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Kate Bosworth's been hitting the red carpet with a string of enviable side-parted and slicked-back styles lately, but she pulled out the big guns last night in honor of the New York premiere of her latest film, Big Sur (written, directed, and produced by her new husband, Michael Polish).
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Campora divided the top section of Bosworth's locks into three parts, braiding each one to the end and securing with another elastic. "I blended the braids into the ponytail I created from the side sections to achieve a seamless look. Then, using bobby pins, I wrapped the braids against her head in an upward fashion to keep the hair in place," he says.
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I make some of the best white bread I have ever had and I use KA white bread flour. My recipe is simply KA flour, salt, sugar, yeast, 1 tbsp olive oil, water and I love it. However I am hearing more and more of the wicked ways of white bread and I am not sure if they are referring to commercial crap or good homemade. What are your thoughts on the health issues of this simple white bread recipe?


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Look, kids.
There are all kinds of ways to fake being sick/injured/dead to try and get sent home from school.
Pretending to have a weird rash that "suddenly came up" before the math test is not a good one.
Especially if you do it by rubbing your face and hands vigorously with Cheetos.
Your neon-orange "rash" washed off pretty damn easily when I took a washcloth to it.
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Sean this is so good! I listened to this interview when it first aired and this strip really brings that conversation to life in an incredible way. Well done
Pekar + Rushkoff + Pryor = Too many of my favorite things in the same place all at once. I remember this interview… it's great to see it come to life in comics form. Looking forward to the next installment!
Very cool piece with two greats going head to head! Love the artwork, Sean - esp the opener, the theater production, and a great Jon Stewart and Colbert set!
The corporate agenda is still there, only it's disguise has been perfected. Now the kids cheer for Colbert and Daily (no relation, no 'E'), they clap and two-finger whistle for the agenda, they just don't know it. We don't know what we don't know. Harvey knows I'm right about this.
I haunted Cleveland back in the late seventies and early eighties. Gray snow, soot on the sills, but great memories sprinkled with melancholy. You can go back again, but who wants to? Anything with/about Harvey brings it back. Great cartoon. Thanks…RD
[...] Rushkoff & Harvey Pekar in Comic Form Jump to Comments Over at SMITH Mag, Sean Pryor draws up Harvey Pekar talking to Douglas [...]
Good in-depth stuff here, and Sean's art (and colors!) really brings it to life
[...] Sean Pryor illustrated the latest web comic on the Pekar Project which features Harvey Pekar and Douglas Rushkoff together Kibbitzin' About How Life Got Incorporated. [...]
Thank you for your work.
[...] Magazine has a new Harvey Pekar comic strip about how corporatism influences everything people do and [...]
[...] strip van tekenaar Sean Pryor is een mix tussen beeldverhaal, interview en essay geworden. Daarmee [...]
sometimes it isn't 'corporate' to change things.. it just happens you have to dumb things down if you want reach more people.. how many things do you buy that make your life simpler? Do you really want to churn your own butter? make your own bullets? etc.. so as with life's daily travels, those stories are also simplified for easier consumption.. that is the main agenda.. sure there are the other's, but money is the main motive - rent is real for everyone
[...] style of frame-to-frame transitions. A lot of his work is duo specific, but very few, such as Pekar & Rushkoff Kibbitzin' How Life Got Incorporated are picture specific. Harvey Pekar's work flows very well; it follows the Choice of Flow [...]
This is wonderful. Thank you to all involved.
[...] Pekar Project: PEKAR & RUSHKOFF KIBBITZIN' HOW LIFE GOT INCORPORATED [...]
Excellent works and pieces. I would like to see the literary mirrors of the past shattered & some etchings cover the present and the future disadventures of Harvey Pekar.
[...] webcomic series. I put together a PDF download of the first part of the latest story "Kibbitzin' How Life Got Incorporated" but please please please visit the Pekar Project at Smith Magazine and pick up some of [...]
sad to hear the news.
peace pekar
all my respect to the great pekar.
regards from Chile.
Great stuff! Lifted me after hearing about Harvey's demise. The legacy that Pekar leaves is the connection he creates with those who seek the truth. He had an amazing talent for defining our place in the world. Harvey, you are a modern day Van Gogh and I miss you terribly.
