text: Retrospective moves onto the 1992 World Championships. The key facts in relation to these championships are:- Having just won the Olympic title, Viktor Petrenko wins his first and only World title. He won the title with a free skate which earned him 2 6.0's for Artistic Impression. Nevertheless, he doubled out on 3 intended triples in his LP. Accordingly, a second 3A, his artistry, and an exuberant finish to the program were key to him closing out the win. He retired after these world championships. However, he made a comeback 2 years later to take part in the 1994 Olympics where he finished 4th. Kurt Browning had finished 6th at the 1992 Olympics, having been hampered throughout the 1991/92 season with a back injury. Nevertheless, he put in an improved performance at these World Championships, finishing 2nd. He would go on to regain the world title in 1993, before finishing 5th at the 1994 Olympics Like Viktor Petrenko, Kristi Yamaguchi followed up her Olympic win by winning the World title (her 2nd consecutive World title). With Midori Ito having retired after the 1992 Olympics, Yamaguchi won easily, winning both the SP and the LP. Her FS was also far more self assured in these championships than at the Olympics, with 6 triples, including a 3+3 combination (3Z+3T, 3Z, 3F, 3R, 3T). Her only mistake was a fall on her nemesis jump, the 3S. She earned 8 5.9's for Artistic Impression. Chen Lu makes the podium at Worlds for the first time, winning the Bronze medal. It was the first ever medal at a World championships by a Chinese skater. Moreover, many had felt that she had been under-marked at the 1991 World Championships and 1992 Olympics, and was finally getting just reward for her performances with this medal. With her combination of technical ability and great artistry, she would go on to win the world title in 1995, and take Bronze medals at the 1994 and 1998 Olympics. Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev win their 2nd consecutive World title. They would retire after these Championships, but like Petrenko they would return to compete at the 1994 Olympics in which they would finish 2nd to Gordeeva & Grinkov. They won these World Championships in style with a brilliant performance in the FS with their Liebestraum program, which earned them 4 6.0's and 5 5.9's for Artistic Impression. The final death spiral of the program was quite simply sublime. Radka Kovaříková & René Novotný make the podium at Worlds for the first time, winning the Silver medal. They would go on to win the World title in 1995 before retiring after those championships. Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko, in their final competition after more than a decade in eligible skating, win their 3rd and final World title. Their main rivals during the previous few season, the Duchesnay's had retired after the 1992 Olympics. Accordingly, Klimova & Ponomarenko won these championships easily. Their FD, their final ever performance, was stunning, earning 9 5.9's for Artistic Impression. Oksana Grishuk & Evgeni Platov make the podium for the first time at Worlds, winning a Bronze medal. They would go on to dominate Ice Dancing during the 1990's, winning 4 World titles and 2 Olympic titles. Here are the videos for the medal winning performances:- MEN'S Gold: Viktor Petrenko (CIS) Short Program, Free Skate Silver: Kurt Browning (Canada) Short Program, Free Skate Bronze: Elvis Stojko (Canada) Short Program, Free Skate 4th: Christopher Bowman (USA) Short Program, Free Skate 5th: Mark Mitchell (USA) Short Program, Free Skate 6th: Petr Barna (Czechoslovakia) Short Program, Free Skate 7th: Todd Eldredge (USA) Short Program, Free Skate 8th: Alexei Urmanov (CIS) Short Program, 10th: Viacheslav Zagorodniuk (CIS) Free Skate 11th: Cornel Gheorghe (Romania) Free Skate 13th: Michael Slipchuk (Canada) Short Program, Free Skate 16th: Steven Cousins (GBR) Free Skate LADIES Gold: Kristi Yamaguchi (USA) Short Program, Free Skate Silver: Nancy Kerrigan (USA) Short Program, Free Skate Bronze: Chen Lu (China) Short Program, Free Skate 4th: Laetitia Hubert (France) Short Program, Free Skate 5th: Josée Chouinard (Canada) Short Program, Free Skate 6th: Tonya Harding (USA) Short Program, Free Skate 7th: Alice Sue Claeys (Belgium) Free Skate 8th: Yuka Sato (Japan) Short Program, Free Skate 9th: Karen Preston (Canada) Short Program, Free Skate 10th: Patricia Neske (Germany) Short Program, Free Skate 11th: Surya Bonaly (France) Short Program, Free Skate 12th: Marina Kielmann (Germany) Short Program, Free Skate 14th: Joanne Conway (GBR) Short Program 15th: Charlene von Saher (GBR) Short Program, Free Skate 16th: Nathalie Krieg (Switzerland) Short Program, Free Skate 17th: Krisztina Czakó (Hungary) Free Skate 20th: Anisette Torp-Lind (Denmark) Short Program, Free Skate PAIRS Gold: Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev (CIS) Short Program, Long Program Silver: Radka Kovaříková & René Novotný (Czechoslovakia) Short Program, Long Program Bronze: Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler (Canada) Short Program, Long Program 5th: Evgenia Shishkova & Vadim Naumov (CIS) Short Program, Long Program 7th: Calla Urbanski Rocky Marval (USA) Short Program 8th: Natasha Kuchiki & Todd Sand (USA) Short Program 9th: Christine Hough & Doug Ladret (Canada) Short Program, Long Program 10th: Sherry Ball & Kris Wirtz (Canada) Short Program, Long Program ICE DANCE Gold: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko (CIS) CD1, CD2, OSP, Free Dance, Exhibition Silver: Maya Usova & Alexander Zhulin (CIS) CD1, CD2, OSP, Free Dance Bronze Oksana Grishuk & Evgeni Platov (CIS) CD1, CD2, OSP, Free Dance 4th: Stefania Calegari & Pasquale Camerlengo (Italy) OSP, Free Dance 5th: Susanna Rahkamo & Petri Kokko (Finland) OSP, Free Dance 6th: Sophie Moniotte & Pascal Lavanchy (France) OSP, Free Dance 7th: Dominique Yvon & Frédéric Palluel (France) OSP, Free Dance 9th: April Sargent-Thomas & Russ Witherby (USA) Free Dance 10th: Aliki Stergiadu & Juris Razgulaevs (Latvia) Free Dance 12th: Jacqueline Petr & Mark Janoschak (Canada) CD1, CD2, Free Dance 16th: Penny Mann & Juan Carlos Noria (Canada) CD1, CD2, Free Dance Now that the off-season is upon us, the next Retrospective in the series will come in September with the start of the new season: the 1993 World Championships By way of recap, this is the 27th Retrospective of the series. Here are links to the previous instalments:- 1956 Olympics, 1960 Olympics, 1961 U.S. Figure Skating Team, 1964 Olympics, 1968 Olympics, 1968 World Championships, 1972 Olympics, 1976 Olympics, 1978 World Championships, 1979 World Championships, 1980 Olympics, 1980 World Championships, 1981 World Championships, 1982 World Championships, 1983 World Championships, 1984 Olympics, 1984 World Championships, 1985 World Championships, 1986 World Championships, 1987 World Championships, 1988 Olympics, 1988 World Championships, 1989 World Championships, 1990 World Championships, 1991 World Championships, 1992 Olympics


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What caliber did you get it in? It's possible that a stiffer spring for .40 S&W or .357 SIG is in place and if it is chambered for 9mm it will be heavy. It's also possible that it is an aftermarket spring.
