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The History Channel is a cable television channel that presents programming related to historical events and persons. It also broadcasts programs with observations and explanations by noted historians and re-enactors and interviews with witnesses.
Discovery channel provides non-fiction variety programming focused primarily on the themes of popular science, history, and knowledge about the world, which are usually showcased as documentaries globally.
Expert advice, DIY projects, products, demos, inspiration, design ideas, the lastest trends and more on demand.
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20 Best Cydia Tweaks Of Year 2011
2011 is coming to an end, and it was a year that saw Apple maintain its dominance over the smartphone market. In October, iOS was bumped to iOS 5, which brought many long-awaited features to Apple's mobile platform. In addition to that, iPhone 4S was launched, which has been termed as the most successful iPhone yet, with Siri being the apple of many people's eyes. On the jailbreak front, Cydia lovers had to spend the last quarter of the year on a tethered jailbreak for iOS 5, but with the holiday season came an untethered jailbreak. iOS 5 brought a fully functional Notification Center, and many completely different features to the iOS mix, and that made way for a whole new genre of Cydia tweaks. Here is a list of some of the best Cydia tweaks for iOS 5.
Almost all of the following tweaks are free. The few that aren't have their price mentioned within their descriptions.
1. Spire (First legal Siri port for pre-A5 devices)
2. OpenBackup (Create a backup of your Cydia tweaks and their chosen preferences)
3. Fbspot (Control your Facebook account from the Spotlight search area via custom commands)
4. Autocorrection Bar (Get Android-like autocorrect bar above iOS keyboard)
5. SwitcherLoader (Add or remove options from the App Switcher tray)
6. App Stat (Track your app usage by seeing the number of times each app has been opened)
7. xCon (Run apps which don't normally allow jailbroken devices to use them)
8. Zephyr (N9 & Blackberry Playbook style multitasking bezel gestures – $2.99)
9. CleverPin (Disables passcode lock when on a particular Wi-Fi network – $1.99)
10. SwitcherCleaner (Kills all apps automatically except the recent ones)
11. LockScreen Multitasking (Access App Switcher from the lock screen)
12. Firebreak (Enables panorama view in stock iOS camera)
13. SMSConfirmation (Get confirmation notification every time an SMS is delivered successfully)
14. WeeSpaces (Multitasking for iOS 5 Notification Center)
15. AnyLockApp (Replace the camera icon on lock screen with the shortcut to any app)
16. WeeFlashlight (A flashlight usable from the notification center)
17. SwitcherPages (Add page dots to the app switcher tray)
18. FolderIcons (Customize the appearance of folders and icons)
19. Swype (Get a Swype keyboard for your iOS device)
20. Notification Center widgets (a collection the best Big Boss Notification Center tweaks)
So that concludes our list of the tweaks that really made 2011 a successful year for the jailbreak community, and reminded everyone why Cydia remains important in the iOS environment. With the untethered jailbreak for iOS 5 out now, users of jailbreak are sure to increase in numbers exponentially. Apple has been taking leads from the jailbreak community for a while (and even developers), and we hope to see the trend continue in years to come. Have a nice and successful 2012!
If you liked this list, you might also want to take a look at our ever-increasing collection of the latest Cydia tweaks, add-ons and app reviews.

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Setting Up E-Mail Reminders in Outlook 2007
In Microsoft Outlook 2007, you can set up a reminder to respond to or follow up on e-mail messages. If you know your way around the Calendar and Tasks windows in Outlook 2007, you know that the Reminder message box appears when an appointment or meeting is about to take place or a task deadline is about to fall. Similarly, you can put the Reminders dialog box to work in regard to e-mail messages.
To set up a reminder to reply to or follow up an e-mail message, note these steps:
1. Select the message you need to be reminded about.
2. Click the Follow Up button and choose Add Reminder.
You see the Custom dialog box. You can also right-click a message and choose Follow Up –> Add Reminder to see the dialog box.
3. On the Flag To drop-down list, choose an option that describes why the e-mail message needs your attention later; or, if none of the options suits you, enter a description in the Flag To text box.
The description you choose or enter appears above the message in the Reading pane, and message window, as well in the Reminder message box.
4. Choose the date and time that you want the Reminder message box to appear.
By default, the Reminder message box appears 15 minutes before the date and time you enter. To change this setting, choose Tools –> Options. On the Preferences tab of the Options dialog box, enter a new setting in the Default Reminder drop-down list.
5. Click OK.
When the reminder falls due, you see the Reminder message box where you can click the Open Item button to open the e-mail message.


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They're not investors most people have heard of, but three Greenwich-based hedge funds cracked the world's top 30 in terms of performance last year.
Bloomberg's "Top-Performing Large Hedge Fund" list for 2013, which will be published in the February issue of Bloomberg Markets magazine, will feature near the top portfolios managed by JAT Capital, AQR Capital and Blue Harbour Group -- three firms headquartered within about a mile of each other, from Greenwich Avenue down to Greenwich Harbor.
"We are thrilled that three area firms have performed well enough to make the list," said Bruce McGuire, founder and president of the Connecticut Hedge Fund Association, in an email Thursday.
"It's good PR for the firms and it also gives average readers some insight into the hedge fund world," McGuire said, when asked to characterize the value of the ranking. "I would not recommend making investment decisions based upon a list in a magazine, but for what it is, it's fine."
The survey draws on data compiled by Bloomberg, and supplied by hedge-fund research firms, hedge funds and investors during the first 10 months of 2013, according to a story that appeared Tuesday on the Bloomberg website.
Thaler ranks 17th
Through Oct. 31 of last year, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index had soared 25.3 percent, which only 16 large hedge funds -- with more than $1 billion in assets -- were able to muster. The industry average for those 10 months was only 6.9 percent, Bloomberg reported.
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S&P ranked:
JAT Capital Offshore, managed by John Thaler at JAT Capital Management
One Fawcett Place
returned 25.3 percent / assets of $1.9 billion
AQR Style Premia Strategy, managed by AQR Capital Management
Two Greenwich Plaza
returned 19.8 percent / assets of $1.3 billion
Blue Harbour Strategic Value Partners
Greenwich Harbor
returned 19.8 percent / assets of $1.3 billion
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Squarely hitting the S&P mark was JAT Capital Offshore, which is managed by Greenwich resident John Thaler at JAT Capital Management. The firm was launched in 2007 and is located at One Fawcett Place, just off Greenwich Avenue. Its winning fund, which ranked 17th on the list, employs a "long-short equity" strategy, had a return of 25.3 percent and has assets of $1.9 billion, Bloomberg reported.
Coming in 22nd was AQR Style Premia Strategy, a "multi-strategy" fund managed by AQR Capital Management. The firm was founded in 1998 and is located at Two Greenwich Plaza, right next to the town's main train station. The fund had a 21.5 percent return and has assets of $1.2 billion, Bloomberg reported.
