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With crisis comes innovation, or so we'd like to believe.
Enter industrial design. At a time of economic belt-tightening, the products that offer both beauty and function are rising in popularity. Furniture, autos, computers, even light bulbs are all subject to reinvention by the world's most talented creators of utilitarian products.
Says Deyan Sudjic, director of the Design Museum London and a design and architecture critic: "Consumers are looking for things that reflect longevity, rather than quick disposal."
To compile our list of industrial designers that best capture this forward way of thinking, we turned to a panel of experts consisting of curators, designers and critics. Each submitted nominations and we compiled the 10 names with the most votes.
In Pictures: Trendsetters Of Industrial Design
Our list consists of both new names and established ones. Arguably the most recognizable,
The principal designer behind Apple products like the iMac and the iPhone, Ive has created such loyalty–often teetering on rabid obsession–that today, a popular marketing catch phrase across all industries is: "We want to be the Apple of insert name here." While he may have some detractors when it comes to user interface, there's no doubt Ive's products look good and, for the most part, work well. "The key is the sense of loyalty that Apple induces," says Sudjic. "Some may say that Apple stuff is not that good, but regardless, it obviously creates strong emotions on both sides."
One of Ive's biggest influences is Dieter Rams, former head of design for Braun and known by many as the "godfather of modern industrial design." Ive, like Rams before him, has brought to the forefront the notion that a single designer can lead a huge corporation.
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Another, if lesser known, name is Shai Agassi. While not a designer per se, Agassi's advocacy for electric cars could steer the direction of auto design for years to come. With his venture-backed company Better Place, headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., Agassi wants to replace gas stations with battery-charging stations, making revving up an electric car as convenient as filling up a gas-powered engine. Currently, the initiative is being tested in Copenhagen, Israel and Hawaii. Agassi is also working with the Renault-Nissan Alliance to introduce an electric vehicle that a mainstream audience can embrace financially, aesthetically and emotionally.
While most of the designers on our list, from Naoto Fukasawa, best known for his work with Japanese home goods store MUJI, to Yves Behar, the mind behind
The ultra-expensive products of designers like Fernando and Humberto Campana remain inaccessible to many, but the Campanas' designs have helped swing the aesthetic pendulum in a new direction. The San Paolo-born brothers produce chairs made from found objects such as stuffed animals and wood chips. The chairs often cost $75,000 each. By making use of found objects in new, seductive ways, the duo trumpeted the idea of sustainable design long before it was a marketing buzzword. Their work, says Andrew Blauvelt, design director and curator at the Walker Art Museum in Minneapolis, Minn., has "expanded the vocabulary of design."
Expert Panel
Reed Kroloff, director, Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Scott Klinker, designer-in-residence, Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Cara McCarty, curatorial director, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, N.Y.
Deyan Sudjic, director, Design Museum London
Andrew Blauvelt, design director and curator, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minn.
Charlie Cannon, associate professor of industrial design, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I.


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SC Police Chief Says Firing was Because She's Gay
The police chief of the Dillon County town of Latta has been fired and she says it is because she is gay.
About 100 people attended a special town council meeting Thursday, hoping to be heard on the firing of Crystal Moore.
But Mayor Earl Bullard said the firing was not on the agenda. Bullard fired Moore on Tuesday and has refused to say why because it's a personnel matter.
Councilman Jarret Taylor says Moore was fired because she would not sign written reprimands before consulting her attorney.
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There are many many reasons I am excited about this shoot!
1- Monique is a goddess and her man Ernie is a stud.
2- Their outfits make me squeal.
3- I could wear stripes everyday of my life and be happy as a clam.
4- These love birds have been in love for 10 years!
5- This was my first shoot since the wedding.
6- My husband came with!
7- the BIKES!
8- "whipped cream grass" as Monique calls it.
9- Moniques tattoos.
10- The beautiful weather and light.
See! Told ya! Lots to be happy about. However; I think the thing I liked the most was when Monique said that we were a "match made in heaven"! It's completely true. Perfect fit!
M&E- i just totally fell in love with you guys. Thanks for putting so much thought and creativity into your shoot! I'm probably going to print like, well, ALL of these for my office! This is the longest blog post I've done and it makes me SO excited for your wedding in May!!
Side note: after going through the engagement/wedding process myself recently (26 days ago) I have a whole new love for what I do! I'm so blessed to be able to take photos of people at their happiest and wrapped up in the arms of the person they love. My engagement and wedding photos are SO important to me and Steve and I are in the process of making every wall in our house and mini-shrine to our love and I wouldn't have it any other way!
OK, why am I talking so much??? We need to get to these photos!!!!
They are SO silly and playful! I adore it.
Monique's tattoo is her grandfather's signature. I love that.
Now for some "whipped cream grass"
This photo of their feet has quickly become my favorite photo!
You two are gorgeous.
Thanks for allowing me to be apart of this phase of your life!
xoxo Sara Lucero


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Disposal List Instructions for California Selective FDLP Libraries
Please send your FDLP disposal lists as e-mail attachments to the Regional FDLP Librarian at firstname.lastname@example.com. Please attach only one disposal list to each e-mail message. You may submit more than one disposal list at a time, but use a separate e-mail message for each list.
Please do not send California state document disposal lists to this e-mail address. Instead, send them to Bill Riddle at email@example.com. Also, please do not mix California state documents with federal documents on any disposal lists.
