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Better regulation and stricter guidelines could turn this problem around, says the NYCLU

The New York Civil Liberties Union has released a report claiming that New York police officers are using Tasers inappropriately.

NYCLU's report, called "Taking Tasers Seriously: The Need for Better Regulation of Stun Guns in New York," studied 851 taser incident reports from eight New York police departments. Tasers are electroshock weapons that use electrical current to halt voluntary control of muscles. If shocks are prolonged, they can lead to injury or death.

In addition to analyzing incident reports, NYCLU requested the policies and guidelines for using Tasers from 10 New York police departments for comparison purposes.

According to the report, 60 percent of reported Taser incidents did not meet guidelines that limit the use of Tasers to situations where physical aggression is involved. It also found that 75 percent of reported incidents did not involve verbal warnings before the use of a Taser, which is required under expert recommendation.

The report also found that 40 percent of Taser incidents involved "at-risk subjects" such as children and the elderly; over one-third of Taser incidents involved prolonged shocks, even though this can be fatal; over 25 percent of Taser incidents involve shocks directly to a citizen's chest, even though guidelines advise against it; 15 percent of reports involved people who were armed, and another 15 percent of Taser incidents were clearly labeled as inappropriate, where officers used the weapon on those who were already restrained by other methods such as handcuffs.

In addition, the NYCLU report discovered that people of color are more likely to be Taser victims. According to the report, 58 percent of Taser victims were black or Latino.

"Our analysis shows that police officers are using Tasers in inappropriate, irresponsible and downright deadly manner," said Donna Lieberman, NYCLU executive director. "This disturbing pattern of misuse and abuse endangers lives. Law enforcement agencies that choose to use Tasers must adopt clear and effective policies governing their use, and they must do so without delay."

The NYCLU is looking to turn this Taser issue around in the following three ways:

Law enforcement agencies throughout the state must reform use-of-force policies and Taser training programs to comply with nationally recognized expert guidelines.

The state government must play an active role in promoting and achieving universal adoption of these expert-recommended policies and guidelines, and in ensuring that local agencies coordinate their Taser policies and training programs.

The state government and local law enforcement agencies must require accurate, complete reporting and robust monitoring of Taser use.

The NYCLU made an exception in its report, saying that the NYPD has complied with Taser policies and guidelines. But others throughout the state have not, leading to the death of over a dozen New York citizens "in recent years."

Do some police officers abuse their rights as authorities? Of course. Just look at the last year of reports regarding the taping of law enforcement. Police officers have handled certain situations inappropriately in the past, and when the public would videotape them using cameras or mobile phones, officers began arresting those doing the filming. Police officers felt they shouldn't be videotaped while on duty, even though in some cases, they were partaking in some form of police brutality.

In August of this year, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that citizens had the right to videotape police officers while they're on duty.

What I'm saying is, I wouldn't be too surprised if police officers were abusing the use of Tasers to an extent considering the fact that there have been past issues with some police departments.

What do you think?

Source: NYCLU

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By vol7ron on 10/23/2011 2:20:42 AM , Rating: 4
Interesting until..

In addition, the NYCLU report discovered that people of color are more likely to be Taser victims. According to the report, 58 percent of Taser victims were black or Latino.

Kind of stretching it. First, in terms of actual use, 58% isn't bad; in fact, it's impressive that the numbers were what they were. Second, it's made up of Blacks and Latinos, so that means what? 42% white(or other)/29% black/29% latino? Not too bad, just think that all these equality unions and pro-(non-white) groups aren't really needed so much anymore, but still want that paycheck.

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By MozeeToby on 10/24/2011 11:48:18 AM , Rating: 2
A single number just isn't enough to reach any conclusion fairly. In fact, it's hard to use any collection of numbers to determine if there is a pattern of racially motivated abuse.

How does this number relate to the number of police and public interactions for black/white/latino groups (but wait! if the police really are racist that number is going to be skewed also). How does that number relate to the general populations in the area (completely ignores wealth and location disparities). It's harder than people think to detect bias with simple statistics.

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U.S. Customs is blocking shipments of HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE "indefinitely"

Reeling HTC Corp. (TPE:2498) didn't need any more bad news.

After a meteoric rise which placed it briefly atop the U.S. smartphone sales charts, it closed out 2011 with a deep decline in units sold.  Determined to avoid the fate looming over other troubled rivals like Research in Motion, Ltd. (TSE:RIM), HTC saw a big revitalization push, championed by a slew of impressive flagship phones, such as the HTC One X and the refreshed Evo 4G LTE.  The bid might have succeeded.

It might have suceeded had HTC not run afoul of punitive legal juggernaut Apple, Inc. (AAPL), that is.  HTC didn't need more bad news, but that is precisely what it received.

I. Data Tapping Ban Comes to Fruition

While HTC One X carrier AT&T, Inc. (T) and Evo 4G LTE Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) have some stock of the new Android smartphones, hopes of strong sustained sales may have been crushed this week.  U.S. Customs officials announced that they were freezing imports of the Taiwanese designed devices, on the grounds of Apple's successful infringement case against HTC where it scored a preliminary injunction via the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).

The U.S. is the second largest smartphone market in the world, and by far the largest market for HTC, whose market share in China -- the world's largest market -- is minimal.  That makes the import ban in the U.S. all the more painful.

The ban, which was confirmed by HTC this week, took effect on April 19, following a successful ITC claim by Apple last fall, which is running parallel to Apple's multiple infringement lawsuits against HTC in U.S. Federal Court.

Specifically, Apple's import ban focuses on U.S. Patent No. 5,946,647.  The patent claims the invention of a process that converts phone numbers or addresses found inside apps into queryable objects.  Called "data tapping" for short, the feature allows you to tap a number on a webpage within the web browser or from an email inside the email client app and be redirected to the phone app to make a call to that number.

Ironically a similar feature, which recognized web and file system urls and converted them to actionable links existed in versions of Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Office Suite dating back to the 1990s.  Further, other companies implemented custom software to parse office documents and create specialized actionable marked up versions in the early 2000s [example].  In short, Apple's "invention" hardly is new or novel.

However, the fact that it was granted a (re)patent on the idea of actionable text on a smartphone has enabled its legal team to successfully attack Android phonemakers.  Apple has not sued Microsoft -- another rival phonemaker -- both because Microsoft likely owns patents on similar technology that predate its patents, and because Microsoft and Apple have a broad cross-licensing agreement in place that basically prevents the companies from suing each other.  Apple and Google, Inc. (GOOG) -- maker of Android OS -- have no such agreement.

II. HTC Already Removed the Feature, ITC Bans Imports Anyways

Ironically, HTC claims that the data tapping feature which is responsible for the ban has already been removed from its handsets.

Data tapping in action [Image Source: imgur]

HTC has shipped modified versions of Android, which have specialized browser app and email client app bills that prevent phone-numbers from being converted to actionable links.

Despite complying with the ruling, U.S. Customs (enforcing the ITC order) appears to be blocking imports "indefinitely" anyways, while it "inspects" the handsets to determine if the feature has been fully removed.  In short, HTC has tried to play by the rules, but it may lose weeks to months of sales -- millions of dollars in revenue -- due to Apple's successful litigation and the Custom department's sluggish pace and determining whether the ban should be lifted.

