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BohConf is a hacking-centric event that will include community code drives featuring well-known OSS authors, barcamp-style discussions, and more.
We've got 2 rooms reserved for everybody's favorite unconference. No RailsConf badge required. Please register on EventBrite (http://bohconf-railsconf2012.eve...).
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Welcome to RailsConf 2012!
David Heinemeier Hansson is a partner at 37signals, a privately-held Chicago-based company committed to building the best web-based tools possible with the least number of features necessary.
37signals' products include Basecamp, Highrise, Backpack, Campfire, Ta-da List, and Writeboard. 37signals' products do less than the competition -- intentionally.
He is also the creator of Ruby on Rails.
Rails did a lot to bring REST to developers, but its conception leaves the REST devotee feeling a bit empty. "Where's the hypermedia?" she says. "REST isn't RPC," he may cry. "WTF??!?!" you may think. "I have it right there! resources :posts ! What more is there? RPC? Huh?"
In this talk, Steve will explain how to design your APIs so that they truly embrace the web and HTTP. Just as there's an impedance mismatch between our databases, our ORMs, and our models, there's an equal mismatch between our applications, our APIs, and our clients. Pros and cons of this approach will be discussed, as well as why we aren't building things this way yet.
Twitter's internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) model doesn't follow traditional methods. Instead of contracting out to professional translators, Twitter maintains an active community of over 500,000 volunteers who have helped successfully launch Twitter in 28 languages, including right-to-left languages like Hebrew and Arabic. Learn about some of the technical challenges we face, how to translate a Rails application at scale, and what to do when the i18n gem and po files aren't quite enough. We'll take a look at the tricky stuff too, like dates, times, lists, plurals, alphabetization, and capitalization using the twitter_cldr gem, and go over internationalization best practices. Finally, we'll explain how to maintain internationalization of your Javascript alongside your Rails code for an end-to-end solution.
by Pitr Vernigorov, Joshua Warchol, Lew Cirne, Jon Pliske and Tim Sturge
New Relic CEO Lewis Cirne will lead a panel discussion with representatives from some of today's most popular, highly-trafficked web sites. With millions of uniques a month, find out how these organizations are optimizing their Rails-based sites for mobile, for unexpected traffic bursts, and for seasonality.
Do you need to start learning Ruby on Rails? In this morning tutorial the Envy Labs team will lead you through all five labs of their Rails for Zombies course. Unlike other tutorials, all you need to start coding Rails is a laptop with Wi-Fi and a browser which isn't Internet Explorer. All coding will be done through our web application, and there will be plenty of lab assistants to help you if you get stuck along the way. Before you come to the course we recommend you play through http://www.tryruby.org/. It's an in-browser Ruby tutorial.
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by Sarah Mei
Backbone.js is a flexible, lightweight tool for structuring the JavaScript in a modern web application. It goes great with Rails! But beware - "flexible and lightweight" are code words for "you build your own plumbing." Backbone is new enough that we haven't established strong patterns for that plumbing yet, so different Backbone codebases look very different, and when you're new to the idea of structuring your JavaScript, it can be tough to tell where the win is.
So in this talk I'll demystify Backbone. I'll show several very different ways I've used it on real Rails apps. You'll get a feel for the circumstances when Backbone makes sense, and moreover, when each of the different approaches to Backbone make sense.
by Mark Bates
CoffeeScript is taking the world, and particularly the Rails eco system, by storm. This little language has provided an almost Ruby like abstraction onto of JavaScript. CoffeeScript is trying to make writing front end code as much fun as Ruby makes writing backend code.
In this talk we start with the basic concepts of CoffeeScript and move on to the more powerful and fun features of the language. While we're looking at CoffeeScript we'll see how it relates to the Ruby code we write everyday. What do Ruby 1.9 lambdas and CoffeeScript functions have in common? Which of the two languages supports splats, default arguments, and ranges? The answers may surprise you.
This panel is made up of EY Support Engineers and Developers and they are ready to answer your questions! Want to know more about deploying to the cloud? What does PaaS mean to you? What is the EY Stack?
by Daniel Azuma
It is no secret that location has become ubiquitous. Mobile GPS, available data sets, and easy-to-use mapping services have brought geospatial information within reach of web developers. Location already plays a significant role in many of the major services such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google, not to mention legions of startups.
However, for those of us implementing more than the most trivial features, it is also true that location is challenging. A significant learning curve awaits us, involving spatial databases, coordinate systems, interchange formats, and plenty of math. Our Ruby-based tools lag a bit behind those available to our Java- and Python-oriented colleagues, and effective documentation is scarce.
This presentation aims to jump-start Rails developers hoping to go beyond putting a few pushpins on a Google Map. Rather than spending a lot of time explaining the many concepts involved, we'll bypass the learning curve and jump straight into walking through code for a few nontrivial applications. The hope is that the conceptual knowledge will come naturally as a result of seeing it in action, but pointers to online resources will also be provided to fill in any gaps.
A thorough understanding of Ruby, Rails, ActiveRecord, and SQL will be assumed. No prior knowledge of GIS or computational geometry will be required, though it may be helpful.
by Andrew Cantino and Ryan Stout
Many people know that machine learning techniques can facilitate learning from, and adapting to, noisy, real-world data, but aren't sure how to begin using them. Starting with two real-world examples, we will introduce you to some libraries that bring machine learning techniques to your Rails applications. We will then dive into the art of feature design, one of the first practical roadblocks that many people encounter when applying machine learning. Feature design is the challenging, subtle, and often trail-and-error process of selecting and transforming the data you provide for your learning algorithm, and it is often the hardest part of using these techniques. Our goal is for you to come out of this talk with the tools necessary to think about machine learning and how to apply it to your problems.
by Lori M Olson
Most of us have been there. That website you want to use, from your mobile device, that just refuses to cooperate. From the Flash-only, to the can't f**king log in, to the redirect-to-mobile-and-stay-there sites, there's more than enough websites out there to invoke Mobile Rage.
Although we all know that the best mobile development strategy is "mobile-first", we also all know how many sites and applications out there were designed and built by people who didn't imagine how fast mobile would take over.
Come learn about the common mistakes most people make for mobile, and some of the simple solutions you can use to help reduce Mobile Rage, without having to do a complete rewrite.
by Andy Maleh
This talk covers a successful utilization of Rails Engines to share features that cut across the layers of MVC in different Rails 3 projects. Rails Engines thus provide the best of both worlds: improved productivity by reusing MVC code (including assets like Javascript, CSS, and Images) and better flexibility by allowing different applications to customize behavior as needed without reliance on application-dependent conditionals. Rails Engine patterns will be provided to guide developers on how to leverage Rails Engines' reusability and flexibility without sacrificing maintainability.
Attendees should walk away with an overview of Rails Engines and guidelines on how to utilize them effectively.
RoR makes an excellent framework for off-the-beaten-path type of projects, like hacking Roombas and other robots. In this presentation, I'll demonstrate how our soon to be robot overlords will be happy when we gift them with RoR and a connection to the internet. The presentation will include working examples and demonstrations of:
The presentation will close with an argument for why hacking on fun, often eccentric, projects in your spare time is essential for staying motivated, habitual improvement, and tangential learning -- i.e., being a real pragmatic programmer.
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by Francis Sullivan and David Babbitt
Curious how Spiceworks, a social business app built on Rails, keeps 2 million active users happy? With Ruby on Rails, baby! In the last year our usage has increased 8x and now exceeds 200 million requests per month. Join Francis Sullivan, CTO and Co-founder, and David Babbitt, Technical Program Manager, to hear about the architecture and best practices we adopted to make this happen.