Purpose and legal basis of the Federal Depository Library Program and California's participation
The intent of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) is to ensure free, open public access to federal documents distributed by the Government Printing Office. The goal of depository libraries in the California Region is to maintain free, open access to government publications by residents of the State.
In pursuit of this goal the California State Library (CSL), as the FDLP Regional Depository for California, has established procedures for Selective Depositories to use when discarding U.S. government depository publications. CSL set up these procedures under the provisions of Legal Requirements & Program Regulations of the Federal Depository Library Program (2011): (http://www.fdlp.gov/file-repository/depository-administration/1984-legal-requirements-and-program-regulations-of-the-federal-depository-library-program/file); and Section 1912, Title 44, of the U.S. Code.
What not to include in FDLP disposal lists
Disposal lists need not include any of the following items, and you can simply dispose of these without offering them:
- Superseded material (see http://www.library.ca.gov/gps/docs/superseded-list-supps-2002.pdf) for instructions on whether an item has been superseded).
- Pamphlets that have been in your collection for at least 5 years. A pamphlet is defined as a print publication 20 pages or less and less than 24 cm tall.
- Microfiche you have had in your collection for at least 5 years, unless you have a long run of a particular title (five or more years or 100 or more numbers of a serial).
- CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs you have had in your collection for at least 5 years.
- Congressional hearings and prints classified Y 4, as long as the hearings have been in your collection for at least 5 years, were issued after 1960, and do NOT fall into any of the following categories:
- Agricultural, Economic, Manufacturing, Population and Housing, and Transportation Census schedules from 1970 to the present-as long as they have been in your collection for at least 5 years. Any older Census schedules and all other Census Bureau publications must be offered.
— hearings that are related to California or California issues (e.g., federal water allocations in the western states),
— hearings concerning Indians in the Western US, or
— hearings on a major historical event or issue (such as the Kennedy Assassination, the Iraq War, Social Security reform, etc.).
Although you do not have to offer these categories of items to the State Library or to any other depository, you are always encouraged before simply recycling or discarding them to see if public libraries or educational institutions in your area want them.
Electronic Substitution
You may substitute electronic publications for tangible publications that have not been in your collection for the required five years, if:
- the electronic publication is official,
(These are usually accessed through a subscription database or FDSys.) - the electronic publication is complete; in that it is an exact replica of the tangible version, and
- free to obtain by the user.
Types of disposal lists
Standard disposal lists should have only items that your institution has had for 5 or more years. Please see below for information on formatting these lists.
If you have duplicates or unselected publications, you can dispose of them before the standard 5-year time is up. Please put these items together on a separate list. Please see below for information on formatting these lists.
For those items for which you wish to substitute an electronic version, see http://www.fdlp.gov/administration/handbook/392-chapter5?start=17 for detailed instructions on substituting. If you do have items for which you feel there is an equivalent, stable electronic version, please send these items on a separate list. Only items that you've had for more than 1 year can be disposed of this way. Please see below for information on formatting these lists.
Please confirm that you actually do have all the materials on your lists before you send them to the California State Library. Our collection is housed in a space the size of a football field, so processing the lists is extremely time- and energy-consuming. We don't have the time to search for and request items and then find out that the offering library created the list from their catalog and is actually missing many of the items on it.
How to format disposal lists
Create a file name for your disposal list that consists of three and only three elements:
- a shortened name of your library (keep it consistent and use the same name for all disposal lists);
- the date on which you are submitting the list, in YYYYYMMDD format; and,
- only if you are sending more than one list on the same day, a dash followed by a number. Different numbers should be assigned sequentially.
For example, the file name of the e-mail attachment containing the second disposal list sent by the Arcadia Public Library on June 26, 2011, would be "Arcadia 20110626-2" (without the quotation marks, of course).
In any subsequent communication with you about the list, we will reference this number. So if in your own records you rename the file, please make sure you can cross-reference between your own file name and the file name you used when you sent the list to us.
Use the file name as the subject line for the disposal list e-mail you send to the California State Library.
At the top of each list, please include
- your depository's name,
- the depository coordinator's name and contact information,
- the file name number of the list,
- the date you are submitting the list to the California State Library, and
- the type of list it is (standard disposal list, duplicates/unselected publications list, or electronic substitution list).
For each title, please include the complete SuDoc number, full title, holdings if applicable (which issues of a serial you have, for instance), format, and the date your institution received it. If your items do not have SuDoc numbers, you may have luck finding records with SuDoc numbers in the Catalog of Government Publications (http://catalog.gpo.gov/) or occasionally in Melvyl (http://melvyl.worldcat.org/). The date of receipt can come from archived shipping lists or from a date stamp on the item in question. (Remember that when you receive a depository shipment, you are required to identify depository publications with a depository stamp that includes either the date of receipt or the shipping list date). If the item in question is a serial, you may simply give the latest issue's receipt date. For electronic substitution lists, please include a column to indicate the location of the electronic item (for instance, "Substitute EL format from GPO," or "Substitute online database http://www.flra.gov/decisions").
You must list your discards in SuDoc order.
Please do not include any extra columns, internal notes, or unexplained symbols.
Create a disposal list in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet or a Microsoft Word document. Before you send us an Excel spreadsheet, please check to be sure that the document prints out only one page wide. If you use Word, please use preset tabs or a table to format the list.
