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Latrisha Simpson, 21, of Blountstown, says she was walking along Hugh Creek Road May 15 with her 18 month old niece when she was struck by a vehicle.
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Latrisha says she was just a couple yards from her sister's mailbox when she was hit. "I noticed the vehicle and stepped off the road to the grass," she explains. "I don't know if they were drinking or texting or what." After the vehicle hit her, Latrisha says the driver slowed down for a moment, then sped away.
Latrisha was taken to Calhoun-Liberty Hospital for injuries to her left arm. She was treated, released and referred to a specialist for further care. She had been carrying her niece in her left arm, but, fortunately, "I had just switched her over to the other arm," she states.
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LIVE from the NYPL | Recorded live at the New York Public Library, Celeste Auditorium, June 30, 2018.
From My Lai to Abu Ghraib, Seymour Hersh has broken some of the most impactful stories of the last half century. In the process, he has earned dozens of prizes for the New York Times and New Yorker, where he was a longtime staff writer. Now, for the first time, Hersh has stepped back to write a memoir, Reporter, some of which was researched at The New York Public Library. Hersh poured over documents from the New York Times Company Archives in the library's reading room, so it's only fitting that he should return here to discuss the resulting memoir, which tells the stories behind headlines that made history. Join us to hear those stories, along with more than a few "unwanted truths" — all from the man David Remnick once described as "quite simply, the greatest investigative journalist of his era."
Isaac Shapiro | Edokko: Growing up a Stateless Foreigner in Wartime Japan
Issac Shapiro reads from his memoir, Edokko, and answers questions from the audience.
In 1926, professional musicians Constantine Shapiro, born in Moscow, 1896 and Lydia Chernetsky (Odessa, 1905) met and married in Berlin, Germany after their respective families had suffered continuous persecution in war-torn Russia, or the Soviet Union, as it was known after 1922. With Hitler's national socialism on the rise, remaining in Berlin was for the newly-weds out of the question and they decided to continue their odyssey, first to Palestine, then China, to ultimately spend the World War II years in the relative safety of Japan. In 1931, they found themselves in Japan, where Isaac, son number four and author of this memoir, was born. A few years later, with World War II imminently looming, and the subsequent bombing of Pearl Harbor, their lives were disrupted once again. In 1944, the Yokohama shore was banned for foreigners and the Shapiro family including their five children, were forced to move to Tokyo, where they survived endless hardships, among others the intensified strategic United States bombing campaigns on Tokyo. Operation Meetinghouse started March 9, 1945 and is regarded as the single most destructive bombing raid in human history. The Japanese later called the operation the Night of the Black Snow. During the subsequent American occupation of Japan, 14-year-old Isaac, being multilingual, was hired as an interpreter by John Calvin 'Toby' Munn, a United States Marine colonel, (later promoted to Lt. Gen.) who, when the war was over, paved the way for Isaac, or Ike as he soon became known, to immigrate to the United States. In the summer of 1946, Isaac landed in Hawaii, at the time a United States territory, altering the course of his life forever.
Andrew Sean Greer: 2018 National Book Festival
Andrew Sean Greer discusses "Less" at the 2018 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography: Andrew Sean Greer is the best-selling author of five works of fiction, including "The Confessions of Max Tivoli," which was named a best book of 2004 by the San Francisco Chronicle and the Chicago Tribune. He is the recipient of the Northern California Book Award, the California Book Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Award, the O Henry award for short fiction and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Public Library. His new novel is "Less" (Lee Boudreaux), winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Greer lives in San Francisco. He has traveled to all of the locations in this novel, but he is only big in Italy.
Esi Edugyan: The Waterstones Interview
Esi Edugyan's new novel, Washington Black, saw her shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for the second book in a row. We sat down with her to talk about the book's theme's of slavery, freedom and guilt; and to discuss how much progress has really been made for black people in America and elsewhere since abolition.
Isabel Allende: "The Influence of Hispanic Culture in Literature"
Google celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month by speaking with Isabel Allende, famed Chilean journalist and author, renowned for writing international bestsellers including "The House of Spirits," "City of the Beasts," "Inés of My Soul" and "Paula." She has written over 25 books that have been translated into more than 35 languages and sold more than 67 million copies, and among other awards, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2017.
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Tayari Jones: 2018 National Book Festival
Tayari Jones discusses "An American Marriage" at the 2018 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
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Laura Esther Wolfson: "For Single Mothers Working as Train Conductors"
Laura Esther Wolfson is the author of "For Single Mothers Working as Train Conductors," which won the Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction. In this talk she provides a quirky insider view of her experience working as a translator and interpreter at the United Nations and reads her essay "Proust at Rush Hour."
Tim Wu + Zephyr Teachout | The Curse of Bigness
Tim Wu and Zephyr Teachout discuss Wu's new book "The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age."
We live in an "oligopoly age" where many industries are controlled by just a few firms — big banks, big pharma, big tech. Bigness has become too much of a drain on the nation's economy, and too far a deviation from the type of open capitalism that has, at times, created a broad-based wealth and promised a sense of opportunity to every generation. There is a good reason to believe that we once again face the "Curse of Bigness," in the phrase used by Justice Louis Brandeis, to describe the challenges confronting the United States a century ago. Columbia law professor Tim Wu tells the story of what went wrong, and calls for recovering the lost tenets of trustbusters as part of a broader revival of American progressive ideas in a new age of extreme economic inequality.
Joining Tim in conversation will be attorney, activist, and Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout, author of "Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United."
Indigenous Writers' Gathering
"I think everyone should be encouraged and listened to when they need to tell their truth." —Katherena Vermette Katherena Vermette, Tracey Lindberg and Cherie Dimaline appeared at the Toronto Reference Library to discuss Race, Representation and Reconciliation with Canada Reads Host Ali Hassan.
Lisa Brennan-Jobs: "Small Fry" | Talks at Google
Lisa Brennan-Jobs reads from and discusses her new memoir, "Small Fry," a poignant coming-of-age story about growing up in Silicon Valley that chronicles her relationship with her father, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
PEN America Break Out: Voices From the Inside at the Brooklyn Book Festival 2018
A night of award-winning work from the 2018 Prison Writing Contest staged by Joshua Bennett, Ammayeah Benton, Sergio De La Pava, Baz Dreisinger, Brendan Kiely, Ian Manuel, Jackie Wang, and Rehabilitation Through the Arts' alumni theater group. Currently incarcerated artists were commissioned to score collaborative movement and song for the event through Dances For Solidarity and Musicambia.
Kiese Laymon | Heavy: An American Memoir
Join us as Kiese Laymon shares his highly-anticipated forthcoming book Heavy: An American Memoir.
