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Q: Picklist issues inside global modal I was rendering global modal using lightning:overlayLibrary tag which will display the fields using lightning:recordEditForm and lightning:inputField. If i added the any picklists at the end of the body, options are showing inside the body footer(options hiding behind the footer).
If we open any standard modal which is also showing global modal, if any picklists are at the bottom of the body, the options panel itself is adjusting according to the picklist position.
How to replicate the same styling available in the standard modal to custom global modal?

A: Looks like salesforce did fixed the issue when picklist is present inside the global modal, drop down height is adjusted according to the modal height and picklist options.

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He claimed the deal could mean "a very bright future" for the province after ending three years of political deadlock. But some MPs were concerned about small print of the deal guaranteeing probes into "legacy issues" from the Troubles within 100 days. Former Armed Forces Minister Mark Francois said: "It is a very good thing that the Northern Ireland executive has been re-established after three years and this will in no doubt be to the advantage of the people of Northern Ireland.
"However, the Government promised in its manifesto to legislate to defend Veterans from malicious prosecutions and it would be completely unacceptable if the desire of NIO officials to re-establish the executive led to selling our veterans down the river in some Faustian pact.
"We must defend those who defended us."
Tory MPs are concerned that the deal's commitment to resolving "legacy issues" could conflict with the party's general election commitment to protect former Armed Services personnel from "vexatious" legal cases dating back decades.
Whitehall insiders yesterday said ministers and officials were preparing legislative proposals designed to meet the commitments of both the manifesto and the new power-sharing agreement.
A Government source said: "Precisely what it looks like is something that is being worked on by the Ministry of Defence, Northern Ireland Office and us to make sure it meets both sets of commitments.
"I'm not pretending it is an easy bit of work but we are fully aware of what needs to be done."
The source added: "I am not pretending this is easy, it is not. We have two different commitments and we need to work our way through them. There's no stepping back from anything in the manifesto."
Mr Johnson held talks with Irish premier Leo Varadkar and his Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney at Stormont before meeting First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill.
Hailing the new deal, the Prime Minister said: "Never mind the hand of history on my shoulder – I see the hand of the future beckoning us all forward.
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He insisted he stood by the manifesto pledge to protect armed forces veterans from the 30-year conflict from unfair prosecutions without new evidence coming forward.
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The Prime Minister said there could be "no repetition" of the so-called "cash for ash" scandal over the renewable heat incentive which led to the collapse of powersharing.
"It is vital that public spending in Northern Ireland is properly invigilated and there is no repetition of that kind of thing," he said.
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Mr Johnson said politicians from all sides had shown leadership in breaking the three-year political impasse.
"What's so great about today is that Northern Ireland politicians have put aside their differences, stepped up to the plate and shown leadership.
"And that is a fine thing and the right thing and they will be able now to develop what is a very, very promising set of circumstances for Northern Ireland and for its people."
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He added: "I just want to say how grateful I am to all the parties, to everybody here in Northern Ireland, for the way they have compromised the way they have worked together to get Stormont up and running once again.
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On boarding the overnight ferry to Naples. I received an answer from Siremar. It refers to boarding from Stromboli with tickets set for boarding from Lipari. It was a very nice email. It said, if we decide to go to Stromboli for the day, to change the ticket at Lipari in the morning before we catch the aliscafo. They REALLY want the port of departure matches the ticket.
Siremar's response is not surprising: they want to earn a separate fare for the Lipari/Stromboli hydrofoil (although one could always go via competitor Ustica Lines), and they want tickets to match passenger boardings for security purposes as well.
In any case, paying a separate fare to stop briefly in Stromboli is extremely worthwhile.
I've read a lot on message boards about how to get to the Aeolians, so I thought I'd add my 2 cents. I've been many different ways and to me nothing is better than the overnight ferry. Seems it's much nicer to have a moving "hotel" room than waste 2 travel days there and back on the open water in a fast ferry or, the long boring train or bus to Milazzo. The overnight ferry from Naples is a wonderful addition to the trip, and shouldn't be missed. They leave late so it's like getting an extra day on either end. I usually take people to Naples early so we can see the Palazzo Reale area, have a bite to eat and even taxi up to the fantastic archaelogical museum. Then board the ship, picnic on the back watching Naples disappear, sleep and wake up on the islands.
I am brand new to Fodor's chat. Trav/Mini; how does the convenince and expense of the Naples ferry compare to the drive down to Milazzo? Can you get ferries easily from Lipari to Filicudi and Salina? We have ancestors on both islands and want to put our toes in the same sand as our grandparents.
Siremar site is down right now, I hope they are updating the schedule for the new season. The drive down is certainly very scenic, but there is little to stop and do on the way.
The Siremar site has just been updated to reflect overnight ferry schedules between Naples and the Aeolian Islands for April/May 2007. Services are still twice per week, as during the winter.
From Milazzo to Salina, there are two ferries and several hydrofoils daily. From Milazzo to Filicudi, there are four ferries per week (5 per week from June through September) and a couple of hydrofoils daily.
From Milazzo to Lipari, there are three ferries and up to 17 hydrofoils daily. During the summer, there are also up to three FAST ferries per day (in addition to the three "traditional" ferries).
The Siremar site should be further updated towards the end of May to reflect the summer schedules.
Is travelling on the "fast ferry" like the hydrofoil - which can make you quite seasick - or more like the traditional ferry?
Thanks for the helpful information. If one is leaving from Palermo, is there any alternative to the Ustica line ?
Has anyone actually been on this fast ferry who can say what it was like?