Enjoyed this very strip very much, Sean. Thanks! It has that "ring of truth" to it that was so important to Mr. Pekar.
[...] Harvey Pekar & Doug Rushkoff Kibbitzin' How Life Got Incorporated Comic Art by Sean Pryor [...]
that in his upbringing, under pnsiederts like Eisenhower, Republicans were true fiscal conservatives and actually cut spending and balanced the budget Even Reagan, while he had huge deficits, did cut spending and reduce the size of the government The reason he and Bush I had such large deficits was because of their insistence on huge tax cuts and drastically increasing our military budget The big problem with Bush II is that he wants to have huge tax cuts for the rich AND increases the size and influence of government AND is spending 10 billion a month in Iraq All adding up to monstrous deficits and putting this country in a position where we will be bankrupt soon Regardless of where people fall in terms of their opinion of Bush's presidency, it can be objectively said I think that he has put this country in a fiscal disaster And sadly many people will blame the next president for all the major problems and cuts they will have to deal with, when really it was Bush's fault Kind of like how Mark Warner had to deal with all Gilmore's mistakes early in his time as Governor Oh well, we'll see what happens I guess that's my 2 cents
I've really eneoyjd following you, and I have to say that I'm disappointed to see you completely pull out of social media. I do understand I did a Lenten social media fast last year, and it was great for me but since I almost never check my RSS feeds any more, I rely on Twitter to alert me to new content, and I'm sad I'm going to miss that from you. I guess I could start checking my feeds.In the end, you have to do what makes sense for you. Twitter has been such a valuable professional resource for me that I can't imagine giving it up entirely, but for others like yourself, the ROI just hasn't been there. I had almost given up Facebook for dead, but then I friended a bunch of people in my new department and it's been a great way to build relationships real relationships that play out in Real Life with them.I read Rushkoff's book recently as well, and while I felt he had wise things to say, I thought he was over-the-top with his warnings. I still think one can manage a life that includes connections to people we know online, rather than choose between programming and being programmed. But I absolutely respect the decisions of those, like you, who see the need to draw a line. I may be there someday myself.I still hope to meet up someday with you, maybe at one of those ASEE meetings we discussed a while back.
I am a student from India. I tried it last year. Completely baennd social media, unsubscribed from useless mailing lists. I did it for five months. It removed anxiety in me. I have a lot of time. So I exercised, washed the clothes myself, had enough sleep, completed all the home works in time. That semester I have achieved the highest GPA of my college life. After 5 months, I went back to twitter and facebook, and found myself drawn back. I am not up to date with technology. I would have increased my contacts on a great scale. So, I started using them again. Now am not any more addicted to facebook or twitter, but visit them less frequently 3-4 times a day and even more sometimes, but only after my work is done
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In February 2011, protests broke out in Benghazi, the second largest city in Libya, against the more than 40-year rule of Muammar Gaddafi. During the protests, security forces fired on civilian protesters, causing a broader uprising that led to the establishment of the National Transitional Council (NTC), an interim governing body in opposition to Gaddafi's regime. As violence escalated and the regime began to issue statements indicating a willingness to massacre civilians in order to crush the rebellion, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution that permitted international intervention in Libya.
NATO member countries quickly established a "no-fly zone" to prevent Gaddafi's military from bombing rebel-held cities; they also continued to embargo arms shipments to Libya as per a February United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution. Ill-trained, ill-equipped, and lacking a unified command structure, the opposition forces nevertheless seized Tripoli in late August. On October 20, 2011, Gaddafi was reportedly killed in Sirte as the city fell to the NTC forces. His son and presumed successor, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who had been a central figure throughout the civil war, remained in hiding until his capture by rebel fighters in mid-November; he awaits trial in Libya. Since August, the NTC has attempted to consolidate control of the country, though the issue of overseas frozen assets and the need to disarm and demobilize rebel fighters continue to present serious challenges.
