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.Vidal says " Last year, 81 percent of the people wanted strong gun-control legislation." ROFL
I never even implied the interview was conducted this year.Did you read the part where I revealed when the interview was actually conducted? I left that part for last for a reason.
yeah that was 40 years ago, have you heard interviews with Vidal lately?http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3156121348015048039andwww.youtube.com/watch?v=-drWGnF6DjMI do agree that the libs today do conceal a similar mindset, but Gore on the other hand is a different charater as he has been (as you have shown) and continues to be open about what he feels. perhaps kids and grandkids allowed him to see things a little clearer. but i do have to tell you that is some explosive shit, thanks for posting it.
I wonder if he still believes these things?
You're quite welcome. I should probably point out that my purpose for posting it was not to start a Gore Vidal bash-fest (which is why I left his name out of the thread title), but to draw attention to the anti-family/pro-eugenicist mindset that seems to dominate the establishment "Left," and to just how long that mindset has been around.As for those two interviews, there's nothing in either one that indicates whether his view on eugenics is any different now than it was forty years ago. I, of course, appreciate that he opposed both (a) draconian police state expansion measures -- such as the Military Commissions Act -- and (b) imperialistic wars of aggression when Bush was in office, but then so did Keith Olbermann (along with countless other limousine liberals): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAjVHtSO_As http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW1gKwqKjXcYet all that righteous indignation on the part of the establishment Left went right out the window the moment Obama took office, and has yet to return, despite the fact that (a) the "Patriot" Act, Military Commissions Act and Presidential Directive 51 are all still on the books, (b) our hornet's nest-stirring foreign policy is no less reckless, costly or imperialistic now than it was a year ago (if anything it's even more so), (c) Wall Street's parasitic fleecing of Main Street has continued unabated, and (d) Obama has broken practically every campaign promise he ever made.So there's clearly a partisan double standard at play, here. (Much like the partisan double standard that the establishment "Right" employed for six years, as they winked and looked the other way while the Republican-controlled Congress and White House increased big government across the board.)Now, it may be that Mr. Vidal does not subscribe to this partisan double standard, but until I see compelling evidence to that effect, I'm inclined to assume he's no exception to the general rule.
The key point is that, until he openly says he doesn't, why should anyone assume he doesn't?From what I've observed over the years, it's extremely rare for someone to dramatically alter his worldview once he's reached middle age (Vidal was 43 when he did the above interview), because by then that someone has way too much ego and emotion invested in that worldview.
...how are we to survive on an overpopulated planet? Even if we fully exploit our food resources--including sea farming--and develop effective and equitable international systems of distribution, it still won't be possible to feed the coming generations. So there will be famine and disorder.
What is wrong with people before profit? Is the love of money so dear that someone would prefer to profit in place of feeding people?
Are you forgetting how many people starved to death in the soviet union? Are you just being sarcastic?
You took my people before profits comment and thought immediately of communism?
Once again, end stage communism is indistinguishable from end stage capitalism. A very, very small fraction of people controlling all of the money in a nation.
see the movie "The Soviet Story"And Buckley is another elitist who could have not cared about 99% of the populationand so is Noam Chomsky
So there's clearly a partisan double standard at play, here. (Much like the partisan double standard that the establishment "Right" employed for six years, as they winked and looked the other way while the Republican-controlled Congress and White House increased big government across the board.)
A couple of related articles...http://www.meaus.com/perpetual-war-gore-vidal.htmGore Vidal: Perpetual War for Perpetual PeaceBy B. John Zavrel ...His latest book, actually a collection of articles titled "Perpertual War for Perpetual Peace" , published in 2002, caused a sensation, if not a scandal in this country. His sharp intellect and critical view of what the renowned author sees as wrong in America, comes as a shock to the average American reader.The United States has been engaged in what the great historian Charles A. Beard called "perpetual war for perpetual peace." The Federation of American Scientists has catalogued nearly two hundred military incursions since 1945 in which the United States has been the agressor. In a series of penetrating and alarming essays, whose centerpiece is a commentary on the events of September 11, 2002 (deemed too controversial to be published in America until now), ......fifty years ago, Harry Truman replaced the old republic with a national-security state whose sole purpose is to wage perpetual wars, hot, cold, and tepid. Exact date of replacement? February 27, 1947. Place: The White House Cabinet Room. Cast: Truman, Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson, a handful of congressional leaders. Republican senator Arthur Vandenberg told Truman that he could have his militarized economy only IF he first "scared the hell out of the American people" that the Russians were coming. Truman obliged. The perpetual war began. Representative government of, by, and for the people is now a faded memory. Only corporate America enjoys representation by the Congress and presidents that it pays for in an arrangement where no one is entirely accountable because those who have bought the government also own the media. Now, with the revolt of the Praetorian Guard at the Pentagon, we are entering a new and dangerous phase.http://www.perpetualwar.org/The only way we can overcome peace and its negative economic impact on America's great MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, as well as its negative political impact on the NEO-FASCISTS who profit from tyranny, is to make certain that our world is in perpetual chaos and through the perpetration of PERPETUAL WAR.Vast fortunes are made as our military machine marches over the corpses of millions of innocent men, women and children across the globe. Aircraft, bomb, chemical agent, and body bag manufacturers glory in reading their corporate quarterly reports during times of war. The corporate chieftains secret their BLOOD MONEY in foreign tax havens and numbered offshore accounts.Their wealth trickles down to the rest of the populace as they purchase luxury cars, big screen TVs, four-wheelers, jet skis, and motor homes. The little people then have the money with which to buy junk food, alcohol and drugs as well as money to pay taxes to oil both the machines of war and THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, America's other growth industry.When the targets of our fabricated wrath are finally subdued, the corporate raiders and predators enter the conquered nation to clear-cut their forests, suck the oil from under their lands, and give the survivors jobs at starvation wages in our factories that are moved overseas to exploit cheap labor.At that point, peace reigns over the conquered people and it is time for American might to move to a new part of the globe in order to keep the flames of PERPETUAL WAR alive. Peace carries too high a price, and thus our political masters are ever vigilant in their fight against the specter of PEACE ON EARTH and GOOD WILL TOWARD OTHERS.Fellow Americans, the time has come for us to stand up against tyranny, hatred, bigotry, greed, arrogance, and an economic and political system that thrives on PERPETUAL WAR, with its attendant misery, starvation, suffering, and death.Let us salute our glorious STARS AND STRIPES while holding an olive branch, rather than a cluster bomb. Let us become worthy of being thought of by the world as a nation UNDER GOD, rather than a nation UNDER GREED.This Patriotic Message is brought to you by George H. Russell
Eugenics Record Office. BULLETIN No. 10A: Report of the Committee to Study and to Report on the Best Practical Means of Cutting Off the Defective Germ-Plasm in the American Population.I. THE SCOPE OF THE COMMITTEE'S WORK, by HARRY H. LAUGHLIN, Secretary of the Committee,Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York, February, 1914.
