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Economy: Asia lifts global outlook
China unexpectedly posted its first trade deficit in three years in February as imports surged far more than expected to feed a construction boom. As David Pollard reports, it's helped boost the global economy which is also seeing sgins of strength many did not expect.
Lion dances and temple offerings are supposed to bring good luck for the Chinese New Year. And in February, may have brought some surprise economic figures. China posting its first trade deficit in three years - imports surging 38 per cent year on year ... But exports down over one per cent - in part, it's thought, to a week-long holiday shutdown by Chinese factories. It may soothe tensions with the US over China's long-standing surpluses - at a time when the government has reduced its growth outlook. Premier Li told policymakers on Sunday they were targetting around 6.5 per cent this year. (SOUNDBITE) (English) HEAD OF CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT, 7IM, JUSTIN URQUHART STEWART, SAYING: "China with its trade deficit you have to put in context with the big Congress meeting at the moment carrying on, the People's Congress, and their view in terms of slowing down expectations in the economy. But not by very much - bringing it down by a very small proportion. This economy is still going to be growing at the size of Argentinian GDP every single year." Japan's economy also enjoyed some better fortune .... Growth in the fourth quarter revised up from one per cent estimate to 1.2. Capex grew at its fastest in almost three years - welcome news for policymakers as they think about how to wind down years of massive stimulus. Though the ruling party this week backed a longer term in office for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - the champion of exactly that stimulus. (SOUNDBITE) (English) HEAD OF CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT, 7IM, JUSTIN URQUHART STEWART, SAYING: "The chances therefore of turning off the taps, I think that's not going to be the case. That's probably still going to continue for the time being. Why? Because as far as he's concerned, the job's only half done. He needs more yet." And the data does show no growth in private consumption - around 60 percent of GDP. In January, Japanese households cut spending for the 11th straight month.

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January 20, 2009 the inauguration of Barry Sotoero as
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We shall weep together as thugs & thieves steal America by a rigged election they falsely call
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The whole world, but the American people know that the slickest coup d'etat in history happened. January 20, 2009 begins the rule of oppression.
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"Daily Show" Does Gaming Debate Justice
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While the mainstream media continues to provide clueless coverage of the on-going violent videogame debate, Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" has done a stellar job of mocking the entire violent videogame congressional hearings. The show did a liveshot with reporter Samantha Bee from San Andreas, complete with videogame violence blasting in the background. While this short segment was hilarious, it was just part of a show that focused on videogame violence by taking short video bites of politicians talking about videogames. It was these short clips that showed the true colors of politicians, who clearly have no idea what a videogame is today or what the age demographic of gamers actually are.
With new violent videogame bills being passed in states like Louisiana and Oklahoma, this issue isn't going to go away. But it's also never going to be covered objectively by members of the mainstream media. Whether the reporting is coming from the Republican-owned Fox Newschannel or the more liberal MSNBC, or somewhere in the middle, the reporters don't actually know anything about videogames outside of the clips they've seen of violence. The politicians grandstanding about how bad games are speak from these same clips. It's not like anyone is actually playing these games.
I've been working with NBC's Liz Crenshaw for the past seven years on a regular series of videogame segments that air each summer and every Thanksgiving. Liz is up-front about the fact that she doesn't know videogames, which is why she brings me up to Washington, D.C. as the "expert" to talk about new games. She's a pleasure to work with and she's seen the positive side of the majority of non-violent games that are out there.
You won't find this kind of honesty when it comes to most mainstream reporters. After all, they often know everything, whether it's videogame violence or weapons of mass destruction. (I spent seven years working in D.C. as a video editor with most of the major networks, including Fox Newschannel.)
So it was refreshing to see Jon Stewart take these reporters and politicians to task with his show. It's obvious from the writing that the producers of that show understand videogames. And that allowed them to create humor around what is a ridiculous situation.


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We Have Been Abandoned By Our Own Country
"Bureaucracy has
committed murder here in the greater New Orleans area, and
bureaucracy has to stand trial before Congress now. "
You have to watch this video to understand,
how little regard our government has for the welfare of its own
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Jefferson Parish President
Broussard, let me start with you. You just heard the
director of Homeland Security's explanation of what has
happened this last week. What is your reaction?
MR. AARON BROUSSARD: We
have been abandoned by our own country. Hurricane
Katrina will go down in history as one of the worst storms
ever to hit an American coast, but the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina will go down as one of the worst
abandonments of Americans on American soil ever in U.S.
history. I am personally asking our bipartisan
congressional delegation here in Louisiana to immediately
begin congressional hearings to find out just what
happened here. Why did it happen? Who needs to
be fired? And believe me, they need to be fired
right away, because we still have weeks to go in this
tragedy. We have months to go. We have years
to go. And whoever is at the top of this totem pole,
that totem pole needs to be chain-sawed off and we've got
to start with some new leadership.
It's not just Katrina that caused
all these deaths in New Orleans here. Bureaucracy has
committed murder here in the greater New Orleans area, and
bureaucracy has to stand trial before Congress now.
It's so obvious. FEMA needs more congressional
funding. It needs more presidential support.
It needs to be a Cabinet-level director. It needs to
be an independent agency that will be able to fulfill its
mission to work in partnership with state and local
governments around America. FEMA needs to be
empowered to do the things it was created to do. It
needs to come somewhere, like New Orleans, with all of its
force immediately, without red tape, without bureaucracy,
act immediately with common sense and leadership, and save
lives. Forget about the property. We can
rebuild the property. It's got to be able to come in
and save lives.
We need strong leadership at the
top of America right now in order to accomplish this and
to-- reconstructing FEMA.
MR. RUSSERT: Mr. Broussard,
let me ask--I want to ask--should...
MR. BROUSSARD: You know,
just some quick examples...
MR. RUSSERT: Hold on.
Hold on, sir. Shouldn't the mayor of New Orleans and
the governor of New Orleans bear some responsibility?
Couldn't they have been much more forceful, much more
effective and much more organized in evacuating the area?
