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June 26, 2010-The Targa Trophy Triple Crown rally series finished its first event at the W Hotel in San Diego. This is ec's third year participating in the event, and this one is special because we've partnered with the Trophy as an official media sponsor.
Targa Trophy has made up quite a bit of ground in the four years since its inception. It began as a single event and has expanded to three individual events, hence the Triple Crown moniker. Initially beginning and ending in the Orange County/Los Angeles areas, this year it has expanded once again to include Northern California and Scottsdale, Ariz., in addition to SoCal.
The Trophy is open to anyone who wants to participate; you don't need some kind of high-powered exotic or even a European car to get in the running. Hell, all you really need is a car. The format is somewhat unique in that it isn't a trial of all-out speed. Event organizers pre-run a set course, noting their odometer reading at the end of said course as well as their overall elapsed time. For participants, the trick is coming as close as possible to their distance and time. So you don't have to really hang it all out trying to sustain the fastest possible speed. In fact, if you drive conservatively and consistently, you'll do much better in the long run. This helps encourage entrants to be courteous to their fellow motorists and effectively negates any sort of danger factor (not to mention keeping you off law enforcement radar).
In a field of no fewer than 73 entries, event number one's first-place finisher was Radoslav Kalla in his screaming orange Gallardo Spyder. "Targa Trophy did a great job and everything went very smooth," he says. "This was by far my best rally experience." Kalla's first-place schwag included a custom black diamond Targa Trophy pendant and around $6,000 worth of travel packages, automotive gift certificates-and even a free pass to a party at the Playboy Mansion.
Event number two will run from the W Hotel in San Francisco to the W in Silicon Valley-but if you're just reading about it now it's almost too late. No worries; you still have plenty of time to register for the final Desert Challenge event at the W Hotel in Scottsdale.
For more information, the official press releases, and points standings, visit europeancarweb.com or targatrophy.com. And if you think you've got what it takes to place, or just want to get out, have a little fun and enjoy your car the way it's meant to be enjoyed, reserve your spot at the Targa Trophy website.
Our Ride
Even though we weren't actually competing for the prize, being insecure magazine guys and all, of course we had to get a hot car to run in the rally. Mercedes turned us down for an E63 AMG-since the disaster on the Gumball a couple years ago, the mere word "rally" tends to strike fear into the hearts of auto PR types. But Jaguar did come through for us with the equally studly XFR.
When we learned an R-branded XF was in the offing, it was the first Jaguar in a long time that I really got excited about driving. And when I finally found myself in the hot seat, it didn't disappoint. Whereas the old Rs were simply supercharged versions of the standard V8 and pushed slightly north of 400 hp, the new R represents a third tier over the mid-level XF Supercharged. A massaged version of the standard supercharged V8 now pushes 510 hp and a great big slug of torque, 461 lb-ft peaking from 2500 to 5500 rpm. It also has such standard goodies as Adaptive Dynamics that analyzes body movement and steering inputs and adjusts the suspension accordingly for maximum stability, Active Differential Control to maximize traction (and believe me, you'll need it), and a thundering 14-speaker Bowers & Wilkins surround sound audio system.
In AMG-esque fashion, the thing is just a brute. Mashing the throttle from a standstill will smoke the rear tires for a split second before the active diff hooks up and launches you off the line. I couldn't stop doing it, it's just so much damn fun. Surrounding traffic seems to fall away like wind-blown leaves.
So it's fast. Even better, it's damn comfortable. The cabin is very well appointed and seems cosseting and inviting in a way many German cars simply are not. It may come down to the little touches, like the ignition button that pulses red like a heartbeat, or the way the rotary gear selector rises into your palm and the vents roll up and open. As though the car is actually aware of your presence: Hello sir, nice to see you again. Let's haul some ass, shall we?
And running up through the twisty bits the XFR remains poised and confident. It feels heavy, sure, because it is, but because of that fact the way it rails around bends sort of boggles the mind. Turning the drive selector one click past D puts you in S sport mode, and the transmission will wind closer to redline under acceleration and hold higher revs off-throttle for more spirited driving. Or you can just shift it yourself using the wheel-mounted shift paddles. Despite the fact that it's a true automatic, the gear changes are about as fast as they come.
Overall, it's a firebreathing, tire-shredding conveyance that remains comfortable and welcoming enough for your mom to drive.
2010 Jaguar XFR
Longitudinal front engine, rear-wheel drive
5.0-liter V8, dohc, 32-valve, supercharged
Six-speed automatic
Peak Power: 510 hp @ 6000 rpm
Peak Torque: 461 lb-ft @ 2500 rpm
0-62 mph: 4.7 sec.
Top Speed: 155 mph (limited)
Fuel Economy: 15/21 (city/hwy)
Editor's Choice
To add a little personal flavor to our Targa coverage, we decided to pick one car from each leg of the rally that really stood out from the rest. Sort of as a representative of the kind of stuff you can expect to see on the events. For leg one, we chose Joey Seely's '85 Porsche 911 Carrera. It was one of the few vintage Euros that came out, is in beautiful shape, and since Seeley is one of the proprietors of BBI Autosport in Huntington Beach, Calif., it's been set up to run. It was reportedly hanging with a Pratt & Miller Corvette C6RS and a tuned-up C63 AMG in the twisties. And somehow we believe it. Look out for a feature in an upcoming issue.