HTC's tone was grim in a statement it released this week, commenting:

The US availability of the HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE has been delayed due to a standard U.S. Customs review of shipments that is required after an ITC exclusion order. We believe we are in compliance with the ruling and HTC is working closely with Customs to secure approval. The HTC One X and HTC Evo 4G LTE have been received enthusiastically by customers and we appreciate their patience as we work to get these products into their hands as soon as possible.

Bonnie Chang, an analyst of Yuanta Securities says there's no telling how long it might be before the ITC/Customs might lift the ban, given that they thus far have appeared to refuse to spend what would seem to be an afternoon's worth of work to verify that the feature is gone.

States Ms. Chang to Reuters, "It's really hard to tell how much longer the phones will be held up at the customs because the review has already taken a month."

HTC, like Apple, manufactures its handsets in China.  Thus an import ban is tantamout to a sales ban, once existing stock is exhausted.

III. Surprise Ban Could Spell Doom for the Troubled Android Phonemaker

Shares in the smartphone maker have plunged 10 percent this week on the bad news.

The ban on brand new handsets came as somewhat of a shock to HTC, as it had made it clear that it had removed data tapping from all new models.  Despite that, the ITC/Customs seems to have implemented a draconian import ban on the new handsets "just to check".  Previously it was thought that only older handsets, which were targeted in the case would be banned from import, pending inspection.

A Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS) investors note comments, "Previously, it was expected that general exclusion order from the patent infringement referred to only old models from HTC.  However, the latest news suggest otherwise with all models (new and old) potentially at risk."

The lost revenue could be a potentially game ending development for HTC, who was already struggling.  In that regard HTC may become a martyr of sorts for Apple's critics and patent reform advocates in the United States.

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A long import ban could be fatal to financially troubled HTC. [Image Source: Smart Dots]

After all, larger Android phonemakers Motorola Mobility Inc. (MMI) and Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KSC:005930) have escaped similar import bans, thanks to their large patent portfolios.  By contrast, while HTC's phones have the exact same features as Motorola and Samsung (such as data tapping), it alone has suffered a U.S. ban, thanks in part to its smaller patent portfolio and much smaller legal team.

In that regard Apple has been accused of "picking on the little guy".  But if Apple is indeed legally "bullying" HTC, it may turn out to be quite the lucrative move.  While technophiles will likely bitterly oppose the move, most of Apple's critics were already Android buyers, and they overall represent a minority of smartphone users.

If Apple can succeed in putting HTC under such a crushing financial hardship that it collapses, the average non-technophile user stands a strong chance of converting to an iPhone, which is now on most of America's networks.  For all the frustration from the technophile and pro-Android community, there's little they can do to prevent that, as Apple's brilliant marketing machine and polished legal team roll along.

Sources: HTC [via The Verge], Reuters

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By testerguy on 5/16/2012 12:50:08 PM , Rating: -1
Riiight OK.

So when Apple brought out the fastest ever CPU/GPU phone in the iPhone 4S, they were copying it. From.. the aliens?

Similarly, their highest resolution and fastest performing iPad is a duplicate of.... the aliens notepad?

However, when Samsung 7 months later released a phone which finally caught up, as well as a rip-off cheap version of Siri, that was startling innovation and worthy of praise?

Still waiting for them to catch up on the tablet front, but when they do, that will be revolutionary too?

Seriously, you're pathetic. Not one Android manufacturer has innovated anything. Oh, perhaps the Galaxy Note with the STYLUS!!?

By wiz220 on 5/16/2012 1:00:49 PM , Rating: 5
The CPU/GPU that you refer to is based on the design of a CPU/GPU created by ARM. The modifications done to said ARM processor were done by a company that Apple acquired. They also bought the touch screen technology that they use, they did not develop it in-house. Yes, Apple, quite innovative.

By jimbojimbo on 5/16/2012 6:02:59 PM , Rating: 5
Oh my god that is one of the dumbest commends I've read on this forum!! They were the first to use touch screen technology??? Oh man. How can you muster the intelligence to use a computer??

Next thing you'll say they were the first to have a smartphone.

By marsovac on 5/18/2012 7:56:01 AM , Rating: 3
None of that is innovation, since nothing has been innovated.

That is called improving.

Innovation is creating something new, not yet existing before. Not improving old products.

in-nova(...) where nova comes from Latin nova/novus which means NEW, not IMPROVED OLD.

By steven975 on 5/16/2012 1:12:25 PM , Rating: 5
The SGX543MP2 is not designed by Apple...Imagination Technologies (PowerVR) designed that.

Apple lightly massaged the ARM Cortex A9 and packaged it with an off-the-shelf GPU.

And if you think a dual core 800Mhz A9 is the fastest mobile's not.

Apple innovates some things. Other people innovate some things. I have a better-working but less folksy version of Siri on my OG droid that's in the closet.

I can name one innovation from other phone manufacturers...LED screens...which Apple does not have. They have LED lit LCD screens, but Samsung uses organic LED lit (AMOLED) screens. They have the highest resolution tablet screen (and I have the iPad3), but Samsung and LG designed that.

Swipe to unlock? neonode.

Apps? Palm/Handspring...i had apps on my visorphone in 2001.

3G...about 3 years late

4G...umm, yea.

They make some great stuff and I even own some of their stuff (iPad3, MBA), but they are not the be-all-end-all...they actually play it very safe on the innovation front. After all, the iPhone and iPad sync via cable...yea, I know you can do wifi now...but they sync and back up 10 years ago.

By coferj on 5/16/2012 1:36:26 PM , Rating: 5
There really needs to be an upvote or something for this. Well said.

By coferj on 5/16/2012 2:45:38 PM , Rating: 3
Apple invented capacitive multitouch.

The Capacitive Multi-Touch that Apple claims to have invented was actually invented about 6 years before they applied for the patent.

This technology was created by a company that Apple purchased in 2005, Fingerworks, the same year they applied for the patent. They were just the first to implement this technology on a mobile device. So, innovative, but not the inventor.

To be completely accurate, there were early versions of capacitive multi-touch created by CERN in the late 70's.

By sprockkets on 5/16/2012 11:51:42 PM , Rating: 4
screw that, capacitive touch was available way before fingerworks. The FIC openmoko phone demoed multitouch gestures in the google maps app.

Oh sure, apple put it all together. But they pretend they invented it all by marketing the hell out of it so the real history gets distorted.

By Cheesew1z69 on 5/16/2012 4:55:18 PM , Rating: 5
Apple invented the smartphone overnight when it launched the iPhone.
Except, they didn't.

By EasyC on 5/16/2012 1:22:23 PM , Rating: 5
LOL, your post is laughable. Let me explain why.

1) Apple isn't banning anyone over copying their CPU/GPU design now are they? No, they are trying to block an HTC phone because of a patent they had no rights to in the first place.

2) The highest resolution, yes. Is it usable? No. I had an iPad 3rd Gen.... using it for media produced an identical viewing area to that of my old Galaxy tab... 8.9. Resolution means nothing if half the pixels are black during usage... If you want a photo, I have one :) you'll also find the GT8.9 had noticeably better color depth even with an anti glare screen protector.

