text:
Poor Best Buy Holiday Sales Leads Shares to Fall
Aneri Pattani
Best Buy experienced disappointing sales during the holiday season, and its shares declined by 27 percent. This reflects increasing worry from investors about the future of the company. Best Buy was struggl...
Facebook Adds Trending Feature
Facebook adds a new feature, entitled Trending, in order to better compete with Twitter. This new module highlights the most popular topics across the social network at any given moment. It lists hot topics a...
Fitbit Force Causing Skin Irritation for Some Users
Fitbit is offering refunds and replacements for its latest wearable fitness device after some users complained of skin irritation. Reports of rashes arose in December on the company's forum, where several user...
Worldwide Gmail outage reported Friday
Second update: As of 3:20 p.m., Gmail appears to be back up and running. Update: As of 3 p.m., Gmail appears to up sporadically. The App Status Dashboard shows Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, Google Dri...
Aftermath: 4.6 Million Snapchat Accounts Hacked
Snapchat users beware: 4.6 million user names and phone numbers were recently hacked. Security flaws in the popular app's system allowed hackers to collect a list of names and data which was then posted on the...
The Breakdown on Streaming Video Devices
The era of watching live TV has long passed. Now we've even moving beyond DVRs and Netflix. The new age of television lies in streaming video. Devices like Roku, Apple TV and Google's Chromecast have taken a...
Scientists Send Text Message through Evaporating Vodka
Texting and alcohol. These seem to be two words synonymous with high school teenagers and college students today. However, professional scientists have recently taken an interest in the two. Researchers at Y...
Dockhem's iProp Universal Tablet Bean Bag Stand
Dockem iProp (Silver) You've been on a flight for a few hours when you suddenly realize you dozed off, and worst of all, your head has now slipped onto the shoulder of the stranger next to you. You awkward...
Chemicals from Fracking May Cause Infertility
Hydraulic fracturing has long been a controversial issue for environmental concerns, but a new study shows that several chemicals used in the process could pose a danger to the body's hormones and potentially c...
Opera Coast Browser for iPad is New and Improved
Opera recently launched a new version of its Coast browser for iPad. This Version 2.0 includes new home screen customization options, faster navigation and more music features. The updated Coast is an especia...
Is your WiFi killing your houseplants?
The lack of a green thumb may not be the only contributing factor to the early deaths of your houseplants. A recent experiment conducted by high school students in Denmark suggests that Wi-Fi routers may be dam...
Graphic: Cross-Platform Malware: A Growing Threat For Computers
By: Computer monitoring Software MobiStealth Cross-platform malware is a huge issue today, and it will continue to be a menace in 2014. Perhaps the most dangerous cross-platform malware came up in 2009. ...
The World's First Strategy Racing Game to Launch this Month
Beth DeMilt
Are you ready for the world's first strategy racing game? Set to launch in mid-November, Chase Race gives players all over the world a chance to race against each other while playing in real time. The game, whi...
Microsoft Stores Celebrate Xbox One Launch with Gaming Tournament
The release of the Xbox One is just on the horizon and Microsoft Stores across the country are getting ready to welcome it with a bang. Six cities will host a Killer Instinct Ultra Fighter Gaming Tournament ...
Find AOC's 27-Inch Multimedia LED-Backlit Monitor for $179 Across the Country this Black Friday
Starting November 28 and running only until December 2, AOC, one of the world's top competitors in monitor display technology, offers its highly sought-after 27-inch e2752she display for just $179.99. This give...
McAfee Releases their Annual 12 Scams of Christmas
McAfee is once again looking out for their customer's this holiday season as they release their annual "12 Scams of Christmas," which gives consumers the heads-up about some of the most common cyber scams expec...
Apple iPhone is the Number One "Want" Among Teens this Holiday Season
It is going to be a white (and green and pink and blue and yellow) Christmas as Apple gears up for a holiday season that puts a lot of their products underneath the tree. In fact, new research released today...
5 cases for the 2014 computer
As I've been saying for months now, computers aren't dying. Now we're getting into some computer cases that prove this fact. Today, I want to discuss a little cyber-surgery. It's not cheaper to build your ow...
Consumer Reports Classifies Monster's M7 7-inch Tablet as a "Don't Buy"
Although Wal-Mart had high hopes for the $150 Monster M7 tablet found exclusively at their store, Consumer Reports does not believe it is worth the money. After testing, Consumer Reports found that the table...
10 things that would make LinkedIn a MILLION times better
I used LinkedIn every day. It's a fantastic anti-Facebook professional networking tool. It allows me to become friendlier with literally hundreds of people I meet at my jobs and networking events without giving...


Phish frontman Trey Anastasio just announced plans to play an orchestral show with the L.A. Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl come this fall, on September 26. There's no word on whether this will turn into a string of dates, but this isn't Anastasio's first crack at playing with the group: he last performed his "Evenings with Trey Anastasio" with the L.A. Philharmonic during his first orchestral tour in 2012. Presale tickets for the event will be on sale April 14 to 20, and general public tickets will hit the market on May 4 at 10:00am PT.
Born Ernest Joseph Anastasio III (we have to admit that "Trey" is a much better stage name), Trey Anastasio is known primarily as the guitarist, vocalist, and composer for the rock band, Phish. Besides composing over 150 songs for the group, he's also played with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Colorado Symphony on a string (pun intended) of orchestral tours, and last year was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Score for his work on the short-lived musical Hands on a Hardbody.


Google has introduced a long-promised video filtering system for its YouTube website. The system is designed to help owners of copyrighted videos crack down on pirated versions distributed over the video-sharing site.
The tracking and identification system was developed in response to complaints by large media companies at the prevalence of pirated content on YouTube. Last March, Viacom, which owns MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central, sued Google, which owns YouTube, for massive copyright infringement and demanded $1-billion in damages.
The company had complained that Google was dragging its feet in developing the new system, but welcomed its introduction on Tuesday.
"We're delighted that Google appears to be stepping up to its responsibility and ending the practice of profiting from infringement," said Michael Fricklas, general counsel of Viacom, in a statement.
Dubbed "YouTube Video ID", the system creates an abstract image of copyrighted videos and compares that with similar images that are extracted from videos uploaded to YouTube.
The system, which is still officially in test mode, will take time to become fully operational as it needs copyright owners to submit copies of their material to the Google database for comparison.
"We really need the content community to work with us," YouTube content manager David King said.
Google said nine media companies, including Disney and Time Warner, participated in an initial 10-day test.


When you think about DIY fashions, Gucci isn't the first thing that naturally comes to mind. Do-it-yourself styles usually consist of adding a menagerie of patches to an old denim jacket, turning your tired jeans into cutoff shorts, or embroidering your name onto a satin varsity jacket. All super stylish options, but again, not necessarily Gucci. Until now, because the luxury designer label has just launched Gucci DIY, a service that allows you to give your favorite pieces an extra personal touch.
Right now, you can only customize your tote bags ($2990) and sneakers ($980) with your initials, but there are so many different options out there, from the colors to the fonts and bag styles.
To go along with this campaign, Gucci tapped artist Petra Collins to create a 70s-style video and stunning imagery.
Click through the gallery below to see examples of customized pieces from the new Gucci DIY campaign.
To view the Gucci DIY campaign video by Petra Collins, be sure to press play below.
More new designer outfit ideas.


Frederick Douglass was born around 1818, with the given name of Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. He was born in Talbot County, Maryland, to a slave mother who was sold to a plantation twelve miles away shortly after his birth. Douglass only saw his mother a few times over the next seven years when she made the long twelve mile walk for a short visit at night, only to walk all the way back and then work all the next day in the fields without rest. She died when Frederick was around seven years old. Douglass knew his father was white, and suspected he was the master, Aaron Anthony, but never knew for sure.
Douglass spent the next eight years in this relatively "safe world" before being sent back to the country where he was "hired out" to Edward Covey. Covey was known to be the "slave breaker" and for his notorious treatment of slaves. He whipped his slaves daily and gave them barely any food until they were "broken in body, soul, and spirit" and were made to accept slavery as their lot in life. Douglass tried to escape in April of 1836, but his plot was foiled upon discovery and he spent two years in prison. On the first day of that year he had vowed to himself that he would be free by the end of the year but clearly that was not the case.
After being released from prison, Douglass went back to work at the Baltimore shipyards and docks. On September 3, 1838, he did escape and "fled the city" by steamboat. He traveled from there by train to New York City where he married Anne Murray, whom he met when he worked the shipyards as a caulker. Together, they went on to New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he took his new name of Frederick Douglass. In 1839 a daughter, Doughter Rosetta was born, with Lewis Henry born in 1840, Frederick Jr. in 1842, Charles Remond was born in 1844, and finally, Annie was born in 1849.
Douglass learned enough of his "letters" from Sophia Auld to educate himself, and became an avid reader. He subscribed to a weekly journal called the Liberator, written and published by William Lloyd Garrison, who became his "hero" and mentor until Douglass realized that Garrison was too radical in his beliefs. Apparently, Garrison felt the Constitution was pro-slavery, when Douglass saw the Constitution as anti-slavery. At that point Douglass went in a different political direction than Garrison and became one of the most effective and well-known abolitionist speakers for anti-slavery and equal rights, and for women's rights, throughout the eastern and mid-west regions of the United States. He also had many speaking tours throughout Europe, in Scotland, and in England. Along with writing for newspapers, Douglass published three autobiographies.
In 1846 Douglass became legally free when British supporters purchased his freedom from Hugh Auld, his former master.
In 1847 the Douglass family moved to Rochester, New York, where they became active in Susan B. Anthony's women's movement. Frederick started the newspaper North Star, with Martin R. Delany and William Cooper Nell in the basement of a church that was known for their "underground" activities. Starting this newspaper ended Douglass' "dependence" on Garrison and other white abolitionists he had been affiliated with. In 1851, the name of the paper was changed to Frederick Douglass' Paper.
In 1848 the first women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York , where Douglass met Julia Griffiths, whom he brought home to live with his family as their tutor. When she began to work as his business manager there was quite the scandal because she was white, but the people gradually adjusted to the sight of them together until she moved out of the country and returned to her home in England in 1852.
Douglas became involved as a "Station Master" for the Underground Railroad in Rochester and helped many slaves escape and begin new lives as free people.
Douglas died on February 20, 1895 from a heart attack.
For more about the many accomplishments, rescues of escaping slaves, work with civil and women's rights, and his personal life, click the links for Frederick Douglass below.


