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IPL 2012 Final Review
Kolkata Knight Riders are the new IPL Champions. They chased down an imposing Super Kings total inspired by Manvinder Bisla and Jacques Kallis. Both scored half-centuries in different styles in a great game of cricket that went down to the wire. The Knight Riders will have to thank Manvinder Bisla. Displaying no nerves he set about taming the Super King attack with some ease. He was ably assisted by the unflappable Jacques Kallis who was there till almost the end to take the side through to their maiden title.
Chasing a huge total of 190 runs in a final is a tough task and it got harder for the Knight Riders as Hilfenhaus struck in the very first over bowling Captain Gambhir, the team's most prolific batsmen and Chennai would have thought that was half the job done. But then came Bisla. He kick-started Kolkata's run-chase by hitting Albie Morkel for four boundaries and kept the pace going through to his highest IPL score of 87. Kallis was restrained during his half-century, brought up off 39 balls, and his 136-run stand with Bisla helped end Chennai's superb run in the 2012 playoffs in dramatic fashion and denied them a hat-trick of trophies. Chennai didn't give up and took the match into the final over, but Manoj Tiwary finished the deal with two leg-side hits with two balls remaining. After Morkel, Bisla then took on R Ashwin. He was driven for consecutive sixes, down the ground and over mid-on, and the chase was on. With the 50 of the innings coming up in the sixth over, Bisla stepped up the scoring in the next over by driving Dwayne Bravo for six over mid-off. MS Dhoni tried the left-arm spin of Shadab Jakati after the time-out, but Kallis greeted him with an edged four. Bisla reached his half-century in 27 balls in the same over, and in Bravo's second he collected his fourth six.
By the halfway mark, KKR were 100 for 1 and motoring on smoothly. At this stage they needed 91 from 60 balls. The way Bisla and Kallis were playing it did not look difficult to achieve at all. It was Bisla all the way. His intensity and strike-rate did not relent. In Jakati's second over, he hit two more fours, then collected a sixth six by slamming Ashwin over extra cover. At the other end, Kallis was playing a gem of his own. His 69 off 49 balls eased the pressure on Bisla. Jakati was lofted over the in-field for consecutive boundaries as Kallis reached fifty off 39 balls and then perfectly bisected two men in the deep for a boundary after Laxmi Ratan Shukla was out for 3. Kallis had a moment of luck when Michael Hussey held a leaping catch on the boundary but fell across to concede six.
The match again swung tantalizingly as Yusuf Pathan lost his wicket to Ashwin, at which point KKR needed 27 off 17. Kallis then cramped up to adding to the tension as he found it difficult to run the singles and twos. With 20 to defend off 12 balls, Hilfenhaus sent down two full tosses in a row – the first Kallis hit straight to sweeper cover to be out for 69, but the next was deemed to be above Shakib Al Hasan's waist. The Knight Riders got three priceless runs and an extra ball, which Shakib expertly scooped to fine leg for four. This was a huge setback of the Super Kings. Needing nine from six balls, Shakib and Tiwary exchanged singles before Manoj Tiwary swung Bravo over short fine leg for four and another pull through the same region to hit the winning runs.
IPL has a new champion.
Earlier in the day, It was the turn of the next big out of form batsman from the Chennai Super Kings to shine on the big stage here today as they chased their hat-trick of titles. Suresh Raina who has had an indifferent championship so far came into form and played a swashbuckling innings of 73 of only 38 deliveries helping his team reach a formidable 190 for 3 in their allotted 20 overs.
MS Dhoni won the toss and chose to bat in the final where they went in with an unchanged side from the playoffs. Knight Riders, though, were forced to make changes because their seamer L Balaji didn't recover in time from his hamstring problem. They decided to go with the pace of Brett Lee, which meant sidelining their regular wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum, with Manvinder Bisla returning for only his second match in more than a month.
First MS Dhoni, then M Vijay and now S Raina have each played three great innings to get back into form and importantly all have been in very important games for the Super Kings. Today was Raina's day. To Raina's advantage he walked in with the Chennai Super Kings opening duo putting up a good stand of 87 in 10.2 overs. Quickly settling down, with Hussey for company, Raina proceeded to flay the Kolkata Knight Riders with a great deal of ease.