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by Bryan Liles
Have you ever wondered what makes Rails tick? Bryan Liles will cover two of the pillars of the Rails foundation: ActiveSupport and ActiveModel. Together we will discover where some of Rails' ease and power originates and how make use of it in your projects.
StillAlive.com was born from the 48 hour intense 2010 Rails Rumble and has grown! Having recently passed our 50,000,000th site result, this talk discusses the real world challenges and optimisations required to take a code base born from the fires of YAGNI to a production system.
This talk isn't about how you can scale from 0 requests to 500 billion requests per microsecond, but give a practical view to some of the performance problems we faced as the application steadily grew from a hack job into a functioning system.
The journey will go through the mistakes we made, challenges faced and real world optimisations discovered, including some tricks we learnt along the way from concurrent index creation to using the ZeroMQ messaging framework with Rails
With more than a million user submitted recipes and an active user base of 15 million monthly unique users, cookpad.com is the world's largest recipe website, and an essential tool for the 50% of all Japanese women in their 20's and 30's who use the site regularly.
The Cookpad.com service is built on Rails and is running entirely on AWS in Tokyo, where more than 30 engineers are working in small agile teams to bring more value to users every day.
As you know, Japan had a huge earthquake and tsunami last year, and some of those affected didn't have cooking facilities, water or basic foods for long time. Many Cookpad users immediately uploaded simple recipes that could be made without the basics in adverse conditions, and helped those in hardship immensely allowing them to enjoy food with their families at that difficult time.
In this session, I'll talk about the COOKPAD way of creating services and the technologies behind them, and how we improve peoples lives through cooking every day.
by John Bender
Progressive Enhancement isn't important on the mobile web because it's all Webkit right? Not so fast. Even among Webkit implementations events, css, and performance vary widely. We'll talk about the darker corners of the mobile web and show how jQuery Mobile can help you build Rails applications that are reliable, accessible, and support more devices.
by Keith Gaddis
Ever run into a really gnarly data problem and wished you had a do-over? Tired of wrestling with ActiveRecord to model a really complex domain? Looking for a good way to echo state changes to external systems? Then grab a cup of joe and settle in for a look at event-sourcing your data.
Event-sourced data uses Plain Old Ruby Objects (POROs) to model your data and exclusively uses events to mutate state on those objects. By serializing the events, the state of your data can be recreated for any point in time, and outside listeners can create specialized purposeful datastores of the data, enabling complex business requirements with fewer hassles. We'll also touch on other architectural patterns like DCI and CQRS that play well with this idea.
Based on Chapter 4 of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial by Michael Hartl, "Rails-flavored Ruby" covers the aspects of the Ruby programming language most important for developing Rails applications. Topics include hashes, arrays, and other objects; blocks; functions; and classes.
by Terence Lee
Over the past year, Heroku has expanded by going polyglot and supporting languages like Java, Clojure, Python, Node.js, and Scala in addition to Ruby. In this session, we will discuss major updates to the platform and our emphasis on making the Ruby developer experience even better. We'll leave plenty of time at the end for any questions.
by Brad Gessler
As more people collaborate on the web with your applications, its not enough to just persist data to the database; it needs to be pushed out to your users web browsers so that they're always working with the freshest data.
In this session, Brad will show how to build a real-time layer on top of an existing Rails application's authorization and resource logic so that you can build on top of the hard work already invested in your Rails application.
Topics that will be discussed include:
Working with Rails often means switching between several Ruby versions back and forth which is made almost seamless by RVM. It also involves several simple command line tools like Pry, Guard, and Pow and that will make your development life so much easier.
Rails makes it very easy to rapidly develop web applications, but doesn't always make it so simple to deploy or secure them.
This talk is going to focus on best practices to secure your rails application, learnt through multiple high profile projects and penetration tests. The talk will be practical and show that this isn't necessarily hard if thought about from the start.
We'll also touch on getting the right balance of security without it getting in the way of the users.
A glimpse of some of the features coming to Sass in the pending 3.2 release. Plus, a huge announcement about the project that's been months in the making as we have secretly toiled away on something that we think will be awesome. Hear it first at this talk. Repositories will be made public when the talk is over. Shh! Its a secret!
Scopes are a great way of encapsulating query logic in a granular, reusable way. This talk will cover some techniques you can use to keep those scopes as composable and portable as possible. We'll cover how to use Arel directly, while avoiding the common practice of using SQL fragments, and show you how this can make your scopes more reusable, while at the same time preventing you from using database vendor specific operators, such as ILIKE.
by Rich Hickey
Rich Hickey, the author of Clojure and designer of Datomic, is a software developer with over 20 years of experience in various domains. Rich has worked on scheduling systems, broadcast automation, audio analysis and fingerprinting, database design, yield management, exit poll systems, and machine listening, in a variety of languages.
BohConf is a hacking-centric event that will include community code drives featuring well-known OSS authors, barcamp-style discussions, and more.
We've got 2 rooms reserved for everybody's favorite unconference. No RailsConf badge required. Please register on EventBrite (http://bohconf-railsconf2012.eve...).
Follow @bohconf for the latest news.
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Robert Brock Meyer, of Curryville, has been recognized nationally by the American Angus Association for having two registered Angus cows included in the Association's 2013 Pathfinder Report.
Only 1,992 of the more than 25,000 American Angus Association members are represented in this year's report, according to Bill Bowman, chief operating officer and director of performance programs of the Association with headquarters in St. Joseph.
"The Pathfinder program identifies superior Angus cows based upon recorded performance traits economically important to efficient beef production. These traits include early and regular calving and heavy weaning weights," Bowman says.
Over two million eligible dams with more than 6.8 million weaning records were examined to determine Pathfinder status. All registered Angus cows that meet the strict Pathfinder standards are listed, along with their owners, in the Pathfinder Report that is published annually by the Association.
The 2013 Pathfinder Report lists 8,680 individual cows and 234 Pathfinder sires.
It is published online at www.angus.org, and printed copies are available from the Association.
The largest number of Pathfinder cows from a single herd this year is 96. Started in 1978, the Pathfinder Program continues to recognize outstanding breeders participating in the Angus Herd Improvement Records (AHIR) Program.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say a Las Vegas man who botched his own suicide after killing three family members will face murder charges.
Las Vegas police said Wednesday that 54-year-old James McCarty remained hospitalized with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head following the Tuesday afternoon shooting at a home in a residential community several miles west of the Las Vegas Strip.
Police say McCarty is expected to survive and will be arrested when he recovers.
Investigators haven't described a motive for the shootings, and the Clark County coroner hasn't released the names of the man and two women who died.
Police summoned to a report of gunshots found blood on the back patio and bullet holes in a window before SWAT officers entered the house and found McCarty and the others.


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- Prospective Students
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WKU provides many opportunities for students to study and experience Latin America and the Caribbean. Faculty offer courses on Latin American topics every semester, while regular on-campus events allow you to learn about Latin American issues and culture outside of class. There are numerous study abroad programs to enable students to get to know the region firsthand; WKU faculty, staff, and students also maintain active research and service learning projects in individual countries. These pages are meant to familiarize you with WKU's involvement with this vibrant, diverse region.
The Latin American Studies Minor
WKU offers a Latin American Studies minor program, which requires 21 credit hours and is compatible with a wide variety of majors. The approved courses provide a variety of perspectives on Latin America and the Caribbean.
Why Study Latin America?