"Stars are like thoroughbreds. Yes, it's a little more dangerous with them. They are more temperamental. You have to be careful because you can be thrown. But when they do what they do best - whatever it is that's made them a star - it's really exciting".
Sydney Pollack was at the beginning of a great if uneven career as a mainstream director when he produced this downbeat existentialist gem set in the depression years and centred around the bizarre world of marathon dance contests. After being championed by his friend Burt Lancaster, with whom he'd made two films as director-star, Pollack found his voice in socially conscious and liberal leaning topics and became one of the most effective American directors during the period of the American Renaissance. Horace McCoy's novel They Shoot Horses Don't They? was written in 1935 and formed the basis of the film, Jane Fonda having input into the script and her character of Gloria. The film rights were once owned by Charlie Chaplin and Norman Lloyd but their project, with Marilyn Monroe in the lead, fell through in the early '50s after Chaplin went into exile in Europe following accusations of communism during the blacklist period.
Robert (Michael Sarrazin) is a wide eyed and naive young man bumming around Hollywood in the early '30s hoping like many others for some vague dream factory success. He stumbles into the preparations for a dance marathon and agrees to pair up with Gloria (Jane Fonda) after she loses her partner before the start. The contest offers a prize of $1500 and 140 couples start the gruelling event where the winner takes all. We meet Alice (Susannah York) a would-be Jean Harlow glamour actress, and Sailor (Red Buttons) an older dancer, as well as a young couple James (Bruce Dern) and his heavily pregnant wife Ruby (Bonnie Bedelia). The contestants hope for Hollywood scouts to 'discover' them, of to make money from sponsorship of interested spectators. As the dance continues Robert and Gloria get to know each other, and as other couples fall by the wayside they get through to the last 7 pairs.
The novel was a hit with the French existentialists in the '30's and it was Fonda's then husband Roger Vadim who encouraged her to pursue the role of Gloria. She found working with Pollack a great experience as he wanted her input into how she saw the character and adapted the script accordingly. Fonda's performance is one of the great modern characterisations and pointed to a modern screen woman, ironically in the form of a depression era character. Gloria's cynicism is breathtaking and necessary, as she unashamedly calls the charade for what it is, cheap exploitation of other people's pain. When one of the women suffers a nervous breakdown in the change rooms during a rest she tells the oily master of ceremonies, Rocky (Gig Young) "I figured you'd put her on display and charge a little extra", to which he replies, "no, it's too real". She addresses the great existentialist question of death in relation to cognition when she is told how cattle are slaughtered, "They don't know it's gonna happen, puts 'em one up on us".
Fonda gives a brittle and measured performance and set the ground for a string of signature roles as she ascended to the top echelons of her profession. After the strange departure of Barbarella, made to please her husband, director Roger Vadim, she inhabits Gloria with an intensity that finally matched the fullness of the role on offer. This new sense of purpose soon transferred to her personal life as she returned to America to become a political activist in between some stunning film roles. Fonda proved herself here and grew into a new maturity, worthy of her daunting heritage as the daughter of an acting legend.
Pollack was an actor before he became a director and his handling of what is an ensemble piece is sure and clear. Gig Young gives an Oscar winning turn as Rocky, milking every drop from the role as the MC just as desperate as many of the contestants. It's a role that could easily lapse into caricature and it's a tribute to his skills and Pollack's direction that it does not. Susannah York is brilliant as the clinging Alice, hoping for her Hollywood break and not able to see how she's being chewed up and spat out in a Darwinist contest of survival of the fittest. A sad postscript was played out in 1978 when the heavily alcoholic Gig Young killed his wife and then committed suicide.
Misery as entertainment is not a new thing, as evidenced by this keening look into the plight of the working poor in the '30s. Japanese game shows and the recent spate of post Springer reality gruel merely update the spectre of a crowd wanting its winners and losers to be paraded before them, its blood lust never far from the surface. Capitalism has a dark heart and it's not pleasant to have it taken out and paraded in the light, it's confronting and disturbing. The American Renaissance was thankfully a time where reality and rawness were not necessarily abjured in favour of bland consumer friendly product, even though there was still plenty of that, and not many times has Hollywood had the guts to create a film like They Shoot Horses Don't They? and do it as profoundly as here.


