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Expert's Rating
- Excellent noise cancellation across a range of radically different environments
- Sleek, touch-sensitive gesture control pad
- Light, compact, and comfortable
- Surprisingly sub-par wired performance
- Ambient sound modes are practical, not perfect
- Noise cancellation effectiveness varies by context
Our Verdict
With its fabulous MDR-1000X noise-cancelling headphones, Sony is putting Bose on notice. These cans deliver a one-two punch of great sound and terrific active noise cancellation.
Sony is a respected brand in the mainstream headphone market, and deservedly so. But ask the average consumer about noise-cancelling headphones and they're apt to mention a different brand: Bose. And deservedly so—even if only because of the company's relentless marketing campaigns for its QuietComfort line (although to be fair, Bose founder Dr. Amar Bose was first to commercialize the concept).
Sony's new MDR-1000X Bluetooth headphones aren't the company's first effort building noise-cancelling headphones, but they are a prime threat to knock Bose off its throne. They won't convince everyone of their superiority, but they are pretty great cans.
All the latest tech
Sony's active noise cancellation is superb. Small microphones mounted inside as well as outside each ear cup detect ambient noise in the environment. The headphones then produce mirror-image sound waves that cancel those unwanted noises without masking desirable frequencies in the music you're listening to. I'll dive deeper into that later.
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MDR-1000X noise-cancelling Bluetooth headphones
On the audio side, the MDR-1000X use a 1.57-inch driver with a liquid crystal polymer diaphragm capable of reproducing a frequency range of 4Hz up to 40kHz—both extremes are well beyond the range of human hearing. If you intend to use the MDR-1000X as wired headphones, you'll be happy to note that they are relatively easy to drive, presenting 46 Ohms of impedance.
NFC makes Bluetooth pairing supremely easy if your smartphone or digital audio player also supports near-field communication. Simply tap the two devices together and you're done. Support for Sony's LDAC Bluetooth codec means these headphones can receive high-res audio content without requiring any down-conversion (DSD being a notable exception).
LDAC can stream up to 96kHz/24-bit audio at rates as high as 990Kbps over a Bluetooth connection. As with most other Bluetooth codecs outside the Bluetooth standard (e.g., aptX), LDAC must be supported by both the player and the receiver. Since none of the high-res digital audio players I had on hand—including Sony's own NWZ-A17—support LDAC, I was unable to test this feature.
If you listen mostly to lossily encoded music files (iTunes, MP3s, or WMA tracks, for example), take note that the MDR-1000X also includes Sony's S-Master HX amplifier and its DSEE HX digital sound enhancement engine that upscales compressed digital audio files.
Close in size to the Bose Quiet Comfort 35
Sony gets high marks for its design effort. The MDR-1000x are extremely lightweight and portable. The arms collapse and the ear cups fold flat for travel, and they'll slip easily into a backpack, carry-on, or large handbag. I compared them head-to-head and side by side with Bose's flagship Quiet Comfort 35 headphones. When folded, both headphones are almost exactly the same size, and just a few centimeters separate the size of their carry cases.
Compared to the QC35, the MDR-1000x feel snugger, with plush synthetic-leather ear cups that fit closer to your ears and offer better passive noise isolation. If you have large ears, you might find that your ears brush the edges of the ear cups. They don't create the same cavernous sense of space around your ears that the Bose do.
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Bose QuietComfort 35 wireless headphones
The right ear cup possesses some special magic—it's a flat touch-sensitive gesture pad that you can use for audio control. While in wireless mode, you can swipe your finger toward the back of your head to rewind the song you're playing or go to the previous one. Swiping forward advances to the next song. Touching the middle of the ear cup toggles pause and play. Finally, swiping up turns the volume up and swiping down lowers it. This isn't a gimmick, it handily solves the problem of figuring out which button does what on headphones.
Situational awareness
Most over-the-ear headphones are good at reducing ambient noise even without electronics, but the MDR-1000X is better than most. Still, there are times when you want to hear your music and hear what's going on around you—when you're waiting to hear a boarding call at the airport, for instance.
Sony's aforementioned microphones come into play here, too. While the mics themselves can't tell the difference between the annoying drone of an airliner's engine and the sound of a flight attendant asking if you'd like a drink, the digital signal processor they're connected to—Sony's Sense Engine—can.
The DSP has four modes. The first is Personal NC Optimizer, which runs three series of sound sweeps to analyze your personal characteristics and how you wear your headphones—Sony says it can even compensate for the break in the ear-cup seal caused by wearing eyeglasses. It then optimizes the sound accordingly. I found the NC Optimizer to be highly effective in my tests in both quiet and ambient-noise-heavy environments.
The second is Quick Attention mode. And it's brilliant. Hold you hand over the right ear cup, and the music will drop to a whisper so you can hear everything around you. Lower your hand and your music returns instantly. It's an eminently practical feature, but it's far from sonically perfect. It worked as advertised every time I tested it, but hiss and digital artifacts made it sound like I was in a garden with birds chirping in the background.
Two ambient sound modes—normal and voice—keep you aware of your surroundings while you listen to your music. Ambient sound mode is enabled—and active noise cancellation disabled—when you press a button on the rear left ear cup. Pressing the button toggles between the two modes, and the external sounds you want to hear will come through the headphones along with the music.
Ambient Sound Normal Mode is very good. I tested it in both an airline terminal and during a four-hour flight and found that I could lift one or both of the ear cups and hear little difference between wearing the headphones or taking them off. The ambient noise level was also very consistent with my surroundings. I couldn't increase or reduce it using the built-in volume controls.
Ambient Sound Voice Mode worked for announcements or if someone was speaking to me while I was wearing the headphones, but I found its effectiveness (or should I say annoyance) varied based on my surroundings. In my tests, Voice Mode was superb at home and in low-noise environments. I never had any problems. But, when I was in high-noise environments, such as an airport terminal, a cafe, or even in an airplane, Voice Mode had significant trouble. In the airline terminal, for example, it was like I suddenly had super-hearing. Small sounds such as crumpling paper or plastic became annoyingly intense and amplified. During in-flight announcements, voices sometimes exhibited audible clipping and harshness. Some in-flight announcements were even unintelligible and sounded like the "wah wah wah" adults in a Charlie Brown movie.
The bottom line is that all the modes work as advertised, but their effectiveness varies according to your surroundings.
Cafe, airport, and airplane tests
The MDR-1000X's performance in real-world, road-warrior environments—airplanes, cafes, and airports—was impressive. I tested the MDR-1000X with an Onkyo DP-X1 and Astell&Kern AK70 high-res DAPs (reviews of both are forthcoming), an iPhone 7, and an iPad Air. I used the headphones wirelessly about 80 percent of the time, and in wired mode 20 percent of the time.
These are great-sounding wireless headphones, but be warned: the MDR-1000X has a split personality when wired. Use the included five-foot cable, but leave the headphones turned off, and they'll sound two-dimensional: Thick in the mid-range and dull at the top end. I didn't like it. I tested my observations with several DAPs and a NuForce DAC/headphone amp and had the same negative experience each time.
Turn the headphones on (even without noise cancellation engaged) and the mid-range and top end immediately open up. They sound detailed and very well balanced. You'll enjoy the MDR-1000X most when they're powered up.
Highly effective noise cancellation
While sitting at a Peete's Cafe at the Houston Airport, the MDR-1000X did a superb job of lowering the noise floor and cancelling out ambient music around me. Consequently, I found that I could play my own music at lower levels and hear more detail than I could with the Bose QC35. Switching between the two headphones in the cafe, I consistently found that I had to play the Bose QC35s about 20-percent louder than the Sony to get the same level of musical satisfaction.
The Sony headphones eliminated most traces of Justin Bieber's "Sorry" and Daughtry's "What About Now" blaring out of the cafe's PA system. I felt and heard more bass thumps with the Bose. In this and similar contexts, I found the Sony's active noise cancellation to be superior to Bose's.
That all changed, however, once I got in the airplane. The Bose QC35s must be optimized specifically for air travel, because they were nothing short of spectacular at eliminating engine noise in flight. I switched between the two pairs several times during my four-hour flight. The MDR-1000X were really good, but they just couldn't knock out the Bose.
The way in which I used Sony's Personal NC Optimizer also made a big difference. When I opened up the overhead air vent during my flight, for example, I heard the "shhhh" sound loudly in my ear cup when I turned my head. I ran the optimizer a second time while tilting my head side to side, so that the air hit the headphone. This time when the optimizer finished, the noise cancellation blocked out the majority of the ambient noise plus the vent sounds.
When it came to noise cancellation plus music or movies, however, I much preferred the Sony's warm, balanced sound to the Bose's comparatively thin voicing. No matter how many times I switched between the two, I always preferred the Sony to the Bose in flight.
