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Release Date: July 16, 2013
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Academic Software Plus, a University at Buffalo spinoff company, has graduated from the UB Technology Incubator after a stay of more than 10 years in which the firm grew from a feisty startup into a mature business with a stable client base.
The company moved into new offices at 200 John James Audubon Parkway in Amherst, N.Y., about two miles from the incubator, on July 13.
Coinciding with the move, the firm is taking the name of its parent company, Liaison International, the Massachusetts-based admissions and accreditation software and solutions company that acquired Academic Software Plus as a subsidiary in 2001. Last year, Warburg Pincus, a well-respected private equity investor, acquired Liaison International and has supported its investment in products and services for the higher education market.
Today, Liaison International's Amherst office provides software and support services that help universities manage admissions information for applicants to many health professions and other graduate programs, and evaluate students' performance in clinical courses.
At full capacity, the Amherst office employs about 30 people, including software developers — many more than founder John Eisner ever expected when he conceived of Academic Software Plus' first software in the 1990s as a solution for streamlining dental school admissions at UB.
More than 3,000 admissions officers nationwide use the company's WebAdMIT and AdMIT software, and hundreds of university programs use the ClinicEval and SiteManager software.
Amy Chan, vice president of administration and special projects for Liaison International, said the company decided to maintain offices in Western New York to avoid uprooting the high-caliber employees the region has been able to provide.
"The majority of our staff in the Buffalo office is from Buffalo. All their families are here, and they love it here," she said. "Western New York also has a growing talent pool of young developers coming out of UB and surrounding colleges, and we are interested taking advantage of that resource."
Academic Software Plus began with simple ambitions.
In 1993, the UB School of Dental Medicine dean asked associate dean John Eisner, DDS, PhD, if he could develop a software program that would computerize the admissions process, making it easier for staff to organize and search through data from hundreds of applicants.
Eisner, then associate dean for information resources, knew other schools were facing similar challenges, so he designed what he called an 'industrial strength' program that colleagues across the country could also use. Business partner Michael Russo wrote the program.
Eisner wasn't expecting to sell many copies, but the program turned out to be extremely popular. He had discovered a great niche for a business, and founded the company in 1995.
Soon, most of UB's health professions schools were using the software, and the firm was asked to develop GrAdMIT, a web-based graduate admissions management product for the UB Graduate School that is still in use today.
In 2001, the same year that it was acquired by Liaison International, Academic Software Plus moved into the UB Technology Incubator on Sweet Home Road.
There, with Russo as director of software development, Eisner began building a sales, support and development team.
After years in academia, Eisner needed to learn to navigate the business world, and incubator staff were there to help. They provided guidance on issues like accounting and marketing, and hosted frequent seminars in which experts spoke to incubator tenants about human resources, marketing, legislation and other topics of interest to entrepreneurs.
"The incubator was always very helpful from the very beginning," said Eisner, now a professor emeritus at UB and a consultant to Liaison International. "We didn't know very much about business. We didn't have a secretary, we didn't have a copier, conference room or coffee machine, and here comes the incubator, where all of those things just seemed to materialize magically. The incubator gives you a support system that allows you to move your ideas forward.
"Academics have many good ideas, but are often reticent about giving them a try in the business world," Eisner said. "But I would certainly encourage it. Not everybody's cut out for it, but you have to try to find out. I discovered that I really had a knack for it — and enjoyed it immensely."
In 2010, the team's CoursEval software, which continues to be a market leader among campus-wide course assessment products, was sold to another company.
The UB Technology Incubator, administered by the UB Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach (STOR), has assisted over 100 tenants since its inception in 1988.
Woody Maggard, the UB associate vice provost who oversees the incubator, said it was a joy to watch Eisner and his company evolve, following the trajectory from entrepreneur and startup to experienced businessman and incubator graduate.
"John Eisner grew his company steadily and wisely utilizing all of the benefits afforded by the incubator," Maggard said. "We worked hand-in-hand with Academic Software Plus throughout their growth, meeting their need for more space and services as they expanded. We are proud to see them move on to the next step."
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Fundamental analysts love ratios. Earnings per share, price to book, profit margin — you name it, they've got it.
But technical analysts like ratios, too, and some of them are telling us a few things about the market that might make for a rough summer.
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Most investors understand that most, although certainly not all, healthy markets enjoy strong participation by the higher reward/ higher risk groups. These included technology and small capitalization stocks. After all, these are the areas where innovation is born and the stakes are high. And as much as their ads tell us that soup is good for us, a fully mature stock such as Campbell's Soup Co. CPB, -0.28% is not going to lead a bull market.
Technology stocks, as well as consumer-oriented stocks where marketing gurus can create "buzz," have garnered a good deal of investor attention this year. So have financial stocks but they have not been critical to market performance since the financial crisis of 2008.
But one important piece is missing from the leadership ranks. The small stocks of the Russell 2000 RUT, -0.65% are lagging the big stocks of the Standard & Poor's 500 SPX, +0.35% in both daily and weekly time frames (see chart 1). I consider this as a problem for the market, especially as the seasonally strong winter half of the year winds down this month.
The chart shows a rather clear divergence between big and small stocks at the bottom of the last bear market. It meant that even before the market - including both big and small stocks - found its ultimate bottom in March 2009 the ratio of small stocks to big started to strengthen. Investors were not as interested in selling small stocks as they were in selling big stocks. It was a backhanded compliment but small stocks were back on investor minds with a positive spin.
Now, we see the S&P 500 make a higher high than it did in 2010 while the Russell is still far below its respective 2010 zenith. The ratio or relative performance of the Russell is once again diverging from the market only this time it has bearish implications.
Another ratio that seems to have run its course and is ready to turn is called the offense/defense ratio. Based on an idea from technical analyst Boris Simonder several years ago, my version is a ratio of so-called offensive sectors (technology and consumer discretionary) and defensive sectors (health care and consumer staples).
Using Select Sector SPDR exchange traded funds, the formula is Select Sector SPDR-Technology XLK, +1.58% * Select Sector SPDR-Consumer Discretionary XLY, +0.27% / Select Sector SPDR-Health Care XLV, +0.55% / Select Sector SPDR-Consumer Staples XLP, +0.16% When the ratio is rising, as it has been since last December, we can say the offensive groups are in the lead and that is normally good for the market as a whole. And when the ratio is falling, investors are feeling more defensive and the market tends to struggle.
Right now, the ratio is still rising but it has run into the ceiling that stopped it at least six times since 2003 (see chart 2). The last time the ratio peaked in early 2010 was just a few weeks ahead of the S&P 500's final high that year.