A little under a year ago, I came home from the Apple Store with my brand new, 16GB iPad. It was met with, well, derision. Already known as the resident Apple Fanboy in my circle of friends, buying this "oversized iPhone" did little to quell those arguments. One year later, the iPad is the best selling Tablet PC in history, dozens of "iPad killers" have tried and failed to do exactly that, and even my father, a legendary Apple hater, has now paired his company-issued iPhone with an iPad.
I admit, I bought it on potential. As I told my brother at the time, I bought it, and then figured out how best to use it. The idea of keeping my research books on this little device alone sold me on it. The potential of what talented iPhone devs could do with the extra power and screen real estate had me drooling. It delivered everything I hoped and more, yet there is still room to grow, and the iPad 2 looks to improve on the experience.
On the day of the iPad 2 launch, I thought I'd showcase some of the apps that I have used over the past year that have helped me as a designer, and budding art director.
First things first-the iPad is not a replacement for your computer. Yet. There were a number of times I've had to travel over the last year, and there hasn't been an opportunity where I felt comfortable leaving my workhorse MacBook Pro at home. The first year of the iPad was all about consumption, not creation. Apple's introduction of iMovie and Garageband last week seem to point the iPad into the other direction, and I hope that developers follow suit. A true Mobile Photoshop/Illustrator/Indesign combo would be worth whatever price Adobe would decide to charge.
It's also not a productivity tool. I mean, I can write articles on it fine, and I keep my iCal synced on it, but sometimes it's a little to easy to jump out of writing a blog post when Plants vs. Zombies or Netflix is right there. Sometimes, there's a little *too* much to do. If you're ever inclined to procrastinate (as I can be from time to time), it can be a bit problematic.
Writer was the last in the long line of note apps I tried. I was primarily looking for something I could you to take notes during lectures and such. But Writer is so amazing that I found myself using it to write full articles. Most of the articles I've written for this blog were initially composed within Writer. It syncs with Dropbox, so I can start writing on my iPad, then jump to my MacBook without thinking about it.
What makes it work so amazingly well is the additional row of keys on top of the standard iPad keyboard. This makes it closer to a proper keyboard, and makes it easier to jump through a document. That puts screen space at a premium, but while you only see three lines of copy at a time, it never feels obtrusive. And of course, it pairs with a bluetooth keyboard which will give you full-screen typing. It feels so seamless and natural; I could almost believe it could be a native iOS app. It also has a neat little device that keeps track of how long it will take for you to read the document. As someone who isn't bound by word count, this is helpful for me, so that you don't spend a twenty minutes reading my ramblings. And yes, some of them have been that long.
The special commissioned font also makes type easy to read. The major downfall of the iPad is reading long form documents can sometime make your eyes bleed, but the design of this font is amazingly easy on the eyes. I find myself editing documents in Writer sometimes even over my laptop. I really wish that it was available as a system font within iOS. For pure writers, this app should be one of the first app you pick up.
If you read a number of blogs, you know that managing all of them can be a bit of a monster. You've probably started using Google Reader, and you can access vanilla Google Reader within the Safari app, but to truly master your blogs, check out Reeder. It's the first app I look at every morning. The iPad is a natural fit for such short-form reading, but Google Reader's need to be connected to the Internet can be problematic when you're on a plane. When you open Reeder, it downloads all of your subscriptions, so that you can read them offline, and presents it in a very simple, easy to read format. It also caches the actual webpage in the background, so you can see the actual website with the push of a button. You can send the link to email, Instapaper, or any number of social media feeds, and it works naturally with the iPad's swipe functions.
I wrote about Flipboard in this space a few months ago. It had just launched, and was still very green around the ears. It had a lot of potential, but wasn't ready for my everyday use yet. But Flipboard has since grown into a mature platform for managing not only your Google feeds, but your Facebook and Twitter lists. Where Flipboard shines is its ability to pull links for Twitter and Facebook feeds and display the text within the app itself. If you use Twitter lists (and you really should), Flipboard turns them into your own personal magazine. And thanks to some featured partners, you can download dedicated tiles from sites such as Wired, and ABC News.
Flipboard recently added the ability to add Google Reader feeds as well, but I think Reeder is a better use for those than Flipboard.
See the full gallery on Posterous The area I figured my new iPad would get the most use would be reading books and magazines. I love to read, but toting around dozens of books can get cumbersome-even more so when you're talking about massive Photoshop books. The iPad seemed like the perfect fit.
As e-ink fans will tell you, reading anything for a long time on an LCD screen can be murder on your eyes. Your eyes weren't meant to stare at a 10-inch light source for hours at a time. The Kindle hardware works because it replicates the printed page, and there is no light source causing strain on your eyes. So I don't do as much reading on the iPad as I'd like. I have managed to get through a number of books, but in short spurts, not long-term. That said, if you tweak the brightness/contrast settings within either of these apps, and read with a light source, it reduces your eye strain quite a bit. Do NOT try to read in the dark, unless you're a fan of staying awake until 2am.
Where iBooks and Kindle shine for me is as a repository for my technical manuals. iBooks handles PDFs like a dream, and the Kindle app hides all of the superfluous art Apple crammed into the ebook side of iBooks, so it's just a screen with the reference that you need right in front of you. When I was tackling coding a website during my marathon all-nighter a few months ago, I had a book in front of me, the Kindle app propped up next to me, and it worked like a dream. I now have most of my key references in either PDF, ePub or Kindle format, and it's nice to have them with me wherever I go. The ability to add annotations and notes are cherry on the sundae. The only thing iBooks is missing is the ability to mark up and annotate PDFs. But if I need to do that, Goodreader works in a pinch.
You've probably heard of Dropbox, even if you don't use it. By signing up at dropbox.com, you get 2GB of cloud storage that you can access and share anywhere. I originally used it for just storing documents here and there, and after installing it on Melissa's MacBook we stored a bunch of our wedding documents on there. During a hard drive scare a few weeks ago, I decided to splurge on Dropbox Pro, which gives you 50GB of storage for 10 bucks a month. Now, in addition to my hard drive backup, I now have a backup of all my project files on my external hard drive, Melissa's laptop, and online. Peace of mind.
The iPad app not only gives you access to those files, but it also allows you to pull photos from your iPad and store them in your Dropbox, and you can view most files in it as well. It handles PDFs extremely well, and if I need to keep it on my iPad, it's not too difficult to pull it into iBooks. And Dropbox syncs with a growing number of iOS apps, like Writer. It's a must have for keeping track of your files on the go.
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It never occurred to me to use my iPad as a portfolio, but when I did, it seemed completely natural. As a transition, I would carry my portfolio case with my iPad so that I could show both if needed, but lately, I've been using the iPad exclusively. Originally, I used the Photos app a portfolio app, by putting my images into an album and syncing, but this is problematic-because the pictures sit in their own album, if you're not in complete control of the iPad, a wrong swipe could have the viewer looking at pictures from your wedding. And Photos is a pretty vanilla app-there's no way to really manage how the images sit in the app without fiddling with iPhoto on your computer.
I had actually considered developing my own app because it was so frustrating trying to find one, but then I found Foliobook. Originally designed for photographers, Foliobook does 90% of what I'd want a portfolio app to do. I can give my portfolio a cover, separate images my group or client, and manage the transitions between images. It would be nice if the app could control notifications and volume within itself without having to turn all that stuff off manually, but as a portfolio solution, Foliobook is the best of a limited selection.
There are a number of sketchbook type apps available, but Adobe Ideas really shows the potential of a true Mobile Photoshop on the iPad. I've used this to play around with painting and creating images, but where it gets the most use from me is using it to make changes with my clients. Instead of printing out a bunch of paper, I'll load my proofs onto my iPad, share them with my client, and then make changes directly on the images while we talk.
You all know what Twitter is, at this point. There's nothing I can really add to this except to say the only Twitter client you should consider is this official one. It's free, it's fast, and it lets you manage multiple accounts. I've tried a number of Twitter iPad apps, but the official one is the best.
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ExoPC Slate Review
This 11-inch tablet has a novel interface that makes Windows 7 bearable, but beta issues need to be resolved.
Compelling and unique user interface
Large, hi-res capacitive touchscreen
Fast boot time
Jerky HD video playback
Difficult to wake from sleep
Slow accelerometer
Lackluster battery life
It's no secret that Windows 7 is not the best operating system for tablets, mainly because of its mouse-centric heritage. All the Windows-based tablets we've tested suffer from serious usability issues and most have short battery life and high price tags, to boot. The ExoPC Slate is not your typical Win 7 tablet. It covers Microsoft's desktop with an innovative custom interface that includes its own app store. Add in a high-definition 11.6-inch screen, front-facing webcam, and multiple USB ports and you have a tablet that truly stands out from the crowd. But does the ExoPC Slate's uniqueness justify its $599 asking price?
Editor's Note:When we tested the ExoPC Slate, its important UI Layer was still in beta form and many features, such as the app market, were not functional. We'll update this review, and reserve the right to change the rating, when a final version of the ExoPC UI Layer comes out in mid-December.
At 11.6 x 7.6 x 0.6 inches and 2.2 pounds, the ExoPC Slate is the largest slate we've ever reviewed and, by far the bulkiest (only the now-defunct Joo Joo tablet is bigger). That's significantly heavier than the rival iPad (1.5 pounds) and more than twice as heavy as the Samsung Galaxy Tab (13.6 ounces). However, the ExoPC has a much larger display and has to accommodate larger components such as a fan to cool its Atom N450 CPU. When holding the tablet in our hands, we couldn't help but notice the heft after even a couple of minutes of use.
The all-black design aesthetic is simple, but classy. We particularly like the highly grippable soft-touch rubberized back, which has the attractive pink and green ExoPC logo emblazoned on it. Our biggest issue with the design, other than the weight, is that the screen smudges up with fingerprints quickly.
Ports and Webcam
For a slate, the ExoPC has a lot of connection options. On its left side are a micro HDMI port, two USB ports, and a microSD card reader. There's also a SIM card slot for connecting to 3G GSM networks and a docking port, though our unit did not come with any accessories and 3G will not come standard on the initial units. Unfortunately, you can't charge or power the device via USB, but must plug in using a proprietary AC adapter.
The 1.3-megapixel webcam provided images of acceptable quality, though the picture turned dark and shadowy in areas without a great deal of ambient light. When speaking on Skype, our picture was also a bit blurry.
Display and Sound
Click to enlargeThe 11.6-inch, 1366 x 768 display offers more screen real estate and resolution than any other tablet on the market. However, even at maximum brightness, colors seemed dim, particularly in a room with lighting that bounces off the glossy screen. Viewing angles were solid from 45 degrees to the left and right, but you'll want to tilt the tablet toward your face to get the best view.
Rotating the display activates the accelerometer, which switches from portrait to landscape mode. Unfortunately, the accelerometer alternates between being too sensitive and failing to change even when we shook the tablet to encourage it. When the display does change orientations, the screen goes black and takes as much as five seconds to finish, completely interrupting your workflow.
Even worse, when we rotated the Slate while a QuickTime movie was playing, the screen went black and we were unable to even bring up the keyboard to hit the Esc key. Only putting the computer to sleep and waking it again allowed us to regain control. When we rotated the display from landscape to portrait in the middle of playing a YouTube video, the video only took a small sliver of the screen.
Sound quality was surprisingly good, both when watching videos and listening to music. When streaming the bass-heavy R&B tune "Forget Me Nots" from Napster, the sound was clean and loud enough to fill a room.
Touch Experience
The ExoPC slate has a capacitive touchscreen that supports two-fingered gestures. In our tests, we were able to use pinch-to-zoom and draw two separate lines at the same time in Windows Paint. However, we noticed occasional moments of lag where we'd tap a button such as the Start menu and wait several seconds for the system to respond.
ExoPC UI Layer
To supplement the touch-unfriendly Windows 7 interface, ExoPC has developed its own unique and immersive UI layer, based on a slick circular-grid design. Unfortunately, on our test system, the UI layer was still in a beta form, so not everything we tested worked like it should when the Slate goes on sale. However, we were able to get a good feel for how the UI is supposed to work.
Whether you're using the ExoPC Slate in landscape or portrait mode, the screen is divided into three sections. A bar on the left (in landscape) or top (in portrait) contains a button that switches back to the Windows desktop, an Off button that closes the UI entirely, a battery meter, a clock, and a Plus button that brings up the app store. This area is also supposed to contain brightness and volume controls, along with a button to launch a special ExoPC keyboard app. However, none of these elements were present on our test system.
The right bar (in landscape mode) has a home button for returning to the home screen and small disc icons that show what apps are currently running. To switch between apps, you simply tap the little disc you want. To close an app, simply drag its disc off-screen to the right.
The center area of the interface is where the real action happens. When you first launch the UI, the home screen appears, filled with large circles in a grid pattern. The background wallpaper can be seen in the space between the circles and in empty circles.
Circles can be filled with shortcuts that launch apps or transport you to sub-level screens known as "pages" that are filled with more shortcuts. Icons that go to sub-pages are distinguished from application shortcuts by a tiny orange circle that sits in the upper right corner of the icon. In addition to launching apps by tapping a shortcut, you can drag shortcuts around a page, drag them into a sub-page, or delete them by dragging them onto the left (or top) control bar.
In testing, we were impressed with both the ease of use and attractiveness of the UI layer. Unlike the difficult-to-tap start menu of Windows 7, pressing shortcut circles was easy, and it was impossible to hit the wrong one. Switching tasks by tapping the discs in the right control bar was much simpler than trying to use the Windows 7 taskbar, and closing apps by dragging their discs off-screen was a lot less frustrating than trying to tap the tiny X widget to a shut a window. And, because each app takes up the full center section of the screen, there's no dragging windows or around or resizing them.
Sadly, the custom ExoPC virtual keyboard wasn't present on our test build, so every time we had to enter text, the stock Windows 7 virtual keyboard appeared. While this keyboard works fine, its narrow keys make it a less-than-ideal input option. As with other Windows tablets, you can dock the keyboard to the top or bottom of the screen, but then it covers some of your content--maybe even the box you're trying to type into.
Also prominent on the home screen is the ExoPC browser, a very simple UI overlay for Internet Explorer. Rather than a toolbar, the browser has a simple home screen with only two text fields, an address bar, and a search box. At the bottom of the screen are Back, Forward, and Home buttons. There are no bookmarks or tabs, and if you want to enter a new web address, you have to return to the home screen to do so. That's ridiculous. Otherwise, the browser renders pages just like Internet Explorer and even allows multitouch gestures such as pinch-to-zoom.
Apps and App Store
At least in the beta version we tested, there was no way to create custom shortcuts or pages. So, if we wanted to use a regular Windows program such as Windows Paint, we had to close or minimize the UI layer to use it. However, the ExoPC Slate came with a few touch-friendly apps preinstalled and an app store for adding more. Some of the pre-loaded apps are ExoPC utiltiies while others are simple games or proof-of-concept programs.
ExoFiles allows you to browse the storage drive's folders like you would in Windows Explorer. We appreciated the file browser's large, touch-friendly icons and the small flyovers that appear with file size, image thumbnails, and other information when you tap on a file. If you're in a folder filled with images, an arrow appears at the top of the screen that you can use to launch a slideshow that shows all the pictures at full screen, one at a time.
The home screen contains several shortcuts to sub pages. The Games page contains 21 casual, touch-friendly titles such as Air Hockey and Frog Mania. The Kid page has a few simple educational apps, including Dora the Explorer's Space Adventure. The Book page has a sample eBook in French, though it is a proprietary app that is a single title, not an eReader like the Kindle App or Kobo reader. The headphone page has a few cute music apps, including one that looks like a keyboard and plays animal noises as you tap the keys. The Education page has some simple education games for kids, such as one with a robot that helps you learn math. The Demo page has a few sample apps, including one that lets you sort photos. Finally, the tools page contains a few clock apps, a weather shortcut, and a map app, among others.
If you want to add additional apps, hit the plus button in the left/top control zone to open the app store. There you can browse through dozens of different apps, from clocks to games to education titles to eCommerce shortcuts and--strangely--in the Pro app category, a goat gestation calculator. Unfortunately, the beta build didn't give us the ability to download any of these free apps, but that's coming by the time the ExoPC slate ships to consumers. The ability to buy paid apps won't arrive until January.
Click to enlargeWith its netbook-centric 1.66-GHz Atom N450 CPU, 2GB of RAM, and a 32GB SSD, the ExoPC Slate has reasonable processing power, but surprisingly weak graphics and storage scores. In anecdotal use, the tablet alternated between being responsive and sluggish, depending on the task at hand, and multitouch gestures such as pinch-to-zoom occasionally suffered from delays. On PCMarkVantage, a synthetic benchmark which measures overall performance, the Slate scored 1,530, much higher than the CTL 2goPad (1149) and a bit better than the average netbook (1,338).
The 32GB SSD booted into Windows 7 Home Premium in a mere 40 seconds, 23 seconds faster than the average netbook (63) and about 12 seconds quicker than the Windows-powered CTL 2goPad. However, its write speeds were some of the slowest we'd ever seen, as it took a whopping 9 minutes and 25 seconds to complete the LAPTOP File Transfer test, in which we copy 4.97GB of mixed media files. That's a rate of just 9 MBps, less than half the 20.6 MBps offered by the CTL 2goPad and the 19 MBps provided by the average netbook.
Despite the added assistance of the Broadcom CrystalHD decoder, the HD video playback provided by the Intel GMA 3150 graphics chip was choppy. A 480p Quicktime trailer of Due Date played smoothly at full screen, but a 720p version had noticeable jerkiness, as did a 720p streaming YouTube clip of Skyline. With this kind of weak playback, we can't see anyone outputting video from via the HDMI port.
The tablet's mediocre score of 147 on 3DMark06, a benchmark that measures graphics prowess, matched the 143 provided by the CTL 2goPad, and was similar to those provided by 10-inch netbooks with integrated graphics such as the Samsung NF310 (147).
Sleep and Wake
Click to enlargeBy default, the ExoPC slate dims its screen and goes to sleep within 5 minutes of inactivity. In order to wake the device, you must press and hold the power button on the back. How long you press the button can make a huge difference in what happens next. Push the button normally and the tablet fails to wake up; hold it for a couple of seconds and the device will slowly wake up. Hold it down too long, though, and the tablet reboots itself. The risk of accidentally rebooting the tablet when you're just trying to wake it is a known bug that ExoPC is working on.
Windows 7 tablets with Atom CPUs have a deservedly poor reputation when it comes to battery life. Seen in this light, the 3 hours and 44 minutes that the ExoPC Slate lasted on the LAPTOP Battery Test should be considered good. After all, both the CTL 2goPad (3:15) and the Netbook Navigator Nav 9 (2:47) have smaller screens. However, if you compare the ExoPC Slate to an iPad, which lasted 9 hours and 28 minutes, or a Samsung Galaxy Tab, which endured nearly 6 hours in 3G mode, its battery life is not impressive.
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The ExoPC Slate will be available through the company's website starting at $599 for the 32GB Wi-Fi only version and $699 for the 64GB Wi-Fi configuration. Versions of the tablet with embedded 3G will also be available, but ExoPC has not yet announced pricing.
To be sure, the $599 ExoPC Slate is a beta product: Its software is quirky and the tablet hardware had some performance issues. That said, we generally like the touch-friendly interface and can't wait to see where it goes next. If you just want to consume media and play with apps on your tablet, the more mature Apple iPad will be more your speed. And if you're looking for something more portable, you should consider the Android-powered Galaxy Tab. However, if you're an early adopter who can deal with a few quirks and like the idea of a Windows tablet with a gorgeous and compelling UI, the ExoPC Slate is worth a look. We would just wait until ExoPC works out the kinks.
Brand ExoPC
CPU 1.66-GHz Intel Atom N450
Card Readers microSD
Company Website www.exopc.com
Display Resolution 1366x768
Display Size 11.6
Front-Facing Camera Resolution 1.3MP
Graphics Chip Intel GMA 3150
Graphics Memory 64MB
Has Bluetooth Yes
OS Windows 7 Home Premium (32-bit)
Ports Mini-HDMI
RAM Included 2GB
RAM Upgradeable 2GB
Size 11.6 x 7.6 x 0.6 inches
Storage Drive Size 32GB
Storage Drive Type SSD
USB Ports 2
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Riyas Komu
Systematic Citizen - XIII
Brought up in a Marxist household in Kerala, Riyas Komu was heavily involved in political activism during his student days. Moving to Bombay in 1991, the year that the city was brought to its knees by religious rioting, he was deeply affected by the violence he witnessed. It is not surprising, then, that Riyas Komu's art is frequently confrontational, engaging the establishment in protest – both explicit and implicit – against political... Brought up in a Marxist household in Kerala, Riyas Komu was heavily involved in political activism during his student days. Moving to Bombay in 1991, the year that the city was brought to its knees by religious rioting, he was deeply affected by the violence he witnessed. It is not surprising, then, that Riyas Komu's art is frequently confrontational, engaging the establishment in protest – both explicit and implicit – against political violence and socioeconomic inequity. By bringing the oppressed and victimized into sharp focus, the artist's oeuvre, including sculpture, installation, video, photography and painting, pushes the contented viewer out of his or her comfort zone.
In his series of monumental canvases titled Systematic Citizen, Komu has painted close-up portraits of the migrant labourers who work for a pittance at a garage near his studio in Mumbai, each with a unique tale of survival to tell. Here, the artist leverages the dimensions of his surface, not to alienate his viewers, but rather to draw them into an intimate exchange with his lone, magnified subjects in an effort to record and validate their unheard stories. "His work is often in-your-face, large and seemingly unfettered by practicalities of realisation, akin to theatre. His portraits are often stark, staring at you with frank gazes, like they'd tell you their history, their hopes, their reality, if only you asked. That is what Komu seeks– that the viewers ask, because it only could mean they care" (Bodhi Art website, accessed May 2009).
84 x 60 in (213.4 x 152.4 cm)
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Systematic Citizen, Palette Gallery, New Delhi, 2006


