugatti had hoped would carry on after him, had been killed testing a car just before the war. A second son, Roland, lacked his father's brilliance. A few T57s were built (called T101s), but the public was turning elsewhere and there was no money to revive the racing effort that had been the key to success. The factory struggled on with aircraft contract work until selling out to Hispano-Suiza in 1963.
The long hiatus made the Artiolis' decision to revive Bugatti all the more interesting. That was surprise No. 1. But the initial surprise was quickly followed by Nos. 2 and 3--a prototype EB110 shown at a function for the press in Paris in September 1991 and the actual start of production in 1993. And then the fourth surprise came along. Artioli bought Lotus from General Motors. An Italian financial daily has estimated that with the purchase of Lotus, Artioli, and possibly some other investors, have spent $120 million.
The EB110, a "sporty" EB110 GT and a more powerful Sport Stradale (SS) have been on sale in Europe, with 65 cars reportedly delivered in 1993. About 40 more were sold through the mid-dle of 1994. A version that is a combination of the 110 and the SS models--called the America, logically enough--had received certification and was to have gone on sale in the United States by November 1994. As this was written, refinements for the American market were still being made, but Lotus Cars U.S.A., which is handling Bugatti distribution, said the schedule would be met.
Currently, eight U.S. dealers have been appointed, with another two to four likely to be named. Adrian Palmer, who heads Lotus in England, said that 10 to 12 orders for U.S. cars had been received. "Originally, there was not going to be a U.S. car," Palmer says. "Bugatti doesn't have to sell here [to be successful]. But we [Lotus] persuaded them to come."
What's the market for a $350,000 automobile? Palmer doesn't know for sure, but he's not worried. "There is a feeling of optimism, of confidence," Palmer says. "We believe the market is right in the U.S., where Bugatti will be a complement to Lotus." Palmer says he expects to sell 40 to 50 cars a year in the United States.
Dealers will likely buy a car for potential customers to drive, but additional Americas will be built only when orders are in hand. When those potential customers strap themselves into a Bugatti America, they're in for some kind of ride, an almost unreal experience of "Bugatti-ing." As it turns out, the car made available to this reporter was an early-production version of the basic European EB110, which differs substantially from the America.
This is, once and forever, a high-performance sports car. If you want something that's easy to get into and out of and offers a cushy ride, if you want an automatic transmission, save yourself $315,000 and buy a Corvette. But for an E-ticket ride, stick with the EB110.
For your decision you will get a very low car that is entered through the forward scissoring doors with some minor contortions. You'll get a six-speed manual gearbox hooked to that four-blower V-12 nestling just inches behind your back. A six-foot body can fit comfortably with plenty of headroom. Shoulder room is enormous thanks to concave inner door panels. There is a complete instrument panel dominated by a large round tachometer in the center. (Maximum horsepower is at 8,000 rpm). A small fitted suitcase behind the seats is the only "trunk" on the car. Although there is no room for a spare tire, the big Michelins have "fun-flat" capability (even if all four go flat, it is possible to continue to drive on them for miles)--making a spare tire redundant.
On the freeway, the 110's acceleration capabilities come to the fore--within reason, of course. Maximum fun comes when you drop the six-speed into second and tromp on the gas. Although the engine has 12 cylinders, it's small, so there isn't much torque production at low rpm. But when the tach touches 4,500 rpm, all hell breaks loose. It's as close to being shot out of a cannon as you can get this side of Ringling Bros. The red line comes up quickly, you slam the gear lever into third and hang on again. Of course, at this point you are well on the go-to-jail side of the 55-mph limit, so prudence dictates that you don't explore much further. The ride is harsh and the amount of wind noise in the luxurious cockpit is surprising. Add in the mechanical noise from the engine, and you have a rather high-decibel level.
You, however, continue to grin like a fool.
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Leaving the freeway, the Bugatti begs to head toward the mountains to show off the handling side of its exotic-car equation. Nonetheless, the first impulse is to go very slow, not because the car feels like it can't navigate the corners very fast but because you have no immediate sense of where the outer limit lies. The Bugatti can so far exceed the boundaries set by the normal laws of physics that you wouldn't want to go rocketing into one of those mountain switchbacks only to find that it has an unannounced tendency to snap spin or provide some other nasty driving surprise. After all, on this windy test road, a hidden handling problem could mean a long free fall off the mountain. Any concerns are unwarranted.