It's a searing memoir that explores what the weight of a lifetime of secrets, lies, and deception does to a black body, a black family, and a nation teetering on the brink of moral collapse.
With a commitment to facing hard truths, Heavy charts Laymon's early experiences of sexual violence and toxic masculinity growing up in Jackson, Mississippi; his complex and often painful relationship to his brilliant mother; first-hand experiences with racism in academia; and the physical manifestations of trauma, including obesity, anorexia, and gambling addiction, on his own body.
Kiese Laymon is a black southern writer, born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. Laymon attended Millsaps College and Jackson State University before graduating from Oberlin College. He earned an MFA in Fiction from Indiana University. Laymon is currently a Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of the award-winning novel, Long Division and a collection of essays, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America. Laymon has written for numerous publications including New York Times, NPR, Los Angeles Times, Esquire, The Guardian, McSweeneys, Colorlines, The Best American Series, Ebony and many others. He is a contributing editor of Oxford American.
RO Kwon on "The Incendiaries" at the 2018 Miami Book Fair
RO Kwon on "The Incendiaries" at the 2018 Miami Book Fair interview by Rich Fahle.
"Radiant...A dark, absorbing story of how first love can be as intoxicating and dangerous as religious fundamentalism." —New York Times Book Review
A powerful, darkly glittering novel of violence, love, faith, and loss, as a young woman at an elite American university is drawn into a cult's acts of terrorism.
Phoebe Lin and Will Kendall meet in their first month at prestigious Edwards University. Phoebe is a glamorous girl who doesn't tell anyone she blames herself for her mother's recent death. Will is a misfit scholarship boy who transfers to Edwards from Bible college, waiting tables to get by. What he knows for sure is that he loves Phoebe.
Grieving and guilt-ridden, Phoebe is drawn into a secretive cult founded by a charismatic former student with an enigmatic past. When the group commits a violent act in the name of faith, Will finds himself struggling to confront a new version of the fanaticism he's worked so hard to escape. Haunting and intense, The Incendiaries is a fractured love story that explores what can befall those who lose what they love most.
Lauren Hendricks: "Fighting Poverty with Data"
Lauren Hendricks is the Executive Vice President for Program Strategy and Institutional Relations at Grameen Foundation, a global nonprofit that creates breakthrough solutions spanning financial, agricultural and health services. Grameen uses digital technology and strengthen local partner networks to design and deliver solutions that open opportunity for women and families living in poverty.
Lauren leads a riveting discussion, giving a broad overview of Grameen's work to use new digital technology to solve the lingering problems facing the nearly one billion people still living in poverty today. She also gives a detailed overview of some of Grameen's work focused on data-driven solutions, including a new SAT4Faming Project, through which we are developing a geo data-enabled agriculture service and technology platform aimed at increasing the farm yields of smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana. Lauren also discusses potential uses for data collected during Grameen Foundation projects that will enable the development community to better understand our beneficiaries and the field workers who interact with them.
Gerhard Steidl & Orhan Pamuk
Join us for an event with the iconic publishing company STEIDL to celebrate a series of book launches. The evening features works from Orhan Pamuk, Martin Schoeller, Karine Laval, Lawrence Schwartzwald, and Tod Papageorge, with an introduction by Gerhard Steidl.
Orhan Pamuk 'Balkon' - In the winter of 2011 Nobel-Prize-winning Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk took 8,500 color photographs from his balcony with its panoramic view of Istanbul, the entrance of the Bosphorus, the old town, the Asian and European sides of the city, the surrounding hills, and the distant islands and mountains. Sometimes he would leave his writing desk and follow the movements of the boats as they passed in front of his apartment and sailed far away.
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by JIM HARRIS
"Do what you're told!" Who among us has not been given that piece of sage advice time and time again from parents, teachers and all manner of authority figures while growing up. But is it always a good idea?
Back in the 1980s I befriended a young Russian immigrant named Vladimir. He was fresh off the boat, barely spoke any English and considered himself lucky to have found a job as a dishwasher at a Center City restaurant.
The thing about Vlad I remember most is that he always did what he was told. He was almost fanatically respectful of authority and the status quo. He was afraid to make waves of any kind. If someone on a TV commercial said, "Call now," he would call. I remember he always used to change his clock over to daylight savings time at precisely 2AM so that it would never have the wrong time.
I lost touch with Vlad in the '90s, but over the years I've often thought of him fondly and wondered what it would be like if I always did exactly what I was told. I recently decided to give it a try for one month.
The first week was easy. All I had to do was "Enjoy" a meal, "Stop and smell the roses" and "Have a nice day." Things started getting a little weird, though, in week two. I had to "Go fly a kite," "Jump in a lake" and "Play 'Freebird'" 17 times in a row while doing a bar gig with my band.
It gets worse. In week three, I was leaving a store and saw a sign on the door that said, "Please come again," so I turned around and walked right back in. After several rounds of trying to get me to leave, they had to remove the sign so that I could go.
But my biggest problems have arisen from watching TV. For example, following the instructions of a TV commercial, I called my doctor and asked him if Nasonex was right for me. He asked me what I wanted it for. I said I didn't know, but that there had been a giant talking nose on TV who told me to ask. The doc said he was very busy and that I shouldn't call him again. I promised not to call again, but then I saw the ad once more and I HAD to call again. I have a new doctor now.
Also problematic are those special interest TV spots disguised as public service announcements. You know, the ones that say things like, "Tell Congress to raise the debt ceiling, lower the minimum wage and allow the sale of assault weapons to orangutans." I used to think, "If you're so worried about it, YOU tell them, but since taking the obedience pledge, I now spend half my time calling Congress. I've tried watching less TV, but I keep seeing ads on buses telling me to watch more TV.
And even when I'm online, I get tweets and emails telling me to sign petitions to "Bring back the Gong Show," "Ban prayer in churches," "Send the homeless back where they belong" or "Make public belching a federal offense." It's all very time-consuming. Once, when I was surfing the net, an ad popped up and told me to "Find a self-storage unit near you," which I did, then to "Reserve your self-storage unit online." Okay, so now I've stored myself here in bin number 7143 at the Public Storage facility. Not bad. It's air-conditioned, and it has 24/7 security.
Over the last three weeks, in the interest of doing what I'm told, I've become a Jehovah's Witness, joined the Communist Party (I tried to join the Army but they laughed at me), donated half of my life savings to the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, and agreed to vote for both Romney AND Obama.
I've also purchased a used car, aluminum siding, life insurance, and magazine subscriptions to "Men's Glamour," "Animal Porn" and "Gravedigger's Monthly." It's been a harrowing few weeks. So far, at least, no one has told me to do anything obscene or immoral, but THERE'S STILL TIME! OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY! CALL NOW!


