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D'Alessandro: 'Casey At The Bat' given a new twist by N.J. baseball historian
Dave D'Alessandro | Star-Ledger Editorial Board
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Lawrence Hogan will share his version of "Casey At The Bat" at a symposium in Cooperstown, N.Y.
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On a Sunday morning in 1888, San Franciscans found a poem printed on Page 4 of the June 3 edition of the Examiner entitled, "Casey At The Bat, a Ballad of The Republic."
Written by the newspaper's humor columnist for $5, Ernest Thayer's poem wasn't instantly popular, but you've undoubtedly heard of it, which says something about its imprint on our national soul, 125 years after its publication.
You may not recall anything beyond the opening line ("The Outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day"), but your grandparents probably had to memorize all 13 stanzas. Someone in your family has heard the poem read on stage or on TV, by every kind of performer from James Earl Jones to Jackie Gleason to Penn and Teller.
It is a piece of Americana from a bygone era — the Gilded Age, an age of steam engines and gingerbread gothic — but it's still about heroes and failure. And though we define failure differently nowadays, it remains the first poem to capture the mystic bond between fans and their baseball teams. As Albert Spalding, the game's great Augustus, put it more than a century ago: "Love has its sonnets galore. War has its epics in heroic verse. Tragedy its sombre story in measured lines. Baseball has 'Casey at the Bat.' "
"It is an iconic piece, which arrived precisely when baseball became our pastime," said Lawrence Hogan, a baseball historian and history professor at Union County College. "And through the years, it captured everyone's fancy because it's like the game itself: We think we know the outcome, but there's a surprise at the end when Casey strikes out. Everyone relates to it."
Yet Hogan, one of the country's preeminent experts on black baseball before integration, realized that there was an aspect of Casey's broad cultural appeal that was never really explored — even as it spawned so many sequels and parodies.
The original poem was clearly written for a white audience, as if this pastoral 19th-century game was theirs alone, and only their teams had majestic sluggers who struck out.
Put it another way: We integrated baseball 66 years ago, so why hasn't anyone ever conceived of a more multicultural Casey?
"It seemed to be a natural," Hogan said. "I've been immersed in black baseball for so long, I'm always looking for different ways to tell its stories, and the time was right for this."
So Hogan decided to apply one of baseball's great pieces of fiction to the African American tableau, and the results will be shared over the next three nights at a symposium at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Frank DeFord, who wrote his own sequel to the Casey story in a 1989 novel ("Casey on the Loose, What Really Might Have Happened"), will deliver the keynote.
Hogan will then introduce the story of the legendary Bert Williams, arguably the first great American comedian, one whom W.C. Fields called "the funniest man I ever listened to, and the saddest man I ever knew."
For Hogan, however, Williams embodies a character that has been missing too long from American literature — the black Casey, if you will. He owned and captained a Negro professional team ("Williams and Walker BBC"), and Hogan notes that his contemporaries "characterized him as being as incompetent a player as he was expert a comedian."
Of course, some of it was by design. Williams occasionally used a bat with a hole in it, Hogan said, "and that caused him on more than one occasion to do what Casey did at the bat — strike out."
Hogan's presentation will be followed by another extraordinary version of the Casey story entitled "Breaking the Line with the Mudville Nine, A Tale of Blackball Days," written and performed by a music teacher from P.S. 188 in the South Bronx named Kevin Kane.
"Kevin was an easy choice," Hogan said, "because he's a great writer, a wonderful educator, and he's my nephew."
It's best to hear it performed by Kevin (as we did on tape), though he's deciding on the right voice (Charles Dutton? Courtney Vance?) to deliver it to the public at-large. We won't reveal the narrative or the hilarious ending, but he tells a marvelous tale in which the original Casey stubs his toe and is replaced by a guy with an unknown past that happens to be sweeping the clubhouse. His name? K.C.
K.C. from Kansas City.
He was a monarch if ever there was one.
The King of Clout he had been called,
The Prince of Players, the Duke of Getting it Done.
So there you have it, a Casey for an audience more at home in the 20th and 21st centuries. And even though the original remains a venerable thread running through the fabric of our literary history, we say it's about time.
"When I came to the subject of black baseball in the '80s, there weren't a lot of people writing about it — Bob Peterson was the lodestone that got us all started," said Hogan, referring to the author of the seminal study of the Negro Leagues, "Only The Ball Was White."
"But it's easy to lose sight of it, and its prominent role in our history. I'm an educator, so you always look for new ways for stories to be told — it's not enough to say 'I remember Josh Gibson.' So I've been tickled by different ways to tell the stories, and always looking for more. This symposium provides that opportunity."


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Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War On Drugs
Johann Hari
SKU: 9781620408902 Categories: Books, Nonfiction, Social Sciences
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January 2015 will mark a century of the United States's war on drugs: one hundred years since the first arrests under the Harrison Act. Facing down this anniversary, Johann Hari was witnessing a close relative and an ex-boyfriend bottoming out on cocaine and heroin. He wanted to explore the larger contours of the story—to find out why the war began, why it continues, and how to move beyond it. Chronicling a twenty-thousand-mile global journey, Chasing the Scream is the story of the drug war's many facets, reaching an unavoidable conclusion: the war should be abandoned, drugs legalized and controlled, and the money saved spent on prevention, support, and treatment.
Hari makes his strong, cogent points narratively, through dramatic human stories: The first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, whose revulsion to drugs began as a child with the overheard screams of a neighbor going through withdrawal. A mother in Mexico who spent years tracking her daughter's murderer. A child smuggled out of the ghetto during the Holocaust who later helped unlock the science of addiction. A man who led his country to decriminalize all drugs—from cannabis to crack. Always we return to the front lines in the United States, where the war was instigated and exported, but where change is also coming.
Powerful and persuasive, Chasing the Scream is the page-turning story of a century-long mistake—showing the way to a more humane future.
Bloomsbury USA
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The Arizona McDojo
Walk into a McDojo: brightly colored uniforms covered with patches that will make any NASCAR driver jealous, obi (rank belts) that look like Tibetan Prayer Flags with many color tabs, martial arts weapons that glow in the dark and are as light as balsa wood but with no strength, colorful certificates with cartoons and no kanji (Chinese calligraphy) revealing a lack of lineage, hundreds of trophies professing the owner to be a world champion, or a 20-year old, pimple-faced self-proclaimed arrogant grandmaster. When you see these tell tale signs, hang on to your wallet!
Next, a former used car salesman walks up in a colorful uniform with a contract and clipboard that guarantees if you sign his contract, you will be a black belt in a year. Yes, they've found their way into Arizona from California - McDojos with 'John Wayne' instructors that are as legitimate and honest as any politician kissing babies.
So, what does this sketch have to do with martial arts?
Nothing, but McDojos also have nothing to do with
martial arts. They are all about your money.
I ran into a father at the 24-Hour Fitness in Phoenix last week. He told me his 8-year old son received a second degree black belt after nearly two years of training in taekwondo. Wow! I was impressed.
"Your son must be very talented. How can he find the time to work so hard, does he have a family, or a job that gives him enough free time to train many hours each day?" I asked.
"No, he trains at the school sometimes twice a week and just turned 8!"
"Oooooh" I said. "You must be proud."
"Yes, we just sat down to talk about his career in taekwondo and I signed him up for his 3rd degree black belt. He'll have it when he turns 9".
"Wow, how much did that cost?" I asked.
He responded, "We got a deal, it was under $5,000".
Personally, I don't know how the McDojo owner and instructor could keep a straight face putting out that kind of contract, or offering rank for a fee. But this happens all the time and gives all martial arts a 'black eye'. Arizona and California are two of the more popular places for McDojos, but they are popping up all over the country and in Europe.
One of my instructors has a grandchild who attends a McDojo in Queen Creek. I asked how that happened? He indicated he didn't any say, it was his daughter's choice.