Finally, Blue Harbour Group's 30th place fund -- Blue Harbour Strategic Value Partners -- returned 19.8 percent and has assets of $1.3 billion, Bloomberg reported. Blue Harbour is located at 646 Steamboat Road, an office building that overlooks Greenwich Harbor. The firm was founded in 2004 by Greenwich's Clifton Robbins.
The fact that so few hedge funds could keep pace with the stock market was no surprise for Walter Dolde, associate professor of finance at the Stamford branch of the University of Connecticut.
"It's always the case that the average hedge fund fares poorly when the S&P has a really strong year," Dolde said. "A true hedge fund is trying to make returns that are uncorrelated with what the broad stock market does." Dolde added that too many investing outfits these days get lumped under the umbrella term "hedge fund" when they're really nothing more than market speculators.Read Full Article
SAC Capital missing
No other Connecticut-based hedge fund made the list of top 30 performers. Nor did any Connecticut-based firms make the list of the 25 best-performing midsized hedge funds, which Bloomberg classifies as funds with assets of $250 million to $1 billion.
The year's top large performer was Larry Robbins' $1.8 billion Glenview Capital Opportunity Fund, which is based in New York and rose about 84 percent on the back of bullish bets on U.S. stocks and healthcare companies, Bloomberg reported.
Notably absent from this year's list was Stamford's SAC Capital, the most profitable fund on the 2012 Bloomberg list -- having paid about $790 million to Cohen and his managers, Bloomberg reported.
SAC Capital wasn't counted this year because it's in the process of returning outside investor money after pleading guilty in November to insider trading.
Meantime, Westport-based Bridgewater Associates also missed the list. Its Pure Alpha II fund returned just 6 percent through October 2013, Bloomberg reported.
Nevertheless, Bridgewater's massive size -- it manages $88.6 billion in hedge fund assets -- made Pure Alpha the most profitable fund over that period, generating incentive fees of $897.4 million, Bloomberg reported. Its Pure Alpha I fund earned another $294.4 million.
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Mikhail Baryshnikov and Robert Wilson first worked together on The Old Woman, a theater piece based on the writings of absurdist Russian author Daniil Kharms. Baryshnikov co-starred with Willem Dafoe. For the 2015 Spoleto Festival, Wilson created Letter to a Man, a solo piece for Baryshnikov, using the diary of the iconic dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. The diary, which in part documents Nijinsky's descent into madness, was first published in 1936.
Henry Miller wrote about it: "It is a communication so naked, so desperate, that it breaks the mold. We are face to face with reality, and it is almost unbearable...had he not gone to the asylum we would have had in Nijinsky a writer equal to the dancer."
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The new Essex Coastal Scenic Byway links thirteen towns on the North Shore of Massachusetts to highlight their history, culture and scenic beauty. From Lynn to Salem to Gloucester to Newburyport, the Byway leads travelers to picturesque downtowns and busy working harbors, along sandy beaches and rocky shores.
There are plenty of guidebooks to tell visitors which motels have pools and which restaurants get three stars. What they need is a book written by someone who can tell them why the Great Marsh is important to everyone and where you really get the best fried clams and how Motif #1 got so famous. Someone who can also make the connections between the proud and sometimes difficult history of cargo ships and privateers and fishing schooners and today's very different environment of arts and culture and environmental preservation.
I grew up near Essex County and visited often. I've lived in Newburyport for almost fifteen years and written about life on the North Shore for the Boston Globe since 2005. I've kayaked the marshes, sailed the coast, biked and hiked and bird-watched, sometimes for a story and sometimes just for fun. From all this comes an appreciation of what makes the North Shore special and how its seemingly disparate parts fit together.
THE ESSEX COASTAL BYWAY GUIDE is divided into 14 chapters – for the 13 towns plus Plum Island – featuring separate entries on dozens of the area's attractions, from the Crane Estate to the Lynn Museum and from the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge to Singing Beach. It will come out as a paperback and e-book in October.
Joel Brown from NBPT writes-
You reach so many people, I was hoping you'd do a post on the ESSEX COASTAL BYWAY GUIDE, which I'm publishing this fall. I think many of your readers would be interested to know this is coming and maybe support it. It's not officially connected with Essex Heritage or Essex Coastal Scenic Byway, but they're aware and the executive director has written a foreword.
Here's The Kickstarter for the project, which will fund the first printing and help pay the cover artist (Dylan Metrano, who did the paper cuts, lives in Rockport in the cold months) and the designer and copyeditor: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joelbrown/essex-coastal-byway-guide


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To celebrate the holiday season, Warren Haynes has released a free streaming version of "Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday" from his new album "Man In Motion". A holiday treat for Govt. Mule fans..Since everyday is a holiday, you have my permission to tell the boss you're taking 2012 off. Good luck with that and happy new year!
Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday - Warren Haynes


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I can see/predict some developer-oriented sites starting to use StackOverflow as their forum, instead of maintaining their own forum. I think it would be beneficial to both parties.
They can integrate Stack Overflow content in their site with tag-specific RSS feeds, and direct people to SO to ask questions.
To link people to ask questions, they can just link to stackoverflow.com/questions/ask. But it would be even more beneficial if they could prefill tags with their site moniker, e.g stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=php,mysql,mysite.com.
Is this something worth considering? (both the feature of prefilling tags, and the wider context of use as a plugin to another site) Has there been previous discussion about this? Would SO find this beneficial? Or is it a bad idea and SO is mostly interested in "direct" traffic and not serving third-party sites?


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I would like to apologized for all my blogger friends that I have tag, for I have not given you the right link. Here is the link of the tag Uber Amazing Blog Award. I hope you still would grab it. Sorry once again.
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An $800 million deal between NBN Co and Optus has been approved by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
The agreement involves steady payments to Optus for migrating its customers to the National Broadband Network (NBN) as and when the service becomes available in areas currently serviced by Optus' HFC service. The initial migration is expected to commence in 2014 and will take up to four years to complete.
While ACCC chairman Rod Sims has previously stated the Optus and NBN Co deal is in breach of the Competition Act, Sims stated the benefit of decommissioning Optus' HFC network outweighs the detriments, with the HFC unsustainable in the long-term.
"…NBN Co will only be able to fully recover the costs of its investment if, over time, users demand and migrate to higher speed services with greater data usage. If such demand does not eventuate, then NBN Co will incur a loss," the ACCC said in a statement.
"The ACCC concluded that if it did not grant authorisation, competition between the HFC and the NBN would be unlikely to endure in the long term due to the pervasive and enduring economies of scale associated with the NBN."
Tthe ACCC looked to quell concerns about the anti-competitive nature of the agreement, stating the NBN will be a regulated network.
"…the HFC agreement removes a potentially significant fixed line competitor to the NBN in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Competitive pressure from the Optus HFC network may have resulted in positive outcomes, notably prompting NBN Co to improve its performance," the ACCC said in a statement.