MR. BROUSSARD: Sir, they
were told like me, every single day, "The cavalry's
coming," on a federal level, "The cavalry's
coming, the cavalry's coming, the cavalry's coming."
I have just begun to hear the hoofs of the cavalry.
The cavalry's still not here yet, but I've begun to hear
the hoofs, and we're almost a week out.
Let me give you just three quick
examples. We had Wal-Mart deliver three trucks of
water, trailer trucks of water. FEMA turned them
back. They said we didn't need them. This was
a week ago. FEMA--we had 1,000 gallons of diesel
fuel on a Coast Guard vessel docked in my parish.
The Coast Guard said, "Come get the fuel right
away." When we got there with our trucks, they
got a word. "FEMA says don't give you the
fuel." Yesterday--yesterday--FEMA comes in and
cuts all of our emergency communication lines. They
cut them without notice. Our sheriff, Harry Lee,
goes back in, he reconnects the line. He posts armed
guards on our line and says, "No one is getting near
these lines." Sheriff Harry Lee said that if
America--American government would have responded like
Wal-Mart has responded, we wouldn't be in this crisis.
But I want to thank Governor
Blanco for all she's done and all her leadership. She sent
in the National Guard. I just repaired a breach on
my side of the 17th Street canal that the secretary didn't
foresee, a 300-foot breach. I just completed it
yesterday with convoys of National Guard and local parish
workers and levee board people. It took us two and a
half days working 24/7. I just closed it.
MR. RUSSERT: All right.
MR. BROUSSARD: I'm telling
you most importantly I want to thank my public
MR. BROUSSARD: ...that have
worked 24/7. They're burned out, the doctors, the
nurses. And I want to give you one last story and
I'll shut up and let you tell me whatever you want to tell
me. The guy who runs this building I'm in, emergency
management, he's responsible for everything. His
mother was trapped in St. Bernard nursing home and every
day she called him and said, "Are you coming, son?
Is somebody coming?" And he said, "Yeah,
Mama, somebody's coming to get you. Somebody's
coming to get you on Tuesday. Somebody's coming to get you
on Wednesday. Somebody's coming to get you on
Thursday. Somebody's coming to get you on
Friday." And she drowned Friday night.
She drowned Friday night.
MR. RUSSERT: Mr.
MR. BROUSSARD: Nobody's
coming to get us. Nobody's coming to get us.
The secretary has promised. Everybody's promised.
They've had press conferences. I'm sick of the press
conferences. For God sakes, shut up and send us
MR. RUSSERT: Just take a
pause, Mr. President. While you gather yourself in
your very emotional times, I understand, let me go to
Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi.
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As Sony soaks up the Tokyo Game Show spotlight, Microsoft was quick to boast its gaming accomplishments thus far including the most played games over Xbox Live.
According to Microsoft, more than 11.6 million Xbox 360 consoles have been sold (either to retail or to consumers), this despite multiple reports suggesting that Wii has overtaken total Xbox 360 sales with fewer than 11 million units sold.
Regardless, gamers buy more software for the Xbox 360 than for PS3 and Wii combined according to NPD, and Microsoft said Xbox 360 owners buy an average of 6.3 games per console, more than either PS3 or Wii.
Additionally, Microsoft reports 7 million Xbox Live members (including free silver accounts) and expects that number to reach 10 million by the end of June 2008. The average Xbox Live Gold subscriber has 23 contacts in their friends roster, according to the company, and there are more than 250 games available for Xbox 360, 86 of which are Live Arcade titles.
Microsoft also released the following most popular games on Xbox Live.
The top 10 games played over Xbox Live worldwide were:
1. Halo 2
2. Gears of War
3. Hexic HD
4. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
5. Call of Duty 3
6. Call of Duty 2
7. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 3
8. Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
9. Crackdown
The top 10 arcade downloads worldwide:
1. Aegis Wing
2. Uno
3. Texas Hold 'em
4. Geometry Wars Retro Evolved
5. Bankshot Billiards 2
6. Street Fighter 'II Hyper Fighting
7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 Classic Arcade
8. Worms
9. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
10. Contra
The top 10 demo downloads worldwide:
1. Crackdown
2. Lost Planet E3 2006
3. Dead Rising
4. BioShock
5. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
6. Forza Motorsport 2
7. Sonic the Hedgehog
8. Saints Row
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I love to cook, but there are days when I'm just too tired or busy to do much. Today was one of those days, so I turned to a long-time staple here at Magic Cove: sautéed chicken breasts. Nothing is faster or easier to do.
The chicken, start to finish, took about 20 minutes. In the meantime, I made pan-roasted potatoes at the same time, heated some peas (my family will only eat the canned baby ones, the heathens) and finished a partially pre-baked garlic knot loaf from Fresh Market (a total cheat). I was maybe in the kitchen 30 minutes, tops, and had a beautiful and (relatively) healthy meal on the table in no time.
Sautéed Chicken Breasts
For the chicken:
1 T. organic butter
1 T. good olive oil
Three to four organic chicken breasts
Sea salt
Freshly ground pepper
For the sauce:
2 minced garlic cloves
2 T. minced onion
1/3 cup white wine (I had a partial bottle of Pinot Grigio in the frig, so that's what I used)
Juice of one lemon
2 T. organic butter
Fresh chopped parsley
For the chicken: Heat the butter and olive oil in a large heavy skillet over medium heat. Lay down the chicken breasts, sprinkle with salt and pepper, then turn so they are coated with the fat. Sprinkle the other side with salt and pepper. Cook, turning once, until they are lightly browned on both sides.
You don't want them too dark. See that pretty color?
When the chicken is browned, cover the pan, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, turning occasionally, until just barely shy of done (done will be 180ºF on an instant-read thermometer, so shoot for about 170ºF). Remove the chicken to a plate and cover to keep warm.
Increase heat to medium. In the pan juices that remain, add the garlic and onion and sauté until soft. Add the white wine (if you are not accustomed to cooking alcohol over heat, especially gas, please remove the pan briefly from the heat to do this; I don't want to hear it's my fault you have no eyebrows). Bring the sauce to a boil and boil until slightly reduced. Add the lemon juice, then swirl in the butter. Cook until slightly thickened.
