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Dashboard - saw all this at the tech talk in January. Dashcode is your best friend if you want to make widgets.
iChat. iChat and iChat theater are some seriously cool new technologies.
Time machine. Despite having seen this before, the prospect of being able to go get myself a 802.11n airport extreme base station, plug a fat USB hard drive into it and then have every Mac in my home automatically back itself up to that device without wasting a drop of disk space on the native drives is RIDICULOUSLY compelling.
One more thing... Steve said that Safari now runs on Windows, and ... here's the kicker, it's 2.6 times faster than IE7... ON WINDOWS. In short, Apple's browser is faster on Microsoft's OS than Microsoft's browser. That's got to be a huge kick in the pants for the IE team.
More to come from WWDC as I get it. I'm off to reformat my laptop and install the new version of Leopard.
CODY, Wyo. — Visitors will be able to enter Yellowstone National Park through the park’s east entrance starting this week.
The Cody Enterprise reports that the Cody side of the park will be open to visitors starting Friday barring inclement weather.
Every spring, crews clear snow and ice from 198 miles of main road, 124 miles of secondary roads, 125 acres of parking lots inside the park and 31 miles of the Beartooth Highway outside of the park’s northeast entrance in preparation for the summer season.
This summer marks the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service.
Officials predict 2016 to be another record year for attendance after Yellowstone had a record 4.1 million visitors last year.
Access into the Washington Navy Yard’s Building 197, where a shooting rampage in Washington left at least a dozen people dead Monday, includes a security clearance check and vetting by contract-hired “visitor control technicians,” contract records show.
Authorities have identified Aaron Alexis, 34, a Navy veteran, as the dead gunman. While it’s unclear how Alexis got into the building Monday morning, the Associated Press reported that he may have used someone’s identification.
In April, the Navy hired Kansas-based contractor Transtecs Corp. for “visitor control office support services” at the Washington Navy Yard, according to the government’s online procurement database.
While there’s no indication that Transtecs’ work has come under question in the shooting, contract records related to the company’s hiring do shed light on the sort of vetting the Navy requires to get into Building 197, which houses the Navy’s Sea Systems Command.
A 30-page task order on the company’s website says Transtecs provides the labor to support the ID badging system and associated equipment at the building.
A person who answered the phone for Transtecs Monday said the company declined to comment.
Entry into the building includes a check of the Joint Personnel Adjudication System to verify an individual’s clearance level prior to authorizing access, the task order shows.
“The contractor shall utilize the government furnished Picture Perfect Access Control System to issue visitor badges and code Control Access Card (CAC) badges permitting entry,” the task order also states.
The company’s website lists multiple federal agencies as clients, including the Navy, Air Force, Army and Defense Logistics Agency.
It’s a shame these stories keep cropping up. I hope the future looks brighter than it has been looking.
Finally, we've been given the proper tools to express ourselves more accurately when talking about pop culture.
Apple released a more diverse set of emoji in its latest update, and celebrity gossip between friends just got a whole lot more visual.
While many are excited just to see a broader representation of the human race, we've noticed familiar faces in some of the new emoji. Because life just wasn't as exciting without a Neil DeGrasse Tyson emoji. And how can we be excited about a royal baby when the most regal emoji only resembles Princess Peach?
Now if only we could get some redhead emoji, so we could properly talk about Jessica Chastain.
I am writing in response to the front-page story on noise in The Post-Journal on January 19. Having written or co-authored several op-eds during the past two years about the management of Chautauqua Lake, I see a similarity between lake weeds and noise. If weeds can be defined as “unwanted plants,” then noise can be defined as “unwanted sound.” I hasten to point out that neither of these definitions is found in my 1957 copy of the American College Dictionary.
