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In a meticulously researched 11,000 word article, Dean Takahashi of Venture Beat has written about the chronological series of events that led to the hardware failures faced by the Xbox 360. Often called the "Red Ring of Death", it is a condition that describes when three flashing red lights light up the front of an Xbox 360 indicating hardware failure.
The article describes how the business need to be first to market influenced all decisions resulting in compromised hardware quality. Early warnings were ignored as Microsoft was determined to launch their console first. According to Takahashi, Microsoft's engineers started working on the Xbox 360 at least a year after Sony's engineers began work on the PlayStation 3, yet Microsoft wound up shipping a year ahead of Sony. Although we were repeatedly assured all was fine it was thanks to gamers and the media Microsoft was dragged kicking and screaming in to admitting there was a problem.
Takahashi reports in August 2005 during the early stages of the Xbox 360's development warnings were already being raised but were ignored. An engineer raised his hand and said, "Stop. You have to shut down the line." This wasn't just a brief moment. The engineer spoke up repeatedly. According to the article that engineer, who remains anonymous, had deep experience in manufacturing. When production results were really off kilter, stopping a line and tracing a problem back to its roots was the answer. Managers and executives, higher-ranking engineers ignored the warnings and decided to go forward. At the time, 68 out of every 100 Xbox 360s made were not working. Worse still, when the first batch of the system's three-core CPUs rolled off the line, only 16 percent worked.
Microsoft mandated the Xbox 360 had to be smaller, if only to fit in the smaller homes in Japan, a key target market. There was a constant tug of war between the industrial designers, who wanted something small and the engineers, who wanted to pack a lot of performance into the Xbox 360. The more powerful the system was, the bigger the box had to be to provide air flow for heat-sensitive components. Incremental changes to a finalized design appear to have caused many problems. According to the article, Microsoft decided late to add a hard disk drive. They also came up late with a plan to add wireless controllers. Many of these decisions resulted in reduced airflow causing the overheating that caused so many Xbox 360s to fail.
On November 22, 2005 the Xbox 360 launched and the consoles began to fail immediately. In July of 2007, Microsoft publicly admitted there was a problem and took a corresponding financial hit of more than $1 billion to fix it. Prior to that acknowledgement, Takahashi reports that Microsoft had taken returns on 1.2 million of the roughly 11.6 million shipped Xbox 360s.
According to Takahashi, there was no single reason for the failures. Many of the problems could be blamed on the ATI graphics chip, which could overheat so much it warped the motherboard. This put stress on bad solder joints, causing them to fail early in the machine's life. Sometimes the heat sinks on top of the GPU were put on the wrong way, resulting in heat problems. Finally, games would sometimes crash because of sub-par memory.
The implications of the "Red Ring of Death" issue are being felt to this day. In Takahashi's own words:
The Xbox 360's defect problem will go down as one of the worst snafus in consumer electronics history.
Microsoft argues being first to market was worth the compromises. Microsoft's top game executive, Robbie Bach, president of the Entertainment & Devices group, said at a dinner in July that Microsoft's own research shows that gamers have largely forgiven the company for defective Xbox 360s. Bach also said in July 2008, "It has given us a leg up in a number of places that are super important. It has given us a leg up with game developers. It has given us a leg up from an economics perspective. It helped us expand Xbox Live quickly."
What Microsoft sacrificed was the good will of consumers, who are critical for establishing a lasting platform. It remains to be seen whether the benefits of launching the Xbox 360 first will exceed the consequences of releasing a faulty product.


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Rumor: Apple may release updated iMacs alongside next-gen MacBook Pro notebooks in near future
Date: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011, 09:36
Category: iMac, MacBook Pro, Rumor
In addition to introducing new MacBook Pro notebooks, a new unsubstantiated rumor claims Apple this week may also release an updated iMac all-in-one desktop with a modified screen size.
Per DigiTimes, Apple may launch its new iMac desktop alongside new MacBook Pro models. The report said Apple "may make some changes over the screen size to allow panel cutting to reach its optimization."
While a flurry of reports have surrounded the anticipated MacBook Pro update, little has been said about an iMac update. In fact, the last indication of an iMac refresh came from the same publication in December 2010, when it said that Apple could release its new iMac in the first half of 2011. That report said the new iMac would have a "new panel size and price point for the mainstream market."
Apple's iMac line of desktops were last updated in July 2010 with Intel's Core i3, i5 and i7 processors and ATI Radeon graphics. The current lineup has a starting price of US$1,199.
In the article, DigiTimes added even more support to the belief that new MacBook Pros will launch before the end of February, likely this Thursday. The publication said that most IT malls in Taiwan do not have any MacBook Pro inventory in stock, but added that volume shipments of the new notebooks will not pick up "significantly" until March.
The MacBook Pro lineup is even more due for an update than the iMac, as Apple's high-end notebooks have not seen an update since April 2010. The systems were updated to what were then Intel's latest high-end Core i7, Core i5 and Core 2 Duo mobile processors.

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With a bundle of worthwhile fashion events on the horizon, we couldn't resist packing this week's list to capacity. On the SF Indie Fashion Calendar, you'll find chances to shop for a good cause, indulge in fashion and tech, scope new work from local labels and take in eco and emerging designs during two separate fashion shows. Brace yourself, this week is a (delightful) doozy.
- Get into the swing midweek with fashion for a good cause when Sui Generis and The Women's Initiative team up during A Night of Shopping and Champagne at the upscale Market St. consignment boutique. During the event, 20 percent of purchases made will go to support The Women's Initiative and its programs helping women in need find entrepreneurial success.
- On Thursday, one of our favorite topics – the intersection of fashion and tech – takes center stage at Pigment Cosmetics during the latest Fashion Mash Up from the San Francisco Fashion and Merchants Alliance. The emphasis tonight is on mobile technology and fashion apps and features a guest panel of speakers from such companies as Alphyn Industries, Lookaroo, omgiluv.it, VIZL and Wix.
- Also on Thursday, SoMa independent fashion hub 440 Brannan Showroom presents its latest designers and a store full of new stock during an evening party with treats from Zuppa. Peruse work from new in-store labels such as modaspia and Romey Designs, as well as the latest from gr.dano, Micaela Greg, Alley Collection, Menk and more.
- Once the weekend rolls around, spend Saturday afternoon indulging in eco-fashion during the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Green Gala, a bi-annual fundraising event supporting the gardens. Along with food and wine, this diversion promises a selection of stylish, eco-minded apparel designed by such local names as Stars + Ravens, Nicacelly, Feral Childe and Adie + George.
- See a showing of student fashion on Saturday night, when the Art Institute of California-San Francisco presents The Fashion Line Up, featuring over 100 looks by 18 designers in the school's fashion program.
- Also that night, celebrate the arrival of San Francisco's latest independent menswear label at the Fifth & Brannan launch party. It goes down at Cellar360 in Ghirardelli Square, so you can expect the evening to include scenic views and solid wines.
You can find details on all of these events and more happening this week on the SF Indie Fashion Calendar.