3) Waiting for who to catch up to what on the tablet front? I dunno about you, but I want a tablet that's useful for something other than media consumption and can charge in less than 8 hours. All they did with the iPad 3rd gen is take an iPad 2, double the GPU and quadruple the resolution. Oh, and stuff a huge battery in it because who needs to innovate battery savings? Like I said, I owned one.

You're getting all bent because someone said something against your beloved Apple, and yet I'm the pathetic one? Go back to being a sheep.

By Cerin218 on 5/16/2012 1:41:05 PM , Rating: 4
So Apple invented the tablet PC? Microsoft didn't have one late 90's?

So Apple invented the SmartPhone? Again, Preexisting technology. There was even a dual core processor in my Sprint Mogul.

Even the MP3 player was preexisting.

The IOS on the iPhone is the innovation I would give them credit for.

When Apple comes up with new technology that I haven't seen before THEN I will be impressed. Something like Wireless HDMI. THAT'S innovation. Thunderbolt. THAT'S innovation.

By mellomonk on 5/16/2012 3:18:55 PM , Rating: 1
When Apple comes up with new technology that I haven't seen before THEN I will be impressed. Something like Wireless HDMI. THAT'S innovation. Thunderbolt. THAT'S innovation.

Innovation is more then being the first to think up or create something. Lots of people & companies have ideas and even prototypes. Innovation is about applying those ideas and inventions in new and/or practical terms. Sure MS played with tablet PCs, but they went nowhere. The true 'Tablet' didn't click until the iPad. The innovation of the iPod was the iPod/iTunes combination and the ecosystem that developed around it. Smartphones where horrible (WinMo survivor here) until Apple pulled together ideas learned from the iPod and the touch screen tech to create the iPhone.

In all these cases Apple crafted combinations of tech into products that clicked with people and changed the landscape. Henry Ford didn't invent the automobile or the production line. But his Model T turned the market upside down and created the path that many others would follow. Twisting ideas, sometimes decades old, and applying them in novel ways producing product that change people's lives. Innovation.

By nikon133 on 5/16/2012 6:10:33 PM , Rating: 5
It seems - for Apple and their mob of fanatical followers - innovation is being first to patent something. Innovative patenting?

By Targon on 5/16/2012 9:01:07 PM , Rating: 1
Since when has a slight improvement in an existing idea been really innovative? Faster processor or multi-core processor is something the PC industry has been doing, so that is NOT being innovative. Saying "using this idea from a PC on a phone" is NOT being innovative.

The screen in Apple devices is very very good, but is THAT being innovative, when we have seen screen resolutions going from 320x200 back in the days of CGA and we have seen improved screen resolutions and improved pixel densities since that time. Again, while they have a good product, the basic idea of a higher quality display by itself is not innovative.

If you think about it, almost everything in the iPhone could be seen conceptually as copying from the old Palm Pilot, with improvements. Palm made a lot of mistakes, but Apple really took a lot of concepts already out there and just put them into a slick package. Siri is one of the few things that stands out as being unusual, but even voice recognition to command a computer(which smart phones can be considered at this point) has been around for a long time.

If you want real innovation, look at what Palm was doing with the Pre. Yes, the build quality wasn't great, but gesture area instead of buttons for home and back and such, card view, plus the very nice integration between applications(and yes, it had in 2009 the ability where users could tap on a phone number in a message and have it pull up the phone app to call it). If the Pre 3 were actually sold instead of discontinued, it really would have gotten the attention of a LOT of people. Damn Leo Apotheker!

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Sounds like Microsoft won't be evoking any fond memory of blue screens of death

News continues to trickle out about the upcoming version of Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Windows operating system.  Set to land later this year, builds of the new OS, code-named "Blue" have trickled out to select partners -- which in turn has led to leaks.

The latest news to emerge comes courtesy of Roman L. (handle:AngleWZR), a developer who has been analyzing the leaked builds.  He notes on his Twitter that the latest leaked build -- build 9375 -- has a text string in the lower right-hand corner labeling it "Windows 8.1".
Windows Blue 8.1

Paul Thurrott, a top Windows writer/blogger, affirmed this designation stating that "Windows 8.1" will indeed be the launch name for the new OS.  He posts to Twitter:
One other minor piece of Windows 8.1/Blue related news courtesy of Mr. Thurrott's WinSuperSite : apparently Microsoft has tweaked the Search Charm in its latest builds.  Where Windows 8 made you pick between "Apps, Settings, or Files" , the new search does away with that, allowing you to start typing immediately.  Instead of pre-selecting the category, it simply clumps the results by category.

Windows Blue Search
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ZDNet Windows blogger Mary Jo Foley says that Windows 8.1 should hit RTM in August.  A beta is rumored to be slotted for Microsoft's June BUILD conference.

Sources: Twitter [AngelWZR], [Thurrott], WinSuperSite, ZDNet

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By kmmatney on 4/4/2013 11:58:25 AM , Rating: 2
I like the start menu as it automatically creates short-cuts to my most heavily used programs, and these short-cuts have sub-menus with all my recently loaded projects. This is very convenient, and allows me to keep my desktop clean.

I'm using Windows 8 with Classic-shell. I could live without a start menu, but then I'd have to have a messier desktop with a lot of shortcuts.

I do agree that the absence of a start menu is not a valid excuse to avoid Windows 8, since you can add one so easily.

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Move could boost struggling Microsoft operating system

While many people scoffed at or failed to recognized the significance of Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) talk of a "unified" development path for Windows, Xbox, and Windows Phone, the real world rammifications of that approach are now becoming clear and they're significant.

A pre-order page from Dell for the Xbox One "accidentally" (and, it appears, officially) revealed that Windows 8.1 apps will run on the Xbox.  This is a major boost as it means that reverse is also likely true -- most Xbox One (non-game) apps will run on Windows 8.1.

The Dell page states:

Consider the game officially changed. With all your favorite Windows 8 apps able to be run on and synced to your Xbox One, now your phone, desktop, tablet and TV can all give you a unified web and entertainment experience.

This follows with the virtualized approach discussed by Microsoft with respect to the Xbox One hardware -- an approach in which essentially a full Windows 8.1 virtual machine (with slightly tweaked UI and remapped I/O) runs alongside a game engine virtual machine.

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The development detail was confirmed by Dell. [Image Source: Dell via Neowin]
This virtualized hardware approach means that the Xbox One is in essence a "special PC" in that it has a purpose built gaming VM sharing resources with a more traditional Windows VM.

For Windows 8.1 this could provide a substantial boost as Xbox has been a strong selling line in the console market and prior to recent controversies has had one of the best brand images of a Microsoft product.  At the same time, while much maligned, Windows 8 has seen decent adoption, even if adoption rates remain poor by Microsoft's standards.  Allowing any Windows 8.1 app to run on the Xbox One will mean a wealth of apps will be available at launch day without having to woo developers to commit, and without developers having to write custom code.

The move should save developer time and errors by allowing a single source for Xbox/Windows apps.

