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File Transfer Protocol
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The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used to transfer computer files from one host to another host over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet.
FTP is built on a client-server architecture and uses separate control and data connections between the client and the server.[1] FTP users may authenticate themselves using a clear-text sign-in protocol, normally in the form of a username and password, but can connect anonymously if the server is configured to allow it. For secure transmission that protects the username and password, and encrypts the content, FTP is often secured with SSL/TLS (FTPS). SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) is sometimes also used instead, but is technologically different.
The first FTP client applications were command-line applications developed before operating systems had graphical user interfaces, and are still shipped with most Windows, Unix, and Linux operating systems.[2][3] Many FTP clients and automation utilities have since been developed for desktops, servers, mobile devices, and hardware, and FTP has been incorporated into productivity applications, such as Web page editors.
- 1 History of FTP server
- 2 Protocol overview
- 3 Web browser support
- 4 Security
- 5 FTP commands
- 6 FTP reply codes
- 7 See also
- 8 References
- 9 Further reading
- 10 External links
History of FTP server[edit]
The original specification for the File Transfer Protocol was written by Abhay Bhushan and published as RFC 114 on 16 April 1971. Until 1980, FTP ran on NCP, the predecessor of TCP/IP.[2] The protocol was later replaced by a TCP/IP version, RFC 765 (June 1980) and RFC 959 (October 1985), the current specification. Several proposed standards amend RFC 959, for example RFC 2228 (June 1997) proposes security extensions and RFC 2428 (September 1998) adds support for IPv6 and defines a new type of passive mode.[4]
Protocol overview[edit]
Communication and data transfer[edit]
FTP may run in active or passive mode, which determines how the data connection is established.[5] In both cases, the client creates a TCP control connection from a random, usually an unprivileged, port N to the FTP server command port 21. In active mode, the client starts listening for incoming data connections from the server on port M. It sends the FTP command PORT M to inform the server on which port it is listening. By default, M=N+1. The server then initiates a data channel to the client from its port 20, the FTP server data port. In situations where the client is behind a firewall and unable to accept incoming TCP connections, passive mode may be used. In this mode, the client uses the control connection to send a PASV command to the server and then receives a server IP address and server port number from the server,[5][6] which the client then uses to open a data connection from an arbitrary client port to the server IP address and server port number received.[7] Both modes were updated in September 1998 to support IPv6. Further changes were introduced to the passive mode at that time, updating it to extended passive mode.[8]
The server responds over the control connection with three-digit status codes in ASCII with an optional text message. For example "200" (or "200 OK") means that the last command was successful. The numbers represent the code for the response and the optional text represents a human-readable explanation or request (e.g. <Need account for storing file>).[1] An ongoing transfer of file data over the data connection can be aborted using an interrupt message sent over the control connection.
While transferring data over the network, four data representations can be used:[2][3][4]
- ASCII mode: Used for text. Data is converted, if needed, from the sending host's character representation to "8-bit ASCII" before transmission, and (again, if necessary) to the receiving host's character representation. As a consequence, this mode is inappropriate for files that contain data other than plain text.
- Image mode (commonly called Binary mode): The sending machine sends each file byte for byte, and the recipient stores the bytestream as it receives it. (Image mode support has been recommended for all implementations of FTP).
- EBCDIC mode: Used for plain text between hosts using the EBCDIC character set.
- Local mode: Allows two computers with identical setups to send data in a proprietary format without the need to convert it to ASCII.
For text files, different format control and record structure options are provided. These features were designed to facilitate files containing Telnet or ASA.
Data transfer can be done in any of three modes:[1][2]
- Stream mode: Data is sent as a continuous stream, relieving FTP from doing any processing. Rather, all processing is left up to TCP. No End-of-file indicator is needed, unless the data is divided into records.
- Block mode: FTP breaks the data into several blocks (block header, byte count, and data field) and then passes it on to TCP.[4]
- Compressed mode: Data is compressed using a single algorithm (usually run-length encoding).
FTP login utilizes a normal username and password scheme for granting access.[2] The username is sent to the server using the USER command, and the password is sent using the PASS command.[2] If the information provided by the client is accepted by the server, the server will send a greeting to the client and the session will commence.[2] If the server supports it, users may log in without providing login credentials, but the same server may authorize only limited access for such sessions.[2]
Anonymous FTP[edit]
A host that provides an FTP service may provide anonymous FTP access.[2] Users typically log into the service with an 'anonymous' (lower-case and case-sensitive in some FTP servers) account when prompted for user name. Although users are commonly asked to send their email address instead of a password,[3] no verification is actually performed on the supplied data.[9] Many FTP hosts whose purpose is to provide software updates will allow anonymous logins.[3]
NAT and firewall traversal[edit]
FTP normally transfers data by having the server connect back to the client, after the PORT command is sent by the client. This is problematic for both NATs and firewalls, which do not allow connections from the Internet towards internal hosts.[10] For NATs, an additional complication is that the representation of the IP addresses and port number in the PORT command refer to the internal host's IP address and port, rather than the public IP address and port of the NAT.
There are two approaches to this problem. One is that the FTP client and FTP server use the PASV command, which causes the data connection to be established from the FTP client to the server.[10] This is widely used by modern FTP clients. Another approach is for the NAT to alter the values of the PORT command, using an application-level gateway for this purpose.[10]
Differences from HTTP[edit]
HTTP essentially fixes the bugs in FTP that made it inconvenient to use for many small ephemeral transfers as are typical in web pages.
FTP has a stateful control connection which maintains a current working directory and other flags, and each transfer requires a secondary connection through which the data is transferred. In "passive" mode this secondary connection is from client to server, whereas in the default "active" mode this connection is from server to client. This apparent role reversal when in active mode, and random port numbers for all transfers, is why firewalls and NAT gateways have such a hard time with FTP. HTTP is stateless and multiplexes control and data over a single connection from client to server on well-known port numbers, which trivially passes through NAT gateways and is simple for firewalls to manage.
Setting up an FTP control connection is quite slow due to the round-trip delays of sending all of the required commands and awaiting responses, so it is customary to bring up a control connection and hold it open for multiple file transfers rather than drop and re-establish the session afresh each time. In contrast, HTTP originally dropped the connection after each transfer because doing so was so cheap. While HTTP has subsequently gained the ability to reuse the TCP connection for multiple transfers, the conceptual model is still of independent requests rather than a session.
When FTP is transferring over the data connection, the control connection is idle. If the transfer takes long enough, the firewall or NAT may decide that the control connection is dead and stop tracking it, effectively breaking the connection and confusing the download. The single HTTP connection is only idle between requests and it is normal and expected for such connections to be dropped after a time-out.