After a slow start, the Chennai Super Kings tore in to the Knight Riders attack. After two overs that went for only 12, the Super Kings took 48 off the next four. Brett Lee was taken for two boundaries in the third over, Shakib was hit for six first ball, and Lee's third over went for 19 as each opener hit boundaries and a six each.
It was an innings of masterly skill. In the process he laid bare the mystery of Spin wizard, Sunil Narine whose bowling he took a special liking to. Raina was in his elements today. None of the Knight Rider bowlers posed any problems for him. His first hit to the boundary was a powerful pull for six of Jacques Kallis. But it was his attack on Sunil Narine that caught the eye. Two massive sixes of the bowler stood out, a slog sweep into the stand and a huge six near the sightscreen. Similar treatment was meted out to Brett Lee as well.
Sunil Narine was belted for 37 runs in his four overs and he didn't get a wicket! For the first time in the Championship, the mystery of Narine was sorted. Raina in particular was severe on him. Brett Lee went for 42 in his 4 overs.
The Super Kings batted with intent. It was a measured batting effort on display in the finals. M Vijay carried on his good form from the last game with an attractive innings of 42 that included a beautifully timed six over long-on of Brett Lee in the sixth over. Birthday boy Hussey kept him good company. Always alive to the need to keep the scoreboard ticking with quick singles he mixed them with some good hits to the boundary and a couple of sixes. After losing M Vijay, he held the innings together giving Raina company.
Eventually Hussey was bowled by Kallis missing a swipe getting bowled. It was a tired shot with the heat and humidity eventually getting to him. It was a good solid innings of 54 of 43 deliveries that included 4 hits to the fence and 2 sixes.
But the Kolkata Knight Riders did not allow the Chennai Super King batsmen any easy runs towards the end of the innings. The last 3 overs infact yielded only 30 runs and that included a great last over by Shakib Al Hasan who gave away just 8 runs at a time when you would have expected the batsmen to hammer every ball. The Kolkata Knight Riders fielded with intent. The fielding was good and it was a sustained effort throughout the innings. The determination of the Captain as he marshaled his resources was backed by a disciplined effort.
IPL 2012 Final stats
- The chase of 190 is the highest successful run-chase in IPL history against Chennai Super Kings. The previous highest had been 188, by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2009, and Kings XI Punjab in 2011.
- Manvinder Bisla's 89 off 48 balls is the second-highest score by a batsman in an IPL final, next only to Murali Vijay's 52-ball 95 in the 2011 final.
- Before this final, Bisla had scored 414 runs in 21 IPL innings at 19.71 and a strike rate of 109.23. For Knight Riders, he had scored 196 in 11 innings at a strike rate of 97.51.
- In four IPL finals, the opening partnerships for Super Kings read: 39, 44, 159, 87. The opening stands for other sides in IPL finals have been 19, 0, 20, 1, 1, 3.
- The partnership of 136 between Bisla and Jacques Kallis is the second-highest in an IPL final,after the 159-run opening-wicket stand between Michael Hussey and Vijay in the 2011 final.
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IPL 2012 Final Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings innings (20 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
MEK Hussey b Kallis 54 43 4 2 125.58
M Vijay c Shakib b Bhatia 42 32 4 1 131.25
SK Raina c Lee b Shakib Hasan 73 38 3 5 192.10
MS Dhoni not out 14 9 2 0 155.55
Extras (lb 3, w 2, nb 2) 7
Total (3 wickets; 20 overs) 190 (9.50 runs per over)
To bat DJ Bravo, RA Jadeja, JA Morkel, R Ashwin, BW Hilfenhaus, SB Jakati, S Badrinath
Fall of wickets 1-87 (Vijay, 10.2 ov), 2-160 (Hussey, 17.1 ov), 3-190 (Raina, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
B Lee 4 0 42 0 10.50 (1nb)
Shakib Al Hasan 3 0 25 1 8.33 (1w)
SP Narine 4 0 37 0 9.25
Iqbal Abdulla 1 0 9 0 9.00
JH Kallis 4 0 34 1 8.50 (1nb, 1w)
R Bhatia 3 0 23 1 7.66
YK Pathan 1 0 17 0 17.00
Kolkata Knight Riders innings (target; 191 runs from 20 overs) R B 4s 6s SR
MS Bisla c Badrinath b Morkel 89 48 8 5 185.41
G Gambhir b Hilfenhaus 2 4 0 0 50.00
