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Elizabeth Biddinger
Elizabeth J. Biddinger
Assistant Professor
- Grove School of Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
Elizabeth J. Biddinger joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at City College of New York as an Assistant Professor in August of 2012. Her research interests encompass green chemistry and energy concerns. She has experience in catalysis, electrochemistry, alternative solvents, green chemistry and sustainable engineering. Prior to joining City College, Dr. Biddinger was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology studying alternative solvent systems for green chemistry and sustainable engineering applications, including CO2 capture, nanoparticle synthesis and homogeneous catalyst recycle. She received her PhD in 2010 in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University and her BS in 2005 in Chemical Engineering from Ohio University. Her research at Ohio State involved the development and investigation of nitrogen-containing carbon nanostructures as oxygen reduction electrocatalysts for PEM and direct methanol fuel cells. In the past, she also worked on electrocatalysis development for the production of hydrogen by ammonia electrolysis.
At Ohio State, she received multiple awards including the Council of Chemical Research (CCR) Award to participate in the annual CCR meeting, the 2009-2010 Dow Fellowship, the Ohio State University Fellow Award, the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Outstanding Teaching Associate Award, and travel awards to the North American Catalysis Society National Meeting and the American Institute of Chemical Engineering National Meeting.
Professor Biddinger has held several leadership posts in the past including chair and vice-chair of the Central Ohio Professional Section of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, member of the Atlanta Professional Section of the Society of Women Engineers Outreach Programming Committee, Academic Officer of the Chemical Engineering Graduate Council at Ohio State and as the Ohio University Manasseh Cutler Scholars Class of 2005 Class Agent.
At City College, Professor Biddinger's research program focuses on the development of new electrocatalysis systems and the use of alternative solvents for applications in energy and green chemistry fields.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 2010-2012
Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2010
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Mathematics minor, Magna Cum Laude, 2005
Electrochemistry; Catalysis; Separations; Alternative Solvents; Green Chemistry & Sustainable Engineering
Journal Articles
♦ M. Gonzalez-Miquel, M. Talreja, A.L. Ethier, K. Flack, J.R. Switzer, E.J. Biddinger, P. Pollet, J. Palomar, F. Rodriguez, C.A. Eckert, C.L. Liotta, "COSMO-RS Studies: Structure-Property Relationships for CO2 Capture by Reversible Ionic Liquids," Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 51 (2012), 16066-16073.
♦ A.L. Rohan, J.R. Switzer, K.M. Flack, R.J. Hart, S. Sivaswamy, E.J. Biddinger, M. Talreja, M. Verma, S. Faltermeier, P.T. Nielsen, P. Pollet, G.F. Schuette, C.A. Eckert, C.L. Liotta, "The Synthesis and the Chemical and Physical Properties of Non-Aqueous Silylamine Solvents for Carbon Dioxide Capture," ChemSusChem, 5(2012), 2181-2187.
♦ D. von Deak, D. Singh, E.J. Biddinger, J.C. King, B. Bayram, J.T. Miller, U.S. Ozkan, "Investigation of Sulfur Poisoning of CNx Oxygen Reduction Catalysts for PEM Fuel Cells," Journal of Catalysis, 285 (2012), 145-151.
♦ E.J. Biddinger, D. von Deak, D. Singh, H. Marsh, B. Tang, D.S. Knapke, U.S. Ozkan, "Examination of Catalyst Loading Effects on the Selectivity of CNx and Pt/VC ORR Catalysts using RRDE," Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 158 (2011), B402-B409.
♦ D. von Deak, E.J. Biddinger, U.S. Ozkan, "Carbon Corrosion Characteristics of CNx Nanostructures in Acidic Media and Implications for ORR Performance," Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 41 (2011), 757-763.
♦ E.J. Biddinger, U.S. Ozkan, "Role of Graphitic Edge Plane Exposure in Carbon Nanostructures for Oxygen Reduction Reaction," Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114 (2010), 15306-15314.
♦ E.J. Biddinger, D. von Deak, H. Marsh, U.S. Ozkan, "RRDE Catalyst Ink Aging Effects on Selectivity to Water Formation in ORR,"Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 13 (2010), B98-B100.
♦ E.J. Biddinger, D.S. Knapke, D. von Deak, U.S. Ozkan, "Effect of Sulfur as a Growth Promoter for CNx Nanostructures as PEM and DMFC ORR Catalysts," Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 96 (2010), 72-82.
♦ X. Bao, D. von Deak, E.J. Biddinger, U.S. Ozkan, C.M. Hadad, "A Computational Exploration of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction over a Carbon Catalyst Containing a Phosphinate Functional Group," Chemical Communications, 46 (2010), 8621-8623.
♦ D. von Deak, E.J. Biddinger, K.A. Luthman, U.S. Ozkan, "The Effect of Phosphorus in Nitrogen-Containing Carbon Nanostructures on Oxygen Reduction in PEM Fuel Cells," Carbon, 48 (2010), 3637-3639.
♦ M.P.Woods, E.J. Biddinger, P.H. Matter, B. Mirkelamoglu, U.S. Ozkan, "Correlation Between Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Oxidative Dehydrogenation Activities over Nanostructured Carbon Catalysts," Catalysis Letters, 136 (2010), 1-8.
♦ E.J. Biddinger, D. von Deak, U.S. Ozkan, "Nitrogen-Containing Carbon Nanostructures as Oxygen-Reduction Catalysts," Topics in Catalysis, 52 (2009), 1566-1574.
♦ E.P. Bonnin, E.J. Biddinger, G.G. Botte, "Effect of Catalyst on Electrolysis of Ammonia Effluents," Journal of Power Sources, 182 (2008), 284-290.
♦ E.J. Biddinger, U.S. Ozkan, "Methanol Tolerance of CNx Oxygen Reduction Catalysts," Topics in Catalysis, 46 (2007), 339-348.
♦ P.H. Matter, E. Wang, M. Arias, E.J. Biddinger, U.S. Ozkan, "Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity and Surface Properties of Nanostructured Nitrogen-Containing Carbon," Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 264 (2007), 73-81.