Web browser support[edit]
Most common web browsers can retrieve files hosted on FTP servers, although they may not support protocol extensions such as FTPS.[3][11] When an FTP — rather than an HTTP — URL is supplied, the accessible contents on the remote server are presented in a manner that is similar to that used for other web content. A full-featured FTP client can be run within Firefox in the form of an extension called FireFTP.
FTP URL syntax is described in RFC 1738, taking the form:
ftp://[<user>[:<password>]@]<host>[:<port>]/<url-path> (the bracketed parts are optional).
For example, the URL ftp://public.ftp-servers.example.com/mydirectory/myfile.txt represents the file myfile.txt from the directory mydirectory on the server public.ftp-servers.example.com as an FTP resource. The URL ftp://user001:email@example.com/mydirectory/myfile.txt adds a specification of the username and password that must be used to access this resource.
More details on specifying a username and password may be found in the browsers' documentation (e.g., Firefox[12] and Internet Explorer[13]). By default, most web browsers use passive (PASV) mode, which more easily traverses end-user firewalls.
FTP was not designed to be a secure protocol, and has many security weaknesses.[14] In May 1999, the authors of RFC 2577 listed a vulnerability to the following problems:
- Brute force attacks
- Bounce attacks
- Packet capture (packet sniffing)
- Port stealing
- Spoof attacks
- Username protection
FTP does not encrypt its traffic; all transmissions are in clear text, and usernames, passwords, commands and data can be read by anyone able to perform packet capture (sniffing) on the network.[2][14] This problem is common to many of the Internet Protocol specifications (such as SMTP, Telnet, POP and IMAP) that were designed prior to the creation of encryption mechanisms such as TLS or SSL.[4] A common solution to this problem is to use the "secure", TLS-protected versions of the insecure protocols (e.g., FTPS for FTP, TelnetS for Telnet, etc.) or a different, more secure protocol that can handle the job, such as the SFTP/SCP tools included with most implementations of the Secure Shell protocol.
Secure FTP[edit]
Securing FTP transfers may be accomplished by several methods.
Explicit FTPS is an extension to the FTP standard that allows clients to request that the FTP session be encrypted. This is done by sending the "AUTH TLS" command. The server has the option of allowing or denying connections that do not request TLS. This protocol extension is defined in the proposed standard: RFC 4217. Implicit FTPS is an outdated standard for FTP that required the use of a SSL or TLS connection. It was specified to use different ports than plain FTP.
The SSH file transfer protocol or secure FTP (SFTP), also transfers files and has a similar command set for users, but is built on different software technology. SFTP uses the Secure Shell protocol (SSH) to transfer files. Unlike FTP, it encrypts both commands and data, preventing passwords and sensitive information from being transmitted openly over the network. It cannot interoperate with FTP software.
FTP over SSH[edit]
FTP over SSH is the practice of tunneling a normal FTP session over a Secure Shell connection.[14] Because FTP uses multiple TCP connections (unusual for a TCP/IP protocol that is still in use), it is particularly difficult to tunnel over SSH. With many SSH clients, attempting to set up a tunnel for the control channel (the initial client-to-server connection on port 21) will protect only that channel; when data is transferred, the FTP software at either end sets up new TCP connections (data channels) and thus have no confidentiality or integrity protection.
Otherwise, it is necessary for the SSH client software to have specific knowledge of the FTP protocol, to monitor and rewrite FTP control channel messages and autonomously open new packet forwardings for FTP data channels. Software packages that support this mode include:
- Tectia ConnectSecure (Win/Linux/Unix)[15] of SSH Communications Security's software suite
Other methods of transferring files using SSH that are not related to FTP include SFTP and SCP; in each of these, the entire conversation (credentials and data) is always protected by the SSH protocol.
FTP commands[edit]
FTP reply codes[edit]
Below is a summary of FTP reply codes that may be returned by an FTP server. These codes have been standardized in RFC 959 by the IETF. The reply code is a three-digit value. The first digit is used to indicate one of three possible outcomes — success, failure, or to indicate an error or incomplete reply:
- 2yz – Success reply
- 4yz or 5yz – Failure reply
- 1yz or 3yz – Error or Incomplete reply
The second digit defines the kind of error:
- x0z – Syntax. These replies refer to syntax errors.
- x1z – Information. Replies to requests for information.
- x2z – Connections. Replies referring to the control and data connections.
- x3z – Authentication and accounting. Replies for the login process and accounting procedures.
- x4z – Not defined.
- x5z – File system. These replies relay status codes from the server file system.
The third digit of the reply code is used to provide additional detail for each of the categories defined by the second digit.
See also[edit]
- List of FTP commands
- List of FTP server return codes
- Comparison of FTP client software
- Comparison of FTP server software
- Curl-loader – FTP/S loading/testing open-source software
- List of file transfer protocols
- File eXchange Protocol (FXP)
- File Service Protocol (FSP)
- Managed File Transfer
- Shared file access
- TCP Wrapper
- ^ a b c Forouzan, B.A. (2000). TCP/IP: Protocol Suite (1st ed.). New Delhi, India: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kozierok, Charles M. (2005). "The TCP/IP Guide v3.0". Tcpipguide.com.
- ^ a b c d e Dean, Tamara (2010). Network+ Guide to Networks. Delmar. pp. 168–171.
- ^ a b c d Clark, M.P. (2003). Data Networks IP and the Internet (1st ed.). West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- ^ a b "Active FTP vs. Passive FTP, a Definitive Explanation". Slacksite.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-31.
- ^ Parker, Don (September 2005). "Understanding the FTP Protocol". Windowsnetworking.com.
- ^ RFC 959 (Standard) File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Postel, J. & Reynolds, J. (October 1985).
- ^ RFC 2428 (Proposed Standard) Extensions for IPv6, NAT, and Extended Passive Mode. Allman, M. & Metz, C. & Ostermann, S. (September 1998).
- ^ RFC 1635 (Informational) How to Use Anonymous FTP. P. & Emtage, A. & Marine, A. (May 1994).
- ^ a b c Gleason, Mike (2005). "The File Transfer Protocol and Your Firewall/NAT". Ncftp.com.
- ^ Matthews, J. (2005). Computer Networking: Internet Protocols in Action (1st ed.). Danvers, MA: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
- ^ "Accessing FTP servers | How to | Firefox Help". Support.mozilla.com. 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
- ^ "How to Enter FTP Site Password in Internet Explorer". Support.microsoft.com. 2011-09-23. Retrieved 2015-03-28. Written for IE versions 6 and earlier. Might work with newer versions.
- ^ a b c "Securing FTP using SSH". Nurdletech.com.
- ^ http://ssh.com/index.php/products/tectia-pci-point-to-point-encryption.html
Further reading[edit]
- RFC 697 – CWD Command of FTP. July 1975.
- RFC 959 – (Standard) File Transfer Protocol (FTP). J. Postel, J. Reynolds. October 1985.
- RFC 1579 – (Informational) Firewall-Friendly FTP. February 1994.
- RFC 1635 – (Informational) How to Use Anonymous FTP. May 1994.
- RFC 1639 – FTP Operation Over Big Address Records (FOOBAR). June 1994.
- RFC 1738 – Uniform Resource Locators (URL). December 1994.
- RFC 2228 – (Proposed Standard) FTP Security Extensions. October 1997.
- RFC 2389 – (Proposed Standard) Feature negotiation mechanism for the File Transfer Protocol. August 1998.
- RFC 2428 – (Proposed Standard) Extensions for IPv6, NAT, and Extended passive mode. September 1998.
- RFC 2577 – (Informational) FTP Security Considerations. May 1999.
- RFC 2640 – (Proposed Standard) Internationalization of the File Transfer Protocol. July 1999.
- RFC 3659 – (Proposed Standard) Extensions to FTP. P. Hethmon. March 2007.
- RFC 5797 – (Proposed Standard) FTP Command and Extension Registry. March 2010.
External links[edit]
|Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Communication Networks/File Transfer Protocol
- FTP Reviewed – A review of the protocol, notably from a security standpoint, at pintday.org
- Related whitepapers at sdsusa.com
- Raw FTP command list at nsftools.com
- FTP Sequence Diagram (in PDF format) at eventhelix.com
- FTP Server Connectivity Test at infobyip.com
- IANA FTP Commands and Extensions registry – The official registry of FTP Commands and Extensions
- Connecting to an FTP server
- Connecting to a Japan FTP server