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Thanks guys! maybe just maybe i'll pop my head in here a few more times a year when i have some more free time...
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Posted: Tue 05 Feb 2013, 23:05
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@gcmartin,isn't UDF Microsoft's proprietary format like WMV?
I'm just askin'.
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Posted: Tue 05 Feb 2013, 23:44
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is a non-proprietary format. It has nothing to do with Microsoft.
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Posted: Tue 05 Mar 2013, 06:17
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In UDF, its key significance is how it manages the data on the CD/DVD so that it has familiar operation with what users have come to think of in their use of HDD/USB/SMB/DFS storage. That is the ability to freely read and write with the disc maintaining the integrity of data management in a similar fashion.
And, as far as UDF goes on CD/DVD technology, there is tremendous benefit to management at the TOC level.
This is and what I share never was an appeal for changing anything to do with Puppy's save-session. It, solely, approached the ability to create a disc that can be used to freely read and write on one system and employed similarly on a Puppy Linux system.
You nailed it there gc martin, clarified.
So what's the state of play with Puppy and UDF?
Never use the save file, find it cumbersome and restrictive and anything outside it is verbotten (have to boot into another operating system to get to the other bits of fat 32).
I've got a fresh stick, is there a pet that will format it as UDF? Maybe a GParted addon.
Then I will use LILI (http://www.linuxliveusb.com) to write a Puppy ISO to it. Sound like a plan?
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Posted: Tue 05 Mar 2013, 17:26
Post subject: UDF finalizing problem affects puppy multisession
finalising discs for a long time in the udf format
I've ran into this as a hardcoded issue with growisofs, seems that using UDF will force a disc into closed mode for adding multisessions. Hard lesson burning a sub 200M puppylinux as a UDF and not being able to use the other 23G of space. The little burn in ring of puppylinux is barely visible on a Blu-Ray disc so I kept trying to reuse same 'blank'
All is not lost, during the months of trying to get UDF support added to puppy, I found a way to hybrid a totally non-standard UDF/ISO format command that puppy can boot from and looks/acts however puppy thinks it is, with the changes Barry did it, shows up and acts like a UDF with large file sizes reporting correctly.
So UDF does boot and is mounted directly on current puppy versions, but does not seem useful with the multisession mode puppylinux pioneered due to tools used
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Posted: Tue 05 Mar 2013, 17:42
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If Ted Dog reads this, it would be interesting to see all the UDF boot code pasted into Barry's blog, I think line wrapping was off in the attached example.
: Sorry Ted Dog, I thought it was just a screenshot, not an active window.
Stupid question: If a live puppy is burnt to the first 'partition' on a multisession DVD-RW, can the rest of the disc be converted to UDF format, or must the whole disc be the same format to be recognized?
It's possible, I have done this, but optical drive support software does not even think about a disc having parts. If you want to have fun. here is a way to make a bootable harddrive image.
growisofs -Z /dev/sr0=/dev/hda
I used to keep my windows XP C drive partition a DVD size of 4.3G and backup directly onto DVD, now my Windows Vista partitions are 20G and backup with BluRay with same command.
Best to stick with current methods on DVD's UDF does not add much, and can't support multisession, YET.
I should really write a stupid tricks and tips thread for optical drives.
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Ted Dog
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Posted: Tue 05 Mar 2013, 17:59
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is a non-proprietary format. It has nothing to do with Microsoft.
Ha ha good joke Flash, you are joking right?
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Official Dog Handler
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Posted: Tue 05 Mar 2013, 22:57
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Ted, I can't find anything that says the UDF specification is proprietary (in the sense that means you have to pay someone to use it, or at least get their permission.) Here's something I found on the website you gave:
The Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) was incorporated as an international trade association in 1992 to promote the use of writable optical technologies and products. The organization's membership includes manufacturers and resellers from three continents, representing more than 85 percent of worldwide writable optical product shipments, working together to educate consumers and shape the future of the optical storage industry. Included among OSTA's many accomplishments are its groundbreaking CD-R compatibility efforts, development of the Universal Disc Format (UDF) as well as the MultiRead, MultiPlay, MultiAudio and MultiPhoto/Video (MPV) specifications.
It appears that the UDF specification is available for free to anyone who wants to use it.
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Ted Dog
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Posted: Tue 05 Mar 2013, 23:11
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UDF is free, but microsoft hand are all over making the specs, and they added and twisted ISO so bad with directory and naming layers that making discs cross platform is nearly impossible.
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Karl Godt
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Posted: Sat 09 Mar 2013, 15:21
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Got me my first DVD-RAM that came preformatted with UDF . Vendor: Verbatim . I used rox to drag a folder onto it and it burned there . Then i made a folder on it and dragged the first one into it . At umount time, the burner was busy . Mounting it another time, 2/3rd of the subfolders got corrupted.
I decided to format it ext3 :
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sr2
Went smooth. Took some time.