When created in Excel or Word, in roughly 12-point font with 1-1½" margins, your list should be no longer than about five pages. Please do not send us more than five disposal lists per month, unless you have made previous arrangements with the Regional Librarian. It will help us process your lists faster if you weed on a regular basis, sending us smaller lists more frequently rather than enormous lists infrequently. Please consider submitting separate lists for different agencies if you have substantial amounts of material from each.
The State Library's response to disposal lists
Once we receive your disposal list, our goal is to examine it and get back to you within three to four weeks. We may occasionally be unable to meet this deadline, but we will strive to stay close to it.
We will then notify you of any items we wish to claim from your disposal list, and, in most cases, give you permission to offer the rest via the CalDoc-L listserv. In very rare cases, we may not give you permission to withdraw certain materials on your lists, if this would be in the best interests of your depository's patrons or the California FDLP as a whole.
As your Regional, the California State Library requires that you send us at no charge the materials that we claim.
Offering disposal lists via listservs
Generally, we don't require selective depository libraries to offer discards on more than one list. After the California State Library selects what we need, we require that California depositories offer remaining titles via CalDoc-L because it is our responsibility, as Regional, to ensure public access to government information to all California residents. On some occasions, for instance if the material being disposed of is rare and would be valuable to depository libraries outside of California, then we will ask you to post a list of that material on GovDoc-L, but only after you have offered the material first on CalDoc-L. Posting disposal lists on multiple listservs at once is strongly discouraged.
When you post disposal lists on CalDoc-L (or other listservs), the key things to remember are:
- Say that you have been given permission by the California State Library to dispose of these materials.
- If you are substituting electronic items for tangible, please state this in your message.
- If the disposal list is short, you can include it in the body of your e-mail. If it is a few pages long, it's probably better to attach a Word document or Excel spreadsheet. (Keep in mind, though, that GovDoc-L does not accept attachments.) If the list is longer than this, it would be best to break it down into smaller lists, submitting each separately, or to post the file on your library website and include a link to it in the e-mail.
- Give a two-week deadline for other depositories to claim the material. You can make the time period longer if you want to, but you don't have to.
- It's up to you whether your library will pay postage or whether the claiming library will have to pay. Whatever you decide, please state in your listserv post which institution will pay for shipping. In the spirit of the program, we encourage, but do not require, that you send claimed material to other depositories at no charge. As mentioned above, materials that we claim, as Regional, must be sent to us at no charge.
Disposing of unclaimed items
The FDLP places restrictions on disposing of items that no other depository claims. (See Chapter 5 of the FDLP Handbook, especially sections 5.14-16). You can treat the unwanted items as secondary copies, which means that you can offer them to non-depository libraries or educational institutions in your geographic area or even keep them in your regular collection. You can also recycle or sell them (but if you sell them or recycle them for cash, the proceeds and an explanatory letter must be sent to the Superintendent of Documents).
If you have any questions at all about this process, please send your questions to: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Posted on 04/25/2014 2:22:07 PM PDT by NYer
You may remember when this made news a few weeks back.
Now, some teachers are challenging the contract:
About 60 people gathered Tuesday on Fountain Square to protest new language in the Cincinnati archdiocese's teacher contract.
They walked to the archdiocese offices on East Eighth Street, they said, to hand-deliver petitions including an online version initiated locally with more than 24,000 signatures.
The contract, which all teachers in the 19-county archdiocesan school system are required to sign for the 2014-15 school year, includes so-called morality clauses that are more detailed and restrictive than in past teacher contracts.
The contract for the first time spells out that archdiocesan teachers are not allowed to support publicly behavior that is in contrast to Roman Catholic teachings on gay "lifestyles," out-of-wedlock relationships, abortions and certain fertility methods.
Some participants in the "March to Fix the Contract," however, feel alienated. They said the restrictions don't jibe with their own views as Catholics.
"They aren't listening to all Catholics," said Tom Flautt of Anderson Township. "They're only listening to a small group."
He thinks the contract is a thinly veiled attempt to shield the archdiocese from potential lawsuits if, for example, a teacher is fired because of his or her personal beliefs.
"The whole thing is about money," said Flautt. "This contract is an attempt to keep them from having to pay for improper labor actions."
The march drew a mix of parents, students, former teachers and others who support their cause.
And that is why the contracts have been amended.
Anyone who does not like it is free to go work in the PUBLIC schools - if they can take it.
Libtard termites are always free to start the Sodomite Catholic Church, Gay Scouting or whatever. But they never do because they want to take over or at least neutralize any organization which opposes them.
Most notibly absent - the teachers themselves. My guess this massive crowd of 60 mostly contained the last group "others who support their cause".
>>They arent listening to all Catholics, said Tom Flautt of Anderson Township. Theyre only listening to a small group.<<
Jesus, Peter and every Pope since then.
Catholics should know Catholicism isn't a buffet-style faith.
They arent listening to all Catholics, said Tom Flautt of Anderson Township. Theyre only listening to a small group.
Earth to Tom: The Church is supposed to listen to the Holy Spirit, not "all Catholics".
Catholic school. Privately funded. Sorry CINOs ... it's their right.
"They said the restrictions dont jibe with their own views as Catholics.
And that is why the contracts have been amended."
"Their views as Catholics" are irrelevant. If they don't subscribe to (believe in, even though they may sin from time to time) the Church doctrine, they are simply NOT Catholics.
Catholics should know Catholicism isnt a buffet-style faith.
The gulf separating what Catholics know about their faith from what they don't know about it is, well, big.
