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Keith Olbermann / TwitLonger:
TwitLonger — My full statement: — I'd like to apologize to my viewers and my staff for the failure of Current TV. — Editorially, Countdown had never been better. But for more than a year I have been imploring Al Gore and Joel Hyatt to resolve our issues internally …
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post: Keith Olbermann Fired By Current TV; Replaced By Eliot Spitzer
Jazz Shaw / PJ Media: Olbermann: The Day the Muzak Died
Keach Hagey / Politico: Keith Olbermann to file against Current TV
Jaywon Choe / Business Insider: OLBERMANN FIRES BACK: Blasts Al Gore And Current TV With A Fusillade Of Tweets
Keith Olbermann / TMZ.com: I'm Suing Al Gore's Ass
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite: The Young Turks Was Beating Countdown With Keith Olbermann In The Demo
Jeralyn / TalkLeft: Current TV Fires Keith Olbermann
Matt / Conservative Hideout 2.0: Keith Olbermann Fired: Still Can't Play well with Others? UPDATED: Olbermann's Response
Bill Gorman / TVbytheNumbers: via open letter from Current TV: … Edit: Update, Keith Olbermann's response via Twitter:
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Current TV Dismisses Keith Olbermann — 5:13 p.m. | Updated Current TV said Friday afternoon that it had terminated the contract of its lead anchor, Keith Olbermann, scarcely a year after he was hired to reboot the fledgling channel in his progressive political image.
Discussion: tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com, The Other McCain, Runnin' Scared, Riehl World View, Show Tracker, Hollywood Reporter, Taylor Marsh, Gawker, Washington Post, Weasel Zippers, DownWithTyranny!, The Daily Caller, National Review, The Raw Story, The Lonely Conservative, Hot Air, CANNONFIRE, Firedoglake, The PJ Tatler, Business Insider, Althouse, NewsBusters.org, Outside the Beltway, Conservatives4Palin, New York Magazine, The Moderate Voice, Joe. My. God., Jammie Wearing Fools and The Hinterland Gazette, more at Mediagazer »
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain: Olbermann's Career: The First Time as Tragedy, the Second Time as Farce
Esther Zuckerman / Runnin' Scared: Mega Millions Winners Sold In Illinois, Kansas and Maryland; Olbermann Fired, Replaced by Spitzer; State Budget Approved
Scott Collins / Show Tracker: Conservatives rejoice at Keith Olbermann's Current ouster
Lisa de Moraes / Washington Post: Current TV becomes latest network to end stormy relationship with Keith Olbermann
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller: You've heard of a Friday afternoon document dump.
Daniel Foster / National Review: Why Can't Olbermann Find Happiness? Why? WHY?!?!
Megan Carpentier / The Raw Story: Keith Olbermann booted from Current TV effective immediately
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Breaking: Current TV "terminates relationship" …
David Dayen / Firedoglake: Olbermann Fired From Current TV
Ed Driscoll / The PJ Tatler: Breaking: Al Gore's Current TV Terminates Relationship with Keith Olbermann
Ann Althouse / Althouse: Olbermann falls further.
Ken Shepherd / NewsBusters.org: Open Thread: Current Drowns Olbermann; Mercurial Leftist Anchor Booted from Al Gore's Network
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Keith Olbermann Abruptly Fired. Again.
Doug Brady / Conservatives4Palin: More.
Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine: Keith Olbermann Out at Current, Eliot Spitzer to Take Over
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice: BREAKING: Currrent TV Fires Keith Olbermann (UPDATED)
Jammie Wearing Fools: Department of Redundancy Department: Keith Olbermann Fired Again, Replaced by Eliot Spitzer
Janet Shan / The Hinterland Gazette: Current TV Fires Keith Olbermann, Will be Replaced by New Eliot Spitzer Show
Current TV:
Open letter to the viewers of Current
Open letter to the viewers of Current
Keach Hagey / Politico: Current TV fires Keith Olbermann
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter: Current Retains Crisis PR Experts for Anticipated Battle With Keith Olbermann (Exclusive)
Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?: Al Gore's 'Current TV' even further down the tubes - Olbermann fired
John Del Signore / Gothamist: [UPDATE] Keith Olbermann Dismissed From Current TV, Replaced By Eliot Spitzer Starting Tonight
Scared Monkeys: Keith Olbermann Fired From Al Gore's Current TV, Replaced by Eliot Spitzer ... Olbermann Threatens Law Suit
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite: Keith Olbermann Fired For Breach Of Contract; Olbermann Responds To Firing
Mhashimoto / dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com: Olbermann continues descent through the cable universe
Keach Hagey / Politico:
Current TV fires Keith Olbermann
Current TV fires Keith Olbermann
Discussion: Wonkette and americanthinker.com
Jim Newell / Wonkette: Al Gore Fires Keith Olbermann For Being Terrible
Rick Moran / americanthinker.com: Current TV fires Keith Olbermann
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
Current TV Fires Keith Olbermann, Replaces Him With Spitzer Immediately, Olbermann to Sue
Current TV Fires Keith Olbermann, Replaces Him With Spitzer Immediately, Olbermann to Sue
Discussion: Show Tracker, Hollywood Reporter, TBogg, Business Insider and Booman Tribune, more at Mediagazer »
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter: Keith Olbermann Blasts Current TV; Internal Memo Reveals Tension Over GOP Primary
Grace Wyler / Business Insider: Keith Olbermann Says He's Suing Al Gore And Current TV For Firing Him
BooMan / Booman Tribune: Olbermann Let Go — Not sure what went on with Current TV and Keith Olbermann.
Keach Hagey / Politico:
Olbermann out, Spitzer in on Current TV
Olbermann out, Spitzer in on Current TV
Discussion: Business Insider, iOwnTheWorld.com and Truthdig
Arelis R. Hernández / Orlando Sentinel:
Al Sharpton: Civil disobedience will escalate if Zimmerman remains free — If George Zimmerman is not arrested in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin soon, theRev. Al Sharpton will call for an escalation in peaceful civil disobedience and economic sanctions.
Discussion: protein wisdom, americanthinker.com, Scared Monkeys, Sister Toldjah, Belmont Club, BREITBART.COM, Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
Darleen Click / protein wisdom: NBC "Waiting to Explode" - Trayvon Martin edition
Scared Monkeys: Al Sharpton Says Civil Disobedience Will Escalate if George Zimmerman is Not Arrested for Death …
Richard Fernandez / Belmont Club: The House that Jack Built
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Sharpton Says He Will Call For An Escalation In Civil Disobedience Until Zimmerman Is Arrested...
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite: CNN Explains Why Twitter Hasn't Deleted 'Kill Zimmerman' Account
Civil rights leaders condemn Sharpton's call for escalated civil disobedience
Civil rights leaders condemn Sharpton's call for escalated civil disobedience
Discussion: americanthinker.com, Weasel Zippers and The Hinterland Gazette
Thomas Lifson / americanthinker.com: Sharpton Calling for Civil Disobedience
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Oh My: NAACP Condemns Al Sharpton's Call For Escalating Civil Disobedience If Zimmerman Isn't Arrested...
Wall Street Journal:
EPA Backpedals on Fracking Contamination — Texas Water-Pollution Suit Dropped; Third Recent Setback on Drilling for Agency — The Environmental Protection Agency has dropped its claim that an energy company contaminated drinking water in Texas, the third time in recent months that the agency …
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Federal court strikes down parts of collective bargaining law — MORE (2) — A federal judge on Friday upheld most of Gov. Scott Walker's controversial collective bargaining law, but struck down key parts of it by ruling that the state cannot prevent public employee unions …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin, 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com, Hot Air, Firedoglake, Talking Points Memo and JSOnline
Michelle Malkin: Follow-up: Have you done your part to fight the Left's war on Wisconsin and conservative women?