The car settles into a comfortable speed, where the 110's phenomenal grip is immediately evident. Few cars feel as connected to the road as the Bugatti. It is solid, stable and flat. You accelerate to a corner, brake hard, turn in, apply the throttle, make a clean exit and repeat the process over and over again. The car is a tremendous confidence builder. It makes you feel you can do no wrong.
The America will be considerably changed from the test car--for the better, the company says. The ride will be softer and there will be more horsepower. A hydraulic system in the suspension will lift the car for clearing driveway entrances. ABS and dual air bags will be standard. A carbon-fiber trim will replace the wood trim I saw. The seats will be very aggressive, race-style buckets, but plush leather buckets will also be available.
Bottom line? The Bugatti America will offer stunning looks, power and performance at an equally stunning price. Is it worth it? There is never an answer to that question when it comes to megabuck cars. Yet those few who decide they want the car--and have no problem writing checks--will not be disappointed.
Michael Knepper is a veteran automobile-industry writer.
The Brothers Schlumpf
There's at least one important footnote to the Bugatti story-- two eccentric brothers, Hans and Fritz Schlumpf. The brothers were wealthy woolen-cloth and thread millers in Alsace. After the war, for no apparent reason and with no apparent theme in mind, they began collecting cars. However, there was apparently a desire to own at least one of every Bugatti made. Between 1957 and 1973 they collected Bugattis with a vengeance, driving up the price of the marque in the process, which worked against them as they continued to gather in Bugattis.
The Bugattis and hundreds of other collectible cars were kept in a private museum on the mill grounds in the Alsace town of Mulhouse (pronounced: Mul-looz). The pair was soon in financial trouble, in part because of the investment in the museum but also due to a drop in the woolen market and spiraling wages. They went bankrupt, refusing to sell any of the collection to stay in business.
The brothers sent their four factories into receivership, and all workers were fired. In the predawn of March 7, 1977, a group of workers broke into the museum to protest their sacking and found a sight only a privileged few had seen: the Schlumpf collection.
There were more than 400 cars of virtually every type ever sold in Europe. And there were Bugattis by the score--120 on the floor of the museum, which was the size of three football fields, and 150 squirreled away in various workshops. And there were two Royales.
Today, the Schlumpf collection is owned by the state and open to the public.


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VANCOUVER - On a night when Vancouver's top line combined for eight points, it was their goaltender who stole the show.
Cory Schneider made 36 saves — many of the highlight-reel variety — as the Canucks defeated the reeling Calgary Flames 5-2 on Saturday to move four points ahead of the idle Minnesota Wild for first place in the Northwest Division.
Making his 10th straight start, eight of which have been victories, Schneider has firmly grasped the No. 1 role over Roberto Luongo the past three weeks.
"Tonight our best player was our goaltender," said Canucks coach Alain Vigneault. "He made some unreal saves. They came to play and they came at us real hard. They had some quality chances, but Schneids shut the door and we were able to jump on a few of their mistakes and score some goals."
Schneider's saves were not only beautiful — like his lightning-quick glove stop off Lee Stempniak early in the third period — but timely as well. Schneider was at his best with the Canucks clinging to a 2-1 lead late in the first period and early in the second, as he robbed Roman Cervenka and Mike Cammalleri on in-close chances.
"They had some good chances, but that's why you have a goalie," said Schneider, who improved to 14-7-3. "That's why you pay a guy to stop pucks, so if there are a lot of shots he's there to stop them. Sometimes it might be 20, sometimes it might be 40. But either way your job doesn't change."
Schneider's strong play allowed his teammates to find their game, particularly Vancouver's top line.
Henrik Sedin scored an empty-netter and earned assists No. 600 and 601 of his career, Daniel Sedin added three assists and Alex Burrows scored and added an assist.
Dan Hamhuis, Dale Weise and Alex Edler had goals for Vancouver (21-11-6) as well.
Dennis Wideman and Alex Tanguay replied for Calgary (13-20-4), which has lost five straight games overall and 13 consecutive road games (0-12-1). The Flames, who lost 2-1 in San Jose on Friday, sit 14th in the 15-team Western Conference.
"We played really hard I think the last two games and done a lot of good things, but we make a few mistakes and teams bury us and all of a sudden we're chasing games and it's hard," said Stempniak. "You can't fault our effort or how competitive we are, but it's not enough at the end of the day."