♦ P.H. Matter, E. Wang, M. Arias, E.J. Biddinger, U.S. Ozkan, "Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts Prepared from Acetonitrile Pyrolysis over Alumina-Supported Metal Particles," Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110 (2006), 18374-18384.
Book Chapter
♦ P.H. Matter, E.J. Biddinger, U.S. Ozkan, "Non-precious metal oxygen reduction catalysts for PEM fuel cells," Catalysis, Spivey, J.J., Ed. The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, Vol. 20 (2007), 338-361.


text: Larry Rodgers of The Arizona Republic recently conducted an interview with MTLEY CRE drummer Tommy Lee. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.The Arizona Republic: How do you feel as you start to wind down your 40s? Tommy: It's so just like a number to me. It's bizarre. My oldest son is about to turn 15, and he was born, it feels like, just a couple small years ago. It's a clich, but when you're having fun, the time definitely does fly. The craziest thing is, I feel like I'm 14. The Arizona Republic: Has drumming kept you in shape or do you work out? Tommy: I work out in the gym, too. I go in spurts. I get bored, and I'll do something else or play drums. I work hard, and I play hard. I put one of those pedometers on my ankle one day because I was (wondering) after a 90-minute or two-hour show what this equated to if I was jogging. I took the thing off after a show, and it said 13 miles. So if there are any toxins in my body prior to the show, it's safe to say they are gone after the set. The Arizona Republic: You did a reality show ("Tommy Lee Goes to College") and have appeared on a few other TV series, including "Californication". Is acting a long-term goal? Tommy: I try to pick and choose the things that are cool. The things I've done have been either music-driven or things I haven't experienced yet. You have to be careful with this TV stuff. It can get real cheesy real quick if you don't watch what you're doing. Read the entire interview from The Arizona Republic.

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The Media vs. The War on Terror
Table of Contents:
- The Media vs. The War on Terror
- Introduction
- USA Patriot Act: Targeting Suspected Terrorists or Everyday Americans?
- Guantanamo Bay: Presenting al-Qaeda Prisoners As the Real Victims
- The NSA Surveillance Program: "Big Brother" Strikes Again
- Conclusion: It's Not the Criticism, It's the Biased Agenda
The NSA Surveillance Program: "Big Brother" Strikes Again
All three broadcast networks jumped on the December 16, 2005 revelations in the New York Times that the National Security Agency (NSA) had been monitoring suspicious phone calls and e-mails to and from the United States. That night, ABC's World News Tonight began their broadcast with the words "Big Brother" beside a picture of President Bush; anchor Bob Woodruff teased, "Big Brother, the uproar over a secret presidential order giving the government unprecedented powers to spy on Americans."
CBS anchor Bob Schieffer began the Evening News by presenting the President as tilting toward criminality: "It is against the law to wiretap or eavesdrop on the conversations of Americans in this country without a warrant from a judge, but the New York Times says that is exactly what the President secretly ordered the National Security Agency to do in the months after 9/11."
The NSA program that the Times disclosed is aimed at uncovering plots similar to 9/11, where terrorist operatives were present in the United States weeks and months before the actual attack. The program only focused on calls in which one party was outside the U.S. As General Michael Hayden, director of the NSA when the program began, explained at a January 23 National Press Club speech: "This is hot pursuit of communications entering or leaving America involving someone we believe is associated with al-Qaeda."
The networks were far less interested in the program's value to disrupting potential terror plots than stressing the hypothetical dangers to Americans' privacy. Most stories stressed topics that troubled liberals: the potential for violating Americans' civil liberties (64 stories, or 50% of the total) and questions about whether the President had exceeded his constitutional powers (38, or 30%). Relatively few stories (21, or 16%) discussed the value of the surveillance program in the overall War on Terror.
In describing the program, reporters presented it as affecting nearly everybody. ABC's Dan Harris began the December 24, 2005 World News Tonight by hyping how "the spying was much more widespread, with millions of calls and e-mails tracked — perhaps even yours." When they described the program, reporters most often said it targeted "Americans" or "U.S. citizens" (phrasing used 82 times, or 37% of all descriptions), or used terms such as "domestic" or "communications inside the U.S." (113 times, or 50% of all descriptions).
Much more rarely, reporters explained that the NSA's goal was to monitor terrorists (11 descriptions, or 5% of the total) or those suspected of being in league with potential terrorists (18, or 8%). For example, NBC's Pete Williams described monitoring "suspected al-Qaeda members" on the December 29, 2005 Nightly News, while over on CBS on February 2, 2006, reporter David Martin similarly described the NSA's targets as "suspected al-Qaeda operatives inside the U.S."
The network coverage, particularly during the first few days, portrayed the NSA revelations as a Bush administration scandal. In the seven days after the New York Times revealed its existence, the three networks ran a combined 23 stories about the NSA program, more than one story per night. Reporters portrayed the program as evidence of transgression, not an effort at protection. "Tonight, President Bush [is]...under fire for authorizing the National Security Agency to spy on Americans," CBS's John Roberts claimed on the December 18, 2005 Evening News.
"The revelations about spying have overshadowed the President's recent efforts to explain his Iraq strategy," ABC's Martha Raddatz asserted on the December 19, 2005 World News Tonight, leaving aside the fact that it was the media who opted to focus on the NSA program and thus "overshadow" the other news. "You can expect the White House to continue to try and get the message out about Iraq," Raddatz told anchor Elizabeth Vargas, "but this spying story is not going away."
Most (59%) of the networks' NSA stories cast the program as either legally dubious or outright illegal. On the December 19, 2005 World News Tonight, ABC's Pierre Thomas cast the President as acting unlawfully: "The Constitution grants the President the powers of Commander-in-Chief, but scholars argue it says nothing about unbridled presidential power to eavesdrop."
That same night, CBS's John Roberts noted, "President Bush insists both the Constitution and congressional authorization for the war on terror give him the power to circumvent the courts when eavesdropping on suspected terrorists, and he is determined to keep doing that. But many legal scholars believe the program is utterly and completely illegal." Roberts then quoted the ubiquitous Georgetown law professor David Cole, who again was not identified as a liberal.
"I think their opinion is ludicrous," Cole told CBS.
