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Brunei, independent Islamic sultanate on the northern coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. It is bounded to the north by the South China Sea and on all other sides by the East Malaysian state of Sarawak, which also divides the state into two disconnected segments of unequal size. The western segment is the larger of the two and contains the capital city of Bandar Seri Begawan. Brunei achieved independence in 1984, after having been a British protectorate since 1888. It is a member of the Commonwealth and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations).
Relief, drainage, and soils
Brunei consists of a narrow coastal plain in the north, which gives way to rugged hills in the south. The country's highest point is Pagon Peak (6,070 feet [1,850 metres]), in the southeast. Brunei is drained by the Belait, Tutong, and Brunei rivers in the western segment and by the Pandaruan and Temburong rivers in the east; all flow generally northward to the South China Sea. The Belait is the largest river in the country. The soils of Brunei are deeply weathered, highly leached, and generally infertile. Richer alluvial soils are found along the rivers and in some parts of the coastal floodplain, and these offer the best agricultural potential. White quartz sands are prevalent in some areas.
The climate of Brunei is governed by the equatorial monsoon winds. The northeast monsoon typically blows from December to March, and the southwest monsoon blows from May to September. April, October, and November are transitional months. Temperatures in Brunei are warm throughout the year, typically dropping into the mid-70s F (about 23 °C) and rising to about 90 °F (32 °C) on a daily basis. Precipitation averages about 115 inches (2,900 mm) annually in the coastal areas but can exceed 150 inches (3,800 mm) farther inland. Rainfall is generally heavier from October to January and lighter from March to August.
Plant and animal life
About three-fifths of the country is covered with virgin tropical rainforest, and another one-fifth is under secondary forest. The undisturbed rainforest consists mainly of hardwoods of the Dipterocarpaceae family (notably of the genus Shorea), most of which are of commercial value. Large expanses of freshwater and peat swamps are found in the poorly drained lowlands of the Belait and Tutong rivers, while mangrove swamps are common along the lower riverine reaches and sheltered coastal areas. The complex vegetation of the rainforest provides niches for a rich variety of animals, including proboscis monkeys, leaf monkeys, pigtail macaques, gibbons, sun bears, sambar deer, pangolins, bats, and many other mammals. Among Brunei's most notable birds are its argus pheasants and hornbills. Numerous species of reptiles, including the large reticulated python, inhabit the country's swamps and woodlands.
Ethnic groups
Nearly two-thirds of the population of Brunei is classified officially as Malay. This category, however, includes not only ethnic Malays but also a number of the indigenous peoples, namely the Dusun, Belait, Kedayan, Murut, and Bisaya (Bisayah). Chinese make up about one-tenth of the population. The remainder of Brunei's residents consists of other (non-Malay) indigenous peoples, such as the Iban (or Sea Dayak); various peoples of South Asian descent; and temporary workers, primarily from Asia and Europe.
The official language is Malay, with English as a major second language. Brunei's population is predominantly Sunni Muslim, although the Chinese usually follow Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, or Christianity. Some of the indigenous peoples are Christian, while others follow their own local religions.
Settlement patterns
The forested uplands of Brunei's interior are sparsely populated by indigenous peoples, who practice shifting agriculture. In the country's western segment, the Iban and the Belait generally inhabit the westernmost region near the border with Sarawak, while the Kedayan are concentrated in the central and eastern areas, and the Kadazan live primarily in the rural parts of the east-central region. The Murut and Bisaya have settled mainly in the eastern segment of Brunei. The Malays are distributed in the riverine and coastal villages and towns throughout the country, and the Chinese are concentrated in the urban areas.
About two-thirds of Brunei's population is found in and around Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital and largest urban centre. The city is located on the Brunei River about 9 miles (14 km) from its mouth on Brunei Bay. Adjacent to the modern section of the city is an older part called Kampong Ayer, where Brunei Malays live in houses built on stilts along inlets of the river. The area surrounding the cities of Kuala Belait and Seria, both in the oil-rich zone of the southwestern coast, is the country's next most densely settled region.
Demographic trends
The population of Brunei is youthful and growing. About one-fourth of the population is under age 15, and roughly half is under age 30. The birth rate is around the global average, while the death rate is among the lowest in the world, partly because of the youthful age distribution. Life expectancy is around 77 years of age, higher than the global average. Brunei has a high net migration rate, though its growth rate is steadily decreasing.
Brunei's economy is almost totally dependent on the exploitation of its vast reserves of petroleum and natural gas. Although oil and gas revenues have allowed the state to give its citizens one of the highest per capita incomes in Asia, they also have made the country dependent on a single commodity that is subject to market fluctuations. In addition, Brunei must rely on imports for nearly all its manufactured goods and most of its food. In an effort to ensure the country's economic stability, the government has since the late 20th century striven to diversify the economy by developing other sectors, such as agriculture, fisheries, tourism, and financial services.
Agriculture, fishing, and forestry
Agriculture, fishing, and forestry, once the mainstays of Brunei's economy, declined in importance after the discovery of petroleum resources in the 1920s. By the end of the 20th century, these three activities accounted for just a tiny fraction of the gross domestic product (GDP) and employed a comparably small segment of the workforce. Recognizing a need to diversify the economy away from petroleum production as well as to reduce the country's dependence on food imports, the government subsequently embarked on a program to develop the agricultural industry. By the early 21st century Brunei had become self-sufficient in the production of poultry and eggs and was approaching self-sufficiency in vegetables. Although locally grown rice still fell far short of domestic need, production had increased markedly.
Brunei is among the largest consumers of fish per capita in the world. Fish imports reached a high in the mid-1990s. In an effort to curb imports, the government implemented programs to stimulate local fisheries. Within a decade Brunei was producing more fish domestically than it imported. Overfishing has been a growing concern, however, despite the government's emphasis on sustainable development. Aquaculture has been encouraged in carefully selected areas.
With an aim of preserving the country's abundant forest cover, Brunei enacted legislation in the late 20th century to restrict logging. Plantation programs have been implemented to provide enough sawed wood for the local market only. Timber is not exported.
Resources and power
The petroleum industry (including the manufacture of liquefied natural gas [LNG]) generates more than half of Brunei's GDP, although it employs a very small portion of the labour force. Nearly all of the country's petroleum and natural gas is produced from offshore fields located off its own western segment, and all but a small percentage of the production is exported, mostly to Asian countries. A local refinery supplies domestic needs; the country's energy is generated almost entirely from fossil fuels.
Oil was first produced in 1929, while the natural gas industry was developed after the discovery in the 1960s of large deposits. Output of oil reached a peak in the late 1970s and subsequently was reduced in order to conserve reserves. Intensive exploitation of the country's huge deposits of natural gas in the 1970s included the construction of a liquefaction plant, and LNG has since become a major source of Brunei's export earnings. In addition to its hydrocarbon reserves, the country has rich deposits of white quartz sand that remained virtually undeveloped in the early 21st century.
Finance and trade
In lieu of a central bank, the Financial Institution Division and the Brunei Currency Board, both part of the Ministry of Finance, are responsible for most central banking services. The Brunei Currency Board issues the Brunei dollar. Several Islamic commercial banks, a number of foreign banks, and a few offshore banks all operate in the country. Much of the state's financial activity is concerned with managing its substantial foreign investments, and the return on these has become an important source of income.
Revenues from petroleum and natural gas, which constitute nearly all of the country's export earnings, have generally resulted in trade surpluses since the early 1970s. The country's principal trading partners are in Asia and include Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, China, South Korea, and India.
Brunei also trades with the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and members of the European Union to varying degrees. Brunei has been a member of ASEAN since 1984 and became home to the secretariat of the East ASEAN Business Council in the mid-1990s.
Transportation and telecommunications
Historically, Brunei has depended primarily on its rivers and the sea for transportation. Rivers have remained the main means of transport into the interior, but a good network of roads has been built in the coastal areas and continues to expand into the interior. Per capita car ownership in Brunei is one of the highest in the world. Brunei has two major ports: a large, deepwater harbour at Muara, on Brunei Bay, and a smaller port at Kuala Belait, at the mouth of the Belait River. The country's sole international airport, located at Bandar Seri Begawan, is home to Royal Brunei Airlines. Public transport (buses and taxis) is concentrated in urban areas.
Telecommunications are regulated by the Authority of Info-Communications Technology Industry. The government operates several radio and television channels, most broadcasting in Malay. Additional channels are available through private companies offering satellite and cable services.
Government and society
Constitutional framework
In 1959 Brunei became a self-governing state and adopted a constitution, although the British retained jurisdiction over foreign policy, defense, and internal security. Limited attempts at elected representative government under this constitution were abandoned by 1970. After Brunei attained full independence in 1984, an Islamic sultanate was established, and the constitution—while retained—underwent significant amendment.