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One statistic that many people (including Apple) would like to see is just how many people are hacking into their iPhones or iPod touches. Apple previously estimated that one-sixth of iPhones sold were being unlocked, with the number of jailbroken phones presumably being larger. That was just an estimate, though. Thanks to the new WiFi jailbreak site AppSnapp, we're now getting a rough idea of just how popular jailbreaking actually is. Specifically, one of the developers of AppSnapp has told iPhone Atlas that the jailbreak script on the site has been used 144,000 times since it was launched on Sunday.
Developer "drudge" estimates that out of those 144,000 uses, around 100,000 devices have been jailbroken. That's a fairly impressive number, considering that it only accounts for three days' worth of jailbreaks. The AppSnapp method (which jailbreaks and installs third-party applications on an iPhone or iPod touch over WiFi) is significantly easier-to-use than even the relatively simple methods we've seen in the past, which may have enticed more users into tinkering with their devices.
While 100,000 is a big number to post in three days, it's still a fairy small percentage of even the number of iPhones sold, however. It's a great indicator of how these simple-to-use methods entice people into modifying their iPhones, but watching the numbers over time will probably be more instructive. In particular, taking a look at the statistics after the next major release or during the holiday season should tell us even more about how many people are using jailbreaks.

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BY DAVID SMILEY, email@example.com
Old drunken driving arrests.
Potshots at a ``slumlord boyfriend.''
Allegations of fraud and hypocrisy.
In the days leading up to Tuesday's elections, Miami Beach voters have faced an avalanche of attack ads worthy of a supermarket tabloid -- with garish fliers depicting candidates as shadowy villains and B-movie monsters.
Candidate Michael Góngora (right) describes the ads as ``Hialeah-style politics'' coming to Miami Beach.
But Hialeah's elections have been relatively subdued. So have races in the city of Miami, where politics have never been for the mild-mannered or faint of heart.
In a county known for its bruising election battles, where four mayoral seats are up for grabs Tuesday, it is the race for one commission seat on the Million Dollar Sandbar that has stirred up the most acrimony.
Góngora, Alex Fernandez and Gabrielle Redfern are running to replace outgoing Miami Beach Commissioner Victor Diaz Jr. -- but the three-way race has largely boiled down to a fight between Góngora and Fernandez.
Redfern (right) said the nastiness has made her look good by comparison.
``We love the Halloween one,'' she said, referring to an ad showing Góngora towering over the city like Godzilla as screaming citizens run from his grinning image.
``My 5-year-old wants to put that up on our door, she was so scared by it.''
Redfern, a 47-year-old condo property manager who has spent much of the campaign season tending to a daughter recently hospitalized with Crohn's disease, has raised less than $10,000. Fernandez has a war chest of $122,000 and Góngora $98,000.
Góngora is a 39-year-old attorney who in 2006 was elected to a one-year stint on the commission. Fernandez is a 23-year-old political newcomer who briefly served as an aide to Miami Beach Mayor Mattie Herrera Bower.
The race has garnered attention not only for its vitriol, but for being something of a political benchmark: Both Fernandez and Góngora are gay, and their contest is the first time two openly gay candidates have faced off in the city, say activists.
``This is a first in the city of Miami Beach,'' said Herb Sosa, president of the Unity Coalition, a gay-rights organization, which has endorsed Góngora and Group 2 candidate Sherry Roberts, who is a lesbian. ``Even beyond that, without a doubt, it's the largest number of gay candidates period'' in the county's history.
But not everyone sees the match-up as a watershed moment.
``I've not heard that at all,'' said Ray Breslin, a Miami Beach activist who is also gay, noting the Beach is a progressive community.
Instead, most of the political buzz has been about the mushrooming number of mailers and TV commercials.
Góngora and a third-party group have insinuated Fernandez's campaign has been funded by his partner of more than three years, Robert J. Wolfarth, the son of a local developer. One ad from a group called Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility calls Wolfarth a ``slumlord boyfriend.''
Fernandez (right) has said his $104,000 personal loan to his warchest came from his own bank account, bolstered from a now-defunct business that marketed the real-estate holdings of a development company of which the senior Wolfarth is a partner.
He has taken to carrying around his bank statements to neighborhood forums and endorsement meetings.
Fernandez said the allegation has only been made because he is gay.
``I know that if I were with a woman, it would have been very unlikely that, in that case, my spouse would have been attacked,'' he said.
Góngora said the issue has nothing to do with Fernandez's sexuality.
The human rights group SAVE Dade declined to make an endorsement in the Group 3 contest, but took a close look at the race.
``We were making sure there were no homophobic overtones to any of the literature and we decided there wasn't,'' said C.J. Ortuño, director of SAVE Dade.
Góngora and Fernandez have both denounced the negative campaigning.
Góngora lost a reelection bid in 2007 by 33 votes, fending off the same criticisms behing rehashed this year.
He was arrested twice for driving under the influence during the mid-1990s, although one of those charges was eventually downgraded. The resisting arrest charge was dismissed.
One ad that includes an old Góngora mugshot notes he voted against a measure that banned his law firm, Becker & Poliakoff, from lobbying the city while he sat on the dais. His firm appealed the city's decision in circuit court, though the ad said he ``sued the city.''
``I made some perhaps bad votes in the past but they didn't come from a bad place,'' Góngora said at a Collins Park forum. ``I'm not a lobbyist.''
And in a series of mailers attacking his driving record, Góngora has been pictured driving increasingly posh wheels: first a clunker, then a sports car, and finally a NASCAR-style race car.
Góngora brushes off the driving transgressions as mistakes made 15 years ago.
Fernandez in turn has had to defend his own driving record.
He was cited with driving without insurance and a speeding citation for doing 83 in a 55-mph zone last year.
A Góngora ad shows Fernandez with the word ``Hypocrite'' pasted over his mouth.
Góngora's campaign has also made hay of other details found in Fernandez's personnel file covering his three-month stint as a Bower aide, including contract and indebtedness lawsuits that turned up in a city background search.
However, on Friday, Human Resources Director Ramiro Inguanzo sent Fernandez a letter that states the lawsuits found in the background check were for other people also sharing his given name, Alejandro J. Fernandez -- including a divorce proceeding that would have been filed when the candidate was a teenager.
Former Mayor Neisen Kasdin said Friday that the third-party groups have helped fuel the nastiness -- but said the Beach has seen its own share of vicious campaigning over the years.
``In many respects,'' he said, ``this is par for the course in Miami Beach politics.''


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Whilst holidaying on the beautiful island of Crete and just a few days into our break, I noticed that as the sun set in the evenings my skin was under attack. The local people pointed out to me that I must be attracting mosquitoes in their hundreds as I had very red bites which within a couple of days had swollen to huge welts on my skin. These bites itched like the devil and drove me to distraction.
Blood Types
My blood type is A+ and my companion's is O+ and I wondered if this had any bearing on why I was being eaten alive and he was remaining untouched. He hadn't one bite on his body. In our hotel room we used lit coils to distract and repel the mosquitoes but this didn't stop them when it came to me. I had a net around the bed and was covered in a tropical repellent from head to toe all to no avail.
We visited the local pharmacy and the chemist gave me anti-histamine to reduce the swelling and an antibiotic to combat any impending infection as a result of these bites. I looked like someone from a leper colony and this had a knock-on effect on my choice of attire. I couldn't wear my little cotton dresses or shorts and had to wear a sarong around my waist if I had my bathing suit or bikini on. Believe me when I tell you how unsightly my legs looked. I was scared to look at them myself for half the time.
Feeling dreadful four days into the holiday and not too happy to boot. My partner booked me into the local beauty spa for a massage. He recommended that I try to relax and make the most of our holiday, after all these were only mosquito bites.
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Apparently I wasn't the only tourist that year that'd been under attack some poor people had to visit the local Red Cross for treatment.
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Aphrodite recommended Argan Oil for skin and I wanted to know more as I'd never heard of it. Produced in Morocco this cold pressed oil is 100% pure and contains many anti-oxidants but no chemicals. Aphrodite found that the purest and best was actually exported via Scotland as the mosquitoes cousin the 'Scottish Midge' also has a lethal bite which causes redness, itchiness and soreness. Pure Argan oil alleviates the symptoms of the bite as it contains wonderful anti-inflammatory qualities. I know what I'll be using to soothe my skin in future.
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Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
My ego is unshaken, and I will publicly admit to you, and you, and you, that until very recently I didn't know who artist Ai Weiwei is.
Was it his cover version of "Gangnam Style" that shoved him within range of my radar? Maybe, maybe not, since I'm only now watching it for the first time after more than a year of being aware of it. It's pretty funny watching the stoic Ai prance around. If I had seen it before, that would have stuck with me, certainly.
Anyhow, the man's name entered popular culture and it was up to me to catch up with the reasons why, which I recently did by watching Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (Amazon, iTunes), a documentary film by Alison Klayman that follows him during some pivotal moments in his career, almost all of them having only partly to do with art.
In regard to Ai, art and protest are practically indistinguishable, and the creation of one is often also the actions of another. The film picks up with Ai's challenge of the Chinese government in direct response to the deaths of thousands of students in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Ai works to uncover the actual death toll, and the identities of the victims, even as the government attempts to disrupt his effort and keep the information a state secret.
At the same time, Ai is preparing for a huge exhibition at the Tate Modern in London, but even with a comprehensive biographical spin that well-covers his artwork, it is not that side of the man that comes off as compelling. It's not what an ordinary citizen is going to take away, at least.
What stands upfront is Ai's uncompromising chutzpah in the face of a dictatorship. He is calm and defiant, and seems to have no fear in situations where you believe he should.
Ai's philosophy is simple. He believes in transparency and he believes in freedom, and he believes in both of these especially in regard to his native country. Some may see his art as his actual artwork, but Klayman makes a strong case — without ever arguing the point directly — that his art is the constant struggle between him and the government through direct means, as well as a variety of technological ones, notably including constant Twittering and a popular blog. It is through these that he connects with people who are willing to take part in his actions with him, whether it's an almost flash-mob style gathering for dinner or a massive on-site party to celebrate the destruction of an arts center, as opposed to a typical protest.
Some may connect with what is more traditionally viewed as contemporary art, but his actions blur the line between performance and reality to such a degree that the line isn't blurred at all — there is no important difference between performance and reality, and both can be viewed as threatening to an equal degree. All else is academic.
Klayman's film follows Ai through the bravado of his actions to the darker results of them, thanks to a reactionary government that truly finds him to be a threat. This trajectory might threaten to elevate the activist higher than the cause, but it's a warts-and-all portrayal that reveals he is just the perfect catalyst to something that is far bigger than him. This is the way revolutions work, and Ai fits that model effortlessly.