text:
Tag: bush administration
Watering Down 'Open Government'
Critics say President Bush is trying to block part of a new law that makes the government
more accountable. The Open Government Act is supposed to improve access to
government information. But as Mark Brush reports, the Bush Administration's recent
budget request attempts to strip a key provision of the new law:
The new Open Government Act tries to address complaints about government secrecy by
creating an impartial mediator: an ombudsman who will help resolve disputes over
information requests. But in his budget, President Bush calls for the elimination of the
new ombudsman.
Rick Blum is the coordinator of the Sunshine in Government Initiative. That's a
collection of news media groups working for a more open government. Blum says
having an impartial mediator is critical to resolving disputes:
"Right now, if you get denied, if an agency says, 'No, you can't receive this document.'
Well, your only recourse is to hire a lawyer at tens of thousands of dollars, or maybe even
over a hundred thousand dollars to pursue a legal case."
Blum says he's hopeful that the President's attempts to eliminate the ombudsman position
will not stand.
For the Environment Report, I'm Mark Brush
Learn about the Open Government Act
More on the amendments to the Freedom of Information Act (pdf)
Sunshine in Government Initiative
Author Mark BrushPosted on February 11, 2008 Categories News SpotsTags budget, bush administration, government, president bush
Fed Dollars for the Birds
A conservation group says birds would get much needed help from President
Bush's proposed federal budget. Chuck Quirmbach reports:
https://environmentreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/spot_quirmbach_021108.mp3
The National Audubon Society and other organizations have been warning that
many bird species are in decline because of threats such as loss of habitat. The
President's budget would put 36 million dollars more into wildlife refuges.
There'd be another eight million dollars for keeping track of bird populations and
helping migrating birds.
The Bush Administration has often focused on birds that are hunted. Greg
Butcher is with the Audobon Society. He says the budget initiative would help
wetlands birds:
"And that's going to include ducks and geese that are hunted, but it's also going
to include herons and terns, and other species that aren't hunted. So it's a very
habitat-focused initiative."
Congress still has to act on the President's budget. It contains many
controversial items, so that could delay final passage.
For the Environment Report, I'm Chuck Quirmbach.
Bird Conservation Plans from the US Fish & Wildlife Service
More on bird conservation monitoring from the National Biological Information Infrastructure
Author Chuck QuirmbachPosted on February 11, 2008 Categories News SpotsTags birds, budget, bush administration, conservation, ducks, geese, habitat, herons, national audubon society, president bush, species, terns
Bush Brushes Over Environment
Bush has spoke of plans to fund clean energy and reduce dependence on oil but did not elaborate on how he would put these plans into action. (Photo courtesy of whitehouse.gov)
President Bush is echoing his past calls to wean the country from foreign oil, but his
most recent State of the Union speech quickly brushed over the topics of energy
independence and global warming:
The President says the U.S. is committed to energy security and confronting global
climate change:
"And the best way to meet these goals is for America to continue leading the way
toward the development of cleaner and more energy-efficient technology."
The President called specifically for funding new clean coal technology. That came
at the same time his Energy Department pulled funding for a major clean coal
technology project in Illinois. Mr. Bush also called for better battery technology and
renewable fuels for automobiles, but did not mention additional government support
for research.
A proposed investment in clean energy in developing countries and completing an
international agreement on global warming was noted by environmental groups. But
then they criticized the Bush administration for not implementing a mandatory
greenhouse gas cap and trade program in the U.S.
For the Environment Report, this is Lester Graham.
Related article from Reuters
Read the full transcript of the State of the Union 2008
Track Bush's environmental record at BushGreenwatch
Author Lester GrahamPosted on February 4, 2008 Categories News SpotsTags bush administration, energy security, foreign oil, global climate change, government, greenhouse gas, president bush, state of the union
Satellites Could Help Great Lakes
Scientists say there's no money to support using satellite images to help spot problems in the Great Lakes. (Photo by Lester Graham)
Scientists say satellite images could do more to help spot major problems in the Great Lakes, if
there were more federal money for those kinds of programs. Chuck Quirmbach reports:
Researchers have occasionally used satellite data from the Great Lakes, including to map ice on
the lakes. But the International Association for Great Lakes Research says federal funds for
satellite programs to monitor water quality and other conditions in the lakes have dropped
substantially since the 1990s.
Research group Executive Director Robert Sweeney says the lack of infrared and photo data
means it's hard to tell if pollution clean-up programs are working:
"We don't know if the removal of certain pollutants really make sense in terms of how the water is
responding."
Sweeney says there are not enough research boats or coastal programs to get the answers. The
Bush Administration has been trying to coordinate Great Lakes environmental efforts through a
collaboration plan, but scientists complain there's no new money.
Look at existing satellite images of the Great Lakes
Animated tours of the Great Lakes from the NOAA
More maps and images from the Great Lakes Information Network
Author Chuck QuirmbachPosted on January 21, 2008 Categories News SpotsTags bush administration, environmental efforts, federal funds, great lakes, water quality
California Sues Epa
Environmental groups are lining up behind California in a lawsuit against the
Environmental Protection Agency. Lester Graham reports, the EPA is trying to stop
California from mandating stricter greenhouse emission standards for cars and
trucks:
The Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Defense
and other big environmental groups have filed a petition with an appeals court. They
want to overturn a decision by the EPA. As soon as President Bush signed the
Energy Bill into law, the EPA Administrator said the new 35
mile per gallon standards in the Energy Act would reduce greenhouse gas emissions
enough that California's stricter emissions standards were not necessary.
In response, California and 15 other states sued the EPA. California often leads the
nation in stricter pollution reduction standards. The Sierra Club called the EPA's
decision – quote "another example of the Bush administration's bad habit of ignoring
laws that is finds inconvenient."
The EPA argues the better mileage standards will adequately lower greenhouse gas
emissions because less gasoline will be burned.
Related story from CNN
Learn about California's emissions policy (pdf)
The EPA on greenhouse gas emissions
Author Lester GrahamPosted on January 7, 2008 Categories News SpotsTags appeals court, bush administration, california, cars, emissions, energy bill, environmental defense, epa, greenhouse gas, pollution, president bush, sierra club, trucks
Watching Artificial Wetlands
Natural wetlands that are developed are supposed to be replaced by man-made wetlands somewhere else. (Photo by Lester Graham)
Some man-made wetlands work well and soon become home to native plants and wildlife. (Photo by Lester Graham)
While some man-made wetlands work well (like the one above), there is much confusion about the purpose of wetlands. Many end up as ponds, which are not as helpful for various kinds of wildlife. (Photo by Lester Graham)
More than half of U.S. wetlands have been drained for
development, farmland, and other purposes. That's 100
million acres now dried up. The Bush administration has
continued "no net loss" policy of any more wetlands.
So, when someone wants to drain a marsh or a swamp for,
say, a new housing development, they've got to build a man-
made wetland to replace it. But a new study is finding that
most of those man-made wetlands aren't doing very well.
Julie Grant reports:
continued a "no net loss" policy of any more wetlands.
(Sound of truck stop)
These 18-wheelers are lined up on a huge black parking lot
behind a truck stop off Interstate 80. Looking at it, this
wouldn't seem like the ideal place to create a wildlife area.
But wetland ecologist Mick Micacchion has chosen this place
to show that man-made wetlands can be successful.
At the edge of the parking lot, we walk down into some
brush. The ground is mostly even, there's no big ditches… just
some gentle slopes. The weather's been dry the past few
weeks. But water starts seeping into my shoes:
(Mike:) "You getting wet?"
It might be bad for our shoes, but saturated soil is a good
sign for a wetland, and so are a lot of the plants we're seeing.
As we walk, Micacchion stops at plant after plant…
Impatients, monkey flower, and lots of grass-like plants called
sedges. These all grow in wet soil:
"So even in sedge community, we're seeing some diversity.
Which is unusal in a wetland that's only been constructed for
a few years. But it tells you some good things are going on
Checking out what's going on at wetlands like this one is a
new job for Micacchion. He works for the state government.
Federal officials used to take authority over wetlands as part
of the Clean Water Act. But a U.S. Supreme Court decision
six years ago took away some of that federal authority, and
left responsibility for these kinds of isolated wetlands up to
That's why Micacchion is studying man-made wetlands for
the Ohio EPA: to assess how well the state program is
Wetlands that work are not only good for wildlife…they
provide a holding area for water when there's heavy rain.
That helps prevent flooding. It also gives polluted sediments
time to drop out of the water, so it's filtered, which means
it's cleaner by the time it drains into streams, rivers and
lakes.
But this story of a successful man-made wetland is the
exception. A study Micacchion's is conducting is finding that most are in fair
or poor condition.
The loss of functioning wetlands can lead to more flooding
and polluted waterways.
Micacchion says when developers drain natural wetlands,
they often don't understand how to build artificial wetlands to
replace those original systems.
Our next stop is a good example of that. We pull into a parking lot just behind a busy street
of car dealerships. One company drained a wetland back
here to build an access road. And to replace it, they built a
pond.
Tom Wysocki walks out of the car dealership to see what
we're up to out on his property:
"Is there someone in your office, who I mean, is this your
Beliwick in the office?"
"It would come to my desk."
"You're the wetlands expert at Klaben Ford."
"I'm the expert on everything."
Originally, this site might've correctly designed for a wetland. But
Wysocki decided it didn't look right to him because it wasn't
holding water. So he had it dug again to make a pond.
He and the actual wetlands expert definitely have a different
idea about what a successful wetland looks like. Micacchion
says a pond isn't a wetland:
"Usually with natural wetland systems, the slopes
are very gentle. And you have to walk out maybe 15-20 feet
before you get a foot deep of water. Here, you could step in
and maybe immediately be in a foot to two feet of water. And then, the deep
water it becomes difficult for certain plants to grow."
The area is dominated by a couple of kinds of plants. But
Micacchion says they're both invasives. And they're
crowding out the native wetland plants. Native plants would
provide habitat for wildlife:
"This is all reed canary grass. The biggest problem with it, it
comes in, and you can see it gets very thick. It's pretty much
only species you see growing with just a few other things you see
poking their heads up here and there. This eliminates some
of diversity we might see otherwise."
Micacchion says his study is finding that this is pretty typical.
Even if a developer starts out with right kind of plan,
somebody can make an arbitrary decision that defeats the
original purpose. But Micacchion says it doesn't have to be
that way. Man-made wetlands can work if they're designed
by ecologists and engineers who understand the details of
what makes natural wetlands so useful.
His office is creating wetlands guidelines. They want
developers to understand the natural wetlands they're destroying and what they need to do to replace them.
Learn more about constructed wetlands
Article on why some artificial wetlands don't work
Analysis of the "no net loss" policy (pdf)
Author Julie GrantPosted on October 22, 2007 Categories FeaturesTags bush administration, clean water act, csrees, destroy, development, diversity, farmland, housing, invasive plants, native, plants, ponds, soil, tom, wetlands
Funding for Clean Water Lacking
Cities and states across the country will need to spend hundreds of billions of
dollars to maintain and improve the nation's sewer and water systems. A new
report says these communities are not getting enough help from the federal
government. Chuck Quirmbach has more:
A study by the consumer group Food and Water Watch says the federal share of
clean water infrastructure spending has shrunk from 78 percent 30 years ago to
three percent today.
The group says it's time to create a national Clean Water Trust Fund, potentially
from fees or taxes. Wenonah Hauter is executive director of Food and Water
Watch. She acknowledges the Bush Administration has been focused on funding
the Iraq war:
"Well, I think it's a matter of priorities and I that having clean and safe and
affordable drinking water for future generations has to be a number one priority."
Hauter says without more national funding, people will continue to pay more in
property taxes and storm water assessment fees.
More on the proposed Clean Water Trust Fund
Read the proposed law
Author Chuck QuirmbachPosted on October 8, 2007 Categories News SpotsTags bush administration, drinking water, executive director, iraq, property taxes, safe water, taxes
Polluters Pay Less Under Bush
A new report concludes that under the Bush Administration, polluters are less likely to be taken to court. (Photo by Shealah Craighead, courtesy of the White House)
The Bush Administration is not punishing polluters as much. That's according to a new
report issued by a group of former Environmental Protection Agency attorneys. Mark
Brush reports:
The report concludes that under the Bush Administration, polluters are less likely to be
taken to court. They're less likely to be investigated. And they're less likely to pay civil
or criminal penalties when compared to the Clinton Administration. Eric Schaeffer is the
director of the Environmental Integrity Project, the group that released the report. As an
example of lax enforcement, he says the EPA often takes no action when power
companies pollute:
"I think power plants routinely violate particulate matter standards. They exceed opacity
requirements. They are even in some cases blowing stack tests, which are really hard to
fail, and you just don't see much response."
An EPA spokesman says they're committed to holding polluters accountable. As proof,
he says they've reached a record number of settlements in the last three years that force
companies to clean up.
The Environmental Integrity Project website
Author Mark BrushPosted on June 4, 2007 Categories News SpotsTags attorney, bush administration, clinton administration, eric, polluter, power plant, schaeffer, settlement
Bush to Block Sewer Funding
Congress appears poised to approve billions of dollars to help
cities renovate their aging sewage systems. That could prevent a lot
of sewage dumps into lakes and rivers. But the funding – if approved by Congress –
might not get the President's signature. Tracy Samilton reports:
https://environmentreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/samilton_041607.mp3
Many American cities have sewage systems that dump untreated sewage
into nearby waters during heavy rainstorms. The problem contributes to
beach closings, and in some places, sewage even backs up into people's
basements.
But the price tag to fix one mid-size sewage treatment system can be
hundreds of millions of dollars. Without federal help that can be out
of reach for many cities. Katherine Baer of American Rivers says the
problem will be worse soon:
"We have systems all around the country kind of hitting that place
where there's a lot of population growth and older systems, and all of
a sudden they've kind of come up with a perfect storm causing a lot of
sewage."
There's considerable support for the funding in the Senate, but no
support at all in the Bush Administration. The President has
indictated he will veto the bills if they reach his desk.
For the Environment Report, I'm Tracy Samilton.
Learn more about the Water Quality Financing Act of 2007
Author Tracy SamiltonPosted on April 16, 2007 Categories News SpotsTags american rivers, basement, bush administration, congress, dump, federal, funding, katherine, president, rainstorm, sewage system, water
Reusing Spent Nuclear Fuel
According to the government, GNEP is an evolving U.S. global nuclear strategy aimed at reducing global dependence on fossil fuels; providing reliable, abundant energy necessary for economic growth, prosperity and health; utilizing international expertise to advance technologies and safeguards; and reducing the risk of nuclear proliferation. (Photo courtesy Idaho National Laboratory)
A U.S. Department of Energy initiative to reprocess spent nuclear
reactor fuel is trying to find a home for a facility. Fred Kight
reports the Bush administration says the plan is a means to safely
expand nuclear energy. Critics of the initiative say it's unsafe and
unwise:
https://environmentreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/kight_032607.mp3
The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, or GNEP, would collect spent
nuclear rods from reactors and process them for re-use in the U.S. and
other countries.
Supporters, such as Henry Spitz of the University of Cincinnati, say the
program will allow more reliance on nuclear energy while reducing the
amount of waste generated by power plants:
"GNEP is an essential program if the U.S. is to become less dependent upon
foreign sources of energy."
But opponents, such as Linda Buskin Jergens, say a facility to reprocess
spent nuclear fuel could make it easier to obtain plutonium for nuclear
"Are we creating here a target for terrorism?"
The Department of Energy is studying 11 sites across the nation for the
reprocessing plant.
For the Environment Report, I'm Fred Kight.
The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership's website
Union of Concerned Scientists comments on Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP)
Author Fred KightPosted on March 26, 2007 Categories News SpotsTags bush administration, department of energy, henry, linda, nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, plutonium

