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There, fixed that for you.
rhymes with "nuisance"
Brought to you by the same people that thought calling a Photoshop competitor "Gimp"
There's a reason why we geeks aren't in marketing, and I think those are two of 'em.
I get the same reaction when Air Force One passes overhead here, too!
Losing those features is a necessary step toward a fully free desktop. Sure, you might lose them now, but that gives incentive for them to be developed so that we *have* free and open source drivers later.
Now I know there are people who think we don't *need* a totally free desktop, but then again, there were people who thought we didn't need an open source browser because there were Netscape binaries. And isn't everyone glad now that we have Firefox?
Besides all that, you'd be surprised at just how much works without needing any proprietary bits in your operating system at all. Before sticking in a gNewSense CD, the idea that I could run a totally, completely free operating system and still do what I need to do was just all theory to me.
Um... to whom, exactly? Some nerd who's going to spend the next three months in a darkened office reverse-engineering the proprietary drivers? To give incentive to the hardware manufacturers, we need a distro with the widest possible user base, not some fringe OSS purist crap.
To give incentive to the hardware manufacturers, we need a distro with the widest possible user base, not some fringe OSS purist crap.
Yeah, NVidia and Adobe are really feeling the heat to provide source code now that millions of Linux users have demonstrated that a little temporary convenience thanks to binary blobs is acceptable.
And on the other hand, yeah, Nvidia and Adobe are *really* feeling the heat to provide source code now that some fringe distro with zero userbase (and negligible userbase potential) totally lacks drivers.
Open source drivers would be nice, but I fail to see how this distro does anything to further that goal.
To give incentive to the hardware manufacturers, we need a distro with the widest possible user base, not some fringe OSS purist crap.
Doesn't this sound like something Steve Ballmer might say? Why so dismissive of the wellspring of so much Linux development?
Um... to whom, exactly? Some nerd who's going to spend the next three months in a darkened office reverse-engineering the proprietary drivers?
To the people who decide what hardware they want to buy based on if it will work on their distro of choice. For example, Intel's video drivers are 100% Free and are plenty good enough for non-gaming 3D (compiz, etc).
To give incentive to the hardware manufacturers, we need a distro with the widest possible user base, not some fringe OSS purist crap.
Sorry, but how does that follow? If a distro already has the widest possible user base using proprietary drivers, just where is the incentive for the hw manufacturers to lift a finger?
Some nerd who's going to spend the next three months in a darkened office reverse-engineering the proprietary drivers? To give incentive to the hardware manufacturers, we need a distro with the widest possible user base
Perhaps. Why not try both? Albino-nerd reverse engineers drivers, win for everyone (except his genetics). Ubuntu gets these benefits, user base grows. BigCorpCo sees user base, releases free drivers. I don't see any problem with either side of this scenario, and the ENTIRE POINT of F/OSS is to provide what every capitalist wants- competition. In fact, F/OSS has done a pretty damned good job at being competitive in a product-to-product match up; it's only Microsoft's business practices that really seem to
Losing those features is a necessary step toward a fully free desktop. Sure, you might lose them now, but that gives incentive for them to be developed so that we *have* free and open source drivers later.
Really? How does a distro with no (sane) users give incentive for companies to do anything? I'd expect much larger incentives from the ability to offload driver maintenance work and potentially better compatibility with new features that they'd get from letting others fix/improve their drivers. The incentives would come from being able to do more with less, not the mostly invisible grandstanding of some fringe group.
Few things in the world are for everybody, but history shows us that freedom is worth some hard work to build and defend. If that means I do without something for a while, or I have to do something another way, that's a small price to pay. As it happens I don't need 3D hardware and my ASUS cardbus wireless card works with gNewSense GNU/Linux because it requires no firmware, hence there's no issue of uploading proprietary firmware to the device to make it useful. Using it couldn't be easier: I plug it in, it lights up and the system finds a wireless access point. If I leave it plugged in I only have to turn on my computer to get online wirelessly. I think that software freedom is worth some sacrifice and I find that I have to sacrifice less and less over time. I find it interesting to note how dependent on proprietary software many GNU/Linux users are. The push to put more proprietary software on a GNU-based system more clearly illuminates to me the difference between "open source" and "free software" right along the lines described in the latter part of "Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software [gnu.org]":
The idea of open source is that allowing users to change and redistribute the software will make it more powerful and reliable. But this is not guaranteed. Developers of proprietary software are not necessarily incompetent. Sometimes they produce a program which is powerful and reliable, even though it does not respect the users' freedom. How will free software activists and open source enthusiasts react to that?
A pure open source enthusiast, one that is not at all influenced by the ideals of free software, will say, "I am surprised you were able to make the program work so well without using our development model, but you did. How can I get a copy?" This attitude will reward schemes that take away our freedom, leading to its loss.
The free software activist will say, "Your program is very attractive, but not at the price of my freedom. So I have to do without it. Instead I will support a project to develop a free replacement." If we value our freedom, we can act to maintain and defend it.
Sometimes we should not only see the short-term pleasure that our system works, but also the long-term interest to be able to live in freedom. Of course the convenience of getting all machines to work seems most important now, but free software is not about convenience, it's about ethics.
Freedom should never come before functionality, and even more so when the functionality is important and the freedom is minor. For example, unless you are a kernel hacker, a well-coded proprietary driver and a well-coded free driver makes little difference to you. 99% of Ubuntu is free and most of it is the important stuff (the main kernel, all the applications, GUI, Window manager, etc.) only about 1% or less is proprietary (wireless, graphic card drivers, etc.). And the one thing that worries me abo
Then maybe in twenty years you look back and ask yourself why you let the industry take away your rights.
FUD. Are you kidding? Since when is having *software drivers* a right? It would be *nice* if hardware manufacturers supported Linux, and even nicer if said drivers are open sourced. But this is not a RIGHT. Do not dilute a word as important as "right" with such a lowball definition.
Of course the convenience of getting all machines to work seems most important now, but free software is not about convenience, it's about ethics.
Woah woah woah. Ethics? Freedom I get - we would be free to customize drivers, fork them, branch them as we please. Security, I get - ability to scrutinize the integrity of the code we're running. ETHICS? Since when is the *
And with permission, I'd like to use your distribution to create my own. It might even be a live CD, a first of this type:
Financial software for the back-end of a bank. Not just any bank, h'wever. I've decided that the "wildebeast" niche hasn't been addressed, and have tailored this new distro for it. Yes, a banking software for large water-buffalo-type animals.
