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American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock
|Docket No.
|Op. Below
|Mont. S. Ct.
|Not Argued
|Jun 25, 2012
|Per Curiam
Holding: Montana's argument in support of the judgment below was either already rejected in Citizens United v. FCC or fails to meaningfully distinguish that case.
Plain English Summary: Ordinarily, the Supreme Court does not decide a case until after it has accepted it for full-scale review, receives written legal arguments, and then holds a public hearing. Now and then, and perhaps as many as nine or ten times each Term, the Court disposes of a case without those formalities: it decides the case very soon after getting the case, usually indicating that the outcome was so predictable that there was no need to engage in full-dress proceedings. That speeded-up procedure is what the Court did on Monday in this case, by a 5-4 vote. The result was to overturn a Montana Supreme Court decision upholding a 1912 voter-approved ban on corporations' spending of their own money on political campaigns in that state. The Court majority found that state court ruling obviously in conflict with a decision the Supreme Court had issued in January 2010 striking down a similar ban in federal law against corporate spending on politics. The four Justices in dissent conceded that the Supreme Court majority was not ready to take a new look at that 2010 decision, even in a case in which a state's highest court had found that the state had a history of corrupt corporate influence in its political life.
Judgment: Summarily reversed in a per curiam opinion on June 25, 2012.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Opinion recap: Citizens United solidified (Lyle Denniston)
- Montana, detainee cases set (Lyle Denniston)
- Money, politics and Citizens United's fate (Lyle Denniston)
- Petition of the day (Matthew Bush)
- SCOTUS for law students: A campaign finance face-off (sponsored by Bloomberg Law) (Stephen Wermiel)
- Summary ruling on campaign money urged (UPDATED) (Lyle Denniston)
- Citizens United sequel filed (UPDATED) (Lyle Denniston)
- The Supreme Court, Citizens United II, and the November election [Updated] (Tom Goldstein)
- Montana campaign ruling on hold (Lyle Denniston)
- A Citizens United sequel: different result (Lyle Denniston)
Briefs and Documents
- Application for a stay
- Montana's opposition to stay application
- Order staying the Montana Supreme Court's decision
Certiorari-stage documents
- Opinion below (Mont. S. Ct.)
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief in opposition
- Amicus brief of Free Speech for People et al.
- Amicus brief of Citizens United
- Amicus brief of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
- Amicus brief of Senator Mitch McConnell
- Amicus brief of Former Officials of the American Civil Liberties Union in support of neither party
- Amicus brief of United States Representatives Robert Brady et al.
- Amicus brief of United States Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and John McCain
- Amicus brief of Former Federal Election Commission Officials et al.
- Amicus brief of the AARP
- Amicus brief of the Montana Trial Lawyers Association et al.
- Amicus brief of the Brennan Center for Justice
- Amicus brief of Retired Montana Supreme Court Justices
- Amicus brief of Walter Dellinger and James Sample
- Amicus brief of New York et al.
- Amicus brief of The Eleventh Amendment Movement (TEAM)
- Amicus brief of Essential Information
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Registered investment advisors have been notoriously resistant to mobile apps, but using web-based performance reporting to review client portfolios is a game-changer, according to one wealth manager who won't travel without his iPad.
Ted Rich, principal of Orlando-based Vinoy Capital, a wealth management firm with $160 million of assets under management, says the Black Diamond mobile app for iPad lets him meet with clients on the fly and review their portfolios away from the home or office.
"From the advisor standpoint, we don't really prepare anything ahead of time anymore. As long as I have my iPad with me, there's nothing I can't access. I can run into a client in a restaurant and do things on the fly," Rich said in an interview on Thursday.
'An Uncomfortable yet Amazing Feeling'
Whether he's attending financial conferences or traveling on far-flung continents, Rich said he uses the iPad almost to the exclusion of any other web-enabled devices, whether a laptop or mobile phone. A week after Black Diamond's BlueSky app for the iPad launched in October 2010, Rich attended an advisor conference in Tampa and at the same time was able to meet with a client to review his portfolio.
"A few advisors saw me while passing us by in the hotel lobby in Tampa, and they later asked me if I'd been in a live client review with the iPad, because they weren't aware that it was possible," he recalled. "Smartphones are great, but they're too tiny, and many times we review data with clients that they want to see. We use the Black Diamond mobile app almost exclusively."
With face-to-face reviews becoming an increasing rarity, Rich said, he can walk clients through their portfolio data page by page online. Currently, he's preparing for a trip to Africa, and he'll be able to "meet" with clients via wireless access on his iPad. "All I have to take is my iPad. It's an uncomfortable yet amazing feeling. I don't know what will happen on that trip, but all the data will be with me," he said.
Is 2012 the Big Year for iPad Launches?
This year looks likely to be the year when the iPad becomes a normal part of the advisor-client relationship, despite many RIAs' skepticism. Joining the Black Diamond app for iPad are Polaris Financial Technology's Intellect FABX advisor workstation, launched April 20, and TD Ameritrade Institutional's Veo trading app, launched in early April.
