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Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy, a tribute to the "Julia Child of Mexico." Photo courtesy of the Flatiron Film Festival
6 Must-Attend Events at the 2019 Flatirons Food Film Festival
Kicking off on Thursday, the Boulder-based series of movies and discussions spans culinary issues and cuisines from Mexico to Morocco.
By Katie Ketchum • October 7, 2019
Julia Joun, the founder and executive director of Boulder's Flatiron Food Film Festival, hesitates to classify this year's multi-day series of events (October 10–13) as having any particular theme. But one look at the robust programming lineup reveals a distinct focus on immigrant cuisines and cultures. "I'm excited about how timely we are this year in terms of the festival's focus on immigration," Joun says. "It's something I think people really need to get a better grasp on as an issue, and I hope the festival can help."
This year's festival includes 20 outstanding agricultural, political, and culinary-focused movies and events for you to feast upon, highlighting perspectives from chefs, farmers, and sommeliers from Morocco to Zimbabwe. Here are the events you won't want to miss.
Opening Night: The Migrant Kitchen | October 10, 7:30 p.m.
Celebrate the festival's commencement with the screening of two episodes of the Emmy-award winning television series, The Migrant Kitchen, which focuses on the contribution of immigrant cuisines on the American culinary landscape. Intermission will include tastes of Japanese and Jewish deli food, in line with the episodes that will be screened: Omotenashi and The Jewish Deli.
SOMM 3 | October 11, 7:30 p.m.
Oenophiles won't want to miss this showing of SOMM 3, the third installment in the wine-themed documentary series. Master Sommelier and SOMM 3 star Dustin Wilson will introduce the film and participate in a panel discussion following the screening moderated by Raymond Snead of Boulder's Cocktailpunk, alongside Bobby Stuckey, owner of Frasca Food & Wine, and Sabato Sagaria, current president of bartaco in New York and former food & beverage director at the Little Nell in Aspen.
A #MeToo Look at the Restaurant Industry | October 12, 11 a.m.
The festival will kick off a new lecture series by addressing sexism, management inequality, and harassment in the restaurant industry through a conversation with Beth Gruitch of the Crafted Concepts restaurant group and Sarah Brito of the Good Food Media Network. Listen as Gruitch and Brito share their insights on the topic, how the #MeToo movement has provided an opportunity to engage in dialogue about male domination within the hospitality industry, and what that means for women now.
Tazzeka: Art & Film Screening | October 12, 12 p.m.
Commissioned by curator Rob Lantz of Boulder's R Gallery, four local visual artists were tasked with creating film-inspired art based on Jean-Phillippe Gaud's Tazzeka. The film's coming-of-age story follows a cooking-obsessed eleven-year-old boy from a rural village in Morocco on a journey to Paris, as he pines to become accomplished in the art of French cuisine. Preview the exhibition, then watch the film for an afternoon of cinematic and artistic creativity.
Tazzeka, a drama about a young Moroccan man's passion for food. Photo courtesy of the Flatiron Food Film Festival
Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy | October 12, 6 p.m.
The big-ticket event of the weekend is this: The premiere of Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy and an accompanying Mexican feast courtesy of Centro Mexican Kitchen, Comal Heritage Food Incubator, Super Mega Bien, Teocalli Cocina, Work and Class, and Zocalito Latin Bistro. Famed by some as the "Julia Child of Mexico," Kennedy is a culinary legend who prefers to be referred to as the "Mick Jagger of Mexican Cuisine." After the screening, enjoy a discussion with James Beard Award semi-finalist and Top Chef contestant Claudette Zepeda of San Diego's (now-closed) El Jardin and former Eater Denver editor Andra Zeppelin as they explore Zepeda's background and culinary inspiration.
The Biggest Little Farm Movie & Dinner | October 13, 4 p.m.
Wrap up the festival weekend with a matinee of The Biggest Little Farm, a gorgeous documentary that chronicles one couple's transformation from city-dwellers to regenerative farmers with the purchase of 200 acres of barren farmland… and a big dream. After the film, hear from Black Cat Farm owners Eric and Jill Skokan as they share the highs and lows of running their own biggest little farm in Boulder County. Finally, dig into a four-course dinner at the Skokan's bistro, Bramble and Hare, featuring ingredients grown on their farm.

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Book Summary: "I might be Cinderella today, but I dread who they'll think I am tomorrow. I guess it depends on what I do next."
This story follows the romance of Kate Middleton and Prince William Rebecca "Bex" Porter and the heir to the throne, Prince Nicolas of Wales. There is drama, moments of humor, paparazzi, and what life is like when you become engaged to a member of the royal family especially the heir to the throne.
The difference between Kate Middleton and Bex Porter is the latter is an American.
This book seems a bit more like an autobiography written by Bex in order to set the real story straight about her first encounter with the prince to the ultimate "Wedding of the century". Perhaps this was why there was much more liberties with the usage of more American terms rather than those of proper Queen's English.
When I first saw this book out at my local Barnes and Noble, I was excited about it because I have always been fascinated by the royals ever since the late Princess Diana first stepped out in her glass carriage at the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral. I watched Prince William grow up from being called "William the Terrible" to the charming young man he is now.
I thought this book would be a fantastic read and one I would love to death.
How I was a bit wrong.
The characters as well as the romance between Nick and Bex fell a bit flat. They seemed to be moving through the story without evolving as characters in personalities. The plot itself was slow and almost non-moving. I felt like I was watching more of drunken frat party world rather than a royal romance.
It felt boring to the point that I nearly put the book down and walked away for the final time but I wanted to give the book a try to the very end.
I think I am going to hand this book to my niece. She might enjoy the whole "royal romance" thing better than I did..


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It was asserted in the eighties that the competition of overconstructed railroads in the United States and ships in England had caused the hauling of wheat below cost. In 1901 the surplus-cereal states still had at least as many railroads as could be profitably operated." The transportation facilities proved inadequate for moving the wheat crop of 1906.
By making freight discriminations, transportation companies can exert a powerful influence upon the volume and direction of grain traffic. Discriminations are effected in various ways, and may be against certain forms of grain, against certain persons, and against certain places. It is claimed that the export flour trade is greatly injured by the fact that railroad and ocean carriers discriminate against flour in favor of wheat, thus giving the foreign miller an advantage in competing with the American miller.
The interstate commerce commission found that discriminations during the year 1898 were probably worse than at any previous time. "It is claimed by some that direct rebates and secret rates are still frequently granted; commissions are paid for securing freight; goods are billed at less than the actual weight; traffic within a state not subject to the interstatecommerce act is carried at lower rates; allowances and advantages are made in handling and storing, etc."." The large shippers generally receive the greatest favors. Laws have been enacted to remedy the evil, but their effective enforcement is not an easy task. On the whole, however, it must be said that the transportation service for wheat has improved vastly during the last 25 years, while its cost has been enormously reduced during the same period of time. Such evils as exist will doubtless be corrected in at least some measure as a result of the present wave of popular agitation against all corporate abuses.
