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Video Don't Be a Server Hugger! (Video) 409
Robin: I am Robin Miller for Slashdot. And who do we have with us today?
Curtis: Hi, I am Curtis Peterson. I am with RingCentral, and I am the Vice President of Operations.
Robin: You know, I heard you guys tossing around the term 'server huggers'.
Curtis: Yeah.
Robin: What does that mean?
Curtis: Well, you know, they are a dying breed of IT guys that in all legitimate phases actually built a good career around putting in infrastructure for companies and businesses where they ran their local apps. They put their files storage in there, they put their email application on premise, they usually took over a broom closet or a leftover refrigerator storage room and converted it into a pretty nice little server room. But the world's changed—we've gone cloud, we've gone network, we've gone application, quick integration. The server huggers are the guys that won't give up their little rooms and keep hugging their little servers.
Robin: Aha. So now you are saying that network is the computer—I heard that once.
Curtis: Yeah, I heard that once too. I have to admit that I've been around long enough to know both ends of that cycle.
Robin: Okay now, here's the thing that gets me—when we say the cloud, aren't we really saying some space on somebody else's hard drive and a blade server or else a virtual server somewhere?
Curtis: Yeah, of course. At the end of the day, there are still CPU or processors, there are still spindles, there is still memory, there is still power and network and things moving around. But it is not on premise anymore. It is collocated in the larger data center for the efficiencies of scale are more green, the efficiencies of scale are easier to run and operate. For customers it is more about reliability and uptime.
Robin: What you are saying is that my friend Joe with his little hosting service—what about him? Where is he going to go?
Curtis: He goes out and he brings collocation space and he puts services in there and he provides them either over the top in the internet or with direct connectivity or secure links out to the businesses that use Joe's services that he hopes.
Robin: Yeah. Actually he is. He controls the servers themselves. But he is in a big facility, you know, he has got a couple of cages in Northern Virginia. So how about him? What does he do when he takes your stuff? Is he in the cloud? What is he?
Curtis: Yeah, sure. He is in the cloud, but there is more than just having servers in a collocation center to make up a cloud. The cloud is a design concept to an application. It means that that hosted service is accessible anywhere in the world, not just in that one network for that one customer. It is usually persistent across multiple devices, so I can get my hand-held smart phone or my iPad or I can work on my computer I can do it from Starbucks, I can do it from my office. And I am seeing the same persistence of data out there. So if your friend Joe designs applications that way, and is hosting it in a data center with really good internet and backroom connectivity, then sure, he is typically meeting the definition of a cloud occupation.
Robin: And has for many years, for that matter.
Curtis: I am sure a lot of years ago we were calling this an ASP, so in the late '90s and early 2000s there were application service providers. The big difference between that time period and kind of where we are now is the application service providers typically deployed single tenant based systems in the infrastructure inside the cloud. So each customer had their own set of servers, their own set of networks, their own applications instance. What we have done in the last few years is realize that the scalability of that model and the operational expense of that model is really not different enough from just putting that service inside the company to really make a compelling scale cloud argument. Cloud also includes this concept of multi-tenancy which then brings in that ASP model up to the modern age.
Robin: Let's talk about small businesses. They are either just getting on the internet, they are still some out there who aren't.
Curtis: These are the same guys waiting for the yellow pages book to show up every year, right? You know, I worked with a small business not that long ago that actually had a security breach inside their building. They used internet only sparingly. It was some casual email, mostly with the younger staff. A small business, family owned. It was in the printing business. An attacker got inside their system, encoded all their files and demanded fifty grand to unlock the files. This is not a new story. So I had a conversation with the gentleman that owned the company. I said, "Don't pay off the guy but what you need to do right now is you need to put your storage in the cloud." That way you could have your on-premise files, and you have this backup out in the cloud where you are not going to get exploited for those images back, twenty years of his work to be precise.
Robin: Yeah. No doubt you found somebody who could undo, who can decrypt anyway.
Curtis: Yeah, well, we won't get into that side of it, but sure. Small businesses, you know it is already a struggle. I have worked with small and medium businesses my entire career and people have a hard time realizing these guys work 18, 19, business days of the month which is typically 20, 21 days. And that just covers their expenses. That last day is the only time that family makes money. And if you are spending all that money on this super smart guy that you need to protect your data, or to run a 24x7 IT shop, it is really a strain on your finances. But not only that, you put a lot of load usually on a single individual. Presumably, he wants to take a vacation one day. He needs to leave your shop for a couple of weeks. And that's where cloud scale can really make a big difference.
Robin: That's really a good point. Now here is the question: Slashdot readers tend to be that IT guy. Whether for a small business or in the bowels of Citibank, we've got them. All that is a lot of programmers. Maybe more programmers. How does this move to the cloud affect the IT guy? How should he manage his career in light of it?
Curtis: Oh I mean this is actually, the server hugger IT guy should be celebrating this move. This is a huge opportunity to improve their skill set and to grow in their career and become even more valuable. Look, a company that puts a couple of applications, on a couple of different servers in a closet and still maintains a backup on paper or has an accountant on the side, when they put all their eggs into the cloud basket, you know, they really need a network that performs all the time—class of service clearly set up, network performance that is well understood, great internet connections, sometimes even backup internet connections on there.
And then the next part of their service is they can become what they originally were. You see, 20 or 25 years ago, when the IT explosion hit when the ability to buy a clone IBM server even really a regular IBM server for under ten grand and put it in a business. The IT team became the Holy Grail in the company. They could automate something quicker than anyone else. You didn't have to go to an outside firm to re-engineer an entire process line. Somebody could code it up real quick. There is a new era coming where you can start taking applications from one piece of the cloud, from another piece of the cloud, start gluing them together and putting together really awesome business processes. So that IT career is going through a little transformation cycle but I think actually the better days are ahead.


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Friday, July 14, 2006
Net Neutrality Crunch Time (aka Why Ted Stevens is a Moron)
And just what are the intelligent arguments of those in Congress opposing Net Neutrality? Well, leading the opposition in the Senate is Ted Stevens of Alaska. Nestor over at Bruins Nation had posted this YouTube clip from The Daily Show that explains what we're up against better than we ever could.
As you continue to shake your head that a man such as Ted Stevens has so much say over the future of the Interent, below is an email I received the other day from SaveTheInternet.com. They have a handy-dandy hyperlink so that you can see where your own Senators stand on the issue. I urge you to contact your Senator(s) if you haven't already done so.
Finally, as has been mentioned many times, this is NOT a partisan issue. When MoveOn.org and the Christian Coalition of America are on the same side, that says it all.
Dear SavetheInternet.com blogger,
Net neutrality supporters are gearing up against a Senate vote on Sen. Ted "The Internet is a Series of Tubes" Stevens' telecommunications bill (S 2686). This bad bill fails to protect Net Neutrality. To preserve Internet freedom, we need to be sure that this bill gets overhauled or stopped in its tracks.
Today, we launched a Senate map that makes it ridiculously easy to a) figure out where your Senators stand, and b) urge them to take a public stance in support of Internet freedom. The goal is to get as many senators on the record as possible before any vote on the Senate floor. You (and your readers) can help the cause by checking out the map and flooding the Senate with calls.
July is a pivotal month. The Senate leadership won't schedule a vote on Stevens' bad bill unless 60 senators say they'll vote for it. Now's the time to call senators and tell them to support Net Neutrality instead -- and to oppose last-ditch industry efforts to push through a bill that more and more Americans are turning against.
We're not the only ones who've been busy; there's lots of creative work being produced in support of Net Neutrality. Check out this techno remix of Sen. Stevens' recent speech, a slew of new clips on the SavetheInternet.com videos page and other artistic output at the SavetheInternet.com blog.
We need more creativity like this to call attention to what the telcos are trying to get away with -- but eventually it all boils down to what the Senate does. So don't forget to check out the map, call your Senators, and encourage your friends/readers to do the same.
With your help, we can match the millions of dollars spent by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth with millions of citizens speaking up for Internet freedom.
Tim Karr
2 comments:
- BaggyPantsDevil said...
"The Daily Show," best news program EVER. That clip of Senator Ted Stevens was simultaneously hilarious and depressing. Is there any qualification beyond the ability to raise an assload of campaign money required to become a senator? The older I get the stupider our government officials seem to be. If our politicians were always like this, we'd still have the queen on our money.
The Senate Map is excellent—and I urge everyone to take a few moments to use it—but I think I'm pretty much out of luck for assisting with this issue. I just sent e-mails to my two senators, John McCain and Jon Kyl. Senator McCain is one of the few senators I actually have some respect for, but he has unfortunately already come down against internet neutrality. Senator Kyl is undecided on the issue, but hasn't set a good precedent with his views on online gambling.
- July 14, 2006 1:32 PM
- Yost said...
"If our politicians were always like this, we'd still have the queen on our money."
- July 14, 2006 2:07 PM

