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Induction Process
Each year, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation's nominating committee selects the group of artists nominated in the performer category.
Ballots are then sent to more than 900 historians, members of the music industry and artists—including every living Rock Hall inductee—and the five performers receiving the most votes become that year's induction class. Beginning in 2012, fans were given the chance to vote for the nominees they'd like to see inducted into the Rock Hall. The top five vote-getters in the public poll form one ballot, which is weighted the same as the rest of the submitted ballots.
Artists—a group encompassing performers, composers and/or musicians—become eligible for induction 25 years after the release of their first commercial recording. Besides demonstrating unquestionable musical excellence and talent, inductees will have had a significant impact on the development, evolution and preservation of rock & roll.
This category honors bands or solo artists which demonstrate musical excellence. Such a descriptor includes (but isn't limited to) influence on other performers or genres; length and depth of career and catalog; stylistic innovations; or superior technique and skills.
Ahmet Ertegun Award
This award (which was formerly known as the non-performer category) honors songwriters, producers, disc jockeys, record executives, journalists and other industry professionals who have had a major influence on rock & roll.
Early Influences
These artists pre-date the birth of rock & roll, but have had a profound impact on music's evolution and its iconic artists.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Award for Musical Excellence
This award honors performers, songwriters and producers who have changed the course of music history. These artists have dedicated their lives to creating influential, important music infused with originality, and have achieved a level of timeless distinction.
Rock & roll is not an instrument; rock & roll is not even a style of music. Rock & roll is a spirit. … It's been going since the blues, jazz, bebop, soul, R&B, rock & roll, heavy metal, punk rock and, yes, hip-hop. And what connects us all is that spirit. …Rock & roll is not conforming to the people who came before you, but creating your own path in music and in life.


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The Hood River City Council is concerned that a move to protect natural resources could devalue some private properties.
Last week, the elected body directed staffers to compile more information about the range of restrictions that could be imposed under the Goal 5 mapping process. That state land-use planning rule seeks to inventory and preserve wetlands, riparian areas and wildlife habitat within the city limits and urban growth boundary. However, it could also restrict the allowable use on some parcels.
If special protection measures are adopted, "significant" sites of one-half of an acre or larger would be off-limits for many earth moving activities. The removal of vegetation would also be restricted and that measure would extend even to stands of poisonous species. Additional setbacks would move building activities farther away from key waterways.
Although the Division of State Lands requires the city to identify parcels within the three designations, local officials want more information on the range of protection measures they can adopt. They also want a tally of the private properties that could be affected by any action. That data will be reviewed at the July 14 meeting of the elected body.
Mayor Paul Cummings contends that one of the "streams" listed on Hood River's new map is, in reality, an irrigation ditch. He professed difficulty accepting an inventory that was based primarily on topographical maps and site visits allowed by willing landowners. He said there had been no scientific studies done to determine where wildlife lived within the city and what protection measures were actually needed for resources.
"It seems ironic to me that the state wants this mapping done at the same time it is trying to achieve higher density living within cities," said Cummings.
Theresa North, city planning commissioner, told council members that the project could serve as a "good educational tool" about the importance of resource preservation.
"It seems like we could make this a very positive thing for the city," she said.
But several of the elected officials voiced concern about how positive an ordinance could be that created hardship for some property owners. They also expressed doubt about taking extra steps to protect streams in urban areas that already traveled through a series of culverts.
"I think if we want to do this the public has a responsibility to step up and buy these properties," said Councilor Chuck Haynie.
He also pointed out that potential problems were likely from encouraging raccoons, possums and coyotes to live near domestic animals and humans.
"In some sense we don't want these critters in town because they are pests," said Haynie.
Oregonians in Action, a private property rights advocacy group, contends the city does not have to enforce Goal 5 regulations. The group said that the state is not allowed to levy sanctions for "noncompliance." However, Joel Shaich of Wetland Consulting, the Portland-based firm hired to do the local study, said the state could be "less inclined" to give out grant dollars for future planning efforts if the city failed to take action. City attorney Alexandra Sosknowski said there is also a possibility the municipality could be sued by the state for not adopting protection measures.
"What would the decrease in assessed valuation of private property be if we passed an ordinance like this?" asked Haynie and Cummings.
Shaich said a "safety valve" procedure was in place to grant a variance to any landowner who had property rendered unbuildable by the ordinance. He said some landowners could develop in wildlife areas by spending $1,000-$10,000 to design a habitat plan.
"It's pretty much a site specific thing and there probably will be some properties through this ordinance that will cost more to develop," he said.
Last fall, the Department of Land Conservation and Development gave the city a $30,000 grant to complete the inventory. A technical advisory committee worked with Shaich to determine "significant" sites within the three categories. That panel included Jennifer Donnelly, city senior planner, Anne Debbaut, county associate planner, Jurgen Hess, chair of the city's greenspace committee, John Everitt, vice-chair of the city planning commission, Holly Coccoli from the Hood River Watershed Council, Bonnie Lamb, Department of Environmental Quality, Jeff Hunter, local real estate associate, and Steve Pribyl, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
In November, the city sent out more than 300 letters to landowners who could have their property subjected to a "sensitive site" overlay zone and protective setbacks.
However, Donnelly told the council at the June 23 meeting that the attendance at a recent public forum to unveil the draft map was only a fraction of that number.
The elected body was concerned that many citizens are still unaware of the potential effects of Goal 5 regulations. They decided to take extra time to study the issue before moving forward.
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MEPUNGA quad bike rider Paul Smith is celebrating a debut stage victory in the gruelling Dakar Rally.
Smith took the quad bike honours in stage 11, a 221-kilometre journey from La Rioja to Fiambala in Argentina, early yesterday morning Victorian time.
The 34-year-old dairy farmer finished the sand dune-dominated stage in three hours, 46 minutes and four seconds.
He was 4.18 ahead of Argentinean Gaston Gonzalez and 5.42 ahead of Marcos Patronelli, another Argentinean.
Smith is the first Australian to win a stage at the Dakar Rally since motorcyclist Andy Caldecott did likewise in stage six of the 2006 race.
Caldecott, of Keith in South Australia, died three days later from neck injuries sustained in a crash.
Patronelli, the 2010 winner, leads the quad bike class with a total time of 38.23.33.
Smith, a GHR Honda team member on a TRX700XX bike, hovered around 20th spot early in the rally but has risen to eighth with a total time of 43.13.36.
The stage into Fiambala was dominated by 75 kilometres of sand.
It included climbs to 2400 metres and is renowned as being one of the toughest of the rally because of typical 50-plus-degree temperatures.
But rain, which forced officials to cut short the car and truck classes, and cooler-than-expected weather played into Smith's hands. "We got lucky and it rained. I think it really suited me," he told cable network channel SPEED.
"I've been struggling with the bike overheating in the dunes so far. But the team made a lot of changes overnight."
Smith is one of 14 Australians contesting the Dakar Rally, and the only quad bike rider.
He is fulfilling a long-held dream made possible by GHR Honda, which invited him to join the high-profile team.
The two-time Australasian Safari winner said he was thankful for the chance to ride in the world's largest motor sport event.
"I've been a Dakar tragic for years, ever since guys like Andy Caldecott were racing," he said. "It might sound cocky but yeah, I thought a stage win could be possible."
The debut race has lived up to expectations, with Smith writing on his Facebook page during Monday's rest day "Dakar is amazing". "Just in the last few days we have gone from sea level to 5km high," he wrote. "From massive dunes to rainy flooded rivers. From 40C to -3C. From barren deserts to snow.
"From the highs of getting through the softest sand with an overheating bike and into the clear to the lows of seeing a fellow competitor dead on the side of the track."
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All signs indicate the season is upon us — cold nights, tree leaves brightening to yellow, orange and red.
Yes, it's almost time to select workplace benefits for 2013.
It's an annual ritual for many workers as they survey the choices for health and dental coverage, comparing perks and the price of each plan. It's also the time of year when insurance companies make their pitch to young workers who don't fully realize the value of other insurance offerings: disability and life coverage.