The supposedly independent experts cited in NSA stories were as lopsided as those found in the networks' coverage of the Patriot Act and Guantanamo Bay. More than half (55%) echoed Cole, arguing against either the ethics or legality of the NSA program, compared with just 11 percent who defended the program. (The remaining 34% conveyed neutral information.)
The NBC Nightly News was the most balanced, airing six soundbites from pro-NSA experts, including two clips from federal judge Richard Posner arguing the surveillance was constitutionally reasonable. Nevertheless, NBC's experts still tilted three-to-one against the NSA program. ABC ran just two soundbites from pro-NSA experts, compared to 13 that faulted the program, while the CBS Evening News failed to show any pro-NSA experts.
The NSA story entered a new phase on May 11, 2006, after USA Today ran a lengthy front-page story claiming three major phone companies had supposedly turned over huge volumes of customer billing records so that the NSA could construct a computerized database to track which numbers a terrorist suspect might be calling. As with the New York Times revelations in December, all of the broadcast networks led their evening newscasts with the story, portrayed it as a scandal for the administration, and again suggested that ordinary Americans were the target.
"Does the government need to know who you've been talking to on the phone?" CBS anchor Bob Schieffer asked on the May 11 Evening News. "Then why is it collecting millions of our phone records?" CBS's on-screen graphic read "Your Phone Records."
ABC anchor Elizabeth Vargas suggested the disclosures should make Americans doubt the War on Terror: "We begin with a revelation that may change the way Americans think about phone calls and about the war on terrorism. Today we learned that since the attacks of September 11, the government has been collecting tens of millions of phone records. This includes phone calls to and from citizens who are not suspects in any crimes."
NBC's Brian Williams highlighted the "outrage" at the NSA database: "Just hours after critics started to roar in outrage, by mid-day the President himself felt the need to defend his government's policy."
Over the next five days, ABC, CBS, and NBC ran 17 stories on the database aspect of the NSA's surveillance program. ABC actually aired the least coverage, cutting back after the network's own polling found strong support for the program. On the May 12, 2006 World News Tonight, anchor Elizabeth Vargas explained, "An ABC News/ Washington Post poll finds that Americans overwhelmingly support the surveillance of phone records as a way to protect them against a potential terrorist strike. They're in favor of it by a margin of nearly two to one."
ABC's chief Washington correspondent George Stephanopoulos told Vargas that the results were astounding: "When I was speaking to opponents of the program today, they were really surprised that more Americans didn't share their outrage. But our poll shows that two-thirds of Americans [66%] wouldn't be bothered even if the NSA was collecting their own phone records. And it also shows that a majority of Americans, 51 percent [versus 47%], think that President Bush has done a good job of protecting privacy rights over these four years."
After all the sound and fury, USA Today eventually confessed in a June 30 "Note to Readers" that they "cannot confirm that BellSouth or Verizon contracted with the NSA to provide bulk calling records to that database." (See text box.) While all three networks touted the paper's May 11 front-page story, none bothered to note how the newspaper had to backpedal on a key fact.
While the networks presented the actual NSA program as of dubious legality, they had almost nothing to say about the legality of the leaks to the New York Times and USA Today that exposed the classified information. Just five network stories (4%) focused on the potential illegality of the leaks to the media, or the decisions of the two newspapers to publish government secrets.
Indeed, when network reporters mentioned the leak investigations, they portrayed it as part of an attack on the news media. "A federal probe of a New York Times report threatens to further chill the President's relationship with the news media," CBS's Joie Chen argued on the December 31, 2005 Evening News.
In contrast to the skeptical approach CBS took with the NSA program, Chen sought an expert to assure viewers that the media were on solid ground. "Some legal experts question whether the leakers did anything wrong," she suggested, followed by a soundbite from attorney Floyd Abrams, who often argues on behalf of news media clients: "I think it is patriotic at the end of the day to expose potential wrongdoing, even if it's by our own government."
Chen asserted: "The Justice Department probe is already raising hackles with critics, who charge the administration is just following its usual strategy, that is, 'attack the messenger.' In addition, there's some concern that going after and trying to expose whistleblowers and reporters they tell stories to is actually going to keep others from coming forward."
Apparently, the possible illegality of divulging government secrets to the New York Times does not trouble network reporters. But those same journalists seem to regard the government's monitoring of overseas phone calls involving potentially dangerous terrorists as a great threat to the public — greater, presumably, than the danger posed by damaging the government's anti-terrorism efforts by disclosing them to the world.


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Yep, time to get this thread going. Ima about halfway done now and I wanted to get a jump on uploading pics and getting the thread setup. Hope this helps someone in the future.
First off, there are many different ways you can approach this. There are also many differnet wheel types.
I am doing a set of late-model ZQ8 wheels. They are Aluminum, with Painted inserts and have a Clearcote on top. This is typical of most newer OEM aluminum wheels. Always determine what you have first B4 embarking on this adventure.
Why am I doing this. For a few reasons.
First I always wanted the inset painted areas to be a few shades darker than stock.
Secondly I wanted the spokes to be more lusturious. But not too chrome-looking.
Lastly, I had replaced one wheel after an accident claimed the lip of one. The replaced wheel had always been a bit darker on the painted areas and had more clearcote.
Some things I would note off hand. Ive seen some people strip the entire wheel, and just sand the ridges on the spokes befor polishing to a chrome-like luster. Pretty much more time involved.
I have seen some take it a step farther and smooth out the rough-cast of the insets where they are painted. This is a ton of work and makes the whole wheel look chrome-dipped if you do it right.
Ive seen some just polish up the spokes and leave the insets like they are.
I am doing it to my personal taste.
I will be stripping the entire wheel surface of both the clearcote and also the inset painted areas.
Then I will going with a Graphite colored inset which is much darker than the ArgentSilver that was on there originally. The paint is a wheel-specific type paint.
I will then be polishing the spokes with a few compounds to give it a luster. I will n ot be sanding down the machined grooves found on the spokes at this time. I may end up doing that, but dont plan it.
Re-Clearing. Im not sure at this time if I am going to re-clear the entire wheel or just the panted inset areas.