"The ACCC has looked at these issues closely, both at the draft and final determination stages, and there are unique reasons to conclude that the detriments are likely to be considerably less than usually expected," Sims said.
This includes limited scope for growth of Optus' HFC network, with Optus unlikely to further invest in the network and the HFC unlikely to be expanded beyond the current 400,000 broadband subscribers.
Decommissioning the network would also help encourage Optus subscribers to migrate from the HFC network to the NBN and avoid the cost of operating the network for services the NBN can provide.
"The Optus HFC network would, therefore, only provide a close substitute to the NBN for customers seeking broadband services at the lower end of the range of services that the NBN will support," the ACCC said.
Optus customers on the HFC would also be likely to demand faster services in the future and eventually migrate to the NBN regardless, the ACCC said. Once the Optus HFC network lost customers to the NBN when critical mass was reached, it would then become even more uneconomical to operate the network, according to the ACCC.
The ACCC also stated the agreement was unlikely to impact on consumer choices as consumers are more likely to choose products and services based on product and services, not on which type of network their services use.
Malcolm Turnbull, shadow minister for communications and broadband, has previously slammed the ACCC's decision to hand down a draft determination on the agreement, stating: "It is difficult ... to think of anything more anti-competitive than a new government-owned telco, the NBN [Co], paying Optus $800 million to shut down the HFC network, which is currently offering high-speed broadband services comparable to those that will eventually be offered by the NBN itself."
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Welcome back to Elevator Pitch, where we put top tech investors under the microscope. Up this week is Mark Siegel, who parlayed a physics degree from MIT into a gig at Oracle (ORCL). Today, he's a managing director at Menlo Ventures, which boasts a $4 billion portfolio.
Q How'd you get into this racket?
A I landed a part-time job at Netscape while at Stanford Business School. This made me something of an Internet expert by default in 1996 — right around the time every venture capital firm was raising a fund to invest in this newfangled thing called the Internet.
I had aspirations at the time to start my own company, but instead I discovered I loved investing in startups.
Q What do you like about venture capital?
A Each day, I get to see the newest, coolest cutting-edge technology as it's being invented. I spend practically every waking hour with the smartest, most ambitious and creative people on the planet. What could be better than that?
Q What kinds of pitches are you looking for now?
A We look at everything, from seed through growth stage companies. Our main areas of focus at the moment are cloud infrastructure, software deployed as a service, big data infrastructure or analytics, mobile, social, e-commerce apps and advertising technology.
Q What's the biggest mistake entrepreneurs make?
A Companies fail because of poor execution, not because of a bad idea. Make sure you surround yourself with the best people and constantly challenge your assumptions.
I always like to say that being nimble is better than being right, because things change very fast. And adaptability is an entrepreneur's biggest asset.
Q What's the next big thing going to be?
A I've been talking about the "Right Now Economy" for a while. We consume goods and services in near real-time now. Think about Twitter for up-to-the-second news, Roku or Apple (AAPL) TV for on-demand entertainment, Uber for a hailing a car, Hotel Tonight for lodging, OpenTable for dining, etc. In just about every category, there is a company disrupting or displacing an older model (online and offline) where information and consumption can be spontaneous and immediate.
This is more than just a convenience or novelty. It means supply and demand can be matched in real time, pricing is super-efficient, waste and excess inventory can be vastly reduced. The move to "Right Now" consumption is going to disrupt almost every sector of our economy, and there will be new giants created in almost every existing category.
Q At Netscape and Oracle, you've had an early seat at the development of both the Internet and of massively parallel processing, which set the stage for cloud computing. How does that background help you connect with entrepreneurs?
A Entrepreneurs want advisers that have lived through disruptive market transitions. It's helpful to have a historical perspective on technology, but the challenges young companies face are actually very similar regardless of their specific technology or the market they're in. We bring a lot of pattern recognition to the boardroom from our prior successes and failures.
Entrepreneurs also want investors that have empathy, who understand how hard it is to build something and will work hand in hand to help them succeed. That's what we mean by (our slogan) "Venture Right."
Q Menlo has been reshaping itself from a heavily enterprise-focused firm to one that also includes a healthy slice of consumer tech. Is that part of the generational shift under way in the firm?
A It's a strategy shift that is somewhat independent of the generational change at Menlo and across our industry as a whole. We've had a consumer practice for many years, with successes like Hotmail, PlaySpan, UUNet and Siri. But in retrospect, we should have had even more focus on that area, given the pace of innovation and how much economic value has been created.
We made a conscious effort in our most recent fund to invest half of the dollars in consumer deals. We're extremely proud to be partnered with consumer investments like Tumblr, Uber, Fab, Poshmark, Roku, Dropcam and others.
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Stay on top of constant change in the global economy!Will the euro become the leading international currency? Is the U.S. trade deficit sustainable? Has terrorism slowed the process of globalization? Will China be the next economic superpower?To keep up with the latest issues and controversies in international economics, you need a book that keeps the pace with our rapidly changing world. Thoroughly updated and revised, the Eighth Edition of Dominic Salvatore's INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS presents the crucial changes that have taken place recently in the world economy, from serious trade disputes among the United States, the European Union, Japan, and developing countries, to the introduction of the euro as the second most important international currency in the world.Features 120 real-world examples and applications demonstrate the immediate relevance of the material. The text's balanced presentation of policy controversies allows the reader to consider different sides of crucial issues. INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS first presents principles and theories at an intuitive level that's easy to comprehend. Appendices provide more rigorous coverage. INTERNet sections provide Web links to data sources, information, and analyses fir the topics presented in each chapter. The book's Web site presents additional examples, cases, and theoretical points, as well as constantly updated content.Salvatore, Dominick is the author of 'International Economics', published 2003 under ISBN 9780471230700 and ISBN 0471230707.[read more]
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Apartment Résidence Durbuy
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Proximity to public transport 4 km
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"Apollo etage", 4-room apartment 110 m2 on 1st floor. Comfortable furnishings: living/sleeping room with 1 double sofabed, open-hearth fireplace, dining table, cable TV, international TV channels, hi-fi system and DVD. 2 rooms, each room with 2 beds. 1 room with 1 french bed. Open kitchen (dishwasher, 4 ceramic glass hob hotplates, microwave, electric coffee machine). Shower, sep. WC, whirlpool. Electric heating. Terrace furniture. View of the countryside. Facilities: Internet (WiFi, free). Please note: non-smoking house. 2 pets/ dogs allowed. No lift.House/Residence
3 km from Durbuy: Child friendly, comfortable holiday development "Résidence Durbuy", surrounded by trees, meadows and fields. In a quiet position on top of a hill, 2 km from the river, in the countryside. For shared use: large garden, swimming pool heated (01.06.-31.08.). Tennis, table tennis, boccia, children's playground. In the complex: reception, laundry (extra). (extra). Bread roll service. Central parking spaces. Shop 3 km, supermarket 5 km, restaurant 4 km, bar 3 km, bakery 3 km, café 3 km, bicycle rental 4 km, railway station "Barvaux" 4 km, indoor swimming pool 500 m, thermal baths "Les Sanglier des Ardennes" 3 km. Golf course (18 hole) 8 km, minigolf 4 km, riding stable 7 km, walking paths from the house 250 m. Nearby attractions: Megalietensite Wéris 10 km, Grotten van Hotton 14 km, Natuurpark Chlorophylle 27 km, Safari Park Le Monde Sauvage 32 km, Domein van de Grotten van Han 40 km, Plopsa Coo 42 km. Well-known ski regions can easily be reached: Baraque de Fraiture 30 km. Hiking paths: Bohon - Durbuy - Bohon 6.5 km, Bohon - Barvaux- Bohon 8.5 km. Please note: baby equipment on request (extra). Groups of teenagers on request only. Fishing [permit required]. The photograph shows a typical example. There are more similar properties for rent in this same residence. Reservations for workers on request.