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bkwines needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 30 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
I'm young winemaker in the Adelaide Hills , this wine will be Named Ferris wheel (ferris wheel been a metaphor for the wine industry) with it's up's and down's.
looking to make this wine at 25 to 55 age group.
looking for a 1930's style washed out colours and needs to have a Ferris wheel on it and the name Ferris wheel.
Label size is 70mm long by 90mm high.
i will Attach file of the labels we all ready have.
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Dwood610 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 127 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
Vision 33 - Central Baptist Church - http://www.cbcjacksonville.com
We're a Great Commandment Church seeking to fulfill the Great Commission serving Christ in our community! For the last 107 years, our church has served the Lord here in East Texas and we plan to keep doing so!
Seven years ago, our church moved to our present location - new location, new facilities and new opportunities. We did not, however, develop a long range plan for how we would develop all 33 acres of our property. That's what this project - Vision 33 - intends to show how we plan to develop that which the Lord has graciously given to us. Some of it will be used to develop new facilities. Other parts of the acreage will serve as a park-type facility. Still other parts will serve as athletic fields. All of it will be new work for us (the land is empty acreage right now) thus our desire to have a visual anchor to our marketing of this campaign. The land has a creek flowing through it, lots of pine trees and, in the spring, a million wild-flowers.
Our primary target for this initiative is our existing church membership.
For the most part, our congregation is white-collar middle class professionals. We've got a number of doctors, lawyers, banking professionals, teachers and business owners. We're typical east Texas - lots of hunters (and hunting widows!), football is king and pine trees as far as you can see.
Our church has a personality and character of warmth that is unusually strong. There's a kindness here that I've rarely observed in churches.
Our desire for this project is to help our target audience have a visual anchor for all things related to this project moving forward.
We want something contemporary and fun with traditional elements (since we are a traditional looking building) that will serve as a visual anchor for our vision campaign and our future building program.
Our desire is to connect across generations with this artwork. Our previous campaign (when we constructed our new, current facilities where we are now) was called "For the Generations ahead." I'd LOVE to see that incorporated if possible.
I've attached our current church logo in the color we normally use - green. But we're not attached to any particular color or style.
As for specific requirements, the biggest one is that "Vision 33" be the center-piece displayed in the logo.
No stock art or clip art in the logo.
No cartoons. We want something we can use in the church service.
It doesn't need to be fancy - most of our people are rather simple and the artwork should reflect that.
Full color is preferred.
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
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Presented By THE TAMWORTH REGIONAL GALLERY
This short course is based on observational drawing of the clothed figure during short and long poses. Our vibrant models will present dynamic and varied characters to engage and inspire.
Composition, structure and tonal analysis will be covered in order to interpret the clothed figure in expressive ways.
It will incorporate elements of drapery and portraiture, using a variety of media such as graphite, charcoal, ink and coloured wash to create a broad range of drawing techniques and responses.
While aimed at beginners all levels are welcome. Materials are not part of the initial cost and must be purchased by the student.
A materials list will be supplied on enrolment.
Tuesday Nov 8, 15, 22 & 29
Day class 10am-1pm
Teacher: Gabrielle Collins
Where: Esther Halliday Studio- Tamworth Regional Gallery
Model fee is included in the price


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Suva, Fiji, 28 January 2009 (IUCN) – An agreement signed today between two leading actors in scientific research and action for environment and nature conservation marks a new chapter for conservation and sustainable development in the Pacific islands region. The agreement formalises a long-standing partnership between IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and the University of the South Pacific (USP) and promises to strengthen collaborative initiatives for conservation and sustainable development through research, training and teaching.
Globally recognised as the cutting-edge provider of scientifically-sound standards and practices in nature conservation and sustainability, IUCN brings a leadership role in enhancing the skills of community and government decision-makers in the use of economics, law and policy-related tools and processes. The partnership also provides opportunity to mobilise IUCN's 11,000 member-strong global Commission networks in the Pacific islands region.
USP is the region's leader in research, teaching and training and has a membership of twelve island states. The partnership strengthens the ability of IUCN and USP to promote leadership in sound and responsible use and management of the limited natural resources of the Pacific islands.
"This is a fantastic opportunity to strengthen the contribution of two premier institutions to building the Pacific's scientific knowledge base for biodiversity, nature conservation and sustainable development," says Taholo Kami, Director of IUCN's Regional Office for Oceania.
"IUCN and USP share a common interest not just in terms of scientific research, but also in economic valuation, governance and developing socially equitable models for conservation. Working with USP, IUCN's vast network of experts from our various Commissions can help inform innovative models for change."
Professor Rajesh Chandra, Vice-Chancellor of USP, said that the University welcomed this new partnership, and looked forward to interesting, innovative and sustainable solutions to some of the region's key problems. "USP is making sustainable development one of the pillars of its new strategic plan and will significantly strengthen its capacity to provide high quality education, research and policy support in this vital area. This partnership with IUCN will enable the University to have more significant impact than it would working on its own," said Professor Chandra.
USP has been a member of IUCN since 1990 and has worked closely with IUCN on a number of conservation initiatives across the region over the past two decades.
The Memorandum of Understanding between the two organisations was signed by Taholo Kami and USP's Vice Chancellor, Professor Rajesh Chandra, at a special ceremony at the USP Laucala Campus on Wednesday 28 January.


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It's a pretty good week for Christopher Newport men's basketball coach John Krikorian when an in-season tournament championship that featured a game for the ages was only the second-most important event.
Krikorian's wife, Emily, gave birth to the couple's first son, Jack, a couple of days after the Captains won their CNU Point Plaza Invitational.
CNU (4-0) won the first four-overtime game in the history of the program Saturday, holding off Wesley 81-79. Twenty-four hours later, the Captains edged John Carroll 85-84 for the title, with the very pregnant Emily Krikorian and the couple's two daughters, Lillian and Katherine, in attendance.
"The weekend was kind of hairy," Krikorian said. "The trainers were ready to go, in case anything happened. We had a pretty good plan in place."
Maybe a more finely tuned plan for possible labor and childbirth than the Captains' basketball team had. CNU has only two seniors, and eight freshmen and sophomores, among its top 11 players.
"We're excited about our youth and depth and talent," Krikorian said, "but we know that our inexperience at times is going to lead to some challenges."
The Captains outplayed both Wesley and John Carroll for lengthy stretches, but were unable to hold second-half leads. During the four-overtime game against Wesley, Krikorian began to wonder if the Captains might just play straight through to Sunday. The game featured 14 ties and 11 lead changes.