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"SCRANTON, Pa. - Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton announced Wednesday it is planning "Lackawanna Railfest 2007." The event will be held from Nov. 2 through Nov....
Time for me to start my duties as a State Rep, when travelling PA in search of photo ops be sure to include the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary on your list. It's located just up from Cabela's off Rt. 61 about an hour out Rt 78 from NJ.
The center is located near a section of the Appalachian Trail,...
This is a fun place to visit, they offer steam train rides as well as several engines, caboose and cars to visit. And it's close to Hawk Mountain Sanctuary as well!
The Pennsylvania Railroad Night Photo Session
November 4th 2007
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The purpose of this night session is make all of the equipment appear
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I have attached three photos of what we are going for with the...
For next year how about some of us train photographer make weekend a trip
to the Eastern Railfan Holy lands Altoona, Horse Shoe Curve Sand Patch Grade the Western Maryland Scène Railway and the East Broad Top RR. We would need to be a long weekend
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One more year. One more time to apply the anodyne: "we'll be better next year". 365 days of cyber-banter-bullying-whining-pontificating. Ah yes, as December draws to a close, like he does every year, Armchair All-rounder falls into a nostalgic mood. He mulls over the many games he has watched or lost sleep over. Or both. He tries to categorize the crazy antics of the "Tigers". And from this amateur attempts at taxonomy we get yet another edition of the A-to-Z of Bangladesh Cricket.
2011 BanglaCricket A to Z fka Alphabet soup
by Razab Q. Chowdhury
Published: 2nd January, 2012
One more year. One more time to apply the anodyne: "we'll be better next year". 365 days of cyber-banter-bullying-whining-pontificating. Ah yes, as December draws to a close, like he does every year, Armchair All-rounder falls into a nostalgic mood. He mulls over the many games he has watched or lost sleep over. Or both. He tries to categorize the crazy antics of the "Tigers". And from this amateur attempts at taxonomy we get yet another edition of the A-to-Z of Bangladesh Cricket.
A is for Awesome. As in an awesome opening ceremony for the World Cup. Yes, as Saber bhai put it in so structured a manner, the WC2011 could have been utilized better from a commerce and tourism perspective. Certainly the team could have done better than crashing to two sub-100 scores. But none of that takes away from the sheer sense of awe one felt when the erstwhile Shilpa Bank building became a vertical, 20 story high cricket pitch and dangling dare-devils gamboled with a laser dot. I never thought I would see anything to top the 2010 Beijing Olympics, but in a cricketing context, Bangladesh delivered a sixer in its Word Cup kickoff.
B is for Bokbok/Bakwaz. If cricketing matches could be won on the volume of hot air produced by a country's players, citizens and leaders, then the Tigers would be Clive Lloyd's Calypso warriors and Tugga's Invincibles rolled into one. Our players speak of maturing and of understanding what it takes to play at the International level. And then gift their wickets away. Our head coaches talk of dominating. And we dominate the punch lines of opponents' jokes. Our cricketing Administrators talk of world-class infrastructure and we end up with the only hover-cover in the subcontinent. (Look up the reasons why one would need one. Or not!) Last but certainly not least, ladies and gentlemen, I give you veritable doyens of আজাইরা বক-বক, Messrs. Shamim and Atahar. 'Nuff Sed.
C is for Classy. As in a classy way to make amends for the actions of a few knucklehead followers of the Tigers, by presenting the West Indies team with flowers and positive placards. When some fanatics (and I intentionally use the extended version of the word "fan") did something vile (look under the letter V for more) it was the action of some quick acting fans that restored our rep to the world. Started off as a Facebook campaign, the Say Sorry message quickly went viral and soon there were scores of fans outside Hotel Sheraton, bearing flowers and signs that amply conveyed regret. Even Gayle Tweeted an ack.
D is for DRS. Or rather the continued absence of it. Since the days of Asoka, Bangladesh has copped more than its fair share of umpiring howlers. So one would think that when a means becomes available of redressing the inevitable, poor-team-gets-shafted-on-borderline-calls problem, the Bangladesh Cricket Board would be all over it. That it would pressure the ICC and renegotiate its broadcast agreements to ensure that the Tigers never played a match without Decision Review System (unless it was playing BCCI's living legends.) But no! The Board has nice boondoggles in Cox's Bazar resorts, puts in fresh flowers for visiting ICC dignitaries and spends oodles on all other things but not a dollar is spent on DRS.
E is for Elias. As in Elias Sunny. The man with the sweaty palms was called straight from NCL and went on to capture the best figures on debut for a Bangladeshi. A Moni-esque SLA who is not afraid to flight the ball, Elias showed that his bowling was no mere flash in the pan by maintaining the same incisiveness against the marauding Pakistani team in his sophomore series. Provided he can stay away from either questionable curry or মহলà§à¦²à¦¾à¦° মাসà§à¦¤à¦¾à¦¨ à¦à¦¾à¦‡à¦°à¦¾ (depending on whom you ask), and find some way to shut down the sweat glands in his hand, we may finally have an SLA other than Shakib who can bowl in 5-day cricket.
F is for First. As in First Class Cricket. Or it could easily be the grade this amateur arbitrator assigns to our administration (or lack thereof) for Failure to provide adequate First Class cricket for our Frivolous players. The Zimbabwe loss was assuredly due to a paucity of preparation in the longer format and with BPL mania about, the situation is unlikely to be remedied any time soon.
G is for Gut. No not the intestinal fortitude kind. The other kind. You know, the kind of gut that stretches your pants and makes you punch an extra notch in your belt. It seems our players merely need a short break in their cricket to sprout one of these. No doubt the famous Bengali epicurean traditions play their part here but c'mon man! If you are a professional athlete and a 20-something one at that, there is NO Excuse for you to be sporting a jigglacious à¦à§à¦¡à¦¼à¦¿! And yet they do, as do the Rampauls and Zaheers of the world. Somewhere in Colombo, an ex-cricketer-turned-politician no doubt beams appreciatively. After all, Mr. Ranatunga is the patron saint of "Bhuree-club-for-Men"Â.