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


@AgileKateOneal recently asked for examples of effective estimate use in medium/long-term planning, and making a no-go decision sprang instantly to mind.
Many such decisions are casual and quickly forgotten: the back of an envelope calculation which says that an idea is well beyond what we can afford; and the conversation moves on. An NoEstimator might object that one could profitably try out something rather than nothing, such is sometimes true but creative thinkers in commerce & IT can always generate a hundred more ideas than a team can try out; you can't try out everything.
in November last year I worked with a small UK charity, www.redinternational.org who were badly in need of some kind of CRM software to keep in touch with supporters and project partners. They were running largely on spreadsheets built from downloaded reports from virginmoneygiving.com / mydonate.bt.com etc. They also had an Access database with a fair amount of donor & similar data in it.
Question: Is it better to pay for a CRM solution — typical charity starting price £10,000 going up to easily £100k – or get someone to do enough work on the Access database to make it a usable solution?
My Answer: I first spent some time discovering and documenting their main use-cases (to clarify: their 'business' use cases, that is the things the charity had to do whether manually or with IT). I gave that picture to the CRM providers so that they could give us a sensible proposal. And I worked out an estimate for extending/developing the Access database. Based on that, we could see that a CRM consultancy/solution looked like £10-£20k (5 year cost) and the DIY-option about 200-400 developer days.
Even with this level of accuracy it was good enough to see that DIY should be a no-go. I did not expect this. I thought that the charity's actual requirements were sufficiently small that we could do something useful for a few thousand pounds. But two hours spend going through their use-cases on my estimating spreadsheet showed me that I was wrong. So, I recommended the best value CRM option.
This, I think, is planning 101: a couple of hours working through the detail on paper is a lot cheaper than running the experiment; but can be enough to make a probably-good decision.
This was for a financial services company in 2013. The team were working on PPI claims for an insolvency practitioner (obliged to pursue potential claims that might bring in some money for their clients' accounts) and had about ten thousand potential claims with hundreds per month being added. They had been working manually on spreadsheets for over a year.
I spent 4 days on analysis and listed a set of use-cases that covered the processes end-to-end; and I estimated that a suitable system could be done for about 40 days development work. The estimate cost about 3 or 4 hours on top of the analysis.
The contract to provide was capped-price. The customer was not open to a no-estimates approach. And I accepted being bargained down to below my estimate (Doh! I hear you say. Quite so). The actual cost came out close to (but above) my original estimate, but could have used another week's work to make it user-friendlier.
The better course would have been to use the estimate/budget mismatch to declare a no-go rather than accept a reduced budget. This might have resulted in the client agreeing to go ahead anyway (which might in turn have led to a no-estimates approach to the work). Or it might have led to no contract. Either way would have been less painful and more controlled than over-running the budget.
This entry was posted in Code and tagged #noestimates, estimates, software, success and failure on 5th January 2015 by Chris F Carroll.
Knowns Things we know, and we know we know them Things we know but don't realise we know them; tacit knowledge that we take for granted. Become a problem if we are responsible, and fail, to communicate them to people who don't know. Also a problem when we start work in a new context and don't realise that what we 'know' is no longer valid, so they become unknown unknowns.
Unknowns Things we know that we don't know. We can record the risk, and estimate a cost for investigation & discovery Things we don't know that we don't know. This is the quadrant most likely to shipwreck plans.
My personal takeaway from this is that I will try using this quadrant when listing risks. Just having a space for the possibility of unknown knowns & unknowns can be an impetus to do a little risk-storming & consultation, to help you discover the as-yet-unknowns.
This entry was posted in Agile Software Architecture, LifeUniverse&Everything, Working Life and tagged IT projects, software, software architecture, success and failure on 21st December 2014 by Chris F Carroll.
We had a debate&discussion at XP-Man on NoEstimates for which I did some notes. Reading the NoEstimates stuff, I was most attracted to the sense of "Let's not be satisfied with second rate" and of a thirst for continuous improvement.
An estimate for a Project is (1) a list of things to work on; (2) a cost-range for those things; and (3) a list of risks, that is (3a) of Dependencies that 1&2 rely on, and (3b) of things that might cause significant change.
An estimate or plan for a sprint is (1) a list of things to work on, (2) a "cost" (eg story points) for those things and (3) a list of things we are uncertain about, or (4) need to get help with.
The value of a sprint estimate is, to see things we need to ask for in advance (ie external help or resources); to give everyone a sense of confidence about what we're doing; to fail-faster, that is to see sooner what we can't achieve.
This entry was posted in Code, Working Life and tagged agile, software, success and failure on 15th November 2014 by Chris F Carroll.
Q: What are the top 3 things every project manager should know?
Who to trust; how to communicate; and what would success look like.
Q: What are the common mistake that inexperienced project managers make?
This entry was posted in Code, Working Life and tagged IT projects, success and failure on 20th June 2014 by Chris F Carroll.


text: =Honors and Awards= 2002 The Elizabeth N. Watrous Prize, National Academy of Design, New York, NY 2001 City of Osaka Civic Enviornment Award, Osaka, Japan 1999 Lifetime Achievment Award, International Sculpture Center, U.S. 1999 Biennial Honoree, Neuberger Mus. of Art, Purchase, NY 1994 Membership, American Academy of Arts & Letters. 1991 American Institute of Architects, Kansas City; Biennial Artist's Award 1989 Award, Prix Ars Electronia, Linz, Austria. 1987 American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Art Award. 1985 Honorary Doctorate, Arts and Humane Letters Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. 1981 American Institutes of Architects' Medal. 1976 DAAD Fellowhship for Berlin Kunstlerprogram 1974-1987 Advisory Board, Public Arts Fund, N.Y. 1974 Reynolds Metal Sculpture Award 1974 National Endowmnt for the Arts and Iowa City Sculpture Competition. 1971 New York State Council on the Arts Sculpture


text:
JFK: The Dallas Perspective and the Sixth Floor Museum
Home / Featured Program / JFK: The Dallas Perspective and the Sixth Floor Museum
By Niki Nicastro McCuistion / October 7, 2013 / Featured Program, Niki Site, Recent Programs
Joining host, Dennis McCuistion, are guests:
Stephen Fagin – Associate Curator and Oral Historian, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza; Author of Assassination and Commemoration
Wes Wise – Co-author When the News Went Live; Former Dallas Mayor 1971- 1976
The time leading up to President Kennedy's visit to Dallas was volatile. Adlai Stevenson, visiting Dallas a month earlier for a United Nations conference, had been attacked by a picketer. While Dallas was known as a very patriotic city, it also had a reputation for having people with extremist views.
Left to Right: Niki McCuistion, Stephen Fagin, Dennis McCuistion and Wes Wise
Pierce Allman, at that time a reporter with WFAA Radio, tells us that President Kennedy had not wanted to make the trip. Yet, party leaders had convinced him that he needed to do so in order to unite the party. The city of Dallas was excited about the visit, especially as Mrs. Kennedy was accompanying the President, something she rarely did. The atmosphere after the assassination was one of intense self-examination. He says, "People asked themselves, 'did I do something- that something so tragic could occur?'" He believes Dallas changed afterward.
https://frtvvideo.s3.amazonaws.com/frtv/wp-content/uploads/2000/2108.m4v
For years after the assassination, Dallas was considered a city of hate by many around the country, and vilified as a city of shame. The New York Times branded it as "a city not too many decades removed from vigilante traditions of the old frontier." Ten years after the assassination, Wes Wise recounts being at a mayor's conference in Chicago and a fellow mayor accosting him with, "How does it feel to be mayor of the city that killed the President?"
Allen Mondell, Dallas filmmaker, with audience members
Yet as Stephen Fagin says, Dallas has moved past the stigma and is a city with a bright and great future. Many wanted to tear down the old school book depository based on it being a blot on the city. It was also saved from commercial exploitation after it was put on the auction block in 1970 by concerned citizens, including Wes Wise, Lindalyn Adams and Conover Hunt, among others. Now it is now the second most visited museum in Texas, welcoming over 350,000 guests a year, many of whom are young people who were not alive at the time. The museum has a full scope of information, records, readings, books and video, which offer a full grasp of the era and history.
Mr. Fagin talks about the Sixth Floor Museum's oral history project, a dynamic and ongoing 25-year plus initiative, of audio-visual interviews of people around the world, reflecting on the life, death and legacy of President Kennedy and the history and culture of the time. The museum welcomes individuals who want to share their story. Visit www.jfk.org for more information.
Talking about things that matter… with people who care.
Tags:2108
Nutrition Part 2: Eating Our Way to Better Health
Nutrition Part 1: Research Surrounding Vegan Benefits to Health
Prescription Drug Costs and Safety: Part Two


