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Altair 8800 vs. Watson in the Cloud
We're always paranoid and suspicious on April 1st. Maybe it's because we've pulled so many pranks on so many friends and foes that we realize we're bound to get nailed sooner or later. Or maybe it's because we laugh so hard when others get caught. Whichever case, we proceed very cautiously with everything on April 1.
The day was almost over and we had spotted and subverted all attempts at turning us into April fools. As the day was drawing to a close, we were hanging out in one of the weird circles that we hang out in arguing over the reason why the Dragon of Dojima has been wearing the same clothes for Yakuza 2, Yakuza 3, and Yakuza 4, when one of our associates asked me, "What are the processor instructions that support parallelism at the hardware level?" First of all, it was a suspicious question coming from the one who asked it. Secondly, what an odd question given the current circumstances (we had just found out that it was the CIA, and not the Chinese Triads, that were behind the recent hits) ... I did say weird circles. So I immediately tried to see the April fool's joke angle to the question. I looked at my mate's face and he didn't break a smile. He was quite serious. As a matter of fact, everyone kinda had a serious face, looking at me, waiting for the answer. I'm thinking to myself , there's a punchline in here somewhere, I just don't see it. But to my pleasant chagrin, it was a serious question. I guess the sobering thing here is this question seemed so unlikely at the time that I thought it was some part of an April fool's day joke.
Look how far we've come (I think?). I don't know whether to say how much we've grown, or how far we've fallen. Is it for the better or is for the worse? In the early days of the personal computing revolution, there was something called an Altair 8800. It was one of the earliest popular personal computers. I won't digress with a lot of hand waving trying to demarcate the differences between a mainframe computer, a minicomputer, and a microcomputer, which almost has a "who cares" designation these days; but early on, the idea of having your computer was a really big deal. The Altair 8800 could be ordered from hobbyist-type magazines like the Popular Electronics. Some of the more sought-after versions of the 8800 came in kit form. Yep, it had to be put together and I don't mean just plugging in the monitor, mouse, and keyboard. Most proud owners of the Altair were excited about every little detail, from the S-100 bus to the 8080 processor. Upon querying a proud owner, you could get any level of detail that you might imagine, from the teletype specification to the RS-232 specification compliance of their Altair. Lots of talk about the 100-pin edge connector, data buses, voltages, the whole kit and kaboodle ... I mean scary-level detail about the computer. There was a time when the processor capabilities, architectures, and instruction sets were the subject of bragging rights: You know the "my-processor-has-bigger-and-faster-registers-than-yours" variety. Here we are now in one of the most exciting times for processor development and evolution, where not only can an individual have their own microcomputer but individuals may own super computers because of the low cost and advancements in chip multithreading. Super computers used to be the prerogative of universities, government agencies, and research facilities; but now with a modest investment, anyone can own super computing or cluster computing capability. But ironically, in many circles, the conversation and focus has shifted from knowing "what's under the hood?" to "how many places have you traveled in the car?"
More and more I hear, it's all about SaaS (Software as a service), PaaS (Platform as a service), HaaS (Hardware as a Service), aka the Cloud. It's all in the Cloud. I stroke my Android 4G and there it is, the app that solves whatever problem that I don't know I have yet. And not only that, I don't have to worry about hardware configurations, software compatibility, load scalability, because the cloud will handle it. Just touch, slide, and tap. My droid is wireless, I have no idea where the computers are that are running my miracle app, or what their capabilities are, or what platform they're running. Maybe they're not computers at all. For all I know, it could be thousands of well trained gerbils taught to retrieve information and process information reliably. It's in the Cloud! And one of the distinguishing features of the Cloud is it protects you from the details of how things are done, who's doing them, and what they're doing them on.
I know we're going to get e-mails accusing us of being too cynical. But here's the deal, we've blogged about the turning point in history that we've just witnessed as we watched the Watson computer defeat a couple of human wizards at the game of Jeopardy. We blogged about the complexity of the parallelism, natural language processing, data mining, information retrieval, text mining, and other artificial intelligence techniques that are at work when Watson is doing its thing. And we noted how removed so many of our technical friends are from this type of technology. Everyone watched Watson on TV beat the Jeopardy wizards, but relatively few on the planet truly understand how Watson works. Within days after Watson's performance, Tracey and I were in conversations that were placing Watson in the Cloud for the use of medicine, law, government, etc. Watson for most is spooky enough, now we're gonna put Watson in the Cloud? We're not cynical, really we're not. Actually, we're trying to keep our sense of humor about the whole thing. But we can see some corollaries emerging here.
The easier the technology is to use for the masses, the fewer people understand how the technology works. The fewer people understand how the technology works, the more they have to pay for it in the long run. Well maybe those aren't corollaries, maybe they're just fears: (Cloud == Magic, or Worse!), but in the days of the Altair 8800 and the other early personal microcomputers, computer geeks prided themselves in how close they were to their computers. Now, at least one class of computer geek prides themselves in how far they are away from the details of their computers.
