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Officers shot and killed a man near the Red Rock National Conservation Area on Friday after the man evaded arrest, climbed into a police car and grabbed for a rifle, the Review-Journal has learned.
The man, who had not been identified by authorities as of Saturday, was shot by Bureau of Land Management rangers after he climbed into a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper's SUV and tried to remove an AR-15 rifle from a locked compartment. At least one ranger fired through the car's windshield.
It's unclear if the trooper fired.
The two federal rangers and the state trooper were called to state Route 159 about noon Friday after cyclists near Calico Basin reported an altercation with a pedestrian, described as a black man in his 20s, according to Highway Patrol.
Trooper Loy Hixson said Friday the officers "felt their lives were in danger," but he never specified a reason.
But the Review-Journal learned the officers fought with the man, who had been carrying a rolling suitcase, a backpack and a bedroll but was otherwise unarmed.
During the scuffle, the man gained access to the trooper's SUV and attempted to pull the gun from a locked rack holding the officer's rifle.
Investigators later found a screwdriver among the man's belongings, but the man didn't use the tool during the fight. Officers likely tried other tactics to subdue the man before using deadly force, the Review-Journal learned. Several cartridges from a police TASER were found on the ground by investigators.
No officers were injured, but the man died at the scene, Hixson said. The Clark County coroner's office arrived about 7 p.m. to remove the body.
A jogger told the Review-Journal she often saw the man walking on the road in recent weeks with his bedroll and a few other possessions. She suspected he was homeless.
The man walked with "such touching resoluteness," said the woman, who asked not to be identified. "I often wondered where he was from and where he was walking to with such determination."
Las Vegas police are leading the investigation into the incident, with assistance from the Highway Patrol and FBI.
Several eyewitnesses gave statements to Metro detectives, but there could be better evidence available. Highway Patrol cars have dashboard cameras, although it's unclear if Friday's incident was recorded.
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Well, at least the marketers of this in-car video system made some kind of attempt to make their product seem road-safe: They portrayed it on the passenger side, not the driver's.
Nice try, but we seriously doubt that the "Sun Visor TV/DVD Theater" could be ignored by anyone in the car, especially the driver sitting right next to it. It's not that we have anything against video entertainment on the road; we'd love to have a 7-inch LCD and FM transmitter like this one seen on Red Ferret, especially for extended trips, and it even has a USB port so you can use it as a laptop monitor. And $300 isn't a bad price at all, especially considering that the cheapest portable DVD players were priced in that range only a few years ago.
But we believe that too many drivers have enough distractions already, especially those who insist on yapping away on their phones instead of paying attention to the task at hand. And, come on--take a look at the image on that screen. We defy anyone to multitask effectively with something like that within peripheral vision.


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Sorted behaviors alphabetically in the generate script.
Lumps together all behaviors (both behaviors/ and test_behaviors/) and sorts them alphabetically by name, ignoring case, before assembling the output lists.
Merge branch 'master' of ssh://roboclub.org/home/svn/scoutos
Conflicts: scout/libscout/src/BehaviorList.cpp scout/libscout/src/BehaviorList.h scout/libscout/src/test_behaviors/smart_runaround.cpp
Update smart_runaround and add old files.
Added a reset() function to EncodersControl. Untested.
Fixed existing doxygen; preparing to add more.
Added a ScoutPosition struct with some functions and Changed the odometry code to use it.
Flipped front left encoder ticks because its backwards on the scout. Also continuing testing Odometery_new.
Fixed warnings in libscout behaviors.
Some of these were actually serious errors. Others were little things.
Removed Makefile. Needs to be automatically generated using 'cmake .'
Changed this so that it runs the generate script automatically.
Added the make clean script to the makefile as make superclean.
Added messages/services I forgot to add earlier.
Fixes to the Odometery behavior.
Moved all messages to the messages/ folder.
This meant changing a lot of includes and things.
Removed BehaviorList.cpp and h, since they are autogenerated.
Removed useless NodeHandlePtr.
Fixed CW and CCW circle behaviors to turn the right way XD
Added Behavior::wait() to spinOnce for a duration.
Also added maze_solve_simple which always turns right.
Tested encoders on scout. Made hacky changes so that it works. Tom needs to clean this up.
Changed cliff_status_changed to a singe int8 bitmask
fixed the autoname generating issue
added new Odometry in test behaviors, done some simple testing in scoutsim
Retired (deleted) unused packages.
Moved their msg/srv definitions to the messages/ package instead, and revised the libscout and scoutsim files that depended on those namespaces.
Removed old files and test executables.
fixed the issue of behavior list not corresponding to the GUI listof behaviors
behaviors now overwrite teleop (see comments in scout.cpp for details)
Fixed up the smart_runaround behavior to integrate it fully.
Updated BehaviorList with the new smart_runaround.
Added BehaviorList templates.
Added a script to auto-generate BehaviorList files.
This includes some sub-changes:
* Restructured behaviors/ folder into behaviors/, test_behaviors/ and limbo_behaviors/
* Added a new CMakeLists.txt that automatically finds behaviors in their folders
* Removed the obsolete trafficNavigtaion.*...
Add smart runaround behaviors.
Test commit for new clone.
Encoders node now actually reads from hardware
This compiles but hasn't been tested on the Scout yet.
Changed motor max speed and added constants in set_motors.msg
The new speed range is -100 to 100, to be consistent with the pwmdriver. They can be accessed with motors::set_motors::MIN_SPEED andmotors::set_motors::MAX_SPEED respectively.
Conflicts: scout/libscout/src/BehaviorProcess.cpp
Overwrote the ROS sigint handler so now behaviours stop and die and stop motors upon exiting.
fixed died rosnode kill and added sonar viz
Updated line follow code to make turns for Lab 2.
Also upgraded at_destination and LineSensor::destination() for Intro Lab 2.
Added new at_destination functionality.
Maze turns are buggy and are the next order of business.
More fixes to launch scripts (poorly written by Tom ;)
Fixed launch script error
Removed headers, sonar uses custom timestamp, added code to manually update timestamp
changed GUI according to the new order to conform to"rosrun libscout libscout <behavior#> <scoutname>" w
running libscout behaviors without specifying a name shouldmake everything publish directly (e.g., to /set_motor instead of/scout1/set_motor) and thus should work on hardware.
Added rosscout.launch in libscout
On startup, it will now launch rosscout instead of rosserial. rosscoutincludes rosserial, motors, encoders, and any other helper nodes addedlater.
Freeing memory we allocate. Yay!
Changed scout constants to refresh faster. Also retuned linefollowing for faster refresh rate.
Fixed bugs with how the simulator was doing math for pose estimation.
added teleop to GUI, should be able to choose which scout to control now
New GUI should be working now! (run, pause resume should all workpretty robustly). Teleop is not working yet...
Partially done GUI rewriting GUInow can only add and kill scouts freely but can do nothing else
Adding 3 line following maps to the repository.
\Fixed teleop to work with behaviors. Teleop currently has priority over behaviors
Fixed pause not working with the GUI. Also removed super annoying printf from MotorControl. And also fixed some pause/resume GUI bugs and the fact that process.kill and process.terminate wouldnt do anything.
Removed 'priya_draw_name' include from BehaviorList.
Adding make_clean.sh to recursively clean subdirectories.
Hacky fix to pause to work around issue that sending motor commands sometimes does nothing.
Changed it so that all behaviors are not instantiated immediately. Also changed pause so it does not spam (0, 0) motor speeds.
Bugfix to BehaviorGUI causing crashes.
Fixed segfault from LinesensorControl when the service call failed
Added latching to publishers so the first message gets noticed.
Added conversions abs_to_rel and rel_to_abs.
Also, added warnings after these conversions in the case that a requested speed has to be cropped.
Tested against a temporary behavior which set the speeds (now removed since it's very easy to write such a test behavior).
Added code for unit conversion, pending tests.
Old little changes to sonar.
Adding a Priya custom scout.
Removed unnecessary extra code in motors node (oops!)
Fixed whitespace in motors node
Fixed motors node to work around pwm driver bug
The node can now only do writes to /dev/pwm*, because doing both readsand writes causes the fstream to try seeking, which fails because it'snot supported by the driver. Then the fstream refuses to do any more io.
Changed some more stuff, broke running things.
Probably fixed the crashing bugs. Implemented floating point pickers.
Changed linefollowing so that turns start working once again. Also fixed some bugs with maze solving.
Fixed sonar out of range bug. Max range now at 9.144 m.
Called spinOnce to update sonar readings.
Nicer look for maze map.
Added new services.
Registered a default callback for wireless receiver. Also added default virtual constructor.
Added a maze map.
Added the behavior to behavior list and cmakelists and made things compile.
Finished writing up the maze solving behavior.