There are many potential reasons to study Latin America, from a personal love of Latin American music and dance to the professional advantages it can provide after graduation. Latin American and Caribbean countries have historically been closely involved with the U.S. both politically and economically. With the advent of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994, Mexico is an ever more important trading parter, and the U.S. continues to seek additional trade agreements throughout the region. Countries like Brazil are playing an increasingly important role in the world economy. Developments in Latin American countries also affect the U.S. directly, and understanding Latin American issues is the key to creating informed policies that can benefit the entire hemisphere. Hispanics are now the largest and fastest-growing minority group in the U.S., so that Latin American culture has become a vital part of the diverse society of this country. Finally, Latin America is an exciting place to study; your experiences with the music, film, food, sports, and people of the region will remain with you for your entire life.
For more information, contact either Dr. Marc Eagle or Dr. David Keeling.
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McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas state police said Friday they have asked for a federal investigation of a chase in which a trooper fired on a fleeing pickup truck from a helicopter, resulting in the deaths of two Guatemalan immigrants who were hiding in the bed.
The Texas Department of Public Safety has said troopers believed drugs were hidden under a sheet in the truck's bed when the shots were fired during the pursuit. Instead, there were nine Guatemalans in the truck, including six under the sheet, and a 14-year-old driver.
DPS director Steve McCraw said in a statement Friday that he had asked the FBI and U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division to investigate the incident. The Texas Rangers, an elite unit within DPS, had led the investigation of the shooting. McCraw said they will turn over their completed investigation and evidence to federal authorities.
The FBI did not immediately return a call for comment Friday.
The announcement came shortly after Rep. Sid Miller, R-Stephenville, chairman of a committee with oversight over DPS, said he had considered the issue closely and, after speaking with McCraw, saw no need for a hearing or review of DPS policy.
"I can't find any place or anywhere protocol wasn't followed," said Miller, chairman of the state Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety. "Looks like everything was done according to DPS policy. It's unfortunate some people died, but I guess the lesson is: don't be running from the law. So there will be no hearing."
The American Civil Liberties Union and local civil rights groups had called Thursday for an independent investigation from outside DPS.
Friday's announcement was welcomed by the Guatemalan government, which had questioned whether the trooper could have seen people in the truck before firing. Alba Caceres, Guatemala's consul in McAllen, said she didn't want to diminish the Texas Rangers' work, but she took McCraw's announcement as a good sign.
"For us, this signifies that the things are on the right track and that the United States government has the will to resolve the problem," she said.
The chase started Oct. 25 after Texas Parks and Wildlife game wardens spotted the red pickup near La Joya, near the U.S.-Mexico border about 250 miles south of San Antonio. The wardens requested help, and the DPS helicopter joined midway in the 14-mile, high-speed pursuit of what authorities said they believed was a "typical covered drug load."
A trooper fired from the helicopter to disable the vehicle, and it crashed into a ditch. Two illegal immigrants died, and a third was injured.
The total number of people in the truck is in dispute. DPS has said that its investigation showed 10 occupants, including the nine immigrants and the 14-year-old driver. But Caceres has said interviews with surviving immigrants, including three who traveled in the rear compartment of the cab, indicate there was a man in the front passenger seat in addition to the driver. That means, in addition to the teen driver who was detained hours after the incident but later released to a grandmother and is now considered a fugitive, there is another missing person.
The trooper who fired, Miguel Avila, had completed 34 hours of aircraft operations training since October 2011, according to records released Friday by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education. He also finished eight hours of tactical firearms training in May.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said Thursday that Avila had returned to work but been assigned to administrative duties pending the outcome of the Rangers' investigation. He was initially placed on leave.
DPS regulations allow troopers to use force when defending themselves or someone else from serious harm or death. Shooting at vehicles is justified to disable a vehicle or when deadly force is deemed necessary.
Pursuits along the border are a daily occurrence involving a variety of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. The fleeing vehicles are usually carrying either drugs or illegal immigrants.


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Mine is definitely paint on the tank, no undercoating except the wheel wells. The covering is a typical factory application in that it has a lot of large runs at the bottom of the tanks lowest shape so application technique was quick and not exact. It most certainly is not a well masked off and carefully applied spray job that one would usually do if painting themselves. I'll take some picture and post later. Any other LOS Camaro owners out there -or- appraisers who have black sprayed tanks? Mike
That lumpy 'paint' you refer to, sure looks like the old undercoating I've seen on many many cars..
I parted out an 01B of 1969 Los Angeles car late last year and the underside of the gas tank is painted black; will take and post some pictures tomorrow.


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Monday May 2, 2011
For months they have denied any romantic involvement.
But Sean Penn, 50, and Scarlett Johansson, 26, have been spotted holding hands, a sure sign that their relationship is more than platonic.
The couple were attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner after-party in Washington, DC, and were snapped leaving in the early hours, Scarlett wearing Sean's jacket.
This is the second time the pair have been spotted in an intimate pose.
In early March they were pictured enjoying a cosy lunch together at a restaurant in Los Angeles.
Scarlett had removed her shoes and had her feet placed on Sean's lap.
And later that month, it was reported that they had gone on a romantic trip to Mexico.
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Birds Hammer 'Cats For Ruwe's 10th Win
GARY, IN -- On the strength of a seven-run third inning and three home runs, the Sioux Falls Canaries cruised to a 12-5 over the Gary SouthShore RailCats on Friday night at the U.S. Steel Yard.
The victory opened a three-game series and was the seventh for the Canaries (36-49) in eight games against the RailCats (47-36).
Trailing 1-0, the Canaries loaded the bases in the third inning against Gary SouthShore starter Alain Quijano (10-7). Cory Morales lined a pitch off of the arm of Quijano that scored a run and forced Quijano to leave the game. Reliever Taylor Sewitt entered and Marcos Rodriguez singled in two runs for a 3-1 lead. After Reggie Abercrombie was hit with a pitch to reload the bases, Tim Pahuta cleared them all with a grand slam, his second of the season. Pahuta leads the league with 25 home runs, and he became just the third Canaries player ever to hit 25 or more home runs in one season.
The Canaries (36-49) added three more runs in the fourth inning, which was more than enough for starter Kyle Ruwe (10-6) to earn his 10th victory of the year. He became the first pitcher with double-digit wins this season and the first for a Sioux Falls pitcher since Ben Moore did so in 2011. Ruwe turned in a quality start, giving up just one run on eight hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out one.
In the seventh inning, Jared Clark led off with a mammoth home run to left field, his 19th of the year, to make it 11-1. It was his third straight game with a home run and fourth in the last three games. Cory Morales' sacrifice fly in the eighth inning added the Birds final tally.
Every Canaries hitter had at least one hit and one run scored. Morales, Rodriguez, Stephen King and Nick Van Stratten each had a pair of hits. King hit his third home run of the year with a solo shot in the fourth inning, and Van Stratten extended a hitting streak to nine games.
Quijano suffered a loss for the third time in as many starts against the Canaries.
The Canaries seek to clinch the three-game series in game two at 6:10 p.m on Saturday.
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Red Carpet Rundown: The Chanel Couture Show
It's couture week and so far the big news of Spring 2012 is that Bill Gayten's collection for Christian Dior was better than his first. The other news? Karl Lagerfeld presented his Chanel couture collection on a runway that looked like the inside of a plane. …Which makes sense because everyone loves planes, right? Anyway, there was some star power in the front row: Cameron Diaz, Diane Kruger, Eizabeth Olsen, Vanessa Paradis' first appearance since her split from Johnny Depp and, of course, fashion's Darth Vader himself, Karl Lagerfeld. There was also a lot of hair. Let's take a look.
