The new relationship brings TiVo and RIM together to develop a variety of mobile entertainment services that marry RIM's leading BlackBerry smartphones with the content delivered to consumers through the Emmy-winning TiVo service. Initially, BlackBerry smartphone users will gain the convenience of being able to discover what shows are on and schedule television recordings while away from the living room and on the go. Future collaboration between the companies will focus on software applications that further simplify mobile access to video content.

"TiVo subscribers will soon be able to wirelessly control their TiVo DVRs using a BlackBerry smartphone - anytime, anywhere - and that is a powerful example of how our respective technologies can complement each other to serve our mutual customers," said Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO of Research In Motion. "As the BlackBerry smartphone continues its evolution as a modern lifestyle device, the importance of home entertainment integration will continue to grow and TiVo will be the key in providing consumers with greater flexibility in accessing television content."

"TiVo continues to transform and revolutionize the way people control and watch television and broadband video," said Tom Rogers, CEO and President of TiVo Inc. "RIM and TiVo share a commitment to great user experiences, which cause our products to become seamlessly integrated into the consumer's lifestyle. We also share a vision for the future of mobile entertainment services and we look forward to a variety of future innovations as a result of this relationship."

The first software application from RIM and TiVo is expected to be available later this year.

RIM & TiVo Partner to Provide TiVo Mobile Entertainment Services on BlackBerry Smartphones

What is Turning the Tables?
A unique, fun-filled event where local celebrities serve as "wait staff" to our guests. Southern Exposure Magazine's, Turning the Tables will benefit Save the Franklin Theatre - a project of the Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County. This will be a 21-and-over event.

The evening event will be hosted by the newly opened Boxwood Bistro, located in front of the Factory at Franklin, where celebrities will tend bar, serve food and entertain. Rather than a seated, multi-course dinner, guests will mix and mingle through various food stations and high-top bistro tables. Delicious food, a variety of beverages, great music and good cheer will characterize the evening, which is expected to be a sold-out event.

Who is being asked to participate?
Local celebrities in television, sports, music, government and more. Celebrities including Scott Hamilton, Michael W. Smith, Kirk Whalum, Frank Wycheck, Erron Kinney, Darcy Hordichuk, Kelly Sutton, Rhori Johnston, 107.5's Intern Adam and more are just some of our celebrity servers from the two previous events.

When is Turning the Tables?
Monday, Sept. 29, 2008; 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Where is Turning the Tables?
Boxwood Bistro

Please consider being a part of one of the most important fundraising events of the year. By joining Southern Exposure in helping Save the Franklin Theatre, you will be serving the community and helping to save one of Franklin's most treasured landmarks and entertainment venues.
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About Save the Franklin Theatre

The Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County purchased the Franklin Theatre buildings in the fall of 2007 with a $1.75 million interest-free loan from Emily Magid, board member and nine-year volunteer to the organization. This spring, Cal Turner offered to donate $1 million dollars to the Save the Franklin Theatre project if the Heritage Foundation could match the gift. Magid stepped forward again, forgiving her first loan and making her donation an even $2 million.

“With these two major gifts from Emily Magid and Cal Turner, the Franklin Theatre is secure,” Heritage Foundation President David Garrett stated at the time. “However, it is less than halfway to the goal of $7 million to make it the state-of-the-art movie and event venue that is envisioned for the community.”

The fundraising effort continues. Heritage Foundation Executive Director Mary Pearce says that while much has been raised, the project still has a long way to go.

“We are excited to have reached half of our financial goal with lead gifts from Emily Magid and from the Cal Turner Family Foundation,” Pearce says. “Another $500,000 has been raised from various donors and grants. But it will take all of us in this community to reach our total goal of $7 million. I am so thrilled that Southern Exposure has chosen to honor our project and put us in the forefront of the community in September with this great fundraiser. We couldn’t be more pleased to be the beneficiary of Turning the Tables.”

For more information or to make a donation to the Save the Theatre campaign, visit www.savethefranklintheatre.org and www.historicfranklin.com.

Turning the Tables (EVENT - Monday, Sept. 29, 2008; 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.)

The Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson 
County announces the selection of Hastings Architectural Associates, LLC as the 
architectural firm for the rehabilitation of the historic Franklin Theatre and the adjacent 
building that in recent years was a second small theatre. These two historic buildings on 
Franklin’s Main Street will become a multi­use entertainment facility for film, 
performances and events. 

The project team will include Hastings for architecture and interior design, Westlake 
Reed Leskosky for mechanical, plumbing engineering, and electrical engineering. 
Westlake Reed Leskosky will also work with Hastings as the specialty consultants for the 
theatre planning and theatre technical, audio and visual, theatrical and custom lighting 
and acoustical consulting. 

Hastings was founded in 1985 and has 37 full time professionals including 14 LEED 
accredited professionals. The firm recently had extensive involvement in the design of 
the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Westlake Reed Leskosky projects include the 
Strand Capitol Performing Arts Center in Pennsylvania and the Tennessee and Bijou 
Theatres in Knoxville, Tennessee. 

Hastings offered pro bono work when the project was first announced. They have 
provided preliminary concept plans for fundraising purposes. Westlake Reed Leskosky 
was selected by the League of Historic American Theatres to work with the Heritage 
Foundation and local stakeholders to identify the uses that the buildings can 
accommodate. 

The Heritage Foundation purchased the Franklin Theatre buildings in the fall of 2007 
with a loan from Emily Magid. This spring, Cal Turner offered to donate 1 million 
dollars to the Save the Franklin Theatre project if the Heritage Foundation could match 
the gift. This challenge was met when Magid pledged 2 million dollars to the project. The 
cost of the total project is approximately 7 million dollars. 
According to David Garrett, president of the Heritage Foundation, the selection of the 
architectural firm is an important step. Jay Franks, a member of the theatre Construction 
Committee says “we are now in a position to select a construction firm to do the work.” 
Fundraising for the project is ongoing and anyone interested in contributing to the project 
should contact the Heritage Foundation at 615­591­8500 or make a donation at 
www.savethefranklintheatre.org

Become a Part of the Campaign to Save the Franklin Theatre (Franklin, Tennessee)

The Ruling:

The appellate court reversed the lower court’s decision in an opinion that open source lawyers have dreamed about but never thought that we would see.

The court paid tribute to the diversity and importance of the open source, free software, and public license community:

“Public licenses, often referred to as “open source” licenses, are used
by artists, authors, educators, software developers, and scientists who
wish to create collaborative projects and to dedicate certain works to
the public…Open source licensing has become a widely used method
of creative collaboration that serves to advance the arts and sciences in
a manner and at a pace that few could have imagined just a few decades
ago.”

And after noting that “lack of money changing hands” does not equate to lack of economic value, it wholeheartedly endorsed enforcement of the Artistic 1.0 license:

“The clear language of the Artistic License creates conditions to protect
the economic rights at issue in the granting of a public license. These
conditions govern the rights to modify and distribute the computer
programs and files included in the downloadable software package. The
attribution and modification transparency requirements directly serve to
drive traffic to the open source incubation page and to inform downstream
users of the project, which is a significant economic goal of the copyright
holder that the law will enforce.”

Landmark Case Upholds Open Source Licenses

Stefanie wrote:

unmanaged wrote:
...and the goverment needs to lower taxes on ALL petrol period...

Preach on!

My biggest bitch is how much the state I live in works on the roads and yes I know it is federal $$$$ that does most of this but come the hell on, I drive alot for work and am starting to hemorrhage money and am going to have to find a new job that has more $$$$ if things don't start looking up...

RE: The 65 mpg Ford the U.S. Can t Have!

Rob McNealy interviews Nathan Seidle of SparkFun Electronics, a company he started while working on his electrical engineering degree at the University of Colorado.

Nathan Seidle,A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Nathan Seidle came to CU-Boulder as an electrical engineering student in 2000. During his junior year, Nathan was designing one of his first micro controller projects when his programmer sparked and burned out. While looking for an affordable replacement, he noticed a lack of resources and online stores catering to developers and prototypers.

During winter break from school, Nathan maxed out his credit cards with inventory and pizza and went to work building an easy to use website. SparkFun launched shortly after that, in January of 2003.