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Well-known, historical, medieval village, in the centre of the region, in a valley, 60 km south-west from Namur, 110 km north-east from Luxembourg, 26 km north from La Roche en Ardenne. In the resort: supermarket, shops, butchery, bakery, boutiques, bank.Summer
32 km from Chevetogne, provincial area around a castle and a group of ponds, large wooded and flowering parkland, equipped for sports, entertainment and walks.Winter
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Paper Relics was created by Hope in 2004. Little did she know that her love of old paper and glue would turn into a full time job. Hope grew up nurturing a huge imagination, which, coupled with her sentimental tendencies have helped her develop a unique product line.
She is known for mixing old elements with modern aesthetics to create unique and whimsical designs. Her stationery, rubber-stamp and ephemera lines all evoke a bygone era. Her work has been featured in several national magazines, including Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion and Country Living, as well as books and high profile blogs.
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Today, I entered into the age old practise of the Easter Egg Hunt. Or the Mum Suddenly Thinks It's Okay To Eat Stuff Off The Floor O-Thon. As you may be new to this custom, I have decided to give you a run down of how things might pan out for you. You'll need small chocolate eggs, a novelty basket and a will to win.
(Futile bunny ears optional)
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This interest in dangly adornments stemmed from when I thought I'd try being a A Hippy. Turned out that after a few shoeless months picking gravel and shards of bus stop out of my trotters I realised that I was, in fact, not Joss Stone, but a slightly overweight idiot wearing one earring and an air of working class desperation.
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It is here.
I have waited seventy five weeks for this moment.
Five hundred and twenty five days have crawled teasingly past; 12600 hours have edged painfully along; 756000 minutes have dragged tauntingly by; and on every single follicly challenged one of them I have remained patient, resilient, focussed and unwavering in my longing for and pursuit of THIS VERY DAY.
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Happy birthday Pam! Mum, Dad and I wish you many happy returns! We did make you some little cakes to celebrate but we all decided you really wouldn't like them, so as our gift to you, lovely lady, we ate them all. No worries. And as you were otherwise engaged on your big day, I decided to outline the festivities you missed out on.
Congrats old bird!
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Version 2.5 released on April 2, 2006.
Since version 2.1 Par2 and Par archive creation has been added for a set of files in a specified folder (sponsors only). The program now also can be used as an easy GUI to make Par2- or Par- files for any given set of files (and not only for the split parts that result from a Split process as in version 2.0 of the program). This function was added after several requests from users. This option is an extra bonus for the program's sponsors, to encourage the use of Par files on the Internet for recovery of missing or corrupted file parts.
In version 2.2 a block size option for Par 2 was added. In version 2.1 it was not yet possible to set the block size for Par2 files (as some users have correctly indicated). This indeed seems to be an important option. Starting with this version a check is built in the program to see if newer versions of the program have been released.
Split&Concat works closely together with Gerard Putter's MacPAR
DeLuxe which program you can use for the processing of the Par- or Par2
archives created by Split&Concat.
Please note that older versions of the program do not have the same functionality as the new function! E.g. they might not have Par or Par2 functionality or international language support.
In Internet newsgroups large files often are split into smaller parts since messages can not be of more than a certain size to be able to post them in newsgroups.
For that reason you can find often binary files that are split in parts like filename.mp3.001, filename.mp3.002, filename.mp3.003 etcetera. It is possible to put these parts together using commands in the Terminal yet not everybody is handy with that.
That is why I decided to create a small utility with the OS X interface that makes it easy for people to split large files to be uploaded, or to put together split files downloaded from the Internet.
Of course, you can also use this program to split or recombine files that are too large e.g. to be put on one CD.
Starting with the Version 1.5, the program will warn you if you try to process a file that contains a "resoure fork", or if you attempt to split a Mac OS X program (which in reality if a folder containing files).
This is because the program uses Unix commands ("cat" and "split") to perform its job. That means that
In these cases you are adviced to first place the file on a disk image (using Disk Copy, or Toast etc.), then compress the disk image (convert to compressed) and then split the (compressed) disk image file with Split&Concat. If you then concat the split parts of the disk image file, the resulting file will contain an exact copy of the original file.
Still to do:
What I want to improve in the next version of the program
Just choose "Split" and the program will ask you to choose a file. The result (the splitted files) will be placed in the same folder as the original file by default. You can select another Output Folder by checking the CheckBox. If you want to use Drag and Drop and select another Output Folder, the best thing to do is first to open the program, then to select the CheckBox and then to drag and drop.
You will be asked for the size of the files to be split. You can choose a file size in Megabytes or kilobytes. The program limits the number of split files to a maximum of 500.
Please note that the file to be split MUST have a FILE EXTENSION (like .mp3 or .avi) otherwise the program will warn you and quit, in which case you must add a valid file extension to your file.
If there exist already files with that filename and an extension ".001" in the directory, then the program will ask you if you want to delete these older split files.
Just choose "Concat" and the program will ask you to choose a file. The result (the assembled and joined file) will be put in the same folder as the originating split parts by default. You can select another Output Folder by checking the CheckBox. If you want to use Drag and Drop and select another Output Folder, the best thing to do is first to open the program, then to select the CheckBox and then to drag and drop.
Please note that the files to be concat MUST have TWO FILE EXTENSIONS, one extension indicating the type of the file (like .mp3) and the other extension indicating the part number (like .001 or .0aa). E.g. filename.mp3.001 The program will warn you and quit if the name of the file doesn't meet this condition.
Note that it is not important which file you choose, e.g. number .004 or .005 or any file of the split files will do.
Since version 1.0b2:
The program now will skip any PAR files (like .PAR, or P01) and not include them in the combined file.
The most easy way to split or concat is just to drag and drop the file to the program icon (in the Dock, on the Desktop or in a folder).