Identifying does it well:
# guess_fstype /dev/sr2
# blkid /dev/sr2
/dev/sr2: UUID="60f3acbd-4000-44f4-b66c-9346acc27ad8" TYPE="ext3"
# disktype /dev/sr2
--- /dev/sr2
Block device, size 4.266 GiB (4580769792 bytes)
CD-ROM, 1 track, CDDB disk ID 023BFD01
Track 1: Data track, 2.197 GiB (2358986752 bytes)
Ext3 file system
UUID 60F3ACBD-4000-44F4-B66C-9346ACC27AD8 (DCE, v4)
Volume size 4.266 GiB (4580769792 bytes, 1118352 blocks of 4 KiB)
Needs adjustments to the drive_all and pmount code.
Will see how it goes.
EDIT: dragged the folder into lost+found, unmounted, mounted -t ext3 /dev/sr2 /mnt/sr2 : No corruptions. Dragged the folder back on top of /mnt/sr2, unmounted, mounted : No corruption. Seems that this would be a new way to "burn" a .iso to a bootable DVD (needs grub of course) .
# diff -up AppRun.old drive_all
--- AppRun.old 2011-12-10 08:06:12.000000000 +0100
+++ drive_all 2013-03-09 21:57:20.176000000 +0100
@@ -302,8 +302,11 @@ case $ONEDRVNAME in #110126
[ -e /proc/ide/$ONEDRVNAME/media ] && [ "`cat /proc/ide/$ONEDRVNAME/media`" = "cdrom" ] && FLAGOPTICAL='yes'
-if [ "$FLAGOPTICAL" = "yes" ];then
- if [ "`busybox mount | grep "$dPATTERN"`" = "" ];then
+if [ "$FLAGOPTICAL" = "yes" ];then #1
+ if [ "`busybox mount | grep "$dPATTERN"`" = "" ];then #2
+ CDFSQ=`guess_fstype /dev/${ONEDRVNAME}`
+ [ "$CDFSQ" = 'unknown' ] && CDFSQ='';
+ if [ ! "$CDFSQ" ]; then #2.1
cddetect -q -d/dev/${ONEDRVNAME}
case $RETVAL in
@@ -312,11 +315,11 @@ if [ "$FLAGOPTICAL" = "yes" ];then
1) #audio
ln -snf /dev/${ONEDRVNAME} /dev/cdrom
- if [ -f /usr/local/bin/defaultcdplayer ];then #100118
+ if [ -f /usr/local/bin/defaultcdplayer ];then #100118 #3
exec defaultcdplayer
- else
+ else #3
exec defaultmediaplayer cdda://
- fi
+ fi #3
5) #video dvd
ln -snf /dev/${ONEDRVNAME} /dev/dvd
@@ -327,29 +330,37 @@ if [ "$FLAGOPTICAL" = "yes" ];then
0) #failed to detect type.
#cddetect does not work properly for dvd's, try something else...
#100719 properly detect dvd video...
- if [ "`df | grep "$dPATTERN"`" = "" ];then #only test if not mounted.
+ if [ "`df | grep "$dPATTERN"`" = "" ];then #only test if not mounted. #4
FLAGDVDVIDEO="`dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/${ONEDRVNAME} | grep 'Mounted Media: .* DVD-ROM'`"
- if [ "$FLAGDVDVIDEO" = "" ];then
+ if [ "$FLAGDVDVIDEO" = "" ];then #5
#mount and look for 'video_ts' directory (dir should contain file video_ts.ifo)...
mkdir -p /mnt/${ONEDRVNAME}
mount -t iso9660 /dev/${ONEDRVNAME} /mnt/${ONEDRVNAME}
- if [ $? -eq 0 ];then
+ if [ $? -eq 0 ];then #6
[ -d /mnt/${ONEDRVNAME}/video_ts -o -d /mnt/${ONEDRVNAME}/VIDEO_TS ] && FLAGDVDVIDEO="yes"
umount /mnt/${ONEDRVNAME}
- fi
- fi
- if [ "$FLAGDVDVIDEO" != "" ];then
+ fi #6
+ fi #5
+ if [ "$FLAGDVDVIDEO" != "" ];then #4.5
ln -snf /dev/${ONEDRVNAME} /dev/dvd
[ -f /usr/local/bin/defaultdvdplayer ] && exec defaultdvdplayer
[ "`grep 'mplayer' /usr/local/bin/defaultmediaplayer`" != "" ] && exec defaultmediaplayer dvdnav://
exec defaultmediaplayer dvd://
- fi
- fi
+ fi #4.5
+ fi #4
- fi
- FSTYPE="iso9660"
+ else #2.1
+ fi #2.1
+ fi #2
+ #FSTYPE="iso9660"
+ FSTYPE=`guess_fstype /dev/${ONEDRVNAME}`
+ [ "$FSTYPE" = 'unknown' ] && FSTYPE=`blkid /dev/${ONEDRVNAME} | grep -o ' TYPE=".*"' | awk '{print $1}' |sed 's@.*="\(.*\)"@\1@'`
+ [ "$FSTYPE" ] || FSTYPE=`disktype /dev/${ONEDRVNAME} | grep -i 'file system' | awk '{print $1}' |tail -n1`
+ FSTYPE=`echo "$FSTYPE" | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`
+ [[ "$FSTYPE" =~ 'fat' ]] && FSTYPE=vfat
+fi #1
#if dropped down here, it is likely to be a data partition...