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Originally published August 11, 2003
Story and photos by Paul Williams
While women's magazines continue to ponder the age-old question of "What Men Want," let me introduce their editors to the 2003 BMW M3.
I quit counting the number of men who simply stood in awe next to my Petrol Mica, Individual Collection M3 test car, with its killer Ecru Pearl Nappa full leather interior and magnificent 19″ alloy wheels (the Individual Collection is an $8,900 package of BMW options to personalize your car).
At a local cruise night, I swear I showed the M3 to a couple of hundred inquisitive men of all backgrounds and ages (and a few women of taste, I should add). They arrived in a never-ending procession, like pilgrims on a march to the automotive holy land.
Wherever I parked – at the supermarket, in the street, in my driveway – glassy-eyed men would appear, and we'd nod together, knowingly.
"Yeah," I'd mumble. "Yeah," would be the reply.
Honestly, the damned thing's a Guy Magnet!
There's something about this car. The balance of its lines, the confident stance, the double power bulges of its aluminum hood, the brooding headlights, the ripped fenders, the sculpted flanks, the delicate spoiler and the chunky four-tip exhaust conspire to completely melt the hearts of men, car enthusiasts or not.
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And the wheels. Is there a better-looking wheel on any car today than the optional 19″ M3 double-spoke alloys on this car? I don't think so.
Let me try to describe this M3 to you in more detail. Petrol Mica is the deepest of blues, the colour of a heaving Pacific Ocean far from shore. The Ecru Pearl full leather interior is a creamy, ivory colour of fine texture that perfectly contrasts with the car's dark, dramatic exterior. Virtually everything inside is leather, including the door panels, the dashboard, the centre console, the shift gaiter and the seats, although there's special soft leather for the seats.
The interior is further accented with Anthracite Birch trim and chrome highlights. The thick-rimmed, bi-coloured "M" steering wheel is leather-clad, and all other fabrics, surfaces and carpets are of the highest quality. The interior of this car is, quite simply, sensational. Every once in a while, its intoxicating smell causes you to stop your starting sequence, close your eyes, and simply breathe it in.
The speedometer tops out at 300 km/h and the tachometer redlines at 8000 revolutions per minute (r.p.m.). The car's top speed is a limited 250 km/h.
Front seats are full power, with additional adjustments for the driver. They're designed to provide maximum support and comfort, while holding you snugly in place, ready for the job at hand. Which in this car is the six-speed SMG (Sequential Manual Gearbox) whose chrome shifter, sparkling in the sunlight like an exotic jewel, is located on your right, or accessed with paddles, Formula 1 style, behind the steering wheel.
Under the hood, a non-turbo inline six-cylinder engine, long the preferred arrangement for BMW, with a capacity of 3.2-litres, 24 valves, and six individual electronic throttles, will make 333 horsepower and 262 lbs.-ft of torque for the lucky driver. It'll reach 100 km/h in 5.2 seconds
Numerous "M" technical enhancements contribute to the cars' performance, including M driving dynamics control for throttle response, M3 specific sport suspension calibration, M variable differential lock, a high-performance tuned anti-lock braking system, plus a range of sophisticated and effective electronic stability controls for acceleration, cornering and braking. Handling is superb, with a front/rear weight distribution of almost exactly 50/50.
You might be sceptical about the transmission. I know I was. Formula 1 or not, I like a clutch and a manual shifter, and a sweet six-speed manual is available for this car (perhaps unexpectedly, you get better mileage with the SMG). However, I'm prepared to adapt, and ultimately I was won over by the capabilities of the SMG technology (although if I was writing the cheque, I'd lean toward the six-speed).
First of all, this isn't an automatic transmission with a manual override, like you see on many cars today. This is a manual gearbox, with a clutch that's electronically and hydraulically controlled to shift the gears up and down, but there's no clutch pedal. There are six DriveLogic shift modes, from least to most aggressive, and you can choose an automatic setting when you don't want to use the shifters.
In practice, both the automatic and manual settings work better (and are way more fun) when you choose a more aggressive shift mode. But this means you're driving at higher revs, with higher speeds, and quicker acceleration, most of the time.
Downshifting is performed automatically in both settings, unless you intercede. Either way, you can hear the SMG match engine speed, even double clutching, as you decelerate. It's quite something.
It's also a bit confusing if you forget what gear you're in. You've only a small display in the dash to tell you, and its symbols are somewhat arcane.
Be that as it may, you continue to have a great time under hard acceleration or deceleration while using the paddles to shift. That's because in the more aggressive modes it shifts so quickly, and even though you're not using a clutch, the shifts can give you a real kick.
There's one more feature associated with the SMG transmission that drivers may wish to know about. It uses the same launch control technology as found in the Williams BMW Formula 1 racing cars. To access this feature, you select the most aggressive DriveLogic shift mode, turn off the Dynamic Stability Control, push the shift lever forward and hold it there while flooring the accelerator. Let go of the lever and you'll get computer-assisted maximum acceleration from a standing start.
This is not in the owner's manual, by the way, and BMW does not acknowledge or comment on this feature.
Some people might think it's incongruous to have so much racing-style, hi-tech performance in such an indisputably luxurious package. But that's exactly what the M3 is: beauty, brains and brawn.
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Along with the sometimes-puzzling transmission mode display, the car does have some features that could be improved. The instruments are on the small side and the doors open with a thin-sounding release that belies the car's rigidity; the interior and exterior mirrors could be larger, some of the controls are fussy, the less-aggressive DriveLogic modes shift too slowly, and can be unpleasant.
However, the BMW M3 may just be the finest coupe on the planet. In appearance it's just about perfect, and its performance is nothing short of thrilling. It looks every bit the exclusive, desirable, exotic and special car that it is. BMW should think many times and hard before they tinker with this automotive triumph.
Standard features: 18″ light alloy wheels, climate control, Harmon Kardon audio system with in-dash CD player, M multifunction steering wheel, leather interior, power sport seats, bi-xenon headlamps, tilt/telescope steering column, Dynamic Brake Control, Dynamic Cornering Control, Dynamic Stability Control, six-speed manual transmission, variable M differential lock, power conveniences.
Technical Data: 2003 BMW M3 Coupe
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|$92,390 including Individual Collection Combination ($8,900) includes special paint, upholstery and trim; SMG with DriveLogic ($4,900), 19″ double-spoke M rims ($2,900), bi-colour M sport steering wheel ($290), rain sensor with auto headlamps ($150), adjustable seat width with lumbar support ($1,100), electric rear sunshade ($325), rear side airbags ($525).
|2-door, 4 passenger coupe
|longitudinal front engine/rear-wheel-drive
|3.2 litre inline six cylinder, DOHC, 24 valves, VANOS
|333 @ 7900 rpm
|262 lb-ft @ 4900 rpm
|sequential manual gearbox with paddles
|Michelin Pilot Sport, 225/40/ZR19 front; 255/35/ZR19 rear
|2731 mm (107.5 in.)
|4492 mm (176.9 in.)
|1780 mm (70.1 in.)
|1370 mm (54.0 in.)
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Fear and Loathing in Europe
"Don't think of who I once was. Reflect on who you are now, and who you would like to be in the future."
—A tombstone found near Strasbourg
Tony Banks, Labour MP, was working himself into a telegenic lather in the House of Commons the other day. When I say telegenic, I don't mean to imply that Banks was insincere; his rage positively reeked of sincerity. Who, he said, did this, this…greengrocer, who lived in Mexico and didn't even pay tax in Britain, think he was an meddle in British affairs? It was an oddly snobbish thing to say about an international tycoon, and Banks spat out the word "greengrocer" as though selling food were a form of mass murder.
The greengrocer in question was Sir James ("Jimmy") Goldsmith, Anglo-French businessman, member of the European Parliament, leader of the French L'Europe des Nations party and the British Referendum Party. The Referendum Party is actually not so much a party as an electric cattle prod to force the Conservatives to hold a referendum on Britain's future in Europe. If the referendum is held, the party will cease to exist. Sir James is opposed to further European integration. He is, unusually for a global trader, against global free trade, and he wants to "encourage family units rooted in their own stable communities, bound together by ancestral cultures and confident in their traditions…." He thinks a federal Europe will destroy the "identity" of such communities. And so will global free trade, and too much immigration. "Market forces," he says, "must be harnessed to the needs of stable communities."1 Competition for cheap labor, in his view, will enrich big corporations, dislocate people in poor countries, and deprive European workers of jobs.
Since the Tories have so far refused to hold a referendum, Goldsmith has promised to spend twenty million pounds to field four hundred candidates in the next general election. They will be competing mostly for Tory votes. The candidates are, besides Sir James himself, a curious group, including some louche socialites, the odd celebrity, and retired army officers. One of Goldsmith's most famous backers is the thriller writer Frederick Forsyth, whose views on Europe read like a blurb on one of his books: "Twice this century Germany has sought to impose a megastate on Europe, and twice is quite enough."2 Fatally divided on the European question, the Tories stand little chance of being reelected as it is; Jimmy's cattle prod might make it impossible. When John Major found out that a chunk of Goldsmith's money was also being gratefully received by a Tory MP named Bill Cash, who started a European foundation against a federal Europe, he was as furious as Tony Banks. Not only was this suspiciously foreign tycoon buying himself into British politics, but he was paying MPs to undermine their own government.
While this was going on, the same government enraged the rest of the European Union by going to war over beef. It…
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What does 2012 hold in store for online marketing? The acceleration of innovation in online technologies and the ways we can discover, consume and engage with information can be a challenge to keep up with. But as digital marketers that are more than shiny object opportunists, seeing future trends is exactly what we need to do in order to anticipate our place in the digital universe.
It's not just about where you can sell stuff to people right now, but next month, next year, 5, 10 or more out. That's why I think the concept of discover, consume and engage is so important, because it transcends ideas like "social network" or "search engine" and focuses more on consumers and technologies. Will we be using a search engine like Google in 5 years? Will we be using desktop computers in 5 years? What will future social networks look like? Answers to those questions are answers to the future of marketing and customer engagement.