Products :
Paint stripper for metal and aluminum suefaces
Dupli-Color Graphite wheel paint
Dupli-Color Clear wheel paint
3M fineline masking tape
3M wide std masking tape
Razor knife (I am using an Olfa stainless blade used in window tint instalations
Have Mineral Spirits and/or Laquer Thinner on hand
Gloves and Mask
Paper Towels
Soap (mild) and Water with a bucket and some crappy rags
Making Paper
Nylon Scrapers
Tripoli, White Rogue and Billet Polish
(Sandpaper if you intend to wetsand the panted area smooth for perfection and also if you intend to smooth down the machined spokes' grooves)


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NYT Mag "Food Issue" a powerhouse
The New York Times Magazine published its annual "Food Issue" over the weekend, a solid array of foodie fare -- from a short piece on Mark Bittman's "very George Jetson" (as one CEO said) ideas about online grocery shopping to a supershort article on author ZZ Packer's wacky eating habits (she only eats fries that are touching her burger) to a Q&A with healthy eating guru Hungry Girl and a great, refreshing cover profile on Jamie Oliver.
If you're going to read just one, read the Jamie Oliver feature, a quick and easy read on the affable, approachable, bootstrapping chef, focusing on in-the-works show spotlighting Huntington, West Virginia, part of what has been designated as the unhealthiest metropolitan area in America (nearly 50 percent of its population is obese).
It's nice to read because Oliver really truly seems committed to helping people make healthier choices. He truly believes, contrary to what his pub-owning father always told him, that you actually can create a silk purse from a sow's ear, meaning, for him, that people can evolve and change and improve.
Effortlessly charismatic, he has an easy warmth -- happy to shake hands or pat a back, though he takes the business of listening to people quite seriously. When he finds a kindred spirit, a sharp focus, an open mind, he leaps, immediately connecting. He is genuinely polite, which is in itself so rare that it is genuinely winning. Though he is still hyperactive -- if he's standing he's pacing; if he's sitting, a leg bounces -- his mind seems insatiable.
Aww. (Right?) Plus, he walks the talk -- he's pretty single-handedly responsible for a $1 billion infusion towards improvements to the UK's school lunch program.
Michael Pollan's collection of food wisdoms is great, and the funny "why Mexican Coke justs tastes better damnit" article is worthwhile too, and quick. (But sorry Jonathan Safran Foer, I just can't stomach you anymore.)
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I have been using this religiously for two weeks now – twice a day on my thigh area and once on my face every other day – and half of the 60ml bottle is almost gone. So far my skin has gotten smoother and is definitely less dry. My stretch marks have also faded slightly and my thigh area just feels nicer and a lot smoother. I have also tried applying this on a zit on my forehead (yes I do get them too!) and even though I hardly scar when I get zits, this seemed to help it heal faster. I will continue using this and will update in a month.
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My theme includes a specific template for image galleries - The Pinterest icon shows up on both posts and pages correctly, but it doesn't show up at all with WordPress generated galleries with the gallery template.
Blog (works): http://chicagophoenix.com/2012/04/21/low-numbers-hinder-chicago-delegation-of-simultaneous-worldwide-lgbt-marches/
Page (works): http://chicagophoenix.com/galleries/
WordPress Gallery in Gallery Template (doesn't work): http://chicagophoenix.com/galleries/gallery-freedom-to-marry-reception/
It also doesn't seem to work on the Fancybox popup (click on one of the images from the link above). As these are the large images, it'd be ideal for it to appear on those photos and not the smaller ones in the articles.


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Add to attendance list Ross Brawn, John Watson and sportscar racer Johnny Mowlem plus Medical car driver Alan van de Merwe.


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You all know I am a huge Mac Miller fan and hate all you want but this song has to hush the haters cause WOW with these two legends on the mic with him, classic material. That's shows the strength and respect this cat has from other artists. De La and Wu-Tang? Enough said…
Unlike Dayz I am not a fan of Mac but I am neither a hater, I must say though that if I had a teenage son/daughter and they listened to this I wouldn't be mad at them at all.
I must say though just cause he got OG's on a track dont really mean shit cause even Ice Cream face guy got Kweli and Copywrite to do a "track" with him.
@Normont I hear ya man and I totally get why people aren't a fan of his. I just look at all these teenage emcees coming up and how horrible the scene is becoming and he is the only one I have heard really carrying the torch for real Hip Hop music. He knows the history and respects his elders. We don't seem to get that from any of these other new schoolers. He might have the mentality of a teenager and that reflects in his rhymes so yes being as old as I am I can't really relate anymore but I respect him and his passion for the culture. He also sounds genuine and coming from the soul, no frontin' as far as I see, just good ol' fashion fun rhymes so for that I am a huge fan.
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Iron and Industry: Ancient Links; Investigators Dig into One of Iron Age Europe's First Cities
Bower, Bruce, Science News
IRON AND INDUSTRY: Ancient Links
Scattered throughout central Europe lie nearly 40 prehistoric "time capsules" harboring remnants of an urban revolution that took place more than 2,000 years ago, near the end of the Iron Age. Each stands behind the remains of massive walls made of earth, stone and wood. The land behind the barriers, encompassing from 25 acres to more than 1,500 acres, holds what is left of the first cities of temperate Europe.
These sites are called oppida, a term coined by Julius Caesar to describe the walled settlements in Gaul (modern France) against which he led the Roman legions. Archaeological work at various oppida spans nearly a century, but only recenlty have scientists begun to understand why these urban centers emerged between about 150 and 50 B.C.
"If we want to understand the special features of European urban development, we need to begin our investigation with these Iron Age communities," says archaeologist Peter S. Wells of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
One of Europe's largest prehistoric cities, Kelheim Bavaria, West Germany, is yielding important new evidence about Europe's Late Iron Age life, according to research presented at the recent First Joint Archaelogical Congress in Baltimore.
"We've only excavated a small area so far," says Wells, who is directing the Kelheim project. "But it appears the opportunity to trade for exotic goods from the Romans led to intensified iron production in the 2nd century B.C., and this may have gotten the ball rolling in regards to Late Iron Age cultural changes."
The narrow band of land claimed by the Kelheim oppidum stretches for nearly 2 miles along the base of a limestone plateau. Modern Kelheim, a small industrial city, lies adjacent to the Iron Age site.