Ultimate authority rests with the sultan, who is both head of state and head of government. As prime minister, he presides over a Council of Ministers (cabinet) and is advised by several other councils (Religious, Privy, Succession, and Legislative); the members of these bodies are appointed by the sultan. In 2004 the sultan approved a number of amendments to the constitution. Although a provision for a partially elected Legislative Council was among the amendments, elections have not been held.
Local government
Brunei is divided into four daerah (districts) for local administration: Temburong in the country's eastern segment and Belait, Brunei and Muara, and Tutong in the western segment. Each is headed by a district officer. The district officers are assisted by district councils, which are largely appointed. The daerah are subdivided further into units called mukim, each of which embraces a number of kampung (villages).
Judicial power is vested in the Supreme Court, composed of the Court of Appeal and the High Court, beneath which are the magistrates' courts. Although the High Court is a court of first instance for more serious offenses, it also handles appeals from the magistrates' courts. Appeals from the High Court are heard by the Court of Appeal. The final court of appeal for civil cases is the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of London. There also are courts of Islamic law (Sharīʿah; Syariah in Malay), as interpreted through Shāfiʿī jurisprudence, that can appeal to the country's Religious Council. When Syariah was first introduced, its jurisdiction was limited to personal or family matters (e.g., marriage). In 2014, however, Brunei began to phase in Syariah for criminal cases, with full implementation of the system on April 3, 2019.
The small, well-equipped Royal Brunei Armed Forces consists mainly of an army group, with smaller navy and air force units. These forces are supplemented by the Ghurka Reserve Unit and the Royal Brunei Police. Only Malays are eligible to participate in the military, and service is voluntary. A separate battalion of British Army Gurkhas has been present in the country since 1971. Prior to the country's independence, this unit was responsible for domestic security, but in the 21st century its chief task is to guard the petroleum and natural gas fields.
Health and welfare
Brunei is essentially a welfare state, with well-developed social facilities. Citizens receive basic medical and dental services at no charge. Primary care is provided by a network of government health centres and clinics scattered throughout the country. Remote rural areas are visited regularly by the government's flying doctor service. There is a state hospital in each of the four districts, including a large facility in Bandar Seri Begawan. Private clinics and a few private hospitals also operate in the urban areas.
Incidence of serious infectious diseases (e.g., tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and cholera) is low in Brunei. Aggressive malaria-control programs have rendered Brunei virtually malaria-free since the late 1980s. The country's death rate is well below the world average, and life expectancy is in the mid-to-upper 70s.
With education that is both free and compulsory from age 5 to 16, the vast majority of Brunei's population is literate. Malay, English, and Chinese are the three official languages of instruction. Malay is used in government schools, although English is the medium for certain subjects, beginning at the upper primary level. In addition to the government schools are private Chinese schools and schools operated by religious institutions; all, however, generally follow the same government-developed curriculum. Following secondary school, students may further their studies at any of a number of technical or engineering colleges or vocational schools. Those with strong examination results may enroll for classes at the University of Brunei Darussalam (1985) or at the Islamic University of Sultan Sharif Ali (2007).
Cultural life
The arts
Visual and performing arts
The visual and performing arts have for centuries been a salient expression of Bruneian culture. Brunei is particularly renowned for its metalwork. Especially during the peak of the Brunei sultanate's power (16th and 17th centuries), brass and silver artisans were highly valued for their craftsmanship. They produced gongs, cannons, and other articles that were often embossed with designs of serpents and other animals. Bruneian metalwork has long been an important item of trade, both within and beyond the boundaries of the sultanate. Indeed, many of the gongs that constitute ritual paraphernalia and heirloom property among the remote interior peoples—not only of Brunei but also of Malaysian and Indonesian Borneo—are of Bruneian origin.
Gongs are important locally as musical instruments. The royal nobat ensemble combines a set of vertically suspended gongs with double-reed instruments (called serunai) and single- and double-headed drums to mark important palace events, such as coronations, marriages, deaths, and the reception of honoured guests. The nobat also sometimes announces the times for Muslim prayer. A nonroyal ensemble called gulintangan combines a set of seven or eight small, horizontally suspended gongs with several larger, vertically suspended gongs and one or two double-headed drums to provide music for festivals in Malay and various other indigenous communities. An ensemble of small frame drums called hadrah often is played at weddings or to receive members of the royal family in an official capacity. A popular Malay social dance is performed to the accompaniment of large frame drums, called gendang, which often are played by women.
The prevalence of Islamic arts in Brunei is particularly evident in the country's magnificent architecture. The high golden dome of the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque (1958) dominates the skyline of Bandar Seri Begawan. It features classic attributes of Muslim architecture in its ornate domes, arches, and minarets. The mosque was built and furnished with fine materials from around the world—including marble from Italy, granite from China, chandeliers and stained-glass windows from England, and carpets from Saudi Arabia. In the mid-1990s another spectacular structure, the Jame' Asr Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque, was built in Kampong Kiarong (near Bandar Seri Begawan) to signify the eminence of Islam in Brunei; it is the largest mosque in the country. Istana Nurul Iman, set in landscaped gardens along the Brunei River, is an enormous residential palace incorporating both Islamic and distinctly Malay architectural styles. It is the home of the sultan and also houses his prime ministerial offices. The building is particularly striking when viewed at night from Persiaran Damuan, a nearby park featuring sculptures by noted Southeast Asian artists.
A different sort of architectural masterpiece is Kampong Ayer ("Water Village"), in Bandar Seri Begawan. Kampong Ayer is a collection of long-established villages, the structures of which hover on stilts above the Brunei River. Houses, medical clinics, and schools—most made of wood but some now made of cement—blend contemporary amenities with time-tested building styles. The dwellings and other facilities are interconnected by an extensive network of elevated walkways.
Sports and recreation
Brunei has fine facilities for a wide range of sports, including badminton, squash, tennis, field hockey, football (soccer), and aquatics, and the country's strongest athletes are internationally competitive. Golf enthusiasts enjoy several championship courses, and polo has been popular for decades, particularly with members of the royal family; polo fields and the royal stables are located at Jerudong Park, near Bandar Seri Begawan. Ocean sports, such as yachting and windsurfing, also have a strong following.
In addition to such globally recognized activities, Bruneians practice a number of uniquely Southeast Asian sports—such as sepak takraw, a game similar to volleyball except the ball is made of rattan and is volleyed with the feet rather than the hands, and pencak silat, a type of martial art. These sports are internationally competitive within the Asian region, and Brunei has produced award-winning athletes in both events. In 1999 Brunei hosted the 20th Southeast Asian Games in Bandar Seri Begawan at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, the country's main sports venue. In 2000 the country sent its first representative to the Summer Olympic Games, held in Sydney, Australia.
Main kikik, or kite flying, remains a popular pastime in Brunei. Some kikik (kite) owners aim to fly their kites to extraordinary altitudes, to lead them through spectacular maneuvers, or to keep them airborne for as long as possible. Others, however, engage in kikik battles; with the strings of their kites coated with ground glass, competitors strive to sever in midair the strings of their opponents' kikik.
Another local pastime is main gasing, or top spinning. Players typically throw their gasing (top) forcefully into an arena in an attempt either to keep their top spinning as long as possible or to knock their opponents' tops down or out of the playing area. With gasing that can weigh some 15 pounds (7 kg), the game requires great strength, timing, and aim.
Although its early history is obscure, Brunei was known to be trading with and paying tribute to China in the 6th century ce. It then came under Hindu influence for a time through allegiance to the Majapahit empire, based in Java. When the ships of the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan anchored off Brunei in 1521, the fifth sultan, the great Bolkiah, controlled practically the whole of Borneo, the Sulu Archipelago, and neighbouring islands. Toward the end of the 16th century, however, the territory was torn by internal strife. Brunei's power subsequently declined through the 19th century, notably with the cession of Sarawak in northwestern Borneo to the English adventurer James (later Sir James) Brooke in 1841, the expansion of Sarawak by additional grants to Brooke, the cession to Great Britain of the island of Labuan in Brunei Bay, and the final loss of what is now Sabah, East Malaysia, in northeastern Borneo.
Growing significance and journey toward independence
Brunei became a British protectorate in 1888, and in 1906 administration was vested in a British resident, whose advice the sultan was bound to accept. Despite the presence of a foreign administration, Brunei's significance began to revive with the start of petroleum production in 1929. In 1941–45, during World War II, Brunei was occupied by the Japanese. The British returned after the war, and negotiations began for the eventual independence of Brunei.