With a chance to build on Thursday's 4-0 victory over Edmonton, the Canucks jumped on Calgary early.
Hamhuis got Vancouver on the board 34 seconds into the game, converting a pretty Burrows feed on a 2-on-1 after Flames defenceman Mark Giordano got caught up ice.
Weise made it 2-0 six minutes later, parking himself in front of Miikka Kiprusoff and deflecting Jason Garrison's point shot for his third of the season.
It was Weise's first game back after missing six contests with a shoulder injury.
The goal was the Canucks' second on their first five shots, drawing jeers of "Kipper, Kipper" from the sellout crowd of 18,910.
Wideman got Calgary within one at 13:49 of the first, faking a slap shot from the right circle, instead firing a soft wrist shot that fooled Schneider.
"He kind of pump faked and slipped it by me," said Schneider. "I'm not thrilled with that one but it was a pretty crafty play by him. You don't see that too often."
The Canucks found their legs again midway through the second period, and added a pair of goals to make it 4-1 heading into the third.
After some pretty passing from the Sedin twins, Burrows parked himself in front and jammed the rebound from Daniel Sedin's wraparound between Kiprusoff's legs. It was Henrik Sedin's 600th assist in his 930th game.
Henrik quipped that he doesn't remember all of his helpers, "but I think most of them were to Burr and Danny."
It didn't take long for him to earn assist No. 601.
On a power play late in the second period, Edler whipped a one-timer from the point behind a screened Kiprusoff after Henrik Sedin won the draw.
Henrik's two points give him 782 in his career, moving him into 154th on the NHL's all-time points list, one ahead of Alexei Yashin and four behind Claude Lemieux.
"Great player," said Vigneault. "He's a great passer. Without a doubt him and his brother have something real good going, and Burr complements them real well. Henrik's our captain, he's a great player. I'm real happy for him."
The Flames had a strong third period, but Tanguay was the only one to beat Schneider.
The veteran left-winger moved in on a breakaway midway through the period and beat Schneider with a pretty backhand deke between the legs.
Henrik Sedin scored his 11th goal of the season with 11 seconds remaining, putting the puck into an empty net. The goal was Vancouver's first short-handed goal of the season.
NOTES: Alain Vigneault coached his 530th game for the Canucks, surpassing Marc Crawford for the franchise record. … Tim Jackman fought Zack Kassian early in the first period, and Brian McGrattan and Tom Sestito dropped the gloves 27 seconds later to fire up the crowd. … McGrattan later left the game with an unrelated shoulder injury and did not return. … Vancouver defenceman Chris Tanev left the game for a few minutes in the first period with what appeared to be a knee injury, but he returned and finished the game. Tanev is one of the only Vancouver defencemen who can play the right side comfortably.


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The first Legend of Zelda game you'll play on Nintendo's Wii U doesn't star Link; it stars you dressed as Link, or at least your Mii dressed as Link. Stephen Totilo walks us through the first Zelda experience on the Wii U.
The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest is one of several mini-games arriving in Nintendo Land, the elaborate interactive primer for the Wii U's controller. Two players with Wii remotes play Links with swords, you play a Link with a bow, and gorgeous high-definition action ensues. Enjoy!


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Iowa escorts enjoyed the traffic spike last week too. Rachel*, 38, a Des Moines-based escort, said she woke up each morning last week with "five or six" calls from numbers she didn't know — a rarity in a state not known for its tourism. "All week, I had excessive calls all the way up until 5 o'clock in the morning, because of the caucuses," she said. Another Iowa escort named Kylie*, 31, said she noticed the same spike in calls from guys who were not her regulars. They were there for the caucuses, she said, and they were looking for company. Continue reading


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Once hipsters start collecting social security, how will all those ironic t-shirts and QR code tattoos hold up? Will the future elderly tell their grandchildren about their nebulous community manager jobs and funny cat videos? This video stares 50 years into the future, when aging hipster remember the golden age of the Internet.
This is actually a promotion for Social Media Week, next week's multi-city social media convention, but it's all worth it for the future version of the ill-advised Chinese character tattoo. There's also a Future Hipsters companion Tumblr, although that's less about people in the future than hipsters who happen to be old.
The one thing I don't buy about this video? No one's wearing ear plugs.
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(NNPA) - Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle have sent a clear message to the five Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission regarding new internet regulations: bring the power back to the people.