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The House has approved a $694 million bill to address the crisis of unaccompanied migrant youths arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The GOP legislation passed 223-189 late Friday on a nearly party-line vote. Last-minute changes won support from conservative holdouts who had forced GOP leaders to pull the bill from the floor a day earlier.
The bill would increase spending for National Guard at the border and add immigration judges and detention facilities.
It makes policy changes so that the migrant kids could be sent home more quickly.
But with the Senate already out of session for the summer, the bill stands no chance of becoming law.
Democrats call it a sham proceeding, and President Barack Obama says he'll have to act on his own.


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For parents with babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, it can be gut-wrenching to leave your child behind when you check out of the hospital after birth. Long distances, recovery from a C-section, restrictive visiting hours or simply caring for older children can make it hard to be near your baby's side as much as you like. But some hospitals are trying an innovative approach to helping parents stay connected: web cams.
Plus: Best Web Cams for Families
According to the Huffington Post, eight U.S. hospitals have already installed the cams over incubators and cribs, and several dozen more are testing it out. Parents (and grandparents) can log in any time they want for a peek at their babe. Some systems go both ways, so parents can talk or sing to their babies, which could help with bonding. Nurses sometimes place notes on the screen letting parents know the latest strides their baby is making.
Did you have a baby in the NICU? Would you have liked a way to check on them any time you wanted to? Leave a comment.


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Boston police link Aaron Hernandez to 2012 double murder
Boston police believe Aaron Hernandez, the former New England Patriots tight end already in custody and charged in the murder of semi-professional football player and friend Odin Lloyd, may have pulled the trigger in an unsolved 2012 double homicide.
Police requested permission to search and analyze a seized silver SUV at the home of Hernandez's uncle in Bristol, Conn. They believe it was used in the July 16, 2012, drive-by shooting of Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado.
According to a search warrant affidavit unsealed Thursday, there is "probable cause to believe that Aaron Hernandez was operating the suspect vehicle used in the shooting homicides of Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado, and may have been the shooter," reports the Boston Globe.
Hernandez has not been charged with the double murder which occurred in Boston's South End, but it raises the possibility that he may have played football games after committing a murder.
Days after Hernandez was linked to Lloyd's death, police received a tip linking him to Lloyd's killing and the unsolved 2012 shootings.
Hernandez, 24, pleaded not guilty last year to murder and weapons-related charges and is being held in Bristol County Jail while awaiting trial.


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Five weeks later than planned, the KDE project has released KDE 4.0 Beta 1. "The KDE Community is happy to announce the immediate availability of the first Beta release for KDE 4.0. This release marks the beginning of the integration process which will bring the powerful new technologies included in the now frozen KDE 4 libraries to the applications." Update: Screenshots.


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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Rice is growing rapidly and rice stink bugs seem to know it. The number of them has increased as the rice starts to approach half-inch internode elongation.
The small yellow bugs shine in rice fields on cloudy days when they seem to sit at the tips of leaves waiting for heads to emerge, which will begin in a couple of weeks.
Rice stink bugs feed on the developing seeds of grass crops such as rice and grain sorghum and on many wild host plants, including johnsongrass, dallisgrass and vaseygrass.
The plants seem to attract rice stink bugs when the reproductive phase of growth kicks in. Most likely the rice plant at internode elongation begins to release plant volatiles or substances that stink bugs can detect, thus attracting them to rice at joint movement.
Rice stink bugs have a history of catching producers off guard every few years and inflicting substantial losses of yields and production. In 2001, rice stink bugs cost Arkansas producers an estimated $30 million. The loss was due primarily to a reduction in quality of the rice.
Rice stink bugs feeding on rice kernels in the early development primarily reduce yield. Feeding on maturing kernels also causes pecky rice or rice that has some kernel injury, which causes excessive breaking during milling and processing (thus a reduction in grade).
After 2001, rice producers always lend an ear when rice stink bugs are mentioned. Many have purchased good sweep nets, which are required to sample and determine infestation levels.
Treatment should begin when rice stink bug levels reach five bugs per 10
sweeps the first 2 weeks of heading following 75 percent panicle emergence.
During weeks three and four after panicle emergence until maturity is reached, the treatment level is higher and fields should be treated when levels reach 10 bugs per 10 sweeps.
The numbers are lower the first two weeks because that is when yield is most affected. Sampling should be completed before 10 a.m. or done late in the afternoon. Stink bugs tend to move down into the plant canopy during the heat of the day and are more difficult to detect. For consultants who must work all day, I recommend taking the numbers after 10 a.m. and doubling them to account for movement down.
The pyrethroid insecticides Karate and Mustang Max are recommended for control of rice stink bugs. Karate is recommended at a gallon to 50 to 80 acres. The gallon to 80 acres rate does a good job, especially when populations are close to treatment levels, but rates should be increased as populations increase. Mustang Max is similar with a use rate of a gallon to 32 to 48 acres. Methyl parathion is the old standby and should be used at a half pound per acre or a gallon to 8 acres.
I have seen excellent control from all three materials, but methyl parathion seems to do a better job on adult stink bugs and Karate and Mustang Max seem to perform better against immature stink bugs. From this, I lean toward using a combination of the lowest rate of Karate and Mustang Max plus a lower rate of methyl parathion (0.5 to 0.75 pint) to get the best overall control.
Donald R. Johnson is a retired Arkansas Extension entomologist who consults on rice and cotton production in Arkansas.


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National Student Loan Data Systems (NSLDS)
The NSLDS is a data warehouse established by the Department of Education. All U.S. colleges and universities are required to report enrollment data on a monthly basis. Lenders, guarantors, and loan servicers also report information about your Federal Direct, Perkins, and PLUS loans. If you are going on to another college or university, the NSLDS is where your lenders will get the information necessary to grant your student deferment. Log onto the NSLDS website with your FSA ID.
National Student Loan Clearinghouse
The National Student Clearinghouse maintains a comprehensive electronic registry of student records that provides a single, highly automated point of contact for organizations and individuals requiring timely, accurate verification of student enrollment, degree, and loan data.
Today, over 2,700 colleges, representing 91% of the nation's enrollment, participate in the Clearinghouse by providing regular student record updates on all of their currently enrolled students. Student loan providers, employers, student credit issuers, student health insurance providers, the Federal government, and others access the Clearinghouse's registry over 100 million times annually to conduct electronic student record verifications.


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The Season 3 finale of "Grimm" arrives Friday evening with a festive twist — the episode sees Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and Rosalee (Bree Turner) wed, and it's Hank Griffin, played by actor Russell Hornsby, who has the pleasure of giving away the bride.
One of the few human characters on the supernatural NBC series, Hornsby's Griffin is called up to lend a grounded perspective to the often outrageous adventures. He's faced monsters and kept his sanity (unlike fellow human Sgt. Wu, played by Reggie Lee, who has in the past temporarily tipped into madness), and he understands the true nature of his partner, Portland Det. Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli.)
In advance of Friday's episode, Hero Complex caught up with Hornsby to chat about the season finale, Hank's role in the series' ongoing narrative and when the detective might find a little companionship.
Check out a clip from the finale below.
Hero Complex: In the season finale, Hank will walk Rosalee down the aisle at her marriage to Monroe. Is that something you could have initially envisioned?
