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Obama Is Coming for Immigration Next
WASHINGTON — As the fiscal fight roiling Washington nears its end, the White House is already signaling that it plans to use the political momentum it has gained during the shutdown fight to charge back into the immigration debate. And this time, Democratic pollsters and advocates say, they could actually win.
The final chapter of the current crisis hasn’t been written yet, but Democrats in Washington are privately confident that they’ll emerge with the upper hand over the conservatives in Congress who forced a government shutdown. And sources say the administration plans to use its victory to resurrect an issue that was always intended to be a top priority of Obama’s second-term agenda.
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EU praises Iran nuclear talks; more talks in Nov
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton smiles during a press conference after two days of closed-door nuclear talks on Iran in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. Talks between Iran and six world powers have ended an upbeat note, with the European Union's top diplomat Ashton calling them "very important," in efforts to end international tensions over Tehran's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton smiles during a press conference after two days of closed-door nuclear talks on Iran in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. Talks between Iran and six world powers have ended an upbeat note, with the European Union's top diplomat Ashton calling them "very important," in efforts to end international tensions over Tehran's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)
Switzerland's Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, left, speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, during a meeting besides of the two days of closed-door nuclear talks in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Martial Trezzini, Pool)
GENEVA (AP) — High-stakes nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers adjourned on an upbeat note Wednesday, with the European Union's top diplomat calling them "very important." Iran's foreign minister spoke of a possible "new phase" that would ease a decade of tensions over fears that his country wanted a nuclear bomb.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton did not go into details on the substance of the talks. But she read a statement endorsed by both Iran and the six countries, calling the talks "substantive and forward looking."
Confirming Iranian media reports, the statement said the two sides will meet again in Geneva on Nov. 7-8.
Ashton, who convened the talks, spoke of a "very intensive and I think a very important meeting."
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who headed the Iranian side, said he hoped the results achieved over two days of talks ending Wednesday "will hopefully be the beginning of a new phase" in relations between Iran and the six powers — the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany.
"We have reached a serious stage in the talks," he told reporters.
The lack of immediate details on what was achieved, however, made it difficult to evaluate the amount of progress made in what has been a decade of deadlocked negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.
Iran says it's not interested in having nuclear weapons. Its proposal Tuesday to the six powers focused on their demands that Iran's uranium enrichment program and other activities that could be used to make nuclear arms be stopped or reduced.
Iran wants painful international sanctions to be lifted in exchange for possible concessions it had been previously unwilling to consider. Those could be increased international monitoring of its nuclear program and the scaling back of its uranium enrichment plans — a potential pathway to nuclear arms and the centerpiece of its impasse with the West.
Tehran insists it has no interest in weapons production. Still, it has resisted both enticements and sanctions from world powers designed to force it into ending uranium enrichment and other activities that could be used to make weapons.
But negotiations now appear to be driven by the new wind generated since reformist President Hassan Rouhani was elected in June.
A member of one of the delegations at the talks said the new Iranian plan offered reductions in both the levels of uranium enrichment being conducted by Iran and the number of centrifuges doing the enrichment — a key demand of the six powers.
An Iranian official said any plan would be implemented in three stages, lasting from six months to a year.
Both men demanded anonymity because they were not allowed to discuss the confidential plan.
Iranian state TV, which closely reflects government views, said Tehran offered to discuss uranium enrichment levels. The report also said Iran proposed adopting the additional protocols of the U.N.'s nuclear treaty — effectively opening its nuclear facilities to wider inspection and monitoring — if the West recognizes Iran's right to enrich uranium.
But the Iranian official said any acceptance of the protocols would be one of the last steps in implementing the plan.
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White House: House Republican plan too partisan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the latest proposal from House Republican leaders for reopening the government and extending the nation's borrowing cap is a partisan effort to appease tea party conservatives. It praises bipartisan negotiations in the Senate as a good-faith effort to end the partial government shutdown and avoid an economy-shaking default.
The White House also announced it will meet with House Democratic leaders Tuesday afternoon as negotiations continue and a deadline to raise the debt ceiling moves ever closer.
White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage says a proposal from House GOP leaders that would attach health care law changes to shut-down and debt ceiling measures is a, quote, "partisan attempt to appease a small group of tea party Republicans who forced the government shut down in the first place."
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Senators seek budget deal, House GOP effort flops
President Barack Obama, center, and Vice President Joe Biden, center left, meet with Democratic Leadership in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, in Washington. Sitting with them are from left to right, Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y. The partial government shutdown is in its third week and less than two days before the Treasury Department says it will be unable to borrow and will rely on a cash cushion to pay the country's bills. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Barack Obama, center, and Vice President Joe Biden, center left, meet with Democratic Leadership in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, in Washington. Sitting with them are from left to right, Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y. The partial government shutdown is in its third week and less than two days before the Treasury Department says it will be unable to borrow and will rely on a cash cushion to pay the country's bills. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
From left to right, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., and Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., speaking with members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House following their meeting with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, in Washington. The partial government shutdown is in its third week and less than two days before the Treasury Department says it will be unable to borrow and will rely on a cash cushion to pay the country's bills. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Reporters wait outside the office of Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, as a planned vote in the House of Representatives collapsed, Tuesday night, Oct. 15, 2013, at the Capitol in Washington. Time growing desperately short, House Republicans pushed for passage of legislation late Tuesday to prevent a threatened Treasury default, end a 15-day partial government shutdown and extricate divided government from its latest brush with a full political meltdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders are optimistic about forging an eleventh-hour bipartisan deal preventing a possible federal default and ending the partial government shutdown after Republican divisions forced GOP leaders to drop efforts to ram their own version through the House.
Pressured by the calendar, financial markets and public opinion polls, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., were hoping to shake hands on an agreement Wednesday and, if possible, hold votes later in the day.