The first step in this process occurred in 1959, when self-government was achieved and the British resident was replaced by a high commissioner. Britain remained responsible for defense and foreign policy. Brunei adopted a written constitution, and in 1962 a partly elected Legislative Council with limited authority was installed. The conversion to a representative government was interrupted later that year by a revolt, which was suppressed with the help of British forces; the sultan then called a state of emergency and suspended most provisions of the constitution. New elections were held in 1965, but appointed members still retained their majority in the council.
In 1967 Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien abdicated in favour of his eldest son, Hassanal Bolkiah Muʿizzaddin Waddaulah, although the former sultan continued to exercise influence until his death. Brunei's political life was stable throughout the 1970s in large part because of its flourishing economy and its position as one of the world's wealthiest (on a per capita basis) oil producers. In 1979 the United Kingdom and Brunei signed a treaty whereby Brunei would become fully independent in 1984. Malaysia and Indonesia both gave assurances that they would recognize Brunei's status, thereby allaying the sultan's concern that the state might be incorporated by one of its larger neighbours.Ooi Jin Bee Pushpa Thambipillai Mohamad Yusop Damit
Brunei duly gained independence on January 1, 1984, and an Islamic sultanate was proclaimed. The Legislative Council, which had become an entirely appointed body by decree of the sultan in 1970, was suspended, and a ministerial form of government was introduced. The sultan became prime minister, in addition to holding several other ministerial posts, and he appointed members of his family to most of the other positions, including his father as defense minister. When his father died in September 1986, the sultan assumed the important defense post and enlarged his cabinet.
In 1990 the sultan encouraged Bruneians to adopt Melayu Islam Beraja (MIB; "Malay Islamic Monarchy"), the country's official ideology. The movement, which celebrated traditional Bruneian values and called for more rigid adherence to traditional Islamic principles, was viewed with anxiety by non-Muslims, particularly members of the Chinese community. Nevertheless, for much of the late 20th century the sultanate experienced both political and economic stability (though it did suffer during the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s), and its citizens continued to enjoy a very high standard of living. However, the economy's heavy reliance on petroleum and natural gas, both nonrenewable sources of energy, led the government to pursue economic diversification more aggressively.
In the mid-1980s two political parties, the Brunei National Democratic Party and the Brunei National United Party, were legalized, but membership restrictions were imposed (e.g., government employees, who made up a significant proportion of Brunei's citizens, were excluded) and their activities impeded by the government. After only a few years, both parties were banned. The Brunei National United Party was allowed to operate again beginning in 1995, and in the early 21st century it was joined by two new parties, the People's Awareness Party and the National Development Party. In 2004 the sultan reconvened the Legislative Council, which had not met in 20 years, to discuss constitutional amendments. Although provision for an elected component of the Legislative Council was among the approved amendments, the sultan reformed the council in 2005 with an entirely appointed membership. Meanwhile, two of the three political parties were deregistered, leaving the National Development Party as the sole legal party by 2007.Pushpa Thambipillai Mohamad Yusop Damit
Syariah Penal Code for stricter implementation of Islamic law
Brunei's movement toward stricter Islamic practices initially included measures such as banning the sale of alcoholic beverages and requiring that Muslim children receive religious instruction. Courts for Islamic law (Sharīʿah; Syariah in Malay) also functioned to help Muslims settle personal matters such as marriage disputes. The sultan had long wanted to expand Syariah to include criminal offenses by Muslims, and in October 2013 he announced that such a policy would become official the following year. The first of its three phases covers crimes with lesser punishments, such as fines and prison sentences for offenses such as failing to observe the fast during Ramadan, and was implemented in May 2014. The second phase, covering crimes penalized by corporal punishments, such as whipping or amputation for theft, was delayed after international backlash. The final phase covered crimes with severe punishments, such as stoning for adultery or sodomy and the death penalty for insulting the Qurʾān. Both the second and the final phase took effect in April 2019.
Foreign relations
At independence in 1984, Brunei's relations with neighbouring Malaysia were strained over boundary and territorial disputes in Sarawak. Ties between the two countries gradually improved, as most of the border issues were resolved, but Brunei still claimed the Limbang region of Sarawak between the two portions of Brunei. In 2009 an agreement was reached by which Brunei would drop its claim on Limbang and Malaysia would forgo its claim to oil-rich areas in the South China Sea that the two countries had contested. However, the two countries would jointly exploit any reserves found there.
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New Intel Graphics Drivers Further Spread Quick Sync Video
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards, Processors | February 25, 2014 - 01:33 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: Ivy Bridge, Intel, iGPU, haswell
Recently, Intel released the 188.8.131.5212 (220.127.116.11.3412 for 64-bit) drivers for their Ivy Bridge and Haswell integrated graphics. The download was apparently published on January 29th while its patch notes are dated February 22nd. It features expanded support for Intel Quick Sync Video Technology, allowing certain Pentium and Celeron-class processors to access the feature, as well as an alleged increase in OpenGL-based games. Probably the most famous OpenGL title of our time is Minecraft, although I do not know if that specific game will see improvements (and if so, how much).
The new driver enables Quick Sync Video for the following processors:
- Pentium 3558U
- Pentium 3561Y
- Pentium G3220(Unsuffixed/T/TE)
- Pentium G3420(Unsuffixed/T)
- Pentium G3430
- Celeron 2957U
- Celeron 2961Y
- Celeron 2981U
- Celeron G1820(Unsuffixed/T/TE)
- Celeron G1830
Besides the addition for these processors and the OpenGL performance improvements, the driver obviously fixes several bugs in each of its supported OSes. You can download the appropriate drivers from the Intel Download Center.


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Muscle Mustangs & Fast FordsHow To Tech Qa
Yo Ken! - February 2014
Answering Your Technical Questions
Cobra Conundrum
I have an '03 Cobra and I'm having a Hellion twin-turbo kit installed. It's a Ford Racing Boss 5.0 block with a Kellogg stroker crank. I'm using my factory heads, but I had them ported, as well as a valve job with bronze guides by Fox Lake.
I almost had the tuning complete on E85, and one morning on start-up heard what sounded like a loose rocker arm. I pulled the passenger-side valve cover to inspect the valvetrain and found the rear exhaust valve rocker was loose enough to remove by hand. The exhaust valveguide is sticking and won't close.
According to Fox Lake, it just happens sometimes on these cars. Is this a common problem? Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening again so it doesn't ruin my new motor?
Eric Rutledge
Mattoon, Illinois
Eric, Fox Lake is correct—it happens sometimes, but not often. It could have been a little bit of debris was caught between the guide and valve stem, causing it to gall up and then stick. I've had this happen on my race engines—so although it's rare, it can happen. I wouldn't worry about it happening again; Fox Lake has a reputation for quality work.
T-45 Caliber
I have a '96 Mustang GT with a T-45. I need to replace it and would like to use a performance T-45. There is no one in my area that specializes in these, so an online order seems to be my best option. Do you have any recommendations for a good company I could work with to get one?
Sam M.
Staunton, Virginia
D&D Performance is a great company for all five- or six-speed applications, including your T-45. Quality work and great customer service is what they are known for. Check it out at www.ddperformance.com or call 248/735-6220.
Too Tight Tranny
I'm looking for info on the correct position of the T-56 in a Fox. The car is a '90 notch, originally equipped with a four-cylinder. I'm installing a 331 Windsor, and my trans was purchased new from the Ford dealer.
The engine and trans are in the car and the shifter is centered, but the output yoke on the trans is only an inch from the tunnel sheetmetal on the passenger side. The space between the engine and right shock tower seems a little close, too. I'm using the stock four-cylinder K-member with convertible motor mounts.
Joseph Abate
Tucson, Arizona
Joseph, for a complete run- down on how we did this swap, visit www.muscle mustangfastfords.com and look in the Tech section for "Ford Mustang T-56 Six-Speed Transmission 6 Ways To Slam Gears." The T-56 fits well but was a little tighter.
Contact D&D Performance (www.ddperformance.com), which offers a swap kit that makes this job go smoothly. D&D can also answer any other questions you may have. It's possible that your crossmember is not correct, causing the transmission to be closer then it should be. D&D has the correct crossmember that locates the transmission where it should be. Your K-member is correct for this swap.
Gold Dealer
I have a '95 Mustang GT convertible Gold Edition. Can you tell me about it?
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Dwight, the '95 Mustang GT with the Gold package was dealer installed and consisted of gold GT emblems, the running horse, and Ford badges. The package has no performance upgrade or trim—it was just a dealer-added gold-emblem package.
No MAF
I have an '87 Ford Mustang LX 5.0 with the speed density intake setup. What are the best modifications for my motor (without changing to a MAF setup)? I understand the camshaft situation, but what else can be done to improve performance? I've never seen a build dealing with Fords or Mustangs that retains the speed density setup.