Russell Hornsby: No. Honestly, I didn't envision ["Grimm"] going past 13 episodes. The truth is, the writers don't really tell us much. You're really forced to be a blank canvas. I had no idea that we would be here. They can go six different ways to get to Sunday, but you have to keep the audience engaged. We've created a wonderful ensemble, and there's a lot of different characters for the fans to love and follow and appreciate, and I think that's good. It will be a key to the success and longevity of the show because you can always take a few detours every once in a while — like we did with Wu and the Aswang. With me, and that whole thing with Adalind the first season and my moment of having a love interest, and all of that entwined with Nick and all that he has to deal with, then bringing in the young lady Trubel [Jacqueline Toboni] — all of those things help us flush out and open up more story lines.
HC: Hank is unique in that he has encountered Wesen and kept his wits. How did you prepare for the scene in which he experiences his first Wesen sighting?
RH: It's really about just allowing your imagination to run. Growing up, I was severely afraid of dogs, almost to the point where I was skittish at the sight of them — if they barked, I'd jump. So I did a little sense memory — you take yourself back there. I used the Wesen as the dog for that first initial sight of them, that's what I used. But then, as time went on, growing up in Oakland, I used that whole crack metaphor or a crack head, the walking dead or the living dead. That's what I see when I think of what some of the Wesen would look like to Hank. As a police officer, you've dealt with all kinds of people and addictive types of behavior that happens. So when Hank sees somebody transform, it's almost like looking at a fiend. You think to yourself, who was that person when they were handsome and young and pretty or attractive? When everything in life was going well? And who have they become now?
HC: Was there a specific Wesen that you've seen that elicited a visceral reaction?
RH: I can't pick just one, really. When you really get to see the detail and the artistry that goes into creating these creatures, I'm really wowed and awed by that. Each one that I see, one is just better than the next. As Russell, I'm more wowed by it in my appreciation of the artistry. As Hank, in his mind, they're all just monsters.
HC: In Nick's crazy Grimm life, Hank seems to be his anchor to the real world.
RH: I think there's a lot of truth to that. It's interesting, though, as the show goes on, to see how much Hank will have to get drawn into that world. Will he be able to make the same choices as a police officer — being grounded in the real world as a police officer — versus being conflicted as a police officer and a Grimm? I think as he gets further into dealing with the creatures with Nick, he will have that conflict. That's going to be interesting, when he can't differentiate between a crime that they deal with as police officers or something that we have to do as Grimms. If he's going to have to go into this world, he's going to have to deal with things a different way and sometimes turn a blind eye to things. And, isn't that how corruption happens? You have all of the good intention in the world, then all of a sudden, you get pulled into something and you're making different choices. Then you're in a position where you might be compromising yourself and others.
HC: You alluded to Hank's relationship with Zuri. Is there likely to be a new romance in the character's future?
RH: I don't know. I hope that will come, but the reality of it is I don't know if that moves the story forward. Hank's not so central to the storytelling. He's the partner to the Grimm. It's hard to go off on a tangent like that. I think that what they did with Sharon Leal and I was pretty much all that you could hope for and not diverge from the central theme of the show.
HC: What can you say about what direction "Grimm" might take next season?
RH: I couldn't even begin to speculate. I don't know what they're going to do. We have this wedding, and I don't know where they're trying to take that. We have this new girl Trubel, and I don't know how long she's going to stay. They haven't told us anything. They haven't told us when or if they're going to let Wu in on the truth. They haven't said any of that. They keep it very tight-lipped.
HC: Do you like that?
RH: I love it. I appreciate being surprised. It's like someone telling you the end before you read the book. I want to be surprised week after week. That's fun, especially after you've been doing the same show for 66 episodes or so. You know what, don't tell me. I'd rather just read the script. Just tell me if you're going to kill me off. I don't want to be surprised by that, but anything else, I'll just read it.
HC: How have you been impacted by the series' devoted fan following?
RH: Obviously, it's one of the keys to our success. They love it here in America, and they also love it worldwide. That'll be key to the show's longevity — the fan support. How I feel … I was overwhelmed by it, to be honest, initially. I never dealt with something like this. I've been in the business for a long time… I think I have a very humble approach. I'm a lot more grounded than I would have been if this had happened to me 10 years ago. I've suffered through so many peaks and valleys in this business that the whole idea of fame and celebrity doesn't faze me. You realize that it's all smoke and mirrors, and that it's all fleeting. Chicken one day, feathers the next. One day ham and bacon, next day ain't nothing shaking. I'm only hot while the show is on. I'm not an entity unto myself. I'm not Denzel. I'm not Morgan Freeman. I'm not Fishburne. So, it's like, how dare you even begin to have some sort of ego? You can't eat off of that.
Ten years ago, I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to the great Roscoe Lee Brown. We were in New York at Sardi's, an old-school theater hang at an event with all kinds of actors. He says to me — he's one of those proper fellows — he says, "Son, I've been watching you for a long time. I've seen your work and I think you're fabulous and you're handsome. But you must understand, never mistake your presence for the event and you will go far." When you get words of wisdom like that from a legend — having been imparted knowledge like that — I've got to stay grounded.
— Jevon Phillips | @storiz | @LATherocomplex
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CORSAIR VENGEANCE K70 offers a full set of CHERRY® MX Blue key switches, key-by-key adjustable brilliant blue backlighting, and 100% anti-ghosting, all in a rugged, professional-grade brushed aluminum chassis.
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CORSAIR VENGEANCE K70 offers a full set of CHERRY® MX Blue key switches, key-by-key adjustable brilliant blue backlighting, and 100% anti-ghosting, all in a rugged, professional-grade brushed aluminum chassis.
Cherry MX Blue mechanical key switches provide a combination of great gaming performance with tactile feedback and an audible click for typing. Since the K70 is fully mechanical, you'll get that response with any key you press. There's a full key matrix anti-ghosting mechanism for perfect signal quality, and the full key rollover on USB ensures accuracy no matter how fast you play. The aluminum frame is lightweight and durable for hours and hours of intense play.
The all-important WASD and 1-6 keys are contoured and textured, so you can find them fast, and enjoy fast gaming action with less chance of your fingers missing their mark. You can program backlighting for each key independently, so you can set up a custom-lit key binding and save it to onboard memory.
Not only is the K70 a remarkable gaming keyboard – it looks amazing, too. The frame is gunmetal gray anodized brushed aluminum, and the bright blue backlighting gives it the unmistakable look of serious gaming machinery.
You get a combination of great gaming performance with tactile feedback, and an audible click that's helpful for typing.
Bright blue LEDs with adjustable brightness and key-by-key programmability to light up just the keys you need. It's great for illuminating your key bindings for each game. It's saved directly to the K70 onboard memory, so you can take your light maps with you.
The K70 frame has a professional-grade look and feel, plus the rugged durability you need for hours of gaming.
Every keystroke translates into accurate gameplay—even when multiple keys are pressed. There's no signal degradation, and it keeps up with you, no matter how fast you play.
You don't just play games – you play music and video, too. Play, stop, pause, skip tracks and adjust volume directly from the K70.
Keep your eyes on the action with easy to locate FPS keys. An extra set of standard typing keycaps and a keycap replacement tool are provided for general typing.
Give your wrists a break, or take it off if it gets in the way.
An extra USB connector is provided. It's great for attaching a Vengeance gaming mouse or headset.
Corsair Vengeance K70 is available in three choices of Cherry MX key switches:
Choose this model and you'll get smooth, linear key response for ultra fast double and triple taps without a distracting audible click. There's no tactile "bump" that's traditionally built in to general-purpose keyboards.
Want superior gaming performance on a keyboard that's also good for typing? Cherry MX Brown switches provide fast and precise actuation for fast, competitive play. There's light tactile feedback for comfortable typing, but no audible click that might be a distraction.
If you do a lot of gaming when you're not writing long forum posts or working on your novel, Cherry MX Blue switches provide a combination of great gaming performance along with tactile feedback and an audible click that can be helpful when you're typing.