Earlier in 2012, Franklin Templeton launched an iPad app with fund information and portfolio manager perspectives for advisors and investors, and Fidelity Investments announced that its IRA clients could make deposits using the Fidelity Investments for iPad app.
"This might be the way of the future and advisors who aren't on board could be left behind," wrote Liz Davidson of Financial Finesse in a commentary for AdvisorOne that was shared nearly 700 times via social media such as Facebook and Twitter. "It's not that I'm a techie. I'm just a huge fan of anything that makes my life easier."
Busywork Outsourced to Black Diamond
On Black Diamond's website, Philip DeMuth, a managing director at Conservative Wealth Management, Los Angeles, noted that he used to spend at least two weeks every quarter reconciling downloads, running reports, printing reports and mailing them off to clients.
"The only valuable piece of this was the review of client accounts that happened along the way," DeMuth said. "Now all the busywork is outsourced to Black Diamond. Clients can log on and see for themselves how they are doing any time they want, and I can concentrate on the important part—managing their portfolios. I can instantly see how a client is doing compared to my model without reconciling data, running reports and exporting the data to Excel spreadsheets for analysis."
Last year, Advent Software acquired Black Diamond Performance Reporting for $73 million. In their announcement, the companies said Black Diamond's management team, led by founder and CEO Reed Colley, will operate as an independent business group that will lead Advent's advisory strategy.
BlackRock Goes Mobile With Social Media
In another sign of the times, BlackRock on May 16 released study results showing that its iShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs) business, the world's largest manager of ETFs, was also the No. 1 asset manager in terms of social-media use. The study by kasina, a financial marketing services firm, evaluated 53 investment managers and focused on how each engaged with advisors, policyholders and investors.
Rankings were based on the availability of content, the quality of that content and users' experience on five social media platforms, including blogs, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter.
"The results of the kasina study recognize our ongoing commitment to meeting the needs of sophisticated investors in an increasingly digital world," said Eileen Loustau, head of iShares digital and social marketing at BlackRock. "Social media has allowed iShares to create a dialogue with financial advisors and end investors in a way like never before."
It's no surprise, then, that just last November, iShares ETFs launched a free iShares app that can be downloaded on an iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Read more about Black Diamond in Top 10 Mobile Apps for Financial Advisors at AdvisorOne.

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The Simpsons (1989)
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
- Matt Groening
Episode 1 - Every Man's DreamRelease Date: 2015-09-27
Homer is diagnosed with narcolepsy, but instead of returning home with his prescription medication, he returns home drunk. He and Marge visit a marriage counselor and have a trial separation, during which Homer begins dating a 20-something.
Episode 2 - Cue DetectiveRelease Date: 2015-10-04
Scotty Boom, a Chew Network super-chef, challenges Homer to a smoke-off. But when someone steals Homer's secret weapon – a smoker he bought off a mysterious man at a BBQ shack – Lisa and Bart are on the case.
Episode 3 - PufflessRelease Date: 2015-10-11
Upon learning that their father really died of lung cancer, Selma and Patty agree to quit smoking. When Selma relapses, an angry Patty moves in with Marge and Homer.
Episode 4 - Halloween of HorrorRelease Date: 2015-10-18
When Lisa becomes scared at the Krustyland Halloween Horror Night, Homer is forced to take down his Everscream Terrors decorations. Halloween pop-up employees seek vengeance on Homer for causing them to lose their jobs, and rob his house while Homer and Lisa hide out in the attic. Homer and Lisa light up their stored holiday decorations to attract attention and stand up to the intruders.
Episode 5 - Treehouse of Horror XXVIRelease Date: 2015-10-25
In the annual fright fest Halloween episode, Sideshow Bob finally kills Bart, only to reanimate him; Homer wakes up with short-term memory loss; and Lisa, Bart, and Milhouse get super powers from radiation.
Episode 6 - Friend with BenefitRelease Date: 2015-11-08
Lisa makes a new pal at school named Harper, whose internet billionaire father becomes buddies with a different Simpson: Homer. Soon, though, Lisa becomes worried that Harper is a little too entitled.
Episode 7 - Lisa with an 'S'Release Date: 2015-11-22
When Homer loses $5,000 at a poker game with Broadway legend Laney Fontaine, the only way he is able to settle the bet is if he loans Lisa to Laney for a month. Then, Laney turns Lisa into a show biz kid and Marge and Homer fear they made a mistake letting her go. So they head to New York to get her back.
Episode 8 - Paths of GloryRelease Date: 2015-12-06
Lisa sets out to restore the tarnished reputation of Springfield's first female inventor. To find her invention, she scours an abandoned asylum and a restaurant that caters to men. Bart joins Lisa at the asylum, stealing one of the homicidal patient's notebooks, and bragging to the boys at school that he wrote the entries himself. This revelation causes Homer and Marge to believe he is a sociopath, which Bart decides to use to his advantage until things go too far.
Episode 9 - BarthoodRelease Date: 2015-12-13
Bart's coming of age story a la "Boyhood" chronicles his life from six years old to his time as an accomplished young man. Along the way, his tense relationship with Homer, an overly uncaring version of himself, and Lisa, who overshadows him in every way possible, shape Bart more than he realizes.