The possibility of the use of rape as a tool of war in Libya was first brought to international attention in March when Iman al-Obeidi, a Libyan law student, burst into the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli and told the foreign journalists staying there that she had been held for two days and gang-raped by Gaddafi's soldiers. Security forces dragged her from the hotel, and the government tried to downplay the incident by claiming she was mentally ill, but the damage to the regime had been done. Rumors of a coordinated campaign of mass rape trickled out, but the sourcing was thin and contentious. Central to the controversy was the work of Seham Sergewa, a Libyan psychologist who claimed to have sent out 70,000 questionnaires and received 60,000 responses, despite the lack of a functional postal system. Among these responses were 259 reports of rape; when asked about the possibility of following up with these individuals, however, Sergewa claimed to have lost contact with them. Further accounts by rebel fighters of finding Viagra and condoms, ostensibly used to help soldiers to rape, in burned-out loyalist vehicles went unsubstantiated as well.
While evidence of systematic rape remains scarce, it is clear that there were numerous incidents of rape, and it is equally clear that the threat of rape was used to instill fear in entire communities. "In Libya, when rape occurs, it seems to be a whole village or town which is seen to be dishonored," said Arafat Jamal of the U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR. In a report presented to the U.N. Security Council in November, International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said that "in Libya, rape is considered to be one of the most serious crimes, affecting not just the victim, but also the family and the community, and can trigger retaliation and honor-based violence." In an interview conducted by international aid organization Physicians for Human Rights, one informant said, '"If Gaddafi destroys a building, it can be rebuilt. But when Gaddafi rapes a woman, the whole community is destroyed forever. He knows this, and so rape is his best weapon … I'd prefer to die if that happened to my wife."
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To punish rebel communities and gain information: In Libya, rape is seen as an assault on a family and a community's honor, not just a crime against an individual. Therefore, rape was used by Gaddafi's forces to punish those disloyal to the regime.
In a June report to the U.N. Human Rights Council, the International Commission of Inquiry (ICI) reported that in Benghazi, "the father of a 30-year-old Libyan woman informed the commission that his daughter was detained in her house in Misrata for two days and raped by government forces. She had returned to check on the safety and whereabouts of her brother when government forces came and restrained them for two days, keeping them in separated rooms. They were raping her while trying to extract information from my son about the 'rebels.'"
Human Rights Watch has also documented cases of rape in which Gaddafi soldiers raped family members of rebel fighters as punishment or to gain information.
To terrorize: The ICI has also pointed to the use and threats of rape as a means of bringing about allegiance to the regime: "Interviewees coming from Misrata told the commission that the main reason for fleeing was to safeguard family members from rape, whilst at least one witness from Nalut referred to threats being given on 18 February, by government forces patrolling the streets, to the effect that residents of the district would face serious consequences, including rape, if they did not ally themselves with the regime."
To exact revenge against "foreign mercenaries": Rape was used by opposition forces throughout the conflict against former Gaddafi supporters, in particular dark-skinned Africans, who were suspected of being mercenaries. As Libyan military units began to defect in February, Gaddafi allegedly hired sub-Saharan African mercenaries to shore up his forces; this led to numerous accounts of revenge killings against Chadians living in rebel-held areas and a plea from the government of Chad for the protection of its citizens by the NTC. The ICI documented the case of a Chadian woman who was raped by armed civilians in Benghazi on February 26.
In the postwar period, refugee camps have doubled as informal prisons for sub-Saharan Africans suspected of being mercenaries; as in other refugee camps, the threat of sexualized violence is ever-present.
Patterns of Violence
- Physicians for Human Rights collected reports that Gaddafi's forces established secret detention centers where kidnapped women and children were raped.
- In April, accusations surfaced that Gaddafi's troops had been given Viagra and condoms to encourage them to rape women in rebel areas. Little credible evidence of this was offered, however, and may have been propaganda created by the opposition to shore up Western support for the rebels.
- Reports also surfaced of children as young as 8 being raped or seeing their parents raped.
- The U.N. documented rapes occurring in Misrata by Gaddafi's forces, and received reports that individuals had fled Misrata to escape this persecution.