Eric Kleefeld / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com: TPM2012 — Judge Strikes Down Key Parts Of Walker's Anti-Public Employee Union Law
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air: WI federal court rules on Walker's union law
Patrick Marley / JSOnline: GAB sets historic recall elections; GOP to field fake Dems
Bruce Vielmetti / JSOnline:
Federal court strikes down parts of union law
Federal court strikes down parts of union law
Discussion: americanthinker.com, Wake up America and Althouse
Susan Duclos / Wake up America: Embedded Ruling: Federal Court Rules On Governor Scott Walker's Collective Bargaining Law
Daniel Bice / JSOnline: Barrett will run in recall election
New York Times:
A Health Law at Risk Gives Insurers Pause — As the Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of the federal health care law, one option that had seemed unthinkable to its designers and supporters now seems at least possible: that the court could strike down the entire law.
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Althouse
John Brownlee / Cult of Mac:
This Creepy App Isn't Just Stalking Women Without Their Knowledge, It's A Wake-Up Call About Facebook Privacy [Update] — This app is meant to all be in good fun, but it's potentially a weapon in the hands of stalkers. — "Boy, you sure have a lot of apps on your phone." — "Well, it's my job."
Discussion: Taylor Marsh, msnbc.com, Unfogged, The Verge, Firedoglake, TechCrunch and Gawker
Suzanne Choney / msnbc.com: Stalker-like, girl-hunting iPhone app outed
Heebie-Geebie / Unfogged: Girls Around Me — This is about a super creepy app …
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: "Girls Around Me" Creeper App Just Might Get People To Pay Attention To Privacy Settings
Maureen O'Connor / Gawker: Super Creepy Stalker App Puts Names and Faces of 'Girls Around Me' on a Map
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
IRS not investigating Nikki Haley for tax fraud — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's office Friday provided IRS documentation that she is not facing investigation for tax fraud, calling accusations that she was "totally contrived." — Haley denied the rumors of a looming tax indictment on Thursday.
Discussion: americanthinker.com, Outside the Beltway, The Reaction and Washington Monthly
Michael J.W. Stickings / The Reaction: Nikki Haley to be indicted for tax fraud? (update)
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Nikki Haley and Dirty Blogger Politics
Cynthia McFadden / ABCNEWS:
No IRS Investigation into SC Governor Nikki Haley
No IRS Investigation into SC Governor Nikki Haley
Discussion: Sister Toldjah, Palmetto Public Record, RedState, FITSNews and The Daily Caller
Andrew Theen / Bloomberg:
Obama Campus Fervor Losing to Apathy as Students Sour on 2012 — On election night 2008, freshman Meagan Cassidy left Lake Forest College and hopped a train to Chicago to celebrate Barack Obama's impending victory. — "There was probably no better place to be," Cassidy said in a phone interview.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Pirate's Cove and Shot in the Dark
Michelle Singletary / Washington Post:
Mega Millions: Why I threw away common sense and bought a ticket — We played. — My husband and I decided to do a financially unwise thing and take a chance at winning the $640 million dollar Mega Millions lottery. It's not a smart use of even a dollar because the odds of winning are, well, astronomical — 1 in 176 million.
Discussion: CNN, Hot Air, Prairie Weather and Ezra Klein
Allahpundit / Hot Air: I guess we have to talk about this Mega Millions thing, huh? Update: At least three winners
Gary Strauss / USA Today:
Winning Mega Millions ticket bought in Maryland!
Winning Mega Millions ticket bought in Maryland!
Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Gawker, Real Time Economics and The Informer
Scared Monkeys: Mega Millions Record Jackpot of $640 Million and the Winning #'s are ... 2-4-23-38-46 and 23
Ben Casselman / Real Time Economics: Mega Millions Sells More Than 2 Tickets for Every U.S. Resident
Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
Obama: Buffett Rule tax hike will 'make this country a little fairer' — President Obama urged lawmakers to "make this country a little fairer" and pass legislation that would raise taxes on those making more than $1 million annually. — "Congress is going to vote on what's called the Buffett Rule …
Byron Tau / Politico: Obama urges Warren 'Buffett rule' passage
Ann Althouse / Althouse: Obama wants to "make this country a little fairer."
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
Orwell and March Madness — If you've been watching the N.C.A.A. men's basketball championship — a k a March Madness — you've undoubtedly seen the commercial. It's an N.C.A.A. ad that shows college athletes pumping iron, running sprints and playing games.
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James Joyner / Outside the Beltway: Dumb Jocks and Student-Athlete Propaganda
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money: Keep At 'Em, Joe
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
When the Archbishop Met the President — Cardinal Dolan thought he heard Barack Obama pledge respect for the Catholic Church's rights of conscience. Then came the contraception coverage mandate. — New York — The president of the U.S. Conference of Bishops is careful to show due respect for the president of the United States.
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Scott Johnson / Power Line: Obamacare against the Church, and vice versa
Loretta Chao / Wall Street Journal:
Sina, Tencent Shut Down Commenting on Microblogs — BEIJING—China mounted a broad Internet crackdown beginning Friday, putting temporary restrictions on popular microblogging services run by Sina Corp. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. and detaining individuals that it accused of spreading rumors of a coup attempt in Beijing.
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Traditional analytics platforms are not suited for analysing this kind of data, which is usually unstructured or semi-structured. Further, the volumes are too large to be handled by regular databases / data warehouses in a cost-effective manner.
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Aris gained fame for successfully breaking the Egyptian Blockade of Navarino in 1825. At the time, a Greek garrison was quartered at the island of Sphacteria, which controlled the entrance to Navarino's natural harbour. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, tasked by the Sultan to suppress the Greek revolt, needed to take the island. When the combined Turkish-Egyptian fleet started bombarding Sphacteria and disembarking its 3,000 troops, the six Greek brigs stationed there were taken by complete surprise. Most of their captains were on land, along with part of their crews, manning the island's defences. Five of the brigs managed to sail before the enemy fleet sealed off the bay, and following a brief skirmish were able to escape. "Athina" (not to be confused with Aris's post-war name, which was also "Athina") sailed without her captain, Nikolaos Votsis, and narrowly escaped. The crew of Aris, however, still waited for their captain, Tsamados, who was defending heroically on land although already shot in the leg and fighting on his knees. During the Battle of Sphacteria, 350 of the 800 defenders were killed. When they found out that Tsamados was knocked down and killed, Athina's captain, Votsis, took over as commander, with Dimitrios Sachtouris, the commander of the Navarino fortress, as first mate. Also present on the ship was the Secretary of State, Aleksandros Mavrokordatos, who was sent to the ship for safety.
Displaying superb seamanship, Aris set sail through the midst of the Egyptian fleet, being attacked from all sides and exchanging fire for over four hours with several of the 32 enemy ships. At one point, five Egyptian ships tried to ram it. With exceptional display of gunnery, Aris sank one and drove away the other four. Badly damaged, Aris exited the bay. Casualties among the crew were two dead and six wounded. It was time for the icon of the Virgin Mary to be brought up on deck by the sailors.
What followed next is unclear. According to one version, Aris was then attacked by an enemy frigate that tried to ram it, but changed course at the last moment when they heard Votsis ordering his sailors to set fire to their own powder magazine. According to another version, Aris was under full sail when obstructed by two frigates, which she avoided by demonstrating superb seamanship and causing them some damage with her guns. The exit of Aris amidst the 32 enemy ships is depicted in a masterpiece by Volanakis.
Aris was preserved until 1921, 100 years after the War of Independence, when due to the country's financial difficulties it was sunk near the Naval Base of Salamina. Many had objected and had insisted on the preservation of Aris as a historical ship, but all that is left today is its figurehead at the National Historical Museum in Athens, and surprisingly (and unknown to most people) one of its masts at the Naval Base of Salamina. The mast was actually used for several decades as a mast for signalling purposes, slowly decaying. Its significance must have been realised recently, as it has been replaced and repaired and presumably is preserved somewhere inside the base.
Operational History
1807 - Built in Venice as a merchant ship.
1819 - Hydriot Anastasios Tsamados buys the ship
1821 - Aris is armed with 16 cannon and 82 crew and is included in the Hydriot Squadron, with with she participates in almost all naval operations and battles in the Aegean, the Peloponnesian Coast and the Corinthian Gulf.
26 Apr. 1825 - Successfully breaks Ibrahim Pasha's blockade and escapes to the open sea.
After the liberation - Purchased by the Greek Government and renamed "Athina".
1863-1865 - Used as a school for Naval Cadets
1882-1885 - Used as a school for lower personnel
1879 - Renamed again "Aris".