Would we donate more if we felt like we'd really been there?
A new film made for VR lets us experience what it is like to live in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake on 25 April.
The four minute film, narrated by Susan Sarandon, can be viewed here both in your browser or using a VR headset. It has been produced by RYOT News, a website aimed at young people in which 'every story lets you take action'. RYOT encourages financial/volunteering/activist contributions in viral posts and helps charities and non-profits reach audiences.
RYOT's own Hayley Pappas wrote this about the film which shows emergency workers, families waiting in line for aid and destroyed monuments: "In some tiny, fragmented sliver of a way, I think virtual reality may afford us that propensity to love and to know the world from the inside.
"Throughout the duration of a virtual reality experience, the virtual reality controls your attention. You can't check your phone, look at your Instagram, or write an email. For that moment in time, you're present."
When you view the short film, it's immediately apparent - even just in the browser - that as a tool for social justice journalism, VR has the potential to be much more powerful than arm's length still photography and rolling TV news. The element of interaction - turning your head - means you are choosing to view people struggling to save lives or keep surviving, not choosing to look away.
It's not just a few children clutching belongings in front of you, they're behind you too. As Westerners wander through the ruins of temples, you feel like you're there, wandering amongst the destruction with them. We can't think of anything - stats, photos, appeals - that have made us want to offer help more than this.
We've seen some interesting early attempts to maximise VR's potential as an "empathy machine." Vice News, Chris Milk and director Spike Jonze collaborated on one of the first ever VR broadcasts - of anti-police brutality protests in New York - which you can watch now on Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR.
VR news app Immersiv.ly's Edward Miller shot a similarly immersive seven minute 360 degree video on the 2014 Hong Kong protests.
As part of the Sundance Film Festival's New Frontiers selection of VR films and experiences, journalist Nonny de la Peña took cinephile visitors to a CG Syrian refugee camp and Rose Troche presented a two part film from both a male partygoer and a heavily intoxicated female partygoer's perspectives, in which the woman is raped by the man.
"Though the fidelity of the hardware has a long way to go, the empathetic power of the format is almost overwhelming," said director Ben Aston who reported on the VR storytelling at Sundance for Wareable, "There are points where I want to reach out and stop what is happening, but I can't see my hands, I'm a ghost in the machine forced to sit back and watch what is a reality to far too many people."