I've been hearing so much Cloud talk lately, until a valid question about processor instruction support for multicore architectures on first hearing appeared to me to be an April fool's day joke. But the fact of the matter was, it was a very interesting and exciting question. First, there is the recognition that a processor has an instruction set (long lost fact for many). Second, is the question of how or if that instruction set has been impacted by inclusion of multiple processors on a chip,or multiple threads within a processor. Third, there is his discussion that demarcates the micro architecture instructions from the macro architecture instructions. So the question is really worth pursuit for those that are interested. The answer would be different, of course, depending on which processor architecture we were talking about, whether it's Intel's IA 64 architecture, with its support for code bundles at the assembly language level, or if we were talking about Sun's Ultra Sparc T1 processor with its 8 core, 4 hardware thread architectures, pipelining and memory cascading schemes, or what processor instructions (if any) support the AMD Opteron's hyper-transport architecture. I'm giddy just thinking about all of the elegant architectures out there. This is the kind of question that a proud owner of an Altair 8800 would have made it their business to answer if computers had multiple processors in those days. First, they would have come across the notion of instruction-level parallelism versus task-level parallelism.
The idea of parallel programming at the assembly level is definitely not for the weak of heart, and is exactly what my buddy was asking about on April 1st. Depending on the architecture under discussion, there is more or less support for parallelism in the instruction set. But a discussion about the capabilities of the instruction set, at that level, is what engendered pride in one's microcomputer.
Aha! My processor has instructions optimized for multi-threading and your's does not. My assembler allows the programmer to bundle groups of instructions to be executed in parallel and yours does not!
But the Cloud geeks have no idea whether Watson even has processors, let alone whether Watson's processors have support for parallelism at the instruction set level. I guess that means Tracey and I haven't quite made it to the magic and wonder of the Cloud yet.

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Square Enix has a big announcement to share with gamers. A launch trailer has been released for Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition HD, which is available to download on the PlayStation and Microsoft Store. However, it was also announced that the game is going to be releasing on the Switch. All that was said was that it is "scheduled for release soon". Here's the trailer:
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Autistic genocide needs to happen
Glad it's coming, not sure I'm going to buy it.
im actually gonna get the Switch version so that Square-Enix looks at the Switch and put more than just a couple of games
There goes pur hopes of the real FFXV ever coming on Switch…
I think I've played the "hd" version on ps4 before.
Poor Nintendo lol always getting minimum effort from third party….I really regret giving them a second chance after the failure of the Wii U…I regret buying the switch… Just need to trade it in for a Xbox One Since I already have a PS
are you serious?
I played every FF and loved them all, but this one is souless imo, the physics ingame are ridiculous,
geting stuck sometimes trying to explore the world (btw the open world is sooo empty its sad pretty at times, but poorly designed)
the story had potential but the exectution is terrible, things just happen sometimes for …reasons well whatever.
the combat system is broken, magic casting is horrible, the keep a button pressed for attacking thing is plain boring, thats a shame because I loved how some bosses looked
Summons are a pain, even more so when compared to previous games in the series where they werent as annoying to call, and way more effective. At least their cutseens are epic.
Characters arent developed enough and without watching the anime prequel you miss out on half of the reasons why this team could have worked.
game took wqy too long to devellop and changing directors didnt benefit the game in the end.
Last con, knowing square enix they will charge 60 for the switch version…
All of this to say that pocket or not, if you really like rpgs, this game is mediocre at best so you should just pass on it and wait for Dragon quest XI in september and KH3 in spring.
Thanks. This is actually a helpful comment vs all the people gasping at chibi graphics. I was on the fence on this one but I think I'll give it a pass.
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EdTechTalk: 21st Century Learning #42
Tim Lauer, Principal, Lewis Elementary School, Portland, OR
Leadership and Technology
May 8, 2007
This week we discussed Leadership and Technology with Tim Lauer, Principal of Lewis Elementary School in Portland, OR. Tim is a model Principal who has a wonderful sense of appropriate use of technology in education. This is a must listen for those of you who envision being in a leadership role at a school.
Next week, we'll be celebrating our one year anniversary two weeks late. The week after, we'll be discussing faculty professional development with Jeff Ritter, from St. John's School in Houston Texas. See you all then.
To contact us, please submit a comment on this post or send us e-mail at 21 [at] edtechtalk.com.
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[alex.ragone] Hello Mr. Lebow.
[JL] another silky smooth opening
[arvind] Tim Lauer from Meriwether Lewis Elementary School: http://lewiselementary.org/
[arvind] He has a killer blog too, but it is having some tech issues right now: http://tim.lauer.name/
[arvind] In the mean time, check out his Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/timlauer
[JL] checking out the google cache now: http://22.214.171.124/search?q=cache:hD6XiXPCdccJ:tim.lauer.name/+tim+la...
[arvind] great idea Jeff
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[arvind] hi John
[JohnMartin] Hi
[arvind] stream on Channel A below
[JohnMartin] Got it, thanks!
[arvind] EdTechTalk A that is
[arvind] If you have questions for Tim, please ask them here
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[JoseR] Hi Folks
[arvind] hey Jose
[JoseR] are you interviewing Tim
[arvind] yeah, he is on now
[arvind] listen in
[JoseR] got it
[JoseR] What is Tim's Blog? We tried linking last night and it came back as an error.
[arvind] It is down right now: http://tim.lauer.name
[JohnMartin] Try http://tim.lauer.name/
[arvind] having DNS problems he said
[JohnMartin] Ack
[JoseR] OK
[arvind] yeah, but Twittering at: http://twitter.com/timlauer
[JoseR] cool.