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Blue Jays' bats come alive late to down Orioles
TORONTO -- Brett Lawrie and Edwin Encarnacion picked a good time to start potentially breaking out of their prolonged slumps at the plate.
Both players are expected to play pivotal roles in the Blue Jays lineup this season, but they have gotten off to slow starts. Toronto's strength on offense was supposed to be the overall depth of its lineup one through nine, but to date the club has mostly relied on Melky Cabrera and Jose Bautista.View Full Game Coverage
TORONTO -- Brett Lawrie and Edwin Encarnacion picked a good time to start potentially breaking out of their prolonged slumps at the plate.
Both players are expected to play pivotal roles in the Blue Jays lineup this season, but they have gotten off to slow starts. Toronto's strength on offense was supposed to be the overall depth of its lineup one through nine, but to date the club has mostly relied on Melky Cabrera and Jose Bautista.View Full Game Coverage
That changed on Tuesday night as Lawrie and Encarnacion each had three-run homers while Cabrera continued rolling along with one of his own in a 9-3 victory over the Orioles at Rogers Centre.
"That's where home runs come in handy, home runs do win and we had the three big ones," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "It was good seeing Edwin get his first one of the year. They were shutting us down, [Miguel] Gonzalez was doing a heck of a job pitching. ... Then of course, Brett to put us up and Melky to ice it, to give us a little breathing room. But we can hit, it's a good hitter's ballpark."
Toronto entered the day tied for 18th in the Major Leagues with 78 runs scored. In a sign of just how congested a lot of teams are across baseball, the nine runs scored allowed the Blue Jays to jump all the way to eighth in that category.
The overall numbers are fine, but there is still room for a lot of improvement. The Blue Jays have been getting very little production at the bottom of their order, and it wasn't until Tuesday night that there were signs of life from Encarnacion, who has been one of the best hitters in the American League over the past two seasons.
If Encarnacion and Lawrie start heating up, combined with the return of a healthy Jose Reyes and the continued production of Bautista and Cabrera, this has a chance to become a very dangerous lineup that could cause a lot of damage in the AL East.
"One though nine, that's the thing," said Lawrie, who leads the team with 15 RBIs despite hitting just .135. "We've lengthened our lineup to where we're not stacked toward the top. We are stacked toward the top, but I mean ... one through nine can get you. It depends on who's hot and who's not at the time. Just whenever you get the right guy in the right situation, keep swinging and keep positive."
For quite a while on Tuesday night, it didn't appear as though the Blue Jays were going to need very many runs to win. R.A. Dickey was cruising along and faced just two batters over the minimum with four strikeouts through five innings, but his outing began to fall apart in the sixth.
Dickey's problems began when a high popup wasn't caught by either Cabrera or Reyes and dropped for a double. Dickey then walked the next batter he faced before serving up a deep home run to Nelson Cruz. It was the fourth of the season for Cruz and marked the third homer surrendered by Dickey this season.
Encarnacion evened the score in the bottom half of the inning with a three-run shot of his own off Gonzalez. Encarnacion started the 2013 season in familiar fashion by hitting just .200 with a .592 OPS as of April 22, but then quickly turned things around at the plate and looks to be doing something similar this year.
Dickey came back out for the seventh, but allowed a leadoff single and then an opposite-field double to Nick Markakis. That put runners on second and third with nobody out, but Neil Wagner induced a weak groundball before Brett Cecil entered and eventually struck out Adam Jones and Steve Clevenger to end the inning without any runs crossing the plate.
"There's a consistent pattern that's emerging where I feel like I'm an All-Star for the first four or five innings of a ball game, then I get to pitches 75 to 100 and it's like I'm a different human being out there," said Dickey, who was charged with the three runs on six hits and three walks over six-plus innings.
"I'm trying to figure out what that's about physically, but there are a lot of positives. I felt since the Yankee game I've been really close to being consistent, but I haven't been able to put a full game together yet."
Thankfully for Toronto, Lawrie went on to give his club a 6-3 lead in the eighth with a three-run shot to straightaway center field. That snapped an 0-for-10 skid at the plate. Even though Lawrie has only 10 hits this season, four of them have left the park.
Cabrera then put the game out of reach with another three-run homer in the inning. Cabrera already has two more home runs than he did all of last season and now leads the Major Leagues with 31 hits. It was the fifth time in the past eight games that the Blue Jays have scored at least five runs, and after a slow start to the season things seem to be turning around offensively.
"It's going to be great, it's going to be fun to watch," Encarnacion said of his team's offense. "We have a very talented team and we know we can hit, so when we start hitting it's going to be great to watch this team play."
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB.


