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Mammoth Track Club wins prestigious award in Houston
For the Mammoth Track Club, the accolades keep pouring in.
The Running USA Hall of Champions named the Mammoth's Track Club, as the third Allan Steinfeld Development Award winner at the Running USA Hall of Champions Dinner and Live Auction on Sunday evening at the Hyatt Regency in Houston.
"Since 2001, the Mammoth Track Club has led the U.S. distance running resurgence and inspired other training groups and U.S. athletes to train hard and dream big," said Susan Weeks, Running USA CEO.
"We applaud and salute their impressive achievements and running passion, and collectively we look forward to their continued success during this Olympic year and beyond."
The development award was named after Allan Steinfeld, a long-time leader in the sport, who jump-started the U.S. distance running resurgence when, as head of the New York Road Runners, he allocated $20,000 seed money ($1 per U.S. entry at the 2000 New York City Marathon) for the development program Team USA Distance Running.
The team, launched in November 2000, produced training groups such as Team Running USA (two Olympic medals in 2004 and major marathon wins) and Team USA Minnesota (winner of the inaugural development award) and inspired the formation of others.
"All of us at the Mammoth Track Club are extremely excited to be granted the Allan Steinfeld Development Award for 2012," said Terrence Mahon, Mammoth Track Club head coach and founder.
"Allan and the entire Running USA organization are visionaries in the world of long distance running. The work that they have done over the past 12 years is hugely responsible for the resurgence of American distance running.
"Without the generosity of this organization and their members, groups like the Mammoth Track Club would not be in existence today.
"This grant award will allow us to keep pushing the level of American running to new heights. Thank you so much for your support and belief in the Mammoth Track Club.
"There are so many great running centers around the country right now, so for us to win this award means a lot to the athletes and coaches that are working tirelessly every day. Thanks again for your support," Mahon added.
The Mammoth Track Club, Team Running USA until 2009, has been the most decorated and successful group of U.S. distance runners over the past decade-plus.
Since 2001, this training group has produced seven Olympians, earned two Olympic medals, has won more than 70 national titles and four major marathons and has also set more than 20 U.S. records and one world road record.
The 12-member training group includes six men (Scott Bauhs, Josh Cox, Mike McKeeman, Meb Keflezighi (2004 Olympic medalist and winner of Saturday's U.S. Olympic Trial), Jon Pierce and Patrick Smyth) and six women (Angela Bizzarri, Amy Hastings, Deena Kastor (2004 Olympic medalist), Anna Pierce (2008 Olympian), Jen Rhines (three-time Olympian) and Morgan Uceny, along with four staff (Mahon, head coach and Mammoth Track Club founder; Bob Larsen, head coach and co-founder of Team Running USA; Rita Klabacha, team assistant coach and exercise physiologist, and Dennis Kline, strength coach.


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Overall enrollment at the University of Colorado is nearly even with last year, but preliminary figures show a slight dip in the number of graduate students, a possible result of a better economy and concerns about sequestration affecting research funding.
CU officials estimate total enrollment to be 29,660, down 0.6 percent over the same time last year. More accurate data will be available following the campus census later this month, and spokeswoman Malinda Miller-Huey said the school is forecasting enrollment to be even closer to last year's figure.
CU officials more aggressively recruited new freshmen this year, and their efforts appeared to have paid off. The school estimates 5,789 students are in the freshman class, a 6 percent increase over last year.
"CU was my only choice," said CU freshman Tanner Coon, of Aurora.
Coon, who is studying computer and electrical engineering, said he found CU's program to be the best in the state -- and while he considered the Colorado School of Mines, he never applied. Coon is also earning a $3,400-a-year academic grant to help buy down his tuition.
Last year, CU officials were surprised by a drop in the number of incoming freshmen and linked the trend to more out-of-state schools cherrypicking some of Colorado's brightest students and offering them competitive financial aid packages. Combined with more non-resident students switching to in-state status for lower tuition rates, the enrollment trends triggered an $11.5 million budget shortfall.
In response, CU stepped up recruiting and began offering more generous scholarships. Faculty members, deans and department chairs wrote letters to potential students.
"This year was a tremendous collaborative effort by members of the faculty, staff and administration," said admissions director Kevin MacLennan.
While the freshman class is roughly 317 students larger than last year's, overall enrollment remains relatively flat for a couple of reasons, Miller-Huey said. In 2008, CU hit record highs when its freshman class totaled 5,833, and many of those students have since graduated. Also, CU expects about 200 fewer graduate students compared with last year, when there were 5,086 graduate students. In fall 2011, graduate enrollment totaled 5,127, according to CU statistics.
Miller-Huey said the school is looking into any patterns -- such as sequestration -- that could be affecting graduate enrollment. She said school officials have also heard anecdotes about would-be graduate students entering the workforce instead because of better job prospects.
Higher-education officials across the country are uncertain what effects sequestration could be having on graduate programs, but there's some speculation that departments are hesitant to bring students on board if they're leery of spending cuts to federal research budgets.
The Council of Graduate Schools is expected to release its national graduate school enrollment figures later this week. The numbers, though, are based on 2011-2012 enrollment data at colleges across the country.
Julia Kent, a spokeswoman for the council, said in past years there have been small declines in the number of first-year graduate students in U.S. programs.
The most recent publicly available data from the Council of Graduate Schools showed schools saw a 1.7 percent dip in enrollment of first-time graduate students between fall 2010 and fall 2011.
"What we have seen is that international enrollment has been going up, while domestic enrollment is going down," she said. "This has resulted in small declines in first-time graduate enrollment."
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Pack, Underwood Go 3-Point Shooting, Aggies Win
GREENSBORO – An abundance of 3-pointers went through the nets Saturday night at Corbett Sports Center. In the end, the North Carolina A&T men's basketball team hit two more threes than New Jersey Institute of Technology and came away with a much-needed 88-82 home win.
Richaud Pack led A&T (5-12) with 30 points on 9-for-15 shooting from the field and 4-for-8 shooting from 3-point range. Pack matched his season high from the Aggies' season opener against Greensboro College when also had 30 in Corbett. Pack's incredible night also included eight assists and five rebounds. Jeremy Underwood hit a career-high five threes, missing only one, to finish the game with 19 points.
The two teams combined to hit 22 3-pointers with the Aggies hitting 12. A&T hit all of its threes in the first 35 minutes of the game. The Highlanders (8-12) hit nearly half of theirs in the final five minutes.
It was a Pack 3-pointer that gave A&T its largest lead of the night at 83-57 with 4:48 remaining. A combination of the Aggies going to a young bench that includes 10 freshmen and freshman NJIT guard Damon Lynn getting hot from beyond 20 feet helped the Highlanders stage a rally.
Lynn began his assault by hitting a 23-footer to cut the Aggies lead to 85-69. After an Aggies turnover, Tim Coleman dribbled into the lane before turning around and passing the ball to an eager Lynn waiting to take another three. He connected to get the Highlanders to within 13. A&T turned it over again on its next possession, allowing for another Lynn three to cut it to 85-75 with 47.9 seconds remaining.
"We got careless with the basketball, and we had several turnovers against their pressure," said A&T head coach Cy Alexander. "Damon Lynn made some big-time shots toward the end, but it was more us and our lack of focus against pressure. I was trying to give some of the younger guys a chance to play to get them some experience as we move down the road in conference, and they didn't handle the pressure very well."
Alexander replaced his youngsters with his veterans after a 30-second timeout. But another Aggies turnover led to a Terrence Smith layup that cut the lead to eight. Pack would hit one of two free throws before Lynn connected on another three with 29 seconds remaining, his fourth over the final five minutes, as the Highlanders moved to within six at 86-80. After two missed free throws by A&T sophomore forward Bruce Beckford, Lynn tried again to make the Aggie faithful at Corbett a little nervous, but this time his three rimmed out.
Odera Nweke grabbed the offensive board and gave Montana Mayfield a shot at it, but he also missed his three as A&T freshman Michael Briscoe grabbed the rebound and handed it off to senior Lamont Middleton. Middleton hit two free throws to clinch the win.
"Lamont Middleton had seven assists tonight," said Alexander about the junior college transfer who also had eight points and four rebounds. "He didn't have his normal double figures, but he shared the ball."
Alexander was also impressed with the minutes junior Waylan Siverand gave the Aggies off the bench and the play of starting center Bryan Akinkugbe, who had a career-high five blocks, was 4-for-5 from the floor, scored eight points and had five rebounds.
But in a game multiple great performance, Pack stood out from the crowd. He took control of the game early. He had an assist, two rebounds and a three within the first five minutes of the game. In the final minute of the first half he connected with Siverand on a fastbreak to give the Aggies a 37-21 lead. He then hit two free throws to give A&T a 40-25 halftime lead.