One afternoon, he went to pick up his grandchild. The Owner walked into the McDojo and disrupted the class being taught by a teenage black belt. The Owner walked in wearing tennis shoes, gi pants with racing stripes down the pant legs, an incorrectly tied black belt, and a street jacket and sunglasses. He popped open a can of coke, leaned against the wall as he talked to the kids. That must have made a very nice impression on the kids and parents.
Last year, we had the opportunity to see a Gilbert McDojo in action. The Gilbert instructor was an old Korean who had more than a dozen teenage and preteen black belts who were part of an elite drill team. The drill team did forms, kicks, and then broke boards. I didn't realize boards could be cut that thin. It was terrible - the kind no one should ever have to witness with breaking wood that would snap in a gust of wind over 10 mph, a nunchaku demonstration that looked more like a group of cheerleaders twirling batons, etc. But it was impressive to the kids who watched. Anyway, you have a general idea of what a McDojo is. And they are everywhere in the Phoenix valley.
Its been suggested by some legitimate Okinawan/Japanese/US martial arts associations that as many as 85% of instructors have no evidence of legitimacy - and this is from a very good authority who receives applications for membership from schools and instructors from around the world.. So, be careful when you decide to sign up for classes in Arizona or California.
Before you join a martial arts school, ask questions. And be assured there are good martial arts instructors, as well as bad ones. The parent must decide if the school will be good for their kids. And if they are having a good time and not getting hurt, I guess there is no harm done, other than when the instructors mislead the parents about their legitimacy, rank and background.
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Palm Beach, 1961. Socialite, irresistible rascal, and devoted father Jack Morgan stages his suicide to shield his beloved daughters from scandal and disgrace. His daughter, Charlotte (Charlie), is an overindulged 23-year-old girl struggling to cope with the loss of her beloved father, her sister's resulting mental breakdown, and the discovery that she's now penniless. Fortunately Raul, an admiring young attorney, offers assistance to the traumatized young woman.
As terrified as she is about paying for her sister's costly treatment and her own daily survival, Charlie soon realizes that she must learn what drove her father to kill himself. With Raul's much-needed ego bolstering, she pursues a career that makes practical use of her lanky, five-foot-eleven frame. Despite roadblocks and emotional upheavals, she embarks on an ocean-spanning journey that leads to a family she doesn't know, distressing truths about her father, crimes great and small, and a diabolical villain.
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Dying of cancer and worried about his immortal soul, that rascal Jack confesses his long list of sins to the Reverend Nigel. The stunned but sympathetic clergyman convinces Jack that his most heinous sin was perpetrated on his daughters, who believe that he committed suicide. Both men agree that seeing their father suddenly reappear, only to die a painful death shortly after, would cause additional harm.
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Can't Wait for Comics | The X-Statix return, a Reckoning War begins and the Monkey Prince debuts
New comics and graphic novels arrive this week by Dan Slott, Carlos Magno, Peter Milligan, Michael + Laura Allred, Gene Luen Yang, Bernard Chang, Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Tyler Crook, Amy Chu, Sarah Stern, Kendra Wells and more.
I've pulled out some of the highlights below, but for the complete list of everything you might find at your local comic shop and on digital this week, you'll want to check out one or more of the following:
Penguin Random House (Marvel + graphic novels + manga)
Lunar Distribution (DC + Scout + more)
Diamond's PreviewsWorld (IDW + Image + Dark Horse + many more)
ComicList (Pretty much all of the above)
comiXology new releases (digital comics)
As a reminder, things can change and what you find on the above lists may differ from what's actually arriving in your local shop. So always check with your comics retailer for the final word on availability.
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Author JK ParkinPosted on February 1, 2022 February 1, 2022 Categories Can't Wait for ComicsTags Bermuda, Can't Wait for Comics, Castaways, comic books, Dark Red, Fantastic Four: Reckoning War, Geiger, graphic novels, Halcyon, LaGuardia, Manor Black, Milestone Media, Monkey Prince, New Masters, Nocterra, Pixels of You, Real Hero Shit, Rick and Morty, Sabretooth, Savage Spider-Man, Serial, Speed Republic, Star Wars, The Greatest Thing, The X-Cellent, Until My Knuckles Bleed, X-Men Legends1 Comment on Can't Wait for Comics | The X-Statix return, a Reckoning War begins and the Monkey Prince debuts
'LaGuardia' wins the Hugo Award
In the "Best Graphic Story or Comic" category, the Berger Books title by Nnedi Okorafor, Tana Ford and James Devlin took home the award.
LaGuardia by Nnedi Okorafor, Tana Ford and James Devlin has won the 2020 Hugo Award in the "Best Graphic Story or Comic" category.
This is the second major award for the comic in the past two weeks, as it follows the book's Eisner win in the "Best Graphic Album"—Reprint category.
Set in an alternative world where aliens have come to Earth and integrated with society, LaGuardia features a pregnant Nigerian-American doctor who has just returned to New York with an illegal alien plant named "Letme Live" through LaGuardia International and Interstellar Airport's customs and security. There, she and Letme become part of a growing population of African and shape-shifting alien immigrants, battling against interrogation, discrimination and travel bans.
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Nominees announced for the 2020 Hugo Awards
"Monstress" receives its fourth nomination in four years, and is joined by "Die," "Paper Girls, "Mooncakes" and more.
The nominees were announced via livestream today for the 2020 Hugo Awards, which includes a "Best Graphic Story or Comic" category. Four of the six nominees were published by Image, while Dark Horse's Berger Books imprint and Oni Press each received one.
Presented annually since 1955, The Hugo Awards recognize the best science fiction in books, comics, movies, TV and more. The Hugo Awards are voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention every year. The Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story has been awarded since 2009, with previous winners including volumes of Saga, Ms. Marvel, Girl Genius and Sandman: Overture. Monstress has won the award for the last three years and is up for the award again this year.
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Comics Lowdown: Batton Lash, Ron Smith pass away
Plus: News on Grant Morrison, Tintin, Stan Lee and more.
Batton Lash, the creator of the long-running comic-strip-turned-comic-book Wolff and Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre (later re-titled Supernatural Law) passed away Jan. 12 at the age of 65 from brain cancer.
Lash's comics career began in the late 1970s when Wolff and Byrd began running as a weekly comic strip in The Brooklyn Paper and then later in The National Law Journal. In the 1990s, he and his wife, Jackie Estrada, formed Exhibit A Press, which began publishing Wolff and Byrd comics under the title Supernatural Law. It later migrated to the web. His other works included writing the Archie Meets The Punisher crossover as well as Bongo Comics' Radioactive Man book, which received an Eisner Award in 2002. He also collaborated with James Hudnall on Obama Nation, a conservative political comic strip that appeared on one of Andrew Breitbart's websites.
Many of the creators and industry professionals who knew Lash have started to share their remembrances, including Heidi MacDonald and Rob Salkowitz. The Comics Reporter has a round-up of more of them.
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Songbirds transport disease-carrying ticks
Every spring people love to see the birds return with their cheerful song. Surprisingly, some of these songsters transport tiny, disease-carrying ticks. These bird-feeding ticks are sometimes infected with disease-causing microorganisms that cause serious illnesses in humans and domestic animals, including dogs, cats, and horses.
Recently, tick researcher, John D. Scott, and his colleagues found that 35% of the nymphs of blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis, collected from songbirds in central and eastern Canada are infected with the Lyme disease bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi. While en route to their northern breeding grounds, migratory songbirds release attached ticks at stopovers when they make landfall to replenish their energy reserves. When these fully engorged ticks drop off, they descend into the leaf litter, and molt during the next 6-8 weeks, and then are ready to seek suitable hosts.
Songbirds widely disperse Lyme disease vector ticks across Canada, and people do not have to go to an endemic area to contract Lyme disease. In fact, people can be bitten locally in their own backyard. These researchers have reported blacklegged ticks on migratory songbirds as far north as the town of Slave Lake, Alberta. In addition, they have collected bird-feeding ticks from songbird migrants as far north as southern Yukon.