The file that you Drag-and-drop has:
License and Disclaimer
This program is donationware. I don't accept any reliability for any damage that might have been caused to your software, files or hardware or other properties by using this program. If you don't agree to this: don't use this program. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. Split&Concat, Par and Par2 are licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
For bug reports, comments or suggestions please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Split&Concat will work together also in combination with MacPAR OS X, a freeware utility for OS X.1.2 to create (or restore missing files from) PAR archives for use on Internet newsgroups. This utility doesn't support the Par2- format. Allthough some users still like the interface and this program is still being used by them, the new MacPAR DeLuxe program now offers more options (including par2 format). For that reason the MacPAR OS X program is no longer supported by me anymore.
On the use of PAR archives:
Par archives Original Par file format It seems miraculous, but it is true! You can recover lost or corrupted files from a series of parts by using recovery files, called Par files. Nowadays you see frequently the par2-format, but the original format for file recovery was Par. It was created as an Open Source project on parchive.sourceforge.net using the Reed-Soloman algorithm for restoring missing parts of an archive. In the original Par-format it was necessary to have one Par-file (e.g. filename.p001) for each missing or corrupted part of the archive. The Par-files have exactly the same sizes as the parts from which they were construed. Only if one has sufficient Par-files it is possible to reconstruct the missing or corrupted files.
But: how is this possible? I don't believe it... this is magic!!!....
It works a bit like the checksum example given below:
Say you have the following numbers: 1 4 6 7 9 the checksum of this (i.e. in the Par file) is "27" (=1+4+6+7+9).
If let's say the "7" now is missing then we have the following: 1 4 6 9 producing a checksum of (1+4+6+9=) "20"
So, if you have the checksum file ("27") then you can reconstruct the missing file from the remaining files and the checksum ("27" - "20" =) "7".
Of course, the real calculations are infinitely more complex and elaborate, but this is to only give you some feeling of what's happening.
Why the new Par2 format?
Recently the Par2-format became popular on the Internet. It has several advantages over the original Par-format. E.g. also the corrupted, partly downloaded parts now can also be used for file recovery (so you must not throw incomplete parts away with par2!). So you don't need to have so many Par-files: if only one block of a certain file is missing or corrupt it suffices to have a small Par2-file. This in theory makes it less necessary to upload so many Par2-files as with the Par-format. However, in practice the Par2 processes are very slow. It takes much more time to create a Par2-archive or to recover from Par2-files than with the original Par-format. Also, it is a bit more complex to work with Par2 in practice. Maybe future improvements of the Par2 code will make these disadvantages compared to Par smaller. Nowadays, however, it is extremely popular on the Internet and seems to have fully taken the place of the original Par format (and some might say: unfortunately!).
History of PAR for the Macintosh platform
In 2002 I started development of MacPAR for the Macintosh platform. After my initial releases of the program I discovered that Gerard Putter (also here in the Netherlands) had exactly the same idea at the same moment. In my opinion the program that I wrote in AppleScript Studio had less possibilities and features than Gerard's program. So, since Gerard and me could very well get along I decided to withdraw support for my MacPAR version in favor of Gerards' MacPAR DeLuxe program. Since that moment I assist Gerard with working on his program. The MacPAR DeLuxe program and Split&Concat work closely together.
How can I test the Par2- or Par- archive function? What do I need?
First choose a test file and copy that in a separate folder somewhere (e.g. on your Desktop). Choose "Split" in Split&Concat and select the Option "Create Par Archive". The process will result in split parts and the accompanying Par-files. Then remove the original test file from that folder, so that only the split parts and the Par-files remain. To test then remove also one or two of the split parts from the folder. Then (after you have installed MacPAR DeLuxe) after double-clicking the Par file (named .Par or .Par2) the missing parts will be recovered by MacParDeLuxe. You can find MacPar DeLuxe here: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gp/MacPAR_deLuxe/index.html
Version 2.5 released on April 2, 2006.
Version 2.4.2
Version 2.4.2 released on August 19, 2005.
Version 2.4.1 released on June 2, 2005.
Version 2.4 released on May 14, 2005. Recommended update for all users.
Version 2.3.2 released on May 6, 2005.
Version 2.3 released on May 5, 2005.
Version 2.2
Released on August 20, 2004.
Version 2.1
Released on August 14, 2004. This version has the following improvements:
Version 2.02
Bug fixed: the program logged the user out when cancelling a Split process.
Version 2.01
Bugfix: the program crashed on cancelling the selection of an Output folder.
Version 2.0
Version 2.0 released on April 24, 2004. Upgrade adding new features.
Version 1.4
Version 1.3 released on October 9, 2002. A major update:
Version 1.2
Version 1.2 released on June 13, 2002:
Version 1.1
Released on April 2, 2002. What's new in this version:
Version 1.0b5
Released on February 11, 2002. Many improvements:
Version 1.0b4
Released on January 9, 2002. Improved error checking, a.o. on "forbidden" characters in the folder path. The program now only quits on serious errors and gives only warnings at minor errors. Fixed a bug in which the program refused to quit after an error statement and had to be "forced quit".
Version 1.0b3
Released on January 8, 2002. The program now should also split and concat very large files that are bigger than 2 Gig. Several bugs fixed and code rewritten.
Version 1.0b2
Released on January 6, 2002. The program now skips PAR files (.PAR or .P01 etc.) while concatenating and no longer included them in the combined file.
Version 1.0b1
Split&Concat for OS 10.1.2 or higher was born on January 4, 2002. It has been downloaded 535 times within its first two days of existence. I asked for bug reports and suggestions, unfortunately nobody gave any positive response :-(( so I guess the program works fine :-). I only received some remarks that you can do this job easy in the Terminal. I know! But since not everybody likes this or is able to work in in the Terminal and since we have the beautiful Mac OS X quartz interface, why not have a simple program for everybody?


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On paper, the Archos 5 touch-screen Internet tablet comes across like an Apple iPod Touch on steroids. Every spec is designed to be over-the-top, from the 720p HD video playback and 4.8-inch screen, to the integrated GPS, Bluetooth, and FM transmitter. The capacities on offer are also beyond belief, starting with a $249 8GB model with a slender body and microSD slot, all the way up to a chunky, hard-drive-based 500GB version selling for $489.
In short: every aspect of the Archos 5 is made to lure hard-core digital media nerds away from products like the Zune HD and the iPod Touch. Wish the iPod Touch had GPS? Try the Archos 5. Disappointed by the relatively small screen and limited video codec support of the Zune HD? The Archos 5 is a video junkie's dream come true. Even the open-ended appeal of the iPhone App Store is addressed with the inclusion of a handful of Google Android applications and a built-in Archos download store where a limited selection of additional applications can be installed.
And while the barrage of features included on the Archos 5 are sure to feel liberating for technically demanding users, we suspect that the majority of people will prefer the more refined qualities and characteristics of an iPod Touch or a proper Android smartphone with full application support.