"I thought he had a great night," said Alexander. "He had a great week of preparation. He shot the ball well every day in practice and he shot it great today in shootaround. He didn't miss a shot in shootaround. I'm so glad it carried over from 12 noon to 7 o'clock tonight."
Alexander hopes his hot hand carries over into Monday as well. The Aggies will play Delaware State in a nationally-televised contest on ESPNU at 7 p.m., at Corbett. A&T is asking fans to wear gold for a Gold Out Night. Including Delaware State game, the Aggies will play four games in seven days.
"It will be a big test for us," said Alexander about the tough stretch. "The good thing is we're home thee out four, and we only have to go an hour up the road for a rivalry game in Durham. So it's not like we're going to (Washington) D.C., or Florida."


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- Omar Hameed was a policeman in Falluja, where he worked with U.S. forces
- He says a bomb that destroyed parts of his legs was retribution for those efforts
- He, his wife and their four young children applied for U.S. asylum a year ago
- Hameed says he has no regrets, but remaining in Iraq isn't feasible
Omar Hameed has no regrets about having worked with American forces while a Falluja police officer.
Nor does he have hope -- at least in Iraq.
"There's no future for me here," the stoic 37-year-old man said. "No future for me or for my kids."
That's why he is trying to get help from the country whose forces he once helped by applying for asylum in the United States with his wife and their four young children.
Having a normal life in Iraq is unfeasible, Hameed contends. He is a marked man, targeted by militants overrunning his hometown of Falluja and other parts of his Middle Eastern nation.
Need proof of his suffering, evidence of the steep price he's paid for having partnered with the United States and its Iraqi allies?
Look down at Hameed's legs: One was blown off below the knee, the other at the upper thigh.
From mechanic to Falluja police officer
Hameed had been a mechanic during the last days of Saddam Hussein's reign, before the U.S.-led invasion led to the heavy-handed leader's capture in December 2003.
Hussein's capture and other decisions opened a vacuum in Iraq, during which U.S.-led international forces teamed with their fledgling Iraqi allies to quell ongoing violence. It also opened the door for Hameed to find a new calling as a police officer.
One sign of the trouble around him came in 2004, when he spotted al Qaeda-linked insurgents planting a bomb outside his Falluja home. Dressed in black, the men worked fast to hide their handiwork in the dirt.
"I went out and spoke to them, and they told me to shut up or they would put my head on the sidewalk," Hameed recalls. "I just had to turn around and walk inside."
But he didn't stay completely quiet. Hameed discreetly alerted American forces -- who were being targeted routinely by such militants -- about the bomb.
U.S. troops showed up later at his central Iraqi house and made a very public display of arresting him. But it was all an act, Hameed explained, saying the Americans told him they had to make it "look real because they wanted to take me to their base to talk."
In those conversations, Hameed said the coalition troops reached out to him.
"They asked if I would help them because of my police work," he remembered. "And I agreed."
Parts of 2 legs lost, wrist deformed
Hameed returned to once again patrol the streets of Falluja.
He also continued his alliance with U.S. forces, as evidenced in photographs of him proudly standing with American troops. Official documents signed by American officers praised his intelligence work and declared his efforts had undoubtedly saved American and Iraqi lives.
But having such friends didn't mean Hameed was safe, especially after coalition forces started to pull out of Iraq. Nor did it mean that everyone was pleased with his work.
He found that out in 2009, as he left his Falluja home to do some shopping.
"As I was driving my car, it suddenly exploded," Hameed said, adding that a "sticky" bomb had been affixed to his car.
Two weeks in a Falluja hospital were followed by a year at medical facilities in Amman, Jordan. It left him with his left wrist scarred and deformed, twisted at a jarring angle.
Today, there are prosthetics where the rest of Hameed's legs used to be, causing him to walk stiffly and awkwardly and to use a cane for balance.
Still, he walks proudly.
'I don't know what to do'
Hameed has spent the past few years moving between Jordan and relatives in northern Iraq, in addition to clandestine visits to Falluja to see his wife and children for a day or two.
Coming home has become more dangerous in recent months in Falluja. This city some 70 kilometers (45 miles) west of Baghdad is seeing some of its worst violence in at least half a decade.
Conflicting reports indicate the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria -- formerly known as al Qaeda in Iraq -- partially control the city in Anbar province. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki this month told his troops not to strike residential neighborhoods in Falluja, while at the same time appealing to the city's residents and tribes to expel "terrorists" there.
Amid all this turmoil, Hameed hasn't been able to escape, even as he's tried to keep a low profile.
In a visit there January 4, he said insurgents stopped him at a roadblock, tied up his hands and took him to a mosque they controlled. Hameed thought he was a dead man.
"They told me, 'We know you are Omar, you were working with the American troops and Iraqi police," he recalled.
The militants showed him some mercy after he showed them the results of the bombing that maimed him. But he wasn't released until a few hours later, following what he described as calls from tribal leaders who argued that his severe injuries were punishment enough for cooperating with the Americans.
Hameed hasn't turned back. His wife, 13-year-old son and three young daughters -- ages 9, 7 and 2 -- are now with him elsewhere in Iraq. They are waiting, like many other Iraqis, for American diplomats to decide on their asylum application.
It's been about a year now. Hameed argues his work with the Americans, the injuries he suffered because of that and the continued threats to his life are all reasons he and his family should be allowed to take the 7,000-mile journey across the Atlantic.
Until then, he's in many ways lost in his homeland.
"I cannot work in Falluja, and I can't in Baghdad," Hameed said. "I don't know what to do."


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The Ohio Machine led wire to wire and all but dimmed the Boston Cannons playoff hopes with a 16-12 win at Harvard Stadium on Saturday in the Youtube MLL Game of the Week.
The Machine got a great performance out of backup goalie and Player of the Game Scott Rodgers, who was filling in for Brian Phipps. He gave up only 11 goals, and made 22 stops in a dominating performance.
The defense was great in front of Rodgers as Kyle Hartzell and Greg Bice combined with the rest of the defense to keep the Boston shooters at bay, and shut out MLL points leader, Paul Rabil.
The loss drops the Cannons to 5-8, and must hope for a Charlotte Hounds loss later this evening if they want to remain in playoff contention.
The Machine relished the role of spoiler from the opening whistle, as the 2-11 squad burst out of the gates to score the first four goals of the game. Kiel Matisz scored the game's first goal before faceoff man Eric O'Brien picked up the ensuing faceoff and took it all the way to the cage for the score. Jim Connolly and Steele Stanwick scored two more goals to push the Machine lead to 4-0 and force Boston coach John Tucker into calling a timeout.
Initially, the Cannons responded well to the timeout as Matt Poskay and Stephen Berger scored two consecutive goals out of the break. But Ohio responded with a three-goal run to push the lead to 7-2 at the close of the first quarter. Logan Schuss assisted on man up goals to Matisz and fellow rookie Marcus Holman before O'Brien scored a goal identical to his first with only four seconds left in the opening frame.
The second quarter opened much like the first, as Matisz opened the scoring to complete a first half hat trick before Logan Schuss scored consecutive goals to make it a 10-2 game.
Boston was able to get two goals back before the end of the half as Cameron Flint had a pair of assists to Will Manny and Kevin Buchanan to bring the score to 10-4 at the close of the half.
The third quarter got off to a slower start, as it was clear that the Machine was content to sit on their lead and run chunks of time of the clock with long, patient possessions.
Finally, Poskay found the back of the net on a man up possession six minutes into the quarter after a feed from Manny found him alone on the crease with just Rodgers to beat. Manny then found the net for his second goal of the game, and the Cannons had quietly made it a game again, with the score at 10-6.
But just when it looked like Boston may have seized the momentum, Ohio's Jake Bernhardt ripped a shot from just inside the two point line that beat Boston goalie Jordan Burke as the shot clock was about to expire.
The Cannons responded with a quick three point run. First, Buchanan caught a feed from Ryan Boyle and ripped a two point goal past Rodgers. Two minutes later, Mike Stone scored his first goal of the game, to bring the score to 12-9 at the end of the third quarter.
But just like they had all game, the Machine answered with a bang to start the final quarter. Bernhardt stepped into a feed and ripped a 12-yard shot past Burke before Schuss did the same for his fourth goal of the game. Holman assisted on both goals.
Bernhardt then completed his hat trick after receiving a pass from Stanwick on a secondary break and tickling the twine once again to push the Machine advantage to 15-9.