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Interview date: 02/06/2008
Run date: 02/27/2008
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Deep in the bowels of the Columbus Schottenstein Center, hours before the latest stop of the Funny or Die tour, Will Ferrell has willingly subjected himself to assorted local and online press in order to promote his latest movie, "Semi-Pro." After doing about two dozen on-camera interviews for local TV affiliates (give or take a dozen), Ferrell did a brief roundtable discussion that covered the complexities of improvising in a sports movie. But first, he offered the press some cubed cheese he found on his way into the conference room. Will Ferrell is a giver; don't let anyone tell you differently.
Reporter: You have done basketball. What's next? What other sports do you want to go after?
Will Ferrell: I would love to do a deep sea diving movie…in space. What else? I would love to do a billiards film and a jockey; I'm a really tall jockey. Those are the three that I'm working on.
Reporter: Would you want to do a…you're very proud of your body.
WF: And I should be, yes.
Reporter: How do you keep in shape?
WF: Well, it's all about the cubed cheese. I eat probably three party packs of cheese a day just to create a base and then from there, anything is possible.
Bullz-Eye: Now, there's no nudity in this movie. Have you gotten modest on us?
WF: What do you mean? Oh, in this one?
BE: Yes.
WF: Well, I think the shorts are pretty good, so you know, I think that's still a big win in the body department.
Reporter: You're a marathon runner. Do you ever think that you're going to wake up fit one day and you're going to have to just rely on your hair for the physical part of the comedy?
WF: Well I haven't run a marathon in four years, so I'm not really…I'm retired for that reason; I got scared.
Reporter: What was it like to see yourself as you might have looked in the 1970s?
WF: You know I…well, it was great to get to grow my hair out like that, because you rarely get an opportunity to do something like that. That's why I love the '70s; it's that people thought the fashion was good. They thought that they were looking stylish and they really weren't, so that's obviously a big part of the film, the wardrobe and the look, and the crazy thing is it's not exaggerated at all. I was watching a press conference with Rick Barry and he literally had a neckerchief that fell off his shoulder, and that's where I got the idea to always have a scarf tied around my neck. Fashion, especially in the ABA, a lot of the players were ridiculous, so it was fun to kind of bring that to life.
Reporter: Did you consult with any former ABA players, especially Rick Barry with the underhanded free throw?
WF: You know Kent (Alterman), our director, consulted with…there is some guy who runs a website that's, like, everything about the ABA and I think that's where we got a lot of our logos and material. NBA owns all that stuff too so we worked with them, and I think Andre (Benjamin) had a conversation with Dr. J., and then at the front of the movie we have Artis Gilmore, George Gervin and James Silas, so those guys all came back and were blown away as to how authentic and crappy everything was. So that was cool to watch those guys walk into our arena that we had made and have them go, "I feel like I'm stepping back in time here."
Reporter: For you in particular, how did you try to approach building the character Jackie Moon?
WF: You know, a lot of it was already in the script. I've known (screenwriter) Scot Armstrong since "Old School," and he was telling me he was working on this crazy 70's basketball movie and the foundation was there, and I kind of built upon that, basically.
Reporter: Would you characterize Jackie Moon as a jive turkey?
WF: Oooh…those are strong words, but I would have to agree with you, he is very much a jive turkey. Yeah, yeah, capital J, capital T. Yes.
Reporter: How much do you actually ad-lib in your movies as opposed to sticking to the script directly?
WF: Twenty percent. I've done 23, 25 in the past and it was too much and 17 is not enough.
Reporter: How much different is it working on any of the sports movies as opposed to something like "Stranger Than Fiction" or "Winter Passing," where I'm going to guess there is less than 22 percent ad-libbing?
WF: Yeah they are totally different universes and I think, especially if you throw in the sports element of it…which, even though it's a comedy, we were still having to run these choreographed plays and all these different camera angles and everything so that adds another level of complexity that actually cut down on maybe some of the improv that you would normally do. We only had so much time in the day and 10 guys on the court and a crowd of 2,000 people and you had to be just really organized. When you have those types of films it cuts down on when you can kind of throw stuff out. That's what's so fun about working in comedy, especially the ones I write with Adam McKay. We scare other actors who come onto the set because we will literally do the written scene twice and then say, "Okay, let's just start playing around." People are like, "Uh, do we have to?" And we're like, "Yeah, it doesn't matter, just make it up and if it works it works and if it doesn't we'll never use it." So yeah, they're pretty different.
Reporter: What was it like working with Woody Harrelson and André Benjamin on this? How was that whole interplay?
WF: It was great. We had a two-week…a two-or-three-week training camp before the start of the film, which Woody was still working (on another project) but he came for the second half. Andre threw himself…he was already wearing the short shorts at practice. It's great we all kind of come from three different worlds, in a way. Andre's just getting to be an actor now and obviously comes from music; Woody, he came from comedy but he's also a fantastic dramatic actor, and the I'm kind of in-between all of that, so it was really fun to just kind of meet and kind of put all of our heads together about this.
Reporter: Do you come to the set "on" when you have to do your really sort of crazy scenes, or do you have to just turn it on when you're there?
WF: No, I'm usually in the same mode of just having fun on the set, you know. I don't even know if I think about it. If it's something where I have to scream because I'm being attacked by a bear, I'm not walking around going "Ahhh" all day long. I just do it when they say "action." I just kind of snap into it, I guess is the answer there.
Reporter: Did you work with a stunt bear for most of that?
WF: I actually…here's the weird thing. I actually lived with a bear in Montana for about six months, and then we developed a relationship where we never used that bear so then it was a brand new bear and we didn't feel comfortable with each other, so I wasn't actually working with a live bear.
BE: How about the roller skating?
WF: Roller skating…the shot where I'm at the top of the ramp, that's me.
BE: And that's where it ends?
WF: Yes, and then he's getting up, that's me, too.
Reporter: Everyone looks like they had dribbled a basketball before in this movie. Was that a prerequisite in the casting? They looked pretty good.
WF: Yeah, it was. I played a lot of pick-up and played in high school, and Woody obviously still plays, and when we auditioned Andre, we literally stepped out into the parking lot and just dribbled around a little bit, just to see if he looked like he could do it. They had a pretty intense trial period in L.A. to find all the players for the other teams. It was kind of amazing, you would be acting next to a guy who played at Loyola Marymount. Everyone either played in college or is currently playing overseas; it was kind of wild. It always tripped me up because they were playing at, like, quarter speed, so you get lulled into false confidence that I can kind of hang with the guys and a couple of takes we were like, "Let's open it up," and they just run right by you; dunk on you and you're like, "Okay, I'm not that good."
Reporter: Did you ever get Andy Richter to try out with the basketball?
WF: No, we knew never to ask Andy to dribble a ball.
Reporter: But what about the 'fros…I mean, yours was yours.
WF: Yes.
Reporter: And Andre's…was that his?
WF: That was not his. That was not his.
Reporter: So you were the only authentic 'fro.
WF: I'm the only authentic 'fro.
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2016: Actor Philip "Fyuvsh" Finkel, best known for his roles on "Picket Fences" and "Boston Public," dies of heart attack at age 93 in New York City. [ + - ]
2015: The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba–United States relations were broken off. [ + - ]
2013: Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former President Mohamed Morsi, who had been removed from office by the military after mass street protests against him. [ + - ]
2012: Actor Ron Palillo, best known for playing Arnold Horshack on the sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," dies of a heart attack at age 63 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. [ + - ]
2009: Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a Charles Manson follower who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, is released from a Texas prison hospital after more than three decades behind bars. [ + - ]
2006: Actor Bruno Kirby, best known for movies like "When Harry Met Sally...," "City Slickers," "Good Morning, Vietnam," "The Godfather Part II," "The Freshman" and "Donnie Brasco," dies from complications related to leukemia at age 57 in Los Angeles. [ + - ]
1999: Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Harold "Pee Wee" Reese, a 10-time All Star who contributed to seven National League championships and one World Series title with the Brooklyn Dodgers, dies of prostate and lung cancer at age 81 in Louisville, Kentucky. Reese was also well known for his support of teammate Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball's color barrier with the Dodgers in 1947. [ + - ]
1997: U.S. District Court Judge Richard Matsch formally imposes a death sentence on an unrepentant Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing. A federal jury had found him guilty of conspiracy to commit the attack and for the deaths of eight federal law agents and sentenced him to death in June 1997. He would be executed by lethal injection on June 11, 2001, at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. [ + - ]
1994: Political terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal," is captured. He was charged with the 1975 murders of two Paris policemen and of his Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine contact and eventually found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. While in prison he would be further convicted of attacks in France that killed 11 and injured 150 people and was sentenced to an additional life term. He's seen here in 1970s files from the KGB. [ + - ]
1988: Race car driver and entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team and subsequently of the Ferrari sports car manufacturer, dies at age 90 in Maranello, Italy. [ + - ]
1987: Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Tim Tebow is born in Makati, Philippines. Tebow won the Heisman while playing for the Florida Gators in 2007 and also led the school to national titles during the 2006 and 2008 seasons. He played two seasons for the Denver Broncos and one for the New York Jets. [ + - ]
1983: Actress Mila Kunis, who first found fame on the sitcom "That '70s Show" before starring in movies like "The Black Swan," "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," "Ted" and "Oz the Great and Powerful," is born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. [ + - ]
1971: Rod Stewart's solo debut single "Maggie May" hits the charts. The song was originally the B-side to "Reason to Believe," but DJs became fonder of the B-side and, after two weeks on the charts, the song was reclassified, with "Maggie May" becoming the A-side. [ + - ]
1968: Actress Catherine Bell, best known for her roles in the TV series "JAG" and "Army Wives," is born in London, England. [ + - ]
1966: Actress Halle Berry, known for movies such as "Jungle Fever," "Boomarang," "Monster's Ball," "X-Men" and "Catwoman," is born in Cleveland, Ohio. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in 2001's "Monster's Ball," becoming the first black actress to win the award. [ + - ]
1961: Actress Susan Olsen, best known for playing Cindy Brady on the sitcom "The Brady Bunch," is born in Santa Monica, California. [ + - ]
1959: The American Football League conducts its first official meeting in Chicago and charter memberships are given to Dallas, New York, Houston, Denver, Los Angeles and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (although the Minnesota ownership group never fielded an AFL team, instead choosing an offer to join the NFL in 1961). The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence, until the two leagues merged in 1969. [ + - ]
1959: Actress Marcia Gay Harden, an Academy Award-winner for the 2000 movie "Pollock," is born in La Jolla, California. Harden also earned an Oscar nomination for "Mystic River" and is also known for her roles in the movies "Miller's Crossing," "The First Wives Club," "Space Cowboys," "Into the Wild" and "The Mist," and on the TV series "Damages" and "The Newsroom." [ + - ]
1959: Hall of Fame point guard Earvin "Magic" Johnson is born in Lansing, Michigan. Johnson played his entire NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers, winning five NBA titles and earning three NBA Finals MVP awards. Johnson retired abruptly in 1991 after announcing that he had contracted HIV, but returned to play in the 1992 All-Star Game, winning the All-Star MVP Award. He retired for another four years before returning to play 32 games for the Lakers in 1996, but retired for a third and final time. Johnson, who also won an NCAA title with Michigan State in 1979 and was a member of the Olympic gold medal-winning "Dream Team" in 1992, is also a successful businessman, running Magic Johnson Enterprises, and is part owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers. [ + - ]
1953: The Wiffle ball is invented by David N. Mullany at his home in Fairfield, Connecticut, when he designs a ball that curves easily for his 12-year-old son. [ + - ]
1953: Composer James Horner, known for scoring films like "Titanic," "Braveheart," "Apollo 13," "Field of Dreams" and "Avatar," is born in Los Angeles, California. Horner won Academy Awards and Golden Globes for the score to "Titanic" and for the song "My Heart Will Go On." His score for "Titanic" remains the best selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time. He's also won five Grammys, three for "My Heart Will Go On" and two for "Somewhere Out There" from the animated movie "An American Tail." Horner died at the age of 61 when his single-engine Tucano aircraft crashed in the Los Padres National Forest on June 22, 2015. [ + - ]
1951: American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst dies at the age of 88 in Beverly Hills, California. [ + - ]
1947: Romance novelist Danielle Steel is born in New York City. [ + - ]
1945: Actor and comedian Steve Martin, best known for movies such as "The Jerk," "All of Me," "Planes, Trains and Automobiles," "Father of the Bride" and "Parenthood," is born in Waco, Texas. [ + - ]
1941: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter, which defined the Allied goals for World War II. The stated ideal goals included: no territorial aggrandizement; no territorial changes made against the wishes of the people; restoration of self-government to those deprived of it; free access to raw materials; reduction of trade restrictions; global cooperation to secure better economic and social conditions for all; freedom from fear and want; freedom of the seas; and abandonment of the use of force, as well as disarmament of aggressor nations. [ + - ]
1941: Singer-songwriter David Crosby, a founding member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, is born in Los Angeles. [ + - ]
1936: The first Olympic basketball gold medal game is held at the Summer Games in Berlin, Germany. The U.S. defeated Canada, 19-8, in game played outdoors on a dirt court in a driving rain. Due to the quagmire, the teams could not dribble and scoring was held to a minimum. The medals, which included a bronze for Mexico for defeating Poland 26-12, were awarded by James Naismith, the founder of basketball. [ + - ]
1936: Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky, in the last public execution in the United States. Bethea, who was a black man, confessed to the rape and murder of a 70-year-old white woman named Lischia Edwards. Mistakes in performing the hanging and the surrounding media circus contributed to the end of public executions in the United States. [ + - ]
1935: The United States Social Security Act is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, creating a government pension system for the retired. [ + - ]
1893: France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration with the passage of the Paris Police Ordinance, which stated: "Each motor vehicle shall bear on a metal plate and in legible writing the name and address of its owner, also the distinctive number used in the application for authorization. This plate shall be placed at the left-hand side of the vehicle -- it shall never be hidden." [ + - ]
1891: Sarah Childress Polk, who served as first lady of the United States from 1845 to 1849 as the wife of President James K. Polk, dies at age 87 in Nashville, Tennessee. [ + - ]
1851: John Henry "Doc" Holliday, the gambler, gunfighter and dentist who played a part in the Earp family's shootout at the O.K. Coral in Tombstone, Arizona, is born in Griffin, Georgia. [ + - ]
1848: The Oregon Territory is organized by act of the United States Congress with Oregon City as its capital. The territory encompasses all of the present-day states of Idaho, Oregon and Washington, as well as those parts of present day Montana and Wyoming west of the Continental Divide. [ + - ]
The license plate and Social Security are born, basketball makes a muddy Olympic debut, a classic backyard kids toy is invented, and the Oklahoma City bomber is sentenced to death, all on this day.


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The Dublin Singers were honored to participate in the President's Cup Plaza dedication ceremony in Old Dublin on Thursday, September 12. We sang the National Anthem. If you watch the video on the plaza dedication page, we appear at the 1:37 mark, but only for two seconds, so watch carefully!
Thanks to Thomas Matthews (Jennifer's 8-year-old son) for these pictures:


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The public is invited to view the three finalist proposals for UC Davis' new art museum that is envisioned as an inspiring teaching and cultural resource for the region.
After an intense, four-month competition, the architect-contractor teams will show their drawings and three-dimensional scale models for the planned Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, at the UC Davis Conference Center. The drawings and architectural models will also be on display from Thursday, April 4, through Sunday, May 19, at theNelson Gallery.
The winning design will be announced in mid-May, following a series of community forums to receive input about the museum from students, faculty, staff and the community. Construction is anticipated to begin next year.
The museum will include the Fine Arts Collection at UC Davis, which contains more than 5,000 works from antiquities to contemporary art. The building will be built on a 1.6-acre site near the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, the UC Davis Conference Center and Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. Hall. It will serve as the capstone of a planned "arts district" at the university's new front door alongside Interstate 80.
The new museum taps into UC Davis' innovative artistic tradition dating back to the 1960s. Today the university boasts a nationally recognized Department of Art and Art History. It also has a program in Cinema and Technocultural Studies.
Renderings from the three architectural finalists show what the new museum could look like. From left: Henning Larsen Architects' "The Leaf," SO – IL's "Grand Canopy" and WORKac's "The Slant"; also, photos in slideshow by Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis


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First, let's talk about the gorgeous packaging. I couldn't throw it away!
The outside is pretty and so's the inside:
It's just so, so, so, so, SO pretty. And I'm not talking about the box anymore. The application was smooth and the formula was opaque enough. Here it is with two coats:
Here is is in a slightly shady version:
You know, I'm not usually a fan of MAC polishes. Their base collection is rather drab...I mean Nightfall and Biker Blue are okay but you can easily find dupes for them. Their limited edition collections though are torturous because they're usually the best colors.
Anyway I apologize for leading you to believe I'm incredibly lazy. I mean, I am lazy but I'm just glad that I had pictures on my computer to share


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Destination weddings have become incredibly popular over the years, and for many newly engaged couples, the interest in getting married in the Caribbean is increasing every day!
After talking with many of my clients that have visited our travel agency to inquire about a destination wedding, they seemed to all agree that getting married on a Caribbean Island or even on a Caribbean Cruise is something they have always desired. The exotic locale, convenience, value, and stress free environment it fashioned were some of the many reasons couples find this option very appealing.
Before I talk more on the Caribbean, allow me to first talk a little bit about who I am, and the reason why I view the Caribbean as a popular wedding destination choice.
Back in July of 2000 I attended Travel College, and this is where I met this beautiful Italian girl in my class named Maria. It was clear that the both of us were on the same path of becoming professionals in the travel industry, and at the time we never knew what we were about to experience. Once we graduated, Maria and I were immediately employed by different travel agencies that soon opened up a world of opportunities for us, one being the awareness of how popular destination weddings were actually becoming at the time.
Now at this point you may be asking yourself; "What does this all have to do with having a Caribbean Wedding?" The answer will be clear once I explain!
You see Maria and I since we graduated College stayed in touch, and soon we fell in love! In March of 2004 we decided to get married, and being that we both were working in travel, and the fact that we were sending many of our clients to all these spectacular destinations for their weddings, plus getting all this positive feedback on how memorable their weddings were, it was a clear cut decision for the both of us on what we wanted to do next.
Taking the non-traditional route like many of our clients, we both agreed on having our ceremony somewhere outside our country, and our first choice was, of course, the Caribbean! Why not, with all the great experiences we have established for our clients, this was a destination we both dreamed of going. We looked at getting married in Jamaica, but after a long discussion, we eventually chose the exotic location of Varadero, Cuba, and it had a lot to do with the both of us visiting Cuba several times before! Cuba had everything we needed, and was the most affordable for the many guests that joined us.
Hands-On Destination Wedding Experience Helps When You're Looking To Plan A Wedding At Destination!
You see, not only helping arrange destination weddings for our clients, but also having the opportunity to experience our very own, our hands-on experiences are what truly allows us to help our clients visualize what they should expect and experience.
Let's Go Back And Talk About Why Destination Weddings Are So Appealing!
There's no question that experiencing a ceremony on an exotic island destination is truly unique from the traditional wedding ceremonies, and if you're planning to get married during the winter months where it may be much colder, having the opportunity to exchange vows in a warm sunset on a powdery soft white sandy beach with the angelic sounds of the crystal clear Caribbean waters echoing in the background is an experience that will create special memories for a lifetime!
However, it's so much more than that! Destination weddings also offer convenience and true value, and most of all destination weddings provide a completely stress free experience. I have to admit our decision to have a wedding on a Caribbean island had a lot to do with us attending several family and friends' weddings over the years. One consistent issue that would come up was that with all the guests that were invited, a good number of them really didn't want to be attending that wedding. Unfortunately when you have approximately 300 plus people at your wedding, it's impossible to spend quality time with all the guests, especially the ones that are very close to you.
Not having the opportunity to have more quality time with family and friends is a very important feature for many engaged couples that have decided to now have a destination ceremony! Many of our clients quickly realized the true luxury of spending quality time with the ones that were closest to them, and a destination wedding easily provided them that unique opportunity.
If a dream destination wedding, renewal of your vows or a special honeymoon is something you have been considering, don't hesitate to reach us to explain more about the benefits of a destination wedding, and what is required if you happen to decide to get married in the Caribbean.


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John Sweeney was born in Tipperary (don't know which parish/town)in about 1842 to Edward Sweeney and Margaret Brennan. He emigrated to New South Wales and married Maria Crowley in Mudgee then had 3 sons - Edward, John Patrick and Jeremiah. John Sweeney was acidentally killed by a dray in 1972 at the age of 30. I have no way of tracing his Irish ancestry without a parish or town and no knowledge of his siblings, so hope someone can help. Thanks.
Looking for William Henry CHESTER who was supposed to have been born in Ramsgate, Kent UK about 1854/1855. He married Annie Louisa Campbell in Sydney, New South Wales in 1884 and moved to Southern Cross, Western Australia in the 1890s.
They had 10 children. He died in 1920. On his marriage certificate, William's parents were Thomas Chester and Sarah Fontains/Fontaine? I can't find a marriage for them in the UK and can't find a William Henry with parents Thomas and Sarah of the right age/location. Also can't find him in the shipping indexes to New South Wales, although there is one who went from New Zealand to Victoria with appropriate age and date. No one knows or can remember whether he had siblings and those who would have known have died. His past is a real mystery in my family. I hope someone can help.
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New Jersey
By Becky Brown
In the United States the right to vote could be determined by an individual state if the federal goverment did not address the issue. When the New Jersey Constitution was first adopted in 1776 the document defined a voter as a propertied adult resident of the state.
1880 representation of the 18th-century New Jersey
"Petticoat Electorate" in Harper's Weekly
How many women, blacks and non-citizens took advantage of this freedom at the polls is not recorded but by 1802 the Trenton True American described the percentage of woman voters as "alarming." In 1807 politicians using the excuse of voter fraud prevention narrowed the franchise to free, white males over 21 years of age.
Campaigning for a renewed franchise
on the Jersey Shore in 1915
By the early 20th century suffragists reached a consensus that a national law, a Constitutional Amendment, was necessary to ensure that states could not give and take voting rights on political whims. New Jersey was the 29th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, the Woman's Suffrage Amendment, in 1920.
The 19th Amendment: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."
Alice Paul of Moorestown, New Jersey became a leading suffragist, effectively using newspaper publicity to win the fight for the 19th Amendment. After each state ratified the Amendment she invited reporters to watch her stitch another star on her Suffrage Flag. The law required ratification by 35 states. Here she totes up 22 in late 1919.
New Jersey by
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New Jersey by
Dustin Cecil
In the early 20th century Hearth and Home magazine asked readers for blocks named for their home states. The nine-patch submitted for New Jersey here is adjusted for an 8" block but retains the X which can symbolize the vote New Jersey "gave" to women and then took away.
Cutting an 8" Finished Block
A - Cut 2 squares 4"
Cut each in half diagonally to make 2 triangles. You need 4 triangles.
B Cut 4 rectangles 2-1/4" x 3-1/8".
C - Cut 2 rectangles 1-1/8" x 3-5/8".
D - Cut 2 squares 3-7/8".
Cut each with 2 diagonal cuts to make 4 triangles. You need 8 triangles.
E - Cut 1 square 3".
Cut with 2 diagonal cuts to make 4 triangles. You need 4 triangles.
F - Cut 1 rectangle 1-1/8" x 7-3/8".
New Jersey
by Becky Brown
Another romanticized look at New Jersey's
female voters.
Read Irwin N. Gertzog's paper "Female Suffrage in New Jersey 1790-1807" by clicking here:
New Jersey: Pioneer in women's suffrage.