This isn't the first time around for the Archos 5. In 2008, a nearly identical version of the Archos 5 hit store shelves; the device shared many of the features of this 2009 model, yet lacked compatibility with Android applications. The complaints we held with the design of the 2008 model still stand: the whole thing is a smudge magnet; the headphone jack is placed right where you would hold the device; and the reflective screen is a step backward from the matte finish used on the beloved 605 WiFi.
That said, there's plenty to appreciate about the Archos 5's design and the improvements made to the latest models. For example, we love the built -in metal kickstand that hinges out from the back–a brilliant feature, especially for watching movie-length video content. The dimensions also make us happy, with the thinner 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB models measuring 5.5 inches wide, 3 inches tall, and a relatively svelte 0.4 inch thick (hard-drive models are twice as thick). In real-world terms, that means the Archos 5 is just small enough to fit into the front or back pocket of your jeans.
Aside from the Archos 5's notable distinction as the company's thinnest portable media player to date, the device is also one of the first from Archos to use a Micro-USB PC connection. Compared with the proprietary cables used on most Archos players in the past, the adoption of Micro-USB is a step in the right direction in terms of convenience, making it easier to acquire generic replacement cables. Proprietary dock connections on the bottom of the Archos 5 help to maintain compatibility with accessories such as AV media docks and battery packs.
Hardware features
The Archos 5 is crammed with so many features, that to make sense of them all, we're going to break them out into separate sections for hardware, media playback, and Android. The most notable hardware features of the Archos 5 include Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth, but lesser features such as an FM radio/transmitter, microphone, speaker, and accelerometer, are also worth mentioning.
If you're going to call your product an "Internet tablet," you can't skimp on Wi-Fi support. Fortunately, the Archos 5 juggles 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi bands with ease and handles hot-spot sign-on pages with a dexterity befitting of its name. Advanced users also have the capability of tethering the Archos 5 to their cell phones, allowing the device to piggyback on a cellular data connection. In practice, however, setting up phone tethering involves a complicated dance of carrier access point names and Bluetooth pairing that is not for the faint of heart.
Next up, we have GPS, a feature Archos offered with last year's Archos 5 but required an extra $130 for a car dock. Even then, Archos' previous dance with GPS was a car-only system that you couldn't walk with. In the latest Archos 5, GPS is built right into the hardware and users will only need to pay a one-time fee of $39 to activate the maps for a complete NDrive GPS navigation system.
In theory, the inclusion of GPS marks a clear advantage the Archos 5 holds over the iPod Touch. Unfortunately, real-world performance issues make the Archos 5 GPS experience more frustrating than it's worth. Under the firmware we tested (1.2.03), we found that GPS reception took an inordinate amount of time to locate a signal around the San Francisco Bay Area. In the few instances where signals were strong enough to pinpoint our location, the GPS capabilities were surprisingly thorough, allowing for turn-by-turn driving directions and an in-depth, relatively accurate selection of local points of interest. But with an average cold-boot time of 45 seconds and the unpredictable amount of time it takes to locate a valid GPS signal, our experience with the Archos 5 had us feeling that it was more of an obstacle for travel than an asset. We can't say that the GPS doesn't work, but it certainly doesn't work quickly and we're reluctant to characterize the feature as a reason to buy the Archos 5.
We have no complaints when it comes to the Archos 5's handling of Bluetooth. Our Altec Lansing Backbeat 904 stereo headset paired relatively easily with the Archos 5, offering the kind of audio quality and wireless range (around 30 feet) we expect from Bluetooth. Bluetooth 2.0 extras, such as AVRCP, EDR, and HID, help to extend the capabilities beyond basic A2DP audio streaming.
Unfortunately, the remaining Archos 5 hardware features either disappoint or barely warrant mention. For example, the microSD card slot included on the 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB models of the Archos 5 would sometimes declare various memory cards as being corrupted, yet recognize them after a reboot of the hardware.
The FM transmitter requires an attached pair of headphones in order to operate it, but it still failed to provide us with an acceptable signal among the clogged bandwidth of San Francisco. The FM radio receiver worked well and offers RDS station and song IDs, however, using a self-described "Internet tablet" for its FM radio feels like using a Lexus for its cigarette lighter. The integrated accelerometer is useful for reorienting Web pages but is slow to react compared with the iPod Touch or Zune HD. More often than not, we noticed the accelerometer as an irritation when it triggered accidentally while flat on a table or tipped too far back while walking.
Finally, little things such as the integrated speaker and microphone are nice to have, but without voice or chat apps to take advantage of them (not yet, at least), fail to capture the potential we'd expect from an Internet tablet.
Media features
Despite the manufacturer's protest that Archos 5 shouldn't be categorized as a mere portable video player, video playback is the Archos 5's strongest feature. Out of the box, the Archos 5 offers support for AVI, WMV, MPEG4, h.264, MKV, and Flash video content, many of which support resolutions up to HD-quality 720p. For an extra $20, you can outfit the Archos 5 with a high-definition software plug-in to enable 720p video playback from WMV HD or MPEG-2 files.
The Archos 5 is clearly more than a portable video player, but it is no more deserving of the "Internet tablet" moniker than Apple's iPod Touch. Like the Safari Web browser used on the iPod Touch or iPhone, the Android Web browser included on the Archos 5 provides an above-average mobile Internet experience, but there are some blind spots. Because the Flash Light support on the Archos 5 exists outside of the Android Web browser as an independent application, many Web sites and services are incompatible. During our tests, we found that simple Flash video sites such as YouTube worked fine, while sites such as Hulu, CNET TV, ABC, and Comedy Central, stalled the browser or played only the preroll advertising associated with the video.
Flash-based interactive online radio stations such as Pandora, Slacker, and Last.fm suffered similar fates, loading incompletely or not at all. For all of the complaints laid against Apple for not offering Flash media support on the iPhone or the iPod Touch, Apple's use of dedicated applications offers users a workaround for streaming content from many of the services mentioned above. With the inclusion of a growing selection of Android applications (see Android section below), the Archos 5 may one day have similar application-based workarounds for these services. There's also hope that full Flash support will come to the Archos 5 shortly.
The Archos 5's music player is nearly identical to the previous generation. By default, the music player supports MP3, AAC, WMA (including DRM-protected files), FLAC, Ogg, and WAV files. You can also set up the Archos 5 to stream music over Wi-Fi from nearby computers or stream conventional Internet radio stations (sorry, no Pandora or Last.fm). During playback, the Archos 5's music player displays album artwork, allows for your music library to be sorted by ID3 tags, and gives you the ability to bookmark long files such as lectures and audio books. One new feature to the Archos 5 is an album art grid view that offers a more visual overview of your music collection. The new view is pretty, assuming your music collection has been embedded with album artwork, but those with large collections will probably want to stick with the conventional list browsers, since the Archos 5 takes its sweet time when it comes to loading artwork thumbnails.