JH Kallis c Jadeja b Hilfenhaus 69 49 7 1 140.81
LR Shukla c Hussey b Bravo 3 6 0 0 50.00
YK Pathan c Badrinath b Ashwin 1 2 0 0 50.00
Shakib Al Hasan not out 11 7 1 0 157.14
MK Tiwary not out 9 3 2 0 300.00
Extras (lb 1, w 6, nb 1) 8
Total (5 wickets; 19.4 overs) 192 (9.76 runs per over)
Did not bat – R Bhatia, Iqbal Abdulla, SP Narine, B Lee
Fall of wickets 1-3 (Gambhir, 0.6 ov), 2-139 (Bisla, 14.4 ov), 3-152 (Shukla, 16.2 ov), 4-164 (Pathan, 17.1 ov), 5-175 (Kallis, 18.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
BW Hilfenhaus 4 0 25 2 6.25 (1nb, 1w)
J A Morkel 4 0 38 1 9.50 (2w)
R Ashwin 4 0 41 1 10.25
DJ Bravo 3.4 0 49 1 13.36 (2w)
SB Jakati 4 0 38 0 9.50
Chennai Super Kings: 1 M Vijay, 2 Michael Hussey, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 S Badrinath, 5 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 6 Dwayne Bravo, 7 Albie Morkel, 8 Ravindra Jadeja, 9 R Ashwin, 10 Ben Hilfenhaus, 11 Shadab Jakati
Kolkata Knight Riders: 1 Gautam Gambhir (capt), 2 Manvinder Bisla (wk), 3 Jacques Kallis, 4 Manoj Tiwary, 5 Yusuf Pathan, 6 Shakib Al Hasan, 7 Laxmi Shukla, 8 Rajat Bhatia, 9 Brett Lee, 10 Iqbal Abdulla, 11 Sunil Narine
IPL 2012 Final – Post match Interview with Gautam Gambhir
When the Kolkata Knight Riders paid a whopping USD 2.4 million in the 2011 IPL Players Auction for Gautam Gambhir, several eyes popped out and eyebrows were raised. Gambhir was neither a ballistic giant like Chris Gayle nor did he have the Midas touch of MS Dhoni. Why would a team spend a fortune on a diminutive opening batsman with more skill than power and without much experience in a leadership role? Two years thence, the answer is here. KKR's pocket-sized powerhouse has led them to something that they've been craving for since the last five years – the IPL crown.
Since his appointment as KKR's captain, Gambhir has voiced his desire to bring joy to the City of Joy. And he has brought beaming smiles on the faces of the people of Kolkata by leading their team from the front. Despite being KKR's highest run-getter with 590 runs in the tournament and marshalling his troops wisely, as a team man, Gambhir refuses to bask in self-glory.
After leading KKR to a win over the Chennai Super Kingsin the IPL 2012 final, Gambhir took time out to share his thoughts with iplt20.com. While being modest about his own contributions, Gambhir eulogised his team for showing great heart.
How would you describe this victory?
We wanted to prove this point to everyone that a captain is only as good as his team, and it's the team that has done the job for us.
You were really pumped up after the win. Was it the ecstasy of the victory?
This is what you play cricket for. The entire odds were against us. We were playing CSK in their own backyard and they were the defending champions. From day one, I have been saying that KKR is not about one or two individuals, it's about all of us sitting in the dugout and in the dressing room. We proved the point to the country that KKR is not about 'me', it's about 'we'.
What was the talk in the dressing room after the first innings?
If someone can get 190 against our bowling attack, it obviously is a very good wicket to bat on as we have done a fantastic job throughout the tournament with the ball. We always thought we could chase that target. People were talking a lot about our middle order, saying it hasn't clicked but they showed it when it mattered the most. After [Manvinder] Bisla, I think Manoj [Tiwary] is the actual hero, because I have always said that it's not about the start, it's how you finish; Manoj finished it perfectly for us.
Was there anything that the team did differently this time around after coming close in the last season?
It's never about coming close – you either win or lose. There are no greys, its either black or white; and that is how I have lived my life. In the last season, we didn't play as well as we should have, and this year, we were determined to take the side all the way. I have always said that we are the side to look out for, and that is what we have shown today.
Who would you dedicate this victory to?
Today, I was playing for L Balaji. He has been our unsung hero; [he] missed out in this crucial match due to injury, that too in front of his home crowd. I personally wanted to do this for him and he deserves all of this.