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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) — Mike Magee scored on a penalty kick, Austin Berry headed in the tiebreaker in the opening minutes of the second half, and the Chicago Fire beat the Colorado Rapids 2-1 on Wednesday night.
Magee tied the score in the 23rd minute with his fifth goal in five matches — three in MLS play and two in the U.S. Open Cup. The goal was set up by Rapids defender Marvell Wynne's hand ball in the penalty area. Magee converted with a right-footed kick that beat goalkeeper Clint Irwin to his left.
Berry got the winning score in the second minute after halftime for the Fire (4-7-3). Chicago captain Jeff Larentowicz fed the ball in from outside the penalty area, and Berry was open in the right crease for the header, his first goal of the season.
Jamie Castrillon opened the scoring when he stripped the ball from Berry in Chicago's half of the field and scored on goalkeeper Sean Johnson on a 22-yard blast in the 17th minute to put Colorado (5-6-5) ahead. The Rapids lost their second straight and extended their winless stretch to 0-2-1.
The Rapids pressed hard during four minutes of stoppage time at the end, but forward Tony Cascio hit the right post from a yard out in the 91st minute, and forward Deshorn Brown was called for a hand ball to negate an apparent goal a minute later.
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Several commenters raised questions specifically about this blog, The Free Motion Quilting Project, and how I would feel if someone took all 365 designs from this blog and published them in a book.
Quite simply: I WOULD LOVE THIS!
Now that I have you scratching your head with confusion, allow me to explain:
1. Thieves Rarely Work Hard
If a person really wants to rip you off and steal from you, most likely they want to do it in the most simple, easiest way possible. This is simple logic: a person who steals is probably lazy.
Do you have any idea how much time it would take to collect all the information on this site and publish it into a book? All 365 designs are not laid out simply. I slowed the project down and wrote about a whole lot of other stuff in between designs so if someone was able to somehow download directly from Blogger, they'd have to spend a ton of time editing.
I'm betting that it's too much time for a rip-off guy to consider, but just in case, let's go a step further.
If someone did take every single post and every single photo of every single design, that book would look like garbage, and probably read like it too.
90% of the photos on this project are low resolution, some below 50 dpi due to the older camera I was using at the beginning. If a book was printed with those photos, it wouldn't look good. It would look terrible.
I also rambled horribly in many posts. Some don't make sense. When I was feeling lazy or too busy, I didn't post a lot of detail. This is a blog, not a doctorate dissertation!
So if you really wanted to do a good job on a book of all 365 of these designs, you'd need to copy and paste all the content, download all the photos, re-stitch, and re-shoot all the photos that look bad, edit the content down, format it for a book, and whew! then you'd be ready to publish.
If you did all that work, you'd DESERVE to publish that book! I'd love to see it! If I liked it, I might even wholesale it from you and sell it here on the project myself.
Now isn't that a crazy idea?
This is exactly why I haven't published the book of all 365 designs yet. I haven't had time to do it all!
2. These designs can't be copyrighted
I seriously doubt these designs are even able to BE copyrighted, as I explained in the Copyright Terrorism post.
Even if you consider them to be "mine" (which I definitely do not), you do not need my permission to publish them in a book of your own.
I'd love to know if you're doing this, if only to give you a big pat on the back and some encouragement along the way. If you had any questions about a design, I'd definitely be willing to give you pointers and advice, or even proofread your book if needed.
I'd really love to see more books with these designs published and using the same names because it's far less confusing if we use the same name for the same design. Imagine if every time someone wrote about Stippling they had to come up with another name? It's too confusing!
3. Being ripped off would help me, not damage me
Most people think being ripped off is the most terrible thing because it will somehow damage you personally.
Basically it's the idea that if someone took all 365 designs and published them in a book, that would significantly hurt me. It would damage my business, it may even cause my business to fail.
This might have been true 1000 years ago during the Middle Ages when a town would have one blacksmith, and one shoe maker, and one carpenter. Any of these tradesmen would jealously guard the skills and knowledge of their profession because if too many people had the skill to make swords or shoes or wooden stuff, they wouldn't go to those guys for service.
But even then, if those guys had become teachers and taught the best way to weld and bend metal openly to anyone interested, the more minds involved would have innovated faster, more knowledge would have been gained in a collective, and the cheaper their services could have become, thus making demand for their services higher and higher. In essence: more people would have had metal fences, new shoes, and wooden bowls.
And this is what eventually happened with the formation of trade guilds, but even then secrecy and jealously often limited innovation.
It's in our history to be grubby and selfish when it comes to fine crafts and skills, but it doesn't have to be this way.
For the last 100 years, and in America, at least, quilting has had a much more open history of sharing, teaching, and community service. A group of women often formed quilting bees to collectively quilt quilts for each others families. They didn't mind quilting Sue's daughter's quilt because they knew one day Sue, and maybe even her daughter would help quilt one of their quilts too.
This is what brought me to quilting: the ability to share freely.
I once took a week long glass beadmaking class at John C Campbell Folk School. It was my high school graduation present and I had an absolute blast making beads and enjoying that wonderful place to learn.
But I never made a single bead after that class largely because of one conversation that I overheard:
The instructor told us a story about a professional beadmaker who made a distinctive bead. This beadmaker taught classes on how to make this bead to students.
One day she was at a jewelry show and saw a former student also vending and at her booth she was selling those same distinctive beads she'd been taught to make. The beadmaker was angry and upset and pulled all her similar beads from her table.
This is a perfect example of the insanity I've found in other crafts. Even at 18, I was appalled by that entire story and suddenly began questioning everything I was learning from my teacher. If I used what I'd learned from her to make beads to sell, would I also make her angry and upset? Could I use any of this information now?
This brings us to a very simple point:
That goes for anything: a technique, a pattern, a cutting method, a design. If you teach it, expect it to be used for ANY reason.
This includes a student taking the information you teach and teaching it herself. This includes the student writing a book on it, making a DVD of it, creating stitched items to sell, and more. This isn't even being ripped off, this is the normal educational process!
If you teach something, you are putting it out there for the world to enjoy.
That is what I've done here: I've shared 365 designs and taught you how to use them. I'm the creator, but I have absolutely no idea of all the million of ways these designs can be used and stitched beautifully on quilts and other projects. That's your job as my student to take this information and run with it.
You have 100% right take what you learn here, stitch it, enjoy it, master it, then teach it yourself.
And no, this won't hurt me a bit. If anything, it will help me!
Case in point: This year I'm not the only person blogging about free motion quilting. Sew Gal Gal is holding a Free Motion Quilting Challenge and Quokka Quilts is holding a weekly Free-Motion-Quilt-As-You-Go-Quilt-Along.
Rather than pulling traffic away from my site, both of these projects have brought me more followers and interest simply because they're spreading the word further and father about free motion quilting than I could alone.
They're reaching people who might not have known about me, and thanks to bloggers linking up and spreading love, more people are finding out about this site than ever before.
So rather than view either of these blogs as a threat, I'm contributing to both! My flower designs for Quokka Quilts will be posted this Wednesday and I'll be teaching the Free Motion Quilting Challenge for May.
4. Loyalty is stronger than you think - Now what if 10 people all write books of all 365 designs, including me. Who's book will sell the most?
Loyalty is a wonderful thing, and I don't take it lightly. I've worked hard to create a wonderful place for you to hang out and learn. At the outset, I envisioned this site as a huge resource of free motion quilting designs, ideas, and inspiration, a place I would have loved to have back when I started free motion quilting.
Because I've investigated and studied free motion quilting for so long, and shared so much, aren't you more likely to purchase books from me than some other, unknown source?
To some people, a book is a book and an author is an author. Some people wouldn't care who's name is on the cover so long as all 365 designs are there along with the information you need.
But many more quilters would want my name on the cover of that book, and to be able to purchase it from my quilt shop. It feels more personal that way, and in truth, you help support the project most directly that way too.
It's a simple fact: if you give someone a gift, you make that person happy. Whenever opportunity arises, that person will want to give a gift back.
That's what we're doing here: giving and receiving, sharing and learning, helping and supporting.
A quilter without this base, without this body of content and traffic will be hard pressed to compete with me without a significant marketing budget.
Of course, many big publishers have that kind of money to throw around, but guess what they do the instant they get a book under contract? Tell you to stop blogging about it.
Rather than build an audience to sell your book, they insist you stop writing about the book lest it hurt sales. Their heads are is still stuck on the idea that if you give something away for free, it loses all value.
If that's truly the case, why do so many people continually ask for book of all 365 designs, despite the fact that all of them are here online, for free?
And this brings us to the last point:
5. Open creativity is the most powerful thing in the universe.
Do you know how many designs I have sketched and planned right now? Over 700. I could easily come up with another 1000 if I had a month to focus entirely on designing. New designs aren't my focus right now, but it's always a possibility.