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MONACO -- Tenth-ranked Richard Gasquet has pulled out of the Monte Carlo Masters after failing to shake off a back injury.
Gasquet, who also missed France's Davis Cup quarterfinal win against Germany last weekend, hoped to take part in the tournament after returning to training this week.
"I only picked up the racket again on Tuesday, very steadily. But I've been in pain since yesterday and today, after 20 minutes of training, I couldn't carry on," Gasquet said on Saturday. "I could hardly even carry my bag. I thought things would be fine after 15 days without doing anything. But no, not at all."
His absence means 12th-ranked Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, initially facing Ernest Gulbis in the first round, moves up to ninth seed and has a bye into the second round.


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You can say all you want about Tom Cruise, he might be an alien wannabe scientologist, Oprah killing, "Coo-Coo" for Cocoa Puffs, and the list goes on; but he is a darn good actor and I don't think anyone can play a better Ethan Hunt. This movie really earned the non stop action term to qualify a movie.
M:I II was mediocre even though it had a great director. I did not think this movie was going to blow me away the way it did. The special effects were done in a way that they helped the story and did not take center stage. The supporting characters were also great but the story centered around a love story for a now "retired" Hunt.
I had hoped that Philip Seymour Hoffman was going to steal the movie, but even though his performance was ok, it was Cruise's movie from the beginning. Cruise made me believe that he was in love, he made me believe he cared for his team, he even made me believe that he fought for what he believe above all.
I really cannot complain about this movie, the locations were all excellent. The tech was very believable. The explosions looked real. The only thing I can say is, go to the movies and see it on the big screen, it is worth your money.
M:I III, Cruise, Hunt, Oprah, Hoffman, Mission, Impossible, III, Scientology


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Title: Lino Hernández Trigueros interview
Dates: 1996
Collection Number: 97015
Creator: Hernández Trigueros, Lino.
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Abstract: Relates to Sandinista human rights violations in Nicaragua. Interview conducted by Deann M. Alford. Includes English translation transcript.
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In the event you lose a nut there's someone here who might donate his extra one. POSSIBLY.
Do they make greeting cards for not having cancer of the coins?
"My beloved son, I'm so glad all of your dick parts are ok.
Just got the results of my bloodwork back. Doc says my blood count shows elevation of the red cells which could be due to dehydration or sleep apnea. The sed rate is normal, but the TSH thyroid test shows a slightly low thyroid level. Doctor believes I had thyroiditis a few weeks ago and it is now resolving. No treatment needed at this time, but he urges me to do a follow up with my primary to recheck blood work and go over other concerns (which I'm doing so in August, anyway).
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COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A prosecutor in northern Kentucky says a high school teacher who sent more than 300 text messages to a student may have been inappropriate, but it wasn't criminal behavior.
Kenton County Commonwealth Attorney Rob Sanders told a Louisville TV station that former Holmes High School band director Jared Murray and a 15-year-old student partook in disturbing behavior over a nine-day period. But, Sanders says, a review of the 690 messages sent during that time shows there were no violations.
About 350 of the messages were from Murray to the student; 340 from the student to Murray.
In them, Murray tells the student he loves her 11 times including "night baby, love you" and "love you sweetheart."
Murray said the messages were taken out of context and the relationship wasn't sexual.
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A few days ago, I was hanging out with this guy I work with. I've known him for about a year, but we never did anything outside of work until the other night. He's 19 and I know he's a virgin. He's a little stocky and not bad looking though. Anyway, we were at my apartment and I kept wondering if he'd wanna mess around with me. We drank a few beers and I suggested we watch a porno. A straight porno, cuz I didn't wanna freak him out. Eventually I told him the porno was making me horny and asked him if it was ok if I took my dick out and jerked. He said it was ok (he seemed a little weirded out by it though). After awhile, I suggested he just take his out too. We were both sitting on the couch together, but on opposite sides. He hesitated but soon he unzipped and started stroking it. Watching him jerk off made me cum about two minutes later. He kept whacking it and came a few minutes after that. Afterwards, I gave him a towel to clean up. He smoked a cigarette and then left soon after.
My question: Does this experience mean that he'd be down to try something gay in the future? I'm afraid to come on to him cuz I work with him and if he said no, it could make things weird. But we sat on the couch and jerked off near each other, that's something right? He hasn't spoken about it to me at work or acted differently at all since then. Any advice?


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Hey everyone, do you think this is okay javascript? Anyone ever done something like this before?
function Person() { }
Person.prototype.sayHi = function() { alert("Hello!"); }
var myperson = {id: 3004, name: "Goobles"};
myperson.prototype = Person.prototype;
I've never changed the prototype manually. I'm experimenting with it because JSON just returns everything as plain Objects. I need the JSON to return Persons so I can call sayHi on them, but the only way I can think of doing that is to change the prototype.
Tried googling, but all that came up was the Prototype framework. Wish they named their framework differently.
PS. Sorry for the double-post, I was trying to edit the title and something weird happened.


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NASCAR has reinstated suspended Michael Waltrip Racing executive Ty Norris.
Norris was suspended indefinitely in September after the race team was caught trying to manipulate the finish of a Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway. Norris was heard on radio ordering driver Brian Vickers to pit to help teammate Martin Truex Jr.'s finishing position.
The fallout from the scandal cost Truex a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, MWR was fined $300,000 and Truex's sponsor, NAPA, left the organization. The team was forced to lay off 15 percent of its workforce, and Norris was demoted from general manager to executive director for business development.
He no longer spots in a NASCAR national series. NASCAR says Norris remains on probation.