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What are the Different Types of Prefabricated Metal Buildings?
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Written By: Felicia Dye
Edited By: C. Wilborn
Last Modified Date: 05 July 2019
Prefabricated metal buildings are often manufactured in a manner that allows them to be quickly assembled and used. Sometimes, however, prefabricated metal buildings are manufactured in their completed forms so that no assembly is required. These structures are generally available in a variety of designs and can be used for numerous purposes, such as storage, offices, and residences.
The prefabricated metal buildings that are manufactured to completion are generally the smaller options. Lawn and garden sheds are examples of structures that tend to be readily available without requiring any assembly. Cargo containers can also be purchased in their completed form. Although these are generally designed for storage and transportation, they are often used for other purposes. In poor countries, sometimes a container is bought with the intention of using it to house a small shop.
Trailers may also be available without requiring assembly. These are often utilized as offices on construction sites or at locations where the interior of business facilities are being renovated. Some schools also use trailers when the main buildings do not have enough space. These structures may be used by educational bodies as classrooms, workshops, or storage facilities.
Mining is an industry the often relies heavily on prefabricated metal buildings. These are used not only for offices but often for living quarters as well. Although mining ventures are generally long-term, it is often considered unreasonable to build permanent structures. Prefabricated living quarters can be erected quickly and can contain amenities to make them feel like homes. Some have multiple rooms, including kitchen and bathroom facilities.
Prefabricated metal buildings can be very large. Some mining camps use such structures to create dining and entertainment halls. Militaries may also use large prefabricated structures on temporary military bases. These could include gymnasiums, communication centers, or supply warehouses.
Some large prefabricated metal buildings are erected with the intention of using them as permanent structures. In the agricultural industry, these structures can be used as low-maintenance alternatives to traditional structures such as barns and stables. Religious organizations may use prefabricated metal buildings as churches or sanctuaries. In the aviation industry, these structures are often used as aircraft hangars.
One advantage of prefabricated buildings is the ability to design and customize the structures to a client's specifications. These structures may also be fitted with various amenities and accessories, which can vary according to the manufacturer. Additionally, these buildings often require less maintenance across their lifetimes than structures made of other materials.
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Many people set up hummingbird feeders in their yards to nurture and watch the high-energy pollinators. But could the sugar water they provide be adding even more of a rush to these already high-speed birds?
A study led by UC Davis is one of the first to address the potential for sugar water from hummingbird feeders to act as a vector for avian — or even zoonotic — pathogens. It found that the majority of microbes growing in feeders do not likely pose a significant health hazard to birds or humans.
The research, published Wednesday in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, explored the microbial communities that dwell in sugar water from feeders and compared them to those found in flower nectar and samples from live hummingbirds.
The UCD study found that floral nectar contained mostly bacteria found only in flowers while feeder sugar water contained generalist bacteria that grow in many types of aqueous environments. Pictured, an Anna's hummingbirds feeds on floral nectar.
The UCD scientists conducted their research at a private residence in Winters, attracting two hummingbird species, Anna's hummingbird and the black-chinned hummingbird to drop-net feeder traps.
They assessed how water type influences microbial growth. When feeders were exposed to birds, they found that deionized water supports the most fungal growth while tap water or bottled water supports the most bacterial growth.
They also found that birds, feeder sugar-water, and flowers hosted distinct bacterial and fungal communities.
Hummingbirds are one of the world's few avian pollinators. Nearly 15 percent of hummingbird species are threatened or endangered.
Tell said the best food source for hummingbirds is floral nectar. If feeders are offered, best practices entail routine and thorough cleaning that does not result in harmful residues.
The paper, "Microbial Communities in Hummingbird Feeders Are Distinct from Floral Nectar and Influenced by Bird Visitation," is the work of first author Casie Lee, a UCD School of Veterinary Medicine student; Tiffany Hilfer, an undergraduate student and global disease biology major; Tell and Vannette.
Lee led the field experiment and performed bird observations and laboratory work during a summer project funded by the Students Training in Advanced Research, or STAR, and Merial Veterinary Scholars Programs, mentored by Vannette and Tell.