Once more, when it looked like Ohio was going to run away with the game, Boston went on a 3-0 run in three minutes that forced Ohio coach Bear Davis into calling a timeout to stop the bleeding. Stephen Berger scored the first two, beating Rodgers with low-to-low shots on both goals. Manny capped off the run with his third goal of the night while fellow rookie Flint recorded his third assist.
The timeout worked, and seemed to settle Ohio down as they made a few key defensive stops before Chase Carraro put the final nail in the coffin to push the lead back to 16-12 with just under two minutes to play.
Both teams suit up for the last time in regular season on Saturday, August 10, at 7 p.m. in ESPN3 games. Boston closes the season at home as the Rochester Rattlers visit Harvard Stadium while the Ohio Machine head to New York to visit the New York Lizards.
Game Notes:
-16 is the highest point total for the Machine all season, and they did it with a balanced effort. Three players (Logan Shcuss, Kiel Matisz, Jake Bernhardt) had hat tricks.
-This marks only the second time that Rabil has been shut out this season. The first came in week 7 in a 15-13 win over the Charlotte Hounds.
-The game marked the first time since May 23 that Rodgers had started a game. Ohio lost that contest 15-8.
-Ohio's 16 goals is the first time since week 14 of last season that Ohio has scored that many goals. That game was also against the Cannons, however, Boston scored 18 that night to pull out the win.


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- The 2013 WWE Extreme Rules post-show opens up with Renee Young, Mick Foley, Wade Barrett and Titus O'Neil talking about the Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H match. Foley predicts the feud isn't over.
- They talk about the seriousness of the finish to Ryback vs. John Cena. We see footage of Cena getting off the stretcher at the ambulance. Cena told medics he felt good and didn't need to go to the hospital. Michael Cole at ringside says we should have an update tomorrow on RAW. JBL and Jerry Lawler chime in on Cena being stubborn and refusing medical attention.
- We go back to Renee Young and crew. They talk about The Shield bringing home gold. Titus says you have to respect them but there are a lot of WWE stars who will be going after them now. Foley compares The Shield to The Fabulous Freebirds.
- We go backstage to new WWE Tag Team Champions Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns plus new United States Champion Dean Ambrose. They talk about tonight and say a lot more arrogant fools still don't believe in The Shield but they will. Ambrose says they are just getting warmed up.
- The announcers talk about the Jack Swagger vs. Alberto Del Rio finish. Matt Striker is backstage with Del Rio. Del Rio talks about a tweet from Dolph Ziggler. Big E Langston and AJ Lee appear, mocking Del Rio.
- We go back to Renee Young and the WWE Superstars to talk about the Sheamus vs. Mark Henry Strap Match. Titus isn't convinced Sheamus is as tough as he portrays himself. Titus has fighting words for Sheamus. Barrett puts over Sheamus and the Brogue Kick.
- We see footage of Mark Henry in the trainers room after the Strap Match. Striker to get comment but Henry told him to get away. Henry walked out of the trainers room and said he was going home.
- We get another look at the cage match. Striker catches Heyman backstage for comment. Heyman puts over Lesnar's performance and says he's the ultimate extreme athlete in WWE. We go back to Renee Young and crew to talk about the match.
- They talk more about John Cena refusing medical help and plug tomorrow night's RAW. That's it for the post-show.
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New Years Resolutions for Alex / Alesandre 2,o14 AD
1. Stop smoking.
2. Stop buying cigarettes
3. Stop smoking other peoples cigarettes
4. Take my medication every day; asthma medication that is.
5. Go to the gym every day.
6. Stop going out every night.
6. Go to training every weekend {American Football, I play QB}
7. Go to school every Wednesday evening {American Football}
8. Eat more healthy.
9. Give Blood.
10. Stop drinking, apart from when go out on a Friday / Saturday night
11. Two hours a day on the bass guitar.
12. Get a new passport and go abroad.
13. Buy a sensible sportscar {Do I really need a Mitsubiish GTO 3.o Twin Turbo? No, on second thoughts, yes I do!} No Alex, sell your sports car and buy a people carrier so there are all room for her kiids in the Bach? Duck That! You want a people carrier, you get one! You're not my girlfriend, you're my best friend!
14. Be a better Dad to Sinbad & Napoleon. They are rats! They are 1o months old now. 3o in human years. Sinbad is the black one, Napoleon the blonde.
15. Change my name by deed poll to something even vaguely sensible.
16. Go to Switzerland and open a few bank accounts on the high street first thing in the am.
17. Stop borrowing money off people / credit cards etc. Basically stop running out of money all the time.
18. Go to work every day; I work from home...
19. Get Windows 8 working properly on my Chromebook... %)
2o. Stop going on the internet whoring all the time, especially when I am drunk / bored. But for sure, that is what the internet is supposed to be right? Something to do to pass the time of day I thought? %)
21. Stop paying so much tax.
22. Stop gambling on the F1 every race.
23. Make friends with Microsoft. Ater all, I use Live.Co.UK & Skype.
24. Make friends with Oracle. After all, I use, and have always used, LibreOffice. Have also just installed OpenBox.
25. Be a better Dad to Amelia. She was 18 on Xmas Day, and told her Mum she wanted to contact her real Dad for her Xmas present last year. I have always known, but how to explain, that I'm not her Godfather after all...


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Obama Likes "Bull Sessions" With Columnists
Handful of Black Journalists Have Participated
Even as the Obama administration is being criticized as the "most closed, control freak administration I've ever covered," in the words of David E. Sanger of the New York Times, President Obama himself is increasingly talking at length in off-the-record sessions with small groups of opinion columnists, and a handful of black journalists are benefiting.
"It's always good to know what the president thinks from the president himself," Jonathan Capehart, an editorial writer at the Washington Post, told Journal-isms by email on Friday.
Writing about the sessions Friday in Politico, Dylan Byers said, "these bull sessions give validation to an oft-heard critique: that Obama prefers the law school salon to the bully pulpit — that he would rather be regarded as smart by the people he regards as smart than be feared by the opposition or seen as effective by the people he governs."
Capehart told Journal-isms that he had been to three off-the-record sessions with Obama this year. His Post editorial-page colleague, columnist Eugene Robinson, is also considered a regular.
Charles Blow, New York Times columnist; Zerlina Maxwell of the Grio; and Ta-Nehisi Coates, senior editor and blogger at the Atlantic, have also been spotted there, Capehart said. It could not determined which, if any, Latino, Asian or Native American journalists have been in similar sessions.
DeWayne Wickham, columnist at USA Today, along with Robinson, syndicated columnist Roland S. Martin and Derrick Z. Jackson of the Boston Globe were at a session that took place in the first days of the Obama presidency.
"I've been invited to two off-the-record meetings with the president in the past couple years. I attended one and was out of town and couldn't make the other," Wickham told Journal-isms by email. "It was during a budget showdown between the president and congressional Republicans and I got some valuable insights."
But Martin said by email, "I've only participated in two. Both were for Sunday morning show hosts. Both lasted an hour and were a far cry from what was described in this piece" by Byers. "It was more of a q and a instead of a debate of ideas." Martin hosted "Washington Watch With Roland Martin" for TV One, which aired Sundays, until this year.
Byers wrote of the president, "He's not a schmoozer. He doesn't like meeting with lawmakers, and he doesn't particularly care for talking to reporters, either.
"But get him in an off-the-record setting with a small group of opinion columnists — the David Brooks and E.J. Dionne types — and he'll talk for hours.
" 'He likes the intellectual sparring element of it,' a source familiar with the president's thinking told POLITICO. 'He likes talking to reasonable adversaries.'
"He also likes talking to the people he likes to read. The president is a voracious consumer of opinion journalism. Most nights, before going to bed, he'll surf the Internet, reading the columnists whose opinions he values. One of the great privileges of the presidency is that, when so inclined, he can invite these columnists to his home for meetings that can last as long as two-and-a-half hours.
" 'It's not an accident [whom] he invites: He reads the people that he thinks matter, and he really likes engaging those people,' said one reporter with knowledge of the meetings. 'He reads people carefully — he has a columnist mentality — and he wants to win columnists over,' said another.
"The president appreciates the back-and-forth exchanges at the sessions, past participants told POLITICO. He even occasionally asks aides or administration officials what a specific columnist thinks about an issue. Sometimes, the aide will then reach out to the columnist to ask his or her opinion, which has had the unintended effect of spurring the columnist to write a piece expressing his thoughts on that very issue. . . ."
Byers also wrote, "the meetings are very much 'off the record' in the sense that the White House stalwartly refuses to discuss any of the details, including who was in attendance. The answer to such inquiries is almost always the same.