Just so. None of them are teachers. And there's nothing in the article to indicate that any of them have children in the Catholic school system, either.
I suspect that almost all, or maybe all, of these protestors are gay-loving outsiders. Frankly, it's none of their business.
The Bishop is tightening up the rules now because it wasn't necessary earlier. But better to do it now than have a bunch of trouble down the line with renegade teachers.
Really? Sixty whole people showed up? What a groundswell!
I don't see any reason for private religious schools NOT imposing a strict interpretation of their religious tenets on employees. If parents and teachers don't like it, they can work or have their children go to the public schools and the mayham that a lack of high standards has caused.
The problem could happen if religious schools get any kind of aid, including voucher students. It has opened the doors to federal and state regulation.
Conversely, if you are good enough to get a job as a public school teacher but don't get one, you must have reasons for wanting to be at a parochial school. That would preclude being against their teachings and doctrines.
As this causes a paradox, the answer is that you are unqualified to be a school teacher, so go away.
I imagine these marchers were delighted with the Lesbian Threesome who were recently Married to each other.
"The contract for the first time spells out that archdiocesan teachers are not allowed to support publicly behavior that is in contrast to Roman Catholic teachings on gay "lifestyles," out-of-wedlock relationships, abortions and certain fertility methods."
What horrible, brutal requirements. It's almost like a North Korean labor camp.
I suspect, too, that many organizations need to shore up their bona fides regarding such issues and Obamacare or other challenges present or future.
If the teachers are unhappy about this they should take it up with God. Or they can chose to not to be Christians and not teach in Christian schools.
"What horrible, brutal requirements. Its almost like a North Korean labor camp."
That was very funny. But over on DU Land it would have been quite serious.
Seems to me there are going to be some job openings in that Catholic School system.
Who's forcing gays to teach in Catholic schools?
For making up 2-3% of the population, this group make a hell of a lot of demands on the patience of the rest of us.
Hey, guys! You might try Protestant schools like the one I went to!
Oh, wait, no. The one I went to, at least, is just as up-front and just as serious about expecting the staff to live what they teach, and explicity expects a lot of the same standards. So no, that wouldn't work for you, either.
Look. I realize those standards aren't everybody's thing. If they're not for you, maybe your calling to teaching really doesn't include Christian schools.
Freep-mail me to get on or off my pro-life and Catholic List:
Please ping me to note-worthy Pro-Life or Catholic threads, or other threads of general interest.
Cincinnati is my childhood home, I still live an 1.5-2 hours away from it, and I have much family still there.
One of my grandsons will begin kgarten at the local Catholic school this next schoolyear. (My d-I-l is Catholic)
Cincinnati Parochial Schools are without doubt, and this is based on test scores, the premier schools in the entire state, not just in the city.
If they wish to maintain standards, spiritual/religious standards, then more power to them. Apparently, the entire mix of training, spiritual emphasis, standards, etc., is working beyond fabulously well.
It is a PRIVATE, RELIGIOUS school. These teachers don't have to sign a contract and they don't have to work there. There will be no lack of replacements.
Catholic schools can absolutely demand fidelity to the Church's teaching, when they're hiring teachers. These men and women will be directly affecting the souls of the children in their charge by the example of the way they live their lives of Faith.
Tom Flautt VP of Emmeagram Society of the U. of Cincinnati has already been the subject of pastoral letter by the bishop warning Catholics to steer away from his heretic, gnostic mumble-jumble.
Teachers think they can't be replaced by faithful Catholics, but they can.
Gee whiz, I had a homosexual teacher in my grade school when I was going there. He was a priest, and he taught relgion classes. And he later got caught molesting little boys and sentenced to prison. And that's why they don't want homosexuals teaching in their schools.
HEY NYER if was California not only stupid court would go on teacher side they tell school pay damages trust me
The Catholic Church doesn't keep homosexuals out. They just don't want homosexuals acting on their desires, kind of like adulterers and drunks. When I was in the Marine Corps the BEST chaplain I served with was a homosexual. He had more medals than the regimental commander (he was Vietnam vet as an enlisted man). Everyone loved that guy. He never said he was homosexual, but it was kind of obvious (gentle, kind, very soft voice and a silver star, bronze star and two purple hearts- and about 10 other medals). He was always there for people and was very compassionate, but didn't mind saying, "sometimes life sucks and you move through it."
I can tell story after story about the guy, but basically, if you had a problem, he was the person you sought out.
**Teachers protest new Catholic teacher contract prohibiting gay lifestyles, IVF**
Then they need to find another place to work....period.
The love that dare not speak it's name won't shut the H3LL up any more.
Still no one will identify them as homosexual.
Not me.
they should quit if they don't like it.
If you don't like it, leave.
The school should not just look at failure to sign the contract as grounds for dismissal, but ANY opposition should result in the same.
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I've been listening to the Beyer's for a while now, but recently the Philips Fidelio X1 has caught my eye. They were recommended in another thread, and I'm curious to try an open back headphone, because I never have before.
However, $230 is kind of steep. If the sound signature or sound quality is too similar, then I might not go for the upgrade. I'd love to hear any thoughts about the two.


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The website BlackFriday.info tracks post-Thanksgiving sales ads as they're posted and leaked, giving you one-stop shopping to find out what deals will be worth elbowing strangers in the face for.
Some of the recent additions include Radio Shack and Toys R Us.