You can manually cock the hammer prior to racking the slide to make things easier. You may also consider calling SIG Customer Service regarding your concerns. If the wrong spring is in there they will likely replace it for free. I do NOT speak for SiG but this doesn't rate very high on the major malfunction chart by comparison to other problems that have and can be repoted.


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Hi, just wanted to preface by saying I used to professionally install car audio and am comfortable with anything really, and I still work in the electronics field, so I'm not scared to rip my blitzsafe adapter apart and modify it if that is what's needed....
Here's my problem:
My radio's volume is nice and loud through the FM radio, or in-dash CD's, but with the blitzsafe adapter, it's about 1/2-1/3 as loud as the other inputs, so I have to turn my radio's volume all the way up to enjoy using it.
Here's my setup:
-2003 Audi A4 w/out bose, 6-disc in-dash changer, 100% factory audio setup.
-Blitzsafe AUDIiPod AUDI MLINK1 V1 B
-iPhone 4
I have found similar threads with my problem but not really any answers.
Blitzsafe technical support replied to me saying:
"hi, our interface volume is been design to mach with the cd changer volume , not with FM,AM radio station , they all change levels of volume."
wow.... thanks?
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I am trying to find the best way to weather a BATNINJA vest.
For those who have it....Which materials or technique did you use? Airbrush, natural dirt, eating and use it as a bib....??? Please, post it here, since I am upgrading (never ends....now on "version 2.5"), and want to have it ready for Dragon*Con this year. ;)
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Two new publishing houses in Sweden have sparked debate over their attempt to instill liberal social values in books aimed at children. According to Karin Salmson, co-founder of Vida publishing house, "Our goal is for all people, regardless of gender, sexuality ethnicity or other such things, to have the freedom to create their own identify and be respected for their personal qualities." She wishes to break with traditional children's literature which depicts dad as the bread winner and mom as the homemaker. In fact, each book has a "hug label" which assures the reader the book has been "scrutinized from a democracy equality and diversity perspective" and contains no details "based on prejudice or traditional gender roles that rein in individual behavior."
The goal of the publishers is to break down traditional gender roles and readers might encounter the story of the girl with two dads who enjoys making farting sounds by using her armpits. Salmson rejects critics who complain gay or lesbians are in stories for the sake of having a gay or lesbian in the story. She insists gays and lesbians are all around so they have a place in any story.


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Just bought an electric fan for my Chevelle, two wires on it, one goes to battery, other to ground. Want to install a on and off switch to it, can anyone tell me how I can do that ?? Like to mount it under my dash......Thanks
HEY JOHN: I have an electric booster fan mounted in front of my radiator. I have it on a lighted on off switch that I bouught at Auto Zone for a couple of bucks. I wired it in series with line going to fan motor. At one time I had a 16 inch puller electric fan and I had it wired with dash board swich but went thru a relay because of higher current pull. Relay are about ten bucks and come with wiring diagram. Don't worry your mom could do this job....DAVE
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Get a Double pole single throw relay, and a Proper in-line fuse for the fan, and a proper Single thow/pole Toggle or rocker switch.
Hook one side of the relay COIL to 12 volts power Through any 1 to 5 amp fuse , The other side of the COIL to the wire going to your Fan on/off switch.
From the On/Off switch, hook the other wire to ground. (Your Switching grounds)
The Center wiper of your Relay (Movable Contact ) Will go to your Fan Motor, the other side of the motor to ground.
The "Normally Open" Side of the contact will go to a proper size fuse, then to power..
If your Kit came with a Thermostat Sender, you can now wire that so the lead goes to the Fan switch where the relay Coil wire comes in, and it will run in "Automatic" when the switch is in the "OFF" position...from the signal from the sender. (Remember: the Control circuit (Relay switch)is switching ground, not power, so as the temp rises at the sender, more ground goes toward the switch...turning the fan on automatically.)
You can also use a lighted switch, or an indicator lamp If you wish the option, It's good to know if the Fan is actually running! Just hook it to your Movable Contact on the relay, the other side to ground.
Hope I Didn't Confuse you...
In line fuses blow like crazy on a 16-inch fan ... I use a fusible link and double relays on mine and it works sweet as can be; no heavy power draw, like when I had a circuit breaker on it, and no fuses blowing, like when I tried an in-line fuse!
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In-line fuses are not necessairly evil but have to be the right kind and rated for the load - motor starting, in this case. A fan that pulls 10 amps is going to need at least a 20 amp slow blow fuse to survive. Your generic SAE20 likely won't cut it for that application.
BTW, fusable link in that application really is a pretty good idea.
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Bushmasters are venomous snakes belonging to the class Reptilia, family Viperidae, subfamily Crotalinae and genus Lachesis. There are four bushmaster subspecies. The subfamily Crotalinae is comprised of species commonly known as pit vipers, such as rattlesnakes, copperheads, and water moccasins. The scientific name of the bushmaster, Lachesis muta, means - silent fate." Bushmasters are native to southern Central America and almost all the northern half of South America. The range of the two Central American subspecies begins in southern Nicaragua and continues south to northern Colombia.
Bushmasters are found in relatively cool, moist tropical forests from mountainous areas to coastal lowlands. Bushmasters are native to southern Central America and almost all the northern half of South America. The range of the two Central American subspecies begins in southern Nicaragua and continues south to northern Colombia. The two southern subspecies are found from central Colombia to central Bolivia, extending from the eastern half of Ecuador and northeastern Peru to the coastlines of northern Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana and Surinam. They are also found on the island of Trinidad and along the southern coast of Brazil.
Life span in the wild is unknown. In captivity, they typically live 12-18 years, with a recorded maximum life span of 24 years.
In the wild:Primarily small mammals. At the zoo:Domestic rats
The bushmaster is an oviparous species, which means they lay eggs rather than bear live young. The bushmaster is the only egg-laying pit viper in the Americas. Bushmasters are solitary except when mating. Males find receptive females by following scent trails left by females. Finding a female, he rubs his head and flicks his tongue along the sides of her body to state his intentions and make sure she is receptive. If so, he flips his body upside down on top of hers and rubs his spinal ridge back and forth in a sawing motion against her body to stimulate her. If she is coiled up, he may also strike her with the side of his body to encourage her to loosen her coils and allow him access. When she uncoils, they wrap their bodies around one another and mate in that position, sometimes remaining together for five or more hours.
When a female bushmaster is ready to lay her eggs, she finds a burrow built by another small animal to claim as her own, sometimes sharing the burrow with the animal that built it. She then lays eight to 12 eggs, each of which is white and slightly larger than a chicken egg. After laying her eggs, the female coils her body around them and guards them until they hatch 76-79 days later. She will not leave her eggs even to hunt during this period.