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France ring changes for second Test against Wallabies
France coach Phillippe Saint-Andre claims he had little choice but to swing the selection axe following Les Bleus' first Test thrashing by the Wallabies.
The tourists have made 10 changes to their starting XV for Saturday's second Test in Melbourne, including the return of inspirational captain Thierry Dusautoir from an arm injury.
Dusautoir's inclusion, along with that of uncapped prop Alexandre Menini, five-eighth Remi Tales, giant centre Mathieu Bastareaud and fullback Brice Dulin, was expected after they were rested for the opening Test following their late arrival in Australia due to domestic commitments back in France.
But Saint-Andre has changed both prop forwards with Rabah Slimani promoted from the bench with Thomas Domingo and Nicolas Mas, captain in the first Test, dumped to the reserves.
Hooker Guilhem Guirado, lock Yoann Maestri, No.8 Damien Chouly, inside centre Wesley Fofana and winger Yoann Huget are the only starting players to retain their place for the second Test.
"We had to make changes, it was a very poor performance from our side," Saint-Andre said.
"Australia played very well after we had some key players injured or involved for the (Top 14) final.
"Some guys didn't perform well from last week and they didn't deserve to be in the starting 15. We know that we are not favourite but I just hope it will be a better contest than last week."
Tales will form a new halves pairing with halfback Morgan Parra, who impressed in a 10 minute cameo off the bench in Brisbane, with Frederic Michalak to be the reserve five-eighth.
Saint-Andre said having flanker Dusautoir back after more than six months on the sidelines will be massive for his team.
"It's important for the leadership, for the experience, his facility to go to a higher level and for our team not to panic because we panic too much," he said.
"Of course he's a very important player for us and he's back after a long time because he was injured for the Six Nations and hasn't played with us since November.
"It's very good to have him back."
French team for second Test: Alexandre Menini, Guilhem Guirado, Rabah Slimani, Alexandre Flanquart, Yoann Maestri, Yannick Nyanga, Thierry Dusautoir (capt), Damien Chouly, Morgan Parra, Remi Tales, Maxime Medard, Wesley Fofana, Mathieu Bastareaud, Yoann Huget, Brice Dulin. Res: Brice Mach, Thomas Domingo, Nicolas Mas, Bernard Le Roux, Louis Picamoles, Antoine Burban, Frederic Michalak, Remi Lamerat.
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Sorry if posted but if from AWoj its usually fact.Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA 8m
Masai Ujiri has accepted Toronto GM job, sources tell Y
Sorry if posted but if from AWoj its usually fact.Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA 8m
Masai Ujiri has accepted Toronto GM job, sources tell Y
LOL Ya I was wayyyy late but we owe him saying yes to Ms Ujiri!
5 years means Leiweke has patience we need.
Twitter - @thekid_it
From a Nuggets site:
Lets go Raptors! *clap clap clap clap clap*
finally I dont have to religiously check twitter
@WolstatSun: If Woj is correct that Dwane Casey is staying as coach, tanking unlikely and work to be done to rebuild relationship with Lowry
Huge news, seriously, considering how obviously great Ujiri is at being able to deal and trade players and acquiring assets and tools for a team to use right away, this'll be a great situation for both him, and this team.
He will have a HUGE challenge though, but he did acknowledge that would be the biggest reason he came. Andrea Bargnani's situation needs to be fixed, something needs to be fixed about the contract situation - possibly dealing Bargnani, DeRozan, Fields, MAYBE Gay - and obviously coaching staff needs a shake-up, more so on the offensive side of the ball. Team also needs a bench, and picks to go along with trying to win now.
Again, I'm not totally optimistic this team will be jump-started right away, but now, I have a good feeling this team is heading in the right direction. Good young core pieces in Valanciunas, Ross, DeRozan, Gay, Lowry, Acy, Johnson, a good set of eyes with Ujiri to create/re-tool this roster, and a proven executive willing to spend and also be patient with Leiweke.
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
Ujiri + BC in same meeting room = awkward.
For Uijiri maybe. BC already got called out by Leiweike.. he has no choice but to collaborate.
I'm pretty pumped.
Expect this to be a slow process. Not an enviable task to clean this mess up.
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Unlike some of his teammates, Roy Williams consistently makes himself available for interviews. It doesn't matter how much he is criticized , how poorly he plays, or how many balls me might drop, he'll still man up and answer questions.
So while many of the Cowboys were headed out of town today, Williams took time to answer questions. And he approached subjects head on. Some of the highlights.
On staying even keel despite ups and downs: "I'm still under the radar. Write bad about me, talk bad about me. That's fine. I'm just going to go out and continue doing what I'm doing."
On his plans this weekend: "I'm going to check out little Barry Bonds, my son. He's starting T-ball. Actually, he started last week. He hit the ball and ran straight to second base, so I've got to go check him out. I've got to go coach him today."
On his alma mater playing OU Saturday: "It's going to be a good game. Everybody's counting Texas out, and we like that. It's kind of like the Cowboys. Big media attention, backs against the wall – that's usually when they play their best."
On the NFC East: "Yeah, it looks pretty balanced, but it's early in the year. We only control ourselves. We can watch all the games and talk about all the games we want to, but if we go out there and lay an egg, like we did the first two games, there will be nothing to talk about. So we just handle our business and let everything else take care of itself."
On getting a game ball from the Houston game from Wade Phillips: "I've been doing this since I talked to you guys in OTAs [Off-season Training Activities]. You know, I've just been consistent, but at the same time, I've been catching a lot of grief, especially with the drafting of Dez [Bryant] and the things that Miles [Austin] has achieved here. I just want to be a part of this puzzle. I want to be a part of this puzzle and show that I'm worthy of everything that I've gotten. I'm still the same player. I'm still a Pro Bowler. I just want to go out there and continue to do what I'm doing and lay low under the radar.
On being partially responsible for Dez Bryant spending almost $55,000 at dinner: "I don't understand why my name is associated with this whole ordeal. I mean, it's the same offensive dinner that we've been doing, that every team does in the NFL. So I don't know why my name is the single name in this thing. I have nothing against Dez; Dez has nothing against me. Like I said in training camp, I don't want you guys to bang our heads together and try to make us hate each other. That's not going to work. He didn't take my pads. Whoop-de-doo. He didn't take my pads. But he's still out there as a punt returner, catching balls and doing things he needs to do, and I'm doing things I need to do to make this team better. So don't associate me with being the bad guy with Dez and Dez being the bad guy with me, because that's not what it is.
But he was hungry and thirsty: "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was. [laughs] I ain't ate in two days. I'm good."
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SANFORD, Fla. - The hearing to determine whether state voice experts will be included in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial ended without a decision on Monday.
Nelson held the Frye hearing, which was focused on the audio experts testifying about the screams heard in the background of neighbors' 911 calls, on June 8 but no decision was made.
Nelson said the remainder of the Frye hearing will be held Wednesday at 4 p.m. for the state to call a rebuttal witness.
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The third defense witness, Jim Wayman of San Jose State University, was unable to testify at the June 8 hearing, prompting Nelson to delay the rest of the hearing until jury selection.
The state audio experts in question are Dr. Alan Reich, who says he hears Trayvon Martin saying "I'm begging you" in the background of the 911 calls, and New Jersey audio forensic expert Tom Owen, the expert who excluded Zimmerman as the source of the screams in the 911 calls.
The defense are hoping Wayman will be able to convince Nelson the state's voice expert didn't use common scientific practices when analyzing the screams heard in the background of a 911 call.
"Currently there is no standard for speaker recognition, so there is nothing for them to be certified to," Wayman said. "When I listen to those screams I am not willing to jump to conclusion the all those screams are being made from a single speaker."
Wayman, who has a PhD in acoustic engineering and works on voice recognition software, testified via video chat from London on Monday after another day of jury selection.
He said Reich's' use of spectrographic analysis was "given up on 40 years ago."
"I don't know this methodology, I didn't understand this methodology. I was baffled," Wayman said.
Wayman said the report contained insufficient detail for him to really understand how he even arrived at conclusion.
"A lot of this appears to be like magic to me," he said.
Wayman also said speech recognition technology needs a lot of work and that looping audio for analysis, as Owen did, is not accurate. Wayman said software doesn't exist, calling it "breathtakingly new" when defense attorney Don West asked if the methodology would be new and novel.
"I certainly would nominate the creator of this software for our highest scientific prize," Wayman said.
In questioning from state prosecutor Richard Mantei, Wayman said that he listened to the analysis for 10 minutes, saying "no analysis on those recordings could reach a reliable result."
The defense previously called forensic speech/audio expert Dr. John Peter French from the United Kingdom, who said it is difficult to do a voice comparison when someone is shouting and that you can't determine from someone's normal voice what they sound like when under severe attack.
George Doddington, voice recognition exert and electrical engineer, also previously testified for the defense, calling Reich's technique of looping the 911 call to analyze the audio as "absurd."
When asked why Doddington listened to the tapes when he doesn't evaluate forensic samples, he replied, "what got me to listen to the tapes is Dr. Reich's findings. It sounded absurd and it was."
Just before the Frye hearing, Nelson agreed with the defense's motion to keep jurors anonymous after the trial but would not rule on a specific time frame.
Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder for fatally shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin during a struggle in a gated community where he lived. He is pleading not guilty, claiming self-defense.
Martin's family claim the cries came from the teen while Zimmerman's father has testified they were those of his son.
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My 5870 started to die on me so I replaced it with a MSI 660 Ti last week. Well come to find out the game I spend most of my time on these days has severe issues with all 600 series cards. After reading your reviews to help me pick a card (huge fan of the latency benchmark you all do), I figure someone here might be able to point me in the right direction to get this fixed. So here is what has been happening:
1. Every 15-20 mins a small lockup in video and audio.
2. Sometimes during these lockups the screen will completely go black and either my machine will hardlock or the game will come back to 15fps and a driver recovery popup.
3. On exit, the game will RSOD. http://i.imgur.com/9c2uc.jpg
This is happening to everyone with a 600 series card.
http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/283 ... o-desktop/
A user on the g1 forum said eVGA put out a firmware update for their 670s and it fixed all his issues. However, my card is an MSI 660 Ti so that doesn't really help me . Any ideas on how to get this fixed or should I just send it back to newegg and go with the ATI equivalent?