Add the chicken breasts back to the pan and cook in the sauce, turning occasionally, until cooked through and the chicken registers 180ºF on an instant-read thermometer. Remove the chicken to a platter, pour the sauce over and sprinkle with parsley (for me, a matter of stepping out my back door to the bodacious herb garden Grillmaster D planted for me). Serve hot.
* This is my favorite sauce for sautéed chicken breasts, but the possibilities are endless.
* A lot of people like to pound their chicken breasts thin before cooking, but we prefer them unpounded. Just remember that if you do, you will have to adjust your cooking time accordingly.
* I love lemon passionately, so this is a fairly tart sauce; however, if you are not quite the lemon lover, you can reduce the amount of lemon juice called for or substitute chicken broth for the wine.
~ Tiffany


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Alex Chacon has just finished the adventure of a lifetime — and he has a mesmerizing selfie video to prove it.
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I am so happy that I finally managed to reach my yearly goal of reading 50 books. I read almost 25,000 pages of science fiction and fantasy in 2015. Shit, I'm such a geek. Ladies and gentlemen… my own personal Hugo Awards for books I read this year.
The Best Three Books I Read in 2014
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Simple, beautiful book that everyone should read. It made me cry.
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
Super amazing book, beautiful plot, genius science.
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
This series should be a classic. It's very well written, the characters are so rich, and the plots are fun.
The Worst Three
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Elric Saga by Moorcock, Michael
So dull.
Among Others by Jo Walton
I hated hating this one, because I love Jo Walton's articles.
Books I Couldn't Complete
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
I've never been able to finish any of his books.
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Sorry, Ray! This was awful.
Biggest Disappointments
Shards of Honour by Lois Bujold
I've heard so much about the Vorkosigan Saga and I was so excited to read it… unfortunately, the books are crap.
Gateway by Fredrik Pohl
It could have been a very good book, but it was empty.
Gardens of the Moon by Erikson, Steven
I've been looking forward to this one for years.
Most Creative Plot
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Beautiful book!
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
I really enjoyed this classic — scary, fun, and fast-paced.
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
Loved this one.
All the Books I Read in 2014
- The Book of the New Sun by Wolfe, Gene
- Flowers for Algernon by Keyes, Daniel
- Sunshine by McKinley, Robin
- The Road by McCarthy, Cormac
- The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) by King, Stephen
- Magician's Gambit (The Belgariad, #3) by Eddings, David
- Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut, Kurt
- Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1) by Bujold, Lois McMaster *
- Queen of Sorcery (The Belgariad, #2) by Eddings, David
- A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) by Vinge, Vernor
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Clarke, Susanna
- A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2) by Vinge, Vernor
- Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1) by Butcher, Jim
- Among Others by Walton, Jo
- First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6) by Butcher, Jim
- Cursor's Fury (Codex Alera, #3) by Butcher, Jim
- A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth, #1) by Anthony, Piers
- Captain's Fury (Codex Alera, #4) by Butcher, Jim
- Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5) by Butcher, Jim
- Academ's Fury (Codex Alera, #2) by Butcher, Jim
- Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2) by Gabaldon, Diana *
- Outlander (Outlander, #1) by Gabaldon, Diana *
- Gardens of the Moon (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1) by Erikson, Steven
- The Gods Themselves by Asimov, Isaac
- World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Brooks, Max
- Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1) by Paolini, Christopher
- Eldest (The Inheritance Cycle, #2) by Paolini, Christopher
- Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3) by Paolini, Christopher *
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- Cryptonomicon by Stephenson, Neal
- The Martian Chronicles by Bradbury, Ray
- The Elric Saga Part I (Elric Saga, #1-3) by Moorcock, Michael
- The Magicians (The Magicians, #1) by Grossman, Lev
- The Magician King (The Magicians, #2) by Grossman, Lev
- The Magician's Land (The Magicians, #3) by Grossman, Lev
- Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1) by Lawhead, Stephen R.
- The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1) by Dashner, James
- The Death Cure (Maze Runner, #3) by Dashner, James
- The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner, #2) by Dashner, James
- Merlin (The Pendragon Cycle, #2) by Lawhead, Stephen R.
- A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) by L'Engle, Madeleine
- Arthur (The Pendragon Cycle #3) by Lawhead, Stephen R.
- The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) by Abercrombie, Joe
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- Last Argument of Kings (The First Law #3) by Abercrombie, Joe
- Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles #11) by Anne Rice
- The Andromeda Strain by Crichton, Michael
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Fifty pages into the Japanese book Shakespeare and Baseball, and I've discovered that baseball's roots lie in a small village in England, where maidens milking cows often threw pepples at the neighbouring farmers as they passed on by.
I think.
The danger when attempting to read anything above the alphabet in a foreign language is that there's a great possibility, if not probability, of totally misunderstanding what you've read.
The first part of the book traces the origins of baseball itself from varius games involving hard round objects that were created by peasants in England. Now I'm at the part where British folks are coming over on the Mayflower, and introducing various forms of these sports to the Yanks. And, at some point, the game of baseball as we know it was created; I just haven't got to that part yet.
How all this ties into Shakespeare, I have no freakin' clue.
But the author seems to be having a good time. As I mentioned before, when the Japanese pursue something, they pursue it, and the author mentions how he was invited to a modern-day simulation of one of the old, British-style games, this one reenacted by folks in seventeenth century outfits somewhere in New England. And, sure enough, there's the author, in a black-and-white photo, grinning broadly, surrounded by fellow sporting enthusiasts. He is pursuing his passion, and it shows.
What I like about attempting to read a foreign language is that you feel like you earn every word you comprehend. Every idea that seems to make even a fair bit of sense by the time you finally reach the end of a sentence is a cause for internal celebration. Unless I'm reading science stuff, or math stuff, reading English itself rarely feels like work; it's a groove I get into, period. But reading Japanese is so damn hard, and takes so damn long, that I feel almost, well, proud of finishing a page. It's actually quite a feeling, becoming a little bit literate after years of work. I still move my lips when I read Japanese, but that, too, is something I enjoy; I feel myself trying, and in this modern, media-blitzed age of inertia, actually feeling something is not a quality one should dismiss so easily.