...and if you've not guessed by now....
Yes, it's called GNUcents.
Thanks! I'll be here all week... Don't forget to tip the waitstaff, and be
It's great that Shuttleworth is trying to improve the availability of Free (as in speech) software. But I hope he doesn't move too much efforts over to this.
The reason I use vanilla Ubuntu is because I don't have to put a lot of effort into setting up my OS to agree with all my hardware. Instead, from the start I can work more on customizing how I interact with my OS. I remember the hell I had with a Radeon x800 and Fedora Core 4 a few years ago. If "closed" (as if it's always a bad thing) software provides a better solution, I'm more likely to use that. So, I hope Mark still is going to put his best foot forward for plain Ubuntu. I bet the corporate interest is more aimed to that Ubuntu.
Free software is not the same as open source. Read Why "Open Source" misses the point of Free Software [gnu.org]. The first two paragraphs:
When we call software "free," we mean that it respects the users' essential freedoms: the freedom to run it, to study and change it, and to redistribute copies with or without changes. This is a matter of freedom, not price, so think of "free speech," not "free beer."...These freedoms are vitally important. They are essential, not just for the individual users' sake, but because they promote social solidarity--that is, sharing and cooperation. They become even more important as more and more of our culture and life activities are digitized. In a world of digital sounds, images and words, free software comes increasingly to equate with freedom in general.
Now, it may be more important to you that your wireless just works. But, for some people, it's more important to promote social solidarity and freedom, and they want a distribution that makes that easy - without then having to figure out all the dependencies and what is "free" and what isn't. This distribution serves that purpose.
Of course, you could go with Debian, but again, Debian suggests non-free software that people like yourself might simply use because they don't understand the differences between open source and free software or that they have free alternatives - like compiling the software themselves as the other reply to your post suggests. Distributions like Debian enable the creep of carelessness, which is why people like RMS (Richard Stallman) want to encourage totally free distributions.
If it's not your thing or if you are in a situation that requires using something non-free, then do what you have to do. But, I would encourage you to at least be aware of the choices you are making and at least try to be free where you can or to present the alternatives to others as I am doing here.
For disclosure, I used Linux (or GNU/Linux, if you'd rather) as my sole system a decade ago, and even then used Applix for office applications. Now, I use Windows exclusively. I need to run software that requires Windows and don't have as much time to spend troubleshooting computer problems. So, you are running more "free" than me. Still, I thought it worth trying my hand at explaining why these efforts are important, and perhaps it is better than someone that isn't a "true believer" present the case.
Some of that proprietary software is the reason my wireless works on Ubuntu. I'm all for open source code, and all, but what guarantee do I have that my laptop would work with that?
1. You go to gNewSense's website, and see if your laptop or the one you are planning on buying has compatibility.
2. If it's listed, you know that your hardware should work with any Linux distribution and that it is well supported without overly strange hacks. You won't have to worry about Nvidia eventally dropping support for your card, and there will never be binary incompatibility because the binary blob was never updated for the latest kernel.
gNewSense is not a great consumer OS per say, but you're
I had a problem with Gnewsense prior to May where sound would conk off once in a while. The latest update of everything seems to have fixed that. I have to say I have been pretty happy with Gnewsense, I have been surprised about how much has worked automagically.
One exception to this is my HP printer. I am not a CUPS or HP driver expert, but I hooked it up, it detected it - as the proper HP printer, but it is not printing to it. I guess one fear you have with Gnewsense in these situations is some firmware blob that would just make it work is not included - although the situation might be the same on an Ubuntu, I don't know what the problem is, but I only spent a few hours looking at it.
I do install things like non-GPL'd-yet Sun Java, mplayer, vlc and the like on my Gnewsense system in its own little segregatd section. The main thing is, I know they are not free. It is really an awareness thing for me, I have all of the non-free stuff segregated in its own little section. I just installed Gnash, and will test it out and see how well it works. Most of the non-free stuff I use revolves around Java (which is being GPL'd) and movie players. I want to at least be aware of this stuff and have it segregated. Otherwise I might as well use Windows.
Yeah, really, look at those comments. Apparently now giving a crap about the long term effectiveness of a system and not having to depend on some company that might go broke one day in order to use the hardware you actually paid for has become 'zealotry' or being a purist or taking it as a religion.
While simultaneously, people who put blind faith on corporations - that they will still want to give you updated binary blobs, that they will actually survive the years to come, etc - get the title of being pragmatists.
Oh and to they guys that are ranting about it ruining ubuntu, etc. Please notice it is just an alternative, you don't have to use it if you don't want to.
According to its wiki page, the 8.04 version of Gobuntu hasn't been released due to a less-than-optimal reaction from the community.
How in the world do they measure a "less-than-optimal reaction from the community"?
Nobody asked me. I'm not sure how I feel about being left out of "the community" and not having a say in such an important measurement of sub-optimal reaction. Who knows, my opinion might have just been enough to push the reaction over the line into "optimal" territory.
Are they really saying t
...except for the proprietary BIOS software, the proprietary microcode in the video card, wireless card, I/O controller, hard disks, floppy disks, monitor, keyboard, mouse, POTS modem, ADSL modem, power control microcontroller, and all the other little bits of electronics with embedded CPUs on your desk.
And if you want to be really picky, you could also talk about the proprietary chip and CPU designs in every single piece of silicon in all of the above. Not to mention the patented and extremely commercial fabber techniques needed to make it all (in China). Free, it's not.
Now that there are genuinely free (as in speech) IC designs out there on places like opencores.com, is it possible to make completely free computers? Even single-board jobs?
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The Evolution of Online GamingJune 15th, 2011
Online gambling has evolved into a big business, with online sportsbook, casinos, and poker rooms taking in an estimated $40 billion every year in revenues from millions of customers. While players have been able to play internet blackjack, poker, and other casino games online for real money since the late 1990s, it was really only in 2003-2004 when the popularity truly caught on, fueling a wave of innovations that has turned the simple games of yore into much more complex games.