#if it is a mountable partition then mount and open with rox. If already mntd then open in rox...
(Slacko Puppy 5.3.1 works to mount the sr2 icon on the desktop by clicking it)
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I have several DVD-RAM disc media. I NEVER tried their use in Puppy even though I have used them in past on Microsoft.
@Karl Godt,
for your sharing your findings.
This brings very interesting possibilities.
One that comes to mind is the GRUB4DOS efforts that support booting ISOs without having to expand them. Such as done by @Rcrsn51's ISObooter and by @Scooby's Easy2Boot efforts where you simply add an ISO to the media and when the media is booted, a bootmenu presents all ISOs available on the media for booting selection.
Thanks for your findings.
I would like to try your findings on a DVD-RAM disc and see which of the other filesystems used by Puppy that would work with PUPs and DVD-RAM media (i.e. FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext4, etc.)
For those who may not be aware DVD-RAM is a DVD technology that allows a DVD to behave kinda like a HDD. Thus, there are the 3 very different DVD technologies: There are DVD+/-R, then there are DVD+/-RW, and there are DVD-RAM disc media that one can purchase.
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Posted: Sat 09 Mar 2013, 17:36
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Good find getting DVD-RAM working Karl. DVD-RAM discs are nearly impossible to find, found some 'opened' in a Walmart discount bin years ago, bought them all.
Since I had the same errors you did, I thought they where defective.
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Posted: Sat 09 Mar 2013, 21:48
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For what it's worth, the main functional advantage of DVD-RAM is that it can be rewritten something like 100,000 times. Or so I understand.
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Posted: Sat 09 Mar 2013, 22:24
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There is not many places available here too. Staples office discount
have them. It is in a suburb some 10 brit miles from my place. The are available in a packet of 3 . Will get me some more on monday. Verbatim [url="http://www.verbatim.com/subcat/optical-media/professional-optical/dvd ram"][/url] is a "brand" but I dont think that they are good quality. On that site they claim 100.000 writes ..
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verbatim are a good brand, they use good quality discs including the legendary Taiyo Yuden!
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...except for the Verbatim "Life" series, which reportedly uses cheaper/bargain-quality discs.
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What's Really Wrong With the New iPad?
Judging by the headlines, you'd think that Apple (NAS: AAPL) screwed up the latest iPad launch something fierce.
- In Australia, the LTE-enabled version is sold as the "iPad 4G," but it can't connect to the local LTE networks. Aussie regulators are up in arms about this misleading marketing, and Apple has offered full refunds to unsatisfied customers Down Under. Swedish regulators are looking into the same problem half a world away, and others could follow -- after all, the LTE connection is only supposed to work in the USA and Canada. The chips Apple chose only work with American 4G standards while other markets use the AT&T (NYS: T) and Verizon (NYS: VZ) spectrum slices for other things like 3G connectivity or TV broadcasts.
- The battery runs hot compared to the iPad 2. LTE connectivity and the extra horsepower needed to run that gorgeous display sure give the battery a workout, and some users are getting uncomfortable.
- Moreover, the iPad seems to report a full charge even when the battery is more like 90% full. Sounds a bit like the misreported wireless signal strength of iPhones past, doesn't it?
- Finally, some users report downright terrible Wi-Fi reception. That's a deal-breaker for the Wi-Fi only version, and it could pose dangers to your wireless bill on the 4G iPad. What fun is an iPad that won't even connect to your network?
Big trouble in little Cupertino?
Of these, I'd say that the most serious concern should be the misleading marketing message. There are laws against this in many countries, and sticking with the current naming conventions even where they don't match reality could get Apple in hot water.
On the other hand, that 4G moniker has been abused like Linus' security blanket for years as many so-called 4G networks don't conform to 4G specifications at all. In fact, today's LTE networks should really be known as 3.5G because they only go halfway to the next level. So maybe Apple gets off the hook based on a history of industrywide abuse of that term. I mean, your Aussie-market iPad could still connect to 4G networks while vacationing in America, right?
The rest of these complaints range from ridiculous to pointless. A temperature of 101 degrees Fahrenheit is mildly uncomfortable but far short of scorching hotness. Chances are that the battery in your laptop gets hotter than this on a regular basis, regardless of make or model. You can often fix the Wi-Fi issues with simple tweaks to your iPad's or wireless router's settings. This means that the Broadcom (NAS: BRCM) Wi-Fi chip is innocent and a software patch should make the problem go away. And battery-charge levels are black magic to begin with -- Apple just manages the information display in a somewhat unexpected manner.
Nothing to see here, move along
So no, I don't believe that quality control went downhill as soon as Steve Jobs shuffled off this mortal coil. Minor issues like these exist in nearly every gadget you'll ever buy. But Apple's high-profile and extremely concentrated product catalog puts every bug under scrutiny that nothing else can match. If Antennagate didn't kill the iPhone, then iPad users will soon forget all about this miniature firestorm as well.
None of these issues will kill the iPad, or even hurt it. But don't confuse me for a rosy-cheeked, bushy-tailed Apple bull when I say that, because I'm not.