I am first focusing on handling rather than horsepower, but I need to know how much power I can expect to get from my little speed density 5.0.
Daniel Bente
Crane, Missouri
Daniel, you are correct about the camshaft change with speed density. Intake, exhaust, and even cylinder heads will work fine with with no tuning. Supercharging will also work with speed density. The drawback is that when a cam change is made, tuning is required.
Speed density responds very well to tuning. If you don't know a good tuning shop, then stick with what I suggested.
Biting The Billet
In the Nov. '13 issue, Elisa Coon in "Our One-Day DIY Roush Install" wrote that the stock motor of her white GT failed due to an oil pump gear. Was that issue addressed with her new Aluminator to avoid the same issue? What upgrades are available? Is this issue specifically for boosted applications?
Munster, Illinois
Michael, Aluminator XS comes with billet gears addressing any issues of oil pump failure. You can get the oil pump assembly with the billet gear set from Ford Racing for the standard Aluminators and all other 5.0 applications. It's not specific to the blower application. All engines would benefit with billet gears for added safety when modifying any 5.0.


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Halle Berry is certainly having a memorable Thanksgiving weekend. It's only been two days since her ex and baby daddy, Gabriel Aubry, was arrested at her home on Thursday for getting into a fight with her current fiance, Olivier Martinez. Since then, it seems paparazzi have been keeping a trained eye on the actress, probably hoping she'll look seriously shaken up after the crazy series of events. But that's not what they got when they caught her out last night with 4-year-old daughter Nahla.
Halle and Nahla were seen at the Nokia Theater in L.A. enjoying the Yo Gabba Gabba! LIVE! Get the Sillies Out show. Smiling and getting her Dancey Dance Time on with her daughter, the 46-year-old mom looked anything but disturbed. And clearly, the appearance says a lot about how the nasty custody battle Halle and Gabriel have been locked in could play out ...
After the Thanksgiving Day altercation at Halle and Olivier's home, a judge issued an emergency protective order requiring Gabriel to stay at least 100 yards (meters) from Halle, their daughter and Olivier, according to TMZ. Granted, that could be just a temporary move, and there are probably a lot of moving parts in this custody battle -- which, by the way, has been going on since the couple split in April 2010! But there's also the fact that Gabriel will appear in court on December 13 to face charges of misdemeanor battery. Definitely not going to make him look like the more fit parent ...
At the same time, Halle has seemed so cool-headed (for the most part ... there was one clip of her yelling at paparazzi on her property, but who could blame her?) in light of the incident. Not to mention that it really looks like she's perfectly capable of blowing off the drama and prioritizing one-on-one QT with her little girl. So, although a judge ruled earlier this month that Halle couldn't move Nahla to Olivier's native France (where she was saying she hoped to raise her daughter away from what she calls the "celebrity blender" of Hollywood), it seems more than possible that in light of Gabriel's arrest, that decision could be reversed.
Only time -- and the court of law -- will tell if a move and a life without her father would be best for Nahla. Thankfully, whether or not Halle moves her family to France, it seems safe to say the star mama's capable keeping her cool despite the stressful circumstances she and her family are sure to be facing for some time.
Do you think this incident could/should turn the custody battle in Halle's favor?
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Department of Biomedical Sciences
Department of Clinical Laboratory Science
The Molecular and Cellular Core is a shared facility available to investigators within the Department of Biomedical Sciences to conduct cellular and molecular experiments that include but are not limited to, RT-PCR, Q-PCR, electrophoresis, DNA analysis, and Western blot analysis. The facility houses a dedicated cell culture area that is fully equipped for performing in vitro research. The core is also a source for consultation in the areas of assay optimization and aid in data acquisition. It provides a molecular training center for undergraduate and graduate students in the department.


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All photos by Frode Sandbech
Sun Valley Park Session With Aguirre, Brothers Kotsenburg, Hironaka, and Willet
TransWorld's Park Sessions are smashing along until spring is gone. Our third stop in Sun Valley, Idaho with Austin Hironaka, Blaze and Sage Kotsenburg, Eric Willet and Mason Aguirre was a trip. We'd all seen the Sun Valley bangers in Forum's F'it video, but no one from the crew had been here. No one knew what to expect. And the weather we experienced was like none other.
The wide-open Dollar Mountain hill hosted the park. It was completely separated from the rest of the Sun Valley resort and the vibe was awesome. When the sun was shining, it was like our own park paradise, our own private Idaho. Jibs and jumps littered the hill ripe for the picking. Rather than hot laps, the crew sessioned each feature till they were spent. They tore up the big jump during night and day, smashed a few wall rides and lapped the jibs. But the session stalled when we had some seriously challenging weather move in. Out of nowhere a Chinook wind came and nearly melted the entire park away. We watched four feet of snow dissolve in a matter of days. But the place endured, and the staff stayed out late into the night and built it back up for one last sunny session. Even though this place has produced a few big names (Wyatt Caldwell, Kaitlyn Farrington), the park scene is relatively new to Sun Valley. SPT is now backing it and the place has potential for sure. They've built it, but the question is: will you come?
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12 CFR § 701.32 - Payment on shares by public units and nonmembers.
(a)Authority. A Federal credit union may, to the extent permitted under Section 107(6) of the Act and this section, receive payments on shares, (regular shares, share certificates, and share draft accounts) from public units and political subdivisions thereof (as those terms are defined in § 745.1) and nonmember credit unions, and to the extent permitted under the Act, this section and § 701.34, receive payments on shares (regular shares, share certificates, and share draft accounts) from other nonmembers.
(1) Unless a greater amount has been approved by the Regional Director, the maximum amount of all public unit and nonmember shares shall not, at any given time, exceed 20% of the total shares of the federal credit union or $3 million, whichever is greater.
(2) Before accepting any public unit or nonmember shares in excess of 20% of total shares, the board of directors must adopt a specific written plan concerning the intended use of these shares and forward a copy of the plan to the Regional Director. The plan must include:
(i) A statement of the credit union's needs, sources and intended uses of public unit and nonmember shares;
(ii) Provision for matching maturities of public unit and nonmember shares with corresponding assets, or justification for any mismatch; and
(iii) Provision for adequate income spread between public unit and nonmember shares and corresponding assets.
(3) A federal credit union seeking an exemption from the limits of paragraph (b)(1) of this section must submit to the Regional Director a written request including:
(i) The new maximum level of public unit and nonmember shares requested, either as a dollar amount or a percentage of total shares;
(ii) The current plan adopted by the credit union's board of directors concerning the use of new public unit and nonmember shares;
(iii) A copy of the credit union's latest financial statement; and
(iv) A copy of the credit union's loan and investment policies.
(4) Where the financial condition and management of the credit union are sound and the credit union's plan for the funds is reasonable, there will be a presumption in favor of granting the request. When granted, exemptions will normally be for a two-year period. The Regional Director will provide a written explanation for an exemption that is granted for a lesser time period.
(5) The regional director will provide a written determination on an exemption request within 30 calendar days after receipt of the request. The 30-day period will not begin to run until all necessary information has been submitted to the Regional Director. A credit union may request the Regional Director to reconsider a denied exemption request and/or file an appeal with the NCUA Board in accordance with the procedures set forth in subpart B to part 746 of this chapter.
(6) Upon expiration of an exemption, nonmember shares currently in the credit union in excess of the limits established pursuant to (b)(1) of this section will continue to be insured by the National Credit Union Insurance Fund within applicable limits. No new shares in excess of the limits established pursuant to (b)(1) of this section shall be accepted. Existing share certificates in excess of the limits established pursuant to (b)(1) of this section may remain in the credit union only until maturity.
(c) The limitations herein do not apply to accounts maintained in accordance with § 701.37 (Treasury Tax and Loan Depositaries; Depositaries and Financial Agents of the Government) and matching funds required by § 705.5(g) (Community Development Revolving Loan Program for Credit Unions). Once a loan granted pursuant to part 705 is repaid, nonmember share deposits accepted to meet the matching requirement are subject to this section.


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Software developer asks Lords to hear patent appeal
Last chance saloon
Neal Macrossan is seeking leave to appeal to the House of Lords after his application for a patent was rejected by the Court of Appeal.
Macrossan's invention is an automated system that compiles the necessary documents for incorporating a company in the UK. The appeal court judges ruled that this was both a business method and a computer program and was therefore excluded from patentability under Article 52 of the European Patent Convention.
Article 52 sets out the conditions under which an invention does not qualify for patent protection.
In their judgment, the Justices wrote: "We are firmly of the opinion that the patent is both for a method of doing business as such and for a computer program as such."