One of the biggest recent developments is the rise of mobile devices such as iPhones and iPads, which have the potential to open up online gaming to a much wider audience. To date most of the customers of online poker and casino sites had to dig a bit to find a game, with many seeing advertisements on television for sites such as Full Tilt or PokerStars and then logging on to give it a whirl. While that model worked, it takes a dedicated fan to not just find and download the software but to make the leap of faith and use their credit card or bank account to deposit money at online sites.
As apps and games for mobile devices become more common, though, many of those barriers are falling. Apple currently has a strict policy with its AppStore as far as approving very few games that allow for real money play (and the few that have been approved are for non-US customers only) but many feel that it's only a matter of time before more and more people are playing poker or online slots for real money on most popular mobile devices and platforms. Popular apps and games get exposure to millions of potential new customers via the App Store and Android Market, so it's very likely that a whole new generation of gambling fans may soon find their way to online gaming sites.
While security is still a concern for many online gambling companies, more and more banks and other traditional financial services firms are putting their full faith behind mobile apps, unveiling applications that not only let you check your account balances but also scan and deposit checks and pay for goods with a flick of your iPhone. The trend of putting more and more trust into mobile apps (coupled with better security and technology underpinning them) could be a boon for the online gambling industry as well, with less hesitation from customers to bet and wager at online sites.

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This may be a stupid queston but I did not join this site till January of this year. I noticed the "Cincinnati Reds Talk" is now "The Old Red Guard". I have heard many referring to this person as almost a "legendary" member of this site from time to time. Just who was he/she and what happened to him/her?
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From my desk phone, the voice on the other end sounded thin and worn, yet urgent.
"We were told that you'd be able to help us with a Christmas basket," she said. "My mom's dying. And she's all I have."
I don't often get calls like this. Social-service agencies usually assist in filling out request forms for the Journal Star Christmas Fund. I didn't even know where to find such a form.
But the daughter said her mom couldn't fill out a form because she's bedridden with chronic ailments. Meanwhile, the daughter, who doesn't drive, has been tending to her mom 'round-the-clock. Mother and daughter are the only two people in their household. They had no way to get a basket, so (for whatever reason) someone told the daughter to call me.
I rooted around the newsroom, found a form and started to ask basic information to fill it out: name, address and whatnot. From the daughter's voice, though polite, she sounded as if she'd been through a lot. Figuring her to be about 30 or so, I asked her age.
Whoa. Say that again?
"I'm 15."
But 24-hour care? What about school?
"I've kind of dropped out to take care of my mom," she said matter-of-factly. "There's no one else to take care of her."
Pause. Long pause. For a moment, I didn't say anything because — even if you ask questions for a living — sometimes you just don't know what to say. So, though she'd called just to request a basket, I asked if I could stop by to see about the situation. She agreed.
The mother and daughter live in a small rental home in South Peoria. The 103-year-old dwelling is jammed tight next to other aged houses in the rundown block. It's decent inside, though sparse of furnishings.
The 44-year-old mom spends most of her time in a small, dark bedroom. To her right, she can look at a wall dotted with a handful of Jesus paintings. To her left, she can look at an old TV set. All day, she looks to one side or the other, depending on her mood.
At the foot of the bed, a machine clicks and whirs, pushing oxygen through a long, clear tube and into her nose, battling against ever-worsening chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. That's just one of her troubles.
Since her youth, Crohn's disease and multiple sclerosis have slowed her down. Now, she's almost ground to a halt by colon cancer and cervical cancer. She has lost a third of her body weight since August, and her abdomen burgeons with a mass the size of a beach ball.
"They can't cut it out," the mom says, gasping slightly. "It's attached to my spine. Surgery could leave me paralyzed."
She can't move much as it is. Her life is this room and her daughter.
"My kid does everything for me," the mom says. "She has been through hell and back."
The daughter has two adult siblings, but rifts with the mom leave them at a distance. Same thing with limited extended family. The daughter's father lives elsewhere, himself sick with cancer.
So the daughter takes care of everything. The mom gets a monthly disability check, but the amount got cut this year. It barely covers rent.
They get by thanks to help from neighborhood churches and charities. The daughter takes buses to those spots to pick up small food donations. That's why they wanted a Christmas basket (donations may be sent to Christmas Fund, P.O. Box 1549, Peoria, IL 61655).
The daughter prepares meals for her mom. Often, though, the mom can't keep anything down. So, the daughter spoons baby food into her mom's mouth. Then the daughter cleans up.
Some days, the daughter takes the bus to a pharmacy for her mother. But sometimes there's not enough money for prescriptions, so she doesn't go.
On Sundays, the daughter helps her mom get ready for church. With a walker, the mom clambers aboard a church bus, and they go to service together.
The mom says, "Christ gets me through everything."
Meanwhile, cancer and the other pernicious maladies eat away at the mom. She was 12 when her mother died from multiple sclerosis. And the mom's sister died of the disease earlier this month. She knows her own prognosis looks bleak.
"They've given me three months," the mom says.
But she hasn't given up. On better days, she tries to hobble around the house. She has a goal.
"Before I die, I want to walk to across the room to my daughter," the mom says. "I want to walk one more time before I close my eyes."
The daughter doesn't blanch at such statements. She understands the reality of the situation.
"Sometimes I go into my room and cry," she says. "There's going to be a time when I need her, and she won't be here."
She isn't sure where she'll go when her mom is gone. Her dad might not have much time left himself. Maybe she'll go live with an uncle. But that's not important now. She has more pressing matters at hand. All her energy goes toward the weak woman slowly ebbing away.
The daughter doesn't complain about her sacrifice. She plans to get caught up with school, which she sometimes misses. "I was getting 'A's," she says.
She often is cut off from the outside, because she can't afford a cellphone. But cousins stop by to visit occasionally. "They support me," she says.
The daughter realizes this Christmas — likely her mother's last — will be lean. She doesn't fantasize about any wish list for herself.
"I wish I could get something for my mom," she says. "Like, maybe some of those Jesus pictures she likes. Or maybe get a picture taken of the two of us, so she can put it on the wall."
The daughter pauses. The oxygen machine whirs. Her mother wheezes.
The daughter says, "I just want a good Christmas for my mom."
PHIL LUCIANO is a Journal Star columnist. He can be reached at email@example.com, facebook.com/philluciano, 686-3155 or (800) 225- 5757, Ext. 3155. Follow him on Twitter @LucianoPhil.