H is for Hossains. Or rather a tale of two contrasting Hossains. Nasir . Shahadat down Nasir has been the breakthrough player for the Tigers in 2011. The man who wrung a Commonwealth Gold Medal from a potential Ashrafool disaster (out giving catch practice) then proceeded to score a 50 on his senior side debut. An ODI 100 and a Test 50 also followed, as did an interesting WrestleMania touch to his wicket celebrations. For all the doom and gloom that surrounds Bangladesh Cricket Nasir is a reminder of the promise.
If Nasir represents promise then Shahadat represents a sad tale of talent going to waste. The man who was shaping to be Bangladesh's pace spearhead has upped his grunts while dropping his pace. The control was never much to start with but when a player's NCL bowling economy rate starts to resemble a 20/20 bowler's stats then you know that all the partying and high-lifin' has started to take its toll. If you needed final, damning evidence of where this man's grey matter resides, do read his SRK interview.
I is for Initiative. While sorely lacking in an official level, it is heart-warming to see players active and retired taking the initiative to launch grass roots cricketing schools in the villages and districts. We need more of these for us to find a way to the top in spite of our baggage.
J is for Jamie. El টাকলà§à¦¦à¦¾ ওরফে Siddons মামা. The Nabob of Negativity he was, but any man who made serviceable international players out of Imrul KaEdge and JunaEdge Siddiqui and Rokibble Hassan was bound to be missed. And he is. Jamie is no head coaching material but he clearly loved Bangladesh and even more clearly was a technical coach extraordinaire. Our batters and bowlers (recall he taught Shafiul his now stock, outswing delivery) have missed him greatly and one wonders if the warranted post-World-Cup coaching change could have been handled a little differently. Glen Turner has come and gone. Would Siddons have been a better Academy Coaching Czar?
K is for Kamal aka Loitta. The man with the mouth. While not flashing V for victory signs like an out-of-touch PLO member, our man with the no-plan is busy making boastful claims of DRS -heard it during the England series, or decentralization - heard it every year, for the last 4 years, or professionalization of BCB - hah! Meanwhile our once respectable selection process has become a venue of mastani and the tea' best players' tendency to act like prima donnas is rising. Please ICC, just follow the Peter Principle and make him the head of an even more dysfunctional org already.
L is for Law. A man who was not liked well enough to make the Australian 11 on a consistent basis is now our head coach. And he has his friends in all the assistant coaching roles to prove that he is indeed the boss. Stuart may be only six months into the job as head coach of the Bangladesh Cricket Team but already he has achieved a minor miracle. He has made people hanker for the days of Jamie "team goals" Siddons.
M is for Mashrafe. Just like another superstar with an M name (Manning, Peyton) proved, by his absence, how irreplaceable he was (look at the NFL Indianapolis Colts results this year versus the last 5 years), Mash proved that there is him and a whole bunch of pretenders in the Rubels, Shafiuls, Robiuls of Bangladesh cricket. Why so much brouhaha about a man who has not encountered Ms. Pfeiffer even once in Test cricket? Because with Mash you get control. And you get mentorship. Oh and if there's a spinner operating, you can count on some lusty late order runs as well.
N is for Nazimuddin. Provided TIK does not keep giving catches off his helmet or bowled while looking simultaneously befuddled and boisterous, Bangladesh just might have hit upon its ideal left-hand, right-hand opening combinations for Tests. Another NCL product, Nazim impressed with his temperament and his cover drives. Last but not least, he is one of McInnis' boys.
O is for Ordinary. Never has an ordinary word caused such extraordinary furor as it did when our very own Fatty McFatty aka Mr. Tamim Iqbal Khan used that adjective to describe Zimbabwe's Brian Vittori. Granted Tamim had personal grounds to make that statement having just smashed that very bowler all around the park for a quick-fire 43 and even the next day, Vittori just grabbed one wicket for the innings. Yet, if Tamim had brushed up on Bangladesh's brief cricketing history he would have known that the team specialized in imploding against left arm seamers, even if they were of the caliber of Pedro Collins. Sometimes it is indeed better to let your actions do the talking.
P is for Punters. No, not Australia's premier batsman of the last decade. I refer to the adrenalin junkies who derive pleasure in life out of predicting whether the next ball in an over would be a No Ball or not. Thanks to the sheer number of these fellas and the volume of money they are willing to plunk down, we had some promising cricketers throw their lives away. And in the process they reminded us that we have something to be thankful for: our players are so non-descript that they have managed to stay away from this seedy element in the sport.
Q is for Quandary. 2011 might be the year when the biggest dilemma in our cricket, what do you do with Ashraful, finally goes away. The man had managed to piss off fans, successive head coaches and even his then skipper, Shakib. But then he pissed off the one guy he should not have. The man who runs our cricket. Ze Lotus. Bye-bye Ash. Come back only if you average 60 in NCL. For the next two years!
R is for Revenge. Yes it is never nice to be bowled out for 58 but by bowling out West Indies for 61 in Chittagong, Bangladesh accomplished some measure of revenge for their World Cup a$$-whuppin'. In a year filled with not much to cheer about, this one definitely brought about a smile on this Armchair All-Rounder's face.
S is for ??? Come on, you knew there would be only one candidate for the letter S. It's Mr. Superman himself. Shak Fu! বাংলাদেশের জান সাকিব আল হাসান. As the only world-class performer in a team full of club-class wannabes, Shakib keeps on blazing a trail that one hopes and prays others will follow. County cricket, IPL, ODIs or Tests - the man produces and produces with a coolness that has earned him the sobriquet Iceman. Unless you are Rokibul with a misfield that is :-)
T is for Tutul. As in one-time footballing great Tutul. Obviously being a decent soccer player and fulltime strong-arm man for one of the আফা-মনি parties has made him well versed on matters cricketing: after all this is the man who believes BCB does not need a CEO, mere politically appointed board members will suffice. This is also the man who is making a strong play to be the successor to Mr. Kamal. Do a search for his name on BC. Then do a search for his name in Daily Star or Prothom Alo or Ittefaq or Inqilab. Once you have read up, go ahead and put on your adult diapers (and for the KDPP members, Huggies), because crap is going to be hitting the system in force and en masse.