The landscape and resources around Kelheim attracted prehistoric peoples as far back as 50,000 years ago, Wells says. But the location's commercial potential was not realized until the final two centuries B.C.
Work at other oppida suggests iron production increased dramatically during that time. Workers smelted tons of ore and forged its metal into a plethora of groundbreaking steel implements. Metal plowshares with sharp iron disks mounted in front allowed the cultivation of heavier, richer soils. Iron hammers, axes, drills and other tools greatly improved building and manufacturing capabilities.
"The final centuries of the Late Iron Age marked the first time in Western cultural history that metal became available for everyday uses," Wells notes.
Kelheim's main attraction was its limestone plateau studded with rich deposits of iron ore. More than 6,000 pits from which miners extracted ore now pock the plateau. In addition, surrounding forests supplied the charcoal needed for smelting the ore.
Moreover, the site is flanked by the Altmuhl and Danube rivers, placing it along a prime trade route.
Several thousand people probably inhabited Late Iron Age Kelheim, Wells says, but little is known abot life inside the 4-mile-long, 16-foot-high wall strung between the two surrounding rivers. Modern-day farmers (word illigible) periodically stumbled across prehistoric pottery, iron tools and animal bones while working portions of Kelheim's 1,500 acres, and an early 20th-century building project at the eastern edge of the site uncovered pits with numerous Late Iron Age artifacts.
In the summer of 1987, however, Wells and a field team of graduate students, undergraduates and volunteers took a more systematic approach. They excavated about 300 square yards of the settlement surface where it appeared occupation was most dense.
What the scientific team discovered was surprisingly broad range of artifacts and abundant evidence of iron processing.
The team unearthed nearly 400 iron objects, including chisels, knives, clamps, nails, sheet metal pieces and keys. …


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"Write a class named Banger. You will need to write the following methods for it:
__init__(): This method needs to accept the name of the driver (a string) and
the model of the car (also a string). Use the string unknown for
the default argument. It should also initialize the number of hits
that the car has received in the game to 0.
__repr__(): This method should return a string that consists of the name of the
driver, followed by a tab, and then the name of the model of the
get_driver(): This method simply returns the name of the driver.
get_model(): This method simply returns the model of the car.
get_hits(): This method returns the number of times the car has been hit
during the course of the derby.
add_hit(): This method adds 1 to the total number of hits."
Class code:
class Banger(): def __init__(self, driver, modelofcar): self.unknown = driver, modelofcar hits = 0 def __repr__(self): driver = self.get_driver modelofcar = self.get_model return driver + '\t' + modelofcar def get_driver(self): driver = "" return driver def get_model(self): modelofcar = "" return modelofcar
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#from Banger import * from random import randint import time #Registration from the file competitors.txt cars = [] car_file = open("competitors.txt") for each in car_file: car, type_car = each.split('\t') new_entry = Banger(car.strip(), type_car.strip()) cars.append(new_entry) print("There are now", len(cars), "cars in this here demolition derby.") print("Registration is now closed. Here's who we have in our race:\n") for each in cars: print(each) #Welcome print("\nAnd now it's time for the race!\n") print("Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the CSE 1384 Demolition Derby.") print("We have cars in the arena to rock your world with all of the smashing") print("and crashing that you could ever hope for. It promises to be an") print("exciting night.\n") print("Our returning champion, " + cars[0].get_driver()+ ", has come tonight") print("with his newest" + cars[0].get_model()+ ".") print("The race hasn't started yet so he has " + str(cars[0].get_hits()) + "hits so far,") print("but is he ever mobile.\nYee-haa! Look at him move. Yessiree, it should") print("be a fine show.")


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Having your first child or adding to your family is a very exciting and rewarding experience. Before the baby arrives there seems to be a lot to do, fix up the nursery, attend baby showers and yes, start planning financially for that new bundle of joy. New children often require a re-working of the monthly expenditures, whether you are on a budget or not.
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It's seems harmless enough: you want your child to do well in school so you offer them money for good grades. So, is paying for good grades the best solution for you and your child? Here are some things to consider...
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You can't protect your kids from everything in life. However, what you can do is protect your child from a difficult financial future caused by student debt. Student debt could not only cause your child to cope with a considerable amount of stress, but it can also cause them to put off getting married, buying a home, or even saving for retirement.
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Your parents do a lot for you, so you may be asking yourself what you can do to help them out. As a member of your household, there are plenty of things you can do that will make a world of difference, not only for your family, but sometimes for the environment too.
Be sure to tell your parents about your changes. They will be very proud of you, and they may make some changes as well.
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In today's world, younger generations possess a large amount of spending power and influence. This power is ideal for companies because many items kids buy fall under the "luxury" category, things like: games, music, and clothing.
Unfortunately, the advertisements that attract youth to these items usually work by making them feel insecure. Teenage years are often the easiest target because issues like body image, power, and peer acceptance are sought after by teens and easy for advertisers to focus on.
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If you're not knowledgeable with your own finances, this is the time to educate yourself. It's never too soon or too late to begin talking with your children about money. Don't know where to start? Begin with books written by people known for helping others with financial success. The sooner you get your finances under control, the sooner you'll be able to lead your children by example. Remember, actions speak louder than words.
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I thought I'd write a bit about our track "Zeitgeist" from our latest EP Incision, which is a song we wrote together with Preemptive Strike 0.1. We met the band online after becoming label-mates on Infacted Recordings, and the idea for a collaboration propped up and sounded like something we both wanted to do. 2010's relentless remix schedule left us utterly jaded in that sense, so the idea of collaborating on something new instead of just re-working an existing song seemed like a much better way to connect musically. The music back & forthed as we exchanged loops, but PES0.1 came up with the main aggressive-lead synths for the first verse and chorus. Then we took it and added our signature parts, and a big Moog bassline and build-up replete with epic kick-rolls, which adds instant awesomeness to any song if you ask me.
