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BEIJING — A flamboyant and telegenic politician who until recently seemed destined for the top ranks of China's leadership was stripped of his most powerful posts on Tuesday and his wife named in the murder of a British businessman as Chinese leaders moved to stem a scandal that has exposed divisive infighting.
The announcement that Bo Xilai was being suspended from the Communist Party's Politburo and Central Committee and that his wife was a suspect in a homicide investigation put an end to a colorful political career. Media-savvy with a populist flair, Bo gained a nationwide following for busting organized crime and for reviving communist culture while running the inland mega-city of Chongqing.
His publicity-seeking ways angered some in the top leadership, however. In recent weeks, allegations of Bo's and his family's misdeeds leaked into public view, threatening to complicate preparations by the leadership for a delicate, once-a-decade transition to younger leaders at a congress later this year.
"This means the political career of Bo Xilai is over," said Cheng Li, a Chinese politics expert at the Brookings Institution in Washington. "The party wants to really resolve the Bo Xilai crisis in a relatively short period of time. They want to make sure that the attention for the 18th party congress will not suffer too much from the Bo Xilai episode."
Bo's patrons included retired party elders who retain influence over senior appointments, and among his vocal supporters were influential generals and party members, scholars and ordinary Chinese who identify themselves as leftists. His removal raises questions about whether Chinese leaders will have to make concessions to them to achieve the political balance that has restrained factional fighting in recent decades.
"A political succession that seemed completely predictable has been upended," said June Teufel Dreyer, a China politics expert at University of Miami. "We may be in for more surprises."
An editorial to run Wednesday in the party's People's Daily newspaper appealed for unity and said the investigation into Bo's violations would show the leadership's "solid resolve in safeguarding party discipline and the rule of law."
Tuesday's announcement, carried by state media, provided details of what has been a lurid and embarrassing scandal for the leadership.
Bo's removal from top government posts came on suspicion of involvement in unspecified but "serious discipline violations," the Central Committee said, and his case was handed over to internal party investigators.
His wife, Gu Kailai, and an orderly at their home were being investigated for intentional homicide in the death of Briton Neil Heywood, the Xinhua News Agency said. Heywood's death in November in Chongqing was initially blamed on excessive drinking, something his friends have said he was not known to do.
Tuesday's brief reports sketch out and corroborate accounts that have circulated among politically connected Chinese ever since Bo's high-flying career began unraveling in February after a trusted aide fled temporarily to the U.S. Consulate in the nearby city of Chengdu.
The aide, Wang Lijun, had suspicions that Bo's family was involved in Heywood's death, people familiar with the case said. After Bo sought to squelch an investigation, Wang sought asylum in the consulate and brought with him documents, the people said.
The Xinhua report confirmed that while at the consulate, Wang alleged that Heywood had been murdered. The allegations prompted the British government to ask for a new inquiry and, Xinhua said, prompted Chinese authorities to reopen an investigation.
The Xinhua account said that Gu and the couple's son, Bo Guagua, had been on good terms with Heywood but that they had a conflict over unspecified "economic interests" that worsened. The investigators found that Heywood's death was likely a homicide and that Gu and the family orderly, Zhang Xiaojun, are suspects, Xinhua said.
British media previously reported that Heywood's family and friends appeared to dismiss foul play when he died in November. Instead the family believed he had died of a heart attack.
While the British government had not initially sought an investigation, it welcomed Tuesday's announcement of a new probe.
"We now look forward to seeing those investigations take place and hearing the outcome of those investigations," British Foreign Secretary William Hague said. "I don't want to prejudice their conduct in any way."
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While Bo officially is suspended and still a party member, the same tactic was used in 2006 against Shanghai's party secretary, Chen Liangyu, who was eventually sentenced to 18 years in prison for bribery, abuse of power and other acts of corruption.
The Xinhua report about Heywood's death referred to Bo as "comrade," a term reserved for party members. But it identified his wife as "Bogu Kailai," an unexplained combining of their last names.
Even before Wang's flight to the consulate, Bo's standing had been under fire. His signature campaigns — a crackdown on organized crime and a revival of Mao Zedong-era communist songs and stories — gained him a national following but also earned him critics.
The gang busting ran roughshod over civil liberties, with legal scholars and some businessmen victims accusing authorities of torture and other tactics to steer deals toward people in Bo's favor. Meanwhile, the Mao culture campaign dredged up memories of the chaotic, radical Cultural Revolution in which many Chinese were persecuted for being insufficiently loyal.
In promising a thorough investigation into Bo, the People's Daily editorial said: "There is no privileged citizen before the law. The Party does not tolerate any special member who is above the law. No one can interfere with law enforcement and anyone who violates the law could not be at large."


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Posted: Sat 21 May 2005, 02:49
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disk error 36??
hi there,
giving the puppy a run on my computer, when I boot from the CD it halts halfway and reports a disk error 36, any clues anyone? I re-downloaded the iso and burned it to a new disk and tried again, also tried on my daughters computer (exactly the same as mine though) and got the same error. Well, any help is appreciated.
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Posted: Sat 21 May 2005, 05:41
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What speed did you burn the disk at? Iso files need to be burned at a slow speed, say 4X. This is most likely the culprit.
I just tried burning on a cdrw disk and had problems, until I burned it at 1X! I am assuming you are trying to burn the newest release.
The other issue is verifying that you got a good download. If you are using dial-up, there is a chance that the iso file did not download properly. Did you check the md5sum of the iso?
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Posted: Sat 21 May 2005, 05:57
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I don't know about disk error 36. It seems to me if you are having the same problem on two separate computers you might have a problem with the CD-ROM. But since both computers are identical and because you made another CD-ROM disk - Hmmm.
Okay - I think it would be more conclusive if you could try the CD disk on a third computer that isn't identical.
Also - it might be a good idea to state what version in any subseqent posts because v 1.0.2 just came out a couple days ago. A person could be using 1.0.1 or an RC version or whatever.
BTW - I had a problem like you are talking about with the System Rescue CD. Very weird - the CD stopped working at a specific spot. I thought the CD disk was bad so I downloaded a fresh .ISO and burned a new disk.
Guess what? It had the same problem in the same spot. I started thinking it was hardware related. Fortunately, I downloaded a third .ISO and burned a third CD disk. Third time was a charm!
The whole thing was apparently related to the CD disk and what is so strange is - the first one worked several times and then stopped working and the next disk I burned had the same problem.
