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7 November 2011
Panasonic has introduced the latest in its line of Lumix system cameras the GX1. The Lumix GX1 features a 16 megapixel image sensor with a maximum ISO sensitivity of 12,800. The AF system features full time AF and tracking AF for added flexibility. The GX1 captures movies in AVCHD format at up to 50fps 1080p for maximum detail. There is no provision for an external microphone but the built in stereo microphone can have its sensitivity (gain) adjusted to suit the environment. The touch screen LCD monitor makes adjusting the cameras parameters straightforward.
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Superb Image Quality and Performance Combined with a Premium Design
The New Digital Interchangeable Lens System Camera DMC-GX1
Panasonic is pleased to announce a new addition of interchangeable lens system camera for LUMIX G Micro System to the new premium mirror-less line up – DMC-GX1 featuring high image quality and stunning performance in both response and function.
LUMIX G Micro System realizes high-quality photo images with real-to-life details through excellent resolution, image rendering and color reproduction. Taking full advantage of the 16.0-megapixel Live MOS sensor and Venus Engine, images to be shot in low-lit situations at max. 12800 high ISO sensitivity setting is stunningly clear with highly sharp resolution.
Precision Contrast AF system of LUMIX G Micro System gains even higher speed realizing approx. 0.09 second of Light Speed AF.* Consecutive shooting is also improved for 4.2 fps in 16.0-megapixel full resolution.
The DMC-GX1 records 1920 x 1080 full-HD video with stereo sound in AVCHD format which is superior in both compression efficiency and friendliness with AV equipment for playback. Advanced AF system including practical full-time AF and tracking AF is available in video recording so that every photographer can enjoy high quality video recording with minimum ease.
As a camera from the new premium line of LUMIX G Micro System, the external design of the camera has been developed with no compromising on grip, dial, coating – everything to detail. The hot shoe on the top lets you attach the optional tilt-shift Live View Finder (DMW-LVF2) of approx. 1.4x (approx. 0.7x**), 1,440,000-dot equivalent, 100% field of view. It is now compatible with UHS-I standard for the SDXC/SDHC Memory Card taking its advantage to extend performance.
Available in silver and black, the DMC-GX1 offers luxurious comfort in shooting experience with a stunning performance and a host of functions, to be a great partner that is always in your sight, in your mind.
* The time for focusing on the subject is measured with LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S (H-PS14042) to move the lens position to "2m" from "infinity" position. The zoom position is in wide end. Panasonic measurement method.
** 35mm camera equivalent.
1. High Image Quality for an Interchangeable Lens System Camera
LUMIX G Micro System realizes high-quality photo images with real-to-life details through excellent resolution, image rendering and color reproduction; high-grade lens and precision AF achieves high resolution, optimal balance of resolution and noise reduction achieves lifelike image rendering and high precision auto exposure and white balance with live light metering results in the faithful color reproduction.
The 16.0-megapixel Live MOS sensor plays a big role in high quality image rendering. With the dedicated circuit which reads out signals with minimum noise, the level of noise is significantly suppressed by more than 66%. Notably max. ISO12800 is available with DMC-GX1. In shooting at high ISO setting, S/N value is improved by approx. 200% compared with the conventional 12.1-megapixel sensor. The sensor performance improves by 6db at ISO 3200 and max. 9db at ISO6400, resulting in the dramatically flawless picture without noise.
In addition to the high-speed signal processing with its 3 CPUs, the image processor Venus Engine boasts its excellent performance with an adoption of noise reduction technology for even higher quality of image. By separating chromatic noise from luminance noise even more accurately by applying the optimal noise reduction to each, you can capture clear and beautiful images even when shooting at high ISO sensitivity levels. By preventing the color mixture which tended to occur around the edges, any chromatic noise, not only in the gradation part but also in the edge part, are described clearly. The engine also provides selective noise reduction to the outline part to let it have more naturally-balanced curve without deterioration of the resolution. In addition, the spot-type noise which can be often seen in the dark area of the picture taken in low light situation or color bleeding on high luminance area generated by the chromatic aberration. Details are kept by optimum synthesizing of the data which is processed with resolution-priority for edge part and NR-priority for smooth part of a picture*. The result is a picture with stunning clarity if shot in low-lit situations. Furthermore, optimization of the parameter contributes to the increase of resolution.
The LUMIX G Micro System offers a total of 14 interchangeable lenses including the new power zoom X lens – standard zoom lens, telephoto zoom lens, single focal length lens, wide-angle lens, fish-eye lens, macro lens – to fit any scenes and occasions.
* In a single shot at ISO3200 or higher. Not available with iA and iA Plus mode.
2. Advanced AF System
All cameras of LUMIX G Micro System adopt Contrast AF for its focus system. The Phase-difference AF system is susceptible to mechanical margin of error. However, in Contrast AF system, focusing is controlled by the image sensor so that no mechanical margin of error occurs to achieve precise focusing. Compared with the Phase difference system AF, the Contrast AF boasts higher accuracy especially in shooting with bright lens with small F value. (e.g. the accuracy of Contrast AF is approx. 90% while Phase difference AF is approx. 60% at F1.4.)
The DMC-GX1 features the approx. 0.09 second of ultra high-speed Light Speed AF* which is achieved by reducing the detection time for focusing by the synchronization of the lens and the sensor at 120 fps. Not only the accuracy but also the speed excels by far than the high-end DSLRs with Phase difference AF with the advanced Contrast AF system in DMC-GX1.
The newly added focus mode AFF (AF Flexible) locks on the focus when shutter button is half-pressed, however, if the subject moves, the focusing is reset to get the best results.
Combined with the Touch AF control, setting and focusing at the subject is incredibly easy and quick, never missing the spur-of-the-moment. Taking further advantage of Contrast AF, the DMC-GX1 incorporates Full-area focusing which makes it possible to set focus on any point in the field of view. Frame composition is free and intuitive combining the touch-screen operation.
The touch-control system of DMC-GX1 immediately lets users to set focus to the subject by just touching it on the large, 460,000-dot wide-viewing angle LCD and you can even release the shutter. Once you lock on the subject by a touch, the camera tracks the subject with the AF tracking function even if it moves. Just a touch on the screen lets you select the part and the size of AF area with the 1-area AF. The 1-area AF in Face Detection even allows you to set finer focus on the eyes while capturing human face bright and clear. The Multi-area AF with 23 AF areas allows to set a group of AF point according to the composition. In addition, Pinpoint AF function is incorporated in DMC-GX1 allowing more precise focus setting by further enlarging the focusing area. It assists, for example, setting focus right on the pupil in an eye.
In the MF assist mode, you can enlarge the part by just a touch to select 1x, 4x, 5x or 10x and smoothly move the part by dragging it on the screen. The 4x enlarged view is displayed on the framing screen making it possible to setting fine focus while composing the whole picture at the same time.
* The time for focusing on the subject is measured with LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S (H-PS14042) to move the lens position to "2m" from "infinity" position. The zoom position is in wide end. Panasonic measurement method.
3. Easy Manual Control with a Variety of Shooting Assist Functions
Despite its outstanding compactness, the operation on DMC-GX1 is smooth and easy with optimum layout of control buttons and the mode dial, turn-and-press dial and dedicated function buttons. The function the user changes its setting can be assigned to the 2 external buttons and 2 menus in the software tab for direct reach. In addition, a total of 4 custom setting patterns can be memorized to the camera (1 on C1 for direct switch and 3 on C2).
Now the DMC-GX1 comes with Level Gauge which lets the camera detect the horizontal/vertical angle of view with its internal level working with the acceleration sensor. Photos shot in a portrait aspect will be automatically displayed vertically whatever lens is used.
The newly incorporated One Push AE adjusts exposure with a single press of Fn (Function) button when it is over/under exposure. It is especially useful in shoot in outdoor with open aperture or indoor with fast shutter speed.
Zoom operation can be controlled with touch control when the Power Zoom lens of LUMIX G Micro System is attached. Speed of zooming can be adjusted in 2 steps.
Even though the DMC-GX1 pursued the ultimate compactness, Panasonic did not compromise in the equipment of camera such as built-in flash (GN7.6, ISO160).
4. Finest Tuning in Every Part of the Camera
As a camera from the new premium GX line of LUMIX G Micro System, the external design of the camera has been developed with no compromising in every detail. The ergonomically designed grip fits the DMC-GX1's flat profile yet easy to hold. Its tactile feeling offers more comfort thanks to the casting material resin and elastomer. The mode dial is machined with finest tuning on its pitch of spin, form of plate and shininess. Characters are sharply printed by laser so that they are easy to see and they last long. The buttons on the back also have style in the coating, spin, stamp and color.
The DMC-GX1 comes with a hot shoe for the external flash or for the new Live View Finder DMW-LVF2, which are the optional accessory.