Driving their urgency were oft-repeated Obama administration warnings that the government would exhaust its borrowing authority Thursday and risk a federal default that could unhinge the world economy. Lawmakers feared that spooked financial markets would plunge unless a deal was at hand and that voters would take it out on incumbents in next year's congressional elections.
"People are so tired of this," President Barack Obama said Tuesday in an interview with Los Angeles TV station KMEX.
U.S. stock futures were rising early Wednesday amid strong corporate earnings and lingering hope for a deal to head off a government default. But there were also dire warnings from the financial world a day after the Fitch credit rating agency said it was reviewing its AAA rating on U.S. government debt for possible downgrade.
John Chambers, chairman of Standard & Poor's Sovereign Debt Committee, told "CBS This Morning" on Wednesday that a U.S. government default on its debts would be "much worse than Lehman Brothers," the investment firm whose 2008 collapse led to the global financial crisis.
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett told CNBC he doesn't think the federal government will fail to pay its bills, but "if it does happen, it's a pure act of idiocy."
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, a tea party favorite, said he was not worried about the prospect of a U.S. default.
"We are going to service our debt," he told CNN. "But I am concerned about all the rhetoric around this ....I'm concerned that it will scare the markets."
Aides to Reid and McConnell said the two men had resumed talks, including a Tuesday night conversation, and were hopeful about striking an agreement that could pass both houses.
It was expected to mirror a deal the leaders had neared Monday. That agreement was described as extending the debt limit through Feb. 7, immediately reopening the government fully and keeping agencies running until Jan. 15 — leaving lawmakers clashing over the same disputes in the near future.
It also set a mid-December deadline for bipartisan budget negotiators to report on efforts to reach compromise on longer-term issues like spending cuts. And it likely would require the Obama administration to certify that it can verify the income of people who qualify for federal subsidies for medical insurance under the 2010 health care law.
But that emerging Senate pact was put on hold Tuesday, an extraordinary day that highlighted how unruly rank-and-file House Republicans can be, even when the stakes are high. Facing solid Democratic opposition, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, tried in vain to write legislation that would satisfy GOP lawmakers, especially conservatives.
Boehner crafted two versions of the bill, but neither made it to a House vote because both faced certain defeat. Working against him was word during the day from the influential group Heritage Action for America that his legislation was not conservative enough — a worrisome threat for many GOP lawmakers whose biggest electoral fears are of primary challenges from the right.
The last of Boehner's two bills had the same dates as the emerging Senate plan on the debt limit and shutdown.
But it also blocked federal payments for the president, members of Congress and other officials to help pay for their health care coverage. And it prevented the Obama administration from shifting funds among different accounts — as past Treasury secretaries have done — to let the government keep paying bills briefly after the federal debt limit has been reached.
Boehner's inability to produce a bill that could pass his own chamber likely means he will have to let the House vote on a Senate compromise, even if that means it would pass with strong Democratic and weak GOP support. House Republican leaders have tried to avoid that scenario for fear that it would threaten their leadership, and some Republicans worried openly about that.
"Of all the damage to be done politically here, one of the greatest concerns I have is that somehow John Boehner gets compromised," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a former House member and Boehner supporter.
With the default clock ticking ever louder, it was possible the House might vote first on a plan produced by Senate leaders. For procedural reasons, that could speed the measure's trip through Congress by removing some parliamentary barriers Senate opponents might erect.
The strains of the confrontation were showing among GOP lawmakers.
"It's time to reopen the government and ensure we don't default on our debt," Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., said in a written statement. "I will not vote for poison pills that have no chance of passing the Senate or being signed into law."
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Associated Press writers David Espo, Andrew Taylor, Charles Babington, Stephen Ohlemacher, Henry C. Jackson and Donna Cassata contributed to this report.
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Report: NSA Harvests Contact Lists From Email, Facebook
The Washington Post has published new revelations about the National Security Agency's electronic snooping, indicating that the intelligence branch gathers millions of contact lists from personal email accounts and instant messaging around the world.
The new information is attributed by the Post to "senior intelligence officials and top-secret documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden."
"The collection program, which has not been disclosed before, intercepts e-mail address books and 'buddy lists' from instant messaging services as they move across global data links. Online services often transmit those contacts when a user logs on, composes a message, or synchronizes a computer or mobile device with information stored on remote servers.
Rather than targeting individual users, the NSA is gathering contact lists in large numbers that amount to a sizable fraction of the world's e-mail and instant messaging accounts. Analysis of that data enables the agency to search for hidden connections and to map relationships within a much smaller universe of foreign intelligence targets."
According to the newspaper, in a single day last year the NSA harvested 444,743 email address books from Yahoo, 105,068 from Hotmail, 82,857 from Facebook, 33,697 from Gmail and 22,881 from unspecified other providers.
The Post story quotes Yahoo as saying in response to NSA effort, it would begin encrypting user connections using SLL technology in January.
However, last month, The Two-Way's Eyder Peralta wrote that The New York Times and The Guardian, relying on documents from Snowden, revealed that the NSA has the keys to crack most Internet encryption methods.
"In plain English, this means that many of the tools — like , used by many banks and email providers — that people worldwide have come to believe protect them from snooping by criminals and governments are essentially worthless when it comes to the NSA."
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Ashton Kutcher Tops Forbes Highest-Paid TV Actors List!
He’s one of the most lovable stars on the boob tube, and it turns out Ashton Kutcher is also one of the richest!
According to Forbes’ annual Highest-Earning Television Actors roster, the “Butterfly Effect” hunk nabbed a cool $24 million over the past year.
Kutcher’s “Two and a Half Men” partner in crime Jon Cryer took the runner-up position with a salary of $21 million, and Ray Romano scored $16 million thanks to syndication royalties from “Everybody Loves Raymond.”
Rounding out the top five are Neil Patrick Harris, who is tied for #4 with Mark Harmon ($15 million) and Patrick Dempsey in fifth place with an impressive $13 million income.