" 'In addition to giving press conferences and interviews, the President meets on occasion with groups of reporters and columnists for off-the-record discussions,' said Eric Schultz, the White House Deputy Press Secretary. 'We don't provide lists of participants.' . . . "
Accused of Racism, Writer Finds Home at National Review
"The National Review can't seem to shake its racist reputation," Steve Rendall of Fairness Accuracy In Reporting wrote Thursday. "Its latest hire, Jason Richwine, shows why.
"Richwine was fired by the Heritage Foundation earlier this year when the Washington Post revealed (5/8) that his graduate research at Harvard argued that Hispanics are immutably, genetically inferior to whites — 'the low average IQ of Hispanics is effectively permanent' — and that immigration policy should be IQ-based.
"Last year, the National Review fired columnist John Derbyshire for writing a column in another magazine advising white kids to avoid 'concentrations of blacks,' and to fend off charges of prejudice by befriending the rare civilized black person (FAIR Blog, 4/11/12). Editor Rich Lowry announced the firing in a blog post calling the column 'nasty and indefensible,' though he failed to call it racist."
Rendall also wrote, "When the liberal website Think Progress noted Monday (10/28) that Richwine's byline was appearing on the magazine's website, they wrote to editor Lowry, who responded briefly, acknowledging that Richwine was doing occasional blogging for the site. . . ."
An inquiry from Journal-isms was directed to National Review Publisher Jack Fowler, who did not respond.
Dylan Matthews, Washington Post: Jason Richwine doesn't understand why people are mad at him (Aug. 9)
Charles Murray, National Review: In Defense of Jason Richwine (May 15)
Jason Richwine, Politico: Why can't we talk about IQ? (Aug. 9)
Michael Giarrusso Named AP's Global Sports Editor
"Michael Giarrusso, a former AP sports writer, news editor and state news executive who was instrumental in transforming the news agency's operations, has been named AP's global sports editor," the Associated Press announced on Thursday.
"Giarrusso, chief of bureau for The Associated Press for Arizona and New Mexico for the past three years, will oversee AP's sports operations and manage more than 100 journalists covering events around the world, including the Olympics, World Cup and Super Bowl. He will be based in New York.
"Giarrusso succeeds Terry Taylor, who retired this month after leading the sports department for 21 years. The appointment was announced Tuesday by Lou Ferrara, the AP managing editor overseeing sports, business and entertainment coverage."
The news release also noted that Giarrusso is a graduate of the AP's internship program, which began in the early 1980s as the Minority Internship Program:
"Giarrusso, 43, began his AP career in 1992 as an intern in the Atlanta bureau. He worked as a reporter in Atlanta and then became correspondent in State College, Pa., where he covered Penn State sports and the Little League World Series. He later served as an editor on the AP's national editing desk in New York and was news editor for Georgia. He worked as an editor at the 2002 Winter Olympics and helped with coverage of sports events in Georgia, including the Super Bowl, the Final Four and the MLB All-Star game. . . ."
Columnist Debunks Health-Care Act Horror Story
"Deborah Cavallaro is a hard-working real estate agent in the Westchester suburb of Los Angeles who has been featured prominently on a round of news shows lately, talking about how badly Obamacare is going to cost her when her existing plan gets canceled and she has to find a replacement," Michael Hiltzik, business columnist at the Los Angeles Times, wrote on Wednesday.
"She says she's angry at President Obama for having promised that people who like their health plans could keep them, when hers is getting canceled for not meeting Obamacare's standards.
" 'Please explain to me,' she told Maria Bartiromo on CNBC Wednesday, 'how my plan is a "substandard" plan when … I'd be paying more for the exchange plans than I am currently paying by a wide margin.'
"Bartiromo didn't take her up on her request. So I will.
"The bottom line is that Cavallaro's assertion that 'there's nothing affordable about the Affordable Care Act,' as she put it Tuesday on NBC Channel 4, is the product of her own misunderstandings, abetted by a passel of uninformed and incurious news reporters.
"I talked with Cavallaro, 60, after her CNBC appearance. . . ."
Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America: Called On To Explain Big Story, Media Botches Obamacare
Steven Brill, Columbia Journalism Review: Stories I'd like to see
Jarvis DeBerry, NOLA.com | the Times-Picayune: 'Obamacare' or Affordable Care Act, it still belongs to the president
Tim Giago, Indianz.com: Only Tom Daschle can save the Affordable Care Act
Trudy Lieberman, Columbia Journalism Review: An Obamacare reality check from reporters on the ground
Jason Linkins, Huffington Post: What Obama Really Meant When He Said 'If You Like Your Plan, You Can Keep It'
Brendan Nyhan, Columbia Journalism Review: The failure to factcheck 'You can keep it'
Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald: Competence matters then and now (Oct. 26)
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: Is Fox News reporter fair and balanced on Obamacare?
Norman Pearlstine Back, Martha Nelson Out at Time Inc.
"Time Inc. announced a sweeping reorg as it prepares to spin off from Time Warner, bringing back Norman Pearlstine, its onetime editor in chief, as evp, chief content officer and having editors now reporting directly to the business side," Lucia Moses wrote Thursday for adweek.com.
"Martha Nelson, a longtime Time Inc. editor who became Time Inc.'s first woman editor in chief in December 2012, is leaving the company after less than a year in the position."
In March, Constance C.R. White disclosed that her departure as editor-in-chief of Time Inc.-owned Essence magazine was involuntary and the result of repeated clashes with Nelson, who White said sought to limit the way black women were portrayed. Others have defended Nelson.
It was under Pearlstine that Time Inc. launched People en Español, which the company calls the largest-selling Spanish-language magazine in America. That publication began on a test basis in 1997, a result of the March 31, 1995, killing of the Tejano singer Selena in Corpus Christi, Texas, by the former head of her fan club.
Most Time Inc. employees didn't know who Selena was, much less the extent of her following, but Latino employees suggested that she be put on the cover of the Southwest and Texas editions of People. The issue "sold spectacularly," Pearlstine told Journal-isms in 2005. More important, he said, was the role of Latino employees in expanding Time Inc.'s horizons.
Time Inc.'s four employee "affinity groups" were also created under Pearlstine's tenure, in 1998: Black Employees at Time (BEAT), a Hispanic group known as HOLA@Time Inc., the Asian American Association (A3) and Out@Time Inc., comprising gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender employees.
However, Time magazine has no African American correspondents, which helped it earn the Thumbs Down Award in 2012 from the National Association of Black Journalists.
"Pearlstine served as Time Inc.'s editor in chief from 1994 to 2005," Moses' story continued. "For the past five years, he has been chief content officer of Bloomberg LP. Prior to Bloomberg, he served as a senior advisor to p-e firm Carlyle Group. At Time Inc., editors will now report to the group presidents of their respective groups (lifestyle, news and style/entertainment), but Pearlstine will have 'dotted-line' responsibility for them. In an interview, Pearlstine said he would be focusing on developing new line extensions and consumer-focused products and would be available to editors if they had problems, but that 'I don't expect to be signing off on covers.'
"The shakeup represents a sea change at Time Inc., with its longstanding tradition of editorial independence. It's bound to stir questions internally about how the editorial side will be protected from business-side interference going forward—perhaps mitigated by Pearlstine's stellar editorial reputation—but it also brings Time Inc. in line with the way other media companies operate. . . ."
Leslie Kaufman, New York Times: Reshuffling at Time Inc. to Set Table for Spinoff
Joe Nocera, New York Times: The Fall of the Wall?
Michael Sebastian,adage.com: Understanding Time Inc.'s New Editorial Order
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The plane crash disaster has been removed as a result of 9/11
It's official, the terrorists have won.
There's still a lot of craptastic code in there, but the heart of the software (the simulator) hasn't changed.
Slashdot, the only place one can make a flippant remark regarding the state of 20 year old code and successfully find someone who worked on it.
It actually states the history of where it's come from in one of the linked articles [donhopkins.com] (emphasis added):
- The original version of SimCity was developed by Maxis on the C64, and ported to various platforms, including the Macintosh. Maxis licensed the Macintosh SimCity source code to DUX software, to port to Unix.
- DUX Software contracted me (Don Hopkins) to port SimCity to Unix, and I developed "SimCity HyperLook Edition", while working at the Turing Institute on HyperLook with Arthur van Hoff. The user interface was written in PostScript, which ran on the NeWS window system on Sun workstations, and it supported multiple zoomable views, pie menus, annotating and printing maps, and many user interface improvements.