Aside from making more apps available on the Xbox One at launch, this approach has other benefits.  For a developer such as Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), they can now add features to just a single source, rather than have to transfer updates between branches of their release repositories.  This should save cross-platform app providers money and developer time.

Thus this unified approach is yet another example of Microsoft's historic focus on putting its developers first, and trying to provide them with the best tools.  Or in the words of departing CEO Steve Ballmer, "Developers, developers, developers!"

Sources: Dell, Neowin

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By EricMartello on 10/22/2013 9:04:10 AM , Rating: 2
The problem is DRM... the Xbox will allow all Windows Store apps (in theory) ... so Netflix should be fine (its an App Store app). Chrome/Firefox, however, are NOT currently in the App Store, hence they'll likely not be allowed. Windows Store apps come packaged with approval DRM hence they'll be Xbox One installable... third party apps? Likely not.

DRM is always a problem - and why do they think they need it? Software companies are among the richest in the world despite a lack of DRM in the past.

I'm sure all OS makers would love it if people just bought into the whole centralize app store idea and were willing to part with the ability to run any program they want on their purchased and paid for hardware. It's not the case yet but there's definitely a push in that direction and it is going to backfire unless they wise up.

AFAIK you won't need Xbox Live paid sub. to get Netflix or access the Windows Store. Rather, Xbox Live Gold will be necessary to run the DVR, access the smart channel guide and use other select "premium" apps. Other apps should still be useable, from what I've heard thus far (correct me if that's wrong).

I wouldn't have a problem with this if the Xbox could act as the STB on its own...but unless it has a cable card slot it will not work as such, and you'll still need the STB from your cable provider which typically comes with $10-$20 a month "rental fee". I don't see the value in paying MS for a channel guide on top of the STB fee but I would pay it instead of the STB fee.

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Details continue to leak out concerning Microsoft’s upcoming Zune portable media player. Today we have tons of new information on Zune including its design, user interface, and much talked about WiFi. There is also a new black and white image of a black Zune complete with headphones.

The first bit of information covers was presumed to be a touch sensitive click wheel on the face of the device. Not so according to iLounge. Instead, the wheel features four buttons (play/pause, menu and up/down scroll). The user interface has some nice touches including large album art due to the Zune's massive screen, customizable wallpaper and a larger capitalized letter that pops up on the screen as you scroll through your music library to tell you which part of the alphabet that you're on. Other details provided include an integrated FM tuner and the fact the Zune is larger than a 30GB 5G iPod and is made entirely of plastic. As for the integrated WiFi, here's iLounge's take:

Apparently you can use the Wi-fi feature to “loan” other Zune owners music for some short period (a day), giving them the opportunity to buy the tracks themselves from the Zune music store. While this is a cool idea, and could work well for ubiquitous iPods, it gets an “eh” here because you’re unlikely to randomly bump into other people who have Zune’s, and unless Microsoft actually gives away music, you’re even more unlikely to find people who are willing to purchase tracks from its latest music store. You may also be able to spool Zune music to a Wi-Fi-enabled Xbox 360, which again is a cool idea, but requires a $100 wireless adapter and the $300-400 console.

Whether all of the above is enough to convert the iPod faithful over to the dark side remains to be seen. iPod users are a loyal bunch and they always seem to come back for more. Microsoft may be able to pluck a few fresh buyers from the sidelines, but the road to any sizeable market share will be a long one.

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By psychobriggsy on 8/18/2006 2:04:46 PM , Rating: 1
I strongly suspect that Apple will be upgrading their iPod hardware later this year.

What they bring is guessed at, but not confirmed in any way. I'd guess at:

- larger display (possible full-face of the device, with touch-screen navigation)
- 60GB & 120GB hard drives (Zune will probably get these too, once they're available)
- Wireless might be bluetooth (lower power) with facility to do sharing like Zune is purported to. With Bluetooth 2 it'd take a while (half a minute) to copy a song at 2mbps, but it won't kill your battery. Apple also likes Bluetooth. Maybe it'll use it to connect to the internet via your mobile phone.

The built-in FM transmitter sounds neat, although that's because practically all new cars have iPod docks available anyway, so the iPod is in far less need of this. Docks are safer anyway, you can control the iPod via the car's safer navigation controls rather than messing about with the player itself.

I'll make a random wild guess in the dark that the iPod will continue to look nicer to the majority of people.

The UI will be the primary issue. We all know the iPod's is very good, but will the Zune have an equally good or better interface, or will it turn out to be clunky or underfeatured?

In the end, we'll see how it looks and works when it comes out.

By Xenoterranos on 8/18/2006 2:09:44 PM , Rating: 2
I'm most certainly waiting for something with a bigger screen. Nothing out right now, save for maybe the Archos, has a big enough screen. Touch would be nice too.

Hell, I want a DS Lite with a 120Gb hdd and a FM tuner.

By FITCamaro on 8/18/2006 2:38:31 PM , Rating: 2
The built-in FM transmitter sounds neat, although that's because practically all new cars have iPod docks available anyway

Really? Because last I checked it was like 6-7. I won't buy an iPod. You can all enjoy your proprietary hell. Yet you still make fun of Microsoft for it....