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I just realized that its probably not a PHP error, it's probably a server error.
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For the rest of the issues, really, what you are doing is solving SIL's hosting problems. She is never going to see the problems as long as someone else keeps fixing them for her. So the flatware runs out. Go and tell her there isn't enough and ask how you and your kids are going to eat. Same with anything else that runs out or that there isn't enough of. Let her deal with hungry people who have to wait for someone else to finish eating so that they can wash the plate and utensils so they can eat enough times and she'll start to see there's a problem.
I will admit that I have read both the regular website and the forums for quite a while, but this is my first post. IRL I am a rather shy quiet person as well.I will start by saying that I am a pretty good cook. I started learning with my mother and grandmother at a very young age and I come from an Italian American family with lots of other good cooks so food has been an important part of family gatherings. On top of that I have a chemistry degree and devour food science books so I have a very good understanding of food and how to prepare it. This is the opinion of other people as well, as I have heard second hand how much some members of my family love my cooking. I am not trying to brag, but this is part of the issue.Second I will say that I have two children that are very picky eaters due to their disability and another child and husband who are spoiled by my cooking.We are sometimes invited to parties on DH side of the family. Typically these parties are hosted at my SIL house for several reasons (space and distance mostly) I enjoy cooking and so will offer to bring things when there is a party. Sometimes she will ask me to bring a particular dish and sometimes she will say "we are having xyz" bring what you like. I am having several etiquette issue that I need help with.First, my MIL sometimes gets upset when I bring things because if we bring the same stuff, mine will get eaten and hers won't. This is sometimes an issue because I will make a dish that I know my children will eat and she will make a similar dish, but add ingredients that my children simply won't have. Am I rude for bring things for my kids to eat, but also to share?Since your MIL is the one who doesn't like for there to be duplicates of what she is cooking, she can take the responsibility of contacting you to find out what you are bringing. If you want to, after you have decided what you plan to bring, you could let your SIL know and she could relay it to MIL if MIL asks her but if SIL says bring anything, you can bring anything.Second, SIL is notorious for not providing enough of things for everyone. She will buy one bottle of soda when she is having 10-15 people over. Last year she had a picnic and she had someone else bring the drinks, she brought koolaid and beer only. This picnic had several elderly ladies who do not drink either of these things. I keep a case of water in my car at all times (we lived in FL for many years) so when I got a bottle of water for myself, I offered bottles to others who accepted. Was I rude to offer the water to others? I know that it would be rude to drink and not offer, but I don't think that I could go several hours outside without something to drink.You were not rude. And since you recognize that she has issues with providing adequate drinks (or disposable plates) I'd always say to her when discussing plans "In addition to the chile, I'll bring a case of water and disposable plates just to make sure we have enough" Leave them in your car until you determine they are needed if you don't want to end up bringing them into her house, they don't get used and you can't take them home.Third SIL is also notorious for not returning serving dishes. So I will offer her the leftover food and take my dish home with me (soemtimes clean and sometimes not) We recently went to a party where I brought a large pot of chili. MIL and SIL wanted to keep both the chili and the pot! I had no problem with them keeping the chili, but the pot was a gift from DH for Christmas two years ago, and very expensive (enameled cast iron) I will often bring food on plates that I don't expect back (from the dollar store or likewise) I also brought cornbread and told her she could keep the basket if she wanted. Should I be taking my serving ware back or should I only bring cheap/disposeable things that I don't want back?I just paid $300 for an enameled cast iron pot for a wedding gift. I can not imagine anyone thinking you would hand that over. You bring your food in what ever dish you want. Then have some ziplock bags handy to empty out leftovers into. Next, I know that SIL doesn't have enough plates and silverware to serve the people she invites and often doesn't buy disposalbles for the party. Is it rude to bring these with me? See suggestion for drinks.The last thing has to do with taking food. I usually let the hostess have whatever leftovers there are. There have been times where the host said that there was too much food and to take my extras home, but at the last party MIL claimed some of the leftover chili when the party was hosted by SIL. SO what should I do with extra food, and how do I respond to the host saying take it home and another guest wanting the leftovers?I usually offer left overs to the hostess first and let them take as much as they like. Then I'll ask other guests if they'd like to take some home. Does your MIL live with your SIL or was your MIL going to take the food back to her own place? Either way, if MIL said she wanted some of the leftovers, I'd let her have it. But you are under no obligation give left overs to your MIL if you really want to take them home to feed your family. As an aside, if I'm making something for a potluck and I know our family is going to want leftovers, I'll make a little extra and leave some home before taking to the potluck. Even something like lasagna, I'll just make a small additional dish.Thank you for your help. I have been having some trouble in this area as my family and DH"s family do holidays very differently.
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The records now belong to UConn: 11 national championships, most ever, and the first team to win four in a row. Here's a look back at each of the Huskies' championship seasons:
2015-16: 38-0
Regular season highlights: UConn started the season with a 100-56 win at Ohio State and never looked back. A 91-81 victory over Notre Dame in the Jimmy V Classic and an 83-73 win at Madison Square Garden over Maryland in the Maggie Dixon Classic were the closest games. The Huskies had no trouble in its American Athletic Conference schedule and in a February nonconference matchup at No. 2 South Carolina, UConn won, 66-54.


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Agilent Technologies previews new compliance EMI Receiver solution at IEEE EMC Symposium
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced its re-entry into the CISPR-compliant EMI receiver market with a preview of its compliance EMI receiver solution. Its high-performance, outstanding accuracy and full compliance with the CISPR 16-1-1 and MIL STD 461 standards enable EMC engineers and managers working with in-house EMC test labs, third-party EMC test houses and solution providers to increase the speed and confidence in pre-compliance, troubleshooting, and -- a new capability -- compliance measurements. The PSA-based EMI receiver is comprised of any of Agilent's premier PSA Series of high-performance spectrum analyzers and the new N9039A RF pre-selector. Featuring the outstanding accuracy and speed of the PSA Series analyzers, the compliance EMI receiver enables decreased test time, increased measurement accuracy and an increased probability of intercepting unwanted EMI signals. Taken together, the benefits of the PSA-based EMI receiver can greatly increase the user's measurement confidence. A key feature of the compliance EMI receiver is its use of an external pre-selector for mix-and-match flexibility. This characteristic makes it easy and inexpensive for users to upgrade an existing PSA to a fully compliant receiver, and it enables the user to combine any pre-selector with any PSA for added flexibility. "With its exceptional accuracy, flexibility, reliability and worldwide local support, Agilent's PSA-based EMI receiver fully supports the needs of EMI compliance engineers and managers who today require test capability to 40 GHz or higher, rapid speed and high uptime -- all at a reasonable price," said Ron Nersesian, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Wireless Business Unit. "With 65 years of proven technology, trusted measurements and vast expertise, Agilent is uniquely suited to help its customers address the issues surrounding EMI compliance testing. Today's showing of the new CISPR-compliant, PSA-based EMI receiver demonstrates our continued commitment to developing innovative, cost-effective solutions to support current and future trends in testing." The Agilent PSA compliance EMI receiver is the ideal solution for EMI compliance engineers and managers faced with legacy systems nearing the end of support life, or who are looking for a more accurate, fast solution to compliance testing.