- After Sun canceled NeWS, DUX Software contracted me to rewrite the HyperLook user interface in TCL/Tk for X11, and I developed a multi-player networked user interface using the X11 protocol. The TCL/Tk version of SimCity has been ported to various Unix and non-Unix platforms, including SunOS, Solaris, Irix, HP/UX, OSF/1, Quarterdeck Desqview/X, NDC X Terminals, Warp, and Linux. The contract to sell SimCity for Unix expired after ten years, so the TCL/Tk version was no longer commercially available.
- OLPC SimCity is based on the TCL/Tk version of SimCity. SimCity is a trademark of Electronic Arts. Don Hopkins adapted SimCity to the OLPC, thanks to the support of John Gilmore. OLPC SimCity will be shipped with the OLPC, and it has been run through EA's quality assurance process and reviewed for integrity. EA reserves the right to review and approve any version of the game distributed under the name SimCity.
So it looks as if it's some kind of mutated version of SimCity Classic which dates back to the C64 version.
left of the city center
Probably because they borrowed some of the code from SimAnt, which had less ant growth towards the upper left due to a processing order issue in the updating algorithm. It's one of those problems where step N+1 is computed incrementally from the current state, rather than from a frozen copy of step N.
It's a type of bug more common back when memory was limited. Classically, it was a spreadsheet bug. The dumb way to evaluate a spreadsheet is to start at the upper left, evaluating the formula (if any) for each cell. If any formula refers to a value that's to the right or below the cell being evaluated, the spreadsheet values will be wrong. Each time you hit the recalculate key, the values propagate through one more wrong-direction dependency. Once you've hit "recalc" enough times, the values stabilize
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Most business schools have spent the past decade making their programs global in scope, which tends to mean sending students to foreign lands for immersion programs. The model they're using, however, creates leaders that are dangerously out of touch with the context in which they're running businesses.
That's because international field trips and contact with global chief executive officers cannot alone give students an understanding of the social and political issues unique to every market.
The past year put forth an historic turning point for the global economy: Emerging nations are expected to have contributed more to the world's gross domestic product (in purchasing power parity terms) than developed nations did, according to IMF estimates.
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#1 L.I. Couple Seeks Trademark For "Occupy Wall St."10-24-2011, 02:07 PMCiting the potential of Occupy Wall Street to become a global brand, a Long Island couple has filed to trademark the name of the amorphous organization responsible for the protests and encampments in lower Manhattan and other U.S. cities, The Smoking Gun has learned.
In a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) application, Robert and Diane Maresca are seeking to trademark the phrase Occupy Wall St. so that they can place it on a wide variety of goods, including bumper stickers, shirts, beach bags, footwear, umbrellas, and hobo bags.
The October 18 filing, made in Diane Marescas name, cost the couple $975, which Robert Maresca, 44, termed something of a gamble in a TSG interview.
Maresca, pictured at right, lives with his wife, an occupational therapist, and three children in West Islip. He refers to himself as a relatively conservative person who is pro-union and best categorized as a political independent. A former union ironworker, Maresca said that he has been disabled by a stroke and seizures.
Asked if his move to stake a legal claim to Occupy Wall Street might be seen as a crass attempt to cash in on a movement that has a harsh view of corporations and capitalism, Maresca answered, No. Noting that he has a practical business side, Maresca added that, If I didnt buy it and use it someone else will. ...
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First, the report talks about devices sold, not the installed base, in which PCs will have a very big lead for the foreseeable future. Phones have long sold better than PCs. Also, do you know anyone that just uses smartphones and tablets but never PCs or laptops? Didn't think so.
Thank you.
Of course non-PC devices are selling faster than PC's right now. Almost everyone already has a PC, so there isn't a large group going out in the same time period to buy one. The same can't be said about tablets and smartphones.
Almost everyone already has a PC, so there isn't a large group going out in the same time period to buy one.
And for people who live alone in their parent's garage, that's all that needs to be said, but for families (which are actually a fairly large segment of the population, outside of geekdom), there's another factor, which is that while before, they may have needed several PCs, now they may be able to get by with one PC and several tablets and/or smartphones. So there may well be a decrease in PC use, even if it won't affect anyone on slashdot.
Another factor is that after the public reaction to Vista, MS was
I really tire of these slanted news articles that crumble with the slightest application of common sense.
At least all the yammering about "the cloud" seems to have decreased. I thought they'd never shut up about how computers were going to disappear completely. And it's been a while since I heard anyone proclaim that games were completely dead and downloadable content on the wii was going to be the only thing you'd be able to buy in a month.
Yes, because your garage is indicative of everyone's. Also, children have bikes and no cars.
And unlike your example, this is a changing tend and not just a snapshot of a mostly static relationship. The smart phone and tablet are rising and seems poised to eclipse the PC. This isn't terribly surprising to most people, but I fully expect Slashdot to completely miss the significance of this. Even once the PC is dethroned, the stereotypical slashdotter will still live and die by theirs.
It's also important to no
And no consideration of how many of those devices are new users compared to existing users just upgrading to the next version. Maybe the typical lifetime of these devices is shorter than a PC. PC's are typically upgradeable where these devices are usually just the package deal, so not every PC user looking to expand their capabilities need buy a new PC.
Besides, there's not even netcraft confirmation! Clear proof the PC is not dying.
Yeah, yeah.
Laptops have been selling better than desktops for about 3 years now, but it hasn't killed the desktop usefulness. Likewise I doubt phones or tablets can replace the need for desktops.
Also, do you know anyone that just uses smartphones and tablets but never PCs or laptops? Didn't think so.
I come damned close, though, in my personal life. At work, I have to use a keyboard to get anything done (though conceivably, I could use an iPad connected to a bluetooth keyboard.) Most of my computer use at home is fairly light and based on consuming content, and as such, an iPad is perfect except for two little problems:
1) The iPad currently requires the use of a computer at least once (to activate) and any time you want to back it up. I think this will eventually be addressed, but it hasn't been high
Looks like CmdrTaco has gone full retard today. The OMG KDE IS DIEING story, and this?
Slashdot makes this same mistake every single time a story like this goes on the front page. Every time.
The report is from a marketing firm. Their audience is other marketing types who make reports to business types. That lot is concerned about growth because growth is where they can make money. Selling things in markets that are growing faster than competition can enter, which means profit margins can stay comfortably high.
Once growth falls off and capacity catches up, things get competitive. Margins dwindle and the kinds of companies that pay people to read marketing reports can no longer survive.
Just because something changes from #1 to #2 doesn't mean that the era is at an end.
Compare to radio stations - they are around and kicking even though TV, video and the internet has come.
And someone that buys a phone/pad or whatever probably already has a PC.
I suppose that when they say "The era of X is over" they mean the era when X *is dominant* is over. They're not saying X will be no more. Yes, we still have radio, but it is no longer our primary means of receiving entertainment and news. (and hasn't been for quite a while).
Right.. I feel like complaining about the fact that smart phones and ipads etc. ARE personal computers.. but then someone will punch me in the face.
I'm not sure if this is the earliest example, but I had one of these babies and I might be biased...
http://www.playretro.co.uk/hardware/sinclair_zx_spectrum_box.jpg [playretro.co.uk]
Right.. I feel like complaining about the fact that smart phones and ipads etc. ARE personal computers
If applications for a computing device need the device manufacturer's approval before they will run, I call the device an "appliance", not a computer. For example, Apple iDevices are appliances. So are video game consoles and Android phones on AT&T. On the other hand, other Android devices are computers, as are Nokia N900 phones and desktop and laptop PCs.
Don't get your hopes up. They're talking about shipments, not installed base.
People pretty much stopped buying new PCs once they had a Core 2 Duo or faster. It isn't that no one is using PCs anymore, it's that no one is buying a new one because the old one is still plenty fast.
Incidentally, you can expect the same thing to happen in phones in a couple of years. Once you have a phone which is fast enough to play video and has a battery that lasts all day, the biggest improvements are going to come as software update and you won't care about the hardware any more than you currently care whether you have a 2.6GHz CPU vs. a 3GHz CPU -- both are fast enough to do whatever so nobody cares anymore.
Once you have a phone which is fast enough to play video and has a battery that lasts all day, the biggest improvements are going to come as software update and you won't care about the hardware any more than you currently care whether you have a 2.6GHz CPU vs. a 3GHz CPU -- both are fast enough to do whatever so nobody cares anymore.
Except that wireless providers are historically terrible at providing software updates. Apple bucked this trend a bit, and some Android phones have gotten one or two updates. Carriers are still the gatekeepers for the vast majority of phones, though. They want to sell new hardware, not provide new software.
Once you have a phone which is fast enough to play video and has a battery that lasts all day, the biggest improvements are going to come as software update and you won't care about the hardware any more than you currently care whether you have a 2.6GHz CPU vs. a 3GHz CPU -- both are fast enough to do whatever so nobody cares anymore.