When it comes to gaming keyboards, it's all about the mechanical switch keys. Corsair have used them to make some seriously good boards but the new Vengeance K70 is my current favourite. I've been using its keenly admired predecessor, the Vengeance K60, as my main workhorse since the range launched in spring 2012. That wasn't without its problems, but Corsair have listened, and polished up almost all of those faults in this pricey but excellent addition to the series.
"We like the rubberized swappable WASD & 1~6 keys and that back-lighting system is just downright hot stuff. So with all factors and features combined we again recommend the K70 to the masses of FPS players out there."
"The Corsair K70 is a comprehensive yet modestly-sized gaming keyboard with mechanical keys. It doesn't feature any extra gaming keys, but you do get key-by-key customizable backlighting, a wrist support, media keys and special keys for the WASD and 1-6 keys. The Cherry MX Red keys are great for typing and gaming, and the build quality is solid with the aluminium top. The same keyboard will soon also be available with Cherry MX Brown or Blue keys. The average price of £123 or € 134 for a mechanical keyboard of this level of quality is very reasonable, especially considering the material. The Corsair K70 therefore walks away with the Hardware.Info Silver Award."
"Gaming wise this is a samurai sword in terms of performance, the response is quick, the ergonomics are good and the build / key quality is best in class, you couldn't ask for much more from your keyboard."
How do I make a warranty claim?
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Valid warranty claims should be processed through the retailer where the item was purchased during the first thirty (30) days after purchase. This period may vary depending on where you purchased your product; please verify the return policy with the retailer where you purchased your product. Any warranty claims that cannot be processed through your original point our purchased should be submitted to Corsair at https://support.corsair.com/
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Corsair offers the following Warranty fulfillment options:
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Through Corsairs Standard Replacement process, Corsair will issue an approved RMA number for the return and replacement of your defective product(s). Our Standard Replacement processing time from receipt of your product(s) to the replacement product(s) shipment is 1-3 business days plus transit time.
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At Corsair, we understand the need to be up and running at all times! To minimize down time, we offer an Express Replacement RMA process. Through this process Corsair will ship your replacement product(s) prior to receiving your defective product(s). This process requires a valid Credit Card where a holding fee will be applied for the cost of the product until the returning product(s) are received by Corsair. To avoid being fully charged for the Express Replacement product(s), the defective product(s) must be received by Corsair within 10 business days from the date your Express Replacement order is shipped.
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Experiencing a problem with a Corsair Component Product? Many of Corsair products have easy to install replacement accessories which will resolve the issue and prevent the need to return the entire product for replacement.
Where do I ship my items?
Corsair operates multiple RMA receiving locations worldwide. Your RMA confirmation will specify the specific return address you must use when sending your RMA package. This will be your standard return location and should not be changed without prior approval from Corsair. Any packages received at an unauthorized location may be refused and returned to the sender at the senders expense.


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Conrad Gesner. Historiae Animalium. Frankfurt: In Bibliopolio H. Laurentti, 1620.
The Swiss physician Conrad Gesner (1516-1565) was the first of the sixteenth century scholars to take the same process of collecting specimens and observations used by Fuchs and Mattioli for plants and apply it to animals. Encumbered by poverty, poor health and an invalid wife, Gesner was still an immensely prolific scholar. He pursued his scientific work through a voluminous correspondence with other collectors and scholars throughout Europe. Although he spent most of his life in his native Zurich, his extensive communication network enabled him to acquire specimens from all parts of the world and to receive descriptions of distant species, which he incorporated into the text of his major work, the four-volume Historiae Animalium, first published in 1551, and republished many times into the seventeenth century. Two of the illustrations shown here accompanied his descriptions of the rhinoceros and the unicorn. Although we now know that the unicorn never existed, for Gesner it was just as likely to exist as the rhinoceros. Both were exotic animals that he had never seen in person, but which he had heard about from others. His network of correspondence allowed for the exchange of information about the new species which were being regularly discovered during the second half of the sixteenth century. Such a community was an essential element in the expansion of natural science beyond the knowledge contributed by the ancient world, and served as a beginning for international scientific societies.
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Evangel Profile
Lori Luthy: Educator at Ozark North Elementary
November 1, 2013
Lori Luthy came to Evangel as a graduate student seeking the training she needed to become a reading specialist or special education process coordinator.
As a busy working adult, she is completing her Master of Education in Reading degree and is putting her skills to work with third graders at Ozark North Elementary School.
Like many other graduate students, Luthy had concerns about pursuing a degree while juggling other responsibilities.
Luthy recently presented her research project at the Missouri Professors of Educational Administration spring conference. See how an Evangel experience has increased her confidence both personally and professionally.
Why did you choose Evangel for your graduate program?
I wanted to attain a master's degree in reading and I knew a few other teachers that attended Evangel. After speaking with them I knew Evangel was the best fit for me.
What did you like most about the program?
First and foremost I couldn't believe the helpfulness from the entire university. From the application process to graduation I always felt comfortable emailing or calling with questions.
Another benefit of Evangel is that the graduate class sizes are small, providing the opportunity to discuss information and build relationships with other caring professionals.
How did the faculty take an interest in your education?
The faculty and staff are absolutely amazing. They sincerely cared about my success and did everything they could to ensure a positive experience.
How has your degree benefited you and your career?
I have benefited from my graduate degree in more areas of my life than just my career. Attaining a graduate degree has increased my confidence as a professional educator.
I have also grown spiritually by having the opportunity to work alongside other Christian professionals and seeing God's work within so many intelligent, caring and selfless individuals.
What would you say to someone who is thinking about starting a master's program but is concerned about balancing work, school and family?
You can do it. There will be days of frustration, but your professors will help you and they understand that most graduate students have professional and home responsibilities along with assignments.
I would also tell other prospective students that the work completed for Evangel is very applicable and meaningful to your current profession. If you want to attain a graduate degree, the professors at Evangel will help you any way they can.
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Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, Release 6.x -- DocWiki Print Page
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The original idea behind converting the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace documents from Framemaker, PDF, and HTML to DocWiki was to allow content to be updated by anyone and quickly. If you use the DocWiki, you will always have the latest version of the information. (If you use the PDFs or HTML files on Cisco.com, those guides are only accurate when first posted and quickly become out of date. This is because we are no longer updating those guides. We are only updating the information on the DocWiki.)
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Look out, Bob Sapp. Bobby Lashley is for real, or at least real enough to choke the hell out of Mike Cook in 24 seconds. Cook apparently came down to the ring wearing a lucha libre mask, which right there just pissed Lashley off something fierce. The former pro wrestler used one overhand right and then moved straight into a guillotine that finished the fight, flattening Cook out and leaving him flopping around on the mat like a fish. Embarrassing.
Lashley's now 3-0 and has a date with Bob Sapp on June 27 in a fight to determine once and for all who looks scarier with their shirt off.


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You can do it, but is it legal?
The town's Affordable Housing Plan has been approved by the state. I am not an attorney, but neither are the locals who drafted it nor the state bureaucrats who approved it. Will it withstand a court challenge? The devil is in the details.
This may come as a surprise to many, but the idea that Jamestown residents should be given a preference when it comes to affordable housing for whatever real or imagined suffering they face, and that a Jamestown resident should be given 10 extra points to be able to live in the Beavertail lighthouse, is unconstitutional.