Newborn bushmasters are about 20 inches (50 cm) long. They are pale-colored, with a bright orange or yellow tail tip they gradually lose as they get older. This may help the young bushmasters attract small, insectivorous mammals to eat. The colors of the young bushmaster will usually change to their dark adult pattern when the snake is between 1-2 years old. Sexual maturity is typically reached around 4 years.
The bushmaster, like other pit vipers, has a special adaptation that helps them detect their warm-blooded prey. They have two heat-sensitive pits, one on each side of their heads, halfway between their eye and nostril. These pits allow the snake to sense the heat difference between a small mammal and the cooler rocks, plants and other objects in the area. When a warm-blooded animal ventures closer than 20 inches (50 cm), the bushmaster can detect the prey entirely by its body heat, even aiming its strike without any other sensory information.
Woodland Park Zoo's bushmasters are located in the Tropical Rain Forest. As visitors enter the exhibit, they are immersed in a garden of tropical rain forest plants such as fan palms, bananas, cocoa, figs and hanging liana vines. The bushmasters can be found in the forest floor section of the building.
The population of bushmasters in the wild is unknown, due to their secretive habits and the dense forests and difficult terrain they typically inhabit. The extensive degradation and destruction of the tropical rain forests of South America is a major threat to this and many other plant and animal species.
We do not recommend reptiles as pets for most people as they require very specialized diets and environments. We also receive hundreds of requests each year to take former pet iguanas, boas and other reptiles but we cannot accept these due to space, health and unknown backgrounds. If you need to find a reptile or amphibian a new home, we suggest you contact a local herpetological group in your area.
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The effort to save endangered species requires cooperation and support at the international, national, regional and individual levels. You can help in this cause. Join and become active in Woodland Park Zoo and other conservation organizations of your choice. Please do not buy products made from wild animal parts. Contact your elected representatives and express your views about conservation of endangered species and wild habitats.
To learn other ways you can help, contact Woodland Park Zoo at firstname.lastname@example.com about supporting conservation programs at the zoo. Discover more about snakes by contacting the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles at 303 W. 39th St., PO Box 626, Hays, KS 67601, or the American Federation of Herpetoculture: AFH, P.O. Box 300067, Escondido, CA, 92030-0067. Learn other ways you can help conserve wildlife and habitats by visiting our How You Can Help page.
Bauchot, Roland (Ed.). 1997. Snakes: A Natural History. Sterling Publishing Co., New York, NY. 220 pp.
Burton, Maurice 1975. Encyclopedia of Reptiles, Amphibians and Other Cold-Blooded Animals. BPC Publishing Ltd., San Sebastain, Spain. 229 p
Grzimek, Bernard 1975. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia Vol. 6: Reptiles. Van Nostrand Rheinhold Company. New York, NY. 468 p.
EMBL Reptile Database. (07/06/01) Engelmann, Wolf-Eberhard and Fritz Jurgen Obst, 1982. Snakes: Biology, Behavior and Relationship to Man. Exeter Books, New York, NY. 222 p.
Ripa, Dean. 1994. "- Reproduction of the Central American bushmaster (Lachesis muta stenophrys) and the Black-headed bushmaster (Lachesis muta melanocephala) for the first time in captivity." Bull. Chicago Herp. Society 29(8):165-183.
Kinkaid, John. 1999. - "Your Silent Fate Awaits You," ZooNooz, San Diego Zoo & Wild Animal Park, January 1999.
Bennett, Albert F. - "Bushmaster," Discovery Channel School, original content provided by World Book Online, (07/14/01)
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Chapter one Once again with that feeling
"Je'Karta Prudii?" I said with a hint of fear.
He then Replied "Yes,Zuka?"
"Will any of us Die today?" i replied
He then turned his answer into a moral booster
"No Mandalorian will Die this Battle"
He was wrong, Terribly wrong
Another survivor the the Battle, Galaak, then yelled "thermal Det,Hit the dirt!"
i ran to the detonator throwing it toward the Nearest group of jedi, Exploding in a loud roar and sending the Charred peices of the Jedi toward my position, and also blowing a mandalorian back. Je'Karta responded to the situation with Speed and ran toward the mandalorian and started to tend too him.
The unthinkable happened a single jedi ran toward Je'Karta, stabbing him in the back while he was tending to the Mandalorian who then later died due to his wounds, I was enraged, I turned my charge up to 1000 Volts and Ran towards the Jedi Blindly When i reached him i yelled " Die Jedi bastard!" and then gripped his skull, sending a shock through his soon to be a corpse burning his entire body within seconds it caused his blood too break out his corpse splattering all over Je'Karta's Dying body and Myself, the jedi was Dead turned too literal ashes Je'Karta then said his last words "Thank you, i always wanted too be blood soaked when i died you our now the best me-" He then Died i Roared Defiantly then Gripped My Mandalorian ripper and
Yelled "Come out from your hiding spots you Jedi Bastards! I'll KILL YOU ALL I'LL KRIFFING KILL ALL YOU BASTARDS!"
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In case any of you who hunt Saskatchewan, there has been a new, good change to their possession limit on Ducks and Geese.
The new possession limit is three (3) DAY'S LIMIT, up from previous year's 2 day's.
Can bring more back or can shoot more before having to give some away!


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Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates opened the 2003 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on the night of January 8, 2003, with a keynote address titled "Smart Living in the Digital Decade." The talk highlighted the company's successes in digital media, video gaming, and home networking while pointing to future technologies that the company will release later this year and in the future. Gates did his usual deadpan humor bits and presented a few humorous video clips, one of which spoofed VH1's "Behind the Music" series. Industry celebrities such as Marc Andreessen and John Sculley appeared in that clip, as did actor Anthony Michael Hall, who portrayed Gates in a made-for-TV movie called "Pirates of Silicon Valley." Gates quipped that one of his New Year's resolutions was to ask USA Networks to make a sequel.
"Smart living in the digital decade is possible because of advances in three key areas coming together: devices, connectivity, and services," Gates said. "Advances in each category drive the other categories. A lot of the big predictions we made about the digital decade are now taking place, thanks to pervasive broadband, wireless networking in the home, and devices with advanced smart screens, disks, and memory."
Gates then took attendees through the company's recent product successes with the Tablet PC (see my review) and the Media Center PC (see my review), both of which require special Windows XP versions. "We sold 90 million copies of XP in 2002," Gates said. "It was the strongest year ever for any version of Windows." Gates also talked up Windows Media 9 Series (see my review), Windows Movie Maker 2 (see my review), and Plus! Digital Media Edition (see my review), which the company released earlier this week. The first Windows Powered Smart Displays hit retail stores the same day, he said.
