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Friday, July 12, 2013
Perfect Casting Alert: Ben Affleck Reportedly Set For 'Gone Girl'
It's safe to say that Ben Affleck's return to the side of good is complete because we're cheering about the news of his latest role. According to Deadline, Affleck is set to play Nick Dunne in David Fincher's adaptation of the hit Gillian Flynn book "Gone Girl." The "Se7en" and "Social Network" director had been [...]
How Good Does Your Phone's Camera Need To Be?
Yesterday, Nokia announced to some fanfare its new Lumia 1020: a 41-megapixel, Xenon-flashed, highly tweakable camera that, y'know, also makes phone calls. But how good does the camera on your phone really need to be?
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Thursday, July 11, 2013
Investigation after US military spends $34 million on unused building in Afghanistan
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Recon
An investigation is underway into why the U.S. military spent $34 million constructing a building in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, that has never been used.
By Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube, NBC News
An investigation is being carried out into why the U.S. military spent $34 million constructing a building in Afghanistan that has never been used - and may now be demolished.
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, John Sopko, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and two top generals this week, requesting more information about the project in Helmand Province.
The 64,000-square foot building was commissioned by the Army in February 2010 to be the Command and Control Facility for Regional Command Southwest?during the surge.
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Recon
Plastic covers are still on seats inside what was designed to be a command and control facility in Helmand Province.
But, in May 2010, even before construction began, the Marine commander in the area submitted a request to U.S. Forces Afghanistan to cancel the project.
Despite that request, the following year, in February 2011, the Air Force issued an order to British-based AMEC Earth and Environment Inc. to construct the facility and, in November 2012, the U.S. government took over the facility.
In his letter, dated July 8, Sopko said the military knew the building would not be used for its original purpose well before construction began. He asked Hagel, as well as Gen. Joseph Dunford and Gen. Lloyd Austin, to explain why construction ever began.
Sopko also asked them to find out whether another facility had been built to replace the unused building.
And he questioned whether turning the building over to the Afghan government was possible, given that the Afghans might not have the technical capacity or money to maintain it.
"According to a senior U.S. military official, as the footprint of Camp Leatherneck decreases, the building could be outside the security perimeter, thereby making it unsafe for the U.S. military to occupy it. This leaves the military with two primary options -- demolish the building or give it to the Afghan government,? he said in the letter.
?Due to an ongoing investigation, we cannot comment at this time,? NATO?s International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan replied when asked for comment about the investigation by NBC News.?
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said that the Pentagon was "viewing the report," and had nothing more to add to it.
He was not sure when Hagel would provide a formal response.
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Fall Tennis Clinics announced - The Informer Community News
July 10, 2013
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The Athletics Division of the Williamson County Parks and Recreation Department announces registration on July 15, 2013 for ten-week fall sessions of indoor and outdoor tennis clinics. Registration for all Franklin and Brentwood clinics starts at 9 a.m. on Monday, July 15 at the Indoor Sports Complex, 920 Heritage Way in Brentwood or by phone at (615) 370-3471, ext. 2010. To register for clinics at Longview Recreation Center, 2909 Commonwealth Dr. in Spring Hill, call (615) 302-0971, ext. 2210 after July 15.
Clinics start the week of August 12 and will be offered at these locations: the Indoor Sports Complex in Brentwood; Crockett Park, 1500 Volunteer Pkwy. in Brentwood; Ravenwood High School, 1724 Wilson Pike; Granny White Park, 610 Granny White Pike; Grassland Park, 6759 Manley Ln. in Franklin; the Franklin Recreation Complex, 1120 Hillsboro Rd.; and the Longview Recreation Center at Spring Hill. Adult and junior clinics (age 5 and older) in beginner through advanced skill levels are offered Monday(s) through Saturday(s).? Prices vary depending on the duration of clinic. A full class schedule and fees are available at www.wcprathletics.org.
All fees must be paid in order to secure placement in a class. Space is limited!? Contact Mike Martin, ext. 2116 or Ann Marie Flynn, ext. 2113 at (615) 370-3471 for more information.
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Sunday, July 7, 2013
Obama Thanks Troops at White House July Fourth Celebration
Obama Thanks Troops at White House July Fourth Celebration
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 5, 2013 ? President Barack Obama praised and thanked U.S. military members and their families for their service to the nation during an Independence Day celebration held yesterday on the South Lawn of the White House.
The event was attended by military members representing all branches of the armed forces.?We are incredibly grateful for your service, and we're thankful that you get a chance to spend the Fourth here with us,? Obama told the service members.
This year?s Fourth of July celebration marked 237 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the president said. Today, the United States ?stands as the greatest nation on Earth,? he said.
?And what makes us great is not our size or our wealth, but our values and our ideals and the fact that we're willing to fight for them,? the president added.