They went on to use the judgment to suggest three questions to the European Patent Office's Enlarged Board of Appeal that might form the basis of an effort to clarify the precise scope of Article 52.
Macrossan will be represented by patent lawyers at Marks & Clark. A spokesman for the firm said the company was unable to clarify the grounds for the appeal. "We are unable to comment on points of law in the case or anything that will constitute our argument part of the petition for leave to appeal," he told us.
However, the fact that the judges felt moved to send questions to the EPO seems to have prompted the appeal.
Dr John Collins, partner at Marks & Clerk, head of the legal team representing Macrossan, commented: "The Court of Appeal's referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is an illustration of the level of discomfort surrounding the divergence between the UK and European approach to inventions of this nature and the recognition of intellectual property."
Neal Macrossan added: "There is an issue of law here that affects not just me, but all sorts of interested parties. And unlike the Court of Appeal, the House of Lords is not bound by any previous decisions including its own." ®
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Reviewed by Vincent G. (age 7)
I like the book Jingle Bugs because there is a surprise on every page. On each page there is a tag to pull up or a plasitc tag to pull down or a picture to lift. When you pull the tag there's a surprise on every page.
I recommend this book to first and second graders. They would like the illustrations. They might like this book because when you open the book and you pull the tag a bug comes out. Younger children would also like listening to this story and looking at the illustrations.


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A slight majority of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll supports the new 10-year stadium lease agreed to by the Buffalo Bills, Erie County and New York state.
The deal includes a commitment intended to keep the Bills in Buffalo for at least seven years-no matter who owns the team. The agreement requires the franchise to pay a $400 million penalty if it breaks the lease before 2020.
The deal also calls for $130 million in improvements to the 39-year-old Ralph Wilson Stadium. The state will contribute $54 million and Erie County will contribute $41 million; the team's share is $35 million.
County and state taxpayers will contribute an additional $132.3 million in payments for annual capital and game-day expenses through the duration of the lease, ESPN reports, under terms similar to the current lease, which expires at the end of July 2013.
The Bills lost 24-10 to the Miami Dolphins last Sunday, dropping their record this year to 5-10 with one game remaining. They play the New York Jets at 1 p.m. Sunday. The team is 15-32 in three seasons under head coach Chan Gailey and has not made the playoffs since the 1999 season.
Poll respondents say it's time for Gailey to go. Nearly 90 percent oppose the Bills keeping him as head coach.
Roughly 310 readers participated in this week's poll, conducted Dec. 24.
Do you support or oppose the new stadium lease agreement reached by the Buffalo Bills, Erie County and the state?
Support: 56%
Oppose: 44%
In your opinion, should the Bills keep Chan Gailey as head coach?
Yes: 12%
No: 88%
Glad that the Bills will stay in Buffalo for the foreseeable future, but it's so typical that the organization is willing to foot the bill for barely one-quarter of the renovations.
—Andrew Brady, the XLR8 Team Inc.
I would support the deal if they would actually attempt to put a quality product on the field, but based on the last 13 years, I do not want to pay for their ineptness.
—David Wagner
You have to pay me to watch the Bills, not the other way around.
—Ian Cunningham
I think that a new lease agreement should include construction of a new multisport facility in the Buffalo Harbor district as presented two months ago. Investing money into the old Ralph Wilson Stadium would be a waste of taxpayers' dollars. This state is in the progression mode; doing anything different would be taking three steps back. It's about attracting Super Bowls, Final Fours, Bowl Games and major concerts. Let's build it, get a new coaching staff, draft well, sign some marquee players and return to the playoffs. Buffalo's biggest stockholder—the 12th man—should no longer be denied.
—Joe Alves, Total Business Solutions
Much too much taxpayer involvement, but probably we have little choice if we want to have a football team in Western New York.
—Charles Kaplan
I fully understand that government assistance was needed to build the Acropolis, but that was before TV. It's about time we rethink the need for taxpayer money in sports venues.
—Tom Shea, Thomas P. Shea Agency Inc.
Buffalo Bills need a complete housecleaning. The team not only lacks skills but leadership to win—on and off the field!
—Harold Ley, Stoney Point Consultant
Given the billions in revenue generated by the Bills, they should pay for the stadium improvements.
—Mike Bleeg, Strategic Results
Bring back Bill Polian (former Bills' general manager in the early 1990s) immediately.
—Bruce S. Bellwood
The owner(s) of the Bills have made a great deal of money from their investment in the team. They should be paying a much larger share of the cost of renovating the existing stadium or building a new stadium.
—Douglas Flood
Now was the time for the Bills to make a move in the right direction and catch up to the rest of the league, at least in the facilities department. This agreement will only benefit Erie County, not the team or its fans.
—Jon Freitag, Rochester
We should either use the money to reduce taxes or make a better investment in high-technology development. I prefer keeping taxes down. I doubt that the economic benefit to the community will match the substantial costs of supporting the Bills. Sports fans need to support their sports—not the government.
—Larry Kiser, senior software engineer
I am hoping that they will put a roof over the new stadium; otherwise, they may as well close down. The past 13 years, the Bills have been steadily losing. The player and coaching teams have been changed over and over. Only ownership and management has been steady. Conclusion: There has to be a change in the management's approach. The past teams have not been teams but a heap of deeply disgruntled divas. This is a management problem. Also, stop playing in Toronto. They don't care.
—Ingo H. Leubner
If they take public funds, then all games should be on public TV.
—John Cogan
Although I support the agreement, it would have been nice to have the stadium in the ROC!
—Joe Dattilo
No tax money.
—Donald Swartz
Football should not be treated differently than any other business. The team should pay for its own "factory." If the Buffalo Bills, and every other team in the league, can afford to pay its players multimillion-dollar salaries to work six months a year, they can certainly afford to build their own stadiums. Also, after taking taxpayer dollars to build and maintain the stadium, the taxpayer can't even watch the home games on TV if the games are not sold out.
—Harry Caruso
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Having a show in England!!!
Hello to my wonderful backers -
Fantastic news!!! I've been asked to have a show of my American Ecstasy work at the One Eyed Jacks Gallery in Brighton, England.
The show... Read more
American Ecstasy article on State's photo blog!
Hi Wonderful Backers,
I haven't sent an update in way too long - and a lot has been happening!
Just today American Ecstasy got written up on Slate's photo blog and... Read more
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Sorry everybody -
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I was so excited I... Read more
American Ecstasy book is launched!!!!
Hi Everybody,
American Ecstasy is now officially for sale at http://www.AmericanEcstasyBook.com!!!!
I hope you'll spread the word and let your friends know.
For those who chose the book as... Read more
Survey Glitch
Hi Again Everybody,
Steve Lenius just let me know about a glitch in yesterday's survey.
If you're getting THE BOOK as a reward - and you just want it signed... Read more
Hi Everybody,
At last, the books made it across the ocean and through customs! They are in my apartment!
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Hi Everybody,
For people who chose a copy of THE BOOK as their reward, we're on schedule for shipping it out to you at the end of August or early... Read more
On Press in Germany!
Gutten Tag to my wonderful backers,
Here are a few shots of what it looks like being on press at the Pomp printing plant in Bottrop, Germany. We're having 1,500... Read more
Progress Report on THE BOOK!
Hi Fabulous Backers,
Just wanted to let you all know that I looked at the first round of the book layout today, and it's GORGEOUS!!!! My designer Svenja Knoedler has... Read more
The final result - 407 backers pledged $32,268.00 to publish my book!!!
I am so overwhelmed I don't know what to say.
Above all else you guys have made... Read more
New Rewards!!!
Hi Everybody,
I've made my goal and raised $26,000 with my Kickstarter campaign to publish AMERICAN ECSTASY! I'm hoping we can raise another $5,000 before the campaign ends this Friday... Read more
We're in the New York Times!
Hi Everybody,
Just a quick note to let you know that American Ecstasy got an extremely cool mention in the New York Times today in their City Room Blog. Thank... Read more
Keep the Pledges Coming!
Even though I've reached my goal, people are more than welcome to keep pledging and getting rewards. I hope you'll keep telling your friends! All the extra money raised will... Read more
Wow, I just hit the goal of $25,000!!!!!!
Thank you SO MUCH Bobby H for putting me over the top!!!
What a moment - I am thrilled beyond words.
Thank... Read more
This is exciting!!!
So many people have emailed to say they're following the progress of the campaign - it's so cool! I feel like I am surrounded by wonderful support for this project.... Read more
More Press!
As I mentioned before, I've been working on getting press for my campaign. I've had a great response to my efforts so far!