Here we will go over the basics of using ACE, this stuff you are highly recommended to know before playing.
Interaction is the most important feature of ACE, it allows you to interact with objects and players and is vital for basically all ACE functions such as Medical, Explosives etc.
By default the keys for interacting are; Left Windows for Interacting with other objects and Ctrl + Left Windows for interacting with yourself.
ACE has a wonderful feature called "Advanced Throwing" this allows you to very precisely throw grenades, flashbangs, etc, with a visual throw path.
it will show a visual throw path with white dots. Pressing Shift + G again will cycle through your inventory of grenades.
Yellow = Possible collision, it may go through the object or just bounce of it.
For example, frag grenades usually go through windows, meanwhile IR grenades won't.
useful for long distance and very precise throwing, for example a window or round a corner.
this provides a high arc of throw, very useful for throwing over a nearby wall or into a trench.
Scroll Down to go back to normal underhand throw.
The last visa simple drop, access this through Ctrl + G while in any of the previously mentioned mode.
or simply dropping a smoke grenade at your feet when calling in a helicopter.
Press Ctrl + G to go back to normal throwing modes.
Unlike vanilla Arma 3, with this you can cook grenades, when in any of the throwing modes and with the grenade of your choice.
the default RHS M67 grenade has a timer of 5 seconds til it explodes.
priming the grenade, counting to 3 and dropping it. This will explode the grenade on the enemies inside the room with very little warning.
this also gives you and your friendlies some smoke cover.
One of the great additions to Arma 3 with ACE is it's medical system, in a nutshell it makes the medical interactions and mechanics more realistic than just pressing one button to heal yourself or others.
When you are shot, the damage is local areas of your body, being limbs, chest, head etc.
Different types of damage create different types of wounds, some wounds or areas bleed faster than others or are harder to bandage etc.
Pressing H will open the ACE Medical Menu (If it just shows a hint at the top right, disable tutorial hints in options), if you are not looking at someone when pressing H, it will open the menu on yourself and if you are looking at someone when you press H, it will open the menu on that person. You can see who the medical menu is showing by looking at the name at the top of the window.
The menu shows health/medical information relating to the patient, what body parts are wounded, what wounds exist etc. Clicking on a wound and using the various tabs at the top allow actions to be performed.
When a wound is fully bandaged, it will turn blue on the medical menu, this means it's got bandages applied, stopping the bleeding/pain.
All bandages fall off eventually, different bandages and wounds combinations have different reopening times.
For a wound to be fully treated you need a medic to perform field surgery, this removes the bandages and stitches the wounds therefore removing the wound off your player.
When you are hit, you call for a medic immediately and fall back into cover, only a medic has the training/equipment to get you to full health again.
If you try to heal yourself with major/moderate wounds you will have a very bad day when your bandages start falling off and start passing out in the middle of a firefight.
Medics are you best friend, keep them safe!
in the revive state you will have 0 pulse and will appear lying face down on the floor.
Depending on the type and amount of damage you received, you will have a different amount of time until you are dead-dead (Go into spectator, permanently out of the mission).
each CPR attempt has a chance of restarting your heart but it's pretty low.
For you to have a good chance of having your heart restarted you need to be given CPR or shocked by a defibrillator by a combat medic.
If a friendly gets hit and goes down, a general rule is to go over and check their heart rate, if they don't have a heart rate you need to apply CPR to keep them from dying completely. Call out for a medic to come over and take over tending to the patient.


text:
/*
 * MinIO Cloud Storage (C) 2018 MinIO, Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import React from "react"
import { connect } from "react-redux"
import humanize from "humanize"
import Moment from "moment"
import { getDataType } from "../mime"
import * as actions from "./actions"
import { getCheckedList } from "./selectors"

export const ObjectItem = ({
  name,
  contentType,
  size,
  lastModified,
  checked,
  checkObject,
  uncheckObject,
  actionButtons,
  onClick
}) => {
  return (

          <input
            type="checkbox"
            name={name}
            checked={checked}
            onChange={() => {
              checked ? uncheckObject(name) : checkObject(name)
            }}
          />

         {
            e.preventDefault()
            if (onClick) {
              onClick()
            }
          }}
        >
          {name}

{size}

{lastModified}

{actionButtons}

  )
}

const mapStateToProps = (state, ownProps) => {
  return {
    checked: getCheckedList(state).indexOf(ownProps.name) >= 0
  }
}

const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => {
  return {
    checkObject: name => dispatch(actions.checkObject(name)),
    uncheckObject: name => dispatch(actions.uncheckObject(name))
  }
}

export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(ObjectItem)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
A Equipe Neozelandesa da Copa Davis representa a Nova Zelândia na Copa Davis, principal competição entre seleções do tênis no mundo. É organizado pela Tennis New Zealand. Até 1914, competiu como Australásia, em conjunto com a Austrália.

Ver também
 Copa Davis
 Fed Cup

Ligações externas

  DavisCup.com (equipe neozelandesa)

Nova Zelândia

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Rarely on the market! South facing with sweeping views of 3 lakes and 3 golf holes. Oak Steps guide you upstairs to the main living area with 20 x 20 porcelain tile throughout. Wood floor in the flex room/office. Master bedroom has marble entry with wood floor. Granite counters in the master bath along with venetian plaster walls. Wet bar option with granite counter tops and wine cooler. Kitchen has bisque 42 inch cabinets with crown, granite counters and stainless appliances. Surround Sound in the living room. Remote fabric hurricane shutters on the lanai. Brand new LG HE washer and dryer. Carrier Infinity HVAC system was added along with additional larger returns and larger diameter supply line. Stainless steel water supply lines throughout. Indigo Isle is a low density community only 9 buildings and 36 units. Shadow Wood Country Club is member owned offering 54 holes of championship golf, 9 Har-Tru court tennis facility, bocce, pickleball, and access to a private Beach Club and Fitness Center. Minutes to Coconut Point Mall and 20 minutes to the airport.


Goa, is the smallest Indian state with a territory of 3,702 sq km. It is located in the Western Ghats. A tropical paradise, it is bathed by the warm waters of the Arabian Sea. The culture of Goa is a blend of Indian and Iberian: European style central squares and Indian bazaars, Portuguese churches sharing their walls with Hindu temples.Goa is best known for its spectacular beaches and luxurious hotels but there are many old churches, monuments, temples and museums which are worth visting. In terms of tourist destinations, Goa figures among some of the most popular holiday spots. Besides being a location for some of the most beautiful beaches, it is also one of the biggest Christian pilgrimage sites in Asia. With close proximity to the Western Ghat range, Goa is also blessed with rich flora and fauna making a biodiversity hotspot. Its presence in the tropical zone and closeness to the Arabian Sea lends a warm and humid climate to the state of Goa. It's an ideal holiday and religious destination for travelers from across the world.
Panaji is the capital city of the state of Goa and is the third largest city in the state. The city is one of the tourist destinations in the country for all types of tourists from various parts of the world. Also known as Panjim, Panaji is located on the banks of the Mandovi estuary and the Arabian Sea. It is an important part of the North Goa district. According to the local dialect, Panaji is popularly known as 'the land that does not flood'.
The ideal time for tourists to come for Panaji travel is between the months of October and February when the weather is fine. The weather is these months are pleasant with very little rainfall. The climate in Panaji is mostly marine tropical. The summer months are hot and humid while the winter months are pleasant and dry. As the city is located close to the sea, cool breeze blows over it almost all over the year.
It Has a length of 11 Km. from Panaji. It has important religious and educational centre of Christian Missionaries. The Church, Seminary and School atop hillock command a magnificent panorama of the country side around and provide fine view of Mormugao Harbour & Zuari river.
To the right of the front of the church is the chapel containing the tomb of Father Agnelo, the object of Pilgrimage for thousand of people each year. Beyond this is a shaded courtyard, cloistered and galleried, with frescos that give an excuse to linger, if excuse is needed in this haven of peace for while the monastery is secluded, high above the busy world below and not casually accessible.
Mapusa, also pronounced as Mapsa by the locals, this place is situated on the converging point of the National highways going through Goa. Mapusa has only a limited number of hotels and accommodation because it is a mainly commercial town catering to the locals and has a large resident population. Mapusa's nearness to many famous beaches of the north makes it an appropriate tourist spot during the peak tourist season in the months of October to March.
Margao was famous for its fish market, which used to be an amusing and entertaining sight. Lots of fisher women used to assemble at a market place in south Goa near the Municipal Office building and sell their catch by publicizing it in the top of their voices. Their clothes were one to watch out for. The colors were very brilliant and used to add to the beauty of the women.
Most people visit Ponda en route to the wildlife reserves or the nearby Hindu temples. There is nothing of interest in the town itself. It is located 28km southeast of Panaji and 17km northeast of Margao. Ponda was one of the first places to be conquered by the Portuguese, but was immediately retaken by the Adil Shah kingdom of Bijapur. It was ceded by the King of Sunda in 1791, and thus became part of Goa.
The Safa Masjid, 2km west on the road to Panaji, is the best-preserved 16th century Muslim monument in Goa. This small mosque was built by the Bijapur ruler Ibrahim Adil Shah in 1560. It is one of two Muslim shrines not destroyed during the Portuguese Inquisition.
Vasco da Gama is the biggest town of Goa. Majority of Goa's population resides over here. The layout of the city of Vasco da Gama is well planned and is very clean. The architecture is aesthetically pleasing and it has some very old structures existing with modern buildings.
Vasco da Gama is the commercial hub of Goa and many important economic activities take place here. The town is industrialized and has an important seaport. The Mormugoa Harbor is a very important commercial center and is the core from which ship vessels are sent off to other countries, which trade in minerals such as iron ore and spices. It is a natural harbor which docks ships from almost all over the world.


text:
BLACKHAWKS RELEASE HILDEBRAND
Chicago, Ill. - The Chicago Blackhawks announced today that they have released goaltender Jake Hildebrand from their training camp roster. The IceHogs and Hildebrand agreed to terms on an AHL contract on June 15.
Hildebrand, 22, finished his four-year collegiate career at Michigan State University last season, posting a career record of 45-70-14 with a 2.54 GAA and .921 save percentage. He was named the Team MVP for each of his four seasons (2012-16) with the Spartans, becoming the first four-time Team MVP in Michigan State hockey history. The Butler, Penn. native was named the Big Ten Player of the Year and Goalie of the Year in 2014-15 when he tied for the most shutouts in the nation (6) and finished with a 2.18 GAA and .930 save percentage.
Hildebrand will report to training camp with the IceHogs. Rockford opens camp on Sunday, Oct. 2.
Home Opener: Saturday, Oct. 22 vs. Milwaukee at 7 p.m. The IceHogs open their 18th season of professional hockey at the BMO with the first home game of the 2016-17 season. The first 5,000 fans to enter the arena will receive an IceHogs calendar compliments of BMO Harris Bank. For tickets visit IceHogs.com or call (815) 968-5222.


text:
Q: How to programmatically click on a node? I'd like to programmatically emulate a click on a node in a TreeView control. There's no clickable method as far I can see (something corresponding to other controls) and I guess that I need to go for the currently selected node.
So I've tried the following:
christmasTreeView.SelectedNode. ???