U is for Uno. As in Numero Uno. You didn't think an article on Bangladesh Cricket could just have one reference to da Shakster did you? For a country that is used to being number 1 in corruption, in pollution and in a plethora of other not-so-nice things, here are two Number 1s that we can all relish: Number 1 All-Rounder in ODIs. And, for the first time for a Bangladeshi, Number 1 All-Rounder in Tests. That Shakib transplanted a living-legend like Jacques Kallis to earn this lofty position just rams home what a monumental accomplishment it is. Shakib will never play more than 5-6 Tests in a year, he will often not get to bowl at an opponent twice or with any weight of runs and he rarely will have the luxury of friendly umpiring. And he has to deal with BCB. Now that's a load!
V is for Violence. As in Crowd Violence. Sadly our fans are reaching their breaking points and getting in touch with their inner shot-putters. Projectiles were hurled at the West Indies team bus after the Tiger's 58 debacle. And then just to make sure we did not draw conclusions from only one data-point, bricks were hurled at the Umpire's shuttle at the recently concluded Chittagong Test against Pakistan. Yes, there are grounds for frustration in both instance but clearly violence is not the answer.
W is for Word Cup 2011. Even if one puts aside the gorgeous opening ceremony, Bangladesh had its moments in the tourney. Beating England will be my favorite, especially for the quick-thinking manner in which Mushy dismissed his England counterpart Pryor.
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Y is for Yasmin Boishakhi. As in Yas and Panna and Kubra and the gang of pioneers who won ODI status for Bangladesh in women's cricket. Yes the standard is not the highest but these girls play for nothing but the joy of sport and they make us proud. And yes, in choosing a marginal player as the "name"Â, I am clearly just trying to find a Y!
Z is for Zen. As in Inner Zen. If you are going to be a follower of Bangladesh cricket (or anything pertaining to the country for that matter), you need to have a fail-safe and instant-on means of connecting to your inner Zen. Be it prayers to পরম করà§à¦¨à¦¾à¦®à¦¯à¦¼à¦¿ or Tai Chi breathing exercises or hitting a bottle of your favorite libation, it is highly advisable that you have this accessibility to calmness and inner peace handy: A brain-fart batting collapse, dropping of a sitter or somnambulant fielding attempt is just around the corner when our Tigers are on the prowl.
Have a great 2012 everyone. See you on the forum pages and BC chat room.
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HIV May Have Been Present for 32,000 Years
By Gary Bell
October 11, 2010
Despite the persistent myth that HIV was a man-made disease, unleashed upon the unsuspecting, disenfranchised of our society (read gays and blacks), now comes more evidence that it may have been present in monkeys and apes for millennia. New research, published in Science magazine last month, report the presence of the ancestor of the simian HIV virus in Africa possibly dating back as far as 78,000 years. This fascinating research, that studied monkey species on a volcanic island off of the coast of West Africa, who developed in isolation, found that four of the six species had been infected with HIV.
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The names of the big stars [who are outed by Radomski as steroid abusers] will get the most press, but I predict that marginal players will make up the vast majority of the accused on the theory that the incentive is greater for modest talents to juice in order to make a roster than it is for above-average major leaguers to become stars. This is why I do not think steroids -- for all of their ills -- undermine the integrity of the game or the record book. Steroids, for the most part, affect the talent floor, not the talent ceiling.
Matt Roney is the kind of guy I'm talking about. A 1-10 major league record, riding the shuttle from Syracuse to Toronto. One run of good fortune -- a month of lights-out ball -- and Roney is back to big league meal money and having other people carry his bags. The incentive for him to do something -- anything -- to make the leap is so great that it's understandable that he'd risk a 50 game suspension, which amounts to $30K in salary, for the chance.
The same incentives don't apply to the biggest stars in the game. Yes, you and I may argue about whether Barry Zito is worth $126M, but either extreme of the debate makes Zito an obscenely wealthy man. He simply doesn't have the incentive to cheat the way someone like Roney does.
I may one day be shown to be very wrong about this, but my sense is that once we know everything knowable about steroid use over the past decade or two, we'll see that the vast majority of offenders were marginal prospects and aging veterans trying to hang on for one more year. Ego cases who were already superstars and who wanted to go from solid to inner-circle hall of famers like Bonds are going to be the exception, rather than the rule.
I don't say this in an effort to minimize the steroid problem. Indeed, minor leaguers and players who aren't superstars constitute the vast majority of professional ballplayers. If my theory holds, the problem could be far greater than that which is portrayed by sportswriters who like to caricature only the most prolific sluggers as juicers. If I'm right, our concern over records and the Hall of Fame would seem pretty petty in comparison to the scores of regular Joes who are ruining their health as they walk the line between a lifetime of comfort and a job at a warehouse. Players that the steroid moralizers in the media almost uniformly ignore.
What it would mean, however, is that the record books and much talked about integrity of the game would not be in the sort of peril in which many perceive it to be. The record books are safe because it's really only the superstars who threaten records, and under my theory, the superstars are more likely to be clean. The integrity -- defined by me as the fairness and quality of the competition -- is also safe, and may even be enhanced, because rather than feasting on the historically-hapless bottom of the roster players, the superstars have been forced, by virtue of steroids, to face historically-enhanced roster fodder. Obviously Barry Bonds blows a gigantic hole in the records argument, but we've been treating him as some sort of alien oddity for four years now, so what's a few years more?
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Towards a European common charger for electric vehicles
The European Standardisation Organisations bodies (CEN-CENELEC and ETSI) will develop a common charging system for electric cars, scooters and bicycles. European Commission Vice-President Antonio Tajani has handed today a European Commission mandate for the development of the relevant standard to the President of CEN-CENELEC David Dossett, CEN-CENELEC´s Director General Elena Santiago Cid and ETSI General Assembly Chair John Philips. The new standard ensures that all types of electric vehicles and their batteries are charged both safely and easily in all EU Member States. Thanks to this mandate plugs and connectors will use the same standard all across Europe, providing a true European solution independently of brands or countries. The Commission expects that the standard will be ready by mid-2011.
Vice-President Antonio Tajani, in charge of Industry and Entrepreneurship said: "Electric cars are no longer some abstract concept. In the very near future these will be on our roads. To pave the way for their commercial success we cannot afford to have incompatible systems leading to a fragmented market in Europe. A common approach is therefore of importance both for European consumers and companies and will allow the EU to become a global leader in the sector."
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Violins and oboes and brass! Oh my!
Those instruments and a host of others from the Pacific Symphony will be playing the classic score to "The Wizard of Oz" live with the iconic film April 7 to 9.
Even the lobby entrance to the 8 p.m. performances in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall will have — you guessed it — a yellow brick road that preludes the journey to your seat to see Judy Garland find Emerald City and its wonderful wizard. Symphony officials have even invited concert patrons — you know, all those brave lions and hearty tin men out there — to come in costume and sing along.