If you want to worry about the new iPad, you should probably focus on the lack of game-changing innovation here. Like the iPhone 4S, this iPad is simply a more polished version of the previous year's product. The new screen is nice but hardly changes the way you use your device. And Apple is actually late to the 4G party, just as it was to the 3G party many moons ago. Worst of all, Apple didn't even bother to bring the iPhone 4S's saving grace, the Siri voice assistant, to the new iPad.
But hey, Apple fans are buying this thing by the millions, so it can't be all that bad. But I think we should worry about Apple's creative juices running low. How many times can you persuade the same set of core customers to buy essentially the same product in slightly different formats and with a new coat of polish?
That's one reason I'm not comfortable buying Apple today, and it's why I have a bearish CAPScall on the stock. If you really want to invest in the iPad and iPhone boom, you're better off with shares of the component providers inside the iDevices.
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Ozzy Osbourne Looking Forward to Black Sabbath's Australian Tour
With a new album, a tour of Australia and now a headlining gig at a Japanese version of Ozzfest, 2013 is looking to be a big year for the reunited Black Sabbath. In a new interview, Ozzy Osbourne said that he can't wait to perform in Australia with his old mates for the first time in nearly 40 years.
"I have some great memories of Australia," he told the Daily Telegraph of Sydney. "I remember getting off the plane and this little girl comes running up to me with a t-shirt that said 'Bugger Off Pommy Bastards.' I knew we were in the right place."
While it's surprising that Ozzy can remember an item of clothing a fan wore back in the early '70s, Ozzy also gave some insight into Sabbath's creative process in the early days. For all the darkness in their music, they were looking to create the same type of atmosphere as their favorite horror movies.
"In actual fact, the way that all happened with the music and the name and everything, if I can remember, is we used to rehearse in a movie theater so we decided to try to write songs inspired by scary movies. It was all flower power and love, but for us, living in the industrial town of Birmingham, we liked scary movies."


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When the Halle authorities finally submitted the offer formally, they had added stipulations: in addition to a cut in salary, and heavier responsibilities (performances practically every day of the week), the new organist was to be prevented from moonlighting and required to write a cantata once a month. The final stipulation, that the chorales be accompanied "on the diapason with two or three other stops of soft quality, changing the stops for each verse, but never using the reeds or mixtures," was insulting to an organist of Bach's stature, and he promptly refused the offer. The jilted Halle authorities next indulged themselves in the professional indiscretion of writing Bach's employer to suggest that the reason he had entered into negotiation with them was to extort a higher salary from him. Bach fired off an angry letter informing the city of Halle that the salary it had offered was lower than that being paid by Wilhelm Ernst. Shortly therafter the Duke doubled Bach's salary.
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In 1714 Bach improvised for Prince Friedrich in the royal chapel at Cassel. The prince was so pleased that he withdrew a ring from his finger and presented it to the organist. Later that year Bach visited Leipzig, the city where he was destined to spend the last 27 years of his life. The purpose of this visit was to become acquainted with Johann Kuhnau, and Bach took advantage of the occasion to write a new cantata, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, which he performed there. Two years later, when the Halle organ had been completed, and the authorities realized that they had treated Sebastian badly, he was invited, along with Kuhnau and Christian Friedrich Rolle, to test the new instrument--at that time one of the largest in Europe. Other than recommending minor modifications to the bellows, the experts found the organ to be in satisfactory condition.
Marchand Chickens Out
In the last year of his tenure at Weimar, Bach visited the court of Dresden at the same time as the famous French organist Louis Marchand. He had not been in Dresden long before court luminaries began disputing which of the two--Marchand or Bach--was the better improviser. A contest was quickly arranged for the next day. That evening Marchand sneaked into the chapel and eavesdropped as Bach practiced for the showdown. The next morning the French organist, having complained of an illness which required him to return home in the middle of the night, was nowhere to be found.
Restless Again
In 1717 Bach again became restless. It seems that when Drese died, Bach expected Duke Wilhelm to promote him to the vacated position of Kapellmeister. When the duke appointed Drese's incompetent son instead, Bach became dissatisfied and asked to be released from what was then considered to be a lifetime appointment to the ducal court. The Duke, it seemed, hated change; he would not promote Bach, but neither would he release him. Wilhelm was especially peeved that Bach wished to visit Cöthen, a city ruled by the in-laws of his hated nephew and heir. Bach renewed his petition repeatedly, to the point that he was finally arrested and put under detention until he should come to his senses. After four weeks the Duke finally came to his senses, releasing Bach not only from jail, but also to remove himself to the employ of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen.
Revisits Weimar Eleven Years Later
Bach did not return to Weimar till eleven year later, when the Duke died, and the nephew, Ernst August, was enthroned. At this time Bach performed an old cantata in the new duke's honor--Was mir behagt, with the word "Christian" changed to "Ernst August" throughout.
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U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 14.6 million acres in 2006, up 3 percent from last year's 14.2 million acres, according to USDA's March Prospective Plantings report. Plantings include 14.3 million acres of upland, up 3 percent.
Growers intend to increase acreage in all cotton-producing states except Alabama and South Carolina, where expected acreage is down slightly from 2005. American-Pima cotton growers intend to increase their plantings 24 percent from 2005, to a record high 334,000 acres. California producers expect to plant 290,000 acres, up 26 percent from last year.