However, intellisense gave me no hint on what to call in order to fire a clickety-click on the node. How can it be done?

A: You can do something like:
// find the node you want to select and make it the SelectedNode
christmasTreeView.SelectedNode = christmasTreeView.Nodes[1]; // <-- the index you need
// Now trigger a select
christmasTreeView.Select();
// or
//christmasTreeView.Focus();

This will fire:
private void christmasTreeView_AfterSelect(object sender, TreeViewEventArgs e) {
   // awesome
}

Possible approach (not very smooth, though).
TreeNode preSelected = ChristmasTreeView.SelectedNode;
ChristmasTreeView.SelectedNode = null;
ChristmasTreeView.SelectedNode = preSelected;
ChristmasTreeView.Select();

A: Your main issue is that a Windows Forms TreeNode does not derive from a Control like a TreeView does (or, for example, a Button). It's much closer to a "model" class, meaning that it's primarily concerned with the hierarchical organization of your data. Although some of the presentational abstraction is leaked in properties like Color, Bounds, Handle and similar, a TreeNode doesn't know how to paint itself, nor how to handle click events.
On the other hand, a TreeView is an actual Control, meaning you can derive from it and be able to override its protected  OnClick method, like shown in the example you linked.
If you want to follow that path, you could create your derived TreeView class from it and override the protected OnNodeMouseClick method. This method is specific to the TreeView and called by its WndProc method when a certain node is clicked.
But having read your comments to other answers, it seems that this is not what you really need to do to accomplish your goal.

A: You need to use event handler for TreeView.NodeMouseClick.
This Event got parameter which You can call in Your EventHandler like below:
void MyTreeview_NodeMouseClick(object sender,
TreeNodeMouseClickEventArgs e)
{
// do something with e.Node
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


"The app supports Mac (macOS 10.9 or later) and PC (Windows 7 or later), and new models are added to the list of supported headphones every month at no extra cost, according to Sonarworks. Once activated, the desktop app can be used on up to three devices simultaneously. The company said a mobile app for Android and iOS devices is coming soon.
The addition of 15 new headphone profiles brings the number of True-Fi-supported headphone models to 232. New models include Apple Airpods, the Behringer HPM1000 and HPS3000, Creative Aurvana Live!, HyperX Cloud Alpha, the Meze 99 Classic and 99 Neo, Monoprice Monolith M1060, Panasonic's RP-HJE125, the Razer Kraken Pro, and five Pioneer models, including the HDJ-X5 and HRM-7.
You are currently reading True-Fi Sound Enhancement App Now Supports 200+ Headphones at Audiophilepure.


text:
package pbs.base.pojo.vo;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * 用户身份信息,存入session
 * 由于tomcat将session会序列化在本地硬盘上,所以使用Serializable接口
 * @author Thinkpad
 *
 */
public class ActiveUser  implements java.io.Serializable {
	private String userid;//用户账号
	private String username;//用户名称
	private String groupid;//用户类型
	private String groupname;//用户类型名称

	private Menu menu;//操作菜单
	private List<Operation> operationList;//操作权限,包括用户点击菜单及操作菜单功能所有链接权限

	private String sysid;//用户所属单位id
	private String sysmc;//单位名称

	public String getUsername() {
		return username;
	}

	public void setUsername(String username) {
		this.username = username;
	}

	public String getUserid() {
		return userid;
	}

	public void setUserid(String userid) {
		this.userid = userid;
	}

	public String getGroupid() {
		return groupid;
	}

	public void setGroupid(String groupid) {
		this.groupid = groupid;
	}

	public String getSysid() {
		return sysid;
	}

	public void setSysid(String sysid) {
		this.sysid = sysid;
	}

	/*public String getLogintype() {
		return logintype;
	}

	public void setLogintype(String logintype) {
		this.logintype = logintype;
	}*/

	public String getGroupname() {
		return groupname;
	}

	public List<Operation> getOperationList() {
		return operationList;
	}

	public void setOperationList(List<Operation> operationList) {
		this.operationList = operationList;
	}

	public void setGroupname(String groupname) {
		this.groupname = groupname;
	}

	public Menu getMenu() {
		return menu;
	}

	public void setMenu(Menu menu) {
		this.menu = menu;
	}

	public String getSysmc() {
		return sysmc;
	}

	public void setSysmc(String sysmc) {
		this.sysmc = sysmc;
	}

/*	public Operation getActionUrl(String actionUrl) {
		if (operationList != null) {

			for (Iterator<Operation> o_list = operationList.iterator(); o_list.hasNext();) {
				Operation o_i = (Operation) o_list.next();
				if (actionUrl.indexOf(o_i.getActionUrl())>0) {
					return o_i;
				}
			}
		}
		return null;
	}*/

}


text:
Der Schweizer bzw. die Schweizerin des Jahres (, , ) wurde von 2002 bis 2015 jeweils im Januar des Folgejahres vom Schweizer Fernsehpublikum während der «Swiss Award»-Gala gewählt. Nach der Sendung im Januar 2016 wurde aus Spargründen die Sendung und damit auch der Preis eingestellt.

Die Namen der Preisträger wurden auf einer Ehrentafel auf der Älggi-Alp, dem geografischen Mittelpunkt der Schweiz, verewigt. Zur Enthüllung des jeweiligen Eintrags fand dort jährlich eine Feier statt, an der zumeist auch der aktuelle Preisträger teilnahm.

Seit 2014 wurden die Gewinner aus den Sports Awards automatisch beim SwissAward als Kandidaten für den Titel Schweizer des Jahres nominiert. Dies betraf den Sportler des Jahres, die Sportlerin des Jahres und den Behindertensportler des Jahres. Die Klausel im Reglement, dass man den Titel Schweizer des Jahres nur einmal im Leben erlangen konnte, wurde deshalb gestrichen.

Preisträger «Schweizer des Jahres»
 2015: Musiker Polo Hofer
 2014: Bundesrat Didier Burkhalter
 2013: Tennisprofi Stanislas Wawrinka
 2012: Langläufer Dario Cologna
 2011: Skirennfahrer Didier Cuche
 2010: Krankenschwester Marianne Kaufmann und Arzt Rolf Maibach
 2009: Herzchirurg René Prêtre
 2008: Bundesrätin Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
 2007: Schwingerkönig Jörg Abderhalden
 2006: Fussballnationaltrainer Köbi Kuhn
 2005: Formel-1-Rennstallbesitzer Peter Sauber
 2004: Entwicklungshelferin Lotti Latrous
 2003: Tennisprofi Roger Federer
 2002: Kinderarzt Beat Richner

Einzelnachweise

Schweizer Auszeichnung
Erstverleihung 2002
Ehemalige Auszeichnung


text:
Skoda produces three-millionth 1.2 HTP engine
By: Jisha P.
Skoda Auto has produced the three millionth petrol 1.2 HTP. The three-cylinder engine of the EA 111 series has been running off production lines at Skoda's main plant in Mladá Boleslav since 2001, and is used in Skoda, Seat and Volkswagen brand vehicles. In addition to the EA 111-series in the 1.2 HTP and 1.2 TSI versions, Skoda produces the 1.2 TSI and 1.4 TSI engines of the EA 211 series, as well as manual and automatic gearboxes in the Czech Republic. The carmaker has also produced its 500,000th MQ/SQ 100 gearbox, according to a company statement.
"Our company has been building engines for almost 115 years. This makes Skoda one of the longest-established engine developers and producers in the automotive industry," says Michael Oeljeklaus, Skoda Board Member for Production and Logistics, adding "The milestones of producing three million 1.2 HTP engines and 500,000 MQ/SQ 100 gearboxes prove the power of our local production. We are going to strengthen this technological expertise in the years to come."
The 1.2 HTP engine of the EA 111 series has been produced in Mladá Boleslav since 2001. The popular three-cylinder petrol engine is used in Skoda's Fabia, Roomster and Rapid. The abbreviation HTP stands for 'High Torque Performance'. Even at low speeds, the engine delivers considerable power. At the same time, the engine offers high efficiency and low weight.
Besides engine construction, the focus of Skoda's component manufacture is in gear production. The automatic dual-clutch gearbox DQ 200 is built at the Vrchlabí plant. Skoda produces the manual MQ 200 and MQ/SQ 100 gearboxes at the plant in Mladá Boleslav. Around 500,000 of the latter had been manufactured by the end of March this year. Skoda has been producing the MQ/SQ 100 since mid-2011. The MQ/SQ 100 is used in the city car – the Skoda Citigo, amongst others.
Skoda plans to build on its expertise in engine and gearbox manufacture over the coming years. To this end, the manufacturer has established a new Powertrain Centre at Cesana's Skoda Development Centre in Mladá Boleslav. The carmaker invested over 34 million euros into this project with support from the Volkswagen Group. This is currently the largest investment into development in the Czech Republic.
The foundry & forge is an important pillar of the innovative engine and transmission production at Skoda. The foundry & forge celebrated its 50th jubilee a few weeks ago. This area of production, founded in 1963 - shortly before the production of the Skoda 1000 MB was launched - is now one of the most advanced facilities of its kind, and is a Volkswagen Group 'Centre of Excellence'.
Source: Skoda Auto
Tags Skoda produces three-millionth 1.2 HTP engine