25 Mar. 1921 - Due to financial difficulties of her upkeep, Aris is sunk by honorary salvoes near the Kyra Islet off Salamina Naval Base, during the celebrations for the 100 years since the War of Independence.
Brig "Aris" ("Athina")
Displacement: 350 tons
Propulsion: Sail
Length: 30.5m
Width: 8.8m
Draft: 4.9m
Armament: (As built) 16 x 22-pounder cannon, (later) 2 x 12-pounder cannon and 10 x 24-pounder carronades
Crew: 82
For Gamers and Game designers
Until the arrival of steam ships, Brigs, such as Aris, were particularly popular thanks to their speed and manoeuvrability. Their main weaknesses were the fact that they needed relatively large crew to handle its rigging and that they could not easily sail into the wind.
For Modellers
The following are two models of Aris found in the Hellenic Maritime Museum, Piraeus, and a model by Aristotelis Rallis from www.naftoporos.gr.


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Rihanna and Drake are bound to cross paths during the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards.Following a year when both singers pushed the boundaries of their sound by mixing in even more dance and R&B flavor, the pair lead all nominees at this year's awards.
Rihanna, in fact, has two chances to take home the night's biggest prize, as she's up for Video of the Year for her solo hit "We Found Love" and her duet with Drizzy on his "Take Care." This year's show will air live on September 6 at 8 p.m. EST from the Staples Center in Los Angeles and feature performances from four-time VMA veteran Alicia Keys and VMA first-timers One Direction.
Last year's big winner, Katy Perry, is not far behind with four nominations on a show that will also shine a light on the global EDM explosion with a Best Electronic Dance Music Video category featuring such bold-faced names as Avicii, Martin Solveig, Skrillex, Calvin Harris and Duck Sauce.
Rihanna will also duke it out for Best Female Video, Best Pop Video and possibly get on the board in a number of professional categories, including Best Choreography and Best Visual Effects.
Drake's nominations include bids for Best Hip-Hop Video and Best Male Video, as well as Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography.
A bumper crop of acts are in the running with three nominations, among them Beyoncé, Coldplay, Frank Ocean, M.I.A. and the Throne. A couple of VMA newbies also got multiple nominations, including Gotye, Lana Del Rey, Fun., Avicii, and Skrillex. Among the fresh faces getting on the board with one bid are: A$AP Rocky, Childish Gambino, Imagine Dragons, Of Monsters & Men and the Wanted.
The video of the year category is super tight, with Perry's gothic sleepwalk "Wide Awake" and Rihanna's love on the edge clip "We Found Love" facing off against Gotye's inescapable, paint-splattered clip for "Somebody That I Used To Know," M.I.A.'s desert ghost riding "Bad Girls" and Drake and Rih's atmospheric "Take Care." The Best New Artist race is a MTV Summer Jam Olympics-style stroll through the songs that have defined the year, from Fun.'s "We Are Young," to Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe," Frank Ocean's "Swim Good," One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" and the Wanted's "Glad You Came."
Kanye West has two shots at the Best Hip-Hop Video crown, one on his own for "Mercy," and another as part of the Throne for the flashy "Paris." Those two will go up against Childish Gambino's "Heartbeat," Drake and Lil Wayne's "HYFR" and Nicki Minaj's "Beez in the Trap."
Justin Bieber is among a number of double nominees, with love in the Best Male Video race (where he'll face Ocean, Drake and Rihanna's "Take Care," Chris Brown and Usher) and the Best Pop Video (One Direction, Fun., Rihanna and Maroon 5).
The Best Video With a Message category is back, led by Demi Lovato's "Skyscraper," Rise Against's "Ballad of Hollis Brown," Kelly Clarkson's "Dark Side," Gym Class Heroes' "The Fighter," Lil Wayne's "How to Love" and K'Naan's "Is Anybody Out There?"
One Direction Are Looking Forward To Their First VMAs
Beginning Tuesday (July 31) at 6 a.m. EST, viewers can vote for general VMA categories, including Video of the Year, Best New Artist and more by visiting vma.mtv.com online or m.mtv.com on their mobile phone. In addition, Best New Artist is available for voting via all wireless carrier subscribers by texting BNA to 22444 or by visiting MTV's official Facebook page.
Voting for all VMA categories, except Best New Artist, will end on August 24 at 6 p.m. ET. Voting for Best New Artist continues through the show on September 6. Verizon subscribers can vote on all categories via SMS by texting "VMA" to 22444 (standard message rates apply.) In addition voters who text "VMA" to 22444 are automatically entered into a sweepstakes to win a trip to the 2013 Video Music Awards.
Full List of 2012 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees:
Video of the Year
Katy Perry, "Wide Awake"
Gotye, "Somebody That I Used To Know"
Rihanna, "We Found Love"
Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care"
M.I.A., "Bad Girls"
Best New Artist
Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, "We Are Young"
Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe"
Frank Ocean, "Swim Good"
One Direction, "What Makes You Beautiful"
The Wanted, "Glad You Came"
Best Hip-Hop Video
Childish Gambino, "Heartbeat"
Drake feat. Lil Wayne, "HYFR"
Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean & 2 Chainz, "Mercy"
Watch the Throne, "Paris"
Nicki Minaj feat. 2 Chainz, "Beez in the Trap"
Best Male Video
Justin Bieber, "Boyfriend"
Frank Ocean, "Swim Good"
Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care"
Chris Brown, "Turn Up the Music"
Usher, "Climax"
Best Female Video
Rihanna, "We Found Love"
Katy Perry, "Part of Me"
Beyoncé, "Love on Top"
Nicki Minaj, "Starships"
Selena Gomez & The Scene, "Love You Like a Love Song"
Best Pop Video
One Direction, "What Makes You Beautiful"
Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, "We Are Young"
Rihanna, "We Found Love"
Justin Bieber, "Boyfriend"
Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa, "Payphone"
Best Rock Video
Coldplay, "Paradise"
The Black Keys, "Lonely Boy"
Linkin Park, "BURN IT DOWN"
Jack White, "Sixteen Saltines"
Imagine Dragons, "It's Time"
Best Electronic Dance Music Video
Duck Sauce, "Big Bad Wolf"
Calvin Harris, "Feel So Close"
Skrillex, "First of the Year (Equinox)"
Martin Solveig, "The Night Out"
Avicii, "Le7els"
Best Video With a Message
Demi Lovato, "Skyscraper"
Rise Against, "Ballad of Hollis Brown"
Kelly Clarkson, "Dark Side"
Gym Class Heroes, "The Fighter"
K'Naan feat. Nelly Furtado, "Is Anybody Out There?"
Lil Wayne, "How to Love"
Best Art Direction
Katy Perry, "Wide Awake"
Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care"
Lana Del Rey, "Born to Die"
Regina Spektor, "All the Rowboats"
Of Monsters & Men, "Little Talks"
Best Choreography
Chris Brown, "Turn Up the Music"
Rihanna, "Where Have You Been"
Beyoncé, "Countdown"
Avicii, "Le7els"
Jennifer Lopez f/Pitbull, "Dance Again"
Best Cinematography
M.I.A., "Bad Girls"
Adele, "Someone Like You"
Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care"
Coldplay feat. Rihanna, "Princess of China"
Lana Del Rey, "Born to Die"
Best Direction
M.I.A., "Bad Girls"
Duck Sauce, "Big Bad Wolf"
Coldplay feat. Rihanna, "Princess of China"
Frank Ocean, "Swim Good"
Watch the Throne, "Otis"
Best Editing
Beyoncé, "Countdown"
A$AP Rocky, "Goldie"
Gotye, "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Watch the Throne, "Paris"
Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz, "Mercy"
Best Visual Effects
Katy Perry, "Wide Awake"
Rihanna, "Where Have You Been"
David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj, "Turn Me On"
Linkin Park, "BURN IT DOWN"
Tuesday, 31. July 2012


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Hi everyone,
I'll graduate, with a BA in linguistics and media, in four weeks time. I'm very excited, and want to use ESL to travel the world and live overseas (I picked up a 100-hour online ESL certificate to boost my employability).