While we're on the topic, why or why not do you find braving the Black Friday crowds worth it?
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Paw Prints: Writings of the maddog
Today Cesar Brod, a friend of mine from Brazil, sent me a picture of some fireworks he saw on New Year's Day that had a picture of our favorite penguin on them. It was timely, since it was a year ago today that I wrote another blog entry about Tux and "Penguin Awareness Day" (January 20th) and "World Penguin Day" (April 25th), so today I thought I would remind people of these two magnificent opportunities to help celebrate the existence of Linux while I passed along this picture from Cesar.
Apparently graphics artists around the world look to the Internet when asked by their clients to supply a picture of a penguin. And naturally our cute and cuddly "Tux" shows up as a major part of the images returned from any search.
Also important for graphics art re-use is that the license for the use of the original image of Tux is very liberal, with Larry Ewing, the copyright holder, giving people permission to use the image as long as the user acknowledges him as the author and the GIMP as the creator of the image "if someone asks". The last phrase is probably enough to give most lawyers shivers, but it has allowed Tux to show up in the original unmodified form in areas as diverse as Plumbing supply trucks, air-conditioning repair services, lottery tickets and fireworks.
Of course Wikipedia has an extensive listing on Tux, so I will not go into all of the history behind him, but I do want to pass on one story:
When Tux made his first appearance in 1996 I was at a trade show, and a friend of mine who ran a Linux business selling distributions, T-shirts, and other Linux "things" came up to me and declared his disgust with the choice. I asked him why he did not like it, and he said that Tux was "fat and silly looking" and that we should have had as a mascot a tiger or shark, something with teeth and fangs to rip Microsoft apart.
I thought about this a minute, and told him that I had worked for a computer company for sixteen years, and one thing that I had learned in that time is if the architect of the software likes something, and if the customers liked something, it did not make a bit of difference what you personally liked. He looked at me strangely, and went away.
Three months later we were at another trade show, and he came up to me waving some small penguin dolls, each progressively closer to looking like the one drawn by Larry Ewing. "Tux bumper stickers are flying off the shelf, Tux T-shirts are flying off the shelf, and I am getting this Chinese toy factory to make a plush Tux doll...", he gushed. I did not remind him that only three months before he had hated the penguin and wanted a shark.
After that, of course, plush Tux penguin dolls started appearing everywhere. I was at CeBIT in Hanover Germany in 1998, and in the SAP booth they had a Volkswagen "New Beetle" in their booth, complete with three penguins in the front seat of the car. One large penguin was "driving" with two small penguins in the passenger's seat. A major political figure of Germany showed up at the booth to help open the fair, and just as the TV Cameras were starting to roll, he said "Why are the penguins in the car?" So while the news people were taping the event for the evening news, the SAP people were trying to explain about Linux and Free Software and the political figure (was it the Chancellor...I can not remember) just kept saying "Yes, I know about Free Software, but why the penguins?")
I laughed all the way back to my booth.
At the end of the show, I had a series of very beautiful women come running up to my stand asking "Please, could they have one of those cute, cuddly penguins?" Unfortunately by that time we were out of penguins, but I had a hard time believing that this would happen if the community had picked a shark as a mascot.
So please remember to appreciate penguins on January 20th, April 25th and throughout the year.
Carpe Penguin!
Fireworks As Open Source Technology
Your comments about Fireworks as Open Source Technology took me back forty years to the time I was an electrical engineering student at Drexel Institute of Technology (now Drexel University) in Philadelphia.
I was then (as I am now) interested in many things, including chemistry, and I found a small book in a used bookstore that told how to make all sorts of fireworks and explosives. This peaked my interest in making explosives out of fairly common materials, some of which can actually be found around the home, and others found easily at a local chemical supply house.
Using these chemicals I made an explosive that while wet was completely harmless but when it was dry any slight vibration or movement would set it off.
It was a late Saturday night and things were quiet in the dormitory. I had made a small amount of this substance and had it drying on a towel set into a cigarette ash tray. As I sat there looking at it, I realized that I had made quite a bit more than I thought I had made, and perhaps I should get rid of some of it before it got dry.
I picked up the ashtray to carry it down the hall to the bathroom, when a tiny, tiny crystal (too tiny to see) of the now drying explosive fell off the towel, hitting the floor, and it went:
I was rather stunned by this explosion, and it occurred to me that if a tiny crystal, so small I could not see it made that much of an explosion, then the tens of thousands of crystals I was balancing in my now sweaty hands could make QUITE a BIG explosion.
I carefully (very carefully) carried the rest of the explosive down to the bathroom and flushed it down a comode.
As I walked back to my room, tiny crystals that had fallen off wet had now dried on the floor, and the vibrations of my feet set them off:
Fearing the floor monitor would find out what I had been doing, I called all of my friends out of their rooms and we collectively stomped up and down the hall setting off the crystals.
After no more explosions, they asked me where else I had been, and I told them the bathroom. We went there, and a friend of mine who was oblivious to the whole situation had been sitting in the stall where I had dumped the explosive. "What is going on?" he asked, "Every time I move I hear explosions going off!"
Fortunately the floor monitor never found out about my experiment. I do not recommend this experiment for anyone. I even hid the book behind others on my shelf. I still have the book..and I note that the book jacket has a hole cut in just the right place, so the books name "Pyrotechnics" has just the word "Pyro" showing through.