Soybean producers intend to plant 76.9 million acres in 2006, up 7 percent from last year. If realized, this will be the largest planted area on record. Acreage increases are expected in all growing areas, except in the central and southern Atlantic Coast states and the southern Great Plains. The largest acreage increase is in North Dakota, where record high soybean yields last year and high input costs have some farmers shifting acreage from other crops to soybeans. Large increases in soybean acreage are also expected across the Corn Belt, including 600,000 more acres in Illinois and 500,000 more acres in Indiana.
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USDA also projected 2006 rice plantings at 2.972 million acres, a 12 percent decline from last year's 3.38 million acres. Acreage declined in all states except California.


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Wht happens when all goods become infinite, a la the Jetsons?
"And, of course, if security researchers are talking about it now, you can be pretty sure that hackers already figured this out a while ago."
Security researchers and hackers are the same people. :P
Repealing the DMCA would be a huge step forward but that wouldn't solve the issue entirely. Change will only come about when people learn to look past the propaganda, to stop fearing the pirates, to see that the tools of the digital age can be used positively, and that their rights are being trampled on by greedy media companies. That way, ridiculous bills like the DMCA wouldn't fly.
The only other alternative would be the death of the current media companies from refusal to change their business models, but somehow I doubt that will happen; there has already been a handful of traditional companies utilizing new media market strategies and others are likely to catch on, but more importantly: they like money too much.
I meant as a rule (business model) instead of the exception (piracy).
I'm not sure what you're getting at though. This example was used in relation to moviemaking in general, was it not? "Creative Marketing, Freeing Up Movies, Embracing New Business Models"... that doesn't sound very specific to me. Besides which, if we aren't meant to discuss how these practices might be applied elsewhere then what's the point of bringing them? To say "oh, neat"?
Except you're missing something extremely important here: The filmmaking industry is already a "maybe pay" industry.
The entire business relies on whether people want to see the movie or not.
But in that sense, every industry is a "maybe pay" industry. The entire computer software business relies on whether people want to use the program or not. The entire soft drink business relies on whether people want to consume soda or not.
The point I am making is that this model takes previously-monetized groups of people and removes them from the picture entirely, namely: casual moviegoers and people didn't like the movie.
The current model works roughly in this fashion:
This model, however, would work something like this:
Again, I can maybe see this working with the reduced cost of production/distribution using an all-digital workflow (something the industry has been slow to embrace), but two other things also have to happen:
Filmmaking is already a big enough gamble as it is. Introducing "maybe paying" as the rule rather than the exception is nice in theory but for every 1 person that wants to support the artists there will be 100 more who don't care about who made the movie and just want to be entertained for an hour and a half. With the "old model" these people's viewings would be monetized then and there and it wouldn't matter if they bought the DVD or not, but to make a comparable profit with the "new model" they would need to not only like it, but like it so much that they'd go and buy it multiple times.
Although I suppose taking out the enormous cost of theatric distribution might help recoup some of those untranslated sales, I just don't see this working all THAT well in a culture where entitlement is increasingly becoming the norm.
I think it's an emerging trend that only the cleverer programs/stations are doing.
E.g., HGTV just posted this on Facebook:
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For fans of TV history, a walk through the "Television: Out of the Box" show at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills is like a grand stroll through our collective past.
Visitors to the exhibition, which celebrates nearly 60 years of Warner Bros. television, can view such items as Clint Walker's buckskin costume from the western "Cheyenne" and Connie Stevens' sundress from "77 Sunset Strip." From more modern times, there's a section devoted to NBC's long-running medical drama "ER," which features such items as George Clooney's stethoscope and the County General Hospital badges worn by the cast.
"We brought in the situation board from the last episode [of "ER"] where in-jokes were written," noted Leith Adams, corporate archivist for Warner Bros. Entertainment. "You can see somebody is in the hospital for an insulted ego."
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Tao Teh Ching
Written more than two thousand years ago, the Tao Teh Ching, or "The Classic of the Way and Its Virtue," has probably had a greater influence on Asian thought than any other single book. It is also one of the true classics of the world of spiritual literature.
Traditionally attributed to the near-legendary "Old Master," Lao Tzu, the Tao Teh Ching teaches that the qualities of the enlightened sage or ideal ruler are identical with those of the perfected individual. Today, Lao Tzu's words are as useful in mastering the arts of leadership in business and politics as they are in developing a sense of balance and harmony in everyday life. To follow the Tao or Way of all things and realize their true nature is to embdy humility, spontaneity, and generosity.
John C. H. Wu has done a remarkable job of rendering this subtle text into English while retaining the freshness and depth of the original. A jurist and scholar, Dr. Wu was a recognized authority on Taoism and the translator of several Taoist and Zen texts and of Chinese poetry.
"No better choice of translator could have been made for the Tao Teh Ching than Dr. John C. H. Wu, whose rendering is superb. More than this, Dr. Wu is one who is able to translate Lao Tzu not only in his words but in his life. . . . Everyone knows in a vague way that the Tao Teh Ching is poetic, and indeed that it is great poetry. We all know that it usually impresses Westerners as more than a trifle quietistic. Hence we treat it with condescension as a quaint impractical document of an ancient day when no one bothered much about the progress. Perhaps we do not realize that some of the wisdom of the Tao Teh Ching, which so often reminds one of the Sermon on the Mount, is absolutely necessary for us not only to progress but even to survive." —Thomas Merton


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I bought a waterproof fabric covered " pad " with ties on each corner that I could fasten over my ROHO cushion on my wheelchair but cannot find one on the internet and can't recall where I got it. I also found an about 18x18 inch waterproof pad that I put grommets in each corner and used shoelaces to tie it over the cushion. I already know about and have the ROHO cover on the cushion that the rubber cushion fit into so that is not what I want. I also dont want one that is thick and designed to store water. I simply want one that will keep an " accident " from leaking into the ROHO cushion and its protective cover.
I had an " accident " and we simply untied the cover, washed it, dried it and tied it back on. Didn't have to do anything to the ROHO cushion or its cover because nothing came through the protective cover. I' m amazed that someone in the wheelchair business doesn't offer such a product. I did an Internet search and did find some covers wih an absorbent layer to soak up liquid but that isn't needed, makes the cover thicker and probably will be harder to use for someone like me who has to slide on and off the chair because of low leg strength. Anything from about 17x17 to 20x20 inches or so would work. I want the fabric layer on the protective cover as sometimes I have to slide on with a bare bottom after a bath for example. I also don't want plastic because I don't think it wouild facilitate sliding and would not stand up as well with daily use. I would prefer a smooth fabric layer on top with a vinyl/plastic layer on the bottom and a tie string on each corner or I could put my own tie strings on as I have a kit to install grommets. I use paper underwear and part of the time have to slide on the chair with just the underwear on or slide with shorts on over the underwear. I bought one like this but can't remember where I got it. I also found an 18x18 inch protective cover with smooth fabric on top and a waterproof layer on the bottom, which I modified with the grommets I mentioned (little brass rings with a hole in the center) but we can't recall where we got that either. It makes life a lot easier when you have an unplanned " event ".
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The Royal Cottage Residence, a luxury Victorian hotel situated in Lamai on the south coast of Koh Samui, provides a total of 14 beautiful apartments. It is a well thought out villa which offers guests a tranquil oasis. The beach and the center of Lamai are only 500 meters away. All apartments are grouped around the pool and Jacuzzi, offering luxurious facilities and amenities for the perfect holiday. The service performance of the residence include Wi-Fi Internet, the Monkey Bar with a selection of tropical cocktails and a laundry service and much more.
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Cozy Relax and very warm welcome. Nice and clean apartment.
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Метров 700 от моря по местным улочкам, на пляж с приставучими тайцами, предлагающими разную ерунду. Очень маленький даже не отель, а хостесс, всего 14 номеров, все прямо вокруг бассейна, если кто-то шумно купается в нем, Вы все будете слышать. Хостесс сам чешский, управляющий - чех, как мы поняли, он переехал в Тайланд и построил этот хостесс, никакого навыка в сфере обслуживания у него нет, постоянно гостят у него и чехи, и поляки, и прибалты. Поэтому отношение к русским - плохое. Могут ночью галдеть и посылать Вас ... далеко. С ребенком не стоит и соваться даже. Однозначно нужна машина, чтобы выбираться на приличные пляжи. Если не хотите испортить себе отдых - не выбирайте этот отель.
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Отличный отель ! Очень уютный и тихий ! Приветливый персонал
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Loved it! Everything was great about this place... large rooms, friendly and helpful staff, close to the beach.
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We would like to offer you wonderful holidays to spend in the exotic Thailand.
You will be accommodated in a new luxury hotel built in the Victorian style, the prices being so favorable that a European cannot understand them taking into consideration the category of the residence in question. The hotel is situated in proximity of the Lamai Beach and is surrounded by an impenetrable tropical forest creating, thus, an almost fairy-tale atmosphere. Come and have fabulous holidays with us!
Wonderful sandy beaches are approximately a five-minutes walk far, namely through a quiet place. Also to market places as well as to busy streets you can get within a few minutes. Around the residence there is an impenetrable tropical forest. It is a real fairy tale! This forest creates a quiet tropical atmosphere in the residence. We built the residence in a strategic place which can comply with everybody's wishes. Although the tsunami did not reach the island, the residence is very well protected in case of any unpredictable natural disaster. Also all the important points are perfectly available from our residence (airport, doctor, shops, sights.)
The residence is completely new, finished in December 2005, built in the Victorian style. All the apartments are fitted with luxury furnishing in the Thai style, fully air-conditioned with above-standard fixtures and fittings. Absolutely natural is also a mini-bar, a satellite TV., bar glass and a part for a relax.
:: Budget Room (30 sq.m.) ::
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Monkey Bar - tropical cocktails, all kind of alcohol, soft drinks, fruit cocktails
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All the apartments are new, fully air-conditioned. In the apartments there are nice large windows leading into the tropical jungle. Among the furnishing of the apartments are: a refrigerator with a mini-bar, a satellite TV, luxury furniture in the Thai style, glass, towels.
The apartments are cleaned every day. A fee for the cleaning staff is not obligatory, however is considered to be very pleasant and the staff can show this fact. In any case, small coins are sufficient. An extra bed is possible for a special charge. The price includes the transfer from the airport, where a taxi will be waiting for you. A part of the price are also breakfasts (coffee, tea, omelet's, scrambled eggs, fruit, bread, jam, butter and always something à la Thai as an addition). We will do our best to meet even your special requirements.
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The apartments must be left by 12 o'clock. However, in case that you use an afternoon or even a night flight wishing to take the last snaps and to have the last swim, it is possible to make an agreement, in case that the residence is not fully occupied, that you will leave the apartment according to your wish.
We do not charge the price of the apartment, we charge a small fee for the cleaning staff, namely for the late cleaning. In case that the residence is fully occupied, we will reserve a place for your things. In case that you have special wishes and requirements in relation to the reservation of the apartment, please, inform us about them - we will do our best to comply with any of your wishes.
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Today's Gospel from Mark is a bit more complicated than most people might initially think. The story about the "widow's mite," when Jesus and his disciples sit near the Temple and see an impoverished widow put in two coins that in and of themselves are not worth much, but presumably represent a significant portion of the woman's resources, presents us with a comment from Jesus that has been largely interpreted in one particular way. Jesus responds to this scene with the line: "Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood." A classic reading of this remark has rendered the widow a hero, someone worth emulating, a selfless giver who gives until it hurts, and so on. However, this may not be what Jesus is really getting at in this passage.
We cannot read the story about the widow's offering without taking into consideration the few verses that immediately precede this text.
In the course of his teaching Jesus said to the crowds,
"Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes
and accept greetings in the marketplaces,
seats of honor in synagogues,
and places of honor at banquets.
They devour the houses of widows and, as a pretext
recite lengthy prayers.
They will receive a very severe condemnation."
Prior to witnessing the widow's offering, Jesus had been teaching his disciples about some systems of social inequity, of imbalance in the religious, political, and social structures of his day. This is not simply to contrast the wealthy with the poor, those who have a "surplus of wealth" from which they offer their gifts at the Temple versus those who have only their subsistence from which to draw. No, Jesus is painting a much starker picture that is, in effect, more about the wealthy scribes than it is about the poor, destitute widow.
I would venture to say that if you think that this Gospel passage is about the widow or about how honorable the poor are for being generous, you're missing the point.
The Gospel passage for this Sunday in full (Mark 12:38-44) is a two-parter. In Act I (to borrow the theatrical division popular with NPR's This American Life) we see a religious and political system that is run by a few wealthy and powerful individuals in the culture. These are the entrepreneurs of the religious establishment, who "as a pretext" to fleecing the poor and the vulnerable "recite lengthy prayers" in show of their religious commitments and to paint the financial exchange as "of God."
These scribes about which Jesus warns the disciples to be wary use their social location, power, and wealth only for themselves. Sure, Jesus points out, they "give to the church" (to use a modern phrase), but they do so only in the most superficial and painless way. Their real concern is themselves, maintaining their wealth, and shoring up their hegemony at the expense of the poorest and most vulnerable of their time.
Jesus clearly condemns this.
Then we get Act II. Here Jesus and the disciples are hanging out across from the Temple treasury, not necessarily on purpose, but they happen to be there and happen to do a little "people watching." They see what's going on, who is offering what. And, as if by chance or coincidence, a poor widow (which was, in truth, the only type of widow, because they were often counted among the poorest, most vulnerable, and voiceless in first-century palestinian society — they have no security, no claim on property, no protection, and little resources) comes and puts in a sum that represents all that she has.
This is not an opportunity to praise the widow, but a chance to lament the disgusting injustice that creates the condition for this scene. The widow's offering is an illustration of what Jesus was just talking about — the religious, political, and social establishment has systematically corrupted her way of thinking such that she apparently feels compelled to give far beyond what likely hurts her and anyone, say children, that might depend on her.
The real question that lies beneath this Sunday's Gospel is: What is the reason that someone who has nothing feels compelled to give from that lack to the Temple (or church or charity or whatever)? Who seeks to benefit from this exchange? We know who certainly stands to lose.
A reading of Jesus's comments that appears to hold the widow up on a pedestal is, I believe, a perpetuation of this injustice that inflicted the widow of Jesus's time and continues to affect the poor and vulnerable in our day.
A few years back, while reflecting on this reading, I wrote about a New York Times Magazine article that highlighted the myth of philanthropy and the "benefits to the poor" of having the super wealthy ("Today's Parable of the Widow's Mite"). What this well-researched article revealed was that the super wealthy, the wealthy and ostentatious "scribes" of today, actually give less than those who have middle and lower incomes. Most absurdly, what Jesus observed in his day remains true today — those with the least continue to give more, by percentage of their resources, than the wealthy!
Jesus is not endorsing this behavior, but blatantly naming it for what it is (especially when we read the full text with vv. 38-40 included about the Scribes) and challenging us to see the structures that allow this to continue. What can we do to make society and the our faith communities more equitable? Why do we let this continue to happen such that the poor give until it hurts and the wealthy seem to so often benefit from this self-defeat of the impoverished?
Hopefully this Sunday we don't miss the point of the widow's mite, but instead follow Jesus's line of thinking and make a difference in our world.


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