Although I know that I want to have a life filled with travel, I'm not sure if I can see myself doing ESL for the rest of my days. I got a law school offer at the best school in Australia (my home), and the law is a fascinating area that can potentially lead to a diverse range of travel-related careers. The JD is three years.
So, I'm now at a crossroads: should I take my BA overseas, live in a foreign country for 1 or 2 years (probably Japan), then return and do law? Or should I smash out the JD, and then go overseas?
There are a few things to consider, such as how my life will change over the next three years, and whether ESL is still an OK option at 24 years of age (vs. 21). I know there are lots of older people teaching overseas, but is the three years' difference going to put me at a serious disadvantage?
Even though moving into the workforce is the recommended path after law school, I don't want to do that, because I don't want to spend 40 years behind a desk and be filled with regret. If I found that I really loved teaching and wanted to get an MA, would that still be advisable at 26 or so? Even though taking a $35k ESL job isn't that great after a law degree, I'm not living life for the money anyway.
Although I could use the concept of travel as a way to motivate myself through the course, does it make more sense to get my crazy travel ideas out of the way now? I want to do other stuff like working on a cruise ship and skiing the Japanese mountains.
Sorry for all the questions, I'm pretty torn about this situation (two great options, so not a bad position to be in!). Any input on this would be great.
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Hello Tang.
What you are saying, actually, is that you want to have some fun before you settle down.
You will still be young enough to do what you want, after you have had your fun. You can change your career, whenever you get bored.
In my day, one had to be in a career before the age of 30 but that's not the case nowadays.
Go ahead and have some fun travelling the world. When I was 21, I joined the Merchant Navy to see the world, including Australia, and I still ended up doing all the things I wanted to do.
Go for it!!!!
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I'm really curious if you took that chance... I hope you are skiing Japanese mountains right now haha
Look forward!
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"Out of date and out of touch with market conditions." That's what the National Cotton Council had to say about a ruling by a World Trade Organization Appellate Body in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday.
The Appellate Body failed to overturn the report of a WTO Compliance Panel concerning the U.S. government's response to WTO rulings in the cotton case brought by the government of Brazil in 2003 and 2004.
Although the U.S. Congress eliminated the Step 2 program, which had been the focus of much of Brazil's complaint about the U.S. cotton program, and made other changes to the latter, the Compliance Panel ruled neither Congress nor the administration had done enough.
"As the National Cotton Council stated at the time the Compliance Panel report was made public, the Compliance Panel failed to consider appropriately the changes that were made to the U.S. cotton program since the original decision in 2004," the NCC said in press release.
"The United States has already taken significant steps to comply with that original decision, including the elimination of the Step 2 program, which was part of the Three-Step competitiveness program for cotton that was enacted in previous farm bills."
NCC leaders said the decision Monday is far removed from the current cotton market and the current operation of the U.S. cotton program. The latest decision, in fact, was made with respect to the operation of the U.S. cotton program from 2003 to 2006.
"The market has changed and the U.S. cotton program has changed," the release said. "Expenditures under the cotton program components examined by the Compliance Panel have fallen dramatically since that decision was made. In fact, there will be virtually no expenditures under those programs for the foreseeable future."
World prices of cotton have strengthened significantly since the original panel ruling against U.S. cotton, NCC leaders noted. "It is simply not the case that world cotton prices are currently suppressed or were ever suppressed by payments made under the U.S. cotton program."
Cotton production in Brazil and in countries like India has risen over the past four years, while cotton production in the United States has fallen significantly. (In the Mid-South, for example, cotton plantings have fallen from 3.8 million in 2003 to an estimated 1.96 million acres this spring.)
Finally, the Brazil case is based on the cotton program under the 2002 farm bill. Under the newly enacted Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, cotton was the only commodity that received a decrease in its target price.
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"The WTO findings regarding the U.S. cotton program are out of date and out of touch with existing market conditions."
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To the Editor:
The Wausau Daily Herald's Oct. 10, 2005, editorial on the Lincoln County settlement with former Social Services Director David Chapleau, should be read by every Lincoln County resident.
Is the board covering something by buying Mr. Chapleau's silence? If Mr. Chapleau did do something wrong shouldn't (he) just be fired? The board went from being the judge and the jury in this case to being compensation lawyers, getting Mr. Chapleau a fair settlement for work well done. At least that seems to be the case here.
So far the only people losing on this whole ordeal are the employees who left their jobs at Social Services because of work conditions over a period of time.
Apparently the County Board has decided that Mr. Chapleau didn't do anything wrong, otherwise why would they pay him in excess of $150,000 plus spend another $63,000 on their own legal fees? I would hope the people who left their jobs are half as well compensated by the board after the rest of the lawsuits are settled. The county is not done paying out money by any means on this matter.
Dick Bunkelman
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Yah, I don't get it!!! I thought when you sexually harass someone in the workplace you get fired. This guy gets generously compensated. He's got to be laughing all the way to the bank. He sells his house and a very reasonable fast selling price and takes the free $150,000 and moves to "I don't care, anywhere, USA. Then he tells his new friends he is an ex-racecar driver and lives happily ever after.
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If the county board voted to pay this guy, maybe at election time the people of Lincoln county need to fire them and send a message. It is the tax payer paying for this.
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The way I hear it is, he asked some woman out for a date at work. She said no. From then on she had a hard time in the workplace. So they don't catagorize that as sexual harassment, they call it, creating a hostile work environment. Hey, you go out with me or I can make it rough around here for you. So here comes the bored "board". They say, "Let's not put this guy in jail, let's not even slap his hand, let's give him $150,000 and a big smile, shake his hand and wish him well. When Mr. David Chapleau was a probation officer before social services director, he wouldn't cut anybody any slack, everything had to be to the letter and his way. Good riddens to bad rubbish.
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Sidebar to the article Elder Abuse Emerges From the Shadows of Public Consciousness by Philip Bulman
To find out just how widespread elder abuse may be, NIJ sponsored a study that involved an extensive telephone survey of older
Americans. More than 5,000 people, 60 or older, participated. Interviewers asked participants about their experiences in the
previous year, as well as their lifetimes overall. The prevalence of physical mistreatment was 1.6 percent. Of those who reported
this mistreatment to interviewers, only 31 percent said they had reported the problem to police. Strangers accounted for only
3 percent of these assaults; family members were the perpetrators in 76 percent of the cases.
In July 2003, there were 35.9 million people 65 and older, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. If 1.6 percent of those were
physically abused, the total number of cases would be 574,400. The older population is on the threshold of a boom, according
to census projections. A substantial increase will occur during the 201 to 2030 period. The elder population in 2030 is expected
to be twice as large as in 2000, growing from 35 million to 72 million.
Of those surveyed, 0.6 percent reported being sexually abused in the previous year. About 16 percent of these people said
they had reported the assault to the police. Family members were responsible for about half of the assaults.
Other types of abuse include:
Overall, 11 percent of those surveyed reported some form of mistreatment in the previous year; 1.2 percent reported two forms
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The 10 Hottest Women Ever on 'Family Guy'
A couple months ago, we showed you the 10 Hottest Women on 'The Simpsons'. We failed to include leading lady Marge who has a Playboy cover and a Maxim spread under her belt. Despite those credentials, Marge just doesn't do it for us – maybe it's the hair or her unflattering fashion sense.
We decided to take a look at another popular animated series that, many believe, rips off (or at least owes a lot to) Springfield's Funniest Family Unit – Family Guy. We've combed through every episode of every season to bring you the 10 finest figures that artists – both professional and not – love to draw nude. We'll just say there's a LOT of interesting search results on Google Images.
Before we begin the countdown, we'll be straight up with you – there's no Lois. We know, it's a crime. She's certainly had her share of sexy moments, but she can't compare to our picks.
Misty appeared in one scene during the fourth episode of the first season, titled, "Mind Over Murder". That's all it took for us to fall in lust. If your memory needs jogging, she was the busty blonde who sat next to a visibly drunk Stewie at Peter's bar 'Ye Olde Pube' in the Griffins' basement. After the evil infant mastermind broke his pencil drawing his time machine schematic, Misty gave him a special Barney pen. So hot, so clutch, so adventurous (drinking in a random dude's basement bar?). That's a keeper.
