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Intel has announced its Intel Cluster Studio XE tool suite to serve developers working at the heavy compute capacity coalface in High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster systems. By coalescing cluster management alongside application and data management tools in one software development suite, the company is hoping to capitalize upon its undeniably extensive work in both parallelism and multi-core computing technologies with a view to future-proofing today's systems into tomorrow.
New capabilities in the XE edition release include MPI-enabled thread profiling and correctness checking. There is also an MPI (Message Passing Interface) library that scales beyond 90,000 processes and is up to 6.5X as fast as alternative MPI libraries as measured by latency tests.
Given the "state-of-the-nation" reality we see with HPC systems having shifted to multicore nodes, there is now a logical path for these same systems to evolve to mixed multi-core and many-core nodes. As a result, the compute power of the hardware is scaling at approximately twice the rate of Moore's Law; another reality that many programmers (even those using comparatively flexible and agile development methodologies) may not have been anticipating.
Intel appears to be suggesting that HPC computing will affect all computing environments in a sort of "top down" cause and effect motion; the company says that software development solutions and tools must scale to meet developers' needs to utilize newer, faster systems.
Intel's message to HPC developers and others with Cluster Studio XE is that both node level and cluster level application performance can now benefit from a boost in terms of performance and reliability. In a single hand, the company is playing its cluster tools technology, alongside its advanced threading/memory correctness analysis and performance profiling tools, plus Intel compilers and libraries to provide that "scale to HPC on more nodes for the future" leap that it insists we now address. In the new release, the tools automatically install their remote monitoring components on every node of a cluster and monitor its internal performance. Existing MPI functions in Cluster Studio, also now included in the XE product, monitor inter-node messaging as needed.
Again with a view on future roadmaps, Intel has positioned this new release as suitable for shared, distributed, or hybrid applications. The 90,000 new processes found in the Intel MPI Library are said to be 6.5x as fast as alternative MPI libraries in latency tests. Building on this momentum, Intel reminds us that its C++ and Fortran compilers are up to 47% faster than alternative compilers. Of course there's also advanced cluster and node profiling tools for performance tuning to keep everybody smiling.
According to a pre-release product sheet, "With Intel Cluster Studio XE developers can produce code that scales on Intel Xeon Processors today while easily extending to the Intel Many Integrated Core (Intel MIC) architecture in the future." There is also, unsurprisingly (but no doubt welcome), support for parallel programming models here with commercial versions of the open source Intel Threading Building Blocks 4.0 and Intel Cilk Plus 1.1, MPI and OpenMP 3.1. Coarray Fortran is also provided with a view to preserving source code investments with minimal code changes as developers "scale forward" to many-core.
"[Developers can now] create faster and more reliable applications by finding threading, memory, and coding errors and tune performance early in the design cycle," said the company. There is also thread and memory correctness checking here with Intel Inspector XE, which is now MPI-enabled across the cluster nodes. Also included with Intel Cluster Studio XE is Intel VTune Amplifier XE for rapid node-level performance profiling so users can identify hotspots faster on the cluster nodes. Together, Intel says that these allow for testing and tuning of programs written in a "hybrid" (MPI for internode programming mixed with shared-memory models for intra-node programming) fashion.


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Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters is inspired by the feature film, which brings the enduringly popular DC hero to the big screen. Playing as gifted pilot Hal Jordan -- the first human Green Lantern -- gamers create an arsenal of ring constructs and take flight in outer space and beyond to restore intergalactic order. Use the Power Ring to build an array of weapons from green energy to defeat the Manhunters -- an evil android race bent on destroying the Green Lantern Corps.
Gamers will get to wield Hal Jordan's ring next summer when Warner Bros. Interactive and DC Entertainment launch Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters, the action-adventure videogame that will accompany the superhero movie set to premier in summer 2011. Read More »
According to a news article read over on VentureBeat, Warner Bros. and Double Helix are partnering to create a new videogame based on the classic DC Comics' Green Lantern superhero books.
It's thought that the videogame project will be directly tied to the upcoming 2011 motion picture which is being directed by Casino Royale's Martin Campbell. Read More »
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Airbus welcomes European Commission response to ICAO Council outcome
Airbus is encouraged by the European Commission's proposal to "stop the clock" on the enforcement of the inclusion of aviation in the EU ETS to and from European countries until after the ICAO General Assembly next Autumn, following the constructive outcome of last week's ICAO Council.
Speaking after the ICAO Council meeting, Airbus CEO Fabrice Brégier thanked both the UN's civil aviation body and the European Commission for their leadership: "Last week's ICAO Council brings the aviation industry one step closer to a coordinated, globally-acceptable approach to better-manage civil aviation emissions. The positive cooperation between ICAO and the European Commission provides the international community with a real chance to make progress on a worldwide agreement on aviation CO2 emissions, and to prepare a sustainable future for international aviation."


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X-Rite Announces New Display and Projector Color Calibration Solutions
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., June 21, 2011 – X-Rite, Incorporated (NASDAQ: XRIT), the world leader in color management, measurement and communication technologies, today announces the immediate availability of i1Display Pro and ColorMunki Display, two all-new technologically advanced hardware and software solutions for color calibration and profiling of displays, laptops and projectors.
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Honored guest Bobby White of South Boston and Disability Law Center executive director Christine Griffin of Boston.
Oz Mondejar, vice president of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and Dyan La Rosa of Dorchester.
From left: Emily LaRosa and Joanne Tranford, both of Dorchester, and Samantha Lacerra of Watertown.
From left: Kristen Shaw of Boston, Richard Villavicencio of Jamaica Plain, and Janet Dunlap of Sharon.
From left: George Atanasov of Stoneham, Amarynth Sichel of Somerville, Kyle Crawford of Cambridge, Ani Ajemian of Boston, and Andrew Kenneally of Everett.
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I got a funny sort of PR email today. A country artist I've never heard of, Kelleigh Bannen, has a new song out, and to promote it, she did a video in which she makes a Manhattan.
