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Earlier this year, interest in ARM processors exploded when Microsoft announced that Windows 8 and Office would run on the non-x86 chips. You've got to think that there's a good possibility that Samsung — whose Series 7 slate made a splash at BUILD 2011 — will take a long hard look at building ARM tablets and notebooks with its own Exynos processors.
If it does, the freshly-unveiled Exynos 5250 looks like it'll be up to the task. The new chip is based on the ARM Cortex A15 architecture. It's manufactured using a low-power 32nm high-k metal gate process and is capable of performance nearly twice that of a Cortex A9 chip. Samsung's initial Exynos 5250 chips pack two cores clocked at 2GHz, and it's capable of supporting resolutions up to 2560×1600. According to Samsung, the 5250 is earmarked for use in high-end tablets — though it won't start rolling off production lines until the middle of 2012.
Samsung also says the Exynos 5250 delivers four times the graphics processing power over previous-generation chips. That's made possible by the arrival of ARM's T604 "Midgard" GPU, and the Exynos 5250 will be one of the first chips on the market utilizing the new graphics powerplant. The T604 is OpenGL ES and OpenCL compatible and it also offers DirectX 11 support — which should cement the 5250's chances of powering a Windows 8 slate.
Nvidia and Qualcomm have plenty of time to respond — and they're already sitting pretty. High-end tablets like the Asus Transformer Prime and the 10.1-inch Lenovo that was leaked earlier this month have already hitched themselves to the Tegra 3 wagon, and Qualcomm's 28NM S4 is capable of packing up to four cores at speeds as high as 2.5GHz. One thing's for sure: this intense processor competition is only going to lead to faster, more powerful (and cheaper) devices for consumers.
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Occasionally I come across offers and deals that may be of interest to some of my readers. When I come across a deal that is worth sharing I will post it here. It will usually be technology related but it might not always be SQL Server related.
I will be updating the Deal of the Week page with these offers too.
This weeks offer is from Amazon (UK Site)
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Amazon are offering a cash back deal on this device too. With Christmas coming this could make a nice Christmas present if your other half/children/family/friends (delete as a appropriate) are interested in non-apple tablets.


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"The Voice" was back Monday for its sixth season, and with it returned season four coaches Shakira and Usher -- both of them eager to wrest "Voice" victory from coaching vets and past winners Adam Levine and Blake Shelton.
As for what it might take for them to do that? Well, the blind auditions Monday gave a glimpse of what the energized prodigal coaches might do to win the show's top talent.
YouTube sensation Christina Grimmie kicked off the blinds with a bang, winning over the coaches with her ferocious take on "Wrecking Ball." Her creative addition of bluesy flourishes to the Miley Cyrus won chair turns from both Usher and Shakira -- eager to press their red buttons after a season absent from those big chairs -- and then from "Voice" vet (and winner) Adam.
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Usher stood to cheer as she sang, praising her performance afterward as "phenomenal" -- but his pitch was evidently no match for that of the reigning "Voice" champion. (Nor was Shakira's: "I am relentless and focused as a laser.") She picked Adam.
But Shakira and Usher had evidently come into season six with a vengeance and a vow to dethrone the two erstwhile winning coaches. They honed it Monday like, as Shakira said, a laser.
Usher got a team member of his own with TJ Wilkins, an R&B singer with a deep, infectious chuckle who'd avoided the tough streets of his native South Central Los Angeles to focus on performing, majoring in music in college.
His unlikely R&B take on the Elton John classic "Bennie and the Jets," with his rich croon and effortless falsetto, earned him chair turns from Usher and his senior coaches Adam, who praised his "unique flair," and Blake, who dubbed him "Teej" in an effort to conjure up rapport. But TJ chose Usher as his coach, calling the chance to work with the R&B hit maker "a hell of an opportunity."
Shakira may not have turned for TJ -- but she knew soon after Kristen Merlin, whose Massachusetts background and bleached crewcut belied her full-on country sound, began singing Sugarland's "Something More" that she wanted her for her team. (It was good fortune for Kristen, too, who was losing patience. "There are certainly times when I question, what am I doing? I'm almost 30," she'd said.) Shakira stood in her chair and cheered for Kristen during her performance.
That enthusiasm, plus the hard sell she gave afterward -- name-checking her 20 million Twitter followers and offering to bring in Blake's wife, country star Miranda Lambert, as a guest coach -- paid off. (It helped that Blake pulled for her, too, noting how similar Kristen's vocal vibrato was to Shakira's.) Kristen chose Shakira over rival coach Adam.
Shakira similarly pulled out all the stops in fighting for Biff Gore, a 45-year-old church worship leader and father of five (soon to become six) who had come to the "Voice" stage from his hometown of Denver with his brother, whom he credited with saving his life when the two served in the military during the Gulf War. "My style is very soulful. I call it 'life music,' music that just reaches out and grabs you," Biff explained of his style.
He wasn't being hyperbolic. His powerful rendition of the inimitable Sam Cooke civil rights classic "A Change Is Gonna Come" riveted the coaches -- first Adam, one of whose team members had performed the song last season, and then the others in quick succession. Shakira tried to woo Biff to her team first with an offer of a date to the Grammys (which the dutiful husband politely declined), then by badmouthing Adam, who she said was too preoccupied planning his wedding to help Biff win. "All he's got in his head are flower arrangements," she said.
But Biff didn't pick either of them, anyway. He picked Usher as his coach, to the other coaches' chagrin.
Adam picked up another team member with the night's only duo, the painfully picturesque indie-folk songwriting duo Dawn & Hawkes, a real-life smitten couple who'd met when he tried to pick her up in an Austin, Texas, bar. They performed the Beatles' "I've Just Seen a Face," earning chair turns from Adam and Shakira. This time, Shakira's sell was no match for Adam's. He was as smitten with the duo as they were with each other.
"That was my favorite performance that I have seen ever on 'The Voice,'" he gushed. "This is special. This is something that I want to be a part of, no matter what." He got his wish, as the pair picked him to coach them.
Shakira won another team member with Sacramento-based classic rock band frontman Jeremy Briggs, who hit the "Voice" stage in the hopes of kick-starting his career so he could leave behind his nine-to-five government job to play music full-time. His take on Bad Company's 1974 hit by the same name won over the Latin pop superstar, who touted her own rock and roll past and promised she was ready to win "The Voice" with him on her team. "I'm hungry," she insisted, and Jeremy picked her over Blake to be his coach.
As soon as the next contestant hit the stage, though, it was clear Blake wasn't going to finish the night without picking up a team member. If that contestant looked or sounded familiar, it's because he was. Texan teen and aspiring country singer Jake Worthington had auditioned in season five, and after he'd failed to turn any chairs then, he'd taken the coaches' advice to heart.