Again, the offense/defense ratio has not yet turned lower. But using standard technical analysis, such as momentum analysis, it is flashing warnings. As the ratio made a higher high, indicators such as the relative strength index made a lower high. Technical analysts call that a bearish divergence between the two.
With small caps already lagging, investors should pay attention to the performance of the sectors contained within the offense/defense ratio. If defense starts to outperform offense, it will probably be a good time to think about holding more cash.
Michael Kahn writes the Getting Technical column for Barron's Online , which analyzes sectors and markets twice a week. Sign up for a free technical analysis chart of the day at QuickTakesPro.


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The New York City Spelling Bee -- a new, adults-only spelling bee offering erudite fun to all -- is a glamorous offshoot of the Williamsburg Spelling Bee, which has scintillated Brooklyn since 2004. Co-hosts bobbyblue and Jennifer Dziura have now brought the logophilia to the great isle of Manhattan.
The Williamsburg bee has been featured in the New York Times style section, on WNBC, and in international press from Germany to Tokyo. The Village Voice called it "...the bar game of choice for self-proclaimed geeks and well-groomed lovers of logorrhea." The Times said, "...go for the cold drinks and the inevitable laughs derived from watching a person who is tipsy try to spell trichotillomania."
The New York City Spelling Bee occurs quarterly, and proudly takes place at the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe.
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Results: March 8, 2012
Spelling Bee Winner: Marcus Bones
Forty-plus people and sixteen spellers converged on Housing Works Bookstore Cafe for Geek Week! Geek Week has been an annual book sale and slate of events at Housing Works, but this is the first time the bee has been a part of it. A brief sampling of words: early on, spellers had a bit of trouble with peignoir and boutonniere; later, our top three correctly spelled Clausewitz, witloof, and toheroa.
Congratulations to winner Marcus Bones!
Our top three:
More photos here.
We hope to be back at Geek Week 2013, and back at Housing Works sometime later this year. See the Geek Week NYC Tumblr.
Results: Nov 5 Spelling Bee
Winner: Andy Kravis
Seventeen spellers and about 40 people came out for the NYC Spelling Bee on November 5th. Winner Andy Kravis spelled a great many words correct, including "Kierkegaardian" and "pantagruelism." Ben Kusmin came in second, and Adriana Torres came in third. Andy won a Shorter OED, and all three winners received memberships to Visual Thesaurus and Word Beast t-shirts from Manhattan GRE.
The next NYC Spelling Bee will be held in 2011! For more-frequent bees, check out our Brooklyn bee.
Results: May 21 Spelling Bee
Winner: Jessica Nordell
Nineteen spellers and a full house of onlookers converged on Housing Works this past Friday for an orthographomachia of the ages (or at least of the season!) Jessica Nordell was crowned winner, Wilson Southerland came in second, and Jenny Weiss and Dev Thakur tied for third. Everyone won Bananagrams, and Jessica took home a shiny trophy and an action-packed OED.
Complete photoset here.
Results: October 30 Spelling Bee
Winner: Miranda Kaplan
Our final spelling bee of 2009 was marked not only by adept orthography but also by wittily lexical costumery: Miranda Kaplan won the grand prize by spelling "quincunx" in a run-off, and contestants Laine and Erin delighted all assembled by arriving dressed as a misplaced modifier and a serial comma, respectively. Miranda took home a Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (a $175 value!), kindly donated by Oxford University Press. Second place went to Carolyn D'Aquila and third to Regina Joseph. Enjoy these photos by Gina Rini!
A pre-bee shot from the balcony.
Spelling by "Dr. Acula."
Bobby (vampire nerd) and Jen (Spellvira, Queen of the Dark) with Laine (misplaced modifier) and Erin ("cereal" comma).
Presenting the Shorter OED to Miranda.
From left: Regina Joseph, bobbyblue, Miranda Kaplan, Carolyn D'Aquila, and Jen Dziura.
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Results: July 18 Spelling Bee
Winner: Dominique Vance
31 spellers and many more spectators converged upon the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe for a sesquipedalian divertissement! Spellers Dominique, Regina, and Erin came out on top, each spelling seven words correctly. In a run-off, Dominique correctly spelled "heortology," the study of religious festivals, to clinch the win. Regina and Erin were awarded a tie for second, and all three took home copies of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (a $175 value!), kindly donated by Oxford University Press.
The win!
Winner Dominique Vance.
From left: host Jen, runner-up Regina, and winner Dominique. Regina is really working her biceps to hold the "Shorter" Oxford English Dictionary!
Runner-up Erin escaped before we could rope her into the previous photo, but this is a pretty great photo of her, looking smart and devious.
Host Jen: "Thank you and good night!"
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All photos by Rob Goldberg.
Next bee is FRIDAY (not Saturday), October 30th! See you then!
Results: April 18 Spelling Bee
Winner: Wilson Southerland
Nearly 20 spellers and many more spectators convened at Housing Works on a lovely spring night to drink and wax orthographical.
Wilson spelling something like "agathokakological." (He spelled a lot of words! We're not sure just which one this photo depicts).
Runners-up Kim and Miranda, winner Wilson, hosts Bobby and Jen. Photographer Gina encouraged us to ham it up.
Click here for more photos!
Photos by Gina Rini.
Our next spelling bee is July 18, 2009! See you then!
Results: January 31 Spelling Bee
Winner: Brian Gonynor
This bee was covered by Paper Magazine reporter Rebecca Prusinowski (thanks, Rebecca!) From the Papermag post:
Housing Works Bookstore Café is celebrating its 10 year anniversary, and the downtown cultural institution is keeping the good times going with lots of offbeat interactive events for weeks to come. This past Saturday, we hit their New York City Spelling Bee, a hilarious adult spelling competition hosted by comedian Jennifer Dziura and musician bobby blue. Although anyone can enter, the Bee means business. After a first round icebreaker in which all spellers advance, competition heated with words like "selenology," "gesundheit" and "perchlorate." In the end, second place went to contestant, former Daily News scribe, Jo Piazza (who got stumped on "ochlocracy") and Brian R. triumphed after knocking out a series of polysyllabic puzzlers.
Winner Brian poses with hosts Jen and bobby and runners-up Jo and Veronica.
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Photos by Gina Rini.
Results: October 25 Spelling Bee
Winner: Robert Moy
Robert Moy takes the cake again in a Halloween-themed spelling bee with over 30 spellers!
The next NYC Bee will take place in early '09 -- check back in the new year for our updated calendar!