5. 1920 x 1080 Full-HD High Quality Video Recording
LUMIX G Micro System is the camera that records not only high quality photo but also stunning video. The AVCHD format features almost twice the recording time in HD quality than the conventional Motion JPEG. A special, dedicated button on the top lets the user instantly start recording videos while shooting photos without any having to make any extra settings. Now the DMC-GX1 can record high-resolution full-HD videos 1920 x 1080 at 60i (NTSC) / 50i (PAL) in AVCHD (Sensor output is 30p [NTSC] / 25p [PAL])*. Image recording is more flexible fun with the DMC-GX1. In addition to the practical full-time AF, the Touch AF in video recording also lets users enjoy professional-like rack focusing. Just by pointing the subject, the focus is shifted to it and let it stand out to attract attention.
The Extra Tele Conversion function virtually extends the zoom range Max.4.8x without deterioration of image quality in smaller resolution.
Even video beginners can record excellent video with the DMC-GX1 because the popular iA and iA Plus modes are also available in video recording. Optical Image Stabilizer (O.I.S.) helps prevent handshake when using high-powered zoom. AF Tracking locks on the subject with focus even it moves. Face Detection automatically detects a face in the frame and adjusts focus, exposure, contrast, and skin complexion on it, so it always turns out beautiful. The Intelligent D-range Control offers natural looking by optimizing the exposure for each part of an image, preventing blocked shadows and blown highlights and helping ensure that gradation and details are reproduced beautifully including the blue color of the sky. And Intelligent Scene Selector automatically switches between Portrait, Scenery, Close-up and Low Light modes according to the situation to optimize various parameters for higher visual quality.
High quality sound can be recorded with Dolby® Digital Stereo Creator. A Wind Cut function is also available to block out most of the noise from background wind. The DMC-GX1 can take a photo while recording video by just pressing a shutter button. Also, photos can be cropped out from the video and the unwanted part of the video can be removed with a video divide function.
Videos can be recorded in MP4 format to play it back directly on the PC or other portable electronic devices without a need of conversion.
* Full HD (1920 x 1080) videos are output by the image sensor at 30p (NTSC) / 25p (PAL), and recorded at 60i (NTSC) / 50i (PAL). HD (1280 x 720) videos are output by the image sensor at 30p (NTSC) / 25p (PAL), and recorded at 60p (NTSC) / 50p (PAL).
• Motion images can be recorded continuously for up to 29 min 59 sec in European PAL areas.
• Continuous recording exceeding 4GB or 29 minutes 59 seconds is not possible when recording MP4. Remaining time for continuous recording is displayed on the screen.
• Use a card with SD Speed Class with "Class 4" or higher when recording motion pictures.
* SD Speed Class is the speed standard regarding continuous writing.
6. Outstanding Performance in Power, Speed and Image Processing
With further optimization and rationalization in electric design, the DMC-GX1 excels in energy consumption and features approx. 11%* longer battery life than the DMC-G3 which complies with the same battery pack DMW-BLD10. The DMC-GX1 is now capable of 4.2 fps consecutive shooting in 16.0-megapixel full resolution with mechanical shutter. High speed burst shooting at 20 fps with electronic shutter is also selectable according to the shooting fast-moving subject and it is possible to select the best shot later**.
The Intelligent D-range Control offers even more natural looking by optimizing the exposure for each part of an image, preventing blocked shadows and blown highlights and helping ensure that gradation and details are reproduced beautifully including the blue color of the sky.
DMC-GX1 compiles the Intelligent Resolution technology to perform the optimum signal processing depending on the part of a picture to give a whole image outstandingly natural clearness with fine details.
Cameras of LUMIX G Micro System are equipped with highly efficient Dust Reduction System. If dust or other foreign matter gets inside the camera when you're changing lenses, it could cling to the image sensor and show up as a spot in your photos. The Dust Reduction System in the DMC-GX1 helps eliminate this possibility by placing a supersonic wave filter in front of the Live MOS sensor. Vibrating vertically around 50,000 times per second, the filter repels dust and other particles effectively.
The DMC-GX1 is compatible with UHS-I standard for the SDXC/SDHC Memory Card taking its advantage of high-speed data transmission.
* Based on a CIPA Standard.
** In the high speed burst shooting at 20 fps, the picture size is fixed to S-size in all aspects.
7. Artistic Color Control Functions and iA (Intelligent Auto) Plus mode
The DMC-GX1 is artistic not only in form, but also in function. It provides an array of features that let users capture precisely true-to-life images and create their own beautifully expressive images. The Creative Control offers a variety of color modes; Expressive, Retro, High Key, Sepia, High Dynamic, Miniature Effect* and newly added Low Key and Toy Effect mode. Effect parameter of each mode is also adjustable.
The Photo Style is another option to look photos more true to your artistic intention. It has Standard, Vivid, Natural, Monochrome, Scenery, Portrait presets while enabling finer adjustment of contrast, sharpness, saturation and noise reduction by each. It is possible to fully customize those settings to make user's own color effect manually in Custom mode.
These two modes – Creative Control and Photo Style – let users at any level of skill enjoy giving photographers' intention to make the picture even more impressive and fun.
The DMC-GX1 has advanced functions that will satisfy experienced photographers, yet is easy enough for beginners of interchangeable lens camera to use comfortably in both photo and video recording with the iA (Intelligent Auto) Plus. In addition to the popular iA functions – AF Tracking, Intelligent D-range Control, Intelligent Scene Selector, Face Recognition and Intelligent ISO Control –, the iA Plus mode lets users adjust defocusing area in the background, exposure compensation and white balance for more flexible control.
* Sound will not be recorded with [MINIATURE EFFECT] in Creative Control Mode and approximately 1/10 of the time period is recorded. (If you record for 10 minutes, the resulting motion picture recording will be approximately 1 minute long)
8. Enjoy Watching High Quality Photos and Videos on Large HDTV – VIERA Link Networking Even in 3D
With the world's first* introduction of digital interchangeable lens to make 3D photo shooting possible with an interchangeable lens system camera, Panasonic proposes to enjoy high-quality shooting in 3D with DMC-GX1.
Both photo and AVCHD video recorded on SD Memory Cards are easy to view on a Panasonic VIERA TV with dynamic HD resolution. The user simply inserts the card into the VIERA Image Viewer (SD Memory Card slot) on a VIERA TV or DIGA Blu-ray Disc Player** to play the content. Alternatively, an optional HDMI mini cable can be used to output still and motion images recorded with the DMC-GX1 directly to the TV for easy VIERA Link operation. This makes it possible to take maximum advantage of the camera's playback functions, including slideshows in which both still and motion images are played sequentially, or calendar displays and so on.
* For a digital interchangeable lens as of September 21, 2010.
** AVCHD motion images recorded onto an SD Memory Card or a DVD cannot be played on a device that does not support the AVCHD standard.
9. Rich Options for Further Expandability
The Micro Four Thirds System products are joining today's Four Thirds System products to provide customers with even higher levels of performance in a digital interchangeable lens camera. In addition to LUMIX G lenses, the LUMIX DMC-GX1 can use any interchangeable lens that complies with the Four Thirds System standard via an optional Mount Adaptor for the unlimited number of lens properties.
The hot shoe on the top lets you attach the optional tilt-shift Live View Finder (DMW-LVF2) of approx. 1.4x (approx. 0.7x*), 1,440,000-dot equivalent, 100% field of view.
The LUMIX DMC-GX1 system camera offers a wide variety of options to choose from to match every shooting situation and shooting style – External Flashes, PL Filters, ND Filters, MC Protectors, Remote Shutter, Zoom Lever, Battery Pack, AC Adaptor, DC Coupler, Lens Caps, Straps, Cases and Bags.
PHOTOfunSTUDIO 7.0 HD Edition, SILKYPIX® Developer Studio 3.1 SE and LoiLoScope are bundled for organizing the images, developing the photo shot in RAW or for editing videos.
* 35mm camera equivalent.


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2002 Chevrolet TrailBlazer ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
Blazes the trail with engineering advancements.
In the midsize SUV segment, Chevrolet has long been frustrated, watching Ford steal the show with the Explorer. The 2002 TrailBlazer is Chevy's best shot at reversing that order. It's a total redesign, including a stunning new straight-six engine, stiffer and lighter chassis, sophisticated suspension, powerful brakes and impressive details. The vehicle's 40-month planning and execution was done in a careful, creative, thorough and extremely bold manner. According to GM engineers, the TrailBlazer exceeds all the targets that had been set for it. Based on the specs and early performance, that claim is easy to believe.
There are three models of TrailBlazer: LS, LT and LTZ, which come either as 2WD or electronic 4WD.
All TrailBlazers have four doors and come with the new 4.2-liter inline six-cylinder engine and four-speed automatic transmission.
Standard equipment on all models are dual-stage driver and passenger airbags (activating with less intensity in slower crashes) plus seat-mounted side airbags in front, in addition to steel door beams.