text: Want to get serious about health and wellness? Right now is the best time to start. Dr. Mehmet Oz, New York Times best-selling author and host of "The Dr. Oz Show," reveals his top tips for diet, fitness and more. Even better, some take just a few minutes! Find out how to start transforming your life today...You don't have to wait till the New Year to dump bad habits and make healthy changes. You can start today, and it's easier than you think. Where to begin? We asked Dr. Mehmet Oz, New York Times best-selling author and host of "The Dr. Oz Show" to share his favorite quick tips for healthy living:1. Develop a short morning routine. A daily schedule is critical, especially in the morning when you're rushing. Oz starts his day at 5:45 a.m. with a 7-minute yoga stretch.Set aside time to eat too. "You don't have to have breakfast as soon as you wake up – just don't skip it," Oz says.A morning meal sets you up for a day of healthy eating, he says. But that doesn't mean Pop-Tarts. Choose high-fiber and high-protein foods, which will keep you satisfied longer.2. Load up on fiber. Fiber stabilizes metabolism and prevents you from making bad choices later in the day. "Having fiber in your breakfast results in less hunger in the afternoon, when you're most likely to be tired and binge on sugar," Oz says.Aim to eat 25 grams a day.Some foods rich in fiber:


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High Uintas Wilderness > Mount Beulah > Climber's Log
Mount Beulah Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|North Ridge
Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2014
|Nothing real tricky. Head up the gully to the ridge. We took a quick jaunt over to the unofficial "North Mt. Beulah" before heading back south and up to the main summit. Lots of loose rock as expected, but nothing unmanageable. Descended down one of the first chutes. Not bad as long as you are not on top of each other knocking rocks onto one another. Then we traversed above the lower cliff bands. Successful trip on one of the better looking peaks and ridge lines in the Uintahs. Worst part was all the mud on the trail in. Never seen a trail with so much mud and water on it. Oh and no summit register to be found.
|Posted Sep 17, 2014 2:08 am
|Crumbling Mountain
Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2007
|Successful trip but very loose rock
|Posted Sep 15, 2013 9:23 am
|Interesting peak
Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2007
|Nice hike with Lana and Moogie737. Took the Left Hand Fork of the Bear River, then ascended to the saddle south of 12140, and then followed the ridge south to the summit.
|Posted Dec 16, 2010 7:08 pm
|Special Little Place
|I had no idea that many people had been up Bealuh. Nice jagged peak. Lots of scree and loose rock. Gently rising approach. No sign of register when I did it in 2006. Decided to drop right of the face for descent scary dangerous but fun. Literally skiing on flowing scree at high velocities.
|Posted Dec 24, 2008 1:46 am
|Re: North Face to East Ridge
|You climbed Mount Beulah in winter? Congrats! It may have even been the first winter ascent of the peak. Good job.
|Posted Apr 5, 2008 1:01 am
|North Face to East Ridge
Date Climbed: Feb 7, 2007
|Terrible snow conditions. It varied from front pointing to hip deep sugar. moderate 5th class on the ridge. Climbed solo. With the long winter approach(no snowmobile) and bad conditions it took me a week to make the summit and return. I had planned on climbing the south face, but the conditions disagreed. Worst skiing in my life.
|Posted Feb 12, 2008 11:52 pm
|North ridge from saddle
Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2007
|5+15 to the summit. Lana, Judy and I "tolerated" the endless scree, loose dirt and rotten rock. Plan on two false summits when approaching from the north; don't be discouraged. No summit register in sight. The first 5 miles of this hike are wonderful; the last two are just short of nightmarish. Still a worthwhile peak to bag, but maybe just once. :)
|Posted Sep 14, 2007 2:40 pm
|GeoPooch Sobachka
|South to North
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006
|Nice run away from record valley temperatures with Grizz the mtn_runr & MOCKBA. Grizz thought that he approached the summit from the South before, and that's the direction we tried. An awesome 100-footer grey cliff blocked our way at 12,000 ft. Just as we let out a sigh of relief that it's over, the true summit block came into view. Awwh! What friggin' towers! Passed the dark chimney of the left, 'tain't as bad as it looks.
No Joe's summit note anywhere, but we found a slip of paper with 1980-1982 logs, and a lightning-melted stub of a pencil. Down by the North Ridge, left the ridge a tad too soon, dropping right after the Big Finger gendarme. A gentler way down would require at least a couple hundred yards more traversing over two minor humps of this ridge.
Nice wild strawberries and grouseberries in the valley, a surprise encounter with a scared white goat on the ridge, and a cool skinnydipping hole just at the base of Joe's gulch, but no mushrooms.
|Posted Jul 23, 2006 7:09 pm
|mtn runr
|from Left Hand Fork
Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2002
|The entire East Fork TH was closed because of the "Boy Scout Fire" the previous month. I jumped the barricade and poached the trail. Arrest me. The kiosk was nothing but a pile of ash and bolts. Likewise the TH restrooms. The little water bridges were mostly burned out. Most of the fire damage was South of the Left Hand Fork junction, though, and beyond that it was typical Uintah wilderness. What a nice peak.
|Posted Jul 21, 2006 10:44 pm
|Route Climbed: North Ridge (From Deadmans Pass)/West Face Date Climbed: July 1990, August 1991
|A pretty tough peak.
|Posted Oct 12, 2004 6:42 pm
|Joseph Bullough
|via North Ridge
Date Climbed: Oct 9, 2004
|A tough Uinta summit, with much routefinding along the north ridge. Summited on a very windy but otherwise outstanding October day. The summit register hadn't been signed since July 2003; not a very frequently visited summit.
|Posted Oct 10, 2004 5:35 pm


text: T335 Stage Lighting Prerequisites: Recommended – THTR T225, T100 Stage lighting design uniquely merges the dramatic orchestration of a production with the technology of illumination and visual perception. This course is structured to introduce the student to the aesthetic contributions of dramatic stage lighting and to a systematic approach to the steps involved in producing a lighting design. Script analysis, concept development, effects plotting, conventions of stage lighting, properties of light and visual perception, basic lighting technology, drafting of plans, organizational paperwork, and aspects of producing the design are taught in the course. The labs, assignments and practicum are designed to provide a progressive and challenging exploration of theatrical lighting fundamentals and skills. The final project provides an opportunity to practice, on paper, the development of a complete lighting design.