Vice Magazine has posted a candid interview... Read more
OMG - A Betting Pool!
I got an email today from my friend Electric Dave saying that he checks in on this Kickstarter campaign frequently to see how it's going. (Probably not as frequently as... Read more
Whoops!!! We're actually 2/3 of the way there!
I can't believe I mis-wrote that! Thanks to Karen Kohler for picking up the mistake.
I am thrilled by the progress of this campaign!
Thank you all so much.
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We're a third of the way there!!!
Now I'm really not sleeping - I had no idea this would be so nerve wracking!!!
So many people have given me their support, and also priceless advice on how to... Read more
We're Front Page of Adult Video News!
This is so cool! Thanks to Darklady of Portland, we're on the front page of AVN.com this weekend. We're on the front carrousel right between news of the death of... Read more
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This is the foyer of Pavillon McMahon, the main building on the University of Alberta Campus Saint-Jean. Named to honour Frank McMahon, a former CSJ dean, students come here to attend classes, access administrative offices, study, and relax.
This building is located at 8406 Marie-Anne-Gaboury Street (91 Street) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The capital of Canada is Ottawa, in the province of Ontario. There are offically ten provinces and three territories in Canada, which is the second largest country in the world in terms of land area.While politically and legally an independant nation, the titular head of state for Canada is still Queen Elizabeth.On the east end of Canada, you have Montreal as the bastion of activity. Montreal is famous for two things, VICE magazine and the Montreal Jazz Festival. One is the bible of hipster life (disposable, of course) and the other is a world-famous event that draws more than two million people every summer. Quebec is a French speaking province that has almost seceded from Canada on several occasions, by the way..When you think of Canada, you think of . . . snow, right?But not on the West Coast. In Vancouver, it rains. And you'll find more of the population speaking Mandarin than French (but also Punjabi, Tagalog, Korean, Farsi, German, and much more).Like the other big cities in Canada, Vancouver is vividly multicultural and Vancouverites are very, very serious about their coffee.Your standard Vancouverite can be found attired head-to-toe in Lululemon gear, mainlining Cafe Artigiano Americanos (spot the irony for ten points).But here's a Vancouver secret only the coolest kids know: the best sandwiches in the city aren't found downtown. Actually, they're hidden in Edgemont Village at the foot of Grouse Mountain on the North Shore."It's actually worth coming to Canada for these sandwiches alone." -- Michelle Superle, VancouverText by Steve Smith.


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Ron Padgett was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 17, 1942. He began writing at the age of thirteen and started a magazine in high school called The White Dove Review with friends Dick Gallup and Joe Brainard. In its five issues, the magazine published the work of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Robert Creeley, LeRoi Jones (now Amiri Baraka), Ted Berrigan, and others.
In 1960, he moved to New York City, where he attended Columbia College and studied with Kenneth Koch and Lionel Trilling. Padgett later spent a year in Paris on a Fulbright fellowship where he studied French literature.
His first collection of poems, Bean Spasms (Kulcher Press), written with Ted Berrigan, was published in 1967. Since then he has published many books of poetry, including Collected Poems (Coffee House Press, 2013), which received the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in poetry; How Long (Coffee House Press, 2011); How to Be Perfect (Coffee House Press, 2007); You Never Know (Coffee House Press, 2002); Poems I Guess I Wrote (CUZ Editions, 2001); New & Selected Poems (David R. Godine, 1995); The Big Something (The Figures, 1990); Triangles in the Afternoon (SUN, 1979); and Great Balls of Fire (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1969).
He has also published a volume of selected prose titled Blood Work (Bamberger Books, 1993), as well as translations of Blaise Cendrars' Complete Poems (University of California Press, 1992), Pierre Cabanne's Dialogues with Marcel Duchamp (Viking Press, 1971), and Guillaume Apollinaire's The Poet Assassinated (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1968).
Padgett is the recipient of the 2016 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award for Zone: Selected Poems by Guillaume Apollinaire (NYRB Poets, 2015). Judge Peter Cole said of Padgett's winning translation:
Savvy, dexterity, boldness, tact—all click into quietly electric place in Zone, Ron Padgett's masterfully textured collection of Apollinaire's poems. "Fifty years of affection and respect" is how Padgett characterizes his lifelong engagement with that most classical of French modernists. Whatever else is behind it, one feels a fortuitous conjunction of source and sorcerer as a kind of base-line hum beneath these translations: "Men of the future remember my living / At a time when kingship was dying," says Apollinaire-through-Padgett, the floating valence and melic spell linking the generations and their poets. For the high-wire artfulness of the rendered verse, for the honest smarts of his translator's note, for the intelligent warmth of the annotation, for the sheer, informed joy of it all, Ron Padgett's Zone: Selected Poems by Guillaume Apollinaire takes home this year's Landon laurels."
For his translations, Padgett has also received grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and Columbia University's Translation Center.
About Padgett's work, the poet James Tate wrote, "Ron Padgett's poems sing with absolutely true pitch. And they are human friendly. Their search for truths, both small and large, can be cause for laughter, or at least a thoughtful sigh."
Padgett was the editor-in-chief of World Poets, a three-volume reference book (Scribner, 2000). For twenty years Padgett was the publications director of Teachers & Writers Collaborative. He served as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 2008 to 2013. He lives in New York City.
Selected Bibliography
Collected Poems (Coffee House Press, 2013)
How Long (Coffee House Press, 2011)
How to Be Perfect (Coffee House Press, 2007)
You Never Know (Coffee House Press, 2002)
Poems I Guess I Wrote (CUZ Editions, 2001)
New & Selected Poems (David R. Godine, 1995)
The Big Something (The Figures, 1990)
Triangles in the Afternoon (SUN, 1979)
Great Balls of Fire (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1969)
Bean Spasms, with Ted Berrigan (Kulcher Press, 1967)
Blaise Cendrars, Complete Poems (University of California Press, 1992)
Pierre Cabanne, Dialogues with Marcel Duchamp (Viking Press, 1971)
Guillaume Apollinaire, The Poet Assassinated (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1968)


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Aliens: Colonial Marines trailer brings concept to life
See Hadley's Hope transform slowly from a piece of concept art to an in-game environment in this short but sweet trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines.
There's about twenty seconds of logos to sit through first, natually. The Gearbox shooter is due on PC, PlayStation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360 on February 12, 2013.
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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. First, I'd like to thank the Canadian Club for giving me the opportunity to speak to you today. Given the announcements we made this past April 10, you've likely surmised that CBC/Radio-Canada is facing a defining moment. I'm very grateful to you for showing an interest in what we do and being here today.
I'd also like to draw your attention to my colleagues who are here with us.
I'll start by stating an obvious fact: times are tough for the public broadcaster these days. We've just announced $130 million in budget cuts, triggering the elimination of the equivalent of 657 full-time positions. All that, and we will only manage to balance our budget for 2014–2015.
Over and above these reductions, we also have $390 million in financial pressures we've had to manage since 2009. Since I took up my duties on January 1, 2008, this is the third time I've had to announce major cutbacks to our staff. Overall, these reductions have affected the equivalent of 2,107 full-time positions.
Our latest announcement made waves. There have been myriad reactions, from concern, questioning and heartfelt appeal, to anger and accusation.
Most would like to know what we're going to do to secure the public broadcaster's future.
On the street, in our inboxes, on social media, in the editorial pages and on the Hill, opinions about CBC/Radio-Canada's future abound.
Opinions are coming in from everywhere. It's fast and furious. Conversations about CBC/Radio-Canada are never boring and always passionate; and often, not that easy to follow. But nothing new there: this complex relationship that Canadians have with the public broadcaster has existed forever.
In fact, what the public broadcaster needs more than anything at this point in our history is a nation-wide conversation about public broadcasting, our mandate and funding model, and active participation from Canadians interested in it.
Today, I'm here to tell you why CBC/Radio-Canada matters now more than ever before and why it's time to stand-up and be counted if you care about public broadcasting.
But, as we have this conversation, the biggest danger we face is having a conversation about what we once were, rather than what we need to become.
CBC/Radio-Canada is an activator of culture, not the curator of a museum. Yes, our programs have contributed immensely to our heritage – but now we need to inspire new generations.
We need to make investments – smart investments – in people, technologies and programming that will meet the changing needs of Canadians and of a changing Canada.
To do that costs money. If we can't generate new revenues or our funding model doesn't change, we'll need to take existing dollars away from services we're currently offering, to pay for those we need to be offering in the future.
Let me first set the scene.
The industry is in flux. Conventional television is undergoing a huge transformation. In this new world, Google, Facebook and newspapers (think LaPresse+) are as much participants in our industry as TVA or CTV.