On the "Voice" stage Monday night, it was clear the effort had paid off. His soulful take on Keith Whitley's country ballad "Don't Close Your Eyes," on which he accompanied himself on guitar, won over three of the coaches -- but as soon as Blake turned his chair, the question of whom Jake would pick as his coach was a foregone conclusion. Jake tipped his hat to both Shakira and Adam ("my aunt thinks you're the sexiest thing on earth," he told the Maroon 5 frontman and erstwhile Sexiest Man Alive, according to People magazine), but he picked Blake as his coach.
The final singer of the night, though, was the one over whom the coaches fought most ferociously -- and whose fight served as perhaps the night's biggest reminder of just how hard Shakira and Usher in particular would lobby for the talent they believed would net their teams the title of "The Voice."
That singer was Bria Kelly, whose gut-wrenching take on the Elvis Presley tune "Steamroller Blues" was thick with guttural grit and an emotive belt that should have been beyond the reach of somebody just 17 years old.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have just heard THE voice," Usher gushed, kicking off a spirited round of squabbling among the coaches for the right to count Bria among their team members. It was Usher's tribute -- and, granted, maybe his attempt to gift her one of his Grammys, to the puzzlement of his fellow Grammy-winning coaches -- that helped win Bria over. She picked him as her coach, setting the stage for a season of strong talent on sophomore coaches' teams.
But the first night of the blind auditions didn't end without a few contestants going home disappointed, after finishing their performances to see a quartet of chair backs before them. Sixteen-year-old Tanner Linford went home after he admitted his nerves got the better of him onstage, and dancer-turned-singer Leo Galli did the same after he let his moves get the better of him as he performend "Blurred Lines." Indie songwriter Carina Mia's unique breathy voice impressed the judges, but her pitch problems cost her a chair turn.
If Jake Worthington's reappearance Monday is any indication of blind auditions also-rans' future "Voice" potential, though, they could be back before the four chairs soon.
In the meantime, "The Voice" gears up for another night of blind auditions Tuesday.
"The Voice" airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 8/7c on NBC.


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Setlist from 1993 lists two and only two shows in Honolulu (12 and 13 March) at Neal S. Blaisdell Center. Today received ticket from 7 March 1993 at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena. Anybody knows that show from 7 March was rescheduled to 12 or 13 March or maybe it is new show ?
On Sun May 03, 2009 4:06 am, Wraith wrote:Never heard of this..can you post ticket image?
On Thu May 28, 2009 1:11 pm, Guest wrote:Wraith wrote:Never heard of this..can you post ticket image?
Sure, pic will be later
On Fri May 29, 2009 12:45 pm, hetfield029 wrote:damn. How I can add photo ? Tried twice and nothing
On Fri May 29, 2009 3:23 pm, damage jackal wrote:imageshack.us
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About unifont.org
This web site provides information about Unicode fonts, Unicode-enabled software, internationalization, and Unicode usability issues on free/libre/open source (FLOSS) operating systems.
Welcome! This is my currently somewhat neglected website! ;-)
2018.09.27 Nahuatl Presentation
2081.09.27 Nahuatl Presentation
If you want to hire me to do something or are just wondering who I am, this links to my curriculum vitae.
Un nuevo sistema para la escritura náhuatl :: A New System for Writing Nahuatl
Una nueva ortografía de la lengua náhuatl que ahorra espacio y hace que sea fácil leer palabras sílaba por sílaba. A new orthography for the Nahuatl language that saves space and makes it easy to read words syllabically.
Hariphunchai: Designing a Tai Tham Unicode Font
A talk about the Hariphunchai project that I gave at the Libre Graphics Meeting in Leipzig, Germany, in April, 2014. Be sure to click on the gear icon "⚙" to open up the speaker notes.
Key Curry
Key Curry is a web application and set of web components that allows you to easily type many world languages and specialized orthographies on the web. Key Curry makes it easy for language advocates and web developers to provide support for the orthographies of minority languages, especially the many languages that are not currently supported by the major operating system vendors. 2012-04-18-ET.
Experimental Gladiator Components and jQuery-based Demos
I designed a system of integrated user interface elements called Gladiator Components which use jQuery under the hood. This page links to several experimental demos.
Fontaine is a command-line utility that displays key meta information about font files. I wrote this program for the Open Font Library project. 2009-03-18-ET.
2007 Text Layout Summit July 4-6 Glasgow, UK Presentations
The 2007 Text Layout Summit presentations from the July 4-6 aKademy conference in Glasgow, UK are provided here.
- Unicode Font Guide For Free/Libre Open Source Operating Systems.
A regularly-updated guide to the best Open Source and other liberally-licensed Unicode fonts for all major modern scripts encoded in Unicode.
- Font Playground
(alpha software). Play with free fonts before downloading them.
This is a companion to the Font Guide where you have the chance to interactively use many of the free fonts mentioned in the Font Guide to typeset short quotations and text samples without having to download anything. Note bene: This resource is under active development and still has a few bugs -- but it is still fun.
International Text Layout & Typography. New!
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at Gnome Live! 2006 in Boston. PDF format.
This paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of aspects of international text layout and typography of interest to members of the FLOSS development community. The accompanying slide presentation is also available.
- Designing a Better Font Selection Widget, a proposal.
A proposal to create a better font selection widget for modern Open Source desktop software toolkits such as QT, KDE and GTK+/Gnome. The proposal envisions a drop-down selection widget with options for hierarchical classification of fonts into logical design-based and script-based categories. Configuration data would be stored in easily-parsed XML files. Implementation of such a widget would greatly improve the usability of Open Source software that requires intensive font selection tasks, especially graphic design, desktop publishing, and word processing software.
Go for OFL! is a new campaign to promote the Open Font License.
Unifont.org has joined with FreeDesktop.org, SIL International, The Gnome Foundation, KDE e.V., the Free Standards Group, and the Free Software Foundation to promote and popularize use of the OFL all over the world. We hope that you will add momentum to this campaign by joining us to help promote use of the OFL as the preferred Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) license for fonts. Read more ...
- A Quick Primer On Unicode and Software Internationalization Under
Linux and Related Free/Libre Open Source Operating Systems.
Currently being updated and revised and hence temporarily unavailable. In the meantime, please see this somewhat out-of-date guide.
The Penguin and Unicode: The State of Unicode and Internationalization in Linux.
"The Penguin and Unicode: the State of Unicode and Internationalization in Linux" is a presentation I gave at the 27th Internationalization and Unicode Conference in Berlin in April, 2005. The talk is divided into three sections: 1) a survey examining the then-current extent of globalization in Linux, 2) core Unicode infrastructure in Linux, and 3) globalization software being used to internationalize the Linux platform. The presentation is available online, in pdf, and in Open Office .sxi formats.
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Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will visit Tunisia from 18 to 20 April 2017. During the visit Minister Soini will meet Tunisia's leadership and discuss the countries' bilateral relations, migration, the situation in the region and other topical issues.