[arvind] he
[arvind] he is a great Twitterer
[JohnMartin] Love Twitter, that's how I found out about this.
[JoseR] I like the wall paper, Just added as a friend. I am an official follower:)
[arvind] I have become a Twitter addict
[JohnMartin] Ditto
[JoseR] me too
[JoseR] John what's your twitter url
[JohnMartin] http://twitter.com/edventures
[JohnMartin] Yours?
[JoseR] http://twitter.com/coordinatortwo
[JohnMartin] Thanks, added you as well!
[JoseR] Thanks
[JoseR] I just started a Read-Write-Web Class. Twitter is definitely Web 2.0
[JoseR] Tim is my kind of principal!
[arvind] for sure
[JohnMartin] Yah!
[arvind] Google Docs, blogging and Twittering?
[JoseR] haven't really tried google docs. They seem to be a collaborative tool.
[JoseR] We could have used to rewrite our school plan
[arvind] We started taking our department meeting minutes using it (as an experiment). Working great
[arvind] any questions for Tim?
[JohnMartin] I'm struggling with the policies and paradigms surrounding technology at my wife's school right now. It's refreshing to hear Tim's experiences.
[JoseR] I noticed teaching teachers Webcast uses google notebook
[JoseR] What barriers still exist in bridging the digital divide?
[JoseR] The have and have nots is mainly about knowledge rather than hardware.
[JohnMartin] The richer the media the bigger the "tube" required. Hi-speed access is a stumbling block.
[JohnMartin] Particularly in rural NH where I live
[JoseR] Fiber!
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[JohnMartin] I wish! I still struggle with dial-up at home.
[arvind] hi Larry
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[arvind] welcome
[JohnMartin] No affordable alternative.
[JohnMartin] Hi Larry
[JoseR] Got to go folks. I need a to turn in tests in and stop by the boys room. I'll listen to podcast and comment on crowdabout.
[JoseR] bye.
[arvind] see ya Jose
[JohnMartin] Bye Jose
[arvind] thanks for coming by
[JoseR] sure.
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[Larry Carlton] hi john
[arvind] where are you from Larry?
[JohnMartin] Community outreach and partnerships are key! Our local library is one of the few places in our community where hi-speed exists and it is in constant use by our students.
[Larry Carlton] Knoxville Illinois
[arvind] talking Twitter of course: http://twitter.com
[JohnMartin] Twitter=stream of consciousness, immediacy
[arvind] also voyeurism of sorts
[JohnMartin] True
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[JL] Found out last night that Alex's town has a president and they streamed the debate
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[JohnMartin] Wow
[JL] and that the Ragone kids make for great wallpaper http://twitter.com/alexragone
[alex.ragone] Thanks, Jeff!
[arvind] ha ha
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[JohnMartin] Ah too cute
[JohnMartin] I wish I were heading to NECC
[JohnMartin] Thanks gang!
[arvind] thanks John
[JohnMartin] San Antonia, NECC 2008
[JohnMartin] Antonio
[alex.ragone] Thanks, John...
[JohnMartin] Time next week?
[arvind] same time, 1:30pm EST
[arvind] every week
[JohnMartin] Great, thanks! My stream just stalled but I'll catch you then if not on Twitter~
[arvind] we just ended the stream
[arvind] definitely catch you around
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June 21, 2007 by Lifepainter
Giving the Harry Lauder Walking Stick tree a much-needed trim and setting out some of those early spring primroses and pansies launched us into our spring clean-up. After the winds and rains of winter, our yard looks strewn with debris and left-over projects undone from the end of last fall.
So, getting the planting station in the carport ready for a new spring workout, we got the area cleaned out. Since we tore out the carpet in the main floor of the house, it had been taken outside to the temporary place under the carport. Husband got it all hauled out and loaded into his little pick-up to go to the local landfill. Swept out the winter leaves, and tidied up the area. Found grandchildren's toys from last August when the family stayed with us….ahhhh, miss them all so much.
Pruned up the wild fushia bush and took down it's height. That and a hefty pruning of the Harry Lauder Walking Stick tree and we have some serious burn-barrel fires in store. Maybe our neighbor will be as accomodating as last year and haul it to his burn pile for disposal. First spring lawn mowing done. General clean up in the yard and it is already looking much better – ready for spring and new projects.
The kitchen vegetable garden needs tilling and new plantings and I'd like to expand the vegetable garden this year. My vision of it requires more back-breaking labor than either of us really want to expend, so looking for some easy short cuts to make more raised beds for growing more vegetables. I'd like to try the upside down tomatoes this year. I also thought of getting several half whiskey barrels and planting in them.
I've taken on gardening as a leisurely hobby, outdoor exercise and that great feeling of being connected to nature. But I've wanted to get serious about my kitchen vegetable garden as a means of producing some of our food. I'll NEVER want to learn how to do canning thought, but I'm receptive to the art of 'freezing' what I can of the harvest.