Ordinarily, I'd let this sort of thing pass me right by, or if I were mildly interested, I'd watch the video and then forget about it entirely. A couple of reasons I'm not doing that now. Watch the video; it's under three minutes. I think you'll see the first notable thing right away.
Tell me you weren't surprised by the whiskey. Oh, and she chose rye, which sadly is notable in itself. The cherries aren't a bad call, either. Technique? Y'know what, I don't sweat shaking vs. stirring when it comes to mixing a drink at home. The primary reason to stir a Manhattan is to maintain clarity in the drink when you serve it. Shaking agitates the cocktail and makes it hazy looking. Aesthetics matter in cocktail making, but they're not always crucial. Serving it on the rocks? Well, first, it's the giant Tovolo tray, so there's that. Second, here's my shameful secret: I prefer Manhattans on a giant rock like that.
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The Green Shore by Natalie Bakopoulos (Simon & Schuster; 368 pages; $25).
Good writing must run in the Bakopoulos family. Brother and sister, Dean and Natalie Bakopoulos have written three books between them. Dean is the author of Please Don't Come Back from the Moon (2004) and My American Unhappiness (2011). This year, Natalie joins her brother with the release of her lush and picturesque debut The Green Shore. They are the children of immigrants; their mother is Ukrainian and their father is Greek. In a nod to her father's birthplace, Natalie sets her story mostly in Greece and focuses on a dark period of the country's history, one that is virtually unknown to most: the 1967 to 1974 military dictatorship.
This period in Greek history, quite honestly, was Greek to this reviewer. Natalie Bakopoulos, though, takes this event and personalizes it. In her novel, the political becomes personal, and the personal becomes political.
Bakopoulos does this by introducing readers to one Greek family and telling the story from multiple perspectives: Eleni, the matriarch and doctor with a passion for healing; her brother Mihalis, a poet who was once in exile; her daughter Sophie, a rebel at heart who flees Greece for Paris; and younger daughter Anna, a reluctant revolutionary but perhaps the fiercest of them all. Revolution and resistance seem to be part of this family's DNA sequence. They all resist the military junta, yet each finds unique ways to oppose the colonels. This family truly drives Bakopoulos's story as we see what revolution will do to a country, a city, a community, and a family.
Since Bakopoulos is part Greek, she is intimately aware of Greek history and tradition. Her knowledge and familiarity with Greece make this story all the more authentic. Early on in the novel, Eleni and the rest of the family celebrate Easter. Each takes a dyed-red egg. Bakopoulos writes, "As was tradition, they would each take a hard-boiled, bright red egg and hit it together with the adjacent person's, first the pointed end and then the round. The last one with an intact egg was destined to have good fortune for the rest of the year." Reading this description, I could not help but wonder if the family itself would be cracked and broken by novel's end. Bakopoulos's use of this Greek tradition is clever foreshadowing.
Although the family is intact by the end of the book, the dictatorship has altered each of them. Eleni decides to help those people who have been tortured and abused by the government. She, along with an intriguing man she meets, opens up a free clinic in secret. This is Eleni's way of resisting the junta. Mihalis, meanwhile, continues to write and speak out against the colonels. He, more than the others, is on the military's radar since he is an artist and former exile. His vitriol, not surprisingly, gets him into trouble once again. It is Mihalis's spirit that Sophie has inherited. She and her boyfriend, Nick, get caught up in the early days of the revolution. The colonels take Nick prisoner and Sophie flees to Paris.
The Paris setting allows Bakopoulos to explore another locale, but the heart of this novel lies in Greece, not in France. And it shows in the writing. As far as this novel goes, Paris cannot hold a candle to Athens.
Sophie may be away from the dictatorship, but the revolution is still a part of her quotidian existence. It is through Sophie's absence from Greece that Bakopoulos is able to focus on how a person can be homesick not only for a family but for a country, even for a nation in political turmoil. Bakopoulos shows Sophie's deep longing for home, a sentiment that only grows as the years go by.
Perhaps Sophie is less of a revolutionary in Paris, but only because she is not directly involved in the resistance. Sophie, though, soon becomes a revolutionary in other, more personal and unexpected ways when she is pregnant and happily unwed. The traditional Eleni must come to terms with her daughter's newfound independence.
With Sophie's departure from home, the younger Anna feels lonely. She turns to her older married lover for comfort, but their relationship is doomed to fail, as all such associations are. Anna is brooding and moody much of the time. The decision to rebel comes too abruptly in her case. It is almost as if she thinks protesting the junta is the ultimate way to stick it to everyone in her life. I felt Bakoupoulos should have provided more allusions to Anna's ultimate path. However, in some cases, it is only one event or even one split second that prompts a person to resist. But it feels wrong for Anna. Her resistance almost gets her killed.
When The Green Shore ends, the military is still in power, although the last days of the junta are near. Bakopoulos shows us that, regardless of revolution, life still goes on. Lovers marry. Women give birth. Children grow. The elderly die. These are a fact of life and do not change based on political leanings or whims.
Natalie is the new Bakopoulos to watch. Good writing or a rebellious spirit—sometimes it just runs in the family.
The Green Shore comes out June 5. Bakopoulos will sign copies of her novel and do a reading from the book at Lemuria Books in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 27, 2012.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to Portugal, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco from September 4 to September 7. The Secretary's visit to Libya signifies a new chapter in U.S-Libyan bilateral relations. Secretary Rice will be the first Secretary of State to travel to Libya since John Foster Dulles in 1953.
As the Secretary makes this visit, we thought DipNote's readers would be interested in a timeline of significant events in U.S.-Libyan relations and a pictorial history of some past and recent moments.
Editor's Note: When viewing the pictorial history, please click on each photo in order to read its full description.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
For a change nothing other than:
It would appear Ms Rice brought Mr. Ks his favorite meal to inhale.