Does captaincy bring out the best in you?
I don't know. I think it's the successful team that makes a successful captain and not vice a versa.
IPL Final 2012 Videos.
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IPL 2012 Final: KKR vs CSK Highlights
IPL 2012 Final Prize giving ceremony
IPL 2012 Final – Best Moments
IPL 2012 Final – Wickets


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The City Council approved the plan in November, but Filner has withheld his signature to put it into effect. He disagrees with how the TMD plans to spend the money and has released a counter-proposal.
Most of the $30 million raised per year goes to the San Diego Tourism Authority, formerly known as the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau. The July-December 2012 collections have been dispersed. But without the new agreement in place, the authority has canceled an advertising campaign and issued layoff notices to most of its staff.
The TMD board, selected by member hotels, sued Filner last month to force him to sign the agreement, and Taylor will hold a hearing on that lawsuit Friday.
If the ruling stands, the tourism district could appeal, but that could mean months of delay and a continued cessation of advertising campaigns to lure visitors to San Diego.
The TMD argued that Filner is legally required to sign the agreement, but Filner said he retains the power to negotiate an agreement to his liking. The judge backed Filner's position.
The ruling turned on the use of "an" instead of "the" in the council resolution.
"The Nov. 26, 2012, resolution authorized the mayor or his designee to 'enter into an agreement' with the TMD, the judge said. "It did not say 'the TMD agreement' or 'the TMD agreement attached hereto.' "
In addition, Taylor said, the council resolution "'authorized' action; it did not 'direct' action.
"Plainly the 2012 resolution granted the mayor the discretion to determine the final form of agreement between the city and the TMD," he added.
The judge noted that while former Mayor Jerry Sanders' failure to sign the agreement has not been explained, "The inference is strong that he considered the matter discretionary."
Mayor Bob Filner statement
Read the Tourism Marketing District statement.
Filner said in a statement that he stands ready to negotiate a new agreement with the TMD.
"I believe that the TMD contract is flawed and could potentially cost taxpayers millions, so I refused to sign it," he said. "It is now time to return to the negotiation table. ... I am prepared to work out a deal that is good for the taxpayers and the city."
TMD Chairman Terry Brown, who heads Atlas Hotels, including the Town & Country Resort and Conference Center in Mission Valley, said the board was "disappointed" by the judge's tentative ruling. But he pinned his hopes on a City Council vote, scheduled for Tuesday, that would reaffirm approval of the original agreement.
"It is important that the thousands of men and women who work in the tourism industry can continue to generate the hundreds of millions of dollars of economic benefit that visitors bring to our economy," Brown said in a statement.
City Attorney Jan Goldsmith's office, which usually reviews and approves council resolutions, did not offer an explanation Thursday for the wording of the November resolution.
"Our office has not commented on whether the mayor should or should not sign the contract and will not do so here. If the council wants the mayor to sign the contract, however, it must be willing to direct him to do so," Goldsmith said in a statement.
If the judge upholds his ruling, several things could happen:
• The TMD could appeal and win, Filner then could appeal to the state Supreme Court and many months could pass, during which time the tourist funds would remain in limbo.
• The council could pass its new motion Tuesday, Filner could veto it, and the council could override his action, although his fellow Democrats hold only four seats, two short of the six required.
• The mayor and the TMD could negotiate a compromise along the lines Filner proposed last week.
Filner's revision calls for a salary cap of $160,000 on TMD employees and subcontractors; $6 million set aside for additional support for the 2015 centennial celebration of Balboa Park's Panama-California Exposition of 1915; encouragement to hotels to provide higher pay to their workers; and taxpayer protection from further court action that might overturn the tourism tax and require its refund to hotel guests.
Joe Terzi, the CEO of the San Diego Tourism Authority, which gets most of its money from the TMD, makes more than $435,000 and was singled out by Filner as having a "gold plated executive salary."
The TMD rejected Filner's proposal, calling it illegal and harmful to the tourism industry.
The TMD was set up at the behest of hoteliers to guarantee a dependable source of funds for marketing San Diego to tourists. Hotel owners vote on who sits on the TMD board, but council approval is required for its annual budget plan.
TMD board member Robert A. Rauch said the recent cancellation of $5.4 million in TMD-funded advertising has led to a projected $20 million loss in hotel business, based on a reduction in occupancy and room rates.