Looking toward 2003, Gates discussed some of the smart devices we can expect in the coming days, including new Pocket PC devices and Windows Powered Smartphones; various Smart Displays; new Media Center PCs, including laptop products from Alienware and Toshiba; and some interesting noncomputer-type devices, such as an exercise machine and sewing machine that feature Windows CE .NET, flat screens, and Internet connectivity. An especially interesting device--Media2Go--is a Microsoft prototype that various hardware partners will sell in late 2003 (see my exclusive preview). Essentially a portable media player with a 4" LCD screen, Media2Go also includes a 20GB hard disk, which Microsoft says is large enough for 175 hours of digital video, 8000 songs, or 35,000 photos.
After Gates played against Los Angeles Lakers star Shaquille O'Neal on Xbox Live, Gates hinted at an upcoming revision to Microsoft's broadband networking products that will feature "better speeds and new security and quality of service capabilities that will enable voice and multimedia services over wireless." We later found out that Microsoft will ship 802.11g-based home networking equipment in mid-2003. Gates also talked up other wireless technologies such as Bluetooth and 3G.
Bringing all these advances together, Gates said, is a technology initiative called Smart Personal Object Technology (SPOT), which he first discussed during his COMDEX 2002 keynote address 2 months ago (see my exclusive SPOT preview). SPOT will bring all the technologies Gates discussed together into new, small form factors and reenvision common household items as interconnected smart devices. And although the company has many plans, including smart alarm clocks, refrigerators, and other devices, the first deliverable product will be a smart wristwatch platform that major watch makers such as Citizen and Fossil will support. I'll write a separate article about the SPOT wristwatch and related technologies such as smart magnets. These products feature small LCD screens, SPOT silicon, and interconnectivity with services for weather, news, sports, and related information through the new Microsoft Direct Band networking scheme, which uses the FM band to send data. These products will be available in late 2003.
CES vs. MacWorld: Jobs Wows Faithful at Macworld, Ignores Switch Failure
Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs knows how to get the Macintosh faithful in a near-religious frenzy, and he put on a bravura performance last week during his Conference & Expo San Francisco 2003 keynote address. Jobs introduced new laptops and some interesting new software that lessens his company's reliance on Microsoft. Jobs's keynote, however, conveniently skipped over some basic market realities that now face Apple, the most damaging of which is that the company's high-profile Switch ad campaign, in which real people discuss their moves from Windows to Apple's Mac OS X, has been a complete failure.
Nevertheless, Jobs surprised the crowd with new hardware and software, virtually none of which the hype-heavy Apple press, which had been eagerly anticipating Macworld, predicted. The new hardware includes two new PowerBook G4 laptop computers: a 12" model that's virtually identical to the consumer-oriented iBook line and a mammoth 17" model that's apparently the laptop equivalent of the Ford Excursion. Both new PowerBooks eschew the build-quality-challenged Titanium casing of previous PowerBooks for a new aluminum-based design. Both computers are also available with optional AirPort Extreme wireless networking, which uses a preliminary version of the 54Mbps 802.11g wireless specification; Apple also introduced an AirPort Extreme base station.
On the software side, some of Jobs's announcements seemed more designed to anger Microsoft than fill particular product needs. For example, he announced an Apple-branded Web browser called Safari that's based on KHTML technology from the Linux K Desktop Environment (KDE)--even though the Mac OS X already has several available browsers--and Keynote, a presentation package that focuses on Microsoft PowerPoint.
But not all of Apple's new software announcements are superfluous. Jobs announced a new $50 digital-media suite called iLife that bundles iTunes 3 with new versions of iPhoto, iMovie, and iDVD, all of which will be available with new Macs for free. Apple iPhoto 2 includes new one-click photo enhancements, a Retouch tool, photo archiving to CD-ROM or DVD, and email integration. Apple iMovie 3 features a completely overhauled interface, new special effects, and a way to add DVD chapter marks to movies. Apple iDVD 3 adds 24 new pro-quality themes, integration with iMovie 3's chapter marks, and new theme customization features. The iLife package will be available January 25, as will free downloads of iPhoto 2 and iMovie 3.
Because Jobs gave his Macworld address just days before Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates presented his 2003 International Computer Electronics Show (CES) keynote address, not comparing the two events is impossible. The most obvious difference is support: Apple appears to be interested in going it alone, even to the extent of creating applications that don't break new ground or introduce new product categories but instead compete with existing third-party applications. Meanwhile, Gates's address continually touted Microsoft's many industry partners, such as the hardware makers working on Media2Go and Smart Personal Object Technology (SPOT) devices, Media Center PCs, and Tablet PCs. All of Microsoft's initiatives appear to be collaborative efforts, whereas Apple is basically circling the wagons and seizing any lucrative (and in the case of Safari, nonlucrative) businesses for itself. Put simply, comparing the reality of these two companies with way the public perceives them is astonishing.
News blurbs from CES 2003
Gates Keynote Underwhelms
Coming as it did just days after Apple Computer's CEO Steve Jobs delivered his Macworld San Francisco keynote address (which I'll report on in Monday's WinInfo Daily UPDATE), Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates's 2003 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) keynote address on Wednesday evening had a lot to live up to. In many ways, however, Gates didn't measure up: If you break down his talk, you'll find that he primarily discussed previously released products or updates to those products. Gates mentioned only two truly new products: Media2Go, which is essentially a video version of Apple's iPod, and the Microsoft SPOT Watch. I can't get excited about a connected watch. (I had two of those Timex data watches years ago, by the way.)
Apple Should Have Made Media2Go
I'm excited about Media2Go, a handheld multimedia device that plays videos, music, and photo slideshows. Media2Go is the size of a thick paperback book, and various consumer electronics companies--including IRiver Samsung Electronics, SANYO Group, and ViewSonic--will make it. The Windows CE .NET (formerly code-named Talisker)-based device features a 320 x 240 color screen and a 20GB hard disk. The UI, which is based on Windows XP Media Center Edition, allows simple navigation with menu choices such as My Music, My Videos, My TV Shows, and My Pictures. Microsoft claims that the devices provide 12 hours of battery life while playing audio content and 6 hours while playing video. You'll need that time, too, because the Media2Go takes advantage of new Windows Media 9 Series media formats to deliver up to 8000 Windows Media Audio (WMA) 9 audio files, 175 hours of 320 x 240 Windows Media Video (WMV) 9 video, or up to 30,000 2 mega-pixel photos.
Shifting Time and Space
The computer industry is awash in buzzwords and phrases, and here's an interesting new phrase to chew on. You might have heard about the concept of "time shifting," in which you use a video-recording device to delay the viewing of live content, such as TV shows. This year, a sea of portable video devices has given rise to a new term--space shifting, in which you not only delay the viewing of live content but watch that content away from the device that recorded it. Arguably, we've been enjoying content away from the recording device since the days of Sony's first Walkman, but recording a live TV show and viewing it in full quality on a portable device is still a relatively new concept.