A complete tow package is also standard, including a hitch platform with seven-pin wiring for trailers with brakes. The standard final drive ratio is 3.73:1, with 4.10:1 available for more responsive towing and 3.42:1 for higher gas mileage. However the estimated EPA rated mileage of 15/21 mpg city/highway is based on that optional 3.42 rear end (a legal EPA loophole) so 'higher' is relative.
Some options on the LS that are standard on the LT and LTZ include remote entry, cruise control, rear defogger, cargo cover, carpeted floor mats, heated mirrors and GM's OnStar security system with GPS tracking and cell phone communication, including emergency assistance and remote unlocking. Options on the LT and LTZ that are unavailable on the LS include 2WD traction control, running boards, six-disc CD changer and Bose sound system.
Unavailable on the LS are foglamps, rain-sensing wipers, rear heat controls, leather interior, power heated seats, Driver Information Center, rear seat radio controls with headphone jacks, and 17-inch wheels. About the only things you can get on the LTZ but not the LT are heated/memory seats, rain-sensing wipers and 17-inch wheels.
Skid plates for the transfer case and fuel tank, sliding electric sunroof and locking rear differential are options on all three models.
The styling is fresh, while still being very consistent with the Chevy truck line: the front end looks like a scaled-down Suburban or Silverado. The trademark bowtie in the center of the bar across the grille is chrome on the LS, body-colored on the LT and LTZ. The bumper under the grille has a large opening with two vertical slats, and the optional foglights are mounted down low.
At the rear, there's a convenient and practical step in the center of the rear bumper, sort of a big notch. But styling-wise, the twin round taillights stacked over the backup light at each corner are kind of lumpy and googly-eyed.
Overall, it looks sturdy and neat, with confident lines that express utility. The pillars and window lines are graceful, while the headlamps (split by the grille crossmember), taillights and turn signals are stylish. Big fender flares are used to visually express the vehicle's boldness, and may be either monotone or silver.
The most dramatic thing about the TrailBlazer may be what's not there: neither a V6 nor V8 engine. The new engine is called the Vortec 4200, an all-aluminum, double-overhead-cam, 24-valve inline six with variable valve timing.
Years ago Chevy trucks used an old reliable straight six, and Jeep has long used a more basic straight six in the Cherokee, while BMW and Lexus continue to use sophisticated versions in high-performance sedans. An inline engine is inherently smoother, simpler, more durable and more fuel efficient than a vee, although in times past, its superior physics had a hard time breaking out of its cast-iron shell. Advancements in electronics, metallurgy and manufacturing methods now enable an inline engine to soar, and for 2002 GM has fully exploited this technical opportunity.
The Vortec 4200 is no ordinary straight six. From 4.2 liters, it produces a stunning 270 horsepower, 30 more than Ford Explorer's new 4.6-liter sohc V8. And it has a very broad torque curve peaking at 275 pounds-feet, only 5 less than the Ford and coming 400 rpm sooner. It features electronic throttle control, an electrical system using silicon circuit boards (replacing some 1100 feet of copper wire), coil-on-plug ignition (thus no plug wires), and a seven-quart oil pan with a clever tunnel for the front drive axle, which allows the longish block to be mounted six inches lower, contributing to better balance and a lower center of gravity.
Attention to detail in other places is evident, from a battery box that draws in cooling air, to remarkably sanitary wiring under the hood, to rear-seat headrests that conveniently flip down for better rearward driver visibility. Because the engine is so quiet and smooth at idle, a feature called 'intellistart' was added which prevents the starter from grinding if the key is turned when the engine is already running. With a mixture of amusement and pride, GM engineers report that this happened to them all the time during development.
The Autotrac system, standard on 4WD models, features four settings: 2WD, Auto4WD, 4HI and 4LO. In Auto, which shifts power to all four wheels as conditions require, the TrailBlazer can be towed without having to disconnect the driveshaft-a very convenient new feature. Switching in and out of 4WD can be done on the fly with a flip of the switch, although the vehicle must be in neutral to engage or disengage 4LO.
The chassis and suspension are also highly developed, featuring a list of sports car stuff: rack-and-pinion steering, beefy four-wheel vented discs with twin-piston calipers in front, independent front suspension with short/long control arms, solid rear axle using five-link suspension with Bilstein gas-charged shock absorbers and coil springs, thick antiroll bars front and rear. It was the first truck for the TrailBlazer's chief designer, Ted Robertson, who brought a resume to the assignment that includes the '90s Camaro/Firebird. GM wanted his soul as well as his experience in their midsize SUVs, and they got it. His.
All TrailBlazers seat five passengers, compared to the Explorer's optional seven seats on a nearly identical wheelbase, with its third row of seats squeezed in (the five-seat Explorer has 10 percent more cargo space, thanks to a lower cargo floor enabled by its independent rear suspension). A seven-seat TrailBlazer with longer wheelbase is in the works. GM says their buyers told them that seven passengers on a five-seat wheelbase didn't appeal to them. So GM will build a separate chassis.
For leg room, the TrailBlazer offers 44.6 inches in front (0.7 more than Explorer) and 37.1 inches in the rear (0.1 inch less). Working with a vehicle width that exceeds the Explorer by 2.5 inches, the TrailBlazer's rear seats offer slightly less shoulder room but 3.8 inches more total hip room.
The seats come standard in fabric (LS), cloth (LT), and rich-feeling leather (LTZ); adjustment is manual in LS and gains in trickery all the way up to eight-way power operation with memory (including outside mirror adjustment) and optional heating on the LTZ. The front buckets are designed to accommodate heights ranging from 4'10' to 6'2', but there is a noticeable lack of side bolstering. The front seats don't do justice to the ride, allowing the occupants to feel a side-to-side jouncing that doesn't exist in the 2002 GMC Envoy with the same chassis and suspension but better seats.
Interior lights abound, including reading lights. GM calls the interior lighting 'world class,' developed by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Lighting Research Center in Indiana.
The instrumentation is complete and clean. A big tachometer is on the left, speedometer in center, and on the right are smaller gauges for water, battery, gas and oil. Brushed nickel is the basic trim, while wood comes with the leather interior. The four-spoke leather-wrapped steering wheel (standard on LTZ, optional on LT) has eight buttons, for climate, sound, cruise control and driver information center in eight languages.
The console includes an open storage bin, an enclosed compartment and two cupholders forward of the gear lever (plus two more for the rear passengers). There are pockets in the front doors and behind the front seats, though none in the rear doors. Standard behind the rear seat is a small hidden compartment under the floor, while optional features include a cargo net, scrolling tonneau cover and power outlet.
The overhead console includes a standard sunglasses holder, plus Travelnote digital recorder (optional with LS, standard with LT and LTZ), which might be considered an important safety feature, as it allows the driver to orally take phone numbers while on a cellphone, thus keeping at least one hand on the wheel. Heating and air conditioning can be controlled separately by the driver, front and rear passengers (which might be considered a safety feature because it too allows the driver to keep both hands on the wheel, instead of having to use one to fight with his passengers).
Depending on the trim level, the sound systems include radio/CD, radio/CD/cassette, six-disc in-dash CD, or six-speaker 275-watt Bose system. Our test model was equipped with the Bose, offering outstanding sound quality and adjustment versatility. All the systems include RDS (Radio Data Systems) technology, allowing the listener to search for stations by type, display information including song and artist information, and provide traffic and weather updates. Rear seat controls and headphone jacks are standard with LTZ, optional with LT and unavailable with LS.
The OnStar communications system is standard with LT and LTZ, optional with LS. It includes GPS navigation, hands-free cellphone communication including free first year safety and security service-automatic crash and theft reporting, as well as remote unlocking if you lock yourself out. Mind-boggling possibilities include everything from having your email read to you by a computerized voice ('Virtual Advisor') to g.
Driving Impression
General Motors introduced the TrailBlazer and its two other midsize SUVs, the GMC Envoy and Oldsmobile Bravada, to the world's automotive journalists in Baja in December. Based on about 100 miles of driving on rough and fast Mexican two-lanes-flat and climbing, straight and twisting-and a few laps around an off-road course with steep climbs and descents and 50-mph washboard trails, the TrailBlazer might very well be as much truck as any SUV has ever been, and more car than any SUV has ever been-at least for the price. It eliminates the compromises. It is totally rugged and capable, while being totally comfortable and civilized.
If you didn't know what kind of engine was under the hood, you might wonder. 'Hmm … this couldn't be a V6, too much power. It has the torque of a small overhead-cam V8 … but it sure doesn't sound like one.' It's so smooth that it doesn't sound like much of anything. And the faster it goes, the smoother it gets. With an official Mexican Highway Patrol escort along on the test drive, we felt free to briefly run the TrailBlazer up to 100 mph, and it was above 80 where the inline engine really showed the silky side of its character.
It showed the beefy side down low. Our LTZ test model was equipped with the optional 4.10 rear differential, and was able to blast past Mexican trucks on steep uphill two-lanes with calm confidence. It leaves the surge in while taking the jerk out, because the burst of acceleration often comes without a downshift, as the ample low-end torque doesn't need it and therefore the four-speed automatic transmission isn't programmed for it. Ninety percent of the peak torque of 275 pound-feet is there at 1600 rpm-and it's still there at 5600 rpm. The full-throttle upshift comes at 6000 rpm, and the engine is still only striding, not screaming.