1 Industrial Commission, 6:48. 2 Industrial Commission, 4:5-6.
CHAPTER XII.
THE STORAGE OF WHEAT
The storage of wheat has four aspects which correspond to the four stages of transportation, namely: Storage at the farm; at the local market; at the primary market; and at the seaboard. Under the subject of storage is included the vertical and horizontal transportation involved in getting wheat to and from wagons, cars, ships and warehouses.
Storage of Wheat at the Farm.—The granary upon the farm should have an exposed location, and should be so constructed as to make the handling of grain as easy as possible. The principal things to be guarded against are dampness, insects and vermin. Cold does not injure wheat, and it lessens the activity of injurious insects. The loss from insects decreases with increased bulk and decreased exposure of the surface of grain. Bins should be constructed with smooth, oiled, or painted walls to prevent lodgment of insects, and without air spaces where vermin can hide. If the granary is fully exposed, a single thickness of inch boards will keep out all rats and mice. Where injurious insects are likely to be abundant, the windows should be screened, the doors made close fitting, and all crevices and other means of ingress closed. If the granary is properly constructed, there is practically no loss of weight through storage. On the largest wheat farms, such as exist in the Red river valley, the grain is stored in elevators. Alongside of the railroad track which runs through the great field, two elevators of about 50,000 bushels capacity each are located on opposite corners of the farm. On the Pacific coast, where there is no danger of rain, the sacked wheat is left lying in the open field until it is shipped. East of the Mississippi river, mixed farming is generally practiced, and as a rule there is sufficient granary room on the farm to store the wheat held over, which is quite a large portion. In the Northwest, where the main feature of farming is growing grain for the market, it is estimated that 75 per cent of the grain is put upon the market before the close of the year.
Storage of Wheat at the Local Market.—The unit of accumulation at the local market is the wagon load. The unit of railway shipments is the car load. The shortest time that the wheat can be stored at the local market, then, is until enough of one grade has accumulated to fill a car, which may be only a fraction of a day. For various reasons, grain may be stored at the local markets for longer periods. When the buyer lacks better facilities, the wheat is often transferred directly from the wagon to the car by means of manual labor. By far the most usual method, however, is by means of the elevator.
The modern elevator is a very essential factor in our wheat industry. Its chief functions are storage; cleaning, drying and gathering wheat; and the vertical and horizontal transportation incident to these processes and to the processes of loading and unloading from wagons, cars and ships. Steam or electric power operating the machinery of the elevator accomplishes all this work without any aid from manual labor, work that would require the manual labor of a vast army of men to accomplish it. If it were thus performed, the operations would be so slow and expensive that they would raise the cost of producing wheat to such a height as to prohibit much of the production now carried on. With one single exception, the entire process of producing wheat flour, including the raising, harvesting, threshing, shipping and milling of the wheat, may be accomplished by machinery. It remains for some genius to remove this exception by inventing a machine that can handle the sack of wheat on the Pacific coast, and one that can handle the sheaf of wheat in the Red river valley. It would seem that neither task should be beyond the inventor's power. Of the machinery used on a large wheat farm, the plow stands at one end, and the elevator at the other. Human labor has been minimized throughout all of the operations. All agricultural implements are guided by levers; threshermen are only assistants to a machine which delivers the grain into a sack or grain tank; those who unload the wheat from the wagons simply loose a bolt, and the grain is dumped; those who heave wheat into bins merely press buttons; and those who load it into cars or ships need but pull a lever. The elevator at the local market often has its machinery so constructed that it can empty 1,000 bushels an hour from wagons, and sometimes 10,000 bushels a day are received by a single elevator. These elevators are generally constructed of wood, and have a capacity varying from 10,000 to 40,000 bushels. From the point of view of ownership and management, there are three types of elevators found at the local markets: (1) Those provided and owned by the farmers themselves; (2) those owned by the local grain dealers; and (3) those controlled by the grain buyers located at the primary markets. Hundreds of elevators situated along the railroads which extend into the grain territory are controlled from the primary markets by what are called line elevator companies. The Northern Pacific Railway with its elevators may be taken as a typical case. On this road during 1901, there were 430 line elevators, 286 local dealers' elevators, and 22 farmers' elevators. In the same year in Brown county, South Dakota, a county which is 36 miles wide by 48 miles long, and which is considered as typical of the Dakotas and Minnesota, there were 45 elevators with a capacity of from 12,000 to 15,000 bushels each. There were also 12 flat houses with a capacity of from 3,000 to 5,000 bushels each, and 3 large elevators belonging to flouring mills. Twelve line companies were operating in the county, and they owned 30 of the warehouses. 20 of them were owned and operated by independent parties. When local market conditions are unsatisfactory, the farmers establish more elevators. During 1904-5, the farmers' elevators in Minnesota increased approximately 90 per cent in 18 months." For the year ending September 1, 1901, 1,549 licenses were issued for country elevators and warehouses in the state of Minnesota. The successful working of elevators as now constructed and all the principles of their machinery are entirely dependent on the flowing quality of wheat. Since the advantages of this quality for labor-saving machinery had been completely established prior to the extensive development of the wheat industry on the Pacific coast, it is a peculiar and noteworthy fact that in the subsequent development of the wheat industry, the Pacific coast differed from other parts of the country in this, as in nearly all other things, by not taking advantage of the flowing quality of wheat. The grain is handled in sacks, and
1 Industrial Commission, 10:ccoxviii. * Rept. R. R. and Warehouse Commission of Minn., 1905, p. 59.


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A Neil Armstrong for Mars: Landing the Mars 2020 Rover
Atmosphere of Midsize Planet Revealed by Hubble, Spitzer
News | July 2, 2019
Mars 2020 Rover Gets a Super Instrument
In this image taken June 25, 2019, engineers install the SuperCam instrument on Mars 2020's rover. This image was taken in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have installed the SuperCam Mast Unit onto the Mars 2020 rover. The instrument's camera, laser and spectrometers can identify the chemical and mineral makeup of targets as small as a pencil point from a distance of more than 20 feet (6 meters).
SuperCam is a next-generation version of the ChemCam instrument operating on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. It has been developed jointly in the U.S., France and Spain. Once France delivered the last piece of flight hardware, the instrument was fully integrated on the Mars 2020 rover on June 25, 2019, in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility's High Bay 1 clean room at JPL.
"SuperCam has come a long way from being a bold and ambitious idea to an actual instrument," said Sylvestre Maurice, the SuperCam deputy principal investigator at the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie in Toulouse, France. "While it still has a long way to go - all the way to Mars - this is a great day for not only SuperCam but the amazing consortium that put it together."
Mars 2020 scientists will use SuperCam to examine Martian rocks and soil, seeking organic compounds that could be related to past life on Mars.
"SuperCam's rock-zapping laser allows scientists to analyze the chemical composition of its targets," said Soren Madsen, the payload development manager at JPL. "It lets the Mars 2020 rover conduct its cutting-edge science from a distance."