Recently Congressmen Gene Green and 73 House Democratic colleagues, including a number of members of the Congressional Black Caucus, sent a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski advocating for congressional input as the Commission considers the Chairman's "third way" proposal on broadband regulation. The letter encouraged Chairman Genachowski not to take untoward actions that discourage further investment, restrict network management, slow the deployment of broadband, and jeopardize the jobs associated with broadband expansion.
Furthermore, the announcement that Sens. Jay Rockefeller and John Kerry, as well as Reps. Henry Waxman and Rick Boucher plan to pursue an inclusive process to revise the 1996 Telecommunications Act is also encouraging. Members of Congress should create a new path forward that clarifies the FCC's authority over broadband services while prioritizing the National Broadband Plan's objective of universal broadband access.
Back to the point of this piece: Bringing the power back to the people. What matters as we move forward on broadband are three critical issues. First, we must settle on implementing a broadband rulemaking process that serves to bridge the digital divide that still exists in many parts of this country. Recent statistics out of the FCC indicate that broadband adoption among African Americans still trails behind the national average. As broadband offers important opportunities for affordable health care, civic participation, online education and economic empowerment, it is unacceptable that members of our community do not have access to these benefits. Members of Congress should stand up for their underserved constituents and help forge a compromise that will encourage affordable access to broadband.
Second, legislation would better account for the need for substantial private sector investment in broadband. It is hard to deny the power of private investment, especially when the broadband industry has pumped between $50 and $60 billion annually for the last several years to bring broadband into our neighborhoods, schools and community centers. As staff from the FCC has estimated that it could take up to $350 billion to deploy broadband nationally, current levels of investment must be maintained to ensure that broadband and its benefits are able to reach all Americans.
Finally, and most importantly, through its more rigorous and diverse fact-finding and rulemaking process Congress will recognize what we have known all along, that broadband internet is a job creator. Not only does broadband build-out directly create jobs, but it also has spillover benefits, allowing displaced workers to retrain and seek out new job opportunities. Job creation is no small matter given our current economic climate, as it leads to greater wealth creation, community building, and overall prosperity for all Americans.
Chairman Genachowski must heed the calls of the bipartisan group of legislators who have implored him not to regulate broadband internet services. Instead this matter should be resolved by members of Congress. Congressional intervention will provide an effective avenue for minorities and underserved communities to express our concerns, while narrowing the digital divide, promoting continued investment, and creating jobs.
Congressional action on broadband is the only true way to bring the power back to the people. We thank the members of the Congressional Black Caucus and other key elected officials for pressing this important matter before the Federal Communications Commission.


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I'm in Ohio now & trying to deal with my Saturday Zazen class in Santa Monica from a remote location is proving to be difficult. To those of you who may have looked at the schedule I put up yesterday — please look again, what I put up there was completely wrong! The correct schedule is below:
July 1, 2006 Lecture by KEVIN BORTOLIN
July 8, 2006 ALL-DAY ZAZEN
SUNDAY July 23, 2006 AFTERNOON! (from 1:30 PM)
July 29, 2006
Since I will still be in Ohio on July 1, Kevin Bortolin, a fellow student & Dharma Heir of Gudo Nishijima will do the talk at the end of the sittings. Kevin is a much better speaker than I am, so go see him.
The All Day Zazen this month is on July 8th which is the SECOND Saturday of the month & not the 3rd as we usually do it. So far only one (1) person has signed up. So please feel free to come along! Please.
And if you were not confused enough, the following week's class is on Sunday afternoon rather than on Saturday morning. These two changes are due to the Hill Street Center's big annual yard sale which (I believe) is on Saturday July 22. As a bonus to those (if any) who show up on Sunday, we will go out bowling afterwards.
Again, please don't feel shy or hesitant about coming to these classes. I know everyone thinks I'm a celebrity and I'm full of myself or whatever. But, Honest to Jesus in Heaven, only about 3 people ever show up to these classes. Trust me, I will not bite. Not usually anyway...
For those who are lamenting the loss of the older articles, get a life! NO! NO! NO!! I'm glad you liked that stuff. A few weeks ago I looked at it & decided it was all crap and needed serious rewriting. So far I have not had a free nanosecond to even contemplate actually doing that rewriting. So maybe I'll just put 'em back up again. But, really, honestly, they just were not all that great. Buy Shobogenzo & read some decent writing instead! Or re-read Zen Mind Beginner's Mind. Go to the link to your right and read some of Kobun Chino's lectures. Read Nishijima Sensei's blog (but ignore the comments section, apart from Nishijima's own comments, it's pretty useless).