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Washoe County Sheriff's Deputy Armando Avina tells KOLO 8 News Now that man is not being charged at this point. He says witnesses report the man was banging his head against a brick wall and had injuries that led him to be taken to Renown. Avina says the man had no gun, but was holding a hat that some people may have mistaken for a firearm in the dark. His name hasn't been released.
RENO -- Things have calmed down in a Reno neighborhood, after an intoxicated man startled neighbors Tuesday night.
Around 9pm, several Washoe County Sheriff's deputies were called out to the 3400 block of Lunsford Court, which is just north of the Huffaker Lane / Lakeside Drive intersection.
The Washoe County Sheriff's Office received a distressed call from a family living in a home on Lunsford Court. The home was occupied by a mother and her two daughters, and they reported a strange man was banging on their front door aggressively, and the three thought the man at the door had a gun.
The woman's husband, who was not home at the time of the initial call, called the family's neighbor. At some point, the neighbor and the husband showed up to the home in question with their own personal handguns in order to protect the three females inside.
Initially, 15 separate WCSO cruisers responded to this incident.
Washoe County deputies arrested the man in question, and are trying to piece together exactly what happened. Deputies say there's no indication that he had a gun.
The man arrested is not being identified. He was charged with Public Intoxication.


text: UMW News BureauThe University of Montana Western Bulldog volleyball team finished their season with a loss in the first round of the Frontier Conference tournament to the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears 25-14, 25-10, 25-16. By Lowell Peterson The University of Montana Western Bulldog volleyball team finished their season with a loss in the first round of the Frontier Conference tournament to the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears 25-14, 25-10, 25-16. The Bears defeated the Bulldogs in both regular season matches and once again proved to be a tough matchup. "We knew we had a tall challenge when we were matched with Rocky for the first round," head coach Lisa Griffiths said. "They are a powerful team who has enjoyed a lot of both conference and national success this season." Even though Rocky seemed to win the match handily, the Bulldogs battled hard and Coach Griffiths saw some positives in her team's performance. "Our goal going into the match was to show Rocky a different team than they saw the first two times this season and I definitely felt like we did that," Griffiths added. "We were able to extend the rallies and challenge their offense much more than before. Our .212 team hitting percentage in game three and 12 kills was a season best in our three matches against Rocky." In the two regular season matches against the Bears, Montana Western had just 34 kills and three blocks in six sets while being defeated 3-0 both times. Even though they still lost 3-0 in the tournament match, the Bulldogs had 22 kills and seven blocks with 12 of the kills coming in the third set. These numbers showed that the Bulldogs played much better in the final meeting. "Not only did we improve in attacking, we also bested our previous number of kills, blocks, and digs," Griffiths said. Emily Erickson and Susanne Rehse led the Bulldogs in kills with five each and Rehse was involved in four blocks. Paige Latimer was tops in assists with 21 and Schmid had 13 digs. Shelby Mack and Bailey Branson added 11 digs each and Breanne Kelly had the lone service ace. Rocky was led in kills by Jillian Bates with 13 and Sara Brunner added 11. Brunner had three service aces and Kristin Barott led the Bears with 32 assists. Jillian Stanek was tough defensively with five blocks. Coach Griffiths will now focus on recruiting to add depth to a young Bulldog team, which steadily improved over the season. Montana Western will lose just two seniors (Susanne Rehse and Kalya Schmid) from the team, although both were key contributors and will be missed. Coach Griffiths was pleased overall with how the team battled and had high praise for her two seniors. "I was proud of how the team competed throughout the match and it was fitting that our seniors led us until the end," Griffiths commented. "They have set amazing examples for the underclassmen in their work ethic, determination and composure and that was definitely showcased at the conference tournament. They have laid it all on the line for this program and we cannot thank them enough for what they have done."


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This is a collaborative project that aims to provide for Common Lisp something similar to the Perl Cookbook published by O'Reilly. More details about what it is and what it isn't can be found in this thread from comp.lang.lisp.
The credit for finally giving birth to the project probably goes to "dj_special_ed" who posted this message to comp.lang.lisp.
If you want to contribute to the CL Cookbook, you can
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Tim Scott (born September 19, 1965 in North Charleston, South Carolina) is a Republican U.S. Senator from South Carolina, and formerly a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 1st congressional district. Earlier Tim Scott was in the South Carolina House of Representatives. In the U.S. Senate he succeeded the retiring Jim DeMint; prior to that, he succeeded the retiring Congressman Henry Brown in the House.
A fiscal and social conservative, Scott touted the endorsement of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and defeated the son of Strom Thurmond for the House seat. Scott is the first black Republican elected to Congress from the Deep South since Reconstruction.


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DETROIT — For once, the Detroit Tigers' starting pitching let them down.
Now, it's up to the team's two strongest horses to keep it from happening again.
With Anibal Sanchez struggling early in Thursday's Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, and the Tigers losing another one-run game, 4-3, it's now on Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander to keep the season alive.
"It's very tough, but it's doable. We've got Max going (Saturday), hopefully we'll get that win. One of the best also going in the game the next day," catcher Alex Avila said. "So we got our two best, and we'll give it our best shot."
Trailing 3-2 in the series now, the Tigers head to Boston needing to sweep Games 6 and 7.
[Click here for a photo gallery from Game 5 of the ALCS.]
"You fight. Your back is against the wall. If you had a tiger, and he was backed in a corner, he couldn't go left, he couldn't go right, he couldn't go behind him, what's he going to do? Fight through," Torii Hunter said. "That's what we're going to try to do. That's what tigers do. Our back is against the wall. We can't go left, we can't go right. We're going to go right through it. I like being down 3-2. It feels good.
"You got Scherzer going, got Verlander after that, and I definitely think the pressure's on those guys, not on us."
Considering that Scherzer and Verlander have given up a combined five earned runs in 39 postseason innings (1.15 ERA), it seems like a pretty big equalizer.
"I don't know about that. I'd take my chances with those guys. If I had to go in some back alley, I'd take those guys with me," Hunter said. "It's an uphill battle for us. We're just going to fight, do what we have to do. Now they (the Red Sox) gotta close the door.
"It's not so much pressure, but they gotta keep us down."
It's not impossible: The last four times a team has fallen behind 3-2 in the ALCS, the team that lost Game 5 has rallied to win the series.
"I think it's like (Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don) Mattingly said the other day: We have to win one game. That's obvious," Leyland said. "We have to win one game and take it from there."
The Tigers certainly needed to do that Thursday.
And didn't.
They fell behind 3-0 in the second inning, as Sanchez allowed as many runs (three) as the Tigers starters had given up in the series to date.
Mike Napoli led off with a solo home run into the third tier of shrubs in center field, putting the Red Sox up, 1-0. For Sanchez, who allowed fewer home runs (nine) than any other starter in the American League in the regular season, that made four already in the postseason.
Gomes reached on an error in the next at-bat, scoring on the second of back-to-back doubles by Xander Bogaerts and David Ross. Bogaerts scored on Jacoby Ellsbury's infield single — a ball that Sanchez knocked down with his glove, but no one could get to — but Ross was thrown out at the plate with the infield in.
The Red Sox added an insurance run when Napoli reached on a ground-rule double, moved to third on a groundout, and scored on a wild pitch.
The inning could've been more costly, if not for a spectacular running catch by Jose Iglesias to start it out. Shifted over on the right side of second base against David Ortiz, Iglesias tracked down the designated hitter's opposite-field blooper, making a last-second lunging catch over his shoulder, after a full-out sprint.
"Wow. This dude is all over the place today. He's having fun like that. Look like he's a big kid out there. Miggy (Cabrera) is hurt, and Jhonny (Peralta) not really a left fielder, and this guy's covering for everybody," Hunter said.
"Those balls were hit in no-man's land. It'd be tough for any super-athletic third baseman. But he runs everywhere. This dude is like a soccer player."
It wasn't Sanchez's best outing, certainly. It was no reprise of his six innings of no-hit ball in Boston in Game 1, but at least he stopped the bleeding eventually.
"That's always the important part. You know they're a good team, they're going to come at you, they're going to score some runs. You just gotta be able to contain it," said Avila, who came out of the game after tweaking his knee on the collision at home plate with Ross. "He kept us in, gave us a chance to win. Like I've said a million times, that's all you ask of our starters. He struggled a little bit with command, left some pitches up, stuff like that, but he definitely battled."
It was enough to give the Tigers a chance to chip away at the lead.
"Sanchez was one of those tease outings, because sometimes really good and other times not so good tonight, a little bit of inconsistency. But gave us a shot. And we had a shot. It was another really good game," Leyland said. "We had a little opportunity there, and we couldn't quite get over the hump. But our pitchers did a good job of keeping it there for us, including Sanchez."
After squandering an early scoring opportunity, with Cabrera thrown out at the plate in the first inning, the Tigers got single runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings.
Three innings, though, were all but ended with double plays, killing any potential for a rally to start.
Cabrera singled home Austin Jackson with the Tigers' first run in the fifth, then Brayan Pena — who'd replaced Avila — came through with an RBI single in the sixth. But when Cabrera came up in a nearly identical situation to the one in Game 3 where he'd struck out late, facing Junichi Tazawa with runners on first and third with one out in the seventh, he hit into a double play.
"Yeah, you know, you want to keep the rally going. You want to score more runs," Cabrera said. "Everything's a battle, and you don't give up. Try to fight, try to fight, and find a way to score runs."
It still scored one run, cutting the Boston lead to 4-3, but left the bases empty. Lefty Craig Breslow got Prince Fielder to ground out to end the inning, and he and closer Koji Uehara retired the final seven Tigers in order to maintain that one-run lead.
It was the fourth of the series' five games to be settled by one run. The Tigers lost three of those four.
"We're in a situation we've got to focus again Saturday, we've got to come ready to play and try to force Game 7, try to win Saturday," Cabrera said. "We gotta feel positive, we gotta feel ready to play. We've been here before, down 3-2. You never know what's gonna happen. We gotta think we can win Saturday. We gotta fight. We're gonna face tough thing. They win 97 games in the American League, they were the best team in the American League so we gotta go out there, try to fight, try to force a Game 7."
Matthew B. Mowery covers the Tigers for Digital First Media. Read his "Out of Left Field" blog at opoutofleftfield.blogspot.com.