Also to be installed in the next few weeks is Mars 2020's Sample Caching System, which includes 17 separate motors and will collect samples of Martian rock and soil that will be left on the surface of Mars for return to Earth by a future mission.
Mars 2020 will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in July of 2020. It will land at Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021.
NASA will use Mars 2020 and other missions, including to the Moon, to prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet. The agency plans to establish a sustained human presence on and around the Moon by 2028 through NASA's Artemis lunar exploration plans.
SuperCam is led by Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, where the instrument's Body Unit was developed. That part of the instrument was installed in the body of the rover in May and includes several spectrometers, control electronics and software. The Mast Unit was built with contributions from numerous academic laboratories in France, led by the French space agency Centre National d'Études Spatiales, and includes the high-powered laser, a telescope, a camera, an infrared spectrometer and a microphone. Calibration targets on the rover deck are provided by Spain's University of Valladolid.
JPL is building and will manage operations of the Mars 2020 rover for the NASA Science Mission Directorate at the agency's headquarters in Washington.
If you want to send your name to Mars with NASA's 2020 mission, you can do so until Sept. 30, 2019. Add your name to the list and obtain a souvenir boarding pass to Mars here:
https://go.nasa.gov/Mars2020Pass
For more information about the mission, go to:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/
Andrew Good
andrew.c.good@jpl.nasa.gov
NASA Headquarters, Washington
alana.r.johnson@nasa.gov
Final Descent Images from Rosetta Spacecraft
Cold Water Currently Slowing Fastest Greenland Glacier
NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Closer to Getting Its Name
155 students from across the U.S. have been chosen as semifinalists in NASA's essay contest to name the Mars 2020 rover. and see it launch from Cape Canaveral this July.
The clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory was open to the media to see NASA's next Mars explorer before it leaves for Florida in preparation for a summertime launch.
Media Meet NASA's Mars 2020 Rover and Builders


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Arizona Cardinals' additions could make Chandler Jones more dangerous to quarterbacks
Bob McManaman
Trying to fend off Chandler Jones has been tough enough for NFC West opponents and the rest of the NFL. Now, trying to keep him out of the backfield along with veteran edge rusher Terrell Suggs figures to make things doubly difficult.
Imagine how much worse it will get for opposing offenses if the Cardinals were to pass on former Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray in next week's NFL draft and, instead, use the No. 1 overall pick on a quarterback killer such as Nick Bosa, Quinnen Williams or Josh Allen.
"They're can't-miss prospects," Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury said. "… They're going to be great football players."
With 209½ career sacks between the two of them, Suggs and Jones are already at the top of their game. Suggs is the NFL's active leader with 132½ sacks, which is tied for 13th on the all-time list. No one has more sacks in the past three seasons (41) than Jones, who has 77 in his career, and with 16 more, he will vault into second place on the Cardinals' all-time list.
Jones met with reporters last week when the team began its offseason strength and conditioning program, and he brimmed from ear to ear when asked what it would be like for him if the Cardinals selected one of the top three-rated defensive linemen in this year's draft class.
"Oh, that would be tremendous," he said, adding, "I don't know what we're going to do in the draft, but it's easy. When you have a force in the middle, the quarterback can't step up and it makes the edge rush easy. All you have to do is beat the guy, run behind him and there's the sack right there. So that would be tremendous."
Even if the Cardinals go in a different direction and, say, draft Murray as many industry sources expect, or if they trade out of the No. 1 spot and move down to acquire additional draft capital, Arizona's pass rush is going to be dangerous in 2019.
Not only have the Cardinals added the 36-year-old Suggs, who despite his age has registered 48 sacks the past five seasons, but they also signed a 25-year-old edge man in former Chargers defensive lineman Darius Philon, whom they project to start at defensive end.
"He's a guy who we felt like really came on last year," Kingsbury said. "We got great feedback from everybody we talked to about him, his personality, and he's still young, he's 25 years old and we feel like his best football is ahead of him. So to have him right next to either Terrell Suggs or Chandler Jones is going to be really good for him and his development."
Philon's signing came on the heels of Arizona also bringing in veteran Brooks Reed, a 32-year-old who can play defensive end as well as outside linebacker. Mix those players in with new inside linebacker Jordan Hicks, who can also rush the quarterback, and the return of defensive tackle Rodney Gunter, and things start to look even better.
Signing a new, potential shutdown cornerback in Robert Alford to pair opposite Patrick Peterson also will help provide more fuel to the fire of Arizona's pass rush.
Add it all up, and Jones is probably licking his chops, especially knowing he's moving back to outside linebacker as the team plans to revert to a 3-4 base defense. He thrived in that system two years ago, leading the NFL with a franchise-record 17 sacks as well as a league-leading 28 tackles for loss.
To ready himself for a revival, Jones has dropped 25 pounds and said he's never felt better, faster or stronger.
"For sure," he said. "I feel a lot faster, a lot more explosive. Last year, as you guys know, I started off at 280. I'm about 255 now. I'm trying to maintain that, but I always put on fat going into training camp. This year, I'm trying to get more cut up."
That ought to put a little more fear into teams like the Rams, Seahawks and 49ers and apparently, it has.
"They've been aggressive, being able to acquire a lot of players who have had a lot of production over the course of their careers," Rams coach Sean McVay said during the recent NFL meetings in Phoenix. "We've got a lot of respect for the Cardinals. I think some of the players they've added will definitely make them a better football team.
"And when you look at the players available at the top of the draft and some of the guys that are being talked about, however it turns out, we've got a problem on our hands for a division opponent. We'll see what direction they go."
Having to deal with Jones was tough enough but pairing him with a crafty edge monster like Suggs makes things that much more intriguing. Even Kingsbury can't wait to see how much Suggs still has left and whether he remains an every-down player or mostly a third-down pass rusher.
"We'll see. He's one of those guys, kind of an ageless wonder, so you never know," Kingsbury said. "When he is in there, no matter how many snaps it is, you know he's going to be effective because you turn on the tape last year and he's still a force to be reckoned with."
Suggs has already been a major help. He's been giving tips and pointers to Jones since the first day he arrived and he's even offering advice in the weight room.
"I've been picking his brain and I'm glad to have him here in Arizona, glad to have him back home," Jones said of the former Chandler High and Arizona State product. "I've always had a lot of respect for his game. I actually reached out to him before he even got here, when I didn't know he would be my teammate."
One of the questions Jones wanted to ask was why Suggs likes to line up in a sideways stance, sort of like a line judge.
"He does this sideways stance that's pretty unique and I asked him, 'What is that for? Why do you do that?' " Jones said. "And he told me, 'To see the defense, to be able to see everything.' I kind of took that, pulled that from his game even before he got here, so you might see us both standing that way on Sundays."
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Black Families Have a Long History of Using School Choice as Resistance to Racist and Inadequate School Systems
National School Choice Week is an independent public awareness effort spotlighting effective education options for children, including traditional public schools, public charter schools, magnet schools, private schools, online learning and homeschooling. The week runs yearly and this year, National School Choice week ran from January 22-28, 2017. For more information, visit www.schoolchoiceweek.com or follow the discussion on Twitter using #SchoolChoiceWeek and #SCW.