So the idea that 365 designs is some finite number, and that I only need to write one book to feature them all is a bit limited. Variations and innovations are endless, so long as I continue creating, new ideas will always come.
Each design is a base that can be changed minutely to create another design with another texture. That next design can also be changed in another small way, and so on and so on.
The number of possible designs is endless! Truly endless!
Of course, there are two areas that can be exceptions to all of these ideas. These are two areas where damage to this project could be significant if someone was being truly malicious.
1. Nasty stuff.
This is one sticky point that many people bring up - what if these designs or this entire project was somehow used to create gross stuff that I don't support, like child pornography or hate propaganda for example.
The truth is, this is extremely unlikely. How often do the porn world and the quilting world meet? Still, it's impossible to stop or control. If someone nasty wants to do something nasty with my work, I can't do much about it.
This gets into the point about using a quilting design - I could probably copyright the photos and the names of these designs if I really wanted to, but I can't copyright the USE of the design itself.
So if a KKK member wanted to use Deco Planks for their hate banner, they could. I have to assume that everyone has the logic to know that I didn't quilt the banner, and I definitely don't support that cause.
If a particular design got famous on a particular banner, and I became somehow connected to it, I'd release a statement to make it clear that I don't support it. As artist and designers, that's about all you can do, but I sincerely hope I don't ever have to deal with anything too nasty.
2. Ripping off packaged content.
Packaged content would be the finished books and DVDs I've created so far. This is one place where copyright is helpful and necessary. I have two books and two DVDs about free motion quilting, and sales of these items help to support this project and my family.
If someone was to make their own copies of these books and DVDs and sell them for far cheaper than mine, yes, this could hurt my business.
But again, I look at this in a rather open light. I could live in fear of thieves and use that as an excuse to lock everything down and shut it up in a box, or I could keep doing what I'm doing and trust that people of that nature are too lazy to do that much work for not very much gain.
It's a balance act with this kind of thing. I choose to focus on what's really happening today, not what might happen tomorrow. I also believe that if this happened, more people would still want to purchase these items from me, not an anonymous, sketchy source.
Now if someone took my videos down from YouTube, such as all the Quilt Along videos, which are posted for free, and tried to sell them as a package, I would have a problem with that.
This actually happened once with an iphone app which was being sold for $0.99. I believe free content should stay free so I contacted the creator and had the app made free.
I don't think it's still available now, but it's a good experience to remember. I was alerted to the app within a few days of it going online, so also remember that the quilting industry might be big, but it's also very small too and if something happens like this you'll usually know about it within a short time.
So if someone was to "rip off" this blog, would it really matter?
First off, as I covered above, I wouldn't consider it ripping me off or stealing at all. I'd consider it a normal cycle of students becoming teachers, and I'd try my best to support it in every way possible.
And secondly, no, it wouldn't matter because there's always more designs to share, more books to write about them, more knowledge on the horizon just waiting to be learned and shared.
I hope I've helped you understand this blog a bit better and to open your mind to the world of free content and teaching.
I truly believe that whatever you give freely, you will get back in some form or another. By giving away all of these designs, I've built a business that supports my family, and that achievement makes me super happy every day.
Had I created all the designs alone, without sharing a single one, would you even know who I am today? Would you care?
And had I slapped a confusing copyright message on them, would you have even wanted to come back here or play with these designs?
Lot's of things to think about today! Now let's finish up with a little more free information:
Advice to Quilting Bloggers / Teachers:
If you want to blog successfully to build a loving, loyal audience, please try the following:
1. Stop displaying confusing copyright messages on your blog. People shouldn't have to ask permission to share your cool stuff, so stop requiring them to do so.
If you absolutely must know when someone mentions your name, use Google Alerts to know anytime your name or specific phrases are written online.
2. Don't blog about things you don't want to teach / share / see used. If you're going to get upset when you see your tutorial sold or your pattern turned into a quilt without your name credited, just don't put it up in the first place. You use it and enjoy it, lock it in a box, and swallow the key. Enjoy the selfish stomach ache that will result.
3. If you do give something away, give it away freely. Attribution in this case would be as desired, not a requirement. Trust me, if someone appreciates the pattern, they will give you credit honestly and openly, and probably far more often because they're not feeling pressured to do so.
4. Share, share, share - Give freely, give daily, and the world will beat a path to your door. Teach and spread your knowledge and influence with everyone in the world and expect them to expand and innovate on it and share it in turn.
It's a big world out there, we all have lots of people to teach and help. I love teaching quilting and I hope to help create a world that's open and giving to information, ideas, and techniques.
It's been in the works for awhile, but very soon I'll be launching a Teaching Program where I give all my teaching information away for free as well. If you'd like to start teaching classes on free motion quilting, this free program will definitely be a great place to get started.
I've also realized while writing the last few posts just how passionate I am about business and making money in this creative field. I'm going to pick a day to write about business and making money with quilting each week.
I've definitely learned a lot over the last 5 years of owning two businesses, and have many ideas I can't wait to share with you. Not everyone is interested in making a living with quilting, but many quilters want to make some income, and this will be yet another way we can learn and grow together.
Whew! Now if you're inspired to write a book of all 365 designs, please go get started!
As for me, I'm ready to shut up and go quilt!
Leah Day
I've received many comments about this post and recently many have ran along a certain vein which bears clarification.
There are two comments in particular I'd like to address personally:
Bmayer - Where it seems we disagree, is:if a designer, or an author, throws their blood , sweat, & tears into a project, they have a right to have their work protected from theft. That is why copyright laws exist in the first place. I'm not talking about "locking everything in a box or slapping confusing rules on your work" as you put it. How confusing is "Thou Shalt Not Steal"? I guess we'll just have to respectfully agree to disagree.The fact is, copyright is confusing.
I look forward to just getting back to quilting!
Karen - Leah, You do grasp the fact that copyright laws were written to protect the little person, right? When you get out in the big world you sometimes find that not everyone is as free and sharring as you would like to believe. The way that you are suggesting this industry functions boils down to "the biggest bully wins". That's why the laws were created, to keep people that have more money and more power from taking the things that others create to profit for themselves. I agree with the free sharing of information and learning new techniques that then become your own. What I want to know is where you draw the line between free to use and stealing? In your world does anyone own anything they create?
At no point within this article did I say that no one should copyright anything.
I also did not mean to imply that we should all sit back blithely and allow people to rip us off left and right.
I intended to create a clear explanation of how I view the 365 designs posted to this project and how I'd feel if someone took this free information, condensed it, edited it, and put it in a book. I would have no problem with this because it would require an extreme amount of work, and effort, and honestly, I haven't had the time to make it happen.
Now let's look at copyright of one of my published books: From Daisy to Paisley. This work took a large amount of time and effort to write, edit, quilt and shoot photos for. I would be extremely upset if someone took this work and sold it or gave it away for free.
Such an act would undermine my ability to support my family and continue this project. If I couldn't pay bills with revenue from my quilt shop, I'd have to get a job, and would no longer have time to post so much information so freely.
So yes, copyright is helpful and necessary to protect a physical body of work such as this, and yes, I do believe such "packaged" content should be copyrighted and should be protected by the creator.
Thou shalt not steal is right on the money with this and a great statement to live by.
But the fact is, the average quilter is not looking to steal a book and mass produce it! I refuse to believe this industry is full of thieves ready to rip each other off!
Now, does this mean Kate Spain was in the right to protect her copyright over her fabrics? I doubt my opinion really matters here, but having more time to reflect, I think Spain had a right to demand attribution - her name on the bags and within the book.
Heck, I think all the fabric designers should have their names in that book because it would have made the book better in general!
I just don't know that threatening a lawsuit was the best way to go about it. The negativity this has stirred up, along with the confusion of how to use her fabrics, isn't the best for business.
So why do Karen and Bmayer think I hate all forms of copyright?
The confusion here probably lies in my advice to bloggers. I've shared advice to give away content freely and take down confusing copyright messages. Is this not opening a blog up for mass stealing?
Here's my take on blogs: a blog is not "packaged" content. It is a collect of posts, sometimes linear, but mostly a mass of ideas, inspiration, tutorials, and personal info, depending on what you blog about.
Blogs are designed to build traffic (interested viewers) and funnel them to wherever you want them to go.
You might wish to be a traveling teacher, so a great place to funnel your readers is to your page about your lectures and workshops and how to book you for programs.
But if you slap a confusing copyright message along the lines of "Don't use anything on this blog without my permission," you instantly make viewers nervous.
A quilt guild might want to use a photo to advertise for your upcoming lecture, but is that allowed? A quilt shop might want to write a post about you to build buzz about your workshop, but is that allowed? Should they even ask, or will that make you angry?
By adding that copyright message, you're making everyone uncomfortable about doing the very thing you WANT them to do: share and discuss your work!