Dr. Amanda Rebecca
In the thirteenth episode of the second season, titled, "Road to Rhode Island", Peter seeks help improving his relationship with Lois, so he obtains an instructional video tape series that features Dr. Amanda Rebecca, who at first appears to be a legit therapist but after ordering Lois to leave the room, transforms into a seductive sex kitten, popping off her button down and moaning. Why isn't this instructional relationship series real?
Miss Emily
In episode 14 of Season 10, titled, "Be Careful What You Fish For", Stewie claims his pre-school teacher Miss Emily is negligent so he enlists Brian to report her. But, after the forever alone pooch can do so, he falls for the comely educator and decides to delay and distract until he can bed her. However, when he finds out she already has a boyfriend, he calls the cops. Has there ever been a female pre-school teacher that isn't hot?
Season 7′s premiere titled, "Love, Blactually", introduces us to Carolyn, an atheist Brian meets in a bookstore and dates for weeks without having sex. Why? Because he wants to have a meaningful relationship and to make her want him more. Bad move. She ends up leaving him for Cleveland, who considers marrying her before he catches her banging Quagmire. Okay, so she might have genital warts but a red hot redhead who's down to pound and isn't hung up on what God thinks because God doesn't exist? Double wrap it and slap it.
Lana Lockhart
The second episode of Season 4 saw the hottest teacher to ever grace the halls and classrooms of Buddy Cianci Junior High School seduce Chris into murdering her husband. However, Chris chickens out, so Lana hides a bear in his oatmeal. We later find out that the bear and Lockhart are a couple, holing up in a hotel room while on the lam as national fugitives. It's clear the gigantic grizzly is the one in charge, which gives hope to big and tall hairy dudes around the world. We'd do horrible things to give her an A+.
Maid Madeline
The ninth episode of Season 3 titled, "Mr. Saturday Knight" saw Peter audition to become one of the knights at the Renaissance Fair, but eventually bullied to leave by the Black Knight after flirting with the champion's trophy wench, Maid Madeleine. "Wouldst thou take a gander under my frock?" We'd joust with Will Ferrell for that pleasure and we wouldn't even need a lance…
Shauna Parks
In the eleventh episode of Season 4 titled, "Peter's Got Woods", Brian attends a PTA meeting and meets Meg's 11th grade history teacher, Shauna Parks whom he begins dating. After a failed attempt to get James Woods High School's name changed to Martin Luther King Jr – thanks to Peter and James Woods – Shauna delivers an ultimatum, ordering Brian to choose between her or Peter. This is where your ability to lie would be HUGE.
Mother Maggie
Mother Maggie is the host of Stewie's favorite TV show 'Jolly Farm Revue'. Diehard fans will cry out, "Which one?!? The British version or the American?" To that we say, 'both'. It's the character we're attracted to not the actresses playing her (as long as they're hot and use a soothing voice). Although, we guess if we had to choose we'd go with the British one, she's got a foul mouth and smokes. And, if she smokes, she pokes. And that foul mouth will be crucial for dirty talk.
Bonnie Swanson
Joe's wife was preggers for a long time, which depending on your level of freakiness could be a good or a bad thing, but after she had their second child, daughter Susie, her body snapped back to knockout form. We knew she got off on some pretty twisted stuff then we recently found out she was a stripper who even built Joe a handicapped sex swing. Though she remains fairly calm, she's given us brief peaks at her wild side.
Jillian Russell-Wilcox
Jillian's your stereotypical hot dumb blonde who Brian dated throughout the fifth season and into the sixth. To date, she's the longest running relationship Brian's ever had and it's easy to see why – you can pretty much convince her to do just about anything. Brian got fed up with her stupidity and dumped her but regretted doing so. She quickly rebounded and got married. Brian really shouldn't worry, just tell Jillian that the rules of marriage only apply indoors and take her to a field somewhere.


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Sep 30, 2013 5:00 AM PT
Valve cofounder Gabe Newell has made no secret of his disdain for Windows 8 and his newfound love for Linux as a gaming platform over the past year or so.
It seems fair to say, however, that few here in the Linux community expected the colossal bear hug of support Valve gave our favorite operating system last week.
First, it announced SteamOS; then it was the hardware side. Finally, on Friday it debuted the Steam Controller.
All of Valve's gaming roads appear to lead to Linux, in other words. If this is a dream, more than a few FOSS fans are hoping they never wake up.
'This Is Fantastic News'
"Fantastic news!" enthused consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack, for example. "They have already done a lot by being the first game company to put serious work into flushing bugs and inefficiencies from the graphics drivers while those who went before simply gave up.
"Now they are pushing Linux as a serious gaming contender, and this can only be a good thing," Mack added.
Similarly, "I really think that this is fantastic news because GNU/Linux is a whole mature OS now," agreed Google+ blogger Gonzalo Velasco C. "Despite the fact it's running on different kind of servers, 98 percent of the world's supercomputers and serious desktops and its cousin Android/Linux dominates the mobile ecosystem, games were the Achilles heel (in the market sense) for some home users."
Valve's move is also "a huge statement that GNU/Linux is what fans and geeks have been saying for a while," he added. "Now not only we can have a dedicated 'Linux machine' to run top-rated games, but it will also help the development of gaming on every distribution."
'He Is Changing the Game'
SteamOS and the Steam Box was were "the best news of the week," concurred Google+ blogger Alessandro Ebersol. "There's no doubt GNU/Linux is ready for prime time, and, it has not yet gotten its deserved place, more because of the inertia of the market (manufacturers, OEM deals with other companies, and so on) than because of its capabilities."
With SteamOS, moreover, "even Nvidia is willing to behave nice, and AMD is hard at work to improve its FGLXR drivers," Ebersol added. "Then, it's a win-win scenario: GNU/Linux in the living room, hardware companies improving support for the GNU/Linux ecosystem, and, better and cheaper machines for the users/consumers.
"So, I see no cons, and, of course, blessed be Gabe, for he is changing the game," Ebersol concluded.
'I'll Be Buying One'
"I think it's a great idea!" echoed Linux Rants blogger Mike Stone. "This creates a game platform that any OEM that wants to can get in on."
Historically, "we've had Sony and Microsoft and Nintendo, and they've provided the game system as an all-in-one system," Stone pointed out. "Hardware and software were designed in-house and offered by no other vendor.
"We see something similar with Apple: They do well enough to keep the lights on, but the markets are always dominated by the system that's more versatile and adaptable than Apple's," he added.
"I think that Valve is attempting to position themselves as the de facto environment for a game ecosystem, all running Steam," Stone opined. "The fact that Steam is already well-established on the PC and has a great game library already gives it a good head start.
"I'll be buying one when they become available," he concluded. "I'm hoping it's a spectacular success because I think it could do some great things for gaming on Linux, not just in the living room."
'They Know What They Are Doing'
The move "makes a lot of sense," agreed Chris Travers, a blogger who works on the LedgerSMB project.
"They know what they are doing," Travers added. "They can control the hardware and drivers. This is almost the ideal scenario for Linux gaming."
In-flight entertainment systems also often run Linux, he pointed out -- "I even saw a kernel panic once (which makes sense due to custom hardware, etc).
"So this has been done before, and this is an ideal market for it," Travers concluded. "I have faith in them to make this successful. It will be yet another groundbreaking Linux device pushing into consumer space."
'They Won't Ignore Valve'
"This is another example of Linux moving into a sector and taking over," suggested Google+ blogger Kevin O'Brien. "The proposed new Steam Box is good, but for any dedicated gamer, PCs are where the real action is.
"I think this can benefit all Linux users by getting Nvidia to open their drivers," O'Brien added. "Nvidia may not care about Linux users, but they won't ignore Valve."
If Valve "continues to handle the Steam back end and provides SteamOS with a well-defined set of hardware specs for interested OEMs or DIY types, it could work out very well indeed," offered Google+ blogger Brett Legree. "In the end, Valve's ultimate level of success will depend on how well they can woo top game titles."
As for Linux, "well, any development from SteamOS that rolls back into the mainline is good," Legree added.
'How Are They Gonna Have DRM?'
Hyperlogos blogger Martin Espinoza wasn't so sure.