Of course the next week I created a blow-gun out of map tacks and soda straws....but that is another story. -
Linus on penguins
"Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen an angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100 mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had."
* Torvalds, Linus (1996-06-09). Post to comp.os.linux.announce newsgroup [from WikiQuote]
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Carpe Penguin!
When I met "maddog" for the first time at the Linux World in San Jose, CA, in 1999, Tux was already widely accepted among the always growing Linux community. I just got to know the Penguin Fireworks (Fogos Pinguin) is a manufacturer from a small city in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. There is another one in China. None of them seem to have a webpage. It was quite funny though to be on vacation in the city of Aruja, in Sao Paulo, and see that my brothers in law had bought the Penguin Fireworks. So, of course, I had to take a picture and send it to my "godfather". Thinking about it, fireworks are pretty much open source technology. In fact, along with the "official" fireworks, we also had some home grown, "hacked" explosives along with the Penguin brand. Although I would not advice anyone to play with fireworks unless knowing *exactly* what this means and also the security measures needed to be in place, I still advise people to take the Linux Tux for a walk and freely play with it! Thanks for the mention, "maddog". Happy New Year to you and everyone!
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At least it wasn't as bad as game one.
The Tigers lost game two of the World Series, 2-0. To sum up the game, it was a pitcher's duel. Madison Bumgarner and Doug Fister both pitched five scoreless innings, but the Giants offense turned on late in the game and eventually Fister was the first pitcher to crack.
The game began with both team's offenses not being able to crack the pitching. Prince Fielder almost scored in the second inning until being called out. It took six innings before Fister finally gave in and had a ground out double play that scored Hunter Pence. At that point, Fister was yanked from the game and was replaced by Drew Smyly, who also gave up a run via a Hunter Pence sacrifice single that scored Angel Pagan.
To sum up Fister's day, it was not good enough. Fister gave up only four runs while Bumgarner gave up two. Fister had three strikeouts while Bumgarner had eight. Fister just wasn't simply the dominate pitcher he was earlier in the playoffs.
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NightWatch 20100630
For the Night of 30 June 2010
South Korea: The National Defense Ministry is seeking a sharp increase in next year's budget to improve its fighting capability, according to a report in The Associated Press on 30 June. Ministry officials agreed to request 31.6 trillion won ($25.8 billion) next year to introduce new weapons and improve military hardware and welfare facilities for troops, a ministry official said. The amount would represent a 6.9 percent increase from the 29.5 trillion won budgeted this year, which was a 3.6 percent increase from the year before, he added.
The sinking of the patrol ship Cheonan is part of the justification for the increase.
North Korea: The communist party's newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, published an editorial predicting the Korean Workers' Party will expand its power when it convenes the party plenum in September, Yonhap reported on 30 June. The upcoming party delegate meeting is a show of comrade Kim Jong Il's will to bolster the leadership role and functions of the party, the paper stated, carried by the North's Korean Central Television.
Comment: Today's editorial is related to the succession process and is significant for several reasons. The media treatment of the coming party plenum indicates a key decision has been made to promote the primacy of the party in the media and deemphasize military leadership. Readers will recall that earlier in the year, Kim Chong-il's third and youngest son, Kim Jung-un, was described as the "young general." Some reports attributed the sinking of the South Korean patrol ship Cheonan to the brilliance of the "young general." He also is known for his fireworks displays in honor of his father's birthday.
One explanation for the soon-to-be restored prominence of the Party is that the campaign to promote the 27-year old's military achievements flopped. The crusty old Army Corps commanders would not buy the fantasy of the lad's military leadership genius. The only uniform the young man ever wore was in a Swiss boarding school. He will never be accepted as a military leader, but the military leadership will be loyal to the head of the party, state and government, at least for a time.
And that is the significance of restoring the leadership role of the Party. The young successor can be designated the Party leader without having to prove much beforehand. The title commands military and government loyalty.
The ironic backdrop is that Kim Chong-il is responsible for the downgrading of the party in North Korean national life. In 1994, after his father's death, Kim blamed the party functionaries for North Korea's agricultural and development disasters and promulgated the military first policy of the last 16 years. This was a calculated move to suborn the loyalty of the Corps Commanders and make it personal to himself rather than to national institutions. Kim also never wore a military uniform or did a moment of physical training and was afraid of a military coup or assassination.
Kim and his family have gotten away with a lot and are about to do more. Now Kim, his brother-in-law Chang or whoever is making the key decisions is reversing course to restore the primacy of the Party. In an oriental despotism, even one that parades as a communist state, the despot can do anything he thinks he can get away with.
The restoration of the leadership role of the Party might ease angst in China over dynastic succession in a communist state. It also will make it easier for North Koreans to follow the new leadership lineup, as an institutional collective - the Politburo - instead of personal rule. That too implies the campaign to sell the youngster as the next great leader fell short even among the civilian population.
Nevertheless, falling back on communist orthodoxy after so many years of flaunting it does not bode well for the stability of government after Kim Chong-il dies or becomes unable to govern. It is ironic that the leaders in Pyongyang see no other path but to restore the Party.
India-Jammu and Kashmir State: The Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is the source of attacks on Indian security forces in the Kashmir Valley, according to Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram, The Times of India reported 30 June. Chidambaram chaired a meeting attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Defense Minister A. K. Antony on militant activity, and said in a press briefing following the meeting that militants in the Sopore area are linked to LeT. He said two LeT militants were killed in an operation in Sopore a few days ago.