"We are now the lowest the last five weeks in a row among the top 15 markets in year-over-year occupacy and rate performance," said Rauch, general manager and partner of the Hilton Garden Inn in the Del Mar area.
He said his hotel caters to corporate travelers but tourist-oriented hotels that rely on leisure travel are feeling the dropoff.
"I'm talking about a difference of 3 to 5 (percentage) points — it's huge," Rauch said.
As for Filner's strategy, Rauch said, "I do wish Mayor Filner would think of who he works for and not be thinking to be beholden to the unions. He works for the city of San Diego and its residents and should do what's right for the economy, and he's destroying it right now."
Filner said this week that the largest hotels could simply raise their rates a bit and send the money to the tourism authority to revive the advertising campaign.


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There are many great reasons why you can go down to Texas and find a whole bunch of good-looking old trucks. The first reason-and it's a pretty important one-is the climate. Without the hot Texas sun beating down on them, it's a sure bet most of the vintage trucks in Texas would rust away like their truck kin (get it, truck kin…truckin'?) in the Rust Belt. The second reason-and it's also an important one-is the climate. The climate in Texas is real hospitable to old trucks because everyone in Texas loves trucks. Folks in Texas are so well known for loving old trucks that if you ever meet a Texan who doesn't like old trucks, it's because they're likely either a Volvo-driving transplant from New York City or a communist spy.
Last October 5-7, we were able to take in the sights at the Goodguys 15th annual Lone Star Nationals held at the Texas Motor Speedway just outside of the Fort Worth/Dallas city limits. All the Goodguys shows are good. In particular, we like the shows that end the cut-off point with vehicles made up until 1972, and that's the case with the Lone Star Nationals. Another reason we like the Goodguys Lone Star Nationals is because they host the Street Challenge, where anyone entered into the show can run at the autocross for no extra charge. In addition to being a lot of fun for the guys who are showing, it's also good for the show spectators because it means they get to watch something more interesting than some guy snoring in a chair next to his show car.
With that said, we better move on to showing you some pictures of customized classic trucks before one of you turns into a snoring guy covered in drool with a copy of this magazine in his lap. For information about next year's Lone Star Nationals and other great shows that won't put you to sleep, log onto www.good-guys.com.


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Girardi bats Cano second for finale vs. Red Sox
NEW YORK -- As the Yankees search for their first victory of the young season, Robinson Cano will receive a chance to produce in the No. 2 spot of the lineup.
Manager Joe Girardi said that he bumped Cano up in the order because he wanted the right-handed Kevin Youkilis hitting third, a response to the lefty-heavy lineup the Yankees were fielding against Red Sox right-hander Ryan Dempster on Thursday.
"It's just to try to break up some of the left-handers that we have," Girardi said. "We have a substantial amount in our lineup without the switch-hitters -- Tex [Mark Teixeira], where you could put him in between.
"I decided to take a look at this. I thought about it yesterday, doing it yesterday, but we'll go with it one more day to see how it looks. It's just to try to not make it so easy on the other team."
Brett Gardner is leading off, followed by Cano, Youkilis and lefty Travis Hafner. The order goes righty-lefty from there, with Vernon Wells, Ichiro Suzuki, Eduardo Nunez, Lyle Overbay and Francisco Cervelli.
Cano did not bat second all of last year during the regular season, though Girardi did try him there in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series against the Tigers. He has started 70 big league games batting second, most recently in 2010.
Girardi said that the idea should not be considered an effort to shake up the lineup after losing the first two games of the season.
"I think it's way too early to do that," Girardi said. "It's two games; we scored four runs last night and had some opportunities in the first day. I think it's really too early to do that, but I just don't like having three lefties in a row."


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Lower Manhattan in New York City is still mostly without power which means when night hits, it's complete darkness. No street lights, no building lights, no lights at all. Joe Sabia wanted to see what it was like so he took a camera and walked three miles.
He went from Mulberry Street to Grand Central at night right after Hurricane Sandy hit and everything south of 38th street was dark. Here's what he found:
1) People used pay phones.
2) Lone cops would stand on corners keeping an eye out on things.