Now let's talk about content on blogs:
If you post a tutorial about a TECHNIQUE, such as English paper piecing, please understand that techniques cannot be copyrighted. Otherwise someone would have copyrighted how to stitch a 1/4" seam and all the rest of us would have to use 3/16ths!
What you post - your words, your photos, your write up itself - could be copyrighted.
But the technique itself cannot. Other people can teach the technique, other people can blog about it, other people can write books on it. They have only done something wrong if they've literally copied and pasted your exact tutorial - words, photos, etc - into their blog, book, handout, etc.
If someone really is this lazy - so lazy as to not even shoot their own photos or make their own step outs - all it usually takes is a simple email to request they either take the tutorial down, stop using it, or link to your original tutorial.
Don't sit and stew about it - just send them an email, or better yet, find a phone number to talk to them in person. A phone call is always better for sticky issues like this because you can hear inflection and personality, whereas an email lacks this feeling.
But if someone has done their own work, written an English paper piecing tutorial in their own words, and created their own photos, they are not stealing from you.
This is the main problem with blogs these days - excessive claim of ownership of techniques. Many quilters are teaching cool techniques, but refusing to understand that once you teach something, your idea stops being "yours" and will soon be taught by many teachers.
It also seems that many people assume that if they think of some cool new way of sewing fabric together, they're the "inventor."
Dude! We've been cutting fabric up and stitching it back together for hundreds of years! Do you really think that ANYTHING is original? Do you really think you're the first person to think of using freezer paper with applique? Or whacking up that 9 patch to make cool new blocks?
Lose the "inventor" mentality. We're not doing anything new these days that wasn't being done 10 or 20 or 50 years ago. I don't care if you're using new materials, gluing with new glue, or sewing on your head, you're just stitching FABRIC with THREAD - someone else is bound to think of the exact same technique within a matter of time, with or without your help.
Now here's an idea to chew on: if you post a technique tutorial on your blog, rather than posting a message like "For personal use only" consider adding the message:
"Feel free to share this tutorial with all your friends, and teach with it too!"
Consider making a printer friendly PDF version that includes your name and website. This means that every person that sees this tutorial will know you're the author and they can come to you for more cool stuff like this.
This will bring more people, more interest, and more traffic to your blog. More people will "like" you and will feel comfortable sharing your information and sending their friends to read your blog.
More teachers will feel comfortable teaching with your tutorial, and each student will receive your printed page, complete with your name and website. That's like a personal advertisement, every single time it's taught.
In essence, you will reach hundreds, if not thousands of quilters than you could ever reach if you'd slapped "for personal use only" at the bottom of that tutorial.
This is a suggestion.
This is an idea for how to blog and share and build a community of sharing around you.
This is also my opinion, so you don't have to take my advice if you don't want to.
I run my blog this way and have found it to be extremely freeing to simply give tutorials away, knowing that they will do far more good out in the hands of quilters teaching and learning than if I'd slapped a confusing message on the bottom.
This is how the Heart and Feather Wholecloth quilt was given away. Students could print this pattern as many times as they liked, teach with it, and print it for students. Anything you want to do with it, you can, and you don't have to ask permission first.
I hope this update clarifies this post on copyright. Yes, there are reasons to copyright packaged content to protect a body of work that took a lot of time and effort to put together.
But consider this idea of sharing blog tutorials freely. If you're going to post something for free, allow it to be used for any reason and see what new world of sharing this will create.
Let's go quilt,
Leah Day


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The prevalence of scareware packages has reached epidemic proportions, with 485,000 different samples detected in the first half of 2009 alone.
The figure is more than five times the combined figure for the whole of 2008, according to statistics from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). The huge figures are explained by the hacker practice of changing the checksum of every file. The tactic is designed to foil less sophisticated anti-malware defences.
Meanwhile the volume of phishing reports sent to APWG hit a high of 37,165 in May, around seven per cent more than last year's high of 34,758 in October. Payment services such as PayPal became the principle target of phishing attacks, displacing financial services during the first half of 2009. Sweden eclipsed the US as the country hosting the highest number of phishing fraud websites.
More than half (54 per cent) or 11.9 million of the computers scanned by Panda Security, which contributed to APWG's report, were infected with some form of malware. Banking trojan infections detected by the group almost tripled (up 186 per cent) between Q4 2008 and Q2 2009.
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Like we announced earlier, these giveaways are for And Me Accounts only. If you're not signed up yet, you can still join now. If you'd like to keep an eye on upcoming prizes, make sure to bookmark and share the official 25 Days of Tegra Calendar. Each day a new device will magically appear just waiting to be claimed by you, the loyal reader.
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Compromise Issue 7
By Groose Rats
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Have you ever been arrested at a nonviolent protest for
animal liberation? If so, read on.
You have become a part of history, a history rich in
nonviolent protest actions dating back to the Boston tea
party, Harriet Tubman's underground railroad, Henry David
Thoreau's refusal to pay war taxes, the suffragette movement,
the labor movement, and Mohandas Gandhi's campaign for Indian
independence from the British Empire.
Being a part of history takes responsibility, and that
responsibility is all about discipline. All militant forces
have discipline. If we do not have the resources to set up
animal liberation boot camps or visit them overseas, then we
have to develop a strong sense of self-discipline to combat
the forces working against our efforts toward animal
Why Discipline? In addition to being arrested at organized
protests, one by one, outside of the usual protest situation,
we are being brought in by the authorities to be questioned,
railroaded, harassed, threatened, and set-up. Seemingly
unimportant encounters with the police have resulted in fellow
comrades being hauled in for questioning, their homes raided,
their computers and files taken, and more. We must be prepared
for this assault BEFORE it comes.
Discipline will prevent fear, loneliness, isolation, and
insecurity from taking over and causing us additional stress
that can lead to tragedy for the structure of our animal
rights militia.
Discipline in Ten Easy Steps.
1. Acknowledge and come to
terms with the reasons you are in this movement. If these
reasons stem from some unresolved conflict with authority,
forget it and move on. The animal rights militia needs people
committed to animals and to other activists within their
affinity* or cell groups. (*Affinity groups are
self-sufficient support units of 5 to 15 people who work
together toward a common goal. Whether or not you are planning
to do civil disobedience, it is important to either form an
affinity group or join an already existing one. Affinity
groups serve as a source of support and solidarity for their
2. Make a pact with your affinity or cell group. For
example, my cell knows that I would never say anything that
would incriminate any of them, no matter what. I also trust
them to the same extent. This trust was built over many years.
3. If you are participating in a covert action, make your
plan as foolproof as possible, but never think for a moment
that you will not be caught. If you are caught, stay calm.
Keep silent. Be prepared to rot in jail, but take comfort in
knowing we are out here supporting you and your efforts.
Prisons are not hotels. They can be hell holes and you might
be harmed in one. Are you ready for this? If not, don't do
anything that might land you in one.
4. Develop the ability to keep silent--in every
circumstance. If you have an overwhelming desire to tell
people what you have done, then you will eventually volunteer
information to the police. They are trained to get information
from people who don't speak. What chance do you stand? If you
know someone like this, do not get involved with this person,
5. If you are arrested, be prepared to be separated and
told lies by the police. Lies like: "All of your friends have
bailed out," "So-and-so is cooperating," "We are keeping you
longer," etc. These lies are intended to make you feel
isolated and angry~angry enough to turn on the people who you
think have turned on you. DO NOT BELIEVE THE POLICE! Have the
discipline to handle the separation and take comfort in
knowing that there are people supporting you on the outside.
If someone has turned on you, deal with it. Do not make it
6. Plan as much as possible. Before you participate in an
action that might lead to an arrest, make sure that your life
is in order. Make sure you understand the arrest procedure.
Attend as many CD training classes that you can. Discipline
falls apart when we are pressured to do something we are not
prepared for. All our actions have consequences. If you follow
the No Compromise philosophy, then you should follow through
on it. If your affinity group knows what each person is able
to do ahead of time, then chaos will be prevented. Activists
who jump in for the fun or the thrill of the moment, might not
be able to follow through on what others can do and this can
lead to infighting and bitterness between activists.
7. Recognize that the best laid plans can fall apart at the
last minute. Be strong. Have a plan B, C, D, etc. Or have a
fall-back position, even if it is just knowing the plan can
fall through. Be calm and resist causing additional stress by
blaming it on someone or complaining about why the plan
failed. The time to do an evaluation is later. Nothing is
8. If you are the only one arrested, be prepared to go it
alone. If you were part of a larger group and everyone else
has been released, stay strong in the knowledge that you will
be out soon and things are not what they appear. Do not do or
say anything you might regret later. Keep silent.
9. If the FBI, local police, or any other agency comes
knocking at your door, do not let them in without a warrant.
Do not speak to them on the phone either. Call Larry Weiss at
(707) 576-1415. Preserve your right to privacy.