During the visit Minister Soini will meet, for instance, Tunisian Prime Minister Youssed Chahed and Minister for Foreign Affairs Khemaies Jhinaoui. The Ministers will discuss the situation in Libya and Minister Soini will meet staff of UN agencies working on the Libyan crisis.
Inquiries: Jussi Tanner, Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, tel. +358 295 350 663 and Kirsikka Lehto-Asikainen, Director, Unit for the Middle East and North Africa, tel. +358 50 5961 516.
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Nokia 9300 an absolute must
I gave this phone a 5.0 because it is exactly what a business man needs. A fully functional phone and pda, without a camera. Yep you read it correctly. A phone with all the bells and whistles, that does not have a camera. Most corporations and government buildings do not permit the use of camera phones.
The phone's software is great, and very easy to use. Of course there is always room for improvement, but what phone or computer software system can't be improved upon. The edge technology is an absolute must in most cities because it really changes the download and upload speed of all data incoming/outgoing.
The size of the phone is excellent, it is not like the predecessors or the 9500. You can actually carry this phone around without thinking about it. In other words, at times the 9290 was enormous and heavy. The 9300 is just over five inches and light. Fits in your shirt or coat pocket.
The phone's tri-mode coverage has better reception than most quad band phones.
Finally, the screen keyboard is a real pleasure to use compared to the Treo 650 or the P910i. Hands down the 9300 is a great phone for the value for any serious business person.
PS. The phone's office software and pc sync software allow you to travel light! I am enjoying all the benefits, and everyday I discover something new about this PDA.
had the old and in the new
If I was compairing the phone to the 9500 i would say that they are the exact same phone. I and my sister had this phone and the 9500 and found them to be great messaging devices.
Then it changed when we got the e71. Nokia you have some great powers I most likely will get the twist for Nokia and verizon it is very cool.
one thing I disliked on this phone is the sound sounded raspier then the 9500. I didn't really notice this, I just had to get the 9500 and start enjoying this device to get to be aware of the previous issues.
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Best phone I've ever used
I purchased this phone when it was first introduced by Cingular. I used it for a year and gave it to my dad. Just recently I found this phone for sale (private website) and decided to purchase it again since it is THE BEST PHONE!.
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best phone
best phone i ever had, i got it on ebay unlocked because i dont like any of the newer phones, and this is by far the best phone. better than the new blackberry curve 2 and all treos. very easy to set up and use.only problem is it is hard to find games
i have used many cells phones in the past such as pda phones, flip phones, u name it i had it. i worked for a private cell phone ditributer. i think the nokia 9300i is the best phone that i have ever used. i'm not kidding, it really out done other business phones that i've used. once you use it you will understand my point. just make sure that you get the 9300(i) version not just the 9300. the 9300(i) is the european version with wifi and much more features. the 9300 is the u.s.a. version and it sucks, it's really crapy. so make sure you get the 9300(i). i hope you find this rating a good source for your desicion making.
Not that great....
short and sweet...
great keyboard
great screen
mouse to navigate on web
not as big as the LG style or Sidekick
all the computer functions
user friendly
NO vibrate! WTF
NO predictive text on the front
No navigation capability
No camera
And those are some pretty needy features!!!
Not Bad
I got this phone from cingular on a warranty exchange. They swapped me due to having 6 razors in 4 months. But that is besides the point. The phone is great the reception is not as good but what due you expect from a pda phone. Everything else is great on the phone. I would recommend it to anyone.
Easy to use
Great speaker phone
Great battery life
This is a great phone. It comes with a 100 plus page manual(if you print it off) which indicates it is very technical. Love the keyboard. It is so nice not to have to guess on a regular keypad. Really, the only thing wrong is that it has no vibrate alert. If you are in a meeting, you can set to meeting alert and it beeps once. The only reason, I did not rate a full 5 is becuase of this feature. I highly recommend it. One thing that Nokia could have improved to make better, would be to set up as a world phone quad band. Thumbs up to nokia on this one.
Fantastic James Bond Style Phone
This is a great all-in-one device. The form and look is very nice and professional. The keyboard is fantastic and the screen is crisp and clear.
Reception on Cingular is fantastic. I dumped my Treo 650 and switched to the Nokia 9300 and there is no going back. Audio is much more crisp and clear and I get solid reception where I got nothing on the Treo.
I purchased the phone for $240 brand new in the box from a seller on eBay. I purchased a 1GB RS-MMC card for $40.00 and loaded up the music and photos and some PDF files.
There is a great variety of application software to download (much of it free) to add value to the phone. Syncing with my Apple Mac Powerbook by bluetooth works well using an inexpensive 3rd party application since native Apple iSync does not yet support the Series 80 platform. My tiny Nokia bluetooth headset BH-800 works well with this phone and the overall experience is just great.
Overall I highly recommend this phone over other smartphones for ease of use, and great reception.
perfect biz phone
Currently using it for the past two months. Terrific phone, a true phone for true business men. The size is actually not bad, the options/features are terrific, i simply love it. The only thing is that the phone does not vibrate....


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My nephew, Patrick Lay, was killed in action today in Afghanistan. Born and raised in Bradenton. Thank you for your time.
With little else to work from, reporter Lee Williams started some furious digging. He quickly tracked down -- via Facebook -- that it was painfully true.
As Williams and photographer Grant Jefferies began reaching out to the family, we were humbled by their response. Spc. 4 Lay's mom, Stefenie Hernandez, his fiancee Joann Steiff, his sister Nikki and countless other relatives and friends opened their door and their hearts to us -- out of deep respect, pain, loss and love of their lost soldier.
Grant's photo of Patrick's mom, above, lost in thought outside her home, speaks that proverbial thousands of words. We have been "lucky" in Manatee County for the past several years, as the war hasn't taken a direct hit in claiming the life of one of our own. This was a painful reminder of how much so many have given.
And it stirred fears and prayers in all who were touched by the news. We found an article and photos by Stars and Stripes, and wanted to share this one with our readers. The photo by Laura Rauch/Stars and Stripes shows Spc. Lay sitting on a vehicle as the sun sets over Combat Outpost Nalgham, Afghanistan on May 21. Editors there gave us permission to publish, in exchange for two copies of the Herald with the photograph. In sending Herald photographer Tiffany Tompkins-Condie the OK, administrator Jen Stepp wrote:
You're so very welcome. As I was processing your request I just became so very sad that here we have a soldier doing his duty and his photo appearing in the paper just a couple months ago to him having been killed today. My most sincere condolences go out to his family and those he served with.
And when I sent Williams' story and Jefferies' photographs to McClatchy-Tribune News Services for national publication, the Washington editor replied:
He reminds me of my best friend's nephew who's going to Afghanistan in January. I hope I don't read anything like this about him.
Say a prayer for all our troops to return home, safe and alive.


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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syrian opposition figures voiced frustration with their international backers on Saturday in the face of reluctance from some to supply the rebels with weapons and a call for them to distance themselves from extremist forces.
Speaking at a meeting of the Friends of Syria in Istanbul, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Germany was skeptical about supplying weapons to the rebels but said the subject should be discussed by the European Union.
One senior opposition figure said arms were already being sent from some countries but acknowledging this at the meeting would provide cover for countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar to openly help the rebels.
"The world must know if they don't agree on our right to receive weapons this will be the last meeting the opposition attend. We will not attend any meetings after this," he told Reuters.
Washington plans to provide about $100 million in new non-lethal aid to the Syrian opposition that could include for the first time battlefield support equipment such as body armor and night-vision goggles, a U.S. official said on Friday.
Secretary of State John Kerry was expected to announce the new aid package, which would mark a recalibration of U.S. policy toward Syrian rebel groups at Saturday's meeting. Fresh U.S. humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees is also likely.
The new assistance would stop short of supplying weapons to rebels fighting to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It is also far less than what is sought by Syrian opposition leaders, U.S. allies Britain and France and some U.S. lawmakers.
The senior opposition official called on those reluctant to supply weapons to say so openly, which Westerwelle did on the sidelines of the meeting.
"We expect from the opposition that they clearly distance themselves in Syria from terrorist and extremist forces," he told reporters.
"We are skeptical as the German government when it comes to delivering weapons because we are concerned that weapons could fall into the wrong, namely extremist, hands, but it is a matter that must now be discussed in the European Union."
Another senior opposition source rejected the idea of any foreign interference in the future of Syria.
"The international community cannot ask us for anything. What country we have after Assad is for us the Syrians to decide it is not for the international community," he said.
"After two years of this and the regime now using Scud, chemical weapons and getting help from Iran and Russia they come and tell us they want guarantees from us? How could they do this?" he added.
The 11-nation "core group" of the Friends of Syria, including the United States, European and Arab nations, has been deadlocked over how to remove Assad, whose security forces killed and arrested thousands of protesters who took to the streets to demand democratic reforms in March 2011.
Syria's opposition said earlier it hoped the Istanbul meeting would give teeth to a tacit agreement that arming rebel groups is the best way to end Assad's rule.
One Syrian rebel leader said on Saturday only force could end the country's two-year conflict and ruled out the possibility of any negotiation with Assad's administration other than over its exit.
"There is no solution with this regime through negotiation. This (conflict) will not be settled other than by force," Brigadier Selim Idris, head of a military command, told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Istanbul.
"Maybe in its final stages, when the regime feels it has lost everything, it might want to negotiate for its exit."
More than 70,000 have been killed in the revolt and subsequent civil war. But a military stalemate has set in and much of Syria is left in ruins because of a divided and ineffective opposition, a lack of action by foreign allies and Assad's ability to rely on support from Russia and Iran.
Additional reporting by David Brunnstrom; Reporting by Nick Tattersall; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Stephen Powell


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The parents of a terminally ill New York City woman are waging a court battle over whether to keep her on life support.
A brain-stem tumor has paralyzed 28-year-old Grace Sung Eun Lee from the neck down, and she depends on a tube to eat and one to breathe.
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"She wants to die, and she wants to die now," said David Smith, her court-appointed attorney.
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"I believe if you set the day and time of your death, you're committing suicide and that is a sin," said Lee's father, the Rev. Manho Lee, through an interpreter.
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Breast implants are medical devices that are implanted under the breast tissue or under the chest muscle to increase breast size (augmentation) or to rebuild breast tissue after mastectomy or other damage to the breast (reconstruction). Breast implants are also used in revision surgeries, which correct or improve the result of an original surgery.
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July 15, 2013
Lemon Meringue with Shortbread Crust
This is by far the best lemon meringue pie I've ever made or tasted for that matter. I found the original recipe here but substituted my own crust and made a few minor tweaks with the rest of the ingredients. I think the secret to this one is the use of Caster sugar (see below). The recipe below yields one large pie, however I've doubled the recipe each time I've made it because who can eat only one pie.
1. In terms of consistency, Caster Sugar is somewhere between granulated and confection sugar. You can make your own by adding granulated sugar to a food processor and pulsing, however I found C&H sells it at any local grocery store, not even a specialized one. And, a large box like the one pictured below (which would make about 4 pies) is under $5.
2. Be careful when heating the curd mixture. It becomes thick very quickly around the 14 min mark.
3. It is impossible to over-beat the meringue so feel free to keep it going for upwards of 5 minutes to ensure that it doesn't lost it's firmness once you start the blow torch.
4. Feel free to make the crust and fill it with the curd then refrigerate up to a day before, however don't make the meringue until at most a few hours before serving, then refrigerate until serving.
Shortbread Crust
3 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup all-purpose flour
Lemon Curd
6 Egg Yolks
1 1/2 Cups Caster Sugar
9 Tbs Lemon Juice
Zest of 1 Lemon
1/3 cup butter
6 Egg Whites
1 1/3 Cups Caster Sugar
Shortbread Crust
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Blend cream cheese and butter.
3. Stir in flour just until blended.
4. Chill about 1 hour.
5. Spread into tart pan and bake for 12-15 minutes until edges are lightly browned.
6. Let cool completely before removing from tart pan.
Lemon Curd
1. On low heat, add sugar and egg yolks to a saucepan and continuously whisk.
2. Once warm, very slowly add the lemon juice, whisking continuously.
3. Leave on low heat for 15 minutes until thick, stirring occasionally.
4. Add the butter and rind and mix until combined.
5. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
1. Beat egg whites in a stand mixer on high.
2. Slowly add the sugar 1 tablespoon at a time.
3. Beat the mixture until you get stiff peaks.
1. Place the lemon curd into the pastry shell.
2. Dollop the meringue on top of the curd using a fork to either swirl the mixture or to create tall peaks.
3. Using a butane torch on the highest setting, use a circular motion to brown the meringue.
June 20, 2013
Crostini Trio
"Crostini" in Italian literally means "little crusts" or "little toasts." The idea for these three crostini recipes comes from this website. I made slight variations to one, using orange marmalade instead of fig jam and Romano instead of Pecorino cheese. These are great appetizers and are very easy to make. I really like the idea of making all three as the tastes are so varied and unique, yet they really compliment each other. And the best part, you can make as many as you want! I usually do at least 36 at a time. Enjoy!
Baguette, cut into 1/2" pieces
Olive Oil
Cherry Jam
Orange Marmalade
Fuji Apple Slices
Blue Cheese Crumbles
Pecan Pieces
1. Place baguette pieces on cookie sheet.
2. Drizzle with olive oil.
3. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
4. Place blue cheese crumbles and pecans on 1/3 of the pieces, then place back in the oven to broil for an additional minute.
5. Before serving, drizzle honey on those pieces.
6. On another 1/3 of the pieces, add cherry jam, brie and a piece of arugula.
7. On the last 1/3 of the pieces, add marmalade, apple slices and romano.
8. Serve immediately.
May 1, 2013
Atlantic Beach Pie
Crunchy, buttery, smooth, sweet, salty, citrusy. I have no idea how else to explain this amazing pie. While visiting my friends Jason and Kelly Wescott in Seattle recently, Jason made this dessert that he had heard about on NPR called Atlantic Beach Pie which comes from Bill Smith's Crook's Corner restaurant in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It starts with a saltine cracker crust topped with a sweetened condensed milk, egg yolk and lemon juice mixture and then crowned with slightly sweetened whipped cream and sprinkled coarse sea salt. I promised myself I would make it when I returned home and I have now done so, twice. Somehow all these combinations of textures and tastes makes this a dessert you will crave, again and again. The recipe below yields one pie, about 6-8 servings.
1. You may think that you've made too much crust. Abandon the thought. You'll want all that crunchy saltiness at the end. Just pack it in.
2. The dessert can rest in the refrigerator overnight and it tastes delicious the next day. I wouldn't keep it longer than that.
1 1/2 sleeves of saltine crackers
1/3 to 1/2 cup softened unsalted butter
3 Tbs sugar
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
4 egg yolks
1/2 cup lemon or lime juice or a combination of the two
Fresh whipped cream and coarse sea salt for garnish
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Crush the crackers finely, but not to dust with a food processor or your hands.
3. Add the sugar.
4. Knead in the butter until the crumbs hold together like dough.
5. Press into an 8 inch pie pan.
6. Chill for 15 minutes, then bake for 18 minutes or until the crust colors a little.
7. While the crust is cooling, beat the egg yolks into the milk, then beat in the citrus juice until completely combined.
8. Pour into the shell and bake for 16 minutes until the filling has set.
9. Cool out of the oven for 15 minutes then place in refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
10. Serve with fresh whipped cream and a sprinkling of sea salt.
March 2, 2013
The legendary Sachertorte was invented in the 19th century by the Viennese chef Franz Sacher. The cake became famous when his son opened the luxury Hotel Sacher and this cake was served. A sachertorte is a dark, dense cake which does not use leavening, relying instead on finely ground almonds and whipped egg whites for its lightness. The cake is traditionally glazed with both an apricot jam glaze and a smooth chocolate glaze that gives it it's characteristic shine. I grew up eating European treats and cakes and I vaguely remember eating this, perhaps when we visited Austria when I was in 5th grade. This recipe is adapted from the Williams-Sonoma "Essentials of Baking" Book that I got for Christmas. It has become one of my favorites. The recipe below yields one large cake, serving approximately 12. Enjoy!
1. The cake tastes even better the following day as the flavors set, so I always make this a day ahead and let it sit overnight.
2. I learned a wonderful cutting technique which uses toothpicks and a ruler. Simply use the toothpicks to mark halfway up the cake all around and let those be your guide when cutting.
3. When spreading the chocolate glaze, keep the cake on the rack and move everything around in a circular motion. This will help the glaze to coat the sides evenly while retaining a shiny top.
6 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup finely ground blanched almonds
6 large eggs, separated
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
Apricot Glaze
1 cup apricot jam
2 Tbs water
Chocolate Glaze
12 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 cup unsalted butter
2 Tbs corn syrup
1. Preheat oven to 325F.
2. Butter an 8 inch springform pan, then line the bottom with parchment paper cut to fit.
3. Place the chocolate in the top of a double broiler over barely simmering water.
4. Heat, stirring often, until the chocolate melts.
5. Remove and set aside to cool slightly.
6. Stir together the flour and salt into a bowl, then stir in the ground almonds. Set aside.
7. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the egg whites and cream of tartar.
8. Using the whip attachment, beat on medium speed until the cream of tartar dissolves and the whites begin to thicken.
9. Increase the speed to medium-high and beat just until soft peaks form.
10. Slowly add 1/4 cup sugar and continue to beat until stiff, shiny peaks form.
11. Transfer beaten eggs to a clean bowl.
12. In bowl of clean stand mixer, combine the butter and 1/2 cup sugar.
13. Using a wire whisk, beat vigorously until the mixture is light in color and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
14. Whisk in the egg yolks, 2 at a time, beating well after each addition.
15. Whisk in the chocolate until blended, then whisk in the vanilla.
16. Using a rubber spatula, fold the dry ingredients into the batter.
17. Fold in one half of the egg white mixture, then the remaining egg white mixture.
18. Pour into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about an hour.
19. Immediately run a small, thin knife around the inside of the pan to loosen the cake., then let the cake cool in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
20. Release pan sides then carefully remove the pan bottom and parchment.
21. Return the cake to the rack and cool completely.
Apricot Glaze
1. In small saucepan over medium heat, combine jam and water and heat until jam melts.
2. Remove from heat and press though a fine-mesh sieve into a small bowl, then set aside.
Chocolate Glaze
1. Place chocolate, butter and corn syrup in the top of a double broiler placed over barely simmering water.
2. Heat until the chocolate and butter melt, stirring often.
3. Remove from the heat and pour the glaze through a fine mesh sieve.
4. Cool to 92F before using.
1. Cut the cake in half horizontally to form 2 layers.
2. Using a pastry brush, coat one layer with the apricot glaze.
3. Place the remaining cake layer on top and brush the top and sides of the cake with the remaining apricot glaze.
4. Cover the cake with the chocolate glaze.
5. Serve at room temperature.
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As I mentioned in my previous post, I have three tattoos. My latest tattoo was one I designed as a way to represent my feminism and my work as a blogger. Every tattoo I have gotten has been on a meaningful place on my body. For this tattoo I decided to get it on my lower back. This was a calculated move on my part.
The lower back tattoo has developed many negative connotations, and it is often referred to as a "tramp stamp." Because the lower back tattoo is most often seen on women, the name "tramp stamp" has particularly offensive meanings.
According to Merriam-Webster, the word tramp is a noun that can mean one of the following:
1 a : vagrant b : a foot traveler c : a woman of loose morals; specifically :For more insight on how the tramp stamp is thought of today, you might want to check out the Urban Dictionary entry for the word. But be warned, it's not pleasant.
prostitute (Emphasis mine)
Using a woman's sexual history (or just her perceived sexual history) as a means of shaming her seems to come easily in this society. A woman has sex before marriage or with more than one partner? She's a dirty slut. She wears a skirt? She must be looking for sex. She flirts with a man? She must want to go all the way. She gets a tattoo on her lower back? Clearly she's a tramp (prostitute), and that's just shameful. Really, there's no winning for women, and it's something I'm sick of.
So, I decided to get a feminist "tramp stamp." I thought the irony was irresistible and felt it might be an interesting comment on how absurd it is to assume that because a woman has a lower back tattoo, she must be "of loose morals."
Most of the time, I don't remember that I have a lower back tattoo unless someone mentions it when it shows a little from under my shirt. But one day when I went to a gas station next to my dorm that I had just moved into, I was relentlessly reminded of it.
This particular gas station has a bad reputation around my college campus as being dangerous. I have heard both students and faculty say that people have been shot there. But because everything on campus was closed this summer, this gas station was so close, and I didn't have a refrigerator to keep food in, I often went to this gas station despite it making me feel uneasy. One afternoon I walked into the gas station past a group of seven men who were standing near the register. I didn't make eye contact with any of them, but as I passed, one of the men said loudly to one of his companions, "She's got a tattoo! Look at that sexy tattoo she's got! She's got a tattoo. Bet she thinks she's fine." I kept walking, trying to ignore him without looking at him. "I see you smilin', girl," the same man called after me, even though I had clearly not been smiling. I quickly made my way to the back of the store while the men remained in the front, being loud and obnoxious to the woman working the cash register. I waited until they had left before I went to get the food that I had come for. And even then, I waited a few more minutes to be sure that they wouldn't be waiting outside. There were so many of them, and I didn't feel comfortable with the thought of having to walk past them again.
When I got back to my dorm, I was flustered, and I quickly checked a mirror to see how much of my tattoo had been showing. Not even half an inch. This unnerved me even more, as I tried to figure out what had caught the man's eye in the first place. I was mad that this man felt he had the right to comment about my appearance, especially because the tattoo that was being commented on was a feminist tattoo. It's meant to make a statement about how unacceptable it is for women to have to experience harassment and have people assume things about their sexuality just from a tattoo. The irony in this experience mirrors the irony in my choice of placement for my tattoo in a sad, although not completely unexpected way.


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|In This Issue:
Commission Considers Capacity Study
"The Blue-Ribbon Task Force on the Capacity of New Jersey's Higher Education System presented its final report and recommendations to the Commission on Higher Education in January..."
Newark's Science Park Moves Forward
"With the planned addition of a world-class center for infectious disease research, the four colleges and universities that make up the Council for Higher Education in Newark are a giant step closer to realizing their vision for a science and technology park in the city's Central Ward..."
Governor's FY'99 Budget Has Increases for Higher Education
"The proposed budget for FY 1999 unveiled by Governor Whitman this month includes several important increases for higher education..."
EOF Board Adopts Opportunity For a New Millennium
"The Educational Opportunity Fund recently adopted a systemwide plan that articulates the vision, mission, strategic goals, and accountability recommendations that will guide the program's continuing efforts to provide disadvantaged students with higher education access and support..."
Executive Director Looks at the Year Ahead
"The year ahead promises to be another busy one for the Commission and New Jersey higher education institutions. Several new projects are planned for 1998, and technology-related change is everpresent..."
The Blue-Ribbon Task Force on the Capacity of New Jersey's Higher Education System presented its final report and recommendations to the Commission on Higher Education in January.
"The task force's findings are very positive," Joseph D. Williams, chairman of the Blue-Ribbon Task Force, told Commission members when he presented the task force's extensive report. "While there are a few unmet needs, we found that New Jersey's higher education system is well placed to meet current and future demand. No new institutions are necessary to meet the needs of students, employers, and the state, and no major changes in the system are warranted."
The task force was appointed one year ago to examine the higher education system and its capacity to meet the needs of the state and its diverse population. It was specifically charged by the Commission with making recommendations on the establishment, expansion, closure, or consolidation of institutions, in response to a mandate in the Higher Education Restructuring Act of 1994.
The task force considered broad public input regarding the demand for and delivery of higher education programs. It considered testimony presented by 80 people as well as written comments submitted by over 200 individuals and organizations.
The Commission will discuss the task force's report and consider public input at its monthly meeting on February 27. Adoption of a final report and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature is scheduled for March 27.
The task force found New Jersey's higher education delivery structure to be generally efficient. With 56 public and independent colleges and universities, the panel concluded that the state does not have a surplus of institutions relative to its population, and nearly all public institutions operate at cost-effective enrollment levels. Program duplication is low, collaboration among institutions is extensive, and instructional space is used efficiently.
The report contains eight recommendations the task force believes will help the higher education system better meet the future needs of New Jersey and its citizens.
Among these is the suggestion that New Jersey es-tablish multi-institution centers involving partnerships between existing two- and four-year institutions. The centers will meet regional and program-specific higher education needs through collaborative and joint degree programs that are offered both on site and through distance learning.
While the report notes that the outmigration of New Jersey students does not negatively affect the state's level of educational attainment or its supply of qualified employees, it does acknowledge that the recruitment and retention of high-achieving students can favorably impact institutional quality. Therefore, the task force recommends that the Commission on Higher Education, working with the Presidents' Council, may wish to examine the many facets of quality necessary to achieve New Jersey's vision for higher education excellence, including the enrollment of high-achieving students.
Finding a large number of degree programs in the state with low enrollments, the task force recommends that the Commission ask each institution's board of trustees to justify undergraduate programs with less than 25 majors and graduate programs with fewer than 10 majors, phase them out, or offer them in collaboration with other institutions.
Given the importance of ensuring access to higher education for an increasingly diverse population, the task force recommends that the Commission seek enhanced state support for programs that serve students who are academically or economically disadvantaged and those who speak English as a second language, such as the Educational Opportunity Fund, Tuition Aid Grants, and ESL programs. In order to ensure the continued optimal usage of college and university facilities, it also suggests that the Commission work with the state to establish a program for ongoing building maintenance and renewal that takes precedence over funding for new construction.
A summary of the report and recommendations of
the Blue-Ribbon Task Force is available here.
Newark's Science Park Moves Forward
With the planned addition of a world-class center for infectious disease research, the four colleges and universities that make up the Council for Higher Education in Newark are a giant step closer to realizing their vision for a science and technology park in the city's Central Ward.
Construction of the International Center for Public Health is expected to begin in March 1999, launching the second phase of development of the University Heights Science Park. The 161,600 square foot facility will be largely funded with $60 million in state grants and loans.
The center will house the Public Health Research Institute, a New York-based biomedical research institute that focuses on infectious disease and public health research, including the study of antibiotic resistance and the development of new antibiotics. The National Tuberculosis Center at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and the medical school's Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics will also move into the new public health center. Officials hope to attract private technology companies to adjacent building sites.
The 50-acre mixed use University Heights Science Park is a collaborative venture between Newark's higher education institutions (Rutgers University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Essex County College, and UMDNJ), the City of Newark, and private industry. It aims to harness university research as a force for urban and regional economic and community development.
The ambitious project will link higher education and industry, thereby easing the transfer of technology from universities to Science Park companies. It also strives to improve the quality of life for Newark residents by creating jobs and business opportunities, improving education, and providing housing, day care, and retail space.