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Artist: Clinton museum portrait has nod to Lewinsky's dress
Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia artist has disclosed that his museum portrait of former President Bill Clinton contains a shadow reference to Monica Lewinsky's infamous blue dress.
Nelson Shanks told the Philadelphia Daily News that a shadow beside Clinton is a literal reference to the dress and a symbolic nod to the shadow the affair cast on his presidency.
"If you look at the left-hand side of it there's a mantle in the Oval Office and I put a shadow coming into the painting," Shanks told the newspaper.
"The Clintons hate the portrait," he said. "They want it removed from the National Portrait Gallery. They're putting a lot of pressure on them."
The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., commissioned the 2006 painting and had it on display until about three years ago. It's one of 55 images of Clinton that rotate on and off display, spokeswoman Bethany Bentley said.
She said she is unaware of any pressure from the Clintons to have it removed from the collection. Nor had she heard the artist previously comment on his use of imagery.
"That's the first time we've heard of those comments," Bentley said.
A Clinton spokesman did not immediately return an email message seeking comment.
The stained dress became a piece of evidence in Ken Starr's special investigation of the 42nd president.
Shanks, 77, has painted Princess Diana, Pope John Paul II and other luminaries. He has two pieces currently on display at the portrait gallery, one of opera singer Denyce Graves and the other of the four female Supreme Court justices.


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News and Rumors Lounge
Games Workshop 40K & AoS News and Rumors
The 40K rules need to be seriously revised.
Thread: The 40K rules need to be seriously revised.
Dave the Walrus
I have been wargaming for 50 years "...and it doesn´t seem a day..." and I can seriously say that the 8th Edition 40K rules are the worst I have ever played with. Myself and my two sons have organised a knockout cup system, like the World Cup and we have used almost every army that has featured in the rules. The problem is that "Horde" armies are too powerful and don´t cost enough per figure. In effect, the rules are biased towards horde armies.
The terrain rules are too weak and the Morale system is flawed in that the lower the number of figures in your unit, the more likely you are to stay. There should be no Hand to Hand Combat, except in fighting for buildings. We have to accept that these are fantasy rules, in a fantasy universe, but we have to have some philosophy behind them and surely in the period envisaged by the rules, weaponry is so
powerful that "Shooting" and ranged weapons should dominate everything. Why not have firing taking place at long ranges, for example, Shuriken cannon range of 24 inches and the result of fire is that
everybody gets their heads down and advancing is very difficult. In effect, there is a "shoot out" at long range and superior numbers in firepower make you advance.
In cover, such as buildings and Woods, if a unit is inside, it should be hidden and not available to fire or be a target, unless it is at the edge or say 1 inch from the edge. It´s 40K!...everybody would be
looking for cover and getting their heads down.
I have only mentioned the main points that spring to mind, and in future posts, I can expand upon this
Morgrim
Brother-Captain
So... basically you want to play a game that isn't Warhammer at all, then. The three pillars of the game have always, ALWAYS been moving, shooting and close combat. So completely removing close combat means you're not playing 40k. Also there have been editions of the game that have severely nerfed CC and that harmed the game, not helped it.
Kabal of Venomed Dreams
SharkMango
Yeah boss, the game you're describing seems more fit for a World War 1 or 2 era game, where soldiers have to keep their heads down whenever a bullet whizzes too close. In 40k, Space Marines have armor that can shrug off all but the deadliest of weapons, so why would they take cover? Imperial Guardsmen are pushed into the enemy to drown them in bodies. Tyranids care not for the weapons of enemies, so why should they worry if a few gaunts are cut down? Orks see death as weakness, and will fight and take wounds just to become stronger. Even the wise Eldar are so swift and agile that remaining in one place and simply ducking under enemy fire seems befit only of lesser beings, and Necron are machines that advance regardless!
Close combat is integral to the game. There are whole units based entirely around it, like Khorne Berzerkers. You'd chop off a third of all units and upgrades just to have a boring shoot-out where everyone keeps their armies stationary across the table? Back in 5th, 6th, and 7th edition, there were certain armies that did just that, and they were the MOST BORING games I've ever seen!
Lemt
Horde armies are fine, not too powerful. That's what flamers are for. You have to assume enemies are going to get close and want to assault, so burn them to a crisp. Most armies even have long range answers to hordes.
I think you have a point there, because I am currently playtesting my own rules that i have written for the Peloponnesian Wars. However, I do like playing 40K and I like the challenge it gives, after all I don´t quibble and moan about the rules for Monopoly or Chess, I just accept them. However, I think that rules for Cover and being in Cover and Terrain could be made more difficult and I think the morale rules need to be revised.
I fight with an Ealdari army and I tend to go for a lot of "infantry" (can you spot the old wargamer influence there?). I have a hard time beating "Horde" armies, but there must be a way of defeating them, so I just have to persevere.
Originally Posted by Lemt
Thanks for that, I have to have a look at flamers.
Last edited by Dave the Walrus; 08-23-2017 at 02:11 AM. Reason: Confusion with the process.
Denzark
Norfolk (God's County)
If you are infantry heavy eldar do they not come out in points as a horde?
I'M RATHER DEFINATELY SURE FEMALE SPACE MARINES DEFINERTLEY DON'T EXIST.
JMichael
You should check out the game Infinity then!
Free rules, free army builder, beautiful minis, won't break the bank.
Fueldrop
Veteran-Sergeant
Bunbury, western australia
Flamers are nice for those who have them. #DarkEldar
Hordes and Smaller Groupings
Originally Posted by Denzark
Yes, you do have a point and I do have an Ealdari army. However, I tend to use the infantry in small groups, as I think they have more mobility and flexibility that way.
Hahaha, sorry man but this thread kinda reads as "I don't understand why hordes are so powerful when I only use 1/3 of the options in my Codex".
Eldar have a lot of anti-horde tools from spamming jetbikes with shuriken cannons/scatter lasers to Wraithguard with D-Scythes, to just charging in units of Striking Scorpions.