For Black families, school choice has always been intertwined with our self-determination, liberation and education. While forces always have tried to limit our options in America, we, in turn, have always resisted and pushed for the ability to create our own opportunities for quality education.
Despite some of the rhetoric about charter schools, school choice has long been a staple in Black communities. For us, this journey did not begin 25 years ago. And, just as the notion that Black Lives Matter isn't new, Black families exercising school choice is rooted in our trek for liberation itself. Although we can go as far back as the 1860s to highlight the inadequacies of the schools established in Black communities, for now, let's just fast forward 100 years.
People find it surprising that Malcolm X, in the 1960s, advocated for community schools—schools wholly apart from the traditional public schools in Harlem. Black Panther Party members also created schools to ensure that Black students were receiving the quality of education they deserved.
Activists, including teachers, launched over 40 Freedom Schools in Mississippi to respond to the wholly inadequate and racist school systems thrust onto our communities. The Freedom Schools' mission was to create a choice, a real choice, that was:
The school is an agent of social change.
Students must know their own history.
The curriculum should be linked to the student's experience.
Questions should be open-ended.
Developing academic skills is crucial.
Later, under the leadership of Marian Edelman Wright, the Children's Defense Fund was established to relaunch the concept of Freedom Schools.
Education as the north star
Financially strapped parents—like both sets of my grandparents—who saw education as the North Star to liberation scraped together meager earnings to send their children to private school, even while paying taxes for a persistently failing neighborhood school.
My mother exercised school choice for similar reasons that her mother did. Black families pursuing educational justice cannot be bound to neighborhood schools that have struggled to properly educate children for generations.
I attended a full-time Freedom School in Philadelphia, Nidhamu Sasa (Discipline/Freedom Now), established to ensure students were highly educated with a focus on nurturing a strong positive racial identity and a lasting commitment and accountability to community. Nidhamu Sasa was one of several local and national examples of entire communities exercising school choice.
I never attended a traditional public school in the United States until my 10th grade year. As a teenager, I grew to love several aspects of my traditional neighborhood public school, but it didn't take me long to realize why my family did not view our neighborhood schools as transformative experiences. My siblings were homeschooled after my mother pulled them out of the neighborhood elementary school that would, over 20 years later, become a charter school.
We study history to learn from it, but it also warns and inform us. We know that if we allow people to restrict our school choice for generations, we do it at our children's peril.
And, just like #BLackLivesMatter, so do Black children's school choices.
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Sharif El-Mekki is the principal of Mastery Charter School–Shoemaker Campus, a neighborhood public charter school in Philadelphia that serves 750 students in grades 7-12. From 2013-2015, he was one of three principal ambassador fellows working on issues of education policy and practice with U.S. Department of Education under Secretary Arne Duncan.
Adicia Cohen Johnson says:
I am enjoying your posts. I, like you, was shaped by my parents unwavering determination to provide the best education for me, as a young black child living in America. Nidhamu Sasa was the catalyst that allowed me to grow, think, challenge, fight, and persevere. My educational experiences have been varied. After attending NS for several years , I attended Ada Lewis Middle School, a public school on the border of Germantown and Mt. AIRY. That was followed by 4 years of high school at a nearly all white boarding school in Connecticut. I had earned a full scholarship through A Better Chance,Inc and thus began my teenage journey navigating life in a small town of Connecticut with 6 other Brown girls who would become my sisters. This was the first time I had ever experienced feeling like a "minority". "They " would stop by my room to watch me do my hair, amazed at the shrinkage after washing it. The iron was no longer needed because "they" wore their clothes wrinkled in stark contrast to the crisp creases my mother had taught me to put in my pants. I now felt that I needed to acquire a string of pearls for everyday wear so I bought a cheap necklace for about 2.99. I couldn't understand why someone wanted to wear ripped jeans because in my neighborhood that was never done by choice. It was at this school that I learned that girls shaved their legs and underarms and that "they" were allowed to smoke at the age of 14 because their parents had signed off on a permission form. Therfeore, the school had a designated smoking room for kids called "The Butt Room" . It was here that I learned that "being well rounded" meant being exposed to Eurocentric art, novels, theater, music, dance, speakers, etc with the goal of my assimilation. Underneath my uniform of kilt and Polo shirt….underneath my hair which I struggled to maintain without the help of my mother, underneath my wearing of my cheap pearls and Tretorn sneakers, underneath my curiosity about L.L. Bean and it's significance….was my education from Nidhamu Sasa and my parents. My will to challenge, question, demand, and be true to myself surfaced. I was reminded of Mama Samira, Mama Fasaha, and all the other Mamas and Babas who taught me to demand equality and justice….and so the wheels began to turn….my sisters and I began demanding change and forcing it upon them when necessary…We were tired of a van service that only took students to a Catholic Church when none of us were Catholic, we demanded that they invite Nikki Giovanni as a guest speaker (and they did), we researched and slowly changed the face of some of the "required events", we invited teen black boys from Hartford to spend the day on campus ( this made many nervous, including the security guards who would grow frustrated with their inability to curtail this), we grew tired of the school dances that invited other boarding schools and included a DJ that played other music so we invited kids from Hartford, including a DJ and began hosting our own parties…I never forgot who I was and the rich history of my ancestors……I am thankful for my varying educational experiences for they have shaped the educator that I have become.
Sharif El-Mekki says:
Thanks, Adicia! We have an amazing foundation from our families and Nidhamu Sasa. I am eager to get an official list of former students to see what we are all up to. I am confident that we are serving the community in all manner of ways. Everyone I am still in touch with, including you, is in tune with the struggle of our people and making an impact. Thanks for reading! I think it might be my turn to host the NS reunion!
I loved this, sis! We draw on so many of our experiences from Nidhamu Sasa. I hope you consider being a guest blogger about your experiences and how it relates to you as an educator! Let me know what you think!
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After regaining promotion to the Premier League, Vittoriosa Stars will be aiming at retaining their top division status by the end of the season. For this reason, the squad was strengthened by a number of players which were presented during a press conference which was held at Teamsport, Iklin.
Goalkeeper Jean Matthias Vella, Sharlon Pace, Carl Sammut, Kevin Mifsud, Dino Cachia and Ryan Sell all made a permanent move to the club. Sharlon Pace joined the club from Pietà, Carl Sammut from Pietà, Kevin Mifsud and Dino Cachia from Msida. Jean Matthias Vella and Ryan Sell join the club from Second Division side San Gwann.
Other new players in the Vittoriosa squad include goalkeeper Simon Agius who joins the club on loan, Jonathan Xerri and Clayton Micallef from Hibernians, Mauro Brincat from Floriana and Gozitan striker Elton Vella. The club has in fact focussed on signing more players on a permanent deal rather than on loan.
Vittoriosa have also secured the services of three Brazilian players namely Carlos Emanuel Campagnoli, Edson Santos Tarabai and Jorge Santos Silva.