10. Learn more about what the government, private industry,
and large PR firms are doing to destroy the animal liberation
movement. Be aware of the tactics that have lead to other
movements falling apart.
We can explore counter-intelligence and the tactics used in
another article. [Check out Anne Crimaudo's article, Informers
Are Everywhere] If we are prepared, we are strong. If we are
strong, we cannot be manipulated. If we cannot be manipulated,
then in time, the animals will be liberated.
Resources for further reading:
CovertAction Quarterly, Dept. MFW, 1500 Massachusetts Ave.,
NW, #732, Washington, DC 20005
Free the Animals! : The Untold Story of the U.S. Animal
Liberation Front and Its Founder, 'Valerie' by Ingrid
Institute for Global Communications, East Coast Office,
1731 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20009;
Nonviolence International, P.O. Box 39127, Friendship
Station, N.W., Washington, DC 20016;
Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Handbook--


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ADRIAN — A legal battle over medical marijuana rules was cut short Tuesday by a plea bargain.
A fourth day of a hearing on whether a Rome Township man was growing and dispensing marijuana within limits of Michigan law was canceled. Kevin Robert McGrath, 43, dropped a challenge to felony charges brought against him and pleaded guilty to two reduced misdemeanor counts of marijuana possession.
McGrath testified during a hearing that started Dec. 12 that a grow operation at his home did not exceed a limit on the number of plants or volume of marijuana needed to supply himself and five other medical marijuana patients he was certified to care for.
The Lenawee County Prosecutor's Office sought to block a medical marijuana defense in circuit court because of the volume and by challenging the legitimacy of medical marijuana cards issued to McGrath and his patients.
Michigan State Police laboratory technicians were to testify Tuesday in circuit court on their analysis of plants and material seized during a July 15, 2011, police raid at McGrath's home.
Assistant Prosecutor Douglas Hartung said their reports stated 99 plants and 4.5 to 5 pounds of processed marijuana were seized. The legal limit is 72 plants and 15 ounces of processed marijuana for a caregiver supplying himself and the maximum five patients.
McGrath testified Jan. 3 that most of what police called harvested marijuana was "debris" he intended to destroy. He also said he believed he had only about 60 plants large enough to be counted, He said he believed his operation was well within a section of the state law that allows a volume sufficient for a continuous supply to meet patients' medical needs.
McGrath is to be sentenced Feb. 19. Judge James E. Sheridan ruled his medical marijuana card would be suspended until McGrath provides evidence of a doctor's legitimate authorization.
"I'm afraid I've seen this Act used as a pretext to use marijuana," Sheridan said.
Three doctors testified at McGrath's hearing about procedures followed in authorizing medical marijuana cards for him and his patients.
One doctor, Arthur Schechet of West Bloomfield, testified he did "what I felt was appropriate for the patient." He said it is up to lawyers and courts to decide if the one-time visit met legal requirements of a bona fide patient relationship.
That question was not answered in court, leaving other patients and caregivers in Lenawee County without clear guidance on the issues raised in the case.
Lenawee County has an unusually large number of registered patients. In June, there were 2,271 registered patients and 852 registered caregivers in the county, according to the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. That equals 2.3 percent of the county population. Statewide, 1.3 percent of Michigan's population was registered to use medical marijuana last year.
It has been difficult to apply the medical marijuana law since it was passed by voters in 2008, Hartung said after resolving the McGrath case with a plea bargain.
"We're working with a new law that was poorly written, and courts are struggling to deal with it," he said.
Amendments intended to clarify some issues were passed by the Legislature in December and will take effect April 1.
Medical marijuana users, Hartung said, "need to make sure they follow these rules. They're not that hard."
The new law allows doctors to authorize medical marijuana after one visit with a patient, he said, but sets up some qualifications. The requirements include an in-person medical evaluation with a full assessment of a patient's medical history and current condition, and a "reasonable expectation" for follow-up care and monitoring of the efficacy of the medical marijuana treatment.
Medical marijuana questions left open by plea agreement
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Daisy Rock Releases Stardust Elite Classic Electric Guitar in Jett Black
Press Release03/10/2011
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Daisy Rock Releases Stardust Elite Classic Electric Guitar in Jett Black
LOS ANGELES, CA – March 10, 2011
Daisy Rock Girl Guitars, the original girl-guitar company, has released the Stardust Elite Classic electric guitar in Jett Black, the newest addition to the Daisy Rock line of full-scale guitars and basses.
The Stardust Elite Classic electric guitar is built from the ground up with the girl rocker in mind. It features a 22-fret, 24 ¾" maple "Slim & Narrow" neck—perfect for girls with smaller hands—as well as set-neck construction for increased sustain and stability. The body is made of lightweight sycamore, and is designed to perfectly fit the female form and reduce fatigue while playing. Quality components include a fully adjustable tune-o-matic bridge with stop bar to ensure accurate intonation, die-cast chrome tuners, and Daisy Rock high output humbuckers. Controls include master volume, master tone, and 3-way selector.
Like all Daisy Rock instruments, the guitar arrives completely set up and ready to play, and is backed by a limited lifetime warranty.
The Stardust Elite Classic electric guitar (14-6317) is now available in Jett Black finish for $299.99. Other available finishes include Blue Cheer, Midnight Purple Burst, Red Rocker, and Violet Burst. The guitar can be purchased at music retail stores or at daisyrock.com.
Daisy Rock Girl Guitars is the original girl guitar company dedicated to successfully supplying and marketing professional quality guitars for females of all ages. All Daisy Rock guitars are designed specifically for the female form and feature lightweight bodies, "Slim & Narrow" neck profiles to better fit smaller hands, and are available in inspiring finishes. Daisy Rock Girl Guitars' ongoing mission is to do whatever it takes to help girls play guitar and enjoy music.
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The Sound of Summer 2011?
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MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - As governor of Alabama, Robert Bentley promised to make an improved economy that would create jobs the watchword of his time in office. As a physician, Bentley has an obligation to work for improved health for those in his community.
But Bentley steadfastly has refused to allow Alabama to take part in a federal program to expand Medicaid to some 300,000 Alabamians, despite the belief of many experts that such a move would both boost the state's economy and the health of hundreds of thousands of its people.
Economists estimate that such an expansion, which would be paid for almost entirely with federal dollars, would have a $20 billion economic impact in Alabama.
The Medicaid expansion would come under the federal Affordable Health Care Act, popularly called Obamacare. Bentley is one of the GOP governors who say they would not allow the expansion in their states.
If Alabama went along with expanding Medicaid under the federal Affordable Health Care Act starting in 2014, the federal government would assume almost the full cost of the expansion through 2016. The state would have to start assuming a larger share of the cost after that, but the state's share would top out at 10 percent starting in 2020.
While the federal government would cover 100 percent of actual health care expenditures from 2014 through 2016, Alabama would be responsible for a share of administrative costs amounting to about $39 million a year.
The total cost to the state through 2020 is estimated at about $771 million. During that seven-year span, the federal government would pump an additional $11.7 billion into Alabama health care.
Or look at the program over the next 10 years. According to the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Alabama would spend about $1 billion for the expanded Medicaid coverage while getting about $14 billion in additional federal support. After 10 years, the state would get $10 for every $1 invested.
If an industry was promising to pump that much money into Alabama's economy -- money that could create 12,000 new jobs by 2016, according to one study -- the governor and legislators would be falling all over themselves trying to find the incentive money to make it happen.
But this is Obamacare, and therefore it is rife with politics.
Bentley says that it isn't politics pushing his decision; he told WSFA reporter Max Reiss that the state simply cannot afford its share of the cost of expansion.
But a study by two respected economists at the University of Alabama Birmingham estimates that expanding Medicaid in Alabama would generate $20 billion in new economic activity, which in turn would generate $1.7 billion in new tax revenue for the state from 2014 to 2020. So subtract the $771 million in state costs for the expansion from the $1.7 billion in new tax revenues, and state government revenues would come out ahead by almost a billion dollars, according to the study.
The economic benefits are clear, but the public health arguments for expansion are even more telling.
Alabama is, to put it bluntly, an unhealthy state. From year to year it bounces around the bottom half-dozen states in overall health rankings. It has the seventh highest rate of heart disease in the nation. It has the fifth highest rate of diabetes. It has the ninth highest cancer rate. It is among the worst in obesity. It has the fourth highest risk for strokes. Expanding Medicaid would not address those risks for all Alabamians, but it could make a huge difference for the 300,000 or more who would be covered.
There are legitimate concerns about whether the nation can afford Obamacare in the long run. But it is the law of the nation now, and it is going ahead in most states whether or not Republican governors like Bentley agree to allow it in their states.
And that means that Alabama taxpayers will be paying their share of the cost of Obamacare whether or not Alabama goes along with it -- they'll just be paying for expanded care for citizens of other states, but not their own.