Except that wireless providers are historically terrible at providing software updates. Apple bucked this trend a bit, and some Android phones have gotten one or two updates. Carriers are still the gatekeepers for the vast majority of phones, though. They want to sell new hardware, not provide new software.
All hope is not lost. If you have an Android phone it's only a matter of time before you root your handset go for a aftermarket ROM - probably when your warranty runs out in 12 months. Ironically the community builds of Android are often highly stable and usable sometimes less buggy than carrier software, and you get the latest and greatest features and performance. I have a HTC Magic running Android 2.2, this is hardware that was abandonded by HTC in late 2009 with no further than version 1.6, and it runs
And World Community Grid.
Just sayin...
/IF, it happens at all. My PC makes a great space heater that saves humanity, even if nothing else.
This will probably mean the end of Microsoft as well. Likely the beginning of the Year of Linux on the desktop as well.
I'm feeling pretty optimistic about IPv6 too!
The year of Linux on the desktop is the same year the the Desktop becomes irrelevant.
This isn't about the death of the Desktop, just as the Mainframe hasn't died yet either. It is a shift in usage.
The Mainframe was widely used across orgs including many smaller companies then the PC (and PC based servers) had slowly replaced them leaving the mainframe reserved to large companies who need the big horse power. A lot of mainframe companies have died or been merged and became less relevant Prime, Digital, leav
This will probably mean the end of Microsoft as well. Likely the beginning of the Year of Linux on the desktop as well.
I realize you are being humorous due to the year of the desktop reference but some readers should consider the following.
With respect to desktop and laptop personal computers mobile devices are complementary products not replacement products. Now tablets, they may be replacement products for netbooks.
At least for regions of the world where people tend to own computers. In other regions the mobile devices are establishing a new market. Today's internet capable smartphone with downloadable apps is tomor
Even if smartphones and such sell more than their larger counterparts, I still don't see it happening that quickly. There's still a lot to be said of the experience of using a "PC" rather than an "app device", regardless of the equal or disparate capabilities between them.
An example is writing...I'm not going to write on a bluetooh-keyboard-connected iPad for the same reason I wouldn't write on a netbook or a laptop; I need to feel centered, to feel like "OK body and mind, we're sitting down, and we're writing." I don't see being able to duplicate that feeling with an "app" device.
Well said, Pojut.
More broadly: anything creative is better done on a computer than a tablet.
A tablet (etc.) is for consumption of content. They rock for accessibility and convenience: just what you need when you are passively consuming content, such as reading or watching. Even gaming counts, as you are not putting anything in to the device: just getting entertainment out of it.
But if you are trying to create something (prose, music, code, graphics, databases, and so on and so on), then a full-fledged computer is vastly superior.
Maybe this will change someday, as the interfaces for devices improve and the apps develop. But in the short-term, I defy someone to create billboard-quality graphics, commercial-grade websites, or a publication-level novel on a tablet. I suppose it can be done, but it would be a heck of a lot easier with a full computer.
It kind of ignores the fact that people generally replace their phones every two years at most. A decent PC can last 5, even 10 years these days if the user isn't interested in games. So, by default phone sales are going to be at least 2x higher than PC sales, even if people spend more time and money on their PCs.
I agree. Pen and paper, tablets, smartphones, etc. are all portable, but civilization still has desks, offices and workplaces for a reason.
There's nothing stopping anyone manufacturing a docking device which holds a portable device and extends it with keyboard, mouse and displaying on a decent sized monitor. The difference is that you're free to use it in other ways too.
While I'm all for new technology, we're also entering an era I like to call developer soup. Maybe I just coined that. In any case, there's no good way to target all the platforms anymore. You might argue HTML5, but really only Chrome is useful for that (right now), and many do not run Chrome. Many in fact, still use IE6/7/8 at corps.
It kind of stinks, because before you could make an app for one platform and hit a lot of targets, but not anymore.. Android, iOS, BBOS, Windows, Linux, Mac, MeeGo, the diversity is difficult, at best, if you want an all encompassing app. Ah well, I guess HTML4 for now, HTML5 in 18 months.
There hasn't been that since, well, ever. Unix vs VMS in the 70's and 80's, Mac vs PC vs Sparc (aaah. The fun of endianness...)...
You might be thinking too 'inside the box' - for instance, PhoneGap handles pretty much every smartphone OS out there, plus Mac and PC. SO HTML 5 + CSS + JavaScript + (insert JS datahandling concept of choice) has become a VERY viable way of handling a write once then compile for platfom(s) of choice. It's not a solution for every problem, of course - I somehow doubt writing RageHD in HTML 5 is going to be a choice anytime soon. But for 75% of apps out there, it's a good, solid solution. And PhoneGap is
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I look forward to orphaning all the perfectly good hardware I own in favor of a paperless, flying-car world of handheld delights and not very good copy or pasting or printing... what's scanning? Well, that's something we used to do with a thing called a USB serial port that our plamtop vendors forgot to equip us with. Now we "scan" by taking a picture of the page you want copied, then upload it thru email to your facetwit account, then convert it into a textless PDF, and we're done... almost. Now, download it again on a real computer and print via an actual USB port connected to a printer(not over wireless where we lose many features), and we're done. Hooray, we are teh suck!
Now, if you'll excuse me I'm off to purchase every doorknob at OSH...
Until smartphones and tablets displace the PC in being the platform where most of the work is done, I don't consider the PC Era to be over.
If I didn't need to do coding, I could handle pretty much all the business work I need to do on my iPad with iWork. It handles spreadsheets and word processing just fine with a docking station. And the amount of coding work I'm doing is decreasing every year as I focus more on the business side of the house.
Doesn't surprise me that there will be more smartphones. After all, phones are heading the way of all phones being smart phones and we are also heading the way of everyone having a personal phone. Wonderful, however that doesn't mean computers are going away. Thus far I've seen no indication that these devices are going to replace computers for work. Phones particularly but the iPad as well are devices well designed for consumption, not production. That's fine for play, not for work. I'm not just talking de
Define "work" in such a way that it is not PC centric and we may already be there.
Are Linux Servers "PCs"?
Are MySQL, Apache servers "PCs" ?
Are Email, Messaging and chat "PC" ?
Well actually, the smartphone will be the PC. That is to say, you could create a docking station connected to keyboard, mouse, and video. Just plug in your phone and go. Should the phone ring, you speak with bluetooth headset or hands free. Now expand that to include a future wireless keyboard, mouse, and video connection. Think about that for a moment... The phone is always with you. You sit down in the plane, office desk, or restaurant and are presented with the option to wirelessly pair with the peripher
So can we declare 2012 the "Year of the Linux Smartphone"?
At work I still need a desktop machine for coding. But as an example, currently my dad has an iMac that I bought him a couple years ago. I bought him an iPad 3G for fathers day because he does travel a lot. Talking with him over thanksgiving, he rarely turns on his iMac any more. Only time he does is to update investments or work on his taxes. The rest of the time he uses the iPad with docking station.
I still have my older Mac Mini hooked up to my TV. I have since 2005, but in the last year or so my X
I frankly don't see myself buying another desktop for home use unless I get back into video editing or 3D as hobby again. If I'm not working around code anymore in another 18 months, I may not be buying a new laptop either. I found two years ago my iPhone did about 90% of what I needed. The iPad seems to fill the other 10%.
> What about college students? So, how are they going to type up their exams now. On a smartphone?
I think you're missing the point here. The smart phone will *become* their PC. For typing up papers, yes, they'll have a wireless bluetooth keyboard and monitor. The smart phone stays in your pocket, and when you need those peripherals, you'll just sit down next to them. The computing device itself will be mobile, always with you.
And mobile devices are getting increasingly powerful, and will soon be able
This is such an idiotic statement. There are already far more cell phones sold, smart or not, per year than PCs, and this has been true for nearly a decade. These phones are being replaced with "app-enabled devices" because it's getting nearly impossible to get a plain old phone - they just don't make them anymore. Even the $0 freebie has some sort of smartphone-like functionality. Hell, my old MotoRazr from 2004 had apps! Shiit Java apps, but still...
The day you can sit down at an "app-enabled device" and professionally write software, code a business-class web site, edit video, design a mechanical blueprint, and play WoW, well that might be the end of the PC era. For now, and the next 10 years at least, we just have a lot of fussy gadgets.
The "they don't make them anymore" feature phones still outsell smartphones by a very large margin. We're looking at about 4-5 times at the moment.