We had a small windfall of a bit of extra $$, so I went out to the garden store where I spent 4 hours just looking at every item; envisioning my entire spring and summer and what I could do; then did a reality check and made a list of what I most wanted right now that would fit the small bonus $$ amount. In my mind I spent several hundred $$ but my reality was quite different than my mental shopping spree. In my mind I had lined up to buy 3 trees, 4 bushes, a new wrought iron with canopy outside room, redwood patio set, water fountain gardens for several places in the yard, trellises, wheelbarrow, electric roto-tiller, red lava rock, mulching, mini-greenhouses in several sizes, several more whiskey barrel planters and hundreds of packets of seeds, bulbs and tubers. WoW – had a great time imagining all I could buy….but the few 20 dollar bills in my wallet just wouldn't stretch that far.
With carefully pruning away my mental shopping, I made a list of what I could buy with my real available dollars. I bought pruning shears (boring), potting soil (boring), seed packets (fun – but I had to put about 50 packets back – over my budget), a new tree = Mt Fuji white cherry, the usual assortment of primroses, pansies, and a few other 2′ starter flowers, and I found 3 summer tops at price I couldn't resist so I treated myself.
It was time to refer back to my Wee Garden website and update it some, and I learned something about the climate zone where I live in Pacific coastal area. It's not zone 8 like the gardening books and USDA climate zone tell me; it's zone 5 because of the Pacific winds and climate zone. Well, the good news is that with zone 5, the last frost is later than zone 8, so the planting season is later. Might explain why all the seeds I've started for the last 3 years don't seem to germinate. I need to start them later and actually create a greenhouse environment for them of heat, light and moisture. Forget tomatoes, no way in the climate zone I'm in with short, short hot season can I grow them from seed. Sounds like my instincts to buy starter vegetable plants from the nursery is well-founded.
Now where's those grand-darlings to help me with my yard. They really were very helpful and willing workers with the taskings of the yard. Emily hauling off sod to the back, Drew using the big person shovel to dig a hole, their fascination with the worms when we turned the soil…..ahhhhh, I need my families to live closer. All this training them towards their own independence and they are all making their own lives their own way in different parts of the country. I miss them all. I always wanted to own acerage that would allow for building several homes in one place and having family close by but I'm also wanting mostly that they flourish in their own lives.


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Kinesiology at Sonoma State
Kinesiology, as the study of human movement, utilizes a comprehensive and integrative approach to examine phenomena related to all aspects of physical activity. The curriculum offered by the Department of Kinesiology prepares graduates to apply kinesiological principles to the acquisition, performance, and refinement of motor skills and to the use of physical activity as an educative tool and a medium for health promotion, personal well being, and participation in an active life style. The curriculum addresses human movement across the life span from biological/physical, behavioral, sociocultural, and humanistic perspectives, with attention given to the unique and common needs of all people in a wide variety of contexts and conditions.
In conjunction with the broader educational mission of the University, the kinesiology major program prepares students to lead and participate in a modern complex society and to assume multiple roles throughout their lifetimes. Graduates have acquired knowledge and experiences that prepare them to pursue lifelong learning, advanced study, and/or careers in such areas as teaching, coaching, adapted physical education, allied health fields, health and fitness industries, sport industries, or exercise and movement science. To achieve this mission, the kinesiology major provides students with a well-structured set of curricular and co-curricular experiences and the mentorship to derive a sound education from the University experience.
The Department of Kinesiology programs lead to the BS or MA degrees. In both programs a core of courses is required. Beyond this core, the kinesiology student chooses a concentration of courses with a specific focus. The undergraduate may select Physical Education, Adapted Physical Education, Exercise Science, Lifetime Fitness, or Interdisciplinary Studies in kinesiology.
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Givat Shmuel, Israel – June 7, 2011 – Cimatron Limited (NASDAQ and TASE: CIMT) announced today that it will demonstrate the latest Die Design enhancements to CimatronE at Blechexpo 2011 in Germany (Hall 8, Booth 8108).
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Cimatron offers a complete 3D software solution for die making that allows die makers to reduce trial and error, and shorten delivery times. CimatronE's die solution covers the process from quoting through design and up to machining and wire EDM.
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Previously: Netherlands (Holland) versus the Kingdom of the Netherlands and England versus Great Britain versus the United Kingdom
The term "nation-state" is frequently misused while the words "nation" and "state" are commonly confused in geographic context. So here is a handy guide to understanding the terms "nation," "state," and "nation-state."
A nation is a group of people who share some, if not all, common traits like religion, ethnicity, language, culture, and history. Nations start out in one geographical area but can move, expand, or shrink in zone. Most nations have a strong ethnic component (Hungarian, Japanese) while a few exceptions are based on things like religion and history (Arab) or ideals like liberal freedom (American).
A state is an independent country. "State of Israel" means the country of Israel. Many Americans are confused by "state means country" because of the official name of their country, the United States of America. The reason for the official name is that the founding fathers envisioned the United States as a league of independent states united for commerce and defense. It was not until the end of the American Civil War that the dominance federal union was proven above the state.
A nation-state is a country established for the dominant nation within its border. For a true nation-state the primary nation needs to be the overwhelming majority group in the country.
Stateless Nations: Roma and Samaritians
Multinational State: Spain, Switzerland, Bolivia
Nation with more than one state: The German nation with Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland (65% ethnic German but with never interested in union with other Germans)
Single-nation politically dominant over other nations in one state: Russians in Russia compose eighty percent of the population (formerly 50% of the Soviet Union) yet have always been above other ethnic groups for centuries. Han Chinese have also dominated multi-national China.