Imagine, Leaders with his well known habit controlling the purse strings of the world...and having the capacity to start war.
SNP in Syria writes:
One heck of a leader that brought freedom and democracy to his country. What did he do that Assad did not, oh yeah, remember he surrendered his weapon. Assad learned from Kaddafi, not to respond to an attack on your land and sovrignity so that you can be called out of the Axis of Evil, a friend of Israel. LOL.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Lot of controversy around this visit, whether Ghadaffi has put the check in the mail, or will hand the bank draft for compensation to the victims of terrorism directly to the Secretary, there will always be those who object to former enemies having normalized relations with the US.
The same was true when relations with Vietnam were normalized.
But then here is an example of one who has paid the price for terrorist activities, and had the intelligence to seek a better path for his nation's future.
Long way to go before Libya can call itself democratic or a human rights advocate, but time will tell about the pennies in the wishing well, SNP.
Assad and the Ayatollas in Iran should draw some example from one who has given up illusions of grandure and WMD.
John in Greece writes:
"AYATOLLAS" CANNOT ANYMORE SLEEP AT NIGHTS "THE GUYS" TAKE SLEEPING PILLS IN KREMLIN (like the tiger)
This phase of Libyan-American relations should become an example and answer for many "so-called" religion leaders or "nationalists" who are often attempting to hurt S.D.'s purposes and values through their dirty propaganda.
Syria, Iran and many other "sheikhs" or dictators cannot anymore sleep at nights as long as they watch what pure, based on ethics diplomacy can offer to the planet. Obviously, their supporters cannot sleep as well.
Now what they have to say about America? What has become of the "bad U.S. invader"?
They must understand that the only way to help their people and the Globe is to start negotiating and discussing issues in a more sincere way. Otherwise, let them keep on speaking the "Russian way" they prefer!
I think that the Secretary of State and the Bush Administration deserve a great applause for continuing their excellent work, no matter that their term "ends" in some weeks from now. They could sleep in their chairs during the "credit lines", but they (DID NOT) ARE NOT. To me, that proves how much they did care about Western values and the Nation all the way through their service. I hope that most of them will remain in S.D. and foreign policy posts no matter who the next President will be.
P.S. As always, you are right Eric! Many things are needed "before Libya can call itself democratic or a human rights advocate", but I am sure that you are glad -- I feel I know that you always think positive -- that we have a start!
SNP in Syria writes:
Go ahead and add another medal for supporting retarded dictators. The list is too long from Edi Amen to Kaddafi what the change here is. I will not call this a victory for the West but another defeat unless the true aim of Westerners is to keep the region backward and retarded and under dictatorship and sheikh rules, in this case, yes you have earned one more medal. Keep your illusion of grandeur and winning like the Ayatollah, until the right day comes when reality hits the fan, not long coming, and just at the right time.
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"AYATOLLAS" CANNOT ANYMORE SLEEP AT NIGHTS "THE GUYS" TAKE SLEEPING PILLS IN KREMLIN (like the tiger)
Tiger does not take sleeping pills, Tiger is two hours on, two hours off..just as programmed..LOL!
Have to admit, Mr. K provides one of the best party atmospheres in business arrangements. Better than Victor to be honest -- yes, he is a wonderful broker, not really a leader, who has avoided his occupations short comings by staying alive.
He is a professional broker who can see that right now his only use is to take sides and manipulate himself into a better position for future use. If you think you can trust him, you are as profoundly mistaken as you were with Russia. You are inviting a very good friend of Russia into your house...as usual. And I have not been wrong yet.
Why do we not simply auction off the USA instead of using poliltical propoganda for election purposes?
It is bogus, 100% untrustworthy. I am back Mr. N and you know I am correct. Look behind it all...
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@ Joe in Tennessee
If I understand your "encoded" comment correctly, you mean, among others, that we should not trust any of our former "ex-enemies" in an absolutely way. I also believe in this "old fashioned" (wise though) school of thinking: Do not trust anyone, especially if he had attempted to harm you in the past!
On the other hand, though, we -- West -- have to keep on trying to persuade our "opponents" about our Thesis and our Global, Humanitarian, Democratic vision through the diplomatic way. Otherwise Joe, YOU would first say once again: NO MORE WARS.
So, make up -- Diplomacy or wars?
When we have good results, as in this case, we should at least give the credits to the people they deserve a huge BRAVO. In this case it's Secretary Rice and the Bush Administration. However, we would applause ANY Administration and ANY party for such good results. That's what we love to see: political and diplomatic successes no matter the parties.
So, in order to make myself even more clear, I feel like underlining that I do not make political propaganda for election purposes -- as you probably accuse me for --, because my favorite "party" is the U.S. and the West Freedom!
No party!
P.S. Concerning the "tiger", I was actually referring to these recent stupid Russian propagandistic videos with Mr. V (Putin), the tiger, and the war-plane in which he is just a passenger.
1. It's obvious that the "tiger video" is a "constructed" video. Nevertheless, as they never achieved in the past, Russians cannot make an intelligent propaganda, not even clever enough. If you Joe had the chance to watch the video, you would have seen that someone -- YES! in the video, THEY provided to the media -- is explaining to the "ex-KGB" how the riffle works: First he shoots the tiger, and then they explain to him how "things" work. I'm sure he took some homework too. Maybe notes as well. But, according to the filthy "ex-Soviet propaganda", he did save the journalists. What a hero? A hero without a riffle?
2. According to the second propagandistic video, Captain V-ladi-MIG flies as a passenger a Russian war-plane. AS A PASSENGER! What a pilot? A pilot without an horizon?
Joe, I "do not make political propaganda for election purposes". I would not dare to do it through the official S.D. Blog and that's because I respect it's national and international value and role.
But, I prefer licensed war-plane pilots like GW or Mac. I prefer Obama too, even if he is not a pilot.
That's why I wouldn't certainly co-fly with a V "pilot" who has no horizon sense.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Joe, I think Sec. Rice put it very well when she said that she trusts actions.