Episode 10 - The Girl CodeRelease Date: 2016-01-03
After a photo Marge posts on social media gets Homer fired, he returns to the best job he ever had, a dishwasher at a Greek restaurant. This same post inspires Lisa to code an app that predicts the real-life consequences of anything you post online, only to create sentient artificial intelligence.
Episode 11 - Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused HurdlesRelease Date: 2016-01-10
There is a new teacher at Springfield Elementary, and a captivated Bart tries everything to win her over. Meanwhile, Homer decides to buy a new brand of "milk," which causes early puberty, both for Bart (augmenting his wooing powers) and Lisa (whose small bout with acne opens her up to the world of makeup and popularity).
Episode 12 - Much Apu About SomethingRelease Date: 2016-01-17
Sanjay passes his stake in the Kwik-E-Mart to his millennial son, Jay, who turns it into a hip, health food market against Apu's insistence on tradition. Bart, whom Homer had convinced to give up pranking, is called upon to return to his trickster life and take down the new store.
Episode 13 - Love is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4Release Date: 2016-02-14
Lonely Professor Frink uses science to turn himself into a man whom women find attractive. Then, overwhelmed by the attention, he invents an algorithm to perfectly pair the lonely men and women of Springfield, realizing that scientific exploration is his true love. Meanwhile, Marge, Bart, and Lisa visit Grampa for Valentine's Day and try to rescue the old folks from a drug-induced hallucination that allows them to relive their happiest memories.
Episode 14 - Gal of Constant SorrowRelease Date: 2016-02-21
After Bart accidentally sends a sweet homeless woman's cart into the river, he allows her to live in his closet for a small fee. When Lisa discovers that the woman is an incredible folk singer, she offers her own closet and plans a concert, only to be disappointed by Hettie's surprising substance abuse and violent nature. Meanwhile Homer tries to prove he's handy, but accidentally traps the cat in the walls of the house.
Episode 15 - Lisa the VeterinarianRelease Date: 2016-03-06
After performing CPR on a tased raccoon, Lisa discovers her calling to be veterinarian and becomes an intern at the local office, but learns a tough lesson when her neglected class hamster dies. Meanwhile, Marge moonlights as a crime scene cleaner for a little extra money, and the trauma of the gory scenes make her increasingly dead inside.
Episode 16 - The Marge-ian ChroniclesRelease Date: 2016-03-13
Not feeling unique, Lisa signs up for the Mars One Space Colony – to Marge's dismay. Then, Marge hires Bart to go through the tryout process with Lisa to make her want to quit.
Episode 17 - The Burns CageRelease Date: 2016-04-03
After Smithers is crushed by Mr. Burns' lack of affection towards him, other characters attempt to find a boyfriend for him. Meanwhile, Milhouse competes against a new boy for the lead role in a school production of Casablanca, so he can act alongside his own unrequited love, Lisa.
Episode 18 - How Lisa Got Her Marge BackRelease Date: 2016-04-10
After getting into an argument, Marge takes Lisa on a touristy trip to Capital City, where, after attending a musical, they meet the show's star who reminds Lisa how lucky she is to have such a great mom. Meanwhile, Bart is frustrated that everyone expects his pranks, so he teams up with Maggie to trick people.
Episode 19 - Fland CanyonRelease Date: 2016-04-24
Homer recalls a tense family vacation to the Grand Canyon with the Flanders family. At first, the Flanders' perfection puts the families at odds, but when they get stranded and Ned and Bart go for help, the families finally bond.
Episode 20 - To Courier with LoveRelease Date: 2016-05-08
"The Simpsons are going to..." Paris (well, Homer and Marge are), but in order to be able to afford the trip, Homer has to smuggle an exotic snake into France so it can be made into a gourmet meal.
Episode 21 - SimprovisedRelease Date: 2016-05-15
After butchering a speech in front of all of his friends at work, Homer turns to improv comedy to gain back his confidence in his public speaking skills. Meanwhile, Marge decides to rebuild Bart's lackluster treehouse, but tensions rise when Bart questions her building skills. Also, in the episode's last three minutes, Homer appears LIVE for the first time on television (both for East and West Coast broadcasts) to answer fan questions.
Episode 22 - Orange is the New YellowRelease Date: 2016-05-22
Marge goes to prison for letting Bart play in a park unsupervised.


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Angel Hair Pasta w/ Spring Vegetables & Red Pepper Tomato Sauce
Prep Time: 35 min
Cook Time: 40 min
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
4 large (or 5 medium) red bell peppers, seeded and thinly sliced
2 large tomatoes, peeled, seeded and finely chopped
1/2 canned chipotle chile in adobo sauce, coarsely chopped (add a whole one for more spice)
1 bunch fresh basil, coarsely chopped
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 pound thin asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1 1/2-inch lengths
1 1/2 cups frozen petite peas
1 recipe red pepper tomato sauce (above)
1 large peeled yellow bell pepper, cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips
1 pound dried angel hair pasta
1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley (we used Italian flat-leaf)
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1. Prepare sauce: In a large non-aluminum saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and sauté for 3 to 5 minutes, or until softened.