True Nation-State: Over ninety-percent Hungarian with laws that enshrine Hungarian culture.
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Brazil UFO files made public (Sweden also – 9th may)USA?
Posted by dandare on May 7, 2009
Thanks too CBPDV, UFO (Brazilian Journal Of Ufology), i have been made aware of the UFO files which came out on May 4th; please see this link (translated by Google, and added below):
" The reason, quite a surprise to all Brazilian Ufology Community: new documents released for Aeronautics. "Looks like we're starting to get the parts that most interest us, including the operation of Prato," said Beck.
Folder number 10, for example, were not only documents that had already CBU, but also more new photos and descriptions of events related to what became known as "Suck Suck" in Pará – among dozens of other official narratives and testimonies from civilians, and many images (copies) of newspapers." (extract from article).
The documents can be downloaded from this link also: (the downloaded link, will say Translation from English into English is not supported (just click on see original page), and choose from the list….. all documents are obviously not in English….. apart from MOD ones which are covered in parent list (at top).
Have a good look around, as there is alot of information (even if you do not understand the language) also for MOD (if you missed it (1926-1957), and other countries are covered. Also photographs too.
The Brazilian Files cover the years 1970 – 1979, but unfortunately i can only translate very small pieces; hope there might be a way around this somehow….
Please also see this link (from the same website).
Many thanks also to Atrueoriginall for alerting me to the Brazilian UFO files coming out in the first place – cheers.
I am also aware that the Swedish are also going to bring out their UFO files very soon (possibly the 9th May). I can here you saying USA, come on down, your time is up….
Update: 8th may
From the same Brazilian website some more news (updated) It says they are examining/processing the files. Entitled " Another batch of secret Ufology files was released by the National Archives " (translated by google).
" Fernando Ramalho reports from the task this week: "I am studying the material, it is a lot. Agora terminei o ano de 1972. Now finished the year 1972. Even so, I sent a copy of it via special delivery to other members of the CBU and to make everything on the site of UFO Magazine.
In addition to documentation of the Air, there are actually documents the DOPS and materials were observed in other places, such as statements of generals, engineers of the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA) and police, for example, and this only in the files examined so far.
This is certainly the largest and most important of all releases that have occurred since the campaign began ufos: Freedom of information already. All material will be studied, analyzed and compared with data that already have Ufology, both as those obtained previously reached by casting, for finding something on which the government may be holding on these specific topics, or about Operation Prato, is on the activities of DOPS " (extract from article).
For more information on Sweden releases coming very soon, please see these links :
" 18,ooo Swedish UFO reports " (Expressen)…translated by google.
" UFO archives making itself known to the public " …( DN.se ) translated by google.
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I realize that pinning the entirety of the financial crisis on the greedy evildoers of Wall Street is a popular and populist progressive assertion (just remember: political big-government do-goodism and the artificial incentives it created had nothing to do with it), and that even campaign ads can take artistic license to make a point. But the point of Eliot Spitzer's newest advertisement, I gather, seems to be that NYC electing him as comptroller will result in… the shut down of the city's entire financial sector? And that scaring traders away from the stock market, in which millions and millions of Americans have a direct stake and on which much of our economy hinges, is a good thing? What? H/t Jonah Goldberg:
Anyhow. It's going for rather a different tone than his first sorry-for-that-whole-prostitution-thing campaign ad, and I think the less literal message here is supposed to run along the lines of "I am an incorruptible and heroic sheriff of Wall Street on behalf of the little people, and NYC can totally trust me with their money." …But I think Spitzer is probably hoping that the city has forgotten all about his erstwhile and egregious abuses of power amidst all of his oh-so-beneficial Wall-Street taming activities, reminder courtesy of the WSJ:
This was the same Eliot Spitzer who as Attorney General called John Whitehead after the former Goldman Sachs chairman published an article on this page defending former AIG CEO Hank Greenberg. "I will be coming after you," Mr. Spitzer said, according to Mr. Whitehead's account. "You will pay the price. This is only the beginning and you will pay dearly for what you have done." …
Encouraged by a press corps that largely adored Mr. Spitzer and profited from his leaked smears, some New Yorkers applauded Mr. Spitzer for his willingness to take on the titans of Wall Street. Only later would it be clear how much damage he had done.
After he used the threat of a corporate indictment and death penalty to force AIG's board to fire Mr. Greenberg, the new management made the giant mortgage bets that would inflame the financial crisis. Shareholders also suffered greatly when Mr. Spitzer forced a management decapitation at insurance broker Marsh & McLennan and installed as CEO Mike Cherkasky, a nice guy who knew nothing about insurance. …
This is the Spitzer political method, yet now he wants control of New York City's pension funds. Normally we wouldn't care much about a candidate for NYC comptroller, but putting this guy back in any job with discretionary power would be like putting Dennis Kozlowski back in charge of Tyco.
Also, from earlier this week: Oh, snap.
Mayor Bloomberg took a swipe at Eliot Spitzer Tuesday, saying crowing about fighting Wall Street is no way to help New York shore up its revenue-generating financial industry.