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Farm Families Pick Massive Corn Harvest As Prices Shrink
Curt Friesen is a fourth-generation farmer in central Nebraska.
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Curt Friesen is a fourth-generation farmer in central Nebraska.
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Corn prices are down and the farm bill is stalled in Congress. So there's a lot of uncertainly in the air as harvest season gets into full swing across the Midwest. But this is a time of year when farm families like the Friesens in Henderson, Neb., come together to focus on the big task at hand: the corn harvest.
Everyone in the family has a job to do.
"Like my dad — he drives auger wagon," Curt Friesen says. "He drives auger wagon only. That's all he's done since 1976, I think. ... My wife, Nancy, she drives the combine; that's her job."
Curt drives a truck. So does his son-in-law, who's new on the farm. That's how the Friesens are harvesting 1,100 acres of corn this fall, about middle of the pack in terms of its size.
With roughly 97 million acres of corn to pick nationwide, farmers are pulling in family and friends as part-time help to haul in the crop.
Nancy Friesen grasps the orange joystick that controls the Friesens' giant John Deere combine, which is so big, it makes the cornstalks look like matchsticks.
"It is a humongous piece of equipment," she says, "and it is intimidating. It's got all kinds of bells and whistles to let you know what's going wrong."
During corn harvest, it's all hands on deck on the Friesen family farm in Henderson, Neb. Nancy Friesen typically takes the controls of their John Deere combine.
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During corn harvest, it's all hands on deck on the Friesen family farm in Henderson, Neb. Nancy Friesen typically takes the controls of their John Deere combine.
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Nancy Friesen isn't totally comfortable in the driver's seat. Even a modestly priced combine costs $350,000, and most of the year she's in the garden, not the field. But she expressed some relief as she mowed down the cornstalks and watched the grain flow in.
"It is a good feeling when the corn is in the bin and we don't have to worry about it out here anymore," she says. "So many weird weather things can happen," like last year's drought, which was the worst since the 1950s.
The drought caused corn yields to dry up across the Midwest. The Friesens were lucky — irrigation saved most of their crop. And farmers who irrigate reaped the rewards last year, as drought shrunk supply, pushing corn prices to record highs of over $8 a bushel.
Of course, drought can also be disastrous at harvest time, as Albert Friesen, Curt's 92-year-old dad, knows firsthand.
When Albert Friesen started farming he used horses, not green tractors. In 1938, at age 16, he took over the farm after his dad died. The next year a drought hit and the crop was ruined.
"There was nothing here," he says. "Everything dried up. I went to Minnesota to pick corn by hand."
He brought home $69, just enough to keep the farm. That was a tough year.
"But I think we're in for some tough times yet again," he says.
Tough in comparison to last year, at least — 2013 could be the biggest corn harvest in history: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has estimated 13.8 billion bushels. With so much supply, corn prices have been shrinking since the beginning of the year and are down around a three-year low, though prices remain quite healthy by historical standards.
Still, it's not clear what the crop will be worth by the time it's in the bin. That uncertainty comes just as Jason Lewis, the Friesens' son-in-law, is joining the family farm. A year ago, Lewis was in a college classroom. He wasn't a student — he was the professor.
"This time last year, I was at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, and I was probably teaching turf grass science class," Lewis says.
Now the 35-year-old Ph.D. from Kearney, Neb., is hauling corn and wearing earbuds so he can listen to podcasts while he's in the field.
During a break in the action, Nancy said she is grateful to have extra help on hand.
"I love it when I can hear Curt and Jason talking in the shop and he's got somebody to talk shop to," she says. "I love having the kids back. It takes the pressure off so much."
But Nancy couldn't talk for long. Albert had an empty grain wagon. Jason had a truck to fill. She plunged the combine into the standing corn. The harvest grind will go on for another four to six weeks.
"It's just pretty much harvest," Nancy says. "I try to clear the schedule. I just figure nothing really happens in October."
At least, not until the last load of corn comes in.
Grant Gerlock reports from Nebraska for NET News and Harvest Public Media, a public radio reporting collaboration that focuses on agriculture and food production issues.
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Donald Glover Reveals Dark Fears, Career Regrets in Disturbing Instagram Posts
Community star Donald Glover has some fans concerned after posting a long list of dark ruminations to his Instagram feed on Monday.
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Handwritten on Marriott hotel stationery, the seven pages of notes include such fearful admissions as, "I'm afraid my parents won't live long enough to see my kids," "I'm afraid people hate who I really am," "I'm afraid people think I hate my race," "I'm afraid people think I hate women," and, "I'm scared I'll never grow out of bro rape." (The reference to "bro rape" refers to an early sketch by Glover's comedy troupe, Derrick Comedy.)
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Glover, who committed to a shortened season of Community this year -- ostensibly to focus more on his rap music as alter ego Childish Gambino -- also made several references to his career in the posts. In one, he denies that his music pursuits were the reason he left the NBC sitcom.
"I didn't leave Community to rap," Glover, 30, writes. "I don't wanna rap. I wanted to be on my own." He also writes, "I'm afraid [Community creator] Dan Harmon hates me."
"I've been sick this year, I've seen a bunch of people die this year. This is the first time I've felt helpless. But I'm not on that," he adds.
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A rising star in the comedy world, Glover's first big break came with a writing gig on NBC's 30 Rock. He was later cast as Troy Barnes on Community, the breakout role that earned him legions of fans. He recently inked a deal with FX to star, write and executive produce Atlanta, a music-themed series.
Still, his work as Childish Gambino took center stage this year. Glover announced on Oct. 8 that his newly completed studio album, Because the Internet, would receive a late-December release.
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"Obviously, Donald is a comic genius," co-star Joel McHale told THR last August, shortly after the first table read of Community's fifth season. "His level of talent is pretty extraordinary and rare. His rap career is exploding, so I get why he wants to focus on it."
A call to Glover's representatives for comment was not immediately answered.