That's one reason several conservative Republican governors, including the governors of Arizona, Florida and New Jersey, have said they supported expansion in their states. They also cite the economic benefits of the expansion.
Alabama, of course, would not be unique in seeing economic benefits from Medicaid expansion. For instance, a study done by a professor at Georgia State University found that in Georgia, expanding Medicaid would generate 70,000 new jobs statewide and give Georgia's economy an $8.2 billion boost each year. It would also increase state and local tax revenue by more than $275 million annually there.
There is one other possible option for Alabama -- one I touched on in a column last month. It is a way to dip into federal Medicaid expansion dollars without technically expanding Medicaid. In other words, a way to take advantage of some of the federal money while still allowing Republicans to deny they are going along with Obamacare.
Tennessee, Ohio and Arkansas are negotiating with the Obama administration over the possible use of federal Medicaid money to pay premiums for commercial insurance that could be used to purchase private health insurance for low income residents through regulated insurance exchanges.
Bentley told WSFA's Max Reiss that he would not rule out regulated insurance exchanges here as well.
Such exchanges would have their drawbacks when compared to a straightforward expansion of Medicaid. Private insurance is almost always more costly than Medicaid. So that would mean either a cutback in the number of people covered or an increase in what the federal government and the states spend if they want to cover the same number of people. And the economic boost to Alabama would be watered down because much of the spending would be flowing to out-of-state insurance companies.
The potential economic and public health benefits of expanding Medicaid in Alabama are huge, but there really has been no widespread public debate and discourse on whether Alabama will take part. And that's probably because it's something proposed by President Obama. The irony is that the state's second physician to serve as governor (William Wyatt Bibb, Alabama's first governor, also was a doctor) could be best remembered for denying access to health care to hundreds of thousands of Alabamians.
It would be shameful if the state's top elected officials -- not just Bentley, but the Republican leaders in the Legislature as well -- let partisan politics get in the way of providing health care and jobs for Alabamians.
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Teacher, Inc.: A Private Option for Educators
This study profiles the experiences of a number of educators in private practice, and discusses the benefits that teachers, students, and schools may realize by contracting for instruction. Also included are the results from two national surveys about the legal authority of school boards to contract for instruction, and a chart to help administrators identify the fully allocated costs of in-house and contract service. 23 pages.


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Cornwall hotel owners guilty of unlawful discrimination
Stonewall today welcomed a decision by the Court of Appeal to uphold a landmark court ruling in favour of a couple refused a hotel room by the owners of a hotel in Cornwall.
Civil Partners Martyn Hall and Steven Preddy had been turned away from the Chymorvah Hotel near Penzance in 2010 by owners Peter and Hazelmary Bull. In January 2011 a judge at Bristol County Court ruled that the Bulls' behaviour amounted to direct discrimination, and awarded a total of £3,600 damages to Mr Hall and Mr Preddy.
Ben Summerskill, Stonewall Chief Executive, said: 'We're delighted that the Court upheld the judgment. The Court's decision vindicates Stonewall's hard lobbying to make it illegal to deny goods or services to someone just because they happen to be gay. That obviously includes hotel rooms for many gay holidaymakers, which can only be a good thing in a Jubilee year. I hope Mr and Mrs Bull will now feel content to go home to do God's good work as Easter approaches, instead of relentlessly pursuing a happy couple through the courts.'
Stonewall led lobbying to secure the Sexual Orientation Regulations 2007 (now consolidated in the Equality Act 2010) that made discrimination against gay people in the delivery of public and commercial services unlawful.


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Reasoning from a Respected 'Think-Tank'Despite tens of billions of dollars spent on upgrades, expansions, and renovations on networks throughout the continents, it seems that this isn't enough to tide the hungry connected world at large. Aside from the high demand for entertainment such as YouTube, the demand for Internet service is growing at a rate of 60% every year. The statistic, which was drawn up by the University of Minnesota, didn't take into account the percentiles of India and China, comprising about a third of the world population.
According to experts at Nemertes Research, "a respected American think-tank," the Internet's existing infrastructure in 2012 will not be able to cope with the exceeding amount of bandwidth. It'll become overloaded and essentially... end. They predict that problems will already begin to show as early as next year, and they blame (specifically) YouTube, BBC's iPlayer, and the amounting crowd of people who are working from home, utilizing the Internet. It'll begin with users' Internet connections becoming nonfunctional for several minutes at a time, but within just a few short years, there're going to be vast brownouts where "PCs and laptops are likely to operate at a much reduced speed, rendering the internet an 'unreliable toy.'"
I thought laptops were PCs? And wait-- how does the speed of the Internet affect the speed of one's computer overall? Hmm, this writing sounds a bit naive to me.
Reasoning from a Lowly, Humble EditorIn my 'professional' opinion, this is about as worrisome on a worldwide scale as the swine flu is (scary, yes; going to kill tens of thousands or even thousands for that matter? I doubt it). The fact that the author of the original article seems to be under the impression, whether told by the interviewee from Nemertes Research or of his own genius, that personal computers themselves are somehow going to "jitter and freeze" of their own accord and then the Internet brownouts will occur, just triggers some defense in my mind-- a voice whispering the words "fouled up disinformation" perpetually. Perhaps I need to see my doctor about that.
The idea that the Internet is under a great strain is something I believe is true. More and more are people not only relying on the Internet for news, communication, income, and (mostly) entertainment, but they're becoming addicted to it, spending hours upon it every day, and using a high amount of bandwidth month to month. I can see the backbone of the Internet bowed in several years, with some minor outages in areas that haven't yet fully upgraded the infrastructure in lieu of demand, but I find it very unlikely that the Internet will one day permanently snap and become an un-fixable, unreliable mess with a mind of its own, sometimes working, usually not. I especially can't see myself hitting my head on my computer until it's a bloody mess because the mysterious 2012 Bug reduced my processor speed to an irreversible 133MHz, rendering it useless.
That's just me, though. What's your take on it? Is the Internet and civilization as we know it doomed for an ignominious death come 2012, or is this another Conficker Worm (knock on wood)? If you've any Armageddon Preparedness Plans, please list them below for the community to build upon.
When the Internet really does "break," I'll laugh as we slip into worldwide anarchy because we've been so connected for so long, and then you can send me hate mail for it-- assuming you have access to your email. We might have to resort to stamps again.


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The theme for the orchestra's 2012-2013 Masterworks series has been "Symphonic World Tour."
After traveling the world, the tourist longs to return to what is known, familiar and comfortable. The same goes for the musical traveler, reasons Mark Thielen, conductor and music director of the Imperial Symphony Orchestra.
The theme for the orchestra's 2012-2013 Masterworks series has been "Symphonic World Tour." Each concert featured music from a particular country or region of the world -- Russia, Europe and the Pacific Rim. For the final concert of the season, titled "No Place Like Home," Thielen brings concert-goers back to America.
The concert takes place Tuesday night at The Lakeland Center, and Thielen, as is his custom, has chosen to mix tried and true works with unfamiliar, albeit still accessible, pieces.
There are any number of American composers Thielen might have chosen from, and that posed a dilemma -- which ones?
"I wanted something different. I did pick something well-known, the Overture to "Candide," but the others are less familiar works by familiar composers," he said.
The centerpiece of the program is a recent work by one of America's best-loved jazz musicians, the late Dave Brubeck. In 2009, Brubeck and his son, composer Chris Brubeck, completed a tribute to the 20th-century American photographer Ansel Adams, whose striking black-and-white photographs captured the beauty of American landscapes. The work, "Ansel Adams: America," is a one-movement suite that relies not only on musical portrayals of Adams' visions, it incorporates more than 100 images of Adams' photographs, which will be projected onto a screen as the orchestra plays.
Thielen said the work is "very eclectic," representing aspects of Adams' life as well as some of the characteristics of the land he photographed. There are moments of tranquility and sections where chords clash.
"One section sounds just like Brubeck's jazz. Another quotes from Bach cantatas, because Adams studied classical music before turning to photography. In another section, it breaks into a Mexican folk dance. In all of it, the music pays homage to his pictures," he said.
The evening's program opens with the frenetic and crowd-pleasing "Candide" overture by Leonard Bernstein, then moves to a work by "March King" John Philip Sousa that is not a march. "Tales of a Traveler" is a three-movement suite -- one of 11 suites that Sousa wrote in his career -- that pays tribute to some of the countries Sousa visited while on tour with his band.
Opening the second half of the program will be the "Mississippi Suite" by Ferde Grofe, the 20th-century American composer and arranger best known for his "Grand Canyon Suite." In this work, Grofe takes the listener on a trip down the Mississippi River, from the lakes and headwaters of Minnesota to New Orleans. Along the way, Grofe makes musical references to Huckleberry Finn and to the spirituals once sung by slaves. The Gershwin-esque finale is a portrayal of Mardi Gras, and a portion of it was turned into a popular song, "Daybreak."