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NetWars CyberCity is a small-scale city located close by the New Jersey Turnpike complete with a bank, hospital, water tower, train system, electric power grid, and a coffee shop.
You take out the electricity, and we will all stumble around wondering how to connect to the net...
You take out the coffee shop, and you will find us all focused on your destruction (or on finding another source of coffee, whichever happens first.)
and... just to keep this one going: http://xkcd.com/705/ [xkcd.com]
"When you lose control of cyberspace, you lose control of the physical world," said Eric Bassel, director at the SANS Institute.
Just think about that the next time your Internet connection goes out.
Cyber warriors will be presented with potential real-world attacks; their job is to defend against them. Missions will include fending off attacks on the city's power company, hospital, water system and transportation services.
Disconnect from the Internet or firewall.
Disconnect from the Internet or firew
Should these things not be on their own separate networks? Do we really need the water tower connected to the internet.
VPN? The network itself is not on the internet, but you have a protected access path through it.
How are air-gap network isolation practices "security through obscurity?"
Slashdot just keeps getting dumber.
As long as the director of the water treatment plant doesn't want to drive in to work at 3 am in the morning to press a button to fix a problem... yes. Good luck making the security through obscurity argument to that person.
I think you mean the engineer, not director. In any case, it's an easy argument to make: "This is one of the job requirements. Comply with it or be replaced."
Why the New Jersey Turnpike?
It doesn't say where it actually is, but if it is a military thing, it would be at a military base. And Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is a short drive from the New Jersey Turnpike...
Wait. You're mad at the spin of military focused training names sounding military, but other labels you don't feel are as cool applying to non-military?
Glad to see ALL the bases are covered...
Pff... everyone knows All your base are belong to us [allyourbas...ngtous.com].
The word "cyber" is like "cloud" or "pirate". Every time you hear it, you know for a fact, that the writer doesn't know shit about computers or the Internet. Same goes for iDevice (/ Win 8/Phone) and Twitter users, but they additionally like to pretend they are "hip" in a ridiculously cringe-worthy fashion. At least they got that cringe-worthiness part in common with the former group.
worst post of the day.
"The town is a virtual place that exists only on computer networks run by a New Jersey-based security firm working under contract with the U.S. Air Force. Computers simulate communications and operations, including e-mail, heating systems, a railroad and an online social networking site, dubbed FaceSpace"
"CyberCity itself fits in a six by eight foot area and was created using miniature buildings and houses, the underlying power control systems, hospital software, and other infrastructu
seems like over kill for cyber wars.
Can do the same in small scare and you can even crash some model trains as part of some missions.
Looks like the generals want to solve the hacker threat in the traditional ways, trying to get some soldiers learn to hack. God forbid they trust civilian whitehats.
Looks like the generals want to solve the hacker threat in the traditional ways, trying to get some soldiers learn to hack. God forbid they trust civilian whitehats.
(God forbid they trust civilian whitehats.)
Who do you think they are recruiting right now?
Need a job?
Looks like the generals want to solve the hacker threat in the traditional ways, trying to get some soldiers learn to hack. God forbid they trust civilian whitehats.
Trust shouldn't be in the equation when you're talking about cyberwar and hacking. It's more who has the skills and who is competent? The human being cannot be trusted in any information security equation or scenario as the human being is always the weak link. That is one of the first things you should learn.
That's "killing people and breaking stuff" to you and me.
Sounds like a secure place. I mean, if that won't slow them, they're screwed anyway.
oh joy
time to teach stupid a lesson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=HlZRcxvGIWE&NR=1 [youtube.com]
Thank God someone will be out there to defend us against stuff like this.
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When available, KLRU offers alternative audio services via the SAP service. SAP stands for Second Audio Program and it allows broadcasters to add another channel of audio to the programs we air. KLRU uses SAP to broadcast both DVS (descriptive video service) for people who are visually impaired and Spanish-language audio.
Only about 30 percent of programs have the SAP/DVS feature. Some have only Spanish, some have DVS and some have both. SAP is a stereo service, a right and a left audio channel, with DVS carried in one channel and Spanish in the other. Currently, if a program has only Spanish or only DVS, that program's SAP is correct. But when both Spanish and DVS are present on a program, the SAP is playing both at the same time making it so that viewers cannot get the audio content they need.
Fixing the problem is a technically complex issue which many other television stations have addressed by simply not offering the service. That is not KLRU's plan. We are working to find a solution that will allow us to serve our viewers who's primary language is Spanish and those who need the descriptive video service.


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MARS HILL, N.C. – Freshman Keith LaClair (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) recorded the first hat trick of his college career in the Cobra lacrosse team's 20-5 loss to Mars Hill on Wednesday night.
Timothy Smith (Commack, N.Y.) scored the first two goals for the Cobras before LaClair tallied his first goal of the game in the first quarter. The Lions shut down the Cobra attack for the remainder of first half taking a 14-3 lead into the intermission.
The Cobras held Mars Hill to just two goals in the third quarter, before LaClair netted his final two goals of the game in the fourth quarter.
LaClair also recorded an assist in the game; while Ryan Vento (Bellmore, N.Y.) had two assists and Steven Marciano (Shirley, N.Y.) had one.
Coker returns to the field on Saturday, March 3 when they travel to Lees-McRae College for a Conference Carolinas game at 2 p.m.


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Very few schools have been as fortunate as the University of Colorado in having a man of Brian Cabral's character and class grace their campus for 24 years. His contributions to CU go far beyond his coaching excellence. He has loyally served his alma mater like no other. We were lucky to have him. He stepped into two difficult situations in replacing terminated coaches in the middle of the season, and was magnificent. Everyone who has ever had the pleasure of his company knows what a good man he is.
Now he gets to do something for which he has long desired... be a defensive coordinator at an NCAA Division I football program. Boulder is only loaning this good man to Indiana State Unviersity because we all want him to come back when his coaching days are over.
Good luck Brian. Many of us will now be Sycamore fans as well as CU fans.


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Arsenal's European season looks over after they were beaten 3-1 by Bayern Munich in the champions League last 16 first leg at Emirates Stadium.
Arsene Wenger's men spoke of a making a statement of intent after the shock defeat to Blackburn Rovers last weekend but were outclassed by the Bundesliga leaders.
The Gunners can take some heart from being the first team to score past Manuel Neuer in 2013, and probably should have done so more than once, but the scoreline could have been worse had the Bavarians finished off all their opportunities.
The Emirates Stadium crowd was in good voice at the start but, as is so regularly the case these days, they were silenced by an early goal form the opposition.
Just seven minutes has passed before Toni Kroos to slam the ball past Wojciech Szczesny from the edge of the area after a cross from the left was poorly defended – a reoccurring theme throughout the match.
Hapless defending was once again to blame for the second on 20 minutes and a corner from the right was headed towards goal by Daniel van Buyten and Szczesny's save sat up perfectly for Thomas Muller to bundle home from a yard out.
It was a disastrous opening to the game from the Gunners and the home crowd were stunned as Bayern's movement and passing made the north Londoners look distinctly ordinary.
It should have been 3-0 a few minutes before half-time but Mario Mandzukic's header whistled past the post after Lahm had found him unmarked in the middle of the Arsenal area.
Wenger's men seem to have a mental block in the first half of games this season and showed again that a little break could do them good.
They came out for the second period with greater purpose and were abler to impose themselves on Bayern.
Jack Wilshere's corner ten minutes into the second half was watched by everyone, including Neuer, and Lukas Podolski was on hand to nod into the empty net from ten yards out.
It gave the Gunners hope but there are only so many times they can come back from two goals down.
Wilshere was once again the stand out performer in his side but his desire could not be matched by many of his teammates
They should have been level with little over a quarter of an hour left when Theo Walcott's centre found second half substitute Olivier Giroud in space in the area, but the big Frenchman could only shoot straight at Neuer.
It would be Arsenal's last sniff of a goal as Jupp Heynckes brought on Luis Gustavo to shut the game down.
A 2-1 defeat would leave Arsenal with a small something to hold on to in the second leg but tired legs meant a final crushing blow was dealt.
Thomas Vermaelen had struggled defensively all evening but he could do nothing when left isolated against both Lahm and second half substitute Arjen Robben.
Lahm crossed after receiving it on the overlap and Bacary Sagna could only help Mandzukic's shot loop up and into the net for a third with little time left.
It knocked the life out of Wenger's men on the night and all but guaranteed they would be knocked out of the competition.
Arsenal will have to pull off something special when they travel to the Allianz Arena in three weeks, but it looks highly unlikely against a terrific Bayern side.
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"Texas" the Musical will be canceled tonight
Six of the Actors from the Musical "Texas" were in an automobile accident on Monday evening. The victims killed in the wreck were identified by the DPS as Clinton Diaz of Amarillo; Andrew Duncan of Wichita Falls; Amanda Starz of Timonium, Md.; Julian Arredondo of Haltom; and Eric Harrison of Fort Worth. Injured in the accident was Timothy Johnson of Portland, Ore., and the truck driver, Theron Arthur McSay of Fort Collins, Colo. the cast members were driving back from the annual end-of-summer cast party south of Dumas. Alcohol may have been a factor, according to the DPS statement.