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SAN FRANCISCO, April 8 (UPI) -- Vandals in San Francisco apparently have a problem with Smart Cars -- so they're flipping them over.
At least four Smart Cars were found turned upside-down after a vandalism spree that took place early on Monday morning.
Andrew Smith was warned by a neighbor that his wife's 1,808-pound Smart Car was now parked with its roof touching the pavement. "It was pretty hard to believe," Smith told the San Jose Mercury News. "It is just an object. I have lived in San Francisco for 20 years and I am not immune to the insanity that takes place in this city."
Although the #smartcartipping hashtag drew some laughs on social media, Smart Car owners in the area don't find it funny.
"I am a retired licensed, clinical social worker," said Kathy May. "But if you turn over my sweet, little car, we will not be talking out your problems. I will go directly for vengeance."
According to San Francisco Police Officer Gordon Shyy, the suspects will face felony vandalism charges if they are caught.
Eyewitness reported seeing six to eight people flipping over one of the cars.
[San Jose Mercury News] [NBC Bay Area]


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Eagles Blank Scotland to win Tokyo Plate Final
TOKYO – The Eagles beat Scotland 17-0 to win the Tokyo Sevens plate final and secure 13 critical series points going into the final stages of the season in May.
Day one of the Tokyo tournament was a mixed bag for the Eagles, but on day two they clicked on beating Fiji in the plate semifinal, marking only the third time in history the USA has beaten the south Pacific sevens giants.
Against Scotland in the plate final, the USA put on a defensive display that fans have been itching to see all year. The Eagles stuck their tackles and kept the pressure on Scotland who ended up chasing the game, particularly in the second half. The USA was ruthless and tenacious and was rewarded in the end.
Folau Niua worked some magic in the final, setting up tries for Andrew Durutalo and Nick Edwards, further cementing his reputation as a playmaker. Colin Hawley was outstanding and was able to release Shalom Suniula down the touchline for a try as well.
Scotland couldn't get much going due to the pressure and the USA were able to manage the game and play on their terms.
"We've been working hard on our composure…We wanted to hustle for each other out there." – Zack Test
"Our commitment to protecting each other and to make our one-on-one tackles has increased and will continue to over time," Magleby said.
Zack Test stepped up in the leadership role when Matt Hawkins went down against New Zealand in the cup quarterfinal, and Test's grit inspired his team to the highest finish they've had in two seasons.
After the win, Test acknowledged that the effort the team put in was something they've been targeting.
"We've been working hard on our composure…We wanted to hustle for each other out there. We had to get out of the relegation zone…and we still have a lot of work to do before Glasgow," Test said.
The Eagles will have a short break but won't waste any time in getting back to training for the last two legs of the Series in Glasgow, Scotland (May 4-5) and London (May 11-12).
Box Score:
|USAMichael Fedo
|Shalom Suniula
|John Houston
|Zack Test
|James Johnstone
|Andrew Durutalo
|Colin Gregor
|Folau Niua
|Andrew Turnbull
|Colin Hawley
|Colin Shaw
|Mike Palefau
|Michael Maltman
|ReservesChris Dean
|Matt Hawkins (Out injured)
|Mark Robertson
|Jack Halalilo
|Darren Gillespie
|Luke Hume (10′)
|James Fleming
|Brett Thompson
|Russell Weir


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November 30, 2018
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ITG Releases February 2004 U.S. Trading Statistics
ITG Releases February 2004 U.S. Trading Statistics
For the month ended February 27, 2004, U.S. trading volumes were 468 million shares for POSIT®, 693 million shares for Client-Site Trading Products and 370 million shares for the Electronic Trading Desk. There were 19 trading days in February 2004, compared to 20 trading days in January 2004 and 19 trading days in February 2003.
Monthly volume statistics are preliminary and, accordingly, may be revised in subsequent updates and public filings. Volume statistics are posted on ITG's Web site, http://www.itginc.com, and are also available via a downloadable spreadsheet file.
ITG U.S. Trading Activity
|Total U.S. Shares
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|Client Site Trading Products
|Electronic Trading Desk
|Total U.S. Volume
|Average U.S. Daily Volume
About ITG
ITG is headquartered in New York with offices in Boston, Los Angeles, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, Sydney, Tel Aviv and Toronto. As a leading provider of technology-based equity-trading services and transaction research to institutional investors and brokers, ITG's services help clients to access liquidity, execute trades more efficiently and make better trading decisions. ITG generates superior trading results for its clients through three lines of business. POSIT®, the world's largest equity matching system, allows clients to trade confidentially. The Electronic Trading Desk is recognized as one of the leading program trading operations in the U.S. ITG's leading-edge Client Site Trading Products allow users to implement their own trading strategies by providing direct electronic access to most sources of market liquidity. For additional information, visit http://www.itginc.com.
In addition to historical information, this press release may contain "forward-looking" statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that reflect management's expectations for the future. A variety of important factors could cause results to differ materially from such statements. These factors include the company's ability to achieve expected future levels of sales; the actions of both current and potential new competitors; rapid changes in technology; financial market volatility; general economic conditions in the United States and elsewhere; evolving industry regulation; cash flows into or redemption from equity funds; effects of inflation; customer trading patterns; and new products and services. These and other risks are described in greater detail in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on the company's web site.
Howard C. Naphtali
Chief Financial Officer
(212) 444-6160
Elise Wilkinson
Investor Relations
(212) 444-6245


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Adam Scott (born April 3, 1973) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Henry Pollard in the Starz comedy series Party Down. His most notable film role is probably that of the role of Derek Huff in the 2008 film Step Brothers. He currently appears on the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation as assistant city manager, Ben Wyatt.
His role as Henry Pollard earned him a nomination for a 2009 Ewwy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series.
Scott was born in Santa Cruz, California. He has two older siblings, Shannon and David. Scott has said that his brother David "looks like him but is far more cerebral and inherited the intellect of their parents," both of whom are retired teachers. He is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, California.


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Boston, MA (April 13, 2012) — John C. Lechleiter, Ph.D., chairman, president and CEO of Eli Lilly and Company, was elected chairman of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) today at the trade association's annual meeting. Also elected were Celgene Corporation President, CEO, and Chairman Robert J. Hugin as chairman-elect of the PhRMA Board of Directors, and Ian C. Read, president and CEO of Pfizer, Inc., as board treasurer.
Dr. Lechleiter succeeds Christopher Viehbacher, CEO of Sanofi, as PhRMA's chairman.
"Chris has been indispensable to PhRMA on many fronts, providing invaluable leadership as the industry navigates the evolving policy and regulatory landscapes essential to continued innovation while always putting patients first," said PhRMA President and CEO John J. Castellani [read his statement]. "As Dr. Lechleiter assumes the chairman role, we can all feel comfort knowing that the patient-centered approaches we utilize in all our advocacy efforts will continue to be central to our mission of advancing innovation in the U.S and worldwide. It is an honor to work closely with these visionary, passionate leaders of our sector."
Dr. Lechleiter has served as chairman, president, and CEO of Lilly since 2008. He became president and chief operating officer of Lilly in 2005, when he joined the company's board of directors. His career at Lilly began in 1979 as a senior organic chemist in process research and development -- a department he later led in 1982. He was named executive vice president for pharmaceutical products and corporate development in 2001. In 2004, he became Lilly's executive vice president for pharmaceutical operations.
"I'm honored to lead PhRMA during this very important time in the history of our industry," Dr. Lechleiter said. "PhRMA member companies play an incredibly important role in the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective health care for our citizens. Continued progress against diseases like Alzheimer's disease, cancer, and diabetes requires policies that enable medical innovation to thrive. I look forward to the opportunity to advance these important conversations at an industry level."
Mr. Hugin became CEO of Celgene Corporation in June of 2010 having served as president and COO since May 2006. In June 2011, the Board of Directors elected Mr. Hugin Chairman.He was instrumental in the strategic growth of the company overseeing the expansion of Celgene from a US-based biopharmaceutical company to a global company with operations in more than 50 countries located in the Americas, Europe, Japan and the Asia-Pacific region. He joined Celgene as senior vice president and chief financial officer in June 1999 and was elected to the Board of Directors in December 2001.
"Advances in healthcare will continue to be a critical source of breakthroughs extending and improving patients' lives, reducing overall healthcare costs and driving economic growth," Mr. Hugin said. "Through PhRMA, America's biopharmaceutical companies work together with government, physicians, health care payers and patient advocates to build supportive policies for biomedical innovation, designed to deliver disease-altering treatments for patients through transformational science."
Mr. Read was named chairman and CEO of Pfizer in December 2010. He began his career with Pfizer in 1978 as an operational auditor. Mr. Read worked in Latin America through 1995, holding positions in a number of Pfizer's international operations. In 1996, he was appointed president of Pfizer's International Pharmaceuticals Group, with responsibility for Latin America and Canada. He became executive vice president, Europe in 2000, and was named a corporate vice president in 2001. In 2006, he became senior vice president, Pfizer, and group president of the Worldwide Biopharmaceutical Businesses.
"This industry works at the heart of the United States' innovative core, and it will help power the nation's continued economic resurgence," Read said. "As industry and the country grow stronger, so will the benefits for patients that need and deserve them."
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country's leading pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, which are devoted to inventing medicines that allow patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. PhRMA companies are leading the way in the search for new cures. PhRMA members alone invested an estimated $49.5 billion in 2011 in discovering and developing new medicines.
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Samsung's Galaxy S III Mini has yet to find an official home with an American service provider, but Amazon is selling an unlocked version of the phone, reports TechCrunch.
Going for $419.99, the phone will work in almost any country you like. In the US, it'll work with AT&T and T-Mobile. It's not technically compatible with Sprint or Verizon.
Unlocked phones aren't tied to a specific carrier, but they're normally more expensive, since carriers subsidize phones in exchange for getting subscribers to sign up for long-term wireless plans.
This is a relatively low price for an unlocked phone—an unlocked 16 GB iPhone 5, by comparison, costs $899 on Amazon.