With Libya still in turmoil, aid organizations have had difficulty confirming cases of sexualized violence, and while isolated incidents have been reported, the stigma attached to rape is so strong that Libyan physicians have suggested that most will go unreported. Physicians for Human Rights reports that U.N. Special Representative of the Secretary-General Margot Wallström argues that the number of women publicly reporting rape by troops is deceptively low due to the harsh physical reprisal and cultural dishonor that Libyan women face upon reporting sexual assault. In a report to the U.N. Security Council, International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo stated that "while it is premature to draw conclusions on specific numbers, the information and evidence indicates at this stage that hundreds of rapes occurred during the conflict."
Some U.N. investigators, as well as aid organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have called the allegations of mass rape into question, stating that they have not seen significant evidence, though they stress that this does not prove it did not occur.
Cultural Gender Attitudes
While Libyan domestic protocols outlaw rape as an "offence of unlawful wounding," Libyan criminal law punishes adultery, or sexual relations outside a lawful marriage, by flogging of 100 lashes. As the rule of law remains shaky throughout the country, women who report rape are more likely to receive harsh physical punishment than support.
One woman told Human Rights Watch that her brother-in-law threatened her after her husband took her to a doctor: "I went back to my family's home and stayed in a room alone—they would bring me a tray of food and leave," she said. "My brother-in-law came then and told me, 'Either you commit suicide, or we kill you and make it look like a suicide, or an accident will happen. Someone will clean a weapon and will kill you, accidentally.' "
According to reports received by Physicians for Human Rights, some are standing up against the honor killings, including a well-known sheik near Misrata who has publicly advocated for raped women and girls to be seen as brave and bringing honor to their families.
Libyan law student Iman al-Obeidi burst into the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli in March, saying she had been held for two days and gang-raped by Gaddafi's soldiers. In an interview with CNN, al-Obeidi said:
"Everything they said about me is a lie… I am well-educated unlike the way the Libyan TV portrayed me. I come from a good family, regardless of what they said. I am also not mentally challenged, like they said. Just because I raised my voice and talked to the media, they blamed me and questioned my sanity. Nonetheless, I want my rights, even without the media."
She said she was tied up, beaten, and raped by 15 soldiers.
"People have blamed me for showing my body," she said. "I was depressed and there was no way to show people how I was tortured. I was brutally tortured to the point of them entering weapons inside me. They would also pour alcohol in my eyes."
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) also collected accounts of sexual assault and rape from several Libyan civilians and physicians. Here is one such account from Mohamed, a resident of Tomina, a village on the outskirts of Misrata:
[Mohamed] reported to PHR that Qaddafi forces from Tawergha transformed a Tomina elementary school into a detention site where they reportedly raped women and girls as young as 14 years old. Mohamed remained in and around his village while his family fled to Misrata for safety. He reported that as of mid-March he served as a rebel fighter. He wore a green armband to visibly identify himself as a Qaddafi supporter, which enabled him to fight regularly on the front line without being detained or captured.
Mohamed regularly passed Alwadi Alahdar elementary school on one of Tomina's rural roads en route to the front line. Mohamed reported that he heard the cries of women and girls on several occasions while passing the school. He reported seeing tanks and other military vehicles at this school in April 2011. On one occasion, in the quiet of the night, he heard drunken laughter through the open windows of the school building. He heard women cry out in pain and a man yell, "Shut up, you dogs!"
Mohamed is convinced that Qaddafi troops forcibly detained these women and girls and gang raped them. He said he heard directly from five separate male heads of nearby households and close friends that some of their daughters and wives had been raped by Qaddafi forces. One father confided in Mohamed that his three daughters aged 15, 17, and 18 had gone missing after Qaddafi troops arrived in Tomina. They returned to the family in late April and told their father that they had been raped in the Alwadi Alahdar elementary school for three consecutive days. In what is known as an "honor killing," Mohamed related to PHR investigators, this father slit each of his daughters' throats with a knife that day and killed them.