Microsoft Has a Plan for Smart Displays
One of the most obvious complaints about the first round of Windows Powered Smart Displays is that the devices are expensive and easily replaced by low-end laptops, which are comparatively priced but far more powerful. To combat this problem, Microsoft and its hardware partners are working on ways to improve the platform, including some interesting ideas for making the devices useful when they're not remotely displaying your XP desktop. ViewSonic, for example, made two announcements in this vein. First, the company will offer a version of its 10" secondary display that won't include XP Professional Edition or a USB wireless adapter, shaving at least $300 off the device's retail cost (usually about $999). And the company struck a deal with Nevo Technologies to supply home-automation software for the Smart Display, giving users a secondary use for the device. Other hardware makers are working on similar plans and, for the next Smart Display revision due in late 2003, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Microsoft, and other companies are working on faster wireless technologies, ways to improve overall performance, and any areas in which customers say the experience is now lacking. Again, I'll provide more details soon on the SuperSite for Windows, along with a full review of the ViewSonic airpanel V150 Wireless Smart Display.
Media Center Goes Mobile, Finds More Support
I'm happy to see new Media Center PC form factors arriving, and some of the new designs--especially the laptop-computer-based systems from Alienware and Toshiba--are exciting. Many of the newer Media Center PCs are designed to look at home next to your stereo equipment, and more attractive, non-PC-looking designs are starting to arrive. Now if only we could convince Microsoft to let us buy the XP Media Center Edition software separately from a new PC, we could all enjoy this exciting new interface to digital media.
Companies Fight Media Center PCs with Set-Top Boxes
Many hardware makers are obviating the need for a Media Center PC by creating set-top boxes that interact with your PC's digital-media content through a home network. HP and SONICblue are two good examples: The companies offer similar devices that feature a TV-based UI, wireless and Ethernet compatibility, and interaction with your PC. The idea is that a PC is a great place to acquire digital photos, music, and video but isn't necessarily a great place to use that media. With these new devices, such as SONICblue's GoVideo network DVD player (available in March for $250), you can stream digital-photo slideshows, digital-music playlists, and digital video from your PC to the TV set. $250 is a lot less expensive than the cost of a Media Center PC, and the devices are arguably of far more use to most consumers.
SONICblue Advances State-of-the-Art in the Living Room
Speaking of SONICblue, the company has also rethought digital video recording (DVR), a suddenly surging technology the company helped jumpstart with its ReplayTV devices. SONICBlue's GoVideo line of products has always done double-duty, with dual VCR decks and combination DVD/VCR devices. This year, however, the company is introducing the GoVideo DV6430, which combines a DVD player and VHS VCR in one machine, along with 128MB of RAM, so users can pause and rewind live TV. The device is a simple, elegant solution for those times when the phone rings or you want to watch a football replay. The GoVideo DV6430 can store up to 15 minutes of MPEG-2-quality video, enough time for a quick trip to make a sandwich. SONICblue also touted the automatic-commercial-advance and connectivity features of its new ReplayTV 5000, which the company introduced in October. The ReplayTV devices have had the ability to display photos from your home computer for some time; the company is adding the ability to stream music from PCs later this year.
Personalized Devices Dominate
Like last year's show, 2003 International CES is all about devices, not PCs. Many of these devices connect to PCs, and although connectivity is a theme (of sorts), many of this year's devices tout personalization features. For example, Philips Electronics showed off its Emotive Micro stereo systems, which come in a wide range of color choices to match your home decor. And HP is taking an interesting approach to personalization with a new printer, the HP DeskJet 3425, which can print its own skin. The DeskJet 3425's top panel is clear, so you can print a photograph of your choosing and insert it into the panel. It's a nice effect, prettying-up an otherwise boring home office device.
Transmeta Moves from PCs to Devices
Although ultra-mobile CPU maker Transmeta will continue to ply its wares to laptop makers, the company is moving into the potentially far more rewarding market of PC-like devices and other devices. One intriguing Transmeta solution is the OQO Ultra-Personal Computer, a full XP-based PC that's smaller than the Media2Go devices, yet features a larger 800 x 400 screen, USB 2.0 and FireWire ports, and docking connections so that you can use it at home with your large monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Transmeta also exhibited various Tablet PC designs, new ultra-slim notebooks that don't have fans, home-storage servers with hot-swappable 2.5" hard disks, various embedded product platform boards, and rack-mounted server blades. The company also demonstrated its next-generation Crusoe processor (code-named Astro), which will ship by the end of the year. Astro features desktop-level performance but continues Transmeta's market-leading power-saving and cool-running capabilities.
What Gates Didn't Say
Thinking back on Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates's keynote address, the speech was most interesting because of what Gates didn't say. For example, during an overview of the Microsoft-oriented hardware products that are now shipping or will ship soon, Gates conveniently skipped over the Windows Powered Smartphone devices, which have had disappointing support and have been slow to market. In the United States, AT&T has committed to the release of Smartphone devices by the first half of this year, but precious little other news is available, including which company or companies are making the phones and which carriers will support the system. Gates and company have been pushing Smartphones for 2 years, and Microsoft continues to tout this technology at every trade show I attend. Will it ever happen?
SPOT Success Unclear
Aside from Microsoft's Media2Go devices, the Smart Personal Object Technology (SPOT) wristwatch platform, which at least three major watchmakers will support, was the company's big announcement. However, the SPOT watches are enormous, especially the first-generation devices that go on sale later this year, and how much SPOT services will cost is unclear. Those services will feature a new Microsoft-created one-way networking scheme called DirectBand that uses the extra bandwidth on FM frequencies. The network is already running in several US cities, the company said. Some of the SPOT watch scenarios, such as sports fans at live games getting other teams' scores, are pretty exciting.
Don't Get Too Excited About Future Windows Technology
At the end of his keynote address, Gates dragged out Steve Guggenheimer, cryptically identified as a Microsoft director, whatever that is. Guggenheimer, you might recall, gave the infamous MSN demonstration in mid-2001 at the Microsoft Financial Analysts Meeting that caused many rumor sites to excitedly publish what were purportedly Longhorn and Blackcomb screen shots and movies. Guggenheimer was at it again last week, demonstrating future UIs designed for home-networking interactivity. As with the earlier MSN demonstration, however, none of the UI features he demonstrated will appear in any future Windows product, and the company has been using similar UIs in the Microsoft Home project, which I recently visited again at the company's campus. In other words, if screen shots from this demonstration appear on the Web purporting to be Longhorn, I'm going to scream.
Microsoft Sells Smart Displays Home
One of the most exciting demonstrations this year was the Windows Powered Smart Displays exhibit, which involved a house erected in the Las Vegas Convention Center's parking lot. And it wasn't a scale model: After visiting the home, I can tell you that it was a livable abode, and Microsoft said that a local contractor purchased the home and will erect it on a lot somewhere in town.
Crowds Continue to Dominate
Unlike crowds at COMDEX, the CES crowds continue to get bigger every year, and long cab lines, fully booked hotels, and impossible-to-get dinner reservations dominated Las Vegas, Nevada, last week. CES remains a big show with big crowds.