"I just can't get excited about anything that Valve does until they cease their war on our First Sale rights," Espinoza explained. "It was bad enough when publishers tried to restrict our rights with EULAs, but Valve's entire system is designed to separate you from them."
Slashdot blogger hairyfeet was even more skeptical, pointing to numerous as-yet-unanswered questions.
First, "how are they gonna have DRM in SteamOS without running afoul of the GPL?" hairyfeet asked. "After all, Google had to spend over a billion to make their GPL V2-only fork for Android and ChromeOS, and I just don't see Valve sinking a billion plus into this.
Second, "what do they intend to do about the frankly poor graphical performance in Linux?" hairyfeet wondered.
Also, "how do they intend to address the mess that is update/upgrade in Linux?" he said. "Even the most fervent FOSS supporter will have to admit that the update/upgrade cycle is a mess, especially when it comes to graphics cards."
Finally, "how are they gonna change the fact that a good 90 percent+ of AAA titles have DirectX ONLY and zero OpenGPL support?" hairyfeet told Linux Girl. "Are they gonna shell out millions to integrate Wine and make it seamless and easy, or are they gonna pretend that those 90 percent don't exist?"
'It's Good for Everyone but M$'
Blogger Robert Pogson, however, wasn't concerned.
"GNU/Linux is the right way to do IT, even gaming," Pogson told Linux Girl. "Steam knows that. By using GNU/Linux in their new gadgets, they can cut out M$'s tax, provide users with more performance at lower cost and be more profitable."
This year, in fact, "many OEMs are seeing the light, thanks to Android/Linux and Ubuntu GNU/Linux making quite a presence on retail shelves around the world," Pogson pointed out. "FLOSS gives all manufacturers a way to unbundle PCs from M$'s stuff and offer users better price/performance. It's good for everyone except M$, which is OK by me."
Looking ahead, Microsoft "will have to do much more than change CEO to remain relevant," Pogson concluded. "So far, they have done little more than raise prices for businesses while cutting prices for consumers. Neither are winning strategies.
"It's all about propping up the cash flow for the next few quarters instead of dealing with the real problem," he added, "that M$'s stuff is overpriced and underperforming."


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N M Tech Grad Student Wins Second in "Strength in Glass" Essay
by George Zamora
SOCORRO, N.M., July 27, 2007 – New Mexico Tech graduate student Julie Heffernan was still an undergraduate student at the research university when a severe hailstorm devastated the campus and surrounding town of Socorro on October 5, 2004.
Hailstones the size of baseballs fell from the sky that day, leaving a long-lasting impression on all Socorro residents, including Heffernan, who currently is pursuing a master's of science degree in materials engineering at New Mexico Tech.
In the aftermath of "The Great Hailstorm of '04," millions of dollars of property damage were tallied up by area homeowners, businesses, and university administrators alike, most of that cost going to repairing or replacing pockmarked vehicles, windshields, windows and roofs.
So, when the Glass Manufacturing Industry Council (GMIC) recently sponsored a worldwide essay competition for college students, which posed the question "What new applications can you imagine for a stronger glass?" — Heffernan, inspired, she says, by the Socorro hailstorm, responded with a four-page essay, titled "Glass Roofs — Save Energy and Money."
Heffernan's submitted concept paper earned her second-place in the New, Innovative Uses for a Stronger Glass contest, which also was co-sponsored by the International Commission on Glass and the National Science Foundation's International Materials Institute on New Functionality in Glasses.
Her second-place finish garnered Heffernan a $10,000 prize, along with an invitation to present her paper at the GMIC's annual convention, which was held earlier this month in Paris, France.
With assistance and additional financial support provided to her by several New Mexico Tech administrative offices, academic departments and professors, Heffernan was able to travel to Paris to talk about her idea of using glass that is 50 times stronger than currently manufactured glass to make both clear and reflective-coated roof shingles — a roofing material that is capable of withstanding even a 100-year hailstorm.
The tough, waterproof glass panels, she wrote in her essay, would also be corrosion- and fire-resistant, while weighing less than traditional asphalt shingles.
"Glass panels could be manufactured as four-foot by eight-foot sheets, and could be easily and efficiently installed, saving both time and money," Heffernan said.
Heffernan's research work at New Mexico Tech involves using computer simulations of different polymers to understand how molecular structure influences a material's viscosity and glass transition point, which helped her with the more technical aspects of her award-winning essay.
However, it was her past experience helping re-shingle a roof that further inspired Heffernan to consider using glass roofs to save energy and money.
The Alamogordo native expects to finish up her graduate studies at New Mexico Tech this coming fall, and is planning on then starting her professional career at the Boeing Corporation facility in Albuquerque.


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Stiteler, Sharon
Disapproving Rabbits
illustrated ed
€ 14.95
Try as hard as you like, there's just no pleasing a disapproving rabbit Let them hop around your house, they'll disapprove of your decorating skills. Feed them tasty veggies, they'll disapprove of your culinary skills. Sit together in your yard, and they'll disapprove of your gardening (even as they devour it). Long thought of as mindless raiders of gardens and happy couriers of colored eggs, it's almost as if rabbits have been getting the best of us for years, secretly disapproving of all our non-rabbit ways. Fortunately Sharon Stiteler, known as the Bird Chick for her work in the birding community, began to notice something not-quite-right about her pet rabbit Cinnamon. It appeared that Cinnamon didn't approve . . . of anything. After studying a great many photos, Sharon has soundly and without-out-a-doubt proved that rabbits have some major attitude.


text: Meet Lauren Kitt Lauren Kitt is the wife of 35-year-old former boy band member, Nick Carter. We'll be seeing much more of Lauren's hubby, reports say theBackstreet Boys' singer will be taking part in the upcoming 21st season DWTS. According to the Daily Mail, nick decided to give the show a … [Read more...]


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Carnegie Hall's Presidential History: Part I
As this year's presidential election contest enters the home stretch, we thought it would be interesting to take a look back at Carnegie Hall's own presidential history.
In the pre-television era—and even more so in the pre-radio era—Carnegie Hall, like many auditoriums across the country, often took the role of a "town hall," playing host to civic events, organizational meetings, rallies, and gatherings of almost any sort imaginable, including political conventions. It was not at all unusual to see US presidents—both current and former—turn up to address Carnegie Hall audiences.
Press pass for the 1908 Democratic State Convention at Carnegie Hall. Courtesy of the Carnegie Hall Archives.
Delegates to the 1908 Republican Convention as they enter Carnegie Hall. Courtesy of the Carnegie Hall Archives.
Carnegie Hall was a frequent campaign venue for political races at all levels during this era, including presidential contests. In August 1896, Benjamin Harrison used his clout as a former president (1889–1893) to kick off the Republican presidential campaign of that season. As The New York Sun pointed out, "Carnegie Music Hall has been the scene of many great meetings, but never before one of the magnitude and importance of this one and never before one so enthusiastic."
Harrison was launching the campaign of William McKinley, who came to the Hall during his presidency to address a meeting of the Ecumenical Missionary Conference in 1900. In October 1912, when he was facing off against Bull Moose Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson—who was governor of New Jersey at the time—faced a "cheering crowd" that climbed "over chairs and tables" to the stage "to shake his hand," according to The New York Times.
Ticket to the Ecumenical Missionary Conference of 1900 at Carnegie Hall. Courtesy of the Carnegie Hall Archives.
Report in The Congregationalist about the Ecumenical Missionary Conference at Carnegie Hall. Courtesy of the Carnegie Hall Archives.
Theodore Roosevelt at Carnegie Hall in 1912. Courtesy of the Carnegie Hall Archives.
Wilson's most significant Carnegie Hall address took place seven years later, in July 1919, when he returned triumphantly from Europe to give his first report regarding the Treaty of Versailles. Over half a million New Yorkers lined the streets between the 23rd Street ferry terminal, where Wilson arrived, and Carnegie Hall.
The New York Times report on President Woodrow Wilson's speech at Carnegie Hall on his return from Versailles. Courtesy of the Carnegie Hall Archives.