The lyrics came quite quickly and naturally in one stream-of-consciousness minddump. I basically had one thought in my mind which was that I wanted to create a mantra for a hacker just before a run, to do something destructive to a large corporate entity for no personal benefit; just to bring the system down and level the playing field for a moment. The line "Keep your eyes level with god" refers to the dissolution of the class system we live in. It means there are no giants, no man-made gods demanding your credence, no one to be a slave to – we are all born equal and must get off our knees and become our own gods. The moment we blame our circumstances for our shortcomings we become self-imposed slaves to a man-made glass ceiling.
I'm not saying we should all go out and become cyber-terrorists, but it's important to respect those who challenge the system, and to never be a slave.
Zeitgeist (snippet) by virul3nt
Rusted spires / That hold the world in shadow / Signal fire / Reflects the light in glass / Running live / We ride this to the core / Reaching for the mask / Never to hold back / Form the cause / Central units rising / Force their hand / Pressure to absolve / Action is the goal / Understand it now / We know where to attack; / The zeitgeist shows the path
Fight until we have it all / Keep your eyes level with god / Burn at this rate and we fall / We fall / Rising in a new cage / Force, turn the pressure to war / Keeping our eyes level with god / Terror action until we fall / We fall / Alive to see the new wave
For a song / We sold our evolution / Keeps us down / Afraid to call the lines / Behind that wall / Colder than these eyes / We know what must be done / Our system overrun / Form the cause / Central units rising / Force their hand / Pressure to absolve / Action is the goal / Understand it now / We know where to attack; / The zeitgeist shows the path
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Zeitgeist (i...am...shodan)
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Labels: Incision, Preemptive Strike 0.1, Zeitgeist
Saturday, March 26, 2011
The Crystalline Effect - 2 new releases and how they were made
The Crystalline Effect is, according to our brand spanking new label Deathwatch Asia, "the female-fronted icy electro counterfoil to Australian composer Pete Crane's brooding dark electro project Shiv-r".
Since the last TCE release in 2008, I've been tapping away at new TCE material and putting aside songs for a new release. When I had about 9 new TCE tracks and remixes, I decided to leave our label at the time, Advoxya Records, with plans to simply upload the EP to iTunes and release it independently. Just before I did this I sent the EP in mp3 format to Deathwatch Asia, just as a "by the way" sort of thing. Deathwatch Asia wrote back within hours with a message; "*This* is how much I like your new EP", and attached a record contract right there and then.
So since Deathwatch Asia took the release on-board, we decided to add a bunch of additional material, namely remixes by Soman, DYM and Studio-X. I also had another idea; I had been writing some music on my iPhone using a program called Nanostudio, and I thought it would be cool to turn these into "real" songs and release them on this CD. The release is a tribute to Ada Lovelace, who is cited as the world's first computer programmer and the first person to envision that computers could be used to make music. So using an iPhone to compose part of the release, which is a device viewed with the same skepticism as computers initially were in terms of making music, seemed entirely appropriate.
My singer Elenor wrote and recorded vocals over the initial Nanostudio demos. These demos were made within a few hours late at night or on the go, but had some cool ideas in them. My plan was to export the MIDI data, import that into Cubase 5, and send the data to my hardware synths and produce the songs using all the soft-samplers and mixing tricks I have available.
No soft-synths were used on this release. I used my Andromeda A6 for the "soft lead" sounds and pads, my Moog LP for the basslines and my Virus Snow for the "hard lead" sounds.
You can hear the results on the digital single "Ada Makes the Machines Sing". The 2 tracks that were made in this way are "As Long As You Need" and "Core Reaction", which are on this digital single in instrumental form.
And you can stream the first 3 tracks and pre-order the CD of the full EP, "Industrial Re-Evolution", due for release on 22 April 2011.
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Mixcloud seems pretty cool
Today I created a Mixcloud profile and uploaded a few mixes I'd put together. I've got some more mixes in the works and the idea is to create various sets in individual styles which I'll upload when they're ready to go, so expect new minimal, techno and indie dance sets soon. A lot of it was found by trawling Beatport, and a lot of it was recommended to me by friends and then bought from Beatport. When I have a bunch of tracks ready I put them in folders labelled by style. I guess I find it very hard to not interact with music; if I listen to club music I'm going to imagine myself DJing it in order to appreciate it better. So making these mixes is my way of absorbing this music I've been collecting. I'm loathe to call myself a DJ and while I have been spinning at clubs for quite a few years, it's not something I pursue too hard. To be brutally honest, none of this music resonates with me as much as industrial, and to quote a friend of mine "we listen to every kind of music in the world, but we're really just waiting to listen to Hocico again".
The awesome thing about Mixcloud is that, as long as your mixes are labelled thoroughly and as long as the artists you play have registered with the relevant performing rights association, the artists in your sets actually get royalties based on the amount of plays, similar to royalties made by having your tracks played on radio or TV. It also gives download links in your playlists which search various digital stores, so if someone likes a track in your set (or the whole set), they can hopefully buy it. So while it's a streaming-only service, it's worth it to be above board.
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Friday, March 11, 2011
What's he building in there?
We're gearing up for our most ambitious photoshoot yet for the new album. Here's a production shot from our friend John Baker in the UK, crafting this mysterious item for us with a 5-axis CNC router.
The results will blow your mind!
The results will blow your mind!
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
The Dose magazine's Visual Mixtape of Rock!
Since our feature in The Dose magazine Issue #03, the crew have put together a Visual Mixtape of the best in weird and alternative party music, featuring our filmclip for "The End". Filmclips in the world of industrial are somewhat of a rarity so it's important to spread the word and make features of clips like these to keep the interest up so more filmclips get made in the future.
Check out the visual mixtape here!
Check out the visual mixtape here!
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Resistanz compilation - featuring Shiv-r remix
Remember the remix we did for SAM? It has just been re-released on a new compilation released by Deathwatch Asia in association with Resistanz festival.
More details about the compilation can be found at www.deathwatchasia.com.
More details about the compilation can be found at www.deathwatchasia.com.
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More acts announced for Infest UK
Incredibly excited to be able to mention that the enigmatic, inspirational and phenomenal act mind.in.a.box have been added to the Infest line-up. We will be performing just before them on the Sunday.
We're also incredibly chuffed to say that Hocico will be on the line-up too. I played 2 shows with Hocico in Estonia and Latvia with my other band The Crystalline Effect in 2008, and seeing Hocico onstage was a massively energetic experience.