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A recent ad in The Morning Call corrected some wrong dates that had run along with a local beer distributor's prices.
"We regret any incontinence this may have caused," the distributor added.
I don't know that this really fits our continuing Grammar Police topic of common mispronunciation and mangled expressions, but when a reader sent me that one this week, it nearly rendered me incontinent, so I figured I'd throw it in here.


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Submission + - Scientists Calculate Most Precise Measurement of Electron's Mass (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit writes: Ateam of physicists has produced the most precise electron mass measurement ever made. Instead of trying to measure the mass directly, the researchers bound a single electron to a bare carbon nucleus and placed the resulting atom in a uniform electromagnetic field called a Penning trap. The team's new measurement is 13 times more precise than previous efforts, with an uncertainty of just 0.03 parts per billion. The group's precise result will help physicists more accurately calculate the fine-structure constant, an important value in tests of the standard model of particle physics, which shapes our understanding of the basic building blocks of the universe.


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Bank for International Settlements, BIS, Bretton Woods system, Cabal, Center of Mass Creation, Eastern Alliance, Indonesia, OPPT, Planetary Situation Update: The New Financial System, Portal 2012 The Intelligence Hub for the Victory of Light, Prepare for Change, Resistance Movement, Shadow Bankin System, Solutions, Yamashita's gold
There is a lot of confusion about the collateral accounts, even among people working behind the scenes. Let us clear that confusion.
The purpose of these bonds is not to extract value from the Cabal but to use them as a tool to enforce the bankruptcy of their corrupt financial system when the time is right.
Historical owners of all that gold and bonds that represent it are not the Chinese, nor keenan, nor White Dragon Society, nor anybody appointed M1 (monetary controller). The institute of M1 is a creation of the Cabal. The owner and true heir is humanity as a whole and after the Event the collateral accounts will be transferred to humanity in total.
After the Event the Resistance will return the gold to humanity and it will be stored on the surface of the planet to underwrite the new financial system. Therefore that gold will not be traded in open market, whereas gold in private ownership will be traded and exchanged freely.
This structuring of the new financial system is one part of a secret agreement which was made between 57 members of the Eastern Alliance in the Monaco Accords meeting in August 2011.
No new M1 will be appointed. No member of the Cabal will be allowed anywhere close to the collateral accounts, let alone the new Jesuit pope, and most of those people will be arrested anyway.
Various groups that are working to liberate the financial system from the hands of the Cabal (White Dragons, Keenan, OPPT) will have advisory role and a council of government officials democratically elected after the Event will be the trustees of the collateral accounts. The whole system will be completely transparent and this transparency will be supervised by the Resistance Movement.
Currency Revaluation (Iraqi Dinar, Vietnamese Vong) will have a minor role in the reset of the financial system as this is a transition into a true gold backed system under the supervision of the Light forces and NOT a speculative revaluation of currencies.
This new financial system will be only a temporary solution as true cashless society will be created on the surface of this planet after the First Contact, backed up by advanced spiritual technologies of the Galactic Confederation. This cashless society will recognize true value of incarnated human souls and will provide them with physical and spiritual abundance.
Many people are wondering why the Event does not happen already. It is because all etheric negative entities must be removed before that in order for the key members of the Event operation teams on the surface of the planet to work harmoniously. It is true that statistical mean value for the expected number of casualties at the time of the Event is around 100,000 people. But if anything goes wrong among the key people of the surface population coordinating the Event operations, it could be much higher and easily reach tens of millions of people and that is something the Light forces are not willing to risk. We have seen so many instances when so-called light workers or light warriors manifested intolerable behavior because they were under the influence of the etheric Archons. You might remember the French Revolution. It started so well and you know how it ended.
The Event will happen when it will happen. Until it happens, let us do everything that is within our power to make it happen as son as possible in a harmonious way. It is important for the Light forces on the surface of the planet to unite, communicate, coordinate intel and align strategies.
The next part of the planetary situation update will be most likely posted one or two weeks from now.
Beautiful and holistic changes are occurring everywhere on Earth! All Light Workers are invited to Participate as a New Society is being born into the Light of Truth. A massive surge of positive feelings is powering a deep shift worldwide. Optimism and joy are creating peace in everyone as they are filled with an instinctive knowing of truth and humanity's incredible potential for loving change.
The unfolding of love and truth has been written about and spoken of by the great prophets, sages and mystics of all cultures for thousands of years, it is the Event when humanity is lifted above the darkness and fear that has so engulfed us since the fall.
Now is the time prophesied, the Victory of the Light!
Prepare For Change is here to connect all people, particularly light workers, together in loving, peaceful support of a prosperous New Society. Please join us! Come together and form an Event Support Group to assist positive change in your area.
Part 1 of 2 – Fernando Vossa gives a high level overview of his foundation of Engines of Mass Creation as a paradigm for the deployment of Free Energy technologies, Healing Solutions, and a Cosmic Awareness of our Galactic neighbors. It is time to unfold the conscious economy and the type of technology transfer based on Love and Compassion!
Fernando Vossa has been designing art experiences for over 15 years. Mr. Vossa's approach is to reach the psyche and heart of his audience using multidisciplinary techniques from Cognitive Psychology, Virtual Reality, Cinematography, Digital Architecture, Graphic Design, and Fine Art.
Mr. Vossa's accomplishments include being part of leading edge media design teams for major brands such as Microsoft, Sony, US-WEST, GE-Aerospace, and most recently unfolding innovative installation concepts at Center of Mass Creation.
This media pioneer holds degrees in Computer Science, Cognitive Psychology, and Technology Design from the University of Washington. His passion for Divine technology has let him to discover evolutionary transformations of our energetic body. His journey is to explore transcendental art media and quantum multidimensionality as stargates to the full potentials of the human template.
July 16, 2011 , San Diego, CA, Swedenborg Hall
Portal 2012: Planetary Situation Update: The New Financial System
Prepare for Change
Who Controls the Money? | lisaleaks
Bank for International Settlements
NESARA and Executive Orders | lisaleaks
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Of all the priorities Meg Whitman now must face as Hewlett-Packard's CEO -- and HP has many priorities -- deep and long commitment to open-source technology must be near the top of the list.