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Press release 297/2012
13 December 2012
Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Erkki Tuomioja met today 13 of December Mr. Kenji Shinoda, Ambassador of Japan, in courtesy call. Minister Tuomioja and Ambassador Shinoda discussed the Finnish-Japanese relations and current international political and economic issues, including security issues in Asia.
With regard the yesterday's launch from DPRK using ballistic missile technology, Minister Tuomioja stated that Finland fully agrees with the Statement by EU High Representative Ashton on 12 December. North Korea's launch violates unambiguously international commitments, especially UN Security Council Resolutions 1718 and 1874 and its IAEA Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement and its Six Party Talks commitments.
Minister Tuomioja emphasized, that Finland calls upon North Korea to comply with all its international commitments. Finland urges North Korea to refrain from further measures, which jeopardize the stability in Korean Peninsula and increase tensions in the area.
Additional information: Counsellor Esko Männistö, tel. +358 40 801 2917
Updated 12/13/2012


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Have seen a video of a weigh-ins with a lot of young hot guys. But now I can't find it again. Anyone know that one. Please post it.
Damn, these are hot pics! What's going on with both of these guys and their hard ons while weighing?
Thanks Joe for posting all those!! Nothing hotter to see than a young guy with a nice body standing there naked. I think the situation makes it particularly erotic for me. A guy there naked while everyone else is standing around fully clothed, and the Naked guy is obviously the center of everyone's attention!!!
prime example is the first pic below
boxer gavin rees
jason booth
I hope some of those 'officials' are there to make sure of the 'accuracy' of the scales!!
Of course I enjoy these, but, as I've mentioned in some other threads, as a society we are much too preoccupied about people being naked. I guess these pics wouldn't mean 'jack' to us if everyone was walking about in the nude!
Thanks for all the pictures Joe!! I really do appreciate it!! Hmmm, how do you get a job as one of those 'officials'??
Nice. Man the guy with the boner, is neat. (if not photoshopped in).
I really wonder about the accuracy of these scales, most are not that accurate to within 1-2 pounds. So how is shedding a light pair of briefs, that weighs less then a 1 pound, going to make any difference apart from freakin us all out???
Its almost deliberate, with nothing to do about actual weight.
I have read somewhere along the way that in the 1920s-1960s, when there were a lot of black boxers and wrestlers sponsored by white men, the weighins were always with the black athletes nude and all of the white organizers, gentlemen of the press, etc. closing in. The observers were just as interessted in the genitalia as the weight. The back room conversations went on for days regarding the athletes' assets.
Some more erect penis please during the real weigh-ins ...
Wow! Absolutely brilliant thread!
thanks for the Ricky burns pics, i love the bad boy image and didn't realise how skinny he was!! very hot. I love boxers like him.


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Off the top of his head, Kieran Foran doesn't know exactly how many test matches he has lost to Australia. It could be three, maybe it's four. What he does know is that "it's enough to know that I am sick of walking off having lost".
That sums up the Kiwis' mentality heading into a match in Townsville tonight that marks the start of their build-up to next year's world cup defence in Great Britain.
Pulling off the odd shock victory in a tournament is nice, but it's not enough any more. Matches such as tonight's simply can't be written off as inevitable defeats.
"We'll be going out there to get success tonight and everything we've done this week has been geared to that," coach Stephen Kearney said.
'We've been doing everything we can to make sure that everyone executes their jobs and we feel if we do that we give ourselves a great opportunity of getting a win."
Kearney might quibble a little over the nature of recent one-off defeats - "it depends how you classify haven't gone well" - but the results are there in black and white. Despite the 2008 World Cup and 2010 Four Nations victories, wins over the Kangaroos have remained extremely rare.
To get one tonight captain Benji Marshall, Foran and hooker Issac Luke must strike a combination that at least matches the effectiveness of Kangaroos counterparts Cooper Cronk, Johnathan Thurston and Cameron Smith.
That ain't easy, Foran pointed out.
"It's bloody hard," he said. "These Aussie combinations play together all through the year. They play together at Origin. They don't have to change anything when they come together. Me and Benji get four sessions to come in and try to build a combination. "It's incredibly hard but I am starting to feel that we are getting there. We have played alongside each other a few times now and things have gelled nicely."
The debuts of centre Dean Whare and forwards Sam Kasiano and Kevin Proctor confirm at least one eye is on the World Cup, but success now is what the Kiwis really crave.
"Look, it is just important for us to win one of these one off test matches, just for our confidence," Marshall said.
Foran is confident his personal breakthrough moment is near.
"I think we've picked a squad that can do them," he said. "I'm really impressed with the forward pack. They can all play with the ball. They are big boys and they've all played together.
"The key for us is just keeping them down their end of the field. If we are making good metres and we can get a good kick at the end of the set and make them bring it out of yardage all game it nullifies blokes like Thurston and Billy Slater. That's the way to shut them down - don't give them repeat sets on your line because sooner or later they are good enough players to make you pay."


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LCA2010 Organisers announce schedule of talks for linux.conf.au 2010!
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Monday 14 September 2009.
A full schedule of talks is now available for LCA2010. The conference brings together speakers from around the world presenting a variety of topics; from the strongly technical such as Linux kernel development, to social interaction within communities and issues relating to diverse and minority groups. linux.conf.au 2010 runs for a full week starting Monday 18th January, with more than 65 talk sessions, together with a number of Keynote presentations and 14 Miniconfs.
"We hope that everyone will enjoy the line-up of talks for linux.conf.au 2010" says Susanne Ruthven, Co-Director of LCA2010. "We had an exceptionally difficult task of choosing such a small number of papers from a list of well over 300 submissions! We believe our selection represents the wide range of speakers and topics from a diverse set of backgrounds who submitted papers - those from education and government, participating in free and open source software in their spare time or as part of their daily jobs. LCA2010 will be an event you cannot afford to miss!"
For more information, please see: the LCA2010 Schedule.
About linux.conf.au
linux.conf.au is one of the world's best conferences for free and open source software! The coming linux.conf.au, LCA2010, will be held at the Wellington Convention Centre in Wellington, New Zealand from Monday 18th January to Saturday 23rd January 2010. LCA2010 is fun, informal and seriously technical, bringing together Free and Open Source developers, users and community champions from around the world. LCA2010 is the second time linux.conf.au has been held in New Zealand, with the first being Dunedin in 2006.
For more information see: http://www.lca2010.org.nz/
About Linux Australia
Linux Australia (http://www.linux.org.au/) is the peak body for Linux User Groups (LUGs) around Australia, and as such represents approximately 5000 Australian Linux users and developers. Linux Australia facilitates the organisation of this international Free Software conference in a different Australasian city each year.
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"Funny thing is, the talks described actually sound fascinating".
How would you know that?
"Funny thing is, the talks described actually sound fascinating".
How would you know that?
They sound like extremely stereotypical technology demonstrators. So I wanna show off my new statistical analysis / HBASE backend
I think you're missing the point (disclaimer: I did not attend). The talks were on subjects that were absurdly mundane, and yet the speakers managed to become engrossed in the details and (in the successful talks) were able to convey that interest to the audience, which was willing to suspend judgement. And everyone enjoying a good laugh on themselves for sitting patiently through such "boring" presentations. It's like being roped into a board game at a party which sounds really lame, and ending up getti
I accidentally misread "a photographic survey" as "pornographic survey" and for a fraction of a second this article became more interesting.
Then I re-read it and the feeling subsided.
Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
... for a fraction of a second this article became more interesting. Then I re-read it and the feeling subsided.
Ha!! Premature satisfaction!
my 677 page summary of proceedings — it's in point 8 Times New Roman, three columns to the A5 page.
. . . that location information of them might be useful . . . and profitable.
Why the fuck doesn't Wikipedia include the heights of celebrities? Afraid of the backlash when the world realizes how short all the men are?
It was interesting.
These guys [wiley.com] should have presented their paper at it.
"Waiting for more than half an hour in the November cold to get in, one conferencegoer wondered aloud whether the surprise queue was what it seemed. "Maybe it just goes on and on and at 5pm they'll let us out the other side?" he mused. "That would be really boring." "
Please tell me Ben Stein narrated the slideshow of toasted bread pictures.
Fifteen years ago I worked in I.T. Support at a company making paper products. One of the salesmen was quite proud of his 120 slide Powerpoint presentation on toilet paper.
That sounds quite interesting - more interesting than showing it on a normal screen, at least...
you laugh, but there is a lot of science in making toilet paper, i can easily see 120 slides in a presentation on the topic.
Experience varies directly with equipment ruined.