The PHR account of this family and village continues:
Another long-time Tomina resident and mother of three corroborated these "honor killings" and estimated that Qaddafi forces had raped at least 50 women and girls from the small village of Tomina. She told PHR investigators that military wearing green uniforms "took men and women away and did bad things to them." One of her neighbors reported that while her husband was away fighting on the front line, she was alone with her 15-year-old daughter. A group of military in green uniforms forcibly moved in to her home and made her cook for them. They took her daughter into the front room of the house and repeatedly raped her for days. When rebel forces took control of Tomina on 12 May 2011, the daughter was found mute and nearly dead. The mother reported that she suffered recurrent nightmares, insomnia, and flashbacks. She exhibited pressured speech and hypervigilance while recounting these recent events.
- As with rape in conflicts throughout the world, sexualized violence in Libya has had "a major psychological and social impact and [has] spread fear among the population," according to the report from the International Commission of Inquiry.
- The National Transitional Council has set up a reporting system through the Ministry of Women and Social Affairs, with the purpose of affording rape victims the opportunity to come forward. But with the heavy stigma attached to sexualized violence in Libya, it remains to be seen whether women will report crimes committed against them. Additionally, without a way to guarantee the physical safety of women who report rape, they risk being killed by family members seeking to return honor to the family and the community.
- There is also the issue of rape committed by the rebels. The combined pressure of social stigma against reporting rape, the threat of physical punishment, and the desire not to be seen as anti-revolutionary may prevent women from coming forward to report rape by rebel forces. In addition, the new Libyan government is already struggling to disarm former rebels and reintegrate them into society; prosecuting these rapes may make that process more difficult.
Legal Precedents
On June 27, 2011, the International Criminal Court issued warrants for the arrest of Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Col. Abdullah Al-Senussi, head of Military Intelligence under Muammar Gaddafi's rule. Both were charged with two counts of crimes against humanity for the murder and persecution of civilians. Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo is continuing to investigate gender crimes in Libya, and has indicated that depending on the outcomes of this investigation, he would be interested in pursuing further charges such as rape as a war crime. Given the peril that victims face for reporting rape, Moreno-Ocampo has noted the need to limit victims' exposure and is focusing on obtaining alternate evidence and identifying avenues of investigation that support charges without the need for multiple victim statements.
While it is clear that rapes occurred during the war, the question facing the ICC and the NTC is whether there was systematic rape and if so, who is responsible and who can be prosecuted. According to the most recent report by the ICC, "The information and evidence thus far collected does not yet indicate who may be the most responsible for such gender crimes. The prosecution has collected some evidence showing that commanders gave orders to commit rape in the Western Mountains area and is screening possible witnesses that indicated that Muammar Gaddafi, Al-Senussi and other high officials were discussing the use of rape to persecute those considered dissidents or rebels."
(Diana Wueger/published on February 8, 2012)


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Apple: New Nanos & ITunes On The Way
Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage in San Francisco at an event thrown this morning to show off the company's latest hardware and software for music fans.
The company has a new line of Nanos on the way, which Jobs touted as the thinnest ever. The new players will have motion-sensing technology built in, with a screen image that adjusts appropriately when the device is held sideways. The new models come in eight colors and should be available in the next few days, he said.
Some of the latest stats from Apple: ITunes now offers over 8.5 million songs, 125,000 podcasts, 30,000 TV shows, 2,600 movies and -- for iPhone and iPod touch owners -- 3,000 software applications.
Jobs said that iPod and iPhone users have downloaded 100 million copies of the software applications in Apple's recently launched "App Store" though he did not break out how many of those were for free software and how many were purchased software.
There's a new version of iTunes on the way, too: iTunes 8. For iPod owners wanting to throw together playlists quickly, Jobs showed off a new feature in that software called Genius, which anonymously compiles information from iPod owners' music tastes in order to cleverly throw together songlists of like-minded artists. In Jobs' presentation, he used the feature, while playing a Bob Dylan song to assemble a playlist on the fly with artists such as Joan Baez and Paul Simon.
For iPhone owners, there's a new version of the operating software that should fewer dropped calls, fewer software crashes and a longer battery life. The update is scheduled to become available online Friday.
Jobs had a bit of content news for the iTunes store as well. Shows from NBC are coming back to iTunes, he said. The network had pulled it shows off the online store after complaining that it wanted more control over how its offerings are priced.