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125 years of Daimler and Benz: Inventing the motor car for the second time
The motor car will be 125 years old next year, and the company responsible for this invention is still very much at the forefront of mobility today. Mercedes-Benz is highlighting its leading role by presenting a whole series of innovations at the Paris Motor Show – and as such is acknowledging the words of its founding father Carl Benz: "The passion for invention will never die."
"We are now witnessing the motor car being invented for the second time", explains CEO Dr. Dieter Zetsche. "Innovative mobility concepts such as 'car2go' have played just as big a role in this as our eDrive products for local emission-free motoring." The future for vehicles with combustion engines is only just beginning too, according to Zetsche: "Currently we are making advances in efficiency which are unprecedented in automotive history. As the inventor of the motor car, we feel we have a very special responsibility for its future."
Advances in efficiency: V6 with 25 percent lower consumption
By way of example, Zetsche pointed to the new V6 engine generation celebrating its premiere in Paris in the Mercedes-Benz CLS 350 BlueEFFICIENCY, which consumes 25 percent less fuel than its predecessor, as well as the S 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY which sets news standards in the luxury class with an overall consumption of 5.7 litres per 100 km. In addition to such innovative engine technology as BlueDIRECT or the remarkable performance enhancements achieved in the diesel engines, other systems contributing towards the increase in efficiency include the ECO start/stop function, the enhanced 7G-TRONIC PLUS automatic transmission and optimised aerodynamics and auxiliary equipment.
Furthermore, hybrid technology has also been consistently expanded. The successful launch of the S 400 HYBRID has been quickly followed by a series of other models, including a diesel hybrid for the first time. At the same time, the combination of combustion engine and electric drive has paved the way towards completely emission-free mobility.
On the road to sustainable mobility: real solutions for electric vehicles
Mercedes-Benz has succeeded in making a widespread impact on electric mobility with its A-Class E-CELL, the family electric car suitable for everyday use in urban areas. Celebrating its world premiere at the Paris Motor Show, this fully-functional five-seater features a battery-electric drive and a range of more than 200 kilometres. Another pioneer of new urban mobility, the smart fortwo electric drive, is now already in its second generation and has been in production since November 2009. Initially limited to 1,000 units for its first production run, this figure has now been increased to 1500 examples thanks to the high demand for the vehicle. Large-scale production of the compact city runabout is due to commence from 2012.
New concepts in mobility: car2go, Paris Autolib, car2gether
The car2go mobility concept began for the public in the spring of 2009 in the German city of Ulm and was extremely successful: some 20,000 customers have taken advantage of the scheme and registered with car2go. The share of car2go customers making up the population of Ulm, meanwhile, has grown to more than 10 percent, while a third of young drivers between the ages of 18 and 35 have already received the car2go authorisation stamp on their driving licence. A good half of all customers use car2go on a regular basis, while several hundred make use of it every day. Since its launch, more than 350,000 rental transactions have been completed, mostly for a duration of between 30 and 60 minutes. Currently up to 1000 fully automatic rental transactions are recorded each day. In Austin, the capital of the US state of Texas, a second pilot trial of car2go has been running since November 2009. Soon the project is due to start in more international cities – and with the world's series production car made especially for car-sharing projects, the "smart car2go edition" with solar roof.
Thanks to car2go, Mercedes-Benz has more experience than any other car manufacturer in the integration of car-sharing projects. This knowhow, in conjunction with the smart fortwo electric drive, has enabled the company to take over the role of supplier for vehicles and technology as part of a bid by a consortium for the largest car-sharing project in and around Paris, called "Autolib" (a combination of "automobile" and "liberté"/freedom). Some 3000 electric cars are to be made available for hire at approximately 1000 charging stations located around the capital. The project is due to
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Furthermore, Daimler has also developed another innovative mobility concept for urban conurbations: car2gether. This system enables car-sharing rides to be notified quickly and simply online, and can be accessed either from a PC or via a mobile smartphone. This month Daimler has started trialling the system as part of a pilot project in Ulm.
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Over the last two weeks, three federal judges have issued rulings on the legitimacy of the recent rough treatment being doled out to the detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Under normal circumstances, two of the rulings would add up to a resounding victory for the detainees. But at Guantánamo Bay, where prisoners who the government itself acknowledges are not security threats can see no end to their decade-plus imprisonment, nothing is normal.

The rulings began July 8, when Judge Gladys Kessler opined that the force-feeding of detainees who have been on a hunger strike was “painful, humiliating and degrading” — which is to say, precisely, what the detainees and their lawyers have been claiming for months. She scoffed at the government’s contention that the detainees were receiving “timely, compassionate, quality health care.”

Three days later, Royce C. Lamberth, chief judge for the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, ruled that prison guards had to stop touching the genitals of the detainees as part of tougher search protocols. Since early this year, meetings and even phone calls between detainees and their lawyers have had to take place outside the prisoner’s own camp. This meant they had to be searched in this offensive manner on the trip out to see their lawyers and on the trip back. Because many detainees had religious objections to the genital searches, they were refusing to speak to their lawyers.

(The third ruling, July 16, by Judge Rosemary Collyer of U.S. District Court, disagreed with Kessler. Collyer wrote: Force-feeding was humane and the detainees “had no right to commit suicide.”)

Did anything change as a result of the opinions by Kessler and Lamberth? No. Despite her clear dismay at the treatment of the detainees, Kessler concluded that she lacked the ability to do anything about it because, she said, the judiciary doesn’t have the authority to intervene.

Lamberth, on the other hand, ruled that he did have the right to intervene. That’s because of a 2008 Supreme Court ruling that detainees have the right to challenge the legality of their detention — for which they obviously need access to lawyers. (Not that it does them much good: the District of Columbia Court of Appeals has made it impossible for a detainee to win a habeas corpus ruling.)

When a lawyer a few days later tried to get the Defense Department to comply with Lamberth’s ruling — he had scheduled a phone call with a client and didn’t want the prisoner’s genitals to be searched — he was told by the government that the Defense Department would simply not comply with the order.

And so it goes at Guantánamo Bay. The lawyers representing the detainees make motion after motion, appeal after appeal. It gets them nowhere. With the exception of that one Supreme Court ruling — which had been systematically undercut by the court of appeals — the court system has opted out of dealing with the problem that the Guantánamo prison represents to the country. If the detainees are ever going to get relief, it will have to come from elsewhere.

As I have mentioned previously, 86 of the 166 detainees at Guantánamo Bay have been cleared by a committee made up of national security officials, meaning they could leave the prison tomorrow without any threat to national security. Recently, the government sent letters to a number of lawyers informing them that their clients would soon be called before a review board that would determine whether they could be added to that list. Although the detainees have largely given up hope of ever getting out — hence the hunger strike — one of their lawyers, David Remes, says, “I keep telling them that it is a lot better to be in Group A than Group B.”

The truth is, there is one person who could get them out tomorrow — if he chose. That same person could stop the military from force-feeding the detainees. I am referring, of course, to President Barack Obama. Yet despite decrying the Guantánamo prison, the president has refused to do anything but stand by and watch the military inflict needless pain and suffering, much of it on men who simply shouldn’t be there.

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Look Out, Belo. Your Redesign Sucks.

It's easy to pick on The Dallas Morning News--and, ya know, it's kind of our job. Has been ever since BeloWatch way back in the late, oh, 1960s, was it? I had no intention of logging in early this a.m. and taking potshots at its new Web site. Who are we to talk, right? The Observer's site is as bulky and unfriendly as my grandmother.

But, seriously, this cannot be the final product. Surely this site--with its impossible-to-read tiny typeface even on my widescreen laptop, its frames all out of whack, its content spread out and spread thin till it's all hard to see and harder to find--is still a work-in-progress. Surely Belo would not purposely, willfully, intentionally offer such regrettable and lamentable product as this--a Web site that's more small town than Big City. And be warned: Belo hates Firefox. And still with those fucking pop-up ads? Apparently, the calendars at Dallas' Only Daily still read "2003."

Belo Corp. chairman, president and chief executive officer Robert W. Decherd promised his employees on October 16 that, after the 111 layoffs disguised as buyouts, there would be substantial "progress on strategic initiatives being pursued enterprise-wide to reshape Belo's operations in an increasingly Internet-centric marketplace." Didn't know what that meant at the time; Decherd's not a writer for a reason. Now we do: Not a damned thing, except an enormous step backward for a paper that promised to step boldly into a Webcentric future.

I can't imagine this is a work-in-progress. You don't spend all this time and dough on a redo and then put it up piecemeal. Besides, that's not at all how editor Smilin' Bob Mong sounds in his chirpy comments: "These changes should make our site much more of a pleasure to use," he says, and I hope he's being sarcastic. But I think this is emblematic of the Belo mindset these days: In its online poll asking readers what they think of the redesign, where it offers you the "hate it" choice, it suggests you hate it only because you're stuck in the past--a curmudgeon resistant to progress. "Why does everything have to change?" it says. But that's not why we hate it. We hate it because it sucks, Bob. --Robert Wilonsky

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Hophead: Jingle Beers

I bid farewell to 2008 by, like Ricky Bobby, thanking little baby Jesus for giving us specialty holiday brews. What better way to soothe the white-knuckle stress of shopping, the friction of family gatherings and the frustration of assembling crappy toys than with a high-ABV beer?