In answer to whether he's worthy of our trust.
So I don't think anyone's fondling illusions about this.
@ John in Greece,
Glad to see you back on the blog, bro. I may not always be correct, but I tend to be hard to argue with....(Chuckle).
I don't think sleeping pills are the Ayatollah's drug of choice. Opium induced delusions of meglomaniacal grandure on the other hand seems to be a distinct probabability...LOL!
Makes one wonder if this is really a war on terror or simply the sane vs. the insane.
I say take your pick.
John in Greece writes:
@ Eric in New Mexico
Thank you very much for the welcome back Eric. I really mean that! In fact, I never left the "building"! And I think that I will never do so, as long as you all "Dip-noters" put up with me and my bad English guys? (Chuckle).
(Note to Z, SNP and others: when I say "building" I mean the Blog? I'm "joking", using this word, because some of you are always ready to say that all of us who contribute and argue with you work for the S.D.. We are not! We just love the Blog and this high-class debating)
All the previous days you are referring to, I did not write anything at all, but I was reading almost everything here Eric. I did not felt that I had the power and the knowledge to contribute on the discussed issues though. However, I really enjoyed and really learned things by reading all of your comments guys.
Eric, BEST REGARDS, and keep on developing your "tendency". It's wonderful to "read you arguing". All the others too!
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Hey John, gotta give Putin credit where due. The whole bit with the tiger hunt was to draw attention to the endangered nature of the species. And if reports are accurate, he actually complimented the US on its conservation of species efforts as well.
So I don't read anything negative into it.
While it is true that Russian actions in Georgia have had a ripple effect on various aspects of bilateral relations, and the mistrust generated by those actions creates a poisonous atmosphere for relations in general; It is better to build upon what works and is mutually beneficial to repair the rift.
Way I see it, if Ghaddafi can make peace with the US, Russia and NATO are fully capable of it.
As an Afghan friend of mine put it, "The only thing a blind man hopes for is one good eye to see with."
John in Greece writes:
@ Eric
You are probably right concerning the eco part of the story. Maybe it's my fault, although my view was affected by the way local media (here) treated the news story. Many of them presented ?and they still do using this video -- Putin as the new super hero of the millennium that can win even a huge tiger.
Sometimes, it's not the news itself that counts, but the way media-keepers (gatekeepers) treat it for propagandistic scopes?
Thanks for your reply anyway Eric. I'll keep in mind the ecological parameter of the story.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Yeah John, the international press should no doubt take my Afghan freind's advice to heart as well..
Putin the big game hunter....Mmmmm, ..they let the cat out of the cage, he shoots...he scores! the tranquilized kitty is then put back in the cage.
There's something missing here I think is called sportsmanship, let alone anything resemblig a "hunt".
All in a good cause, but not something that lends any legit "tough guy" imaging.
I'd like to see him try that to my house cat, she'd have him for breakfast...speaking of which I should probably feed her now, as she's developed a sudden interest in foot in sock as an alternative food source....(chuckle).


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UC Berkeley BIDS Launch and Conscilience
Yesterday I attended the launch of the University of California Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS). The Moore and Sloan Foundations announced a 5 year, $37.8 million contribution to kick start this Institute, which will be the third of its kind in the country. The other two are at the University of Washington and NYU. The Institute will open physically in 2014, with a pretty nice real estate inside the Doe Memorial Library.
I am pretty enthusiastic to have this Institute so close to home. There will be great opportunities to attend events and take advantage of whatever resources are made available to the community at large (I'm not a student at Cal). More than that, I would be interested in contributing my own time, or enabling a collaboration with The Data Guild, in whatever way possible, to advance the local data science community through UC Berkeley.
The launch event consisted of talks and presentations by many of the people involved, including Cal Chancellor Nicholas Dirks, the director of BIDS (and Nobel laureate) Saul Perlmutter, Tim O'Reilly, and Peter Norvig of Google fame. There were also interesting talks about academic data science projects currently in progress at the University.
A key idea, one that seemed to form a common thread across all the talks, was that of conscilience. The term was popularized by EO Wilson in 1998 in his eponymous book, in which he talks about disciplines — the hard sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities — moving closer to each other. Part observation and part projection, Wilson pointed out that part of this bridging between disciplines would be due to advances in technology and computation.
In the data science context, this shrinking of gaps between previously distinct communities and cultures is often observed between the scientific/academic and the commercial/industrial communities, two groups which historically have had very different objectives and approaches. We have seen in recent years that this is changing rapidly. Joshua Bloom noted in the panel discussion at the end of the evening that they are still quite separate, and likely will always be separate, but that they are undeniably much closer together than they have been in the past.
The talks at the BIDS launch event went beyond this common observation, though. Several mentioned the meeting of the hard sciences with social sciences, and the inter-disciplinary collaborations through data science. They talked about in the benefit of learning to think about problems in new, more data-centric ways, and how such data-driven approach was methodologically-centered rather than domain-specific. They specifically described how this shift towards methodology would create new types of specialists that could operate successfully across many disciplines. They even described a shift in cultures, harkening directly back to EO Wilson, and back to CP Snow's "Two Cultures" argument.
Wonderful, and appropriate, that the launch of a new institute of data science should bring together so many bright persons from a broad array of backgrounds, and create an opportunity for these philosophical reflections. These next few decades are going to be a very exciting time, when we get to observe and be part of the contribution that data science is making to the unity of knowledge.


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During Pope Benedict XVI's recent trip to America, his journeys spread beyond the world of religious events. He met with President Bush, the United Nations General Assembly, and other high-ranking leaders. During these meetings, he discussed topics from religious freedom to poverty to peace processes that should be enacted around the world. In a similar fashion, the Dalai Lama has been a voice in expressing to the world the views of the people of Tibet on issues beyond religion.
What role should religious leaders play in world politics?