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The New And The Next: Six-Second Comedy And A Spin On News
The online magazine Ozy covers people, places and trends on the horizon. Co-founder Carlos Watson joins All Things Considered regularly to share the site's latest discoveries.
This week, he tells NPR's Arun Rath about a YouTube sensation in Urugauy, a six-second comedian and the young woman who gained a following with her explicit declaration of love for science.
The New And The Next
Uruguay's News Sensation
"Agustin Ferrando kind of got depressed with a lot of the news he saw and thought that little moments in life were just as interesting. So he created an incredibly popular YouTube channel — north of a million hits in a country that only has 3 million people. ...
"He's saying, 'If I tell the little individual stories of what you had for dinner, what happened at this schoolhouse — even though that's not classic big news — that's the stuff of real life.' "
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The Next Comedy Forum: Vine
"Will Sasso, who's been a comedian who's bounced around for years, has finally found his platform in Vine. Vine only gives you six seconds to make some magical video.
"And what Will Sasso figured out is that he could either try and tell you stories, or he could do funny impersonations."
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The Woman Who (Really) Loves Science
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"[Elise Andrew], who was originally from Britain, was living in Canada at university ... and just suddenly posted science articles that she liked. ... She put a very colorful headline: 'I F - - - ing Love Science.' ...
"But people didn't know that a 24-year-old young woman was the person behind this incredibly popular site. When she revealed herself, she got a bunch of negative comments. But Rather than shrink from it, she leaned into it in the best sense and started essentially posting the worst quote of the day."
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Dempsey's fundraiser raises $1.1M for cancer
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Patrick Dempsey's bicycling, running and walking fundraiser in western Maine to raise money for his cancer center has netted more than $1 million.
Nearly 4,000 participants took part in the fifth annual Dempsey Challenge on Saturday and Sunday, raising $1.1 million for the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer, Hope & Healing at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. The final tally is expected to grow to more than $1.2 million.
More than 1,100 cyclists rode routes ranging from 10 to 100 miles on Sunday, with the actor making an appearance during the event's closing ceremony.
Dempsey, a native of Buckfield, plays Dr. Derek Shepherd on TV's "Grey's Anatomy." He launched the Dempsey Challenge after his mother's experience with cancer. He founded the Dempsey Center in 2008.
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Never mind Retina Displays: Get ready for 4K on the new Mac Pro
Last year Apple introduced MacBook Pros with Retina Displays, and many folks watching the Mac market have assumed that it's only a matter of time before the rest of the line has them too. That may be true, but the newly redesigned Mac Pro is going to leapfrog that by offering something that so far, no other Mac can handle - 4K video. And not just 4K video, but 4K video on three screens.
The Mac Pro doesn't have a built-in display, of course. What it does have is Thunderbolt 2 and dual AMD FirePro graphics processing units with up to six gigabytes of dedicated VRAM. That's enough horsepower to drive three 4K displays simultaneously - ideal for pro video workstations, visual effects work in cinema, and film editing.
That only scratches the surface of what the Mac Pro will be able to do. It even has a dedicated HDMI port that conforms to the 1.4 specification, which supports 4K video, so you'll be able to connect it directly to a 4K "broadcast monitor" to see how the images you're working on will look in real life.
Now, 4K processing on the Mac is nothing new. Blackmagic Design, for example, makes switchers, capture and playback cards designed to work with Macs that do 4K. But having 4K native support is an entirely different story.
What is 4K?
4K is also known UHDTV, or Ultra High Definition TV. 4K operates at 3840 x 2160 resolution, four times what today's HDTVs do. That sounds like a lot, and it is. It's 8.3 million individual pixels, compared to 2.0 million pixels for a standard 1080p HD signal. As a point of comparison, Apple's Thunderbolt Display sports a resolution of 2560 x 1440, or about 3.3 million pixels.
4K is a lot of pixels to push, which is why you need something like Thunderbolt 2 or HDMI 1.4 to push them all. It's also why you need powerful graphics processors like the FirePro to process that data.
Some companies have garnered a fair degree of publicity for themselves by introducing 4K televisions for home use, but so far, they're the rarified domain of people with big media rooms who can afford really gargantuan TVs. 84-inch UHD sets were the first to appear; now they've gone down in size to 55-inch or smaller.
Blu-ray Disc (BD) resolution maxes out at 1920 x 1080, for example - that's "standard" HD resolution. Some companies have introduced BD players that will "upscale" to 4K resolution (and 4K TVs will upscale HD content themselves, as well); Sony's also shown off a 4K video player and a download service that provides native 4K content.
Why is 4K important?
4K is used in cinema. The past decade has seen a big switch in most movie theaters from traditional film projection to digital film projection. No longer are movie theater projectionists rolling big spools of film from reels - they're showing movies using LCD projectors, Digital Micromirror Devices (DMDs) and similar technology.
The benefit for you is that the days of seeing scratches and dust are over: you watch a pristine "print" of the movie whether you show up on opening weekend or three weeks later. Digital movies don't wear out like film prints do. The advantage for the film distributors and the movie theaters is that there's no actual bulky, fragile film to transport or maintain - movies can be downloaded, depending on the connection to the theater, or delivered on a hard drive.
Video and film editing, special effects and post-production is still a vital business for Apple, and it's a place where the Mac Pro had done well over the years - but the Mac Pro hasn't aged well for the new era of digital filmmaking. By incorporating the massive bandwidth of Thunderbolt 2 (six ports, each operating at 20 Gbps bandwidth), the prodigious parallel processing power of the Mac Pro's CPUs and GPUs, and by streamlining the throughput as much as possible, Apple's tried to optimize the new Mac Pro to be a digital filmmaking powerhouse.
Still pricy
Small form-factor 4K displays are still pretty expensive. To get a 32-inch 4K monitor, you're still going to spend upwards of $3,000 at the moment. That price will come down as the technology is more broadly used, though.