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Lack of trust in pension providers
Two-thirds of people would not trust pension providers to offer new impartial guidance to help them decide what to do with their retirement pot, consumer group Which? has found.
The offer of free, face-to-face guidance will be introduced as part of a package of radical Government reforms to introduce more flexibility and choice around what people do with their pension savings.
But 65% of people surveyed by Which? said they would not trust the pensions industry to deliver this guidance, while 63% said they would have faith in such guidance being put in the hands of an independent body such as the Pensions Advisory Service.
The Government is still fleshing out details of exactly who will provide the guidance, but pensions minister Steve Webb recently said it will be to a requisite standard and content. The Government has been discussing the plans with independent advice bodies like the Money Advice Service (MAS).
The guidance will coincide with radical reforms being introduced from April next year, which mean people aged 55 and over will be given the freedom to take their pension pot how they want, subject to their normal marginal rate of income tax. Previously, people have been charged 55% tax if they withdraw the whole pot.
The shake-up is expected to spark a flood of new, more innovative range of retirement products onto the market and lead to fewer people converting their pension savings into an annuity when they retire, which gives them a fixed yearly income, usually for life.
Controversy over annuities has been growing amid tumbling rates in recent years and fears that people are not getting the best deal they could by shopping around . Up until now, around 400,000 people a year have bought an annuity.
Which? surveyed more than 1,000 of its members, made up of both people who have retired and those who are still working. Seven in 10 (72%) agreed that people should be able to do what they want with their pension savings.
But many people also reported they do not feel confident about what to do with their pension savings. Nearly half (45%) are worried they would run out of money if they leave their pension invested and draw out money themselves each year.
Of those surveyed who are not yet retired, three-quarters (76%) feel they will need advice about what to do with their pension when they retire.
Which? is calling for the guidance to be given independently, via telephone, online or face-to-face, and for pension providers and insurers to be excluded from giving this information.
The consumer group's executive director Richard Lloyd said: "The Government's pension reforms could help people boost their retirement income by thousands of pounds.
"But with many unsure about how to get the most from their pension, and not trusting guidance from providers, it's crucial that everyone involved - the Government, advice agencies, the industry and the regulator - put in place a consumer-friendly system that supports people to make the right decisions."
Otto Thoresen, ABI director general, said that given the short time frame for the pension reforms, the immediate priority should be to build the guidance guarantee around independent bodies such as the MAS, the Pensions Advisory Service and Citizens Advice.
He said: "The guidance guarantee is a crucial part of the Government's pension reforms, and the industry fully supports the Government's intention to provide free, impartial guidance to savers on their options as from next April.
"The industry has an important role to play in ensuring that this happens. Given the tight time frame, the priority must be to build the guidance guarantee around existing services such as The Money Advice Service, The Pensions Advisory Service and Citizens Advice.
"Once the Government has decided on the scope of the guidance guarantee, then the role of providers in helping deliver it will become clearer."
Ros Altmann, an independent pensions expert and former Downing Street adviser, said consumers need "proper safeguards" to ensure guidance is in their own interests rather than those of the provider. She suggested the guidance could be delivered by impartial third-party bodies that are funded by the pensions industry.
Dr Altmann said: "In the new pensions world from April 2015, customers will have a wider array of options and not all providers will offer all the options.
"Indeed some options could be offered by companies that have no existing pension customers. Therefore, members of the public must be given properly unbiased information, that is standardised and ensures all the options and materials provided to them are presented in a clear and comprehensive manner."
A Treasury spokeswoman said: "At Budget we announced the most fundamental change in the way that people access their pension in almost a century, ensuring that more than 300,000 people who retire with defined contribution savings will be able to access these savings more flexibly.
"We've since been consulting on how best to offer pensions guidance to consumers. The consultation closes today and we'll be considering the responses we have received, including from Which?"


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So you think your team has a chance to reach the national championship game this season. You think this could be the year.
Hold up a second.
While there are always questions of timing and scheduling and the human element to winning college football games and reaching the national championship, there are some surprising similarities between teams that have been able to lift a crystal football at the end of the season and those who have come close.
Some, like talent, coaching and, at least for the past seven years, residing in the SEC, are obvious. But what about what takes place on the field?
Since 2006, when the Southeastern Conference began dominating college football, there have been specific criteria which have fit all of the champions plus three other teams (Florida in 2009, Penn State in 2008 and Ohio State in 2006), all of whom reached the Bowl Championship Series.
The criteria would have even been more streamlined, except Auburn's defense in 2010 was a statistical tire fire and Florida found a bunch of ways to not score or rush too well in 2006. Had they been better in those areas, almost every statistical category measured by the NCAA would have had a strong baseline ranking for a champion.
While this isn't foolproof -- again, see Auburn and Florida -- the following criteria could give you an idea as the season goes along how much of a chance your school really has at winning it all.
Rank 38th or better in rushing offense: Every national champion averaged more than 160 yards rushing during its national championship season and all save that 2006 Florida team gained more than 214.4 yards a game on the ground and ranked in the top 16.
Rank 23rd or better in scoring offense: National champions have been able to score a lot, which is even more impressive considering every national title winner since the 2006 season has been in the defense-oriented SEC. Every title team averaged at least 29.7 points a game and only 2006 Florida was under 32 points.
Rank 37th or better in passing efficiency: The national title winners have all been in the upper third when it comes to passing the ball -- again, a mild surprise considering the level of defenses in the SEC. Every national champion had a passer efficiency rating of 133.61 or better and was ranked 37th or better.
Have a top 15 run defense: For all the prior criticism of Auburn's defense in 2010, the Tigers actually fared well here, ranking ninth in rushing defense that season. They did give up the most yards per game of any of the national champions, though, with 109.07. All, too, were ranked in the Top 15. Interestingly, Alabama has been the top rushing defense in the country the past two seasons when it won national titles. Of the seven national champions, four held opponents under 80 yards rushing a game.
Rank in the top 40 in sacks (but don't rank too high): Surprisingly, none of the national title winners was in the top 10 in sacks, either, but all landed in the Top 40, somewhere between 2.29 and 2.64 sacks a game and somewhere between No. 24 and No. 40. So putting some pressure on an opponent's quarterbacks -- but not too much? -- should be at a premium when it comes to fielding a title contender.
Have at least one player selected in the first round of the NFL draft following the national title game: This, actually, should not be much of a surprise considering the national champion should have at least some NFL-caliber talent on it to survive the season. Defending national champion Alabama did a good job of this in this past draft with three players in the top 11. The total first-rounders for the Crimson Tide actually dropped from the 2012 draft, which saw four players taken from the school. Every title winner, though, has had at least one the following April.
Have a player score at least 10 touchdowns rushing and/or receiving: Again, this seems like a no-brainer, especially considering how many points a game the national champion teams are averaging. But it also shows if a team spreads it around too much, there might not be that gamebreaker type of player to get a team a score when it was absolutely necessary.
Did not lose a non-conference game in the regular season: Again, not a stunner here. The national champions over the past seven years which have lost games have all lost them within the confines of the SEC. This, though, actually blows up the theory that losing early is better than losing late when it comes to the national polls and winning a national championship considering most non-conference games are played in September and early October. So as you get ready to dig in to conference play, know if your team dropped a game, it could be in real trouble to win a title. And/or if it has a difficult non-conference game (see Georgia vs. Clemson in August and Michigan vs. Notre Dame in September), that game might loom even larger.


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backoutsideedge-I could not agree more! The federations were sending their new ones to this world's to get them exposed for next year's pre-Olympic world's. We didn't. We should have sent Jeff Buttle. We should have sent Cynthia Phaneuf. We shouldn't have sent Piche and Denis (they have been around forever). No knock on B/M or L/A but I think we should have sent Davison and Dube to Seniors. Aren't we hoping for them for 2006??? SC is looking one year ahead-getting spots for next year's worlds-rather than thinking to Torinro. That's very flawed thinking and could cost our young skaters at the Olympics.
Why not send an e-mail to SC? Because they won't listen. They think they know it all. This is the way they've been doing it since I wa sa little girl. Too much game-playing within SC, not enough emphasis on getting our best talent the exposure.