Which brand wins?
Sony's MDR-1000X are stellar headphones with scary-good noise-cancelling abilities in a wide range of environments. They deliver great musical performances, and they're loaded with high-end features. They're a fantastic choice for music-loving road warriors. If all you really care about is noise cancellation inside an airliner cabin, on the other hand, the Bose QC35 carry the day.


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Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Crawling out from the debris...
I know, I know... it does not reveal much of the inside does it? We will get some pictures posted once we get the sea of boxes dealt with. While we could take our time and slowly go through the boxes, we are the types that need to get everything opened and out so we can figure out where to put it. It is a little overwhelming at first, but things start to find their home much faster once we can see them, rather than leaving them in the box and trying to find what we need by guessing from the description on the box. We at least were able to get cable and internet hooked up today - the distraction is very welcome against what seems like a million pieces of packing paper.
I hope you will understand if we are not able to post daily updates with recipes until things calm down a bit here. I promise to try my best though!
11 comments:
- Anonymous9/05/2007 09:51:00 PM
I am so glad things went smoothly at closing and you are in the new house. Now to make it a home. Take your time and get back with your readers when you can. JancdReplyDelete
- Anonymous9/05/2007 10:41:00 PM
We were thinking of you today and hoping that the movers were doing a good job for you and not drop any boxes or furniture. I know how nervewracking moving is. Take your time Joe as far as the recipes are concerned, unpacking and getting settled is first. We are happy to wait and learn that you are happy in your new home and all settled in.ReplyDelete
Your Blog is such a big part of our
lifes, would not miss it for anything. Take care you two, and we will be in touch, Rita
I was thinking of you today and knew exactly how you felt. Everytime I move I do the same as you, I have to open every boxes and see before I can place anything anywhere. After 2 weeks of unpacking I still have to figure out couple things. A good bottle of wine always help during the unpacking.ReplyDelete
Take your time, rest well, and comeback with more pictures.
Congrats on the new house Joe!!! And best of luck with all the unpacking!!! That is always such a huge job. Can't wait to see the photos of your new kitchen when you get the chance.ReplyDelete
Hello Joe,ReplyDelete
Congratulations on the new home, and the (so far) successful move.
We've been cooking quite a few recipes from your site over the last year. Absolute toppers were Lasagna soup, Beef, Cheese, and Noodle Bake, Chicken and Sausage Gumbo, Fish Tacos with Lime-Cilantro Crema, Curried Chicken with Couscous, Mediterranean Spaghetti, Crunchy Shrimp with Toasted Couscous, Ginger-Orange Sauce and Tomato and Sausage Risotto, and a lot more.
We tend to experiment a lot with the recipes we find, so we adjusted most of them slightly to fit our own taste, or simply because availibility of some ingredients varies.
We visit the blog daily, and we look forward to seeing more recipes and, of course, some pictures of the new kitchen!
Best of luck, and be good,
Eric - The Netherlands.
Hey - I think you're amazing to have blogged at all with so many boxes cluttering the place up. How on earth did you know which one had the computer? And how terrific that you sorted the computer first ... a blogger to your fingertips.ReplyDelete
Well done, and we look forward to hearing more about the move and the new kitchen when you've put everything away
Good luck
Good luck with the unpacking! I've done it a couple times and it's always different each time. Sometimes it's a pain, sometimes it's enjoyable, but it mainly all depended how I made it.ReplyDelete
Take your time and don't feel rushed.
Welcome to your new home! I am so happy for you! Enjoy the unpacking - it is always fun to find treasures you'd forgotten about. Hey, I'm still unpacking...but, I'm slow...ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9/06/2007 06:59:00 PM
Good luck moving in and getting settled! I hate moving, but it always does feel so good once you are done and everything is in its new place...ReplyDelete
Joe honey, so glad that you all got through smoothly with the signing. Indeed, welcome home! I know it will seem a little overwhelming at times but I know that you're very good at organising and soon, things will be in place.ReplyDelete
Jancd - We are trying, slowing our things are emerging from the boxes!ReplyDelete
Rita - Thank you - we are trying to take our time, but I'm very anxious to get things back to "normal".
Helene - I think I could have used a good couple of bottles today!
Pat - Thanks! We should be posting pictures early this week.
Eric - Wow! You've made a nice dent in our lists. I hope we can continue to inspire your creations!
Joanna - good guessing on our part I think! hee hee!
Christina - Thankfully, we had people pack up our old house. That is good and bad - we're come across a few precious things that have been broken =(
Sara - Yes! I do enjoy searching through the boxes to see what comes up!
Courtney - I'm anxious to get to that point so we can just enjoy the place!
Cynthia - Thank you! I sure does feel overwhelming, but I think things are finally starting to calm down a bit.

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Soaring - HomeWord - October 24, 2017
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This devotional was written by Kelly McFadden
But those who wait on the LORD will find new strength. They will fly high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. —Isaiah 40:31
When I was a kid, I shared with my grandmother that I wanted to be a ballerina. She made sure I knew what a horrible idea that was, so I didn't even try. I never have forgotten the deflated feeling I experienced at that moment. Looking back, ballet was simply a dream and maybe a silly one. But, it was my dream and it was taken away by a simple comment.
Think about a time when you heard the words, "You can't..." I am not talking about when you were a kid and your mom wouldn't let you stay out late on a school night. I'm talking about dreams. Think of a time when you shared a dream or a goal with someone and the response was "impossible." No one likes to hear "You can't," "You mustn't," "You won't," or "impossible." Unfortunately, it gets said far too often and many become discouraged and give up on pursuing their dreams.
Thank God that there are people who persist in their dreams even in the midst of naysayers. Think of how our world would be different if the great visionaries of our time in the areas of science, medicine, transportation, technology and Christianity had been dissuaded from pursuing their passion.
Our Lord invites us to "soar on wings like eagles, to walk and not be weary, to run and not be faint." Jesus looks us squarely in the eye and tells us, "YOU can do all things through Me." (See Philippians 4:13.)
Today, be reminded that the Lord has something special for your life. Seek out your dream. Listen to the Lord saying, "You can, I am with you." Push through the hard times and cling to the promises of God. He will help you soar like an eagle. He will help you get exactly where you need to go, no matter what anyone else says.
1. What dream has the Lord put on your heart? How can you move forward and reach it?
2. How can you better encourage others to become and to do all that God desires for them?
1 Corinthians 1:25; Philippians 4:13; 1 Peter 4:11
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ok first I have to apologize for not having relevant pictures, but I'm still working on the demo items students can learn for each session...there have been a number of things I've been doing, and am dying to continue work on the I'm a Giant challenge! I've put up a dedicated page link to chart my progress, am looking forward to seeing the other bloggers' progress too! Do comment with your bloglink if you're participating too!
I'm revisiting an old item, as work on the wholesale list progresses. I've decided to switch over to using ADC for most of my larger scale items as it's easier on my hands (polymer clay at larger scales = too much time wasted conditioning and mixing clay colours), and it's much lighter so the dolls can actually pose better with them.
Thinking back on the process, I wonder why I even bothered detailing each individual kernel -_-" But in my mind, it adds to the realism, be honest though, should I even have bothered? Each corn gunkan-maki has approx 20-21 kernels which takes about 45mins to an hour to just ROLL out -_-" inclusive of painting time, I spent over 7 hrs (excluding drying time) for just 3 measly corn sushi *digs out eyes* Will probably have to use 'dummy' pieces for those at the bottom....but somehow...somehow....yeayea the OCD tendency has kicked into high gear lately.
Main reason being THIS:
Inkscape is super uber duper fun, right? FINALLY I am able to make my own graphics! There's a tonne of free stuff out ther, but read the licensing terms carefully though, there is so much to learn. to keep things simple I only use material that is free for personal and commercial use, with no attribution necessary. I'm still working on my bakery boxes, have a few printed that need to be folded ^ ^ Can't wait to finish them, maybe tomorrow when Asuka comes over to the office again to play! v ^ ^
time to play compare and contrast, old vs new (left vs right):
Tamago (Egg) sushi....top two were made from polymer clay...I find ADC does lend a certain 'softness' to the larger scales...