But Apple's never been known to skimp on monitors. The company advertises only one model at present - the 27-inch Thunderbolt Display. It's available at a wallet-crushing $999. It has some nice features that make it particularly convenient for a Thunderbolt-equipped Apple computer user, like built in MagSafe power adapter for laptops, USB, FireWire, Thunderbolt and Gigabit Ethernet - but it's also squarely in the high end of the 27-inch display market.
Apple probably won't compete on price with any new 4K display right out of the gate. But given the dearth of 4K monitors available today (Asus is one of the few companies to have one in production), it wouldn't surprise me at all to see Apple offer a new screen for the Mac Pro.
Apple is not just making the new Mac Pro ready for 4K but is really pushing the capability as one of the device's big selling points. That should give you some idea of who they think is a key market for the new device - it's squarely aimed at creative professionals in film, television and video. People who are working with 4K content today or preparing to do so, and need a computer that can keep up with them.
4K isn't something that every Mac owner should want or need. In fact, it's going to remain a pretty specialized technology for a while, until the price comes down and programming becomes available for it.
Back to the Retina Display
"Retina Display" is a marketing term invented by Apple to describe displays that have high enough resolution so you don't notice individual pixels at a typical viewing distance. That's a bit subjective, and the pixel density of devices labeled with Retina Displays has varied. The iPhone, for example, sports a 326 pixel per inch density. The 15-inch MacBook Pro has a pixel density of about 220 pixels per inch, while the 13-inch rMBP has about a 227 PPI density.
Right now, Apple's 27-inch Thunderbolt Display has a 109 PPI density. Even Asus' 31.5-inch 4K-native display, the PQ321Q, sports a pixel density of only about 140 pixels per inch. If we accept that you have to go well north of 200 pixels per inch for a screen to be a "Retina Display," none of these even come close. Any way you slice it, it appears that we're still a fair distance still from a Retina Display in a larger form factor.
Retina Display or no, the new Mac Pro is set to push video editing and processing on the Mac in new directions. We'll have to wait to see the fruits of that effort for a while, but make no mistake - the new Mac Pro is set to change things in a big way.
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Video games boost visual attention but reduce impulse control
[unable to retrieve full-text content]A person playing a first-person shooter video game like Halo or Unreal Tournament must make decisions quickly. That fast-paced decision-making, it turns out, boosts the player's visual skills but comes at a cost, according to new research: reducing the person's ability to inhibit impulsive behavior. This reduction in what is called "proactive executive control" appears to be yet another way that violent video games can increase aggressive behavior.
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The Voice Of A Future Administrator | jhlang
Welcome to my blog, and thank you for taking the time to also visit jhlang.com.? With the help of a dozen youtube tutorials and intermittent coffee breaks, I made my very first webpage.
I still have a long ways to go before gaining my IT badge, but I did enjoy this challenge as I put forth my most novice efforts.? It is likely that my students design better sites in half the time I took to make this one.? I can live with this though because the students are what motivates me to continually challenge myself as a leader in education.? As a future administrator I believe it is important to challenge our students to try new experiences and that we also challenge ourselves, so this crack at making websites was my attempt to ?walk the walk.?
Throughout my graduate course work, independent research, and even friendly debates with pals after Wednesday night basketball games, I have managed to find my voice on education policy and discover what it means to be a leader in this field.? The intent of this blog post is to share that voice, so I have broken my instructional leadership philosophy down to five key points which all tie into a Nicholas M. Butler quote that I often refer to.
?America is the best half-educated country in the world.?
I believe the United States has many of the best schools in the world, but unfortunately we also have some of the bad ones.? It is not a particular person or group?s fault as much as it is an issue of inequity.? All schools in the US were not created equal.? And if you are a teacher in one of these underprivileged schools then you know what I mean.? Many of these struggling schools operate in unhealthy climates and experience high rates of attrition.? Why, because they?re bad places to work!? The organization?s culture has been disrupted by budget cuts, policy mandates, and consequently high employee turnover.? When these occurrences become the norm, then building learning communities rooted in collaboration and efficacy become more difficult than blindfolded web design.
I believe in our public education system even though some schools are inequitably equipped with tools to produce students gains.? If we choose to close the achievement gap, then we need to address these differences from school to school and acknowledge poverty as an issue affecting achievement in urban and rural poor public schools.? Instead the solution to boost gains has been to privatize schools, silence unions, and replace traditional teacher salary scales with merit pay systems.? If we wish to pay teachers based on merit, then I want to know how we differentiate the the top from the bottom tier of teachers?? If teacher merit is based on standardized test scores, then we will continue to fuel the high stakes testing bandwagon while triggering more cheating scandals.? Worst of all, we will fail to prepare students for the creative economy we are entering. ? The best way to pay teachers is to pay them enough so money no longer becomes an issue.? Name me a teacher that went into education to become rich and I?ll give up my aspirations to instead design websites.? Merit pay is not the best way to motivate educators.? Educators are best motivated by the intrinsic rewards they receive when their students learn.? It is that ?Ah-ha moment? that simultaneously engages the students and motivates teachers to stick around the public sector for a little while longer.
Philosophy Point 1: Creating an Environment Open For Innovation and Collaboration
As a principal I am committed to helping urban and rural schools make organizational change that will close inequity gaps in the worst schools while also keeping our teachers from leaving the profession.? I will do this by adopting techniques that will help build professional learning communities that innovate and operate purposefully to make all our schools equally great.