America continues to be ?a land of liberty and opportunity; a global defender of peace and freedom; a beacon of hope for people everywhere who cherish those ideals,? Obama said. And the nation?s service members -- past and present -- ?have defended our nation at home and abroad,? Obama said.
?You fought for our nation's beliefs, to make the world a better and safer place,? he told service members at the White House. ?People in scattered corners of the world live in peace today are free to write their own futures, because of you.?
Obama praised the ?incredibly capable and brave men and women? serving in the nation?s armed forces, and he highlighted some of the military members in attendance, including Army Spc. Heidi Olson, who, after being wounded by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, gave lifesaving treatment to other injured soldiers.
Olson ?had to be ordered to stop and get treatment for herself when the MEDEVAC aircraft arrived,? the president said. ?And for her courage, she was awarded a Bronze Star. ?
The president also saluted Navy Petty Officer Joe Marcinkowski who
, he said, ?serves wounded warriors at Walter Reed, coordinating their care and supporting their families throughout their recoveries. ?
Obama also recognized Air Force Staff Sergeant Adam Ybarra. The airman, he said, ?helped save nine lives in 11 combat search-and-rescue missions in Afghanistan in 2012. ?
The president also praised Marine Corps Cpl. Amber Fifer. Fifer ?was shot five times in an attack in Helmand province [in Afghanistan], and has stayed on to serve as a Marine Corps drill instructor,? the president said.
Obama also saluted Coast Guard Petty Officer Randy Haba. The Coast Guard member, the president said, ?was one of the first responders to rescue the crew of a ship off the coast of North Carolina when Hurricane Sandy struck and saved the lives of five mariners.?
Each day, U.S. service members are ?carrying forward the ideals that inspired that American Dream [that began] 237 years ago,? Obama said.
?Defending our nation and our freedoms with strength and with sacrifice is your daily charge,? the president told the service members. ?And it's the charge of all of us -- the charge of all who serve worldwide, including our troops that are still in harm's way, and their families back home. They serve, too. And so we think of them, we pray for them.
?And on behalf of all Americans, I want to say thank you and wish you all a very, very happy Fourth of July,? Obama continued. ?You've earned it. So, God bless you. God bless your families. God bless the United States of America.?
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Source: http://www.defense.gov//news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120414
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Social Networking: How to get started on your iPhone and iPad!
Everything you need to know about getting started with Facebook, Twitter, ADN, Google+, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Instagram, Path, Foursquare, Tumblr, Flipboard, and more!
Today on Talk Mobile we asked if and how you needed to be on social networks. While it might seem everyone is already hip deep in online status and sharing, the truth is, if you're just getting started online or on mobile, social can be more than a little confusing if not downright intimidating.
If you're already a social expert, bookmark this article so you can share it with your friends and family who aren't yet as socially savvy, and jump down to the comments so you can add your experience and advice. If you're all new to networking, keep on reading and we'll help get you started!
Facebook is for those who want to connect to friends and family
Facebook is the social network. It's the biggest online community in the world, and almost entirely friend-focused. If you have a lot of friends and family already using Facebook, if you want to find the people you went to school with, if you want to share events and photos and videos with the people most important to you, and if you want to stay in touch with relatives and acquaintances around the world, Facebook might be for you.
On the downside, Facebook has been pretty bad when it comes to privacy, so make sure you take time to double and triple check your settings so that once you're signed up, you're absolutely sure you're only sharing with the people you want to be sharing with.
Twitter is for following celebrities, and trying to build followings
Twitter is a micro-blog, or a way to share what you're doing in real-time. Think of it as public SMS. You can post general messages that everyone and anyone can see, or you can target them at specific other users by including an @ symbol and their Twitter name in the message. Because of Twitter's more public nature, you can find some of your favorite celebrities, including actors, singers, sports stars, writers, and more. You can also participate in larger discussions via "trending terms" using # hashtags. It's also great for keeping up with your peers. Think of it like a giant, virtual water-cooler.
Because of Twitter's more public nature, it can be harder to amass a group of followers large enough to receive the same kind of engagement and attention you give out to those you follow. That means it can take a lot more work to build up a Twitter network.
App.net
ADN is for nerds with $36 and a shared dream.
App.net (ADN) is platform that, among other things, offers a Twitter-like micro-blogging service. It also offers file storage and robust instant messaging. Full accounts cost $36 a year, while free, limited accounts currently require an invitation. Because of that, it's attracted a lot of nerd engagement, and engendered a lot of nerd dedication. The people behind it also promise to keep their interests aligned with ours, their users'.
If you're not up for a paid service, or a limited service, or a bunch of nerd conversation, however, you're probably better off with one of the other networks.
There's no official App.net social client, but there is a Passport app to help you choose from the many third party ADN apps.