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As such, the City has proposed using 20 feet of current parking space on each intersection along Water and Market Streets as designated areas for trash containers and recycling bins, which the City would supply to businesses free of charge. The idea, explained chief city planner Jim Tolbert, is to get trash off the Mall and make it faster and easier to pick up.
The City also proposed reducing the amount of time that trash would be allowed to linger on the Downtown Mall, from 10pm to 8am only.
However, restaurateurs explained that no employees came in before 8am, and that it put an undue burden on their few late night employees. They also wondered about Sundays when many places aren't open. Shopkeepers pointed out that many of them didn't open until 10am and closed well before 10pm. After a show of hands, most preferred changing the time from 10pm to 10am.
"None of this is written in stone," said public works director Judy Mueller. "We want to make it easy for you."
As for all that cooking grease and oil? Tolbert called that "a more difficult animal" and said the city may be working with cooking oil removal companies to address the issue.
Currently, restaurants must haul their waste oil to designated bins, some of which are far away from their restaurants. However, companies like GreenerOil, a new Richmond-based company that sweeps in with their little tanker trucks to slurp away waste fryer oil from their spiffy 200-gallon tanks, which they provide to restaurants free of charge, are making it easier to get rid of the greasy stuff, and to feel better about doing it, as the oil is then recycled and used in the production of biodiesel fuel.
As the Hook reported last week [Take-out: Mall renovation could shrink cafés, November 20, 2008 ], new proposals for trash and grease pick up weren't the only changes. Restaurant folks at the meeting were confounded to learn that the City doesn't want outdoor cafés spaces opening until after the Mall project is finished, around May 8, Tolbert said. In addition, café spaces would be moved away from the fountains, and all of them would be reduced to 700 square feet.
Under the proposed plan, Miller's, Rapture, Zocolo, Blue Light Grill, and Sal's would all see much of their outdoor seating capacity disappear. The plan was particularly disturbing to the folks at Miller's, who've "owned" their space so long it's become one of the iconic features of the Mall.
"It would be strange to see an icon like that disappear," said Miller's manager Anna Harris. Prior to the meeting with City planners, Harris said she had collected 954 signatures on a petition asking the City to leave Miller's alone.
Help save the world with fondue? Don't mind if I do!
If the story of every ingredient in a chocolate bar were told, the sweet snack would be full of bitter tales.
Chocolate can come at a cost– not just to our waistlines but to global health. On Saturday, December 6, a small group of activists and friends hope to raise local awareness of human trafficking in the cocoa industry and fair trade products through the World's Largest Chocolate Fondue Party.
"I love chocolate, and there's no reason to stop eating it! We just have to channel our purchasing power to sources that don't take advantage of, hurt, or abuse the lives of others," says Elisabeth Barahona, the event's co-organizer with her sister in-law, Anita Oliver. As she grew up in Ivory Coast in West Africa, one of the world's leading producers of cocoa, Barahona feels especially compelled to the cause.
Charlottesville's satellite event is one among many around the world sponsored by Stop the Traffik, an organization that monitors slavery, but it's the only such event happening in Virginia. The party starts at 7:30pm at Rapture on the Downtown Mall. Tickets are only $5, and fair trade products will be available for sale, too.
"We heard about Stop the Traffik's fondue party, and we wanted to take part," Oliver explains. "At first we were just going to do a home party with a few friends, but that didn't feel like enough, so here we are trying to put together a huge event– hopefully to get more people on board to help change the world one chocolate bar at a time."
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Allen wishes Winky well
It appears that former Virginia governor and U.S. Senator George Allen (R) reads The Dish, as he had a post on his blog last week wishing Juanita "Winky" Hunt, who recently revived Big Jim's by opening Winky's in the same building on Angus Road, some good fortune.
"Good luck to Winky as she starts her new business venture," wrote Allen, "keeping alive my favorite restaurant in Charlottesville."
In a 2002 Hook "HotSeat" story, Allen cited Big Jim's as his favorite Charlottesville restaurant.


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First, the evidence is absolutely clear cut, as there is not a SHRED of doubt about how the Masoretes viewed the pronunciation. Only a blind man could miss it.
And as I stated in my article, I had no intention of being comprehensive with regard to every single detail, and certainly not with regard to your straining at gnats and swallowing a camel, for the fact is, neither you nor anybody else has ever offered a SCINTILLA of data refuting the clear way the Masoretes viewed the correct pronunciation, regardless of what date you assign to the Masoretes.
Rather, I presented actual EVIDENCE for the traditional and straight-forward pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton, as opposed to the COMPLETE LACK OF EVIDENCE for the absurd humanistic pronunciation of modern manifeslty unregenerate biblical scholars who have demonstrated how utterly ignorant they are of even BASIC facts, such as the ignorant assertion that the Tetragrammaton was never pronounced, ad nauseam.
Secondly, while you may not consider my statement "helpful", that is utterly beside the point and completely irrevelant, for in like manner the Pharisees didn't consider Jesus' statement's "helpful" either, or Paul's, or anyone else who is GENUINELY indwelt by the Holy Spirit, for, while this is unbeknownst to modern unregenerate Christendom, one absolute trademark of the Holy Spirit is to offend the flesh of men.
For the fact is, whether you like it or not, that statement is actually a truth that the Holy Spirit HIMSELF bears witness to in ALL whom he indwells -- there are NO excpetions -- and further, no genuinely born again Christian would accept the fallible ASSUMPTIONS of man in altering the written Word of God and the PRESUMPTIONS of modern humanistic biblical scholarship which has shown itself to be ignorant to the core.