During northward spring migration, songbirds that overwintering in South America transport ticks to Canada from as far south as Brazil. Scott and his colleagues tested these ticks, and found some of them to be positive for tick-associated pathogens.
In all, these researchers have identified 22 tick species collected from birds across Canada. Each species of tick has their own set of pathogenic microbes. In fact, the blacklegged tick has at least 8 tick-transmitted pathogens. If a tick is infected with one or more of them, it can transmit these disease-carrying microbes to its host.
For ticks, climate change is not a factor. On hot days, ticks descend into the cool, moist leaf litter, and are very comfortable. In winter, they again descend into the leaf litter and humus layer, and are cozy under an insulating blanket of snow. Blacklegged ticks are eco-adaptive because they have antifreeze-like compounds in their bodies. As a result, these winter hardy parasites can withstand outdoor air temperatures of -40 degrees Celsius under a thick layer of snow.
When the snow has disappeared in the spring, blacklegged tick adults promptly start their host-seeking activities. Whenever people are in wooded or grassy areas, they should do a full-body tick check before retiring for the day. Of course, if a tick is found, it should be removed promptly with fine-pointed stainless steel tweezers. The tick should be put in a tight-sealing vial of rubbing alcohol, and later be identified and, preferably, tested for tick-borne pathogens. Be sure to sanitized the bite site, and seek medical care.
John D. Scott, M.Sc.,
Research Scientist,
Research Division, Lyme Ontario, Fergus, ON, Canada
Studies abound on how far north Ixodes scapularis ticks are transported by birds.
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New records of the Lyme disease bacterium in ticks collected from songbirds in central and eastern Canada
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Coal imports likely to decline to 160 MT in FY'17 >
Coal imports likely to decline to 160 MT in FY'17
Coal imports likely to decline to 160 MT in FY'17.
Subject: Coal imports likely to decline to 160 MT in FY'17
New Delhi: Country's coal imports have declined 5 percent in the first two months of 2016-17 and the number is expected to reach 160.16 million tonnes in the ongoing fiscal, Parliament was informed on Monday.
"The trend of fall in import of coal has continued in 2016-17 wherein for the period April-May 2016-17, coal imports have reduced by around 5 per cent as compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
"Import of coal is projected for the year 2016-17 by Niti Aayog is 160.16 million tonnes," Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal informed Rajya Sabha.
On account of increased production by Coal India Ltd (CIL), which produces around 80 per cent of coal in the country, the import of fossil fuel has fallen from 217.78 million tonnes in 2014-15 to 199.88 million tonnes in 2015-16.
CIL has undertaken a mix of strategies for narrowing the domestic demand-supply gap that address short to medium-term imperatives and also technological and human resource related issues, the minister said.
Coal India has envisaged to produce one billion tonne of coal in 2019-20 from the level of production of 538.75 million tonnes in 2015-16.
For evacuation of such huge coal to destination, CIL has planned for construction of three major railway infrastructure projects to be executed by Indian Railways in growing coalfields of Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Positivity of such steps have already manifested themselves in decline in imports in 2015-16 (since 2014-15), Goyal said.
In a separate reply, the minister said that up to June, the supply of coal to the power plants was at 142 million tonnes. PTI SIDCoal imports likely to decline to 160 MT in FY'17
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) Country's coal imports have declined 5 per cent in the first two months of 2016-17 and the number is expected to reach 160.16 million tonnes in the ongoing fiscal, Parliament was informed today.
In a separate reply, the minister said that up to June, the supply of coal to the power plants was at 142 million tonnes.
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Windows 8 Is Coming: What You Should Know About Its UI
By Melissa Rudy
Published: October 3, 2012 | Last updated: October 9, 2012
The Lowdown on Windows 8
What Happened to "Metro"?
How the Interface Works - and When It Doesn't
The Start Menu Boogie
Wait ... What Happened to My Program?
Will Microsoft Work Out the Bugs?
With Windows 8, Microsoft takes on Apple. Find out how this OS works - and where it falls short.
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Here's a pertinent question for you: What is the UI formerly known as Metro - and why should you care? The tech world is abuzz with speculation about Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 8. And let's face it, as the latest and greatest from software giant Microsoft, it is a big deal. The company's not only divorcing the old Windows OS, but is also entering into competition with its own customers with a Microsoft-manufactured tablet PC.
So, what's coming to a PC near you? Read on to learn more about Windows 8 and the user interface with the trendy (but short-lived) name. (For some background reading, check out 10 Things You Need to Know About Windows 8.)
While every Windows update has come with its share of complaints from users, the last few Windows operating system launches have remained substantially the same in basic operation. Windows 8 promises to be something completely different, as Microsoft tries to enter the explosively growing tablet PC field with a platform designed to unify desktops, laptops and tablets.
But despite the cool, sleek new look this OS clearly sports, early adopters are throwing up all sorts of potential red flags about this vast departure from Windows protocol. These include some non-intuitive controls, an interface where it's easy to accidentally switch screens and hard to go back, and the absence of the ubiquitous "Start" button, which may make this crossover platform a potential struggle for PC users.
It seemed like a pretty solid label - kinda catchy and easy to remember. So why did Microsoft retract Metro, leaving the new UI nameless for now? Speculation leans toward a potential legal problem, as the Metro handle may be owned by another company.
However, Microsoft issued a statement to the effect that Metro was a code name from the beginning, and was just being used so that developers had something to call the system. In August 2012, Microsoft announced that it planned to replace Metro with Windows 8 in marketing materials, although "Modern UI" appears to be the term that developers who plan to build software based on this OS are using.
At a glance, it's easy to tell that the nameless UI was designed with smartphones and tablets in mind. Instead of the traditional desktop, there's a bunch of colorful, interactive tiles that show progress and updates to various applications. And these tiles are (arguably) a great feature for touch screen users.
The problems arise when you try to use a mouse and keyboard. According to many reviewers, using the UI on a desktop or laptop is an exercise in frustration. That's why Windows 8 actually uses two interfaces - the new Windows 8 version, and a desktop similar to Windows 7.
The first problem is that clicks and taps in the new UI don't work the same way on touch screens and traditional screens. That could be confusing for users who are operating the system on both. Also, many critics agree that Windows 8's touch controls aren't as intuitive as they should be, and some even require a strange version of two-fingered, slide-and-tap Twister to get what you want.
Second, when you're in the new UI on a PC, the system seems determined to boot you into the 7-esque setup. Click on the wrong app, and you'll find that all the pretty tiles have vanished.
Accessing the start menu, which doesn't exist on the UI home screen, also requires some non-intuitive moves. You can pop up a thumbnail by hovering your pointer over the lower left corner of the screen, where the start button used to be.
However, the thumbnail is interactive. If you click on it, the UI will start the app that you pointed to, instead of showing the menu. To get to the actual start menu, you have to click off the screen while the thumbnail is up. Convenient? Not really, especially for long-time Windows users who are practically programmed for the old start menu setup.
The dual interface in Windows 8 can cause a lot of problems, especially for longtime Windows users. If you're having trouble with the Windows 8 UI, you can just switch to the more familiar interface by pressing the Windows key (who uses that button anyway?). But, if you change interfaces, any program you launch will start over from scratch, instead of picking up from where you left off in the other UI.
What's more, there are some things you can only do from the new desktop, and others you can only do when using the traditional desktop, which means that switching is sometimes necessary. If you're not careful, whatever you've been working on can disappear, and finding it again can present quite a challenge.
Among those who have taken early test drives of Windows 8, there is hope that the software will come with improvements over the consumer preview. This OS is widely viewed as a make-or-break platform for Microsoft, which has lost ground to Apple and Google on the device front, so the company's incentive for presenting a polished product at launch is certainly there.
If Microsoft can smooth out the PC experience for the new UI (and maybe come up with a decent name), they have a shot at continued dominance. On the other hand, if consumers aren't convinced by Windows 8, we may see far more switches to the competition, and the possible toppling of a long-standing software titan.