One way to aid the change process, making schools more open to change and collaboration, is by identifying the hidden components that compete against our change efforts.? A simple way to do this is by developing an immunities map.? This is what one might look like.
| Commitment | What are you doing or not doing | Hidden or competing commitments | My big assumption |
| I am committed to improving school wide achievement | I am not collaborating with others. | I am taking on too much responsibility while not delegating to other professionals | If I don?t do the work then it wont be done correctly |
(Kegan & Lahey, 2009)
As seen in my example immunities map, adapted from a blank Kegan and Lahey map, the principal is committed to improving gains, but now realizes that her big assumption is getting in the way of school-wide innovation and collaboration.? The discovery of these assumptions can lead to strengthening organizational health.? Another tool that can be used is called Levels of Use, or LoU.? According to Gene E. Hall and Shirley M. Hord, when educational leaders innovate there is an assumption that their new program will successfully be employed (Hall & Hord, 2011). Their research has demonstrated that this is not the case and therefore LoU becomes an effective tool defining the different levels of use.? Hall and Hord break the levels up into two categories: users and nonusers.? The five levels of users are renewal, integration, refinement, routine, and mechanical use.? The three levels of nonusers are preparation, orientation, and nonuse (Hall & Hord, 2011, p.94).
Philosophy Point 2: Invest In The Future, Not in Standardized Tests
It has become a popular trend in today?s society to criticize public education.? Many stakeholders are pushing to create change that I do not see as being valuable to our educational system.? More standardized testing, education privatization, and merit pay are red herring initiatives distracting us from true change.? The charter movement is a threat to our public schools and middle class American values with the deunionizing of our school districts.? I ask where is the evidence that supports the need for more testing and privatization of our schools?? Where is the evidence to prove charter schools or virtual schools are more effective at educating our youth?? Has rote test preparation become our new curriculum?? Do we want an intelligent and thoughtful citizenry, or a society good only at taking tests?
Our students must be prepared for the Conceptual Age because the Information Age is already behind us.? According to Pink, in the Conceptual Age, left-brain dominant people will excel.? As globalization opens up employment opportunities across the globe, the professional qualities in demand will be creativity and global competencies (Pink, 2006).? Many incorrectly assume America was once on top in international test scores.? Just as Reagan and A.N.A.R. sparked controversy and doubt in our education system, today?s policymakers are again grabbing our attention regarding the state of American education.? Now that our attention has been piqued, let us make the right decisions for educational policy in the future.? I hardly believe in this public education apocalypse, but perhaps the heightened concern for our schools may lead to the right decisions if policymakers step up and other leaders in education let their voices be heard.? The Steve Jobs of the world didn?t become successful because they were good at standardized tests.? It was Job?s ability to think outside of the box that made him a revolutionary in his field.
It is ironic that many stakeholders in education today revere the education systems of Asian countries that have in recent years been working to emulate American education (Zhao, 2009).? In Zhao?s book he discusses how the Chinese have made strides to move away from a rigid standardized test culture.? To be a leader it often means standing up for what you believe in.? I believe standardized tests can be one?assessment of student performance, but I do not believe in the stakes we have attached to these tests.? Education must be about preparing students for life beyond the classroom.? After spending five years as an ESL teacher in Asia, what I?ve witnessed is what I would expect.? Extreme rote memorization and test preparation has produced a lot of students with phenomenal abilities for taking tests, but that is about all.? As a principal, I will make my feelings towards standardized tests clear.? I will ask my teachers to do a good job preparing their class for tests but to not lose sight on the greater purpose of education.? I will do my best to support my teachers while taking as much of the standardized test burden off their shoulders.
Philosophy Point 3: Strengthening Teacher Capacity
As educational leaders everything we do must be purposeful with the intent to boost achievement.? There is room to make mistakes along the way, but it is crucial that we learn from our errors to build more efficient schools.? One way I can build capacity as a leader is to adopt Charlotte Danielson?s framework for teaching.? With this framework, administrators can end blind assessments and make the process more purposeful.? Two valuable steps often overlooked in the teacher evaluation process are the pre and post teacher interview.? The principal should take about thirty minutes to sit down with the teacher before and after their class is assessed.? Here are some sample questions the principal could ask before the interview:
- To which part of your curriculum does this lesson relate?
- How does this learning ?fit? in the sequence of learning for this class?
- Briefly describe the students in this class, including those with special needs.
Here are some sample questions the principal could ask after the interview:
- In general, how successful was the lesson?? Did the students learn what you intended for them to learn?? How do you know?
- If you were able to bring samples of student work, what do those samples reveal about those students? levels of engagement and understanding?
- Comment on your classroom procedures, student conduct, and your use of physical space.? To what extent did these contribute to student learning? (Danielson, 2007).
When principals take time to share the framework process with teachers, the teacher better understands how she or he will be assessed.? Moreover, this is one way for the principal to show support for building learning communities when teacher assessments are done in a non-threatening way.
Philosophy Point 4: Building Efficacious Environments
As a leader I will work to develop efficacy beyond school walls and into the greater community.? Efficacy is important because many of our lowest performing schools are set up for failure before the day even begins.? The privatization movement continues to falsely claim that our public education system is a failure; meanwhile, we continue to underfund schools and ignore the implications poverty has on a student?s chances for success.? We need to believe in our schools, and we need to believe that, ?it takes a whole village to raise a child.?? I argue that the criticisms many make against public education are pointless and do no good.? I believe this because they destroy academic optimism while also failing to offer any real solutions.? The focus is always on the problem, and not how collectively we can make it better.? For instance, I don?t buy a new house when I have a leaky pipe.? I just fix the pipe.? I feel like abandoning public education is like buying that new house when we could just fix the pipe.? The first step in turning a school around and creating a culture of academic emphasis is developing faculty trust (Hoy & Hoy, 2009).? Again, one way we might develop trust is by adopting Danielson?s framework.? Once trust is developed, local stakeholders can begin to develop the collective efficacy needed to innovate and succeed.