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Building a portfolio for retirement requires a radar system that reveals not just the blips on the screen that are nearby, but those that might be off the screen.
Or at least so says intelligence analyst and former journalist Herb Meyer, who is all about radar systems that allow you to see as far into the future as possible. And today, Meyer's radar system is suggesting that there's a world of investment opportunity out there given three very big demographic, macroeconomic, societal changes taking place.
Now in the interest of full and fair disclosure, Meyer is not your typical investment analyst. Instead, Meyer's claim to fame is that he's ex-CIA from the Reagan Administration and now author of several books including "Real-Word Intelligence."
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And what he likes to do these days is do what he used to do for President Reagan: Paint a picture of the world that's out there in front of us. "Not what you can see outside your windshield," Meyer said in a speech in Boston (many weeks prior to the current conflict in Israel and Gaza). "But what you can see if you look down at your radar screen, the one further ahead."
The Arab Spring
The first thing that Meyer sees on his radar screen today is the violent conflicts and political transformations in the Middle East. "The Mideast is on fire," Meyer said at the time. "And we need to see where this is going."
And the best way to see where you are going, he said, is to know where you are and how you got there. To Meyer, that means going back in time to the end of the 17th Century in when "life was terrible." Life spans were short, hunger and starvation was widespread, people were illiterate and uneducated. Nothing changed back then. "Tomorrow was the same as yesterday," he said.
The modern world, by contrast, is very different. Life spans are longer, people are educated, travel is common, change is constant, and even though income varies widely, few are starving. "Do you realize what a human achievement that is?," Meyer said. "It's so extraordinary that today we are told that the greatest health problem faced by poor people is obesity."
Western Civilization's transition to the modern world wasn't smooth, and we should expect the same as countries in the Middle East transition to the modern world as well. "When you look at the Islamic world today you are looking at a 1.5 billion people beginning to make the journey we began more than 300 years ago," said Meyer. "And what we keep saying to them is 'Can't you guys do this by next Thursday?'"
Obviously, changes can't be made that quickly, the social and political struggles will continue. When you look at many countries in the Middle East today, you are watching people beginning to write the code for a new world order. "It's one of the most extraordinary events in world history," said Meyer. "And you are watching it happen. And it only just started."
Emergence of global middle class
The second big blip on Meyer's radar screen is this: "The world is emerging from poverty, fast," said Meyer. By 1990, two billion human beings had crossed the line out of poverty. Since then another 500 million have crossed. And, right now, somewhere between 50 million to 100 million cross the line out of poverty each year, Meyer said.
"And if we can sustain this trend," he said, "it means that within your lifetime, certainly within your children's lifetimes, the world will cross a line that's never been crossed before. We'll be out of poverty. An overwhelming majority of human beings will no longer be poor. And that will be the greatest moment in human history and you will live to see it."
Why is it happening? "All over the world, governments are now putting in place the free-market mechanisms to pull their populations out of poverty," he said. And the result is the most stunning development of our lifetime—the emergence of a global middle class. This is biggest underreported news story in the world."
This is good for several reasons, one of which is this: "People like us don't go to war with people like us," he said.
We've stopped breeding
The third blip on his radar screen is this: If you want to sustain a country's population, the birthrate has to be 2.1 per woman. But today, in Western Europe, the birthrate 1.5, 30% below the sustainable rate, he said. "That means, in 30 years from now, there will be between 70 million to 80 million fewer Europeans alive than there are today," Meyer said.
Why has this happened? Fewer married couples want children. Fewer people are getting married. And, fewer adults want to work. "What you are looking at in Europe is a demographic death spiral," said Meyer, who also noted that the same thing is happening in Japan where the birthrate is 1.3.
As in Western Europe, there won't be enough young people to replace the older generation in Japan. "Japan is aging so fast, by 2020, one out of every five Japanese citizens will be over the age of 70 and no one can figure out how to run modern society with one out five people over the age of 70," Meyer said. "Japan is committing national suicide."
As for the U.S., two years ago, the birthrate was 2.1. Today, the birthrate is slightly below 2.1 according to Meyer. (The CIA's estimate for the U.S. for 2012 is 2.06.)
The country with the highest birthrate in the Western world is Israel, which the CIA puts at 2.7, which means that 30 years from now there will be more young people than older people.
In the Muslim world, the birthrate is above 2.1, but the numbers are starting to decline, especially in Turkey (2.1) and Iran (1.9), he said. "For all practical purposes, Iran doesn't have another generation," he said.
In general, Meyer said, "We are getting old. It's happening at different rates in different places. Here in the U.S., the elderly-dependency ratio—the percentage of the population that is old—will double, from 19% to 39%, over the next 20 years."
And by 2045, for the first time in history, the number of humans living over the age of 55 will be larger than the number of humans under the age of 15, he said. "And that's a done deal. Nothing can be done to stop that from happening," Meyer said. "You are living in a world where there will be more older people than younger people."
So why does this matter? "Because older people don't spend money the way young people do," he said, noting that it's one major reason why the economic recovery in the U.S. has been so tepid.
How to invest for the emerging global middle class
So what might you invest in given the blips on Meyer's radar screen?
Well, anything that takes advantage of the emerging global middle class. Their demand for our goods and services is rising. And that bodes well for the U.S. economy. Each year the total customer base for every product and service we can provide is growing at rate of 50 million to 100 million new customers per year. "We want to help world to emerge from poverty not just for their sake, but for our own," he said. The emerging global middle class "will create jobs, help us pay off the deficit, and pay down our debt."
Given that, Meyer said the growth sectors of the 21st century include: energy ("The amount of fuel we are going to need to bring the world out of poverty is staggering," he said. "This changes the entire energy conversation."); food (In the past eight years, for instance, China has increased its consumption of meat has more than doubled.); infrastructure; health care; and education.
Now if his radar is accurate, you should be able to steer your portfolio away from danger into a world of opportunity.
Robert Powell is editor of Retirement Weekly, published by MarketWatch. Learn more about Retirement Weekly here. Follow his tweets here.


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Imagine if your favorite movie had a Special Edition featuring an additional scene only accessible at Walmart. That's exactly what Sony's proposing with its release of Beyond: Two Souls. By pre-ordering the game at GameStop, you'll get an automatic upgrade to the Special Edition, which includes an exclusive playable scene.
So, what is this scene? "Training missions."
The Special Edition includes the "Advanced Experiments" scene. The thirty minute sequence will "test your rapid problem-solving skills as you guide Jodie and the mysterious entity Aiden through a series of tough training missions," the PlayStation.Blog details.
So, it's disposable content. While it will make for a nice bonus, it doesn't seem like you're missing anything vital to the game's story. There are other reasons to pick up the Special Edition, however. It comes in a steelbook case, and includes the soundtrack and four exclusive making-of videos. You'll also get a PS3 dynamic theme and PSN avatar bundle.