HP's software business is simply not a strength for the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company -- whether it's on the desktop, the server, the data center or in the cloud. Perhaps the best piece of software that comes from HP is its Universal Print Driver, which is actually a powerful piece of software but not exactly positioned in the IT industry's growth areas.
As a company, HP currently spends about $3 billion per year on research and development, while last year Apple spent $1.8 billion. So that raises the rhetorical question: Which company is getting more for its money?
More Of CRN's HP Coverage:
HP Ousts Apotheker, Partners Applaud Dismissal
HP Partners Optimistic Whitman Can Right The Ship
Whitman: A Closer Look At HP's New CEO
New HP CEO Whitman Pledges Commitment To Hardware Business
HP has long been a contributor to open source projects, including contributions of significant technology that had been proprietary. But it simply can contribute more and contribute it better. Whitman can oversee HP investments in open-source areas where the company can see substantial returns.
There are no quick fixes for HP to make strides in developing winning product sets in the cloud, in smart devices or other critical areas where it is lacking. But, fortunately for Whitman, there is a vibrant open-source community in just about every area critical to HP's success. IBM realized this for itself in the late 1990s, when it let go of its proprietary mindset and gave itself up to the open-source movement. That was the beginning of a major transformation at IBM; it let go of its addiction to proprietary turf wars and began focusing more and more on solving customer problems.
Whitman's turnaround efforts could benefit by doing now what IBM did then. She could take a full 50 percent of HP's R&D budget, and over three years invest in developing technology in these three open-source efforts that could have immediate benefits for HP, its employees, its channel partners and its shareholders:
OpenStack: Developers of the open-source cloud platform, launched through an effort of both Rackspace and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), are working toward building scalable, yet simple, building blocks for all manner of cloud solutions. HP's portfolio includes a long legacy of high-availability technologies (going back to the old Digital Equipment Corp. and Tandem properties, which HP eventually came to own when it bought Compaq.)
HP did announce several weeks ago that it would support OpenStack, so now is the time for it to get aggressive here. By contributing more of its technology to the OpenStack movement, HP could see an attractive ROI multiplier for its effort -- as well as speeding up its own ability to drive cloud solutions. The market will soon migrate in bigger numbers to cloud-based solutions and, when it does, HP will want to be there in a big way. Investing in OpenStack could come a lot cheaper, and be far less disruptive to HP, than dicey acquisitions like its recent deal to by Autonomy.


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Politically correct appliancesDecember 3rd, 2007 , by admin
My husband and I were at a party the other night and I wound up in a group of young women who were talking about appliances they had received as gifts, but never used. It was interesting to hear them talk. One said she had been given a blender but had never found a use for it. I smiled inside because I use my blender at least once a day to make my daughter's soy shake - twice a day if I'm grinding nuts or seeds.
One said bread machines were a waste of counter space. There was general agreement with that sentiment. I didn't argue, but I thought to myself, if you're baking beneficial bread for Type As, a bread machine is wonderful.
One young mom said that she would like to get rid of every small appliance she owned except for her microwave and her rice steamer. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. She had ripped every appliance that I depend on for cooking, then said her favorite appliance was one that I had mocked as totally unnecessary. So I asked - what's so great about a rice steamer?
It turns out her husband is from Thailand and wants rice at every meal. She says the rice steamer makes perfect rice every time. You put in the right amount of rice and water and turn it on. It turns off when the rice is ready. She says it works for white and brown rice as well as her husband's favorite, jasmine rice. It almost makes me want to put a rice steamer on my Christmas wish list.
My favorite appliance for years has been my food processor. I depend on it for grating and chopping. It saves me hours of work. I bought a Robot Coupe 25 years ago. The motor was still running beautifully when the shredding disk fell apart last summer. I couldn't get replacement parts, so I bought a new Cuisinart.
It is my first experience with a politically correct appliance. There are so many safety features to keep me from shredding or chopping my fingers, that it takes twice as long to prepare food. My old food processor had four basic parts - bowl, lid, blade, pusher. My new processor lid alone has 3 pieces that must be put together in the proper order. If I'm shredding or slicing a lot of items, I can't just pull the pusher out and add more food. No, I have to turn the Cuisinart off, disassemble the lid, add more food, and reassemble the lid.
The old processor was easy to clean. Many times if I had been using it for raw veggies, I just rinsed the parts with hot water and put them in the dish drainer. Nothing is that easy with the new one. There is one part of the lid that slides, but does not come apart. It is particularly difficult to get clean.
I began to sympathize with the appliance-hating young women at the party. Perhaps the simple appliances I received as wedding gifts 31 years ago have all been replaced by unfriendly, politically correct models. Perhaps these young brides are not really frustrated with cooking, but with corporate lawyers who spend so much time making an appliance safe that they forget its purpose.


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – After the second day of racing at the College Spring National Championship, the Dartmouth women's sailing team held their top position in the 18-boat fleet with a two division total of 149 points on Thursday afternoon.
The event is co-hosted by South Florida, St. Petersburg, Eckerd College and the St. Petersburg Yacht Club while boasting a field of the top 18 teams in the country. The sailors are racing off the coast of St. Petersburg in Tampa Bay.
With four races left heading into the third day of action, the Big Green stretched their lead from five points to 39. Chasing Dartmouth are Boston College and St. Mary's College of Maryland who are tied for second place with 188 points.
The Dartmouth team managed to stay on top of the competition today by sailing consistently thanks to sophomore Deirdre Lambert and junior Carissa Crawford in 'A' Division and junior Kelsey Wheeler and freshman Lizzie Guynn in 'B' Division.
In the 'A' Division, Dartmouth built its lead with a group total of 51 points. The 51 points was tops in the heat with the next best score coming from U.S. Naval Academy with 81.
In the 'B' Division, the Big Green tallied 98 points. The 98 points was sixth best in the heat and brought the team's total to 149.
Dartmouth and the rest of the field wrap up the 2013 women's national championship tomorrow, May 24, with the last four races in search of its fourth national title. Racing is set to begin around 12 p.m. tomorrow. The later start time allows for the breeze to fill properly. Tomorrow is the last day of racing in the regatta. No race can begin after 5 p.m. The day will culminate in an awards banquet scheduled for 7 p.m. at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg.