text:
'FBI: Most Wanted' Star Edwin Hodge on Ray & Cora's Future: 'Everyone Enjoys a Good Love Story'
Meredith Jacobs December 13, 2022
Mark Schafer/CBS
Subscribe to our FBI: Most Wanted Newsletter:
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for FBI: Most Wanted Season 4 Episode 8 "Appeal."]
FBI: Most Wanted delved into the newest member of the Fugitive Task Force, Special Agent Ray Cannon (Edwin Hodge) in its fall finale, "Appeal."
On the way to work with Hana Gibson (Keisha Castle-Hughes), Ray noticed a woman, Cora (Caroline Harris), arguing with her landlord after he'd raised her rent by $2,000, despite her and her son Caleb (Ja'Siah Young) being model tenants for four years. She didn't have the money, but while she had five days left on her lease, he was already showing her apartment to prospective tenants. It stuck with him, even as the Fugitive Task Force worked a case, though he wasn't sure about letting Hana do some digging into the landlord. But armed with the knowledge that the landlord would be facing time in prison if he called friends at the IRS, Ray was able to negotiate a new lease for Cora.
And we couldn't help but notice possible sparks between Ray and Cora as she thanked him and he threw around a football with her son. So might something happen? "Anything is possible and yes, we will see Cora and Caleb again later in the season as well," Hodge tells TV Insider. "Everyone enjoys a good love story, right?"
After wrapping the case, Ray opened up to Hana a bit about his past, sharing about bigots like his high school counselor, crooked cops his father tried to put away but were set free due to inconsistencies in the investigation (which was code for a Black FBI agent investigating a white sergeant), and people who refused to believe he earned his spot on merit. He couldn't forget about what was happening to Cora because he knew that it would be her son who would wear the scar from the experience. Ray was 15 when Katrina hit, and the harder pot was the gentrification of the neighborhood that caused his uncle to lose his home and new residents to regard his neighbors as interlopers.
"I'm looking forward to diving deeper into Ray's past. We're going to bring his family in at some point to help the audience understand even more who Ray is and why he makes the choices that he does," Hodge reveals.
'FBI' First Look: Tate Donovan Guest Stars as Isobel's Old Partner (PHOTOS)
We've seen Ray and Hana getting to know each other off the clock as roommates, so it's no surprise that she's the one he spoke with about his past. "I think their relationship opened a little more when they were talking about taking the medication after she went through the trauma of being kidnapped. She tore down just enough of her wall that Ray could see the real Hana and not FBI Hana," Hodge explains.
"They have a mutual respect for where each other is in their lives as they continue to learn from each other. Ray's been the most open with her and at the same time, Ray gets to experience a side of Hana that maybe the team doesn't get to see. It's fun when we get to dive into the agents' personal lives," he adds.
FBI: Most Wanted, Winter Premiere, Tuesday, January 3, 10/9c, CBS
FBI: Most Wanted where to stream
Edwin Hodge
'); //blogherads.adq.push(['inlineoop', 'skm-ad-outstream']);


text:
Q: Why is my UIView animation working differently? I'm working on a game engine, and I've run into a rather baffling behavior. I'm sure it's rather simple, but I'd like to figure it out before progressing.
I've subclassed UIImageView and added support for multiple animated sprites. I have controls working too, but I've been seeing a weird behavior. When my character walks up or left, the animation skips a frame, and appears to move faster. Moving right or down goes slower and displays the correct three frames.
I've gone through my whole call stack, and I can't figure it out. Here's what happens:

*

*The user taps on the virtual joypad.

*The game controller view controller dispatches a notification.

*The main player sprite picks up on the notification.

*The sprite asks the delegate if it's allowed to move where it wants to.

*The sprite moves in a given distance if it is indeed allowed to.

The sprite movement code looks like this:
//  Move in a direction
- (void)moveInDirection:(MBSpriteMovementDirection)direction distanceInTiles:(NSInteger)distanceInTiles withCompletion:(void (^)())completion{

CGRect oldFrame = [self frame];
CGSize tileDimensions = CGSizeZero;

tileDimensions = [[self movementDataSource] tileSizeInPoints];

if (tileDimensions.height == 0 && tileDimensions.width == 0) {

    NSLog(@"The tile dimensions for the movement method are zero. Did you forget to set a data source?\nI can't do anything with this steaming pile of variables. I'm outta here!");

    return;
}

CGPoint tileCoordinates = CGPointMake(oldFrame.origin.x/tileDimensions.width, oldFrame.origin.y/tileDimensions.height);

//  Calculate the new position
if (direction == MBSpriteMovementDirectionLeft || direction == MBSpriteMovementDirectionRight) {
    oldFrame.origin.x += (tileDimensions.width * distanceInTiles);
    tileCoordinates.x += distanceInTiles;
}else{
    oldFrame.origin.y += (tileDimensions.height * distanceInTiles);
    tileCoordinates.y += distanceInTiles;
}

if (![[self movementDelegate] sprite:self canMoveToCoordinates:tileCoordinates]) {
    [self resetMovementState];
    if(completion){
        completion();
    }
    return;
}

[self startAnimating];

[UIView animateWithDuration:distanceInTiles*[self movementTimeScaleFactor] delay:0 options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveLinear | UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState animations:^{

    [self setFrame:oldFrame];
}
                 completion:^(BOOL finished) {
                     //  Perform whatever the callback warrants
                     if(completion){
                         completion();
                     }
                     [self resetMovementState];
                 }];
}

If the MBSpriteMovement direction (which is a typedef of NSUInteger) is up or left, distanceInTiles is a negative integer. The correct distance is calculated, but for some reason, the down and right seem slower. I'm certain it does skip a frame when moving up/left.
Any idea why?
(This is an open source project, and can be found here, on GitHub.)

A: You need to make certain that the duration which is given to the UIView animation routine is non-negative. This is easily accomplished via the fabs function:
NSTimeInterval animationDuration = fabs(distanceInTiles*[self movementTimeScaleFactor]);

[UIView animateWithDuration:animationDuration
                      delay:0
                    options:UIViewAnimationOptionCurveLinear | UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState
                 animations:^{
                    //...
                 }];


text:
Conception: The Awakening of Ogbonné
Tuesday / January 31, 2023 / 8:00 pm
$10 in advance / $15 day of show
Discounted admission with Berklee ID
Free in advance / $5 day of show
Ogbonné Mary Orji
Come on a musical journey to become enthralled with the mind of the visionary, poet, tenor saxophonist, and artist Ogbonné Mary Orji, who will bring to life her debut visual album, Conception, on the Berklee Performance Center stage. Her collective ensemble of 15 fellow visionaries will showcase her original music, paying homage to her family and her ancestors by fusing the poetry, music, and dance worlds into one.
Orji is an eighth-semester student who fell in love with the world of composition and expressing the human experience through music after being introduced in her early years to spiritual/avant-garde jazz through the works of Pharaoh Saunders, Alice Coltrane, and Michael White, to name a few. But she also was heavily influenced by neo-soul, traditional Igbo highlife, and classic soul music; and as a result, Ogbonné Orji's original music is a blend of different genres, taking the listener through her perspective of life via cascades of notes with her Visionaries Collective. Through her music, she expresses her love for her higher power, spirituality, and the world around her.
Orji is the recipient of a Berklee World Tour Scholarship, the Thrive Scholarship, and the Billy Pierce Award at Berklee, and has been quietly cultivating and building her self and her artistry over the past three years at the college.
Program (50.39 KB)


What's the point in taking amazing pictures if you can't instantly show them off to the world? Photo Share lets your guests email their photos and post them online to Facebook & Twitter in a matter of seconds after stepping out of the Booth. Having DDM Photo Booth at your event lets you and your guests show how awesome your event is as it's actually happening. We have our own 4G LTE proprietary wifi upload system. We don't rely on the venue wifi which can be overloaded or non existent.