But even if you count any "I can install a game on it" phone as a "smartphone" (you could do that in early 1990s), they still make a lot of mobile phones that don't even have a screen, much less a capability to install anything on it.
"an event that may signify the end of the PC-centric era"
I think they overlook a few of factors:
1) smart phones are undergoing a upgrade/replacement phase that isn't seen in the pc world. Outside of the gaming community, many people are fine with the core 2 duo they bought 3 years ago, but in the same period of time they would have replaced a smart phone at least once.
2) many people have more than one smart phone - I have a work phone and a home phone, yet I only have one pc
3) many people are smart phone b
I would have said the same thing a year ago, but today I find myself using mostly devices at home. I have a Mac Mini at home, but I've been using it hooked up to my TV for several years. Even then, I mostly use my XBox for streaming movies now from Netflix. I gave up my laptop at work to a new hire and have been using my iPad & iPhone since May for most of my work. I still have an iMac at the office. I use it for code reviews and I still step in to help fix things with a couple of our products that
If you create any content (even large blocks of text, much less cad, drawings, etc.), all the other devices suck terribly.
But if you want to play games, listen to songs, watch videos, read what other people write, I agree.
I'm sick of being politically correct.
Predicted to last longer than 18 Month
Two years ago they said no one would use a PC, because netbook sales were through the roof. PCs were entirely dead. But people buy netbooks to supplement their PCs. Same with smartphones and tablets.
I for one welcome our new Chumby overlords.
http://www.chumby.com/ [chumby.com]
That's because PCs last longer than smartphones, tablets and the like, and people own more of those devices than PCs. The people I know keep PCs for 5-6 years, yet they're replacing their smartphone every 18 months when their carrier offers an upgrade and may replace it more often if it gets broken. And if they have a tablet it's in addition to their smartphone, not in place of it. And then there's their company-issued phone, which is usually in addition to their personal one. Work PCs follow a similar 5-ye
I thought the end of everything was in 2 years time (21-Dec-2012)
Think about it. Everyone wants easy access and control over their own info. What easier way to achieve this than a centralized home server?
Want all of your music & movies & data in the "cloud"? Why not just have your own stable cloud at home that can sync & stream your data to all of your fragmented year-long-lifespan (disposable) mobile devices?
If only someone made a cheap and reliable OS that could work as both a desktop and/or a server... Too bad MS has artificial remote connection limits
PC's won't die. Terminology might change, but the PC will be around for a very long time.
here's an example: PDA's "died" about 5 years ago. Smartphones were the future. and today we have iphones and android phones. the OS is different, and the hardware is a generation removed, the the key difference is that PDA's didn't have a cell phone transmitter/receiver.
I was making skype calls over wifi on my iPAQ ~8 years ago. but, hey, PDA's are dead, right?
What's a iPhone? A tiny PC, that's what. And a PC is a giant iPhone. The story here is that lots of people want to carry a small smart screen around with them, like we didn't know that. It's a good place for little apps, messaging, and small emails -- and making phone calls.
But sometimes you want a 20 inch screen - or two of them. How much coding is done on the iPhone? How much graphics editing? Where would you want to write your thesis or read Wikipedia? Reading War and Peace on my smartphone is
It's true. More bags of M&Ms will ship in the next 18 months than all mobile devices combined. This certainly means the end of mobile computing!
Seriously. I am not sure if these devices are all "replacing" PCs. Sure it may dent PC usage, but it's not exactly a cataclysm. I have 2 mobile devices and three PCs, and will likely buy another PC next year.
Sorry, but no. Nothing beats the keyboard for input. We write and write and write all day long. Touch screens are no substitute for a keyboard. There is no substitute for a keyboard yet. Even if they made a hat that lets you think words, it would still not replace the keyboard.
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Colin Boyle assisted Jose Pedraza on a goal for the Nebraska City boys' soccer team and picked up some big in-house bragging rights as the Pioneers triumphed over Plattsmouth 1-0 in first round action of the Eastern Midlands Conference tournament on Tuesday.
Colin Boyle assisted Jose Pedraza on a goal for the Nebraska City boys' soccer team and picked up some big in-house bragging rights as the Pioneers triumphed over Plattsmouth 1-0 in first round action of the Eastern Midlands Conference tournament on Tuesday.
The Tuesday contest was likely the last chance for Colin to match up with his twin brother, Kevin, on a high school soccer field.
Both Kevin and Colin attended Lourdes and played together on the Nebraska City soccer team early in their careers.
The Boyle family lives in Plattsmouth.
Kevin said he felt attending the Plattsmouth High School was a better fit for him, but Collin remained at Lourdes.
Since Lourdes athletes compete cooperatively with Nebraska City High?School during the soccer season, Colin's decision to remain assured that there would be a family rivalry when Nebraska City and Plattsmouth got together for matches.
The twins are seniors this year, and since Nebraska City clipped the Blue Devils 2-0 during the regular season meeting of the two squads, it was a fair bet that Kevin had some extra motivation coming into Tuesday's rematch.
That motivation showed through in that Kevin had to overcome illness in order to compete.
Kevin said he was feeling under the weather and didn't come to school at the start of the day Tuesday. He did get to school and attended for the minimum half day required for athletes to participate in sports that same day.
As the action developed on Tuesday, the Boyles found themselves in numerous head-to-head match ups.
That's just the way they like it.
Both Boyles noted that playing against one another is more enjoyable than playing on the same team.
If they were playing on the same team, due to their positions, they would not likely get a chance to interact.
As opposing players, the Boyles compete directly against one another.
In talking about Colin's game, Kevin lauded his brother's ability to distribute the ball, see the field and play with intensity, while also noting that his brother plays a bit too "fancy" at times.
Kevin guessed that his brother would surmise Kevin's talents by saying that he was a physical player who might be guilty of yelling too much during the game.
When told of Kevin's "fancy" comment, Colin smiled and said he had to agree with that notation, adding that he may indeed be guilty of holding the ball a bit long and expanding the trickery of his game in an effort to beat his brother.
Colin also noted that Kevin's skills go beyond simple aggressive play.
"He's a good player," Colin said. "He plays a good defensive game."
Colin also added that his brother definitely gets into the action and is a vocal player.
Regardless of how the game turns out, however, the brothers Boyle are quick to return to an amicable sibling relationship after the final whistle sounds.
And that's definitely how it played out Tuesday.
Kevin crossed the field and shared a hug with Colin as he was being honored in the Pioneers' senior ceremonies on Tuesday.
Colin's team won the day, but he said that won't be the topic of conversation around the breakfast table for weeks or even days to come.
"My mom is kind of on me not to give him too much trouble about it," Colin said.
Certainly the Boyle boys will be cheering for one another from now on, hoping that, if both squads advance out of districts, a rematch could still be possible at state.
For Colin's part, he said the Nebraska City players want to make sure that the end of the regular season doesn't end up defining the Pioneers' season.
Nebraska City fell against Elkhorn and Lincoln Lutheran to close out the regular season, but Colin said his team played well in amassing a 6-2 record prior to that.
"We think we've been playing a good game of soccer the whole season," said Colin, adding that the Pioneers are looking forward to postseason chances to prove they can play with the top teams in the state.
Nebraska City was scheduled to return to action Thursday for the semifinal round of the Eastern Midlands Conference tournament against Elkhorn.
A win in the Elkhorn match would put the Pioneers in the conference finals on Friday.


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FULTON, Mo. – GC women's soccer claimed their sixth straight victory on Saturday as they convincingly downed SLIAC foe Westminster 6-1 in Fulton, Mo.
GC was led by senior Jackie Sievert and freshman Kayla Panzau in the conference win. Both offensive specialists posted two goals a piece in the contest, and Panzau added an impressive assist.
With the victory Greenville College women's soccer advances to 9-4 (3-0 SLIAC) and currently sits atop the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference standings.
The women will look to build on their mid-season success as they travel to Ohio Mid-Western on Monday for a 1:00 pm tilt.


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That makes sense. It's like the way (for the record) you can't pass instructions in JavaScript to a Flash movie from within a frameset crossing over two domains. A whole bunch of stuff stops working for "security reasons" in that kind of situation.
See http://www.webdesignforums.net/thread6250.html for some suggestions on your specific problem.
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Fixed... thanks for the info.


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JEFFERSON - Nettie Pinson "Hunsinger" Greene, 63, passed away Monday, September 24, 2012.