2. Add bell peppers, tomatoes, chile, and basil, cover partially, and cook over medium-low heat for about 20 minutes, or until softened. Remove from heat.
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5. Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Add the pasta and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, or until al dente.
6. Meanwhile, place the sauce in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to a simmer. Add the asparagus, peas and yellow pepper and heat just until sauce is hot and the vegetables are warmed through.
7. Drain the pasta well and place in a serving bowl. Scoop out and reserve 1/4 cup of the sauce and add the remaining sauce to the pasta. Toss to coat. Spoon the reserved sauce on top and sprinkle with the parsley and Parmesan cheese. Serve immediately.
*If you'd like to prepare this recipe as Gluten-free, just make sure that the chipotles in adobo sauce you're using are known to be GF, and serve the sauce and vegetables over your favorite gluten-free pasta.
*To peel the yellow bell pepper, I preheated my broiler and set pepper on a broiler pan about 3 inches from the heat. I kept turning it until it was pretty well charred on the outside. Then I put the pepper in a bag and sealed it for 10 minutes. The charred skin slipped right off and I seeded and chopped the pepper.
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Neve Campbell and British actor John Light have married, PEOPLE has confirmed.
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The two reportedly met on the set of the 2001 independent movie they were making together, Investigating Sex.
When they became engaged in February 2006, Light, now 32, got down on one knee and recited Shakespeare to Campbell, 33, PEOPLE reported.
Campbell, best known for her role as the brainy Julia Salinger on the 1994-2000 TV family drama Party of Five, also starred in all three Scream films.
Light starred in the 2003 Showtime movie The Lion in Winter and also appeared in the 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.
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Elsewhere, global warming may be offing polar bears at an alarming rate, but it seems that the mild temperatures Virginia has seen this winter so far may have actually done some good.
Late last year, the Virginia Department of Transportation announced plans to close 87 facilities across the state in an attempt to cut costs. Free Union residents came out with something akin to pitchforks and torches when their lone shot at safe roadways was threatened, and VDOT eventually backed down.
But as it turns out, all that ruckus may not have been necessary. Timescommunity.com is reporting that the unseasonably warm temperatures have spared VDOT from having to do much in the way of winter maintenance, and as a result it has spent only a paltry sum on snow removal during December 2006– 10 percent of the total budget, as compared to 31 percent during the same period last year.


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Grokster is no more. As part of the settlement in a federal lawsuit filed against the peer-to-peer service, the company is going out of the file-sharing business. The suit itself was made possible by the US Supreme Court's decision in the infamous MGM v. Grokster case, which opened the doors for lawsuits against companies that create applications that "encourage" copyright infringement.
In its place will be a new pay-to-play service that will not be able to be used for traditional file-sharing applications. Plans call for a kinder, gentler (at least to the RIAA and MPAA) Grokster to launch in about 2 months. For now, those visiting Grokster's home page are greeted with the following message:
The United States Supreme Court unanimously confirmed that using this service to trade copyrighted material is illegal. Copying copyrighted motion picture and music files using unauthorized peer-to-peer services is illegal and is prosecuted by copyright owners... Grokster hopes to have a safe and legal service soon.
The text on Grokster's website is reminiscent of the antipiracy message displayed at Elite Torrents shortly after an FBI raid.
If nothing else, it's a good day for the MPAA and RIAA, who have been on a multiyear campaign against file trading services and sites.
"This settlement brings to a close an incredibly significant chapter in the story of digital music," said Mitch Bainwol, Chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). "This is a chapter that ends on a high note for the recording industry, the tech community and music fans and consumers everywhere. At the end of the day, this is about our ability to invest in new music. An online marketplace populated by legitimate services allows us to do just that."
While I imagine the RIAA and MPAA are quite jubilant over Grokster's capitulation, I have a hard time visualizing how this is good news for consumers. After all, the music industry has not been prone to much in the way of consumer-friendly behavior as of late, whether it's wanting to raise prices on music downloads or install rootkits on their customers' PCs. I'm still waiting for the music industry to pass the savings from lower CD manufacturing costs on to me like it promised almost two decades ago.
This is almost certainly a death knell for Grokster. Sure Grokster will recast itself as part of the P2P goes legit movement, but even the industry-sanctioned iMesh has had difficulty keeping unauthorized material off of its network. Grokster's prospects of resurrecting itself as a "legitimate" business à la Napster 2.0 appear bleak (especially given the new Napster's lack of success); consumers still have plenty of other alternatives to find the movie and music they want, legitimate or otherwise. In the meantime, expect the RIAA and MPAA to put as many other P2P applications, services, and networks in their gunsights as they have lawyers available to file lawsuits.


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Taste Test: Pre-Made Chocolate Pudding
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The Winners!
#1: Trader Joe's
#2: Jell-O
#3: Swiss Miss
Whether it was a Jell-O or a Snack Pack tub we toted to school in our lunch boxes growing up, a lot of us have a soft spot in our hearts for chocolate pudding. But which pudding is the tastiest? We set out this week to find out.