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Posted by badja on 10/19/2012 11:29:00 PM (view original):Yeah there is no way Stockton would have lasted all 3 rounds. I needed a guy that gave me more teammate options, and he also has a little more usage. I actually wanted CP3 and that's what took me so long.
As is, I've got a nice squad going. You could drive yourself nuts with all the possibilities in this draft. Nice picks so far.
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Gulf Island Hopping Part 2: Galiano Island – things to do
Grand Central
I didn't expect to stumble upon hipster central on Galiano Island, but clearly island living attracts a certain kind of cool. This diner/emporium would not be out of place in San Francisco or Brighton but no – here it is – on Galiano Island. I drank my very first orange creamsicle here, a fantastic concoction of orange soda and vanilla ice cream, loved my toasted sandwich and sneaked a spoonful of my friend's borsch soup, which was perfect too. Free wifi, cool music and good food. If you go to Galiano – go here.
Hike the trails, climb the mountain
I can't recall ever seeing trees like this before. Thin branches, covered in a velvety-green moss, stretching away from the trunk, curling up to the sky like fancy ribbon on a shop-wrapped parcel. Hike the deep forest trails in Bluff Park, thick with cinnamon-coloured Arbutus trees. Walk to the top of Mount Galiano and look out over the Gulf Islands. Picnic at the top and get a bird's eye view.
See the Kunamokst Mural
190 artists from coastal regions from Mexico to British Columbia collaborated on a 'mystery' mosaic project – each artist was given a panel to create and asked to follow a colour guide and shape outline. No one knew what the end product would be: a mother orca whale and her calf. It was officially unveiling during the 2010 Winter Olympics, as part of the Cultural Olympiad at Spirit Square. Now you can see it up close on display at the Galiano Inn.
Shop local at the Galiano Soapworks
Indulge in a spot of retail beauty therapy at the Soapworks where all the products are made on the island, using many of the products grown on their farm. Organic, natural and raw ingredients like lavender, wildcraft chamomile, mint, comfrey, sea buckthorn leaves and nettles (apparently great for youthful skin) are used in the products. I picked up some Curly Kale cream (my commitment to BC's favourite brassica knows no bounds) but could have happily filled a basket with everything from fragrant beeswax candles to artisan soaps and body care. As well as the shop, there's also a working farm and animal sanctuary here.
Visit Galiano Island's answer to Stonehenge
Near Bodega Ridge on the north side of the island is Stoneworld; a collection of massive monoliths, standing stones and a large Inukshuk placed in fields where sheep placidly graze. I spent a happy half hour or so wandering around, admiring the work. I was told that one of the stone circles is 'attuned' to the Summer Solstice, so if you're missing your Glastonbury fix – this could be a great alternative.
Find out more: http://www.galianoisland.com/


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Liriano K's 13 as Bucs take opener at Petco
Alvarez's 31st HR comes behind Liriano's season-high strikeout total
By Tim Powers 8/20/2013 2:10 AM ET
SAN DIEGO -- When Francisco Liriano's breaking pitches are forcing his catcher to block a lot of balls in the dirt, the opposing hitters may be in for a rough night.
Liriano was doing just that Monday night, bouncing sliders in front of catcher Tony Sanchez, but the resulting swings and misses led to a season-high 13 strikeouts for the Pirates' so-called "Stopper," who helped halt a modest two-game skid for Pittsburgh with a 3-1 victory.
"[Liriano's] slider would start belt high, and then I would end up blocking it," Sanchez said. "It's hard to lay off a pitch when it does that. His fastball, he would throw a front-door fastball, and it would finish on the back side of the plate. We had a lot of success with that and got a couple of punchouts with that pitch."
Pedro Alvarez backed Liriano with his league-leading 31st home run as the Pirates defeated the Padres in the opener of a three-game series at Petco Park.
The win is the first in San Diego this season for the Pirates, who bounced back from a 16-inning loss in Pittsburgh the previous night. In his last four starts following a Pirates loss, Liriano (14-5) has allowed just two runs over 30 innings and won each time.
"I just go out there and try to go deep into games," Liriano said. "I don't try to do too much, just go deep in the ballgame, go one hitter at a time and not try to do too much."
Manager Clint Hurdle pointed to Liriano's continued poise on the mound, even in stressful situations.
"He's continued to just be masterful," Hurdle said. "The situations tonight, what shows his growth and one of the reasons he's having the year that's he's having is his ability to continue to pitch in traffic. He did it again tonight."
Liriano set the tone early Monday, striking out the first two batters he faced. The left-hander struck out the side in the second and third innings, and he had at least one strikeout in each of his seven innings. He allowed four hits and walked two batters. The last time a Pirates pitcher fanned as many as 12 in a single game was when Kip Wells struck out 12 on July 5, 2005.
"My last few starts I've had pretty good command, and my pitches have been working pretty good," Liriano said. "When I have command of my fastball, everything else just works easier for me, so hopefully I can continue to do that."
The Bucs' bullpen fanned four more Padres, and the 17 strikeouts tied a franchise high for a nine-inning game.
Liriano's 13 strikeouts were also the most by a Pirates left-hander since Oliver Perez struck out 14 against Houston on Sept. 9, 2004.
"He's got all the pitches he needs," Padres outfielder Chris Denorfia said. "He's got an explosive fastball; he works the inner part of the zone. He can duplicate his arm speed with his off-speed pitches. First time seeing him this year, there was definitely some adjusting that we needed to do."
Alvarez got the Pirates on the board in the second when his single to right field skipped past the glove of Denorfia and rolled all the way to the wall as Andrew McCutchen and Alvarez raced around the bases on the error for a 2-0 lead.
"I'm going off [third base coach Nick Leyva]," Alvarez said. "I just kept looking up to see if he was going to stop me, and obviously he didn't stop me."
Tied with Paul Goldschmidt of the D-backs entering the game, Alvarez gained sole possession of the National League home run lead when he belted a solo shot to right in the sixth on an 0-1 pitch from Andrew Cashner (8-8).
"It's just being ready to hit," Alvarez said of facing Cashner. "The guy has good stuff, and he demands that you be ready to hit every pitch, because he doesn't give you too much to hit."
McCutchen had two hits in the contest, giving him multi-hit efforts in six of his last eight games.
Justin Wilson pitched a scoreless eighth before Mark Melancon retired the side in the ninth -- with one run allowed -- for his eighth save.


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Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has stressed the importance of the results this weekend which have seen the reigning Scudetto holders go nine points clear in Serie A.
Napoli lost 2-0 to Chievo which meant that Emanuele Giaccherini's last-gasp winner for the Bianconeri gives them a bigger cushion at the top of the table at the end of round 28.
Buffon told Sky: "If we look at the results of the opponents, we can say that today we have won six points.
"Our win was a hard-fought victory and important, and we now have a great advantage on both Napoli and Milan.
"Today we almost had to settle for only a draw, perhaps hoping that something would happen, but then that [the goal] happened.
"Among the pursuers who are playing best are Milan, but Napoli is an quality team. It is important to get as many points as possible between us and them.
"The more you put on the board, the better, so we cannot lower our guard now. We have a special group at Juve."