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Absolutely true, and still true in some communities in the West. But we mustn't forget that negatives are inextricably linked to the positives. Intolerance, narrow-minded conformism and xenophobia are the most common manifestations, and we regularly hear about them on DW from folks in the American Bible Belt. Go back seventy years and they were strong in the Jewish settlements in Poland and Russia - the type of community portrayed in "Fiddler on the Roof". Tradition!mikenz66 wrote: I think that this brings up the interesting point that the any religious community can be a very unifying force in society. Presumably some of the positive aspects that we can see in Asian Buddhist communities used to be more widespread in the West.
Fortunately or not (or is that 'fortunately and not'?), such communities cannot survive long in a world where people move around freely and information moves around even more freely.


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Take me where
you want me to go,
Let me meet
who you want me to meet,
Tell me what
you want me to say,
And keep me out of your way.
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d 9/11/2001)
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Justin Speier: Keeping the game fun
Reliever makes sure things stay loose in the clubhouse
You play your best when you're relaxed, so I believe it's very important to enjoy this game. That's one of the reasons I have as much fun playing as I do.
For most professional players, baseball is a game that takes you back to your youth. When you're a kid, you joke around a lot and have a lot of fun. When you're out on the field, though, you're as serious as a heart attack.
I was fortunate to be around baseball at the highest level while growing up because my dad, Chris Speier, was a Major Leaguer. I practically grew up in a baseball clubhouse. My dad played for a long time and he played for a number of teams. I had the fortune of seeing the way my dad went about his business in the clubhouse.
Part of that business was having fun. He had a lot of fun cutting it up with his teammates. They joked around a lot, and they had a good time together. I'm cut from the same cloth as my dad. I'm sort of a throwback player, I guess you could say.
Like my dad, I, too, have played for a number of teams. I've also been fortunate to have played with a lot of great and funny guys. People like Denny Neagle, Todd Jones, Greg Maddux, Larry Walker and Torii Hunter immediately come to mind.
Torii, whom I played with on the Angels before my release, is so valuable for a team. He keeps guys loose. If you're in a rut, he helps bring that humor and that fun back to the game. He's the funniest guy I've played with recently, but I like to think that I had my moments, too.
Once, in the 2008 postseason on the day after a tough loss to Boston, I thought we needed some humor in the clubhouse. I wanted my teammates to smile and have a laugh that day. So I dashed through the room wearing a wetsuit and flippers while toting a boogie board.
I like to have fun at my job, and I like to have a good time. In fact, I try to have fun every day, but I also do my work and take my job seriously.
Free-agent reliever Justin Speier, who appeared in 41 games for the Angels in 2009, is a veteran of 12 big league seasons. His father, Chris, played in 1,900 games during his long career as a shortstop.
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Aces beat Post 68, force one-game playoff for Legion title
PITTSFIELD -- Lane Grogan pitched seven gritty innings and batterymate Dom Traversa cracked a pair of doubles to lead the Tyler Aces to a 6-2 win over Post 68 in the American Legion baseball playoffs Saturday morning at Clapp Park.
That win means the two teams will do it all over again today, this time at noon, again at Clapp. The winner goes on to the state tournament.
"He had everything working today," said Traversa of his pitcher. "He was hitting all his spots pretty consistently.
Grogan went the distance, as did his opposite number, Jordan Barbarotta. Grogan gave up 10 singles, walked three and struck out six.
"Lane pitched a heck of a game for us today," said Aces coach Bill Dassat. "We got some timely hitting and some great defense, and now we're right where we want to be."
"These two teams have a rivalry that goes back years," said Post coach Jim Mazzer. "It seems like it always comes down to one game. Today, we got off to a slow start and we never recovered."
That is an accurate assessment. The first five Aces batters in the game reached base, resulting in three runs. The big hits were a two-run double by Traversa and another double, which scored one run, by Anthony Jones.
In the third, Tanner Hanford tripled to right field, and scored on a single by Traversa.
On the day, Traversa had three hits, including a pair of doubles, four RBI and scored two runs from his cleanup position.
"I was seeing the ball real well today," said Traversa. "I felt pretty good."
Traversa and Jones collected an RBI each in the fifth, also.
The middle of the Aces lineup was poisonous for Post. Along with Traversa, Hanford, hitting third, was also 3 for 4, with two singles and a triple, and scored three runs. Jones, in the fifth spot, was 2 for 3 with a walk and two RBI.
But Jones was perhaps more lethal in the field. He fielded five chances cleanly at shortstop, and initiated two double plays.
"I had some great defense behind me," said Grogan.
Post's offense was less productive, but they had their chances. The home team scored twice in the fourth, on Joe Dewey's two-run single. In the fifth, they had runners at the corners, with one out, but the Aces turned a double play.
In the sixth, Post had the bases loaded with two outs, but Grogan induced Kyle Card to hit a one-hopper back to him for the final out of the inning. In the seventh, the home team had runners at first and second, but Grogan struck out catcher Brian Bonacquisti to end the game.
"Is it a big rivalry?" asked Grogan rhetorically. "Yes, it is. Maybe more so for Dom and the guys from Pittsfield. I'm from Washington. But we're still a team and we still want to beat those guys."
Dewey and Josh Berthiaume each had two hits for Post, while Barbarotta allowed 13 hits, struck out seven and walked three to take the loss.
"We didn't play too well today, but I thought Jordan gave me everything he had," said Mazzer. "I have a feeling we'll play a little better [today]."
Tyler Aces 301 020 0 -- 6 13 2
Post 68 000 200 0 -- 2 10 2
Lane Grogan and Dom Traversa. Jordan Barbarotta and Brian Bonacquisti. WP -- Grogan. LP -- Barbarotta. 2B -- TA 5 (Traversa 2, Anthony Jones, Justin Hopkins, Connor Lein) 3B -- TA 1 (Tanner Hanford).
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Find a boxcar-sized dock on the beach, or a soccer ball with Japanese symbols? The state of Oregon wants to hear from you. Just dial 211.
Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber announced the hotline at a news conference Thursday, saying it's an easy way for residents and visitors to report Japanese tsunami debris. Beginning Friday, the hotline will be staffed during business hours and will take recorded messages at other times.
"I just want to make sure that Oregonians understand that we are on top of this," Kitzhaber said.
The hotline will allow the public to help keep Oregon's beaches clean and return any missing Japanese property to its rightful owners, the governor said.
He also said Brig. Gen. Mike Caldwell, deputy director of the Oregon National Guard and interim director of the state's Office of Emergency Management, will be responsible for coordinating the response and cleanup efforts among state agencies.
It's important to quickly collect and throw away tsunami debris to keep beaches clean and prevent the introduction of invasive species, Caldwell said. Officials are asking that people not take home debris to keep as souvenirs, but they say there's little chance of the debris being harmful to human health.
People should be especially mindful of items that might have sentimental value or personal significance to someone in Japan, officials said. When such items wash up, Oregon will work with the Japanese consulate to return them.
Helping with tsunami debris is a new responsibility for the 211 hotline, which was created in 2004 to help people in the Portland area get connected with health and community services. It's since expanded to cover 80 percent of Oregon's population, according to the website of the nonprofit organization that operates it.
Oregon will work with California, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii to request money from the federal government to help with their efforts. If the debris had washed up all at once, it would unquestionably qualify for federal disaster funds, Kitzhaber said. But since it's emerging in pieces, the states will have to work harder, he said.
The Japanese government has estimated 1.5 million tons of debris is floating in the ocean from the March 2011 tsunami. Some U.S. experts think the bulk of that trash will never reach shore, but others fear a massive, slowly unfolding environmental disaster.
Debris that already has arrived on the shores of North America includes oyster farm buoys, soccer balls, boats and a shipping container holding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with Japanese license plates. Earlier this month, a 66-foot dock ripped loose by the big waves landed on Agate Beach near Newport, Ore.
Biologists and volunteers scraped 1.5 tons of marine life from the dock, and Oregon officials say it will cost about $85,000 to remove the structure.
Debris floating in the water is a serious threat to fishermen and other mariners, said Terry Thompson, a Lincoln County Commissioner and commercial fisherman.