The smooth-shifting transmission is the proven Hydra-matic 4L60-E, used in GM applications from Corvettes to Cadillac Escalades.
Towing was a high priority with the TrailBlazer, which is rated at 6400 pounds on 2WD models, 6200 pounds on 4WD models. In Baja, the engineers couldn't stop raving about its capability. With genuine excitement (and glee), they boasted that during their own comparison testing, a TrailBlazer 'ran away and hid' from a Jeep Grand Cherokee V8 in a trailer-pulling race up a mountain. They added that it ran way cooler (thanks in part to that big seven-quart oil pan) and used 20-percent less gas. They didn't say which rear end it had, the 3.73 or 4.10, but they did claim that towing would be no problem even with the long-legged 3.42.
By the way, added chief engineer Ted Robertson, there's another 30 horsepower to be had just by going to dual exhausts. Aftermarket manufacturers are probably bending pipes now.
On the stopping end, all you really have to do is look at the discs. There are four of them, all ventilated, and they are big: the front rotors are 12.0 inches and the rears 12.8, with a total swept area of 424 square inches. In addition, the aluminum front calipers are twin-piston. Four-wheel ABS is standard. Under hard braking, we especially noticed that the TrailBlazer's nose didn't dive, keeping the vehicle remarkably level and stable.
Because the vehicles in Baja were pre-production, there were some suspension discrepancies that taint any specific observations of the ride and handling-most notably, as Robertson himself only discovered near the end of the test, the rear coil springs were not the correct stiffness. Still, the ride was excellent, very smooth: in a word, carlike, without being too soft. It was designed to roll exactly five degrees in the corners, and then stop leaning. The amount of lean is often precisely selected and engineered, depending upon the anticipated buyers for the vehicle, and in this case Robertson chose that degree for a margin of comfort and security. As with horsepower, sometimes high-performance handling can get average-skilled drivers in trouble.
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Can I buy Heartworm Medicine Without a Prescription is a particularly thorny issue! Luckily we're here to help.
The simple fact is that if you buy from a supplier based in the United States, they are bound by the FDA to request a veterinary prescription before dispatching any type of heartworm preventative. Similar rules apply to British pet med suppliers too. But if you buy an identical product from a Canadian pet pharmacy you may not need to produce that RX. A few brands are still prescription only in Canada, but all the big popular names in preventative heartworm medicine are prescription free. Using the links on this site you can order heartworm medicine without prescription for delivery to the United States.
So if you buy Heartgard, Nuheart or Valuheart heartworm pills, or, Revolution or Advantage Multi spot on treatments you can benefit from a more simple purchase process buy buying heartworm medicines without prescription.
The products are still bound by the same quality controls so your pets get the same health benefits. But you get to save a little time and money by purchasing online prescription free heartworm meds.
We do still recommend that you speak to a qualified vet if you have never used heartworm preventatives before. This is for the simple reason that all dogs benefit from a one-off heartworm test before beginning their treatment with a preventative. Once the test is done you are free to order the medicines wherever you choose. And, if you continue to use them every month for the lifetime of your pet you will never need another heartworm test again as there is no possibility that the disease could manifest itself. Only if you left more than two months between treatments would you need to speak to your vet about the possibility of your pet having contracted the disease. So whilst your vet is a fantastic resource, you need not waste time or money with them regarding heartworm medicine in the future.


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"But the biggest problem with conspiracy theories is that they keep us not only from the truth but also from confronting our faults and problems. …This way of thinking relates any given problem to external elements, and thus does not [lead] to a rational policy to confront the problem. He who speaks of ghosts [as the reason behind any given problem] can do nothing to solve it."
"Anyone, who adopts the conspiracy theory becomes so helpless that he ends up surrendering or committing suicide. The thinking of conspiracy theorists shifts between surrender and suicide, between helplessness and passivity, between negligence and failure."
During the Q&A at Mark Steyn's recent "controversial" speech burlesque song-and-dance routine (no, really…) in London, Ontario, a young man rose to ask Steyn a question.
"I am Iranian," he began — leading our gang ensconced in "bloggers row" to turn in unison to the Iranian ex-pat in our group for his verdict. After the questioner got out another sentence, our friend rolled his eyes and muttered, "Idiot…"
The Iranian up at the mic had asked a reasonable question about how much the U.S. had armed Iraq before they decided Iraq was their enemy and invaded them. (Steyn's answer: according to a Stockholm "peace research institute", only 1% of arms sales to Iraq since the 1970s had come from America. Most came from France and Germany. Ooops.)
What came next led everyone else in the hall to roll their eyes.
Just as, in the famous phrase of Abba Eban, "The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity," it seems that Muslims never miss an opportunity to toss out some pointless, idiotic conspiracy theory.
In this case, Steyn's questioner was particularly agitated about the "fact" that Saddam Hussein had once been awarded the "key to the city of Kansas City." To this young man, this naturally proved conclusively that… well, I'm not sure, but Steyn managed to get some comic mileage out of it.
As it turns out (and this too is typical), the Iranian questioner was half-right about the facts, and wrong about his conclusions. According to Wikipedia and other sources, Saddam Hussein was honored with the Freedom of the City of Detroit — write your own jokes in the comments — for donating a huge sum to a local church.
I think it was Canadian journalist Robert Fulford who called conspiracy theories "history for stupid people." Given the level of illiteracy in the Muslim world, this is as good an explanation as any for why millions of Muslims, even "educated: ones, believe crazy stuff. I recently heard Canadian Muslim author Tarek Fatah relate stories of his latest visits to the Middle and Near East; he said he was most often regaled with 9/11 "troother" nonsense by relatively wealthy Pakistanis with university degrees.
Of course, the unpleasant fact is that the Muslim world has been in decline for centuries. Since this decline contradicts their self-image as a superior people, there must be some other explanation for their backwardness. Conspiracy theories provide that explanation, while short circuiting the very self-criticism that international Islam desperately needs to get itself out of its hole.
It's easy to laugh at these conspiracy theories, and maybe watch Jesse Ventura's new show about them, "just for laughs." However, as memorably laid out in one of my favorite books — The Cost of Deception: The Seduction of Modern Myths and Urban Legends, by John A. Williams — conspiracy theories, far from being harmless fun, actually pollute the public square. Misinformation undermines civil society by making trust in one's fellow man a mug's game. Paranoid cynicism becomes the default "sophisticated" worldview.
Indulging in conspiracy theories isn't healthy, whether or not those indulging are on the right or the left. And when those theories are being spread by millions of people who have the potential and the will, to kill, they can be fatal.
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Mayor Chris Beutler and Urban Development Director Dave Landis will join a team from the Parks and Recreation Department to participate in Saturday's Polar Plunge, an annual fund-raiser for Special Olympics Nebraska. Teams will jump into Holmes Lake starting at 11 a.m. to support the 4,000 athletes who compete in Special Olympics across the State.
"Hosting the Special Olympics USA National Games last summer was a great honor and a great experience for Lincoln," Mayor Beutler said. " The Polar Plunge is one of the ways we can keep that spirit alive in Lincoln and throughout the State."
The Mayor encouraged the public to attend the event and cheer on the teams. Donations will be accepted at the event and can be made online at www.sone.org.
The Parks and Recreation Department sponsors the Lincoln Shooting Stars Special Olympics team. It's the largest Special Olympics team in the City with about 160 athletes. Several team members have graduated from the Special Olympics Nebraska/Gallup University Athlete Leadership Program and serve as Athlete Ambassadors. Parks and Recreation also sponsors a Youth Athletes Program for children between the ages of two and seven.
This will be the fourth year, the Parks and Recreation team is participating in the Polar Plunge. Its theme this year is "
Grease Greece is the Word" in honor of the Special Olympics World Games in Athens this summer. A member of the Shooting Stars team, Anne Youngscap, will participate in aquatics in the World Games. For the Polar Plunge, team members will be dressed in togas and 1950s attire. The team has won the award for the Most Original Team Theme the past two years.


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1999 Dodge Durango Transfer Case & Fuel Delivery - Heavy Metal Mudder Phase IIPosted in Project Vehicles on January 1, 2010
From the moment the 8.3L Dodge Viper engine arrived at National Speed we knew that we were diving into uncharted waters. Like most projects of this magnitude, there are always interesting challenges that require creative solutions. Though the KISS philosophy ("Keep it simple, stupid") may have set sail with the first cut of our Durango's firewall, we have still managed to keep of the project from getting overly complicated.
Still working away with National Speed and Momentum Performance in Wilmington, North Carolina, we continue to make progress with the aid of the performance aftermarket specialist and top-shelf fabricators. This dual-shop working relationship has allowed us to build quicker by splitting up some of the more time-intensive fabrication. As much as we enjoy wrenching on this monster, we're anxious to hit the dirt and have that little slice of Mopar history by creating the first 8.3L Viper powered Durango.