Being the Butterfly Isn't Better
A host of Microsoft people dressed as MSN butterflies plied the show floor with giveaway CD0-ROMs and MSN gear. This year, they weren't wearing roller blades, which was probably for the best, but you have to feel bad for the people who had to dress up in those skin-tight costumes.
And the Show's Theme Was ...
...TV. This year's CES was all about TVs. Big-screen TVs. Wide-screen TVs. High-Definition Television (HDTV) TVs. Flat-panel TVs. Plasma TVs. LCD TVs. Digital Light Processing (DLP) TVs. Wherever I looked, there they were: Screen after screen in an ocean of screens. TV technology is improving dramatically for the first time in many years. The sets I saw at CES featured amazing clarity; I overheard one attendee say, "It's like my eyes just got better." I couldn't explain it better myself. All over the show, crowds formed at each large-format TV display. The long-awaited HDTV technology will finally happen when people can see just how good these sets look.
Don't Forget Convergence
Convergence was another big theme, with companies combining technologies in interesting new ways. Many companies featured combination DVD players and digital video recording (DVR) devices, for example, or set-top boxes with integrated HDTV and DVR capabilities. Toshiba announced a TiVo device with a DVD player, and Polaroid showed off a DVD player with hardware support for Windows Media Video (WMV) 9-encoded data DVDs. Cell phones are also going the convergence route; new models feature built-in digital cameras, digital photos, music, videos, and support for games.
Question of the Week
Where was Sony? Last year, the company dominated CES with a huge booth and several side areas. I'm sure the company attended the show, but I never saw it, even though I walked the entire show floor.
CES 2003 Photo Gallery
Here are some pictures from the show! All photos by Keith Furman.
Philips Emotive audio players, available in a variety of colors.
The new HP Deskjet 3425 color inkjet printer features a skinnable top.
The OQO personal computer, running Windows XP!
Transmeta was showing off a variety of ultra-thin, ultra-cool laptops like this one...
...as well as an amazing array of other devices such as this RLX blade server.
Enter Bill Gates, king of all he surveys.
Bill Gates takes the stage for his keynote address.
Microsoft's John O'Rourke shows off various connected smart devices during the Gates keynote.
The main screen of a future Windows version prototype user interface. (Gates keynote).
A future parental controls interface. (Gates keynote).
A future kid's desktop interface. (Gates keynote).
Microsoft built an actual house in the LVCC parking lot to show off Smart Displays to the public.
Inside the Smart Displays house, tour-goers use the devices during a demo.
Behind the Smart Displays house, we saw 15" and 10" Viewsonic displays.
Exterior, LVCC.
Morning comes early in Vegas. Traveling to the West coast turns me into a morning person.
Microsoft's Tom Lammael shows off some new Media Center PCs.
Viewsonic was using this sweet flat panel display with its new Media Center PC.
Paul takes to the floor on Saturday, after all our meetings were done.
Interior, LVCC.
A SPOT watch, shown actual size.
MSN TV, with integrated mesaging so you can enjoy the game with friends.
Ice Box was showing off kitchen appliance-style PCs that feature waterproof parts.
Here's an Ice Box under-the-cabinet PC design.
Yes, it's bettery with the butterfly. Much, much better.
Many companies were showing off flat, wide-screen TVs in a variety of formats.
Paul finally meets Spongebob Squarepants.
A new Polariod DVD player--available in 60 days--can play back WMV 9 files natively.
The Intel prototype for the Media2Go device.
This Toshiba portable audio player looks oddly familiar. Next to it is the Toshiba PC Card hard disk that drives it.
Toshiba signed a deal with TiVo to supply an HDTV-capable digital video recorder with integrated DVD drive. Sweet!
This tricked out VW bus was one of the few displays that held our attention in the car technology section.
The Stratosphere hotel, near the LVCC.


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Wow, that's quite a difference. How about the SAW?
The Making of the Militarys Standard Arms, Part II - At War Blog - NYTimes.com
some videos on the link showing torture testing on m4s.
Wow, that's quite a difference. How about the SAW?
What took so long to perform this test it is sad our troops have to have their barrels melt in combat before anyone did these test.
I wonder how the AK would do with the same test. 800 rounds is a lot of sustained fire.
While we're changing barrels, why not a caliber change to something with more stopping power? 6.5 Grendel, maybe 6.8 SPC for CQB..
(I know it won't happen, and there are a lot of other logistics to deal with a caliber change, too- but they've already identified that the 5.56 is inadequate in Afganistan)
as for the AK, check this out:
the title is misleading- it says 300 rounds, but there appears to be 6 drums on the ground, or 450 rounds already fired when video starts?
so it does fail between 700-750 rounds... no firearm can handle those kinds of sustained rates of fire without some sort of cooling system- physics aren't prejudiced when it comes to rifle type
More on topic; if this is the same video I remember seeing, the guy really fumbles around swapping mags. doesn't seem to know what he's doing...
i would guess that if the barrels is red hot the rest of the weapon must be very hot as well. i don't see how it kept from cooking-off live rounds.
You would shoot out any weapon with sustained full-auto fire of that nature. It is why the M249 and M240 have quick change barrels. Supposed to change at about ~200 rounds or so of sustained fire. Small caliber high velocity rounds tend to heat up faster than slower larger caliber when used in barrels with the same lenght and mass, but not by much.


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Anyone has good or bad experiences of the Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 EX Aspherical DG DF lens with the Canon EOS 10D camera such as not fully compatible/functional or have to rechip or reprogram the lens by Sigma to work properly with the Canon EOS 10D body? Could u pls share your experiences?
Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 Ex Lens And Canon Eos 10d
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Posted 10 November 2003 - 10:17 AM
This isn't completely related, but have you considered the new Tamron 28-75mm Di lens? It sells for around £299 here in the UK and has been getting some good reviews recently.
Posted 06 December 2003 - 03:09 AM
I second Mark's comments re: the Tamron 28-75 f2.8 Di. I bought one a few weeks back and found it to be lightweight, fast, and tack-sharp
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Did you buy it in the UK Carl? If so, where from and how much?
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Did you buy it in the UK Carl? If so, where from and how much?
No Mark. I'm a Yank and bought it from B&H photo for $340 US.
Posted 06 December 2003 - 03:06 PM
$340! Here in the UK it retails for £299 - almost a one to one conversion, despite the £ being very strong against the $ at the moment
Posted 28 January 2004 - 12:28 PM
Check this lens comparison site out. Not sure I agree with all the findings but it could be useful
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Hannity on Abu Ghraib photos: "Was that a DNC plot too?"
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On the September 10 edition of his ABC Radio Networks show, FOX News Channel host Sean Hannity suggested that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) may have been behind the Abu Ghraib prison abuse photos. Hannity based his suggestion on his claim that the controversial memos relating to President George W. Bush's military service, which were first aired on CBS's 60 Minutes, were obtained by "the same person that had the Abu Ghraib pictures."