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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Dandelion greens, blackberries, green beans and toasted almonds with a blackberry vinaigrette
I was on a mission today, to do something with the dandelion greens I bought. I know that these are in season right now because I have dandelions all over my lawn:P When I tasted the leaf on its own... it was bitter and not super exciting, but add a few ingredients to them and you get deliciousness. I heated a little olive oil to slightly wilt the greens, to take away some of the bitterness. The serving bowl is a lovely way to showcase any meal www.annepryde.ca
For the salad:
Dandelion greens- I used half my bunch, rinsed
1 cup blackberries
15 green beans- blanched
1/4 cup sliced almonds- toasted
2 tbsp heated olive oil
For the vinaigrette:
1/2 cup blackberries
1/4 cup raspberry vinegar
1 tbsp organic cane sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tbsp water
2 tbsp poppyseeds- slightly toasted
1/2 tsp sea salt
In a blender, add blackberries, vinegar, sugar. Blend
Add oil slowly to thickens. Add water to desired consistancy.
Pour in the poppy seeds, season with sea salt.
Taste. Adjust seasoning to your liking ( more sugar etc.)
In a large bowl combine dadelion greens with green beans. Pour heated olive oil over top. To wilt.
Place in a serving bowl, drizzle with vinaigrette, add berries, beans and almonds.
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That's one of the prettiest salads I've ever seen! I love the idea of combining berries and dandelion greens.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 29, 2010 at 11:43 PM
I just bought some sweet and delicious blackberries. What a wonderful salad idea. Thanks.ReplyDelete
I have been wanting dandelion greens for some time! I wonder what vitamin my body is telling me I need. VItamin K? Lovely recipe!ReplyDelete
Girl! That looks delicious!ReplyDelete
Yum...trying it this week. Check out my dandelion post where I linked to your recipe. :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing this recipe! I love dandelion greens but I'll be honest, I don't really know what to do with them! Sounds delish.ReplyDelete
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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea canceled the launch of its first space rocket on Thursday after a glitch in the propulsion system halted the countdown just minutes before the scheduled lift-off.
It was South Korea's third attempt to put a rocket into orbit and the second time this particular mission has failed.
October's scheduled launch was also called off due to a glitch in the Russian-built booster.
"We are currently analyzing the cause and expect it will take additional time to identify the exact cause," Lee Joo-ho, Minister of Education, Science and Technology told reporters.
South Korea's rocket program has irritated neighbor North Korea, which says it is unjust for it to be singled out for U.N. sanctions for launching long-range rockets as part of its space program to put a satellite into orbit.
Regional powers believe the North's rocket launches are to test its long-range ballistic missiles, in violation of a U.N. ban. The North's latest rocket test in April ended in failure after it crashed minutes into flight.
South Korea is already far behind regional rivals China and Japan in the effort to build space rockets to put satellites into orbit and has relied on other countries, including Russia, to launch them.
Thursday's glitch was in the thrust vector control in the upper second stage of the rocket that guides the propulsion of the vehicle, launch officials said.
Launch attempts in 2009 and 2010 also ended in failure.
Recent satellite images have indicated that North Korea too may be readying a new rocket launch.
Reporting By Somang Yang, Editing by Jonathan Thatcher


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|Mike Jablonicky from Canadian Hydro Developers is on the show giving us the inside scoop on building a $410 million, 198MW wind farm.
|theWatt Podcast 78
|Gunnar Asplund from ABB in Sweden is on the show talking about high voltage direct current electricity transmission.
|theWatt Podcast 75
|Panel discussion podcast with Mark Seall, Rod Adams, Robb Worthington and Ben. Topics include carbon taxes vs cap-and-trade policies, OECD Environmental Outlook, nuclear power in the UK, carbon limits on cars in the EU, $106/bbl oil.
|theWatt Podcast 74
|Bill Kemp is on the show discussing his new book "The Zero-Carbon Car" - a plug-in biodiesel hybrid car which he built. We talk about personal transportation issues and how he built his car.
|theWatt Podcast 72
|Conversation with Dr. Alistair Miller from Atomic Energy Canada Ltd about general energy related issues and a possible scenario for a low CO2 emission future.
|theWatt Podcast 71
|Conversation about gasification of solid fuels, one of the key technologies behind clean coal, with Dr. Ben Anthony from the CANMET Energy Technology Centre of Natural Resources Canada.
|theWatt Podcast 70
|Conversation about the energy requirements of the food we eat with Nigel Winter from the Vegan Society (UK).
|theWatt Podcast 69
|Conversation about nuclear power with Dr. Paul Howarth from the Dalton Nuclear Institute at the University of Manchester.
|theWatt Podcast 68
|Texas overtakes California in terms of wind capacity, still can't compare to Wyoming though. S&P's thinks that $100 oil won't be fun but not a guaranteed recession. Congressional hearings about the hockey stick curve and some other business with China and a bit more.
|theWatt Podcast 67 Part 2
|Dr. Ulf Bossel, organizer of the Lucerne Fuel Cell Forum, talks about the future of the hydrogen economy and the more efficient electron economy. Transcript available below.
|theWatt Podcast 66
|Topic: The thin-film solar scandal
|theWatt Podcast 63 Part 2
|Bill Kemp, author of the books below, is on the show talking about off-grid living. More info on Bill's books can be found at AzText Press. Transcript available below.
|theWatt Podcast 60 Part 2
|Bill Kemp, author of the books below, is on the show talking about biodiesel. More info on Bill's books can be found at AzText Press. Transcript available below.
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|This show features a discussion with Tad Patzek, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. We spoke about the energy balance of ethanol. Transcript available below.
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|This is a conversation with Steve Sottile from SWITCH.
|theWatt Podcast 55
|In the show, Avi Friedman (professor of architecture at McGill University, director of the affordable homes program at McGill, author of many books
|theWatt Podcast 54
|Paul Gipe is on the show talking about wind power and the roller coaster ride that it has taken since the 70s. Transcript available below.
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|In this show: Art Spinella, President of CNW Marketing Research explains how he came to the conclusion that hybrid vehicles consume more energy over their entire life than some SUVs. Transcript available below.
|theWatt Podcast 52
|Dr. Arne Jacobson, Environmental Resources Engineering prof from Humboldt State University talks about thin-film solar cells.
|theWatt Podcast 51
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Bayonetta PS3 Patch Brings Install Option
The patch adds the option for PlayStation 3 players to install the game to their hard drive. Doing so "significantly decreases the loading times for the game," according to SEGA. Players will be prompted to download the update upon booting the game while connected to the online PlayStation Network.
Released on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the ridiculously over-the-top Platinum-developed action game was ported to the PlayStation 3 by SEGA. Both were praised by critics, though the PlayStation 3 edition was often marked down for issues not found on the Xbox 360, such as frame rate problems, longer load times and graphical woes.
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The tactile sensitivity of human skin is hard to re-create, especially over large, flexible surfaces. But two California research groups have made pressure-sensing devices that significantly advance the state of the art.
Sensitive skin: A new tactile sensor can detect the gentle touch of an alighting insect.
Credit: Linda Cicero, Stanford University News Report
One, made by researchers at Stanford University, is based on organic electronics and is 1,000 times more sensitive than human skin. The second, made by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, uses integrated arrays of nanowire transistors and requires very little power. Both devices are flexible and can be printed over large areas; they are described this week in separate papers in the journal Nature Materials.
Highly sensitive surfaces could help robots pick up delicate objects without breaking them, give prosthetics a sense of touch, and give surgeons finer control over tools used for minimally invasive surgery. "Our goal is to mimic the human skin," says Zhenan Bao, professor of chemical engineering at Stanford. Human skin responds quickly to pressure and can detect objects as small as a grain of sand and light as an insect.
The core of Bao's device consists of a clear silicon-containing polymer called PDMS. This material's ability to store charge is directly related to its thickness. A few years ago, researchers led by Takao Someya at the University of Tokyo took advantage of this property, using PDMS as the insulating layer in flexible organic transistors that acted as pressure sensors. But these sensors were limited: when compressed, PDMS molecules change conformation, and it takes time for them to return to their original state.
Bao addressed this problem by patterning the polymer material with arrays of micropillars that stand up from the touchable surface. This design allows the material to flex and quickly return to its original shape, which means it's possible to take pressure measurements in quick succession. The microstructuring also improves the sensitivity of the device. The gentlest pressure that human skin can detect is about one kilopascal; Bao's devices can detect pressures that are 1,000 times more gentle.
This approach can be used to make flexible materials with inexpensive printing techniques, but the resulting device requires high voltages to operate. Ali Javey, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, has built low-power tactile sensors based on arrays of inorganic nanowire transistors. The transistors are arranged beneath, and connected to, a layer of a commercially available conductive rubber that contains carbon nanoparticles. When the rubber is compressed, its electrical resistance changes, and this can be detected by the transistors. "The nanowires are being used as active electronics to run the tactile sensor on top," he explains.