As if you needed any more of a reason to believe this is a festival not to miss, check out the rest of the bands announced thus far here at www.infestuk.com.
We're also incredibly chuffed to say that Hocico will be on the line-up too. I played 2 shows with Hocico in Estonia and Latvia with my other band The Crystalline Effect in 2008, and seeing Hocico onstage was a massively energetic experience.
As if you needed any more of a reason to believe this is a festival not to miss, check out the rest of the bands announced thus far here at www.infestuk.com.
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WASHINGTON – They arrived by truck days before Christmas. More than 100 dogs used as breeding stock at a puppy mill in Arkansas were taken in by the Washington Animal Rescue League.
On the day they arrived, they were matted, filthy and some were sick. It took an army of staffers and volunteers the better part of two days to unload, tag and medically assess the dogs and puppies in assembly line fashion.
Months later, they are doing just fine.
Seventy-six of the dogs have been adopted and 10 were transferred to breed rescue groups who will place them in permanent homes. Jim Monsma, Chief Communications Officer for WARL says that leaves 23 dogs still looking for placement. Some of those aren't available yet because they're still undergoing medical attention.
Monsma says a small miniature pinscher mix named one Chamomile came in with a leg that had been broken, but was never treated. She underwent a complicated surgery to correct the leg and is still healing. She'll be ready soon, along with 22 of her doggie buddies.
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For the fourth year in a row, Nixon gathered some of world's best surfers in the beautiful Basque city of San Sebastian to host the Nixon Surf Challenge of 2003. Presented by etnies and supported by Surf Europe, Surf Session and 3Sesenta, the joint forces brought upon the town three full days of surf, sun and fun.
The invitation list spanned nine countries, including Australian's Simon Young, Adrian Wiseman and Navrin Fox. Nathan Philips from Wales joined the European Superstars from France--Benjamin Sanchis, Fredo Robin, Laurent Pujol and Miky Picon--along with Portugal's Tiago Pires. From the USA, Jason Griffith joined local surfers from Spain with Jon Garay, Riki Carrasco Asier Muniain, Xiker Fernandez, Julian Cuello and Hartiz Mendiluze from Uruguay and Luis Mario Ituria from South Africa. Nigel Gibb, Jesus del Solar and Fernando Moura from Brazil made a list of twenty surfers all on a mission to surf their best, win the title and see who could have the most fun.
Great emphasis was once again put on the session format that refrains from the tight, conservative boundaries of traditional contests and stresses a more open and free surfing style. Once again, the contest was judged by surfers including Benjamin Sanchis and Simon Young, who fell in the earlier rounds and filled their posts in at the judges table. The forty-minute heats came in handy for a very enjoyable session in 4-6 foot waves under the Basque sun of early September before a spirited crowd of San Sebastian's finest.
In the end, Miky Picon left the stage as a winner, followed by Fredo Robin in 2nd, Tiago Pires in 3rd and Jason Griffith on the 4th place. The surfing of the weekend could be characterized as a display of style, speed and power, with the likes of Miky Picon and Fredo Robin making the best of bowling sections and overhead sets and Tiago Pires' high-flying airs left a lot for the beautiful Basque crowd to cheer about. The Nixon crew of surfers, friends and family had the best time, and are looking forward to doing it all over again next year. Hopefully, we'll see you there.
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Alternative music-focused Fuzz Fest features Cage the Elephant
F uzz Fest is back for a second year, and organizers for the alternative music show will bring the hottest bands of the genre to the Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton on Sunday.
The festival features headliner Cage the Elephant, a multiplatinum-selling band from Bowling Green, Kentucky, best known for the hit single "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked." Supporting acts include Kongos, whose No. 1 song "Come with Me Now," has taken over airwaves; retro-punk outfit Skaters; Brick + Mortar, a two-piece band from New Jersey; alt-rock group Northern Faces; local band Graces Downfall and more.
Gates for the all-ages show open at 3 p.m., and tickets are $18, available at the pavilion box office, Ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster outlets or by calling 800-745-3000.
Keeping the music fresh but the price low was of the utmost importance according to Tom Ferguson, program director for Fuzz 92.1, a Times-Shamrock Communications-owned radio station that sponsors the festival.
"That's just a huge deal," Mr. Ferguson said. "I think Northeast PA needs an event like this; otherwise, you'd have to go to New York City or Philadelphia.
"We're bringing a little taste of that (here). It's something I think the area is starved for."
Mr. Ferguson pointed out the crossover appeal of Cage the Elephant as a benchmark of improvement for the festival in general.
"We're really grateful to have them," he said. "They're a band I think has found their own unique style. ... They're bringing in a wider base crowd.
"They've evolved from their first album, which was rock and kind of had a rhythm twist to it, into a straight-up rock 'n' roll band. They're energetic. Their live shows, you just have to see it to believe how much they bring to the table."
The inaugural Fuzz Fest boasted the Dirty Heads as headliner and drew upward of 2,500 people, Mr. Ferguson said. This year, he expects that number to increase if good weather holds.
Additionally, a limited number of official Fuzz Fest T-shirts will be sold at the show for $10, with all proceeds benefiting the Foundation for Cancer Care.
"I think cancer is something, at this point, that has affected everybody in some way or another," Mr. Ferguson said of the charitable choice.
Raising money for a good cause is just one more way to secure community support so Fuzz Fest can continue to expand each year, Mr. Ferguson said.
"This can be a staple for our area to look forward to every year," he said. "You can get in and just have a blast and be exposed to all this great music."
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What: Second Fuzz Fest featuring Cage the Elephant, Kongos, Skaters, Brick + Mortar, Northern Faces and more
When: Sunday, gates open at 3 p.m.
Where: The Pavilion at Montage Mountain, Scranton
Details: Tickets are $18 and are available at the pavilion box office, Ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster outlets or by calling 800-745-3000.
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Work continues on Fire Tower Rd. in Greenville and Winterville. The Department of Transportation has announced they will close the intersection of Fire Tower and Corey Rd. in Greenville on March 2.