In a blind taste test, we pitted nine widely available brands of pre-made chocolate pudding against each other, ranking them on sweetness, chocolate flavor, and overall preference.
The Contenders
- Jell-O
- Kozy Shack
- Kozy Shack All-Natural CowRageous!
- Shop-Rite
- Snack Pack
- SoyJoy
- Swiss Miss
- Trader Joe's
- White Rose
The Results
We found that, for most of our panel, "overall preference" closely tracked "chocolatey flavor"; the more pronounced the chocolate flavor, the more the majority of our tasters liked a given pudding. Our top two scorers were also ranked the most chocolatey, by a long shot. Sweetness didn't seem to factor into most people's opinions in the same way; our winner was ranked as the least sweet, whereas the second-place scorer was called the most sweet. What seemed to matter was whether that sweetness was balanced by a genuine chocolate flavor.
But that's just perceived sweetness: what our panel felt tasted like sugar. Interestingly, Trader Joe's, with a whopping 29 grams of sugar per 1/2 cup, was the lowest scorer on the sweetness scale—most people didn't think it tasted sweet at all—while Jell-O and Kozy Shack only had 19 grams of sugar per 1/2 cup, but were called the sweetest. What's going on here? That's quite a discrepancy. A look at the ingredients list gave us the answer. The puddings we generally perceived as overly sweet were mostly flavored with cocoa powder, whereas the Trader Joe's pudding was made with real chocolate, cocoa butter and all. Our guess? The bitterness and richness of real chocolate helped balance out the sweetness of the extra sugar.
As for texture? The puddings varied widely, ranging from so thin you could pour them smoothly from the tub, to so thick they'd stay stuck to a spoon if you turned it upside-down. Tasters tended not to like the puddings they perceived as "runny," and most gave a higher overall score to the ones they perceived as "rich," which for most tasters, meant thicker and denser. That said, except in extreme cases—one was called "mucus-like," one "lumpy"—flavor seemed to trump texture.
Why The Losers Lost
Of the nine puddings we tried, there were three that we wouldn't recommend. Tasters faulted them for various off flavors ("weird aftertastes," "reminds me of soy sauce," "grape-y," "tastes like liquor") or textures ("thin and runny," "mucus-like," "grainy," "waxy").
What Would We Eat Again?
Six of the puddings ranked favorably enough that we'd try them again; at least one taster genuinely enjoyed each one.
#1. Trader Joe's (7.56/10)
Our winner, Trader Joe's, was also ranked the most chocolatey of the bunch; as mentioned above, overall scores tracked "chocolatey" rankings very closely. It's the only one with "chocolate" in the ingredients, rather than cocoa powder; in comments, it was called "the richest," "the most like dark chocolate," "bittersweet in a good way," with "deep" or "actual chocolate flavor"; every single taster noted how pronounced that flavor was. The majority of tasters also liked the thick texture, called "creamy," "rich," "full," and "thick in a good way."
A vocal minority strongly disliked this pudding for its texture, thinking it grainy, pasty, and too thick—closer to frosting than pudding. However, it had the highest "overall preference" score by nearly two full points, making it the decisive winner.
#2. Jell-O (5.78/10)
Jell-O certainly triggered childhood memories in a few tasters; one wrote, "Tastes like after-school!" But it won points for other reasons as well, for its "smooth consistency," "real chocolate flavor," and "sweetness, in a good way." Those who didn't like it faulted a "runny" texture ("This is too liquid!") or a "plastic-y" taste. ("I have no doubt that this came from a little plastic tub," wrote one taster.)
#3. Swiss Miss (5/10)
"This tastes like Swiss Miss!" one astute taster wrote; several recognized that hot chocolate mix flavor. "Sweet in an okay, nostalgic way" was the consensus. ("This tastes more like chocolate milk than chocolate, but I'm okay with that.") Those who didn't like this one felt it "a little too sweet" or "lacking real chocolate flavor," but no tasters had any real complaints.
#4. Shop-Rite (4.78/10)
Hot chocolate powder strikes again. "This tastes like gelatinous instant hot chocolate," was one comment; "though I kind of like that." (In fact, almost half the tasters mentioned hot chocolate mix!) While some found it too sweet, others called it "sweet and comforting," and several affirmed that they'd happily eat it again.
#5. Kozy Shack (4.625/10)
Several Serious Eats staffers mentioned Kozy Shack as an initial favorite; in the taste test itself, it ended up ranking right in the middle of the pack. "It's milky with vanilla and dairy flavors," wrote one taster; "classic." ("A fake dairy aftertaste kind of lingers," was another opinion on that.) While some found it "smooth and shiny," others called that "gloppy." Again, plenty of goodwill toward this pudding, but no real positive consensus.
#6. Snack Pack (4.56/10)
Those who liked Snack Pack appreciated the "thick and creamy" texture; those who didn't thought it "bland" (a comment echoed several times) or "milky, rather than chocolatey." It didn't win any raves, but plenty of tasters would happily eat it again.
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|30th April 2006, 09:07 PM
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3D Medium
Last Friday I picked up my 3D viewers and watched the TV episode of Medium in 3D.