Secretary Gerald Ellul said last season was a difficult one for the club but they still managed to reach their objective – that of securing promotion to the Premier League. He said that after the election of the new committee, Winston Muscat has been confirmed as coach while Darren Abdilla was appointed as his assistant. The goalkeepers' coach will be Alex Camilleri who will also be part of the squad.
The club secured the services of a Scottish physical trainer Matthew Pearson.
Vittoriosa have reached an agreement with De La Salle to use their facilities for the next ten years for both the senior team and the youth nursery.
Coach Winston Muscat said he was happy with the atmosphere within the club and said he hopes the strength and determination of the players will lead the club to achieving its targets.
The press conference was also addressed by president Erskin Vella, vice-president Joseph Scicluna and captain Jeffrey Chetcuti.
The club thanked main sponsor SVS Leisure and kit-sponsors TeamSport together with other sponsors including Powerade, Il Fornaio and International Merchants through energy drinks Shark and M150.


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EU Research Ministers agree part of funding package for research and innovation
Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock TD attending the Research and Space parts of the Competitiveness Council this week in Brussels, welcomed the agreement reached by Ministers on a key element of the...
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The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, and the Minister of State for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock TD, today....
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The Minister for Research and Innovation, Seán Sherlock TD, welcomed yesterday's announcement by the Minister for Finance of an increase in the R&D tax credit threshold. The measure announced by Minister Noonan sees a doubling of...
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Jan 31, 2019 by Kasia Osowiecka in Song Reviews
JAWS Share New Single 'Do You Remember'
JAWS are back to prompt us that they still have the goods with their brand new track Do You Remember. Taken form their long-awaited third album, The Ceiling, set to drop on April 5th, Do You Remember follows the band's 2018 single and album opener Driving
Jan 31, 2019 by Liz Stephens in Song Reviews
50 New Acts Announced for Reading & Leeds Festival 2019
Charli XCX, Royal Blood and CHVRCHES lead the second wave of names added to Reading and Leeds 2019 line-up. Reading and Leeds Festival has today lifted the lid on another fifty acts who will play at this year's event – with Charli XCX, Royal Blood
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Nile Rodgers & CHIC and Wolf Alice lead the new announcement for Standon Calling 2019. Nile Rodgers & CHIC and Wolf Alice are set to join the previously announced headliner Rag'n'Bone Man. Echo & The Bunnymen, IDLES, Lewis Capaldi, Kate Nash, The Big Moon, Band Of Skulls, Sea
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DA's Office & DEA nab 176lbs of Cocaine, other narcotics from GC
DA's Office, DEA nab 176 lbs of cocaine, other narcotics
The seized cocaine from the Bronx and elsewhere.
By Alex Mitchell
Baychester: Bomb maker nabbed in DHS, NYPD raid
Soundview: McDonald's Night Manager Arrested In Drug Bust
Morris Park: Murdered Morris Park business owner was witness in upcoming NYPD corruption trial
Morris Heights: Heroin drug operation foiled in Morris Heights
Parkchester: NYPD Fishing for Fentanyl/$10 million worth of lethal drugs confiscated
Pelham Parkway: Drug Bust at Pelham Parkway Houses
Police wrangled up another plethora of narcotics from Bronx streets on Wednesday, May 8 after year's worth of intense investigating.
The NYPD and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration seized 176 pounds of cocaine with a street value of almost $3 million while indicting 19 on charges related to trafficking cocaine and club drugs throughout the entire city. Eleven of the accused are from the Bronx.
"We will stop traffickers of any illicit drugs that devastate lives and neighborhoods,'" said District Attorney Darcel Clark upon the news of the bust.
The DA continued on, explaining that the defendants are charged in three indictments totaling 227 counts of various degrees of criminal sale and criminal possession of a controlled substance and conspiracy. Two of the defendants are charged with operating as a major trafficker, which carries a minimum of 15 to 25 years to maximum of life in prison if convicted.
Fourteen of the defendants were arrested in the May takedown while 12 have been arraigned before Bronx Supreme Court Justice John Carter, two are awaiting arraignment and five have not been apprehended yet, police say.
"These are serious charges, and bringing those who commit these acts to justice is dangerous work," said NYPD Commissioner James O'Neil after the bust.
According to the year-long investigation by Clark's office, NYPD Bronx Gang Squad, Drug Enforcement Administration and Homeland Security Investigations, the defendants trafficked large quantities of the cocaine, which was then sold in bulk to distributors, and which in turn was sold in $10 and $20 packets, sometimes in crack form, and then disturbed on Valentine Avenue, Grand Concourse and East 187th Street.
One indictment charges ten people with the cocaine operation. It also charges Alvon Pierre and Elvis Gomez for operating as a major trafficker.
During the police operation, investigators seized the 176 pounds of cocaine in a vehicle and packed in suitcases in an apartment on 191st Street in Flushing, Queens that is connected to Pierre and co-defendant Robert Nieves as well as the Bronx dealers.
Prior to that, police seized $135,000 from a secret compartment in Gomez' car in the Bronx.
Another indictment charges five people with distributing Ecstasy, Xanax and Ketamine. According that indictment, two of the defendants conspired to import pills from overseas, via international mail. Authorities in Brussels, Belgium intercepted 1.25 pounds of pure controlled substances before they could reach their destinations in the Bronx and Manhattan, according to the DA's office.
This bust comes just days after the DEA seized over $2 million worth of drugs, 1,200 oxycodone pills of varying dosages, while arresting over two dozen dealers and pill pushers that were operating in and around that same section of the Grand Concourse where this subsequent police operation was executed.
"The NYPD, and its partners, are committed to eradicating drug trafficking in the City of New York…I commend the NYPD investigators, DEA Agents, Homeland Security Investigators, and the members of the Bronx District Attorney's Office for their work in this significant case," O'Neil proudly said.
Updated 11:09 am, May 16, 2019
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I am using my P690 on Ubuntu 8.04 RC 64bit with latest matrox driver v1.4.6.
2D worked fine but glxgears failed. So I had a look on this forum and the I copied libglx etc.
An after this X does not start anymore.
(II) MTX(0): Cursor Aperture location 0xbc0000.
(II) MTX(0): Cursor Surface location 0x7f60000.
How can I get more information about the reason of troubles?
Have you tried starting your X server manually from the text console using the "-verbose" command line switch?
This should usually provide more output and you should at least see a backtrace of the error, etc.
The file /root/X.out should then contain all relevant information and if it doesn't, the last option is to `strace` your X server to see where it's failing.
The generated file /root/X-trace.out will get _VERY_ large so be careful when attaching it to your next message (usually, `gzip`ing it before uploading should work well).
suspect: crt is black but OSD says 1280x960x85Hz.
I installed the P650 again and Xorg starts fine. Maybe a P690 bug?
Update: Sorry, this was not correct. I reinstalled mtx-driver-pack including xorg.conf. And now VESA-driver is used and works. But if I try to load mtx it fails again... Interesting is, that in this case the CRT is black but his OSD says 1600x1200x70Hz. But no image, just black!