Two-time winner Robert Moy with hosts bobby and Jen
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Results: September 20 Spelling Bee
Winner: Carolyn D'Aquila
Over 55 people and over 35 contestants came out for this past Saturday's bee! Spellers breezed through "acknowledge" and "renown," persevered through "pomological" and "accipiter," and the final few pushed on through "schipperke" and "papeterie." Carolyn D'Aquila triumphed and took home an adorable bee-themed trophy and a Housing Works gift card.
Winner Carolyn D'Aquila with hosts Jen and bobby
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Results: June 28 Spelling Bee
Winner: Robert Moy
27 contestants and many more spectators came out to this second-ever NYC Spelling Bee. Contestants in the new "challenge" round got to select words for their fellow spellers to spell, and challenge they did, asking each other to spell "panegyrical," "ginglymus," "fastigium" and more. An enthusiastic Robert Moy (presciently, perhaps) signed up first and, indeed, came in first.
Winner Robert Moy with hosts bobbyblue and Jen Dziura.
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Results: May 24 Spelling Bee
Winner: Ashley Newman
The first-ever New York City Spelling Bee brought out 26 contestants and many more friends and spectators to the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in Soho. Drinks were drunk, free popcorn was consumed. It was a sesquipedalian bee, as spellers gave us p-a-r-a-c-h-r-o-n-i-s-m (a chronological error), q-u-a-d-r-u-m-s-n-o-u-s (having four hands), c-o-l-l-y-w-o-b-b-l-e-s (a stomachache), and many more.
Twelve spellers made it into the final round, one in first place and two tied for second. After a suspenseful runoff between Geoff Cardillo and Jonathan Lill, prizes were awarded to Jonathan in 3rd place, Geoff in 2nd, and -- leading the pack with eight words correct over the course of the bee -- Ashley Newman in 1st.
Be sure to come out in June for the next installment of the New York City Spelling Bee.
Jen Dziura and bobbyblue perform the New York City Spelling Bee Theme Song they co-wrote.
2nd place Geoff Cardozo, host bobbyblue, 3rd place Jonathan Lill, host Jen Dziura, and Grand Prize Winner Ashley Newman.
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Running program in separate X display
It may often be handy to run some program in separate X display. I.e. 3D games for gaining performance, or making alt+tab-style switching possible with ctrl+alt+[F7-F12].
The simplest way would be:
xinit appname -- :10
Basic script
But if you have ~/.xinitrc in place, you should use full path to app to override it. Also there can be some environment variables and X options to pass. So the smart way would be to pack it all into a wrapper:
#!/bin/bash # calculate first available VT LVT=`fgconsole --next-available` # calculate first usable display XNUM="-1" SOCK="something" while [ ! -z "$SOCK" ] do XNUM=$(( $XNUM + 1 )) SOCK=$(ls -A -1 /tmp/.X11-unix | grep "X$XNUM" ) done NEWDISP=":$XNUM" if [ ! -z "$*" ] # generate exec line if arguments are given then # test if executable exists if [ ! -x "$(which $1 2> /dev/null)" ] then echo "$1: No such executable!" # if running from X, display zenity dialog: [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] || zenity --error --text="$1: No such executable!" 2> /dev/null exit 127 fi # generate exec line EXECL="$(which $1)" shift 1 EXECL="$EXECL $*" EXECPH="" # prepare to start new X sessions if no arguments passed else EXECL="" EXECPH="New X session" fi # if runing from X, display zenity dialog: [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] || zenity --question --title "Launch?" --text="Will launch \"$EXECL$EXECPH\" tty$LVT X display $NEWDISP Continue?" 2> /dev/null || exit 1 echo "Will launch \"$EXECL$EXECPH\" on tty$LVT, X display $NEWDISP..." [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && sleep 1s # This flag is used for indication of unaccessible or broken DRI. # It is set, for example, when using fglrx+compiz-manager. # Some games will refuse to start if it is set. # Unsetting it should not do any harm, and can be useful. unset LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT ########################################################## # main execution xinit $EXECL -- $NEWDISP vt$LVT -nolisten tcp -br & ########################################################## # set our new dislplay DISPLAY=$NEWDISP # wait some time for X to load sleep 4s # then we set useful parameters # disable non-linear mouse acceleration xset m 1 0 # disable hard-coded default 10m screensaver xset s 0 0 # while X is running, persistently do something useful # i.e. prevent apps from enabling mouse acceleration and screensaver while xset -q > /dev/null do xset m 1 0 xset s 0 0 sleep 3s done wait sleep 5
General principle: set variables before xinit line, and xset parameters after.
Save it as /usr/bin/xrun or better as /usr/local/bin/xrun (if you have /usr/local/bin/ in your $PATH)
After that launching app in separate X display should be as easy as typing
xrun appname
remove lines containing zenity, if you do not have zenity installed.
Permission problems
Since consolekit 0.4.3 and later no longer changes ownership of tty device occupied by X, fgconsole will not work from X session. To work around this, add yourself to tty group.


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General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) is a wireless data communication service that transfers data at a rate of up to 40-50Kbps, a similar access speed to a dial-up modem. It permits continuous connection to the Internet for mobile phones and higher data rates allow for the use of multimedia applications such as web sites viewing on mobile handheld devices. Other features provided through the use of GPRS are e-mail, video streaming, multimedia messages and location-based services. GPRS is based on Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication, which runs at speeds of up to 9.6 kilobits, and is available on almost all GSM networks.
GPRS is an efficient way of sending and receiving small bursts of data, such as e-mail and Web browsing, in addition to receiving large volumes of data.
EGPRS (Enhanced GPRS or EDGE) is an enhanced version of GPRS and uses a different type of technology. It allows GPRS transfers of approximately three times faster.
Capabilities Available With GPRS
- Connect to office or personal email accounts to get email as it arrives
- Browse the Internet on the mobile phone
- Synchronize cell phone and office calendar
- Download ringing tones, graphics, and games
- Play online games
- Send and receive Multimedia Message Service (MMS) messages
- Use mobile phone as a modem to connect a laptop to the Internet
- Use Java based applications that require a network connection
- Chat using instant messaging
- Transfer data up to three times faster with an EGPRS (Enhanced GPRS) phone
GPRS Classes
There are three GPRS classes which help indicate the capabilities of a mobile phone.
- Class A
Class A mobile phones can be connected to both GPRS and GSM services simultaneously.
- Class B
Class B mobile phones can be attached to both GPRS and GSM services, using one service at a time. Class B enables making or receiving a voice call, or sending/receiving an SMS during a GPRS connection.
- Class C
Class C mobile phones are attached to either GPRS or GSM voice service. One needs to switch manually between services.


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|December 4, 2012, 12:31 AM
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TV and Movie Cops and Guns
So why is it that every TV and movie cop in the whole world immediately puts their finger in the trigger guard every time they pick up a gun, even if it's just to look at it. I'd think the film industry weapons people would know that that is not a real world cop and teach their actors better.