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I couldn't agree more with E. Smith's blog.
I couldn't agree more with E. Smith's blog.
Good read, I actually enjoyed the alpha fight reference in the ESPN article.
"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival."
Good job smitty
Eh follow my TWITTER!
Hear hear
I bitched about it on the NBA ESPN general boards. Anybody who has insider, is there actually something informed and/or interesting in the mag, erm...rag about the Raptors?
I don't really care if they slag Canada and Toronto (they afterall have a right to be ignorant). It's when they write bullshit about the Raptors and/or ignore them completely. Not a single raptor got a vote for the 2010-11 awards, when they have great candidate(s) for the MIP and 6th man. On NBA.com Demar's dunk on Boston or Kleiza's steal against Phoenix were not in the respective top 10 categories. (Two raptor highlights out of like 50)
They do a disservice to their American born players when the team isn't shown on American national television. (they need NBA TV or NBA league pass to watch any Raptor home game). Don't disrespect your own, its pathetic.
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Brian Williams Slams Mark McGwire on NBC Nightly News Over Steroid Admission
NBC Nightly News took an uncharacteristically personal turn tonight, as anchor Brian Williams opened the broadcast with the news that Mark McGwire admitted past steroid use today in a letter to his former team. Inside, video of Williams' surprising statement.
Williams' quote in full:
Good evening. Because this is a family broadcast, we probably can't say what we'd like to about the news today that Mark McGwire—the home run hitter, the family favorite from the St. Louis Cardinals—stopped lying today and admitted that he did it while on steroids. For those of us who were raising young baseball fans and baseball players who looked up to Mark McGwire, that summer of '98 was magical stuff, as he and Sammy Sosa vied back and forth for the title of Single Season Home Run King. He didn't tell the truth to Congress or to his fans until finally, formally coming clean today. He's been unable to get into the Hall of Fame and, apparently—even for him—the shame here was too much.


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Pity the atheist, bitter and cold,
Who simply refuses to look
Ignoring the beautiful things to be found
In the pages of one special book.
Pity the atheist's closed little mind
Which denies any mention of God
Where faithful see castles, and streets paved with gold,
He sees nothing but hollow facade. (continues after the jump…)
Pity the atheist, lost in his world
Where he's vainly ignoring God's powers
He can't look for beauty in chapter and verse
But in butterflies, maybe, and flowers
Pity the atheist, gazing at stars
Or at galaxies, light-years away
Or into a microscope, looking at stuff,
Or around, at a beautiful day
Pity the atheist's hard little heart
Denying a God up above
Whose friends and whose family (pity them all)
Have only each other to love
Pity the atheist, trapped in the world,
Unfaithfully using his head…
Or look at the beauty that's there to be seen,
And pity believers instead.
It's Christmas time, which means the comment sections on the various stories on the War Against Christmas allow me to see what some people really think about atheists. I am apparently a bitter, twisted, hateful shell of a man who cannot see beauty and does not believe in love.
It's like there's a spy in my office.


text: Basically I'm using a stack class I've made in a project which changes infix mathematical notation "1 + 2 - 3" to post fix notation "123-+" and basically I want to give a ranking order to simulate precedence of the operands. i was thinking enumerations but I haven't used them much and don't think you can have input recognize a '*' as an enumerated operand. and I don't think two enumerations can have the same value. I was thinking of just using a class for each that inheret from a base class, but still think that would be unnecessary. I just can't figure out the best way to rank inputted operations.


text: So there we were, just riding along, heading for a little place called Agua Verde, which is kind of out of the way of most things, and we came around a corner and saw this bus parked at the side of the road. The road got a little bad after this, so we could only imagine that all the happy passengers had to walk the remaining 10 miles to the beach. We saw their campsite quite a lot later on the beach just to the right of the little hill in the middle of this picture. When we got to the bottom of the hill there was a little village between the beach and the road. We stopped at this palapa and a little old lady came out to see who was making all the noise. I speak a little bit of spanish, and Rollergirl speaks a different little bit of spanish. Between the 3 of us we had the following conversation: "Hello. Is this a restaurant?" "Good afternoon. Nope. "Is there anywhere that we can eat?" "You can eat here. I will make you something." "Thank you very much! Is there anybody here that sells gas?" "Nope. But I will ask around. How many litres do you need?" " 2 would be good. Thanks" Then we sat down and entertained ourselves and the local kids while we waited. This cute and happy little girl was in a wheel chair. She has a concrete pad about 15 feet by 25 feet, and then the rest of her world is sand. She had such a positive attitude and told us about her school and then helped us with a vocabulary lesson. After our simple meal of eggs, beans and tortillas, with a glass of Coke, we paid the little old lady and Rollergirl gave Ellena a little gift.