There are few musicals more engrained in our memories than "The Wizard of Oz," so it's no surprise that pops conductor Richard Kaufman and the Costa Mesa-based orchestra are doing these performances again as an in-demand repeat of the popular 2008 series in the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.
Though the 1939 film was nominated for six Academy Awards, it won only two: for original score and the song "Over the Rainbow." In the years since, the music by Harold Arlen, score adaptation by Herbert Stothart and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg have long left their mark on pop culture.
Dorothy singing longingly on her Kansas farm is still so memorable that in 2004, "Over the Rainbow" won the American Film Institute's distinction as the greatest song in the history of American cinema.
I would take that distinction a step further by naming it the best melody in all of film music, closely followed by Tara's theme from "Gone with the Wind" (also from 1939 — clearly a great year for cinema music).
Kaufman is no stranger to music of movies. I know this to be true for two reasons.
First, during my interview with him last October, his expertise on the film music subject matter was quite evident when our conversation sidetracked briefly to discuss the intricacies of the love melody from "Airplane!" Only the most enthusiastic of film music fans can do that.
Second, and more important, Kaufman has had a long career playing in the studios and is a former music coordinator for MGM — the same Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that released the film generations ago.
Still, preparing himself and the orchestra for these upcoming performances is no easy task.
"The score must be synchronized exactly with the dialogue, singing and action in the film," Kaufman said in a news release. "This is done to a 10th of a second, making it a very precise and challenging project. Not only must the players capture the excitement and musicality in the score, but they must also be exactly with the conductor."
Kaufman noted that audiences are used to hearing the great music only from the original "one-dimensional," ancient-sounding mono recordings.
"When the score is played live, along with the original dialogue and sound effects, the music becomes almost three-dimensional and the audience hears things in the music — instruments, counter-melodies, etc. — that they've never heard before," he said.
These concerts promise to be an entertaining escape to the Land of Oz, perhaps enough to give you a feeling you're not in Costa Mesa anymore.
Fortunately to hear these shows, we in the Newport-Mesa don't have to go far. After all, there's no place like home.
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Olympus has posted a firmware update for my camera that mentions microSDHC media. Do I need it?
Olympus recommends applying camera firmware updates whenever they are available. Updating to version 1.1 provides the following benefits:
If movies have already been recorded with the original firmware (1.0) on a 4GB or larger microSDHC card, the card must be formatted before it can be used with the new firmware. Back up the contents of the card to a computer or other device. Then, format the card in the camera using the FORMAT function. Formatting cards deletes all data stored on the cards, including images and data recorded using other devices.
Click here for complete instructions on how to update the camera firmware.
How can I enhance audio quality when recording movies?
Please update the camera firmware to the latest version, which includes an enhancement to movie audio recording.
For step-by-step instructions, click this link:How to Update Camera Firmware Using OLYMPUS Master 2.
The camera does not power on. Why?
The battery may be dead or underpowered.
If the battery is completely drained, the camera will not power on when the Power button is pressed. If the battery is nearly drained, the camera may briefly display a Battery Empty error message and then power off, or it may power on and then quickly power off without displaying the error. In either case, charge the battery using the LI-50C battery charger bundled with the camera.
Be sure to properly align the arrows on the bundled battery with the arrow on the battery charger, and take care to see that the "+" and "-" signs align properly. If the battery is inserted improperly, the battery will not be charged.
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Podcast #208 - AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHZ Edition, Intel Core i5-3470, our Blindfolded APU build and more!
Subject: General Tech | June 28, 2012 - 05:18 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: Vertex 4, thunderbolt, ssd, podcast, nvidia, i5-3470, hd7970, blindfolded, APU, 7970 ghz edition
PC Perspective Podcast #208 - 06/28/2012
Join us this week as we talk about the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHZ Edition, Intel Core i5-3470, our Blindfolded APU build and more!
You can subscribe to us through iTunes and you can still access it directly through the RSS page HERE.
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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom, Josh Walrath and Allyn Malvantano
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Program length: 1:05:24
- Introduction
- 1-888-38-PCPER or email@example.com
- http://pcper.com/podcast
- http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper
- 0:01:42 AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
- 0:09:10 Live Review Recap: AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
- 0:10:30 Silverstone Crown Series CW02 case review
- 0:13:50 Intel Core i5-3470 IVB Review
- 0:21:11 This Podcast is brought to you by MSI!
- 0:22:05 Live Video Recap: AMD Llano APU Blindfolded Build
- 0:25:50 ASUS ROG Matrix HD 7970 coming soon
- 0:30:00 Sandia Cooler Prototype
- 0:39:50 Dell Ubuntu Notebooks
- 0:43:40 Can a 12-core ARM cluster hit critical mass?
- 0:48:20 Google announces Nexus 7 tablet powered by Tegra 3
0:55:55 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- Ryan: Thunderbolt on Windows Article coming tomorrow!!
- Jeremy: Core i7 3770K is a compute per watt monster
- Josh: Good PS for general use and excellent price
- Allyn: OCZ Vertex 4 FW 18.104.22.168
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Podcast not up to date. No #208 Could somebody add the latest Podcast to the list. Really enjoy listening to this, and frustratingly not available.
Checkout the RSS feed. Not on there. I use BeyondPod on Android. Not on the RSS.
Hah found someone else using your same jingle you use in your podcasts:
About the Sandia Cooler, remember the Blue ORB. This is basically the same design with a few tweaks. With the blue ORB you have the same fluid dynamics except in that case the fan pushes the air through a similar fin design instead of the cooler becoming the fan. You might get some increased surface area with this new design since in the Blue ORB the fan eats up some of the space. The Blue ORB was very quiet. This is no different than a pump impeller (nothing revolutionary here). The big difference here is that the air bearing is expected to have an equivalent heat transfer when compared to solid copper. Good luck with that. Next point; let's see this thing get enough distance beyond the memory and other motherboard heat sinks. The blue ORB had this problem as well. Besides this thing needing to be completely level and the power needed to get it spinning.
You are clueless, and obviously wrong on so many details.
There is still no 208 through RSS. Is there a direct download link?
The podcast 208 file appears in the RSS to me...??
No #209 podcast?? I look forward to these things every week. Please tell me theres going to be a podcast this week or did I miss something?
Nope, no podcast this week!
Aww, balls. I was wondering why it wasn't on Youtube.