Nathan maintained SparkFun Electronics part-time during his junior and senior years, and grew it as much as he could while keeping up with schoolwork. By the time he completed his degree in 2004, the company had grown enough to support his full-time efforts—and his first employee’s as well. Now in its fifth year, the company employs over three-dozen people and maintains a growing office on the outskirts of Boulder.

Nathan Seidle of Spark Fun Electronics on Being a Young Entrepreneur ....

If ever there was a car made for the times, this would seem to be it: a sporty subcompact that seats five, offers a navigation system, and gets a whopping 65 miles to the gallon. Oh yes, and the car is made by Ford Motor (F), known widely for lumbering gas hogs.

Ford's 2009 Fiesta ECOnetic goes on sale in November. But here's the catch: Despite the car's potential to transform Ford's image and help it compete with Toyota Motor (TM) and Honda Motor (HMC) in its home market, the company will sell the little fuel sipper only in Europe. "We know it's an awesome vehicle," says Ford America President Mark Fields. "But there are business reasons why we can't sell it in the U.S." The main one: The Fiesta ECOnetic runs on diesel.

Automakers such as Volkswagen (VLKAY) and Mercedes-Benz (DAI) have predicted for years that a technology called "clean diesel" would overcome many Americans' antipathy to a fuel still often thought of as the smelly stuff that powers tractor trailers. Diesel vehicles now hitting the market with pollution-fighting technology are as clean or cleaner than gasoline and at least 30% more fuel-efficient.

Yet while half of all cars sold in Europe last year ran on diesel, the U.S. market remains relatively unfriendly to the fuel. Taxes aimed at commercial trucks mean diesel costs anywhere from 40 cents to $1 more per gallon than gasoline. Add to this the success of the Toyota Prius, and you can see why only 3% of cars in the U.S. use diesel. "Americans see hybrids as the darling," says Global Insight auto analyst Philip Gott, "and diesel as old-tech."

None of this is stopping European and Japanese automakers, which are betting they can jump-start the U.S. market with new diesel models.

Ford keeps making these mistakes and will continue to hemorrhage to death...

They need to partnet with TaTa Motors and bring cars like the Nano and ECO to the USA, and the goverment needs to lower taxes on ALL petrol period...

But hey what the hell do I know...

The 65 mpg Ford the U.S. Can t Have!

John McCain's running mate Sarah Palin said Monday that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant, an announcement campaign aides said was aimed at rebutting Internet rumors that Palin's youngest son, born in April, was actually her daughter's.

A statement released by the campaign said that Bristol Palin will keep her baby and marry the child's father. Bristol Palin's baby is due in late December.

Lets see where the R's stand on this...

Palin Says Her Teenage Daughter Is Pregnant

[Cliff Miller] pointed out this incredible project from 2004. [John Pultorak]'s journey began in late 2000 when he decided to build a 60's or 70's era minicomputer. While gathering technical documentation, he found some interesting information on the Apollo Guidance Computer and felt that was the way to go. The AGC was the first integrated circuit computer ever built. Designed by MIT in 1964 it was constructed from ~5000 ICs, almost all 3-input NOR gates. [John]'s version uses late 1960's 74LS TTL logic which gains him a 10 to 1 reduction in the number of ICs. A good thing when you have to do ~15K wirewrap connections. He also used flipflops and register chips instead of building everything from NOR gates. [John] essentially built the AGC three times: First, he coded a simulator in C . Then, he imported the logic design into CircuitMaker to verify that it would actually work. Finally, he built the 3 by 5foot machine. He's provided an amazing amount of documentation for anyone that wants to explore this device and the overview alone is well worth a look.

I love this type of tech history.... read on!

Apollo Guidance Computer clone

I'm sure to catch flak for this, but I've been waiting for this song for about 5 months now. And with New Kids on the Block's comeback album, The Block, scheduled for release it a week, we kind of figured it was inevitable that their mighty ship might spring a leak.

Overall, I liken this album to Britney's Blackout. Sure it's not the greatest album in the world, but the [lack of] talents have gone and hired themselves amazing writers and producers to make it feel like an extremely solid effort. And if anything, you can dance the night away to it.

ha ha here is a tad dose of audio cheesy goodness!

New Kids on the Block and Lady GaGa Tell Us She's a Big Girl Now