Not ONE genuinely born again Christian would do so. If you have a problem with that, then take it up with Jesus Christ, for the truth is, I have absolutely no fear of having to retract a single, solitary syallable of that article or this post on the day of judgment. I happen to know Jesus Christ that intimately, and I happen to know that the Lord Jesus Christ HIMSELF will say the AMEN to what I've written.
Finally, it is my website, and I'll write what I see fit, which is to say, I'll continue to write what the Holy Spirit HIMSELF leads me to write, and I really don't care who considers it to be "helpful" or not.
My business is to be a faithful witness to Jesus Christ, not a man-pleaser.


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Chinese artist and cyber-dissident Ai Weiwei speaks to France 24's Henry Morton about his illegal detention in 2011. Today, he considers himself "quite free", even if he can't leave the Chinese territory. He stresses the opportunities that internet offers when it comes to expressing oneself as an artist and individual. Finally, he warns against expecting anything from the new Chinese leadership, so long as artists are considered enemies.


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At first glance, it smacks of a mismatch, like the Dodgers battling a rookie league team: A modern, major Hollywood film featuring one of the all-time biggest box office draws vs. a 63-year-old low-budget, black-and-white relic, filled with corniness (an introductory voice-over that intones, "This is the story of a boy and his dream"), cheesy production values (pages flying off a calendar to denote passage of years) and a star who seems stiff at times, even though he's playing himself.
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I would not clip your bird wings, the cats are a big reason, however they are not my only reason and therefore I do not believe in clipping a birds wings unless there is a valid medical reason for doing it.
As for the bird flying into mirrors and/ or windows, your bird will quickly learn where they are and avoid flying into them. Now you do have a cockatiel and they are a bit more prone to panic attacks than any of the parrots that I have and for this reason I would consider putting up some sheers on the windows. I would also place several items in front of the mirrors, if possible, so the bird can recognize that there is a mirror there, of course sheers would also work, but so would a couple of perches or ropes (sisal, would be my rope of choice).


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Sayyid Salih Ozcan, one of the genuine followers of Bediuzzaman, says that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear as A PERSON, and that Prophet Jesus (as) will return.
PRESENTER 1:Master, I would like to learn the following; this is something you have emphasized previously, you made a very explicit statement about it. For instance Bediuzzaman said in his book Kastamonu Addendum p. 59. "That person who is truly awaited and who will come a century later." Then in a different quotation from the book al-Tasdiq al-Ghayb p.9, it is said: "From this fact it is understood that blessed person who will come later.. " In this way in around 60 places Hazrat Bediuzzaman says, "the person who will come later". He always mentions a person.
SAYYID SALIH OZCAN: Yes
PRESENTER 1: Some Nur followers however say that Hazrat Mahdi (as) is a collective personality. What would you recommend to them?
SAYYID SALIH OZCAN: My brothers have either not understood or they do not want to understand. It's either one of them.
PRESENTER 2: Your conviction is that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will come as a person.
SAYYID SALIH OZCAN: He will come as a person. Prophet Jesus (as) will also descend as a person.
PRESENTER 2: This was also what our Master told you, right ?
SAYYID SALIH OZCAN: This is how it is. This is what I believe. This is my conviction.
PRESENTER 2: As you know, both you with your name, and our big brother Mustafa Sungur and also other brothers ; there are 12 absolute assignees and close students of our Master Bediuzzaman, who are also mentioned in the Risale-i Nur. Do all those brothers think that Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will emerge as a person, as well?
SAYYID SALIH OZCAN: No doubt they are.
PRESENTER 2: This is the common conviction of all of them is it not?
SAYYID SALIH OZCAN: Yes, their common conviction.
PRESENTER 2: So Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will come as a person in the End Times after the Master, Bediuzzaman.
SAYYID SALIH OZCAN:Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will come. We do believe that Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will come. We also believe that the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) will come as well.
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February 22, 2013
It was the moment that his vision became reality.
The National Music Centre broke ground Friday afternoon on its proposed $150 million new home in East Village, with a ceremony that featured Premier Alison Redford, Mayor Naheed Nenshi, other members of all three levels of government, dignitaries, Canadian snowbird, herself Anne Murray, and a beaming Mosker, the President and CEO of the NMC, looking very much the part of proud papa.
"It's not just an idea anymore, it's actually happening," he told the crowd assembled in the Enmax District Energy Centre on 9th Ave. S.W, across from the building site.
The new 160,000-square-foot facility is scheduled for a 2015 completion — about 10 years after the project was conceived — with initial work, Mosker later told the media, already having begun.
"We've been working on the site for the last year but dirt is going to start getting moved today, and the next couple of days it's just going to start picking up. . . . But construction is started."
When it's completed, it will feature recording studios, spaces for live musical performances, exhibit space for artifacts from both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Collection, and will also house the NMC's massive collection of unique musical instruments.
"We are building a home to celebrate the stories and music of this county — Canada," Mosker says, noting that the design by Allied Works Architecture, with local firm Kasian Architecture, will incorporate into it "one huge iconic artifact," the old King Edward Hotel, "infamous" former home of the blues in Western Canada.