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|December 4, 2012, 01:54 AM
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For the same reason the guns continue to go bang after the slide locks back?
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|December 4, 2012, 02:03 AM
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Ignorance. I was working with a vet actor who said that he was being told to hold an AR15 by both the pistol grip and forward grip while running full sprint in tactical gear. Mind you the forward grip was at the /end/ of the handguard rail
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But the old me met me with a sign that read: "Welcome back."
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|December 4, 2012, 06:02 AM
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For the same reason they get 20 shots out of a 10 round magazine. They get at least 12 out of a 6 shot revolver. lol
|December 4, 2012, 09:04 AM
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They are actors. In their world style triumphs over substance every time.
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It make the show or movie more dramatic if the gun is constantly in shot and waving about. This is why I can't watch most movies anymore, that are gun related, I just end up getting annoyed.
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Sometimes, they do. I clearly heard mine do it as I slid off a gravel road one time. Most of the time though, if they do, we don't hear it.
One thing that really bugs me is how all the empty guns go "click, click, click" after they run dry. Not just DA revolvers, but everything! Clearly Hollywood knows that when you pull the trigger, a gun goes "click" if it doesn't fire. Every gun,every time....
All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.
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In Hollywood's defence: Sheriff in Aliens Vs Predator Requiem has finger on slide when investigating a parked truck. In the Way of the Gun, the gun work seems quite realistic.
(if it wasn't, keep it to yourself: I really like that film and don't want the illusion ruined... thank you!!)
Aside from that, yes agree with the OP!
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Most of this stuff doesn't really bother me, but I saw one the other day where the detective pulls out his GLOCK then a second later you hear him cock the hammer.
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I seen a movie recently where two guys came in on another and they both pulled revolvers and you heard them both ka-chink and chambered rounds.
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Just seen one yesterday where a group of training FBI agents were at an indoor shooting range and as the camera panned through each actor firing their large caliber pistols, not a one of them showed any sign of recoil. I wish it was that easy.
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A tad off topic, but I'd like to see a law that would make it illegal for anti-gun actors to be able to EVER use or touch a firearm in any movie. Sure would make for some "interesting" movies ... and fewer of them too!
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I always find it hilarious finding such goofs.
My favorite so far is in The Walking Dead. Now this is my favorite series on TV right now next to Southland...in the very first episode, Rick tells a deputy to make sure he "had a round in the chamber, and the safety off". Of course, the safety was on, so the deputy audibly clicks it off.
Which would be fine, if it weren't a standard Glock 17
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I watched an old Columbo film last night. The bad guy used a .38 special revolver with a silencer. Sure enough, when fired it just went "Phhhht" with no audible sound...
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Yeah that walking dead episode where he took the safety off of a glock is hilarious.
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Another goofy issue is I can't count how many times cops pull there weapons out of holster then have to rack a round into the chamber. Where in the wrold are all of these crazy cops who don't carry their weapons with rounds in the chamber?
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And then there is the opposite, the totally unexpected good gun handling.
For no ulterior motive whatsoever I was watching a Jack Lemmon movie 'How To Murder Your Wife' (and I was watching it with my wife, so there!).
Jack Lemmon plays a cartoonist that draws a secret agent comic strip but he acts everything out in real life that he draws.
In getting ready to go out on a caper his butler hands him his snub nosed .38 and the very first thing Lemmon does with no fanfare or comment is swing out the cylinder to check the load.
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Same reason that actors can cock Glocks, continue to shoot on an empty mag, fire 346 rounds without reloading (unless it's convenient), and disassemble a Beretta 92 one-handed via some manner of ninja voodoo.
Might also be the same reasoning behind movie cops shooting fleeing suspects, last I knew that was a no-no.
It's showy, flashy, and exciting, especially considering that the a lot of the people who enjoy the movies are not really gun people.
Me? I try to ignore all these things and just enjoy the show or movie. If you're calling out everything that was done wrong after every movie shoot-out, it won't be long until no one wants to watch with you anymore
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I was catching up on the Walking Dead over the past week (don't worry, not going to turn this into a Zombie thread), and one of the episodes, might have been the first in Season 3, not a single gun had any recoil. It was very difficult for me to suspend my disbelief.
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Did you ever see anyone in a movie or on television have an accident with a gun? Of course, that never happens in real life, either. Or how about this: the person shooting either runs out of ammo or it jams, which seems to happen a lot, too, and he just throws the gun away, not necessarily at the other guy. Only the bad guy does that!
As far as sound goes, most, but not all, of the audio in movies is added after the fact because of technical reasons. Mostly it is just voices that are recorded. It took a while before they got that worked out, too. But that's why car engines often don't sound right and why lots of other sounds are never heard.
Now and then you will learn something that is surprising. Elmer Keith once mentioned something about how movies give a false idea of the capabilities of guns, particularly handguns. He said something about how hits are made by someone off camera using a rifle. I didn't believe him. Well, he was sort of correct, though I have no idea how he came by his information. I saw a photo of such a thing being filmed. The scene was probably being filmed in the 1940s or 1950s.
The scene was a close up. The camera and the actor were just a yard or two apart. As I recall, the actor was down on the ground (this was a Western). The camera was screened or protected by something like plexiglass. A man with a rifle was shooting into the ground just a few feet away, presumably to create the effect of a bullet striking the ground. I don't recall where I saw the photo but it was a very surprising thing. I doubt it would have been in a B movie because they were made on the cheap and they wouldn't have gone to the trouble. These days, the effect would have been achieved in other ways, of course, and there's always the special effects that weren't even around 30 years ago. I must try to find that scene.
In older movies one does see empty cases being ejected from lever action rifles but these days you don't even see that.
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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – For the first time since April 21, the Chicago Fire scored the first goal of the game in a 3-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Sunday. And also for the first time all season, they won by multiple goals.
But most importantly for the Fire in their convincing win was that they won for the first time since May 23, breaking a three-game losing streak – which included a 3-2 US Open Cup loss to PDL side Michigan Bucks – and vaulting them into fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
"We challenged ourselves not to go down a goal," said midfielder Patrick Nyarko, who had a goal and an assist. "Because of the bad run we had before the break, we couldn't let it continue. We had no excuses today. We're not tired, we came back from the break refreshed, and I think that's what the guys showed out there."
On Saturday against Columbus, the Fire will make a run at another first – their first winning streak of the season.
"I think overall, from start to finish, it's better," head coach Frank Klopas said. "Now we have to continue to build. It's on to the next game. The important thing is that we're all focused on reaching our goals in the end. This is behind us. Fantastic. Very good victory. Now back to work."