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It's interesting to note that of all the talk about Leopard, nobody points out that it comes a lot closer to "bringing teh snappy" than any previous release of OS X. The UI seems a lot faster than Tiger on my MacBook. Spotlight is way faster, and the Spotlight-powered search entries in the Finder are very usably fast, especially considering what they are. The Finder itself feels a lot more responsive than previous versions. And Quicklook is extremely snappy, even with large documents.
That said, Leopard is definitely a .0 release. I haven't encountered any instability or anything in more than a week of heavy use, but I have encountered "weird" behavior more than once. Eg: after 8 days of continuous running (since the upgrade), I had to reboot the machine because an FTP share wouldn't eject.


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Gingerbread Fruitcake Cookies Recipe
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Two of my favorite things, gingerbread and fruitcake, meet in a truly great cookie. You'd never know this recipe starts with a mix. It's brimming with fruit, nuts and gingerbread flavor and topped with a delightful orange glaze. —Jamie Jones, Madison, Georgia
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- 1 package (14-1/2 ounces) gingerbread cake/cookie mix
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 container (8 ounces) chopped mixed candied fruit
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 to 2 tablespoons orange juice
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, mix cookie mix, melted butter and water to form a soft dough. Stir in candied fruit, pecans and raisins. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake 8-10 minutes or until set. Cool on pans 1 minute. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- In a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar and enough orange juice to reach desired consistency. Spread or drizzle over cookies. Let stand until set. Yield: 3 dozen.
To Make Ahead: Dough can be made 2 days in advance. Iced cookies can be stored in covered containers at room temperature for 1 week or in the freezer for up to 1 month.
Originally published as Gingerbread Fruitcake Cookies in Simple & Delicious October/November 2012, p40
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"I made these without the nuts or the fruitcake, but added an extra 1/2 cup of raisins. They were absolutely delicious. You should not miss out on these cookie simply because you don't like fruitcake!"
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"I made these for my mother-in-law who loves fruitcake. According to her they were great and wanted me to make her more. You must love fruitcake to like these because everyone in my house, including me thought they were terrible."


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The station work is part of the $492-million Your New Blue plan, the largest comprehensive investment for the Blue Line since it was extended to O'Hare in 1983. The project includes several track and station improvement projects along a 12.5-mile stretch of the Blue Line O'Hare Branch between the Grand and Cumberland stations, as well as upgrades to the signal system between the Jefferson Park and O'Hare stations.
The Damen, Western and California stations were originally constructed nearly 120 years ago and have undergone varying degrees of repairs over the years. Improvements will include exterior stationhouse restoration such as painting, tuck-pointing, replacement of windows and doors, sidewalk repairs and platform repairs or replacement.
"These will be the first of several projects over the next four years to bring improved stations and faster, smoother commutes to the more than 25 million riders who use the O'Hare branch each year," said CTA President Forrest Claypool.
Funding for Your New Blue is a combination of local, state and federal sources and first projects of the four-year plan are expected to get under way in 2014. The project is expected to begin with trackwork, followed by station renovations, power upgrades and signal improvements.


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Michael D. Pugh, 61, formerly of Jamestown passed away Monday (Feb. 4, 2013) in Heritage Village Rehab and Skilled Nursing Center.
He was born Dec. 6, 1951, in Elkins, W.V., the son of Eugene E. and Ilene L. Carpenter Pugh.
Michael was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp serving during the Vietnam War. In earlier years, he was employed by Circle Mechanical, Clark Supply, Allied-Lynn, Allied Fire Protection and prior to retirement due to ill health by Fairbanks Farms.
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He was a life member of the North American Hunting Club and the National Rifle Association. Mike enjoyed hunting, fishing, trapping, the outdoors, photography, NASCAR, motorcycles and listening to rock music.
Surviving are his wife, Catherine H. Pugh of Jamestown; two step-daughters, Laurie (Kevin) Harrower of Jamestown and Kris (Adam) Koehler of Merriam, Kan.; four step-grandchildren, Casey Yonkers, Joshua, Brenna and Ian Koehler; his mother, Ilene Pugh of Ripley; a brother, Randall Pugh of Sherman; three sisters, Norma Pugh of Mayville, Reatha Austin of Ripley and Delores Curtis of Florida; and a half-sister, Terri Wills of North Carolina.
He was preceded in death by his father, Eugene E. Pugh, who died March 4, 2005.
A memorial service will be held at the convenience of the family. Visitation will not be observed. Memorials may be donated to Hospice of Chautauqua County, 20 W. Fairmount Ave., Lakewood, N.Y. 14750 or to Alzheimer's Association Of WNY, 2805 Wehrle Drive, Suite 6, Williamsville, N.Y. 14221-7380. Visit www.falconerfuneralhome.net to light a candle in remembrance.