Comment: The significance of the statements identifying the LeT as implicated in recent attacks is that they are crafted to exert pressure on Pakistan because the terrorist group is based in Pakistan. Indian leaders interpret LeT and other attacks as indicating the Pakistan government is doing little to nothing to ease security burdens on India, despite high-level, official Pakistani professions of good will.
India's approach is to match actions against words. This means India expects to see a decline in LeT and other attacks originating from Pakistan if the Pakistani government is sincere. Thus the purpose in reporting nearly every terrorist action in Kashmir is to register every attack as an indicator whether Pakistani leaders are taking action to suppress terrorism, or are just making high-sounding speeches.
At this point, Indian leaders would seem justified in concluding that Pakistan's actions do not match its words.
Pakistan: The Interior Ministry's National Crisis Management Cell has issued a warning about terrorist attacks in Lahore, The News reported 30 June. A letter sent to officials regarding the threat alert advised that "miscreants" carried out detailed reconnaissance of several places in Lahore "for conducting terrorist activities" in the near future.
The targets included the U.S. and Canadian Consulates, Khana-e-Farhang Iran, Royal Palm Golf Club, Hotel Pearl Continental, CIA security stations in Model Town and Kotwali, the Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) office at Raiwind Road, and other several other facilities.
Comment: There have been many false alarms, but the price of security requires responding to reports of reconnaissance. It is the first overt act indicating serious intent beyond talking. Reports of reconnaissance must be treated as actionable intelligence because of the risks the terrorist scouts must take in public exposure, even when the reports are dubious. That is part of the price of being safe. An alert to police post is an appropriately reflexive response, meaning an action congruent with the nature and quality of the evidence.
Afghanistan: CNN and other news services reported today that a suicide attack at a NATO-operated airport in Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan killed three militants and injured a NATO soldier, Xinhua reported. A press official with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stated that a group of militants armed with weapons and suicide vests stormed the eastern part of the Jalalabad airport. Afghan and NATO-led troops repelled the attack, the official said, adding that the situation is under control and all the attackers were killed.
Comment: This kind of attack, against airports, essentially is a non-event, albeit a favorite of the Taliban. Even if the suicide bombers get through base security, they accomplish nothing of significance. Airports are difficult to disable absent a massive bombing raid which the Taliban are incapable of mounting. Damage, even from advanced air forces, is easily and quickly repaired.
The propaganda value from such attacks is short-lived, if any. The airfield at Jalalabad is not a major airfield. No special talent or skill is required in committing suicide outside the gate. For the Taliban it is a waste of assets in a pointless attack. Attacks against air fields expose the shallowness of Taliban thinking and targeting. They go for easy targets, rather than important ones.
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"BADGEWORTH, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Dudstone, in the county of Gloucester, 4 miles to the E. of Gloucester. Cheltenham is its post town. It lies near the Gloucester and Cheltenham branch railway, and contains the hamlets of Bentham, Little Shurdington and Little Witcomb, with part of Great Shurdington. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, of the value, with the curacy of Great Shurdington, which is annexed to it, of £295, in the patronage of J. E. Viner, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The poor of this parish have the benefit of an endowment by Cox, of £100 per annum. There are an endowed school and other small charities. The principal residence is Badgeworth House.""BENTHAM, a hamlet in the parish of Badgeworth, and hundred of Dudstone, in the county of Gloucester, 4 miles to the E. of Gloucester."
"LITTLE SHURDINGTON, a hamlet in the parish of Badgeworth, hundred of Upper Dadstone, county Gloucester, 4 miles E. of Gloucester."
"LITTLE WITCOMB, a hamlet in the parish of Badgeworth, county Gloucester, adjoining Witcomb Magna. [Recorded as WITCOMB PARVA in Gazetteer -RL 2003]"
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Leaked emails, global warming hoax, Rush Limbaugh, and "Climategate" are fighting words. The man or mad scientist at the center of the storm is Professor Phil Jones, director of the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit who calls the emailgate "rubbish" but adds that this has been the worse week of his life.
Science is only science if it is reproducible. The research and data that is published and practiced by men with Ph.D. behind their names gets shared with the scientific world. They conduct the research in such a way that it can be reproduced with little or no trouble by other scientists. They do not have to prove anything. However, the onus is on other scientists to disprove it with their independent research. That said, what do we have here in "Climategate?"
The climate change deniers see "collusion" while the scientists at the center see "nonsense." The emails in question, hacked and put on a Russian server where they were quickly disseminated all over the Web: "…if the emails are correct, they "might highlight behaviour that those individuals might not like to have made public." But he added, "Let's separate out [the climate scientists] reacting badly to the personal attacks [from sceptics] to the idea that their work has been carried out in an inappropriate way."
Phil Jones is not the only mad scientist — he has company: Michael Mann, James Hansen, Michael Oppenheimer, Stephen Schneider, and Kevin Trenberth.
And the big question that looms for myself and for the media is how will this affect the Copenhagen talks? Will this global warming science conference simply melt down under the weight of these emails? Climatologists are not holding their breath on this one. They are not worried that their decades of research are being hailed as "fraudulent." Or that this is being described as the biggest scam of the century. Or about talkers like Rush Limbaugh and his over-the-top charge of "made-up research."
The revealed emails go back to 2004 and Dr. Mann does not look good with egg on his face. The slant and the use of the leaks is yet supposition and allegation. Yes, the emails exist and have been revealed to the public. But do they sound a death knell for measures to limit man-made climate change? Or will they just be a footnote to the start of the age of cap and trade?