During the past 45 years I have, on several occasions, had a variety of experiences with unwanted sound. Most of those occasions involved being part of environmental impact studies for proposed gravel mines, while two involved homeowners complaining about noise coming from nearby businesses. In all of those cases it was not the loudness of the sound that was the problem. That is, it was not simply too many decibels, such as the Harley Davidson accelerating away from the stop sign on the corner or the rock band playing for a dance in the school gymnasium. Those two examples involve sounds that are loud – too loud – typically exceeding community noise ordinances and all too often being loud enough and/or sustained enough to damage the intricate and sensitive auditory receptor system of our human ears.
I am neither an audiologist nor an attorney, although I now live across the street from a retired professional audiologist. He prescribed hearing aids for me 20 years ago, attributing my hearing loss to such activities as too many years of hunting without ear protection and having summer jobs with the former Pennsylvania Gas Company and Erie Railroad in the days before OSHA. Shooting guns, running jackhammers and shoveling slag between railroad ties while standing next to a power tamping machine mounted on a railroad car did have its effect on the hair cells of the organ of Corti in both of my ears. I became aware of the damage when I could no longer hear warblers in the spring or cicadas in the fall.
The ear damage that I experienced was caused by various sounds that were too loud. Measured in decibels, which I did not do at the time, I suspect that they approached or exceeded 100 decibels, a noise level that can cause hearing damage after 15 minutes of exposure. To repeat, however, my experiences with sound studies later in life did not involve sounds loud enough to damage ears and cause hearing loss. Instead, those situations involved sound of much lower volume, sounds that are sometimes categorized as “nuisance sound” but can be damaging in their own way.
The gravel mining operations were rural and far enough away from nearby homes that readings with a decibel meter did not support any possible claims of ear damage. That was also true of the noise coming from nearby businesses, which, in one case, emanated from air compressors on the roof of an adjacent supermarket and in the other from the tire changing operation at the former Sam’s Club, now closed. In all of those cases the people affected were long-time residents of their respective areas and had chosen their locations in part because of the quiet nature of the neighborhood. The business sources of the noise came years later and, for those already living there, decreased enjoyment of their way of life in a most significant way.
The circumstances which I have described are different from the referenced article in The Post-Journal, but there are similarities because it is not high decibel ear-damaging sound that is the problem. Despite the words “Too Loud” accompanying the news report, the sound as described will not damage ears but neighborhood peace and quiet has been lost. That is also the case with the wind farms now operating in parts of Chautauqua County.
The wind farms already operating in the county, along with those in various stages of planning, have been in the news often in the recent past, and have also become an important emerging issue during the past two meetings of the County Board of Health, of which I am a member. Although sound is not the only topic that has been included by those addressing the board of health on the subject of wind farms – they also experience light flicker produced by the rotating blades – it is the one of greatest concern. And, as with the other examples I have cited, it is not the loudness of the sound at issue. Rather, it is Infrasound and Low Frequency Noise, abbreviated ILFN, and involves sound of 40 to 45 decibels, well below the levels responsible for ear damage. However, to emphasize again, ear damage is not the issue. Here, as in other states (e.g., Wisconsin and California), ILFN has been shown to cause stress and annoyance leading to sleep deprivation and other problems affecting the cardiovascular, endocrine, immune and nerve systems.
In rural areas, such as Arkwright, where the ambient background noise is approximately 25 decibels, the constant noise levels, permissible up to 50 decibels, experienced by some residents close to wind towers has gone beyond being a nuisance and is affecting their health, their well-being, and their quality of life. As the January 19th news article states in the first paragraph, “Quality of life is obviously an issue most Jamestown residents care about, therefore, it’s a matter city officials should care about as well.” With regard to sound, that statement must be expanded to include officials in Chautauqua County and, indeed, all of New York State.
Thomas A. Erlandson is a Frewsburg resident.
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.com Solutions Inc. has released FmPro Script Diff 1.15, a FileMaker script comparison and editing utility for Mac OS X and Windows ($100). FmPro Script Diff 1.15 is an updated version fixing a screen redraw issue on MacOS X Leopard (10.5). This maintenance release also fixes an issue with the display of sorted Diff Results.