Apple wrapped up the presentation by talking a bit about the iPhone as a game device, with a demonstration of a racing game, a soccer game and the iPhone version of the recently-released Spore.
Jobs' health has been the matter of much discussion lately. He still looked gaunt yesterday, and he referred to the speculation dismissively before moving on the company's iPod and iTunes announcements.
"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated," read an early slide in the presentation.
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So did Apple do away with the 160GB Ipod Classic? It's no longer on their site. They now offer a 120GB Classic.
Posted by: pgkens | September 9, 2008 5:25 PM
They consolidated the two classic models into a single 120GB model. Jobs suggested that sales of the 160GB model were slow. I'd suggest getting one at closeout before they disappear if you want one.
I think it's pretty clear that the classic iPod is being phased out in favor of the new flagship iPod Touch. Over time the capacity of the touch should increase from the current top 32GB. As a game machine I think these are starting to be competitive with the Nintendo DS and the Sony PSP.
The Nano (and before it the Mini) has always been the best selling iPod. The increase in capacity, the rotating screen, and the voice recorder are all welcome additions. The price on these is pretty great too.
The shuffle apparently didn't get any love. I think the shake to advance feature would be a natural for the next go round of these.
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Open Source Coopetition Fueled by LF Growth
Mar 13, 2012 5:00 AM PT
The Linux Foundation has come a long way since initiated in 2007 as the fusion of the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) and Free Standards Group. At its start, I wondered why there was no membership or representation from Canonical, which was the hottest thing in Linux at the time.
Today, Canonical is a member of The Linux Foundation and the organization continues to grow in its core of system software and Linux as well as in mobile devices and, more recently, the automotive industry -- among my predictions for Linux strength in 2012. [*Correction - March 13, 2012]
The Linux Foundation has also gained some significant members and new groups of collaborators -- the latest batch including graphics and microprocessor giant Nvidia.
I believe the move was driven primarily by Nvidia's desire to participate, integrate and collaborate on Linux as the open source operating system continues to grow and dominate in several key industries, including enterprise servers, mobile and embedded electronics, and high-performance computing (HPC).
I also believe Nvidia's drivers for joining The Linux Foundation are indicative of the forces fueling more Linux collaboration, as well as more use of open source software in key areas such as cloud computing.
The Collaboration Factor
The Linux Foundation has become a technically heavy consortium of the biggest players in the industry. Specifically, in silicon and hardware, you'll find a lengthy list of the world's top chipmakers in PCs, servers, mobile devices and more among the membership of The Linux Foundation.
As I'll discuss a bit more inn the "Apple factor" below, the more interesting list to watch now is the one with companies that have not joined. The Linux Foundation is also a testament to how far collaboration among competitors has come.
Working with direct rivals may have been unthinkable 10 years ago, but Linux, open source and organizations such as The Linux Foundation have highlighted how solving common problems and easing customer pain and friction in using and choosing different technologies can truly drive innovation and traction in the market.
The HPC Factor
I've covered the dominance of Linux in supercomputing and HPC for quite some time.
There's no question that Nvidia is among vendors increasingly serving the HPC market, and joining The Linux Foundation helps Nvidia to more deeply integrate with and support Linux and more aggressively go after these customers.
The Apple Factor
Even though there was some obvious jabbing going on between Apple and Nvidia with the recent new iPad event, I don't think Nvidia decided to join the LF to simply strike back at Apple. However, the effect of Nvidia joining may indeed have an impact on Apple's plan.
It would not be the first time that Linux and Android served as an attractive alternative to those disenfranchised or frustrated with Apple.
As I mentioned in the previous section on collaboration, the vendors that have not joined The Linux Foundation typically find themselves as the odd man out in some key technology areas, and this includes Apple.
The Open Source Factor
Nvidia's move to join The Linux Foundation, like many other things, was met by skepticism among some free and open source software supporters. While companies such as Microsoft or Nvidia have a difficult or impossible challenge in changing perceptions about their intentions and actions with open source software communities, this can sometimes put these companies in an aggressive, active mode when it comes to dealing with open source.