3) A few bars would have candle-lit drinking hours. Which reminded me of NYC in the 1700s, if I was alive then
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First, check out this story in the LA Times today, which I think we can trust because it doesn't have anything to do with obsessive fanboys in jail:
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Southern California Edison plan to announce today the country's largest rooftop solar installation project ever proposed by a utility company. And on Wednesday, FPL Energy, the largest operator of solar power in the U.S., said it planned to build and operate a 250-megawatt solar plant in the Mojave Desert.
The projects would help California meet its goal of obtaining 20% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2010. In 2006, about 13% of the retail electricity delivered by Edison and the state's other two big investor-owned utilities came from renewable sources such as sun and wind, according to the California Public Utilities Commission.
Energy experts were struck by the size of the two projects, which would bolster the state's current total of about 965 megawatts of solar power flowing to the electricity grid.
"Five hundred megawatts — that's substantial," said spokesman George Douglas of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. "Projects of that size begin to show that solar energy can produce electricity on a utility scale, on the kind of scale that we're going to need."
The Edison rooftop project will place photovoltaic cells on 65 million square feet of commercial building roofs in Southern California. The cells will generate as much as 250 megawatts of electricity — enough to power about 162,500 average homes, based on the utility's estimate that one megawatt would serve about 650 average homes.
This excites me for a lot of reasons, so to backtrack a bit — in the late seventies, perhaps the last (and only?) time there was a sense of general societal alignment all around on the matter of energy efficiency and renewable resources, solar power was present but for a lot of reasons didn't get the traction it should have done. Saying Reagan's administration killed off a lot of the enthusiasm overstates but not by much — in contrast, I remember writing for and getting a kid-friendly 'Welcome to the White House' brochure in 1979 or so, which contained a photo of Carter showing off a solar panel that had apparently been installed in one area of the building itself.
Meantime, there were a few Disney tie-in comics around the time — the kind of gently cheap and cheery things that the company did pre-Eisner — where Mickey and Goofy encountered Enny, a sunlike creature whose name was short for 'energy,' of course, and he taught them about doing things like not washing one sock at a time. (Goofy was apparently prone to doing just that, the poor sap.) Then there was Sunshine Porcupine and…well, I could go on.
For me, this is all part and parcel of the general sense of dreamy sf/utopian wonder that to me was just part of how people thought at the time, at least from my eight year old or so perspective. I mean, who wouldn't want O'Neill-style space stations and mass drivers on the moon? With time I can look back both with fondness on it all and how my thoughts (and the many dreams put forward) were only so much conditional evanescence, as much driven by the impulse of getting out of dreary reality into a future that was still heavily Star Trek-centric in the mass mind as it was based in serious considerations.
However, sometimes that intertwining is necessary — I've been reading an excellent book, After Sputnik, which is the tie-in volume to a Smithsonian exhibit covering fifty years of the space race since the launch of said satellite, and a bit of trivia was discovering that the original serious rocket pioneer, Russian Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, credited his initial explorations into such matters due to a mass media smash hit of its day, Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon. The question of art inspiring science inspiring art etc. is its own one but it was intriguing to realize how the cycle had been in placed from the start — as was noted with Arthur C. Clarke's recent passing, he credited the pulp fiction of his own era for driving his own impulses forward, and similar stories can be told on a variety of fronts.
Solar power is by default a much more grounded affair — gathering the energy from the sun we orbit around and converting it into use here — but like many things sf dream has become simple and basic reality (as I think I remember reading in a piece some years back, we are all nerds now — my getting the iPhone was just me waiting for the best level of nerdery to come along, really), and seeing that this project is about to launch makes me pretty thrilled. It's not a magic bullet, but it is a concentrated step forward that we'll see repeated more and more — one of my friends was seriously considering a solar panel installation at his house a few weeks back, and there'll be other stories to come.
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If you've ever seen a DJ on stage, you've no doubt seen them do that thing where the listen to only one side of their headphones to cue up a song. Numark just cut its Red Wave headphones in half to make this fun headphone stick specifically designed for this purpose.
The $US70 Numark Redphone has a single 50mm driver you can use to cue up jams on stage. It also has an ergonomic curved design so you can hold it to your shoulder like a telephone. Get it? Redphone. Like Batman. DJ to the rescue. [Numark via MusicRadar]


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Another answer for Roy. Please note that Quantum Mechanics is not one of my strong suits. If anyone can add to the explanation, please feel free to do so.