This certainly has been an interesting exercise, comparing and contrasting my own work. looking back at my earlier sushi, I feel they're incredibly cartoonish, and I'm almost embarrassed that I sold them :( but back then, I was darn proud of 'em! I'm glad I didn't give up and my customers didn't give up on me...
technically, I don't think I could work with sukerukun at 1:12. it dries really fast, and these took a lot of experimentation to get 'right' :( moreover, caning with ADC = plenty of wastage....well i guess i'll be making a lot of makizushi XD
*mutters under breath* stupid speck of dust.
well. even the plate looks slightly better hurhur :X changed the way I made the sushi too! though the packets look weird on that plate LOL it belongs with supermarket sushi....:S
thanks for indulging me @^_^@
go home le.........
oh ya, link to my workshops page is on the top right of my blog. or you can follow the link here:
still sorting out my webpage and stuff.....gonna be a lot of shuffling around.......@ @


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High spirits and good times are hard to come by in "Muppets Most Wanted," the anxious follow-up to the commercially successful 2011 reboot ("The Muppets") and the seventh Muppet sequel to follow in the animal tracks of "The Muppet Movie" in 1979.
I'm not sure what young newcomers will make of this sardonic take on the felt-covered universe, created by the late Jim Henson long before Disney got ahold of it. The pop culture references, mostly fleeting, have their way with "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Jerry Maguire," though the sight of Ray Liotta, Danny Trejo and "Flight of the Conchords" mainstay Jemaine Clement leading a Siberian gulag prisoner ensemble in a number from "A Chorus Line" certainly is novel. Some of the jokes sound funnier than they really are. Director and co-writer James Bobin, working with screenwriter Nicholas Stoller, is an awfully clever guy, but the pairs' pacing and character instincts are shaky this time out. I did like Ty Burrell's fastidiously lazy Interpol agent, drinking espresso out of the tiniest cup imaginable. But if you've come to the end of your second paragraph in a "Muppets Most Wanted" review and haven't mentioned a single Muppet, something's wrong.
Weirdly, much of what made "Cars 2" a drag — the violent James Bond spoofing and a general, cynical sense of mayhem — has somehow floated over to this franchise installment. The film begins seconds after filming has wrapped on the 2011 "Muppet Movie." Right away Kermit, Miss Piggy, et al., are kicked to the curb, once again left without fans or hopes. But the song "We're Doing a Sequel," while admitting that "everybody knows the sequel isn't quite as good," launches the gang into a new round of adversity, embodied by their new manager, Dominic Badguy, played by a top-billed and terminally blase Ricky Gervais.
Off they go on a European tour, which turns out to be a cover for a plot to steal the crown jewels. It's masterminded by Kermit's dastardly look-alike, Constantine, a Cold War-era criminal with a "Despicable Me" dialect stolen from Steve Carell. In uneasy cahoots, Kermit's doppelganger and Gervais' sniveling two-faced Muppet wrangler guide the film's action, with Constantine somehow hoodwinking his Muppet cohorts into thinking he's just regular ol' Kermit. Miss Piggy can't figure out her boyfriend's newfound garbled dialect and mood swings. Meantime the real Kermit languishes, lonely and scared, in the forbidding gulag overseen by Tina Fey's commander.
In the previous, pretty good Muppet movie, Jason Segel and Amy Adams helped lighten the load and spark a connection between the human and nonhuman characters. Here, the atmosphere's soured; the beloved Muppets are treated as dismissible straight men, women and critters, for the venal real-world populace.
Bobin's credits include "Da Ali G Show" and "Flight of the Conchords," while co-writer Stoller (whose stuff I've liked a lot) is coming off "The Five-Year Engagement" and "Get Him to the Greek." The air of defeatism hanging over the storyline in "Muppets Most Wanted" is meant, I think, to stoke our sympathies for the Muppets and to set up the London-set climax for a heartening load of pathos. Many Muppet fans will be happy to see the gang, including the Swedish Chef and the drummer Animal, once again. But the film's blobby, overextended and more bizarre than eccentric. The cameo laundry list this time includes Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Tom Hiddleston, Salma Hayek and Christoph Waltz. The songs, a serviceably amusing lot, are by Bret McKenzie, who won an Oscar for "Man or Muppet?" three years ago.
Part of the problem here is one of proportion: The movie throws a misjudged majority of the material to the villains and lets the unfashionably sincere and sweet-natured Muppets fend for themselves. No doubt Gervais, Fey and company adore their co-stars, as does the creative team behind "Muppets Most Wanted." But something's missing from this sequel, and it isn't jokes about how sequels usually disappoint.
"Muppets Most Wanted" - 2 stars
MPAA rating: PG (for some mild action)
Running time: 1:52
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Skip to comments.The adorable foal set to be the star of Sunday's game
Posted on 02/01/2013 5:45:37 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
Budweiser debuts new Super Bowl ad showing the life of iconic Clydesdale from just two weeks old
..This year's Budweiser Super Bowl ad isn't funny or sexy, but you just might shed a tear.
For decades, Anheuser-Busch has used its famous Clydesdales in Super Bowl ads for Budweiser. Instead of a herd of majestic hoof-stomping steeds thundering across a valley floor, this year's 60-second ad centers on the bond an adorable Clydesdale foal shares with his trainer.
The latest star is barely two weeks old. A foal born January 16 at Anheuser-Busch's Warm Springs Ranch near the mid-Missouri town of Boonville is featured in an ad that will appear in Sunday's game between the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers and AFC champion Baltimore Ravens. SCROLL DOWN TO WATCH VIDEOS
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
And there is a contest to name him.
What a sweetie!
Call him Bud.
Great commercial!
Best one since the 9/11 one in which the horses go to NY and kneel down.
.....or Clyde.
The ending made me well up with tears...
I cried through the whole thing. Watched it several times and cried more each time. I need to stop watching this.
It's about time they returned to a Clydesdale-centric commercial. The last two years, the new owners and new agency got too cutsie and seemed to forget what worked. Remember that stupid Western Tiny Dancer one? This one is great. My fave will always be the "I won't tell if you won't" one.
You might enjoy this...
Just when I think the Bud commercials can't get any better they do.
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WASHINGTON — A White House memo to congressional committees says no member of the administration's coronavirus task force can agree to testify on Capitol Hill unless the invitation is expressly approved by the president's chief of staff. Democrats bristled at the rule as a crimp on their ability to gather detailed information about the nation's response to the pandemic.
The memo follows a recent White House move to block Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, from testifying before a House panel while allowing him to appear the following week at a Senate hearing. The Senate is held by Trump's Republican allies while the House is controlled by Democrats.
The memo, obtained Monday by The Associated Press, also seeks to limit the number of coronavirus-related appearances on Capitol Hill for those at key departments responding to the pandemic. It states that "the demands on agencies' staff and resources are extraordinary in this current crisis."
A senior administration official said task force members had been working nonstop since the early days of the coronavirus outbreak and need to focus on the task at hand, "not on preparing for four-hour hearings several times a week." The official spoke on condition of anonymity to freely discuss the memo.
Democratic leaders of the House and Senate criticized the move.
"President Trump should learn that by muzzling science and the truth, it will only prolong this health and economic crisis," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement. "The president's failure to accept the truth and then his desire to hide it, is one of the chief reasons we are lagging behind so many other countries in beating this scourge."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on CNN that spending bills related to the pandemic begin in the House and that lawmakers need to consult with administration officials on those matters. She said White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who until recently served in the House, knew lawmakers would be insisting on the truth, and the White House "might be afraid of the truth."
"The fact that they said, 'We're too busy being on TV to come to the Capitol' is, well, business as usual for them," Pelosi said.
The memo said that given the "competing demands in these unprecedented times, it is reasonable to expect that agencies will have to decline invitations to hearings to remain focused" on the COVID-19 response, including invitations to participate in multiple hearings on the same or overlapping topics.


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Otto W. Geist: A Legend In His Own Lifetime, Part 2
Charles J. Keim, dean of the College of Arts and Letters, and longtime personal friend of Otto Geist, issued this UA News Release on Aug. 6, 1963.
After the poor cleanup, the miners whipsawed out a boat and floated back to Bettles.
Otto had lost interest in mining so he again went to work for Dubin aboard the Teddy
H. That summer of 1925 he began collecting Eskimo artifacts and learned about their
locations in the Arctic. The previous year he met and started a lifetime friendship
with Dr. and Mrs. Olaus Murie. The former taught him to skin and mount birds and small
mammals. Dr. Murie, who was to become a world famous naturalist, was at that time
studying caribou in the Arctic. He encouraged Otto to attend the Alaska Agricultural
College and School of Mines at College, Alaska and to offer his services to Charles
Bunnell, the president. Dr. Murie wrote a letter of recommendation for Otto and sent
it to President Bunnell.
During one visit to President Bunnell's office, Otto was shown a small box of artifacts which Clarence L. Andrews, historical and popular writer on Alaska, had just sent to the college. Otto examined the specimens with interest then showed his own collection to President Bunnell. They both agreed that it was important that somehow the college initiate a program of archeological and ethnological research in Alaska. Otto washed dishes and waited tables at the Model Cafe in Fairbanks and took short courses at the college. As soon as the 1926 breakup arrived, Otto headed north to locate old village, burial and fossil sites. He used the funds he had earned at the cafe.
After his reconnaissance trip of 1926, which took him to many parts of Arctic Alaska and to St. Lawrence Island, Otto brought a tremendous collection of material to the college. Greatly impressed, President Bunnell provided support for other expeditions. Otto agreed to perform the work free. He informed a reporter that, "To my mind, Alaska presents a veritable treasure ground for scientific specimens of prehistoric races, with the key probably to the migration of ancient man from European or Asiatic countries, or possibly the reverse."
Supported now by the Territory and national organizations, he spent the next many years mounting expedition after expedition which gained him international acclaim. At home, too, he gained considerable recognition. One honor he cherished was his initiation into an Eskimo clan on St. Lawrence Island in 1927. The Eskimos named him "Aghvook," which means whale. During World War II he served as a major in the Alaska Territorial Guard. In 1957, the University of Alaska conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Science, and the citation read at the ceremony nicely summarizes his activities: "Otto William Geist, pioneer Alaskan archeologist, paleontologist and naturalist. Born in Eiselfing, Bavaria, and came to the United States, which he served honorably as a soldier in three wars.
"Initiated the archeological work on St. Lawrence Island; contributed greatly to the geographical knowledge and Eskimo nomenclature of that island; secured for the University of Alaska museum one of the largest Eskimo archeological collections in the world; is chiefly responsible for the present status of that museum; gathered thousands of natural history specimens for the University of Alaska and other institutions; made the only accurate observations of the Black Rapids Glacier advance in 1937; conducted several expeditions in the Yukon Territory and Alaska; has been in charge of the Frick Laboratory collection in Alaska; publisher of the book 'Archaeological Excavations at Kukulik' and of numerous articles; has always been generous in sharing his vast amount of scientific information.
"Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Anthropological Association, and Arctic Institute of North America; member of numerous other scientific societies."
Dr. Ivar Skarland, head of the department of anthropology at the University of Alaska
and one of Dr. Geist's closest friends, added a postscript to the university's citation
when he heard of Dr. Geist's death:
"He spent 74 years serving his fellow man. He was a real Alaskan and a true friend."
UA Site named after Otto Geist
UA Museum of the North (Geist Building)
Otto Geist is also mentioned in these articles:
University of Alaska Museum of the North
University of Alaska Museum: History of the Herbarium
Alaska Native Remains Returned, Arctic Science Journeys (1996) - Radio Script
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (May 4, 2014) – Senior left-hander Clinton Freeman (Jonesborough, Tenn.)recorded his ETSU record-setting 20th career save and freshman Chris Cook (Kingsport, Tenn.) scored the eventual game-winning run on a passed ball in the eighth inning as the Bucs completed a sweep of USC Upstate with a 5-2 win on Sunday afternoon at Thomas Stadium.
Freeman, the winning pitcher in Saturday's 3-2 contest, pitched the final two innings to move past Bo Reeder (2009-11) for the all-time lead in saves. The Buccaneer southpaw allowed one run on two hits while striking out two en route to posting his 10th save of the campaign, tying him with Steven Calicutt (2006) for the third-most in ETSU single-season history.
Senior right-hander Logan Rice (Erwin, Tenn.) made his third start of the year and gave the Blue and Gold six gritty innings of work as he held the Spartans scoreless on six hits to take a no-decision. Rice, who also struck out four and walked two, work out of a one-out bases loaded jam in the fifth and left with a 1-0 lead after six complete innings. Despite giving up the tying run in the top of the seventh, senior Will Chesney (Knoxville, Tenn.) earned the win (4-2) as the Bucs plated the go-ahead run in the bottom of the inning.
For the second straight game ETSU was out-hit, 10-7, but like they did all series, the Buccaneer pitchers did an excellent job limiting the damage. USC Upstate, who went 5-for-30 with runners in scoring position on the weekend, finished 2-of-9 on Sunday.
Jordan Sanford (Powell, Tenn.) and Kevin Phillips (St. Louis, Mo.) both provided the Blue and Gold with two hits each, while Cook kept his hitting streak alive with a single in the eighth, marking the 15th consecutive game with at least one hit for the Buccaneer rookie. Sanford, who scored the game-winning run on Saturday, drove in a pair of insurance runs with a single in the eighth, while Phillips scored the first run of the game when freshman Gage Downey (Franklin, Tenn.) hit a bloop double to left in the fifth inning. Sanford's two-RBI game tied a career high for the Buccaneer junior, marking the third time he has accomplished the feat.
Following the sweep, ETSU secured a spot in the 2014 A-Sun Championship as the Bucs improved to 24-22, 11-9 in conference play. The Bucs moved into a tie for fourth-place win Kennesaw State and have now won 14 of their last 17 games at home. Meanwhile, USC Upstate was dealt its ninth straight loss and moved to 14-33, 4-16.
Both Rice and Spartan starter Dylan Parker made quick work on the mound early in the contest, but after the Buccaneer right-hander escaped some damage in the fifth, ETSU finally scratched across the first run of the game on Downey's two-out bloop double in the bottom of the inning.
USC Upstate threatened in the sixth when Luke Weber reached on a fielding error by Cook at third and moved to second on a sac-bunt by AJ Mackey. However, after Zach Krider poked a one-out single to right, Rice picked up his second double play of the game by inducing Stephen Dowling to hit into an inning-ending 5-4-3 twin killing.
The Spartans finally broke through in the seventh when Justin Allen led off the inning with a triple to right-center and scored on an RBI groundout from Daniel Fickas; however, the Bucs caught a break in the bottom of the frame to regain the lead. After Parker recorded two quick outs, Sanford kept the inning alive with a single and he came around to score when Allen dropped a routine fly from Trey York (Knoxville, Tenn.) in center, making it a 2-1 ballgame.
From there, Freeman moved to the mound in the eighth and worked a 1-2-3 inning, while he was given some needed insurance runs in the bottom half of the inning. Cook got things rolling with a one-out single – and after Freeman grounded out to second – Parker intentionally walked Chris Riopedre (Miami, Fla.). The plan didn't work out for the Spartans as Tyler Roach (Knoxville, Tenn.) worked a six-pitch walk to load the bases and Cook scored when Weber was charged with a passed ball. For good measure, Sanford delivered the key two-RBI single later in the inning, which extended ETSU's lead to, 5-1.
USC Upstate pushed across a run in the ninth, but Freeman closed out the game by striking out Daniel Seeba for the seventh time of the weekend to secure the win.
Parker suffered the loss (1-4) after allowing five runs (four earned) on six hits in 7.2 innings, while Fickas, Seeba and Allen all recorded multi-hit games for the Spartans. Fickas led all players with three hits.
The Bucs now embark on a four-game road swing beginning Wednesday night at Furman. First pitch is set for 5 p.m. at Latham Baseball Stadium.
(Release courtesy of ETSU Sports Information)


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Moa's demise: DNA points finger at humans
Big bird demise Ancient DNA confirms the New Zealand moa adapted well to climate change and suggests humans were responsible for the big bird's demise.
Professor Alan Cooper, of the University of Adelaide, and colleagues, report their findings online today in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews.
"One of the major questions about the extinct megafauna is what caused them to suddenly go extinct all around the world," says Cooper. "Is it humans or climate change or some combination of both?"
Cooper and colleagues investigated this question in New Zealand by analysing DNA from ancient moa bones.
The moa stood up to 2.5 metres high, weighed 250 kilograms, and was the largest herbivore in New Zealand prior to the arrival of Polynesian settlers around 1280 AD, when it died out.
"With the bones from New Zealand we were able to study the genetics of the population before, during and after human arrival," says Cooper. "We could track them moving around the country through time and space."
The research team sampled and dated bones from several populations of two closely related species of moa from sites all over New Zealand.
One species was cold-adapted, the other was warm-adapted and each had their own ecological niche.
The bones sampled dated back into the Pleistocene period, when there were repeated glaciations, and into the current stable Holocene period.
"So we can track the behaviour of both of them as the temperature went up and down," says Cooper.
The researchers also tracked how the size of the moa populations changed over time by measuring their change in genetic diversity.
"You can calculate the population size reasonably well using genetic sequences from a large number of individuals," says Cooper. "There's not much diversity if the population is small."
The researchers found no evidence that the moa population suffered significantly during the climate change of the past 40,000 years.
"They adapted by shifting around to find new conditions that suited them," says Cooper.
But, 700 years ago, despite a relatively stable climate, within a space of 50 years the birds went extinct.
"The population was not doing badly before humans arrived and then suddenly it was gone shortly thereafter," says Cooper.
"This study shows that in the absence of humans, the New Zealand avian megafauna were able to respond to climate and environmental change and that the likelihood of their extinction due to the effects of such changes alone was low," write Cooper and colleagues in their paper.
The conclusion is that overhunting and habitat destruction by humans was to blame.
The researchers are also analysing DNA and plant remains in moa dung as old as 6000 years to see what each species ate.
"What you have in New Zealand is a potential to reconstruct the whole ecosystem of megafauna before humans using dung and bone," says Cooper. "You can't do that anywhere else in the world."


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Designed around the company's 32-bit family of MCUs, the PIC32 Bluetooth Audio Development Kit conforms to the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP). The goal of the profile is to enable wireless stereo audio. Hence, consumers can use their phones as music sources or as remote controls to select music files.
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Your FreeBSD Laptop
So this is the thread for info about working (or not) laptops with FreeBSD.
As for startup info about running FreeBSD on laptop you may check this info:
CPU frequency/scaling HOWTO:
HOWTO: FreeBSD CPU Scaling with cpufreq.ko
Other laptop threads:
Laptop lid problem
*BSD Laptops
Alternative Architecture Laptops
(if you have any other interesting resources for FreeBSD laptop then let me know or just add a post to this thread with them)
religions, worst damnation of mankind
"If 386BSD had been available when I started on Linux, Linux would probably never had happened." Linus Torvalds
Linux is not UNIX! Face it! It is not an insult. It is fact: GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not UNIX".
vermaden's: links resources deviantart spreadbsd
I have used FreeBSD on 3 laptops:
Dell C600
cpu: Intel Pentium III 850MHz
ram: 256MB
hdd: 30GB
gfx: ATI Mobility 8MB
nic: 3COM 10/100
scr: 14.1" XGA (1024x768)
snd: Sigmatel
comment C600: everything works with FreeBSD, cpu scales well with powerd/cpufreq you can hotplug batteries/cdrom without any problem at runtime, I only did not checked PCIMCIA slot, but I have read on other FreeBSD laptop reviews that it works.
Dell D600
cpu: Intel Pentium M 1.5GHz
ram: 512MB
hdd: 30GB
gfx: ATI Radeon 9000 32MB
nic: Broadcom 10/100/1000
scr: 14.1" XGA (1024x768)
snd: Sigmatel
wir: Intel 3945 WIFI
comment D600: everything works with FreeBSD, cpu scales well with powerd/cpufreq you can hotplug batteries/cdrom without any problem at runtime.
Dell D630
cpu: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0GHz
ram: 2GB
hdd: 80GB
gfx: Intel X3100
nic: Broadcom 10/100/1000
scr: 14.1" WXGA+ (1440x900)
snd: Sigmatel
wir: Intel 3945 WIFI
comment D630: I was pretty surprised that everything works with FreeBSD here, cpu scales well with powerd/cpufreq with frequencies from 300MHz to 2000MHz with steps (300/400/500/...) (from 150MHz in FreeBSD 7.1) even Ubuntu can scale it down only to 800MHz you can hotplug batteries/cdrom without any problem at runtime. Intel X3100 graphics works out of the box with intel driver from ports, I got about 950-1050fps at glxgears, if you want to run Ubuntu on it, even hibernation/suspend works.
You can also specify debug.cpufreq.lowest=800 in /boot/loader.conf and it will scale from 800MHz to 2000MHz only.
Yeah, all by Dell, but not because of the brand, but because of the keyboard layout like that:
Dell Latitude keyboard layout
I also considered IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad T61/R61 instead of Dell D630, pretty same features/components generally, but I was able to get D630 for $750 while I would have to pay about $1100 for the Thinkpad so ...
Also ModularBay/Ultrabay battery for D630 is bigger then for T61/R61 (4300mHa Dell / 2700mHa IBM) and its two times cheaper ...
The other difference is that 9-CELL battery goes out of the laptop at the back side in T61/R61:
Thinkpad T61 9-cell battery
But in Dell it serves as a hand pad at the front of the laptop:
Dell D630 9-cell battery
But I had also heard that IBM got better TouchPad, but I did not had a chance to try it.
religions, worst damnation of mankind
"If 386BSD had been available when I started on Linux, Linux would probably never had happened." Linus Torvalds
Linux is not UNIX! Face it! It is not an insult. It is fact: GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not UNIX".
vermaden's: links resources deviantart spreadbsd
FreeBSD 7.1-PRE working fine on HP Compaq 8510w, NVIDIA/TwinScreen and all. Some issues with ACPI suspend/resume (not using it right now), but what's new about that. Stuff like cpufreq and othe power features work fine. Using X11/wm for a desktop. I'm happy.
Vermaden did you have any issues with the wifi on D630?
Does it work well (without doing any strange fancies)?
if_wpi_load="YES" wlan_load="YES" wlan_amrr_load="YES" firmware_load="YES" wpifw_load="YES" legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1
religions, worst damnation of mankind
"If 386BSD had been available when I started on Linux, Linux would probably never had happened." Linus Torvalds
Linux is not UNIX! Face it! It is not an insult. It is fact: GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not UNIX".
vermaden's: links resources deviantart spreadbsd
I have a Gateway MX6436 notebook currently running FreeBSD 7-Stable as it's sole operating system.
Everything works perfectly except the card reader slot, onboard wireless networking card, and dial up modem. The built in Ethernet card has been supported since FreeBSD 6.3-Release and I've ran the display at her native 1280x800px under X.Org 6.9 through 7.3. In some xorg.conf auto-configurations under PC-BSD, I've had the system lock up after ~10min but it doesn't with my xorg.conf, and I don't care much about graphics acceleration beyond playing Wesnoth smoothly.
I don't use any power saving features beyond powerd but ACPI's never bit me in the butt. This laptop has been quite stable since FreeBSD 6.0-Release :-)
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I have a T61p from lenovo, just got it up and running w/ freebsd 7 stable, so I haven't had time to play around with much, but i have the nvidia card working with the blob driver, wireless (intel 3945) works with the wpi driver, and sound works with the snd_hda driver. I'm sure cpufreq and such works seeing as though the dmesg reported recognizing speedstep, but I'll get back and report whether or not it works.
I have an old Acer Aspire 1501 lmi running FreeBSD 7 RELEASE (amd64)
This laptop had problems working with the FreeBSD 5.X or 6.X releases but it works flawlessly with FreeBSD 7 amd64 .
Tested and Working:
- AMD Powernow and frequency scaling with excellent support of cpufreq and powerd.
- broadcom Gigabit ethernet
- firewire
- pcmcia
- the most of ACPI
- broadcom wifi (minipci) works with the windows 64 bit ndis drivers
- The onboard Ati radeon 9600 mobility is working perfectly with the Xorg radeon driver with DRI. I use it with the resolution 1400x1024 without problem.
- The synaptics touchpad
- All the Fn key combinations
- The VIA soundcard
- The usb 1.0 and 2.0
Tested and not Working:
- The onboard winmodem doesn't work (intel536 chipset)
- The (acpi) shortcut buttons
- The suspend-to-ram and suspend-to-disk functions
I use it with a FreeBSD7 on a Zepto laptop and it works pretty well
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My ThinkPad R32 (2658-A7U) runs FreeBSD 6.2-release currently. Dual booting that and winxp pro. Overall very stable, with a few minor problems that I don't care about enough to fix (modem, flash, wpa-supplicant). Haven't tried hot-swapping the combo drive - no reason to do so since I don't have anything else to go into the ultrabay.
At some point I might try to fix the problem with sleeping in APCI - system never fully recovers from the sleep command anymore (it used to, back in freebsd 5.x) and has to be rebooted before it becomes functional again for the user.
I haven't tried CPU throttling, though I have noticed the fan will over time go to a higher speed (never heard it slow down aside from power off or reboot).
Probably worth adding that this system (P4, 1.6ghz) is over 5 years old. I recently had to rip all the guts out of it to replace the LCD bezel due to a crack on the backside. Otherwise its solid for a "budget" system.
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I have an old Toshiba 2100CDT satellite laptop. I have freeBSD-5.5
as the only OS on board. No GUI just CLI. I use it for making perl & sh scripts. And I use it for school. My laptop specs:
4 GB IDE Hard Drive
CPU AMD-K6II 400mhz
PCCARD slot 16 & 32bit
32X CD rom
2mg of on board video memory LOL!
I have tried to install FreeBSD-7.0 on this laptop with no luck. I keep getting input/output read errorrs. This maybe more a problem with the optics on my cd-rom?
ACPI is broken and I have it disabled. halt & reboot commands work but unable to use power down -p command. This is due to the ACPI issue I believe. The PCCARD works fine, and a fun way to bring back life to an old laptop that was probably on its way to the dump not to long ago.
FreeBSD-5.5 does not have the ath0 driver installed in the kernel by default but there is a KLD loadable ath0 driver module and I have it loaded. So my linksys wifi card does work. But I am not able to yet connect to my router.
I also recompiled the kernel without any problems. The old bird is pretty fast and fun to hack.
Dmesg: http://bsdpaste.bsdgroup.de/1015
OS: FreeBSD 7 stable
CPU: Intel C2D with 1.66GHz
Graphics: Intel GMA950
Memory: 1.5G
Wifi: Intel 3945
Lan: Broadcom
Harddrive: http://daemonforums.org/showpost.php...6&postcount=23
ACPI is okay, sound and graphics too, powerd runs quiet well, you can use the PC card slot and the card slot (SD, etc.). Wifi (wpi) and lan (bfe) is okay.
use UNIX or die :-)
Acer Aspire 3680-2633:
Most hardware works fine. However, ethernet card is not usable with ACPI enabled, and I've been having trouble getting APM working. The laptop works well enough as a desktop replacement without too much trouble, but IMHO those needing portability would be well advised to avoid Aspire series laptops.
(The troubles, as it happens, extent to Linux; until very recently the wifi was not supported, for instance.)
When the boot menu comes up, select "Escape to loader prompt"
At the prompt:
set hw.ata.atapi_dma="0" boot
>I keep getting input/output read errorrs.
This a known problem. Most people don't have any further problems with it, other people aren't able to use their optical media anymore. I think it is fixed in stable.
use UNIX or die :-)
Dell Inspiron E1505
Copyright (c) 1992-2008 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. 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bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0 pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3 bfe0: <Broadcom BCM4401-B0 Fast Ethernet> mem 0xef9fe000-0xef9fffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3 miibus0: <MII bus> on bfe0 bmtphy0: <BCM4401 10/100baseTX PHY> PHY 1 on miibus0 bmtphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto bfe0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface bfe0: Ethernet address: 00:14:22:d1:a7:35 bfe0: [ITHREAD] fwohci0: <1394 Open Host Controller Interface> mem 0xef9fd800-0xef9fdfff irq 19 at device 1.0 on pci3 fwohci0: [FILTER] fwohci0: OHCI version 1.10 (ROM=0) fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channels is 4. fwohci0: EUI64 39:4f:c0:00:07:42:ed:21 fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 1 ports. fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes. firewire0: <IEEE1394(FireWire) bus> on fwohci0 fwe0: <Ethernet over FireWire> on firewire0 if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: 3a:4f:c0:42:ed:21 fwe0: Ethernet address: 3a:4f:c0:42:ed:21 fwip0: <IP over FireWire> on firewire0 fwip0: Firewire address: 39:4f:c0:00:07:42:ed:21 @ 0xfffe00000000, S400, maxrec 2048 sbp0: <SBP-2/SCSI over FireWire> on firewire0 dcons_crom0: <dcons configuration ROM> on firewire0 dcons_crom0: bus_addr 0x1ecdc000 fwohci0: Initiate bus reset fwohci0: BUS reset fwohci0: node_id=0xc800ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode pci3: <base peripheral> at device 1.1 (no driver attached) pci3: <base peripheral> at device 1.2 (no driver attached) pci3: <base peripheral> at device 1.3 (no driver attached) pci3: <base peripheral> at device 1.4 (no driver attached) isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0 isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 atapci0: <Intel ICH7M SATA300 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xbfa0-0xbfaf irq 17 at device 31.2 on pci0 ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0 ata0: [ITHREAD] ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0 ata1: [ITHREAD] pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached) acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0 atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64,0x62,0x66 irq 1 on acpi0 atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] atkbd0: [ITHREAD] psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0 psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: [ITHREAD] psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0 pmtimer0 on isa0 orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xce7ff,0xce800-0xcffff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0 ppc0: parallel port not found. sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio0: port may not be enabled sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio0: port may not be enabled sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 sio0: type 8250 or not responding sio0: [FILTER] sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio1: port may not be enabled vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1662514540 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec hptrr: no controller detected. firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me) firewire0: bus manager 0 (me) ad0: 36718MB <Hitachi HTS541040G9SA00 MB2OC60G> at ata0-master SATA150 acd0: CDRW <HL-DT-STCD-RW/DVD-ROM GCC-4244N/B101> at ata1-master UDMA33 pcm0: <HDA Codec: Sigmatel STAC9220> pcm0: <HDA Driver Revision: 20071129_0050> Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a ugen0: <NIKON NIKON DSC COOLPIX S51-PTP, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2> on uhub4 ugen0: at uhub4 port 3 (addr 2) disconnected ugen0: detached ugen0: <NIKON NIKON DSC COOLPIX S51-PTP, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2> on uhub4 ugen0: at uhub4 port 3 (addr 2) disconnected ugen0: detached ugen0: <NIKON NIKON DSC COOLPIX S51-PTP, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2> on uhub4 ugen0: at uhub4 port 3 (addr 2) disconnected ugen0: detached ugen0: <NIKON NIKON DSC COOLPIX S51-PTP, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2> on uhub4 ugen0: at uhub4 port 3 (addr 2) disconnected ugen0: detached ugen0: <NIKON NIKON DSC COOLPIX S51-PTP, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2> on uhub4 ugen0: at uhub4 port 3 (addr 2) 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Devices which are not used eg. driver is
not attached to them, will not use any power.
Note that resuming from suspend will put all devices from D3 state to D0 (even one with driver not attached)
If you dont want that you can also add:
Unforunately dettaching driver from device (via kldunload) will not put it immediately into D3 state.
You can watch current power state of various devices with pciconf(8) -c switch.
I'm considering buying a notebook, probably a thinkpad or Dell.
Dell is cheaper, but thinkpads are well know for their sturdy and solid design, how is this with Dell laptops?
I don't want a ``throw-away notebook'' like the crap Acer or Toshiba sells, use them for two years and they break, I want something that lasts, and survives that occasional stupid idiot pushing my notebook off the table, or stepping on it, or ....
As a sidenote, you can get some Dell notebooks (Including the 630) with nVidia cards, IMO this is worth it because the nVidia drivers are not only a lot faster but also support extra features like TwinView etc.
Of course, this is not an option if you're anti-blob.
UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things.
Generally the size I can recommend are 12-15"
Other thing that that I liked on my D630 comparing to ThinkPad is batteries. The 9-cell battery goes out of the fron of the Dells giving nice pad for hands while ThinkPad one goes out in the back without any regular shape.
ThinkPads and Dells both have ModularBays, by default DVDRW is put there, but you can put there an additional battert and this is when Dell is better. In ThinkPad you can put at most 3-cell 2700mHa battery, but in Dell you can put there almost two times more which is 6-cell 4320mHa and that makes a difference.
Beyond that I do not see other differences then design.
So the difference is keyboard layout (Dell) and better batteries (Dell) ... and proce (Dell).
There are many videos at YT about many models of ThinkPads and Dell, look at them.
The other thing is support, X3100 has support everywhere, BSDs, Mac OS X, Solaris, ... everything, but with nVidia cards it will take more "fun" to make them work properly and without any guarantee for stability.
For the desktop gaming I would of course get some 9600GSO or HD4670, but for laptop it is more then ok, I just do not play on my laptop other games then old Fallout or Heroes of Might and Magic
I would also consider ThinkPad T61p which comes with a lot powerfull Quadro 570M with 32 shaders, but it will draw more battery power.
The only thing about my current laptop I can not be 100% satisfied is built in speakers, while D830 has stereo speakers the D630 has mono speaker, at least I got that info from the reviews on the net.
If you seek for ultra small notebook I would consider the 12" HP 2510p with extended battery, it has X3100 DVDRW and 8+ hours with extended battery.
Generally I would get Dell or ThinkPad with HP as last choice, mostly for small notebooks then casual 14" which are less good then the first two manufacturers.
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"If 386BSD had been available when I started on Linux, Linux would probably never had happened." Linus Torvalds
Linux is not UNIX! Face it! It is not an insult. It is fact: GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not UNIX".
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I'm considering this one:
I looked at Dell too, I'm not so sure about it, I have experience with ThinkPads, not so much with Dell (Only Dell PCs, and I dislike those).
I have no problems with the Fn/Ctrl keys on the ThinkPad keyboard.
Another advantage Thinkpads have over Dells is that I can order TPs at work, which means I get them cheaper, still slightly more expensive then Dell, but not much.
Also, the nv driver will work on other OS's.
In any case, I just want a reasonably fast 3D card, if it matches the fx5200 in my desktop then I'm happy.
You see, the idea is to just replace my desktop with the notebook (Why keep the big desktop?), I'm not a heavy gamer, but I play some 3D games on occasion, play with blender on occasion, ect.
UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things.
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The overarching goal for the programme "GFCS Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa" is to provide timely and accurate climate and weather services for disaster risk reduction and increased resilience in agriculture.
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Through an agreement with Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), WMO is supporting countries in West Africa to improve the severe weather forecasting and warning services. By making best use of the latest available weather prediction products and satellite-based information and radar products, countries will be able to better cope and respond to climate variability and change. SWFDP has already shown considerable progress and success in different regions including Southern and Eastern Africa, South Pacific and Southeast Asia and is now being replicated in West Africa.


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What a sight: Google Glasses adorn models at NY fashion event
Teaming up with Google, fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg put the high-tech eyeware on display at a fashion show yesterday.
Google Glass has officially hit the fashion runway.
Google's smart eyeware was seen on the faces of several models at a Diane von Furstenberg (DVF) event yesterday that kicked off New York Fashion Week. The show marked a collaboration between Google and von Furstenberg that teamed up technology with the latest fashions, and the first time the high-tech specs made a public appearance at a non-Google event.
"I am so excited to introduce Glass to the fashion world and use this revolutionary technology to give everyone a unique perspective into fashion," von Furstenberg said in a statement.
Beyond just showing off the glasses, the models also played the role of videographer.
On Thursday, both Google and DVF will launch a film entitled "DVF through Glass" on the DVF Google+ page and on Google's YouTube channel.
The video will feature a behind-the-scenes look at the von Furstenberg event shot through the glasses worn by the models.
"Beauty, style and comfort are as important to Glass as the latest technology," Google co-founder Sergey Brin said in a statement. "We are delighted to bring Glass to the runway together with DVF."
The idea behind Google's Project Glass is to pair your glasses with your smartphone so that you can access and view information directly through the spectacles. At Google's I/O conference in June, Brin said he expects to offer consumers Explorer Editions of the glasses sometime in 2014.
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(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co's Jamie Dimon may be losing ground in his fight to keep the title of chairman, as some major investors push for more oversight of the chief executive after the "London whale" trading losses.
At the largest U.S. bank's annual meeting in two weeks, shareholders will be able to vote on a non-binding proposal to separate the chairman and CEO roles. Two of the bank's top 10 shareholders told Reuters they are considering voting in favor of the proposal, a reversal of their position last year, because of the disastrous bets on credit derivatives that cost the bank more than $6 billion last year.
The proposal is only a non-binding recommendation and it is not clear what the board will do if it passes. ISS Proxy Advisory Services, the leading proxy advisory firm, on Friday recommended investors support the proposal and also said they should vote against the re-election of three directors who they said had failed in their oversight of the bank.
JPMorgan declined to comment for this story. The bank's board has said it opposes the shareholder proposal and that the company's handling of the trading loss shows its current governance works.
The bank's directors are leading an aggressive campaign to persuade shareholders to vote against it, one of the investors said. It is not clear how much investor support there is for the proposal.
The two JPMorgan investors, who were not authorized to speak on the record, said that however the vote shakes out, they plan to continue to push the bank's directors behind the scenes to take at least some power from Dimon.
One investor said they will likely encourage the bank to give more authority to its lead independent director, former ExxonMobil Chief Executive Lee Raymond. At JPMorgan, the lead director is currently known as the "presiding director," a role that includes approving board agendas and schedules and leading meetings of independent directors.
The second investor said they would not be satisfied with anything less than a separation of the two roles because being a chairman is a full-time job.
Complicating the vote is Dimon's reputation as the best manager on Wall Street. The 57-year-old executive is still viewed by many shareholders as a shrewd leader and they want him to continue to run the bank, albeit with some oversight. Some investors fear that Dimon will leave if he loses the vote.
Dimon's difficulties began last year, when news emerged of the London Whale trades. The bank has since had a series of run-ins with regulators over issues ranging from money laundering controls to allegations of power market manipulation. JPMorgan's growing array of problems has overshadowed last year's record profits in the minds of many investors.
As investors ponder whether Dimon can provide enough oversight to a bank with nearly $2.4 trillion of assets, their doubts could give momentum to an idea held by a small but growing minority of U.S. lawmakers and regulators that the biggest banks are too big to manage.
The vote also comes amid a broader debate in corporate America over whether the head of a company should also lead the directors that oversee the company. In the United Kingdom, the two roles are typically separate.
"Independence is the cornerstone of accountability," said Joe Dear, chief investment officer at the California Public Employees' Retirement System, which owns JPMorgan shares. "As a principle, CalPERS believes boards should be chaired by an independent director, and we support the separation of the CEO and chair roles."
Dear declined to comment specifically on JPMorgan.
The shareholder proposal was sponsored by the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, New York City and state of Connecticut employee retirement plans and the United Kingdom's Hermes Fund Managers.
At last year's meeting, the AFSCME was the sole sponsor of the proposal, and it won 40 percent of investors' votes, relatively high for a measure that the board had opposed.
Last year's vote happened only five days after the company first acknowledged its bad bets on credit derivatives. Since then, shareholders have learned much more about the company's failed risk controls and the trouble it has had with regulators.
ISS, which is also known as Institutional Shareholder Services, had supported last year's proposal, but this year added a two-page analysis that concluded the London Whale loss had displayed the board's lack of independence from Dimon.
A second proxy advisory firm, Glass, Lewis & Co, endorsed last year's proposal but has yet to announce its recommendation for this year's vote.
Dimon has had other problems recently. U.S. government investigators have found that a JPMorgan unit manipulated trading in the California and Michigan electricity markets, the New York Times reported on Friday.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, one of the bank's main regulators, is also considering censuring the bank for failing to conduct adequate due diligence and report suspicions about Ponzi-schemer Bernard Madoff, Reuters first reported last month.
In his annual letter to shareholders, Dimon said executives throughout the bank are putting other projects on hold or scaling them back, so they can focus on the bank's regulatory obligations. Dozens of these projects are on the back burner now, a source familiar with the situation said.
(Reporting by Nadia Damouni and David Henry; Editing by Dan Wilchins and Eric Walsh)


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The Canadian Forces Snowbirds have released their tentative schedule for the 2021 show season and are set to return to Vancouver Island for their annual spring training.
Dates include four B.C. shows, including Boundary Bay on July 17, White Rock on July 18, Terrace on July 21 and Abbotsford on Aug. 6 -8. The 2021 season will celebrate the team's 50th anniversary.
On Dec. 7, the Canadian Armed Forces announced they are cancelling the 2021 SkyHawks season as a result of COVID-19, leaving questions if the Snowbirds would follow suit with their season.
One day later, the Snowbirds announced they will tentatively continue with the 2021 season, but due to the ongoing pandemic, the schedule is subject to change.
"We are looking forward to celebrating our 50th season with Canadians in 2021. We are going to ensure that we follow recommended health measures in order to see our fans again in a safe environment this season," said Lt.-Col. Denis Bandet, commanding officer with 431 Air Demonstration Squadron in a release.
In April 2020, the Snowbirds, who annually hold their spring training at 19 Wing Comox, announced they would not be training in the area due to the pandemic.
Lt. Becky Major, public affairs officer for the Snowbirds confirmed with Black Press the team is planning on returning to the Comox Valley for training, however, dates for the training should be confirmed in the new year.
The first confirmed show for the air demonstration team is set on June 9 in North Bay, Ont. and is set to end with dates to be announced on Oct. 16 to 17. Their last confirmed show is in San Francisco, Calif. on Oct. 9 to 10.
431 Air Demonstration Squadron consists of approximately 80 personnel, 24 of whom comprise the show team that travels during the show season. They have been a fixture at airshows and entertaining audiences across North America since 1971.
To see the full schedule and more information, visit their Facebook page or rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/snowbirds
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Notary attestation is required to prove the authenticity of the document or certificate which the Government should need to inspect directly. Normally, the copies of original documents are verified and the photocopy of the original, attested by the notary public are accepted as true copies. But when any document or Certificate Apostille is required, then these documents or Certificate Attestation from Notary will be done on the original document.
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A 1940s crystal chandelier and a plaster bust are among the beautiful items for sale at Sophie Pretelat's Anges et Demons at the Foire aux Antiquaires currently underway at Place Saint Sulpice, Paris.
Mercury glass candlesticks and vases from the 19th-century in a display cabinet at Saint Sulpice.