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Hello lovelies! Tonight's post will be a short one, I'm not feelin' so hot. Actually, I'm really tired, and a hot bath is loudly calling my name... :) The hubb and I haven't been sleeping well lately, we are in desperate need of a new mattress. That, coupled with my very hilly 3-1/2 mile run this afternoon has left me sleepy and ready for some down time!
Breakfast: A repeat of Monday...oats! With some vanilla, cinnamon, one small, ripe, mashed banana, ground flax seeds and a spoonful of almond butter.
Lunch: More lentil salad, this time layered with spinach on the bottom and feta on the top...tasty! On the side, 1/2 a whole wheat pita and a large pear.
Snacks: Clems and Stoneyfield Yogurt. I only ate one clem, after my run.
I also had a small pile of the hubb's tofu pad thai and a few veggie spring rolls dipped in their amazing spicy pineapple sauce.
Before rushing off to the bath I must write about my run. I'm so excited to be past the 3-mile mark and getting in 30+ minute running workouts multiple times a week! While at dinner with our friends last weekend, Kelly and I chatted about starting to run together again occasionally. She was my first running partner in Charlottesville, we trained for the 2006 Women's 4-Miler together. We're both designers (she's actually a registered architect) and our offices are right next door to each other downtown. We decided to pick at least one night a week (Wednesdays!) to leave work a little early and get in a good 3+ mile run together before darkness falls. Tonight Kelly picked our 3-1/2 mile route and it was HILLY! So great though, I feel like we got a great workout in, along with fabulous conversation.


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Mizzou Football 2013
Missouri 28, Texas A&M 21: Of course it was Henry Josey
There is nothing in the world more fitting than the fact that Henry Josey's score won the East.
By Bill Connelly@SBN_BillC Dec 1, 2013, 8:00am CST
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"I think it's very fitting," Henson said. "I think he's just kind of a microcosm of our team. The way he's been down and he's fought back, he's battled back. This is a special group of kids. They've got a strong belief. They really do. And I'm just privileged to be a part of it."
"Couldn't have been a better guy," L'Damian Washington said. "Fought back. He's relentless. His personality basically reflects and describes this team. Relentless, fighters, competitors and I told him, I said, 'Man, I love you. I'm proud of you.' Great dude." [...]
The run touched off a party that will last all night in Columbia and carry on to Atlanta. As his teammates praised him, as his fans soaked in what his run meant, Missouri's emotional leader slipped quietly out the back door of the Tiger locker room, refusing interview requests to spend the rest of the evening with his son. He left his teammates to do the talking. And talk they did.
"That made me feel good," Markus Golden said. "I'd rather Henry Josey make that big play than me get out there and make a big play."
"I'd rather Henry Josey make that big play than me get out there and make a big play." Think about that statement for a moment.
For all intents and purposes, Missouri's regular season began and ended with Henry Josey.
And this?
We had no idea what awaited Missouri in 2013. All we knew that Henry Josey was back from just about the most catastrophic knee injury one can suffer, and on August 31, that was enough. But both Josey and the Missouri football team had bigger things in mind.
Sports are incredibly frustrating sometimes. You are, as they say, a fan of laundry, and sometimes the people who wear your team's colors turn out to be awful human beings. You're basically asking the people in these uniforms to win games and not embarrass you off the field, and they often do neither. This Missouri team has gone above and beyond in both facets, and the human side of the men on the field last night made an incredible night and season even better. There are too many human interest stories to count on this team. Henry Josey's is at the top of the list. There is nothing in the world more fitting than the fact that Josey's score won the East.
Missouri defeats Texas A&M, wins the SEC East
Film room: A&M
Of course it was Henry Josey
My heart is full


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(Photo: Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation)
Outdoor Photo Contest to begin across New York
by: Bridget Whelan
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The state's Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced the launch of the 2022 Outdoor Photo Contest. The contest is to highlight New York's natural beauty and destinations among New York's state campgrounds and parklands.
All entries must be photographs taken at New York State-owned parklands between June 15, 2020, and October 15, 2022. The winning images will be featured in the 2023 New York State Camping Guide Guide and alongside other entries, they will be used in statewide digital and print campaigns.
Photos will be judged on the following criteria: originality, artistic composition, technical quality, and whether the photograph showcases the best of New York State Park's camping and outdoor activities. According to the state's Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the DEC, the last contest totaled more than 5,200 photo submissions and nearly 18,000 votes cast.
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A grand prize winner will be selected along with six individual category winners. Prize packages include a grand prize of a $1,000 REI gift card, one 4-person tent, a 2023 Empire Pass, and a $250 NY camping gift card. The six individual category winners will each receive a $250 REI gift card, a 2023 Empire Pass, and a $100 NY camping gift card.
Six submission categories:
Camping Life
Seasonal Spectacular
Views & Vistas
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Contest entries are being accepted from June 15 at midnight to October 15 at 11:59 p.m. Winners will be announced by December 21.
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The history of the Old Iron Spring in Ballston Spa
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Mystery and Tragedy at Airtight Bridge
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A gruesome murder, eerie silence, and remote location combine to make any visitor's hair stand on end at this steel bridge in rural Coles County.
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Airtight Bridge spans the narrow Embarras River in rural Coles County. It was designed by Claude L. James and built in 1914. In 1981, the bridge was added to the National Register of Historical places on account of "event, Architecture/Engineering."
Before this "event," the bridge was known as a drinking spot for local teens as well as students from Eastern Illinois University. Otherwise, the bridge, which even 26 years ago was described as "old" and "creaky," had a pretty mundane existence.
That all changed on the pleasant Sunday morning of October 19, 1980. According to newspaper reports, two men from rural Urbana spotted what looked like the body of a nude woman about 50 feet from the bridge as they drove past. A local man soon joined them at the scene and the three quickly discovered that the head, hands, and feet were missing from the cadaver. They called the sheriff's office, and 20 minutes later a full investigation was underway.
Police used scuba divers and dredged the river to find clues, but the body parts, which had been severed "fairly cleanly," were never found. There were several false leads in the case, including missing person reports, as well as a sack of clothes that was discovered north of Charleston. The cause of death, which probably lay in the head, was never determined.
Police described the woman as being in her 20s, "rather flat-chested," "not in the habit of shaving," about 5'9", weighing around 130lbs, with dark auburn hair. Her blood type was later determined to be A-positive, which is uncommon. The torso was shipped to Springfield to be examined by pathologist Dr. Grant Johnson, but nothing conclusive was uncovered because of the advanced state of decomposition.
After an extensive investigation, no killer was located (although Henry Lee Lucas became a prime suspect) and the identity of the woman remained a mystery for years. She was buried in Charleston's largest cemetery under the name Jane Doe.
Twelve years later, on November 20, 1992, the sheriff's department announced that the identity of the woman had been ascertained. Genetic tests determined that the victim was a 26-year-old woman from Bradley, Illinois named Diana Small. Her husband never reported her missing because, according to the Mattoon Journal Gazette, she had "left home on occasions before."
Her biological family was separated across the country and did not learn that she was gone until years later. According to Detective Steven Coy, she did not have a driver's license, so it was unlikely that she left Bradley on her own.
In October 2008, the anonymous headstone that had marked the grave of Diana Small was replaced with one bearing her name. In early spring 2017, 36 years after her murder, police arrested her husband, Thomas A. Small, for the crime after he reportedly confessed.
Because of this gruesome story, its remote location, and its precarious condition, Airtight Bridge continues to capture the local imagination. There is little doubt that the bridge will continue to be a part of local folklore for generations to come.
Times-Courier (Charleston) 21 October 1980.
Daily Eastern News (Charleston) 27 October 2005.
"Police make arrest in 1980 Airtight Bridge murder in Coles County," Herald & Review (Decatur) 3 March 2017.
Tags bridge, crime, folklore, Illinois
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3 replies on "Mystery and Tragedy at Airtight Bridge"
The Weird and Wild Side of Coles County, Part 1 – M.A. Kleensays:
[…] and "Ragdoll," and she introduced me to a few more places as well, such as Airtight Bridge. Airtight Bridge was particularly fascinating, but what happened there—why locals talked about it in such hushed […]
Michael Kleensays:
Thank you! Yes, investigators drew a lot of weird conclusions from the available evidence, but they didn't have much to go on
Heidesays:
Easy to see how such a chilling discovery would live on in the local lore. But … "not in the habit of shaving"?! I'm never leaving the house again with day-old stubble, just in case. Another wonderful post, Michael!