No one puts on a better PC tech show than you guys. It seems like everyone else are stupid and just act like idiots on their shows. You guys are great and I definitely think you should do a few a week. Though there may not be enough news I think you guys should get more in depth with your articles. Do some digging and find info that can't be found anywhere else. Either way, you guys are great. Keep up the great work.
Its always a blast when Josh takes his shirt off and does the nipple thing.
You damn yankee bastarddddssssss, Just rebuilt my desktop 600 watt OCZ modstream, Sapphire 7850, crucial 128gb ssd
Readding my podcasts to Zune, and I have come to the realisation, the only Audio podcast i have is your podcast. Get that video stream up pronto!!!


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I started a manifesto explaining life and the universe that was based on that there is no Devine Creator, no God. It also was based on no presence of mystical energies or reincarnation of "life force/soul" entities. I began with the title "The new odd atheist bible."
This is my odd way of introducing me as new around here. So if the discussion I am starting is redundant let me know and I will pull it off the board. As you see I stole from Micheal S. with respect to the title. Thank you M.S. - fellow A-person.
Actually I did publish a preliminary manifesto, The Odd Average Atheist Bible on lulu, but I need to redo it a litltle. In it, I am mostly kind and good natured to Christian and Jewish religion and a bit kind to former myth religion. But hear here, I can let loose a couple of critisms.
Bug Me 1 - the smug attitude that if they err wrong and against tenents of their religion, it does not matter in the long run because "if they have faith then no matter what they go to heaven."
Bug Me 2 - Lying and planning contigient lies lead to rape, murder, theft, war. Yet the "holy bible" is wholly hazy about the need for 100% honesty in interpersonal relations, in international relations. Is the stongest language something like "thou shalt not tell untruths about neighbors?"
Bug Me 3 - If there was a god, it is against reason for people to pray for a team to "make a first down". A corrolary to this is the amount of wasted human brain power is spent praying. I am a true atheist and there is no thing to pray to for wants and needs. I hope, I hope against all hope (for fate to act unusual). That's it.
Bug Me 4 - The stupid Pope is perverted. For years to "shock discourse" I would state that humanity could be explained by the statement "the Pope is perverted." As everone knew the Pope was not perverted it made me defend my position. It was the Pope was a tiny tiny bit perverted whereas someone like Charles Manson was very very perverted whereas someone like me was just an average person with about average perversions. My point being we are all endowed with all human traits, just to a different degree. Now I find out the priests are perverted sort of often.
Bug Me 5 - In this manifesto I wrote, I bring up that civilization is teetering on Population Growth Chaos. It is not pretty. Math says when in chaos, in a century it could happen 6 billion more people will die than are born. With that is the risk civilization is replaced by barbarianism. God beleivers and their leaders irresponsibly promote more babies.
Bug Me 6 - If suicide is necessary to make relevant a "god/religion" that is irrelevant or persecuted, than please make it a spectacle that kills only the suicidee.
Please, I need new angles on the question if you have time. thx.
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1. The fact that they assume that atheists are either angry at god or uninformed. They think that we're stupid enough to believe that we can either choose to disbelieve in god because we're angry, or that we simply say we don't believe in god but don't really mean it deep down. Or, that if they simply introduce us to some scripture, we'll suddenly realize we've been wrong all along. The most annoying thing as that half the time we can argue circles around them on religious matters, and since they can't convince us, they eventually give up in frustration and bury their heads deeper in the bible rather than admit that they can't hold their own in a debate with us.


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If you were freaking out in the wake of last week's announcement about Microsoft Office for iPad, it's time to relax a bit. Yes, a similar release for the Modern environment in Windows 8.1 is coming together more slowly and will trail the iPad version by some number of months. But here's the good news: As I had hoped and expected, Office "Touch" for Windows will be more powerful and feature-rich than Office for iPad. And that's a good thing.
It's not clear that Microsoft has an actual name for this product. Microsoft corporate vice president Kirk Koenigsbauer referred to it as "a touch-first version of Office for this Modern Windows." So I'll just call it Office "Touch" for Windows for now.
And as you may recall—it was just a few days ago—I expressed a hope in Some Thoughts About Office "Touch" for Windows that this Modern version of Windows would be better than Office for iPad. And, it's pretty clear that this is true.
During today's Build 2014 keynote, Mr. Koenigsbauer provided a very early look at PowerPoint "Touch"—what he called "a preview of a work in progress"—and it's not hard to see the differences between this and Office for iPad, even now. For example, here's the Home ribbon in both PowerPoint "Touch" (top) and PowerPoint for iPad (bottom):
Two things stand out here. First, this particular ribbon has more options available in the Windows version. And second, the Windows version has three ribbons, Design, Animations, and View, which are not present in the iPad version.
The "Touch" version of the Office apps also support the Backstage view we're used to from the Windows desktop versions, though the Recent screen in the iPad version is somewhat close, albeit less attractive.
Koenigsbauer stepped through most of the UI ribbons, giving us a pretty good idea of what functionality is available in the PowerPoint app, at least. Here's a quick run-through:
He also showed off some pop-up menus and various touch capabilities around image sizing and rotation and the like.
Finally, we got to see some presentation functionality in action, including transitions and slide selection.
As Windows Modern app, PowerPoint (and the Office "Touch" apps) will also work fully with a stylus if you have a Surface Pro or other tablet with that capability, another feature Office for iPad lacks.
When will we actually gets our hands on Office "Touch" for Windows? My bet is late this year, but as I wrote last week, hopefully we'll see a preview version before that. Maybe TechEd?


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"Gangnam Style" may be the hottest Korean crossover right now, but La Cañada High School teacher Sun Choe is on a mission to forge long-lasting ties between La Cañada Flintridge's fast-growing Korean population and the community at large.
On Saturday night Choe and others hosted the second Korean Culture Night at the La Cañada High School auditorium, with Korean food, music and dancing wowing a crowd of 300.
Performances ranged from Korean and modern K-pop dances to a martial arts demonstration.
"We started this trying to teach the children, but it became a community [project]," La Cañada High School Korean-American Parents' Assn. President Sun Chung said. "Since Koreans are the largest population of Asians in La Cañada, we want [others] to know this is how we are and this is where we came from."
Roughly 26% of La Cañadans are Asian and 14% are of Korean background, according to 2010 U.S. Census Bureau figures. In 2000, the figures were 20% and 11%, respectively.
Two of Saturday's acts riveted the crowd.
The first was the three-drum dance, in which four female performers surrounded by three drums posed and played in unison.
The second was a Tae Kwon Do demonstration put together by the Lee Shin Tae Kwon Do studio on Foothill Boulevard.