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Several years ago, NBC's Dan Patrick asked former Lions CEO Matt Millen whether he would have fired himself. (Millen basically said yes.)
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It's not unusual to see kindergartners in Los Altos School District classrooms this year learning the basics of robot programming.
Supported by funding from the Los Altos Educational Foundation, the school district hired a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) teacher for each elementary school campus.
Content and classroom-to-classroom needs drive the program, still in its early stages. The main focus of the STEM teachers this year is to assist in physical science instruction, introduce computational-thinking activities and host Making/Tinkering lunch clubs.
"The idea now is to have a STEM teacher who is really helping in a co-teaching situation to provide cross-disciplinary lessons where students have to use design challenges to solve real-world problems using science, technology, engineering and math," said Alyssa Gallagher, district director of strategic initiatives and community partnerships.
Kindergartners through second-graders use Bee-Bot robots and iPad applications as the basis for their computational thinking. Third- and fourth-graders use LEGO WeDo, a more advanced robotics tool, and scratch programming to advance toward 3D design in fifth grade and computer science in sixth grade.
"It is really like learning a foreign language," Gallagher said. "Programming is essentially learning to think in logical patterns – it is teaching students how to use language and technology to create."
The STEM teachers have expressed excitement to be a part of the program.
"It is a lot of hands-on learning," said Grace Choi, STEM teacher at Loyola School. "It is teaching concepts through different means and materials. Parents and teachers are excited, and I feel so blessed to be on this bandwagon and enjoying the ride."
Many students attend the weekly Making/Tinkering clubs at each campus, and it's not uncommon to hear them telling their parents what they did during lunch as they leave school, said Amy Shelley, STEM teacher at Gardner Bullis School.
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According to Shelley, the lunch sessions are the ideal place for students to attempt challenging activities without fear of failure.
"I think kids need to be able to learn how to problem solve," she said. "To be given a challenge and sometimes fail but find a better solution because of that failure – that is what engineering is. It is less about memorization and reading (and more about) analyzing, touching, feeling, exploring and finding the answers for themselves."
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The STEM teachers also contribute to the science curriculum by supplementing each classroom teacher's physical science instruction. The goal is for classroom and STEM teachers to collaborate to add experiments beyond the previous offerings, said Karen Wilson, STEM coach for the school district.
Gallagher said the STEM enhancements meet the new Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards, recently adopted by the California Department of Education.
"We want to help students begin to make cross-curricular connections," she said. "It is not about learning an isolated programming skill, it's about integrating it into what they are already learning."
One example of that is seeing younger students use their Bee-Bot robots on a map, incorporating geography in their programming lessons.
Both Wilson and Gallagher stressed that the program is a work in progress, but added that they are excited to be on the cutting edge of delivering STEM to students. They have been asked to discuss the district's STEM program at a statewide conference.
"When they sent someone to the moon, they didn't know how they were going to get to the moon, but they said they were going to do it anyway," Gallagher said. "That is sort of our mantra. We don't have all the details that our STEM program entails yet, but we know that it is important for kids to have a STEM program."
District teachers are using Twitter this year, often touting various STEM lessons in the classroom. To view their tweets, search #lasdk8.
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History will be made this week and the drama is leading to significant viewership gains and social media buzz for the 2013 World Series on FOX. The Red Sox are one game away from clinching their first World Series championship at home since 1918, while the Cardinals are attempting to become the first team since the 1979 Pirates to come back from down 3-2 on the road.
Game 5 on Monday night registered an 8.9 Fast National rating making it the highest rated Game 5 and the highest rated Monday night for FOX since 2009. The game led FOX to another primetime win against all competition, something it has done on all five nights of the World Series. In addition, the MLB Postseason has accounted for each of FOX's top six primetime telecasts this season.
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Kuching, MalaysiaKirsty Turner
Those who love cities won't be disappointed by Kuching, which offers a wide range of amenities as well as plenty of interesting things to see and do.
One of the most enchanting activities here involves wandering along the banks of the gently flowing Sarawak River. A large number of interesting buildings can be found close to the river, including historical houses, shops and temples, and one of the highlights here is the large and lovely Fort Margherita, which was constructed by Charles Brooke in 1879 as a tribute to his beloved wife Rani Margaret. A number of ferries also offer to take visitors across the river for a few Ringgit, and this is a great way to view the area.