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Bill H.4083
SECTION 1. Section 6A of chapter 18B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the last paragraph.
SECTION 2. Section 7 of said chapter 18B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (e).SECTION 3. Section 20 of said chapter 18B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence.
SECTION 4. Section 23 of chapter 18B of the General Laws, as appearing in section 8 of chapter 321 of the acts of 2008, is hereby amended by striking out the final sentence.
SECTION 5. Section 23 of chapter 18B of the General Laws, as appearing in section 45 of chapter 176 of the acts of 2008, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 6. Section 24 of chapter 18B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 7. Section 25 of chapter 18B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 8. Chapter 18B of the General Laws as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after section 25 the following section: -
Section 26. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: -
"Legislatively-mandated report". A report required of the department of children and families by the general court.
(b)(1) Annually, not later than October 31, the department shall issue a report that provides an overview of the department's performance during the previous fiscal year. The commissioner or a designee shall file the report with the governor, the child advocate, the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities. The commissioner shall provide the recipients of the report with an opportunity to discuss its contents with the commissioner or a designee. The report shall be made publicly available on the department's website in accordance with section 19 of chapter 66.
(2) The report shall include, but not be limited to, narratives, information, data and analysis on: (i) counts, including but not limited to: (A) case counts; (B) consumer counts; (C) reports filed pursuant to section 51A of chapter 119; (D) placement metrics; (E) infants brought into the department's care pursuant to section 39½ of chapter 119; and (F) siblings in placement; (ii) processes and outcomes, including but not limited to: (A) safety outcomes, (B) permanency processes and outcomes; (C) the rates of adoptions by race and ethnicity; (D) well-being outcomes, including the rates and timeliness of the delivery of medical services and high school graduation rates; and (iii) operations, including but not limited to: (A) staffing trends; (B) caseloads; (C) the department's budget, including funding levels; (D) service costs; (E) medical services and advancements in providing medical services to children and young adults in the department's care; (F) amounts expended to foster care and to adoptive and guardianship families to provide assistance, including financial assistance, to provide for the care of children; and (G) the foster care review system and any recommendations for its improvement. The report shall also include comparative departmental information from prior fiscal years.
(c)(1) Quarterly, not later than 75 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, the department shall issue a quarterly profile on its website in accordance with section 19 of chapter 66 that shall include, but not be limited to, departmental, regional office and area office data on: (i) consumer counts; (ii) the number of reports filed pursuant to section 51A of chapter 119, including counts of reports received, screened-in and screened-out in the quarter; (iii) department case counts, including counts of clinical and adoption cases in the fiscal year; (iv) consumer demographic information, including race and primary language; (v) counts of children and youth in-placement; and (vi) counts of children and youth not in-placement.
(2) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities when data from a profile issued pursuant to paragraph (1) significantly departs from trends reported in previous profiles.
(d) The commissioner or the commissioner's designees shall notify the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities when draft regulations are made available by the department for public comment. Not more than 30 days after the promulgation of regulations or the effective date of adopted or revised departmental policies relative to services provided to children and families, the department shall provide the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities with copies of the regulations or departmental policies.
(e) If the department is unable to submit the report under subsection (a), issue the profile under subsection (b), or any other legislatively mandated reports by the respective deadlines, the commissioner or the commissioner's legal counsel shall notify the governor, the child advocate, the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities in writing and provide an explanation for the delay.
(f)(1) The department, in consultation with the general court and other governmental and nongovernmental partners, shall establish a 3-year plan that shall include numerical targets for the department's performance in each year and in each of its regions in the areas of safety, permanence and well-being. The plan shall include a description of how the department will measure its progress toward meeting the numerical targets. The plan may include different targets for different regions. The plan shall be updated annually not later than March 31.
(2) Annually, not later than December 31, the department shall measure its performance in meeting the targets set forth by the plan established pursuant to paragraph (1) for the commonwealth as a whole and for each of its regions, consistent with the methodology described in the plan.
(3) The department shall publish and prominently maintain on its website the current plan, the targets for previous years and the department's performance in meeting those targets.
(4) If in a fiscal year the department is unable to develop or update the plan described in paragraph (1) or to measure its performance as required by paragraph (2), the department shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities, the child advocate, the chief counsel of the committee for public counsel services, the executive director of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute and the executive director of the Children's League of Massachusetts, Inc. not later than September 1 of that fiscal year.
SECTION 9. Said section 26 of said chapter 18B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:-
(f) A data work group shall convene every 2 years to make recommendations for improvements to the report and profile required under subsections (a) and (b) or any other legislatively mandated reports. The work group shall consist of the following persons or their designees: the child advocate, who shall serve as co-chair; the commissioner, who shall serve as co-chair; the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means; the chairs of the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities; the chief counsel of the committee for public counsel services; the executive director of Children's League of Massachusetts, Inc.; the executive director of a legal services program to be appointed by the governor; 1 person with expertise in child welfare data and outcome measurement to be appointed by the child advocate; and 1 person with expertise in the department's information technology, data collection and reporting systems to be appointed by the commissioner of children and families. The work group shall consult with other individuals with relevant expertise, including academics, researchers and service providers, as needed.
Not later than December 31 in every even-numbered year, the data work group shall report its recommendations, together with drafts of any legislation necessary to carry its recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the senate and house committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities.
SECTION 10. Subsection (f) of section 23 of chapter 119 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence.
SECTION 11. Subsection (h) of said section 23 of said chapter 119, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the second paragraph.
SECTION 12. Section 39½ of chapter 119 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the final paragraph.
SECTION 13. Section 51D of said chapter 119 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the final paragraph.
SECTION 14. Section 5E of chapter 210 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 15. Chapter 47 of the acts of 2017 is hereby amended by striking out section 128 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 128. There shall be a task force on child welfare data reporting. The task force shall develop basic data measures, progress measures and key outcome measures to inform the general court and the public on the status and demographics of the caseload of the department of children and families and the department's progress in achieving child welfare goals, including safety, permanency and well-being.
The task force shall develop criteria for measuring outcomes for children and families in the key child welfare domains of safety, permanency and well-being including, but not limited to, outcomes relative to: (i) protecting children from abuse and neglect; (ii) safely maintaining children in their own homes whenever possible and appropriate; (iii) achieving stability and permanency for children in their living situations; (iv) preserving the continuity of family relationships; (v) enhancing the capacity of families to provide for the needs of children; (vi) ensuring that children receive appropriate services to meet their educational needs; (vii) ensuring that children receive the services necessary to meet their physical and mental health needs; and (viii) achieving permanency and opportunity for young adults.
The task force shall make recommendations to: (i) ensure that the department of children and families' reports and profiles under section 26 of chapter 18B of the General Laws include data measures that are clearly defined and provided with adequate context to convey the meaning of reported data and the department's understanding of the meaning of trends that may appear in that data; (ii) eliminate reports that are no longer necessary; (iii) revise existing reports; and (iv) ensure that reports are timely submitted and made available electronically in accordance with public records laws.
The task force shall also make recommendations relative to: (i) the continued development of the reports and profiles under section 26 of chapter 18B of the General Laws; (ii) the resources required of the department to develop and produce those reports and profiles; (iii) priorities for the department's public reporting requirements as they relate to addressing: (a) questions underlying legislative reporting requirements relative to foster care review, residential care, services for young adults over the age of 18, educational and placement stability, kinship guardianship subsidies and any other reporting requirements not included in the reports and profiles under said section 26 of said chapter 18B; (b) questions that the department is currently unable to address with existing departmental data including, but not limited to, families with multiple siblings in the department's care; (c) questions concerning the department's delivery of services including, but not limited to, support and stabilization and the effectiveness of such services; (d) questions concerning the department's outcomes and the development of accurate benchmarks to measure those outcomes; and (e) racial disproportionality at decision points in the departmental process by area office.