Jonathan Shikes at our sister paper in the Mile High City put together a slide show of "10 Holiday Beers To Help You Forget 2008." I was particularly fond of Anchor Steam Christmas Ale, a dark warmer so thick you can almost chew it. It's just a tad sweet and not overwhelmingly spiced, but that subtle difference was enough to get Lady Hophead (normally not a fan of dark beers) to enjoy it. Sierra Nevada's Celebration was nice too, similar in taste to the company's famed pale ale but with enough floral spices to give it a festive flavor.

Here are a few other holiday beers I recommend.

Holiday Cheer, Shiner
If you're having guests who aren't into complex, malty Belgians, this crisp beer is a real crowd-pleaser. You can't miss the peach and apricot notes, but they aren't too sweet or overwhelming.

Delirium Noel, Brouwerij Huyghe
A big, bad Belgian. Complex, dark and a whopping 10% ABV that is dangerously hard to detect. I didn't pick up on many of the typical flavors associated with other Christmas beers, but it was a bit sweet with some clove flavor.

Noel Des Geants, Brasserie Des Legendes
I got this Belgian in a beer of the month subscription last year, but haven't found it since. It was complex, with a subtle fruity, raisiny and nutty flavor, but more bitter than typical holiday beers and nicely malty. It would sneak up on you too, at 8.5% ABV without a bit of alcohol flavor.

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Dance Mandal, Foundation for Sacred Buddhist Arts of Nepal, established by Prajwal Ratna Vajracharya in Kathmandu, is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Charya Nritya and the related traditions of instrumental and vocal music, choreography, and the crafts of making the masks, costumes, and jewelry used in the dances. Since its inception in 1996, Dance Mandal has performed in Asia, Europe and North America. Classes and workshops are also offered on this sacred art form. Now based in Portland, Oregon, Westerners can learn the dance as a spiritual practice as well as a sacred performance art.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 11:47 by Aviation Correspondent

On April 13, 2009, Air Arabia announced special air fares for Indian passengers flying to Egypt, Greece, Turkey and Jordan for the upcoming summer vacations.The special fares included return fares as low as Rs 18,525 to Egypt, Rs 23,085 to Turkey, Rs 19,950 to Jordan, and Rs 22,088 to Kenya.

Air Arabia will launch flights to Athens on April 21, 2009, and special return ticket fares will be available for travelers from India for Rs 25,223.

The fares listed above are all inclusive of taxes and surcharges but they do not include airport user fees, service tax and agency handling charges.

Air Arabia offers a return fare of Rs 10,973 to the UAE, along with free car and hotel assistance and free baggage allowance for 30 kilos.

Customers can avail of low hotel fares and sightseeing tour offers if they book their tickets online, on Air Arabia’s website.

Air Arabia is not the first to apply this strategy as Air India, Cathay Pacific, and Singapore Airlines have already launched their promotional fares to European countries for the summer season.

Air Arabia offers services to Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Jaipur, Kochi, Mumbai, Nagpur, Coimbatore, Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad, Kozhikode and Delhi, from its hub in Sharjah.

Air Arabia also plans to start flights to Goa from April 16, 2009.

Air Arabia’s non-stop Goa-Sharjah-Goa flight will cost only Rs 13000. Reports say that the new flights will also connect Kuwait, Doha, Bahrain, Dubai, Abu Dabi and other parts of the Gulf to Goa.

Air Arabia has kept the Gulf fares competitive, ranging from Rs 13,000 to Rs 22,000.

The Sharjah-Goa flights will run thrice a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

The Sharjah-Go flights will take off from Sharjah at 12.25 AM and land in Goa at 5.05 AM. The Goa-Sharjah flight will leave Goa at 5.50 AM and reach Sharjah at 7.35 AM.

Reports have said that Air Arabia will launch its Morocco hub by May 2009. Air Arabia has said that it plans to run 25 aircraft from Morocco to at least 60 destinations in Europe and Africa by 2014.

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The Savage Seas is a complex maze of currents and islands dominated by no power. Even the Savage Sea Pirates can not claim to know every island or every route to every land. Venalicium arguably has the best maps of these seas, but even her navigators admit that these seas are complex and ever changing, as is the Elemental Lord of Water.

The sea touches on most lands, and most lands have some presence in the sea. Major powers inlude the Sea Elves of Pacifica, Venalicium, Tasa Kora, and pirates. A newcomer to the sea has been the longships belonging to the Feral Nation.

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'The Crutch' is back with talk, rumour and speculation from the development arms of several major studios:

  • Scott Frank is finishing up the script of "Six Shooters" over the next few weeks.

  • Phil Alden Robinson has apparently been suggested as director for M:I-3

  • A comedic lead opposite Will Ferrell is heavily being sought for "Twist of Fate" - someone along Cusack, Stiller lines.

  • Shooting on the Samuel L. Jackson lead "The Man" starts in April.

  • "Inferno" produced by Russell Hollander & Mike Karz, is "The Count of Monte Cristo" set in present day Miami.

  • A certain veteran actor who appeared in a recent comedy is tipped for "Mr. Woodcock" which has a VERY funny script apparently.

  • Allen Coulter is tipped to direct "Alone", an atmospheric horror about teen agorophobic girl in haunted house.

  • Larry Charles is tipped to write and direct the new "Cheech & Chong" movie.

Finally, In Active Development around the traps right now: "Bad Hair Day", "Confidence Men", "Ballad of Paul Finley", "Being Alexander", "Billy Liar", "Harder They Come", Think Tank", "Holmes & Watson", "Barry & Stan Gone Wild", "Number 23", "Little Orphan Anthony", "Jive Turkey".

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She's slated to play one of the lead roles and filming is only a few weeks away, but actress Kate Mara admits she knows not much more than the rest of us regarding Josh Trank's upcoming "Fantastic Four" reboot.

Speaking with IGN, the "House of Cards" actress admits the situation is "weird, but true" and that she hasn't even had any costume tests as yet for her character Sue Storm: "I don't even know that there is a suit. People keep saying that to me, but I don’t even know if there is a suit. As of now, I haven't tried on a suit."

So what can she say? "All I know is it's going to be a very different take in the film, probably [more] than people expect. I'm not really familiar with the comic books very much. I’ve read a few of them since I got the part. I think we're making a very grounded version of a superhero film. I trust Josh Trank's vision."


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The Basics of the SQL Database

As we said, SQL (Structured Query language) is the language of choice for most modern multi-user, relational databases. That is because SQL provides the syntax and idioms (language) you need to talk to (query) relational databases in a standardized, cross-platform/product way (structured).

The beauty of SQL is that it idiomizes the relational model. Rather than refer to data as a set of pointers, SQL provides predefined procedures to allow you to use any value in a table to relate other tables in a database. So long as a database is structured using the relational model, SQL will be a natural fit because SQL was designed to make sense in a relational system. SQL by its very design is a language that can be used to talk about relating tables.

For the rest of Part One and Two, we will examine how you will use SQL to access relational databases. However, first we should say a little bit about the structure of SQL databases before we plunge into usage.

SQL databases (most modern relational databases), as you will recall, are composed of a set of row/column-based "tables", indexed by a "data dictionary". To access data in the tables, you simply use SQL to navigate the system and produce "views" based on search criteria defined in the SQL query.

Okay, that was quite a bit of jargon all at once. Let's step back for a moment and look at each of these terms.

SQL Tables

We have already discussed the concept of tables in the last part, but let's just refresh our memory in terms of how tables relate to SQL. A table is a systematic way to store data. For the most part, a table is just like a spreadsheet. Tables are composed of rows (records) and each row is composed of columns (fields).

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Employee ID Number Employee Name Employee Phone Salary
001 Lim Li Chuen 654-3210 90,000 USD
002 Lim Sing Yuen 651-0987 40,000 USD
003 Loo Soon Keat 123-4567 50,000 USD

How the tables are stored by the database you are using does not really make a difference for you. The beauty of SQL is that it works independently of the internal structure of the database. The tables could be stored as simple flat files on a local PC or as complex, networked, compressed, encrypted and proprietary data structures.

All you need to know is the table's name. If you know the name, you can use SQL to call up the table.

We'll look at manipulating tables in detail a bit later. But first, let's look at the data dictionary.

The Data Dictionary

How does the database know where all of these tables are located? Well, behind the scenes, the database maintains a "data dictionary" (a.k.a. catalog) which contains a list of all the tables in the database as well as pointers to their locations.

Essentially, the data dictionary is a table of tables containing a list of all the tables in the database, as well as the structure of the tables and often, special information about the database itself.

When you use SQL to talk to the database and provide a table name, the database looks up the table you referred to in the data dictionary. Of course, you needn't worry about the data dictionary; the database does all the searching itself. As we said before, you just need to know the name of the table you want to look at.

It is interesting to note that because the data dictionary is a table, in many databases, you can even query the data dictionary itself to get information about your environment. This can often be a very useful tool when exploring a new database.

Okay, so how do you actually grab table data using the data dictionary? Well, in an SQL database you create "views". Let's examine views a bit.

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Thanksgiving-themed film, Free Birds, benefited from the computing power of Dell.

The Thanksgiving-themed film, titled “Free Birds,” benefited from the computing power of Dell.

Boring servers whirring away in a data center never seem exciting until they are used to power an animated film and show off that technology in full glorious color and clarity. Reel FX has done just that, and used Dell servers to develop, produce and animate its first full-length feature film, “Free Birds.” The movie features the voices of Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson and Amy Poehler, and is  about two turkeys who travel back in time to try to take themselves off the Thanksgiving menu.

After 20 years of making animated content for commercials and interactive projects, doing a full-length movie was a massive undertaking for Reel FX, and the studio relied on a complete Dell solution comprised of Dell Precision workstations, Dell Latitude laptops, Dell PowerEdge servers, Dell Networking, Dell Storage, and Dell UltraSharp monitors to meet the intensive demands of the project under a condensed timeline. For Reel FX, “Free Birds” is a testament to the fact that “with incredible machines in the hands of brilliant, creative artists, anything is possible,” said Chuck Peil, the vice president of business development at the studio.

“In a typical animated film, as you near the end of production you’re producing 35-40, maybe 50 shots a week,” said Kyle Clark, chief operating officer at Reel FX. “In ‘Free Birds,’ because the schedule was compressed, we were doing upwards of 200 shots a week. So the technology had to be on point and very consistent. Any downtime minutes were critical at that point.”

With its Dell-powered render farm, Reel FX increased processing power to 12 cores per machine and moved from 24GB to 48GB systems with an upgrade  to Dell PowerEdge C6220 rack servers, allowing them to reduce render time per frame by 30 percent. Last year, Reel FX switched from its previous vendor entirely to Dell Networking for the low latency, high speeds and full breadth of product range. With Dell Networking S55 and S4810 high-performance switches, Reel FX was able to increase network throughput, taking the studio from a 10Gb backbone to a 20Gb backbone.

“Free Birds” contains a large amount of feathered turkeys, dense forest scenes, and many complex effects – all elements that require a lot of processing power to generate and as many iterations as possible in order to define and refine the look of the finished frames. To meet these high demands, artists and animators at Reel FX used Dell Precision T5600 workstations, which offer the high-end graphics and power they need to run compute-intensive professional applications including Side Effects Houdini, The Foundry NUKE, Autodesk Maya and a home-grown plug-in for Maya to create the characters’ feathers. To manage its dynamic software environment in a limited amount of time and with a limited amount of man hours, Reel FX used the Dell KACE K1000 Systems Management Appliance.

“We’ve been partners with Dell for a very long time. They’ve provided great customer service and are always there when we get into a bind at the end of production. There’s someone we can call, they respond in a timely manner, and we feel like they understand our business,” said Ross Moshell, director of business technology for Reel FX. “And then of course from the pure technology perspective, we benchmark our machines, processors and infrastructure on a very regular basis and Dell continues to win in those benchmarks.”

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Time and again, new boards were established and changes were made in its structure to meet the increasing requirements. As a result of swelling number of applicants, the boards of Multan and Sargodha and later Sahiwal, Gujranwala and Rawalpindi were established.

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Since its inception, BISE Lahore has been striving to develop quality education in Pakistan. The governing body is keen to establish a concrete assessment structure to help strengthen the foundations of this aspect. The vision of BISE is to assess the candidates through a transparent, fair and nondiscriminatory method. So far the organization has been successfully contributing in the competitive world by delivering degrees to millions of students.

BISE follows a systematic pattern of conducting papers. It follows a specific plan and works according to its rules and regulations. Usually the intermediate exams are scheduled in the month of May. The Intermediate Part II exams commence before Part I. The date sheet is announced a couple of months before the start of exams. A period of around two to three months follows before the results are announced and certificates are issued. Failing students are given a chance to reappear in exams. However there is no supplementary for Part-I. Sometimes students choose to reappear to improve their marks with the aim of getting a better rank in the competitive lot.

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Amanda Brogan Reviews ‘Book of Dreams’ and ‘Hidden in Dreams’

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Book of Dreams

What if you had a choice … a choice to hear the voice of God speaking to the deepest crevices of your soul?

What if you were given a book, a centuries-old heirloom that is a meticulous and perfect copy of the original … and what if you were told that God may choose to speak to you through that book?

What if all you had to do … was listen? Listen. And dream.

This is the choice Dr. Elena Burroughs is presented with upon receiving a priceless treasure from a dear family friend who believes that Elena may be “the one” chosen to unlock its secrets.

For seventy-two of her eighty-one years, Miriam, a seasoned and saucy woman with a successful counseling career, has viewed a shining gift as a shadowy burden. Now ready to be free of the enigmatic book, she passes it on to Elena, certain that her goddaughter possesses the gift of interpretation necessary to discern the meaning behind the calligraphic writings. There’s more to the book than jeweled covers and fancy lettering. Could it be that an ancient prayer written in its original language is the key to unearthing a plot against the world’s economy?

Thrust into an unwanted leadership position, Elena must learn to surrender her fear of change and her aversion to letting anyone get close. As her trusted pastor friend so wisely conveys: “God has drawn you out of your comfort zone. Get used to it. I doubt it will be the last time.”

Ranging from the grand and historical brick abodes of London to England’s back hills to Italian mansions, Book of Dreams will steal your breath with its setting and enrapture your mind with its deep theological themes. (Plus, any story with such a copious supply of British accents, rain-drenched backgrounds, and coffee gets mega awesome points in my book.)

A definite five stars! Book of Dreams is a priceless treasure worth reading.

Hidden in Dreams

It looms on the horizon, black and sinister, churning through the atmosphere and masking all that it touches in shadows of doom and deadly uncertainty. Circling the land like a beast stalking its prey, the hurricane surges closer and closer to the Florida coast, threatening to level everything in its wake.

For Dr. Elena Burroughs, the almost sadistic storm system is but a single raindrop in her bucket of worries. A much larger storm is brewing, far more power-hungry … and far more deadly.

“It all came down to the dreams. And her own next step. The prospect of what awaited her was wrenching.”

As we re-enter Elena’s life in this sequel to Book of Dreams, she is steadily attempting to piece her shattered world back to a semblance of normalcy. After a fizzled romance, shelved friendships, a tanked career, along with the loss of her home and nearly all her possessions, the world’s leading authority on dream analysis has only one remaining option – the dreaded spotlight.

With no job and virtually no one to turn to except her ever-persistent editor, Elena reluctantly agrees to a worldwide publicity tour … one that leaves her drained and emotionally raw, not to mention humiliated by a demeaning and obnoxious scientific colleague.

A glimmer of hope shines through the wreckage when Elena is offered a professorship at a Melbourne college campus. But no sooner has she filtered back through the cracks and slipped momentarily underneath the fame radar than a peculiar bit of her past creeps back into her new life.

Elena is dreaming again.

But she’s not the only one experiencing the prophetic dreams … more than a dozen people from around the world with no prior connection to each other are now assaulted by the same dreams. Worst of all, these vivid nightmares are beginning to come true.

Forced once again to serve as reluctant leader of an unlikely group, Elena feels less prepared than ever before. How can she, with a faith gone dry, find the strength and guidance to lead such a group? Especially when that group’s most compelling urge is to warn the world of the encroaching disaster.

“… right now, all I can tell you is, God has never felt more silent.”

The clock is ticking and Elena must seek out the truth harder than ever before if she is to discover why she and the other “dreamers” have been granted the ability to see the future. And more importantly, what they can do to prevent the coming storm from destroying them all.

Personally, I didn’t enjoy this book quite as immensely as its predecessor, but that’s not to say that Hidden in Dreams isn’t amazing in its own right. Still packed with peppy dialogue and timeless Biblical truth (not to mention a few startling plot twists that’ll have your brain doing an about-face), this novel oozes quality and talent.

I’m giving Hidden in Dreams a very unsubtle five stars as well as two thumbs up to Davis Bunn!

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In this photo released by the Boston Fire Department via Twitter, firemen work to remove injured passengers from a bus that hit an bridge as it traveled along Soldiers Field Road in the Allston neighborhood of Boston Saturday night, Feb. 2, 2013. Officials said the bus carryinyg 42 people was traveling from Harvard University home to Pennsylvania when it struck the overpass. (AP Photo/Boston Fire Department)

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BOSTON (AP) — A charter bus carrying high school students from Pennsylvania crashed when it attempted to pass under a bridge in Boston on Saturday night, injuring more than 30 people, several seriously, and leaving some trapped inside for hours, authorities said.

The bus carrying 42 students and adult chaperones was coming from Harvard University and heading back to the Philadelphia area when it struck an overpass on Soldier’s Field Road, a major crosstown road, according to Massachusetts State Police.

Authorities said the Calvary Coach bus did not belong on that road and state police were investigating whether charges are warranted against the driver, who apparently failed to see a sign prohibiting the vehicle from taking that route.

A spokesman for the Philadelphia-based bus company had no immediate comment.

State police said at least 32 people were injured, including three seriously. Photos posted on the Fire Department’s website showed firefighters standing on the top of the bus using boards to extract people. The last victim was freed from the bus around 9 p.m., according to the department.

Soldiers Field Road curves along the Charles River and passes by Harvard and Boston University. It is a major roadway to the Massachusetts Turnpike.

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SACRAMENTO — Following an emotionally charged Delta Valley Conference opener against Franklin on Monday, plus some sloppy weather and an undermanned team due to spring break, the Davis High girls soccer team could have easily suffered a letdown on Wednesday at Grant.

Instead, the Blue Devils pounded the Pacers, 7-0, staying undefeated in DVC play, including Monday’s 2-2 tie.

“After playing Franklin and getting so pumped up for that game — and with spring break — the challenge was to get pumped up for the second game of the week,” said DHS coach Sara Stone, who added that her team played with just one sub among field players. “I thought we did a really good job, we were relaxed and creative at times.”

The Devils (9-1-2) got a pair of goals from junior Suleikha Sutter and single tallies from 11th-graders Hannah Thompson and Melissa Teuber, sophomore Gaby Herrera and freshmen Sidra Bugsch and Julia Curtis.

“Getting two goals from Suleikha was nice, she’s a real scrappy player in the box,” Stone said. “And Hannah Thompson is a midfielder who did a really good job. She got an opportunity (Wednesday) and did well.

“We are doing a really good job going to goal, and we just need to make sure we stay organized in the back.”

Davis is back on the pitch for a pair of games next week, playing at Laguna Creek (4 p.m. Monday) before hosting Monterey Trail on Wednesday at 5 p.m.

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Can you just clarify the situation if a player has amassed more than 9 tokens of one type or of different types and wishes to cash them in, do they get the relevant value for 9 and then trade the remaining ones-my understanding is there is no extra benefit of having more than 9 cargoes.
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On April 30, eight deserving young ladies from Wish Upon A Teen and their mothers enjoyed a Mother/Daughter Spa Day. The event, which took place at the Sonya Dakar Skin Clinic in Beverly Hills, was specially held for teens being treated for cancer at the Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA. The day of pampering was held by Wish Upon A Teen, a non-profit organization dedicated to aiding young patients in need. American International Industries (A.I.I.) brands China Glaze Nail Lacquer, Ardell Lashes, It’s So Easy Nail Art and more were proud to offer the pampering services.

Members of the Stila Pro team offered makeup applications, and kept a variety of Ardell lash styles on hand. While reluctant at first, many participants decided to try lashes for the first time, and walked away beaming with their newfound Ardell flare. Ardell Brow items were used to create and define sparse hairs lost to treatments, including the Brow Powder Pallets and Duo Brow Brushes.

China Glaze brights and neons were the shades of choice at the manicure stations, where both teens and moms sat to enjoy the ultimate hand treatment. After selecting from the numerous color choices, manicurists provided hand massages, polish application and even nail art. Zebra stripes were popular with the teens, as many manicurists showed them how to use It’s So Easy Stripe Rites to create the look. According to the company, the teens and their moms left with shiny manicures and huge smiles.

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