The top three women's teams will be presented with the Gerald C. Miller Trophy (1st place), the New England Women's Trophy (2nd place) and the Ann Campbell Trophy (3rd place). The Quantum Women's College Sailor of the Year will also be awarded to a female sailor who has consistently performed at the highest competitive level in the 2012-2013 seasons. The ICSA Women's All-American Team will also be announced.


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Solomon Islands earthquake sheds light on enhanced tsunami risk
The 2007 Solomon Island earthquake may point to previously unknown increased earthquake and tsunami risks because of the unusual tectonic plate geography and the sudden change in direction of the earthquake, according to geoscientists. On April 1, 2007, a tsunami-generating earthquake of magnitude 8.1 occurred East of Papua New Guinea off the coast of the Solomon Islands. The subsequent tsunami killed about 52 people, destroyed much property and was larger than expected.


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Armond Owens was a quadruple winner as the Church Farm boys track team captured its first Bicentennial League title, taking first in the league championship meet at Holy Ghost Prepon Saturday.
Owens placed first in the 100 (11.41) and 200 (22.67), and was a member of the Griffins� victorious 4x100 (44.31) and 4x400 (3:30.06) relay teams. Owens was named the Athlete of the Meet for his efforts.
Cedric Bafield and Nkosi Pile joined Owens in on both winning relays, while Max Drexler and Jojo Dagou were members of the 4x100 and 4x400 teams, respectively. Aondofa Anyam won the high jump (6-4).
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Unionville 9, Southern Lehigh 4: Matt Stewart scored five goals as the Indians (7-11) finished up their season in style with the nonleague victory.
Dom DiBiaggio netted a pair of goals and Patch Johnson dished out three assists for Unionville. Ryan Hartley made 16 saves in goal, and seniors Stephen Lange, Will Russo, and Dan Lyons turned in strong games at defensive midfield.
Southern Lehigh 0 1 0 3 -- 4
Unionville 2 2 4 1 -- 9
Southern Lehigh goals: Kearns 2, Dex, Nelson.
Unionville goals: Stewart 5, DiBiaggio 2, Nowoswiat, Davis.
Goalie saves: Sargent (SL) 10; Hartley (U) 16.
PSAC Championship: East Stroudsburg rode a five-run fifth inning to its first conference title in 41 years as West Chester University dropped a 7-1 decision to the Warriors in the PSAC championship game at Point Stadium Saturday afternoon.
West Chester (25-24-1) was making its second straight conference finals appearance and looking for its eighth title. But, East Stroudsburg (33-16) rode its ace, Brian Ernst, on just two days rest to its fifth overall crown and second since the PSAC instituted a postseason tournament in 1970.
Ernst, named the tournament MVP, tossed eight innings, allowing one unearned run on six hits while walking three and striking out nine. Ernst led ESU offensively and on the mound, going 8-for-16 with two RBIs and four runs scored at the plate while throwing 13.2 innings on the mound, allowing just four earned runs and striking out 13 during the tournament.
For West Chester, senior Conor Kerins made his third start in a PSAC title game. He was the winning pitcher in 2009 against Mercyhurst as well as last spring against Kutztown. This time, Kerins came out on the losing end, giving up one run on five hits in four innings. He walked one and did not strike out a batter.
Kyle Weary came on in the fifth and went the rest of the way for the Rams. He was tagged for six runs, four of them earned, on six hits. He walked two and struck out two.
Six different players registered a base hit for the Golden Rams. Nick Bonadies� RBI single in the sixth was all the offense West Chester could muster against Ernst.
East Stroudsburg earned the PSAC�s automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Baseball Tournament. The Warriors will take part in the six-team, double-elimination Atlantic Regional.
Women�s Track
PSAC Championships: Senior Nicole Smith won the 800-meter race at the PSAC Championships, leading West Chester University to a ninth-place showing this weekend.
Smith ran the 800 in 2 minutes, 15.89 seconds to take home the conference title. Junior Randi Boothe was a runner-up in the 100 with a time of 12.21 seconds. She also placed sixth in the 200 in 25.52. Boothe also ran a leg of the 4x100 relay, which posted a time of 48.12 to place seventh overall. Ebony Grasty, Anna Kuntz and Amira Warrick rounded out the rest of that foursome.
Smith ran a leg of the 4x400 relay that registered the eighth-best time in school history (3:58.56). Janna Wilson, Tori Williams and Warrick made up that relay team. Wilson also placed seventh in the 400 with a time of 59.45.
In the field events, Owens placed fourth in the discus with a throw of 124 feet.
West Chester equaled its ninth-place showing from a year ago with 39.5 points. Shippensburg won the overall team title.
Men�s Track
PSAC Championships:Jay Jabat and LeQuan Chapman finished fourth in the high jump and triple jump, respectively, as West Chester University placed eighth inside Biemesderfer Stadium.
Jabat cleared 6 feet, 4 � inches on the high jump for his fourth-place finish. Chapman leaped 46-5 � inches in the triple jump. Chapman also ran a leg of the 4x100 relay that placed fifth overall in a time of 42.62 seconds. Anthony Jackson, Alex Foulke and Dominik Brown rounded out that relay.
Eric Hunter placed sixth in the pole vault, clearing 14-7 �, while Ryan Karli was also sixth in the 110 high hurdles in a time of 15.41. Mark van Teyens was seventh in 15.58. Zack Musselman placed sixth in the 3000 steeplechase in a time of 9:26.69, which is ninth all-time at West Chester.
Nick Drozd was seventh in the 400 hurdles in 55.27, while Karli was eighth in 1:00.15.


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The current 13,500 square-feet building is the third site for the Jacksonville Library, and opened in 2009.
When it opened, the library contained about 12,000 books. The collection at the Nixon Library currently includes over 60,000 items including adult and juvenile fiction and nonfiction books, DVDs, and additional audiovisual items.
Esther DeWitt Nixon was the first librarian for the Jacksonville Library. She served in that capacity for 27 years until her retirement in 1986. The library is named in her honor and serves the community of Jacksonville with a variety of programs for adults and children, reading and research materials and public computer and internet access.
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Bob Weir Adds Acoustic Date With Jonathan Wilson
Bob Weir has added another solo acoustic show with special guest Jonathan Wilson. The newly announced performance will take place at the Majestic Venutra Theater in Ventura, CA on March 2. Tickets to the event will be available here at some point in the future. As previously reported, Weir will also be playing a few more gigs with Wilson in late February and early March.