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- Vidal was "the godfather of gay literature," author says
- He died of complications from pneumonia, his nephew says
- He wrote more than 20 novels and appeared in a number of films
- He unsuccessfully ran for office twice
Gore Vidal, the eclectic author who faithfully chronicled the major shifts and upheavals in the United States in books, essays and plays, has died. He was 86.
Vidal died at his Los Angeles home Tuesday evening of complications from pneumonia, his nephew Burr Steers said. The author had also been suffering from heart ailments.
Widely hailed as one of America's greatest men of letters, the aristocratic Vidal was a high-profile commentator on politics, including his bitter opposition to the war in Iraq and his belief that the United States had betrayed its humble roots to become an imperial power.
Born into politics as a member of a rich and powerful family, he joined the Navy at 17 before shocking the world by writing one of the first novels to include an openly gay character: his 1948 work, "The City and the Pillar."
"He was the godfather of gay literature in spite of himself," said Christopher Bram, author of "Eminent Outlaws," a profile of the groundbreaking homosexual authors of Vidal's era. "He really didn't want the title for himself, but he wanted to be acknowledged as being important to gay people."
In all, Vidal wrote some 25 novels, two successful Broadway plays, numerous screenplays, more than 200 essays and the memoir "Palimpsest." His collection of essays "United States: Essays, 1952-1992" won the National Book Award in 1993, while a revival of his play "The Best Man" -- about the backstabbing and deception surrounding a national political convention -- was nominated for a Tony award this year.
Vidal also appeared in a number of films, including the political satire, "Bob Roberts," where he played a U.S. senator. He twice ran for office himself: as a candidate for Congress from upstate New York in 1960, calling for the recognition of Communist China, and later as a Senate candidate in California in 1982, which became the subject of a documentary.
Throughout his life, Vidal didn't shy away from controversy -- either actively courting it or inviting it through his acerbic one-liners.
He riled the right by saying the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks occurred because the Bush administration was "incompetent" and Bush himself was "inactive and inopportune." Vanity Fair refused to publish an essay he wrote reflecting on the tragedy.
He ruffled others by befriending convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh and saying he understood "why he did what he did." The more they communicated, the more impressed he was by McVeigh, Vidal said.
His book "Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated" takes the position that both attacks were provoked by "our government's reckless assaults upon other societies." A firestorm of criticism followed.
"I've had hard targets in my lifetime, I've taken on general superstitions, but that's what writers do. So I certainly, wouldn't have changed my modus vivendi one bit," he said of the furor.
Vidal "was always a gadfly," Bram said. "But in the last 10 to 15 years, it turned into this very bitter, not always rational anger with American government across the board. Conservatives, liberals -- he disliked them all, and could be intensely critical of them all."
Vidal often appeared on the television talk show circuit, going head-to-head with those with opposing viewpoints -- and gave as good as he got.
He once compared author Norman Mailer to the infamous killer Charles Manson, which prompted Mailer to head-butt him before a show. Author Truman Capote once said he felt sad about Vidal, "very sad that he has to breathe every day."
And in a live TV debate, conservative author and journalist William F. Buckley Jr. famously called him "queer." To be fair, Vidal had called him a "crypto-Nazi" first.
"Well, I mean I won the debates, there was no question of that," Vidal recounted in a CNN interview in 2007. "They took polls, it was ABC Television. ... And because I'm a writer, people think that I'm this poor little fragile thing. I'm not poor and fragile. ... And anybody who insults me is going to get it right back."
He also voiced himself on the animated show "The Simpsons."
Vidal would say he was a once-famous novelist who was relegated to going on television because people "seldom read anymore."
"All these literary prizes should go to the readers: 'Nobel Prize for the best reader in Milwaukee,' " he said. "And you know, we must honor them because they are so few."
But the truth is, Vidal, all his life, relished his role as provocateur, as an anti-establishmentarian, as a self-proclaimed conspiracy "analyst."
Relishing his role
He was born Eugene Luther Gore Vidal on October 3, 1925.
His grandfather, T.P. Gore, helped write the state constitution of Oklahoma. His father, Eugene, played professional football, competed in the decathlon in the Antwerp Olympics in 1920 and, as an aviator, was instrumental in expanding the U.S. aeronautics program.
And when his mother, Nina, remarried, Vidal shared a stepfather with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
He detested his mother ("drunks are not much fun to be around") and worshiped his grandfather, from whom he inherited his love for politics.
"He was blind, so from the age of 10, I was reading to him. From the congressional record, from American history, poetry," Vidal said. "He was very good, he was extraordinary, he was my education."
Unlike his father, Vidal showed no interest in sports and took to writing at age 14, joined the Navy at 17 and published his first novel, the World War II-themed "Williwaw," while on night watch in port at 19. It was well-received.
But it was his third novel, the coming-out tale "The City and the Pillar," that brought him notoriety.
The book "got reviews everywhere," Bram said. "It also got attacked everywhere, and he really ended up getting kicked in the teeth on it. He was only 23 years old, and I don't think he expected it to be treated as autobiographical, which it wasn't."
The novel came out at a time when laws against homosexuality were still on the books in all 48 states. As a result of the controversy, "He backed away from the subject for a while," said Bram, who teaches English at New York University. Homosexuality "pops up here and there" in his later work, "but never as strongly as in 'The City and the Pillar.' "
Though Vidal's homosexuality was an "open secret," Bram said, Vidal never claimed to be gay: He argued that the term "homosexual" was "an adjective, not a noun."
Vidal himself once said of the book, "I sold a million copies and it caused much distress at The New York Times." The newspaper, along with others, would not review his future work, forcing Vidal, the pariah, to write mysteries under the pseudonym Edgar Box -- and to turn to Hollywood.
While not particularly enamored by it, he was good at churning out dramas for television. He took one of them, the science fiction political satire "Visit to a Small Planet," and successfully adapted it for Broadway. His other stage success came with "The Best Man," about two presidential contenders.
Following his lucrative TV stint, Vidal returned to writing and produced three widely acclaimed novels that cemented his reputation as an internationally best-selling author: "Julian" (1964), about the Roman emperor who wanted to restore paganism; "Washington, D.C." (1967), the first of his fictional chronicles of American history; and "Myra Breckinridge" (1968), a satirical treatise on transsexualism.
At the same time, he published prolifically in magazines his critiques on politics, religion and sexuality.
"I would say that since 1945, the United States, which was absolutely the 'mandate of heaven,' as Confucius would say, had fallen upon us," he told CNN in 2007. "The world was ours. ... We'd lost it all. So, my war against American imperialism is my largest."
Steers, Vidal's nephew, did not elaborate on funeral arrangements for the author, only saying that the family asks people to donate to the Alzheimer's Association instead of sending flowers.
Vidal said in the CNN interview that he wanted to be cremated and then have his ashes placed at Rockcreek Cemetery in Washington. The remains of his partner of five decades, Howard Austen, rest there.
Austen died in 2003.
"We share a plot, and I'll be there," Vidal said. "And I'll be looking forward to seeing him."
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Mobilekwetu wish happybirthday Cellphone 40 years ago
Mobile phones, and their promise of unprecedented connectivity, have altered the way we live. And it all started 40 years ago today.
That's when Martin Cooper, a vice president at Motorola, stepped onto a New York City sidewalk and made the first known cellphone call in history. And, whether you thank him or blame him, we haven't stopped talking, texting and tweeting since.
In the time since Cooper brandished what would become the DynaTAC phone, our mobiles have gone from now-laughably clunky bricks to sleek, stylized slivers of technology. Now they're becoming fashionably monstrous with phone-tablet hybrids like the Galaxy Note.
And, along the way, they've changed everything.
"We knew that someday everybody would have a (cell) phone, but it was hard to imagine that that would happen in my lifetime," Cooper said to CNN last year. "And now we've got almost five billion phones in the world. Wow."
Cooper and his team had been in a race with AT&T's Bell Labs to create a cellphone. They'd worked for about three months on the model he walked outside with on April 3, 1973.
And that first call? It was to AT&T's Joel Engell, who headed up Bell Labs.
"I called and told him, 'Joel, I'm calling you from a cellular phone, a real cellular phone, a handheld, portable, real cellular phone'," Cooper recalled.
And, as he recalls it, his rival wasn't quite as talkative.
"I don't remember exactly what he said, but it was really quiet for a while," he said. "My assumption was that he was grinding his teeth. He was very polite and ended the call. When asked about it, he says he has no recollection of this moment."
It would take 10 years for a version of that DynaTAC (Dynamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage) phone to hit the market, for a hefty $3,900. The kind of phone Gordon Gekko wielded in "Wall Street," it weighed 2.5 pounds and was about a foot tall.
Compare that to the iPhone 5, which weighs in at under 4 ounces, is less than 5 inches from top to bottom and sells at prices starting at $199.
Not that Cooper, now 84, necessarily embraces every aspect of the latest advances in the field he helped create.
"I must tell you as much as we were dreamers, we never imagined that all these things could be combined into one. And I'm really not so sure that it's a great thing," he said. "Phones have gotten so complicated, so hard to use, that you wonder if this is designed for real people or for engineers."
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By Air Force Capt. Tony Wickman
Special to American Forces Press Service
Sept. 17, 2009 - The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan praised the efforts of a construction training center here that's providing much-needed skills to local residents. Karl W. Eikenberry attended the Sept. 15 graduation of more than 100 students from the Kunar Construction Center in Shigal district here. After an intense three-month course, the students now are equipped with skills such as carpentry, masonry, painting, plumbing and electrical wiring.
"In Kabul, we talk frequently about the need to deliver services and provide job opportunities that will improve the lives of the Afghan citizens," the ambassador said. "Here you are fulfilling that goal every day by the training of young men in construction, carpentry and other skills that are in very high demand.
"You're helping to rebuild not only the infrastructure of this country, but most important, its vital resource ... the human capital of Afghanistan," he added.
Eikenberry said he was impressed with the faculty, facility and training the center provides. The skills the students learn at the center will help rebuild Afghanistan, he added.
Provincial Governor Fazulla Wahidi told the graduates that they should be proud to take part in the reconstruction of their country. The local government will continue to work and coordinate with the provincial reconstruction team to improve the province, he said.
Since opening in 2008 with the help of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the reconstruction team, about 600 students have been trained at the construction center. More than 90 percent of the students who enter the program graduate in one of the branches of learning.
The center also held a job fair with local construction contractors, who request a number of graduates from each group of study and hire them on the spot. At the fair, 179 jobs were offered to new and recent graduates.
One former student at the job fair said his life has improved since graduating from the center.
"Life is very good ... I'm very happy and hope to do more work in the future. I'm happy for the [construction center] teachers and for the help from the [reconstruction team]," he said.
(Air Force Capt. Tony Wickman serves in the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team public affairs office.)
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The Lexington Tourism Authority approved a $5,000 grant for the 30th Annual Barbecue Festival during its regular meeting Thursday.
The Lexington Tourism Authority approved a $5,000 grant for the 30th Annual Barbecue Festival during its regular meeting Thursday.
The Barbecue Festival, which is the largest one-day festival in North Carolina, is now in the planning stages for its 30th anniversary. Robin Bivens, executive director of the Lexington Tourism Authority, said this is the city's biggest chance to bring people into the area.
"Pretty much everyone knows about the Lexington Barbecue Festival," she said. "It has a tremendous economic benefit on hotels, restaurants and other organizations."
From their polling in 2012, local hotels booked 328 room nights with an estimated economic impact of $57,000 to the community. Stephanie Saintsing Naset, the festival's executive director, plans for this year's event to be even more spectacular than ever and estimates more than 150,000 will attend because of the big anniversary.
The $5,000 grant is lower than in the past. The funds will most likely be used for marketing and advertising. The festival, whose total budget is $240,000, received a $16,010 grant from the LTA in 2012.
Also during the meeting, the tourism authority approved its 2013-14 budget after holding a mandatory public hearing. The LTA projected expenditures to be $285,125, with the largest portion of these coming from promotions.
Promotion costs are estimated at $142,175, with a majority of that cost coming from advertising and a one-time expense of $34,500 for the City of Lexington wayfinding project.
The cost for the wayfinding project is to hire a design firm to create signs to enable tourists to access Lexington more easily while driving. Lexington City Manager Alan Carson said the city will be responsible for the cost of manufacturing and installation of the signs once a design has been selected.
Salaries and benefits are projected to be $105,005.
Advertising cost projections, which include print ads, newsletters and television ads, are $28,700. The budget projects $14,000 in printing cost for visitors' guides and maps.
"I take a packet with me wherever I go," Bivens said. "We have seen an increase in requests from visitor centers since we have developed a warmer relationship with them."
Before adjourning the meeting, Bivens informed the board that the visitors center received $2,500 in funding from the Tourism Recreation Investment Partnership for Davidson County Foundation. She also gave members a copy of the Leisure Group Travel Magazine June issue, which features Lexington in an article about North Carolina, and she has already received calls from tour groups wanting to visit the area.
"This is $35,000 in free advertising and reaches 30,000 print subscribers," she said.
Sharon Myers can be reached at 249-3981, ext, 228 or at email@example.com.


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Surveys suggest about 5 billion people have smart phones. You can search the web, check your email, and now- check your symptoms. A new smart phone APP could save your life in a crisis. Is your left arm is hurting? Is it a strain or a symptom of a heart attack?
That's when "itriage" could save your life.
Dr. William Dennis Harris, ER Doctor at Jackson Hospital in Marianna sees people from all walks of life come to the hospital every day. "People may come when they think, this isn't so bad then they check and they check this APP and then they think maybe I should go because this could be the early signs of a stroke or a heart attack. They don't stay at home for 8 hours with a heart attack when they could have been here and gotten early treatment which saves lives and saves heart muscle.
It's all with the touch of your cell phone screen. Rosie Smith is the PR Director at Jackson Hospital. "It has some pop up balloons over an illustration and it asks you to point to a specific point on the body where you want to make a symptom inquiry."
But that is not all. You can use it in travel because it takes your current location and tells you where your are and then it uses the GPS on your smart phone to tell you where the nearest hospital is located.
The APP can also connect you to a Poison Control Hotline and crisis centers.
It also explains medical terminology, procedures, and medications. "People have medications in the cabinet that may have been there for 6 or 8 months and they can't remember what it's for. They can look up medications to see what it's for and if it would help with the problem they're having right then."
While it appears to be an APP that does everything- there is one thing it cannot do. Rosie Smith reminds, "This does not replace emergency help in an instant when you have a life threatening emergency. You need to dial 911 and discontinue using any smart phone app. You need to make sure you get the right emergency response at the time you need it."
The free APP is available on all smart phone devices.


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Decent drive there by Grad & Co. - both Wheaton & Palmer looked good...wait a sec, in the moment it took me to type that there's another ST blunder - are we just cursed?!?
Decent drive there by Grad & Co. - both Wheaton & Palmer looked good...wait a sec, in the moment it took me to type that there's another ST blunder - are we just cursed?!?
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust & sweat & blood...
Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, hear the lamentations of their women.
Victorian! You can't tackle what you can't see. KEEP YOUR HEAD UP!
That's not completely on Victorian though.... How in the hell is there only 1 guy (Victorian) between the returner and the endzone?!?!
From the stat box again...Butler is out-punting Moorman 51.0 yds/punt to 36.0 yds/punt. Moorman is certainly a decorated veteran but Im thinking lets stay young here. Butler has some pedigree...
Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, hear the lamentations of their women.
Thfigures. A horrible outing, nothing really at all to say about anyone of Importance. And this game goes to OT. I will let this go, and wait for the season to start. But I am telling you...if this team is at 2-3 after 5 games, then I will be leading the way on the " FIRE TOMLIN " rants!! This coach has so underachieved the past 3 years, and has gone down hill the past 2 seasons with a total LACK of Discipline. So yes, I will wait. But given our first 5 opponents, if we have a losing record, then someones head has to be chopped off. And Tomlin is responsible for this Cr@p!!
Realistically, can the drop off be that significant between Foote and these younger linebackers? Foote is consistent and is a decent starter but I have to wonder what type of downgrade we would see if one of these younger guys started. It's probably only mental mistakes they are worried about.
I don't like to call out individual posters but sedatedsteelersfan, you might be the worst this board has seen in a long time. Or at least since you were here last under your old name.
The first units showed us exactly what we wanted to see tonight. Big plays on O and D. Cortez looking healthy, Troy looking REALLY healthy and 4th down stops on D. I know you're trolling, (and clearly I'm taking the bait), but please give it a rest.
First off, I was never here before. So what you are refering to, I haven't a clue. Second, what did our starters show ? We scored 10 Pts, the TD came on a drive where KC decided to go for it on 4th & 2 from their own 21 yard line. Something I can see a coach doing in the preseason say late in the game, but not in the 1st quarter. And even on that Dwyer catch for a TD, it was Ben who AGAIN was running around for his life...and after he got away from Hali, he found a wide open Dwyer. And Ben STILL took a hit after the throw. Our O-line couldn't open up a single Rushing lane for anyone of our RB's. Our secondary gave up constant yardage to Smith, especially with Avery & Bowe. And the few times they DID have to Punt was only because Avery dropped one easy 3rd down pass, and bc when KC was driving in the 2nd quarter, Hemingway dropped a easy pass that would have put KC 1st & 10 on our 23 Yd line. Then you have our Special teams play tonight...exactly WHAT did we show that convinces you that we are ready ?
I mean dude you say our 1st teamers showed what they needed to. All that statements shows me is either you didn't watch the game....or you're mentally Incapable...wich is it ? This team, as I see it is in deep trouble. But as I said, I will wait til week 5 before I campaign for Tomlin to be fired!!


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Constructed in 1958, the station is the closest CTA rail stop for the Illinois Medical District (IMD), which is home to four major hospital systems – the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, the John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Rush University Medical Center and the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center.
During the past five years, ridership at the IMD Blue Line station has increased by 53 percent, to nearly 1.1 million station entries last year, making IMD the third-busiest station on the Blue Line's West Side Forest Park branch.
"We are pleased to begin much-needed improvements to the IMD Blue Line station, which is a critical transit hub for thousands of patients, employees and students who visit the state's premier medical, education and technology center each day," said CTA President Forrest Claypool.
The project will make improvements to all three entrances of the IMD station. These include rebuilding the main stationhouse on Ogden Avenue to make it accessible to customers with disabilities, by adding an elevator and new stairs. The project also includes the reconstruction of two station-to-platform ramps at auxiliary entrances at Damen Avenue and Paulina Street to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines.
Additionally, the project includes improving station and platform lighting; installing additional security cameras and CTA Bus and Train Tracker displays and making repairs to the station platform canopy. The two auxiliary entrances, at Damen and Paulina, will also be refurbished with new flooring, wall/ceiling finishes, fare-payment equipment and customer assistant kiosks.


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7:30 a.m. -- Fern Forest Nature Center -- Coconut Creek
The meeting was called to order by Quentin Morgan at 7:34 a.m., after which all present recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
Approval of Minutes
Mr. Morgan asked for a motion to approve the minutes of the meeting of May 7, 2008. Alanna Mersinger would like to correct the minutes showing her being present and she was absent, which was duly noted. Ed Portner made the motion, which was seconded by Sharon Kent and passed unanimously.
Steve Lawson stated that he did not think they should vote in front of groups that are presenting items to the Board. Members may be more open to voicing concerns regarding an issue. Quentin Morgan replied that this is a public meeting therefore they have the right to be in attendance during voting.
Employee of the Month for June & July 2008
Susan Mallinson was congratulated as Employee of the Month for June and Jennifer Smith for the month of July. They were both applauded for their accomplishments and work ethics and were awarded a framed certificate of appreciation and a gift certificate for an area restaurant.
Park Manager's Report
Nikki Hochberg, Park Naturalist III, welcomed the Board to Fern Forest Nature Center and provided an update on the facility. She reported that the Park restrooms are under renovation at this time. The overlook area is also being renovated, a roof will be put on it and the viewing area will be expanded. Groups are starting to come in and the summer camp program is completely booked this year. The area is a little dry, though they can still pump through the South Florida Water Management District, it is greatly reduced.
Parks and Recreation Division (Parks) Update
Mr. Harbin reminded the Board at the last meeting they were briefed on the direction Parks are going with regard to the budget reductions. Staff presented their results to the Commission and some of their concerns were with privatization and that there would be no layoffs, the 112 positions that are frozen will safeguard against that. The Commissioners had issues with safety and qualifications with the privatization of lifeguards. Broward County currently uses Jeff Ellis & Associates, who have contracts with Tamarac , Hillsboro Beach , and several other cities. This company is well respected in the aquatic community and currently train and certify our lifeguards. Another issue was charging park fees during the week. No decisions have been made at this time. Lori Parrish, with the Property Appraiser's Office was asked to give her best estimate and figured the assessments going down approximately 5.3%. That will add up with a budget of $3.3 billion for the County and could mean as much as a $4-8 million reduction in Parks.
There was general discussion regarding lifeguards operating under parks or whether they should belong under the Sheriff's Office or the Fire Department. Parks lifeguards are employed more on a seasonal basis. Quentin Morgan asked how much money would be saved under privatization. Mike Harlan responded approximately $650,000 per year. Parks currently has 197 full and part time aquatic staff which equates to $2.2 million per year. Our full time lifeguards do other duties in addition to their aquatic functions.
Another concern of the Commissioners had to do with privatization of exotic removal in our natural areas. The Commissioners thought companies would not be qualified in knowing where to spray around sensitive areas.
On June 3, 2008, there was a Capital Budget Workshop and the only comment had to do with the reservations systems. It was questioned whether this was something that was needed or something that would be nice to have. Bob Harbin explained to them that this was something Parks have been working on for about 7-8 years and are behind the times. It makes reservations a lot more convenient for the patron. They would be able to view the available dates themselves, rather than making several phone calls to several different parks. The reservation system would provide that information instantly. A little over $300,000 had been budgeted for this project. Commission Jacob's stated that she has used the State Parks system for camping and asked if we could piggyback off that. Parks are looking into that now.
Sharon requested that over the summer recess, if anything comes up that staff keeps the Board up dated. Bob Harbin confirmed that if Parks needed to call a meeting, staff would contact Quentin Morgan and make arrangements.
Terry Danger inquired where Parks staff was regarding closure for budget. Bob Harbin attended the budget results for other departments to get a feel of what Parks would be up against. The Commission seemed to refer back to staff, asking what they recommended. Staff gave menus of options for the Commission to choose from and there has been no decision. There are a couple more workshops scheduled before they take their summer break and more than likely a decision will not be made until they know the numbers. A formal approval will take place in September.
Ed Portner commented that there seemed to be a great deal of talk about privatization was there any conversation with the privatization of the parks system. Bob Harbin responded that it has not gotten that far, just pieces of it. Alanna Mersinger commented that unless it is non-profit, every company is in it to make money. The usual place they cut the money is quality, employee salary or benefits, etc. When government provides the service the idea is not to make money but to provide a service to the public. Guy Roper said there are certain services the government does better than private companies. Jack Talabisco stated short term projects may be feasible but long term it is not the way to go.
Parks had the last public meeting for Everglades Holiday Park . There were a little over 80 people in attendance and many spoke and stated that they felt Parks staff actually listened to them and incorporated amenities they asked for.
Bond Construction Update
Jaime Plana updated the Board with Design Build 2 & 3 going up over the summer break. Design Build 2 is Quiet Waters & Tradewinds South, Design Build 3 is Tradewinds North. Parks will also being doing a lot of work at Hollywood North Beach and West Lake Park . Work will also be done with Design Build 8 which is Miramar Pinelands. A number of projects are on hold. Vista View's playground project was under a bid protest and should be resolved by the end of summer. Miramar approached Parks and asked for help to finish their project.
Old Business
Quentin Morgan asked for the Performance Measures Subcommittee update from Sharon Kent . The first meeting was last month and the committee will meet again directly after this Advisory Board meeting to further discuss. Their next meeting will be in September and it is their intent to have something to present to the Board for their input at that time.
New Business
Crescent Trail Natural Area master plan presentation was given by Gretel Porcaro. She noted that the agenda lists this site as Helwig and that is incorrect, it should be Site 39. Site 39 is the last Natural Area in Coconut Creek. Parks purchased the 7.8 acre site for $2.25 million in August 2005. It is near Quiet Waters, Helene Klein, West Creek, Saw Palmetto and Hillsboro Pineland, so there is a nice cluster of Natural Areas surrounding this site with approximately 2 miles of trails. There is a protected plant on the site, Cat's Tongue, due to low population of the species in Broward County . The plan for the park is basic amenities with a small trail and some signage, in which about $350,000 has been budgeted. This has gone to the Urban Wilderness Advisory Board and Coconut Creek Advisory Board and they had approved the master plan and name suggestion. Staff is asking for the Board's approval of the master plan and suggested name of Crescent Trail Natural Area. Alanna Mersinger motioned to approve, Terry Danger field seconded, all in favor.
Alanna Mersinger noted Central Broward Regional Park had the Memorial Day Tournament, and asked what kind of numbers they had. Bob Harbin answered that the numbers were not as high as expected, the event was from Friday-Sunday and total attendance was 2,800. Much of the problem was due to rain. It started with the opening ceremony and everything had to be brought inside, there was a 2 hour delay of the game the next day and a concert planned for that night was canceled due to the rain. However, the next day a Celebrity Soccer Game had over 3,000 people in attendance.
Next Meeting
The next meeting will be held on September 3, 2008 at Long Key at 6 p.m. A public forum will be held at 7 p.m.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 a.m.


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Engineering team wins third place in national nanosatellite competition
Satellite also selected for upcoming NASA launchUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Professor, Electrical Engineering
A team of UH Mānoa electrical and mechanical engineering students won two awards in a national nanosatellite competition held last month in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Since 2009, the students have been part of the University Nanosatellite Program, which provides a rigorous, two-year, concept-to-flight-ready spacecraft development experience to train tomorrow's space professionals. Eleven schools, selected from over two dozen applicants, were each awarded a $110,000 grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, with the Air Force Research Laboratory and the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics providing program administration.
The other ten schools in the competition were Cornell, Georgia Tech, MIT, Michigan Tech University, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Montana State University, Santa Clara University, St. Louis University, University of Central Florida, and University of Minnesota. The UH Mānoa team won the Third Place and Most Improved awards. In addition, the team was also selected for participation in the 2011-2013 competition.
In keeping with the UH Mānoa Small Satellite Program's 10-year tradition of giving its satellites Hawaiian names, UH Mānoa's nanosatellite was called Ho`oponopono ("To Make Right"), an appropriate name given its mission of providing calibration for radar stations around the world. Ho`oponopono is approximately 30 times smaller than the primary radar calibration satellite currently in orbit, and which is facing imminent failure as it is operating 16 years past its expected lifetime. Ho`oponopono takes the form of a so-called CubeSat, which is about the size of a shoebox. CubeSats are becoming increasingly important to the commercial, government, and scientific communities, and are featured in this month's issue of Scientific American.
In related news, NASA announced this month that Ho`oponopono is one of 20 CubeSats selected to fly as auxiliary cargo aboard rockets planned to launch in 2011 and 2012. The first CubeSats to be flown in NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellites mission is expected to launch next month, and the UH Mānoa team will be assisting in ground station tracking.
More than 30 students participated on the Ho`oponopono team, which was mentored by UH Mānoa Electrical Engineering Professor Wayne Shiroma, as well as by engineering teams from InDyne and Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. The Boeing Corporation also provided support for this effort.