... explain the uncertainty principle
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle states that "The more precisely the POSITION is determined, the less precisely the MOMENTUM is known in this instant, and vice versa".
What he is referring to here is subatomic particles, in particular electrons.
My first thought is that he could have actually reduced that principle still further, since momentum is mass times velocity. The mass of an electron is known and does not vary, therefore the momentum is directly proportional to its velocity. Consequently, Heisenberg's principle OUGHT to read "The more precisely the POSITION is determined, the less precisely the VELOCITY is known in this instant, and vice versa".
That's not an answer, is it? OK, I'll try again.
In order to determine anything (position, velocity, momentum) to do with a particle, I have to MEASURE it. Now, each measurement has some error built into it (you can never measure anything precisely). Fine so far? OK. Now, let's assume that our accuracy of measuring things is improving. Eventually, we become so good at measuring that we can say, to all intents and purposes, we are 'spot on'.
Now, we take our super-duper ultra-accurate Vernier calipers or atomic clock or whatever, and we introduce it to the system where we have our electron which is whizzing around. We get closer to the flipping electron until, eventually, we bump into it (disturb it really, and move it, so it's no longer where we thought it was). Not only that, we have also disturbed our measuring device too, but that's another story.
Maybe Heisenberg can help me find my car keys.
Only two brain cells left, now. Heisenberg v Erwin Schrodinger will have to wait.
Can't we have questions about biomechanics, so one of our other eggheads can have a go? Why is it always the physics and the momentum and the black holes and the quantum mechanics (Burhey!)?
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Against that, you have gains: you can use open source tools for your driver, other corporations and individuals will be working for you, you can influence the whole platform if it's open too, the kernel/OS developers can work with your stuff more easily, etc..
For the windows platform, most of these gains don't exist: there are no open source tools or kernel to build upon, and development is centralized. And if you want OS devs to work/debug with you, they all will be professional Microsoft employee, so you can give them NDA + sources or debug dlls, that won't have all the hurdles of public distribution.
So it's quite possible that costs/benefits balance in one direction on Linux and the other on Windows... If their code base is small enough of "non-legacy" enough, it makes sense for them to develop two drivers, each best adapted to its environment.


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UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- January 6, 2012 -- Three-time Grammy Award winner, two-time Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Harry Connick Jr. will have a multi-episode, guest-starring turn on the Wolf Films/NBC drama "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (Wednesdays, 10-11 p.m. ET).
Connick will guest-star as Executive ADA David Haden, a dedicated, straight-shooting prosecutor who is assigned a case with Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay). Although Benson is at first wary of Haden, they are both surprised to find they work well together. As the case develops, so does their relationship. Connick's first episode will air January 18.
"This is a home run on so many levels," said Hargitay. "The show is very fortunate to have Harry's extraordinary talent, and I'm lucky because I get to work with my friend. I think Olivia couldn't have asked for a better companion to take her through a new stage in her life and career."
A star in music, theater, film and television, Connick recently won his second Emmy for musical direction of his live concert television special, "Harry Connick Jr. in Concert on Broadway." He currently is starring on Broadway in the musical "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" about which USA Today said: "Harry Connick Jr. has never sung or acted more powerfully." The musical is directed by Tony Award-winner Michael Mayer, who also is the director of NBC's upcoming Broadway-themed drama "Smash."
This year Connick starred in the hit film "Dolphin Tale" which debuted at #1 at the box office with Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman and Kris Kristofferson. He also added author to his credentials with "The Happy Elf," his beloved song and children's Christmas stage musical turned into a keepsake children's book with an accompanying instrumental jazz CD released by Marsalis Music. On television, Connick is best remembered as Dr. Leo Markus on NBC's "Will and Grace."
A proud New Orleans native, Connick and longtime friend Branford Marsalis opened the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music in The Musicians' Village in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans last summer, in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity. From music to dance, theater to film, the goal of the Center is to harness the exceptional talents of the residents and students of the surrounding Musicians' Village in a collective effort that will provide an invaluable resource to New Orleans.
"Law & Order: SVU" is a Wolf Films production in association with Universal Television. Dick Wolf, Warren Leight and Peter Jankowski are executive producers.
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I hope the rumors are real, it'd be cool to finally have a Fallout take place where I'm from. (You just know that Salem is going to be in it with some witch-based quest line)
I hate the idea of making your kid play older games. When I was a kid and someone tried to get me play an Atari or etc I realized that it sucked and I could be playing NES. Games are meant to be fun, not history lessons. But I'll probably never have kids so the matter at hand an my opinion of it is moot.