My friend Marc who makes great 3D images joined us and together we pulled the show apart. It was absolutely atrocious and I'm sure all of you who saw it will agree - the 3D effect was pathetic.
Marc was gutted. It's hard enough to get people interested in 3D images and the opportunity to promote this genre is rare. When something like this happens it puts everyone off 3D.
So I'm here doing my bit for Marc, saying: "3D Medium was rubbish but please don't let it put you off decent 3D content."
|2nd May 2006, 07:26 PM
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By the way, for anyone gullible enough to believe that the Medium series is based on the life of a real working medium, you might like to visit www.randi.org and search for "Allison DuBois". The real Allison DuBois has no record of working criminal cases for the police (at least not that I could find, even on her own website), and actually has an appalling record as a psychic.
Bill Fitzgerald is spokesman for The North Phoenix County Attorney's Office, where Allison is supposed to have worked. He says Allison DuBois occasionally worked for them unpaid for such things as -- wait for it -- jury selection!! Not quite the image that the series is portraying!
The following article is also of interest. It's by Clint Van Zandt, former FBI Profiler, who explains why psychics only work for the police on TV and not in real life:
|16th May 2006, 10:10 AM
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Dear Skeptic
I do not know where you are getting your information from, but anyone with an ounce of research savvy can find the information you presently factually as not existing. You may not believe in mediums and thats fine, alot of people don't.
The series is of course LOOSELY based around Alison's life, after all although being a medium isn't exactly normal, tyhey have to jazz it up to a point - its not a documentary - its TV Entertainment. Duh!
Alison's main role at the attorney's office was jury selection and she is certainly portrayed that way in the series. Mediums have worked with law enforcement agencies for many years and I would be surprised to find any that will actually admit it. Utilising a medium can help a case immensely but the prosecutions case would be thrown out at the slightest hint of the involvement of such a person. Something that is addressed often throughout the series.
I am very interested to know where you get the so-called appalling record as a psychic information from.
Again anyone able to type in www.google.com can find the records of all the tests that have been carried out on her and her family by reputable doctors and psychologists throughout the United States. Call some of the law enforcement agencies in her area - they will confirm for you what she is capable of and what she has done.
There, that's my bit for Alison, who I count as one of my friends.
|16th May 2006, 12:27 PM
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If anyone really cares to research "the records of all the tests that have been carried out on her" they will find some interesting things. For example, do a search for "Dr. Gary Schwartz" (whose studies have endorsed Allison).
I am all in favour of scientific tests. Let's see some. Can you quote any published paper from a respectable source which supports Allison's validity as a psychic? Can you explain why she has not applied for the JREF foundation's million-dollar prize? (To qualify she would only need to take a simple test). Can you explain why no psychic has ever been able to prove their skills using independently-verified, peer-reviewed methods?
I would like to take up your suggestion of calling some law-enforcement agencies and asking their opinion of Allison. Do you have any recommendations of people I should ask for? I'm a fair person and if I can find genuine support I will be happy to acknowledge it.
Now, regarding other crime-busting psychics/mediums....
We have a TV program running here at the moment which purports to show psychics revealing startling new information about murder cases every week. With the incredible information these people are supplying, can anyone explain why not one single case has been solved (or even advanced significantly)?
If psychics are able to sit and talk to murdered people (as they claim they are doing), why don't they just ask "Who murdered you and where can I find evidence we can use in court?" Why all the beating around the bush? Why the theatrics? Why not just get the facts and hand them over to the police?
Courts won't care who supplied the information which led to discovering the evidence. If the evidence is there it will speak for itself.
If Allison DuBois (or any other psychic) could do half of what they claim, there would be no doubt about their abilities. Allison should be able to routinely close unsolved murder cases to the satisfaction of people like me. If Allison DuBois is genuine, she should have a long list of indisputable success stories. Where are they?
|30th May 2006, 04:37 PM
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It looks like Emry has left the building so I don't know who s/he thinks can back Allison up, but I did some research myself and wrote the following article:
"the law enforcement agencies in her area" have denied any involvement by Allison DuBois in any criminal case.
|7th October 2006, 11:43 PM
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The Randi Paradox
Dear Dave,
Try this on for size. The Randi's of this world, aren't skeptics at all. They are ideologues. When does a prophecy become participant fulfillment?
Nostradamus spoke of a man he called "the Gaul" who would lead France three times. Short list, since it's only happened once in the last millenia. But, wait!! Would Randi and his ilk admit it? Never, never, and never. Of course, La Grande Charles, only got there, De Gaulle, for the Gaul, by participant fulfillment action which he took on himself. Charles de Gaulle fulfilled this prophecy of Nosty, precisely, but only by participant fulfillment, since he and the frogs around him knew of it, all along. Oh well!! Would la Grande Charles, have bowed out, and did his time in the wilderness, between the fourth and fifth Republics of France, it he didn't have some faith in the old Nosty predictions of three dances?? Whether Allison Dubois is all she's cracked up to be, or not, participant fulfillment raises it's ugly head, but a real skeptic, would try to test at a double blind level, rather than simply debunk anything and everything.