Philosophy Point 5: Collaboration and Education
Learning communities are built through collaboration, and without collaborative efforts, innovation will stall.? As a future leader in education I will build a culture of trust that welcomes innovation and demonstrates purposefulness in what we do as a school.? I will work to make schools transparent while also preserving the professionalism of my teachers.? I myself will be visible to my staff and the greater community because I believe the principal must be accessible.? I will try to always answer questions openly and honestly.? Also, to demonstrate that the entire community is a shareholder in public schools, I will look to parents, and other leaders, for help when possible.? I will work to make school spaces available to the elderly, families, or local organizations.? I believe some adults think of schools as I remember the dentist office.? They recall negative experiences of their own and therefore still avoid or have bad attitudes towards school later on in life.? Collaboration is important, and if done successfully then it will also help to build efficacy in our schools.? Like the saying goes, I too believe it takes a community to raise our children.
Thank you again for taking the time to listen to the voice of a future administrator.? I believe my leadership abilities in education exceed my web design abilities in information technology, or at least I like to think so. ?If you enjoyed this blog post, then please subscribe or read earlier posts.
References:
Danielson, C. (2007). Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development.
Hall, G.E. & Hord, S.M. (2011).? Implementing change: Patterns, principles, & potholes (3rd ed.).? Boston, MA: ? Pearson Education, Inc.
Kegan, R. & Lahey, L.L. (2009).? Immunity to change:? How to overcome it and unlock the potential in yourself and your organization.? Boston, MA: Harvard Business School.
Pink, D. H. ( 2006). ? A whole new mind:? Why right-brainers will rule the future.? New York, NY:? Riverhead Books.
Woolfolk Hoy, A. & Hoy, W. (2009).? Instructional Leadership: A Research-Based Guide to Learning in Schools (Third Edition). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
Zhao, Y. (2009). Catching up or leading the way? American education in the age of globalization.? Alexandria, VA:? ASCD.
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India police file charges in Cronje fixing scandal
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Source: sports.in.msn.com --- Monday, July 22, 2013
The charges filed in a New Delhi court come 13 years after the scandal sent shockwaves through the cricketing world ...
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Microsoft U Turns again, Headset will be included with XBOX ONE.
Still requires Kinect and costs $500.
Then again, there's no way for Microsoft to regain the loss of customers that came to prefer Nintendo/Sony now, because WiiU/PS4 have much better exclusive games than Xbox One would ever.
One thing with Xbox is that you can't always expect their exclusives to be permanent, 'cause some of them are timed/partial.
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This Is What JPMorgan's London Whale Office Is Investing Your ...
As part of the Appendixed disclosures in the aftermath of JPM's London Whale fiasco, we learned the source of funding that Bruno Iksil and company at the firm's Chief Investment Office used to rig and corner the IG and HY market, making billions in profits in what, on paper, were supposed to be safe, hedging investments until it all went to hell and resulted in the most humiliating episode of Jamie Dimon's career and huge losses: it was excess customer customer deposits arising from a $400+ billion gap between loans and deposits (with shadow liabilities and assets offsetting each other).
After JPM's fiasco went public, the firm hunkered down and promptly unwound (or is still in the process of doing so) its existing CIO positions at a huge loss. However, that meant that suddenly the firm found itself with nearly $400 billion billion in inert, non-margined cash: something that was unacceptable to the CEO and the firm's shareholders. In other words, it was time to get to work, Mr. Dimon, and put that cash to good, or bad as the case almost always is, use.
So what has JPM allocated all those billions in excess deposits over loans, which as of the most recent quarter hit a record $477 billion and rising as shown in the chart below:
Courtesy of Fortune magazine we now know the answer - CLOs: that remnant of the credit bubble excess from the mid 2000s, and which has logically made a stunning comeback now that the second credit bubble nearly popped a month ago following a few unprepared remarks by Ben Bernanke, is what JPM is actively funnelling cash into. Yes, the CIO is buying CLOs... With your deposit cash of course.
From Fortune Magazine:
According to several people familiar with the deals, JPMorgan's London chief investment office, which last year lost more than $6 billion betting on credit derivatives, is in the process of inking deals to buy significant portions of collateralized loan obligations, which are structured bonds that are backed by groups of loans to below investment-grade companies.
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John Timperio, a lawyer at Dechert who specializes in CLOs, says he is working on two deals right now in which JPMorgan (JPM) is expected to be the main buyer. One is for loans to mid-sized companies, which carry more risk, but higher yields. In another deal, JPMorgan is planning to buy nearly all of the highest-rated piece of the CLO. "It's a fairly large deal," says Timperio. "JPMorgan is back in this market."
As a reminder for those who may have forgotten, CLOs are nothing more than a levered way to make the TBTF circle jerk even TBTFer, as one bank will arrange the CLO (by providing cash to junk-rated firms), tranche it, and then sell it, with other banks almost always picking up the vast majority of the issuance. In doing so, the financial system ends up effectively enmeshing itself in cross-default provisions, and any liability-cum-asset impairment (because one bank's liability ends up being another bank's asset and vice versa in the most phenomenal circle jerk) reverberates and picks up as much speed and destruction as there is leverage in the system. Per Forbes:
Perhaps the most surprising thing about the CLO revival is this: The entities that have emerged as the biggest buyers of the packages of risky bank loans are the banks themselves. JPMorgan holds more CLOs than any of its rivals. In the past two years, the bank has nearly doubled its holdings of CLOs to $27 billion, as of the end of the first quarter, which was the last time it disclosed its holdings. According to its filings, the CLOs were purchased by JPMorgan's chief investment office, which is the unit where Bruno Iksil, who was nicknamed the London Whale, worked. Three people confirmed that JPMorgan manages its CLO portfolio out of its London office. JPMorgan's CIO unit, which invests the bank's excess reserves, is now headed by Craig Delany, who took over for long-time CIO chief Ina Drew, who left shortly after the bank's multi-billion losses were revealed. JPMorgan slowed its CLO purchases in the wake of those losses. But it appears the bank is in the process of ramping up their purchases again.
Why are banks so eagerly returning to the worst practices that led to the credit crisis (aside from Bernanke's zero cost investable and fungible cash)? Two reasons: regulatory arbitrage, and leverage, of course.