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New guidelines proposed by staff include four-year terms for studio rentals; a limit of two consecutive terms; more shared studios and increased oversight by staff. The goal of the revisions is to serve more artists, add diversity and make the program more visible and economically viable, according to Rhyena Halpern, assistant director of the city's Community Services Department.
But a handful of artists expressed their dismay to the committee over the proposed policy.
Linda Gass, an artist from Los Altos who specializes in land art and whose brightly colored quilts resemble overhead snapshots, said Tuesday that term limits would indiscriminately remove from Cubberley veteran artists who enrich the center by serving as mentors for emerging artists.
"Term limits are a blunt tool; they throw out the good along with the under-performers," Gass said.
The committee stopped short Tuesday of adopting the policy, but members asked staff to further refine the term-limits proposal and return in April for a second discussion.
The change to the artists program is one of many uncertainties that Cubberley is facing in the near future. The city currently leases most of the center from the Palo Alto school district under a 50-year agreement that is scheduled to expire at the end of the year. The council has been meeting in closed sessions for more than a year to discuss the lease negotiations. It is scheduled to have an open discussion and possibly take its first action on the new lease on Monday night.
The Cubberley Artist Studio Program was born in 1989 and has served some 60 artists, about half of whom have been Palo Alto residents. Participants currently pay roughly a third of the market rate for the space. The city's subsidy is valued at about $165,000 annually.
It is not finances but diversity among the artists that prompted city staff to introduce the idea of term limits. A city report notes that of the 22 artists currently in the program, five have been there for more than 15 years and six have been at Cubberley between 10 and 14 years. Under the current system, terms last for five years, with the possibility of renewal. An artist who wishes to renew has to undergo a review by a jury of art experts.
The staff proposal would reduce leases to four years and limit the number of terms to two. Artists would then have to sit out for at least eight years before re-applying, though they could be placed on a waiting list for studio space if a vacancy isn't filled by a new artist.
The idea behind term limits, Halpern said, is to widen the pool of artists who use Cubberley and encourage new artists to join the program. She stressed that the change is not meant to punish the artists who have been in the program since the 1990s.
"This is not designed at all to be punitive," Halpern said. "We really like the artists. We believe in them and their work.
"We just really want to spread the wealth of the program because we have scarce resources, not only in the city but in the Peninsula, for artists."
Some of the artists didn't see it this way. The jury system already ensures that the best artists, not just the incumbent ones, get Cubberley space, noted Ulla de Larios, an artist whose studio has been in Cubberley since 1994. Most artists who use Cubberley leave after about eight years anyway, she said. Some don't pass the jury test and get replaced by other artists; others leave as part of the the natural process of attrition.
"The rule change is redundant because the program has already shown to limit the average rental period to eight years or less," de Larios said.
Marguerite Fletcher, a Cubberley veteran whose paintings focus on landscapes and nature, likewise argued against term limits.
While council members Larry Klein and Greg Schmid both argued that incumbent artists enjoy an advantage over newcomers, Fletcher disputed this point. Nothing is automatic, she said. There have been years where "almost the entire group of artists who've been up for jurying have been juried out," she said.
"It feels hurtful and debilitating because I don't think this is actually a fair treatment of the artists who've been there over the years," Fletcher said.
Chairwoman Gail Price agreed with the artists in opposing the term limits. The jury process, she said, is sufficient in ensuring a quality stable of artists in Cubberley.
"The jury process and attrition will serve to provide additional opportunities over time," Price said.
But she joined Klein and Schmid — committee member Greg Scharff was absent — in voting to direct staff to make further adjustments. Klein stressed that the term limits should ensure that some studio space goes to emerging artists. He also opposed staff's proposal to allow incumbents to renew leases for two terms before instituting the limit. Waiting eight years for the new policy to kick in is too long, Klein said. Two to four years would be more reasonable, he said.
"I'm not in favor of throwing people out on to Middlefield Road in a short period of time," Klein said. "People need time to adjust, but I think eight years is way too much."
All three committee members agreed that the city should do more to publicize the Cubberley program, which staff hopes to expand and enliven in the coming years. In addition to traditional visual media such as painting, sculpture and print-making, staff hopes to bring in new forms such as installation art, digital art and "social practice art," which blurs the lines between creation of objects, political activism and audience participation. Schmid said the program would also benefit from more youth involvement and better outreach from staff to the community.
"I see it as critical that you do something to open a gallery, sell some paintings, have people go by on a Saturday or a Sunday and actually see what's going on," Schmid said.
Despite the proposed changes, Halpern called the program "very important" and said it both serves the artists well and demonstrates the city's commitment to the arts. Many artists, she said, have trouble affording studio space in Palo Alto and surrounding cities.
"The high cost of living forces artists out of the area, detracting from the quality of life in the region," she said.
In addition, the city reaps benefits. In 2012, Cubberley artists contributed 15 art works to the city, valued at $25,000.
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So earlier today on the debil, a friend of mine posted the following status:
"To all of you married folks: Was the cost of your wedding worth it to you, now looking back?"
Lots of people replied, including myself, with the costs of their weddings, what they did, what they would do different, etc. Her soon to be sister in law, made the following comment in response to me:
"$XX for a wedding? I think anything over 10,000 is RIDICULOUS. Spend that money on a house!"
My reply was that we owned a home before we got married and that our parents had paid for the wedding. An argument ensued. She then stated (referring to me and another woman who commented)
You guys must be lucky! I would think everything was worth it if it were free!
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"Did you pay for your wedding yourself? It makes a huge difference whether or not its 'worth it'."
I was just wondering what the DT thought. My feathers are ruffled as we share mutual friends and sometimes see each other at events. I know weddings have been debated here a lot, but does it mean anything less if your parents pay for your wedding? What would your reply be to someone who said those things? Why do you think wedding budgets are such a hot topic?