So, I'll keep plugging away at it. I'm gradually realizing that this is a book about baseball, more than Shakespeare; scanning the author's credits, I see that he's also written Japanese books about Babe Ruth and the old Negro Leagues, so that's obviously his forte. Yet I can sense where the book is leading; an examination of how games and stories migrated, shifted, changed forms.
Like the reading of the language itself, that's only my 'sense' of things, and the book could quite likely change course and go in a radically different direction.
If it does, I might not understand completely where it's going, but getting lost in translation along the way will be half the fun.


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This week, we've been up near Fort Worth taking photos for our upcoming DogTipper's Texas with Dogs book. We spent much of our time at the area's state parks but dogs aren't permitted in shelters and cabins in Texas state parks. Since we don't have an RV or trailer (and, in the 100+ degree temps, we weren't about to pitch a tent), we stayed at an area hotel.
We're happy to say that our stay went great, and we enjoyed it as much as we believe Irie and Tiki did. Much of our success, we think, was due to some careful packing before this and other overnight excursions we take with the dogs. Along with other items we packed for the trip including food, water, and bowls, we packed some items specifically for the hotel room. We count these among our must-have items when staying in a hotel room with your dog:
- A bedsheet. Irie and Tiki sleep with us at home so, of course, we planned for them to sleep with us at the hotel. However, we didn't want to leave dog hair or paw prints on the linens so we brought a bedsheet from home to put over the bed. Although the hotel bed didn't include a comforter, if it had, we would have removed it before allowing the dogs on the bed. If your dog doesn't sleep with you, consider what you'll bring for your dog's bedding. (Some hotels have loaner beds.) We love molly mutt, a dog duvet you can stuff with your dirty clothes on the road–or borrow the hotel towels–to create a bed for the night.
- Poop bags. Bring them. Use them. Be a good ambassador for dog travelers and make the hotel glad they are pet-friendly!
- Clean up products. Along with a roll of paper towels in our car, we also carry stain and urine remover products, just in case. We like the Rug Doctor Urine Eliminator Wipes and Rug Doctor Spot and Stain Wipes; the packets of pre-moistened towelettes are easy to carry and, most importantly, they work. We didn't have a pet deposit at this hotel but did at our last hotel–where Tiki vomited and created a stain that we used the wipes to clean. We got our pet deposit back!
- Chews. Stress in a new location is a lot easier to handle with a favorite chew! We always purchase ones that our dogs have had before so we're not worried about upset tummies.
- Toys. The comforting smell of home and the fun of a plush toy are soothing for dogs in a strange hotel room, too. We brought a Hear Doggy toy from Quaker Pet Products; we love these toys because the squeaker is ultrasonic. Not only can WE not hear it, but we don't have to worry that the next hotel room or people in the hallway can hear it. (And we don't have to hear it squeaking in the car!)
- A Lint Roller. Just as with the bedsheet, you want to do everything you can to leave the hotel room fur-free. A quick once-over with a good lint roller can remove any trace that your furry family member was in the room!
- A White Noise Machine. For years, we traveled with a separate white noise machine; it masks hall sounds and will help keep your dog from barking. Today we have a free white noise app on our smartphones and it works great to lull everyone to sleep and keep exterior noises out of our room.
If you'll be leaving your dog unattended in your hotel room (permitted at some but not all hotels), you'll also need to pack a crate. We don't leave our dogs while we're traveling so we don't pack this.
A few minutes of pre-trip planning can help make your hotel stay a paws up experience for you and your dog!


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Voter ID laws: Will new rules keep voters from the polls?
Fourteen US states have introduced voter ID laws designed to prevent fraud in November's elections. In Pennsylvania, critics claim the restrictions will keep people from the polls, especially poor and minority voters.
The woman filling out forms at a driving licence office in Philadelphia has such poor vision that she had to hold the clipboard an inch from her face to sign her name.
Luckily, Helen Gray is not here to get permission to drive.
"God help us all if she gets on the road," says Gretta Harris, who accompanied her.
A new state law passed this spring requires voters to show a photo ID at the polling station before they can cast a ballot. Gray is here to get one so she can vote in November's presidential election.
Though about 60% of Pennsylvanians approve of the law, it has drawn the ire of voting rights activists and election observers.
They worry the law places an undue burden on people trying to exercise a constitutional right. And they fear the relatively short time between the law's passage and the election leaves thousands of voters at risk of being disenfranchised.
"This law was implemented way too quickly," says Zack Stalberg, CEO of the Committee of Seventy, a Philadelphia non-partisan group that says it works for effective, efficient government.
"The rules are fuzzy."
For most Americans, photo ID is a part of everyday life. One is needed to enter bars, buy cold/flu medicine, board an airplane, and more.
Yet as many as 11% of American adults go through their daily lives without one, according to the Brennan Center at New York University.
"Increasingly, people are able to operate without IDs and be productive members of society," says Keesha Gaskins, senior counsel in the Brennan Center's Democracy Program.
Gray has an old driving licence, long expired. With no intention of getting on the road, she saw no reason to renew it - until now.
So she and Harris spent two hours one morning waiting on the plastic chairs at the motor vehicle office.
Poorer Americans living paycheck to paycheck find it difficult to get the time off from work to spend hours waiting to see a clerk, says Gaskins.
"Often it takes four, five, six hours, or one or two trips," she says.
About 500,000 Americans live more than 10 miles from the nearest ID centre but do not own cars, Gaskins says. And many facilities keep an 09:00-17:00 schedule without weekend hours.
"You've got all these situations that pile on top of each other that can make it really difficult for someone who is working hard, trying to provide for their family, to take time off to get an ID," she says.
The Committee of Seventy and others brought a lawsuit challenging the law. It is currently making its way through the state court system.