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Thank you for posting the video where participants were asked why they were attending the Beck event. I was struck how every participant referenced American exceptionalism in their answer. Even when criticizing Obama (much milder than I expected, btw), they mostly cited how he doesn't appreciate America's unique and exceptional standing in human history. Considering the economy, Katrina, the inability to dispatch, not one but two wars, their fear is understandable. Attributing it all to Obama and his election makes perfect sense, because he too is different and represents anything but the past. Call it ironic or a contradiction, but one of the exceptional parts of America (not the same thing as exceptionalism) is that considering our history, we elected an Obama so soon.
qXport is an Addin for Microsoft Word, which converts Word documents to QuarkXPress. qXport tries to convert as much as possible of the Word structures, which are also available in QuarkXPress. At the same time qXport ignores much of the useless Word stuff, since these files are often not prepared optimally. qXport runs with all Word-Versionx starting from Word 97 (Mac und Win) and supports QuarkXPress starting from Version 3.x (including XPress 5) for Mac and Win. Including support for native Indesign tags, clean text and simple XML export.
A POLICE prosecutor warned a magistrate releasing a Gladstone man on bail could result in his partner's death.
The man who cannot be named appeared in Gladstone Magistrates Court charged with several offences following a violent incident at a Gladstone home involving his partner and her 11-year-old son.
He applied for bail on one count each of assault occasioning bodily harm, choking, common assault and obstruct police.
Police Prosecutor Senior Constable Balan Selvadurai said police were opposing the bail application.
The court heard the man, his partner and her son arrived at home but only the man and the boy went inside.
The woman was outside when the boy came running back, chased by the man who was holding a hunting knife, the court was told.
It's alleged the man grabbed the woman's hair, dragged her inside and called her a pig.
Inside he told the woman the only way she was going back outside was if he was to bury her, the court heard.
It's alleged the man told the woman to bite the coffee table and tried to kick her in the head several times.
The woman ran towards the boy who was hiding in the bedroom at the time, followed by the man the court heard.
The boy escaped and ran to a neighbour's house where triple zero was called, the court was told.
Before police arrived the man allegedly choked the woman for up to a minute.
The court heard he put his hands around her neck 15 times.
When police arrived, the man was aggressive towards officers and the woman was in an "extreme state of panic".
Officers saw scratches, redness and swelling on the woman, who was transported to hospital.
Defence lawyer Rio Ramos said her client was disputing the charges.
From behind the dock, the man said several times: "I didn't do any of it".
Snr Const Selvadurai said releasing the man on bail would put his partner and child at risk of endangerment.
"If he is released on bail, he will go and kill the aggrieved," he said.
"Both the aggrieved and the child are fearful of this defendant."
Magistrate Clare Kelly denied the 34-year-old man bail and remanded him in custody until January 29.
Jeff Gustafson held up a big pike caught from Lake of the Woods this past weekend.
Samantha Halliday, with the Border Figure Skating Club, had a solid showing over the weekend in Kingston, where she placed 12th in the STAR 6 women's event at the Skate Ontario STARSkate Provincial/Skate Ontario Adult Championships. Fellow club member Montana Plasky, meanwhile, also finished 12th in the STAR 8 women's event.
Montana Plasky, left, and Samantha Halliday of the local Border Figure Skating Club both will be heading to the Skate Ontario STARSkate Provincial/Skate Ontario Adult Championships that run this Friday through Sunday in Kingston after qualify in their respective events at the Skate Ontario Championships Qualifying series that was held March 5 in Thunder Bay.
Mighty Mustang Aiden Juen looked to make a chin drop on his opponent during one of his recent matches. The Littlefork, Mn. native snagged third place in the 95- to 100-pound division at a tournament in Cloquet, Mn. on Saturday.
Jeff Gustafson holds a five-pound spotted bass he caught while pre-fishing at Lake Lanier last week.
Students and staff enjoyed a pizza lunch for a good cause Friday at Fort Frances High School. Along with a raffle, pizza lunches were held Thursday and Friday to raise money for FFHS student Chase Copenace, diagnosed with a terminal stage 4 gliosarcoma brain tumour, so he can do some things he's always wanted to do.