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The U.S. Relationship with Asia Has Changed
As China's economy and geopolitical influence grow over the next decade, the U.S. must adapt its foreign policy accordingly. On February 26 ASNC organized a panel featuring author and former diplomat Kishore Mahbubani, who served as Singapore's Ambassador to the UN. He was joined by Steven Vogel, a UC Berkeley professor who specializes in East Asian political economy and the Asia Society's Vice President for Global Programs, N. Bruce Pickering.
Mahbubani, who currently serves as Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, emphasized the increasing importance of multilateralism and international organizations in Asia and advised strengthening the UN and restructuring the Security Council. He also noted that people around the world enjoy a higher quality of life than ever before, especially in Asia. In the next seven years, he predicted the size of Asia's middle class will increase from 500 million to 1.75 billion and China will overtake the U.S. as the world's largest economy. These shifts are not necessarily negative for the U.S., as growing "convergence" with Asia may aid Americans economically. The impact of this convergence is the subject of Mahbubani's new book, The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World.
Vogel shared Mahbubani's optimism and agreed that the U.S. must reexamine its policies in Asia, but cautioned against expecting too much from the UN and other international organizations. While he acknowledged the merits of Mahbubani's convergence theory, Vogel also cautioned conflating interconnectedness with convergence, pointing out that increased connectivity doesn't necessarily lead to similar interests and lifestyles.
Both speakers characterized the present as a "plastic moment," agreeing that both China and the U.S. appear to be taking more interest in multilateralism. China's growth may mean that the world will soon be multipolar, but China-U.S. relations are not only competitive, but also collaborative and thus much different than the U.S.-Soviet relationship during the Cold War. The current political landscape is much more complex as the influence of Japan and India are rising along with China. Vogel and Mahbubani ended the discussion agreeing that the idea of "one world" is both a prescription as well as a description, acknowledging some convergence and suggesting that the U.S. and China tailor their policies accordingly.
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lame...a much better way of handling this is what datacenters are already doing: simply sell you power circuits, say 20 amps each for a set price. if they want to discourage power use, they simply have to raise the price. low tech, and works perfectly well. you can always get a good power strip with a ammeter on it if you want to know what your servers are drawing.
This is certainly an alternative. I think that either way we should see owners of devices examining how much processing power they really need an
With SSDs and the reduced issue of plater spin up, I can imagine servers that stand-by and wake up if there is any activity on a specified port
SSDs don't actually consume much less power than platter-based drives, but they're far more expensive. The spin-up/down is mitigated if there's good caching on the controller, and I think that's the key here -- caching. You can have a couple of terabytes on a server, but the drives aren't called until something is requested which *isn't* on the controller's buffer.
I should point out though that power consumption of HDs are insignificant compared to the rest of the system. If you want to avoid the spin-u
Just as I posted that I remembered that idle power draw on 3.5" drives isn't 1W, it's ~4W... I was thinking about 2.5" drives. This is compared to the 40W to 60W that a typical CPU will consume.
This is why I was suggesting a smart system that can deactivate cores or subsystems until they are actually needed. Most servers aren't designed with energy consumption considerations, so they still draw a fair amount of power even there are five users visiting the web site. If they could be made to use the least res
If they could be made to use the least resources possible to get the job done, then it would probably end up saving a fair amount of money long term.
Finally found the term they used: "power gating". Here's an Ars article [arstechnica.com] about it.
The relevant bit:
Traditionally, Intel has been able shut down an unused core by cutting its active power, but even though it's in a sleep state, that core is still dissipating plenty of power because of leakage current. Intel's power gating technique involves a new transistor design, and it lets Intel cut the leakage current, as well, so that the sleeping core's power dissipation drops to near zero.
AMD also has some ter
The spin-up/down is mitigated if there's good caching on the controller, and I think that's the key here -- caching. You can have a couple of terabytes on a server, but the drives aren't called until something is requested which *isn't* on the controller's buffer.
Something not on the controller's buffer would include new data received from the network. Caching works fine for reads, but if you rely on it for writes, you could lose Durability [wikipedia.org].
Power consumption is not just about hardware. Maybe people need to cut down on scripted languages and the like. Return to server-client architecture instead of AJAX and you're halfway there.
simply sell you power circuits, say 20 amps each for a set price.
This is a great way to waste money. If you don't use power capping, then you'll be paying for 20A but only using 10A-12A if you're lucky. Power capping allows you to use the full 16A that you're paying for.
Power capping allows you to use the full 16A that you're paying for.
Alternatively, a power meter will let you pay for the full 16A you use. Networked power meters are certainly less complex than "power capping". Why not just use those?
The real 'cool factor' starts to kick in when this stuff is fully automated, the demos that I've seen you can take a rack of dev/test servers and drop the power they are using off hours, then give the power back (cpu clock rate, etc) during the day. We already have something simmilar in our company datacenters: the HP systems (running ESX) we have now ballance (via vMotion) running systems at night, and power down some of the hosts (about half of them on a normal night, it bases it on current load) saving
I still don't understand why the data center needs to get involved. You can just manage your own power, and using a conventional power meter, the data center can just collect the bill for what you use.
One only wonders how long it will be until every spreadsheet process becomes "business critical" to override restrictions such as this.
When the business involved has to pay a larger and larger bill, that which is considered "critical" is increasingly analyzed as the bottom line gets thinner and thinner. When margins are fat, daily $4 lattes are "critical" to staff morale. Conversely, when times are really tight, staff morale is critical at "well, you ain't fired yet, is yeh?".
Since the bills are paid by accounting, I'd say approximately one month.
I think the problem is that too often the people who run the servers and the people who benefit from the servers have entirely different budgets and suffer from terrible myopia.
If some IT budget administrators were put in charge of telecom they'd save money by not letting anybody have a phone. Sure, that saves money, but of course completely ignores why employees have phones in the first place.
I can't tell you how many times at work I've seen applications suffering with performance where the application is
Google for "Peak Oil". I think you'll find that we'll all be in very serious trouble very soon.
nothing to understand, we have coal sufficient for centuries and the means to make it into every major type of hydrocarbon fuel. No crisis. No peak oil.
nothing to understand, we have coal sufficient for centuries and the means to make it into every major type of hydrocarbon fuel.
It's true that there's enough coal for centuries. However, if we keep using it the way we do now, these centuries will be spent underwater. The power crisis will kick in when sea levels start rising so fast that power will be capped during peak ours, for *everyone*. Either we start adapting now, or we'll pay for it tenfold later.
uh no, future won't be spent underwater, despite whatever Al Gore's sensationalist bullshit movie said.
by the way, the ocean levels have been rising since the last ice age. Man might be making them rise a wee bit faster, so really all these place you see on new evacuating because of higher ocean level are doing so because they were right at ocean level. Might as well move now since they would have had to move later anyway.
We don't have coal of the current quality, with the current ease of access for centuries with current trends in consumption and population growth.
This is quite an interesting, and worrying, read:
http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse [chrismartenson.com]
Peak oil isn't a crisis either. We can replace every erg of energy from oil with nuclear if we're motivated to do so. Even if we don't, during my lifetime peak oil will mean as an American I might, at some point, have to pay almost as much for gas as the Europeans are paying now, plus a few commodities will cost more.
I think peak oil is real, but we won't get any warning. It'll just happen that we run out of oil.
Think about it for a little while - we've already seen that when gas prices jump, people change
They meant "opportunity".
How could you not believe there's an energy crisis? The average American uses the energy equivalent of 60+ personal slaves. 90% of that is provided by limited fossil fuels that are having an irreversible impact on global climate.
We have zero viable plans to replace any of it any time soon.
And in case you haven't been paying attention to the current breeding-age generation, a pregnant girlfriend is a ticket to 20 years of government cheese. It's not a crisis at all.
I must admit I'm not sure how to convert units of "personal slaves" into kilowatt-hours. I must have gotten my degree too early, or, I guess, too late. But assuming I understand the gist of your comment, and further assuming scientists have accurately assessed the impact of fossil fuels on the earth's climate (which would exclude coal as a long-term power source), I don't see why nuclear power can't produce all the power we'll need for hundreds of years. And that's assuming we can never get reasonable ef
Sixty slaves? Sounds like you've found a solution to our nation's unemployment crisis! I bet using people as energy sources would also help correct our obesity crisis, which would in turn lessen the effects of our current health care crisis. Returning people to work would help the financial crisis. These laborers wouldn't need much schooling, so there goes the education crisis. My goodness, it's brilliant!
Of course all these crisis could be the equivalent of the Y2k crisis.. much ado about nothing.
In Ontario, we're having an electricity surplus [www.ieso.ca]. With a manufacturing "slow-down" and a cool summer, the grid is peaking about 7 gigawatts below typical load for this time of year.
Which means it's running almost entirely on nuclear and hydro, which are effectively "free" by comparison to coal, oil and gas.
So wholesale customers are getting rates below 1 cent per kWh. Large industrial customers may even be getting rebates to use power.
At least one ~700 MW reactor has been shut down to reduce base ge
Yes, power capping allows safe oversubscription of power. Honestly, these days if a business isn't overselling they're leaving money on the table.
The point of power capping is that it doesn't cause any kind of failure; servers just slow down when they reach the cap.
Honestly, these days if a business isn't overselling they're leaving money on the table.
Yes, and it is that kind of amoral and unethical crap that is giving the shaft to the consumer day after day after day.
Just because you can do something, and it will be profitable, does not mean that you should do it.