This week a judge will decide whether or not to delay the law from taking effect until after the election.
While the high court ruled the state has the right to regulate elections, the plaintiffs asked a lower court to determine if the law's speedy implementation leaves too many people unable to cast a vote.
Since the court challenge, the state has made it easier for voters to get the necessary ID.
Voters who were born in Pennsylvania no longer need to provide an original copy of a birth certificate. Registered voters can also obtain an ID that can be used to vote but not to board an airplane or buy alcohol.
And some counties are preparing to issue their own IDs at senior care facilities.
"State agencies have really been working together to make this a smooth process," says Matthew Keeler, spokesman for Pennsylvania's Department of State.
At the Philadelphia motor vehicle office facility, Albert and Elbert Green, retired twin brothers from West Philadelphia, have been waiting three hours to update their IDs.
"We use ID for everything, not just for voting," said Elbert Green. "Cashing checks, identification."
They learned about the law from their senior centre and had easy access to the voter centre from public transportation.
To the law's supporters, cases like that of the Green brothers show it is not overly burdensome to get an ID, and that if voting is important enough, a voter should take the time to comply with the new law.
But that, says Gaskins, is not the point.
"Voting is a constitutional right," she says.
"Should we require ID from people who don't have it in order for them to exercise a fundamental constitutional right?"


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JARON TYREE GRADEv.STATE OF MARYLAND
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Bell, C.J.
Jaron Tyree Grade v. State of Maryland,
No. 16, September Term, 2007.
Opinion by Bell, C.J.
The defendant has a right to be present at all stages of trial. Maryland Rule 4-326 further provides that any communication between a juror and the court must be disclosed to the defendant in a timely manner, so that the defendant can provide input on the communication before the court takes action on the information received.
Bell, C.J. *fn1 Raker Harrell Battaglia Greene Wilner, Alan M. (Retired Specially Assigned) Cathell, Dale R. (Retired Specially Assigned), JJ.
The issue in this case is whether the trial court's substitution of a juror with an alternate, without having first notified counsel of the juror communication that prompted that action and sought counsel's response or input, violated Maryland Rule 4-326 (d). Because Rule 4-326 (d) vindicates the well-established right of a defendant to be present throughout the trial, including during jury deliberations, we shall hold that, under the facts of this case, it did.
Jaron Grade, the petitioner, was charged with, and, on December 3, 2004, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County of, two counts of first-degree murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime. He was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences and a consecutive twenty year term of imprisonment. He contends that the trial court's replacement of a juror with an alternate juror without the knowledge or acquiescence of his counsel was a violation of Rule 4-326 (d) and, therefore, reversible error.
On December 2, 2004, before adjourning for the day, the court inquired of the jury as to its preference with regard to when to begin deliberations, either immediately or on the following day, and whether any one of them had "any problem with being back" the next day. Having ascertained that the jury's preference was to begin deliberations the next day and acquiescing in that preference, it being satisfied that no juror or alternate had "any problem" with coming back, the court addressed the jurors and the alternates as follows:
"THE COURT: What I am going to ask you to do is this: As to the alternates, I am not going to excuse you yet, because something [could] happen with one of the regular jurors before deliberation begins tomorrow morning. I am going to ask you all please to come back tomorrow morning[.] When everybody gets here, I will excuse the alternates at that time, but please be back tomorrow. . . . Thank you.
"Do not begin to discuss anything with anyone yet. Do not begin deliberating until you get back together and everyone is here. I will ask you to come back, if you can come back earlier than 9:30. It might be helpful because it could be sometime while you are out deliberating. I would like to get started as early as possible, 9:15 or something like that works.
"All right. Please report to the jury room [then] at 9:15 tomorrow. Thank you."
The jury and the alternates thereafter were excused. The court then addressed counsel with regard to the next day's procedure:
"THE COURT: I will, of course, do what I just said I would do tomorrow morning, make sure we have twelve jurors here and ready to deliberate before deliberations begin, and I will excuse the alternates then.
"MS MEAD [Defense Counsel]: When do you want us here tomorrow, judge?
"THE COURT: Good question. I would think that you ought to be available not later than ten, I would think, because things will get started by that time. There may be questions and problems arise.
"MS MEAD: I will plan on being here at ten. Your law clerk has my cell phone. I will give him my cell phone and home number. I will probably be here earlier, but if he wants to call, if something else comes up."
When counsel arrived at court the next morning, they were informed of the court's communication with a juror and the action the court took in response to that communication:
"THE COURT: Here is the situation . . . . Okay. Just a matter of substituting a juror. I want to put it on the record what happened, we got a call about 20 after 9, 9:25 from Juror number 10, indicating she had an emergency of an undisclosed nature and she would at least 10:30 or later getting here, so I made a decision I would like to run by counsel. Nobody - Garrett was available, you were not here, so we seated Alternate Number 1 in lieu of Juror 10. They began deliberations about 9:30 . . . . I'm sorry I couldn't bring it to your attention, I wanted to make sure I did as soon as possible . . . . As far, as substitution of alternates were ...
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When a new baby arrives, Dudley misses special time spent fetching and playing ball with his family in this brief, predictable tale.
"Life [is] good for Dudley." He takes long walks with his "parents," plays ball in the park and sleeps in their bed. Everything changes when Baby arrives. Dudley misses playtime and walks, and his delicious homemade food has been replaced with kibble. Most of all, he's confused why the new baby gets all the attention: "After all, she was loud and smelly!" With saccharine predictability, "Dudley learned that Baby was not just a house guest, but a new member of his family." The characters are as plain as a vanilla wafer and never utter a word in direct dialogue (except for some jealous dogs in the park). The digital illustrations are inconsistent; Labradoodle Dudley is attractively drawn, but the human figures suffer from unnatural shading and coloring. Readers will be happier with a humorous approach like Emily Jenkins and Pierre Pratt's That New Animal (2005) or catchy writing like Kathi Appelt and Kelly Murphy's Brand-New Baby Blues (2010). It's also not really clear who the audience is; most books that place pets in a new-baby scenario clearly aim to give children a nonthreatening character to relate to, but this app actually appears to be targeted to dogs.