Hector in China writes:
If it is on issues beyond religion i.e. politics, how can Dalai Lama express the views of the people in Tibet? He can speak for the exile ones only. A real religious leader like Pope, I can trust. And I agree that Dalai Lama is a religious spiritual leader, but as you implied, he is also a political leader thus I will doubt what he said. Have you considered what he did to his people when he act as a political leader in Tibet when the Central Government had no time to take care of Tibet? (One more thing, please notice I can read English news from YOUR media and also Wikipedia as you, thanks)
Ryan in U.S. writes:
If I was a religious leader, I wouldn't go anywhere near the World Trade Organization and the Rule of Law. They are liars, propogandists, create disease, bring drugs in, and create disasters to watch their economic charts go up and down. The Catholic Church gets blames for being affiliated with them, but it's not them... it's the Lawyers and Politicians who use them as a "get out of jail free" card. Pain Suffering and Guilt... it's what life is all about. Passing the blame onto someone else so they aren't accountable for anything. They have been doing it for thousands of years.
Justin in Florida writes:
I don't believe religious leaders should have any role in politics. I do not recall our American founding fathers asking any religious leaders for advice when they founded our country, and I would prefer if our American leaders follow their wisdom.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
Religion, or the lack of, is the premises for all cultures. How could it not be viewed as noncontributing as an element pre existing?
The role it plays in essential, but when it adds a non flexible pretext resulting in a negative or non promotion of compromise toward a solution, and then it compounds efforts toward productive solution. Does any world religious leader actually feel that any humanitarian, charitable, loving God or Deity would feel that "words" or actions which are non productive and in use result in War, Hunger and limited freedoms of choice?
More people this day have died needlessly over Religion than for any other reason. The Democratic principles of Politics came from trying to avoid differentiation in the overall concept of limitations by particular Religion for the overall Good for people without violation of laws predicated upon the moir's of any particular society.
Greed and Vanity are still central to most of the worlds problems and evil (in what ever capacity you may feel that is) has simply prevailed, which is why we are where we are.
Everyone and all systems need to develop to the changes in technology and economics that have given predatory leaders too much power.
Religion and Faith are two different principles. Religion today is politics, even within its own dynamics. It is a major control imput function in everyones life.
If anything, Religion should work toward peace, not inflamation of any problem.
David in New York writes:
You question is an interesting one although your choice of the Pope and the Dalai Lama is poor. The Pope is actually the Head of State of an independent country, the Vatican City, and the Dalai Lama leads the Tibetan government in exile. Both are therefore entitled to play a part in world politics.
The Pope is also the leader of over a billion catholics worldwide and should have a say about how they are treated, i.e. in the Muslim parts of world. Similarly, The Dalai Lama represents the (terrorized and demoralized) people of Tibet to the world. Without him there would be almost no one recognizing the plight of the Tibetans under Chinese rule or advocating on their behalf.
Mathew in Texas writes:
Although we must recognize that a separation of religious and state affairs is absolutely necessary in the organization and management of a government that hopes to maintain a truly free environment for both social and economic reasons, we should also understand that religious leaders play a substantial role in guiding their faithful followers on issues of political or moral significance. To suggest that we can truly solve the many issues of the Middle East without collaborating with religious leaders is ridiculous--the same goes for issues including Tibet and the Serbia-Kosovo split.In forums of multilateral collaboration, religious leaders can serve as unifiers between countries with disparate political views and close cultural ties. In the end, religion will always play a role (either conscious or subconscious) in international affairs--thus we should simply accept this and utilize all associated benefits.
Matthew in U.K. writes:
Religion has an important role in diplomacy and world affairs. It can provide examples for diplomats and policymakers to follow. What it can not and should not be allowed to do is to set the diplomatic and foreign policy agenda - be it from an Islamic, Christian, Jewish, or any other religious perspective.
Dennis in Wisconsin writes:
Some individuals are able to command a stage, and a significant number of people want to hear them. Some religious leaders have such a command presence.
Religious leaders speak to and for their co-religionists. In so far as their messages strike a universal chord the ears of others will also take note. The roles that religious leaders play will depend on the numbers of their followers and upon the clarity and cogency of the message. Their involvement in world affairs can transcend political boundaries toward a broad common good.
Religious leaders vary in the assortment of resources available to them and in their talents in effectively using them. The Roman Catholic pope has the organization of a state and diplomatic corps, along with a very long tradition of presenting a universal message. Another, like Desmond Tutu, solidly a churchman but without state standing, has an out-sized influence that is respected outside of his local church.
What role should religious leaders play in world politics? One that is not parochial. One that has universal appeal.
George in India writes:
I had a nice feelng reading this article... Thanks a lot!
Joe in Tennessee writes:
To think that there is a separation in any political realm is ludicrous, as each person is effected by their spiritual beliefs and convictions. This spills out into all facets of their social sphere.
Spiritual Leaders need to work diligently to bring about solutions in peaceful methods and not inflame existing situations.
John in Greece writes:
@ Justin in Florida -- You are right Justin, these "American Democracy founding fathers" offered the whole world -- not only America -- an inspired ...and spiritual political platform that can help the majority of every thinking member of a society, no matter the "faith," to proceed towards social happiness.
Of course, as long as they understand, that State must be separated from Religion.
I am sure you know, that plenty of "mysterious guys" use religious channels and "companies" ("churches") with so-called religious concepts in order to earn money, become leaders and rule the world after all. But, they are just commercial companies.
Politics is Politics. Religion is Religion. Diplomacy is part of Politics and not Religion. (however, I think that sometimes diplomacy has every right to ãuseã Religion in order to creates politics for the GOOD!
Nevertheless, if we mix religion, politics and diplomacy, I'm afraid, we will end up to talk about holly wars.
And this is not the point.
I think that our point should be to create a social peace for everyone in the planet.
Unquestioningly, everyone must respects everyone else's right to believe in whatever he thinks should believe in, but the ãsecond guyã must also respects the common, universal right that he cannot sculpt the world just for the interests of his co-religion-memberships.