Simple dowsing, by recruiting 400 to 500 folks at random, and finding the one or two natural doers, who could twist the bark off of a willow twig, at the first go, would blow all the Randi's out of the water. Why has he never got around to doing this??
When I was introduced to dowsing, I didn't believe in it either, but after the bark came off a green twig in my hands, I had to open my eyes, that my professors at WSU, were wrong, in saying it never worked. The more you try to grasp the twig, when over a real fast flow of water, the more violent the reaction becomes. Incidently, the gent who showed me the 'Art', growled that if it had been a dry twig, I would have lost all the hide off of my palms, instead of the bark coming off, first.
From what I've read of James Randi, he disconnects a fulfilled prophecy, due to this participant fulfillment circuit breaker, but Charles de Gaulle, did fulfill the prophecy of leading France three times in his life, and that's both historical fact and virtually impossible to accomplish by participant fulfillment, say, by buying your way through it. Did "the gaul" create Adolf Hitler, just so he could lead the Free French from England, during WWII??
Every prediction of Allison Dubois, falls into this paradox. At some point, the people on the inside, realize they are walking down a predetermined path. Just my ramblings, but being aware of the paradox is really the first step to mastering this paranormal genre. Mr. Caron, can't deviate too far from this and remain believable, in my mind.
|11th October 2006, 10:57 AM
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I can't comment on the specific Nostradamus case you refer to because I don't know about it. What I do know about Nostradamus is that his predictions are so vague and open to interpretation, they are effectively meaningless. How many times have we heard that an event is about to happen which will fulfill a Nostradamus prophecy? I heard my first one when I was about 8 and I still hear them regularly. When these dates pass without incident, it's forgotten and we get ready for the next one. Very boring.
On the face of it, a prediction that someone will lead France three times doesn't sound too startling. If he had unambiguously predicted many such outcomes with a very low margin of error, that would be something to consider. In the meantime I don't see anything to get excited about.
As for the idea of double-blind tests, that's what Randi "and his ilk" are all in favour of. I've seen him suggest such things many times but those on the other side find convenient excuses not to participate. I say bring it on - let's test dowsing in a scientific manner.
If you are confident in dowsing, here's my suggestion:
(1) Contact the JREF Foundation and clarify the conditions for a scientific test.
(2) Do the test.
(3) Enjoy your million dollars.
It's not hard. If you have any problem with any part of this process, report it here.
|13th October 2006, 01:49 PM
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Here's something I came across today. It's from the Dungeons & Dragons instruction manual, explaining how to make a prophecy. I hope you enjoy the last line as much as I did:
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My Point Iz Leave P.u.t Alone Ur Givin Us A Bad Rep N If U R Getn Bullud Move 2 Anada Town N Start Again!!!!
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My heart is aching to bring you this news. It isn't unexpected, and yet I still needed some time to even comprehend what I was reading.
I received an email from Patrick's son. It said that he saw his dad for the last time on Sunday, and that he asked him to notify me when the time came. And the time has come.
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San Diego Hospice will see its budget drop by $20 million, layoff about a fourth of its staff and be forced to discharge roughly 400 patients as Medicare enforces stricter compliance with its guidelines, which limits care to patients that have only six months or less to live.
A 93-year-old patient who received in-home care from San Diego Hospice for a year had to be let go from service since he had what's called an "extended prognosis" — he exceeded the maximum of six months that Medicare will cover for hospice services.
His family understood why hospice care could not be extended, but is disappointed that he will no longer receive the emotional and spiritual support San Diego Hospice offered, which helped improve his quality of life.
This patient is just one example of many patients who have been let go since one of the largest hospice programs in the country was audited for its admittance practices.
As hospice care payments nationwide top $13 billion, Medicare is bringing the whole industry under the microscope -- and San Diego Hospice is one of the first to be scrutinized by the federal government.
"The challenge is that this is a fairly new audit and there's not a lot of history of how organizations come out of them," said Kathleen Pacurar, San Diego Hospice CEO. "We're nationally renowned and one of the first going through this, so the industry is watching us to see how we emerge."
San Diego Hospice's annual budget will drop from $83 million to $63 million, as it reduces its staff from 870 to 600 and patients by 300, closes a 12-bed in-patient facility in Carlsbad and reviews eligibility criteria more carefully prior to future admissions into the program.
And once the results of the audit, which began in February last year, are tabled, it may have to return millions in reimbursements that it received from the federal government, because it allowed some latitude in keeping patients on hospice programs.
Pacurar emphasized that patients receiving in-home care, which comprise 95 percent of its services, will not feel the impact despite the budget and staff cuts.
"As our census decreases, we don't have as many patients to treat," she said.
So what happens to patients?
They will miss the support and care they received from a team of hospice staff, and many will see their health decline rapidly. Some of them may end up in the emergency room and then come back into service, Pacurar said.
This is what happened with an Alzheimer's patient in his 90s, who had been receiving hospice care for two years and had to be discharged in August this year. His health declined and he was readmitted in September, and died three weeks later.
"Who's in there to keep them from going into the ER? Our industry is going through this battle now — the scrutiny is not allowing us to touch some of these patients who would benefit tremendously," she said.