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What does HAZMAT mean in Ocean Science?
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The World's Largest Gummy Bear
Five-pound gummy bear is equal to 1400 regular-sized bears.
The World's Largest Gummy Bear is the lion of the candy world. There is no candy more magnificent or more powerful. This five-pound beast is the equivalent of 1,400 regular sized gummy bears and packs a whopping 6,120 calories.
Its monstrous size is only matched by its enormous taste. The World's Largest Gummy Bear tastes just as delicious as its pint-sized counterpart.
Available in many flavors: blue raspberry, red cherry, green apple, orange, pineapple, bubblegum, grape, cherry cola, and two three-tone bears. Hand-made in the USA.
Features & specs
- Dimensions: 9.5" x 5.5" x 3.5"
- Equivalent to 1400 regular-size gummy bears
- Weighs approximately 5 pounds
- 6,120 calories!
- Hand-made in the USA with domestic ingredients
- Gluten-free
- One year shelf life
Watch our World's Largest Gummy Bear video
These are real. They are awesome. You can buy them.
We'll admit that the World's Largest Gummy Bear (aka WLGB) is both disgusting and glorious. Here are the mind-numbing facts of this colossal candy:
- It's the equivalent of 1,400 regular sized gummy bears.
- It weighs approximately 5 LBS!
- It's 9.5 inches tall.
- There are 51 servings per World's Largest Gummy Bear.
A delicious 6,120 calorie snack
Nutritionally, the World's Largest Gummy Bear isn't on par with a bag of trail mix. This gummy "snack" may take a few weeks (and the help of a few friends) to polish off because there are fifty-one 120-calorie servings in each bear.
If stored in a sealed bag or container between uses, the World's Largest Gummy Bear will last up to a year. Just make sure to keep it away from extreme heat and sunlight so it doesn't melt.
Many methods of consumption. All are delicious.
We know what you're thinking: "How am I supposed to eat this delicious creature?" Depending on your culinary style, you can either use a knife and fork or just dig in with your hands.
The Bite, Tear, and Chew Method:
The Knife & Fork Method:
Nutritional Information
The World's Largest Gummy Bear is not intended for one man to eat in one sitting (unless that one man happens to be Michael Phelps).
We suggest you bust it out at a party or gnaw away at it for a few months (it will last up to a year!).
If eaten in appropriate amounts, the WLGB probably won't kill you :).
Serving size: | 1.4 ounces |
Servings per WLGB: | 51 |
Calories: | 120 |
Calories from fat: | 0 |
Sodium: | 10mg |
Carbs: | 29g |
Sugars: | 19g |
Protein: | 2g |
Ingredients: Corn syrup, sugar, gelatin (pork source), sorbitol, citric acid, natural and artificial flavors, vegetable oil, carnuba wax, canola oil, lecithin from soybeans, water, rosemary extract. Contains soy.
Astro: Red #40, Yellow #5, Blue #1
Blue Raspberry: Blue #1
Bubblegum: Red #40, Blue #1
Cherry: Red #40
Cherry Cola: Yellow #5 & #6, Red #40, Blue #1 & #2, Caramel Color
Grape: Blue #1, Red #40
Green Apple: Blue #1, Yellow #5
Orange: Yellow #6
Pineapple: Red #40, Blue #1
Can't handle this much gummy?
Try our Giant Gummy Bear on a Stick. It's a mere 1/2 pound.
And it comes on a stick! Available in many delicious flavors.
Long shelf life
The World's Largest Gummy Bear (just like the Giant Gummy Bear on a Stick) has a shelf life of approximately one year. What exactly does this mean? Assuming that you keep the bear sealed in its plastic bag and store it at room temperature, it will remain edible for up to a year. You could even store it in the fridge. Between binges, you should keep the WLGB away from extreme heat and sunlight.
Frequently Asked Questions
The World's Largest Gummy Bear is such a fantastical specimen of the candy world that it elicits many a question. Hundreds upon hundreds of your inquiries have also been answered via our "Burning Question" feature (see below).
However, there have been a few questions to which we didn't know the answer (such as "Will it blend?"). So, we decided to find out. We hope you enjoy viewing the results below.
What's up with the calories?
The World's Largest Gummy Bear is approximately 6,120 calories. In our video, we incorrectly state 12,600. When the video was made, we had incorrect information regarding the calorie count. This information was soon copied and spread across the internet. Sorry for the confusion!
Available in many delicious flavors
Like all of the biggest and most awesome things, the World's Largest Gummy Bear is (hand) made in the USA.
You can enjoy this delectable monster in a variety of flavors.
- Top row: Red Cherry, Orange, Green Apple, Blue Raspberry, and 3-Tone (Blue Raspberry, Orange, Red Cherry).
- Bottom row: Grape, Bubblegum, Pineapple, Cherry Cola, and Astro (Red Cherry, Lemon, Green Apple).
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Smash that 'Add to Cart' button!
Burning Questions: You Ask, We Answer
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First, please watch the video to the right. It explains the Burning Question feature and answers some common questions.
Now, if there is something that you need to know about this product that we've omitted, please send us an anonymous question and we promise to answer it within 1 business day.
Now, if there is something that you need to know about this product that we've omitted, please send us an anonymous question and we promise to answer it within 1 business day.