The advertising market is weak, down approximately 5% overall in the last year.
All signs point toward this not being a slump – it's a new way of life, particularly as advertising dollars migrate to digital.
In fact, two days before our own budget announcement last month, the president of Rogers Media was before the CRTC, asking for changes to the conditions of licence for OMNI television. Keith Pelley said, "I am very worried about the long-term health of the conventional television sector. Some of the trends and shifts I have witnessed over the last couple of years I would have never imagined possible."… He added: "It's shocking how dramatic the industry has changed, and it has happened so fast, so fast. It's not changing yearly… It almost seems like it's changing daily."
Not a week later, Shaw, Global's parent company, announced its own restructuring, claiming a need to "better position" themselves for the future. They eliminated 400 jobs.
So, within days of each other, two major private broadcasters and the public broadcaster said the same thing.
And, why do we care so much about ad revenues? Let me explain with a few facts.
Our annual budget is now just over $1.5 billion.
Our total public appropriation, including our capital budget, is about $1 billion ($1,034 B); our ad and commercial revenues make up the rest. By themselves, ad revenues represent between $250 and $300M. Lose them or eliminate them, and this means less services to Canadians.
That's our funding model: we receive a public appropriation, a base budget and, to do more, and better deliver on the mandate from the Broadcasting Act which hasn't changed since 1991 and requires us to offer "a wide range of programming which informs, enlightens and entertains", we need to raise additional revenue by ourselves. That's what we have been told by government and by the CRTC. And so we have.
And, with no increase to our permanent base budget, beyond partial inflation funding, since 1973, we have been able to build services for Canadians that today amount to 88 radio stations and 27 television stations; three all-digital services; two specialty television news services (ICI RDI and CBC News Network); three other specialty television services; and 11 other services, including music channels. And we deliver our services in two official languages, across six time zones.
And, as I've said time and again, despite our repeated requests regarding this, we've performed all our financial gymnastics with no access to a line of credit to manage our working capital, and parliamentary appropriations renewed every 12 months, with no predictability, about 6 weeks before the beginning of our fiscal year.
But as efficient as we are, the fact remains that our costs are presently still higher than our revenues.
And with a growing need for us to invest in fundamentally transforming the public broadcaster so we can focus firmly on the future, it's become clear to us that our funding model now lacks the flexibility we need in the current environment.
Let's have a look at what's happening elsewhere.
Almost all public broadcasters rely on some mix of public and commercial revenues. We are not alone.
The revered BBC is ad free in the UK, but everyone who owns a colour television in that country pays a licence fee of about $270 Canadian dollars for it, every year.
And, their new director-general said a couple of weeks ago that he wants to extend the annual fee because Brits are now watching BBC programs and content on home computers, mobile phones and tablet services. As a result, they avoid paying the fee. Lord Hall is thus saying that the rise of online viewing means that the fee needs to be "modernized."
These fees currently add up to 3.6 billion pounds or, presently, over 6.5 billion Canadian dollars; $97 per capita. And, over and above that $6.5B, the BBC actually does generate commercial revenue through a robust global offer, BBC Worldwide, which then declares a yearly dividend to the Mother Corp to add to the licence fee funding.
The Australian public broadcaster is about 98% ad free. It too gets about $1.1 billion from the government. Per capita, it works out to $53.
In a nutshell, when we look at the 18 major Western countries, Canada ranks 16th (3rd from the bottom) in terms of per-capita public funding, just ahead of New Zealand and the United States.
As of this year, each of us pays just $29 per year for the combined services of CBC/Radio-Canada. The worldwide average is $82.
And, it's not that Canada doesn't invest in culture. Between 1991 and 2011, spending on culture was up by 66% in other areas. In addition, in the same period, indirect benefits to private broadcasters – yes, privates get their share of direct and indirect public subsidies and benefits as well as tax credits, about a billion dollars a year – grew between 60 and 70%.
CBC/Radio-Canada's public funding during the same 20 years? Down almost 40%, adjusted for inflation.
Those are simply the facts.
And, this is what it means: if you want the BBC, it will cost you the equivalent of $97 per Britton. If you want the New Zealand broadcaster, which doesn't have radio and whose television schedule is almost entirely commercially motivated, it will cost you the equivalent of $21 per Kiwi.
Last Thursday, in Ottawa, in front of a House Committee, that's basically what I said: the level of service and the extent to which we can fulfill our mandate is, obviously, directly linked to our level of funding. We have an extremely wide mandate that hasn't been amended since 1991, numerous regulatory obligations, and our funding is skinny. This can't continue. We can't keep making spectacular cuts to the public broadcaster every second year to balance its yearly budgets.
If we all believe in public broadcasting, then we need to support it, adjust its mandate to reflect the complexities of the current media environment, and to give it the resources it needs to fulfill that mandate.
On one of our national radio programs, The Sunday Edition, a couple of weeks ago, I heard a former BBC executive say: "Keeping a kernel of public service broadcasting, but depriving it of weight and energy by endlessly hacking away at its funding… is in some senses worse than abolishing it, because it allows politicians and you, the public, and an entire society to believe in the illusion of a civic space without actually having the substance of one".
I agree with that statement.
Is there a magic number? No. Again it's all about the level of service that, as a civil society, we want and expect from the public broadcaster.
In 2003, the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage published the "Lincoln Report". It called for "increased and stable multi-year funding." That was over 10 years ago.
Then, in 2008, the same committee went as far as to call for a core funding increase of "at least $40 per capita." The Conservative minority on that committee called for "stable, multi-year funding for CBC/Radio-Canada, indexed to the cost of living."
Under our current funding formula and at $29 per year per Canadian, we are confronted with finding, within ourselves, the resources necessary to transition into the future. And that means taking money away from current programs and services in order to invest in the future.
That's exactly the choice we laid out in our budget announcement last month. And we all saw the reactions we got from Canadians.
Funding options for the public broadcaster are available to policy makers. But that's for Canadians to decide, not us. We can't have a conversation with ourselves, and this isn't only about us. It's about the services Canadians want and expect from their media ecosystem (the conventional broadcasters, the specialty channels, the over-the-top participants, the independent producers, the cable companies and satellite providers, the internet service providers, and the public broadcaster), the funding available to all participants of the system, and the rules and obligations that go with that funding, all to deliver an appropriate service.
Until that happens, CBC/Radio-Canada has to find ways of adapting to market fluctuations and shifts in the landscape without resorting to mass layoffs as we announced last month. But this also means a very different public broadcaster.
And the stakes have never been higher.
When CBC/Radio-Canada was first created, it was to ensure Canada had a place on its own airwaves. Without it, we risked being inundated with American programming and having our identity forged by foreign commercial interests rather than our own experiences.
We needed a voice. We needed to preserve our languages and our cultures. We needed a lens of our own through which to view and understand our country.
Today, as the media environment becomes increasingly global, fragmented and almost infinite; as our own industry is controlled by fewer, larger empires and as Canadians have more demands on their time than ever before, there is an unprecedented hunger and need for a space to call our own.
A public broadcaster does not exist just to step in where the market fails or does not wish to offer services. On the contrary, research shows that there is a strong correlation, in each country, between the quality of the public broadcaster's channels and the commercial channels. And, the more diverse the public broadcasters' schedule, the more diverse the commercial broadcasters' schedule.
Hence, it's not a race to the bottom but, actually, a race to the top.
This concept of a national identity is also important. We take great pride in our cities, towns and landscapes being featured in Hollywood films. Too often our media experience feels foreign to us. As a result we celebrate little pieces of Canada on our screens, big and small.
Yet, despite these glimmers, rare are the opportunities for us to see ourselves on screen.
So, I am proud of the role that CBC/Radio-Canada plays in showcasing Canada to Canadians. 19-2, 30 Vies, Unité 9, Heartland, Republic of Doyle: these television shows are instantly relatable because they are set in our own backyard. We recognize ourselves in the landscapes, cityscapes and hallways. We're seeing a piece of ourselves on-screen. And that's a tremendously powerful thing.
As we look at an increasingly fragmented and global media environment, Canadians, more than ever, need a place that is theirs. We need a space in which to grow, in which to thrive, in which to find ourselves.
This space must belong to all of us. It must be a public space.
Again, let me give you some perspective.
Right now, around the world, we have about 23 foreign correspondents beaming uniquely Canadian perspectives back from places like Ukraine, Syria, Washington and the BRIC countries. CTV has 6 and TVA has 1.
If CBC/Radio-Canada were to disappear tomorrow, Canada would instantly lose most of its eyes and ears around the world.
Last summer, we all felt shockwaves ring out from the explosion in Lac Mégantic. The first video footage of that rail disaster travelled around the globe, and it was shot on Radio-Canada cameras. We were the first, because geographically we have the presence, and our commitment to the regions is second to none.