Jeff Gustafson with his personal best spotted bass he caught this past week in Georgia. They will be the main target of most anglers on Lake Lanier this week.
Peterborough angler Chris Johnston won the $125,000 first-place prize at the FLW Tour event in Florida on the weekend. Jeff “Gussy” Gustafson of Keewatin in finished in second.
Members of the Emo Hospital Auxiliary volunteers in the Emo Hospital cafeteria displayed their new smocks the auxiliary purchased. They give a big thank you to Cindy Judson at the Thread Shed, who generously volunteered to embroider the auxiliary's logo onto the smocks.
Chandler Pollard captured first place in the walleye division with a 6.75-pound lunker during the fourth-annual John Gibbins Memorial Family Day Fish Derby held Monday from the government dock in Morson. Vernon Cockle topped the northern division (5.80 pounds) while Karmel Gibbins was the kids' division winner (4.20 pounds).
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Pop star Rihanna stole some of the spotlight during Game 1 of the NBA Finals Thursday night.
She first caught the eye of commentator Jeff Van Gundy, who was distracted from a massive James dunk, as the singer walked to her seat.
Van Gundy couldn't let Rihanna's presence go. Poor guy.
Meanwhile, there is suggestion that Kevin Durant shook his head at the singer after nailing a three-pointer late in the game, which may have been a response to Rihanna taunting the Warriors star earlier.
But Rihanna, who has time and time again expressed her fandom of LeBron, stood behind her favorite player after the game.
So there you have it. RiRi has spoken!
Last week, I asked “where did all the good movies on Netflix go?” Now we have our answer: Canada and Brazil.
According to analysis by both The Streaming Observer and AddonHQ, Canada and Brazil have the best content ecosystems, when it comes to movies on Netflix. But wWhen it comes to good movies, Brazil is tops. The Streaming Observer found that Brazil had 85 movies from IMDb’s Top 250 in its library.
The site also put together a ridiculously huge chart if you want to see exactly which movies are available on each service. It’s worth checking out.
Brazil has movies that those of us in America could only dream of streaming, like The Godfather Part II, Fight Club, and The Empire Strikes Back. Mexico and Sweden have solid showings too, with 73 and 70 movies from the IMDb’s Top 250 in their respective libraries.
On the bottom end, the UK has only 28 movies in the top 250 and us suckers in the US only have 33 out of 250. Canada comes in third place with 49 movies in the Top 250. But Canada gets both The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, as well as The Dark Knight, Inception, and The Departed, so I’m still jealous of our friends to the north.
Where Did All the Good Movies on Netflix Go?
And good movies is only part of the story. AddonHQ did a study to see what countries have the top-ranked movies from 2015 (and some in 2016), based on Rotten Tomatoes score, IMDb score, and international box office gross. When it comes to recent films available on Netflix, Canada absolutely decimated the competition, with 13 top-rated movies from 2015 in its catalog.
It’s enough to make an American movie lover want to use a VPN to access content in Canada. Too bad Netflix hates VPNs now.
More than 2,500 companies were nominated or asked to participate in the 2017 Top Workplaces contest by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and its partner, Workplace Dynamics. Employees across the metro area responded to print and online solicitations that began appearing in September.
Using survey results, a list of 150 workplaces was compiled, consisting of 25 large companies (500 or more employees), 50 midsize companies (150-499 employees) and the list below of 75 small companies (149 or fewer employees).
A convicted murderer has won High Court permission to challenge a Stormont department over a decision to stop him continuing to work as a groundskeeper.
West Belfast man Martin Neeson is taking legal action following a determination that he is unsuitable for a job held since his release from prison 18 years ago.
He was granted leave to seek a judicial review after his lawyers argued the move was illogical and unjustified.
His barrister also claimed there had been a failure to adopt guidance for employers on recruiting staff with conflict-related convictions.