Those who want to relax and unwind for a while can spend time wandering in the picturesque gardens of Kuchin, which can be found in abundance. Those who enjoy temple hopping will also be in their element here, and one of the most enchanting places of worship here is the Hong Saan Temple, while culture vultures will want to make sure that they check out the Sarawak Museum and Islamic Museum.
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Most of us are familiar with the cliché about tradeoffs: fast, cheap, or good, choose any two. When it comes to holograms—two-dimensional media that can be used to create a three-dimensional image—there has been a well-defined series of tradeoffs among fast rewritability, image quality, image persistence, and image size. A paper that will appear in today's issue of Nature describes the production of a polymer that makes huge strides on all of these problems. As a result, rewritable holograms have become faster and better (although there was no mention of cost).
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The new material is comprised of photorefractive polymers. These chemicals have photoelectric properties that make them well-suited to storing the optical interference patterns used to produce holograms. When a photorefractive polymer is exposed to a pattern of bright and dark areas, electrons are released from the areas exposed to high-intensity light and migrate to areas that are darker. Once in place, the electron-rich areas diffract light differently from the electron-poor ones, allowing the original interference pattern to be reproduced when the material is exposed to light.
This process is normally slow, and the electrons will gradually return to their starting points, erasing the image. The paper indicates that previous work with photorefractive polymers had used materials where the image only lasted about as long as it took to record it. The new material makes a 10,000-fold improvement on that figure: data written in half a second can persist for up to three hours, provided an electric field (4 kiloVolts) is applied to the holographic device. These devices are also reasonably large (100 square centimeters in this case) and durable, having survived several months of repeated tests.
The researchers used a number of tricks to get this improved performance. The first was the use of a carefully chosen co-polymer that both helps evenly distribute the photorefractive material and serves as an electron donor, which speeds up the process of creating areas with different charges. They further sped the process by what they termed "voltage kick-off." This simply involves exposing the material to more than double the storage voltage (9kV in this case) during the writing process, which helps push the electrons to new locations.
The paper describes using the new device for two different types of holograms. One is simply the storage of a three dimensional image produced by traditional holographic methods. The second, holographic stereography, reveals the technique's full potential. In this case, stacks of two-dimensional image data, such as those produced by MRIs, CAT scans, and topographical data, can be encoded into the photorefractive material in such a way that the human visual system can interpret the resulting hologram as a full, three dimensional reconstruction.
The authors suggest that there are clear medical and military uses for these displays as things currently stand. If the material is as robust as it appears to be, refinements in its manufacturing and properties may eventually produce the first mass-market holographic display.
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Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, MalaysiaKirsty Turner
For many, the Sepilok Orangutang Rehabilitation Centre is the highlight of their visit to Malaysia. Situated on the edge of the Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve, the centre was established in 1964 in order to rescue orphaned and abandoned young orangutans and to teach them how to look after themselves, with the aim of one day releasing them back into the wild.
Visitors are given the rare opportunity to explore the world of the orangutan and see them in a semi-natural environment. Follow trails through the jungle and creep along boarded canopy bridges to spot some of the other animals that live in the forest reserve such as long-tailed macaques.
There are only four orangutan sanctuaries in the entire world and Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre is probably the best known, with up to 700 visitors each day. So far the centre has rescued more than a hundred orangutans, 20 of which have successfully returned to the wild.
The best time to visit the rehabilitation centre is during feeding times, which take place at 10am and 3pm. The orangutans are vegetarian and are especially fond of bananas and sugar cane, sharing their meal with the long-tailed macaques.
It often rains in the forest reserve, so it is a good idea to wear a poncho. Pack plenty of insect repellant to ward off the unwelcome attention of mosquitoes and other insects and take a bottle or two of water as it can be rather hot and humid.
The Rainforest Discovery Centre is a good place to find out more about the lovable orangutans. Souvenirs such as postcards, soft toys and hats are available in the Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre. It is possible to spend the night at the centre and accommodation ranges from cheap and cheerful dorm rooms to large suites with spectacular views.
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A few days ago, T-Mobile's version of the Samsung Galaxy S II, codenamed "Hercules," received a hearty scoop of Ice Cream Sandwich. Today, the fun continues for owners of the device, as Team Douche just made available official CM9 nightlies.
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