From the September 10 edition of ABC Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show:
HANNITY: [T]his woman who also produced -- was the producer who obtained the Abu Ghraib photos. ... [T]he same person that had the Abu Ghraib pictures -- the Abu Ghraib photos is apparently the same one that got these documents. ... Now here's the question. Where did she get all this stuff from? So that could mean that Abu Ghraib -- where did that come from? Was that a DNC plot too? I mean, there's a lot of questions here.
Hannity is apparently referring to CBS producer Mary Mapes, who produced the 60 Minutes segment on Bush's military service and also "helped '60 Minutes' break the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq," according to a September 11 article in The Washington Post. In questioning whether the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse photographs were part of "a DNC plot too," Hannity is making two assumptions, the first of which is unproven and the second for which no credible evidence has been offered: that the CBS memos are fake, and that the DNC is responsible for them. As for Hannity's advancement of the conspiracy theory of a "DNC plot" in regard to the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, the best response is offered by the August final report (pdf) of the Independent Panel to Review DoD [Department of Defense] Detention Operations:
The events of October through December 2003 on the night shift of Tier 1 at Abu Ghraib prison were acts of brutality and purposeless sadism. We now know these abuses occurred at the hands of both military police and military intelligence personnel. The pictured abuses, unacceptable even in wartime, were not part of authorized interrogations nor were they even directed at intelligence targets. They represent deviant behavior and a failure of military leadership and discipline. ... The aberrant behavior on the night shift in Cell Block 1 at Abu Ghraib would have been avoided with proper training, leadership and oversight. Though acts of abuse occurred at a number of locations, those in Cell Block 1 have a unique nature fostered by the predilections of the noncommissioned officers in charge. Had these noncommissioned officers behaved more like those on the day shift, these acts, which one participant described as "just for the fun of it," would not have taken place.
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Playoffs. Playoffs? Playoffs.
It's that time, folks, when the air is colder, but the tension is white hot. It's the high school football postseason, and it's time to break down the brackets.
Class 5A is a balanced bracket, with some well-known contenders who are back in the mix. Jordan is likely the favorite at this point, but don't be surprised if Alta, Bingham, Lone Peak and Syracuse elbow their way into the mix.
As always, we have to thank football fanatic George Felt, whose depth of high school football knowledge in this state makes everyone a little bit more informed. Some nuggets from his weekly release, Felt's Facts, are included in this guide.
Without further ado:
Best match-up: Davis at Kearns
Kearns has history going against it, not having won a first-round playoff game since 1993. But the running attack powered by James Felila, who has 1,845 yards and 22 scores, should present a tough challenge to Davis, which has not won a first-round game since 2009. The Darts have been inconsistent but showed defensive toughness Tuesday against Layton. When these two match up, it could be a down-to-the-wire classic.
Upset alert? Granger at Northridge
The Knights started out strong but have faded a bit down the stretch. There's not much question that Northridge has had a tougher schedule than Granger, but the Lancers might be coming at them at the right time. Granger has some size that Northridge doesn't at the line of scrimmage. If the Knights' passing game can recover from a humbling outing against Mountain Crest, they're still the favorite, but Granger will try to run them down behind Tani Lahauli and James Elkins.
X-factor: Cottonwood's offense vs. Bingham
Which Colts team will show up? The one that was embarrassed against the Miners earlier this season in a 34-14 loss? Or the one that averaged nearly 30 points per game in its last five contests. Cottonwood has been thinned out by injuries, and Bingham's defense is among the state's best. But the personnel on the Colts, especially quarterback Cooper Bateman and wideout Inoke Lotulelei, should be able to make more of dent in the Miners' armor this time. Whether that means winning ... well, we'll see. Bingham has won eight straight playoff openers.
The best of the rest
Riverton at Alta • Only two teams have held the Hawks under 24 points this year: Bingham and Riverton. Why hello there, Silverwolves. But after dropping 51 points per game in the last three weeks, Alta's very good receiving corps looks primed to avoid the first-round upset the team suffered last year.
Viewmont at Syracuse • Any way you look at it, it's going to be an uphill battle for the Vikings. Viewmont only has won two games this season. Syracuse, on the other hand, is 9-0 entering this week. The Titans went to Rice-Eccles last year and look even better on both sides of the ball this season.
Hunter at Fremont • The Silver Wolves managed to sneak into these playoffs and gain a little momentum. Their playoff experience might help them against Hunter, but the Wolverines look good of late with five straight wins and Trevon Johnson taking a lot of carries in the power run game.
Brighton at Lone Peak • The defending champs don't look as dominant as last year and have been sorting out a few issues on offense. But one area they don't lack talent is defense: With guys like Josh Buck, Spencer Reinstein and a few other elite talents, the Knights looked prepped to handle a Bengals team that really has struggled at the end of the season.
Pleasant Grove at Jordan • The Vikings are a great-looking dark horse team, with an explosive passing attack and an experienced coach. It's almost a shame they're going against the Beetdiggers, who have been the top team wire-to-wire. Look for some high point totals, but don't expect Austin Kafentzis and the Jordan offense to get out of the title chase this early.
Class 5A schedule
Viewmont at Syracuse, 3 p.m.
Pleasant Grove at Jordan, 4 p.m.
Fremont at Hunter, 5 p.m.
Cottonwood at Bingham, 5 p.m.
Granger at Northridge, 6 p.m.
Riverton at Alta, 6 p.m.
Brighton at Lone Peak, 3 p.m.
Davis at Kearns, 4 p.m.


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Prerequisite: Completion of the foundations of communication requirement and sophomore standing.
Survey and critical analysis of contemporary drama, nonfiction and short stories in English by aboriginal writers of North America. Development and influences of works will be considered. Earlier works may be included for comparative purposes.


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MA 161 Calculus I
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Prerequisite: MA 115 or satisfactory score on math placement exam. A graphing calculator or equivalent computer software is used in this course.
Meaning and use of the derivative, differentiation formulas including transcendental functions, applications of the derivative; fundamental theorem of calculus and the meaning and use of the definite integral.


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I make a zine. its a kallide-a-scopic gutter of words, play, prose, statements, pictures, found items, drawings, opinions, irrelevances and bull shit, and I hand make it with pens, red wine, buddah, paper, incense, scissors, and glue, and then photocopy, staple and leave copies in random places as i go. Across the world there is a war going on for control of our collective consciousness and i see the zine as a counter punch to the mass market capitalist propaganda and neon battery that dominates and manipulates our public sphere with lifestyle promises, guilt trips, false dreams, and straight up lies, and as the antithesis to the banal bile and regurgitated tripe that main stream culture attempts to force feed us with its transport noise imitations. However this zine is itself a worthless collection of fungal waste and period excretions and should be digested as such. The dissemination process employed is a way of unexpectedly communicating with others, in a society where we are marginalised, segregated, taught and encouraged to see each other as strangers and threats, treated as slaves and consumers, and where if we want to experience art we must pay to see it in a designated area, or if we want to produce art we must be accepted by a middle man for exploitation, zine's left in public invade a person's privacy when they least expect it, offering them a direct and uncensored connection to a part of humanity that they may have usually ignored, or been denied access to.