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With 18,526 fans in attendance at Toyota Park for Sunday afternoon's game, the Fire notched their highest attendance total in seven home games this season.
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October 29, 2009Affton, Blue Springs, Branson West, Harrisonville, St. Louis, Sullivan & Waynesville License Office Contracts Awarded
JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Jay Nixon's reformed bidding process for local motor vehicle and license offices has resulted in the awarding of seven more license office management contracts to a combination of new and current agents.
"In the past, license offices were given out at the Governor's discretion, in many cases to his political allies," Gov. Nixon said. "Now, an open and transparent competitive process is used, and professional evaluation teams award the bids based on financial efficiencies and customer service. This new system promotes innovation, and opens up the potential management of these offices to anyone who is willing to submit a quality bid."
The seven offices awarded today are in Affton, Blue Springs, Branson West, Harrisonville, St. Louis, Sullivan and Waynesville. All of the offices will remain at their current locations except in Sullivan.
Bidders also have the option of returning a portion of the office's revenues to the state. Six of this week's winning bidders will return some of their revenues to the state. The cumulative amount of funds that will be returned to the state in the first contract year from the 127 offices that have been awarded so far under the new bidding process is $688,383.
The Affton License Office has been awarded to a new agent, The Lavin Co., LLC. The company is associated with Patrick J. Murphy and his son, James W. Murphy, both of St. Louis County. The elder Murphy is a businessman who previously assisted his wife in the operation of the Bridgeton License Office. The winning bid was one of four submitted. An 8 percent ($22,478) return to the state was included in the bid. The office is located at 9503 Gravois Rd.
The City of Blue Springs will continue to be the agent for the Blue Springs License Office. The city has been the agent since 1975, and its winning bid was one of three that were submitted. The office is located at 903 Main St., and a 3 percent ($12,444) return to the state was included in the bid.
The Branson West (Lakeview) License Office, located at 11016 E. State Highway 76 (Suite 35) in Branson West, has been awarded to a new agent, BT Express. The company is associated with Barbara Ghan, who is the current interim agent at the Branson License Office and has past experience with the South Fremont Office in Springfield and the Republic License Office. The winning bid was chosen from two that were submitted. A 2 percent ($2,567) return to the state was included in the bid.
Red Moon Enterprises, LLC has been named as the agent for the Harrisonville License Office, which is at 2773 Cantrell Rd. The company is associated with Tracy Zahnd, who has been the incumbent agent since 2007. Red Moon is also the agent for the Parkville License Office. Red Moon's winning proposal was one of three bids for the office. As part of its bid, Red Moon will return 5 percent ($10,904) of the office's estimated first-year revenues to the state.
The South Kingshighway License Office in St. Louis management contract has been awarded to South Kingshighway Services, LLC. The company is associated with Damir Huskic, who has been the incumbent agent since 2005. The company's bid was one of four submitted. A 5.2 percent ($20,380) return to the state was included in the bid. The office is located at 4628 S. Kingshighway Blvd.
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The Waynesville License Office, located at 209 North St., has been awarded to a new agent, the Pulaski County Growth Alliance. The group, located in Waynesville, promotes economic development for the Pulaski County area. The group's winning bid included a 5 percent ($11,556) return to the state. The winning bid was one of four submitted.
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Although Gov. Nixon authorized the Missouri Department of Revenue to implement the new bidding system in January, it didn't become part of state law until legislation was signed by the Governor this past summer. The new law was overwhelmingly approved by both Republican and Democratic members of the Missouri Legislature.
Of the 127 offices awarded so far, 72 have gone to incumbents or been awarded to relatives or groups associated with incumbent agents. Fifty-five of the offices have been awarded to new agents. Of the 183 total offices, bidding has closed on 181, and two remain open. For a list of winning bidders for license offices, please go to http://oa.mo.gov/purch/awardedfeeoffices.pdf.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Friday it has not changed its stance on letting tax rates rise at year-end for high-income Americans, despite comments from Vice President Joe Biden in Thursday night's debate that seemed to suggest a shift.
"Our position on the Bush tax cuts has not changed," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters on Friday, referring to the expiration in 2013 of tax cuts enacted a decade ago under Republican President George W. Bush.
President Barack Obama, a Democrat, favors letting the Bush-era rates expire for families making $250,000 or more. For these taxpayers, income above that level would be taxed at 36 percent and then, if their income reaches another threshold, at 39.6 percent under the Obama plan. That income is now taxed at 33 percent and 35 percent under the Bush-era rates.
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Biden's mention of $1 million as the cut-off threshold for Obama's policy - rather than $250,000 for families or $200,000 for individuals - may have been unintentional.
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There is support among Democrats in Congress - especially those from states with high costs of living - for setting the cut-off higher, which would mean raising taxes on fewer people.
In May, House of Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi floated a plan to raise taxes on million-dollar earners. This caused a stir as a retreat from the $250,000 level.
Democratic Senator Charles Schumer said on Tuesday that he would prefer next year's tax increase start with million-dollar earners. But now he has sided with the Obama administration's $250,000 level.
"The president felt very strongly about it," Schumer said at a news conference, adding: "I am not going to create an internecine fight" over the threshold.
A source with knowledge of discussions among senators on fiscal issues told Reuters last week that a deal that would extend the Bush-era tax cuts for everyone except those making more than $1 million could have enough support to pass the Democratic-controlled Senate.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added that there was "no way" the Republican-controlled House of Representatives would go along.
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The violent attack, which left McShane with brain injuries and in a wheelchair, took place three years ago on April 23 2010, in Bucktown, Chicago. The Chicago Tribune reported on Monday that a trial date for this vicious assault with a baseball bat has finally been scheduled.
The prosecution said Cruz (28) waited in the van while Viramontes (34) allegedly used a baseball bat to beat McShane and her friend front behind. The young friends were heading home after a night of celebration after McShane had had her internship in Chicago extended.
The 23-year-old Irish exchange student was left in a coma, with brain swelling.
Now, three years on, McShane is at home in Silverbridge, County Armagh, living with her family. Her father Liam has mixed emotions about court case. He said, "I know it will bring back memories that I don't want to remember."
It's going to have to come someday, isn't it? It'll be good to have it over and done with."
When McShane returned to Ireland in July 2010 she had made improvements and was beginning to walk, talk, and feed herself. However, McShane contracted an infection during her hospital stay in Northern Ireland when she was having part of her skull replaced. This infection brought on seizures and she took a turn for the worse.
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Her father told the Chicago Tribune, "I'd love to tell you she's doing a lot more things. Just hopefully, there's no more setbacks."