Nintendo previously projected a profit of 55 billion yen in the fiscal year ending March as it counted on Christmas shoppers to revive sales of the Wii U console featuring games with iconic characters Mario and Zelda. The company cut forecasts for Wii U console sales to 2.8 million units from 9 million and for Wii U game sales to 19 million units from 38 million.
Also, http://www.siliconera.com/2014/01/09/incredible-nintendo-3ds-app-lets-users-create-comics/, is a thing that exists. And for those who are interested, http://www.siliconera.com/2014/01/10/comic-studio-nintendo-3ds-will-released-west/.
The WiiU will sell just fine, but it's going to be a slow crawl for folkls to adapt. All those non-gamers Nintendo attracted with the Wii are now being introduced to the idea of upgrading their console and it's a tough sell for a lot of them. (Of course, it doesn't help that whoever is in charge of naming their products is intentionally trying to troll Nintendo and confuse consumers)
Kotaku has learned that the journalist involved in this conversation was Josh Mattingly, the founder and CEO of the indie gaming website IndieStatik. PWhen reached on the phone by Kotaku, Mattingly said he planned to apologize, and took to his blog, where he wrote an apology this evening. "There has been a recent situation that I regretfully put myself into involving a woman who I consider a friend in the industry," he wrote. "I want to take a moment to sincerely apologize for the way I acted and the words that were exchanged."P


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Illegal Immigration – Donald Trump at the Center
Donald Trump is in a number of different fire storms but to his credit he has drawn the nation's attention to the issue of illegal immigration. We have more than 11 million undocumented, non-citizens living in the country and the fact that we don't know who they are, where they are, what they are doing, or what their background is, poses a credible threat to the criminal justice system and international security.
It's not to say that people from other countries don't deserve to have the opportunity to come to America to start a different life, but there are legal pathways in order to get that done.
As a nation, we have to adhere to what's called the rule of law and the rule of law in our country is that there is a process to follow and that process should apply to everyone equally because it certainly isn't fair to the American tax payers and it's not fair to the immigrants who have followed the law and who have done the things that they are supposed to do and legally immigrated. If we as a country want to opt for open borders there is a process, there is a way we can do that. We can vote on it, we can let our feelings be known to our elected representatives and they can change the laws. Marijuana used to be illegal in all 50 states. It's now legal in 20 states. How did that happen? It happened very simply, the laws where changed to allow that to happen. If Americans and their elected representatives want to change the laws to allow for unfettered access to our borders that can be done, but what we ought not to do is ignore the law, elevating illegal immigrants to a status of them not being accountable for their actions which is not following the rule of law because we are trying to achieve some political agenda.
I don't think anyone is actually calling for mass deportation of the 11 million illegal immigrants in our country. But there are barriers that are in place to the immigration process and we need to address them so that it is not an option to circumvent the law on this matter. One reason that so many people are crossing the border illegally is because it's probably easier than going through the legal process and there aren't any consequences for it.
We need to come together to recognize the social factors, and address the structure that's in place to facilitate people coming into the country illegally. But the first thing we have to do is secure the border. We need to know who is coming in and who is going out with what potential weapons of mass destruction. The government's first job is to protect and preserve the security and liberty of its citizens.
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must all be shipped via UPS ground.
Games-Workshop International Retailers: E-Figures.com Distribution will not
ship Games-Workshop products outside the United States without written approval
from Games-Workshop USA. We have an agreement with this Manufacturer and will
not entertain any customer request to violate that agreement.
Privateer Press, Fantasy Flight Games: E-Figures.com Distribution will not
ship these lines to UK/EUR without approval from the Manufacturer directly.
We have an agreement with these Manufacturers and will not entertain any customer
request to violate that agreement.
E-Figures.com knows it's important to not only sell products but to provide
tools and resources to our retailers to help them move the product. For this
reason all available products are viewable by guest and as well as registered
retailers. Because of this feature our system is not set up to restrict particular
product lines from being added to a cart. We want you to know that if you do
accidentally add an item to your cart that is restricted it will be removed
from your order before it is shipped. (This may cause a delay in your order)
Customers who attempt to manipulate the process will have their account suspended.