Born in Jefferson, she was the daughter of the late William Worth and Annie Dell Pharr Pinson. Mrs. Greene was a secretary and receptionist for several doctors and health care facilities in and around Jefferson and was a member of Academy Baptist Church. Mrs. Greene was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Frank Hunsinger; and a brother, Robert Worth Pinson.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Amy and Jesse Sheriff, Powder Springs; son and daughter-in-law, Charles Worth and Jennifer Hunsinger, Lee Summitt, Mo.; sister and brother-in-law, Janie and Tabby Love, Jefferson; grandchildren, Kelsey Sheriff, Sydney Payne, Georgia Hunsinger, and Charlotte Hunsinger; and a number of other relatives.
Funeral services will be held Friday September 28, at 1 p.m. at Thyatira Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Eric Shelton officiating. Interment will follow at the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church on Friday, September 28, from 11 a.m. until the hour of service. Those honored as pallbearers will be Tabby Love, Kevin Love, Kendall Love, and Charlie Howington.
Flowers are accepted or donations may be made to St. Mary's Hospice House, P.O. Box 6588, Athens, GA 30604.
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Getting Started With 3D Printed Design
From Mod Lab
- 1 Workshop Outline
- 1.1 What is 3D Printing?
- 1.2 Design an Object
- 1.3 Slicing Fabjects
- 1.4 Printing to MakerBot Machines
- 1.5 Using the ArtEngine MakerBot Cupcake
- 2 Resources
- 2.1 Design Flows on a Budget
- 2.2 Printers
- 2.3 3D Printing Services
Workshop Outline
What is 3D Printing?
- What is 3D?
- 2D: Drawings, paintings.
- 3D: Sculpture, things we use.
- What is Printing?
- Depositing material. Paint, graphite, ink.
- What is 3D Printing? ==
- Depositing material to make a 3D object.
- How does a 3D Printer work?
- Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
- Cost: Very High
- Tech: High-power lasers fuse any meltable material, from plastics up to metals like titanium.
- Advantages: Produce replacement parts on demand for your fighter jet on an aircraft carrier. Fused material might be recyclable.
- Disadvantages: See Cost.
- Ink-Jet Powder+Binder
- Cost: Medium
- Tech: Lays down layers of powder and "prints" the design using a glue-like binder.
- Advantages: Can do colour. Model structures are self-supporting via unused powder. "Green" parts can be infused with materials from glue to molten metal to strengthen. Unused powder can be reused.
- Disadvantages: "Green" parts are fragile. Hollow parts will trap binder if no exit holes are designed in. Fabricated objects may be difficult or impossible to recycle back into machine inputs.
- Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
- Cost: Low
- Tech: An extruder head deposits melted material (like plastic) or pastes to build up an object layer-by-layer.
- Advantages: Cheap. Can be completely hollow and air-tight. Can be vestment-cast with molten metal. Simple machine design. For thermoplastic and similar materials, fabricated objects can be melted back down and reused.
- Disadvantages: Large overhangs require support material. Multiple colours and/or materials require complex multi-head extruder designs.
- Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
Design an Object
Introducing Google SketchUp
- Download: http://sketchup.google.com/
Basic Shapes
- Creating shapes
- Creating rulers for precision
- Snap to lines, shapes, rulers.
Useful Operations
- 2D to 3D
- Extrude: the Pull operation.
- 3D Text
- 3D Boolean Operations
- When is a mesh not solid?
- Tricks to fixing meshes so they're solid.
- Collada (DAE)
MeshLab Manipulations
- Download: http://www.meshlab.org/
- Checking models for manifoldness
- Basic fixing operations
- Basic scaling operations
NetFabb Tools
- Pointer to netfabb's online mesh repair: http://cloud.netfabb.com/
- Pointer to netfabb Studio Basic: http://www.netfabb.com/basic.php
Slicing Fabjects
- Download: http://replicat.org/
- Basic STL positioning and scaling operations.
- Hooks into Skeinforge (included).
- Turn on skeinview
- Read the resulting GCode.
GCode Visualization (Optional)
- For Blender GCode reader plug-in (all platforms): https://github.com/zignig/blender-gcode-reader
Printing to MakerBot Machines
- Print Direct
- Cupcake: Only print direct for simple designs. The serial link bogs down too easily when there are lots of small movements as found in curves and circles.
- Thing-O-Matic: No issues printing directly.
- Print Buffering to SD Card
- Cupcake: Preferred over direct printing. Necessary for stand-alone operation.
- Thing-O-Matic: Optional. Necessary for stand-alone operation.
- Print to File (aka SD Card in USB reader)
- Cupcake: Faster than dumping data over serial link. Useful for preparing files for multiple "identical" machines.
- Thing-O-Matic: Faster than dumping data over serial link. Useful for preparing files for multiple "identical" machines.
Using the ArtEngine MakerBot Cupcake
See http://artengine.ca/modlab/index.php/MakerBot
Design Flows on a Budget
Modelling Software
- 3DTin
- Baby Steps
- Site: http://3dtin.com/
- Google SketchUp
- Layman's CAD
- Site: http://sketchup.google.com/
- Blender
- B(u)y the Book(s)
- Site: http://blender.org/
- OpenSCAD
- The Coder Way
- Site: http://openscad.org/
Visualization, Assembly and Mesh Repair
- MeshLab
- CloudFabb and Netfabb Studio
- Pleasant3D (Mac Only)
- Blender (STL and GCode Plugins)
- Skeinforge (Python based)
- Cryptic but Necessary
- SuperSkein (Processing based)
- Download: https://github.com/MaskedRetriever/SuperSkein
- Not heavily developed.
- Handy for experimental slicing, generating DXF slices for 2.5D modeling.
Printer Interfaces
- ReplicatorG
- Site: http://replicat.org/
Models and Mash-Ups
- Thingiverse
Open Source - Parent Projects
RepRap Project
- Site: http://reprap.org/
- Machines:
- Darwin
- Mendel
- Prusa Mendel
Open Source Hardware - Commercial
- Site: http://www.makerbot.com/
- Machines:
- Cupcake CNC
- Thing-O-Matic
- Site: http://www.makergear.com/
- Machines:
- Prusa Mendel Kit
- Extruder upgrades for RepRap, RepStrap and CNC machines.
- Site: http://www.ultimaker.com/
- Machines:
- Protobox v1.0
3D Printing Services
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- Shapeways


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Electrifying performances expected at 'Westmoreland's Best in Concert'
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — AS the celebrations for Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's (JCDC's) 50th anniversary heighten, the Westmoreland parish office will host the fourth staging of 'Westmoreland's Best in Concert' on Saturday at the Sean Lavery Faith Hall, Savanna-la-Mar, starting at 8:00 pm.
In previous stagings, noted personalities have wowed audiences with electrifying performances that showcased raw talent and high entertainment value for the entire family. This year's event, dubbed 'a comedy showcase', will feature some of Westmoreland's well-known personalities in the public and private sectors.
JCDC Cultural Organiser Coretta Spence is assuring patrons that this year will be even greater.
"Over the years, performers at this event included politician Russell Hammond, Minister Roger Clarke, Senator Marlene Malahoo Forte, along with parish bank managers and other business persons from Westmoreland and neighbouring parishes who are always eager to entertain and give their commitment to the successful staging," she noted.
This year's special guest performers will include popular comedic duo Ity and Fancy Cat, and will also feature the Custos of Westmoreland, Reverend Canon Hartley Perrin and Managing Director of Royal Pharmacy Coral Mushette.
Additionally, a special highlight will be a golden girls' fashion show with women over 50 years parading in dresses, shorts and mini-skirts, depicting the outfits of the 50s era.
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Nakamura was among more than 3,200 women—and men—who gathered for a special Ladies Service that was part of the Kansai Franklin Graham Festival. By the end of the morning, 115 people prayed for a touch of Jesus, many for the first time.
Dr. Cunville, an Associate Evangelist with the BGEA, told of the woman who never lost hope in the midst of her suffering, and how her life changed when she met Jesus Christ. "The Bible says she was confident that with just one touch, she would be healed."
"Many of you are here today because you are suffering," said Cunville. "You have come here in the midst of all you are facing to seek God. Today, if you reach out your hand to Him, you'll experience peace and joy in your life. Your sins will be forgiven. Say 'yes' to Jesus."
Emcee Mori Yuri, whose parents had accepted Christ at a Billy Graham Crusade many years ago, also spoke of God's healing touch. "I lost many family members in the Kobe earthquake and lost my voice. But God changes everything. He loves us, understands us, and encourages us."
Many women at the service were visibly moved. Hitomi Sumito said she found Dr. Cunville's message "very tender and I was not afraid to meet Jesus anymore." She described how sad she is that she cannot meet a husband at the age 36. "Many men do not want to get married. A lot of them just focus on their jobs or stay too close to their parents and don't leave."
Putting her hand over her heart, Sumito said, "But now I have a home with Jesus in here."
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