In other news, Weir sat in with his friend Tim Flannery during his performance at the Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, CA last Friday. The Furthur guitarist joined the San Francisco Giants third base coach and his band The Lunatic Fringe for renditions of "Catfish John, " "Peggy-O," "Friend Of The Devil" and "The Weight." You can watch a video of the guest appearance here.


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With the NFL season coming to a close on Sunday, several players are on the verge of earning top spots in the NFL Record and Fact Book for their performances in 2012. Let's take a moment to appreciate some record-setting performances this season.
First, here are some single-season records that have already been broken this year:
Most receiving yards: Lions receiver Calvin Johnson has 1,892 yards this season, topping the old record of 1,848, set by Jerry Rice in 1995. On Sunday we'll see whether Johnson can be the first player in NFL history to top 2,000 receiving yards.
Most 50-yard field goals: Minnesota kicker Blair Walsh broke the NFL record previously owned by Morten Andersen and Jason Hanson, with nine 50-yard field goals this season.
Most punts inside the 20: Chiefs punter Dustin Colquitt got his 42nd punt inside the 20 on Sunday, tying an NFL record. That was only the record for a few hours before Cardinals punter Dave Zastudil broke it by landing six punts inside the 20-yard line on Sunday against the Bears, upping his season total to a new NFL record of 44. Zastudil may add to his record on Sunday, or Colquitt may surpass him, giving us a reason to watch two good punters on two bad teams on Sunday.
Most passing yards, rookie: Andrew Luck has 4,183 passing yards this season, topping Cam Newton's year-old record of 4,053.
Most passing attempts, rookie: Luck owns this record, too, with 599 attempts this season, topping Sam Bradford's two-year-old record of 590.
Here are the single-season records that could be broken on Sunday:
Highest passer rating, rookie: Ben Roethlisberger owns this record at the moment, with a 98.1 rating in 2004. But Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is currently on pace to break that record, with a 104.1 rating, while Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is at 98.0 and could break it as well.
Highest completion percentage, rookie: Roethlisberger owns this record, too, at 66.44 percent, and Griffin is right behind him, at 66.40 percent.
Lowest percentage, passes had intercepted, rookie: Charlie Batch owns this record, with 1.98 percent of his passes intercepted (six interceptions on 303 attempts) as a Lions rookie in 1998. Griffin has thrown interceptions on just 1.33 percent of his passes this season (five interceptions on 375 attempts), so this record will belong to Griffin unless he throws at least three interceptions against the Cowboys on Sunday.
Most touchdown passes, rookie: Wilson has 25 touchdown passes this season, one away from Peyton Manning's record of 26. Have you noticed there are some pretty good rookie quarterbacks this year?
Most completions, rookie: Luck has 325 completions this season, putting him third all time. He needs just two completions on Sunday to pass Peyton Manning for second place all time (326) and needs 30 completions to break Sam Bradford's record of 354.
Most sacks: Houston's J.J. Watt has 20.5 and San Francisco's Aldon Smith has 19.5, putting them both in striking distance of Michael Strahan's record of 22.5.
Most 100-yard receiving games: In addition to breaking the single-season yardage record, Calvin Johnson has tied the single-season 100-yard game record. Johnson has 11 games of at least 100 receiving yards this season, equaling Michael Irvin's NFL record, and Megatron can get the record all to himself with a 12th 100-yard game on Sunday.
Most pass attempts: Detroit's Matthew Stafford has 685 attempts this season, putting him seven passes away from breaking Drew Bledsoe's single-season record of 691.
Highest net punting average: Saints punter Thomas Morstead is currently averaging 44.4 net yards per punt. He's well on his way to breaking the all-time record, which the 49ers' Andy Lee set last year when he averaged 43.99 yards per punt.
Most fair catches: Jets punt returner Jeremy Kerley has fair caught 33 punt returns this season, tying the all-time record set by Brian Mitchell of the Eagles in 2000. Mitchell is the NFL's all-time leader for most punt returns and most punt return yards, and he probably wouldn't mind giving up an unimportant record like most fair catches in a season — the kind of weird record it would make sense for someone on this weird Jets team to own.
Most interception return touchdowns: Rams cornerback Janoris Jenkins has three interception return touchdowns this season, tying Hall of Famers Lem Barney and Ronnie Lott for the most ever by a rookie. If Jenkins has another pick-six on Sunday, he'll have the rookie record all to himself and a share of the all-time record of four in a season.
Most rushing yards: This is the big one. Peterson has 1,898 yards this season, putting him 208 away from breaking Eric Dickerson's record of 2,105, set in 1984. According to NFL information man Randall Liu, the NFL single-season records for rushing yards and receiving yards have only been set in the same season once, and that was in 1932 — the first year the NFL began recording single-season statistical records, when by definition every record was set. With Johnson already having the receiving record and Peterson having a shot at the rushing record, this could be the year that those records are set simultaneously once again.


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ASOs Praise Senate's Reauthorization of PEPFAR
On Nov. 19, the House of Representatives unanimously passed the PEPFAR Stewardship and Oversight Act, extending the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief for another five years. Across the country, AIDS Service Organizations were thrilled at their commitment.
"PEPFAR is the most successful global health program in history," said Kevin Robert Frost, amfAR's CEO. "Reauthorization of PEPFAR renews the U.S. commitment to deliver life-saving prevention and treatment services in the countries most heavily affected by HIV."
The U.S. is the leading provider of international HIV assistance, accounting for 49 percent of all international HIV funding in 2012. PEPFAR supports antiretroviral treatment for over five million people and in 2012 alone prevented 230,000 children from acquiring HIV. PEPFAR funds are money well spent, as studies have consistently found that spending on HIV treatment generates both short- and long-term cost savings by substantially delaying or averting altogether the intensive costs associated with medical treatment of late-stage HIV disease. Funding PEPFAR through 2018 also gives other countries a clear message about the U.S. commitment to ending the epidemic.
"The unanimous vote by the House of Representatives demonstrates that support for American leadership in the fight against AIDS cuts across political boundaries," said Chris Collins, amfAR's vice president and Director of Public Policy. "This legislation introduces important reporting requirements that will strengthen PEPFAR's work and assist policy makers in accelerating progress on global AIDS."