This is based on a landmark 1971 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Graham vs. Richardson (403 U.S. 365), where the court decided that durational residency requirements are unconstitutional because they violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
Same with Saenz v. Roe (U.S. 1999), where the Supreme Court said that denial of benefits based on residence infringes on the right to travel and results in unequal treatment of a state's citizens. "States (and therefore also towns) do not have a right to select their citizens." In this case, the court ruled that unequal treatment violates Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, the Privileges and Immunities Clause. "Neither the length of residency in the state nor the state of prior residence is relevant to individuals' current need for benefits."
The above cases and the following were copied from the Web site of the Connecticut attorney general who was asked to research this subject.
The validity of durational residency requirements has been tested in a number of equal protection cases challenging states' classifications according to residency. Over the past 23 years, the United States Supreme Court has consistently found that durational residency requirements for state programs which provide substantial benefits to otherwise qualified residents implicate the constitutionally protected right to travel. Attorney General of New York v. Soto-Lopez, 476 U.S. 898, 907-8 (1986); Hooper v. Bernalillo, 472 U.S. 612 (1985); Zobel v. Williams, 457 U.S. 55 (1982); Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa County, 415 U.S. 250 (1974); Shapiro v. Thompson, 394 U.S. 618 (1969).
Without exception, states defending such durational residency requirements before the Court have been unable to establish a compelling state interest supporting their statutes, despite arguments that such rules promote the fiscal integrity of public assistance programs, reward longer term residents for past tax contributions, facilitate budget planning, encourage full employment, minimize the opportunity for fraud, and provide an objective test of residency. See, e.g., Shapiro, 394 U.S. at 62834; Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa County, 415 U.S. at 263-269.
"The state may not favor established residents over new residents based on the view that the State may take care of 'its own', if such is defined by prior residence. Newcomers, by establishing bona fide residence in the State, become the State's 'own' and may not be discriminated against solely on the basis of their (later) arrival in the State. . . ." Concurring opinion of Chief Justice Burger, in Attorney General of New York v. Soto-Lopez, 476 U.S. at 915-16, citing Hooper v. Bernalillo County Assessor, 472 U.S. 612, 623 (1985).
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District Judge Ronald Lagueux held unconstitutional a key piece of the 1996 Welfare Reform legislation enacted by the General Assembly, requiring residents to live in R.I. for a least 12 consecutive months before becoming eligible for full benefits. His ruling: "It is clear to this court that the statute penalizes the exercise of the right to move to Rhode Island (and therefore to Jamestown), the statute sends a clear message to such persons that they are unworthy of the same treatment accorded longtime residents. . . . "
Supreme Court rulings become the law of the land, even in Jamestown. Let's obey them and not use Beavertail for affordable housing.
Frank Meyer,
Jamestown Thanks to all for 'filling the helmet'
The Jamestown Fire Department's "Fill the Helmet," fund-raiser for Hurricane Katrina relief was a huge success!
Over $2,000 was raised for the victims of the hurricane. Half the money will go to the American Red Cross, which will be matched by BankNewport. The other half will go to the Humane Society .
Thank you to all who contributed. Your money will go far in helping people and pets get back on their feet and back into their homes. Thank you again,
Chief Bob Bryer and
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NEW DELHI (AP) — Four top Indian filmmakers have come together to make "Bombay Talkies," a short-film collection that hits theaters Friday to celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema.
India's first full-length feature film "Raja Harishchandra," or "King Harishchandra," was released in 1913. Its producer and director Dhundiraj Govind Phalke is described as the "father of Indian cinema."
The four popular and contemporary filmmakers behind "Bombay Talkies" are Karan Johar, Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar and Dibakar Banerjee. While Johar is known for his larger-than-life, song-and-dance love stories, the other three known for more realistic work.
Friday's release is a collection of four short films that has some of Indian cinema's biggest names making appearances. The stars include Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan and other actors including Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherji and Katrina Kaif.
The films deal with subjects as varied the dilemmas faced by a married couple, a failed actor's struggle to make a living and a young boy's dreams about a movie star.
"Raja Harishchandra" was a silent film. The first Indian "talkie" or film with sound was "Alam Ara" in 1931.
Since then Indian cinema has become the largest producer of films in the world. India produced nearly 1,500 films last year, according to accounting firm KPMG.
Indian films have also won audiences across the world, especially among the South Asian diaspora. It's not uncommon now for an Indian blockbuster film to be released in theaters in India and across the world on the same day.


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Traveling Blues
A woman from the airline stopped Maddy. "I'm sorry, this is family boarding only. You'll need to wait your turn."
Maddy was beside herself. "This IS my family!" she said.
I get how she felt. No one wants to feel like they don't belong, especially in their own family.
Not a second glance at our black kids, but the white girl who looks so much like us, was presumed not be ours. That may have been the only time that the boys weren't the ones confusing airline personnel. It is during travel by plane that we have the most frustrating, weird and occasionally amusing questions or encounters. I wrote about one of these encounters in this post, which unfortunately was not an isolated incident.
We travel by plane with the boys several times a year. These kind of encounters have become the norm. I don't know what it is about plane travel that makes this happen. I wonder if this happens to other transracial families or if we just have the misfortune of encountering people who appear to have never seen a family like ours.
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The flight attendant said hello to the boys and then said, "Would you boys rather sit over here?", she gestured to the seats across the aisle from the African American family.
In spite of the fact that Kurt was doing his dad thing, helping them take off sweatshirts and stowing away their backpacks, this flight attendant assumed that the boys had been separated from their family. Is that taught in flight attendant training? All black people are on the plane are traveling together? Kurt ignored her. Mikias smiled and declined her offer. Jem gave her his look. The one that says he is not amused.
Recently we were boarding a flight. The boys first and Kurt and I right behind them. The woman collecting the boarding passes looked at Mikias and then behind him "Are you traveling alone today?"
Mikias touched her arm and spoke slowly (like he does with the very young and very old), "No... I am not alone. I am with my little brother, Jemberu."
She looked at Mikias, bewildered.
"You can call him Jem-Jem."
Jemberu quietly told Mikias to shut up. Jem-Jem is not his nickname but for some ridiculous reason, if Mikias thinks a person is not "getting" one of their names, he offers up what he thinks is an easier to understand alternate name.
Mikias does not get her confusion. He thinks she is just making conversation. He thinks she is confused by Jemberu's name not by the fact that she thought the boys were unaccompanied, after all there wasn't a black adult in sight.
Jemberu on the other hand, is completely tuned into to her confusion and doesn't like it one bit. He gave her the look and jerked his thumb toward us.
We told here they were ours and went on our way.
I find these situations annoying. Not all families match. This is not news. What happens to people inside of airports that makes this knowledge disappear? The next time this happens I am going to be ready, and speak up.
I wrote the above after traveling at Thanksgiving. Because of the tragedy in Newtown, CT. I delayed posting. We recently traveled again for Christmas. I was ready if we were questioned, not to make a scene or big deal, but to say something.
This past Sunday, we were at an airport in Florida, the boys and I loaded our stuff on to the belt to go through the scanner. Kurt and the girls were a few people behind us in line. As we waited to walk through the scanner, I was talking to Mikias and I had my hand on his head (a combination of affection and an attention getting technique).
The TSA guy said to Mikias, "Who are you with?"
Mikias smiled, wrapped his arm around my waist and said, "My mom!"
The TSA guy said, "Where is she?"
For real. Where is she? We are touching each other and talking. Is this a conversation we need to be having? Here's my chance to speak up.
"I am her. She is me...." I may have gone on and become more eloquent, or at least understandable, but I lost my chance. He was on to Jemberu.
"This one, too?"
I sure told him.