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Kids. They are our pride and joy, but they can wreak havoc on our homes. Especially our carpets. Whether it is a leaky diaper, juice from their sippy cups, or crayons and markers used to create the masterpieces that we hang on our fridges, some of the worst stains our carpets sustain come from our kids. This blog post will present ways to protect your carpet from your kids.
- Create a no-shoe rule. If you start this when they are young, they will grow up with the habit and it will be more likely to stick. Shoes track in all sorts of things that are hard on carpets, and kids' shoes track in even more. You can prevent this by having all shoes removed at the door. Another way to help prevent the things that get tracked in is by using door mats.
- Vacuum often and get your carpets cleaned regularly.
- Consider scotchguarding your carpets. Much like the paints that you can use for your wall that let you just wash off the marker or crayons, scotchguard, or similar products, can help your carpets resist the stains from spills that inevitably will occur.
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Thunderscorpions comic blog will no longer be posting. I hope that someone enjoyed my content, if only one person did then it would be worth it to me. comics are a great passion of mine and I would like to thank you few that read my work I appreciate you giving me the time of day we are living in evil times and I wish you all the best of luck, don't give up on what you believe in and don't let others make you feel bad about your passions to quote Trigun-"this world is made of love and peace"-
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You think you have a lot of motorcycle, car and boat stuff in your garage? No, you don't.
That's what Nils and Jahn Ehlers will tell you, anyway. Their father, "Mean" Marshall Ehlers, recently passed away, and they're finding out what it's like to suddenly get a lot of stuff. How much stuff?
"Half a city block" is the short answer they'll give you, as they stand inside the 12,000-square foot warehouse owned by their dad for almost 30 years. It's just part of Mean's empire, a piece of property buried deep in the last six industrial blocks of West Oakland that consists of warehouses, shacks, shipping containers, cars, boats and other large objects that you could probably see from space.
The senior Ehlers moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1970s, no doubt drawn by the politics, food, culture, and awe-inspiring motorcycling opportunities. A child of the '60s, Marshall made no bones about the partying and drug use that accompanied the motorcycle scene in the '70s. He didn't just absorb the madcap fun of the times, he helped create it.
"It started one evening in 1975," wrote Ehlers in 2011 about starting San Francisco's famous Easter Ride, a tradition that continues to this day. "Start with motorcycles, add a few drinks (or a lot), toss in the available drugs and close all of the bars in the East Bay. Now where do we go? What do we do? We know we're not ready for sleep and can't leave one another's company, yet. There's got to be somewhere to go or something we can do to keep this going."
That something has seen as many as 500 motorcycles roaring up Mount Tam at 5am Easter morning, yet another thing that makes the Bay Area motorcycle scene so unique.
Mean worked as a painter and other jobs, but motorcycles, especially old British ones, were his passion. When Triumph shut down in 1982, Marshall opened Mean Marshall's motorcycles on San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley to fix his beloved rides when factory support abruptly disappeared. Over the years, Marshall used his connections in the Brit-bike community to acquire and expand his inventory, collecting hundreds of thousands of parts from Johnson Motors (the Triumph distributor that shut down in '82) and 10 other shops. In 2011, Mean told me he had enough NOS parts to assemble 300 complete bikes.
"He inventoried everything himself, it was in his head," recounts Marshall's younger son, Nils Ehlers. "He could look at a part and give you a part number – it could be a spacer, a washer, whatever." His customers loved him. 'Mean' was an ironic moniker, as Marshall was anything but, and his busy little shop built a reputation for good work and parts availability.
Still, if you've ever had the bittersweet experience of working in the motorcycle industry, you'll know that it's tough to make a solid, secure living, and by 1998 Marshall closed the moto shop to focus on his far more lucrative love: dismantling and fixing Mercedes-Benz cars and limousines. By then, Mean had purchased a full city block of West Oakland, a desolate, dangerous and dirty place in the 1990s, an abandoned tractor-trailer factory that would be perfect for all of Mean's projects.
One day around 1991, Mean got a call from his friend Bud Ekins, the legendary stuntman, restorer and friend of Steve McQueen. "Marshall!" yelled Bud into the phone from his North Hollywood shop, "Go empty your bank account."
"Why?" Marshall yelled back.
"Because you're coming down here and buying my bikes!" Ekins needed some fast cash, so Marshall bought a lot of about 30 bikes for a bargain price. They were probably all interesting, but Marshall had plenty on his plate at the time, so he parked them in warehouse, a future font of projects, parts or quick cash.
Every so often, a customer would look at one of the bikes, a badly painted 1949 Triumph Trophy, and say, "Hey! That looks like the bike Fonzie rode in Happy Days!" It did, but it had different handlebars, so Mean shrugged it off.
Then, one day in 2000, Cycle World editor Wendy Black called him up and told him that the Trophy was, indeed, one of three bikes used as props (Henry Winkler, who played the iconic motorcycling character, was deathly afraid of riding) in the hit show. When his century-old shop building needed a new roof in 2011, Marshall decided it was time to cash out. The bike went to Bonham's, and Mean's empire could keep operating, at least for a little while longer.
Nils and Jahn told me that's how he did things, keeping rare boats (he loved old Chris Crafts and other wooden boats), Mercedes and more than 100 rare British bikes, selling off a prized jewel every so often to keep things going. "It was his retirement plan."
Marshall was a tireless do-it-yourselfer, perhaps to a fault. The 12,000 square foot warehouse, with 30-foot ceilings, needed a roof, but he hated to pay others to do something he could figure out. He hired roofers, watched them do about a quarter of the job, and then sent them packing.
"He went, bought the equipment, then did the rest himself," recalled Nils. That may have been his downfall. With just him and his sons doing the work a crew of six would normally do, the chain-smoking elder Ehlers very possibly worked himself to death. At 65 years of age, he was breathing toxic tar fumes and balancing himself on precarious ladders, slaving away in the baking East Bay sun. The boys knew there was no point in talking him out of it.