At one point seven performers got on their hands and knees as one of the smallest martial arts students prepared to break a board held by his teacher at the other end of the line.
The audience held its breath, unsure if the child would make it across. But the child walked across the other performers' backs and broke the board to the audience's delight.
Korean Culture Night grew from a presentation Choe made to the Crescenta-Cañada Rotary Club. She was encouraged to expand outreach efforts, and it was a natural fit to focus on the La Cañada schools.
La Cañada High Principal Ian McFeat said, "We have a large Korean-American population at our school, and the big message is that culture matters and that Korean culture is vibrant."
Added Choe: "The more you know about other people's culture, it helps understand each other more. We can live in harmony."
Though the festivities ended with performers dancing to pop sensation Psy's song, "Gangnam Style," Choe emphasized that one hit song doesn't say it all.
"'Gangnam Style' is not the only thing we have," she said. "We have deep-rooted traditions. That's what [people] should take away."


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Groundwater PhytoremediationThe area surrounding the landfill has a high groundwater table. In order to keep the groundwater table low, groundwater is pumped from sixteen wells along the northern landfill boundary. Shallow groundwater in this area of the valley contains boron and selenium. These minerals are naturally-occurring but the amount in the water is too high for the water to be released into the adjacent Willow Slough bypass.
Phytoremediation (using plant activity for treatment) is used to reduce the boron and selenium concentrations present in the groundwater. The Phytoremediation process consists of a piping system, a 35 acre storage reservoir, and a land application area. During the wet season, excess groundwater is piped to the reservoir for storage. Then during the dry season, the water is piped to the land application area, two 45–acre parcels of land, where it is used for irrigation to grow kenaf. Kenaf, a hibiscus relative, is a plant known to accumulate boron and selenium. Kenaf is planted annually in one parcel while the other parcel remains fallow. Harvested in the fall, the kenaf is used as alternative daily cover in place of soil.
Landfill Gas to Energy
A landfill gas-to-energy plant is located just south of Waste Management Units 4 and 5 and west of the water storage pond. The facility is owned and operated by Minnesota Methane. Minnesota Methane leases rights to the landfill gas from the County under a gas production agreement, and also operates the energy plant. The company pays royalties to the County on sales to outside customers of the electricity and landfill gas .
The plant is currently permitted for two, Caterpillar G399, and two Caterpillar G3516 Internal Combustion engines with one additional G3516 planned for future installation. The five engines have a combined permitted capacity to burn up to 2,107 cubic feet per minute of landfill gas and produce a maximum of 3,860 kilo Watts per hour. The flare is permitted to burn a maximum of 2,022 cubic feet per minute, which is more than the landfill is currently producing.


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The Canon 5D Mark III is rumored to be launched in the coming days, but once again the digital camera world has been unable to keep a lid on it and specs and images have leaked. CanonRumors got its hands on a variety of photos showing off the 5D Mark III in all its full-frame glory, which should officially be announced March 2.
Canon announced a slew of new point-and-shoots recently, but has been quiet on the DSLR front for awhile. But hot on the heels of the Nikon D800 comes the 5D Mark III, the next iteration of an incredibly popular series. Here are the purported specifications of the soon-to-be-announced camera:
- 22-megapixel full-frame sensor
- 61-point AF system
- 3.2-inch LCD display
- 100-percent viewfinder
- Dual CF/SD card slots
It will allegedly cost $3,500. So we still have plenty of questions about the 5D Mark III, mostly concerning speed. There are a lot of good things about the 5D Mark II, but speed wasn't exactly its biggest strength. Continuous shooting speed is 3.9fps for this camera. The recently announced Nikon D800 shoots 4fps at full resolution, and it's on the lower end of Nikon's other speed-friendly DSLRs. It will be interesting to see if Canon tries to bump up this number and appeal to adventure photographers or if it stays the course with the series and remains a better option for studio or nature shooters. It certainly has its bases covered with the 1D X when it comes to speed (which shoots 12fps in RAW).
So odds are it won't be a speed demon, but we're hoping to see an upgrade in this department none the less.


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It seems only fitting that CPL Christopher Levi was given the keys to his new smart home just in time for the 4th of July.
CPL Levi was severely injured on March 17, 2008, when an improvised exploding device in Iraq hit the armored Humvee he was traveling in. CPL Levi was in the middle vehicle of a five-vehicle convoy.The blast cut through both of Levi's legs at mid-thigh, leaving him a bilateral amputee. He also suffered significant damage to his right hand and arm.
The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, and many generous volunteers and donors, built this deserving hero a smart home that is custom-built with technology to suit his needs and give him back some of his independence. Now, with the touch of a button, CPL Levi has the ability to do things for himself that many of us take for granted each day.
As part of Carpet One Floor & Home's Building for America's Bravest program, Harry Katz Carpet One Floor & Home of Mineola, NY donated all of the flooring installation throughout the home.
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The Vikings confirmed reports that running back Adrian Peterson needed groin surgery, adding that the procedure has taken place.
The team released a statement which said Peterson's procedure was performed today by Dr. William Meyers at the Vincera Institute in Philadelphia, Pa.
"Dr. Meyers was able to successfully repair Adrian's adductor muscle while also doing a compartmental release," the statement said. "Adrian is expected to make a full recovery in approximately six weeks."
That's good news for Peterson and the Vikings, as he's struggled with groin issues the last two seasons, and this should have him back in plenty of time to get ready for the coming season.


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Nobody Cares Who I Think Should Get A Nobel
EDIT: Gerhard Ertl won the Prize for Chemsitry this year. Well-deserved on his part, and I'm glad surface chemistry is being recognized this year, but the fact that Somorjai and Whitesides didn't win is, in my professional opinion, 'tarded. Oh well. Like Kyle said, the Nobel is a silly thing anyway.
First off, suck it Bush. Suck it long and suck it hard. I say that a lot, but why this time? Because pioneering work in embryonic stem cell research and its impact on gene therapy was awarded with a Nobel Prize in Medicine today. Bush's veto of the embryonic stem-cell research bill last year and today's Nobel announcement further illustrates the divide between scientific progress and the Bush Administration's policies. While the Nobel was for research on mice, and the ban on human stem cells, the announcement still shows the importance of stem cells in gene research.