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Police believe a 35-year-old man killed his estranged wife on Monday, along with their 5-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son, before shooting himself. A 2-year-old girl not related to the family was found apparently unharmed inside the apartment, Tulsa police said in a statement Tuesday.
The police statement said the family came from Guatemala but that authorities have no other details about their identities, including next of kin. Police spokeswoman Jillian Roberson said she had no further information on the case.
The surviving child was the daughter of the dead woman's roommate, and she was inside the apartment when the shootings took place, police said. The girl has been reunited with her mother.
Neighbors at the Bradford Townhouses Apartments said the family killed was respectful and quiet, but that violent crime has become rampant in the area in recent years.
"They were great," said caretaker Lonnie Chandler as he swept up beer bottle caps and shreds of the yellow police caution tape that had cordoned off the crime scene a few hours earlier. "Yesterday, they was sitting out on the patio, listening to music, smoking cigarettes."
Chandler said he was raised on the South Side of Chicago and that he's used to living in a violent part of town, but that the criminal activity around the townhomes — including drugs, prostitution and gang fights — was getting out of hand.
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just cleaned the tub for my turtles. they're happy now
Melanie: A name for a girl. french, means "dark". like dark hair, olive skin. people named melanie are always really pretty and super nice. just sexy, if you will. used to say it when seeing a pretty girl, but they obviously will never match up to her standards.
Henry: an 8th of marijuana (lol).....The word Henry, is a word that can used to describe somebody who is incredibly attractive and good looking and with an amazing body and hair.
Kimberly: A sweet compassionate girl that finds the beauty in everything. She is always willing to give a helping hand. Everyone loves her as soon as they meet her. Tends to be very sexy and confident.
"slang term for a highly attractive and sexually intriguing individual."
Haha, I so wish that was true loool.
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"A formidable foe to normal people. intelligent, strong forceful. a weird hybrid of a bully and a nerd. As well as the first dictator of the America and king of the new peaceful world. Also known as Timebomb and various other variations including at least TB.
I am David. All other David's fall in march as we conquer the world. For a new Earth of peace void of general stupidity. "
No wonder my friends call me Pergamaster =)
Eta Carinae - Probably the most interesting prog-metal band in Gothenburg
Brittany: A girl usually born in American in the 80's or 90's. Brittany's are very attractive, popular, and have good hearts. Everyone wishes to be as cool as the Brittany's and are jealous when they can't compare. Sometimes Brittany's are a little blonde, but it's simply because they love life and laughing, and enjoy seeing other people laugh as well. Brittanys are usually envied by less popular people. Brittanys can be insecure but they shouldn't be, people try to bring them down but Brittanys will always end up winning...they need to realize how wonderful they are. Guys are intimidated to ask them out just because Brittanys are so unique and awesome.
Brittany = Popular, outgoing, loved by all, sometimes teased out of jealousy, loved by adults, kids love them too, smart, & funny.
Starting fresh & making a new account. Come and try to find me. :p
Alexander: The name for a true gentleman
I'm okay with this.
I have resoultions!
Maike: An awesome and incrdibly pretty and smart girl who is ready to try out everything that there is on this planet,loves to have tons of fun and lives life to its fullest.
// It was the only definition lol.
An endearing name for an absolute one of a kind grandma-type person, who is not like any grandma ever made. She is young at heart, energetic, funny, kind, loving, giving, sharing. There is always something yummy cooking in Juji's kitchen, and always fun, challenging games in the house to keep the grandkids entertained. She is so influential to those around her that people soon come to realize that they can't live without her near-by, and don't know how they ever did.
My Juji is so awesome, she makes french onion soup and plays games with me when I am sick.
O__o well everything is almost about right but the gramma part, Im not gramma/like at all
Juji XD LOL
A dumb and/or perverted thing said in third person.
Guy 1 says- "insert name here invites insert name here over to his house to watch some porn with him."
Girl 1 says- "Ew! No! Go away perv!
Guy 2 says- "Dude, you just pulled a Juji."
juji O_o
meaning a joint; marajuana cigerrete
would u like to partake in schmoking a juji
1: Korey - The hottest thing in site
That guy over there is such a Korey
2: Korey - an extremely hot boy
"damn he is so hot !! true like ice true like fire."
3: Korey - a hunk of burning love from ohio
"god korey has a nice butt!"
"thnx, i made it!!"
Not even making this up.
~~Rawr is so sweet~~
LOL wow... I always loathed my name, but not anymore. My first 2 urban dictionary definitions are pretty damn true & funny, they even match my zodiac.
"George - A guy with a very big (usually huge) penis."
"George - A great good looking guy, sometimes cocky-er than should be. Highly intellegent and educated. Hot physique, acts sometimes like he doesnt care but deep inside he is very cuddly like a teddy bear. Every guy wishes he was George"
-A female who is deliciously sexy; Erotically and arousingly attractive. One who is able to make men burn with desire
-A sexy girl who loves bbd and is constantly listening to dirty lyrics in songs. Occasionally she uses these lyrics for her own sexual songs.
-an exceedingly interesting and intriguing female who is probably also a doctor
-Someone who is heavily addicted to caffeine and consumes only a few other non-caffeine items
..اظهر فرحي واسولف مع الناس ،، واكتم شعور داخل القلب قاسي
Crazy, but really cool friend that is in a humorous way, a little wierd, but in the good way.A person that you want to be as funny as. A person that you want to be friends with. A really nice person at heart, but stands her ground. One of the nicest people you'll ever meet.
it's only my nickname but my real name says the same too. lol.
come to think of it, I was just searching my name yesterday at the urban dictionary... wow. O__o
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AngelicaThe most beautiful girl ever. She is untouchable, and any guy she gets with better know how lucky they are. This girl has guys waitin in line one by one, and bitches keep hatin! This girl wont take your shit! She is one of a kind aint no one else like her!
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NOXEN, Pa. (AP) — The pilot of a helicopter that crashed in rural northeastern Pennsylvania last month, killing all five people on board, wasn't certified to fly using only on-board instruments, according to federal investigators.
A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Administration also says there was no indication that the pilot obtained a weather briefing before taking off July 27 from Tri-Cities Airport in Endicott, N.Y., bound for Jake Arner Memorial Airport in Lehighton shortly before the crash in Wyoming County.
The report made available Friday noted heavy fog in the area at the time that prompted a temporary suspension of the search effort in the rugged area. The wreckage was located the following afternoon near Noxen, a picturesque town of about 1,000 residents.
The pilot told air traffic controllers in Wilkes-Barre that the helicopter was flying using instruments rather than visual indicators and he asked to be directed to the nearest airport, the report said.
The controller sent directions to Sky Haven Airport in Tunkhannock, but after several changes in direction, the pilot reported difficulty in maintaining control of the aircraft and later confirmed having difficulty maintaining altitude, the report said. At about the same time, the helicopter descended from 2,600 to 2,300 feet and changed direction again, after which there were no further recorded communications from the pilot.
A spokeswoman for Robinson Helicopter Co., the Torrance, Calif.-based company that owns the craft, said they believe the helicopter was caught in a thunderstorm. A county coroner investigating the crash said strong storms had passed through the region around the time the helicopter went down.
The coroner's office identified the victims as 58-year-old Bernard Michael Kelly, of Ellicott City, Md.; his 27-year-old daughter, Leanna Mee Kelly, of Savage, Md.; 29-year-old Carl Robert Woodland, of Lovettsville, Va.; his 3-year-old son, Noah Robert McKain Woodland, of Leesburg, Va.; and 30-year-old David Ernest Jenny Jr., of Towson, Md. Officials haven't said which one was the pilot.


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