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scene 8: a riotous soiree in kan kan kicks. Enter Don Ard Don, elegant but sadistically attired in a skin tight cheetah print leotard rhine studded with sparkling thumb tacks which, as he plays the social goat in a cavort of tightrope equilibrium and libidinal gesticulations, scratch the bare flesh of ingratiating admirers who swarm him like wolfs mistakenly licking the blade of a blood coated hunting knife, in an attempt to inhale his status and secrete it themselves, or if they are particularly parsimonious to trap his potently pro pulsed pheromones inside their malnourished protoplasm and abjectly gorge on it in private padded windowless rooms where they consume nothing and clamp every orifice shut to prevent the dissipation and osmotic escape of this gaseous elixir until they have sufficiently assimilated the precious commodities and developed Kwashiorkor, their stomachs swelling with rotten pride. Only after this cosmetic transformation will they be embolden to venture into public once more where they will display their convex appendage with arrogant nonchalance, and with the bristling posturing and maneuvering of an ambitious baboon will assume their elevated position in the social hierarchy. For in certain castes it is the smooth spherical size and girth of ones protruding midsection that is the barometer of erudite sophistication and haute couture, regardless of the debilitating process by which it is achieved, in fact the disabling effect of this rotund visage and the subsequent immobility it enforces is much admired, the prevalent opinion being that activity is for the barbaric and the retarded, for the beasts that can not act with their minds, for, pah the shame, for the workers, for we all know that there is nothing as unsightly and proletariat as perspiration.
We invite you to take part in the First International Exhibition "ZINESHOW" in Ukraine. Participation is free. Any technique. Any theme and format. No return. Deadline: 15/04/2013. Exhibition on the blog http://zineshow.blogspot.com All works will be exhibited also in the gallery "tymutopiyapres" http://tymutopiyapres.blogspot.com is not a commercial gallery. Welcomed but not "necessarily" summary of your zine or about you or your creative work (this is necessary for further elucidation of the project and possible documentation). Zines for the exhibition please send air mail: "Zineshow" A/C 9875, Sadivnycha 19/1, 79038, Lviv, Ukraine. mailposht[.]gmail[.]com
Hey yeah I'd love to trade! I've got a book fair coming up in Cardiff though, so I'd rather do it after that- I'll send you a message with the details.
shall we trade ? :) hope so anyway
hi there - definitely up for a trade!
I can send you the monster review zine and whatever else i still have a few of,
what's yr postal address?
Mike at 42 Curtis Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 9BH
I've listened to Laura Marling a wee bit and enjoyed what I heard, but I'll check Cat Power out. Thanks for the recommendations.
Awesomes, thank you. I finished my second one recently, so was gonna send that too.
I can get them out as soon as you leave me your address (:
It is indeed from the Joanna Newsom song! I think you're probably the first person to get the reference- wahoo (:
Your zine looks awesome, I'd love to trade. Let me know your address and I'll send off a copy asap
I'm at:
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Claypole, Newark
Sure, wanna trade Here In My Head #4 for one of your zines? Message me your address!


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Feminism | Posted by Kylie V on 04/16/2014
Why We Must Speak Out
I love Sara Bareilles' Brave. Who doesn't love a message about overcoming fear in order to express one's opinions?
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
But why is simply expressing who we are and what we think interpreted as brave? Why is this so controversial that we have to be afraid of opposition? We live in a culture where backlash has become extremely harsh, especially when it means challenging the white middle class straight status quo. More than ever we need inspiration from brilliant thinkers like the late great Audre Lorde, who challenged us to push past the …


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HS 254 Introduction to the History of Africa
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Survey of the history of the continent south of the Sahara desert. Consideration of pre-colonial African peoples, cultures and ecology. Emphasis on 19th-century imperial rivalries, the rise of nationalism and the creation of present day independent states.


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Tinariwen (plural of ténéré "desert") is a band of Tuareg-Berber musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. The band's fifth album Tassili, released in 2011, won the Award for Best World Music Album at the 54th Grammy Awards. Formed in 1982, in strikingly unusual circumstances for a musical ensemble, Tinariwen blend ancient musical traditions with radical contemporary politics. Despite severe natural and man-made hardships, young Read more on Last.fm more
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In a federal suit filed Friday in Salt Lake City, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and other groups say Interior Secretary Ken Salazar botched the call in approving up to 215 wells on land proposed for wilderness near the Green River's most scenic, remote stretches.
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The BLM also approved drilling in the Pariette Wetlands and Nine Mile Canyon areas of critical environmental concern. Nearly one-fifth of the project area is roadless, according to the suit.
The Bureau of Land Management does not generally comment on pending litigation, but at the time of the Gasco project approval, Salazar said the plan reflected the Obama administration's commitment to address concerns about aggressive energy development in the Uinta Basin, which already experiences some of the worst wintertime ozone levels in the nation.
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Black bees are somewhat common around our farm, and they were around before I started beekeeping. I can't say where the black bees are coming from, or what genetics are in them, but I can tell you where they are not coming from. I don't have any in my hives, and there are not any apiaries currently within 8 miles of my apiary.This it was taken in spring when I was first getting started with no honey to rob. They were working the dandelions over pretty good too.So my assumption is that it is from a feral colony somewhere not more than a mile or so as there where plenty of pollen and nectar sources available at the time this was taken. It would be great if I could find the colony and see what percentage are black. My guess it that I would find a mix of colors, with good genetics. Finding the queen would prove interesting I'm sure. Maybe I will be able to find this mystical source someday! :-D
It would be interesting to know if these black bees are in fact more hardy or pest resistant than other feral (or domestic) bees. Or are they simply just a different color?


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This proud Regal Glass Peacock with his splendid plumage and brilliant iridescent markings displays the intricate artistry of the glassmaker's art. Handmade at 2000 degrees from layers of molten glass, this blown-glass objet makes a stunning decorative accent. Gift boxed. Each will vary slightly. 7.5"h. x 8"w. x 5"d.
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Background — High Performance Attached Processors Handicapped By Architecture
The application of high-performance accelerators, notably GPUs, GPGPUs (APUs in AMD terminology) to a variety of computing problems has blossomed over the last decade, resulting in ever more affordable compute power for both horizon and mundane problems, along with growing revenue streams for a growing industry ecosystem. Adding heat to an already active mix, Intel's Xeon Phi accelerators, the most recent addition to the GPU ecosystem, have the potential to speed adoption even further due to hoped-for synergies generated by the immense universe of x86 code that could potentially run on the Xeon Phi cores.
However, despite any potential synergies, GPUs (I will use this term generically to refer to all forms of these attached accelerators as they currently exist in the market) suffer from a fundamental architectural problem — they are very distant, in terms of latency, from the main scalar system memory and are not part of the coherent memory domain. This in turn has major impacts on performance, cost, design of the GPUs, and the structure of the algorithms: