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With mobile internet usage skyrocketing, and more and more publishers investing in developing mobile experiences, it's no surprise that expectations for mobile advertising are high.
That doesn't mean, however, that challenges don't exist. One of the biggest: fat fingers, which are producing clicks that consumers never intended but advertisers have to pay for
Recognizing this problem, one of the largest purveyors of mobile ads, Google, had previously added a confirmation feature to text ads displayed on mobile phones which asks a user who clicks on an ad in a certain fashion to verify that the click was intended.
Yesterday, Google announced that it is expanding this confirmation feature to its image-based formats designed to be served in-app. On the Google Mobile Ads Blog, the search giant explained:
By expanding confirmed clicks to in-app image ad banners, we're now making this improved user experience consistent across the vast majority of the ads that we serve in mobile apps. In our initial tests, we found that confirmed clicks notably improve mobile conversion rates, with a slight decrease in clickthrough as accidental clicks are avoided.
It's interesting to note Google's reference to a "slight" decrease in CTRs. Some studies have suggested that nearly half of mobile ad clicks are accidental, but Google's comment seems to indicate that the introduction of a confirmation is not causing a significant reduction in clicks.
Does this mean that concerns over fat fingers have been overblown? Perhaps, but it's too early to tell. Google only asks for click confirmation when a click takes place on the "outer border of the ad" because it says it determined that clicks in these regions were far more likely to be accidental. That, of course, doesn't mean thataccidental clicks aren't produced elsewhere.
At the end of the day, it's clear that, for most display and text ads, there is no perfect solution to the fat finger problem. Confirmations can help, but advertisers should probably count on some percentage of clicks being accidental, just as they count on some percentage of AdWords clicks being fraudulent.
Ultimately, the success of mobile ad campaigns will be based not on how well Google and others filter out accidental clicks but how well advertisers convert real clicks and how much they pay for them.
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Google nexus one have a strong response in the market. i am sure Google will again bounce back with a new product.
I had a QR scanning app that would load, and just as I was about to click "scan" the button would drop down and an ad would appear in its place.
I clicked at least 3 ads before uninstalling the app, and if I had more time I would probably contact those advertisers to let them know how their pay per click is being wasted.


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CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's vice president said Wednesday that the government has uncovered a plot by unidentified groups to attack him and another senior leader.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro did not give details about the purported plot but said there are "groups that have infiltrated the country" and the authorities believe they intended to attack him and National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello, and then "try to blame one and the other."
Maduro announced the purported plot while announcing that he would soon travel to Cuba along with Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez to see ailing President Hugo Chavez. A large contingent of police and troops with rifles stood guard while Maduro spoke to government supporters at an outdoor rally in Caracas.
Maduro didn't provide any evidence of the alleged plot or say what sort of attacks the authorities believed to have been planned.
He didn't mention any arrests, but said, "Don't be surprised by the actions that will be taken in the coming days," Maduro said, adding that unspecified actions would be taken against "criminals that infiltrate the country."
The vice president and Cabello have often appeared together during the more than six weeks that Chavez has remained out of sight in Cuba following a cancer operation. There have been rumors of potential divisions between the two powerful allies of Chavez, but they have repeatedly insisted they are working together and united.
Maduro told the crowd on Wednesday that Chavez has gone through a difficult recovery process after the Dec. 11 operation, and that now "he's on the path to a new phase."
Chavez's supporters took to the streets of Caracas by the thousands to commemorate the anniversary of the country's democracy amid uncertainty about the president's health. Maduro led a crowd of the president's supporters in chants of "We're all Chavez!"
Before Maduro's appearance, Justice Minister Nestor Reverol told the state news agency AVN that intelligence agencies had uncovered a plot to kill Maduro and Cabello. Reverol also didn't provide details but said that security would be increased for Maduro and Cabello.
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles joined thousands of government opponents at a separate gathering at a basketball arena in eastern Caracas. He dismissed the alleged plot with a barb referring to the country's high murder rate, saying there are "attacks every day against more than 50 Venezuelans."
Earlier this month, the opposition had announced plans for a protest on Wednesday but scaled back its plans after the government announced its supporters would fill downtown Caracas with their demonstration. "They wanted a confrontation between Venezuelans," Capriles told reporters.
Capriles also accused the government of providing incomplete and contradictory information about Chavez by "saying the president is walking and telling jokes, but he doesn't communicate with the country."
The president's supporters, many of whom wore T-shirts emblazoned with an image of the president's eyes, marched through Caracas in separate groups and gathered in the working-class neighborhood of 23 de Enero, which was built by Gen. Marcos Perez Jimenez, Venezuela's last dictator, and later named for the Jan. 23 date of his downfall.
Chavez, who was re-elected to another six-year term in October, has not appeared or spoken publicly since he left for Havana on Dec. 10. Government officials have said the 58-year-old president is improving after suffering complications including a severe respiratory infection, but they have not provided specific details about his health.
The opposition has demanded more information about the president's condition. Before departing for Cuba, Chavez said that if his illness cuts short his presidency, Maduro should run in a new election to take his place.
Since Chavez took office in 1999, Jan. 23 has become a date that underscores Venezuela's political divisions, with opponents often using it to protest against Chavez's government.
"What's evident today is the deep fracture, the immense division, the strong polarization that characterizes Venezuelan society," said Tulio Hernandez, a sociologist and newspaper columnist.
"The group in power is permanently trying to demonstrate the other group, the dissident one, does not form part of the same political community," Hernandez said during a telephone interview, adding that government officials are attempting to portray opposition supporters are "enemies, not adversaries."
Some government adversaries have likened Chavez to Perez Jimenez, saying both attempted to silence the news media, used the judiciary to jail adversaries and infringed on freedoms. Chavez and his supporters deny such accusations and say that the president has strengthened the country's democracy.
"Our president has brought true democracy to our country. Nobody should believe opposition leaders who say that Chavez is a threat to democracy," said Angel Colmenares, a burly 44-year-old brick mason who waved Venezuela's red, yellow and blue flag as he marched with others through downtown Caracas.
Associated Press writer Jorge Rueda contributed to this report.

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By Charles Abbott
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives panel in charge of agricultural funding rejected on Wednesday the Obama administration's request for a sweeping change to food aid programs that have been in place since the Cold War.
It was the second defeat in three days for the White House budget proposal to use up to 45 percent of funding for "Food for Peace," the major U.S. food aid program, to buy food from nations near hunger zones instead of American-grown food.
The White House in April proposed shifting Food for Peace funding to an international affairs panel and to make large purchases of food from suppliers closer to famine areas, so-called local and regional purchasing. Funds also could be used for food vouchers.
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Connecticut Democrat Rosa DeLauro lamented the "outright rejection" of a proposal that she said deserved consideration.
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The Senate voted on Monday to allow a small increase - $20 million - in local food purchase by the Agency for International Development but otherwise rejected the administration package.
Although the farm bills pending in the House and Senate would also keep Food for Peace in its current form, the administration still has a few chances to win its way.
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The House Appropriations Committee may vote next week on a $139.5 billion funding bill for the Agriculture Department, the Food and Drug Administration and two financial regulators. That would be another opportunity for food aid reformers.
Among other actions taken at Wednesday's panel, the proposed Commodity Futures Trading Commission budget was set at $195 million for 2014, down $10 million from this year and a hefty $120 million less than the White House requested.
California Democrat Sam Farr argued that the CFTC deserved a larger work force to police the $300 trillion futures and derivatives markets.
(Reporting by Charles Abbott, editing by Ros Krasny and Bob Burgdorfer)


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from Gloucester
448 posts
I'm gonna go ahead and say this is the start of MH4. Even though it's highly unlikely, and that these symbols in fact represent upcoming beta features in Twitter for Mac. Nonetheless, thought I'd be first to say "MH4!!!", just in case I'm right
EDIT: oh, now upon looking in the other thread about this it seems as though I'm not first. Also, I've noticed how the MacHeist logo brightens when hovering over the hint at the bottom...
EDIT 2: Just in case anyone reading this hasn't seen, here's the hint in question;
This is available not only inside Twitter for Mac, but also here, and perhaps more interestingly, here (notice the different text in the main section of the page)
from Outpost Gallifrey
234 posts
We have 4 icons. A mail-ish one, a box, taurus symbol, and a thing that looks like a house linked to a small box. It could either be about MH4 or new features in Twitter for Mac.
Mail-ish one might be for updates via mail? Box might be file sharing? House thing might be parity across desktop and mobile?
Just guessing.
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House? Kinda looks like documents connected by a line to me...
from Yerington, NV
988 posts
Can someone embed a picture for the thread? I didn't get the bundle so I can't. FWIW my guess is future tweetie features, but I would sure like a mail app, a font box app, an ftp app in a bundle.
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Can someone embed a picture for the thread? I didn't get the bundle so I can't. FWIW my guess is future tweetie features, but I would sure like a mail app, a font box app, an ftp app in a bundle.
They sound like good ideas. I didn't think about apps they could be, I was thinking about words or letters they could represent.
from Behind You
2,196 posts
If you read the backwards written text, it says "Coming this year". Perhaps...
EDIT: Screenshot.
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Oh, also... That MacHeist logo at the bottom of the view looks awfully like an iOS icon...
from Yerington, NV
988 posts
I thought bundle clue primarily because the directorate spend all their design time on long term income through apps. Recently they have been using MH as a bundle site rather than focusing on the heisting.
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If you read the backwards written text, it says "Coming this year". Perhaps...
EDIT: Screenshot.
Err, yes. We already established that in the 2nd post in the thread which had a flipped version.
Someone had this posted in another thread:
I'm in 10.5, so I can't get the App Store to confirm if this is what it actually is.
Mine does not exactly match the mhstatic link. The dots aren't properly parsed by Twitter, and it's missing the last couple items. I relaunched to make sure, and I still get this:
from Bexley, Ohio
33 posts
Someone had this posted in another thread:
I'm in 10.5, so I can't get the App Store to confirm if this is what it actually is.
Interesting. I don't get the 3rd and fourth lines on my twitter app. ("More items.../another another")
Maybe those lines are simply put in there in anticipation of the new features?
3,692 posts
Mine does not exactly match the mhstatic link. The dots aren't properly parsed by Twitter, and it's missing the last couple items. I relaunched to make sure, and I still get this:
It's the server it's being shown on. I guess it's not properly configured for UTF display.
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Going out on a limb here, but anybody notice that the Macheist app/logo is the "correct" way even though the text is mirrored? And Mirroring the text (obviously) turns the logo backward?
http://f.cl.ly/items/3s0Y2E193W210O0o0n … 5%20PM.png
Using the big logo in the back for reference for the "correct" way.
from Halifax, Canada
1,203 posts
I'd guess it just means that these features are "Coming Soon", and it's on the MH super secret page, explaining the safe logo.
The other guess is the mhstatic page is where the app is pulling the data/text/image from. Perhaps with some CSS to hide the extra two filler bullet points.
I'd be happy to be proved wrong, of course, but you know how it is. Assume the worst and you're only pleasantly surprised
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from Boston, MA
86 posts
Ok, I posted the mhstatic link. The Twitter app loads this page: http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-mac/canary/ which references http://mhstatic.com/twitter for the css. The Twitter app itself isn't parsing the bullets properly and http://mhstatic.com/twitter was probably the test page for the design that now pulls off of atebits.
I want to say those icons are familiar but I'm not sure.
Sorry tegeril, I meant to go back later today and edit my post to give you credit. I was at work and didn't have much time to post.
from Boston, MA
86 posts
No worries about the credit, I just wanted to clarify what it was and show that it's just how that window functions and not really anymore than that except for some interesting URLs to look at. Googling for site:mhstatic.com was a fun try but it didn't have anything else new and juicy from the mhstatic domain.
For whatever reason, it says my email and serial are invalid.
Copied my stuff directly from the license/registrar's email.
Anyone else have ish?
This thread is meant for the discussion of the hints/clues found there; if you're having trouble getting to it, you should head over to the Support Desk forum.
662 posts
I'm guessing there is going to be a hidden heist in Twitter for mac with the vault in the background
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from Cleveland, OH
2 posts
I think I'm hoping for too much...
But that cube reminds me of Companion Cube, so does that mean Portal 2??
Oh, I think not. There would be much more Portal-esk type pictures, and, frankly, Valve would never consent to having Portal 2 released as part of a bundle. For one, it doesn't use a serial number. It's registered on a per-account basis, so MacHeist would have to be able to directly interface with that system. Secondly, Valve already has their own distribution platform (Steam), and they do all their own bundles and promotions. A third party doing a bundle with a piece of their software in it wouldn't be necessary. Thirdly, the proportions of Valve to MacHeist are about 9002 to 1. That's an over 9000 difference of scale.
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from Tennessee
1,477 posts
I don't know if this could be considered a "clue", but I figured it be worth a shot:
[removed link - warbrain]
(says don't post source code for those who don't follow links. All MacHeist problems will have a solution that's not gleaned from page source code.)
Sometimes I feel so blue
It makes me twitter.
from New York
1,565 posts
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Oh, I'm sorry, I honestly didn't even know what that page was, just that I found it and thought it could be a legitimate clue. I'll make sure it won't happen again.
from Wellington, New Zealand
14 posts
box with wavy legs / ipad being shaken / computer chip / letter with stamp, airmail
network / wires / ...
taurus symbol/ mercury symbol / QUICKSILVER... ?
box / cube
But yes, the MacHeist icon looks suspiciously like an iOS icon...
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from UK
4 posts
The two squares with the connecting line is a flow symbol isnt it? To me this means a threaded conversation view like other clients provide. As I can't even see a "in reply to" flag on tweets yet I would thinks it's just upcoming features.
from Missouri
36 posts
Does anybody else see what I'm seeing (previously mentioned here): That really looks like an iOS icon to me.
Yeah. I see what you're talking about. Looks exactly like an iOS icon.
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Well the image under the box is the zodiac sign for Taurus, so what is the bull well known for?
from UK
2 posts
The Taurus sign could be a clue to the date — April 21–May20.
I like glutnix theory though — Mercury = QUICKSILVER. I'd welcome a QS update.
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cfm24 wrote:
The Taurus sign could be a clue to the date — April 21–May20.
I like glutnix theory though — Mercury = QUICKSILVER. I'd welcome a QS update.
DISCLAIMER: I am not an astrologist.
Quicksilver is dead. It'll never be updated again.
Thats's Why I use alfred
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Warbrain wrote:
Quicksilver is dead. It'll never be updated again.
Yeah, well, that's just like... your opinion, man.
Since you're quoting from it...
Shut the fuck up, Donny.
from the U.S.
1,771 posts
The Taurus sign could be a clue to the date — April 21–May20.
DISCLAIMER: I am not an astrologist.
Finally, some actual progress. I like that idea and it makes sense that it could be in that time frame.
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Quicksilver is dead. It'll never be updated again.
There was a code commit in November, so it may be "dead-ish" but the authors are clearly still looking at it occasionally.
I can't post a link (this is my first post), but Wikipedia links to the Github repo for Quicksilver where you can see the code changes.


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Pretty sure I answered this, but if you want to upgrade from Win7 Pro or Ultimate, you need to simply buy the upgrade to Windows 8 Pro, not Windows 8.
Except the Microsoft Store page for Windows 8 Pro says that you'll have to reinstall.
Based on things I've seen elsewhere, I think this is an error. Can't find a straight, definitive answer anywhere, though.


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This Week
The San Jose Earthquakes (11-3-3, 36 pts.) play a pair this week, starting with a trip to Cascadia to take on the Portland Timbers Tuesday, July 3 at JELD-WEN Field. The match kicks off at 7:30 p.m. PT on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 95.3 KRTY and 1370 KZSF. Next up is a date with FC Dallas on Saturday, July 7 in Frisco, Texas. That match kicks off at 6 p.m. PT on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 1590 KLIV and 1370 KZSF.
Earthquakes Schedule for the Week of 7/2/12
Tuesday, July 3 – 7:30 p.m. PT – Earthquakes at Portland Timbers, JELD-WEN Field in Portland, Ore., live on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 95.3 KRTY and 1370 KZSF
Wednesday, July 4 – Off
Thursday, July 5 – 10:15 a.m. – Practice at Earthquakes Training Facility
Tuesday, July 3 – 7:30 p.m. PT – Earthquakes at Portland Timbers, JELD-WEN Field in Portland, Ore., live on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 95.3 KRTY and 1370 KZSF
Wednesday, July 4 – Off
Thursday, July 5 – 10:15 a.m. – Practice at Earthquakes Training Facility
Friday, July 6 – Travel to Dallas
Saturday, July 7 – 6 p.m. PT – Earthquakes at FC Dallas, FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Texas, live on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 1590 KLIV and 1370 KZSF
Sunday, July 8 – Off
Saturday, July 7 – 6 p.m. PT – Earthquakes at FC Dallas, FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Texas, live on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 1590 KLIV and 1370 KZSF
Sunday, July 8 – Off
Injury Report
Out: Jon Busch (L – corneal abrasion), Simon Dawkins (L – sprained shoulder), Sam Garza (Fractured ribs), Joey Gjertsen (R – knee surgery), Tim Ward (L – non-specific soft tissue injury); Doubtful: Ike Opara (L – hip flexor strain).
Out: Jon Busch (L – corneal abrasion), Simon Dawkins (L – sprained shoulder), Sam Garza (Fractured ribs), Joey Gjertsen (R – knee surgery), Tim Ward (L – non-specific soft tissue injury); Doubtful: Ike Opara (L – hip flexor strain).
Earthquakes vs. Portland Timbers All-Time
MLS Regular Season: 0-0-2
Home: 0-0-0 (1 GF, 1 GA)
Away: 0-0-0 (1 GF, 1 GA)
Shootout (1996-99): NA; Overtime (2000-03): NA; Playoffs: 0-0-0; US Open Cup: 2-0-0; U.S. Open Cup Play-In: 1-0-0
All-Time Scoring: San Jose – 2, Portland Timbers – 2
Earthquakes vs. FC Dallas All-Time
MLS Regular Season: 21-15-8
Home: 12-6-4
Away: 9-9-4
Shootout (1996-99): 4-3; Overtime (2000-03): 0-0-0; Playoffs: 2-2-0; U.S. Open Cup: 0-0-0
All-Time Scoring: San Jose – 73, FC Dallas – 49
Portland Timbers Info
Portland Timbers Scouting Report
The Timbers (4-7-4, 16 pts.) enter Tuesday's match following a 3-0 loss at the Colorado Rapids' Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Scottish Designated Player Kris Boyd leads the Timbers' attack with five goals on the year while Liberian midfielder Darlington Nagbe is next with three of his own. Meanwhile, Eric Alexander leads the squad with three assists. The club is 2-2-1 in their last five matches, including a Cascadia Cup win against rival Seattle Sounders FC on June 24.
History of the Quakes – Portland Timbers Rivalry
The Earthquakes and Timbers rivalry dates back to when the teams played in the North American Soccer League … The squads faced off for the first time as members of the NASL in 1975 in San Jose and the Earthquakes were victorious 2-1 with Ilija Mitic scoring both goals for the Quakes … The Timbers evened the series with a 2-1 home victory towards the end of the '75 season … In 1976 the teams only met once and Portland got the better of the Earthquakes in a 1-0 victory in San Jose … The Earthquakes swept the 1977 season series with a 3-2 victory at home and 2-1 win in Portland … The Timbers came back in 1978 and outscored the Earthquakes 8-2 in two wins on their way to the NASL National Conference Final, where they lost to the New York Cosmos … The teams split the 1979 series with Portland winning 4-3 in San Jose and the Earthquakes winning 2-1 in Portland …In 1980 the Earthquakes dropped both games to the Timbers, losing each match by just one goal … The Timbers got the best of the Earthquakes in 1981 as well, sweeping the season series by finals of 3-0 and 2-1 … 1982 was the last NASL series between the two teams … The Earthquakes won the first game 1-0 in Portland and the Timbers were victorious 1-0 when they traveled to San Jose … The two sides played again in a 2001 exhibition in Portland and the Timbers were victorious 2-1 … The next meeting came in 2004 during the U.S. Open Cup and the Earthquakes won 3-0 … In 2005 the sides met again in the U.S. Open Cup and the Earthquakes were victorious 2-0 … The Earthquakes topped Portland in U.S. Open Cup Qualifying 1-0 on May 3, 2011 with Ike Opara scoring the game winner in the 120th minute … The Earthquakes and Timbers battled to a tie on August 6, 2011 with goals from Kenny Cooper of Portland and Alan Gordon of San Jose … The Earthquakes and Timbers last played on September 21, 2011 in Portland where the match again ended in a 1-1 draw.
Earthquakes All-Time Leaders vs. Portland Timbers
Forward Alan Gordon has one goal in one appearance, and midfielder Khari Stephenson has one goal in two appearances … Defender Steven Beitashour and midfielder Rafael Baca each have one assist in two appearances … Goalkeeper Jon Busch is 0-0-2 and has nine saves in two appearances.
Portland Timbers All-Time Leaders vs. Earthquakes
Forward Kenny Cooper has scored two goals in two appearance against San Jose … Forward Jorge Perlaza and midfielder Darlington Nagbe have each notched two assists in two appearances against San Jose … Goalkeeper Troy Perkins is 0-0-2 and has nine saves in two appearances.
Earthquakes– Portland Timbers Connections
Portland defender Eric Brunner played for the Columbus Crew with San Jose Forward Steven Lenhart from 2009-10 ... San Jose All-Star forward Chris Wondolowski played for Houston Dynamo with Portland defender Mike Chabala from 2006-09 ... San Jose defender Justin Morrow attended Notre Dame with Portland forward Bright Dike from 2007-09 ... Portland Midfielder Jack Jewsbury and San Jose Defender Tim Ward both attended St. Louis University … Jewsbury played for the Wizards with San Jose midfielder Khari Stephenson from 2004-05 … Portland defender Steve Purdy (2003-2006) and San Jose goalkeeper David Bingham (2008-2010) … Portland midfielder Eric Alexander (2006-2009) and San Jose defender Jed Zayner (2003-2005) both played college soccer at Indiana … Alexander and Wondolowski both played for the United States National Team in a 1-1 draw against Chile on January 22, 2011 … Portland midfielder Diego Chara, defender Hanyer Mosquera and forward Sebastian Rincon and San Jose midfielder Tressor Moreno were all born in Colombia… Chara and Moreno have both made appearances for the Colombian national team … Portland midfielder Lovel Palmer and San Jose midfielder Khari Stephenson have both represented Jamaica internationally, with Palmer winning 19 caps and Stephenson winning 32 caps.
FC Dallas Info
History of the Quakes-FC Dallas Rivalry
The Earthquakes were 9-1-4 in the final 14 games against Dallas prior to San Jose's relocation to Houston … The Quakes posted a seven-game winning streak during that stretch from July 20, 2002-Apr. 15, 2004 … San Jose and Dallas met in an important match on Oct. 16, 2004, as San Jose needed a win or a tie to advance to the playoffs, while Dallas needed a win to clinch the final berth in the playoffs. The two teams played to a 2-2 tie at the Cotton Bowl, giving San Jose a spot in the playoffs, while Dallas did not qualify. Ramiro Corrales scored the Quakes second goal in that game … On Sept. 27, 2003, San Jose's Dwayne De Rosario scored the fastest goal from the start of the game in MLS history, netting a goal 11 seconds into the match at Spartan Stadium against Dallas. De Rosario would go on to net a hat trick in the game, the second hat trick in Quakes team history … The Quakes +20 goal differential against Dallas is the highest against any team in the league … The Earthquakes won both matches against FC Dallas last season … The Earthquakes defeated FC Dallas in a 2-0 road win in the first meeting of this season on Mar. 26, and closed out the 2011 season with a 4-2 win at Buck Shaw Stadium on October 22.
Earthquakes All-Time Leaders vs. FC Dallas
Defender Ramiro Corrales has four goals and six assists in 24 career appearances … Forward Chris Wondolowski has three goals and one assist in 12 career appearances … Midfielder Simon Dawkins has two goals in two career appearances … Goalkeeper Jon Busch is 6-3-3 with three shutouts in 12 career appearances.
FC Dallas All-Time Leaders vs. Earthquakes
Midfielder David Ferreira has two goals and two assists in five career appearances … Midfielder Brek Shea has two goals and one assist in four career appearances … Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman is 17-11-6 with ten shutouts in 35 career appearances.
Earthquakes-FC Dallas Connections
FC Dallas' Kevin Hartman and Ugo Ihemelu played for Earthquakes coach Frank Yallop in 2006 with the LA Galaxy ... In January 2009, Ihemelu and Earthquakes defender Jason Hernandez were both called up to the US Men's National Team's training camp before a friendly against Sweden … FC Dallas forward Scott Sealy played for the Earthquakes in 2008 and again from 2010-2011… In total, Sealy made 40 appearances for the Quakes and scored 2 goals … FC Dallas forward Andrew Wiedeman (07-09) played his college soccer at Cal with Quakes goalkeeper David Bingham (08-10), and is from Oakland, Calif. … FC Dallas midfielder Andrew Jacobson (2003-2007) also attended Cal, and is from Palo Alto, Calif. … FC Dallas defender Bobby Warshaw is a 2011 SuperDraft first-round pick out of Stanford ... FC Dallas midfielder Daniel Hernandez played with San Jose defender Ramiro Corrales with the MetroStars in 2000 … FC Dallas defender Zach Lloyd and Earthquakes forward Chris Wondolowski have played together three times with the U.S. Men's National Team, against Chile on January 22, 2011, against Venezuela on January 21, 2012, and against Panama on January 25, 2012 … FC Dallas forward Blas Perez, defender Carlos Rodriguez and Panama have faced off against Wondolowski and the USMNT in a friendly on January 25, 2012 … FC Dallas defenders Jair Benitez, Hernan Pertuz, forward David Ferreira and Earthquakes midfielder Tressor Moreno were all born in Colombia … Ferreira and Moreno played together for America de Cali in the Colombian Primera league in 2002 … Ferreira (39), Benitez (7), and Moreno (32) have all represented Colombia at the international level … Benitez (06-09) and Moreno (04) both played for Colomnia's Deportivo Cali.
Miscellaneous Notes
Earthquakes to Donate $1,000 to Operation Care and Comfort
The San Jose Earthquakes will donate $1,000 to Operation Care & Comfort as part of a promotion to benefit the organization. The drive called for fans to like the club's team Facebook page, offering $1 on behalf of all new likes from noon on Saturday to the end of the post-game fireworks show. Operation Care & Comfort is a group that helps members of the U.S. Armed Forces by sending care packages and other donations to deployed service members or Veteran's families.
Quakes First in the Western Conference, Supporters' Shield Standings
The Earthquakes (11-3-3, 36 pts.) solidified their position atop the Western Conference and Supporters' Shield standings with a 4-3 win against the LA Galaxy on June 30. San Jose is four points clear of Real Salt Lake (10-6-2, 32 pts.) in the conference table and three ahead of D.C. United (10-5-3, 33 pts.) in the Supporters' Shield race with a game in hand on both teams.
Quakes Among MLS Category Leaders
Through 17 weeks of the 2012 MLS season, the Earthquakes are No. 1 in MLS with 35 goals scored and 37 assists. With 22 scores conceded, the Quakes are also No. 1 in the league with a +13 goal differential.
Race for the Budweiser Golden Boot
Chris Wondolowski continues to pace the pack in the Budweiser Golden Boot race after scoring No. 14 of the season on June 30 against the LA Galaxy. New York Red Bulls striker Kenny Cooper is next with 11, followed by teammate Thierry Henry, D.C. United's Chris Pontius and Houston's Will Bruin with nine apiece.
Quakes Surpass Approaching Points Total from 2011 Season
Midway through the 2012 season, the Earthquakes are two points away from matching their previous season haul. In 2011, San Jose finished 8-12-14 with 38 points. The club is currently 11-3-3 with 36 points, having already surpassed their 2011 win total with a 2-1 result against the Colorado Rapids on June 20 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
Bingham Stellar in Third Appearance
Second-year Generation adidas goalkeeper David Bingham responded gamely after being pressed into action in San Jose's 4-3 June 30 comeback win against the LA Galaxy. Subbing on for an injured Jon Busch at halftime, Bingham came up with a pair of crucial saves, one on a David Beckham shot from inside the area and another to deny Chad Barrett.
The Earthquakes have won each of their three games since a three-week layoff, including 2-1 wins against the Colorado Rapids on June 20 and Real Salt Lake on June 23 as well as a 4-3 victory against the LA Galaxy on June 30. The common denominator: Chris Wondolowski has scored the game winner in each contest.
Record Crowd of 50,391 Watches Quakes Beat Galaxy at Stanford Stadium
The Earthquakes set a pair of attendance records in their June 30 4-3 win against the LA Galaxy. The 50,391 at the match set a new Stanford Stadium record since the facility was renovated in 2006 and also marked a new club record for a non-doubleheader event.
Cronin, Bernardez Opens Scoring Accounts
Sam Cronin Scored his first goal in three seasons with the Earthquakes in the 47th minute to draw even with the LA Galaxy on June 30. The midfielder has appeared in 58 games with San Jose. Meanwhile, Honduran international Victor Bernardez tallied his first career MLS goal in the same game, one-timing a corner kick from Marvin Chavez in the 44th minute.
Wells Fargo Goals for Education
Wells Fargo has again pledged to donate $250 for each goal the Earthquakes score in 2012 through the Goals for Education program. With 35 goals through 17 games, the donated total for this season already stands at $8,750. Thanks to 40 goals in 2011, the partnership raised $10,000 for local youth soccer and athletic development programs a year ago.


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Education for All: Choice, Reform, and Optimism
U. S. SECRETARY of EDUCATION ROD PAIGE
"Education for All: Choice, Reform and Optimism"
Note: Dr. Paige delivered these remarks at a policy briefing for members of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy boards of advisors, directors, and their guests.
Thank you for that kind introduction. Before I begin, I want to thank you for all you've done for our nation's children. The Mackinac Center and institutions like it have helped blaze a trail of education reform in Michigan and across the nation.
And by the way, don't worry about "misappropriating" my words or "likeness" – feel free to quote me all you want!
Today, thanks in part to your hard work and dedication, our students have greater opportunities to learn — their parents have more choices – and their schools are governed by higher expectations than ever before.
Stay Engaged
It wasn't always so. In 1988, the year your Center was founded, President Ronald Reagan's Education Secretary Bill Bennett gave a report on the state of education in our country.
Bennett said, and I quote, "an ethos of success is missing from too many American schools." "Too many students do not graduate from our high schools, and too many of those who do graduate have been poorly educated," he said.
He noted that reforms were often blocked by those with "a vested interest in the educational status quo," engaged in "the narrow, self-interested exercise of political power."
Sound familiar?
Well, as you know, the defenders of the status quo have not gone away or given up. And they are certainly not shy about exercising their power.
And yet, they've had to step back and watch as real, lasting reforms have taken root, over their fierce objections, all across the country.
Today there are nearly 3,000 charter schools nationwide — nearly 200 in Michigan alone — compared to zero in 1988.
Over 40 states allow and encourage charter schools.
Eleven states now offer vouchers and/or tax credits or deductions for tuition. [source: Heritage Foundation]
And, contrary to the opinion of every defender of the status quo, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that vouchers are constitutional.
So how did we get to this point? A diverse group of civil rights leaders, entrepreneurs, teachers and principals, parents, politicians and think tanks such as yours came together — all eager to overcome the tired old excuses for poor performance.
They decried the growing achievement gap in our schools — millions of children left behind and left ill-prepared for life's challenges.
A vast majority of those left behind are African-American, Hispanic, special needs, English-learners, or low-income students.
For various reasons, none of them good, they were simply passed on from grade to grade by an indifferent education monopoly. Decades after Brown vs. Board of Education, "social promotion" had created a de facto "separate but equal" education system in this country.
The statistics tell the tale. By the time they reach 12th grade, only one in six blacks and one in five Hispanics can read at grade level. Math scores are even worse: only three percent of blacks and four percent of Hispanics are testing at the proficient level. It is an outrage.
In Michigan, 70 percent of African American 4th graders and over half of Hispanic students are below basic levels in reading, compared to 25 percent of white students. It's one of the largest gaps in the nation.
President Bush has declared education the "new civil right." Only by closing this achievement gap can we right this tremendous wrong.
This reform-minded coalition also pointed to the dangers of an under-educated workforce. The quality of education deeply affects our economic competitiveness in this global economy.
Education is an important indicator of productivity. That's bad news for us: the United States has the largest concentration of adults in the lowest literacy levels of any industrialized country.
And U.S. 12th-graders performed among the lowest of 21 countries in math and science [source: the Third International Mathematics and Science Study].
And so, since World War II, worker productivity has grown more slowly here than in any other industrialized country.
A poor education hurts our bottom line in more ways than one. A study by your group [the Mackinac Center] estimated that remedial education and training cost businesses and colleges in Michigan approximately $600 million annually; or about $16 billion for the U.S. as a whole – and that was four years ago!
It is simply unfair to force businesses and colleges to become the K-12 educators of last resort. Clearly, the system was broken.
Next, parents began to demand real choices and change. It had become fashionable in the 1980s and '90s to point fingers – to place the blame for the problem anywhere but where it belonged.
Here were some quotes by defenders of the status quo: "The problems that exist in the schools are a reflection of the larger society." Or this: "There are a lot of societal factors that we have no control over — television, broken homes and the rest." And so on.
One of their favorite tactics was to blame a lack of parental involvement — after the rules were rigged so that parents were given very little say over education. Parents saw through the excuses and demanded better for their children.
One of those excuses was a "lack of money." The establishment saw education not in terms of how many children were learning, but rather how many dollars were being spent.
Ladies and gentlemen, we spend $501 billion annually on K-12 education – more per pupil than any other country except Switzerland. If we could have spent our way to better results, it would have happened a long time ago.
A key "tipping point" for change came when a wave of visionary, conservative Governors took office across the country — including George W. Bush.
As Superintendent of the Houston public schools, I witnessed firsthand as Gov. Bush successfully worked to close the achievement gap and "leave no child behind" in Texas. He brought that same compassion and passion for reform to the White House.
And that is why, two-and-a-half years ago, I was proud to stand with the President as he signed the No Child Left Behind Act.
Ladies and gentlemen, this law is the next logical step in our efforts to provide real reforms and real choices.
No Child Left Behind has one primary goal: to close the achievement gap and get all students in America to grade level or better in reading, writing and mathematics.
That should have been the goal of public education all along. But now, we are holding states accountable for the taxpayer funds they spend. The new message from Washington is: if you take the money, we expect you to use it wisely to educate all your children.
Now I know some of you may think that NCLB is another Washington over-reach. That's a misconception.
We have given states unprecedented flexibility to reach their goals. We've made sure that local control is preserved. Under No Child Left Behind, we're focused like a laser on results; we leave it to the states and schools to find the best ways to achieve them.
Today, all 50 states have their own accountability plans to ensure proficiency in reading, writing and math. In other words, the people of Michigan set the standards for the children of Michigan.
States can spend federal funds on teacher quality, technology and innovations, safe and drug-free schools programs — whatever is needed, without prior approval from Washington.
Education is a state and local responsibility, it's true. But there is a compelling national interest as well. In the past the federal government has stepped in to correct overt unfairness or inequality. Witness the Brown vs. Board of Education case.
Nevertheless, we take seriously the words of James Madison: "the powers delegated by the…Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which…remain in the state governments are numerous and indefinite."
That's why under No Child Left Behind, states and schools determine which educational programs and practices work best for their students, as long as they are rigorous and proven sound scientifically. No fads, please!
No Child Left Behind is a framework for excellence. It does not handcuff states and localities to a thick book of rules and regulations. You choose the process – as long as you achieve results.
No Child Left Behind also empowers parents with information about how their child's school is doing.
Finally – and here's the greatest change — it provides more choices to parents, in the form of free tutoring, after-school services, marketplace solutions, even transfers to another public school.
In the first year, more than 160,000 students took advantage of these choices. And we know that's just the tip of the iceberg. Public school choice can be combined with vouchers or opportunity scholarships in several states, giving parents more options than ever.
To that end, I am also proud to say that for the first time, parents in the District of Columbia now have private school choices, under the first federally-funded voucher program in the nation.
It was a tough fight. But we won it. And the dream of being able to pick a school that better serves a child's needs will soon be a reality for families of limited economic means.
We hope that the D.C. Choice program becomes a model for the nation. President Bush has put his money where his mouth is: he has asked for $50 million for a Choice Incentive Fund to help cities across the nation start similar programs.
It is vitally important that we build a broad base of support for school choice and vouchers. It's clear that a coalition made up of only the very poor and the very wealthy will not carry the day.
The Mackinac Center recognizes this. I applaud your leadership in support of universal education tax credits.
Tuition tax credits have shown real promise in states such as Arizona, where they're claimed by about 50,000 residents a year. A few years ago in Pennsylvania, a business education tax credit raised nearly $8 million for students in just the first day!
Choice and competition are keys to improved schools. Studies have shown they do not just improve opportunities for a few – they improve educational performance overall.
We're seeing that under No Child Left Behind. Ladies and gentlemen, the law is working. A study by the Council of Great City Schools found the racial achievement gap in our urban school districts is beginning to narrow.
Detroit Public Schools students, for example, have shown significant improvement in reading at both the 4th- and 7th-grade levels. Twenty percent more 4th-graders and 10 percent more 7th-graders now meet or exceed state standards.
And nationwide, math scores have increased among all 4th- and 8th-graders, with the greatest progress shown by low-income students. Every day, it seems, there's news of progress – most recently in Wisconsin, Arkansas, Texas, Maryland and Ohio.
Still, NCLB continues to attract opposition from the "status quo defenders." Of course. Some complain that the law is unrealistic in its demand that all children read at grade level by the year 2014.
Ladies and gentlemen, the United States went from the Wright Brothers to Neil Armstrong in one lifetime. I don't believe getting our children to read at grade level in a decade is an impossible dream!
We also continue to hear complaints about money. But, as the General Accounting Office confirmed last month, No Child Left Behind is not an unfunded mandate, despite the chorus you hear in the media echo chamber.
Some in positions of power use the banner of "unfunded mandate" as an excuse not to implement the law. Again, money is not the problem – but rather, how it is spent.
In the end, it's about giving parents and children more educational choices – more power – more control over their own destiny.
I wish I could stand here and tell you that we were at the finish line, that we've achieved all of our goals, and that federal action is not necessary. But, at this time, it is.
The educational system has become a monopoly. And like all monopolies, it needs an injection of fresh ideas, sunshine and competition. No Child Left Behind and our other federal reforms offer all of the above.
Like President Reagan, we remain optimistic about the future. Reagan pushed hard for tuition tax credits despite strident opposition from Congress. "Our proposal is on Capitol Hill again," he once said, "and like Teddy Roosevelt at San Juan, I'm going to charge up that hill until we get a victory."
It can be morning in America again. After all, we have the power of ideas on our side – which is more powerful than any special interest or status quo defender.
We will keep the flame burning for choice and reform. We know they will make a real difference for our children. And we know that the public will stand with us.
When he signed the No Child Left Behind law, President Bush said four other words of extreme importance: "Every child can learn."
He truly believes that, as do I. I believe you do, too.
And so, together, we will, like President Reagan, keep charging up that hill until this achievable dream for our children comes true. Thank you.


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Matt Damon played dress-up for a hilarious Halloween skit on comedy show The Colbert Report on Thursday night (25Oct12), reprising his role as Private Ryan.
Kids arrived at comedian Stephen Colbert's studio home, dressed as characters played by guest Tom Hanks - but it was Damon's soldier outfit that earned the most laughs.
After kids dressed as Toy Story's Woody, an astronaut from Apollo 13, Castaway's bearded Chuck Noland and the various characters from Hanks' new movie Cloud Atlas showed up as trick or treaters, it was Saving Private Ryan star Damon's turn to burst through the door, raging, "What is the deal, Hanks...? You asked me to come down here. You said it was for charity... I've got better things to do. I could be drunk right now in a movie theater heckling Argo."
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HANG TIME NEW JERSEY — This is the time of year for positive spin around the NBA. No matter what moves your team made in July, it's going to have a positive outlook on the near or distant future.
The Phoenix Suns are one of those teams that's looking long-term … for the most part. Franchise icon Steve Nash is gone, along with Grant Hill. The Suns have added some mid-level free agents and trade acquisitions, but it will be tough for them to compete in an improved Western Conference.
Suns general manager Lance Blanks sees the Suns as a team in transition, but he's not not up for going the Orlando Magic route by completely bottoming out for the next two or three years, as Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic reports…
The roster has changed, but the commitment to a wide-open, entertaining playing style remains — and the front office has done it all with an aim toward returning the team to a sustainable elite status.
"The first goal was to be able to put a team out there that would handle the next era of the organization — the rigors and challenges," Blanks said. "A transition like that is not always seamless. We wanted to make sure we had people to weather the ups and downs of entering the next era and also find guys whose career paths and trajectories fit the future of the organization. Just about every guy is a fresh-start guy."
"We're still in an extended honeymoon," Blanks said. "I'm cautiously optimistic about the season. I don't think this is a team you want do much predicting with in terms of numbers. What I can see in the future for this team this year is a team that is fun to watch and plays hard every night. It is a group of guys who will play together because of the type of guys they are."
Defensively, Blanks projects the potential of a good team based on that word again — commitment. Dragic is a bigger point guard with athleticism and tenacity. Beasley has been derided for being disengaged defensively, but Blanks said he is "very capable" of handling NBA small forwards if he becomes disciplined.
Counting on a bunch of "fresh-start guys" is a little sketchy. So is the idea looking to Goran Dragic and Michael Beasley for defense. But the Suns will certainly have the ability to hang with teams offensively. A lineup of Dragic, Jared Dudley, Beasley, Luis Scola and Marcin Gortat has everything you need — low-post game, pick-and-roll play, and perimeter shooting — to put points on the board.
This "transition" phase should last two seasons, until the Suns have a ton of cap space and flexibility in 2014. For now, the Suns will at least be fun to watch. Just how good they'll be is up for debate.
Also up for debate is whether or not Blanks is choosing the right path by restocking the roster with decent players. The Suns won't nearly be the worst team in the league this season, and that may be a bad thing.


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Routine rules on race day. The last thing you want the morning of your big day is an unexpected surprise. While things such as traffic or weather could throw you a curveball, do your best to replicate the "dress rehearsals" you've performed throughout the training cycle. Aim to rise at least 3 hours before the race start. This allows time to wake up your body, eat a small breakfast, ensure that you've got all your gear ready to go, use the bathroom, and take care of any other last-minute issues before you head to the starting-line area. You can even wake up 4 hours before the race, eat a small meal, and then go back to sleep for 30–60 minutes—just don't forget to reset your alarm!
The pre-race breakfast is very individual, but as with dinner the night before, there is no need to go all out. At most, you'll need no more than 500 or so calories 3–4 hours before the race starts to top off your glycogen stores. Eat a meal that's easily digestible (experiment with this in training), low in fiber, and made up mostly of carbohydrates. One or two slices of toast with peanut butter and jelly or honey along with a banana and glass of juice, water, and/or a cup of coffee are plenty. Continue to sip water or a sports drink in the 2 hours before the race, and take an energy gel or nibble on a bar in the 30–60 minutes before the gun fires.
Get to the starting-line area no later than 60 minutes before the race begins. For bigger events, get there closer to 90 minutes prior to avoid congestion. Give yourself plenty of time to warm up, drop off your gear-check bag, use the bathroom one last time (the lines will be long), and get settled in to your corral.
You should be in your corral no later than 15 minutes before the race start. Triple-check that you've got your race bib securely pinned to the front of your shorts or shirt and that your chip is on your shoe. If the weather is cool, wear a pair of throwaway sweats to the starting line to keep warm and an old jacket or garbage bag if it's raining. You can shed these about 3–5 minutes before the race gets under way or somewhere along the course after you've gotten going. Remain active while waiting for the race to start by jogging or hopping in place or performing light stretches.
Waiting in the corral with hundreds of other runners who are just as excited as you are can be nerve-racking. Take a few deep breaths, and visualize taking off from the starting line. Stay loose and relax as much as possible while reminding yourself that you are fit and ready to go. Be confident in your preparation and your race plan. Run through the list of positive mantras that you will repeat throughout the race, such as "I am powerful" or "I will finish strong."
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From the sophisticated Parisian charms of Montreal and Quebec City, visit Halifax, the most Scottish of all Canada's great cities, before exploring the history of Boston and castles of Newport.
With her sleek silhouette and shimmering elegance, the legendary Crystal Symphony finds a natural home in the world's most glamorous harbors and idyllic ports of call.
A veritable sanctuary of refined style and cutting-edge technology, each and every subtle detail onboard award-winning Crystal Symphony® brings touches of luxury-from traditional to chic-as only Crystal can. This was the first of Crystal's two ships to undergo their Evolution of Luxury, which has since added 12 new Seabreeze Penthouse Suites with Verandah, 28 new Seabreeze Penthouses with Verandah, as well as multiple new dining venues, open seating, free unlimited Wifi and updated Pubic Spaces. Sharing the limelight with her fleetmate, Crystal Symphony is one of two magnificent ships that has earned Crystal Cruises the distinction of being The World's Most Awarded Luxury Cruise Line™.
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Crystal Penthouse
The 982-square-foot Crystal Penthouse Suites feature expanded living space with elegant dining area, state-of-the-art audio-visual system, floor-to-ceiling windows, and a magnificent all-crystal pedestal sink in the powder room.
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The Lessons of the Master
The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul
Many writers—myself included—owe a great debt to V.S. ("Vidia") Naipaul. He opened up new literary possibilities, ways of seeing and describing the world, especially the non-Western world. The hardest thing for admirers is to avoid imitating him. To sound like a writer one respects may be a sincere form of flattery, but it is also a profound misunderstanding of what makes Naipaul, or indeed any good writer, extraordinary. Finding his own voice is something of an obsession to which Naipaul returns often in his reflections on writing: the constant search for his place in the world, a unique perspective, a writerly compass.
Naipaul's voice, which some younger writers are tempted to mimic, cannot be defined by citing his opinions on race, the colonial experience, India, literature, or anything else. His views are frequently designed to shock and outrage, thrown out, especially in interviews, as a kind of smokescreen to protect the autonomy of "the writer." No, what makes Naipaul's writing so inspiring is the way he makes an art out of experience, travel, careful scrutiny of the physical world, and sharp analysis of ideas, history, culture, politics.
"Travel writing" of an earlier generation than Naipaul's—Robert Byron, Evelyn Waugh, Peter Fleming—was often a form of escape, for the author and the reader; escape from dull, gray, philistine England, escape from the strictures of class, sexual mores, and the stifling charms of boarding school education. Foreigners and their peculiar ways were infuriating, to be sure, but also highly amusing.
Naipaul's books about India, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Asia, though sometimes comical, are not of this type. Nor are they opportunities for self-display, another staple of the travel genre. Naipaul's literary discovery of the world is marked by the way he uses his eyes and ears. Impatient with abstractions, he listens to people, not just their views, but the tone of their voices, the telling evasions, the precise choice of words. His eyes, meanwhile, register everything, the clothes, the gestures, the facial expressions, the physical details that allow him to pin people down, like butterflies in the expert hands of a lepidopterist. These observations are filtered through a mind that is alert, never sentimental, and deeply suspicious of romantic cant.
Naipaul's voice, in fiction and non-fiction, is personal in the sense that he draws his material from his own experiences; his travels, his childhood in Trinidad, his life in England. Yet he has chosen to leave much out. His first wife, Pat Hale, who died in 1996, is never mentioned, even though she accompanied him on trips to India and elsewhere. Nor is Margaret Murray, Naipaul's Anglo-Argentinian mistress for many years, who was frequently with him when his wife was not. There is no special reason why they should be mentioned. They were not part of the story that the writer wished to tell.
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First large-scale solo exhibition of the work of fashion designer Marga Weimans
From 15 June to 23 November 2014, the Groninger Museum will present the first major solo exhibition of the work of fashion designer Marga Weimans (Rotterdam, 1970), who is one of the most striking designers of this moment. The Groninger Museum has been following Weimans since her graduation. In this way, the Museum has systematically acquired items for its collection, while her work has been regularly displayed in smaller presentations. This exhibition is an overview of early, recent and new work.
As the first Dutch artist to do so, Marga Weimans graduated from the prestigious fashion course at the Royal Academy for Fine Art in Antwerp in 2005. She attracted a great deal of attention with her graduation collection, simultaneously winning the i-D Styling Award which was then being conferred for the very first time. Last year she showed her characteristic designs in several museums and on the catwalk of the Amsterdam Fashion Week.
The exhibition displays work from collections such Debut (2006) and Wonderland (2009), among others. Debut covers the theme of vistas, where the voluminous black dresses are introduced as a kind of mountain landscape. Wonderland was inspired by the contrast between dream and reality.
Themes and symbols
In her work, Weimans investigates diverse themes that are often related to identity, technology and beauty. She translates these in an ingenious way into extraordinary outfits that are a combination of pure handcraft and high-tech. Characteristic features of her signature are the richly contrasting graphic patterns by means of which she refers to her Surinamese background,
The thought of her own fashion house forms another important basis for Weimans's ideas. To her, this represents more than merely a symbol of her dreams and ambitions. The fashion house runs as a leitmotiv through Weimans's work and forms a framework from which all ideas emerge and where all previous collections, ambitions, experiments, as well as the classic items of the future, will be allocated their own niche. In a similar vein, Body Archive represents the idea of archives. The coloured plexiglas cubes, which are part of the outfits, are symbols of Weimans's DNA which she had partially sequenced and converted into a colour pattern for this collection.
Collaboration OMA*AMO
OMA*AMO collaborates with fashion designer Marga Weimans on the central installation of her solo exhibition. With this project OMA*AMO continues its long standing investigation in the processes of fashion, for the first time in strict dialogue with a highly experimental designer. The installation will challenge the limits between space and fashion in the form of an ambiguous hybrid, floating between a wearable space and an inhabitable dress.
Amsterdam Public Library (OBA)
From Saturday 21 June 2014, the Amsterdam Public Library will present a small-scale parallel exhibition, featuring a large part of the Debut collection.
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Subsidizers: Municipality of Groningen, Province of Groningen.
Sponsor: SNS REAAL Fonds
Media partners: Dagblad van het Noorden (daily newspaper), Marketing Groningen.
Donor: BankGiro Lottery.
A catalogue will be published to accompany the exhibition. This has been made possible by support from the Foundation for the Stimulation of Creative Industry.


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The baseball team that has played in Cincinnati, Ohio since 1869, and continuously since 1882. They have had some of the greatest baseball players in history such as Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Frank Robinson and Ken Griffey, Jr. and one of the best decades ever for a team as a whole in the 1970s, winning 6 divisional titles, 4 pennants and 2 World Series titles. Won 5 World Series titles overall(1919,1940,1975,1976,1990). Although they have had their dark spots and down times(Black Sox scandal, Pete Rose scandal, etc.) they have been historically a good ballclub.
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A Baseball team once owned by KKK member Marge Schott. Won the World Series many times during the 1970s and 1980s, most recent was in 1990, which is disputed since Pete Rose gambled and Schott's a racist. Their official flagship station is WKRP, the station that was well known for dropping tons of live turkeys on Thanksgiving in the 1970s
Did you see the Cincinnati Reds blow out the Chicago Cubs?Man the Cubs must really suck to loose like that to the REDS of all teams.
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The Cincinnati Reds are essentially the crappiest baseball team to exist in Ohio. They are a subpar version of the Cleveland Indians, and if you look the team up in the dictionary, it will say something along the lines of, "This team is shit."
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North Tonawanda concert series announced
NORTH TONAWANDA – This summer's free rock concert series at Gratwick Riverside Park will include Primus, the band that came up with the theme song for the "South Park" TV show, and two others – Tea Party and Rusted Root – that have appeared at local shows organized by promoter Kathy Paradowski.
"We always look for bands that we think will draw big crowds," she said Tuesday, the day the band lineup was formally announced with one show on a Sunday in each summer month.
Primus, an alternative San Francisco band set to play at 5 p.m. June 9, posted the news on its website last month, in spite of efforts to keep it a secret until the complete series lineup was ready: The Canadian band Tea Party will appear at 5 p.m. July 14, and the jam band Rusted Root will follow at 5 p.m. Aug. 25.
This will be the second summer of "Niagara River Rocks" concerts at Gratwick Park along the Niagara River. Sponsored by Cornerstone Federal Credit Union, details are posted at niagarariverrocks.com. Common Council President Richard Andres said he hopes the series will continue to expand and attract thousands to visit the city, dine at its restaurants and patronize its other businesses.
"It's a side of North Tonawanda that maybe some people haven't seen before," he said.
Paradowski, known for launching a concert series at Gateway Park along the canal, moved it to Lockport in 2008 after a falling-out with the previous North Tonawanda mayor.
This new arrangement has been working out so far, said Andres. He was pleased by how well last summer's debut Buckcherry concert went, attracting a crowd estimated at 10,000.
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Puerto Rico: Statehood controversial, emotional
When Rosa Correa became gravely ill several years ago, the Bridgeport activist feared her life would end before her dream could come true.
"I told my husband, `I'm going to die and not see Puerto Rico become a state.' A more logical thought would have been, `I won't see my grandchildren get married,' " Correa said with a laugh the other day.
Correa came to the United States in 1988. And yet her passion about whether the Caribbean island should remain a U.S. commonwealth or become the 51st state may seem dramatic to those who are not Puerto Rican natives.
Consider that more than 252,000 people in Connecticut identified themselves as Puerto Ricans in the 2010 U.S. Census. And nearly half of those people lived in Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford, Waterbury and Meriden.
In Bridgeport alone, Puerto Ricans comprise about 22 percent of the city's population. Many of these residents are keenly aware of the island's politics.
The statehood issue has been a controversial and emotional one in Puerto Rico for decades.
And, now, because Puerto Rico's top elected officials are just as passionate -- and divided -- as their constituents on statehood, both the Caribbean island's U.S. representative and the White House have asked Congress to approve a federally backed referendum on the issue.
In a bill to be presented this week, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, the island's non-voting representative in Congress, will call for a ratified vote to ask Puerto Ricans whether they want the island to remain a U.S. commonwealth or become the nation's 51st state.
It would be the fifth plebiscite since 1967. The last one, which took place in November, marked the first time the majority of Puerto Ricans voted in favor of changing the island's commonwealth status.
But while 54 percent -- or 900,000 people -- voted to change the status quo, nearly 500,000 people skipped the second question on the ballot, which asked for their choice among statehood, independence or sovereign-free association.
Of those who did vote on the second question, 61 percent chose statehood.
In that same election, Puerto Ricans re-elected Pierluisi, who is pro-statehood. Voters elected a new governor, Democrat Alejandro Garcia Padilla, who is against statehood and the Pierluisi bill.
"Puerto Ricans have been voting for this and have been trying to pass this for a long time," said Maria Valle, vice president of the Puerto Rican Parade of Fairfield County Inc., which is based in Bridgeport. "If the people keep turning it down, it's for a reason."
However, sometime in the next few weeks, the House Appropriations Committee is expected to debate a $2.5 million request by the White House to back the first U.S.-financed vote.
"I believe that it is up to the people of Puerto Rico and to no one else to determine what their status should be," said U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., "and I would support funding for a fair process to allow them to make that determination."
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., expressed support for a referendum, but stopped shy of supporting funding for that purpose.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said he has talked to Pierluisi about the possibility of working together on a bill that would be presented in the Senate.
"I'm inclined to support a vote by the people of Puerto Rico as a vote for their voices to be heard," Blumenthal said. "The question is when it would be conducted and the effect it would have."


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|Fraggle Rock
|Air Date
|April 8, 1985
|Written by
|B.P. Nichol
|George Bloomfield
The Storyteller Fraggle tells the story of how young Matt Fraggle became an explorer like his Uncle Gobo and discovered radishes and the Gorgs.
Meanwhile, Doc loses his inventive touch when his cordless power generator doesn't work.
Supporting cast
- Uncle Gobo Fraggle (Jerry Nelson)
- Storyteller Fraggle (Terry Angus)
- Wimple Fraggle (Kathy Mullen)
- Marly Fraggle (Karen Prell)
International Versions:
UK Version: P.K. moves into the Lighthouse and doesn't expect Sprocket to be a dog. As P.K. is organising his belongings, Sprocket causes mischief as the two don't get along.
- This marks the first episode in the UK co-production of John Gordon Sinclair as P.K., the Captain's nephew. The year before, Fulton Mackay, who had played the Captain, died. His absence was explained by having the Captain return to his "first love" (the sea).
Video releases
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So I bought a Corsair H60 and got it installed last night. I haven't powered on the system yet, but do have some lingering concerns. This is my first liquid cooled system.
I have the barbs on the pump unit facing upwards, as that position was most accomodating for the tubes in the space I had. In hindsight, could that be a problem (i.e. water having to be pumped upwards against gravity)?
The barbs are also pretty close to a set of heatsinks around the CPU socket. Motherboard is an Asus Maximus Gene V. I imagine these heatsinks will get hot. Again, could this be problematic (i.e. the liquid getting heated up more than it shoul be)?
Nah, shouldn't matter. Volume of liquid through the barbs (plus the barbs are brass or aluminum, right?) should keep them within safe temps.
I'm not sure why you think this would be any more of a problem than with a normal air cooling setup?
The "pump" in the system is really a "circulator" because it is moving liquid in a circle, rather than from one place to another. So the fluid it is "pushing" up hill is also being "pulled" by the fluid that's "falling" downhill. Essentially, don't worry about it, it'll be fine
The only possible concern I could think of would be if the tubes were in direct contact with a heatsink, in which case over time the tubing material could conceivably be weakened, depending on what they were made of. If it was silicone rubber, then this wouldn't be a problem, and no matter what the tubes are made from, as long as they're not actually touching any heatsinks, you'll be fine; and even if they were touching, it's still pretty unlikely you'd actually have any issues.
What you do need to make sure of is that the water block / pump assembly is properly attached to the CPU. I'm sure you've followed the instructions and tightened all the bolts etc in the required fashion, so you ought to be A-OK there, too.
I attached one to my GPU a few weeks back, it's on there nice and tight, works like a champ.
I'd be really suprised if the whole thing isn't rated for pretty high temp operation (close to 100C) given what it may come into contact with in the case.
The whole thing is pretty much maintenance free and you can't mess it up. The only concern you need to focus on is making sure the heatsink contact sits flat against the CPU.
If I may hijack a thread (sorry) real quick, I've got a different situation with a similar system that I'd like some input on. I've got a Silverstone Raven 2 case where the motherboard is rotated to put the back panel up.
I'm looking at getting the NZXT Kraken X60 for my system, and while I have the space (barely) between the video cards and the fans to get the radiator, this mounting position puts the radiator barbs facing up to the block. With the water block being the highest point in the loop, am I going to have problems with an air bubble in there or pumping issues of any kind?
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Silverstone Raven-2, rotated motherboard, 140mm Fans NZXT Kraken X60 2x140mm Cooler
Am I going to be OK or will the orientation come back to haunt me?
Thanks guys!
It's present sealed and filled, yes? If so you shouldn't have any issues
asking a silly question here, but since you're just chilling your CPU, do you *need* that big of a radiator? Maybe a smaller one, and exhaust it out the back, or is that where the PSU goes?
The bigger the radiator, the bigger (and slower, and hence quieter) the fans you can use. Don't know if that is a factor here though...
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asking a silly question here, but since you're just chilling your CPU, do you *need* that big of a radiator? Maybe a smaller one, and exhaust it out the back, or is that where the PSU goes?
Unfortunately the 120mm fan spot in the top of the case is juuuuust big enough to mount the fan, I can't fit radiator in there. The other factor is that the bottom fans are already 140mm so I want to keep the existing mounts and I need that airflow to cool the GPU's (yes, multiple).
how are you planning on feeding the heatsink through the back of the case? Or are you planning to mount the radiator inside the case?
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how are you planning on feeding the heatsink through the back of the case? Or are you planning to mount the radiator inside the case?
Radiator inside on the bottom of the case on top of the big-ass case fans.