"Nobody could tell him what to do or how to do it, and the moment you tried you were going to lose."
They mostly finished, but decades of smoking and breathing other toxic fumes from his various professions and passions had done their cruel work. Mean developed COPD, a respiratory illness, and of course ducked treatment as long as he could. Even in his last days in the hospital, hooked up to IVs and ordered to bed rest, he would pull out the tubes and try to get away, saying, "I gotta get back to work!" He passed on May 1, 2017.
He left some huge shoes for his 19 (Nils) and 22-year old (Jahn) sons, but they seem to possess the same can-do attitude of their old man. The estate is worth many millions of dollars, not just in rare merchandise, but also in the half-block of land in one of the hottest markets in the country. But they're not interested in selling.
"This was our playground [growing up]" says Nils. "We fell in love with this place. We're going to keep building, keep renovating." They will focus on Silver Star motors, the Mercedes business, but plan on someday reopening Mean Marshall's, as they both love riding and fixing Triumphs as much as their dad.
His legacy is in good hands, but I'll miss Mean. He always had time to chat, loved motorcycles, and made an impact on many people's lives. I can't imagine how much Jahn and Nils will miss him.
"Some days are harder than others," Jahn told me. "We expect to see him every day, with his coffee cup and cigarette."
I know they'll do great things with the shop, but it's an uncertain business and the vintage motorcycle scene gets smaller every year. Still, I know that Mean will be with us as long as there are people in the Bay Area riding, creating adventures and stories, stories Marshall would love to hear.
Gabe Ets-Hokin is a famed Irish poet and playwright, known for writing the play O'Flanagan's Extra-Sad Funeral and the book of poems titled Tragic Sadnesses Troubles. He lives in Dublin with his Irish setter, Cassandra, who is afflicted with Seasonal Affective Disorder.


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India's power back on, for now
(CBS/AP) NEW DELHI - India's top electricity official says power has been restored across the country after a major system collapse led to the worst blackout in history.
An estimated 620 million people were without power after India's northern, eastern and northeastern grids cascaded into failure Tuesday afternoon.Electricity workers struggled throughout the day to get power back to the 20 affected states. They restored most of the system in the hours after the crash. (Click at left for a full report on the outages)
Power Minister Veerappa Moily told reporters Wednesday morning that power had been fully restored.
The government has ordered an investigation into what caused the crisis.
Moily said he did not want to point fingers. Other officials said the crisis might have been caused by states drawing too much power from the grid but some analysts dismissed that explanation.
"I just can't believe that there is no system in place to check whether the states are drawing more than their limit or not," said Samiran Chakraborty, head of research at Standard Chartered, a financial services company. "There has to be a much more technical answer to that question."
At a contentious news conference, R.N. Nayak, chairman of Power Grid Corp., which runs the nation's power system, said his staff was searching for the cause of the problem and pleaded for patience.
"We have been running this grid for decades. ... Please trust us," he said.
The blackouts came amid consumer anger with the recent increase in power fees, including a 26 percent hike in Delhi, that government officials said were needed to pay for the steep rise in fuel costs.
The Confederation of Indian Industry said the two outages cost business hundreds of millions of dollars, though they did not affect the financial center of Mumbai and the global outsourcing powerhouses of Bangalore and Hyderabad in the south. Like many, the group demanded a widespread reform of India's power sector, which has been unable to keep up with the soaring demand for electricity as the economy expanded and Indians grew more affluent and energy hungry.
"India has outgrown its own infrastructure," said Jagannadham Thunuguntla, a strategist at SMC Global Securities.
India's Central Electricity Authority reported power deficits of more than 8 percent in recent months, and many economists said the power deficit is dragging down India's economy.
"Without power we cannot run an economy at 8 percent, 9 percent growth or whatever your ambition is," Chakraborty said.
Part of the problem is that India relies on coal for more than half its power generation and the coal supply is controlled by a near state monopoly that is widely considered a shambles.
A recent survey showed nearly all the coal-fueled plants had less than seven days of coal stock, a critical level, said Chakraborty, and many of the country's power plants were running below capacity. Government bureaucracy has made it difficult to bring more plants online.
In addition, vast amounts of power bleeds out of India's antiquated distribution system or is pirated through unauthorized wiring. Farmers, with a guarantee of free electricity that is driving many state electric boards to bankruptcy, have no incentive to conserve energy.
The power deficit was worsened this year by a weak monsoon that lowered hydroelectric generation, spurred farmers to use pumps to irrigate their fields long after the rains would normally have come and kept temperatures higher, keeping air conditioners and fans running longer.
While Indians were furious and embarrassed, many took the crisis in stride, inured by the constant - though far less widespread - outages triggered by the huge electricity deficit stymieing the development of this would-be Asian power.
"The blackout might have been huge, but it wasn't unbearably long," said Satish, the owner of a coffee and juice shop in central Delhi who uses only one name. "It was just as bad as any other five-hour power cut. We just used a generator while the light was out, and it was work as usual."


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While I can't stop playing "Otis" in the office, if you're looking for a new song to ride to this summer, look no further than the second single from Pusha T's upcoming release, Fear Of God Part 2: Let Us Pray, featuring Tyler, The Creator. Directed by Decon's Jason Goldwatch, this may cause you to go out and buy a ski mask. With that said, check out the video below and make sure you watch the behind the scenes spot after the jump.
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Toys that Teach: 10 Sources for FUN Educational Toys
The best toys encourage a child's interests and give them the chance to be imaginative in their play. If you have a creative child or you've got one on your gift list, here are 10 places to look for toys that educate without being boring.
Community Playthings
This online catalog store is a resource for Montessori schools, so they carry a lot of toys meant to foster dramatic and imaginative play. Shop here for well-made play kitchens and craft tables. Shown: Woodcrest Kitchen, starting at $235.
Imagine Childhood
This online-only store sells toys that encourage imaginative play. They're particularly strong on outdoor and nature-inspired toys, like building blocks made from branches. Shown: Natural Branch Block Building Set, $30.