Parts Summit
Projects vehicles of this size require a lot of parts. While most of the big-ticket items are pretty straightforward, the little stuff like AN fittings and miscellaneous hoses and hardware can really slow progress, especially if your local parts clerk thinks a dash fitting is something you get when you join the high school track team. Lucky for us we were able to cruise Summit Racing's website and round up everything we needed to create our mudder's fuel system. So the next time you're gathering up your parts list, you might try Summit. A little parts browsing on that website saved us a ton of time and cash.
Next Month
We're getting close to shifting the Heavy Metal Mudder out of the shop and into the dirt, but we still have a few big hurdles to cross. With the dreaded wiring still left to be tackled, a cooling system to be plumbed, and a dash in need of reassembly, we'll have plenty of juicy tech waiting for you in next month's issue.


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In 1963 she organised her first Oxford Bach Festival, choosing that town because she had recruited the Professor of Music there, Sir Jack Westrup. Lina had big ideas: her first festival president was Albert Schweitzer; when he died Igor Stravinsky took over; and when he died Leonard Bernstein replaced him.
William Glock once said that his aim was to programmemusic that people might like 'next year'. With Lina it was music they might like 'next decade'. She put Olivier Messiaen on at Oxford before he became famous and the takings were £27. She gradually moved her festival to London and elsewhere, putting on music by Varèse, Berio and her countrymen Skalkottas and Xenakis. She put on Wameau operas (with something like authentic costumes and dances). She got Stravinsky to conduct his Symphony of Psalms.
But the box office receipts rarely made ends meet. Her long suffering banker husband, Ralph Emery could not persuadeher to cut her cloth etc. Events thinned and finally stopped altogether. But no doubt she thought it was all worthwhile.
The trouble with Lina was that she had always got money and artists to pay and play by persuasion; but she didn't just persuade, she badgered, she nagged; a phone call from Lina could last a whole morning. She was relentless.
Banks, sponsors, supporters gradually gave up. She had been made OBE in 1975. I tried to get her a higher honour, for her to be made an honorary member of the Royal Philharmonic Society. No good, everybody remembered the nagging and bullying phone calls.
It was sad because her intentions were of the best; her taste was impeccable, and her achievements considerable and important.
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E file objects are created with the <file:name> expression (which produces a "tamed" Java File Object, i.e., a File object that follows capability security discipline). If the word "file" is replaced with a single letter like "c", the letter is assumed to be the drive letter on a Windows machine. This form can only be used when the file name is known literally, and contains only valid URI characters.
If the file name is calculated, i.e., contained in a variable or retrieved with a function call, or if it contains invalid URI characters like space, you must use the calculated name to index into a parent directory or the file system itself. The file system is represented by the <file> expression.
# E sample #File objects for hardwired files: def file1 := <file:myFile.txt> def file2 := <file:/home/marcs/myFile.txt> #Using a variable for a file name: def filePath := "c:\\docs\\myFile.txt" def file3 := <file>[filePath] #Using a single character to specify a Windows drive def file4 := <file:c:/docs/myFile.txt> def file5 := <c:/docs/myFile.txt> def file6 := <c:\docs\myFile.txt>
Note that in the file5 example, we used slashes, not backslashes, to separate directories on a Windows drive. In E, the slash always works as a directory separator no matter the underlying operating system.
When constructing the filePath string we used double backslashes because in strings the backslash must be escaped by a backslash. A double backslash was not required in the hardwired file (file6).
File objects can represent directories as well as simple files. Files inside the directory can be accessed by indexing using square brackets:
# E syntax def dir := <file:/home/marcs/dataDir/> def file6 := dir["myFile.txt"]
Both text files and directories work in conjunction with the "for" loop. With a directory, the loop iterates through the files in the directory. With a text file, the loop iterates through the lines of the file; each line-object is terminated with a newline ('\n') character. The lines in the loop are terminated with newline regardless of the underlying operating system, regardless of the operating system's end-of-line designation.
Files respond to the following messages (see the Edoc for a complete list).
- exists -- returns true if the file exists
- deepReadOnly -- returns a file object that can be read, but not written. If the file is a directory, the readOnly nature is transitive to all files and directories reached via this object.
- setText(textString) -- creates the file and/or replaces the file contents with the text. When written out, the end-of-line designator is automatically converted to the local end-of-line mark for the underlying operating system. On Windows, for example, each line is automatically terminated by a cr/lf pair.
- getText -- returns the text from the file. Regardless of underlying operating system, the returned text uses a single newline character as the end-of-line mark.
- getBytes() -- returns the bytes of the file in a byte ConstList
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def findFile(targetFileName, dir) :void { def iterator(filename, file) { if (filename == targetFileName) { println(`Found $targetFileName at ${file.getPath()}`) } if (file.isDirectory()) { findFile(targetFileName, file) } } dir.iterate(iterator) } def ehomeDir := <file>[interp.getProps()["e.home"]] findFile("Substituter.class", ehomeDir)


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2009 Media Releases
Lincoln Fire and Rescue Deputy Chief Jeanne Pashalek has accepted an invitation to serve as a Trustee for the International Association of Women in Fire & Emergency Services (iWomen). Pashalek's three-year term will run through December 2012. The iWomen Board of Trustees coordinates and reports on activities, reviews finances and decides on new initiatives.
"We are very proud of Deputy Chief Pashalek for being chosen to hold a position with iWomen on an international board," said Lincoln Fire and Rescue Chief Niles Ford. "She will do a great job for iWomen as well as continue to represent the best of Lincoln Fire and Rescue."
As a Trustee, Pashalek will help draft new policies and procedures, work to improve outreach to under-represented groups, serve as a local contact for women who need support, present workshops at iWomen conferences and help organize conferences and leadership seminars.
Chief Ford praised Pashalek for working with women firefighters in Omaha to bring the organization's annual international conference to Nebraska in May. Pashalek said the event will attract hundreds of women fire service professionals.
The mission of iWomen is to provide a proactive network that supports, mentors and educates current and future women in the fire and emergency services. More information can be found at www.i-women.org.


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If Tyren Jones is to make a public announcement on his college of choice Wednesday, he may be forced to utilize some sort of prop. Or sign language.
According to the Marietta Daily Journal, and citing a source close to the situation, the touted Georgia high school running back suffered a broken jaw during a locker-room fight Friday night. Other than Jones not throwing a punch during the brouhaha, there were no details of what led to or who was involved in the altercation.
Jones is scheduled to undergo surgery Monday, the Daily Journal reported, to repair the damage to his jaw, which was reportedly broken in two places.
While Jones verbally committed to Alabama last February, the paper notes that he has "mild interest" in Georgia and is thus considered by some to be a soft verbal to the Tide.
A four-star recruit according to the three major recruiting services, Jones is ranked by Rivals.com as the No. 11 running back in the country. He's also rated as the No. 5 player in the state of Georgia.
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April 21, 2010
Wabash will welcome back alumni who are involved in the medical professions for Homecoming 2010. The dates are September 24-25, 2010.
Preparations are underway for a series of presentations by Wabash alumni focusing on trends in the medical professions on Friday afternoon. Those sessions will be followed by a reception and dinner. Saturday morning's program will include time for networking with current students interested in the professions.
The Alumni and Parent Relations Office will provide more details as they are finalized but now is the perfect time to save the dates!


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Saturday, December 02, 2006
What is Socialism?
What is Socialism?
So far this column has been dealing mainly with what Marxism has to say about capitalism and how it can be overthrown. But, of course, Marxism is not only against capitalism, it is also for socialism and now seems a good point to say something about the kind of society Marxists aim for and struggle to bring into being.
Interestingly, Marx wrote relatively little about the future socialist society ( though what he did say was profound and important). There are no detailed plans or instructions as to how the government should be organized, or how much people should be paid, or what forms of transport should be adopted or anything like that. But there is a good reason for this.
For Marx socialism was not a blueprint for an ideal society which he had dreamt up, it was the form of society which would necessarily emerge from the victory of the working class in the struggle against capitalism. From this it follows that the precise features of socialism cannot be foreseen, first because they will depend on the specific circumstances in which that working class victory takes place, which cannot be known in advance, and second, because these matters will, precisely, be decided by the workers of the future themselves. Moreover the workers of the socialist future will be very different from the workers – or any of us – today because they will have been profoundly changed by the process of overthrowing capitalism.
Just saying this, however, points to the fundamental feature of socialism as understood by Marx which differentiates it completely from the fake socialism of the Soviet bloc, China, North Korea etc., namely that it is a society really run by working people themselves. When Marx spoke of 'the dictatorship of the proletariat' as the transitional phase between capitalism and socialism he meant not a dictatorship over the proletariat or a dictatorship in the name of the proletariat by an individual, party or elite, well meaning or otherwise, but the rule of society by the working class as a whole, real collective workers' power.