San Diego Hospice was founded in 1977 and provides palliative care, relieving pain and suffering for terminally ill patients who range in ages from children to the elderly; hospice care for patients nearing the end of life; manages medication and therapy needs; and provides emotional and spiritual support to patients and bereavement support for their families.
It also provides services in under-funded areas such as education, research and therapy, all of which will be curtailed because of budget cuts.
Among the patients it services, cancer is the leading cause of death, accounting for more than 40 percent of illnesses, followed by other diseases and age-related debilitation.
There are about 18 hospices in San Diego County, some of them for-profit. The San Diego Hospice was the first program in the county and is nonprofit.
Pacurar said the community continues to be supportive — for 2010 to 2011, it received $7.5 million in gifts from individuals and organizations — and referrals keep coming.
The staff cuts have been hard, but Pacurar said employees have told her that working at the hospice was a fulfilling experience.
For families seeking hospice care for patients with longer prognosis, there are a few new programs being created, according to Pacurar, but there are not a lot of options when it comes to juggling the care and personal needs of their loved one, so the stricter compliance has created a hole that highlights the need for services that have now been curtailed.
Wow! I received a 48 hour notice that my mother will no longer receive hospice care. She is an Alzheimer's patient, non-verbal and receives total care from her caregivers. It's a shame that a person cam work their whole life and can't depend on the system to take care of them in their final years. Thanks for putting this in your paper... Guess I'll have to take a 2nd job to pay for her medication and extra care costs. This wiil, of course, take away from the precious time I spend with her during our visits. God help us all.
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Juárez, also called Ciudad Juárez, city, northern Chihuahua estado (state), northern Mexico. It is located on the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte) opposite El Paso, Texas, U.S., with which it is connected by bridges. Formerly known as El Paso del Norte, it was renamed in 1888 for the Mexican president Benito Juárez, who headquartered there in 1865–66 during his struggle against the French.
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Juárez's service sector grew during the 1920s as large numbers of American tourists crossed the border to circumvent Prohibition. During the worldwide Great Depression of the 1930s, however, the city's economic troubles multiplied when thousands of Mexican labourers were deported there from the United States, swelling the masses of unemployed. For much of the 20th century, workers from other parts of Mexico were attracted to the city by its relatively high wages and its proximity to the U.S. border.
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Without long to dwell on the dramatic last-gasp defeat against Sri Lanka at Headingley, selectors opted to take an identical 12-man squad to Trent Bridge for the flagship series against India augmented by Durham all-rounder Stokes.
The 23-year-old was the star performer during England's otherwise dismal Ashes winter, taking 15 wickets and hitting a maiden Test century in the 5-0 Australia whitewash, but saw his progress stall after a self-inflicted injury.
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Whitaker also admitted Moeen's status as the side's leading slow bowler, with support from part-timer Joe Root, was less than ideal.
Moeen has promise as a bowler but is significantly more developed with bat in hand, and captain Alastair Cook has been reluctant to use him at key stages so far.
"Ever since Graeme Swann stood down... we knew we had to rebalance the team, look at different options for the summer and beyond," Whitaker said.
"We think we've got a good balance now for the type of wickets we play on in England. Moeen will help the spin department and so will Joe Root.
"It's a different way of balancing the team. It might be difficult for the public to get used to but we've got three or four youngish spinners operating in country cricket who we, as selectors, feel are not quite ready yet.
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His captaincy is under the microscope like never before, with a lack of runs at the top of the order only serving to intensify the debate.
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This is a great topic to talk about, so I'm going to do a related post about keeping an arm at a certain position with a potentiometer. I want to demonstrate the use of "fuzzy logic". I will use a simple mathematical function to prevent jerkiness in movement while keeping the arm at a certain position. If you want to find out more information on fuzzy logic (and I hope you do), look at this website: http://www.societyofrobots.com/progr...zy_logic.shtml
Society of robots is a great site to visit for anything robotics related in general.
Anyway, here is an example:
const double ERR_MTRPWR_RATIO = .05; const int MTR_THRESH = 20 const int MAX_ARM = 3000; const int MIN_ARM = 500; int armPosition = 0; int motorPower = 0; task keepArmInPosition(){ while(true){ motorPower = (armPosition - SensorValue[armPot]) * ERR_MTRPWR_RATIO; motor[arm] = abs(motorPower) > MTR_THRESH ? motorPower : 0; endTimeSlice(); } } task main(){ StartTask(keepArmInPosition); while(true){ //code armPos = 300; endTimeSlice(); } }
This code keeps the motor power proportional to the error in the potentiometer value (the difference in the potentiometer value of where you want the arm to be, and where the arm is).
Here is a rundown of the constants:
ERR_MTRPWR_RATIO: How much the motor responds to one unit of error. How much the motor power will change for every potentiometer tick away from your expected arm position.
MTR_THRESH: Threshold below which the motor will not run. This is to prevent burned out motors and jerkiness. Since you will never exactly stay at the potentiometer value that you want (the ticks are very very small) this is to stop the motor from spasming when the error is very small.
MAX_ARM: The maximum potentiometr value that you want your arm to go to.
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