I think we both know that.
I hope that "Holy fathers" (Church leaders), in the same way, pure, spiritual and inspired Fathers who created Americaãs Freedom, understand their role and not exaggerate their theoretical power.
P.S. I liked the Pope's visit to America. He has every right to visit all the Globe, moreover the U.S. which I think is the 3rd biggest Catholic country in the World?
I liked reading in TIME that he loves America.
Also, please consider that I am an Orthodox, however not a religious ...fanatic.
NB in Pakistan writes:
I'd rather keep religion as my personal affair and treat politics/diplomacy as an international affair. If religious leaders can play a positive role in bringing about peace and harmony in the world then it's well and good, but if religious leaders contribute towards creating riots, strife, & wars then they should be met with deaf ears. I believe that all religions emanated from one single source, The Supreme Power. The primary purpose of all religions. in my opinion, is to help mankind understand the importance of "Live & Let Live". God bless all.
Ajani in Washington, DC writes:
@ Justin in Florida -- Religion had everything to do with the founding of America. The whole country was founded because of religious persecution against Christian minorities in the U.K. and the desire to live in a country that practiced "freedom of religion."
Dennis in Washington writes:
They should encourage more prayer, rather than be into politics.
Russell in South Carolina writes:
The role religious leaders should play in politics, if any at all, is that of peacemakers. Religious leaders are supposed to be people who guide others along their individual paths to the Almighty. In all the religions that I'm somewhat familiar with there seems to be a common path. Basically it's advocating a peaceful life while ushering genuine goodwill to all others. This is the role that religious leaders she play in politics. When politics give way to hot heads and unrest it should be the religious leaders that put forth effort to cool the heads and usurp the unrest with peace. Religious leaders should not attempt sway votes or influence policies. If they did attempt those types of actions their focus would obviously be misplaced on governmental issues. The separation of Church and State will never be absolute. This is because the worthwhile laws of man are influenced by the eternal laws of the Almighty. That being said I think it's best to let politicians take care of political issues and religious leaders handle the spiritual ones.


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With one look, my wife derided the new WWE book offering, Divas Uncovered, as a "stroke book." Upon my "review" of the material, that's probably the best that can be said for it.
Divas Uncovered is vapid silliness through and through, a terribly empty book that is insulting to a wide array of targets -- wrestling fans, actual wrestlers, photographers, writers, the book trade -- let alone to your intelligence.
How a "book" like this gets green-lighted, I'll never know. But then I'm not a 16-year-old boy anymore either, about the only target market that I can imagine would want this useless piece of claptrap.
The facts first: It's $30 U.S., $41 Canadian, published by WWE Books (an imprint of Simon & Schuster), and runs 192 color pages at 7-1/8" x 9-1/4". Somebody named Michael McAvennie has his name attached to it as the "writer." For his sake, I hope it's an alias.
So while someone is credited with pulling the deep, existential quotes from the WWE Divas ("You get the sexiest pictures when you're wet" says Candice) in its infinite wisdom, the publisher does not acknowledge one single photographer. (And the photos, upon much reflection and consideration, are rather fine, if I do say so.)
Divas Uncovered has the recent bunch of WWE eye candy in a variety of poses away from the ring (Victoria on a motorcycle, Maria in the gym ...), and some in the ring as well. Lord knows how hard it must have been as a photographer to wait at ringside for the one clumsy attempt at a wrestling move by a Lou Thesz-wannabe like Torrie Wilson.
However, it is easy to enjoy the photos, as well as the irony of the inclusion of recently-released personalities Jackie Gayda, Ivory and Dawn Marie. The other Divas featured are Lilian Garcia, Joy Giovanni, Christy Hemme, Maria Kanellis, Stacy Kiebler, Lita, Michelle McCool, Candice Michelle, Trish Stratus, Torrie Wilson and Victoria. Incidentally, the women are only addressed by their first name in the book itself, meaning that if you want to use this book as a reference guide to WWE Divas, you'd better not lose the dust jacket.
Then there's Trish Stratus. One moment, she's a vamp for the camera, showing off Toronto's finest and the next she's in action beating up someone. It has to gall her (and the others with actual talent like Ivory, Lita and Victoria) to be lumped in with the rest of the divas who have to get help lacing their boots.
As for personal information that one gleans from reading the quote that accompanies each photo, well, some of it is world-changing. Picking a favorite is next to impossible, but here are four candidates:
But enough about Divas Uncovered. Think about all the wasted pixels and bandwidth I've used up. Now if only WWE Books and Simon & Schuster had had the same consideration for trees.
Greg Oliver, the producer of SLAM! Wrestling, has a pretty decent collection of wrestling books. He's got a special place for Divas Uncovered, along with other often-referenced books like Chyna: If They Only Knew and Breaking The Chains by Nikita Koloff. He can be emailed at email@example.com>


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I like this book because of the cute baby whales. I learned that Humpback whales go different places. I like the colors they used in the illustrations.
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The biography "Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life" by Dr. Natalie Dykstra of the Hope College English faculty has been named a "Must Read" book of 2013 in the 13th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards.
The program recognized 24 books that were written by Massachusetts authors and/or on Massachusetts subjects and published in 2012, and Dykstra's book was one of six honored in the non-fiction category. The Massachusetts Book Awards, which are a program of the Massachusetts Center for the Book in partnership with the Massachusetts Library Association, also named honorees in fiction, poetry and children's/young adult literature.
"Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) explores the life of 19th-century Boston, Mass., native Marian "Clover" Adams as revealed through her writing and 113 photographs that she took and put into albums in the last two years of her life. The book develops an understanding of a fascinating woman with a sharp mind and sensitive spirit who had been overshadowed by her marriage to eminent American historian Henry Adams (descendant of the presidential Adams family) and her death by suicide in 1885 at age 42.