Overselling anything should be expressly prohibited by law in the strongest terms possible. Honestly, it really pisses me off. At the very least, the amount of overselling should be disclosed to customers
Yes, and it is that kind of amoral and unethical crap that is giving the shaft to the consumer day after day after day.
You're right! Gyms, for example, shouldn't sell memberships to more people than they can fit in the gym at the same time. Otherwise, if every one of their members decided to go to the gym at once, they'd have to turn some away!
(Seriously - overselling is just another risk. Taking no risks is bad. Taking too much risk is bad.)
Beacon Power is an American corporation specializing in flywheel based energy storage headquartered in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts. Beacon designs and develops products aimed at utility frequency regulation for power grid operations. The storage systems are designed to help utilities match supply with varying demand by storing excess power in arrays of 2,800-pound (1,300 kg) flywheels at off-peak times for use during peak demand.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon_Power [wikipedia.org]
The people who keep saying we can't find
2,800lb flywheels, plus the related cirtuits, plus maintainence of the flywheel ain't cheap.
Plus, proper power capping can reduce infrastructure cost, since the power distribution/conversion whatsoever system in the datacenter needs to be designed according to the maximum load, which means they need a lot of headroom on their power supply. By doing so, they can reduce the maximum load.
The only problem... is how they will reduce power while minimizing the interruption to the workload on peak times. Not an ea
Wow. Beacon Power's flywheels are actually pretty amazing:
The basic unit of Beacon Power approach is the Smart Energy 25, that is basically an enormous steel vacuum bottle holding a 2,800-pound cylinder made of carbon and fiberglass composite that is levitated by magnets.
Beacon's flywheels take in electricity and use a motor to spin the cylinder so fast that the surface hits Mach 2. The spinning cylinder stores most of the electricity's energy for as long as needed (thanks to the near frictionless vacuum a
and how much for the insurance in case one of those kinetic bombs decides to go off?
Not much, considering that the ISS runs flywheels naked (no containment).
From a fairly old article on flywheels [wired.com]:
Eric Sonnichsen, who founded Test Devices in 1972, points out that a wheel created from carbon fibers is safer than a steel wheel, because even if a few fibers break, the wheel won't come apart. On the other hand, if a flywheel does disintegrate, says Sonnichsen, "it's more like potentially lethal lumps of coal com
how exactly are you planning to store such a massive amount of power and avoid losing energy in the transfer?
I was going to make that point, so instead I'll make the counterpoint: the value of the energy lost would have to be within the peak/off-peak cost differential.
Tell me why it doesn't make sense to buy power at off-peak rates and store it locally to meet peak demands.
This has been possible for consumers in the UK for decades. In the UK, they have "storage heaters". These are heaters that store heat at night, at off-peak rates (the meters measure peak-time and off-peak usage) and then release the heat during the day when it is needed. Many people also use delay-timers on other devices such as dishwashers to take advantage of off-peak rates. It amazes me that this
It amazes me that this concept has failed to reach the USA, although it is a lot more difficult to store "cool" than it is to store heat, so perhaps the possible gains are smaller across much of the USA.
The problem isn't with household usage patterns but with the fact that the utilities generally don't have a time-tiered pricing system. My electricity meter is of the old-fashioned dumb sort, as is most people's, so there's no incentive to use power at off-peak times. That's changing, but slowly. If smart meters were ubiquitous, I think people would respond (and there are many places in the US that need more heating than the UK!).
Because there doesn't currently exist a cheap method of storing huge amounts of electric power to release at demand.
this has been done for quite awhile by several providers -- is this really news to anyone? SAVVIS has been limiting by cage for at least a year in the chicago area.
If I'm reading the article right, this doesn't save any energy at all (and might increase total energy consumption). It's a way of spreading out power use over time, so you can get more servers without increasing peak power capacity. It makes sense for some loads (why run at 2Ghz for 2 minutes of every 30 when you can save power by running at 500Mhz for 8 minutes). But for interactive loads it won't be good.
Power capping is intended to be used by the server owner; e.g. in a colo that would be the customer, not the provider. You give the customer a circuit and they use capping to fit as many servers as possible on it.
The testing revealed that the optimal workload was reached at a CPU utilization of around 50 to 60 percent with peak power at about 300W per server.
Wouldn't it be cheaper to start with a CPU that runs 50%~60% slower and uses 50%~60% less electricity?
The testing revealed that the optimal workload was reached at a CPU utilization of around 50 to 60 percent with peak power at about 300W per server.
Wouldn't it be cheaper to start with a CPU that runs 50%~60% slower and uses 50%~60% less electricity?
Yes, except it doesn't work that way. A CPU running at 1 GHz might use 10-20% less power than the same CPU running at 2 GHz.
I think you have it backwards. A CPU running at 1 GHz would use 10-20% of the power of a CPU running at 2+ GHz. The modern processor's power consumption is on a cubic power consumption curve. To increase frequency, you have to increase voltage, which gives a 2nd order 1/2 C * V^2 energy loss (per cycle). Additionally, the power consumption is the frequency times the capacitance, so the overall power formula is: 1/2 f * C * V ^ 2 or roughly O(f^3).
Someone more into the physics may be able to give you a
Then why do entire lines of CPUs have the same TDP? For example, the Core 2 Duo is 65W across the board from 1.8 GHz to 3 GHz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_2_microprocessors [wikipedia.org]
Then why do entire lines of CPUs have the same TDP? For example, the Core 2 Duo is 65W across the board from 1.8 GHz to 3 GHz
The entire line has exactly the same TDP because they are exactly the same chip. Intel automatically tests each one as its manufactured, and puts it into the appropriate speed bin. After a while, Intel's manufacturing technology improves, and they actually make too many of the fast chips. At that point, every speed bin gets the same chip. That is why, when the process technology i
Not a DC where I worked, but where we had rack space at. Each cabinet has to start 15-20A, and you could request up to three strips (total 45-60A) per rack.
They mentioned at one point that they were actually reaching the capacity for power on our floor, so we'd have to be careful about power as ordering more strips wouldn't be an option unless another rack elsewhere let some go.
No capping needed.
Datacenter power usage isn't going to double in two years. It can't. There isn't that sort of power capacity in the US today.
Sure, we might build more plants. But even a common nearly-off-the-shelf coal plant is going to require five years to bring online. And as you point out, we don't have five years.
If it is going to be a decision between turning off power to homes at peak times or preventing new businesses from being established, we are probably going to turn off power to homes. At least in the sho
This happens to be why my quarter rack space has only 2 1U computers in it. It was supposed to be a quarter rack (10U), but I was told I had only 7U of space. Okay, not a problem, I can put in 7 1U systems, 14 if I purchase the half sized systems. Then I was told I have only 2A, oh, and here's a switch that'll turn it off if you go over. Which means my quarter rack has two 1U servers in it.
Worse, even the full rack is allowed only 15A before you have to buy a secondary power conduit to the rack at this particular colo.
I suspect it's more a way for the facility to make money than it is to reduce energy usage. When I visited the facility last to move boxes, 4 racks were being emptied and a good 60% of them were completely empty anyway, so the facility may not be long in this economy.
Except that the circuits are already designed with that in mind, which means when you get a 20 amp breaker for instance, the wiring is already enough to handle 25 amp.
Actually theres far more that goes into it than your simplistic version, but I might as well keep it overly simple as well.
Americans (and Europeans outside of France) are going to get over their nuclear power allergy really, really quickly once their lifestyles start to suffer more than a certain amount. Especially when counties like Iran and India start using it heavily and manage to undercut our economies with cheaper energy.
Flat out, if the carbon / climate change problem is as bad as is portrayed these days, and we think peak oil is a looming problem, nuclear is the ONLY rational response to the problem over the next few de
Sorry, it is probably too late for that. It would likely take 10 years to build a nuclear plant of any size. We are going to be seeing huge power shortages in the US pretty soon, and conservation isn't going to make a bit of difference. There isn't any point in shaving a couple of megawatts off the load when the shortage is a couple of gigawatts.
Building a coal plant today would require at least five years, if we started construction tomorrow. We aren't. I don't believe there are any new major power pl
I'm sure we can all think of circumstances where we care more about how long a machine stays on and somewhat functional than how fast it is.
Like movie watching: a few dropped frames are a small price to pay for finishing the film. If it's bothersome, maybe the brightness can be lowered during actiony bits.
Or typing while the thing is actually in your lap: not burning your groin is far more important than a hastily typed "find -exec dostuff {};" operation in the background finishing quickly.
I'll believe this when I see more sites that start dropping unnecessary ads and tracking when under heavy load. (Slashdot does some of that; under heavy load, most users get a canned home page. When the system is less busy, the "customization" machinery is used.)
The real killer is overdoing "customization". Customization makes serving pages far more expensive. Consider Google's problems with "Michael Jackson" searches. Google used to answer the most common queries from a cache in the first server to
I have to note that the big datacenter concentration of both Google and Microsoft in The Dalles, OR, is powered by copious, carbon-negative hydroelectric power. Discuss.
What makes you think it's carbon negative?
Datacenters need reliable power and water. They will likely be able to outbid other users for the foreseeable future. They don't want to have to move their datacenter if a coal or nuclear power plant is scrapped.
Hydroelectric is used for peak power production, which coincides with the cooling power profile of a typical datacenter.
Carbon-negative? WTF are you talking about. Hydroelectric power doesnt' consume carbon nor emit it, its neutral as far as carbon is concerned.
on how it saves power. For almost any business you will need your servers running 24/7 esp if they are hosting web servers for your business. Running a power capping technology that shuts down the servers hosting your web site doesn't make much sense because when it is shut down nobody can access it. The whole point of running a web server is to provide 24/7 services even if your business is closed and everyone went home. But for some businesses they have people working all shifts and there is never a down
Power capping slows down the server, but it continues running.
Just what a company needs, a slower server. Nice bottleneck there.
Sure, power costs in Quebec have gone up over time, but not THAT much. If the US refuses to build sufficient capacity, just move servers to Montreal or some other Canadian city with cheap renewable power.
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