It defied my concept of logic and challenged my patience somewhat also.
Go figure. I can't explain.
If I were you this is what I would do:
1) Check this forum hoping you find someone smarter than me. This should be easy because I'm not too bright on this subject.
2) Try booting on another computer
3) If the CD disk doesn't boot the third test computer, consider a third CD disk of another manufacture because maybe you have a bad batch???
4) If this CD disk doesn't boot the third test computer try burning a CD on another computer
5) If all fails - do what I do - don't burn a CD at all. Mount the .ISO image and extract the files and run them from the hard drive with GRUB. (an easy to install GRUB for DOS is available. If you want just ask and I'll upload it.)
Also I think danleff is probably right - you made two bad burns - try his advice first.
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Posted: Sat 21 May 2005, 16:51
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I did not post a comment that is likely the culprit. I noticed the system that you are usng is older.
Older cdrom drives do not like self burned cd disks. If at all possible, try booting the disk on a newer system. Or, if the cd writer is fairly new, make sure you try to boot from the cdrw drive that you burned the image on.
The point about using quality disks is a good one. Avoid inexpensive media. Or, make sure you burn the image slowly, on a cdr media. CDRW disks can be a problem, especially if they have been used over and over.
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Posted: Sun 22 May 2005, 08:38
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thanks for the responses,
I did burn the disks at maximum (52x I think) so I will try to burn another one slower. The disks are X-Logic (middle price) and TDK brand, all the others have been fine so far, so quality and batch are probably not an issue. I did not check the MD5sums because I couldn't work out how, but I am using an ISDN dial up modem (128k) so maybe the files are corrupt - but both exactly the same way? Anyway, I will try another disk at a slower burn speed and repost the results.
Thanks muchly
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Posted: Sun 22 May 2005, 09:08
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yay for puppy !!!
I burned a disk at 8x and it worked - like magic, was very happy, but a bit clueless once the desktop was up, I mounted and unmounted all my drives, and did a hardware probe and a USB probe thing, and to my absolute shock puppy recognised my USB ISDN modem and called it by its correct name and everything....now if I can just figure out how to use it in puppy I will be all set. Well, time to do some more forum-ing I think.
thanks for your help, and BTW using latest edition of puppy, 1.0.2 ... I think, with mozilla.
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Intel Chases Sales on Silicon Road to Driverless Cars – Bloomberg
Intel Corp., Qualcomm Inc. and
Nvidia Corp. — pioneers in the production of chips for
computers and phones — are finding it harder to make inroads
into the auto industry.
Consider Hyundai Motor Co. (005380)'s new 2015 Genesis, a luxury
sedan brimming with semiconductors that handle everything from
automatic braking and lane-keeping sensors to blind-spot
detection. Other chips enable the car to open the trunk when it
senses the owner's arms are full, and to sniff for carbon
dioxide to decide if the cabin needs more fresh air.
While the Genesis represents the forefront of the auto
industry's use of chips, only a handful of the vehicle's
thousands of semiconductors is provided by Intel. Qualcomm and
Nvidia don't even make the list. The main hurdle is the
industry's safety and reliability standards, which far exceed
those for computers or phones. Instead, most of the electronic
components are provided by longtime suppliers, like Freescale
Semiconductor Ltd. (FSL), Renesas Electronics Corp. and
STMicroelectronics NV, which have proven track records.
"We don't get a beta test with our products — they have
to work from the first one," said Mike O'Brien, a U.S.-based
vice president of product planning for the Korean automaker,
explaining the company's cautious approach to chips in its cars.
"We can't say, 'Oops, we didn't do that right.'"
Safety Standards
Hyundai's Genesis illustrates the obstacles for Intel,
Qualcomm and Nvidia — whose chips dominate in computers and
phones — as they try to crack a potentially lucrative market.
Cars are increasingly filled with complex computing and
communications systems and driverless vehicles are getting
closer to becoming a reality.
The market for automotive chips is projected to grow 6.1
percent to $27.9 billion this year, according to IHS Corp.
Within that business, sales of chips for automated driver-assistance systems, or ADAS, will increase an average of 13
percent a year through 2020, making it the fastest-growing area.
Even as the systems proliferate and software developers
such as Google Inc. and others roll out plans for connected
entertainment and mapping systems, carmakers have been slow to
switch to unproven chip suppliers because their products are
governed by rigorous safety requirements. When a computer
crashes, a user might lose some data. When a car crashes, people
can get hurt.
For autos, chips have to withstand temperatures as low as
minus 40 degrees or as high as 160 degrees Celsius (minus 40 to
320 degrees Fahrenheit). They need to be available to carmakers
for up to 30 years and have a zero failure rate, according to a
study by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. By comparison, consumer-device chips only need to be around for a year and are built to
fail less than 10 percent of the time.
"Experience in automotive is something that you don't grow
in one day," said Luca De Ambroggi, an analyst at IHS. "The
requirements are still tough."
Touting Strengths
The newcomers are initially going after in-vehicle
entertainment and driver-assistance functions by touting their
strengths — Intel's processing, Nvidia's graphics capabilities
and Qualcomm (QCOM)'s wireless communications. As consumers come to
expect their cars to get better at the same rate as their
smartphones, tablets and laptops, the demand is there, yet it
takes time to bring new technology to market while keeping the
driver safe and free from distraction, Hyundai's O'Brien said.
For example, deciding that automated steering requires too
much effort to turn the car and adjusting software to lighten it
could take two months of testing. When Hyundai was building a
reversing system with lasers and cameras, it found that the
technology initially couldn't tell the difference between
obstacles and steep driveways.
All of this complexity and expense needs cooperation from
component suppliers, O'Brien said. Carmakers are looking for
chips that they can tune to do the job of many, he said.
Supercomputers in Cars
That should be good news for Intel, Qualcomm and Nvidia,
which make some of the fastest processors available. All three
say they've got products in the market or coming that meet the
most stringent automotive requirements.
Nvidia said its processors are now powerful enough that
they can be partitioned — devoting part to functions that must
work no matter what, and others to information and
entertainment, where hiccups are less dangerous.
"We're seeing a lot of interest in the industry in the new
technologies," said Danny Shapiro, Nvidia's senior director of
automotive. "Ultimately every car is going to have a
The ability to quickly capture and process images allows
vehicles' computers to know what's going on around them and to
alert drivers to potential hazards. Shapiro said that requires
massive parallel processing — something that Nvidia's graphics
chips excel at.
Wireless Connections
Qualcomm, meantime, sees more of that processing going on
in data centers requiring speedy and reliable wireless
communication, Senior Vice President Kanwalinder Singh said. The
company has won the majority of orders to add the latest
wireless modems into cars, and expects that by 2017 as many as
60 percent of cars will have cellular connections.
"It all comes from the cloud," Singh said. "Otherwise
you have to put terabytes of data into the car's trunk."
Audi and other automakers are now using both Qualcomm and
Nvidia to connect cars to the Internet and make them aware of
their surroundings. Top-of-the line Audi AG models use more than
6,000 semiconductors. A demonstration version of the A7 sedan
running an Nvidia Tegra processor drove itself onto the stage at
the graphics chipmaker's annual conference in March.
Product Cycles
"This is a new architecture to solve a challenge that is
becoming increasingly urgent –- innovations in consumer
electronics and rapid gains in computing power are being
introduced much faster than the product cycles of automotive
manufacturers," said Tim Fronzek, a spokesman for the
Ingolstadt, Germany-based automaker.
Of the three newcomers, only Nvidia has so far brought in
enough business from the automotive market to register on its
earnings. Intel has announced Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG,
Hyundai and Infiniti, the luxury arm of Nissan Motor Co. as
customers, and on June 25 unveiled a research partnership with
Ford Motor Co. to explore new applications for connected cars.
Still, the chipmaker has a way to go before automotive makes an
impression on its more than $50 billion in annual revenue. In
2013 it had $51 million of automotive revenue, a jump of 65
percent from a year earlier, according to VDC Research.
"Make no mistake — my objective is to drive this into
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Intel's vice president of automotive. "We need to drive it into
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industry, Singh said.
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said. "We are building this in steps. We understand it takes a
lot of effort in the nascent stage."
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He was one of the most controversial villains in wrestling history, whose actions and words touched a raw nerve in the beleaguered, post-9/11 American psyche.
Then, as quickly as he burst onto the wrestling scene and onto international headlines, he vanished -- not to be seen or even mentioned on television again.
The story of how Marc Copani, a 23-year-old Italian college dropout from Syracuse, NY, became the incendiary Arab-American villain Muhammad Hassan is a story of timing and luck -- both good and bad.
It has been six years since Copani got booted off network television and turned his back on professional wrestling, and only now has he decided to break his silence about his meteoric rise to infamy and his plummet into self-imposed obscurity.
"For a long time I didn't want any more attention," Copani said in an interview with SLAM! Wrestling, one of only a handful he has granted since his 2005 departure from WWE. "But I figured this would be a good opportunity to get my side of the story out, six years later."
His side of the story tells of a young, admittedly immature athlete who dreamed of stardom but got "too much, too quickly," and made a few enemies in high places along the way.
For a while, Copani enjoyed his newfound notoriety portraying an embittered Arab-American claiming to be a victim of racial profiling and discrimination. But the pressures of being vaulted to main-event status, combined with death threats and a widespread disgust over his controversial gimmick, weighed heavily on the rookie wrestler.
He loved performing in the ring -- it was a childhood dream-come-true -- but his infamy created pressures and problems for which he wasn't fully prepared.
Now 30, with the wisdom of hindsight and perspective, Copani looks back on his wrestling days with some fondness and nostalgia, but with no desire to re-live them.
"When I left wrestling, I told myself I would leave for good -- I knew that from the start," Copani said over the phone from upstate New York, where he's completing his long-postponed university degree in adolescent education and history.
In 2002, Copani was just one semester away from completing a history degree at the State University of New York in Buffalo when a thirst for adventure led him to Louisville, KY, where he signed up for the WWE breeding ground Ohio Valley Wrestling.
He adopted the name Mark Magnus and trained alongside Nick "Eugene" Dinsmore and Johnny Jeter, developing in-ring fundamentals to match his chiseled physique.
When word circulated that the bigwigs at WWE wanted to introduce an Arab-American character to the main roster, OVW honcho Jim Cornette approached Copani about playing the part.
"I thought it was pretty funny, actually -- playing an Arab," he recalled. "I'm 100 per cent Italian, from Syracuse, New York. But I was open to it, and I knew it was going to be a big opportunity."
He also knew it was potentially a big risk. Early on, he met with WWE road agent Arn Anderson, who regaled him with tales -- some funny, some worrisome -- about the intense hatred elicited by the Iron Sheik in the 1980s.
"Arn Anderson told me how to be prepared, and how it could all go downhill," said Copani.
The writers at WWE toyed with a variety of ideas for the Arab-American character, such as making him an oil tycoon bent on procuring the world's fossil fuel supplies.
The stroke of genius that separated Muhammad Hassan from all the previous middle-eastern heels was the idea that he was not evil at all, but rather a victim of American xenophobia and prejudice.
In a series of taped vignettes, accompanied by kinetic sidekick Daivari (who lent credibility to the middle-eastern conceit by "translating" Hassan's tirades in Persian), Hassan admonished the American public for unfair treatment of dark-skinned citizens.
"I am an Arab-American," said a shirtless, oil-slathered Hassan in one early segment. "I grew up right here in America. I went to the same schools, I ate the same food, and there was never any animosity between us. But since 9/11, you people tend to generalize or stereotype people like me. We are singled out. We are humiliated. We demand the same rights that any American has!"
He yearned for a better America, in which people are judged by their actions, not the colour of their skin. And people hated him for it.
"Everything I was saying was true, which is why fans loved to hate the character," said Copani. "They knew what I was saying was right, but they hated being told it."
By the time Hassan and Daivari appeared on live television in December 2004 -- rudely interrupting Mick Foley, who was voicing his support for American troops abroad (and plugging his latest book) -- they were the most reviled heels in wrestling.
Week after week, the duo continued to interrupt other segments, their arrival preceded by middle-eastern-inspired music (which had a repetitive vocal chorus that sounded conspicuously like "Aliennnn, aaaliiiennnn, aaaliennn."
In fact, Hassan became so adept at rude interruptions that his name eventually became somewhat synonymous with the practice (look up "Hassan" on UrbanDictionary.com and you'll find an entry defining it as a verb meaning "to interrupt").
Naturally, the more he interjected himself into WWE programming, and the more he complained about being treated unfairly, the more fans wanted to see him get his comeuppance.
When he entered the 2005 Royal Rumble, the eight wrestlers already battling in the ring called a temporary ceasefire in order to gang up on Hassan, whom they promptly pounded and ejected over the top rope.
Hassan racked up an impressive collection of victories, usually through nefarious tactics, and by April 2005 found himself in a headlining role at WWE's cathedral, Madison Square Garden. Looking back, Copani fondly remembers it as the greatest night of his wrestling career.
After getting himself disqualified in a match against Shawn Michaels (thanks to interference from Daivari), Hassan wrapped his headdress around Michaels' neck and proceeded to "hang" Michaels from the top rope.
Then the familiar guitar strains of Real American blasted from the loudspeakers, and out strode Hulk Hogan. The crowd, unsurprisingly, went bananas at the sight of the patriotic Hulkster.
"It was the loudest thing I had ever heard in my life," recalled Copani. "It was so loud, it was almost quiet -- a different kind of loud. The sound practically lifted me off the mat."
Hogan, the WWE's fabled vanquisher of foreign foes from The Iron Sheik to Yokozuna, unfurled some punches, a few kicks, and a vintage double-noggin-knocker to Hassan and Daivari, who flopped about accordingly.
Muhammad Hassan was trounced and humiliated; Copani, on the other hand, couldn't have been happier. He had grown up watching Hogan similarly dispatch foreign heels, and could hardly believe he now ranked among the villains upon whom Hulkamania had run wild.
It would be one of the last high points in a career that had been teetering on the edge of disaster for months, and was about to tumble over it.
Copani knew he was pushing the envelope with the Hassan character, and he had heard that angry letters and death threats were flowing in (though most were filtered out before they ever reached him personally).
The trouble escalated when Hassan and Daivari were "drafted" from Raw to Smackdown, on the relatively more family-friendly UPN network.
When Undertaker handily demolished Daivari, Hassan "prayed" at ringside to summon five men wearing ski masks and camouflage fatigues, who choked the Undertaker with piano wire, allowing Hassan to apply the camel clutch.
Though recorded on a Tuesday, the episode aired the following Friday -- just hours after the terrorist bombings in London, England.
The segment was lambasted by critics, with commentators in the New York Post, Variety and other mainstream publications saying that WWE had sunk to an all-time low in search of ratings.
In a response that aired only on the WWE website, Hassan fought back, publicly admonishing New York Post writer Don Kaplan for assuming the thugs in ski masks were Arab terrorists (they were actually white guys, for the record).
"I went out there with the article in my hand. That was 100 percent ad lib on my part," Copani recalled. "(Kaplan) had made assumptions that were false, and I called him on it. That was one of my better interviews. Sadly, it was also my last one."
Copani thinks the debacle could have been prevented by some last-minute editing of Smackdown, but he knew the Hassan character was always on the verge of pushing things too far.
"We had an idea something was going to happen," said Copani. "There had been a lot of pressure, especially from Arab Americans who thought the portrayal was unfair."
So at the height of his infamy, Copani was unemployed -- but not particularly disappointed. His WWE tenure had been such a wild ride that he was dizzied and disillusioned, and he welcomed a respite from the chaos.
"I had gotten everything too quickly in WWE," he said. "I was absolutely not ready. I was too immature. I was only 24 when all that happened. I wasn't mentally equipped to handle such a quick ascent. Looking back now, from a 30-year-old's perspective, I can see that I was just a kid back then."
Hoping to explore a different side of showbiz, Copani moved to Los Angeles to try his hand at acting and writing -- a tough business, he would discover, but a nice change from wrestling.
It was during that time that he reconnected with his friend Shad Gaspard of the tag team Cryme Tyme, who mentioned a screenplay he'd been struggling to write.
Copani, an educated and imaginative man with a knack for storytelling, offered to take on the development of Gaspard's screenplay.
"I took his original screenplay and rewrote it from scratch," he said. "I spent a year on it. We worked on it back and forth, piecing it together."
"It's a throwback to old samurai films with a mix of Kill Bill. Because Shad is a big black man and I'm a medium-sized Italian man, we had different influences growing up," said Copani. "Ultimately, it becomes a hero's quest for redemption."
The imminent release of the book has inspired its reclusive author to emerge from semi-exile in his native New York State, oblige the occasional interview request and reconnect, to a small degree, with the wrestling world.
On April 9, Copani will meet fans and sign autographs at the Super Saturday wrestling convention presented by K&S Promotions and Highspots in Essington, PA.
His main motivation for attending the event, he confesses, is a free trip to the Philadelphia area, since he and his girlfriend want to visit the city. But he's also looking forward to seeing some familiar faces, particularly Daivari, and meeting the fans.
"I live such a normal life right now, it's cool years later to see that people still remember the character I played," he said. "To talk to these fans and hear their gratitude, it's actually kind of shocking."
But Copani insists no amount of gratitude or nostalgia will make him return to the wrestling business full-time. He is nearly finished his college degree and intends to become a teacher. He's fascinated with world history -- particularly the great moments of American history, which he realizes is a tad ironic given his WWE persona -- and he is enjoying a stable, low-key existence.
He occasionally receives offers to resurrect the middle-eastern character on the indie circuit around the U.S. and overseas, but he made up his mind that Muhammad Hassan will remain a remnant of his past.
"I've seen too many guys well-past their primes (on the indie circuit) who get into unfortunate situations, and I didn't want to become that," he said.
When pressed to be more specific on the subject, Copani declined to name names. Instead, he replied with six words that illustrate how vastly different he is from the character he famously portrayed: "I don't want to offend anyone."
Colin Hunter enjoyed a cordial, fascinating interview with Marc Copani, but was secretly hoping that Muhammad Hassan's theme music would suddenly interrupt the conversation, followed by a tirade about American xenophobia. You can reach Colin at email@example.com.


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In a statement, the British Olympic Association said "we can confirm there has been an incident of theft involving a Team GB athlete returning to their accommodation. All members of our delegation, including the individual concerned, are accounted for, and are safe and well."
The Guardian newspaper reported late Wednesday that the unnamed athlete was held up at the gunpoint after a night out in Rio. BOA spokesman Scott Field declined to comment on the Guardian's report and did not say whether the incident was reported to police.
The report comes as three American Olympic swimmers planned to meet with Brazilian law enforcement Thursday to discuss a reported robbery targeting 12-time medalist Ryan Lochte and his teammates.
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Dev Channel Update
119 comments :
Was the internal Flash updated, like you told you would do?
Flash 10.1 was updated on Apr 5, it's now a release candidate.
Wow! One of my suggestions was actually implemented with this release: moving the bookmark star over to the right! Thank you! In fact, I am extremely happy with the changes to the Omnibox and also love how new tabs seems to slide out of the existing tabs. Wonderful!
Nevertheless, I am still begging for the ability/option to open/run files (i.e. downloading them to the temporary internet folder) instead being required to download them, then opening/running them. Please implement this feature.
And, please bring back "Clear browsing data" into the Tools/Wrench menu.
Thank you for all of your efforts, Google Chrome Team!
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What exactly does the "geolocation support" do?
Why changed shortcuts? I used to CTRL+Shift+B for bookmark manager and CTRL+B for bookmark bar. And now there's no shortcut for bookmark manager and you changed CTRL+B to CTRL+Shift+B for bookmark bar.
Why? I really don't like that.
Geolocation example using Firefox's Geode service
Reason for changed bookmark bar shortcut?
Why would geolocation support be added? Now websites can track where I actually am.
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Oh, thanks Dogan!
Thank you so much for reverting to Aero peek on a per window only basis. Chrome has returned to a usable state for me. I would have listed that as a major windows feature for this release.
Nice update - Google Dev Team!
In regards to the changes being made to the omnibox, I filed this request for the content settings icon: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=39924
Please star it if you agree.
Also, why has flash not been updated, I thought the whole point was to keep it up to date?
I agree with Chris about removing the content setting icons. Moving the bookmark star to the right has just further increased the amount of crap polluting the right side of the omnibar.
The people who moved the Star icon (Bookmark indicator) should have also allowed us to be able to drag and drop that star icon to the Bookmark bar
@AshMan You can still drag the icon to the 'left' of the http:// to your bookmark bar.
The changing of Ctrl-B and removal of Ctrl-Shift-B is REALLY, REALLY dumb. It makes me thing that Google Doesn't have usability experts working for them.
A user rarely hots control-B when entering text in a rich text edit field to bookmark. As a result, the browser should initiate the BOLD action when the user is in the textarea, when not, the ctrl-B should do the bookmark action.
This is just annoying. If anything, they should have removed the bookmark bar hiding shourtcut.
Google, I'm disappointed in you.
1 - Little star in Chrome right side BY DEFAULT or in "options", please!
I don´t want wait anymore!
I don't want to write --bookmark-menu. I want it default or options.
2 - Click in a letter to find a bookmark in bookmarks folder ir URGENT!
Because these two problems i don't use Chrome anymore...
I installed 2 portableapps.com VersionS of Google Chrome, one is the Dev Channel @ http://portableapps.com/news/2010-02-24_-_google_chrome_portable_126.96.36.199 (The other is the Portable STABLE Chrome version.)
So here's my question: When it comes time to update the Dev Channel PORTABLE version with newer DEV CHANNEL version, will it keeps all the EXTENSIONs I installed from the older version? How will this action, affect the Portable STABLE version?
THANKS forward to your answer,
''the bookmark star has moved,''
Fuck you Chris L. fuck you
I'm guessing flash hasn't been updated because there's only a release candidate of it out?
I wonder what's involved on their side for updating flash... if it's simple then an option for downloading the beta's could be nice, some of the upgrades have been targeting Chrome.
"Manage extensions" is always crashing the new Chrome to me!!!
It seems that the crash above goes away if I remove the --enable-experimental-extension-apis switch from the command line.
Why have you removed the Aero Peek feature in Windows 7? It's a must-have for me. Is there a command-line switch to turn it on? If not, Chrome will become unusable for me.
if you want internal pages such as chrome: and about: to use different icons than normal http pages please
star this bug. thanks!
I can't use IPV6 hosts on this version. how to fix this issue?
Anyone confirm this bug? It crashes Chrome when selecting from the omnibar
@Wesley: They probably need to wait until Adobe ships them new binaries. Just because Adobe has updated the ActiveX and NPAPI version of the Flash plugin doesn't mean they have yet done it also for the special build for Google Chrome.
I don't particularly like how the new tabs do that bounce-back effect now, the sliding is good but the bounce is overkill.
Ditto previous comments that the star should be draggable to the bookmarks bar and the bookmark shortcut should be ctrl+B.
Thanks for the update, I like it so far :D. Keep the new features coming, that's why I like the dev channel :P.
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Wow the shady thing and win7 issues are finally gone, thanks.
Ctrl+Shift+B combination for bookmark are not so good. I think many people are hiding this bar and use it only than they are need favorites. Please make a bookmark bar more usable and nice looking.
i don't know this is right to place to request new features but i would like to have block content feature similar to opera....its really most used feature by me....except this i love all the feature implemented by u recently like automatic translation..
new tab slide effect....giving us more options in content settings.
You mention not using --no-sandbox. But for many users that is the only way that they can get chrome to work. Please look at this help forum post and give the users there a practical option to run chrome without the --no-sandbox parameter (without an OS reinstall)
I like the bookmar star on the left! disapointing. or we can make it changable, suit everyone's needs:)
Help, I can't play a lot of videos on YouTube!. I can play them on Firefox though. Is the my computer or Chrome?
In the address bar, you should use a line to separate the bookmarks bar from the other icons.
Or, you could change "Other Bookmarks" to "Bookmarks", and have a menu where you can save the bookmark, much like IE.
for who think that the RSS support should be native and not an extension please star this bug:
this is a very important feature for chrome!!
anyone knows when the extensions sync (with gmail) will be implemented? :D
@gfgd: Scheduled for chrome 5. to keep track of implementation go to this page:
sorry is scheduled for Chrome 6, not 5. :)
I like chrome, but bookmark manager need lots of improvement
Oh noes! The favorite star is on the right, thats terrible !!!!
P.S: There is a bug von the first issue link :P
I can see the logic behind the Star on the right, it shares similar functionality with some notification icons and makes sense to group these together. Maybe just change the styling a bit to make it clear that this is a Chrome feature and not an extension feature.
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I vote for for the following shortcuts:
Ctrl + B = Toggle bookmark bar
Ctrl + Shft + B = Bookmark manager
Please put a shortcut for bookmark manager.
Now you just need to add an option to move the things back that were fine where they were before. Please fix real issues instead of fucking around with the UI people are used to.
Found bug probably (On Mac)
When you have almost full list of "other bookmars" (on the right) but not enough to have scroll arrow at the bottom. After moving mouse under bookmarks list it starting to scroll over the chrome.
not a fan of ctrl+shift+b for bookmarks - makes it at two-handed operation. In a text field makes sense for ctrl b to make bold, outside of that it should be bookmarks. Also seem to be getting a lot of aww snap messages on this release
I'm assuming they reverted the change to Aero Peek so they can make it work properly and then re-implement it. It wasn't drawing the thumbnails or window previews on mouse over most of the time.
I don't understand why anyone wouldn't want it? What is the disadvantage of being able to select a tab directly from the preview rather than having to bring Chrome to the front and then select the tab?
In any case, an option to choose your preferred behavior of Aero Peek would be great.
I'm starting to get some crashes under different circumstances. Maybe some instability with this one.
Crashed again. This is starting to piss me off. And it does it at various times so I cant really say what is the cause.
What the hell? Return bookmark bar shortcut Ctrl+B !
I am getting more than a handful of crashes that i have never seen before. It doesn't seem to happen on any particular website either. Can we get a quick fix/update for this please?
want the shortcut key back of Bookmark bar (Ctrl+B) ! please!
Ctrl+Shift+B is too much for bookmarks bar, revert to Ctrl+B please.
and return the Star to the right (Fuck you Chris L. I hate you)
I still love you Chrome dev. team, but that will change very fast if the Star doesn't return to the right side and Ctrl_B FOR BOOKMARKS BAR.
Ctrl+Shift+B is too much for bookmarks bar, revert to Ctrl+B please.
and return the Star to the right (Fuck you Chris L. I hate you)
I still love you Chrome dev. team, but that will change very fast if the Star doesn't return to the right side and Ctrl_B FOR BOOKMARKS BAR.
return the Star to the LEFT
Known Issues
[Linux] HTML5 audio/video elements are not firing the ended event
This appears to be broken on Mac OSX 10.6.2 as well.
Why does it say "Beta"
Every time i go to the wrench and click about Google Chrome, to see if there any updates, it says "5.0.371.0 beta"
Richard, that's because you have the Beta version, not the Dev version. You need to uninstall the Beta and install the Dev if that's what you want.
Tornadoes28 there was no Beta update 5.0.371.0, and I did uninstall and i reinstall, still says the same thing.
OK. Got me than.
Getting crashes all over the place!
Very good release. No noticeable problems have occurred and I like the Geo-location feature that Chrome has needed for a while. Good job Chrome Team!
It crashes frequently.
Please star these bugs:
As I posted earlier, it would be a GREAT HELP if you are having problems to also include your COMPUTING PLATFORM and OPERATING SYSTEM.
More crashes.
I have Windows XP.
bookmark Star back to the left or option please????
Why are there (7) QuickTime Plug-in extensions that come pre-installed in the Chrome Dev release? Are they all needed?
Please, please, please add an option in the settings to display the icons in the omni bar the way that they used to be (Star on left and Security icon on right)
I'm not a fan of the star on the right at all.
Plus I'm used to glancing to the right to see if the page is secured.
I've been using Chrome since day one and this change is really screwing with me...
@thinkNsidedabunNOToutsidedabox Hello, I am the author of that portable wrapper. :)
Your extensions and all of your profile data will be saved between upgrades. Simply install a newly downloaded version of GCP into the same folder (usually the default) as the previous version to do an upgrade. Please note that Google's internal update mechanism does not work in Google Chrome Portable because of the absence of the not-portable Google Updater tool.
Google does not and cannot support Google Chrome Portable or updates of it, please get support for GCP at portableapps.com forums int he future, thanks! :)
Please move the damn star back to the left. Agree with others that the GUI is fine.. quit messing with it. Leave the refresh icon there, as all controls should be together, but move the star back to the left please.
In summary:
Please move the damn star back to the left. Agree with others that the GUI is fine.. quit messing with it. Leave the refresh icon there, as all controls should be together, but move the star back to the left please.
In summary:
Ok, so after reading through the following issue, I get the security Icon on the left of the URL:
But I still prefer the Refresh button to be a seperate icon and the star to be a toggle button on the left of the Omni bar, such as:
Thanks again,
What josh just said is perfect.. please see his screenshot.
1. Seriously, ctrl+B for bookmarks bar, ctrl+shift+B for bookmarks manager.
2. Make it an option to have the bookmark star on the left OR the right.
3. I like the new position for the refresh button. It seems more logical to me.
4. Not too fond of the bounce back on new tab. It seems hokey to me.
5. A change that I'd like to see while opening a new tab: have the user-set "new tab page" slide in with the tab itself. Having the tab slide/bounce over while the page is stationary bugs me.
Make ctrl+b show the bookmark bar, and revert to the old "new tab" animation, because this one sucks donkeyballs.
The link to issue ID 11246 is broken.
The bookmark shortcut is clearly a glitch & I'm sure the Chrome team get the point by now.
For the star, does it really matter that much which side its on? The click action shares far more functionality with the other notification icons than with the page info box, which I presume is Chrome's reason for moving it.
What logic do people have for wanting it on the left besides reluctance to change? I'm used to it already after a day, it's not a browser-changing issue like some people seem to be suggesting.
Because it wasn't broken? Why do people change things for the sake of change?
I'm okay with star to the far right.. but I think there should be a non-invasive separator between the star button and the page actions, just to make clear are two different things. If you think the same way of me please star this bug:
Recently I found it is able to sync preferences, auto-fill data and themes in Chrome. I think this is a remarkable feature. I suggest you can add the feature to synchronize the extension data. It could be really useful because reconfiguring extensions setting on every computer I have is so disturbing. My English isn't very good, but hope your team can accept my advice. Good luck!
honestly, are people complaining this much? it is change (little at that) I for one think it is much better :)
p.s cant wait for the next dev release! there will be even more crying than ever before. all the people complaining now should check out the nightly builds...
anyone who disagrees with a design decision ever is 'crying' for the reasons I will now detail;
I truly don't understand the resistance to the new UI, especially the placement of the bookmark star on the right side. I had suggested this a while back, and I think that it's a welcome change. Now, most of the navigation buttons are grouped together on the left side; the UI is now more sensible. To me, the bookmark star's placement on the left side seemed out of place, and I would even accidentally click on it from time to time as a resulting of having it so close together with the other navigation buttons. Mozilla Firefox's placement of the bookmark star is also on the right side, and I don't believe that there is much argument about it.
Regarding additional UI suggestions, I would go so far as to say that I would appreciate the "Other bookmarks" button be moved to the far left of the bookmarks bar, and I would rename it as only, "Bookmarks." This would cut the size of the button by almost one-half. Now, all navigation buttons would be grouped together on the left side, and I believe that this is a sensible approach to the UI. In addition, I would suggest that the bookmark bar buttons be cut in size by approximately one-half. For example, they can just be a small icon button ("g" for Google) rather than the icon and the name of the link ("g Google" for Google). This would further simplify the UI.
I still must put forth the suggestion for Google Chrome to add the option/ability to open/run files on the fly (i.e. save them to a temporary internet folder) rather than only being able to download, then open them. I have this feeling that the Google Team will implement this feature (and, it may take some serious re-working of the way Google Chrome handles downloads), but I would love to see it sooner than later.
Finally, I must also suggest that the Google Chrome Team bring back the "Clear browsing data" option into the Tools/Wrench menu as I believe that many users would welcome this option. I usually clear my browsing data before exiting (or, if given the option, set the browser to clear all cookies before exiting). I do not simply rely on going Incognito to achieve this result. The other browsers include this option under one of their menu bars as well as in their options area. Redundancy is good. :)
I am passionate about this browser and have been since Google first released it. I take the time out of my busy schedule to make suggestions on this blog in an effort to help make Google Chrome a better browser. I understand Google's approach to this end: speed, simplicity, security and stability. I hope that my suggestions are either implemented, seriously considered, or in the alternative, constructively criticized in an effort to make Google Chrome a better browser.
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There are essentially two reload-buttons now though. Isn't that a bit overkill?
Now crashes on www.chase.com after login
All Gawker websites cause mine to crash. Well, cause the tab to crash after they load fully.
Please, prepare the list command lines of Chrome.exe
Cannot found all command lines in Google Chrome support pages. Need to be collected.
this version crashes a lot. I don't know what's wrong, flash related, might be.
As Socceryo3 said, every single Gawker site goes down right after it fully loads. I am getting random crashes all over the place as well. Hopefully Google will update this version pronto as Chrome is basically unusable to me if I can't visit those sites.
I agree; this is CRASHING A LOT, for some reason.
I agree; this is CRASHING A LOT, for some reason; almost on verge of becoming unusabile. I hope my chrome browser is reporting those crashes automatically to the dev folks, so I dont have to pinpoint the crashing sites etc.
Flash crashing big time
Is there any way to install the previous dev release. This version crashes all the time. I mean I am expecting it to crash if I bump the mouse while typing this message. Move the wheel to fast and crash. I have had at least 30 crashes in the two days since I upgraded.
Same here. This release crashes constantly. The previous release was great. This one on the other hand crashes all the time. I start typing, click something etc. crashes.
The Skull and Bone icon beside the Https url is not a good idea.
23 crashes yesterday.
This version is crashing a lot. Loads some of the page hen get the aw snap message.
crashes a lot on vista here...
Just to add to what everyone else is saying here - multiple (double digits) crashes per day.
Lots of errors reported in console.log - "Not implemented reached in virtual void" to "Call to set process name failed".
Yep, all Gawker sites are killing the browser!
Crashes alot!
Please hurry with a new release. This release is not very stable. Still crashing a lot at various times on both Vista and XP.
Crashing a lot for me when it never did before...I'm using Windows Vista.
I'm thinking that a lot of these reported CRASHES could probably be the result of added EXTENSION incompatibility. I'm running Win Vista 32 and this latest release is very stable (on my Dell laptop) - I do not use a lot of added EXTENSIONS.
Maybe trying to DISABLE a few EXTENSIONS to see if the CRASHES stop might be an idea?
I have a shitton of extensions and haven't had a single unusual crash since this update. Control the internet rage, dude.
Its odd, the first night this build seemed rather stable... however after that it just was crash central. had to switch back to stable :( shame, because i really like what was changed.
The new star location is inconsistent:
The left side icons have info about the current page (is bookmarked / is https).
The right side icons are tools (extension related).
Please move the star back to the left. I miss the quick glance to see if a page is bookmarked, and finding it between the mess of icons on the right is not as easy.
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Love the new lay-out. More on my win7 then on xp though. Also I only have one extension up and running and didn't had any crashes at all. I do believe the new place for the star button is better then before, especially switching on my pc and laptop to this new build because I liked it!
@Chris L.,
You can already reduce bookmarks to only the favicon with no name. Just delete the name from the bookmark.
bring back ctrl+b for bookmarks bar.
Please dear God move the bookmarks star back to the left. I absolutely, like more than 90% of the people who've commented, hate it on the right. It seems Chris L is the only dummy to want it there. It ruins the flow and is completely screwing up my user experience. I've started not recommending Chrome because of this, and I am a Google JUNKIE. There's a great TED Talk about how small things like that can mean all the difference for an end user. Please change it back. I am absolutely begging you, Google, PLEASE put it on the left side. Please. Please. Please.
Also, Ctrl+B was a good thing, but I can live with Ctrl+Shift+B. I cannot live with the bookmark star on the right of the omnibox. =(
The bookmark star change was infantile. Leave it where it was - in context to other web address tools like home, reload, etc. Moving it to the right, close to app tools is just a simple idiotic UI screw up as if you had help from an India based engismearing team.


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DOVER — Time to get the bread and milk!
Or is it?
At the approach of nearly every New England blizzard, nor'easter, snowstorm, and sometimes just a simple flurry, there is an inevitable rush at local grocers for the "essentials," otherwise known as "bread and milk."
Why on earth is this?
With all the many other options and alternatives to "bread and milk," why is it this mantra stuck in people's minds?
For Sheila Partridge, of South Berwick, Maine, stocking up on bread and milk just seems like the right thing to do in the event of an impending storm.
"She is famous for, 'I need to have bread and milk!'," her daughter Theresa Horne, said in the Market Basket Parking lot Tuesday afternoon.
The mother-daughter duo was loading groceries into their vehicle and, though they said they purchased items they normally would without the threat of a storm, it was puzzling to both of them as to why bread and milk were such hot items.
"I just don't know," Partridge said, pondering over her shopping cart at the question.
"It is interesting," she went on.
At Janetos Market in downtown Dover, the theory of stocking up on these two items escaped owner Karen Weston, but she said consumers had nonetheless started going beyond the bread and milk shopping list and expanded to other items like steak.
She said bread, milk, eggs, and meat were among the top products sold at the store and normally just a day before the term was expected to strike.
She said the mentality is simply the 'I don't think I'll be able to buy my groceries tomorrow' mindset and not necessarily because bread and milk are so amazing.
Even online, the bread and milk conundrum has taken hold.
One Yahoo online forum contributor posed the question: "With everyone in my office talking about the threat of snow tomorrow (in the NJ area), it reminded me of the whole populace going crazy every time there will be a storm. People flock to the stores to buy milk and bread. Why just milk and bread? How about picking up some steaks, a chicken, pizza, something else instead of half the makings of French toast?"
Rated the "best answer" was, "perishable stuff like bread and milk sells first at the store, if you don't get them right away they are gone because people do want easy stuff to eat in case of a power out(age). I think we feel the need to hoard so we can hibernate instead of going out in the weather."
Another user, by the name of "Princess Leia" said, "Because people are going for the basics that you usually run out of first or perishable items that go bad first. At least with bread you can make a sandwich ... and you need milk to make cereal, macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, etc."
Still another person responded, "The basics are easier to deal with. Bread will make more than sandwiches, milk is an universal kind of food/drink which will help if power is out for a while."
In any case, the need for bread and milk is clear, but somewhat uncertain.
"I've never really thought about it, Bronstein Quinnlan said.
She said her mother used to always get "the basics" when a storm was predicted, and she followed suit.
"You know, I don't know why it is," Kenneth Scholam, said.
Stormy Burke said one reason why bread and milk seem practical may be because in New England, even when the power is out, items are easy to keep cool as long as there is snow on the ground.
Packing coolers with sandwich meats (for the much sought-after bread) and chilling a gallon or two of milk in the snow when the refrigerator isn't an option isn't that far fetched of an idea, she said.
Weston said one thing she's noticed over the years is that shoppers have not only expanded their lists, but they also seem to have more of strategy in place when they stop by her store.
"They do have some form of planning," she said.
Whatever the reasons may be, the need for bread and milk were evident at places like Janetos and Market Basket where either the bread or milk aisle — or both — required restocking, or at were at least seeing a heavy volume of consumers stocking up for today's predicted snowstorm.
According to the National Weather Service, based in Gray, Maine, this next system will bring a pattern of precipitation opposite of what was most seen during this past weekend's storm.
Steve Capriola, meteorologist, said most points inland will see roughly 10 to 14 inches of snow and coastal areas will likely experience much less.
"It's going to vary across the state," he said.
This storm, much like the last, will occur over a long duration of time, making accumulations difficult to gauge in some areas, especially those that experience a lot of rain.
"The amounts will be difficult to zero in on due to mostly rain," Capriola said.
Though the winter storm warning is extended through Thursday, the bulk of this system is expected to wind down by tonight.
Capriola did say, however, that lingering flurries could add to the accumulation totals.
"This event is going to be some snow to begin with but mainly rain," he said.
Capriola did not know any logic behind the bread and milk phenomenon.


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Adult Swim has a free app that lets you stream full episodes of all your favorite shows (and various clips!). There's also a TV schedule, a dashboard to get all their games (that you have to pay to play) and the iPad version even throws in a music player, a clock, weather and a calculator. Why? Who knows! [iTunes]
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What you see above are actually the suckers on the arm of a squid, captured with an electron microscope. The color was added for the obvious effect. The National Science Foundation and the journal Science have announced the winners of the 6th annual International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge. Incredibly talented scientist/artists wielding electron microscopes and more esoteric methods created a bunch of exceptionally cool images, such as this shot of Yog-Sothoth gibbering madly as he tries to force his way into our dimension.If you head over to the Science website, you can see a slideshow with a bunch of the winning images, plus a podcast about the competition, and more info about the methods used to get the images.
There's an amazing 3D illustration of the human circulatory system and some innovative infographics, but my favorite is probably a cancer cell imaged with an electron microscope surface scan. After each scan, an ion blast shaved 20 nanometers off the cell, then another scan was taken. You can see a reduced scale version of the resulting 3D masterpiece at left, but be sure to check out the full-size version over at Science. Images by: Science/NSF. Winners of Science Visualization Challenge announced. [Nobel Intent]


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Nick Duncan necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 70 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
Straight Smiles Australia
We are a group who is going to be providing websites to dentists and orthodontists. The purpose of this project is to find a designer who understands what we are looking for in a design. If we find the right designer, we would like to enter into an agreement with them to provide the designs for all of our future sites, as well as provide us with a selection of templates for when we launch
The target audience are dental and orthodontic patients. Because we focus mainly on Invisalign, we want the sites to focus on this audience. The target audience for Invisalign is fairly broad, although it tends to be concentrated in the 20-30 year old female demographic. That being said, this site will represent all of the dentists/orthos practice, so it should be fairly neutral in that regard.
I need a home page designed as well as one inner page. See http://www.carolinesprings.info for an example. See attached document for specifics on home page and inner page design.
Note that the design needs to be clean and professional. Also, pictures of women smiling are usually effective in dental sites, so keep that in mind.


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His systematic approach to graphic design encompasses two things: A maximum of orientation and precision, and great distinctiveness. Those features are well visible on our collaboration on hfg-offenbach.de and dgae.de
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It's surprising again and again how Jan manages to carve out a funny and explanatory image from even the most complicated correlations. You can find his work in the New York Times, Bloomberg Business Week or Zeit Campus
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To make sure that your message is understood worldwide, perfect English is the key. As Alison is a native speaker, it is a huge enrichment to have her on the team. Also complicated German texts are no problem for her English translation skills.
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With his subtle designs, that are always on point, Timo creates sometimes abstract, sometimes disturbing and always visually stimulating moods. In both his applied as well as his purely Graphic Arts you'll be absorbed by the worlds he creates.
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Amazon to Offer Kindle Checkout System to Physical Retailers
Project Would Give E-Commerce Firm Access to More Customer Data
Amazon.com Inc. plans to offer brick-and-mortar retailers a checkout system that uses Kindle tablets as soon as this summer, people briefed on the company's plans said.
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