"Women's Review of Books" notes that "Clover Adams" is "immensely readable, written with grace and ease, compassion and enthusiasm." "Library Journal" agrees that it "reads as well as any page-turning novel," while "Booklist" says that "Dykstra's contextually rich and psychologically discerning portrait of an underappreciated luminary is enlightening and affecting."
Dykstra, an associate professor of English who has taught at Hope since 2000, devoted more than a decade to researching and writing the book, spending most summers and a series of sabbatical leaves at the Massachusetts Historical Society, which houses Clover's photographs and letters in their large collection of Adams family papers. She received external support for the project including a Fellowship for College Teachers and Independent Scholars from the National Endowment for the Humanities and a Ruth R. Miller Fellowship in Women's History from the Massachusetts Historical Society, where she has been an elected Fellow since 2011.
In addition to writing the book, Dykstra was curator of a gallery exhibition featuring nearly 40 images by Clover hosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society from Thursday, Feb. 9, through Saturday, June 2, 2012.
Copies of "Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life" are available for $26 at the college's Hope-Geneva Bookstore as well as at other area booksellers. More about Clover Adams, including examples of her photography, is available at Dykstra's website, nataliedykstra.com, and at the Massachusetts Historical Society's website, www.masshist.org.
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A new microbrewery has its sights set on Memphis' Edge District for a September opening.
High Cotton Brewing Co. – which its partners say will be housed in a Monroe Avenue property, though a contract has yet to be finalized – will join Boscos and Ghost River Brewing in bringing locally crafted beers to the Memphis market.
The company recently filed its business license, according to The Daily News Online, www.memphisdailynews.com.
"We're trying to formulate recipes that are very well-crafted and flavorful, and more geared towards the craft drinker – that's our goal," said partner Mike Lee, owner of Mid-South Malts, a homebrew shop at 741 N. White Station Road. "We anticipate being very customer-friendly. We want to craft beers that people really want to drink."
Lee is one of five partners in High Cotton Brewing. In addition to a silent partner, Lee joins Brice Timmons, an attorney with Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee PC; Ryan Staggs, an engineer with Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division; and Ross Avery, a pilot with United Airlines.
"The beer business is hard to break into," Timmons said. "Usually the hurdles are legal hurdles, technological hurdles or financial hurdles. We have kind of a bizarre array of partners that make this uniquely possible. I'm an attorney; Ryan Staggs is an expert in energy and water, which are pretty much what you need to make beer. And Ross is the guy who pulled everybody together and made it all possible."
According to Timmons, Avery several years ago acquired a complete operating brewing set-up from a small brewery that was closing. He showed up at the auction to find he was the only bidder.
"He bought the stuff, having really no plan," Timmons said. "He just threw the cash down on the table and said, 'I'll take it.' He loaded it all up in the truck and put it in storage here in Memphis until he could find partners."
About a year ago, Timmons and Staggs, who were tentatively looking into opening a brewery with some other potential investors, were introduced to Avery through Lee. When the trio decided to forge ahead with the project, they subsequently asked Lee, who has more than three decades of brewing experience, if he'd be willing to join them in business.
They wanted a business moniker that evoked southern imagery. Both Timmons and Avery grew up on rural cotton farms just north of Memphis, while Lee's father was in the cotton business, so the name High Cotton seemed like a perfect fit.
"Most microbreweries eschew any sort of regional affiliation in favor of just being part of the global, or at least American, craft beer community," Timmons said. "We really wanted to do something that was more of a southern roots kind of craft beer movement. The South maybe doesn't have a long history of beer brewing; we might be more famous for whisky. But we do have a long tradition of very earthy, local home-cooking, and there's no reason that beer can't fit into the same type of category."
High Cotton's goal is to produce small quantities of well-crafted beer that will be distributed to local bars and restaurants.
"We think that the people who've already expressed interest – Midtown and Downtown locations – are probably going to consume everything we'll make. … This is a labor of love for us. We're not intending that any of us will go get rich in the beer industry, although we certainly wouldn't be opposed to it."
Opening a fully stocked brewpub is a huge capital investment, so the partners hope to instead take a cue from other cities and open a taproom, which would sell only High Cotton products and during limited hours, allowing the business to have a storefront and therefore build a strong, tangible community presence.
Timmons said breweries and alehouses can play an important role in the sustainability of well-integrated, walkable neighborhoods.
"They generally encourage community," Timmons said. "Establishments that serve alcohol for years are sort of looked on as things that a community needs to be protected from; well, we view them as a way of building community. We want to be part of that."
Timmons hopes to see more breweries follow suit in a city that he says has everything needed to be microbrew hotbed including high-quality, neutral water, lower utility costs, great transportation and logistics, and unoccupied commercial real estate.
"But we're not one, and there's no good reason for that," he said. "While some water that's good for beer might have a lot of certain minerals in it, neutral water like ours can be adjusted. You can brew any kind of beer in Memphis, whereas other regions might be specifically suited to one type.
"We want to see Memphis really take advantage of this wonderful confluence of resources to create a community around this. It's happened other places, and there's just no reason Memphis shouldn't be that place for the Southeastern U.S."
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UNLV's dance department produced "A Moveable Feast" on March 25 and 26 at the Judy Bayley Theatre and, with the help of guest choreographers, further reiterated the school's strengths in contemporary dance. Modern was highlighted to a lesser extent and ballet, which was also part of the program, could have been left out. Amidst everything else, it probably would not have been missed.
The proliferation of new choreography from the likes of Stephan Reynolds, Lawrence Jackson and Lynn Neuman brought a freshness to the show and gave the dancers a chance to show off in a style that is a collective aptitude. A character-style piece midway through served as an emotional reprieve and added variety. Neon tape and experimental concepts made a modest appearance as well.
An interesting thing happened, though. For much of the concert, the choices of the choreographers and the strengths of the dancers coincided perfectly. This intersection created an aura of confidence for the group and, lo and behold, true performance and presence emerged. This group is generally proficient in most of the works being showcased, but seeing the dancers perform something that looks and feels good to them was a treat.