To rule society the working class has to create its own, new state apparatus. Marx understood this very clearly because he saw it done in practice in the Paris Commune of 1871, and today we know better than Marx what this will probably look like, not because we are cleverer than him, but because we have the additional historical experience of the early years of the Russian Revolution, and of a number of near revolutions in Germany (1918-23), Italy (1919-20), Spain (1936-37), Hungary (1956), Chile (1972) and elsewhere.
From this experience we know that it means the creation of a network of representative bodies or councils (called 'soviets' in the Russian Revolution ) based on the working class in struggle, above all in its workplaces, but also (depending on circumstances) reflecting the army, the community and so on. And that these workers' councils become the core of the new state, to which the government, military forces, ministries etc. are responsible and accountable.
If the working class is really to run society this new apparatus has to genuinely reflect the collective interests and will of the working class. This means operating on highly democratic principles and again we know some of these from the experience of The Commune and the Russian Soviets, e.g. that council delegates should be immediately recallable by the bodies (mainly workplace meetings) that elected them, and that they should be paid no more than a skilled worker's wage.
It is also clear that to sustain itself workers' political power must rest on a firm foundation of workers' economic power (all political power rests ultimately on economic power). To this end the working class will use its state to establish collective ownership of the major means of production, distribution and exchange which will need to be managed by the workers themselves, through democratically elected committees.
It should be noted that in this view of socialism it is workers' power that is the basic principle from which follows the need for state ownership, not state ownership as such. State ownership by itself, without workers' power and workers' control, is state capitalism not socialism. We also know, both from Marxist theory and from what happened in Russia, that although workers' power may be established first in one country it must spread internationally if it is to survive.
Achieving this will doubtless involve great struggle, but if we allow ourselves the luxury of thinking about an internationally united socialist society run by working people themselves, then certain things will necessarily follow. Production will be democratically planned to meet human need. And if the immense productive forces already developed by capitalism are made to serve people's needs it will be possible to abolish the poverty, malnutrition and deprivation that have for so long afflicted the majority of the world's population. No one will have four mansions, five cars and two private jets but everyone will have the necessities required for a decent life.
Indeed they will have more than just a decent life for such a society will also provide the education, leisure and, above all, the stimulating work to unleash a massive development in the intellectual life and human personality of hitherto ordinary people which in turn will feed into the further development of society.
Such a socialist society will be a society of peace because the root causes of war in the past – the struggle between lords, dynasties, corporations and states for land, resources and profits – will have disappeared.
It will also, once the remnants of the old class system fade away, become a truly classless society – like the classless societies of the hunter gatherers but with modern technology and international – because with production owned and controlled by the associated producers the very basis of class, exploitation of one group by another, will have been eliminated. This in turn will pave the way for the disappearance of the state i.e. of any special apparatus of coercive power standing over society. Real human freedom will be realized.
This still doesn't tell us whether the people of the future will choose to live in houses that hug the ground or reach for the sky, will travel by bus, bicycle or invention as yet unknown, or will eat peaches and cream or strawberries and yogurt but it does tell us why socialism is a goal worth fighting for.
John Molyneux
November 14, 2006
8 comments:
- T.S. said...
"This in turn will pave the way for the disappearance of the state i.e. of any special apparatus of coercive power standing over society. Real human freedom will be realized." - Yes, if a country adopts socialism this comes true as we saw with the fall of the Berlin wall, the lifting of the iron curtain the collapse of USSR. China, Cuba, N. Korea are next!!
- Jim Jay said...
Whilst I have a lot of sympathy with the idea that we can't create blue prints fdor a future society I do think we need to show that a socialist society would be better beyond simply making assertions that this is the case.
I think the practical examples from Paris Commune, early days of the Soviets, and perhaps modern examples of participatory democracy are essential to help prove the case.
Otherwise we are just asking people to take a chance
- Renegade Eye said...
I found this blog at Southpaw.
Just think if a country like say Mexico, had socialism. Talk about a domino theory.
Lenin and Trotsky had to deal with problems of scarcity and accumulation. That is not often your first thought.
Very good blog.
Marx was and is wrong about 2 things.
1, his theory of prices is wrong, he forgot to put RISK into the equation, thus the workers of the the world dont own its wealth, they only own some of it, the bit they sell their labour for.
2, Game theory (see john nash) proves that capitalism will not destroy itself or run its course, it will consitantly recycle itself. Marx belived in zero-sum games something that does not exist in nature.
3, Karl Popper proved Marsism was not scientific and solved the problem of induction with falsification, so we can now measure scientific statments with more clear understanding
4, Marxist socialism (historisim) is an evil ideology, like National Socialism (holism) it says a group of people within society have special rights against the others, in this case the rights are that of the "workers" over the "bourjois"
Personaly I would remove you from your job, just as you wish to remove
Simone Clarke from hers afterall you both believe in stupid things.
- Jim Jay said...
Game theory does not "prove" anything - and I'd like to see how game theory proves that climate change/chaos is no threat at all and captialism will inevitably continue (without people to run it presumably)
The person posting under anonymous obviosly doesn't understand anything about marxism.
Workers own all of the value they create as it is they who actually do the work to keep the system going, whether driving a lumber truck, on the production line or working in a shop. Non-working class professions are actually a drag on production as they do not contribute to the reproduction and embetterment of human life but just to reproduce the current unequal society. The idea of risk means nothing as it is the capitalist who lives off other peoples labour. Your very point proves the inhumanity of capitalism, the fact that products remain unsold while millions of people live in poverty.
In the marxist view workers are not worth more than the bourgeoisie as people, in fact it is capitalism that judges people in this way in the reverse. Socialists goal is that all people should be equal, therefore it becomes necessary to overthrow the prevailing social conditions to do this. Marxism does not want to eliminate the bourgeoisie as indivduals only as a class. Obviously people may resist this violently on the prospect of losing their priviledges and wealth but socialist revolution would the the act of the immense majority and therefore, like any social upheavel, they would need to be met with resistance against their continued right to rule the world.
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Film Society of Lincoln Center's 'Dance on Camera' Festival Presents PASSING THE TORCH Today
The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Dance Films Association include in their 41st edition of Dance on Camera 'PASSING THE TORCH: The Legacy of Jose Limon and Anna Sokolow' today, February 1, 1:30 to 3 PM at the Francesca Beale Theater, 144 West 65th Street. Tickets: $13; $9 students/seniors. For tickets and other information go to www.filmlinc.com, www.dancefilms.org or the theater box office.
Dance on Camera Festival, co-presented by The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Dance Films Association, features a program dedicated to the modern dance legacy of choreographers Jose Limon and Anna Sokolow.
The program will include video excerpts as well as interviews and panel discussion with Carla Maxwell, Jim May and Deborah Zall, moderated by Joan Finkelstein, Director of Dance for the New York City Department of Education.
As modern dance masters Jose Limon and Anna Sokolow become historical figures, how do their choreographic visions continue to survive and thrive? Following the clip portion of the show, this topic will be addressed by three dedicated professionals who continue to pursue the visions of their former mentors.
Carla Maxwell, a Limon dancer, choreographer and Artistic Director of the Limon Dance Company since 1978; Jim May, Artistic Director of the Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble and a Sokolow disciple for over 35 years; Deborah Zall, dance soloist and teacher who has had the distinction of performing works by both Anna Sokolow and Martha Graham.
Dance on Camera Festival is curated by Liz Wolff. Joanna Ney is co-curator and consultant.


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Outdoor Idaho "Salmon River Lodges and Legacies" This special travels the Salmon River, stopping each night at a historic lodge to meet the people, who continue in the footsteps of hearty pioneers in the wild heart of Idaho. Each stop reveals a rich history. Rafters, guides, boat operators and residents all reveal how they are drawn to the river repeatedly - or permanently.G
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Midsomer Murders "Death of a Stranger (Part 1)" DCI Barnaby returns from a holiday trip to find an unidentified tramp has been beaten to death in the woods near the village of Marshwood. While he was away, Supt. Ronald Pringle, just before his retirement, quickly arrested a local young man. Barnaby's suspicion that the man arrested is innocent is reinforced when there is an attempted suicide at the same spot. Part 1 of 2G
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POV "El Velador (The Night Watchman)" Martin is a guard who watches over the extravagant mausoleums of some of Mexico's most notorious drug lords. In the labyrinth of the cemetery, this film about violence without violence is a reminder that even amid the turmoil of a drug war, ordinary existence persists in Mexico and quietly defies the dead.G
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When you have multiple resources that contain alternatives of the same content, it helps to create a link association between these resources so that Google can serve the correct version of your content to the user depending on their location, language, or device. Doing this also consolidates the ranking for similar content that you offer. The following kinds of resources benefit from page-level associations:
- AMP versions of your content
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For mobile device users, Google serves URLs in the following preference order:
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This means that if you have content available on an AMP page, our systems serve the AMP URL. If you have no AMP content, but you have an app-specific URL, we'll direct the user to the app itself rather than the alternate web page version. Finally, if you have neither AMP nor app content, we'll serve a link to your mobile website, if one exists, or to your standard website. Bear in mind that it's important to address the mobile audience for your site, so make your content available in AMP where possible, and follow our mobile-friendly guidelines to ensure the best Google Search performance and user retention.