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The World's Largest Log Cabin Is In Michigan: Look
Lisa Marie Published: February 27, 2021
Photo: Realtor.com
There isn't a piece of real estate that's more uniquely Pure Michigan than this. Granot Loma is everything that "up north" Michigan is about.
Built between 1919 and 1923 by financier Louis G. Kaufman, Granot Loma is set on a peninsula in Lake Superior just north of the city of Marquette, Michigan. The 5,000-acre property is where you'll find the most expensive & largest log cabin in the country.
The main house, referred to as the Lodge is 26,000 square feet and has 23 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms as part of it's 50 room total. There is a 60-foot-long great room with a massive stone fireplace, which is is one of 25 additional fireplaces.
The lodge comes with a bit of history throughout with a gourmet kitchen modeled after the one in the White House, and a piano the the great room once played by George Gershwin himself. The mantel in the 30ft fireplace was the beam in a sunken ship retrieved from Lake Superior.
The property is spectacular with an indoor boathouse and a private harbor, and a private island, and over 1 mile of private Lake Superior beach front. The compound also has a farm complete with an apple orchard and 13 separate buildings just in case the lodge gets crowded. There is even a 3,000 gallon hot tub
The estate, because even if it's a log cabin let's be real, was built by over 400 Scandinavian craftsman at a cost of over $5 million dollars by Louis Graveraet Kaufman. The name Granot Loma was derived by Kaufman from the letters of his first three children, Louis, Graveraet and Otto combined with Mr. Kaufman's first name Louis and his wife Marie.
Granot Loma's owner, Tom Baldwin a Chicago, financier bought the 93-year-old lodge 1987 for $4.2 million and spent the next 18 months spending another $4 million to restore it. Interior work and decorations took another two years. It was recently on the market for $19.5 million after being listed for $40 million, making it the most expensive log cabin in Michigan.
Granot Loma was listed on the Register of National Historic Landmarks in 1991.
Scroll down and take a look at the most extravagant log cabin you'll ever see.
The World's Largest Log Cabin: Granot Loma
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Man charged with producing child pornography
A Fayette County man is facing federal charges of producing and possessing child pornography.
A federal grand jury indicted Murry Malone Bailey, 63, on Thursday, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Birmingham. He is charged with producing child pornography between November 2010 and April 2012 and with possessing child porn between August 2010 and May 2012.
The press release did not state further details about the charges.
The maximum penalty for producing child pornography is 30 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The maximum penalty for possessing child pornography is 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Bailey was arrested in Tuscaloosa in June, but authorities here released little information. Those cases in state court are still pending.
"The Sheriff's Office received an allegation of sexual misconduct involving a minor child," former Sheriff Ted Sexton said at the time. "Sheriff's investigators developed probable cause to obtain a search warrant which was served last week."
Court records indicate that Bailey was charged with 16 sex-related charges, including first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, seven counts of possession of pornographic material and seven counts of production of pornography.
Records in Pickens County indicate that Bailey was charged in September with two counts of abuse of a child younger than 12 and one count of first-degree sodomy.


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Alastair Bonnett
New Islands
Unruly Places
Multiracism
Occidentalism
Nostalgia is everywhere. In Left in the Past I explore its difficult, rarely acknowledged but central role in radical thought. In The Geography of Nostalgia I look at the power of nostalgia in environmentalism, global consumerism, migrant identities and modern popular culture.
'Landscapes of Loss: A Conversation with Alastair Bonnett', with Tom Smith, Dark Mountain, 13, 126-133, 2018, https://dark-mountain.net/landscapes-of-loss-a-conversation-between-alastair-bonnett-and-tom-smith
This book looks at the role nostalgia plays in the radical imagination to offer a new guide to the history and politics of the left. In "Left in the Past", Bonnett re-assesses the place of nostalgia within radical politics and, in doing so, provides a new introduction to the history and politics of the left. Bonnett argues that nostalgia has been a chronic, but repressed, aspect of the socialist imagination. "Left in the Past" is premised on the idea that, in our 'post-socialist era', the relationship between radicalism and a sense of loss, and the ambivalent position of socialism in and against modernity, can be viewed with greater clarity.
Review symposium, 'Left in the Past', Global Discourse 2: 2, 2011, 1-3, (available at https://globaldiscourse.wordpress.com/contents/left-in-the-past-by-alastair-bonnett/)
We are familiar with the importance of 'progress' and 'change'. But what about loss? Across the world, from Beijing to Birmingham, people are talking about loss: about the loss that occurs when populations try to make new lives in new lands as well as the loss of traditions, languages and landscapes. The Geography of Nostalgia is the first study of loss as a global and local phenomenon, something that occurs on many different scales and which connects many different people.
The Geography of Nostalgia explores nostalgia as a child of modernity but also as a force that exceeds and challenges modernity. The book begins at a global level, addressing the place of nostalgia within both global capitalism and anti-capitalism. In Chapter Two it turns to the contested role of nostalgia in debates about environmentalism and social constructionism. Chapter Three addresses ideas of Asia and India as nostalgic forms. The book then turns to more particular and local landscapes: the last three chapters explore the yearnings of migrants for distant homelands, and the old cities and ancient forests that are threatened by modernity but which modern people see as sites of authenticity and escape.
"it was especially the work of Alastair Bonnett that put an end to the idea of nostalgia as something constructed and invented in the West for the West. Basing his work on studies of different continents he revealed the diverse facets of nostalgia"
Katharina Niemeyer, 2022
Introduction 1. Nostalgic Commodities and Nostalgic Resistance 2. The Anxieties and Adventures of Green Nostalgia: Environmentalism after Constructionism 3. Nostalgia across Asia: The Uses of the Past and the Dilemmas of Authenticity 4. Migrant Nostalgias: The Persistence of Loss 5. Nostalgia for the City: Conservation, Mobility and Critique 6. Getting Back: The Forest, Home and the Local Walk Conclusion
Alastair Bonnett, Blog at WordPress.com.


Student trustee candidates don't know who owns the Alamo Colleges.
Alicia Moreno and Angelina Jacobs were sworn in as board student trustee and student trustee alternate respectively, during the special board meeting April 19 at Killen Center.
There were four candidates from this college and Palo Alto, Northwest Vista and St. Philip's Colleges, who were required to be enrolled at one of the Alamo Colleges, have a grade-point average of 2.5 or higher, have completed 12 college-level course hours and be able to serve from May 1 to April 30, 2018.
The candidates were allowed a 10-minute introduction before being asked a series of uniform questions from each board member.
Out of the four, the responses of two candidates swayed the board.
Moreno, a veterinary tech freshman at Palo Alto College, has a 4.0 grade-point average and 12 accumulated credit hours.
Jacobs graduated with a liberal arts degree from St. Philip's College in December with a 3.28 grade-point average and has 64 accumulated credit hours.
Moreno said providing students with background and scale on decisions made by the board might help students understand unpopular decisions.
"Presenting a united front is necessary and sometimes it's simply not going to be what they want to hear," Moreno said.
Moreno said working with the Student District Council would be one of the most important components in communicating between the trustees and students.
Jacobs expressed trust in the board's decision-making.
Jacobs said her primary job would be to understand the board's decisions and support them, explaining to students how those choices will benefit them even if they don't immediately understand the benefits.
District 2 trustee Denver McClendon asked the candidates who owns the Alamo Colleges.
Moreno was the only student to provide the correct answer, saying she believes the public taxpayers own the college.
Jacobs said she was not sure who owned the Alamo Colleges but accepted the question as a personal challenge to research.
McClendon asked the candidates what the greatest responsibility and challenge for the student trustee might be.
Moreno said the greatest challenge as student trustee is ensuring student-level concerns are accurately expressed to the trustees, and the greatest responsibility as student trustee is being responsible for understanding what the board is asking of the public.
Jacobs said the greatest responsibility as student trustee is ensuring the information the student trustee provides is accurate and credible, and the greatest challenge as is ensuring their decisions are ethical and choosing their words wisely.
District 5 trustee Roberto Zarate asked the candidates what "empowering our diverse communities for success" means.
Moreno said the district mission statement means the district recognizes the diversity in demographics they serve.
Jacobs said the district mission statement means that students' individual needs and goals should be recognized, and students should define success for themselves.
Jacobs said some students might define success as completing a math class, or getting an English degree or finishing their degree within a preset time.
"There's not going to be a clear path or cookie-cutter way to get things done," Jacobs said.
District 9 trustee Jim Rindfuss asked the candidates how they intend to communicate with the five colleges.
Moreno and Jacobs said Student District Council would be a primary avenue for student opinion.
However, Moreno said it is still the responsibility of the student trustee to be in contact with the five colleges, because she wouldn't always assume the opinions brought forth by Student District Council adequately represent the opinions of all students.