Green glass and mercury glass boules, green pottery, wooden nutcrackers, a wooden ship model and a still life painting make up this composition at Anges et Demons.
A framed portrait, a group of old frames, a candlelabra and a rusty urn filled with seagrass are among the treasures on offer.
A collection of seashells, starfish and coral, a seasponge and the amusing touch of manmade pearls decorating one shell. Many of the decorative gifts from the sea are arranged in alabaster, stoneware or ironstone platters. More brocante photos to follow.
Ed. note: This post was amended on June 19, 2013 to add watermarks to these photographs. Alas, this action was necessary as the photos have been widely copied and reproduced, without permission or credit.


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We often imagine that artificial intelligence will be created by mad engineers who build a big box that starts thinking. But is that really how would AI develop in real life? Probably not. AI could emerge from computer systems that are part of our everyday lives right now. Here are some possibilities.
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Autonomous War Machines
Companies like iRobot, and labs like Boston Dynamics (the one that created the infamous Big Dog robot), are all working on creating military robots that are as lifelike as possible. What if it turns out that human-like intelligence isn't a something that starts in our brains alone, but is a function of our brains' relationship with our bodies? That's what MIT roboticist Cynthia Breazeal believes — and that means AI is most likely to emerge from robots, who make decisions and learn from their environments with their bodies.
The autonomous robots we build for war, from humanoid or dogoid ones to UAVs, could be the place where AI is born. How would it happen? Would it be instantaneous, like when Cyberdyne boots up Skynet in Terminator? Or would it be something that happens gradually, as these soldier robots fight in battle after battle, slowly becoming self-aware? That's the premise of Ken MacLeod's profoundly humane novel The Night Sessions, where battle robots gain what MacLeod calls "kinetic intelligence" during traumatic war experiences.
Google Search
Maybe AI won't need a body to evolve at all. Maybe it just needs billions of examples of social interactions to figure out how to think like a human. That's why Google founder Larry Page is so excited about the idea that his company could be the place where AI is born. (This is also the premise of Robert Sawyer's Wake series, which he researched at Google.)
What does an AI need in order to become self-aware? Perhaps it needs the ability to recognize social cues and objects, just like humans do, before making a decision. Google's massive server farms are packed with information about what humans find relevant, what kinds of things they group together, and how the react to them. Perhaps an AI will arise out of this tangle of human questions and categorizations, a kind of hive mind that is also a single mind. In a sense, this is what William Gibson suggests will happen in Neuromancer, when the first AI is born out of the substance of cyberspace itself.
Netflix and Amazon Recommendation Engines
How does a human infant evolve from a blob of incoherent needs into a person with thoughts and plans and a sense of self? In part, they do it by figuring out what they want — and, more importantly, what the people around them want. Discovering other people's wants is fundamental to communication, language, and social bonds. Perhaps that means AI will grow out of a brilliantly-designed recommendation engine. First Netflix will start making genuinely good recommendations, and then it will become a self-aware entity that has its own taste in movies. If Amazon starts suggesting things that are actually relevant to your interests, you may be watching the birth of a new kind of intelligence.
Spam Filters
Like recommendation engines, spam filters are programs that are designed to learn human behavior and make decisions based on it. They have to be able to read, and to figure out when words are being tweaked in tricky ways to circumvent previous generations of spam filter. In Charles Stross' brilliant novel Rule 34, the author imagines that an artificial intelligence will emerge from the web of complex decision-making required to run a truly robust spam filter that accounts for all the human methods of scamming, railroading, and generally abusing each other. Also, like an AI that emerges from a recommendation engine, this AI would emerge in part by anticipating human desires and needs — which is about as human as it gets.
The NSA Surveillance System
The NSA surveillance system is like a spam filter for human behavior. It looks for transactions and behaviors that could be construed as abusive and flags them. The difference is that instead of trying to catch V!@gra emails over SMTP, it's trying to predict potentially criminal behavior by correlating data from social networks, financial transactions, surveillance cameras, and voice communications too. Because this requires an incredibly sophisticated analytical capability, as well as near-omniscient access to every human activity, the TV series Person of Interest has suggested that it could unexpectedly give rise to an AI.
Robotic Space Explorers
The semi-autonomous explorers that we've sent to Mars have to make decisions about how to navigate an unknown terrain without human input. There is a roughly 20-minute lag between Mission Control at JPL and the Mars Rover Curiosity. So if she's rolling along and encounters a rough patch, it's up to her alone to figure out how to remain balanced on her six wheels as she traverses it.
Future robot explorers on Jupiter's moon Europa will be dealing with a much longer lag — possibly an hour or more. That means we'll have to build them to make decisions about where to go and what to explore based on assessing their environments and making real-time decisions without us. This led science journalist Richard Rhodes, author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, to comment at a recent SETI conference that AI might emerge from these space-faring robots. That would mean that the first AI would be a scientist explorer, its intelligence emerging as it explores a new environment with its body — much the way battlefield robots do, but with a very different motivation.
Financial Trade Systems
One of the big questions about all these emergent intelligences is what they will think of humans. Will they have feelings for us? Will they be able to outsmart us, or destroy us in ways we never thought possible? Jonathan Nolan, creator of Person of Interest, believes that an AI designed to stop criminal activity will be essentially benevolent. Charles Stross, author of Rule 34, imagines a sentient spam filter that is a kind of assassin.
In Ken MacLeod's novel The Night Sessions, where soldier robots become kinetically intelligent, the result is quite unexpected indeed. The battle-scarred robots become religious fanatics — some because they are desperate to heal from the traumas of war, but others because they loyally want to carry on the religious conflicts that spawned them.
Lurking beneath all these scenarios is the idea that these artificial intelligences will be smarter and more competent than us. Sure, robots might be stronger than us as well — but what they'll really have over us is a superior ability to strategize about how to use that strength. After all, many of these AI will be able to anticipate our behavior and our wants. So the question is, what will happen when we create beings who can rightly view us the way we view a particularly smart dog?
Nowhere does that question seem more urgent than in the realm of financial trading systems, where algorithms that buy and sell are able to conduct transactions in the fraction of a second. That leads to bizarre, emergent forms of behavior like the 2010 "flash crash," when massive numbers of micro-second transactions caused an unexpected, destructive dip in stock prices. What if the next unexpected behavior to explode out of financial trading systems were a form of superintelligence? We still don't quite understand how the flash crash happened, so what hope do we have of understanding the sentience behind it?
These are questions we can't answer now, just as we can't be sure where AI will first manifest itself. But just because we can't understand a new form of intelligence doesn't mean it will try to destroy or control us. It doesn't even mean that these intelligences will necessarily understand us. Yes, these are minds that will likely emerge out of systems that anticipate human needs and desires. But humans are not the sum of their financial and email transactions. We are emergent intelligences ourselves. Perhaps, when we finally meet our artificial counterparts, we will at last come to understand our own intelligence.
Annalee Newitz is the author of Scatter, Adapt and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction. Follow her on Twitter.


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LOS ANGELES - A day after the Syrian Electronic Army said it had hacked into Skype's social media accounts, the Internet calling service acknowledged on Thursday it had been hit with a "cyber attack" but said no user information was compromised.
A Tweet posted on Skype's official Twitter feed on Wednesday read: "Don't use Microsoft emails (hotmail, outlook), They are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to the governments. More details soon. #SEA"
Similar messages were posted on Skype's official Facebook pages and on a blog on its website before being taken down later in the afternoon. Skype is owned by Microsoft Corp.
The Syrian Electronic Army, an amorphous hacking collective that supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, later claimed the attack.
The SEA also posted on its Twitter feed the contact information of Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's retiring chief executive, along with the message: "You can thank Microsoft for monitoring your accounts/emails using this details. #SEA"
That message was a reference to revelations last year by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that Skype, which is owned by Microsoft, was part of the NSA's programme to monitor communications through some of the biggest US Internet companies.
"We recently became aware of a targeted cyber attack that led to access to Skype's social media properties, but these credentials were quickly reset," a spokeswoman for Skype said in a statement released on Thursday. "No user information was compromised."
The NSA's practices essentially made Microsoft and other technology companies partners in government surveillance efforts against private citizens. The company last month joined seven other top technology firms in pressing President Barack Obama to rein in the US government's electronic spying.
A US district judge in December ruled the US government's gathering of Americans' phone records was likely unlawful and raised "serious doubts" about the value of the so-called metadata counterterrorism programme.
A second federal judge ruled later in the month the programme was constitutional, raising the possibility the issue would be settled by the US Supreme Court.
Media companies, including The New York Times and the BBC, have repeatedly been targeted by the Syrian Electronic Army and other hacker activist groups that deface websites and take over Twitter accounts.