"By the third one, I had no idea what overtime period we were in," he said. "They told me after the game we had four. I had no clue. You could have told me two, you could have told me 10, I had no idea. I just knew we kept playing."
Krikorian thought the Captains lost at the end of the first overtime period, but Wesley forward David Langan missed a short shot at the buzzer.
CNU sophomore guard Mike Cherry, voted the tournament's outstanding player, scored 28 points against Wesley, despite a poor shooting performance from the field. He hit 15 of 17 free throws, to offset 6-for-19 shooting and 1-for-11 from 3-point range.
Cherry played 54 of 60 minutes. Forward Nik Biberaj played 44 minutes. Ten players logged at least 13 minutes.
Krikorian instructed everyone who played significant minutes Saturday to take an ice bath to aid recovery. He tapered Sunday's pre-game shootaround to a simple walk-through.
Cherry came back refreshed against John Carroll in the title game. He scored 26 points on 8 of 15 shooting, hitting 6 of 8 from 3-point range. His jump shot with three seconds remaining was the game winner.
"He's a terrific player and an excellent shooter," Krikorian said. "I wasn't even worried about him. He's not going to have two bad shooting games in a row. He's such a confident kid in his ability. He came out firing Sunday, almost to prove a point. That's just the type of player he is."
The challenge of preparing the players for Sunday was as much mental as physical.
"We just told them, you're kids – 18, 19, 20 years old," Krikorian said. "You're resilient. You should be ready to go."
The difference against John Carroll, however, probably was Tra Benefield. The Captains' junior and second-leading scorer missed Saturday's game to attend a family funeral in Georgia. He and his father and sister drove through the night and returned at 5 a.m. Sunday. He finished with 12 points and eight rebounds and played 39 of 40 minutes.
"While maybe he didn't get as good a sleep as everyone else, he was the freshest guy on the team," Krikorian said. "It was huge to have him back. I don't know that we could have really rallied without him."
Besides the usual suspects of Cherry, Biberaj and Benefield, the Captains got valuable contributions from senior Jon Snead, sophomore Bryan Stith and freshmen Connor Laframboise and Patrick Fehl.
The weekend's downer was the loss of sophomore guard Justin Watson. His foot had been bothering him for weeks, and he was in much discomfort after playing 25 minutes against Wesley. He missed the John Carroll game and underwent foot surgery earlier this week. He is expected to miss at least six weeks.
Every day is a learning experience for a young team, and Krikorian believes that those 2 1/2 games will pay dividends.
"It's going to help us, there's no doubt," he said. "We learned so much in those two games. We faced a ton of adversity. We gave up leads. We had all sorts of breakdowns. Yet we came out with a win. We preach to our guys that winning covers a multitude of sins. But I think the guys really were awakened and realized that, hey, if we don't finish games, it's going to cost us."
The Captatins open USA South play Saturday with a trip to Maryville, then travel to St. Mary's in Maryland next week.
"We're going to continue to get tested," Krikorian said. "If we can win the close ones along the way, great. If we lose, we're going to learn, too. The focus remains on growing and not necessarily winning at this point."


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AMD Radeon HD 5830 Graphics Card Review - 5870 Eyefinity Edition too!
AMD fills another price segment while NVIDIA waits
How do enthusiasts love the AMD GPU team these days? Let us count the ways:
- ATI Radeon HD 5870
1GB Graphics Card and AMD Eyefinity Review
- AMD Radeon HD 5850
1GB Review - Cyprus gets a bit cheaper
- AMD Radeon HD 5770
and HD 5750 Review - Juniper and DX11 for all
- AMD Radeon HD 5970
2GB Review - AMDomination
- AMD Radeon HD 5670
Review - DX11 breaches the $100 mark
- AMD Radeon HD 5570
and 5450 Review - DX11 HTPC Goodness
Since September 23rd, 2009 AMD has released at least 8 new graphics card options for the consumer; from the initial release of the HD 5870 to the dual-GPU performance of the HD 5970 and even down the low cost HTPC and upgrade markets with the HD 5400 and HD 5500 series. Not only that but there are more cards and SKUs that have been released that we haven't even tested yet in the sub-$100 segment. And today, AMD fills another price void with another GPU offering, the Radeon HD 5830 that will sit between the HD 5850 and HD 5770 in both price, and we are told, performance.
But will it be a better option for our readers than either abutting graphics card? That has yet to be seen.
Cypress gets another member: The Radeon HD 5830
First, I need to clarify a misspelling of mine that I have apparently had since the first HD 5870 release back in September - Cypress -> Cyprus. Really, can I be faulted? Apparently it really is "Cypress" so I'll try to keep that straight from here on out.
In the world of AMD DX11-GPUs (Evergreen series) there are few different names you need to know. Cypress is the primary part, the GPU that holds up to 1600 stream processors that both the HD 5870 and HD 5850 are based on. The Juniper GPU is next and is completely different GPU spin that maxes out at 800 stream processors - about half the size and performance of the Cypress part - and is the basis of the HD 5770 and HD 5750 cards. Below that comes the Redwood GPU used in the HD 5670 and HD 5570 cards with up to 400 stream processors (half of the Juniper part) and we end with the Cedar GPU that powers the HD 5400 series of cards with at most 80 SPs.
All of that detail is give you a frame of reference for the new Radeon HD 5830 launching today that is based on the Cypress GPU but with significantly fewer stream processors enabled compared to the flagship HD 5870.
You will also see that AMD has cut back on the texture units and thus the texture fill rate drops by about the same percentage. However, look at the pixel fill rate difference here: it gets cut by more than half of the HD 5870 and in fact falls under that of the HD 5770 card that will be priced lower than the HD 5830. We are still using GDDR5 memory at the same clock rate of the HD 5850 so performance there is where we expected.
What does this mean? Essentially that while the performance of the HD 5830 should fall between the HD 5770 and HD 5850 in all cases, it will lean more towards the HD 5770 in areas that are pixel fill rate bound and more towards the HD 5850 where math computation is the bottleneck. At least in theory; we'll see in our own testing on the following pages.
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This card should do a fine job of representing the 5830's performance, but noise levels, GPU temperatures, and even power consumption may vary on the actual products. That hasn't stopped AMD from offering power consumption estimates of 125W at peak and 25W when idle, though.


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Applied Econometrics Using the SAS System
Applied Econometrics Using the SAS System
ISBN: 978-0-470-12949-4 June 2009 328 Pages
Applied Econometrics Using the SAS® System is the first book of its kind to treat the analysis of basic econometric data using SAS®, one of the most commonly used software tools among today's statisticians in business and industry. This book thoroughly examines econometric methods and discusses how data collected in economic studies can easily be analyzed using the SAS® system.
In addition to addressing the computational aspects of econometric data analysis, the author provides a statistical foundation by introducing the underlying theory behind each method before delving into the related SAS® routines. The book begins with a basic introduction to econometrics and the relationship between classical regression analysis models and econometric models. Subsequent chapters balance essential concepts with SAS® tools and cover key topics such as:
Regression analysis using Proc IML and Proc Reg
Hypothesis testing
Instrumental variables analysis, with a discussion of measurement errors, the assumptions incorporated into the analysis, and specification tests
Heteroscedasticity, including GLS and FGLS estimation, group-wise heteroscedasticity, and GARCH models
Panel data analysis
Discrete choice models, along with coverage of binary choice models and Poisson regression
Duration analysis models
Assuming only a working knowledge of SAS®, this book is a one-stop reference for using the software to analyze econometric data. Additional features include complete SAS® code, Proc IML routines plus a tutorial on Proc IML, and an appendix with additional programs and data sets. Applied Econometrics Using the SAS® System serves as a relevant and valuable reference for practitioners in the fields of business, economics, and finance. In addition, most students of econometrics are taught using GAUSS and STATA, yet SAS® is the standard in the working world; therefore, this book is an ideal supplement for upper-undergraduate and graduate courses in statistics, economics, and other social sciences since it prepares readers for real-world careers.
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Table of contents
1 Introduction to Regression Analysis.
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 Matrix Form of the Multiple Regression Model.
1.3 Basic Theory of Least Squares.
1.4 Analysis of Variance.
1.5 The Frisch–Waugh Theorem.
1.6 Goodness of Fit.
1.7 Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Intervals.
1.8 Some Further Notes.
2 Regression Analysis Using Proc IML and Proc Reg.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Regression Analysis Using Proc IML.
2.3 Analyzing the Data Using Proc Reg.
2.4 Extending the Investment Equation Model to the Complete Data Set.
2.5 Plotting the Data.
2.6 Correlation Between Variables.
2.7 Predictions of the Dependent Variable.
2.8 Residual Analysis.
2.9 Multicollinearity.
3 Hypothesis Testing.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Using SAS to Conduct the General Linear Hypothesis.
3.3 The Restricted Least Squares Estimator.
3.4 Alternative Methods of Testing the General Linear Hypothesis.
3.5 Testing for Structural Breaks in Data.
3.6 The CUSUM Test.
3.7 Models with Dummy Variables.
4 Instrumental Variables.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Omitted Variable Bias.
4.3 Measurement Errors.
4.4 Instrumental Variable Estimation.
4.5 Specification Tests.
5 Nonspherical Disturbances and Heteroscedasticity.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Nonspherical Disturbances.
5.3 Detecting Heteroscedasticity.
5.4 Formal Hypothesis Tests to Detect Heteroscedasticity.
5.5 Estimation of b Revisited.
5.6 Weighted Least Squares and FGLS Estimation.
5.7 Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity.
6 Autocorrelation.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Problems Associated with OLS Estimation Under Autocorrelation.
6.3 Estimation Under the Assumption of Serial Correlation.
6.4 Detecting Autocorrelation.
6.5 Using SAS to Fit the AR Models.
7 Panel Data Analysis.
7.1 What is Panel Data?
7.2 Panel Data Models.
7.3 The Pooled Regression Model.
7.4 The Fixed Effects Model
7.5 Random Effects Models..
8 Systems of Regression Equations.
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Estimation Using Generalized Least Squares.
8.3 Special Cases of the Seemingly Unrelated Regression Model.
8.4 Feasible Generalized Least Squares.
9 Simultaneous Equations.
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 Problems with OLS Estimation.
9.3 Structural and Reduced Form Equations.
9.4 The Problem of Identification.
9.5 Estimation of Simultaneous Equation Models.
9.6 Hausman's Specification Test.
10 Discrete Choice Models.
10.1 Introduction.
10.2 Binary Response Models.
10.3 Poisson Regression.
11 Duration Analysis.
11.1 Introduction.
11.2 Failure Times and Censoring.
11.3 The Survival and Hazard Functions.
11.4 Commonly Used Distribution Functions in Duration Analysis.
11.5 Regression Analysis with Duration Data.
12 Special Topics.
12.1 Iterative FGLS Estimation Under Heteroscedasticity.
12.2 Maximum Likelihood Estimation Under Heteroscedasticity.
12.3 Harvey's Multiplicative Heteroscedasticity.
12.4 Groupwise Heteroscedasticity.
12.5 Hausman–Taylor Estimator for the Random Effects Model.
12.6 Robust Estimation of Covariance Matrices in Panel Data.
12.7 Dynamic Panel Data Models.
12.8 Heterogeneity and Autocorrelation in Panel Data Models.
12.9 Autocorrelation in Panel Data.
Appendix A Basic Matrix Algebra for Econometrics.
B.1 Assigning Scalars.
Appendix C Simulating the Large Sample Properties of the OLS Estimators.
Appendix D Introduction to Bootstrap Estimation.
Appendix E Complete Programs and Proc IML Routines.
"The text serves as a relevant and valuable reference for practitioners in the fields of business, economics, and finance. In addition, most students of econometrics are taught using GAUSS and STATA, yet SAS is the standard in the working world; therefore, this book is an ideal supplement for upper-undergraduate and graduate courses in statistics, economics, and other social sciences since it prepares readers for real-world careers." (Zentralblatt MATH, 2012)
- This handy guide is the first of its kind to teach the analysis of econometric data using the SAS® system
- This supplemental text is a handy guide for researchers, students, and practitioners on the fundamentals of econometric theory and more importantly, it provides complete SAS code for analyzing data from various studies where econometric data is collected.
- This text is a great supplement to some of the standard econometric texts that are currently used in academia, since the standard econometric texts rarely offer guidelines on how to analyze data using standard software.
- While most students of econometrics are taught through the use of GAUSS and STATA, statisticians and econometricians in industry find that the use of SAS for the analysis of econometric data is the standard. This book better prepares students for their careers in industry, and it also is the only available guide for professionals in the field of econometrics who use SAS.
- Written by a proficient SAS user, the book includes thorough coverage of econometric data analysis problems programmed in SAS as well as some limited coverage of SAS IML. SAS IML is used only when the need arises.


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Henry defends Reds transfer strategy
Liverpool's principal owner John Henry has defended the club's summer transfer business, but admitted his disappointment at failing to add to their strike force before the end of August.
Manager Brendan Rodgers offloaded Andy Carroll to West Ham on loan a day before the deadline in the belief he would secure a replacement more suited to his style of play, but the window closed without any new arrival and that has led to criticism from fans - and Rodgers himself has admitted he would not have allowed the misfit to leave had he not been very confident of bringing in someone else.
"I am as disappointed as anyone connected with Liverpool Football Club that we were unable to add further to our strike force in this summer transfer window," said Henry in an open letter published on liverpoolfc.com.
"But that was not through any lack of desire or effort on the part of all of those involved. They pushed hard in the final days of the transfer window on a number of forward targets and it is unfortunate that on this occasion we were unable to conclude acceptable deals to bring those targets in.
"But a summer window which brought in three young, but significantly talented starters in Joe Allen, Nuri Sahin and Fabio Borini as well as two exciting young potential stars of the future - Samed Yesil and Oussama Assaidi - could hardly be deemed a failure as we build for the future."
A lot of work, and cash, was expended on renewing the contracts of key players to ensure Rodgers retained solid foundations on which to build, and Henry also felt this was a significant move by the club. "No-one should minimise the importance of keeping our best players during this window," he added.
"We successfully retained Daniel Agger, Martin Skrtel and Luis Suarez. We greatly appreciate their faith and belief in the club and we successfully negotiated new, long-term contracts with Luis and with Martin."
Ever since Fenway Sports Group, of which Henry is the leading figure, bought the Reds in October 2010 they have insisted it is a long-term investment.
And Henry stressed their approach to spending this summer reflects that and will continue to do so in subsequent transfer windows.
"No-one should doubt our commitment to the club. In Brendan Rodgers we have a talented young manager and we have valued highly his judgement about the make-up of the squad," he said. "This is a work in progress... The transfer policy was not about cutting costs. It was - and will be in the future - about getting maximum value for what is spent so that we can build quality and depth."


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You Can Have a Healthy Pregnancy if You Are HIV Positive
- You Can Have a Healthy Pregnancy if You Are HIV Positive
- Getting Pregnant
- Staying Healthy While Pregnant
- HIV Treatment Options
- Other Treatments While Pregnant
- Delivery
- Your Baby's Health
- Breast-Feeding
- Building a Support Network
- Credits and Acknowledgements
You Can Have a Healthy Pregnancy if You Are HIV Positive
Are you HIV positive and pregnant or considering having a baby? You are not alone. Living with HIV does not necessarily take away your desire or your ability to have children. The good news is that advances in HIV treatment have allowed many HIV positive women to have healthy pregnancies and healthy babies.
Maybe you are pregnant and have just found out that you are living with HIV. That can be a lot to deal with at once. In addition to the information provided in this booklet, you may want more information about HIV and its treatment, as well as whom to tell about having HIV. The most important thing right now is to find a doctor who can help you get this information and support your choices around your pregnancy and your HIV. The resources listed at the end of this booklet can link you to services in your area.
Some HIV positive women face stigma and discrimination because of choices they make about having children. Stigma is the negative judgment some people make about you because they think your choice is wrong. Stigma about HIV can limit the services available to you. This is called discrimination. Stigma and discrimination are often based on fear and can happen when people don't know all the facts about HIV and pregnancy.
You may face stigma because you choose to have a child.
Whatever you are facing, you might want to talk with people you trust -- friends, family members or healthcare providers. They can give you support while you make your choices. If you decide pregnancy is right for you, your network can also play an important part of helping you to stay healthy and to have a healthy baby.
You Can Have an HIV-Negative Baby
When HIV passes to a fetus or baby from an HIV positive mother, this is called vertical transmission. When HIV passes between sexual partners or people who share needles, this is called horizontal transmission.
In the time before effective treatment for HIV, about one in four babies born to HIV positive mothers was also HIV positive. However, we now know a lot about how to prevent vertical transmission, and with proper care the risk of your child becoming infected with HIV can be less than 2 percent. Experts have written treatment guidelines that outline the best practices to reduce the risk of vertical transmission. These guidelines recommend:
- anti-HIV drugs for the mother during pregnancy and during labour
- delivery by C-section (cesarean section), when appropriate
- a short course of anti-HIV drugs for the baby after birth
- no breast-feeding
Guidelines are a starting point. You and your doctor should fully discuss all decisions about your treatment, pregnancy and delivery.
Building a Relationship With Your Healthcare Providers
Some HIV positive women may feel nervous about talking to their healthcare provider about having a baby because they have heard that not all doctors support women with HIV to have babies. While this may be true, know that you have the right to have a child just like any other woman.
Some doctors are not experienced with HIV and pregnancy, but you can help them find information about having a healthy positive pregnancy. Let your doctor know that guidelines exist for the care of HIV positive women during pregnancy. CATIE (Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange, www.catie.ca or 1-800-263-1638) can direct your doctor to the most up-to-date guidelines. Some women choose to have their babies closer to large cities where doctors are more experienced with HIV and pregnancy.
You may also wish to have a midwife assist during your pregnancy. In Canada, most provinces have laws that regulate midwife services, but only some provinces cover the cost. You can find more information at www.canadianmidwives.org.
Getting Pregnant
Many HIV positive women have no trouble getting pregnant. However, there is some research that shows that HIV disease, anti-HIV drugs or co-infection with other sexually transmitted infections may make it harder for HIV positive women to become pregnant. If you are having trouble getting pregnant, ask your doctor for a referral to a fertility clinic. There are guidelines to assist in the pregnancy planning and fertility needs of people with HIV.
An HIV positive woman can pass on HIV to her male partner(s) while trying to get pregnant. To avoid this, one option is alternative insemination. This can be done at home or may require medical assistance, such as from a fertility clinic. At home, sperm is placed into the vagina with a syringe or eye dropper. Some women have their partner provide sperm; others use the services of a sperm bank. Medically assisted insemination places the sperm directly into the uterus (intrauterine insemination) and can increase the chance of getting pregnant. This medical procedure is more expensive and is not available in every province and territory. (If you're thinking about using a fertility clinic, be sure to get information about all the services you will need and their costs.)
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A la recherche d'Albert Kahn
At a time when it didn't seem so naïve to claim that you wanted world peace, Albert Kahn was a tireless promoter of this philanthropic ideal. He believed in getting to know 'the other', seeing it as the cement of a harmonious and tolerant humanity. The rich patron, having travelled the world just before turning 30, decided to create a scholarship to allow groups of young people to go 'around the world', and to instigate an enormous documentary census, consisting of many thousands of colour photographs: the 'Archives of the Planet'. Even if it lacks inspiration and is a little unvarying, the exhibition 'A la recherché d'Albert Kahn', put on in advance of the museum's renovation in 2015, manages to get across this passionate quest for knowledge, by someone who was a friend of Bergson and an admirer of Rodin. A quest that, in the end, finds its best expression in the famous gardens of the Kahn museum, an improbable island of greenery hidden in the middle of central Boulogne.
Albert Kahn bought the Boulogne property in 1895 and slowly bought up his neighbours' lands to the point where, in 1910, he owned an immense plot of nearly four hectares. In the shady avenues, away from the tumult of the city, lie landscapes and plants from all over the world. Japanese compositions, English greenery, Moroccan cedars, Colorado blue spruces or the Vosgienne forest that would have reminded Kahn of his childhood; they all make up an idyllic wander through a magical series of gardens.
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It had to be done. I mean ... Come ON! The county's most important man, disappearing from the face of the earth to enjoy some time incognito ... The name is Bond, of course, but I see parallels. "Skyfall" has had its premiere today, starring the terribly sexy Daniel Craig.
Biri und I strongly support the idea that PJ should sing the next Bond song, btw., which brought us to ...
Just another remark: Jason Isaacs as a Bond Villain, and my life would be another step closer to perfection.
He stated that he would like to play it! I may quote Isaacs here: "I could stroke a cat, although I'm allergic."
Oh, and they like each other, Craig and Isaacs I mean; there is definitely some chemistry going on there. Maybe we could even hope for a Bond-boy and villain rolled into one - about time, isn't it?


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YogaFit® Training Systems Worldwide is proud to announce the YogaFit for Warriors DVD, a do-at-home yoga class designed for military veterans and families and emergency responders suffering the after-effects of trauma in their lives. YogaFit for Warriors helps calm troubling emotions, thought patterns, chronic tension, and may potentially ease suffering from the result of emotional or physical trauma including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Carefully designed by YogaFit trainer, Lt. Col. Shaye Molendyke, Yoga Therapist Kristy Manual, and YogaFit founder Beth Shaw, YogaFit for Warriors employs safe, trauma-sensitive yoga to heal a warrior's body, mind and spirit.
When trauma occurs, the body keeps score: the brain rewires itself around the traumatic event and the memories get stored in the tissues throughout the entire body. The regular practice of yoga can help to free up troubling emotions, persevering thought patterns, chronic somatic tension and hyper vigilance. New research is showing how yoga can reduce cortisol levels and calm the fight-or-flight response while also increasing the relaxation response.
By using transformational language, slower movements and focused breathing exercises as well as meditation imagery techniques addressing PTSD, this yoga practice aims to ease the mind and body from traumatic brain injury and other common issues that develop in military settings with returning veterans as well as their families.
The lessons highlight the somatic component of anxiety and depression while teaching breathing and meditation practices to help relax the body and mind. It also explores restorative yoga postures, breathing techniques and other complementary techniques to soothe the fight-or-flight response.
A portion of the proceeds from this DVD will be donated to the Wounded Warrior Project as well as towards scholarship funding to help yoga teachers become certified in YogaFit for Warriors Teaching Training. Military members and spouses will be eligible to participate in YogaFit for Warriors financial assistance through MyCAA and the GI Bill.
The new DVD is exclusively distributed by YogaFit and is available through the YogaFit store. For further information visit YogaFit.com or connect at Facebook.com/YogaFit or on Twitter: @YogaFit.
YogaFit® Training Systems Worldwide was established in 1994 and has since trained more than 250,000 yoga and fitness professionals worldwide. The leader in mind body fitness education, YogaFit® is the largest training school for yoga instructors in North America with further expansion ongoing internationally. YogaFit® is the American Council on Exercise's (ACE) premier and only yoga partner. Founder and President Beth Shaw is internationally recognized as the foremost authority on yoga and fitness and has been profiled in print publications and television programs including the Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, Oprah's O Magazine, CNN, The New York Times, USA Today, Entrepreneur, SELF and is currently a New Business Group Member of the New York Times. YogaFit® is committed to community service as well as supporting animals and humanitarian causes.
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Microsoft's juggernaut Windows operating system powers on with the company preparing Windows 7's successor in Windows 8. The new operating system (OS) was first released for public consumption during the last BUILD conference in the form of a "Developer Preview." This release was mainly intended for software developers to start to get a feel for the OS and its new features, but many consumers and technology enthusiasts also took a peek at the OS to get an idea of where MS was going with its next OS.
Coinciding with Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012, Microsoft released the next iteration of the in progress OS, and this time it is aimed at getting consumer feedback. The aptly named Consumer Preview build is now available for download by anyone interested.
Windows 8 Consumer Preview Desktop
The question many consumers and enthusiasts are likely asking; however, is what to do with the MS provided ISO, and what the safest and easiest method for testing the beta operating system is. One appropriate answer, and the method covered in this guide, is to use a virtual machine program to test the Windows 8 Consumer Preview inside a VM without needing to muck with or worry about effecting your existing system or settings. Installing to bare hardware will always be faster, but if you upgrade to Windows 8 CP from Windows 7, you will not be able to go back once the beta period is over. By installing Windows 8 Consumer Preview inside a virtual machine will allow you to test out the operating system in a secure environment, and if you have a recent machine with at least 4 GB of RAM, performance of the OS should be sufficient to get an idea of the new OS and whether you want to pursue a bare hardware full install.
I expect that many users are going to be curious about the new build as the Windows 8 OS has ignited several heated debates among enthusiasts concerning the direction Microsoft is going. The new Metro interface, removal of Start Menu, and the overhauled Windows logo are three of the major concerns users have raised, for example.
The specific program in question that we will be using is Oracle's VirtualBox software, which is a free VM host that is very easy to setup and use. Another alternative is VMWare, and the setup process will be very similar (though the exact steps and settings will differ slightly). This guide will show you how to go from the Windows 8 ISO to a fully functional installation inside a VirtualBox virtual machine. If you are familiar with setting up a new VirtualBox VM, you can safely skip those steps. I felt it prudent to go through the entire process; however, for those new to VirtualBox that wish to try out the new Microsoft OS.
Let's begin.
Continue reading our guide on installing Windows 8 Consumer Preview on a Virtual Machine!!


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This Patient & Visitor Guide is meant to make your visit with us more pleasant.
If at any time during your stay you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our staff. They would be happy to help!
We look forward to seeing, and serving, you soon.
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Introduced at the 2015 BLADE Show, the Sniper flipper is a relatively inexpensive USA-made everyday carry specialist with a super thin profile. One of the standout features on this knife is the stainless steel liner lock tab that wraps around the 6061 aluminum handle to form the pocket clip. While lightweight, the Sniper's 5 inch handle makes it sturdy in hand with a full four-finger grip and thumb jimping up top.
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There was a hole in the sleeve of Adam Brody's threadbare T-shirt. His eyes were still puffy from sleep, even though it was nearly noon. He looked as though he had rolled out of bed just moments before leaving his home in Encino and driving down to Jan's Restaurant, an old-school West Hollywood diner.
He seemed nothing like Seth Cohen, the well-to-do nerd he played to great fanfare on the popular teen soap "The O.C." But it's been six years since the Fox program went off the air, and a lot has changed.
When "The O.C." ended, Brody was considered one of Hollywood's brightest young stars, endearing himself to Generation Y as Seth, a fast-talking sarcastic dude who liked comic books and indie bands but was able to land the popular girl. His affable character still has a cultural effect— a reminder of which came in August, when stories commemorating the program's 10th anniversary blanketed the Internet.
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That Brody, now 33, would go on to play what he jokingly refers to as "the token white guy" in "Baggage Claim," a film aimed at African American audiences, is probably not what most fans of "The O.C." anticipated. But his part in the movie, released Friday, is only the latest in a string of unexpected film roles. This year alone, he's popped up as mustachioed porn star Harry Reems in "Lovelace," a remorseful lothario in the Neil LaBute-penned "Some Girl(s)" and a Jewish suitor on "The Bachelor" spoof "Burning Love."
Busy? Yes. But it's not by design.
"I have a say in my career to a certain point, but I can only play with the toys I'm given," acknowledged Brody. "My agent fishes and brings me the couple catches of the month. He errs on the side of 'let's do it' and I err on the side of 'let's not' and we meet in the middle."
In a sense, Brody has become a character actor, except that the character he's playing is just a regular guy — think a younger version of Jason Bateman.
"He's a Renaissance guy, which seems to be rare in this town," said David Talbert, the writer and director of "Baggage Claim."
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Brody views himself as a "journeyman" and says the randomness of his career is what makes it fun: He loves traveling to different sets and making unlikely new friends, like Jean-Claude Van Damme, one of his boyhood heroes, with whom he recently filmed a comedy in Puerto Rico. Other times, though, he feels out of place, dropping in for just a few pages of dialogue during production or promoting a film in which he doesn't have much screen time.
"I would trade having two scenes in an interesting story versus being the lead of a bland movie, any day," he said. "But occasionally it is nice to be able to say at a film festival, 'No, let me field this question' and not feel like I'm tagging along. [With supporting roles] I feel like less of a part of it, in a way, and more like an observer who is a celebrity commentator on the movie itself."
It's this game-for-anything attitude that his collaborators find refreshing. When filmmaker Tim Story was casting his upcoming "Think Like a Man Too" — coincidentally, another movie with a predominantly black cast — he wanted Brody because he'd enjoyed the actor's work on "The O.C." But though the character he had to offer the actor turned up in a number of scenes, the part wasn't "hugely written."
"He could have said no," Story recalled. "But instead he took this small role and really filled it out."
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Brody didn't dream of becoming a movie star. Growing up in San Diego, he spent most of his time surfing. At 19, when he realized he had no chance of becoming the next Kelly Slater, he moved to L.A. with some buddies to try his hand at acting. He wasn't sure he'd be any good at it, but as a kid, watching movies was the only thing he liked as much as surfing.
Slowly, he was cast in some bit roles, playing a "high school guy" in "American Pie 2" and Barry Williams in the TV movie "Growing Up Brady." To make money, he valeted cars at the Beverly Hills Hotel until his big break came in 2003 with "The O.C." Playing Seth Cohen came naturally to Brody. They spoke at the same pace, shared the same mannerisms and were both genial Jewish dudes.
"So many girls still love him because of that show," said Talbert. "When he came into the 'Baggage Claim' casting session, all of the women in my office were aflutter. I asked someone to get me something to drink and she wouldn't move for fear of missing an Adam Brody sighting with her camera phone."
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Brody, however, seems to doubt the power of this allure. He knows people enjoy watching him play a nice guy but doesn't know how far outside of that wheelhouse he's capable of going.
"I don't think I'll ever be the actor I want to be or admire because I'm not eccentric," he said bluntly. "I know I have a couple great roles in me, but realistically speaking, there's a ceiling to my talent — and I don't mind."
Deep down, he says, he aspires to emulate Nicolas Cage — a guy he thinks is a "true artistic genius." He started to say he'd like to work opposite the "National Treasure" star but then backpedaled.
"I don't know what we'd do in the frame together in a really, truly exceptional way," Brody said. "Yeah, I could be in a straight-to-video movie with him and be the worse half. But what I could bring to his stuff? Maybe it's not where I belong. I wish I was a little bit more of an enigma, but I can't change who I am."
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Linear associative algebras in a small number of units, with coordinates ranging over the field C of ordinary complex numbers, have been completely tabulated; that is, their multiplication tables have been reduced to very simple forms. But if we have before us a linear associative algebra, the chances are that its multiplication table would not be in any of the tabulated forms, nor even in such a form that we could readily ascertain to which standard form it was equivalent. Accordingly the question naturally arises: "Can we find invariantive criteria which will tell us when two algebras are equivalent? or, as we say, which will completely characterize the algebras?"
In a previous paper [Annals of Mathematics, Vol. XVI, p.1] we considered the problem of finding invariants which would complete characterize linear associative algebras in two or three units with a modulus, over the field C. The terms "invariants" and "characterize," be it understood, are used here in the sense defined by Professor Dickson. For these special cases, the algebras can be completely characterized by invariants obtained by the application of the following theorem: "In a general n-ary linear algebra over any field F, both characteristic determinants are absolute covariants of the algebra; their coefficients are absolute covariants; and the invariants and covariants of the characteristic determinants and of the coefficients of the powers of ω in these determinants are respectively invariants and covariants of the linear algebra."
If now we proceed to the characterization of the quaternary associative algebras with a modulus, we find that the invariants given us by this theorem only partially characterize these algebras. In other words, the general problem can not be solved by use of this theorem alone.
But fortunately Cartan and Wedderburn have some general theorems which bear on the problem. These tell us that we can characterize the general algebras if we can characterize three special kinds of algebras; namely, simple matric algebras, division algebras, and nilpotent algebras. Now in a given number of units there is only one simple matric algebra. Over the field C, there is no division algebra other than the algebra of ordinary complex numbers; and in general, the Galois Fields are the only algebras of a finite number of elements such that every number except zero has an inverse, whereas, over the field C, there is an infinite number of classes of nilpotent algebras.
In this paper, we shall see how nilpotent algebras can be characterized by the aid of certain homogeneous polynomials whose coefficients are constants of multiplication. For algebras in a small number of units, these polynomials are sufficient if we assume the commutative and associative laws; but to characterize the general nilpotent algebra, we need further invariants.