Google+
Google+ is for people who are all-in on Google and Android
Google+ is Google's answer to Facebook. It doesn't quite have all the features, or all the members yet, but it does a lot of stuff really well. It's also integrated into almost everything Google, from Gmail to Android to YouTube and everything in between. In terms of style, it's a mix of Twitter and Facebook, where you can follow (circle) people who don't have to follow you, but you can also write as much as you want, and create albums and events, and even have video conference calls called Hangouts.
On the other hand, Google's being borderline obnoxious in their way they're forcing Google+ on people, and even with all their effort it's mostly hardcore Google and Android users who make up most of their active community.
Instagram is for those who love taking and looking and photos
Instagram, now owned by Facebook, is a micro-blogging service geared towards photography (and now video as well). That means, food, fashion, pets, and whatever else interests you and those you follow. Much like Twitter, you can post short messages and include other people in them with an @ sign before their account name. The difference is that everything on Instagram is geared towards taking and sharing moments. Unlike Twitter, however, there's no chatter to scroll through between the pictures. It's all images and video, all the time.
Of course, if you're not into taking, sharing, and commenting on photos (and now videos as well), you probably won't enjoy Instagram.
- Sign up for Instagram via the app
- Download Instagram for iOS
- Follow iMore Instagamers
Pinterest is for those who want to share and explore collections
Pinterest is all about collecting and sharing the things that you love. Whether that's fashion or furnishings, kitchenware or footwear, art or heirloom vegetables. Anything that interests, you can pin for others, or find pinned by others. A pin can start with a photo or a video that you either find on the web, or upload yourself. Others can follow or repin your pins, if you allow it, and you can follow or repin theirs.
If you're not into collecting things, or browsing the collections of others, however, Pinterest probably won't appeal to you.
LinkedIn is for finding and making business connections so you can leverage all the synergies!
LinkedIn is classic business networking using modern social technologies. You fill in your profile with your positions and experience, past and present, and you connect to the people you already know. Then you start connecting to the people they know, and the people you meet, and you ask for connections to the people you want to meet. If you're tactically minded, you can find new business options and opportunities, and if you're socially minded, you can share inspiration and insights.
If you're not into wheeling and dealing, and if you don't care about who you know more than what you know, you might find LinkedIn more stressful than it's worth.
Path
Path is the social network for people who only want to be a little bit social
Path lets you do pretty much what other social networks do -- make connections, share status, and share pictures, but instead of allowing virtually limitless connections, Path keeps them relatively small. It's really meant for only very close friends and family members, and very specific groups of people. You can also push out any and all of your Path updates to other popular social networks you might use, like Facebook, Twitter, etc.
On the downside, it's one more social network to manage that really doesn't provide any benefit to simply restraining and constraining yourself on Facebook.
Foursquare
Foursquare is for those who just want to keep track of where they've been
Foursquare is what's referred to as a location-based social network. Other social networks can do location, of course, but Foursquare focuses on it completely. You arrive somewhere, open Foursquare, "check in" to the location, share comments and photos, and see who else is either there at the same time, or has left photos or comments in the past.
Because other social networks also do location, unless you specifically want to only do location, you might want to save yourself the trouble of maintaining a separate Foursquare account for just that.
Tumblr
Tumblr is for people who want to easily share or re-share things in a blog-like format
Tumblr lets you quickly and easily text, photos, links, audio, video and more in a format very similar to a blog. Like any social network, you can follow and like what's on Tumblr, but in this case you're following blogs and their content as much as you're following a person. The distinction might be subtle, and the format blurs the line between traditional blog and a micro-blog like Twitter. And that's kind of the point. If you're just looking for an easy way to share stuff online, the multi-purpose nature of Tumblr can be a definite plus.
Conversely, because Tumblr is so well optimized for doing just exactly what it does, there's very little traditional social functionality built in beyond that.
Flipboard is for those who want to read Facebook and Twitter rather than interact with them
Flipboard shows how you don't actually have to be social to benefit from social networking. With Flipboard, you can link your Twitter and Facebook accounts, along with other sources, and simply enjoy them as a more passive, more relaxing reading medium. That way you still get to see everything shared by your friends and the people you follow -- including politicians, celebrities, academics, and more -- but you don't have to deal with the comments and discussion that come with actually being involved on the networks themselves.
Of course, you miss out on the community and connection building aspects of social networks this way, but for some that's still more blessing than curse.
And more!
Beyond all the social networks and apps listed above, you can find many more still. Some are for popular niches, like Untappd for beer or Elixr for cocktails or Foodspotting for food. Others take the communications aspect to the extreme, like Whatsapp, Glassboard, or Hipchat. And the list goes on and on. Once you've gotten comfortable with mobile and social, you can find all sorts of social networks, and groups within social networks, to match your particular interests.
Which social networks are your favorite, and which apps do you use most to be social on iOS? Let me know!
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