Blueberry Forest Toys
This online store specializes in classic toys made from natural materials. Shop here for handcrafted, high quality European toys, wooden toys, handmade dolls, and playhouses. Shown: Potholder Weaving Kits, starting at $6.
Craftsbury Kids
Their founder and president explains: "Our mission in life is to inspire children's imaginations, and encourage them to be themselves." Their products include a mix of handmade and well-crafted toys. Shown: Aromatherapy Play Clay, $24.
Nova Natural Toys and Crafts
Based out of Vermont, this toy company sells products that "encourage self-expression." Shop here for crafts, outdoor toys, science kits, books, musical instruments, puzzles, and blocks. Shown: Compass and Sundial, $22.
Crayon Rocks
These crayon rocks are "made from USA grown soybeans and colored with natural mineral powders." The shape is great for little hands and is "designed to strengthen the tripod grip muscles." Pricing starts at $7 per set of 16.
American Science & Surplus
This Chicago-based store has a website with a nice selection of science kits and lab supplies for older kids. They're also a good resource for crafts, DIY supplies, and out-of-the-ordinary containers. Shown: Sunprint Kit, $12
Clementine Art
Based out of Boulder, Colorado, they make organic art supplies packaged with recycled materials. Kits include modeling dough, paint, markers, crayons, crayon rocks, and even natural glue. Shown: Natural Gift Set, $40
Brooklyn 5&10.com
This online store has build-it-yourself kits for everything from flying pigs to medieval siege engines. (Most are pretty complex and would be better suited to older children.) This My Ukulele Kit ($40) lets a kid build their own wooden 4-string uke.
Wexner Center for the Arts
This Columbus, Ohio museum store is a surprisingly good resource for classic children's toys. They also have a great selection of unusual and beautiful books. Shown: The Art Book for Children, $20
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Swipe Right: The Improv Show
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Josh has been a part of the FBCTLH family since 1993 and joined our staff in 2008. As our Associate Pastor, he is leading our church during the interim and continuing to work with and equip young adults to make followers of Jesus who love God and love others. Josh also oversees the ministry of the Christian Life Center and our annual mission trip to Haiti.
Josh is married to Kendra, a native of Tallahassee, and they have six children: Grace, John, James, Joseph, Faith, and Sophia.
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"Murder in the First" 10 p.m., TNT Nearly 20 years ago, producer Steven Bochco launched a series that would tell the story of a single murder investigation and trial over the course of a season.
Serial stories were rare then, and despite heavy promotion and strong reviews, "Murder One" was a ratings flop, dying in its second season. Now, Bochco is bringing back the one-case-per-year concept with "Murder in the First."
Serial stories are old hat now; sadly so is most of the dialogue and plot in this series. "Murder in the First" plays a lot like an extended episode of "Castle" – minus the romance and jokes. Kathleen Robertson and Taye Diggs star as homicide detectives investigating a pair of murders in San Francisco. Their back stories are sad – she's a single mom, he's about to become a widower – and both feel welded on to the main story.
Their investigation points to – what else these days? – a newly minted Silicon Valley multimillionaire (Tom Felton), who is arrogant and quite possibly sociopathic. "Murder One" might have been groundbreaking, but after series like "The Killing" and "The Bridge," "Murder in the First" feels too old-fashioned.
Verdict: Skip that
"Louie" 10 and 10:30 p.m., FX "Louie" boasts the highest praise-to-audience ratio of any show; all its awards and critical acclaim haven't helped it net even 1 million viewers for a typical episode. It's easy to understand why people don't watch "Louie": It doesn't follow any sitcom conventions, doesn't shoot out snappy comebacks, doesn't provide any of the familiar comforts a television comedy is supposed to. It lacks a consistent tone or style, and entire sequences sometimes just don't work.
And yet Louis C.K.'s honest, insightful and frequently painful observations on modern life make it a show that hits tremendous highs. "Louie" is the work of an artist rather than an entertainer, a man doing his best to take what's inside his mind and put it on a television screen.
The seven-week fourth season concludes next Monday.
"The Bachelorette," 8 p.m. ABC The Hillary Clinton interview at 9 (and I'm writing nothing more about that topic; my voice mail can't handle that many calls) pre-empts the regular episode of "The Bachelorette." Instead, ABC is serving up a "special" that we presume will rehash the mortifyingly awkward season to date.
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So…no, Andrea, there is not one for 2008 NAIP…yet.
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[mailto:email@example.com] On Behalf Of David W. Wheelock
Hi Andrea,
SCI has had this up for several years. They got one of those GIS data grants to do it. We have to remind people about this every now and then for the new people.
If you're using ArcMap, you can add an ArcIMS map service layer from maps.scigis.com to ArcMap and view the quad maps and aerial photos directly without having to download any images from anywhere. To do this:
· Open ArcMap.
· Select Add data.
· Browse to GIS Servers.
· Select Add ArcIMS Server.
· Enter maps.scigis.com and press Enter.
· Double click on your new link to maps.scigis.com to view the available layers.
o OK_COLOR_DOQQ
§ 2003 NRCS color photography
o OK_DOQQ
§ 1995 USGS B/W photography
o OK_DRG
§ USGS 1:24K quad maps
o OK_Basemap
§ Statewide basemap of oklahoma including aerial pho
· Select the layer you want and press Enter.
· Enjoy.
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[mailto:email@example.com] On Behalf Of Crews, Andrea
Is there an ArcIMS map service that allows ArcMap direct access to OK's 2008 aerials yet?
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Of David W. Wheelock
TNRIS has an ArcIMS map service that you can access directly from ArcMap, just like the OK aerials, so you don't have to download the images. The server is sometimes a little shaky, so you might want to download them anyway.
The URL for the ArcIMS service is:
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Try the Texas Natural Resource Information System (TNRIS) at http://www.tnris.state.tx.us/ They have DOQs back into the 1990s up to the present for the entire state.
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Does anyone know of a good source for free Texas aerials?
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