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Greentube returns with Ski Challenge 13
Ski Challenge is one of the world's most popular online sport events and Greentube is very proud to present the new season on December 04 2012.
The global Ski Challenge fan base, that includes approximately 6 million players, can access the game for free and race down the slopes immediately after download. You will find the games at www.ski-challenge.at and www.ski-challenge.de as well as in Switzerland and France using the respective domain names.
As well as the online edition, it is just as much fun playing Ski Challenge on an Android or iOS-device and this year we are very excited about the latest mobile features that include a new free ride mode, different control options and new 3D graphics with different weather conditions.
Ski Challenge is also available as a browser based version. The users can chose if they wish to play the game directly in the browser via Webplayer-PlugIn ir Unity-web PlugIn, or if they prefer to install it on the computer. A new downhill-track, extended Facebook features and more languages will add to the fun this season.
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Klangdom (Sound dome) in the ZKM_Kubus (ZKM_Cube)
Hightech instrument for spatialization at the ZKM | Institute for Music und Acoustics
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The Klangdom of the ZKM | Institute for Music and Acoustics was finished in 2006 after three years of conception, planning and installation. Forty-three Meyersound speakers are attached to an elliptical rig system three-dimensionally in the room, four additional ones are placed on the ground. With this unique speaker instrument, as the head of the institute Ludger Brümmer explains, "complex polyphonic space-sound-movements can be displayed realistically and perceived from every spot in the room". This installation in conjunction with its expecially developed control software makes apperceptible the plasticity of sound in space, of which the musical avant-garde has been dreaming since the beginning of the last century.
A technical innovation is the combination of sound synthesis and spatialization. The room acoustics itself can be modeled. Brümmer: "The Klangdom is an instrument operated by the composer himself. It enables the composer to interact directly with the instrument making the assistence dispensable. In the Klangdom forty melodies can be concentrated to one point in the room or spread throughout the entire space. Now it is possible to connect sound synthesis processes directly to the spatial output spreading sound grain directly into space."
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A man is dead after Atlanta police say he tried to rob a group of people on Moreland Ave. Saturday night who were camped out for the release of the latest LeBron James shoes.
Police have not released the name of the suspected robber or the man who shot him, but have said witnesses interviewed so far suggest that the killing was in self defense.
Reports say that the gunman approached a group at around 5:30 a.m. outside of the Wish clothing store that was waiting for the release of the LeBron X Denim shoes with a gun in hand and tried to rob them. The group was outside waiting for the store to open.
Taylor White, who was in line to buy the shoes told WSB-TV that the would-be robber should have thought twice.
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Victoria Beckham's Fall collection can easily be described in one word: strong. The designer offered up her usual sleek, body-conscious dresses, but this time with a decidedly utilitarian touch. The military-chic collection was sexy, without being aggressively so, and was punctuated by belted waists, elbow-length sleeves, and high, collared necklines. Her signature slim-fitting vibe was still there, as were subtle nods to her family — Victoria mused that she "was in the kitchen one day" when son Romeo ran in with his baseball uniform on. "That's what inspired those bright sporty collars on the dresses," she told the Telegraph. Also, the loose beanies "were inspired by the ones David is always wearing," and there was even a handbag named after young daughter Harper. For the first time ever, David Beckham was front row for his wife's show, looking proud and excited while seated next to Anna Wintour. Get the full breakdown of the collection below.
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Man, I'm so happy Beasley isn't on the Knicks.
That dude is like Al Harrington on crack.
Man, I'm so happy Beasley isn't on the Knicks.
That dude is like Al Harrington on crack.
Our guys have kind of gone to sleep out there.
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LOL, Sheed got ejected for BALL DON'T LIE! These refs have no sense of humor...
Aw c'mon, reel it in. It's too early in the day for this nonsense. Double techs and gone.
Well, now Copeland is going to get heavy minutes. Between Melo and Chandler's early foul trouble and Sheed getting the early exit, we are giving the Suns a roster that they can compete against.
I was hoping to see the Sheed - Scola match up. These two guys bring intensity and a lot of personality on the court, possibly would of end of seeing a boxing match. I guess refs got scared and gave Sheed two techs. LAME.
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Zeppelin grounded: Airship Ventures ends operations
Original post made on Nov 16, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, November 16, 2012, 1:40 PM
a resident of Blossom Valley
on Nov 16, 2012 at 1:50 pm
So glad I went for a ride about 2 years ago, we flew over the mountain near Stanford to Half Moon Bay and down the coast and back to Moffett. I will never forget that trip. I wish Google would ante up the 6 mil and keep her afloat.
a resident of another community
on Nov 16, 2012 at 2:15 pm
My pricy flights in the zeppelin are now literally priceless experiences.
a resident of Monta Loma
on Nov 16, 2012 at 2:42 pm
I could never have afforded the ride, but it was cheering to see the zeppelin floating over the area -- especially from my office high atop the Hoover Tower at Stanford. I'll miss it.
a resident of Castro City
on Nov 16, 2012 at 2:54 pm
What a shame! I heard that helium is in short supply and that we should be worried about not having enough to blow up balloons but the Zepplin is one heck of a big balloon! I hope they find a sponsor soon.
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Nov 16, 2012 at 3:25 pm
The rides were pricey but it would have been a spectacular experience. Maybe someone will step up and save the day, there is a lot of money in this valley.
a resident of another community
on Nov 16, 2012 at 4:08 pm
Where is Larry Ellison??
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Nov 16, 2012 at 5:17 pm
:-( truly sad to hear this. I was saving up for a ride. I will miss seeing it flying over my house! I thought those ads on it would help it stay in business. It was the best billboard ever!
a resident of Gemello
on Nov 16, 2012 at 7:32 pm
The zeppelin was novel and somewhat nice at first, but I become a lot less pleased when they turned it into a giant floating corporate billboard for Farmers Insurance and other companies. I see more than enough billboards on the ground--I don't need them polluting the sky too. If they had succeeded in buying three of these things, it would have been even worse. Hot air balloons provide a nicer ride for less money, and are more attractive for those of us on the ground too.
a resident of Castro City
on Nov 16, 2012 at 8:04 pm
Doesnt anybody edi't this' s'tuff. "it's" for "its" in the first lyne. Journalistic standards ai'nt wot thems used to be. Sets a bad example for the kiddies.
a resident of Blossom Valley
on Nov 16, 2012 at 9:26 pm
I also was lucky enough to ride the Eureka and very glad I did. I only wish I could have done it again.
a resident of Monta Loma
on Nov 17, 2012 at 6:39 pm
I'm pretty sure "dissembled" doesn't mean what you apparently think it does. You probably wanted "disassembled."
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Nov 18, 2012 at 9:32 am
Max Hauser is a registered user.
The company's quotations cite the 1937 Hindenburg fire and crash, which certainly ended international public interest in airship travel. However, constant mention of that one disaster obscures the main historical peril to airships. It had nothing to do with hydrogen vs. helium.
They're aerostats -- providing unpowered lift -- in other words, sophisticated balloons. As very low-density high-profile craft, airships are vulnerable to winds, and are reliably controllable only in limited weather conditions. In the 1920s and 30s, several nations built vast airships, most of which crashed, typically in winds or storms, often with great loss of life. Including all three of the large US-Navy airships (one of which of course was based at Moffett), despite using non-combustible helium for lift.
a resident of another community
on Nov 19, 2012 at 3:19 am
Admiral Moffett himself died when the USS Akron went down in a storm off New Jersey in 1933. Eureka was fair weather craft. We do have more fair weather here than many places.
Anyone disappointed in missing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity might consider a similarly priced flight on the B-17 or B-24 next time they come through raising funds for their upkeep. Noisier than the zeppelin but you can still hang your head out the waistgunner windows. Those relics won't last forever.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Nov 20, 2012 at 2:38 pm
Too bad, I enjoyed seeing this thing floating over MV. I never had plans to spend that much on the trip, but still a cool local fixture for a while.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Nov 22, 2012 at 12:02 pm
There is a chance to save the Eureka. They need to sign with a new corporate sponsor by November 28. You can read about it on their website or Facebook page.
a resident of Blossom Valley
on Nov 26, 2012 at 10:11 am
a resident of another community
on Nov 26, 2012 at 2:21 pm
Google should sponsor them! Call it The ZEP GOOGLE.
a resident of Blossom Valley
on Jan 5, 2013 at 9:52 am
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The Fall River area was not immune to the forecast of low voter turnout for Tuesday's special U.S. Senate primary election.
Voters in the region trickled into the polls to cast ballots for Democrats Stephen Lynch and Edward Markey, and Republicans Gabriel Gomez, Michael Sullivan and Daniel Winslow.
The Fall River area was not immune to the forecast of low voter turnout for Tuesday's special U.S. Senate primary election.
Voters in the region trickled into the polls to cast ballots for Democrats Stephen Lynch and Edward Markey, and Republicans Gabriel Gomez, Michael Sullivan and Daniel Winslow.
By 3:30 p.m., just 200 voters had made their choice at the Somerset Main Library. Despite the small turnout, warden Ann Gallant said the turnout was still better than expected.
"We thought it would be much slower," Gallant said. "The supper rush should be much better."
At least in Somerset there was the sense that politics were in action. With the May 13 town election nearing, municipal candidates had signs in place near the polling location, the colorful displays pleading for votes.
Fall River's polling spots, however, were devoid of any such advertisements, leaving small reserved parking signs and the sample ballots printed on neon paper and hung from the polling entrances as the only reminders that an election was taking place.
"It's very slow," T.J. Holverness, warden in ward 1C, said just before noon. "Maybe when the kids get out of school and everyone is out of work it will pick up."
As of 11:37 a.m., only 42 of the ward's 1,770 voters had cast ballots at the Alfred Letourneau Elementary School. Holverness predicted the number wouldn't top 200.
"In June it will be better. This is just how it is in the primaries," Holverness said.
Ward 9A warden Deborah Raposo also pointed to the lack of interest in primary elections as the reason for the slow crawl to the polls. The James Tansey Elementary School polling location is commonly one of the city's busiest, but as of 12:10 p.m. had just 157 of 2,508 registered voters cast ballots.
"It's just been a slow pace throughout the day," Raposo said. "I'm hoping after work it picks up, but a lot of people just don't think primaries are important."
Among those coming out to vote were Richard and Maria Mayette. They said they were there to vote Republican, but declined to say which of the three candidates got their support.
"We want change," Maria Mayette said. "It doesn't always work out, but give us change please."
The Mayette's weren't alone in hoping to send a message with their vote.
"I'm sick of the Democratic liberals, so I'm voting for Steve Lynch," Brian Abdallah said after casting his ballot in Somerset. "If he loses then I'll vote Republican."
Before casting her vote at the Tansey school, Liz Burns said she would also be supporting Lynch.
"My husband is a firefighter and the city needs to make sure we keep getting funded so that we can keep them on the job and keep the city safe," Burns said.
Others said they voted because it is their responsibility as U.S. citizens.
"We vote all the time," Billy Martin said before entering the Tansey school with his wife Millie. "I was brought up that way and it's a civic duty."
Both planned to throw their support behind Markey.
"What else is new in Fall River?" Claire Cantin exclaimed after hearing of the low turnout. At 82 years old, Cantin said she has voted in every election since becoming eligible to vote. While she wouldn't say who her vote would go to, she offered harsh words for those who don't go to the ballot box.
"Everyone who doesn't vote is a criminal," Cantin said. "It's the one privilege everyone is afforded."
Among those casting their vote in Somerset was Democratic state Rep. Patricia Haddad. While her vote went to Markey, she said voting goes beyond being a right.
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Let's Play Ball!
Yay, Opening Day is upon us…let's play ball! I have to say I was
distracted lately with other stuff and spending a lot of time on my pop
culture blog writing about American Idol, so I really didn't pay
attention to Spring Training. The Cards had a decent spring, with a
17-10 record, the third best in the National League. Reading Matthew
Leach's column on the outlook for this season, I realize I have a lot
to learn about this team. As he points out, only 8 players on the
current roster were also on the 2006 world series team. My hopes are
not the highest, especially when I look at our pitching rotation. With
Carpenter, Mulder, Clement and Pinero still not available, we're going
to be struggling. We can only hope the offense comes up big and with
Duncan, Ankiel and Pujols, there's a good chance it will. I've ordered
up my MLB Extra Innings package on my cable so I can watch a lot of
games here in LA and hopefully be a more faithful blogger and haikuist.