That presence in markets like the Eastern Townships is one way we serve Canadians. We contribute to local economies. We contribute to culture and the quality of life of the people we serve, and we also organize and take part in charity and community activities.
Last year during our holiday season fundraising drive, we collected over $16.4 million across the country.
A strong public broadcaster is also the cornerstone of any healthy democracy's public discourse, and raises the level of citizen engagement and awareness of what's happening in their country.
It was our journalists, specifically those who work on the program Enquête, who exposed corrupt management of public contracts in the construction industry. Were it not for us, there would be no Charbonneau Commission. But Enquête, only one of many, represents so much more than the Charbonneau Commission. It also brought us a compelling report on football concussions, and another (together with the fifth estate) on the exploitation of workers in the textile and garment industries of Bangladesh. That's why, despite the budget reductions affecting Radio-Canada, the Enquête team still has 29 full-time staff members, and is central to our mandate.
If not for the public broadcaster, who would serve language minority communities and ensure that people are aware of them, right across Canada?
If not for the public broadcaster, who would secure a place for the North in our collective consciousness, and who would make sure that Aboriginal languages remain an integral part of our heritage?
Do we, as a culture and as a country, need more than the few hours per week of Canadian programming currently offered by CTV and Global in prime time?
If there were no ICI TOU.TV, would Francophones in Quebec and in the rest of Canada be well served by Netflix?
If not Radio-Canada, who else would air news and current affairs programming in prime time, at par with made-in-Canada dramas and sitcoms, and Canadian entertainment and variety shows?
So here is the challenge to which we are now confronted: defining our future with our current funding.
To get there, we started with some basic questions:
We're not alone with these questions. But we are unique.
We are unique because the services we provide go far beyond filling market failures. We exist to join Canadians together and share their stories. We exist for a purpose beyond making money and satisfying our shareholders – we exist to create a national consciousness.
And, while the pieces of the puzzle continue to move around, we must prepare the next generation of CBCers. I'd like to tell you Elodie's story. She's 23 or 24, she's got a big smile, she's energetic and bursting with ideas, she's engaged and convinced of our Corporation's mission, and she's been with us for 3 years. A member of the SCFP union, most recently she was on the team involved in our signature community events. I saw her everywhere: with the kids at our open house; outside during our Olympic week; on hand for our live audience programs. She was someone we hoped to build on. Elodie lost her job on April 10th. Losing our young people like that immediately puts our future in jeopardy, and our transformation becomes that much harder for us to carry out.
In early summer, we will share the results of our internal reflections, and embark on a course for 2020. But we know we can't do it alone.
Starting today, we are launching a call for input into our future. We will leverage our social media platforms and online tools, to let Canadians have even more of a say in the future of their public broadcaster.
Let's start right here. Take out your smart phones and go to cbc.radio-canada.ca/future (English) or cbc.radio-canada.ca/futur (French). Tell us what you think. Tell us what you need from us; tell us what you want from us; but always, always, with an eye to the future.
While all of this is happening, I have to keep my emotions in check, respect and safeguard the one billion dollars given to us by Canadian tax payers, and engage Canadians in fact-based conversations about us, while balancing our budgets.
Today, my goal was to trigger a national conversation about the media industry in Canada and our place in this environment, to convince you of our importance, and the urgency of your participation. This ecosystem is in full transformation. The public broadcaster must have the tools necessary, so that society can fully benefit from what we have to offer.
I hope that I did that today.
Merci. Thank you.


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Your p.m. roundup for Oct. 6, the day some really hung squirrel ruined a bake off. Photo via That NBA Lottery Pick. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors.
What we're watching (all times EDT, unless noted): Versus has an NHL season-opening doubleheader, with Flyers-Bruins at 7 and Penguins-Canucks at 10. Game 5 of the ALDS between the Tigers and Yankees is on TBS at 8. ESPNU has college football, with Western Kentucky-Middle Tennessee at 7:30. And ESPN has Cal-Oregon in a college football game at 9.
Read Me
Elizabeth Gilbert's 2000 profile of Hank Williams III: "Shelton grew up in Nashville with the dimmest sense that there was something special about his name. Knew he had a dead, famous grandfather. Saw his daddy on TV all the time, but rarely in person. Shelton himself had been completely cut off from the fortune of both Hank Williamses. The mama with the valentine-shaped face raised her son as best she could, all by herself and on a retail store clerk's salary. She was a good Christian woman who loved her boy. But here's what young Shelton loved: music. And he wasn't into that corny old-timey Nashville shit, either, but the hardest, scariest music he could find. Even when he was 4 years old, he was already whaling on his drums to Kiss albums. When he got older, the music he loved got even harder—Henry Rollins, Black Sabbath, the Sex Pistols, the Misfits. ('If Marilyn Manson was around when I was a kid,' Hank-3 says, 'I would have listened to that and my mom would've shit even more bricks.') He got kicked out of a decent private school because his grades sucked, and once he hit the public-school system, he just quit on the whole education thing and started hanging out with the really bad kids. Grew his hair down to his ass but shaved his head on the sides. Got tattoos he liked to think his mama didn't know about. Joined up with some local punk bands with names like Bedwetter, Buzkill, Rift. His mama sent him to Christian camps, where they tried to exorcise the Devil from him. They tried to scared [sic] him by telling him how listening to this satanic music would doom his soul to burn in hell for eternity. Shelton believed every last word of it, but that only made him more attracted to the angry music because he wanted to be scared." [GQ]
This Date In Deadspin History
Oct. 6, 2006: There's Always Room For Tasing
Things You Might Have Missed Today
Some quick links to a few items we posted earlier:
• Terry Francona Gave A Boston TV Station An Interview, But His T-Shirt Probably Says More Than He Did
• Caller Wants To Discuss Tigers Pitcher, Mike Francesa Hangs Up On Him Because He Doesn't Believe That Pitcher Exists
• Why Sports Don't Need Concussions To Destroy Players' Brains
• "You Cheated On Me," Says Angry Person Who Hacked Into Denard Robinson's Twitter Account This Morning
• Stats Show The New Kickoff Rule Kicks A Whole Lotta Ass
• Just Read The Damn Book: Welcome To The Sweetness Bash
• Brewers Girl Promises To Bring Her "Best Cleavage" Tomorrow Night
• One Armand De Brignac Nebuchadnezzar For Only $100,000! An Unscientific Analysis Of The Zac-Efron-And-Heather-Graham-Inspired Chicago Bar Bill
• The NBA Fan's Guide To Feigning Interest In Hockey During The Lockout
• The Many Faces Of Bomani Jones
Tony La Russa probably doesn't expect him to be, either: "Williams also noted Ventura's familiarity with the team's minor league system. Ventura, 44, has never managed and only rejoined the Sox's front office last June as a special assistant to Buddy Bell, the team's director of player development. 'Robin was brought in back in June to enhance our minor league system,' Williams said. 'I would have preferred to allow him more time in that role. But this came up and I thought Robin was the guy.' As to Ventura's lack of experience, Williams said, 'I don't expect him to be Tony La Russa right off the bat.'" [Chicago Tribune]
The ca$e against Tim Tebow: "Why is Kyle Orton the starting quarterback for the Broncos? Why is Tim Tebow on the bench? Follow the money. The Broncos are paying Orton nearly $9 million this season; they have no interest in shelling out that kind of cash for someone who sits on the bench. That's starter-type money. Furthermore, Denver would have to pay Tebow significantly more than the $1,618,750 base salary he is guaranteed for the 2011 season if they put him on the field. That's right; the second-year signal caller has incentives in his contract that kick in if he reaches certain playing-time thresholds." [Mile High Sports]
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They might as well start negotiating with Andrew Luck, too: "Another loss for the winless Miami Dolphins: Quarterback Chad Henne is out for the season. Henne decided to have shoulder surgery and was placed on the injured reserve list Thursday. The Dolphins replaced him on the roster by signing veteran quarterback Sage Rosenfels, who was released Tuesday by the New York Giants after recovering from a blood disorder that sent him to the hospital in August." [Sports Illustrated]
Is that all?: "David Beckham's income from personal sponsorship deals rose 30 percent last year, signaling the enduring strength of the Los Angeles Galaxy player's brand appeal. According to figures released by Britain's Companies House, revenue for the company that handle Beckham's endorsements was $23.9 million in 2010." [Associated Press]
Merch: Managing editor Tom Scocca and contributing editor Drew Magary have both written books. You can buy Scocca's Beijing Welcomes You: Unveiling the Capital City of the Future here, and Magary's The Postmortal here. Now do it.
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