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Welcome Salam Social Club
Salam Social Club is an Iraqi Community based on the Greater Toronto Area ,ON, Canada .It is a non – profit member based organization that was formed in 22 /9/1993 and have since grew significantly . The key objective of the club is to provide the community with a home where they can socialize , learn about new things, and continue to experience cultural and ethnic event. The club provides these services through volunteers &community support .
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Bluefish... It's A Keeper For HTML Editing
Casting a Line for an HTML Editor
Bluefish is a handy, text-based HTML editor for anybody that needs to crank out a lot of Web content, without a lot of fluff. It comes bundled with SUSE Linux 9.3 Professional as version 1.0. Don't be fooled by the low release number. Bluefish is a mature application that does its job quickly and efficiently.
Naturally, you'll need to use a browser to view HTML produced in Bluefish. It's a small price to pay and is actually beneficial, because I'm assured of how the page will look to a reader.
In this article we'll look at why you might choose Bluefish over a more GUI oriented editor, like Quanta. Quanta is a great full featured development environment. It's a little overkill for my needs right now. For the Windows converts that might be familiar creating pages with Frontpage, Word or OpenOffice.org (on Windows), Bluefish gives you the power to produce precise, clean code that is actually easy to read.
Version 1.0 has quite a few features that can make producing that next Web article, an enjoyable experience. Let's take a look.
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Dear Liz:
I recorded the movie "Lili" with Leslie Caron and Velna and I entertained ourselves by watching it last night. Do you remember when you went with us to see Lili at the Wyo Theater in Laramie a week before we all went to Penrose together in August 1953 when Velna and I were on our way to Bozeman where I would start my master's degree studies in agricultural economics? I hadn't seen that movie for 58 years if my arithmetic is approximate, yet it brought back so many memories of that summer with flashbacks of scenes I still remembered from the movie. And who can forget the lyrics to the lilting "Hi Lili"?
That was the summer I rescued you from hoeing beets with your siblings so you could move to the big city and tend the wonderful children at this home, which I took a photo of when I went back to Laramie for my 50th college graduation reunion.


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Lindenwood University concluded its best season in history Friday, dropping a 65-49 decision to No. 2-ranked Huntington (Indiana) at the NAIA Men's Basketball National Championships in Branson, Mo.
The Lions, who finish the season with a 23-14 record under Coach Dale Ribble, had 13 points from senior forward Chad Moore. John Copple and Andrew Dagner had 10 points apiece. Lindenwood's victory total is the highest in school history, passing the 1979 Lions, who recorded 22 wins.
Unseeded Lindenwood upset No. 15-ranked Robert Morris (NY) 89-74 in the tournament's first round.
Against Robert Morris, Dale Ribble's Lions place four in double figures. Senior Chad Moore lead the way with 23 points, and freshman Dustin Roberts had 17 points--12 from the free throw line.


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House and Senate lawmakers agreed to a bipartisan compromise to fund the U.S. government through Sept. 30, unveiling the measure days before financing for federal agencies is scheduled to lapse.
The $1.01 trillion measure would fund the troubled health care law and individual agencies, plus add separate war financing to bring the total to $1.1 trillion. Republican efforts to derail some regulatory initiatives were left out of the measure to ensure passage and avoid a repeat of the 16-day partial government shutdown in October.
The bill, announced last night by lawmakers including House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, a Kentucky Republican, and Senate Appropriations Chairman Barbara Mikulski, a Maryland Democrat, probably will reach the House floor tomorrow, Rogers said.
"Not everyone will like everything in this bill, but in this divided government a critical bill such as this simply cannot reflect the wants of only one party," the lawmakers said in a joint statement. "We believe this is a good, workable measure."
Negotiators had agreed on the $1.01 trillion base spending level in December as part of a two-year, bipartisan budget agreement. The measure unveiled late yesterday would support defense spending at about $573 billion for the current fiscal year, with $85.2 billion for the war in Afghanistan, about $2 billion less than in fiscal year 2013.
'Step Forward'
The bill "represents a positive step forward for the nation and our economy," Sylvia Mathews Burwell, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said in a statement. President Barack Obama's administration "urges Congress to move quickly to pass it," she said.
Government funding runs through tomorrow, so lawmakers also plan to pass a separate three-day bill at current funding levels to push the deadline to Jan. 18. That would give lawmakers enough time to enact the comprehensive legislation without risking a government shutdown.
The House plans to vote on the stopgap measure today.
In an effort to win support from Democrats, House appropriators left out contentious policy provisions such as one blocking Obama's 2010 health-care law.
Republican efforts to thwart the health-care law were at the center of a spending-legislation dispute that caused the October shutdown.
"There is nothing in the bill that blocks Obamacare," Mikulski said.
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Kendra Wilkinson is really nutty. Like, literally. The E! reality star famous for her hilarious laugh and her relationship with Hugh Hefner has publicly struggled to lose weight after she and husband Hank Baskett welcomed a son two years ago. We've seen her lament her figure on her show Kendra, wondering if she'd ever have her tight little Girls Next Door bod ever again, and now, it seems like she's getting close. Kendra's looking better than ever and told People magazine at a Golden Globes after party that she's found a diet that really works for her.
Her secret? Nuts. Lots and lots of nuts. Almost exclusively nuts. So. Many. Nuts. She explains: "I've been eating almonds, pistachios, nuts with no sodium, and some dried fruit all day long."
Hmm. Well, hmm. I suppose that's one way to try and lead a healthier life, buuuut, I'm not sold. She's calling it her "natural diet," which I guess one can't really argue with. Nuts are natural, that's for sure, but is eating them all day long natural? I don't know about that.
She's certainly getting a lot of protein from her nut diet, and lots of vitamin E, lots of necessary fat, and some essential minerals, but it just sounds a bit weird in a day and age where fresh vegetables and fruits are readily available. I mean, I'm sure she had to throw a couple of pieces of dried fruit into her diet because, otherwise, I'm sorry, but she wouldn't have pooped for months.
Her "natural diet" (nutural diet?) seems like one of those fads you read about every now and again that suggests you only eat cabbage soup with grapefruit, something like that. I don't think what she's got going on is sustainable. It may be a semi-healthy way to lose some weight yet stay energized, but at some point, vegetables need to come back into the picture.
After all, you are what you eat ... do you really want to be nuts?
What do you think of Kendra's diet? Is it something you'd try?
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Is There A Hidden Purpose To Victimhood?Monday, February 1st, 2010
An attitude has swept across practically every person in every country on the globe over the course of the past few decades. This is the attitude of victimhood. Why has it become so popular for people to feel like they are victims and what purpose can this serve?
The Lack of Responsibility
Victims feel they can shirk responsibilities because those fall on the shoulders of the victimizers. Victims feel like they have no control over their own lives. Have a drug problem? It's your parents' faults. Uneducated? It's not your fault. You had to take care of your kid. Single parent? That's the fault of that no good boyfriend that hit the road as soon as you gave birth.


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The qualifier, of course, is it was against the Pirates, but it was good to see Mike Pelfrey throw a good game last night. His July swoon was alarming, but he seems to have corrected his mechanical and concentration problems that slammed the brakes on a potentially great season.
It is premature to say he's completely there as a starter, but he could win 16, 17 games this year which is a watershed mark for a pitcher. And, if he even went .500 during his slide he could be looking at a 20-win season.
Pelfrey worked quickly and efficiently last night. He mixed his pitches well and worked both sides of the plate. The movement on his pitches was excellent, just the way it was at the beginning of the season.
I said going into the season Pelfrey might be the key Met, and it should be that way again next season. This guy is on the cusp of being right there and there will be more pressure than ever in 2011 because we don't know what, if anything, the Mets will get from Johan Santana.


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Design week is over and here's my belated wrap-up:
ICFF and Soho parties were fun, but my favorite part of NYC Design week was the whole Joint Venture thingy in Williamsburg with The Future Perfect, Living Spaces, CITIZEN:Citizen and A Little Green. Even though I really can't concentrate on design very well when surrounded by people and alcohol, I saw quite a few unique things at these shows that I didn't see anywhere else. Unfortunately, my photographs of the events were less than fabulous, because I was trying to carry around a slushy that I got at the door of The Future Perfect.
I saw another wine-glass chandelier at The Future Perfect. This chandelini, made by Touch Design, is more dynamic and less utilitarian than the Swedish Glasklasen I saw at ICFF.
Salgadgo and Bettencourt's Scrapile Table in action at The Future Perfect.