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CAIRO — During the day Thursday, Tahrir Square was largely empty. The odor of rotting garbage hung in the air. The crumpled banners, empty soda cans and old corncobs of the Egyptians who had celebrated the ousting of their president lay smashed and strewn across the pavement.
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The economy won't be the only problem confronting whoever next rules Egypt. The constitution that was ratified under Morsi has been nullified, meaning the polarized nation must start from scratch in developing a set of common laws and principles.
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Online in Ecuador? It's Taking Awhile
By RACHEL KONRAD
Published: January 2, 2003
OTAVALO, Ecuador -- ROY COOPER pawed through hundreds of tapestries, searching for a fetching combination of colors and print. Nothing caught his eye until a tiny, toothless woman wearing a felt fedora and dozens of gold necklaces presented a black and tan rug with geometric patterns.
"Runners in dark shades and earth tones, that's all anyone wants," Mr. Cooper, a 52-year-old Kentucky native, said in Spanish with a thick Southern drawl. "The gringos won't pay a dime these days for the brightly colored rugs, so forget the reds and pinks."
Mr. Cooper, who has lived in Quito with his Ecuadorean wife, Eulalia, for 23 years, bargained the price from $12 to $10, purchased the Navajo-style floor runner and lit a cigarette to celebrate: The rug will likely fetch $30 or more at auction on eBay , where he sells tapestries, baskets and religious relics at substantial markups. Mr. Cooper, who devotes 15 hours a week to buying, listing and shipping eBay items, clears roughly $1,300 a month from his online business, and up to $2,500 each November and December.
By contrast, the World Bank estimates that the average Ecuadorean earns $1,460 a year.
Mr. Cooper's business puts him in an elite group in Ecuador, not only by virtue of his income but also because of the tools with which he makes it. Of Ecuador's 13 million people, only 2.7 percent have been online, according to the government-owned communications company, Conatel.
Internet entrepreneurs flourish in Ecuador's largest cities, but many are educated businessmen with ties to the United States. Thousands of households in Quito (the capital) and Guayaquil (the largest city) have Internet access, but few rural communities have telephone lines.
The discrepancies make experts pessimistic. They worry that the rapid pace of change in the technology industry will cause third-world nations like Ecuador to slip further behind Europe and North America.
"In the late 1990's, everyone jumped up in arms over the digital divide, but it has proven almost impossible to bridge," said Peter Hakim, president of the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based policy-analysis center, and an expert on Latin America. "It is a region of inequality. Why would access to technology be any different than access to education, health care, employment or financial aid?"
In 2000, fewer than 1 percent of Ecuadoreans had sent e-mail or surfed the Web at home, school or work or in cybercafes. In August 2001, in an effort to expand access, the government created the National Connectivity Commission. Public "telecentros" have sprung up to provide free Internet access - under the auspices of nonprofit groups for which the commission helps find donors - and home connections, previously timed by the minute, are now available for a flat rate of about $25 a month.
"I know that in five years, most people in Ecuador still won't be able to buy a computer," said José Pileggi, president of Conatel, which oversees the connectivity project. "But my hope is that they will at least know that they have access to computers."
[Help may also come from the United Nations, which on Dec. 9 began an Internet initiative in Esmeraldas, one of Ecuador's most impoverished provinces. The project will be run by workers from the United Nations Volunteers and financed by the Ecuadorean government, the World Bank and Japan's International Cooperation Agency, offering "one-stop offices" where fishermen, artisans and other small-business owners can use the Web to find new markets.]
Ecuador's government is also trying to create a hospitable environment for online businesses. In April, the legislature approved a bill giving electronic documents the same legal status as paper documents and making digital theft a crime.
Still, Ecuador's politics, economy and geography have proven formidable barriers to Internet access. The most ominous threats are political instability and corruption.
The connectivity program was the brainchild of President Gustavo Noboa's administration. But the program's fate belongs to President-elect Lucio Gutiérrez, who takes office Jan. 15. Mr. Gutiérrez, a military coup leader who will become Ecuador's sixth president in six years, did not mention technology or Internet access in his campaign.
Even if the program survives, some dismiss it as a potential hotbed of bribery.
Ricardo Garcia Fuentes, owner of Limon y Café, a cybercafe in the Galapagos Islands, said he and several partners paid about $50,000 to set up satellite Internet access in Puerto Ayora, 600 miles from the mainland. Mr. Fuentes said government officials, primarily from Conatel, the phone company, demanded an additional $300,000 in "startup fees," which he and his partners painstakingly gathered or borrowed from investors, including some in the United States.
He said it did not matter whether the fees were required tariffs or flagrant bribes; he had to pay them to open his business.
"We are out here on the vanguard of technology," Mr. Fuentes said in his bar, a tourist haunt with tiki lights and salsa tunes. "But the government makes it too costly. They try to give us a solution but it creates an even bigger headache. There is already too much bureaucracy in this country."


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Josh and A'Shonta Thomas' company called Brick & Tree Properties is new in town, but the husband and wife duo wasted little time introducing their company and its beliefs to the more than 50 attendees of the Mint Hill Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon June 25 at Jimmie's Restaurant. June's luncheon had the theme "Celebrate Civic." Attendees learned about civic oriented chamber members in the community.
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In 2006, co-authors Robert Scoble and Shel Israel wrote Naked Conversations, a book that persuaded businesses to embrace what we now call social media. Six years later they have teamed up again to report that social media is but one of five converging forces – mobile, data, sensors and location-based technology – that promise to change virtually every aspect of our lives. Combined with social media they form a new generation of personalized technology that knows us better than our closest friends. The resulting convergent superforce is so powerful that it is ushering in an era the authors call the Age of Context. In this new era, our devices know when to wake us up early because it snowed last night; they contact the people we are supposed to meet with to warn them we're running late. Scoble and Israel have spent more than a year researching this book. They report what they have learned from interviewing more than a hundred pioneers of the new technology and by examining hundreds of contextual products. What does it all mean? How will it change society in the future? The authors are unabashed tech enthusiasts, but they also warn we are entering a time when our technology serves us best because it watches us; collecting data on what we do, who we speak with, what we look at. The time to lament the loss of privacy is over. The authors argue that the time is right to demand options that enable people to reclaim some portions of that privacy.
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