Thielen said he thought the orchestra's season had been well received, even if some of the concerts explored works that were off the beaten path.
"I was a little anxious at times, but every concert has gotten good comments," he said.


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Hmmm, struggling with sore, cracked nipples sounds like a latch issue from the beginning! Or a possible tongue-tie, which was my problem. Thrush is a real concern! It usually does not go away on its own. Yeast is a stubborn beast! Blah! Definitely check with your LC about it, because if you've been struggling with cracked nipples that won't heal despite exclusive pumping, thrush could be the cause--yeast will prevent cracks from healing. If I were you, I'd start probiotics for myself and baby asap. An all-natural food store or pharmacy will have something good; I'd recommend liquid drops for baby rather than powder, which I found quite difficult to give to an infant. I put a few drops on a small baby spoon, then see if baby will take it off the spoon. You could also express a few drops of bm to mix with so baby won't spit it out. If your LC sees thrush, and especially if you see it in baby's mouth (will look kinda like cottage cheese clumps that won't come off, or if they do the skin will be red and raw), you should seek treatment asap. If you've been dealing with thrush for a long time (hence the non-healing cracks), a 14 day course of fluconazole would be what I'd try, but you'll need a script so you should find a Dr who is more knowledgeable about thrush/breastfeeding. For baby, the nystatin drops worked for my sister's LO, but I used the gentian violet which treated me and baby. Again, talk with the LC to figure out the best course of treatment and what will work for you.
I will add, that if you're dealing with yeast, you need to sterilize everything that comes into contact with baby's mouth and your breasts. Bottles/bottle nipples, breast pump parts, etc, should be boiled for 15 mins. Clothing, bras, burp cloths, etc, can be soaked in a vinegar/water solution, then washed in very hot water. Unfortunately, yeast live on all types of surfaces, so even if you're treating for it with medicine, you can become re-infected if you wear clothing or use pump parts or bottles that have not been sterilized. Boo yeast!
I only stress strict vigilance with yeast treatment because I've had previous struggles with yeasty-beasties. When I was pregnant, I had stubborn vaginal yeast that would not go away with the topical creams or home remedies. Only gentian violet worked (couldn't take diflucan while pregnant, but is ok with breastfeeding). So I've made it my goal to defeat the yeast!
Good luck with your treatments. If your mastitis doesn't feel better in a few days, check back with the Dr b/c some antibiotics won't work b/c the bacteria that causes mastitis is resistant (like Keflex). Do try to nurse if at all possible. What causes mastitis, besides non-healing cracks that provide an open door to bacteria, is milk that sits in the breasts and allows the bacteria to multiply. Nursing will empty the breast better than pumping, unless baby is having transfer issues. Also try to get the APNO or make some yourself b/c this will help in healing the cracks, along with the treatments for mastitis and thrush, if it is determined you have it as well. Wishing you the best!


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Editorial by Andreas Beckmann
Vienna, February 2013 - Environmental legislation and safeguards are being rolled back in Spain, Greece and other countries, under the pressure, or excuse, of financial and economic crisis. One might think that the same would be happening in the EU's newest and poorest member states, Bulgaria and Romania.
But in fact, the application of environmental safeguards and legislation has actually improved over the past couple of years and has been more in the focus of attention of the public and politicians.
Within the space of little over a month at the end of 2011, over 100,000 Romanians signed their names to a petition that pushed the Romanian government to bring the country's remaining virgin forests under protection. Last summer, thousands of Bulgarians took to the streets in a series of demonstrations that eventually pushed the Prime Minister to retract legislation that would have opened the country's protected forests to development.
Such victories are having a larger impact. In the past year, politicians have begun consulting leaders from the environmental movement – something unheard of until recently. And a new generation of Bulgarians and Romanians is growing up actively demanding more open, fair and democratic societies.
What mobilized people to go onto the streets and the internet was not just their concern for natural treasures, but especially their anger and disgust over corruption and the abuse of power. For too long, well-connected individuals have been helping themselves to the country's natural treasures with impunity. Enough is enough.
The tens of thousands of Bulgarians and Romanians who have mobilised to protect their forests have underlined how popular anger over injustices regarding the use of natural resources can be a potent force FOR environmental action.
Andreas Beckmann
Director, WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme


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Thread: Can Scalia be impeached?
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Cyrano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon May-23-11 07:41 PM
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Can Scalia be impeached?
The only way to oust a Supreme Court justice is through impeachment (unless they retire or die first).
So is it impossible to impeach Scalia (or any of the other wingnut fanatics on the Supreme Court)? My short opinion is, no. After all, Clinton was impeached for a blow job which hurt no one. On the other hand, Scalia and his fellow wingnuts on the court have virtually destroyed any hope of fair and free elections in America.
Im not a lawyer. But there must be many lawyers here on DU.
So this is more of a question than a statement. Are there any legal grounds for impeaching Scalia?Dreamer Tatum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon May-23-11 07:42 PM
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1. You would maybe first have to cite a law he broke.
Can you work on that first?Dreamer Tatum Donating Member (1000+ posts)
4. I think there is the I Just Hate Him statute that might apply.
Usually impeachment requires a more compelling crime, but hey.
provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon May-23-11 08:19 PM
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15. you don't need him to commit a crime to impeach him.
Edited on Mon May-23-11 08:19 PM by provis99
Theoretically, a judge could be impeached simply because those in favor of impeachment got enough votes.cayanne Donating Member (612 posts) Mon May-23-11 07:56 PM
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9. Clinton wasn't impeached for a blow job.
Clinton was impeached because he lied under oath, perjury, and obstruction of justice. He was acquitted in the senate. He was disbarred because of it too.
Cyrano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon May-23-11 08:10 PM
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13. Yes, but let's get back to the reality of planet Earth.
Edited on Mon May-23-11 08:12 PM by Cyrano
Clinton was impeached because of a blow job and because the majority of Republicans in the House knew they could make it stick.
This has to have been one of the most outrages abuses of power by any congress in American history.
Nonetheless, it went nowhere because the Senate threw it on the garbage heap of history.
So back to my original question. Can/should Scalia be impeached?
I know we don't have the votes in the House, but if we win the House back in 2012, are there any reasonable grounds to impeach him?provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon May-23-11 08:20 PM
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16. No, Clinton did not lie under oath.
Where did you get these right wing talking points from?
WillowTree (1000+ posts) Mon May-23-11 08:17 PM
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14. You can't impeach a judge or justice just because you don't like their rulings.
And you'd better thank whomever it's your practice to thank in such instances that you can't. Otherwise the Republican-controlled House would be busily bringing articles of impeachment against justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagen about once a month.
That was a lot of reasonable thought for a single DU thread. I'm rather amazed.In most sports, cold-cocking an opposing player repeatedly in the face with a series of gigantic Slovakian uppercuts would get you a multi-game suspension without pay.
In hockey, it means you have to sit in the penalty box for five minutes.
Do they even bother to teach government class anymore in high school? In 1982, it was a graduation requirement. They even had 3 tiers of classes for students of different academic standing, at my school, because it was considered important enough for even the short bus kids to take it.
05-24-2011, 10:20 AMCyrano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon May-23-11 08:10 PM
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13. Yes, but let's get back to the reality of planet Earth.
HA!!!! Cyrano made a funny. :DMay the FORCE be with you!
05-24-2011, 10:46 AMprovis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon May-23-11 08:20 PM
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16. No, Clinton did not lie under oath.
Where did you get these right wing talking points from?
Bill Clinton, President of the United States, was impeached by the House of Representatives on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice on December 19, 1998
Look, the whole thing was rather shady, but the facts are facts. Clinton lied under oath.Voted hottest "chick" at CU - My hotness transcends gender
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The fourth (and final?) Cherry Girls guest illustration for January is here! Rio-kun just made a mess but manages to look cute while doing it ^^ (and somehow managed to shrink himself down to fit in the palm of your hand? Or that is just one big menu). Illustrated by Taira Tsukune-san (Route1).
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Thank you for inviting me (to participate in this feature).
The boys from "Otosuki?!" are all cute, but out of the four, I've drawn the one that really grabs my heart the most. The Alice in Wonderland inspired clothing is really cute! I'm looking forward to see what will happen.Taira Tsukune
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First just the facts:
Name: Mary Ann Zaugg
Born: Sept-1858, Wayne County, Ohio
Married: Philip Arnold, possibly 04-Aug-1898
Died: 12-Sept-1920 [Find-A-Grave memorial]
Relationship: 2nd great-grand-aunt, sister to my 2nd great-grandmother, Emma Zaugg
I am descended from Emma through:
- her daughter, Ella Rosa (Graber) Saurer (1883 - 1963)
- her daughter, Lela Mabel (Saurer) Ritchie (1913 - 1991)
- her son, my father, Donald John Ritchie (living)
As I've been working on collecting information on my Zauggs, I recently asked for a photo of Mary Ann's grave through Find-A-Grave. The person taking the picture mentioned that there was another wife of Philip Arnold listed on the other side of the stone. Because Mary Ann is not a direct ancestor, I hadn't done much research on her, but this led me to some late-night searching and I found some oh-so-interesting things!
First, it was relatively easy to find Philip's marriage to his first wife as well as the birth of their numerous children on Family Search. I could see that his first wife, Laura, died in 1892 so I decided to see if I could find a marriage after that for Mary Ann and Philip. I quickly find a marriage for Philip Arnold and Mary Anne Zeuagg. Normally I'm willing to accept all sorts of spellings for ZAUGG. Obviously this one is very close so I was good with it.
THEN I moved on to looking at census records. The 1900 census for this family is very interesting:
The two children listed at the bottom are clearly born well before the marriage I found, Sarah is born well before wife #1's death, and both children are listed as Zaugg, not Arnold. Scrambling back to Ohio births I immediately find Sarah Zaugg being born to Mary Ann Zaugg and Albert Parker! As this birth is the only one listed with the child being given the mother's maiden name I feel that Sarah is now accounted for as an illegitimate birth.
Just out of curiosity, I also look for Albert Parker in Wayne County, Ohio and find the only Albert Parker is in Salt Creek Twp, (also where Mary Ann is living) He is a married man in the 1880 census with 5 children - the youngest ALSO Sarah born about a year and a half before this Sarah. He is 12 years older than Mary Ann.
Huldah, however remains a puzzle as does the exact marriage date of Mary Ann and Philip. Based on this census information I would be willing to entertain the idea that Mary Ann had two illegitimate children before marrying a widower with 8 children of his own.
My problem is that I can't seem to find a birth record for Hulda(h). In the 1910 & 1920 census she is enumerated as Hulda(h) Arnold and on her son's marriage record her maiden name is given as Hulda Arnold. Of course being so young when her mother married - if, indeed, the 1898 record IS her mother - I can see that she might have taken her step-father's name even if there was no legal adoption.
For the youngest child on this census, William G (who later went by Glen William), I find a birth record clearly stating his father as Philip with a birth after the 1898 marriage record.
One of the last thing I found in this search was Mary Ann's obituary [above]. It is clear about which children are her's and which are step-children but I knew that. Her husband Philip died after her and I was hoping that maybe his obituary would be more forthcoming. I couldn't find it on-line, but the nice people at the Wayne County library sent it to me. Extremely brief and no further clarity on his children.
So, I am left with the mystery of Hulda(h) Zaugg/Arnold, later Zerrer. I'd really love to dive into it, but I have so many other things to work on that are more directly related to my line. I'll have to let this one be for awhile.
That name surely looks like Huldah to me, but in further looking at census records, I believe she morphed it into Hilda later in life.
The memorial I found for her son, William, states in part, "He was born March 16, 1931, in Smithville to Anton Sr. and Hilda (Arnold) Zerrer and had been a Smithville resident all of his life."
So that's a little more evidence on the side of my speculation that Mary Ann had two children out of wedlock prior to marrying Philip Arnold in 1898.


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I don't know much about Melbourne International Airport.
Heck, I can't say that I've ever taken a flight out of there, although the airport's three runways currently serve Delta Air Lines, Direct Air, US Airways, Baer Air and Airgate Aviation.
What would it take to entice me?
Well, a new travel package offering a Bahamas getaway out of Brevard County is enough to tempt me to make the road trip for take-off.
Melbourne International — mlbair.com — is the departure point for a new travel package that takes visitors to Abaco Beach Resort at Boat Harbour. A fixture in the Bahamas since 1955, Abaco ranks among the island's prime marina and resort properties.
The package offers a four-night/five-day stay in the Bahamas for just $818 per person, including round-trip airfare on Baer Air out of Melbourne. It's a 90-minute flight.
You might be able to imagine the attractions in the Bahamas, but the Abaco folks have been kind enough o outline some of them:
There's access to a center console boat for a day to explore the Sea of Abaco's islands, cays and beautiful sand bars. Or you can linger on white sand beaches or explore reefs, world-class fishing and snorkeling.
The package includes:
•Ocean-front accommodations overlooking the beautiful Sea of Abaco
•Breakfast each morning at Anglers, the resort's harbor-side restaurant.
•Snorkel adventure through the Sea of Abaco and its crystal clear ocean waters.
•Ferry ride to historic Hope Town on Elbow Cay, the "Nantucket of the Bahamas."
•Full day's use of your own boat, complimentary use of resort fitness center, tennis courts and wi-fi.
•Round trip airfare out of Melbourne International Airport on Baer Air.
The four-night/five-day adventure package is available for the following weeks: Oct. 27-31; Nov. 17-21 and 24-28; Dec. 8-12, 22-26 and 29-Jan. 2; Jan. 12-16 and 26-30; Feb. 9-13 and 23-27; and March 9-13 and 23-27.
For reservations, call your travel agent or call the Abaco Beach Resort direct at 1-800-468-4799.


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WAYNE COUNTY, MS (WDAM) - Wayne County residents are still coming to terms with what happened Monday night as severe storms swept through the area.
Residents in Wayne County still can't believe the damage caused by what the National Weather Service is considering to be a tornado in their preliminary reports.
"Like.....I just feel bad because my little girl......she always saying we can fix it, she asked me one day for some glue.....like......I can't," said Wayne County resident Raven Rhods.
Pleasant Grove community resident Raven Rhods' home was picked up and thrown from its foundation during the storm. "My little boy was in the house asleep, so by the time I made it over here and got them out of the house and made it to my grandma's house, it just....just took it," said Rhods.
Several homes in the Holly Bush community were also damaged.
"I walked through the living room, about the time I got to the front door, everything just came crashing down, and about that time my oldest son, he got to hollering mama mama mama and I just got up and the door had fell in and come back and hit me on the leg," said resident Stephanie Young.
Young says she still can't believe she was able to get out alive.
"We were literally on the ground when I got them and we just walked up, like I say, I don't see how we did it," said Young.
Another home in the community was not damaged by fallen trees, but had a section of its roof torn off by strong winds.
"It's so heart breaking because my husband passed bout two and a half years ago, June 10th makes three years and he made all this for us and its heart breaking, it hurts so bad to you know, I ain't got no help to try to get it back right like it was," said resident Sherry Everett.
"The whole house got to shaking, ohhh I got so nervous and scared, I got on my knees and went in to that room right there and just got to praying till everything was over with," said Everett.
Several homes in the county were affected by the storm, these homes along with others were being assessed throughout the day by crews from the National Weather Service.
"It looks like right here is where the track of the tornado went through, and it will probably be an EF-1 tornado, EF-1 damage tornado here, which would be winds of 110mph, but still our survey is incomplete, we still have a lot of area to cover," said National Weather Service Senior Meteorologist John Purdy.
For now residents are working together and thankful no one was seriously hurt.


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China's latest pork-barrel prestige project will reportedly take the form of a giant ring, but so pointless is the project that it soon found itself the butt of mass Photoshop mockery.
Liaoning province's 157m tall ring will consume 3000 tons of steel in its construction, and use 12,000 LEDs and an undisclosed amount of electricity in its nocturnal illuminations, but otherwise serves no particular purpose.
Plans to allow bungee jumping off it were abandoned as it was decided it was too dangerous even for China.
Amongst Chinese online the sheer pointlessness of the structure has stirred some speculation about possible uses:


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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Monday has given a hint that it might intervene in fixing mobile tariff rates by issuing a Consultation Paper on "Review of Policy of Forbearance in Telecom Tariffs".
The regulator has asked Stakeholders to offer their comments by 24th February, 2012 and counter comments, by March 2, 2012.
"Over the last few years, the telecom tariffs were on a declining trend. However, recent trends as well as reports from the industry and analysts indicate a possible reversal of this trend. In addition, a suitable tariff framework for data services is also required to be evolved considering that Data Usage is becoming more and more popular. In this context, TRAI has decided to examine the need to review the existing regime of tariff forbearance", said the regulator.
In his reaction TRAI chairman JS Sarma justified the move saying 'tariff forbearance has never been and is not a permanent policy followed by TRAI'.
"Some of the recent developments indicate that there is perhaps a need to review the policy of forbearance in telecom tariffs," Sarma said in a statement.
The telcos however are not pleased with this. They feel that the telecom sector is going through a phase of uncertainty, particularly after the Supreme Court verdict cancelling all the 122 spectrum licenses allotted in 2008 by the former telecom minister and the prime accused in 2G spectrum cases.
Rajan S. Mathews, Director General, and Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said that this would adversely impact the industry.