A lovely sparkly chandelier downstairs in the American Dollhouse exhibit at The Future Perfect
ICFF was fun in an Olympic village sort of way. I liked the geographical organization of the whole thing, and the nationalistic pride that was on full display at each country's trade board booth. In the Danish section I saw this elegant expanding table by Skagerak Denmark ? the expanding table being somewhat of a mini-trend this year.
Charles Lazor's Flatpak house was on full display at ICFF, outfitted with Blu Dot furniture to match.
In the theme of decorative mirrors, Tord Boontje + Artechnica had these cute mirror cut-outs in a variety of illustrative designs.
Over in the British Isles section of ICFF, fellow Central Saint Martins grad Rachel Kelly was showing off her Interactive Wallpaper:
Rachel Kelly's Interactive Wallpaper, which involves creating your own custom wallpaper using a selection of various patterns and stickers, is not to be confused with Dario Buzzini's more high-tech, computer mediated Interactive Wallpaper.
Ianonne:Sanderson was showing this beautiful backlit bamboo cabinet.
Ianonne:Sanderson also has a "red line cabinet" which is made from reclaimed douglas fir floorboards from the philadelphia academy of music. How cool is that?
I also saw this lovely table at the Ianonne:Sanderson booth. I really like the combination of white plastic and textured Kirei board. In fact, I was so taken with the Kirei board, that I had to track down the Kirei people to learn more about it. For more information about Kirei, click here
Natura was showing off their large scale photo-realistic wall-murals at the furniture fair. Painter Mr. Gaillard, will come to your house or apartment, survey the scene, and then personally custom-design and hand-paint a serene nature scene for your wall.
Molo's folding paper Softwall was the hit of ICFF, taking awards and showing up at 3 or 4 different boothes.
The Swedish Glasklasen, made by Form Nasielksy, was one of my favorite discoveries at ICFF.
In the same Swedish trade booth, I saw another lovely chandelier, called Kristall, made by Lyx.
In the Canadian section I came across Montreal-based brother and sister design duo Periphere, showing off their lovely Uno Chair and Iceberg table.
Also representing the Canadians was Brent Comber, a Vancouver-based designer who makes innovative organic furniture from fallen Alder branches.
Douglas Homer's thumb puzzle table caught my eye with its op-art aesthetic and modular design. (You can move the tile around like a Rubick's cube to form different different designs, and there is hidden storage underneath the tiles.)
ICFF's spatial arrangement by nationality (together with all the flags and nationality-themed exhibitions) made the whole convention feel a bit like the Design Olympics. So I'm going to pretend that I was asked to be a judge of this particular Design Olympics, and give out the following awards:
GOLD to Austrian Xpand System, for the Xpanding Table in the "Why hasn't anyone come up with this idea before"category
SILVER to Swedish Form Nasielsky, for the Glasklasen Wine Glass Chandelier in the "Why hasn't anyone come up with this idea before" category
GOLD to German Ingo Maurer, for the LED Glass Table in the "Oooh-Aaaah" Category
GOLD to American duo Molo, for the softwall in the "Form+Function" Category
GOLD to Dutch Tord Boontje, for Transglass in the "Friend of the Earth" Category
GOLD to Dutch Tord Boontje, for Transglass in the "Friend de la Popolo" Category
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Last Tuesday, December 4th, 2012, we had a difficult day at our studio. It started like any other day: making plates, shipping orders, printing. But at around 1:30 in the afternoon our workday was cut short. The sound of sirens drew us out from our workspace. We saw firefighters racing around to put out a fire that had started next door, but quickly spread to the roof of our building. We watched from across the street as a river of water flowed down the side of the building. At the time, we had no idea how deeply we would be impacted by what seemed to be a small, not so serious fire.
|KTVU coverage of the two-alarm fire
When we were finally allowed back in the building we discovered much of what we had been creating over the last six years was now drenched in smoky water. We lost our entire collection of greeting cards, holiday cards, and shelves of stored paper.
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Home Usage Policy
The following guidelines offer parameters for the use of the home of the President of Concord University and their family. The President's Home functions first and foremost as a residence. On occasion, it is used by others as the University's way of extending its presence and good will to the surrounding community and to friends of the University who support its mission and goals. Before inquiring about the use of the President's Home, campus event planners should make every effort to reserve other University venues first. A wide variety of venues exists across the University's campus suitable for meetings, retreats, conferences and other functions. Under no circumstance should the President's Home be considered an extension of the campus for regular meeting space.
The President's Home is available Monday through Friday. Weekday events must begin no earlier than 10:00 a.m. and end by 9 p.m. If the President is scheduled to attend an event, the time parameters may be changed with approval.
The President's Home may only be used on Saturdays and Sundays for functions that are hosted by the President, those they plan to attend, or those that are reserved by groups in which the President is directly involved.
Members of the Concord University community may request the use of The President's Home a minimum of 45 days and up to 6 months in advance of the event.
The requester should:
- Read these guidelines.
- Complete the President's Home Event Space Request Form
- Send the completed President's Home Event Space Request Form to the Assistant to the President by fax at (304) 384-5224 or by e-mail attachment to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Once the completed form is received, the Assistant to the President will evaluate the event for compliance with appropriate use guidelines and check the availability of the President's Home.
Upon approval from the President's Office, the Assistant to the President will contact the requester with a status update. Should the President be unavailable to approve the request, the Assistant to the President will approve the request. Whenever possible, the requester will be contacted within three days of receipt of the request.
All events held at the President's Home require catering (see Standards). Upon approval of the event request the Aramark Director of Catering will contact the requester for the required catering order.
Due to room size constraints and the desire to preserve the President's Home's valuable furnishings, the following guest accommodation plans will prevail:
- The ground floor may accommodate 60 guests at a standing reception.
- Twelve guests may be seated at the Dining Room table, an additional round table can be added and seat 4 more guests.
The President's Home has no black-out shades, but does have a SONOS sound system that provides musical entertainment. There is no other built-in technology or audio-visual equipment of any kind available.
CU's Aramark Dining Services is responsible for providing needed indoor additional china, glass, silver, table linens, serving pieces, tables and chairs. The costs for rental equipment will be borne by the requester. CU's Aramark Dining Services will provide invoicing for equipment, table linens, and florals on the final event catering contract.
The lawn and patio may be used for events.
- The lawn will accommodate 400 guests.
- The patio will accommodate up to 40 seated or 65 standing guests.
The Assistant to the President arranges for the rental of tents, staging, dance floors and other outdoor equipment and obtains the proper permits. All delivery and set-up of tents, tables, chairs, dance floors and other equipment must be scheduled prior to the event by the Assistant to the President. Vendor invoices for outdoor equipment rentals are sent directly to the requester's office for payment. Adherence to the City of Athens noise ordinance is mandatory.
Banners may not be displayed. Outdoor lanterns must be requested on the President's Home Event Request Form and will be placed only by the University groundskeepers.
The Rose Garden is reserved at all times for the President for University functions and may not be used for private events such as weddings.
The Assistant to the President will make initial contact with Aramark for the requester and act as liaison between the catering department and the requester until completion of the event. CU Dining Services shall be the exclusive provider of food and beverage for all events at the President's Home.
In keeping with the status of the President's Home as one of Athens' most historic homes, and its prestigious place at Concord University as the President's home, certain standards must be observed.
- For all events that involve dining, rental table linens and floral arrangements must be provided at the requester's expense. Additional costs for other necessary amenities will also be borne by the requester. The Assistant to the President will provide guidance.
- All the President's Home events are by printed invitation only. A final proof of the invitation must be sent to the Assistant to the President prior to printing.
- You must provide a guest list with notable guest(s), the guest(s) title(s) and guest(s) connection to the University for the purpose of briefing the President.
- Coat check is required for all events that take place during cold or inclement weather.
- Someone must be appointed at the door to greet all guests, direct them to coat check and catering staff and introduce them to the President, if they are in attendance.
- Catering is required for all events. The Assistant to the President will decide if rental table linens and florals are required.
Guest parking is available in the parking lot adjoining the President's Home and in the surrounding neighborhood. No reserved parking is available on the President's Home property.
In the event Concord University must close due to inclement weather, no uses will be permitted at the President's Home.
Routine maintenance including all landscaping and outdoor upkeep shall be completed by the University Maintenance Staff on an as needed basis. If there is work needed beyond the scope of the services provided by the University Maintenance Staff, appropriate use of contracted workers may be used in accordance with all WVHEPC procurement policies. If the home is unoccupied, it will be inspected weekly by a senior member of the maintenance staff for maintenance issues and needs.
The President's Home will be cleaned weekly by the custodial services contracted by the University. The cleaning schedule also includes any additional dates as needed for set up and cleaning for special events. The regular weekly cleaning schedule will continue even when the home is unoccupied.


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The Alumni Council advises the Office of Alumni Relations on how to best serve you.
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Nicki Minaj Interview Pt 2 (Lil Wayne's "Mistress"). Tells Jabari To Step His D*ck Game Up! LMFAO
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