The task force shall be comprised of the following persons or their designees: the child advocate, who shall serve as co-chair; the commissioner of children and families, who shall serve as co-chair; the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means; the chairs of the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities; the chief counsel of the committee for public counsel services; the executive director of the Children's League of Massachusetts, Inc.; the executive director of a legal services program to be appointed by the governor; 1 person with expertise in child welfare data and outcome measurement to be appointed by the child advocate; 1 person who is a current or recently former caseworker for the department of children and families to be appointed by SEIU 509; and 1 person with expertise in the department of children and families' information technology, data collection and reporting systems to be appointed by the commissioner of children and families. The task force shall consult with other individuals with relevant expertise, including academics, researchers and service providers, as needed. The task force shall consult with the secretaries of agencies that address issues that directly affect the child welfare caseload or outcomes including, but not limited to, substance use disorders, domestic violence, mental health and homelessness to determine how best to review and report on agency data relevant to child welfare outcomes.
The task force shall meet at least quarterly. Annually, not later than January 31, the task force shall submit its recommendations, together with drafts of any legislation necessary to carry its recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities.
SECTION 16. Item 4800-0015 of section 2 of chapter 41 of the acts of 2019 is hereby amended by striking out the following words:- provided further, that on December 27, 2019, and March 27, 2020, the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities on: (i) the fair hearing requests filed in fiscal year 2020, using non-identifying information: to state, for each hearing request: (a) the subject matter of the appeal; (b) the number of days between the hearing request and the first day of the hearing; (c) the number of days between the first day of the hearing and the hearing officer's decision; (d) the number of days between the hearing officer's decision and the agency's final decision; (e) the number of days of continuance granted at the appellant's request; (f) the number of days of continuance granted at the request of the department of children and families or the hearing officer's request, specifying which party made the request; and (g) whether the department's decision that was the subject of the appeal was affirmed or reversed; and (ii) the fair hearing requests filed before fiscal year 2020, which are pending for more than 180 days, stating the number of those cases, how many of those cases have been heard but not decided and how many have been decided by the hearing officer but not yet issued as a final agency decision; provided further, that the department shall maintain and make available to the public, during regular business hours, a record of its fair hearings, with identifying information removed, including for each hearing request: the date of the request, the date of the hearing decision, the decision rendered by the hearing officer and the final decision rendered upon the commissioner's review; provided further, that the department shall make redacted copies of fair hearing decisions available within 30 days of a written request; provided further, that the department shall not make available any information in violation of federal privacy regulations; provided further, that not later than February 28, 2020, the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities that shall include, but not be limited to, the: (1) number of medical and psychiatric personnel and their level of training currently employed by or under contract with the department; (2) number of foster care reviews conducted by the department and the average length of time in which each review is completed; (3) the number of social workers and supervisors who have earned a bachelor's or master's degree in social work; (4) the total number of social workers and the total number of social workers holding licensure, by level; (5) number of the department's contracts reviewed by the state auditor and the number of corrective action plans issued; and (6) number of corrective action plans entered into by the department; provided further, that on the first business day of each quarter, the department shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities on the caseload of the department; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to: (A) the caseloads of residential placements, congregate care, foster care, therapeutic foster care, adoption, guardianship, 51A reports, substantiated 51A reports, the number of children who die in the care and custody of the department, the number of children currently eligible for supportive child care, the number of children presently receiving supportive child care and the number of medical and psychiatric consultation requests made by the department's social workers; (B) the number of approved foster care placements; (C) the number of children in psychiatric hospitals and community-based acute treatment programs who remain hospitalized beyond their medically-necessary stay while awaiting placement and the number of days each case remains in placement beyond that which is medically necessary; (D) the number of children under the department of children and families' care and custody who are being served in medical or psychiatric care provided through other publicly-funded sources; (E) the number of children served by supervised visitation centers and the number of those children who are reunified with their families; (F) the total number of children served, their ages, the number of children served in each service plan, the number of children in out-of-home placements and the number of placements each child has had before receiving an out-of-home placement; (G) for each area office, the number of kinship guardianship subsidies provided in the quarters covered by the report and the number of kinship guardianship subsidies provided in that quarter for which federal reimbursement was received; (H) for each area office, the total spending on services other than case management services provided to families to keep a child with the child's parents or reunifying the child with the child's parents, spending by the type of service including, but not limited to, the number of children and a breakdown of spending for respite care, intensive in-home services, client financial assistance and flexible funding, community-based after-school social and recreation program services, family navigation services and parent aide services and the unduplicated number of families that receive the services; (I) for each area office, the total number of families residing in shelters paid for by the department, a list of where the families are sheltered, the total cost and average cost per family of those shelters and a description of how the department determines who qualifies or does not qualify for a shelter; (J) for each area office, the number of requests for voluntary services broken down by type of service requested, whether the request was approved or denied, the number of families that were denied voluntary services and received a 51A report, the reasons for denying the service and what, if any, referrals were made for services by other agencies or entities; (K) the number of families receiving multiple 51A reports within a 10-month period, the number of cases reopened within 6 months of being closed and the number of children who return home and then reenter an out-of-home placement within 6 months; (L) the number of children and families served by the family resource centers by area; and (M) the number of children within the care and custody of the department whose whereabouts are unknown; provided further, that not later than November 1, 2019, the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities that details any changes to rules, regulations or guidelines established by the department in the previous fiscal year to carry out its duties under chapter 119 of the General Laws including, but not limited to: (I) criteria used to determine whether a child has been abused or neglected; (II) guidelines for removal of a child from the home; and (III) standards to determine what reasonable efforts are being made to keep a child in the home; provided further, that on a monthly basis, the department of children and families shall provide the caseload forecasting office with data on children receiving services and other pertinent data related to items 4800-0038 and 4800-0041 that is requested by the office; provided further, that the report shall also contain the number of children and families served by the family resource centers by area and an evaluation of the services provided and their effectiveness.
SECTION 17. Annually, not later than October 31, the department of children and families shall submit a special report on services provided to young adults over the age of 18 to the child advocate, the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities. The report shall summarize the process by which a young adult may continue to receive services from the department upon reaching the legal adult age of 18. The report shall also include, but not be limited to: (i) the number of young adults who have elected to sustain a connection with the department in the previous fiscal year; (ii) the number young adults who have elected not to remain with the department and have transitioned out of the child welfare system in the previous fiscal year, including young adults who had previously elected to sustain a connection with the department, if such numbers are available; (iii) the total payments made from commonwealth funds to young adults in the previous fiscal year; and (iv) a description of services provided to young adults by the department in the previous fiscal year, including those funded wholly or in part by federal funds. The department may satisfy the reporting requirements of this section by providing the requested information in an annual report filed under section 26.
SECTION 18. Annually, not later than August 31, the department of children and families shall file a special report on its fair hearing processes and cases with the child advocate, the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities. The report shall be made available to the public electronically in accordance with section 19 of chapter 66 of the General Laws. The report shall include, but not be limited to, information in a form that shall not include personally-identifiable information on the fair hearing requests open at any time during the previous fiscal year and, for each hearing request, shall provide: (i) the subject matter of the appeal; (ii) the outcomes of cases resolved prior to a fair hearing decision; (iii) the number of days between the hearing request and the first day of the hearing; (iv) the number of days between the close of the evidence and the hearing officer's decision; (v) the number of days of continuance granted at the appellant's request; (vi) the number of days of continuance granted at the request of the department of children and families or the hearing officer's request, specifying which party made the request; and (vii) whether the department's decision that was the subject of the appeal was affirmed or reversed. The department shall maintain and make available to the public, during regular business hours, a record of its fair hearings in a form that shall not include personally-identifiable information and shall include, for each hearing request: (i) the date of the request; (ii) the date of the hearing decision; (iii) the decision rendered by the hearing officer; and (iv) the final decision rendered upon the commissioner's review. The report shall provide for the fair hearing requests that are pending for more than 180 days at any time during the fiscal year, except for those requests which have been stayed at the request of the district attorney, the number of those cases, how many of those cases have been heard but not decided and how many have been decided by the hearing officer but not yet issued a final agency decision. If there are more than 225 fair hearing requests open for more than 180 days at the close of any month of the first 6 months of a fiscal year, then an additional report of these requests shall be provided not later than February 28. The department shall make redacted copies of fair hearing decisions available within 30 days after a written request.