The first phase of Science Park, completed in 1996, includes a small office and laboratory building, a 30,000 square foot business incubator that houses 17 technology start-up companies, and a child care center. Ultimately, plans call for $350 million worth of construction over 15 years that will include an 800-student science high school, housing, and retail space as well as technology laboratories, business incubators, and office space.
Although Science Park is open to all technology companies, the focus is on four technology clusters that reflect the research strengths of the sponsoring institutions: biosciences and biotechnology, information and communications technology, environmental and energy technology, and advanced manufacturing technology.
The proposed budget for FY 1999 unveiled by Governor Whitman this month includes several important increases for higher education.
The Governor's budget includes a $12 million increase in operating aid for the 19 community colleges, the first step in moving toward the balanced funding partnership recommended by the Commission on Higher Education. It also provides a $26 million increase in operating aid for the senior public institutions.
The budget includes a performance funding initiative, based on a recommendation by the Commission, that rewards public institutions for achieving statewide goals. Each public institution is slated to receive its full performance allocation for FY 1999; beginning in FY 2000 institutional allocations of up to 1% of operating aid will be based on performance in key areas such as graduation and transfer rates and operating efficiency.
The proposed budget also earmarks $10 million more in spending for Tuition Aid Grants than is projected for the current year, enabling the state to increase both the number and size of grant awards. The Governor also proposed initial funding of $450,000 for planning grants to involve colleges and universities in urban revitalization, an initiative recommended by the Commission.
The Educational Opportunity Fund recently adopted a systemwide plan that articulates the vision, mission, strategic goals, and accountability recommendations that will guide the program's continuing efforts to provide disadvantaged students with higher education access and support.
Opportunity for a New Millennium culminates a year-long planning process to explore how the EOF program should best address New Jersey's changing economic, educational, and social conditions. It responds to the Commission on Higher Education's long-range plan, which called upon the EOF Board of Directors to develop a mission statement and strategic goals for the program.
Following an extensive dialogue with key stakeholders, the EOF Board developed a shared vision and an expanded mission for the EOF program that address the guiding principles of promoting access, enhancing quality, and maintaining accountability.
"Our dialogue with the EOF community was inclusive of varying viewpoints, resulting in a vision and mission for the Fund that is not prescriptive, but nevertheless clearly expresses its role and strategic direction," said Herbert Flamer, the EOF Board member (and former chair) who spearheaded the planning process.
Launched in 1968, New Jersey's EOF program is one of the nation's most comprehensive and successful state-supported efforts to provide access to higher education for disadvantaged students. It encompasses supplemental financial aid to help individuals attend college as well as an array of campus-based support services to improve students' chances of academic success. The EOF Board also oversees several small grant programs for graduate and professional school students.
EOF is a collaborative effort between the state, which administers the program, colleges and universities, which recruit and directly serve students, and the students themselves. Opportunity for a New Millennium stresses the importance of these partners working together to address the recommendations contained in the plan.
The plan contains a number of key recommendations that will assure the Fund's continued ability to provide access and opportunity to disadvantaged students, including:
"Opportunity for a New Millennium lays the groundwork to strengthen and enhance EOF's role as a leader in increasing educational diversity at New Jersey's colleges and universities," said EOF Board chair James Avery.
Opportunity for a New Millennium is available here
or by calling the Commission's EOF Office at (609) 984-2709.
The year ahead promises to be another busy one for the Commission and New Jersey higher education institutions. Several new projects are planned for 1998, and technology-related change is everpresent.
In the coming months, the Commission will continue advocacy initiated in the fall for its FY 1999 budget policy recommendations. A committee of Commission members and college presidents will evaluate the impact of restructuring, as required by the Higher Education Restructuring Act. Another committee appointed in January will monitor progress in implementing New Jersey's Plan for Higher Education and determine the need for further recommendations to realize the vision articulated in the plan. In addition, a publication about New Jersey business and higher education connections is being planned, and a fall conference for institutional trustees is slated.
With enactment of legislation to raise the bid threshold for state colleges (from $7,500 to $17,700), the Commission will promote other recommended strategies for reducing administrative burdens and increasing institutional flexibility. And, the Commission's K-12/Higher Education Collaboration Committee and the Department of Education will explore ways to improve teacher preparation.
Over the next few months, New Jersey colleges and universities will petition the Commission for bond moneys from the Technology Infrastructure Fund enacted last fall. The distribution of these funds will complement the technology-driven changes already occurring throughout higher education.
Nationally, institutions are using new technologies in various ways, such as faculty web pages, on-line instruction, and collaborative degree programs that involve higher education, business, and industry. In New Jersey, for example, a consortium involving NJIT, UMDNJ, Georgian Court College, and community colleges in Cumberland, Salem, Ocean, and Burlington counties have established an Economic Development Network for academic instruction, workforce training, and interactive videoconferencing that will serve students and small- and medium-sized businesses in four South Jersey counties.
Institutions are also exploring ways to enhance K-12 education through technology. For example, based on strategies it implemented in New Jersey, Stevens Institute of Technology, working with the National League for Innovation in the Community College, won a $909,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to train K-12 teachers in Florida, Arizona, and Ohio to integrate Internet technology into classroom instruction.
Colleges and universities hope that technology will increase their effectiveness, capacity, and productivity, while moving the campus culture toward more learner-centered systems. Great expectations for technology are tempered by concerns about the significant costs of interconnectivity and ongoing equipment updates.
Recognizing this, last summer the Commission petitioned the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to create a state universal service fund that provides higher education with telecommunications discounts similar to those that K-12 schools and public libraries are eligible to receive under a new federal law.
These are just a few of the issues and activities that will shape the higher education agenda for the coming year. The Commission looks forward to working with the higher education community and other constituencies to address these and emerging opportunities.


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Audio: DPS student thanks teachers
Sometimes we forget.
Discussion over how to improve education is important but sometimes we forget to stop and consider the power of good teachers. We forget to say thank you.
Elicia Dennis, a senior at George Washington High School, reminded hundreds of people last night at the Denver Public Schools' Achieve Gala.
"When I was in fifth grade my school had an after school science program that I dreamed of participating in but, due to my familial situation, I did not have transportation home afterwards," Dennis said. " To make sure I was not denied an opportunity to further my learning, my teachers joined together and took turns giving me a ride home."
Dennis' speech was a tribute to the teachers who made a difference in her life. Take 12 minutes and listen to her speech. It's a good reminder.


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Satan, El Diablo, EA...he goes by many names, but throughout he is the Devil - an entity of pure evil, usually ruling over Hell, and always causing trouble for the noble heroes of the world. In videogames, it's no different - well, except you can usually defeat him and end evil's reign forever. Here are ten games that took the highway to Hell with devil characters worth button-mashing right back to the underworld, listed in ascending order of soul-rending terror.
Devils are low-level grunts in the Toejam and Earl universe, so look elsewhere for the moral fright offered by great horror movies and standard Catholic school educations. These red-horned cartoon demons are mixed in with the many Earthlings you need to avoid in the floating-in-space Earth islands you're stranded on. If you were expecting mind-scorching nightmare creatures, please keep in mind you're trying to reassemble your spaceship and return to Planet Funkotron, as a pair of alien rappers who make DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince look like they've seen some shit. It's one of the sillier takes on Satan in gaming, but harshes your vibe just enough to make a fun game trickier (especially when you're caught in a hypnotic hula dance). Still, something tells us this isn't exactly the devil Ozzy Osbourne was singing about.
You may already know the first Puyo Puyo in its Americanized adaptations, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine and Kirby's Avalanche. But did you know the much-weirder Japanese game is a block-dropping battle with an anime Anti-Christ? It's competitive proto-Bejeweled, but with a complex storyline where the Prince of Darkness is more of a Prince of Lisa Frank Color Schemes. Puyo Puyo's Satan isn't interested in stealing your soul. He's too busy making the sun bigger and hotter, because it'll create an Endless Summer where he's surrounded by bikini babes, and because what's life without whimsy? It's like the designers of Puyo Puyo are saying "We're the ones making this thing, and our Satan is going to be the Japanese puzzle game villain version of Leisure Suit Larry."
How scary can the Devil really be when you're half-devil and your dad kicked his ass? That's the question (accidentally) posed by the first Devil May Cry, which somehow lowers the stakes of a confrontation with The Father Of Lies. Yeah yeah, we get it, Mundus is a horrifying three-eyed demon emperor who hated you and your (demon) father. But if Pops kicked his ass already, and you've handled everything else the game threw at you already, how hard is this pocket-dimensional boss battle really going to be? It's as if Shooter McGavin's son was like "I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast, Happy Gilmore Junior!" and expected that to come off as threatening.
The Castlevania reboot has Satan kill Sir Patrick Stewart ('s character), explain that he's orchestrated everything you've done until this point, and attempt to storm Heaven and kill God. He's also voiced by Jason Isaacs, the guy who played Draco Malfoy's dad with such skill that he could creep us out and rock the "Legolas/Edgar Winter Blonde Flow" hairstyle. Terrifying Anti-Christ, right? Well, this Satan is flawed in more ways than the character: he only does anything in the game's ending, the way he's worked into the game demands a tiresome orgy of cutscene mythos-building, and his character design looks like Nathan Explosion with a dark cloud for pants.
At first Emperor Mateus merely seems bent on conquering the world with demonic allies...but it goes deeper than that. He's so evil that his cover story for what he's really up to is "conquer the world." From there, you discover that Mateus defeated Satan to take over all of Hell and become the new Lucifer, because apparently the position is transferable if you're willing to cover your own expenses for travel, gas, and Lakers-colors drag queen ensembles. And late in the game, Emperor Mateus raises the capital of Hell onto Earth, and fighting the Devil on his own earthly turf is a pretty scary, Rapture-y conceit, despite the glitzy Final Fantasy art direction that makes most of Hell staggeringly purple.


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Silicon Valley embraces open source as a moneymaker
Open source is going commercial.
Once an esoteric philosophy that called for people around the world to collectively create and give away software, Silicon Valley is increasingly embracing the open source ethos as a way to make money.
To expand the small market for electric cars, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk this week said he would share the company's technology with competitors.
He follows industry leaders like Google, which has long allowed outside companies to customize its mobile operating system at no charge - helping put Android smartphones and tablets into the hands of customers around the world. Even Facebook is extolling the virtues of open source, which enables outside programmers to spot security flaws and helps preserve a spirit of innovation in a company now far from its startup roots.
"Open source is part of Facebook's DNA," software engineer Avery Ching told a recent technology conference in Mountain View. Founder Mark Zuckerberg "didn't build his own server at Harvard. He used open source software."
But, as the business grew larger over the years, "this is an area where we have been struggling," Ching said. "But we recently took some serious strides to making open source more prominent at Facebook. We're getting bug fixes for things we haven't really seen yet."
As defined by the Open Source Initiative, the phrase, coined 16 years ago in Palo Alto, means people not only can access and modify software code but redistribute it for free.
The whole concept might seem out of place given Silicon Valley's propensity to sue over intellectual property rights. Witness the epic global struggle between Apple and Samsung, two tech giants that have accused each other of violating patents.
Patents 'incompatible'
But the valley is starting to sense that enforcing patents doesn't always make sense.
"Patents are so incompatible with the open source software philosophy," said Daniel Nazer, a staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco.
That's Musk's mantra. The Tesla CEO didn't decide to give away his company's technology because he is a nice guy. Instead, Musk realized that electric cars won't gain mass acceptance if he is the only one making them.
"Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport," Musk said this week. "If we clear a path to the creation of compelling electric vehicles, but then lay intellectual property land mines behind us to inhibit others, we are acting in a manner contrary to that goal."
Nazer said Musk's move made perfect business sense.
"Some people see the decision as a radical move," Nazer said. "But when you think about it, Musk is saying that he'd rather control 20 percent of a large electric car market instead of 90 percent of a small market."
The ideology is appealing to cash-strapped startups that need to control costs.
"Open source is becoming a thing that startups do," said Ryan Singer, co-founder of bitcoin security firm CryptoCorp. "They will never pay licensing fees because they can't afford it."
Speeds development
Larger tech companies find that developing technology through the open source community not only saves money but also allows them to develop products faster, said Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, which promotes the use of the pioneering open source operating system Linux.
Last year, the top tech firms spent a combined $63.4 billion on research and development. But most of the good stuff "didn't originate internally but from innovation outside the company," Zemlin said. "Open software attracts better talent because most of the best software engineers in the world belong to the open source community."
As a result, even old-guard tech companies like IBM, Intel and Hewlett-Packard have established dedicated open source teams.
Under James Pearce, who runs Facebook's open source efforts, the firm recently established an online hub at code.facebook.com, where people can view the social network's open source projects and find information about related events and conferences. It's his job to knock down the barriers between Facebook's engineers and the collective wisdom of the rest of the world.
"Facebook has to take more of a leadership role in fostering the open source community," Ching said. "Let's just stop throwing things at the wall."
Thomas Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle business columnist. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @ByTomLee.


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Carrying a passenger on a scooter reduces performance, makes cornering tricky and looks ridiculous. Leave it to the Japanese to turn it into a competitive sport.
This event is called the Osu Rider's Cup and it appears to take place several times a year on a go-kart track. Don't be fooled by the relatively slow speeds, getting the most out of a CVT-equipped scooter while hauling double the usual weight is an incredibly tricky task. Making things worse, that extra weight is tall and tends to move around behind you. It also extends the front suspension which makes steering slow and imprecise and makes front end washouts not just likely, but inevitable. The passenger also compresses the rear and adds too much weight for the damping to cope with, meaning the rear end will wobble around on over-compressed springs with very little control.
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