With the benefit of hindsight, we can even recognize the appearances of several presidents-to-be, including Warren G. Harding, who as a US senator from Ohio addressed the World Court Congress at Carnegie Hall on May 3, 1916—the day before, former president William Howard Taft spoke before the same august assemblage. Calvin Coolidge's October 1920 speech to a meeting of the New York Young Republican Club took place while he was governor of Massachusetts.
Unlike some of the other late–19th- and early–20th-century presidents who spoke at the Hall either during or after their presidency, neither Coolidge nor Harding returned after they made it to the Oval Office. Likewise, Carnegie Hall missed out on a presidential visit from perhaps the most famous and influential commander in chief our time, Franklin D. Roosevelt. His sole appearance at the Carnegie Hall podium took place on November 1, 1930, when he addressed a Democratic County Committee Campaign Rally while he was governor of New York.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's autograph from his November 1, 1930 appearance at the Hall. Courtesy of the Carnegie Hall Archives.
Check back over the weekend for more fascinating insight into Carnegie Hall's connections with the US presidency.
Related: Carnegie Hall's History


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Started today off with a 6 a.m. flight from Nashville to Dallas-Fort Worth. Arrived in Colorado Springs by 10:30 a.m.
Today we checked in and got our T-shirts! There was a group of us that flew in on the same plane so we have been sticking together a lot! (Murray St., TCU, Wright St., and Bethel).
The dining area is legit! And I thought our team could throw down some food... I had no idea girls could eat like this! And they have Soft Serve Ice cream.
We sat and waited for 2 p.m. and out first work on the court. We finally got started as a group (1 out of 3) and did some ab work and stretches with the National Team trainer. Then we were supposed to split up into pairs with someone we didn't know! I got the tallest girl probably in the whole group of 64! Ha ha. We partner-passed and peppered a little. Split into 16 on a court (four courts) to serve for about five minutes.
I busted out my jump serve we have been working on! Then went into hitting lines (very different because the middles were probably three inches taller than what we are used to seeing. And it was the same with most of the outsides so adjusting my sets to the hitters was actually a fun challenge for me!
Then the coaches split us up into four courts according to positions! I was on the court with the Cal setter (Carly Loyd) who we played in the NCAA Tournament and a girl from Iowa State (Kaylee Manns) who is from my home town! They were both super cool.
After our two- hour session, we walked back to the dorms (like a university that all athletes use) and I walked into my room. When leaving to go play I had no roommates but when I came back there were five Florida girls sharing my room! A little intimidating but one of them was like "Where are you from" and I told her Kansas. She asked, "Did you play for the MAVS?" And I said yes "I knew I remembered you, I'm from Front Range" (a club out of Colorado we played- every girl was twice as big as our team - no joke!).
I have seen a lot of girls I played against in club ball which is cool! There are girls from EVERYWHERE here. We are from gig and small schools but no one cares here because we are just here to play!
The altitude is said to make playing a different experience than normal! I cannot say I have noticed yet. We will see about it tomorrow! But the hydration process Reggie put me on the week before has really helped!
And the hard work my team and I have put into this spring has definitely made a difference in my play! My body feels pretty good after the first day!
Tomorrow is a new day - two sessions!
It is snowing here and it is beautiful!
"Giving the glory to Him"


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Session Timeout for PayPal OpenID
While setting up PayPal.com as an OpenID provider to enable third party authentication, two issues came up for session management:
- The session timeout for PayPal.com is set for a short duration. As a payment provider, it makes complete sense; However, as an Identity provider it didn't result in an ideal experience It required user authentication for every RP access and hence added to user friction. RP's preference was for a more seamless user experience and reduce (if not eliminate) the login challenge.
- The concept of login to a site using another site's credentials is still new. Users were not sure if they were login to a RP or PayPal or both; Users didn't always realize that by using PayPal.com to login to a RP, they were leaving an active session at PayPal.
We wanted to make sure tha the security of the user's PayPal.com account wasn't compromised; while providing the best experience that we can offer. We took a couple of measures:
- Decouple the OP session from PayPal.com – If you use PayPal as an OP, it will not result in an active session at PayPal.com.
- Allow the OP session to be longer lived – The maximum duration for OP session is 8 hours. Depending on the RP's preference, user may not be challenged again for 8 hours.
- Allow RPs to request session duration via max_auth_age – Depending on the sensivity of the transactions, RPs can request their session duration preference. It can be done either at on-boarding time or during the OpenID Authn request.
There are a still a few more tweaks that we are planning to make in the near future, but we believe the current solution will allow RPs to have a better control of the user experience.


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Blake sez: I've just returned from a five day trip to China, where I was invited by a Chinese digital publishing company called Cloudary Corporation to speak at the Beijing International Book Fair.
The trip was an extraordinary experience, and not only culturally where I benefited from a surplus of generosity from my hosts, but from the standpoint of catching a snapshot of the current state of Chinese publishing.
The comparison to American publishing could not be more apt.
Without oversimplifying a complex situation, the Chinese are experiencing almost identical tension between traditional publishing and the advent of the ebook as we are here in America.
They even call their old-school publishers "traditional publishers."
At the forum where I presented, I was involved in a discussion with an American publishing consultant, and three Chinese writers who publish digitally.
I could've just as well been sitting on a publishing panel in America. Different language, same bullet points.
My Chinese counterparts are passionate about all the things American ebook writers are excited about: fair royalty rates, the ability to release books faster, getting paid in a timely manner, and most importantly: creative control.
The audience I spoke to was filled with traditional Chinese publishing stalwarts, who expressed....wait for it...concerns about "gatekeepers" disappearing. In other words, who would bring work of quality to the Chinese readers if there wasn't an elite coterie to separate the good from the bad.
The most classic moment was when Robert Baensch, an exceptionally impressive publishing expert of fifty years who has worked and consulted at all levels of Big 6 publishing told these Chinese legacy publishers that if they don't adapt to the new model afforded them by digital publishing, then "someone will come in, take your job, and do it for you."
Sound familiar? Denial is not just domestic.
On a quick side note, Baensch sees the refusal of publishers across the world to properly embrace and exploit ebooks as an epic "managing" fail.
Here was my second, bigger surprise....the Chinese don't just share our enthusiasm of ebooks. They are beating us in not only volume but creativity.
In China, there are numerous ereaders available, but most of the digital reading public reads on their 780,000,000 mobile phones.
As a writer, what I found most fascinating was the publishing model of Cloudary Corporation, the company that invited me to China.
Cloudary is the largest online community-driven literary platform in China. But they operate in a vastly different manner than Amazon, BN, or Smashwords. Instead of one platform populated by complete books, they aggregate content from a variety of websites, each tailored to a specific genre. And the most popular, most famous, richest Chinese digital writers release content as they write it. They author long, ongoing works, thousands of pages in length, and most popular is a genre of time-travel/fantasy in which young adults go back in time to visit historical moments in Chinese history where they play an integral role in fixing or changing something.
Getting back to the Cloudary model, the Cloudary writers publish portions of their "active" books on a daily basis to ravenous fans, who, if the writer is too slow in releasing the next installment, harangue them on public forums for the next chapter. If the writers don't release new content quickly enough, the fans desert them.
Cloudary has six writers earning more than $1,000,000 RMB/year, (about $200,000 US).
Of course, not everyone is successful. But anyone can begin the process of uploading their work. It's essentially a competition and the readers decide who wins, voting with their pocketbook, with page-views. Readers establish an account, which is docked based upon how many pages they read. When a certain book becomes popular, and heavily-viewed, Cloudary steps in on a partnership basis, where the royalty split is in the ball-park of 50/50. At this level, Cloudary plugs these popular books into various print and film channels to exploit additional sub rights.
But the thing is...digital is the big money earner in the most populous, most literate country in the world.
In addition, the mobile phone companies distribute a percentage of the content. Imagine if AT&T or Verizon hosted content and paid us as writers. That's the comparison.
I'm still processing the head-spinning information overload, but I was thrilled and humbled to witness firsthand to what level the largest market in the world has taken ebooks.
What this implies for us non-Chinese speaking writers, I'm still not sure, and I am not encouraging anyone to go pay to have their works translated, so we can skip all the hysterical tweets.
The complexities and challenges of bringing ebooks to such a diverse marketplace will be great.
To say things are different in China is the understatement of the year.