SECTION 19. Section 9 shall take effect on February 1, 2022.
SECTION 20. Subsection (f) of section 26 of chapter 18B shall take effect January 1, 2022.
SECTION 21. Section 16 shall take effect as of July 1, 2019.
SECTION 22. Sections 17 and 18 are hereby repealed.
SECTION 23. Section 21 shall take effect on December 31, 2022.


World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (WSRM) World Congress is Organized by World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (WSRM) and would be held during Jun 12 - 15, 2019 at Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
21st National Congress Agora Italian Society of Perinatal Medicine (SIMP) is organized by MCA Scientific Events and will be held from Nov 07 - 09, 2019 at Royal Hotel Carlton, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Course Description: The National Congress Agorà SIMP (Italian Society of Perinatal Medicine) represents a decisive appointment not only from an educational point of view but also from the point of view of associations as it will host the SIMP Shareholders' Meeting in which the annual activity of the Company will be summarized and future decisions will be made. Topics: • How to found the perinatal alliance • Counseling - Audit - Networks - Mortality • Perinatal vaccinations • Preterm birth markers • Late preterm management • Intervening on diabesity • Multiple pregnancy • Perinatal Morbidity Indicators Time: 09:00 to 17:00 Speakers: H. Valensise, G. Faldella, MR. of Thomas, D. Trevisanuto, I. Cetin, V. Carnielli, G. Simonazzi, L. Ramenghi, GC. Di Renzo, V. Fanos, S. Vaccari, F. Sandri Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.


You are invited to the Rural Essential Procedural Skills (REPS) workshop. This full day session will provide you with the skills you need to start your rural general practice placement in 2020.
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To register for this incredible workshop, email Katherine or call 9473 8200 by Friday, April 5 2019.


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VIA Luke: An x86-Compatible PC On An 8x8cm Board
Samsung Introduces New 200GB And 250GB Parallel And Serial ATA Hard Disk Drives
Transcend Launches The T.sonic 510 Flash MP3 Player
Panasonic Introduces Two New DVD Recorders At The 2005 CEDIA EXPO
GlacialTech Launches Igloo 7300 Cooler Series For AMD socket 754, 939, 940 Processors
Texas Instruments Announces DaVinci Semiconductor Technology For Next-Generation Digital Video
VIA released a miniature single-board x86-compatible PC named VIA Luke. All its components are located on an 8x8cm motherboard. Based on the C3 core, the system features integrated South and North Bridges, UniChrome-based graphics, sound system, Ethernet 10/100 PHY.
Naturally, the novelty is offered for making various consumer and industrial electronics, from entertainment centres and security conrtollers to compact rackmount servers.
The new system is possibly made according to the "Digital Brilliance" concept, which was recently introduced by Richard Brown, the Associate VP for International Marketing. At least, it corresponds to the concept criteria.
Source: HKEPC
Samsung Electronics introduced four new hard disk drives with increased storage capacity. The new SpinPoint P120 Series hard drives include both 3Gbps Serial ATA and Parallel ATA versions and are available with either a 200GB or a 250GB capacity. All four new drives are currently shipping.
The Serial ATA novelties, the 200GB SP2004C ($150 Estimated Street Price) and the 250GB SP2504C ($170), feature 3Gbps I/O transaction capabilities, Native Command Queuing, Device Initiated SATA Power Management, Staggered Spin-up Support and an optional ATA Streaming Feature Set.
The 200GB SP2014N ($130) and the 250GB SP2514N ($150) feature an Ultra ATA-133 Interface, Fluid Dynamic Bearing Spindle Motor Technology, ATA Security Mode, ATA host Protected Area, and an ATA Streaming Feature.
Each of the four new Samsung SpinPoint 120 Series Serial ATA and Parallel ATA hard drives feature 100GB/125GB formatted capacity per disk, high-speed dual DSP, ATA S.M.A.R.T. compliance, ATA Automatic Acoustic Management and ATA Streaming. All novelties also offer 7200-rpm spindle speed, 8.9-millisecond average seek time and 8MB cache buffers. The list of proprietary noise reduction technologies includes NoiseGuard and SilentSeek.
Transcend Information launched the new T.sonic 510 Flash MP3 Player which comes in 256MB and 512MB capacities and with a USB2.0 interface. It supports MP3, WMA and WAV music formats, features an FM radio, and a digital voice recorder. The novelty measures 86x36x16.5mm at 25g weight (without AAA battery).
The T.sonic 510 comes with an FM radio that can pre-program your 20 favorite stations and allow you to record from the radio. As well as the radio the T.sonic 510 has a digital voice recorder and an A-B repeat function, which allows you to continuously replay a designated section of a track. In addition, the T.sonic 510 has a karaoke-type feature, its synchronized lyrics function lets you sing along to the song you are listening to while viewing the words of the song on the LCD display. The T.sonic 510 includes 6 different types of Equalizer settings including a customizable USER EQ mode and supports 12 user languages for filename and song/artist title.
More features include auto-power off after 2, 10, or 30 minutes of no usage. The player is backed up by the 2-year warranty.
Source: Transcend
Panasonic introduced two new DIGA DVD recorders – the DMR-ES40V and the DMR-ES20 – at the 2005 CEDIA EXPO. Both of these new models add a DV input to the feature mix. Additionally, the successful DMR-EH50, with a built-in 100GB Hard Drive, continues as Panasonic's flagship model.
The DMR-ES40V is a dual deck DVD recorder and VHS VCR, a model that allows the consumer to transfer their old VHS tapes to a DVD disc with one touch of a button. The DMR-ES20 builds upon the success of its predecessor by offering the consumer an entry level DVD recorder that also features multi-format recording and playback. Both the DMR-ES40V and the DMR-ES20 offer up to 16-hour extended recording time on a 9.4 GB double-sided DVD-RAM disc in EP mode.
All three DVD recorders offer response in start-up of 1 second, an improved horizontal resolution in LP mode that renders images delivering up to 500 lines, and a new 12-bit ADC. The DMR-ES40V and the DMR-ES20, as well as the DMR-EH50 record to DVD-RAM, DVD±R and DVD-RW discs; and can play back DVD-RAM, DVD±R2/RW, DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, Video-CD, Audio-CD (CD-DA), and CD-R/RW MP3/JPEG formatted discs.
The DMR-EH50 features a 100GB hard disk drive, offering users up to 177 hours of recording time and comes with The TV Guide On Screen Program Guide. It also features a new Smart Wheel user-friendly remote control to quickly find recorded programs and start playback faster.
The DMR-EH50 also features a built-in SD slot and an SD viewer for sharing JPEG images between the DVD recorder and personal computers, digital cameras and camcorders, and other SD-enabled A/V devices.
While the DMR-EH50 is already available with the MSRP of $399.95, the DMR-ES20 and DMR-ES40V are to go on sale this month with respective MSRPs of $199.95 and $299.95.
Source: Panasonic
GlacialTech introduced Igloo 7300 series CPU coolers for AMD 64 based desktops. Igloo 7300 series includes Igloo 7300 Light, Igloo 7300, Igloo 7300 Pro and Igloo 7300 TC.
The Igloo 7300 Light makes 21 dBA noise, Igloo 7300 makes 27 dBA noise. the Igloo 7300 Pro is an aluminum cooler intended for overclockers, and the Igloo 7300 TC is designed with the temperature controlled fan and has the noise level between 18 dBA to 35 dBA. When CPU environment temperature goes up the fan will automatically increase the speed to cool down the CPU.