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After boundary changes, Labour needs a 1997-style swing for a majority of one
The party's already-fraught path back to Downing Street has grown more treacherous after boundary changes.
What do boundary changes mean for Labour's chances of getting back into power next time?
Well, the short version is: it's not good.
Although there will be small tweaks, it seems highly likely they will pass into law, as the changes were in the Conservative manifesto and will therefore cannot be vetoed by the House of Lords, so we now have a pretty good idea about what the House of Commons will notionally look like at the 2020 election (or indeed, at any election held after 2018): the Conservatives will have 320 seats, and Labour will have 204. (The Liberal Democrats will have four.)
To be the largest party, Labour will now need to take 59 seats from the Conservatives – up from 51 from before boundary changes, and up 32 from the 2010 election. To do that, Labour would need a six-point - half a point more than pre-boundaries - swing from Tory to Labour – bigger than the swings gained by David Cameron in 2010. (To put the scale of Labour's task in perspective, that swing netted the Tories 97 seats.)
Nor is there an easier path back to power in Scotland, where boundary changes are announced in October. Even pre-boundary changes, a six-point SNP-to-Labour swing would gain just two seats, East Renfrewshire and Edinburgh North and Leith.
In 1997, a 10.3 per cent swing from Conservative to Labour yielded a Commons majority of 179. An equivalent swing now would produce a majority of just three. Indeed, Labour now needs a 10-point swing merely to get a majority of just one. Amber Valley, the staging-post on that metric, has a Conservative majority of over 10,000.
To secure a majority of 10, Labour would need a swing greater than that of 1997 – 10.7 per cent – and to gain Amber Valley, Redditch, Loughborough and Rushcliffe South, Beckenham, West Staffordshire, Weaver Vale, Basingstoke, Filton and Bradley Stoke, and Stafford. All have majorities over 10,000, seven of them have never been won by Labour at any point in its history, not even in 1945 or 1997. All are Conservative-held.
But the important thing to remember is that it highlights that while the 2015 election produced a relatively close result in terms of the Conservative majority, it left Labour with an uphill battle as far as winning back seats and power is concerned. Before boundary changes, I wrote that the 2015 election more closely resembled not 1992, when it took Labour just five years to return to power. It was far closer to 1983, when it took Labour 14 years to get back to office. And that, regrettably, might be the optimistic scenario.
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Q: GeoServer 2.21.1 installation on Windows HTTP 404 error I am brand new to the world of servers and am trying to set up an open source solution. When I tried to set-up GeoServer it finished it's installation, but I am getting the dreaded "HTTP Status 404 – Not Found". I am not quite sure where to search to find a solution. I have a feeling I am missing something in my Java set up.
Here is a summary of the steps I followed.
I am working on a Windows OS.
I installed Java 11 through Adoptium (jdk-11.0.16.101-hotspot).
I then installed Apache Tomcat 9 using the Full install. After the installation I started the service and opened a web browser to the localhost and received the "If you're seeing this, you've successfully installed Tomcat"
I then downloaded the GeoServer 2.21.1 win set up package and followed the installation. I pointed the Java runtime environment to the jdk-11.0.16.101-hotspot and saw the message "This path is VALID: 64-bit JRE 11 detected". I set my port and chose "Install as a service". I left the installation and data director set to default.
Once installation was complete, I went to the start menu and clicked "Start GeoServer", then checked the service was running, then attempted to connect in the web browser where I received the error. (http://localhost:8080/geoserver)
I've tried looking on the Stack Exchange, Google and YouTube. Most installations seem to be in Ubuntu or Linux so I am having trouble translating the troubleshooting to Windows.

A: The issue was that I did not need Apache Tomcat 9 because GeoServer has the jetty included. I uninstalled Apache Tomcat 9 and the issue was resolved.


The top reordered hardcover was Marvel's Vision, a $39.99 edition collecting Tom King's limited series, which shipped January 10.
The top reordered comic book was Marvel's Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey #3, an issue that also shipped January 10. As of this writing, it appears to be close to sold out at Diamond. The leader the past three weeks, Hawkman Found #1, was out of stock at Diamond last week and does not appear in the list.
Image's Saga Vol. 8 trade paperback, the top graphic novel for December, was the top reordered softcover for the second week in a row.
These are items that have not yet shipped, but for which the Final Order Deadlines have passed. These reorders, if books are available to fill them, may or may not land in the same shipping month as the books' release weeks, so a book's presence on this chart can mean that an item might make a repeat appearance in Diamond's monthly top-seller charts.
It was mostly comic books in the advance reorder list last week. Topping the list among comic books and overall was Star Wars: Thrawn #1, launching Marvel's take on Timothy Zahn's character from his novels at Del Rey. The issue is set to go on sale Feb. 14.
The top advance-reordered comic book shipping in March was yet again the Oblivion Song by Kirkman and De Felici Collector's Edition from Image. It's expected to go on sale March 7.
The Action Comics #1000: 80 Years of Superman book repeated in the top hardcover slot; it's been first three out of four weeks. It's an April 11 title.
Once again, there weren't any trade paperbacks in the Top 25 at all.


The Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship will deepen the national dialogue around democracy, citizenship, and community, by exploring civic engagement and political participation in the United States today and will set out a plan of action for promoting the values and behaviors that define effective citizenship in a diverse 21st century democracy.
The political culture of the United States and the makeup of its population have both changed dramatically in recent decades. From "fake news" to partisan polarization to the rise of social media, the environment in which citizens gather information and engage with one another and with their government is entirely different from that 25 years ago. The Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship has as its primary aim to enable more Americans to obtain the values, knowledge, and skills needed to participate as effective citizens in a diverse 21st-century democracy. This Commission will examine how both native born and newly arrived Americans engage with democratic institutions and exercise their rights and responsibilities as citizens and will highlight factors that encourage or obstruct that engagement. In the process, the Commission will seek to increase citizens' capacity to engage in their communities, combat rising threats to democratic self-government, and rebuild trust in political institutions.
The Commission will publish several papers on key facets related to the practice of citizenship, solicit the stories and experiences of a range of Americans with the democratic process, and explore how technology is both changing the practice of democratic citizenship and opening up exciting new sources of information for scholars who study civic engagement and political participation. The Commission is committed to engaging a wide range of voices in its research and to understanding both the challenges and opportunities facing American democracy today and in the decades ahead. Central to this work is the constructive connection between civic and political engagement, so that rekindled citizen activism across the political spectrum can be channeled into useful and sustained participation in local, state, and federal political institutions. The Commission's report and recommendations will call attention to promising local initiatives around the country and recommend steps that communities, institutions, and individuals can take to promote engaged citizenship.
Eric Liu, cochair of the Academy's Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship, speaks about how to prepare citizens in a democracy.
The Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship will work across disciplines to develop an understanding of how native born and newly arrived Americans engage with the institutions of their democracy, and how they exercise their rights and responsibilities as citizens.
Support for the Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship is provided by the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation.


Whilst having a wonder around Shoreditch one afternoon, I stumbled across Nobrow. An independent shop, gallery and publisher. The Nobrow shop is filled with beautiful books, comics, graphic novels, toys and limited edition prints.
A favourite of mine, published by Nobrow, is a concertina book Swan Lake detailing a night at the ballet. Beautifully illustrated by artist Ping Zhu it shows both front of house and back stage at the ballet.
They also have an exciting and unusual range of children's books too. I got Raphael a couple of books. The Game of Light from by Hervé Tullet, is an inventive game of storytelling with shadows and Remarkable Animals, a mix and match book which allows you to create 100's of mythical creatures.
I literally could spend hours in this store pottering around, it's well worth a visit…..
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