When the Kindle debuts in China, it will be interesting to see how and if it can compete with Cloudary.
Different culture. Different digital reading model.
But the point is they're having the same conversations we are, they're more innovative, they've got a lot more readers, and we would be fools not to begin actively looking for ways to export our work.
Joe sez: I've been blogging about the potential inherent in a world market for a while now. Not just a world ebook sales market, but also a world library market.
There are almost 7 billion people on earth. One billion of them speak English. The other 6 billion can be reached via translation. The worldwide standard of living is constantly going up, giving more and more access to cheap electronics such as ereaders and cell phones.
Authors don't have access to all of those people...yet. But we will. And if we can sell to the smallest fraction of the global market, we'll be making a very nice living.
Soon, Amazon will release a Kindle in India, which has the second largest English-speaking population in the world. And they won't stop there.
It is true that we can't know what new technologies are on the horizon, or what new formats ebooks will take. But the cat is out of the bag. Ebooks are here to stay, in one form or another, and they are going to go global the same way wrist watches, cars, radio, TV, microwaves, and mp3 players did.
There has never been a better time to be a writer.


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If you regularly tag along with us for these Dealmaster posts, you've probably already scored a nice big 2560×1440 monitor for your setup from our partners at LogicBuy. But doesn't that single screen look lonely? A 21.5-inch 1080p IPS panel like the one found in Dell's S2240L might not be enough for your rig's primary monitor, but the bright colors and great viewing angles of an IPS panel strike us as ideal for a second screen—especially at $40 off the regular price.
If you've already got all the monitors you need, we've also got particularly steep discounts on laptops, tablets, and office chairs. Today seems like a good day to treat yourself, doesn't it?
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J. V. Fesko
Dr. Fesko has taught at Westminster Seminary California since 2009. He is a minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. He served in church planting and pastoral ministry for more than ten years. His research interests include the integration of biblical and systematic theology, soteriology, and early modern Reformed theology. Dr. Fesko's most recent publications include, Death in Adam, Life in Christ, Spirit of the Age, The Trinity and the Covenant of Redemption, The Covenant of Redemption, The Theology of the Westminster Standards, Songs of a Suffering King, and Beyond Calvin: Union with Christ and Justification in Early Modern Reformed Theology. His scholarly essays have appeared in various books and journals including Perichoresis, Reformed Theological Review, Journal of Reformed Theology, Church History and Religious Culture, Calvin Theological Journal, Trinity Journal, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, and the Westminster Theological Journal.
Dr. Fesko and his wife, Anneke, have three children and reside in Escondido.
What I Want to Instill in My Students
"A passion to proclaim Christ and him crucified in word and deed and to serve the church to the glory of Christ."


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Conduit, Wireway, and Cable Tray
Choose the best answer:
You must support exposed vertical risers for industrial machinery or fixed equipment at intervals not exceeding _____ ft, when the IMC or RMC conduit is made up with threaded couplings, firmly supported at the top and bottom of the riser, and no other means of support is available.
(a) 6
(b) 10
(c) 15
(d) 20
You may not use threadless couplings or connectors on threaded IMC or RMC ends unless the fittings are listed for that purpose.
(a) true
(b) false
If a building is equipped with a fire sprinkler system, installed in accordance with NFPA 13-1999, you can install ENT exposed or concealed in buildings of any height.
(a) true
(b) false
Where insulated conductors ___ AWG or larger are pulled through a wireway, the distance between raceway and cable entries enclosing the same conductor may not be less than required by 314.28.
(a) 10
(b) 8
(c) 6
(d) 4
You can use cable trays as a support system for _____.
(a) services, feeders, and branch circuits
(b) communications circuits
(c) control and signaling circuits
(d) all of these
When in cable trays and where exposed to direct sunlight, insulated conductors and jacketed cables must be _____ as sunlight resistant.
(a) listed
(b) approved
(c) identified
(d) a and b
You can use nonmetallic cable trays in corrosive areas and in areas requiring voltage isolation.
(a) true
(b) false
You must provide supports for cable trays in accordance with _____.
(a) installation instructions
(b) NEC rules
(c) a and b
(d) none of these
In industrial facilities where conditions of maintenance and supervision ensure only qualified persons will service the installation, you may use cable tray systems to support _____.
(a) raceways
(b) cables
(c) boxes and conduit bodies
(d) all of these
Answers and Discussion
d, 20. Wording was added to 342.30(B)(3) and 344.30(B)(3) to expand the use of vertical risers to other equipment that is fixed in place. The change also clarifies that you can use vertical risers of IMC and RMC for fixed equipment in any occupancy, not just industrial machinery in an industrial facility.
a, true. A new sentence in 342.42 and 344.42 prohibits the use of threadless fittings on threaded ends of IMC and RMC, respectively, because the taper of the threads could affect the impedance of the effective fault current path.
a, true. A new Exception to rule 362.10(2) permits you to install ENT exposed or concealed in a building if it's equipped with a fire sprinkler system installed in accordance with NFPA 13-1999.
d, 4. Sec. 376.23 was revised to clarify that when a wireway is used as a pullbox with conductors 4 AWG and larger, it must be sized as a pullbox in accordance with the rules of 314.28.
d, all of these. New text in 392.3 clarifies you can use cable trays for the support of power, lighting, signaling, and communications circuits.
c, identified. A new sentence in 392.3 specifies that where exposed to the sun, conductors and cables must be identified as suitable for the intended purpose.
a, true. The revised text in 392.3(E) clarifies you can use nonmetallic cable tray for purposes other than corrosive areas or voltage isolation.
a, installation instructions. New wording in 392.6(C) requires you to install cable tray per installation instructions. The '99 NEC didn't specify cable tray support.
d, all of these. Revised text in 392.6(J) clarifies that in industrial facilities where conditions of maintenance and supervision ensure only qualified persons service the installation, and where the cable tray systems are designed and installed to support the load, you can attach any size box, as well as conduit bodies, to the bottom or side of a cable tray system.
Questions and answers excerpted from Mike Holt's Illustrated Changes to the NEC, 2002 Edition.
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Free Gun Locks
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A Lodi pastor says he wants to save lives and souls. Dr. Norm Mowery with Lodi's First United Methodist Church says he got the idea after watching news coverage of teen shootings. He is providing free gun locks for members of his congregation.
Dr. Mowery says he's most concerned with young people who use a gun either against themselves or others. The pastor made a deal with Lodi's Big 5 store to purchase the locks for just 80-cents apiece.
A church member is also offering a class to help parents and children learn the proper way to use and care for a firearm.


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Soundgarden To Play 'Superunknown' Album in Its Entirety at iTunes Festival
Twenty years after the release of 'Superunknown,' Soundgarden plan to play the album live from front to back for the first time ever. They'll do it at the iTunes Festival during South By Southwest in Austin, Texas, on March 13. The show will be streamed live via iTunes.
Soundgarden's lineup for that concert will include drummer Matt Cameron. He is sitting out all other 2014 Soundgarden shows due to his obligations with Pearl Jam and the desire to spend more time with his family.
'Superunknown' is Soundgarden's most commercially successful album, peaking at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart and selling more than 5 million copies in the U.S. It also spawned radio hits such as 'Black Hole Sun,' 'Spoonman' and 'Fell on Black Days.'
Special 20th anniversary editions of 'Superunknown' will be released June 3. The two-disc deluxe edition features the original remastered album along with a collection of demos, rehearsals, b-sides and more.
The massive super deluxe edition includes the two deluxe edition discs, plus two other discs with additional demos, rehearsals and b-sides. A fifth disc has the album mixes in Blu-Ray Audio 5.1 Surround Sound. Other goodies include a hardbound book with a lenticular cover, liner notes by David Fricke and newly re-imagined album art from Josh Graham.
Soundgarden also have a vinyl release coming out on the annual Record Store Day April 19. The 'Superunknown' singles and associated b-sides with new artwork sleeves by Josh Graham will be reissued as five limited edition 10-inch vinyl records.
In addition to the iTunes Festival show, Soundgarden also have concerts scheduled all across the globe this spring and summer. They'll be playing in South America and Europe before returning to the U.S. for a July 4 show in George, Washington. For all their dates, go here.