In the past few months her parent says they've heard her whisper "yes" and "no" but Liam added, "You can see her taking things in. But it is hard to know how much she understands."
Her grandmother Bernadette McShane spoke about the frustration of the last three years. She said, "It's very, very disheartening to see the way she's been left after three years. What's is more disheartening is the way the legal system is dragging its heels in bring the case to closure."
She continued, "It's her who has been left with a life sentence. She was a great girl, very friendly, awful nice to people.
"She was my eldest grandchild, and she worked so hard to do so well at school. It's just a shame that everything has been cut so short."
Despite this terrible situation, Liam says his daughter rarely sheds a tear. He said, "It's only the very odd occasion that you see tears. When I see that, I just go over her and say, "You're okay. You're okay'. I'll say 'You will get better.' I'll constantly tell her she will get better."
A local bar manager, Brian Burrow, has maintained contact with the other victim, Stacy Jurich. Although Jurich was also beaten, she managed to wave down a cab who alerted the authorities.
Burrow said that three years on Jurich "wants to move on, talk about happier things."
Viramontes and Cruz both face 25 felony charges including robbery, aggravated battery, and attempted murder.
CBS Chicago reports that, "The alleged assailants had come to Bucktown with the intention of robbing someone because Viramontes needed quick money and drugs, and Cruz allegedly suggested targeting the 'drunk a**holes coming out of the bar,' prosecutors said after the defendants were charged."
Cruz's mother, Adelaida Perez (54) said that while she's nervous she will "accept whatever punishment is given" by the courts.
Perez added, "I feel bad because I am a mother and I put myself in those girls' moms' shoes. They are suffering, this is terrible. I do not agree with what happened...I wish I could wake up out of this nightmare."
In court on Monday, Viramonte blew kisses to his family in the gallery. Cruz looked "small and frail" reported the Tribune.
Her father Edwin Cruz (55) said, "I wish the best for Natasha and Stacy. They were innocent victims."
He said Cruz is "remorseful. She cries and says, 'Mom and Dad, I'm sorry. I should have listened to you.' It's too late now."
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Goat cheese, or as the French say it, Chèvre (shev) is a deliciously tangy addition to almost any dish and is perfect eaten simply with crusty bread or fruit.
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Police say a 23-year-old man was fatally shot early Friday after confronting the uniformed officer.
Investigators say the man was riding in a vehicle that may have bumped with another in the drive-thru area.
The officer initially spoke with the driver of one of the vehicles and told him to turn off the engine. A police statement says that vehicle's front passenger then got out and flashed a gun.
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Evicted Orange County housewife, Lynne Curtin, is now being accused of looting. Evidently Lynne was not only renting her home, but also some of the furniture in it. Lynne and her family moved out of their evicted home days ago.
The actual homeowner/landlord claims the Curtins stole a bookcase, credenza, armoire and a glass shelf — worth around $5,000 — and reported the alleged thievery to Laguna Beach Police Department Friday.
The homeowner also alleges the home's carpet was trashed, there were holes in the walls and the travertine tub was damaged.
In a statement to TMZ, the homeowner says, "I am blown away that grown people can behave this way. They have daughters, how can they seriously think they are setting an example."
TMZ is also reporting that this isn't the first time the Real Housewives of Orange County star and her family have been evicted. Documents were dug up from 2003 that shows the Curtins were kicked out of a home for owing that homeowner: $9,104, an amount they allegedly never paid.


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I was chatting with Dennis O'Neill, the Business Growth Coach the other day, who told me how he'd spent a weekend prior. He was expecting company that weekend, and had planned to visit a number of wineries, take some winery tours and enjoy some fine Niagara vintages with his guest. A few days before his guest was to arrive, he had another, less welcome visitor show up.
Gout is a particularly unpleasant condition where deposits of uric acid collect in a joint - often in the foot. The crystals irritate the crystals in the joint and cause pain, inflammation and swelling. It's not fun, and in Dennis' case, it was not at all enjoyable because it looked like his weekend was going to be ruined.
Dennis knows a woman named Catherine Bradley, who he met through IdeaShare Niagara. If you haven't heard of her, she's a practitioner of Heilkunst. If you haven't heard of Heilkunst either, you're not alone. A completely unscientific poll of people I know demonstrated that the knowledge of Heilkunst in Niagara is virtually nil. That's okay though, because now you know about it and you know about Catherine. You might want to give her a call in the event something ails you.
Catherine had a chat with Dennis about his gout and suggested that he add something to his dietary regimen to help him quickly alkalize his body. That something was lemon juice. I've heard having lemon juice in warm water in the morning is a great way to start the day. I didn't hear that from Catherine. I think I heard it from Craig Bowman, who's a nutritionist I know, and who wrote an article about the acid/alkaline balance in the body. Anyway, Catherine suggested to Dennis that since he felt his gout was coming on quickly, he should fight back just as hard with lemon juice: one glass of lemon juice and water for every waking hour. So that's what Dennis did for the next three days.
The result? On the day his guest arrived, he went on a couple of Niagara winery tours and had a great time. Walking wasn't a problem that day and that evening, Dennis and his guest spent a few hours enjoying the fruits of their wanderings by enjoying the great weather and some fine Niagara wines on Dennis' back deck. The next morning when Dennis met his regular walking group, he said it was like he'd never had gout, and it was wonderful.
It's nice to hear stories like these. People in Niagara helping other people in Niagara. There are so many bad news stories out there. I don't particularly care to know about the latest drug bust or stabbing or traffic fatality. I know they happen, but that's not the kind of information I want to be filling my consciousness. If I'm going to have to expose myself to bad news, I also want to hear stories of hope, success and healing. Niagara's a wonderful place with great people. Those are the kind of Niagara stories I want to hear and plan to share.
Do you have some good news stories about great people in Niagara? Share them with me and I'll help share them online.


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To some of us, these problems are occasional and to others
they are all too common. The good news is that you won't die from it, but the bad news is that sometimes you feel like you are experiencing a slow and painful death.
Although we may want to curse at our digestive tract, the fact of the matter is that our digestive symptoms are actually defenses of the body in its best efforts to defend and heal ourselves. The symptoms that we experience may not always feel like they are healing us, but these symptoms are our body's efforts to defend ourselves against poisons in our food, against substances to which we may be allergic, against overdosing on too much food or drink, against the stresses that we experience before, during, or after eating, or simply against unknown fac tors that affect the digestive processes.
There's an old television commercial from the 1960s in which a person is talking to his stomach. His stomach was expressing concern about the way that the man was treating it and then even asks the man to become more sensitive to its problems. Although most people don't talk to our stomach, our stomach do talk to us...through various symptoms.
It is sometimes perfectly clear what it is saying ("Stop eating." "Stop eating certain things." "Stop eating so late at night." "Chew your food more thoroughly." "Eat in an relaxed environment."), and sometimes (perhaps often), people know what their stomach is saying and simply refuse to listen or learn. At other times, it is difficult to know what our digestive system is saying or why.
What Homeopathy has to Offer
Actually, before considering homeopathic medicines, it makes sense to sit down and have a heart-to-heart (or stomach-to-per son) talk with your digestive system. See what you can learn. Experiment with whatever changes make sense. Observe yourself.
If this doesn't bring adequate results or if you would like to know if something (perhaps anything) can help strengthen your system so that you can have your cake (or whatever) and eat it too, here's when you might consider using homeopathic medicines.
First of all, it is important to say that medical care
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Although homeopathic medicines may also be useful in such situations, it is generally best if these potentially more seri ous conditions be treated by a professional homeopath. Profes sional homeopathic care should also be sought if homeopathic self-care is not effective in treating a person's more mild symptoms or when these remedies are effective, but the symptoms continually return.
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Sept. 8, 2006
Santa Clara, Calif. - With a pair of goals in both halves, the No. 12 ranked Santa Clara Broncos rolled past No. 18 Saint Louis University 4-1 on Friday night at Buck Shaw Stadium. Four different players registered goals for Cameron Rast's squad as the team improved to 4-0-1 on the season, while St. Louis dropped to 1-2-1.
While the Billikens started out with good possession in the early going, it was the home team that got on the board first as Aaron Clubb netted his first goal of the season and second of his career in the 30th minute. Matt Marquess picked up the ball at midfield and lofted a long cross into the box. As St. Louis goalkeeper Nick Billman rushed out of his net, Clubb out-leaped his defender and flicked the ball over the goalkeeper and into the empty net for a 1-0 lead.
Jide Ogunbiyi and Keith DeVey combined for a spectacular goal just seven minutes later to give SCU some breathing room. After just stepping onto the field as a sub, Ogunbiyi took a throw-in from freshman Chris Sauter and whipped a perfect cross into the box. DeVey got free and drove a volley past Billman and into the net for his first of the year. DeVey now has 15 career goals as a Bronco, moving him one step closer to the all-time top-10 in school history.
Things got worse for the Billikens early in the second half as Rob Viviano picked up his second yellow card of the match and was sent off leaving St. Louis with only 10 players and 40 minutes to go.
Despite being down a man, St. Louis nearly came back to within a goal on two occasions. On the first, Joseph Buttita came up big with a save on Dado Hamzagic in the 56th minute to keep his shutout intact. 10 minutes later, Calum Angus shot just high to preserve the Broncos two-goal margin.
Amaechi Igwe put the game out of reach with a spectacular goal with under 20 minutes remaining. Picking up the ball on the left side of the field, the Belmont, Calif. native unleashed a rocket that beat back-up goalkeeper Ross Kaufman high to the near post. The freshman sensation now has two goals in 2006.
Captain Peter Lowry provided the icing on the cake as his free kick from 30 yards sailed over Kaufman's head and into the net for an insurmountable 4-0 lead. A late goal by Scott Wisniewski provided the Billikens with some consolation, but the Broncos cruised home with the win.
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text: Luc, The ARISS VHF/UHF antennas were funded entirely by AMSAT-NA and some volunteers. Would you you like to join the ranks of those who contributed? If so you know how to contact Martha. What are you implying here? Of course you seemed to miss the part about the V and U antennas and the "and volunteers" as opposed to the L& S antennas which were a separate project conducted by the ARISS Europe team. The L & S antennas were especially difficult since they had to withstand the launch environment of the Shuttle payload bay. I think the ARISS Europe team overcame very difficult obstacles including technical and financial. They are to be commended for their work and tenacity. The operative thing here is performance and achievement rather than talk. On Nov 26, 2009, at 5:21 AM, Luc Leblanc wrote: > On 25 Nov 2009 at 23:50, Bob- W7LRD wrote: > > Date sent: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:50:37 +0000 (UTC) > From: Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd at comcast.net> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Iceland!! > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org > >> >> >> Hello all AO-7 fans >> >> I just recently worked Ari-TF3ARI. After several emails and a few false starts we connected on old AO-7. > The footprint from TF will cover most of the U.S.! Another good reason to get on old AO-7! >> I'm sure he will eventually get to meet most of the "regulars". >> >> >> >> 73 Bob W7LRD >> Washington State AMSAT area coordinator >> > Hi Bob > > i'm asking myself a couple of questions that i will share with you all. > > We can all deduct from your experience that a higher orbit increased the earth footprint. Adding more and more low orbit sat will not help > any US continental operator to extend their contact zone beyond North America condemning them to continental QSO'S. > > When AMSAT-NA Says "We're Going Back to Space to add to the popular low-earth orbit FM transponder fleet" are they misleading their > membership or are they using the wrong words? as the definition of "popular" is something favoured by an individual or limited group does > not implies it is so popular for the vast majority of another group. > > If this "Going back to space" is only mean "allowing hams to continue to use their existing handheld and portable antenna systems" > regardless of their communication range. It should also be stated clearly. As it was written on the AMSAT-NA web page "This also continues > the accessible entry path for new satellite operators to get started." it should also be clearly stated it will be not only an accessible > entry path but the only one path for them condemning them in an "entry class" forever when they are used to world-wide contacts on HF and > or DSTAR. > > If the attraction pole is only focused on an entry class satellite and on the the replacement of the existing FM satellites fleet who are > starting to show their age. can we say it is a poor man choice? Yes it's fun to chase grids and roving along the roads making them > available but fox hunting can be as rewarded too as geo caching is! What is the next step after the "entry class"? The void? > > Any short term vision can only lead to short term endeavour, it's a way to buy some time making by analogy a bunch of people playing in > their small backyard where there is only one 2 places swing set. It is a disaster recipe in a small backyard full of children developing > more frustration than the playing benefits. Can we extend this analogy to this "Going back to space" IMHO a bad choice of words. > > Again it is only my own questioning triggered by an already existing world-wide class satellite project called P3E. There is no mention of > it in this AMSAT-NA going back to space new deal as if they are in a closed shell or as they are shrinking on themselves. It is a sign of > the time it is so nice in our lazy boy the easy way some will probably says the only one way depending of their state on mind and will. > > BAD WORDS CHOICES... > > Speaking of bad words choices what about the new Ham Antenna Installed on the ISS Columbus Module quote "Lou congratulated the team, "This > is an example of what can be achieved by volunteer hams working closely with a space agency. This antenna project was funded entirely by > AMSAT-NA" > > That's fine but i remember sending some $$ in 2007 as donations where urgently Needed to Get ISS Columbus Module Amateur Radio-Ready. At > the time they called for money quote "The total project cost is 80,000 Euros (approximately $106,500). Amateur Radio on the International > Space Station (ARISS) Vice Chairman Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, says a payment of 9000 Euros (approximately $12,000) is due this month. ARISS- > Europe remains 4000 Euros (approximately $5330) shy of that goal, however, and time is short to have it in place. > > You can read the whole article on: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/03/21/100/?nc=1 > > > A bank account was also open: > > "Bank Account Established > > AMSAT-Belgium has set up a bank account to receive donations toward equipping the module with the necessary ham radio antennas. " > > Is the money goes into the bit bucket? How someone representing ARISS can say "This antenna project was funded entirely by AMSAT-NA" An > explanation is in order here by the writer or by some official in the ARISS group? Again it's not a question about misleading the crowds > but a question of basic plain honesty... ARISS is an international funded group if one of their members wants to get all the credit fine > but a minimal amount of respect should not be mandatory to have a leading position at ARISS? > > > I already wrote on the same subject but ARISS or AMSAT-NA remain strangely silent even if i posted the text on AMSAT-EU satellite group a > loud silence remain on this subject. Could be some are sleeping on the switch could be this jolt will awaken them? > > In short WHERE MY MONEY GOES? the amateur satellite community is asking for money in a constant and quite aggressive way some times is it > too much asking to know what they do with theses donations? as someone in US says only AMSAT-NA is paying for the antennas!!! > > > > > "-" > > > Luc Leblanc VE2DWE > Skype VE2DWE > www.qsl.net/ve2dwe > DSTAR urcall VE2DWE > WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE > > > > ---- > Sent via sarex at amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex Lou McFadin W5DID ARISS US Hardware manager


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Services for disabled children are under review as Derbyshire County Council tries to save £157million over the next four years.
Next Tuesday, councillors will be asked to agree to consult on a number of proposals, including ending one-off funding for summer play schemes for disabled children and stopping short-break grants to youngsters aged five to 17.
Councillor Kevin Gillott, the council's deputy leader and cabinet member for children and young people, said he was having to think the "unthinkable".
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"However, no decisions will be taken until we've had the chance to speak to families and we're keen to hear their views." If agreed by cabinet, a consultation would take place during autumn 2014. A council spokesman said: "These proposals would not affect vital services the council must provide to give essential support to families of disabled children and young people with the highest levels of need to enable them to care for their child at home.


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I doubt that MSOffice ODF will make a difference. ODF was not designed to be compatible with MSOffice, and conversion from native binary to ODF will result in a serious loss of fidelity and business process markup. If the many ODF pilots are an indication, the real killer is that application specific processing logic will be lost on conversion even if it is Microsoft doing the conversion to ODF. This logic is expressed as scripts, macros, OLE, data binding, media binding, add-on specifics, and security settings.
These components are vital to existing business processes. Besides, Microsoft will support ISO 26300, which is not compatible with the many aspects of ODF 1.2 currently implemented by most ODF applications.
The most difficult barrier to entry is that of MSOffice bound business processes so vital to workgroups and day-to-day business systems. Maybe the report is right in saying that day-to-day business routines become habit, but not understanding the true nature of these barriers is certain to cloud our way forward. We need to dig deeper, as demonstrated by the many ODF pilot studies.
The report, "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: The Microsoft Word Love Story," by analyst Sheri McLeish, suggests that businesses may still be using Word because it is familiar to users or because they have a legacy investment in the application, not because it is the best option.
"Because Word has become so entrenched in the enterprise in the last 25 years, organizations cannot easily move off of it," she wrote. "So despite the noise made by the new Web-based authoring tools -- most of which are free for a limited number of users -- they have failed thus far to realize enterprise adoption."
I wonder if Forrester is capable of determining when it is that necessity becomes habit? Or is it a matter of convenience? The evidence is clear from the many ODF pilot studies that it is the MSOffice bound business processes that are the impossible barrier. Years of client/server development around the Microsoft Office productivity environment has left Microsoft owning the "client" in "client/server".
No doubt these desktop bound business systems will transition to the Web. The productivity gains of doing so are extraordinary. The question is, will this transition be done through a "replacement" of MSOffice and the surrounding productivity environment? Or will it be a gradual re-purposing of that environment?
The ODF pilots scream loudly that rip-out-and-replace efforts are costly and disruptive. Which leaves us with this sad observation: if OpenOffice can't crack into existing MSOffice bound workgroups and workflows, then neither can the Linux Desktop.
Massachusetts and California determined from their ODF pilots that the only reasonable way forward was that of "re-purposing" MSOffice, moving to open and Web ready document formats using the same route that Microsoft used to transition to OOXML-XAML: the Microsoft Compatibility Pack ( a plug-in to MSOffice editors).
Replace or re-purpose? Unfortunately for Google, Zoho, BuzzWORD and other Web centric replacement efforts, there is still the workgroup problem of costly disruption. The truth is; conversion breaks documents. And does so at both the fidelity level and, most importantly, at the business process level.
Still, there is no reason for a non workgroup user to not move immediately to OpenOffice or Google-docs. HTML-CSS/JSSS is the most ubiquitously interoperable format ever to reach critical mass. For MSOffice bound workgroups though, HTML-JSSS is not an option. Microsoft has made sure of that. Instead, Microsoft offers users a very high level transition from binary to OOXML to XAML "fixed/flow". XAML is of course the proprietary Web format/layout model that is part of the platform specific Windows Presentation Foundation.
Users of MSOffice can of course choose Open Web formats, protocols, and interfaces; but at the cost of breaking both document fidelity richness and, the complex-compound business process richness of workgroup documents. Reuter's Rule: conversion breaks documents! Still, MSOffice users do have the choice between broken but Open Web compliant document formats, or, rich, compound business documents useful across the emerging sprawl of the MS WebStack-Cloud-RiA model.
One of the problems Microsoft Web competitors face is that there is no barrier to Microsoft's embracing Open Web productivity with proprietary formats, protocols and interfaces. Yet these same competitors are totally locked out of the MSOffice bound business system transition to anything other than the MS WebStack-Cloud-RiA model.
Does the Open Web even have a worthy alternative to XAML "fixed/flow"? I would argue that the WebKit layout and document format model is certainly rich enough (edge running HTML5-CSS3-JS-SVG-DOM2). But they still can't penetrate those MSOffice bound business processes!
Time to concentrate on Open Web re-purposing of MSOffice. Where's wiki-WORD when you really need it?