Same problem for me... is there any progress?
Yes, of course. It is still pending. With Both my Millennium P690 LP PCIe 16x 256MB and my Millennium P650 PCIe 128MB.
There is no solution. Can anybody help us?
VESA ist working, but if I want to load the mtx driver the screen remains black.
tuxx-home, do you need any other information?
I have the same problem with both 64-bit and 32-bit Ubuntu 8.x.
I saw that the file /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libmtxcfg.so exists (symbolic linked to /usr/share/matrox/current/libmtxcfg.so).
Nevertheless, I saw Xlib error message "Xlib: extension "MTXCFG" missing on display ":0.0".
Official 1.4.6 driver fails miserably in trying to auto-configure your X server, at least that's what I experienced when trying this driver version on my system.
After installation it asks you if it should configure the X server and if you let it do so, mtxwizard (the tool that's called for this job) segfaults or simply doesn't work.
Please note that this extension is only needed if you want to make use of the new `matroxconfig` tool that gets shipped with 1.4.6.
I saw in your trace that you might have memory problems (there are several -ENOMEM errors at the end of your trace), so maybe it makes sense to increase the vmalloc space of your kernel.
Please show me the output of `dmesg | grep MEM` after a fresh boot of your system.
Please check your system for the above mentioned errors too and get me your log- and configuration files.
I set vmalloc first to 256m (X-trace-2.out) and than to 1024m (X-trace-3.out).
If memory = 4GB or 6GB or 8GB --> System fails like described above.
What can I do to get it working with 4gig and more?
This might be a explanation.
thank you for your reply that you use 4gb, too.
@Niko_K: Can I please see your `dmesg | grep MEM` output?
If this is not the case: Do you have high memory support enabled in your kernel and if so, is it CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G or CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G?


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Glenn Fleishman 22 April 2010
iPad Camera Connection Kit Works Simply and Well
We knew the iPad would be a somewhat different device at its launch party in January 2010 when Apple said that it would both allow keyboard entry and import photos from cameras and SD cards. So much for being a consumption-only device. The iPad allowed Bluetooth keyboard use when it shipped, and the iPad Keyboard Dock appeared several days after.
The iPad Camera Connection Kit, however, didn't wind up in users' hands until last week. While the two-piece adapter set is designed for cameras, we ferreted out more kinds of uses, including audio input and video playback.
Let's look at the ins and outs of importing.
Plug In and Import — The $29 kit comprises two separate parts, both of which plug into the iPad dock connector: a USB adapter and an SD card reader. The adapters project straight out beneath the Home button; unless you have a stand that lets you hold an iPad either sideways or with the Home button at top, you'll need to lay the iPad flat to use either adapter.
You use these adapters to transfer images from your camera to your iPad when you're away from the computer you normally use to sync images and other data. The iPad can view the photos and also acts as a repository for the files in their original formats.
The process of importing photos couldn't be more straightforward; it's rather like a good hybrid of Image Capture and iPhoto's import processes. You insert either adapter into the dock connector, then plug in a camera via USB or insert an SD card.
It may also be possible to attach a self-powered USB drive with FAT or FAT32 partitions, the standard disk format for camera images and video storage. I was unable to test this. Flash drives and USB-powered drives will not work, as the iPad doesn't supply power from the dock connector.
The USB adapter also lets you plug in an iPhone, from which you can grab pictures as if it were a camera, just as in iPhoto. (The iPad can't charge the iPhone via USB, however.)
The Photos app launches, and a new tab labeled Camera appears on the far right. This tab shows a preview of stored images and videos on the attached device or camera. Raw, JPEG, and movie files are supported. (See below for more on formats.)
You select images to import by tapping on them. A blue checkmark is placed on the photo when you tap and is removed if you tap again. To transfer the images to the iPad's memory, tap the Import button: a popover offers Import All and Import Selected if you've selected any images. You can halt an import in process by tapping Stop Import in the upper right. (A delete option in the upper left reads either Delete All or Delete Selected, depending on whether any images are selected, if you want to remove images from the card.)
If you've already imported some of the images, Photos warns you of the duplication, and lets you cancel or proceed.
As each image is imported, it's shown with a subtle spinning progress wheel as it's copied over – look in the lower-right corner of the third thumbnail. The thumbnail is overlaid with a small, green checkmark when its import is completed. As in iPhoto, you're asked at the completion of an import if you want to keep or delete the imported photos.
My TidBITS colleague Jeff Carlson connected a Flip MinoHD to see if the iPad would import video via the USB connector. The good news: The iPad saw the movies in the MinoHD's memory, provided thumbnails, and successfully copied clips to the iPad. The bad news: Once transferred, the Photos app displays a Flip's MPEG-4 formatted clip as a generic MP4 icon, and doesn't play it when tapped. The clip remained intact when copied from the iPad to iPhoto, however; the iPad just can't play it.
The only hiccup I saw in whole process was when I inserted a microSD card in a full-sized SD holder. While Apple's documentation says miniSD and microSD cards can be read via an adapter, my iPad displayed an error message.
When you're done, you simply pull the adapter out or remove the SD card or USB cable. There's no eject button, although removing the card or adapter while the iPad is deleting or transferring images is no doubt a bad idea.
In the past, I would have thought that an iPad could serve as a transfer station to avoid running through memory cards you might bring along on a trip. But 16 GB SD cards cost as little as $36, which makes it hard to build a case for why you shouldn't buy a stack of SD cards for offloading purposes. The cards are also less likely to be stolen or broken on a trip than an iPad.
What's Supported? — Infuriatingly, Apple doesn't provide a complete list of supported image and movie formats, nor supported cameras. The tiny user manual that comes with the adapters suggests going to the iPad support mini-site at Apple for a list of cameras (but says nothing about formats); there is no such list at that site, nor anywhere on Apple's Web site at present. A Knowledge Base article will likely soon appear.
Apple does offer a list of cameras with raw support in Mac OS X 10.6, and one could assume significant overlap. Raw support is updated in Mac OS X via software updates, although often long after new cameras have appeared in the market; the iPad support would likely have to come via a full iPhone OS update. For example, I assume (but can't test due to lack of equipment) that the cameras supported by last week's Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.2 will not work on the iPad until an iPhone OS update arrives.
I'm no expert on raw formats and use neither Aperture nor Lightroom at the moment. However, I tested importing a CR2 raw image from a Canon PowerShot G11, and the workflow seems just right. The image is displayed as a normal photo when viewed in Photos, using a filter (perhaps the same as in iPhoto) to make it look correct. When imported into iPhoto, the original (and quite large) CR2 format file is preserved.
Working with Imported Media — You can view imported photos and videos at full scale, or use Photos or third-party apps to upload to various services, like MobileMe and Flickr.
The Photos app can send single or multiple photos via email, which is one way of uploading to Flickr and some other services. Open a collection of photos; tap the Action button (a square with a curved arrow coming out of it, located at the right edge of the toolbar); tap to select the photos you want; then tap the Email button. Direct the outgoing message to the custom email address that Flickr assigns each member to use for uploading images. Photos must be uploaded to MobileMe one at a time.
Apple claims on its ordering page for the product, "When you sync iPad to your PC or Mac, the photos on your iPad are added to your computer's photo library," but I was unable to figure out how this would work. It's possible that iTunes needs a minor update to provide the necessary support or a checkbox.
Instead, I launched iPhoto, selected the iPad, and used standard import options to bring the photos into the iPhoto library. Images and videos are not downsampled or otherwise manipulated as far as I can tell.
The iPad Camera Connection Kit seems to work well and as expected. Apple needs to update its online documentation quickly, and better explain how to use or enable automatic iPhoto syncing via iTunes. For $29, the kit is quite a deal.
Other Uses for the USB Adapter — As to other purposes of the two adapters, we've discovered a few. Because none of these are supported uses documented by Apple, it's possible the firm would disable these capabilities in future releases.
You can use the USB adapter to plug in a set of USB headphones or headset. The iPad recognizes the device, and transfers audio to it. Some of our commenters and other users have been able to get external USB microphones and speakers to work, too. For more details, see "iPad USB Camera Adapter Supports Audio Headsets, Too" (23 April 2010).
The SD card reader imports H.264 movie files (they have the .m4v extension on the Mac), which can be played in the Photos app. As a result, you can use the SD card reader as an inexpensive way to carry movies that exceed the scale of storage on your iPad. Read Jeff's article, "Increase Your iPad Media Storage for Just $49" (26 April 2010).
Low-power USB keyboards also work, although the iPad may balk and say that the USB device isn't supported. After tapping the Dismiss button on the warning a few times, I was able to confirm that an Apple keyboard that shipped with an old blueberry iMac did work, as did a MacAlly Icekey.
You cannot export anything via USB jack or copy files to an SD card in the card reader. I know you want to; Apple doesn't allow it.
So much for the widely spread trope of "the iPad doesn't have a USB jack." Now, it can become "the iPad's optional USB jack doesn't do much." But, frankly, so far the kit does more than we expected.
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Comments About iPad Camera Connection Kit Works Simply and Well
Cycomachead
The RAW formats supported are the same as the OS X RAW formats, except for the 3.2 RAW Update for OS X which was released just today. The iPAd will render RAW files exactly the wayCoreImage based OS X apps do. Apple's list of RAW formats is floating around on the knowledge base, search for "Supported RAW format"
Jeff Carlson
So for the cameras that were just added to the list for the Mac, we'd need to wait for an iPhone OS for iPad software update? That's unfortunate, but sounds consistent with the way Apple has handled RAW support. Thanks for the info, I'm looking forward to throwing some images at it.
-- Oh appple, you could have just put this as an internal device on your magical iPad, why do it "each sold separately?"
Glenn Fleishman
Would be nice if Apple actually made mention of that. You're assuming, and I think assuming right, but it's not good for non-Mac OS X iPad owners who won't understand that.
It's technically an assumption, but looking at the SDK the RAW Camera appears to be almost an exact copy of what's in 10.6. The only thing missing from the OS X version is a specific way to edit the interpretation of RAW data, but there'd be no way to even do that on an iPad.
But, I would like an official clarification about RAW support, especially with OS 4 coming which has it too.
"there's no way to use them without the iPad being laid flat."
Turn it upside-down and prop it up? :-)
Depending on what you're propping it up on, the Sleep button gets pressed due to gravity. Unless you have a stand or something that keeps that button from being pressed.
Tim Windsor
Finally, a really good use-case for Apple's iPad case. For me, that button is *recessed* and the notion of it being accidentally pressed is non-existent.
Did you happen to try a Flip video camera?
Don't own such a thing, but it's possible it will work if it exposes itself as a mass-storage device for a camera.
I just tried a Flip MinoHD and added a paragraph to the article toward the end. Short version: the iPad sees the clips, imports them, but can't play them in the Photos app. The clip can be transferred intact to iPhoto (or wherever on your computer). So with Flip clips, the iPad works as a backup or transport shuttle, but not a playback source.
Checkout this stand's review at The Digital Story
http://thedigitalstory.com/2010/04/the_2_ipad_stand.html
I bought two in black.
Constable Odo
Wouldn't it be more practical to buy a product such as this which would make photo transfer easier? I'm only asking on the premise that most cameras use SD cards.
I'm not sure if they do or they don't. I've only seen a few digital cameras and they used SD cards.
http://www.eye.fi/products/connectx2
The Eye-Fi is great (I own a couple from different product generations), but it won't get pictures into an iPad. The only reason to get this kit is if you have a desire to get pictures into this device. For general syncing, upload, etc., an Eye-Fi can be a good choice.
What happens if you plug one of these into an iPod Touch or iPhone?
"This accessory not supported by iPhone."
This may change in the next iPhone version. ;-)
what happens if you shoot while having the camera connected? do the new files pop up or do you have to refresh? this would be a great way to shoot tethered....
Cameras go into a kind of standby mode when connected via USB as a storage device to a computer, and this is the same case with the USB adapter for iPad. It's not "tethered" so much as simulating a specific kind of storage device.
I can see this being possible in the future if Apple lets third parties write software that works with the adapter.
Jeff Grossman
Can you plug a USB keyboard into the adapter and use it the same way the iPad can work with a Bluetooth keyboard? How about plugging in a wireless keyboard dongle and using a wireless keyboard? (I think that would work if a USB keyboard is recognized...)
I just tried a standard USB keyboard and got the "USB device not recognized" error. It may depend on the keyboard, of course.
Jonathan Hitzhusen
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/04/23/dear-aunt-tuaw-can-i-use-a-standard-keyboard-or-usb-headset-wit/
Would it also charge the iPhone from the iPad when syncing the images? Like it does on a laptop?
Great question! Alas, the iPhone does not charge from the iPad.
Can you transfer documents (Word, etc) using the USB adaptor?
No, it's not a way to mount a mass-storage device (not yet, and perhaps, not ever). It's simply used as a camera interface. It would be great if you could mount SD for transfer, but that's contrary to Apple's "sync-only" thinking about files.
autoy
I assume that USB compilant audio devices such as Griffin's iMic or other USB audio interfaces should be supported, right? Have you tried any of these?
I have none, so haven't tried, but if they require no drivers to work under Mac OS X, then it's likely they would. Fascinating.
kinger
great stuff! thanks for the report :)
Jack Leavitt
My camera uses CF cards. Can I attach a card reader via the USB adapter?
Worth trying!
Great article! Does it work with the Apple case?
I don't have one to test. Anyone?
What about video? Can you use a USB webcam through this?
Can you use the SD Card Adapter to watch or import h.264 movies? Can you store 720p iPad compatible h.264 movies on the SD card and import what you wanna watch and delete it afterwards to save space (effectively carrying around an extra 32GB of movies)?
Watch: there's no interface for that; import only.
But can you import from SD Card and THEN watch movies? And I don't mean short clips from a camera (with size and/or length restrictions) but my converted DVDs in h.264 and .m4v (e.g. 3GB 3h Lord of the Rings). I'm asking because normally a 16GB iPad would be enough for me, and only because I need more storage for movies I would have to buy a bigger one.
Tricky: I haven't tested. Sounds much more complicated than using iTunes for sync; not sure about supported formats. We'll have to test more.
Yes, it would be more complicated and only useful in a few specific scenarios (for my scenario it would be great). To sync with iTunes you have to have a notebook with you if you're on a trip. So it's either carry a notebook with me just for extra movie storage (bad idea), buy the bigger iPad just to have more storage for movies (expensive, $200 for 48GB) or use the SD Card adapter ($100 for 48GB, gets cheaper with more storage because you only need to buy the adapter kit once, and you can use the adapter and the SD Cards for other stuff too).
Just confirmed that you CAN: rip a movie in Handbrake (well, I ripped an episode of Firefly, less encoding time); copy the .m4v to an SD card; connect the Camera Card adapter to the iPad with the SD card; import the movie file to your photo library; and play the movie in the Photos app.
You can't play the movie from the card directly, but you could store a bunch of movies on a card, copy one to the iPad, watch it, delete it, and copy another movie, repeat, etc.
Thanks so much for the good news! I really appreciate the efforts you went to to answer my question!
You can apparently plug a self-powered USB device into the iPad but it appears plugging a card reader in that doesn't havce power doesn't work. This is in the adapter Q&A:
Will this work for connection to an external USB hard drive?
* Asked by MH from Dupont
* Apr 15, 2010
It may; only if your hard drive is self-powered. Flash drives and portable hard drives will not work as it relies for the USB adapter for power. With no power coming from the USB adapter, you can't power your hard drive and thus not being able to use it.
AND when your hard drive does work, it can only draw images out from the hard drive and import them into your iPad. Unless Apple has released an update where you can use it as a secondary storage device, there is no way of using your hard drive other than importing images.
Third party apps may take advantage of the adapter but only if Apple has unlocked such capability.
I've been a little dubious about those answers, because they're not anointed by Apple: it's just oter users. I've tried self-powered hard drives, for instance, and they don't mount.
Jeff Carter
How will the ipad work for archiving, backing up in the field digital photos?
I read a review i interpreted as saying the ipad does not import the photo as originally taken
(http://www.bythom.com/) ( it resizes the images from most recent cameras because it only supports 3mp sizes max.)
Does the iPad import photos as taken?
That review is looking at what you can do on the iPad with the images that are imported; note that he's talking about viewing, etc.
The iPad subsamples for display, but doesn't affect the original images. I moved an 11MP 13 MB RAW image through it just fine.
Ed McCarthy
Glenn,
Have you tried importing MP3 files from SD cards into the iPad? I record interviews on a Zoom unit that stores them as Mp3 files on an SD card. I'lm trying to figure out how I can get the files into my iPad for e-mailing.
I'll see if I can create a directory with MP3s named DCIM to see if that works. Some cameras can make WAV or MP3 files, so I would be interested if the iPad could import that.
Did you try importing MP3s?
The MP3 files are recognized and imported (from within the DCIM folder where I put them), but cannot be played or handled within Photos, iPod, or other apps. The MP3s don't appear as options for import inside iPhoto (unlike movies).
So it's a total bust.
Memo Sauceda
So Glenn, once imported, can you send the mp3 by e-mail thru the ipad?
Nope. I tried using Photos (tap the arrow button, select, choose Email) and copying and paste the item into the Mail app.
Why is everyone so interested in loading and copying MP3s? I guess to avoid using iTunes for sync?
I'm a voiceover actor, and i was hoping to send recordings thru the ipad. I guess I'm going to have to buy a notebook as well!
You could record via an external mic right into an iPad app, then email that. Possibly...
Yes the item is useful. Yes it makes the iPad complete. Wait a minute... Did I say it makes the iPad complete? The very fact that you need to plug in items of this nature simply means the device was not engineered correctly in the first place. I have a very hard time getting over the fact that these ports should have been built into this device. Having to carry these stupid little adapters around is simply DUMB and it was totally unnecessary! Most would have gladly paid another $100.00 for the Pad had these been integrated into the unit. Maybe Steve can design a cute little white purse to carry this junk in.
I would have loved it if there were a built-in SD in the bottom or side. USB, not so critical for a variety of reasons.
But for any mass-market item, the idea of putting an extra $X of hardware and charging an extra $Y as a result makes it less marketable to the majority of audience that doesn't care for the feature.
Adam Engst
Want to read this article in Bulgarian? Theoretically, there's a translation here (I say "theoretically" since I don't read Bulgarian, and for all I know, it's an enthusiastic rendering of Lorem Ipsum :-))
http://www.fatcow.com/edu/connection-kit-bl/


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Priti Patel under pressure after attacking Black Lives Matter movement
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Priti Patel (R) has locked horns with the anti-racism movement Black Lives Matter
Home secretary, Priti Patel, has come under pressure for attacking the gesture of taking a knee, and branding the anti-racism protest movement Black Lives Matter, which swept the UK last year, as "dreadful".
Home Secretary Patel insinuates French are 'racist'
Home Secretary Priti Patel is at risk of touching off a diplomatic crisis by appearing to label the French
Talking to LBC radio on Friday (February 12), Patel dismissed the BLM's style of protesting as "not the right way at all".
More strikingly, the Home Secretary said she opposes the peaceful symbolic practice of "taking the knee" before adding there are "other ways in which people can express their opinions".
The "taking the knee" pose is based on one struck by the legendary US civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King.
In recent years the pose has been adopted as a general symbolic protest against racism, particularly its institutional forms.
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The shadow Home Secretary, Nick Thomas-Symonds, was quick to criticize the Home Secretary by labeling her comments as "unacceptable".
Thomas-Symonds asserted that the Black Lives Matter movement in the UK was "a powerful call for change from across society".
"To be dismissed like this by the Home Secretary is unacceptable", he added.
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Rees-Mogg was attacking the London Mayor, Sadiq Khan's Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm, which was set up at the height of the BLM protest movement last summer.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An owner of a store at the Charleston Town Center Mall successfully chased down an alleged thief at his store on Monday.
David Miller, the owner of Sunglass Way inside the mall, told the story on Tuesday's "580-LIVE with Danny Jones" on MetroNews affiliate 580-WCHS in Charleston.
Miller said a man walked up to him at his business on Monday afternoon around 2:15 and asked to try on a $300 pair of Versace sunglasses. According to Miller, when the man put the sunglasses on he took off running.
Miller said his pursuit ended in front of Bar 101 in downtown, which is about a half-mile from the mall.
According to Miller, the man he believed to be in his late 20s, did not have the sunglasses on him when he was taken into custody. He then denied stealing the sunglasses to police, Miller said.
Miller said the individual that was arrested had four warrants out for him already but he did not know what happened to him after the arrest.
Even with this incident, Miller believes the mall remains safe.


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