The included photo viewer is a mixed blessing. The supported formats (JPEG, BMP, GIF, and PNG) can be loaded in a mixture of resolutions via PC, microSD card, or an optional picture transfer protocol (PTP) available using the Mini Dock accessory. In a perfect world, the Archos 5 would make an ideal, large-screen, digital photo album, but unfortunately, it is a pain to navigate. Whether your images are large or small, each is granted a postage-stamp-size thumbnail image preview that takes about a second to load. More specifically, each photo's individual thumbnail takes a second to load, creating a cascade of slowly revealed image previews that feels like surfing the Web on a dial-up connection. The inability to pinch photos to zoom or resize them only adds to the insult. Aside from the advantages of a larger screen and drag-and-drop image transfer, the photo experience on the iPod Touch or Zune HD is vastly superior.
As a gaming device, the Archos 5's support for Flash games and Playin' TV titles is more than most portable media players offer. Compatible Playin' TV games can be purchased in bundles from the Archos Web site, however, general Flash game support is a hit-or-miss affair since many titles don't lend themselves well to touch-screen control. Serious gamers will likely find products such as the Sony PSP or iPod Touch harder to resist.
Finally, if you're bored with all of the content you've synced to the device, Archos gives you a few options for streaming media, as well. Any music or video stored on a locally networked PC can be streamed to the Archos 5 using Windows' Universal Plug and Play protocol. Additionally, a Media Club menu on the Archos 5 offers directories for Web TV and Web radio, allowing video podcasts, local news, and a large assortment of global Internet radio stations to be streamed directly over Wi-Fi. For us, all the Web TV and radio streams in the world can't compare with a reliable podcast download and management feature (such as the one on the iPod Touch and iPhone), but the Archos 5's selection of well-organized media streams does offer an interesting diversion once your own personal content has become exhausted.
Android features
If there's any merit to Archos calling its product an "Internet tablet" it's the limited support for applications developed for Google's Android mobile operating system. In theory, the inclusion of Android apps is a great asset to the Archos 5, giving it a flexibility and extendability to compete against the iPod Touch. In practice, however, the app selection is hardly dazzling and the majority of Android apps are not yet supported. Out of the box, Archos includes an app for Twitter, an instant-messaging client, LinkedIn, Wikipedia, Craigslist, Moov, High Paying Jobs, Yellowbook, and a ThinkFree app for opening Office and PDF documents. But aside from the IM client and the document viewer, few of these apps really offer anything users couldn't get from simply opening a Web page. Granted, the same complaint can be made of many iPhone apps, but if these are the killer apps that Archos deemed good enough to preinstall, we're not impressed. Also, the two included media apps (Dailymotion and Deezer) don't have the same appeal in the U.S. as they do in Archos' native country, France. With any luck, someone will bring the YouTube, Pandora, Slacker, and Last.fm Android apps to the Archos 5 models sold in the states.
The most practical upside to the Archos 5's adoption of Android features is the use of the Android Web browser and e-mail client. Compared with the Opera browser and sloppy e-mail support we experienced using 2008's Archos 5, the Android-powered Web and e-mail is a breath of fresh air and one of the best alternatives to the iPod Touch we've tested. That said, Archos still has a long road in front of it. Copying and pasting text is a pain, most Web pages load in mobile format despite the large screen and high resolution, there's no pinch zooming or multitouch keyboard and no predictive text entry, and we're still not sure how Archos expects us to transfer our e-mail contacts over. In short, like much of the Archos 5, the ambitious features are commendable, but the execution is half-baked.
With Wi-Fi and Bluetooth deactivated, the Archos 5 is rated at 22 hours of audio playback and 7 hours of video (an optional battery pack accessory is available). Audio quality is unexceptional: comparable to the iPod Touch with its handful of EQ presets, but nowhere approaching the sonic flexibility of a Cowon S9, a Sony X-Series, or a Samsung P3.
The Archos 5's video quality is untouchable, helped in equal parts by its large, high-resolution screen, and the impressive range of video codec support. Of course, with so much video muscle, we couldn't resist the temptation of pushing things beyond the breaking point with 30fps MKV files and some of the Web's more boutique formats. The Archos 5 can't compete against a full laptop running VLC, but the quality and flexibility of its video player kicks the snot out of any other portable media player on the market.
Who's this for?
The Archos 5 isn't likely to make you more productive or better connected, and its GPS couldn't reliably direct us out of a paper bag. Strip away the half-baked support for Android apps, the hobbled GPS, and all the other disappointing or uninteresting features of the Archos 5, and you still have a digital video connoisseur's dream come true. More specifically (and honestly), a video "pirate's" dream come true. After all, support for popular BitTorrent video types such as MKV, DivX, XviD, and h.264 aren't there for your typical iTunes video download crowd. So let's call a rose, a rose, and let the video downloaders rejoice. The rest of you looking for a true Android Internet tablet, move along.


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We are all inundated by reports telling us not eat this or that, and become somewhat confused when we are later told that what was not recommended is actually good for you. I believe that there was a recent report that eggs are good for you, after all. Somewhat irritating, after I deprived myself of eggs for so many years.
To all those who are confused by these contradictory statements about what we should or should not consume, I recommend reading the excellent article at DC's improbably science. This is written by David Colquhoun, Professor of Pharmacology at UCL, who has done as much as anyone to debunk bad science and the myths of alternative medicine. The particular piece I am referring will not only help you to assess the evidence about eating bacon (and much else besides) for yourself, but also constitutes an excellent introductory course to statistics for the lay person. Read it.
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John McKay, who coached the University of Southern California football team to four unofficial national championships, then coached for nine seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, died yesterday at a hospital in Tampa, Fla. He was 77.
The cause was kidney failure arising from diabetes, said Reggie Roberts, a Buccaneers spokesman.
Serving as the U.S.C. head coach from 1960 through 1975, McKay coached the team to national titles in 1962, 1967, 1972 and 1974, nine titles in the conference then known as the Pacific-8, nine postseason bowl games and a 127-40-8 record. In 1962 and 1972, he was voted the national coach of the year.
Then he moved on to Tampa Bay, a new National Football League team, as coach from 1976 through 1984. In those days, few good players were available in the expansion draft and free agency did not yet exist, so he started with little talent.
His team lost its first 26 games -- 14 the first season and the first 12 the next. After one of those losses, when he was asked what he thought of his team's execution, he replied, ''I think it's a good idea.'' When asked when his team would win a game, he said, ''Only God knows, and I'm not too close to God now.''
In 1979, his fourth season, the Bucs won their division title. They won it again in 1981, and in all, three of his teams qualified for the playoffs. But after losing seasons in 1983 and 1984 and a nine-year record of 44-88-1, he quit as coach and became the team president.