Almost everyone in the CLO market, including many bankers, say one of biggest reasons banks are buying CLOs has to do with regulations. Financial reform was supposed to stamp out regulatory arbitrage, in which banks are able to swap one similar asset for another in order to be able to increase their leverage, which generally increases risk.
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But that hasn't happened in the CLO market. Under the new capital rules, which were approved by the Federal Reserve in early July, loans to corporations have a risk weighting of 100%. The AAA slices of CLOs, which are the portion of the deals banks typically buy, have a risk weighting of only 20%. That means banks can invest five times as much in CLOs as they can in the underlying high-yield loans with the same amount of capital. The additional funds come from borrowing, which increases a bank's leverage.
In other words, when risk is repackaged as a CLO, it affords the bank 5x more leverage on the underlying equity. As for the ultimate collateral: as noted above it is the security of junk-rated companies - those which have a bad habit of going bankrupt every so often.
So assume a 50 cent recovery on the underlying loan in a standard scenario when the recession comes back and the delayed wave of corporate defaults finally hits, and further assume 5x leverage using the CLO structure: it means a 90% wipe out on invested equity.
As for what is the source of invested equity? Why client deposits of course: deposits which traditionally has been used to match loan growth, and thus have faced far less risk of 100% wipeout. Deposits, which represent a loan by a client to the bank in exchange for interest or what used to be interest before Bernanke came along. Sadly, in the New Normal, a deposit is merely a loan to the bank that retains all of the downside (i.e., full loss net of whatever FDIC protection the government may provide) and none of the upside: something US banks have been quite happy to take advantage of.
Cyprus may have had a forced bail-in, but US banks have a better plan: go all in with deposit capital, and pray for the best. Should a worst case scenario hit, and deposits get a 90% wipe out, then... oh well. It was coming anyway.
And while some $30-40 billion of the CIO cash gambling investing may be accounted for, it means some $400 billion is still "out there."
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Florida man allegedly wanted to join Yemen-based terror organization
Al-Qaida branch confirms its No. 2 killed in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen - The Yemen-based branch of al-Qaida confirmed on Wednesday that the group's No. 2 figure, a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, was killed in a U.S. drone strike. The announcement, posted on militant websites, gave no date for the death of Saudi-born Saeed al-Shihri. The confirmation was significant, however, because al-Shihri had twice before been reported dead...
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Al Qaeda branch says No. 2 leader killed in Yemen
The Yemen-based branch of Al Qaeda says a U.S. drone strike has killed a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who rose to become the group's No. 2 figure. The announcement, posted on militant websites, gave no date for the death of Saudi-born Saeed al-Shihri. In January, Yemen's official SABA news agency had reported that al-Shihri died of wounds from a drone strike three months...
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Al-Qaida branch says No. 2 leader killed in Yemen
The Yemen-based branch of al-Qaida says a U.S. drone strike has killed a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who rose to become the group's No. 2 figure. The announcement, posted on militant websites, gave no date for the death of Saudi-born Saeed al-Shihri. In January, Yemen's official SABA news agency had reported that al-Shihri died of wounds from a drone strike three months...
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Mini-golf exhibit inside local museum
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (WSVN) -- An exhibit is allowing golfers of all ages to enjoy the love of the game, even under pouring rain.
The Coral Gables Museum opened a new nine-hole course to bring back the memories of miniature golf.
Miniature golfer Tonie Braswell said, "Just being goofy and just having fun, bumping each other out of the way."
South Florida used to be home to various miniature golf courses in the 60s and 70s.
"People love it. It's a great family activity," said Christine Rupp, Coral Gables Museum Director. "It's inexpensive, and it gets kids away from their devices."
The 9-hole course is not your average course. The course is themed to represent several locations found throughout the city. "We have the Biltmore, we have the Riviera Country Club, the Coral Gables Water Tower, we have a hole that was designed by a local organic farmer," said Rupp.
One hole, which seems to already be the crowd's favorite, includes an? alligator.
The game does require patience. Golfer Steve Zuniga said, "I think I get the angles right, but then I don't. It's kinda like billiards in that regard. I see it, but it doesn't always work out."
With some luck it can work out. Hole in one, through the streets in Paris. I guess it's beginner's luck.
In Coral Gables, Mike DiPasquale, 7News.
For more information visit: http://coralgablesmuseum.org/
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Paint While You Sip - Entertainment - Danvers, MA Patch
Timothy's is hosting a painting party Friday night and over in Peabody, the Painter's Pub is coming to town.
Paint while you sip a glass of wine or a beer?-- it's a concept that's gaining more local traction and showing up in other North Shore communities.Now,?Timothy's at the Village Green, up on Route 1 in Danvers, is hosting its?"Paint 'n Sip" event Friday night. This party includes dancing as well.
The fun starts at 7 p.m. and tickets are $35 per person, which includes admission and necessary painting materials. DJ Scott Sica will be spinning the tunes.
Over in Peabody, the Peabody Cultural Collaborative will host a Painter's Pub party on July 24 from 6-9 p.m. at the ArcWorks Community Art Center.
The registration fee is $40 per person, which includes all supplies, two margaritas and light appetizers. No prior painting skills required.
The Painter's Pub is actually a traveling art party?operated by Peabody middle school teacher and Beverly resident?Erika Sandstrom. You can find more information here.?The local?arts center is a program of Northeast Arc, which is headquartered in Danvers.
The Northshore Mall is also getting in on the Painter's Pub series at several of its restaurants over the next few weeks on Tuesday nights.
The schedule will be July 23 (5:30 p.m.) at Caf? Bistro at Nordstrom, July 30 (6:30 p.m.) at Burtons Grill,?Aug. 1 (6:30 p.m.) at?Scosso Ristorante & Bar and Aug. 6 (6:30 p.m.) at?Joe?s American Bar & Grill.
The cost is?$35 per person.
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