Reynolds grabbed the audience's attention with "Melodic Hallucinations," a gritty, industrial number that was pleasantly reminiscent of "The Matrix" (if, of course, Neo could whip out some funky dance moves.) Reynolds made it clear that he is no stranger to producing pieces like this one; the staging, imaginative costuming and integrated set were well-received. A stripped stage and striking lighting were perfect complements.
Two other pieces followed a similar vein. "Exurgency," by Jackson, was steeped in suspense and urgency. The spacing was precise and visual and the modern influence was subtle and tastefully implemented. Maurice Watson's "A Search for Serenity" was a quirky, sexy, swinging jazz number in six. Syncopation and soul ran through the music, which was spiked with bright brass tones that were wisely utilized by the choreographer. Sections of unison and clump-style spacing kept the number grounded.
"Baeke's Land," by Neuman, was a foray into the unexpected. The concept of the piece centered on the invention of plastic and its effect on the human body and, ironically, was quite an experience for the mind as well. Playful choreograph was paired with a serious subject and it made for a nice juxtaposition.
A disappointment in the show was "Prelude, Fugue, Postlude," by Dolly Kelepecz and Andrea Dusel-Foil. The biggest problem was discordance: the music was nice, the fluid staging was engaging and the choreography was nontraditional and interestingly composed. However, the energy of the dancers was far, far below what is necessary to make a piece like this work. UNLV is not American Ballet Theatre, and that's perfectly ok. Ballet in general, though, demands an amount of caring and presence that was simply not seen. The piece seemed somehow obligatory, like a necessary experience borne with a grimace.
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Marist College has been investigating the history of the Poughkeepsie Regatta for the past several years. The purpose of this project is to remind people that the Hudson River and Poughkeepsie, New York were once known for wildly cheering crowds, brightly colored pennants, the crack of a starting gun, and the rumble of a grandstand train. Above all they were known for putting young crew teams to the ultimate test, and determining through a grueling four mile race who had the best crew team in the nation.
For decades Poughkeepsie was famous for the excitement and the glory of the Poughkeepsie Regatta, but that has largely been forgotten. Yet now we are starting to see some of the old magic return. Marist College has developed a highly successful crew program. Both the men's and women's teams have won several MAAC Championships, and are becoming well known internationally. Slowly but steadily, with each pull of their oars, these determined and hard-working young men and women are bringing fame and excitement back to the Hudson River.
In the world of collegiate rowing, one of the biggest annual competitions is the Intercollegiate Rowing Association's (IRA) National Championship, which is currently held in Camden, New Jersey. Yet all of the prestige of the race was established in its original home, in Poughkeepsie, New York on the Hudson River.
The IRA was founded by Cornell University, Columbia University, and the University of Pennsylvania. These universities wanted to form an association in order to hold a race every year in which all of the top rowing schools in the country could compete. They chose the Hudson River, outside of Poughkeepsie, as the location to hold the race. It was one of the few places that had a straightaway that was four miles long.
Today, the Regatta is a two kilometer (1.2 miles) race. The officials hold several disqualifying heats to determine the group of finalists that will race for the championship. Today's format differs greatly from the Regatta that was held in Poughkeepsie over a century ago. Only a single race was run to determine the championship - winner takes all. An even more significant difference is that it was a four mile long race. This fact set the Regatta apart from all other crew races that have ever been held. It is the reason why the IRA Regatta became as prestigious as it did, and why the crew team that won was nationally regarded as the best of the best.
The very first IRA race was held in 1895. It consisted of one Varsity Eight team from each of the founding schools racing four miles on the Hudson River. Cornell won the very first Regatta championship with a time of 21:25.0. The Regatta was held in Poughkeepsie almost every year until 1949. During this time, it became the premier college rowing event in the country, and every college with a rowing program hoped to be invited to compete in it. The Regatta also became one of the most popular college athletic events in the nation. Eventually, it became so closely associated with its home town, that it was no longer referred to as the IRA Regatta, but was known instead as the Poughkeepsie Regatta.
In the early years the Eastern schools dominated the race. Typically only a four mile Varsity Eight race was held, but if there were enough teams entered, there was also a two mile Freshman Eight race, and occasionally a Varsity Four race. Eventually, this evolved into a format that included an annual two mile Freshman Eight race, followed by a three mile Junior Varsity Eight race, and finally the four mile Varsity Eight race. In 1923 the University of Washington became the first Western crew team to win the Poughkeepsie Regatta. From that year on the Western schools that participated, namely the University of Washington, and the University of California, became a dominating factor. They consistently placed in the top three, and more often than not, they won. The University of Washington became the first and only school to sweep the Regatta two years in a row.
The Poughkeepsie Regatta quickly became one of the greatest sporting events to watch in the country, and put Poughkeepsie on the map. Every year tens of thousands of spectators would come pouring into Poughkeepsie to watch the races. They covered the shores next to the river, many waiting all day, picnicking on blankets, to ensure they had a good view. The railroad tracks on the west side of the river had a flatbed train which held grandstands from which spectators could watch the race. As the crews rowed up the river, the train would keep pace with them, giving the people on board the best view possible. Hundreds of boats, yachts, and occasionally even Navy destroyers sailed to Poughkeepsie, and moored on the sides of the river to watch the event. The town of Poughkeepsie came alive on the day of the Regatta, with parades, bands, vendors, and banners. In addition, colorful pennants displaying the school colors of all the participants were flying everywhere. The Regatta was extensively covered by newspaper reporters, and as time went on it was even broadcast over local and national radio stations. But the crowds, the cheers, the reporters, parades, and pennants were not the reasons why the Regatta became so intensely popular, the explanation lay in the physical feats of the crew teams. To race at full-speed for four miles required such a breathtaking amount of strength, skill, and endurance that it was awe-inspiring to watch.