He was brash, opinionated, witty and quick with one-liners, a popular banquet speaker who made 286 appearances in one year. But he was also remote from his players, saying his only obligation was to coach them, not befriend them.
As Richard Wood, a linebacker who played for him in college and the pros, said, ''He can draw you in, but to me and a bunch of the other players, he's a cold person.''
McKay's closest friends were lawyers, bankers and football coaches, although John Ralston, the former Stanford coach, once said, ''You always had a feeling that it was a friendly relationship, but you were never close.'' Still, McKay was so close to Bear Bryant, the legendary coach, that he declined to speak at Bryant's funeral because he feared he would break down.
The knocks did not bother McKay.
''If you coach long enough, you're put into some kind of category,'' he said in 1983. ''Tom Landry is the fellow who doesn't smile. Don Shula is the brilliant young coach with his jaw out. John McKay is the guy with the ready quip. Somebody reads enough about you and has that perception. Then they meet you and say: 'That guy's not like that. He never spoke to us.' I don't try to entertain people. Some people say, 'He's aloof.' But I'm not that way. I am the way I am.''
John Harvey McKay was born July 5, 1923, in Everettsville, W.Va., and grew up in nearby Shinnston, 50 miles south of Pittsburgh. He was one of five children of a coal-mine supervisor who died at 45.
The son was an all-state running back in high school, and in his spare time he swept floors and carried cement at a coal-mine construction site. After high school, he worked a year in coal mines and then enlisted in the Army Air Forces during World War II.
In 1946, he entered Purdue and started at defensive back. After one year, he transferred to Oregon, where he was a two-way player.
He graduated from Oregon in 1950 and became an assistant coach there, starting at $3,800 a year plus occasional meals at the head coach's home. He stayed for nine seasons, then moved to Southern Cal in 1959 as an assistant.
A year later, he was the head coach, and the next year he introduced a revolutionary offensive formation, the I, in which three backs lined up in a row behind the center. The one farthest from the center was the tailback, the main ball carrier.
He turned out pre-eminent tailbacks, including two Heisman Trophy winners (O. J. Simpson and Mike Garrett) and two other All-Americans (Anthony Davis and Ricky Bell). His college and pro assistants included John Robinson, Joe Gibbs, Mike Holmgren and Wayne Fontes. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988.
He left U.S.C., he said, ''because I wanted to make some money -- it's that simple.''
As college coach and athletic director, he was earning $48,000 a year. His first pro contract gave him $750,000 over five years, $250,000 in Florida real estate and life-insurance policies for him and his wife. The money was good, but his teams often were not.
''I'll tell you how bad we were,'' he said of his second pro season. ''We beat New Orleans, and their coach, Hank Stram, was fired the next day. Then we beat the St. Louis Cardinals, and they promptly fired their coach, Don Coryell.''
He was never really happy at Tampa Bay, and he quit coaching partly to spend more time with his family. He married Corky Hunter in 1950, and they lived in Tampa. He is survived by his wife; two sons, Rich and John; two daughters, Michele Breese and Terri Florio; and 10 grandchildren. Rich McKay is general manager of the Bucs. John McKay, who played for his father at Southern Cal and Tampa Bay, was general manager of the Los Angeles Xtreme, the champions of the XFL in its only season.
McKay's sense of humor never disappeared. At age 77, he told Steve Bisheff of The Orange County Register: ''I don't look that bad, do I? I probably could go 10 rounds with Mickey Rooney.''


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Yeah, I read that it's a part of his routine and it's one of the parts of his job he enjoys doing. From what I read on the Yankees site, he was fielding one out there and he lost his footing and knee buckled. That hurts just thinking about it.
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hello! =D
I am just curious as to what thinkatheist has to offer on the possibilities of intelligent design vs abiogenesis.
Remember that ID is NOT religion and doesn't even imply the existence of a deity. It is simply the idea that even the most basic theoretical form of sustained life is so complex, it couldn't possibly have started by itself without any intelligent intervention.
Thank you for your replies :)
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The ONLY thing one needs to support abiogenesis is an appreciation for stupidly long periods of time. Once you grasp just how long 2.5 billion years really is and do some simple math on the frequency of biodiversity and gene mutation, it is perfectly reasonable without any sort of creator at all.
Just because ID doesn't identify the designer, doesn't mean that it doesn't imply a deity. The fact that you even have a designer to begin with does.
Jerod, you are splitting hairs when you say ID is NOT religion. It's heavily based in religious argument and folklore, mixed with pseudo-science.
While on paper, ID may not specify the designer, in practice it does: Yahweh. Out of all of the possible design theories, how many are being are really being forced in public debate? One. The Christian theory of design. To point to the clever wording and intentional vagueness of the ID description as evidence to the contrary is just a bold attempt to deceive. ID is a Christian scam and not a viable scientific alternative.
I don't know what answers you are fishing for, ID is not science. It has no explanatory value aside from Goddidit, makes no predictions, and cannot be falsified. All IDers can put forth to bolster their "theory" is lame stuff like "I can't understand how something so complicated can exist, therefore God (or possibly aliens) must have done it." What is there to learn from that? It's a dead end.
Also, I'm not a big fan of the complexity argument because complexity is messy. Why should we need a dozen or so different organelles in each cell? Why does the Krebs cycle have to go through so many stages? What is up with the recurrent laryngeal nerve? Biology is so messy, wasteful, inelegant and inefficient. It's almost as if the current batch of critters *gasp* wasn't designed at all (let alone intelligently), but rather came together gradually, over time, from earlier forms.
If it's "designed", how can you say it's anything other than someone that designed? Intelligent design is religious, sorry. It's also not a theory. It's just made up BS with no evidence at all.
Intelligence seems to require a certain level of complexity. Intelligence capable of "designing" life would necessarily be quite complex itself. If the complexity of life implies an intelligent designer, how did the intelligent designer come to be? Magic? Abiogenesis?
No the designer always existed, because the designer doesn't exist inside time and space but entirely transcends these lowly natural confinements of the world we experience. The designer is perfectly transcendental. Complexity or simplicity are naturalist concepts and do not affect the true nature of the designer. The mind of the designer is at once unimaginably complex but irreducible and so much simpler than a single electron. The designer is beyond that sort of thing, because in the end it comes down to the this that the designer designed himself as a designer of himself. It was the most perfect thing the designer ever designed. The design was perfect but the execution faltered and along the way mistakes accumulated until enough of it was created that it morphed itself into a adversarial talking snake that later turned into the antagonistic undesigning entity who infallibly accepts all the blame for the designers numerous shortcomings.
Right, so the designer exists outside of time and space and yet directly affects things in time and space, but we can't detect it unless we believe with all our might, and it totally is unknowable due to its mindbogglingly simple/complex mind, yet somehow its believers know exactly what sorts of sexual activities it disfavors, and it is absolutely perfect in every way yet messes up its own creation because of free will or something.
Yeah, there's not enough WTF? in the whole world.


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