There are, however, still questions about the funding for the National Music Centre. With $135 million needed for the completion of the building and another $15 million tabbed for "related development and programming costs," only approximately two-thirds, or $97 million, have been raised for the projected $150 million project.
The three levels of government have each committed up to $25 million, with the funding from the federal government based on a maximum tied to a recently finalized agreement that would see them contribute up to "one-third of total eligible costs."
The remainder, then, will be up to the National Music Centre to cover. They have already raised $22 million, with the remaining $53 million slated to come from fundraising, help from private donors and corporate sponsorship as well as philanthropic organizations. As to whether or not they were putting the sod-turning before the new home, Mosker said that was actually part of the reason for the Friday ceremony, to not only keep it in the public eye but also raise awareness among possible donors or partners.
"You want to instil in people the confidence that the project is becoming a reality instead of a vision," he said, noting that he's confident that they'll "meet the goal by the time 2015 rolls around.
"We've got a good team in place, a good team of volunteers. The groundbreaking, itself, is going to give us a lot of momentum to ensure that we meet that goal. And we will."


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Esher coach Ricky Nebbett has reminded his men they are still a good side, despite them suffering a fourth defeat in five National League One outings on Saturday.
Winger Spencer Sutherland scored a second-half consolation try as Esher – who trailed 21-0 at the break – were thrashed 33-7 at third-placed Fylde.
"We are fourth because we're a good team, and we need to remember that," said Nebbett, whose side host Loughborough Students tomorrow.
"We have not had the best of runs of late, but you do not become a bad team overnight and my players need to remember that."


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The highest number of U.S. Marines will exit Afghanistan in August compared to any other month in 2012 as a large exodus of American troops continues, U.S. Marine Corps Maj. General David Berger said today in a phone interview from Afghanistan.
In the country's southern Helmand province — a swath once so volatile that an additional 10,000 Marines were massed there three years ago — the Marine contingent will continue to shrink drastically over the next three weeks, said Berger, commanding general of the 1st Marine Division (Forward).
"We're not going to give out detailed numbers on where we'll end up, but it's a cut of about two-thirds of the size of strength here (compared to) a year ago, and it will be somewhere between 7,000 and 10,000 Marines when we finish up," Berger said.
"There will be more Marines and soldiers and equipment moving in August than any other month. All the ones that are deploying from Afghanistan on the Marine Corps side, they're going back to their home bases on the East Coast, on the West Coast."
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US Marines from Kilo Company of the 3rd Battalion 8th Marines Regiment patrol in Garmser, Helmand Province on June 29.
The pullout of U.S. forces this year is expected to reach 23,000 total troops. The NATO coalition's combat mission in Afghanistan is scheduled to finish at the end of 2014. Last year, President Obama ordered 10,000 U.S. troops out of Afghanistan.
While shifting more control to Afghan security forces and Afghan police, Berger said he has seen "amazing progress last year into this year," first, in terms of the Afghans' military development and, second, in their available fighting equipment and ability to man those tools.
"The third part is confidence — confidence in themselves and the people's confidence in them," Berger said, "Each week, they're more confident in what they can do in the field. The police are more confident. The people can begin to trust them in a way that was really challenging a year and a half ago.
"Now, I think the people (here) see the Afghan security forces as ... really the public face of their government. So the more they see of this, the more confidence people have that the Afghan government can protect them, can take care of them. So from where we sit, it's absolutely going in the right direction."
However, Berger acknowledged that the massive swarm of Marines headed home — particularly those who will be retiring from the military and trying to enroll in college or land civilian jobs — will only begin that long transitionary phase after they return to the United States.
"It happens after they leave country for the most part," Berger said. "While they're over here, they're pretty much occupied by the reason they were sent here.
"But those who make the decision to move on into their civilian life, when they get back they'll go into a formal program that first will lay out all the benefits coming to them. There's a second part that helps them prepare for everything from doing a resume to doing an interview, to narrowing a field of choice, to getting an education.
"If you had gone through that process of separating from the service to entering the civilian world four or five years ago, you would be very much surprised by the program that's in place right now — in a good way," Berger said.
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Still, with tens of thousands of service members headed home, that influx will only further tax a huge backlog of disability claims already clogging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and it could potentially exacerbate a high college drop-out rate and sluggish job hiring now plaguing many veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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More than ten years after the beginning of the war, Afghanistan faces external pressure to reform as well as ongoing internal conflicts.
Retired sergeant Thomas Maretich, who in June earned a medical retirement from the Army, said he knows of many service members still in Afghanistan — and some still in Iraq - who "are not letting go those jobs" because they worry that what awaits them in America is simply the unemployment line.
"They're afraid. This is the worst possible time for anybody to look for work let alone anybody who has been wounded and has the cards stacked up against them," said Maretich, who was wounded by a car bomb in Iraq in 2009 and has had trouble finding work in his current city, Colorado Springs. "They could retire (from the military) at 20 ... They just don't see a job in the civilian world that is safe and pays the same."
What's more, "they don't have enough mental health (help available) now at the VA. Many soldiers will need medical care for problems with their neck, back, or knees and the system that is already trying to catch up will be paralyzed again," he said. "Mix in budget cuts and what a mess we will have."
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