Jason Cianciotto, GMHC's Director of Public Policy, also applauded New York Congressman Eliot Engel for his steadfast support of people living with HIV/AIDS and his sponsorship of PEPFAR's companion bill in the House. But Congress must not forget its obligation here at home, he said.
The sequester and other federal funding cuts have deeply affected life-saving HIV prevention and treatments programs around the country. Advocates say that Congress must pass an FY14 budget that eliminates the sequester and funds federal HIV/AIDS programs at the levels requested in the President's budget.
"We also ask Congress to pass pending legislation that will help bring us close to an AIDS free generation," added Cianciotto. "These bills include the Stop AIDS in Prison Act, the Justice for the Unprotected against Sexually Transmitted Infections among the Confined and Exposed (JUSTICE) Act, and the Communities United with Religious leaders for the Elimination of HIV/AIDS Act. These Acts would ensure that those most at risk for HIV, including those who are incarcerated and people of color, have access to prevention, care and services."
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All tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.
ORU offers free parking surrounding the Mabee Center for all men's and women's basketball games. Handicap parking is available on the north side of the arena. Reserved parking and parking passes will be available during the 2014-15 basketball season. Please call the Golden Eagle Club at (918) 495-6424 for information on how to receive parking privileges.
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ORU men's and women's basketball season tickets for the upcoming 2014-15 seasons are now available to order. Fans wishing to purchase or renew tickets may do so by clicking here, calling (918) 495-7ORU (7678), or stopping by the Mabee Center Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Renewal deadline is August 1. Some seats require a Golden Eagle Club membership, and your membership status may be checked by calling (918) 495-6424.
2014-15 Men's Basketball Season Tickets
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2014-15 Women's Basketball Season
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Single game tickets to ORU basketball will begin to go on sale in October. Tickets can be purchased through the Mabee Center Ticket Office at (918) 495-6000, through the ORU Athletic Sales Office at 918-495-7ORU (7678), or at the Mabee Center Ticket Office, Monday through Friday, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tickets can be purchased 24/7 at www.mabeecenter.com.
2014-15 Basketball Single-Game Ticket Prices
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$40 Family Four Pack (Includings 4 tickets, hot dogs and drinks) (Sections F, G)*
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PSO Mayor's Cup/Homecoming Game vs. Tulsa
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$20 (Sections E, H, N)
$25 (Sections A, B, C, D, J, K, L, M)
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$8 General Admission
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Discounted tickets are available for groups of 15 or more by calling 918-495-7ORU (7678)
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Single game tickets to Oral Roberts baseball are now on sale. Tickets can be purchased through the Mabee Center Ticket Office at (918) 495-7ORU, mabeecenter.com, or at the Mabee Center Ticket Office, Monday through Friday, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tickets will be sold at the gate beginning one hour prior to game time.
2015 Baseball Ticket Prices
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Free parking is available to the west of J.L. Johnson Stadium. Premium parking is available by calling (918) 495-6616.
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The Harlem School District is hoping some of the success of the Rockford School District rubs off on them. For the third straight year, the school board will put a referendum on the ballot in the April 2003 election.
The Harlem School District is proposing to increase taxes by 50-cents to support school staffing costs. Voters have rejected two previous referendums.
Because of that, the district has cut several programs, including the red ribbon campaign and the high school jazz band. A person owning a house valued at $100,000 would pay an additional $167 to the school district if the April referendum passes.


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More than 18 months after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, 40-foot tsunami and nuclear power plant woes that struck Japan starting March 11, 2011, levels of radioactive cesium 134 and cesium 137 originating from the crippled Fukushima-Daiichi plant remain elevated in some fish and seafood in nearby waters.
That suggests that radiation from the plant is still being released into the ocean, wrote Ken Buesseler, a marine of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Mass., in a perspective article in Friday's edition of the journal Nature.
Buesseler reviewed data on radionuclides in fish and other seafood that have been compiled by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries since March 23, 2011. Cesium levels were highest in bottom-dwelling fish caught near Fukushima prefecture, and lower in fish who live in the open ocean or closer to the surface, Buesseler reported.
He also noted that cesium levels had not declined, except "perhaps" in surface-dwelling fish. Over time, cesium that accumulates in the muscle tissue of fish should decline at a loss rate of a few percent per day. From this Buesseler reasoned that "there must be a continued source of cesium contamination associated with the seafloor." One possibility could be radionuclides from Fukushima lurking in ocean bottom sediments.


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Last week, a report suggested Dead Space 3 wasn't getting more than a bare-bones port for its PC release. While developer Visceral Games has rarely offered enhanced PC versions of its games, many other developers are taking advantage of DirectX 11 and new hardware to deliver a higher fidelity experience for PC gamers.
Even publisher Electronic Arts has been aggressively pushing PC development, with Battlefield 3 and Crysis 3 being notable examples. When asked about his decision to not make a PC optimized version of the game, executive producer Steve Papoutsis went on the defensive.
"It's confusing to me that this question even comes up," Papoutsis told us. "It's by no means any less important to us; it gets a lot of attention. The PC is a very different platform. As developers, you want to deliver an experience that's as similar as possible on different platforms.
"In Dead Space 2, I felt we made some great strides in terms of controls, responsiveness and even the visual improvements we got into it. We continue to evolve our games as we develop them, but we certainly don't target PC as something that's going to be significantly different. We aren't trying to create disparity in the experience that our gamers enjoy; we want to make sure everyone's having that same experience.
"At our studio, we've always made console games," he pointed out. "The biggest thing is we want to make sure the quality of the experience is consistent across all platforms so we don't have one userbase saying it's better on their system."
On PC, Dead Space and Dead Space 2 could easily hit 50 and 60 frames per second, and featured advanced rendering options for better shadows and anti-aliasing. While we don't expect that to change for Dead Space 3, the decision to not make a fully optimized PC version nonetheless sticks out.
"The fact that we're allowing you to control the game with a mouse and keyboard immediately makes the game feel different," Papoutsis said. "Working with the community, we found some people wanted to map the controls a little differently because of disabilities and we supported that [in Dead Space 2]. It's a confusing question and I hope my answer brings a little bit of light to it. We seem a little bit discredited for the amount of effort that goes into it, quite honestly.
"We want it to be great on all systems, that's our approach."