Source: GlacialTech
Yesterday Rich Templeton, president and CEO of Texas Instruments Incorporated introduced DaVinci, the new semiconductor technology for next generations of digital video products. DaVinci technology is a DSP-based solution tailored for digital video applications that provides video equipment manufacturers with integrated processors, software and tools to simplify the design process and accelerate innovation.
DaVinci will allow digital video designers to choose a signal processor tailored for their needs and then select from a menu of production ready software, reducing time to market and increasing innovation by an order of magnitude.
For consumers, these advancements will result in new generations of digital video products. For example, consumers will no longer have to correct color and lighting problems on a digital photo using their PC; those corrections will be done automatically by the camera. Instead of multiple systems, one TV set-top box will allow consumers to play and/or record, as well as video conference with friends simultaneously. Taking this technology one step further, consumers with a video security system will be able to identify a visitor at the front door, unlock it and open it via their TV remote.
TI expects to announce DaVinci-based processor samples, software and development tools by year-end 2005. DaVinci-enabled solutions are in the pipeline for products such as digital cameras, automotive infotainment products, portable media players, set-top boxes and video security systems.
Source: TI


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RAF Camora (настоящее имя Рафаэль Рагуччи) — австрийский рэп-исполнитель. Также выступает под псевдонимом RAF 3.0.

Ранние годы и начало карьеры
Рагуччи родился в Вейвее, Швейцария. Его отец был австрийцем родом из Воральберга, мать — итальянкой из Неаполя. Рагуччи обосновались в Вене в 1997 году, и Рафаэль вырос в Рудольфсхайме-Фюнфхаусе. Под первым псевдонимом RAF Camora он основал хип-хоп группу с польским исполнителем Rapatoi. В 17 лет он оказался в команде French Connection, а вскоре и во франкоязычной Assaut Mystik. Он основал вместе с рэпером Джоши Мизу группу Balkan Express. Family Bizz стал его дебютным совместным альбомом с Assaut Mystik и Balkan Express. В 2006 году он выпустил свой EP Skandal при участии Emirez. В 2009 году он выпустил свой студийный альбом Nächster Stopp Zukunft как RAF Camora.

RAF 3.0
В январе 2010 года он взял сценический псевдоним RAF 3.0, отказавшись от прежнего имени, и подписал контракт с лейблом Irievibrations Records из Вены, с которым выпустил одноимённый альбом RAF 3.0 в 2012 году и Hoch 2 в 2013 году. Оба имели огромный успех в немецких, австрийских и швейцарских чартах.

Indipendeza
Вернувшись к своему первоначальному имени RAF Camora, в 2013 году он основал собственный рекорд-лейбл Indipendenza. Рагуччи анонсировал свой четвёртый студийный альбом Ghøst в январе 2016 года. Альбом был выпущен 15 апреля 2016 года и дебютировал в топ-20 немецкоязычных стран Европы. Пятый студийный альбом исполнителя, Anthrazit, был выпущен в 2017 году и получил «золотой» статус в Германии и Австрии. Осенью 2019 года увидел свет шестой альбом Raf Camora под названием Zenit.

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City of Memphis Shelby County State Government Education Criminal Justice Elections Spirit of Memphis The Early Word On the Record Behind The Headlines
House Democrats call for unemployment protection as state returns to work
By Sam Stockard, Daily Memphian Updated: April 29, 2020 4:35 PM CT | Published: April 29, 2020 4:35 PM CT
Tennessee's House Democrats urged Gov. Bill Lee's administration Wednesday, April 29, to reverse policy and ensure people scared to go back to work during the COVID-19 pandemic can continue to receive unemployment.
"As Democrats, we do understand the state needs to open up, and we do understand there's a need for businesses to open up and we do need to get back to life. But we do not want one life to be put in peril for the state to open back up," state Rep. Antonio Parkinson said Wednesday in an online press conference.
Local case rate slows slightly but bigger question looms over data
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Parkinson, a Memphis Democrat, contended the state needs "clarity" in the reopening of businesses, which is happening in 89 of 95 counties statewide. Shelby, Davidson and other larger counties are being given leeway to open at their own discretion.
Democrats made their point after Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commission Jeff McCord said Tuesday people laid off during the crisis would not be able to keep their unemployment benefits just because they're afraid of getting COVID-19.
"If you are offered a job and if your employer opens back up, then you stand a chance of losing those benefits if you don't have a clear (health) reason not to go back," McCord said during the governor's Tuesday press conference.
Democrats argue McCord made that statement even though he said April 22 that people can "still collect unemployment if they are afraid to return to work."
In addition, the U.S. Department of Labor website says: "Voluntarily deciding to quit your job out of a general concern about COVID-19 does not make you eligible for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance."
Those types of contradictions show the state needs "clarity in messaging," better protection for Tennessee residents and continued benefits for small business owners and workers until the pandemic winds down, said the Democrats, who are at a 74-26 disadvantage in the House.
"There's been a lot of citizens out there across Tennessee who've lost friends and family members," state Rep. Dwayne Thompson, a Cordova Democrat, said. "They should not be required or forced to go back to work just to put food on the table."
COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Shelby County, and political leaders have declined to set a date for returning, even though they've put together a schedule for business re-openings based on 14-day intervals of improved data. In fact, county leaders were set to jumpstart the local economy early this week until case numbers skyrocketed over the weekend.
Across the state, nevertheless, Lee has opened restaurants and retail stores at 50% capacity with social distancing and hygiene guidelines. Gyms and hospitals are set to open Friday after a "safer at home" order expires Thursday night. Those also will have their own set of guidelines to follow, and hospitals are making their plans based on community needs.
Barber shops, salons and massage therapy shops initially were set to open May 29 under an order Gov. Lee signed Tuesday, but he told legislators in a Wednesday conference call they would be allowed to open May 6.
The openings are only for 89 rural and suburban counties and don't affect Shelby, Davidson, Madison, Hamilton, Knox and Sullivan counties, which have health departments separate from the state Department of Health.
Lee said Tuesday he doesn't expect to force Shelby County leaders to set a time frame for reopening the economy and isn't concerned about possible confusion.
But while House Democrats say the Lee Administration needs to be clear about its orders and plans, they say they agree with Shelby County and Memphis leaders' decision to hold off on a firm time frame and, instead, depend on improved data to make decisions.
Parkinson pointed out numbers are COVID-19 case numbers are "trending up" in Shelby County and said he believes it would be difficult to set a business opening date.
"I think we're in decent shape based on the decisions they're making," Parkinson said.
He added clearer messages also need to be sent to Shelby County residents about the importance of social distancing, because many aren't staying far enough apart.
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When two events combine to cause damage, one being covered and the other not covered, issues arise regarding whether the loss is covered, and who bears the burden of proof to allocate causation between the covered cause and the excluded cause. In the San Antonio Court of Appeals case, Wallis v. United Serv. Auto. Assoc., the court held that the insurance company will only be liable for that portion of the damage that was caused by a covered event.
When the covered and excluded perils combine to cause injury, the Texas Supreme Court has held that the insured must present some evidence affording the jury a reasonable basis on which to allocate the damages.
Generally, courts have held that if a loss occurs as a result of two concurring perils, one insured and one not, then the loss is covered only to the extent that it can be traced to the covered peril. Expert testimony allocating damage between covered and excluded causes may satisfy this burden of proof, according the United States 5th Circuit, in Fiess v. State Farm Lloyds.
The Texas Supreme Court has held that expert allocation of damages between covered and excluded risk is not necessarily required; circumstantial evidence may suffice. This was decided in the in the 1993 opinion, Lyons v. Millers Cas. Ins. Co. of Texas.
From the insured's perspective, there is an argument that Texas Insurance Code, Sections 554.001 to 554.002 changed the burden in concurrent causation cases. Before, the insured had to prove coverage and negate exclusions; therefore, a failure to allocate the loss was fatal, because it meant the insured had not successfully negated the exclusion.