Though it may have lagged on supporting Linux drivers a decade ago, Nvidia seems to be fully aware of the need to collaborate and participate in open source software and Linux development. Its more recent support and contribution to Linux in graphics and HPC are indicative of what we should expect in terms of the company's Linux Foundation membership.
If the effort to join The Linux Foundation is indeed limited largely to a symbolic move and the Linux lip service anticipated by Nvidia's critics, then the company will likely be called out for its lack of true effort. However, I suspect Nvidia is fully aware of this and fully intends to embrace its new club, more deeply support Linux and other open source software in a variety of devices and markets, and help fuel the true coopetition that makes The Linux Foundation run.
*ECT News Network editor's note - March 13, 2012: The original version of this column incorrectly stated that Canonical was not a member of The Linux Foundation.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo in Washington says one of its three Sumatran tigers has had to be euthanized.
The zoo says 19-year-old Soyono was euthanized Monday. The Washington Post reports she was walking more slowly and seemed to be having trouble with her balance. She appeared to be suffering from a degenerative spinal disorder, and officials made the decision to euthanize her. At 19 she lived longer than most tigers do in the wild.
Soyono was born at the zoo in 1993 and gave birth to seven cubs. Her mate Rokan had to be euthanized in 2010, also at the age of 19.
The zoo's two remaining Sumatran tigers are Kavi, a male, and Damai, a female.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
More on the law
I think that sometimes the problem is the way the law is administered rather than the law itself.
In his comment on my last posting, Alexander called it 'a system that runs on rails to an insane degree', which pretty well sums it up.
But there are other examples where it is the law itself that's the problem and there's an example of what I consider to be a bad law reported in this morning's Gulf News.
A tragedy that happens world-wide is that little children are run down in their own driveways by their parents, especially when they're reversing large 4x4s.
I can't even begin to imagine the sickening horror the parents experience.
In the UAE, more horror is piled on top of that horror.
An Australian father has been charged with accidentally and unintentionally causing the death of his son after reversing his car and running over the toddler at the entrance to his house in Umm Suqeim.
The prosecutors are all showing sympathy and asking that he should be dealt with leniently.
...the law must be applied with a humane touch," said Salah Bu Farousha, Chief Traffic Prosecutor, while arguing for a compassionate and sympathetic view of the case, and asked the court to consider the emotional state of the father and the exceptional circumstances of the case to pass a light punishment...Upon the directives of Dubai's Attorney General Essam Eisa Al Humaidan, prosecutors ask a judge to be sympathetic...In such cases, we frequently ask the court to implement Articles 83 and 84 of the law, which stipulate that a fine or an imprisonment against suspects convicted in such cases could be suspended for three years.
There's been a death in a traffic accident so it's fair enough that there's a police investigation. If dangerous or reckless driving is involved then a case should be brought against the driver.
But to have 'accidentally and unintentionally' as a crime is another thing all together. And in this instance there is no suggestion that it was anything other than a tragic accident.
Prosecutor Salah Bu Farousha said the law must be applied with a humane touch. But they shouldn't have to ask the court for leniency, it should never reach court. A true humane touch would be for such a terrible accident not to be treated as a criminal act.
The story is in Gulf News here.
5 comments:
- Duffy said...
Frankly there isn't any punishment they can inflict upon him that would be worse than living with the knowledge that he has killed his child.
- March 21, 2011 5:48 pm
- Mich said...
Shudders... For once I wish I hadn't read your posts! Terrible in both cases.
- March 21, 2011 8:03 pm
Both of these stories take "the law is an ass" to a whole new level.
And another thing - how come the father who accidently runs over his child gets flung in jail but the person who let the child out has no responsiblity? In truth it seems it was a terrible accident that we can only learn from and the people involved will likely punish themselves more harshly than the law ever could, so how is charging the father going to make anything better?
And more importantly how come the people who let their kids run around cars unrestrained get away with it?
- March 22, 2011 3:31 am
- Grumpy Goat said...
I read somewhere that the poor man would have to pay the statutory Dh200,000 blood money. To whom? Himself?
The whole situation is shameful beyond belief.
- March 22, 2011 9:46 am
This would be comedic if it weren't true.
- March 22, 2011 12:21 pm


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