Anyway. They're announcing the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday, which means it's time for speculation- one can debate the usefulness of such speculation (ok whatever it's a worthless waste of time), but it sure is fun. I'm not banking on a prize in materials chemistry or organic chemistry, based on the chemistry selection committee, a hodgepodge of p-chemists and biologists with umlauts in their names. However, most of the work I do, and the work of many people who do work on novel materials, is centered around the truly pioneering work of three chemists who, in my opinion (and, after five minutes of discusion with Ψ*Ψ, her opinion as well) are highly deserving of the Nobel Prize. This is meant on no way to predict who the winner will be on Wednesday. I am neither Swedish nor broadly knowledgeable in all areas of chemistry (especially the molecular biology aspects), but go here if you wanna place your bets.
George Whitesides and Ralph Nuzzo. I call Whitesides the world's smartest chromedome. He might object to that, but I have yet to find evidence to the contrary. If they do get the Nobel, it will be for their research on self-assembled monolayers. (That paper, according to Web of Science, has been cited over 2,100 times.) However, Whitesides has been a pioneer in nearly everything he's had his hand in, from his early work on C-H activation in metals to soft lithography to, more recently, multi-ligand interactions in enzymes (well, I thought it was neat). But his work on self-assembled monolayers is Nobel-worthy. It's had a large impact on the miniaturization of electronic devices as well as simply being a simple method for creating ordered monolayers on conductive substrates. Another pioneer in surface chemistry has been Gabor Somorjai, whose work on studying surface metal-metal interactions and metal-organic interactions on the atomic level has also had a huge impact on surface chemistry.
Richard Heck. Heck's work needs no introduction to organic chemists. Most noted for the reaction that bears his name, Heck's work on palladium catalysis preceded pretty much everyone else's at the time. The Suzuki reaction? Heck's work set the stage for that. The Sonogashira reaction? Heck did it first (without the copper). Seeing as both academia and industry have benefitted from palladium-catalyzed organic reactions, Heck certainly deserves a Nobel for this early work that led to some of the most important reactions of the late 20th century. (Metathesis was honored two years ago, which, while important, hasn't had half the impact palladium has.) Plus, Heck's getting up there in age, so they need to get it to him quickly.
So that's what I think. In my professional (?) opinion, neither of them will win the Nobel, and it'll be given to people whose research I don't really care about (I has an idea lets give it to another biologists lol).


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Adele Attends Columbia Records Event in NYC [Pics]
Adele hasn't been seen too, too much since she nabbed her Oscar for Best Original Song for 'Skyfall,' but the lovely and talented Brit was spotted at an industry event recently.
She hit NYC to attend a celebration for Columbia Records exec Rob Stringer. It was held at the Pierre Hotel on June 21 and she posed with Jay-Z and John Legend, in addition to the guest of honor.


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Question of the Day – Jan 25
Question of the Day from Marlins.com for January 25th:
Name: Timberly Price
Question for John Baker:
What do you feel when you visit our troops? And how do you think their doing? If you weren't a baseball player would you consider on being in our troops?
When I visit our troops, the main thing I feel is gratitude. The men and women over here make a big sacrifice so that our lives in the US are safe. I would hope that I could have the courage to, if I didn't play baseball, join a branch of our military and help protect our Country.


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Design a Workspace to Spark Extreme Creativity
A walk-through of New York's The Wonderfactory shows that the coolest office spaces are more than just a collection of foosball tables, tech gadgets and colorful furniture. Co-founder David Link says every square inch of the digital marketing agency's office was designed with purpose: to inspire creativity and encourage collaboration.
This open office tour reveals how design can embody a company's values and foster a positive work culture. Watch this short video to learn more.
Before entering the Wonderfactory office, visitors step out of the elevator and into a small room that seems to have no door. Only after pulling a mysterious cord does an opening in the shelves appear, allowing visitors into the Wonderfactory office. The entryway sets the tone for clients -- and for staff – that they have permission to think differently.
Visual cues, like a band of wood that starts in the founders' offices and is echoed in the floorboards and desks, signals to the team that everyone is connected.
Staffers and even freelancers are encouraged to place an action figure that they feel represents them on these shelves, giving everyone an opportunity to contribute creatively to the space around them.
These whimsical Mary Poppins-inspired umbrellas help set the stage for creative thinking in a room that also features a bar and a video game center.
This pillow-strewn space encourages staffers to change their posture in order to change their perspective when brainstorming.
In the 'Hell Room,' chairs are stiff and uncomfortable to discourage long and pointless meetings.
This vintage-inspired space can't be booked, meaning staffers always have a place to which they can escape, paging through a book or dashing off notes on the piano to spark new ideas.
Office Space Tips and Communication Tricks from a Workplace Anthropologist
10 Gadgets to Boost Your Office's Fun Factor
We Asked, You Answered: 10 Workspaces That Get Your Creative Juices Flowing


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radiusd.conf − configuration file for the FreeRADIUS server
The radiusd.conf file resides in the radius database directory, by default /etc/raddb. It defines the global configuration for the FreeRADIUS server.
The file consists of attribute-value pairs, sections, and comments.
Attribute-value pairs are of the form name = value.
A section begins with a section name, followed on the same line by an open bracket {. The section may contain other sections, or attribute-value pairs. The section ends with a close bracket }, on a line by itself.
Any line beginning with a (#) is deemed to be a comment, and is ignored. Lines containing only whitespace are also ignored.
The file is line-based. That is, each newline-terminated line represents either a comment, a section name, or an attribute-value pair. It is not possible to specify multiple items on the same line, and there are no continuation lines.
The value for a particular attribute may reference a previously defined attribute by name. The standard shell reference format ${name} is used. When the variable is in a section or subsection, it may be referenced as ${section.subsection.name}. Forward references are not allowed. Relative references are allowed, via pre-pending the name with one or more of '.'.
The individidual configuration directives are too numerous to list here, so this manual page only documents the file format. Please read the sample configuration file distributed with the server for comments describing each of the allowed configuration directives.
foo = bar
Sets variable foo to have text value bar.
blogs = ${foo}
Sets variable blogs to the value of variable foo from the current section. If there is no variable foo in the current section, then it looks for that variable in the body of the main configuration file, e.g. {Blogdir}
my_section {
baz = bud
Defines a section named my_section, containing variable baz.
blogs = ${.foo}
Sets variable blogs to the value of variable foo, from the current section.
blogs = ${..foo}
Sets variable blogs to the value of variable foo, from the section which contains the current section.
blogs = ${modules.detail.detailfile}
Sets variable blogs to the value of variable detailfile, of the detail module, which is in the modules section of the configuration file.
radiusd(8), users(5) clients(5)
Alan DeKok <aland AT ox DOT org>