Now the statute puts the burden on the insurer to prove an exclusion. Arguably, once the insured proves the loss is caused in part by a covered cause, the burden is then on the insurer to prove its exclusion. If the insurer cannot allocate between the covered cause and the excluded cause, then it arguably is the insurer that fails to carry its burden of proof and the loss would remain covered.
In concurrent causation cases where the loss cannot be allocated, the choice is whether a partially-excluded loss must be fully paid, or whether a partially-covered loss may nevertheless be fully excluded. Insureds argue they are not getting the coverage they paid for, if the loss is wholly unpaid. Insurers argue they are paying more than the premiums warrant, if the claim is fully paid.
Another argument on the insurer's side is that the burden of apportioning damages in a concurrent causation case has always been on the insured, and nothing in the statute alters this requirement. Arguably, once the insurer has proved that an exclusion applies, the burden shifts to the insured to prove that a covered loss caused the damage. The percentage issue is not "language of exclusion" or an "exception to coverage." Also, because the insured has the burden to show that a covered loss caused some damage, insurers will argue that the insured necessarily also has the burden to show what portion of the damage was caused by the covered peril.
The effect, if any, of Sections 554.001 and 542.002 on the burden of proof is concurrent cases has not been definitely addressed by the courts.


Please keep in mind that I was not critical in any way as to how the forum is run.
Although I have been collecting vintage watches for close to 30 years now, my collecting is not focused on one brand.
I do appreciate the fact that the forum is not heavily moderated as are some others.
My suggestion is simply to politely out the offending poster by replying to their post with "poor form, read the rules".
The offending party will soon learn :) This is something that any long time member can do when coming across a post which should not be here.
should not post a Rolex Datejust, for example, as it is not really a tool watch. Nor should one post a Cartier Tank for sale here.
: maintain in its current form, at least for now.
: of their photos . . . that's where I draw the line. No Thanks.
: buyers are able to fend for themselves.
: out to me if you want to fund or manage this project.


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Smoke rises after strikes on rebel-held Deraa city, Syria, March 10, 2017.
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Russia may have been operating an unmanned drone and military aircraft in the region, according to US military officials cited by BuzzFeed News on Friday.
Two officials alleged that someone had turned the Russian unmanned drone's camera off just before a Syrian hospital was struck, suggesting the Kremlin was turning a blind-eye to the attack. The officials did not disclose how they were able to determine the camera stopped recording.
"This is patterned behavior," Jennifer Cafarella, a Syria analyst for the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War, said to BuzzFeed. "The Russians have consistently conducted precise airstrikes targeting civilian infrastructure and hospital in particular, for example in Aleppo."
The alleged sarin nerve agent attack was reported to have occurred at 6:50 a.m. local time on Tuesday after ordnance hit the road. As the agent began to spread, the nearest hospital began treating victims. However, as that was happening, officials say a Russian-made unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) began recording the scene of what they say was "clearly" a hospital.
Five hours after the initial attack, the UAV turned off its camera, and shortly afterwards, a Russian-made aircraft targeted the hospital.
"We don't have positive accountability yet, but the fact that somebody would strike the hospital, potentially to hide the evidence of a chemical attack, about five hours after ... is a question that we're very interested in," said one official.
Though the aircraft was Russian, officials say it was unclear whether Russia was wholly responsible, due to the fact that the Syrian Air Force had purchased aircraft from Russia in the past.
Russia's Ministry of Defense referenced the chemical attack, saying that rather than dropping chemical weapons, the attack had hit "workshops, which produced chemical warfare munitions," according to BuzzFeed.
A senior military official cited by BuzzFeed said they "have no knowledge" of Russia's involvement or prior knowledge of the attack, and said they were in the process of "[investigating] any information that could lead in that direction."


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Trump says there's 'no timeframe' for the end to the US-China trade war
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President Donald Trump talked down expectations for the US-China trade talks that kick off on Wednesday in an interview with Reuters.
Trump also said there is "no timeframe" for an end to the trade war with China.
The second set of Trump's tariffs – this time on $16 billion worth of Chinese imports to the US – are set to go live on Friday. China is expected to respond with tariffs on an equal amount of US goods.
President Donald Trump downplayed expectations for this week's trade talks between US and Chinese officials during an interview Monday and didn't set a timetable for the end of the trade war with China.
During an interview with Reuters, Trump said he did not "anticipate much" would come of the trade talks.
Mid-level Chinese officials are set to come to Washington to meet with Treasury officials on Wednesday, marking the first formal talks between the two sides in around two months.
Additionally, Trump said there was "no timeframe" for an end to the trade war.
"I'm like them, I have a long horizon," he said.
In addition to imminent tariffs, Trump also threatened to slap another $200 billion worth of Chinese imports with a duty that would make over 50% of Chinese imports to the US subject to tariffs. Hearings about the proposed $200 billion set of goods kicked off Monday.
The tit-for-tat tariffs are already weighing on US businesses as companies struggle with higher prices for Chinese parts used in their products. Some small businesses have been forced into laying off workers while others are delaying major investments.
In all, economists say that Trump's trade battles could start to hold back US economic growth.
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Urban heritage is one of the primary symbols of human evolution through history, and reflects the capacity of man to overcome surrounding environment. Heritage means inherited civilization of predecessors. It is not limited to the language or literature or thought alone, but it also includes the physical and sentimental elements of the community together with thought, philosophy, religion, science, art and architecture in a society.
Urbanization is one of the most basic elements of heritage and distinct from other elements of the heritage by its physical existence, representing a tangible evidence of the continuous presence of previous civilizations. It also highlights the sequence of inter-generational experiences and their cultural, social and religious values.
In this sense, the urban heritage that is existing in Saudi Arabia today highlights a comprehensive picture of traditional architecture, with all their good solutions reflected basis environmental conditions (climatic, geographical, social), as well as the design solutions, consistent with the needs of individuals and the society in terms of traditions and customs prevailing deep in this country.
The Urban heritage initiative comes from one of the SCTH regulations, which provides to itself the task of preserving the urban heritage as well as development of cities and neighborhoods, traditional industries and historical landmarks, and employ them culturally and economically.
Due to the importance of the urban heritage and its diversity in the Kingdom, HRH Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz, President of SCTH inaugurated the "National Center for Urban Heritage". The important objectives of the Center are, in the maintenance and development of diverse elements of urban heritage, including the Heritage towns, quarters, villages, buildings, crafts, traditional industries as well as historical monuments and work on their deployment ulturally and economically.


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Publishing and poetry
by Maud | October 21st, 2003
Although David Little's older brother, Christopher, is J.K. Rowling's literary agent, the younger Little can't get his first novel published. According to this article from the Independent:
Little the younger has penned Stuff, a semi-autobiographical novel about an alcoholic advertising executive who makes George Best's antics look tame. When Dumbledore-lookalike Christopher Little read it, he was encouraging, but ruled himself out as agent, saying that it was all a bit too close to home. There is also the problem that, like other top agents, he finds himself sinking beneath the weight of 60 manuscripts a day.
Rather than tearing out his older brother's heart or shooting himself in the head, two options that might have occurred to some lesser people, Little calmly launched a website to promote his book. (Via Sarah Weinman, whose site is a consistent delight.)
Also via Sarah: Giles Gordon (literary agent for Vikram Seth and other prominent writers) is unhappy that his daughter, Hattie, has just written a book about the suicide of her brother (Gordon's son).
Terry Teachout mentions that Book Magazine is closing down and contends that its demise "proves that the future of high-culture journalism is on the Web."
Ron Silliman says "poetry can function – indeed it does function – as an underground railroad of the mind, a mechanism for opening up critical thought concerning all kinds of issues, 'militarized language and propaganda' included." As proof, Silliman puts forth these observations, and more:
(1) No one has spoken or written with more passion & commitment to the concept of a "man standing by his word" than has Ezra Pound, a fascist paranoid schizophrenic.
(2) The term avant-garde, the 200-year-old literary tradition with which many of this blog's readers have some identification, has its origins in military strategy.
(Via Wood S Lot.)