text:
Home » Topics » Cloud & Edge Computing » 6 predictions for cloud security in 2015
6 predictions for cloud security in 2015
by Ben Rossi 22 January 2015
With 2015 underway, there's a lot of discussion around the rapid evolution of cloud services from providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Google, IBM, and many others.
What's surprising is that we have not seen the same rapid evolution in the enabling technology sectors supporting these platforms – most notably in security. However, 2015 will be a landmark year as security companies fully embrace cloud-centric security strategies enabling more IT organisations to adopt, innovate and better manage the risks confronting their cloud-based infrastructure. Here are six predictions for cloud security in 2015.
1. Security technologies will stop being server-centric and become service-centric
For decades, organisations have become used to the network or the server as the battleground where security wars were waged. This made a lot of sense, as the server was the building block that directly stored critical data, and was relatively static in configuration and persistent in presence. The cloud has really disrupted this "server-centric" concept, creating a world in which servers are disposable containers that are not intended for the legacy functions.
>See also: How to secure data in the cloud
Instead, a new breed of services have surfaced to fill those roles formerly held by the physical server (i.e. file storing, processing, functioning a database, etc.). What used to be an operating-system function is now an API call to a service that has been abstracted away from the user. The new challenge for security teams is engaging a whole breed of services that are not accessible using the traditional approach (i.e. can't install software agents, don't have administrative OS access, or similar challenges).
Security has to shift to accommodate the proliferation of API-driven services in this abstracted cloud model, and leverage those APIs to perform security functions in the same way that developers leverage them to perform compute, storage and database operations.
2. Security controls will migrate closer to the object they protect
Security controls in the data centre often existed in wide-berthed perimeters. Firewalls encircled a broad set of network segments, server farms and storage tiers. Identity frameworks, access policies and network controls dealt with zones as their smallest component, often comprising whole subnets, data centres or even entire organisations. This was primarily because high costs and complexity of these security mechanisms prohibited granular deployments, and often, technological barriers impeded finer-grained controls.
The cloud redefined the limitation of these traditional environments by building in the micro-perimeterisation of security as a fundamental characteristic. In the cloud, every resource has its own set of security controls: virtual servers have their own dedicated firewall, role access policy, network access rights and more. Files stored in storage services can contain flexible and simple access policies and encryption mechanisms. Users can have powerful identity policies control and dictate their cloud capabilities.
These microperimeters scope security to the resource level, permitting many resources to co-tenant in the cloud without the fear that wide-sweeping security assumptions will create undesirable risk or danger for the organisation. We'll see controls continue to migrate down to the resource level, enabling more flexibility and control than we've ever had in legacy data centre environments.
3. The incumbent players have to revitalise their portfolios
The security incumbents – McAfee, Symantec, CA and similar behemoths – will have to innovate, acquire or partner to refresh their portfolios to be "cloud ready". The industry practice of re-packaging legacy technology and re-marketing it to fit the latest trend is not working with the unique challenges and opportunities provided by cloud environments. This is a do-or-die moment for big security incumbent players that could drastically impact the future revenue of these organisations.
4. Security professionals will become key players in DevOps teams
During much of the rapid shift to cloud adoption, information security professionals have, unfortunately, been sitting the bench. The fundamental challenge has been the lack of time, resources and tooling to provide necessary security transparency and velocity to support high-velocity DevOps organisations. We saw a lot of progress in 2014 around bridging the gap, and we think 2015 is the year that companies reorganise their DevOps and Security practices to be much closer together – also known as the DevSecOps movement. In 2015, we'll see security become an enabling and differentiating capability for the organisations that adopt it, and the bane of their competition who do not. Keep an eye on the DevSecOps movement.
5. CSPs will provide fundamental components of security with partner ecosystems creating additional value
Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) deliver utility-like technology, without diving into the complexities of extreme specificity. As such, we believe that in 2015, the big CSPs will deliver more fundamental building blocks of security. Rather than build very specific security solutions to solve each customer vertical's needs, CSPs like AWS will lean heavily on security partners to deliver incremental value on top of the toolkit provided by the platform. This type of partnership ultimately makes customers more secure than they were in their data centre environment.
>See also: Is secure cloud the next step in the evolution of information security?
6. Continuous cloud security monitoring and mitigation will be a must-have for CISOs
Continuous monitoring and mitigation are critical capabilities for organisations as cyber attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, automated, targeted and destructive. Organisations must move to automated defenses and mitigations. Otherwise, they'll continue to be a statistic like those seen in the Verizon DBIR, where attacks achieve their objectives in hours, but defenses fail to detect it for months. CISOs are getting much smarter about their defensive strategies. By equipping security pros with automated tooling that provides transparency, enforcement and even active mitigation, organisations can maintain parity with the present-day attacker capabilities.
Sourced from Tim Prendergast, founder and CEO, Evident.io
Tagged: Data
How to drive business value from edge analytics
API management for zero trust endpoint protection
Global public cloud end-user spending to reach nearly $600bn in 2023 — Gartner
Keeping the cloud secure with sovereignty in mind
Developing an app suite for multi-cloud data logistics


It is time to restore the Fairness Doctrine!
How many of you have heard of the Fairness Doctrine? Public broadcasters are licensed to use OUR airwaves. It used to be that in order to be licensed they were required to serve the public interest. One part of that public interest was to present a balanced view of different political viewpoints and to cover controversial issues of public importance. This "Fairness Doctrine" requirement was intended to protect the public from the possibility of moneyed interests buying up all of the information sources, leaving the public hearing only their viewpoint.
There was also a personal attack rule, which required stations to notify people or groups who were attacked on their broadcasts and give them the opportunity to respond on the air. And, candidates were given the opportunity to respond to attacks or endorsements of opponents.
Ronald Reagan's FCC stopped enforcing and then got rid of the Fairness Doctrine. Congress restored it but Reagan vetoed that. Under President George HW Bush Congress again restored it but it was vetoed. Then, under President Clinton the House passed it but the Republicans in the Senate blocked it with a filibuster. In the last six years Republicans controlled the House, Senate and Presidency and were quite happy with broadcasters presenting only a narrow corporate viewpoint, and allowing personal attacks to go unanswered.
Restoring the Fairness Doctrine would open up America's "marketplace of ideas." It would help to restore civility to our public discourse. It would help restore our democracy.
If the Fairness Doctrine were restored we would begin to see a variety of issues covered by the broadcast media, from a variety of perspectives. Currently we only see subjects that the corporate world is interested in, covered from a pro-corporate perspective. Imagine the effect on the country if the public were exposed to a variety of viewpoints on issues like trade, consumer protection, sustainability, unions, health care, global warming and energy, religion, the environment, nutrition, and SO MANY other issues!
Imagine the effect on our civic discourse if stations had to give time for a response to everyone that Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter smeared on the air!


text:
Sotzeling és un municipi francès, situat al departament del Mosel·la i a la regió del Gran Est. L'any 2007 tenia 18 habitants.

Demografia

Població
El 2007 la població de fet de Sotzeling era de 18 persones. Hi havia 8 famílies, de les quals 4 eren unipersonals (4 homes vivint sols) i 4 parelles sense fills.

La població ha evolucionat segons el següent gràfic:

Habitants censats

Habitatges
El 2007 hi havia 9 habitatges, 8 eren l'habitatge principal de la família i 1 estava desocupat. Tots els 9 habitatges eren cases. Dels 8 habitatges principals, 6 estaven ocupats pels seus propietaris i 2 estaven llogats i ocupats pels llogaters; 1 tenia quatre cambres i 7 en tenien cinc o més. 7 habitatges disposaven pel capbaix d'una plaça de pàrquing. A 3 habitatges hi havia un automòbil i a 4 n'hi havia dos o més.

Piràmide de població
La piràmide de població per edats i sexe el 2009 era:

Economia
El 2007 la població en edat de treballar era de 14 persones, 11 eren actives i 3 eren inactives. De les 11 persones actives 10 estaven ocupades (6 homes i 4 dones) i 1 aturada (1 dona i 1 dona). De les 3 persones inactives 1 estava jubilada, 1 estava estudiant i 1 estava classificada com a «altres inactius».

Activitats econòmiques
L'únic establiment que hi havia el 2007 era d'una empresa de serveis.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

 Résumé statistique Fitxa resum de dades estadístiques de Sotzeling a l'INSEE.
 Évolution et structure de la population Fitxa amb el detall de dades de Sotzeling a l'INSEE
 France par commune Dades detallades de tots els municipis de França accessibles a partir del mapa.

Municipis del Mosel·la


Join your fellow Gonzaga University Bulldogs for a unique look at how 'next generation' medical research is making breakthroughs in the fight against cancer.
Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 6:30 p.m.
Nora Disis, M.D., is a renowned UW Medicine cancer researcher and UW School of Medicine associate dean for translational science. Her work is at the forefront of bringing laboratory discoveries into clinics and classrooms.
Remarks by Darryl Potyk, M.D., chief of medical education, and Courtney Law, Ph.D., director, University of Washington School of Medicine–Gonzaga University Regional Health Partnership.


Save time, empower your teams and effectively upgrade your processes with access to this practical Audit log Toolkit and guide. Address common challenges with best-practice templates, step-by-step work plans and maturity diagnostics for any Audit log related project.
The latest quick edition of the Audit log Self Assessment book in PDF containing 49 requirements to perform a quickscan, get an overview and share with stakeholders.
Featuring 717 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Audit log improvements can be made.
Are audit logs regularly backed up, secured, and retained for at least three months online and one-year offline for all critical systems?
Is security and audit logging enabled on all operating systems, applications and databases in the data center?
Do access control logs contain successful and unsuccessful login attempts and access to audit logs?
Does the Security Gateway have functionality to filter or sanitize data before its written to the Audit Log?
Which regulations state that server and audit logs must be stored on a central logging server?
Maintain the integrity of audit logs through self-protection and limited auditor access?
Are account numbers sanitized before being logged in the audit log?
Are audit logs retained for at least six months on all critical systems?
Do you review audit logs at least once a week on critical systems?
Are server audit logs monitored and reviewed for irregularities?
Scope Management Plan: Are the people assigned to the Audit log project sufficiently qualified?
Scope Management Plan: Are updated Audit log project time & resource estimates reasonable based on the current Audit log project stage?
Probability and Impact Matrix: During Audit log project executing, a team member identifies a risk that is not in the risk register. What should you do?
Change Request: Does the schedule include Audit log project management time and change request analysis time?
Step-by-step and complete Audit log Project Management Forms and Templates including check box criteria and templates.
With this Three Step process you will have all the tools you need for any Audit log project with this in-depth Audit log Toolkit.
This Toolkit empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Audit log investments work better.
This Audit log All-Inclusive Toolkit enables You to be that person.


Yes, Oprah and her ilk have done their part to thrust Africa into the U.S. consciousness. (The talk-show host's $40-million leadership school for girls outside Johannesburg made headlines.) And some MBAs are bringing a do-good ethos to their African focus. But many recognize the continent is an emerging market with rich money-making potential, much the way Asia was a generation ago.
Exchange programs are proliferating. The University of Cape Town's business school, for example, has partnerships with 24 schools around the world, 10 of which are from the U.S. (see BusinessWeek.com, 11/2/06, "Africa's B-School Challenge"). Over the past two years, several top MBA programs have set up partnerships with African B-schools. And schools are sending students over not just to sit in the classroom, but to see first-hand how businesses run.