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Sure enough, the album wowed long-time fans even as it attracted new ones in droves. Highway to Hell was followed, in this pre-MTV and pre-internet era, with enthusiastic reviews in the specialized heavy music press, punishing road work across the U.S. and Europe, and passionate word-of-mouth from devotees and converts alike. AC/DC appeared to be an unstoppable force. Then, tragically, everything changed. Scott would die in the early months of 1980 — and it was only through talent and tenacity that they somehow emerged triumphant with the celebrated Back in Black that very same year.
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But as laudable as the Nano is from a design and engineering perspective, there are actually fewer total features being offered than any time over the past three years. Some of the features that didn't make it to the new design aren't worth crying over, such as contacts, calendar, and notes. But Apple also gutted features like the alarm clock, which we've found handy on a few occasions. A countdown timer is included, which can be set to put the iPod to sleep or to sound an alarm through headphones or connected speakers. But with the previous model, you could set alarms at specific times, set them to repeat daily or weekly, associate the alarm to a playlist of music, and have any alarm or song play through the internal speaker. Support for games is also gone. Again, this isn't a huge deal for most users, but it was a fun, well-executed feature that Apple had polished over the years. It was also one more small way to keep kids entertained on a road trip.
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Looking beyond our sentiment and confusion over the features that didn't make it into the new design, the Nano still has plenty to brag about. Thanks to some help from Apple's iTunes software, advanced playlist capabilities such as smart playlists, Genius playlists, and Genius Mixes take a lot of the legwork out of creating a great soundtrack for your morning jog. Compatibility with iTunes also brings along one of the best and most convenient ways to download and manage podcasts and audio books.
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For better or worse, the Nano now has fewer features for us to evaluate in terms of performance. As we mentioned earlier, the Nano's touch screen is technically dazzling in terms of its responsiveness and crisp resolution. Unfortunately, on a practical note, it performs no better than the click wheel when it comes to navigating through features or diving into your music library. Because the controls are dynamic and not fixed like the click wheel design, even the most basic operations, such as pausing or skipping music, require more attention than before.
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Nicolas Colsaerts coasted to his first European Tour victory as he ran out a four shot winner at the Volvo China Open.
More than ten years after turning professional on his 18th birthday, having become the second youngest European Tour Qualifying School graduate, the big-hitting Belgian finally realised his potential with a closing six under par round of 66.
That left him 24 under for the week, four clear of Spain's Pablo Martin, New Zealander Danny Lee, Ireland's Peter Lawrie and Dane Søren Kjeldsen.
Much of the last decade has been a struggle at the top level for Colsaerts, but he established himself last season by finishing 67th on The Race to Dubai and topping the driving distances.
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"I'm enjoying every second of it," he said. "I'm dizzy - my head is going all over the place. I've been waiting for this for a very long time and I think I did it in the best of manners so I'm really delighted.
"I guess a lot of kids are going to look up to this victory. I actually know the last guy Phillipe Touissant pretty well and I'm sure that he is very happy for me too.
"A lot of people were expecting big things of me and for me to win tournaments a long time before.
"I lost my card, I got on Tour pretty young and I didn't know how to handle myself. The lowest point was 2008 and I had to get my life back together.
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One clear of Han Chang-won overnight, Colsaerts showed few signs of nerves as he birdied the first, third and seventh in an outward 33.
By that point Martin had emerged as the main challenger, the Alfred Dunhill Championship winner firing ten birdies in his nine under 63 to set the clubhouse target.
But Colsaerts pulled further clear with three birdies in four holes from the 12th.
Where most players would play safe on the par five last and lay-up with a first win within touching distance, Colsaerts bombed a drive over 350 yards and cleared the water in two, only to three-putt for his par.
"This course was set up in a way that people would shoot good scores and the last holes there are two par fives out of three," he added. "I wanted to get myself to a certain point coming to 16 and those two birdies on 14 and 15 got me there and to a certain comfort zone.
"Maybe too much of one. That was the reason I made five on the 16th rather than birdie. That was a bit of a wake up call and I told myself it still wasn't done. I had the cushion I was hoping for but it still had to be done until the last.
"When you hit it 330 yards all the time it is difficult to keep it straight but this course was set up for my game. Sometimes I hit three woods to make sure I was in position but this course didn't set up for playing a certain way it was more about going for the par fives and distance. That's where you capitalise on your week and it suited me pretty well."
Martin played with Christian Nilsson (64) and Danny Willett (65) in a group that shot a remarkable 24 under par total between them.
"Fantastic, great day, I've never seen so many birdies in one group ever," he said.
"I think it must be some sort of record! It was good fun. I put a good score in there."
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What does loss of net neutrality mean for volunteer computing? Quite possibly the end.
In the early days of the "public access" Internet, both organizations and end users paid Internet service providers (ISPs) for access to the Internet, the entire Internet. Those ISPs, in turn, paid for access to the Internet backbones, or made "peering agreements" with backbone access providers. Those peering agreements essentially said "If you carry my traffic without prejudice, I'll carry yours." It worked pretty well. To some extent it was self policing. If one provider violated peering agreements, their peers would disconnect them until they saw the error of their ways.
Those days are over, replaced by the days of the monopoly broadband providers. Most people in the United States only have access to one broadband provider. And the large broadband providers each cover a large fraction of the market. Comcast has been declaring for years that they would like to charge companies for access to their customers. In October of last year, Comcast and Verizon began throttling traffic from Netflix to their customers by 50% or more. These customers had paid Comcast and Verizon for access to the entire Internet, including Netflix.
In the old Internet, this would have been a violation of any peering agreements that Comcast and Verizon were a party to, and both would have disappeared from the net for a while. In the new world, they were successful in extorting money out of Netflix. Why? Because the customers of the ISPs that peer with Comcast and Verizon didn't want to lose access to Comcast and Verizon customers. Comcast and Verizon have a license to do what they want now. Comcast and Verizon customers were furious. But most don't have another choice except dial-up.
The existence of volunteer computing is predecated on a open Internet where ISPs cannot extort money out of other organizations for access to their users. In a neutral Internet, users decide what content they want, not the ISP. Apparently nobody remembers what it was like in the pre-Internet days of Compuserve and the Source and AOL. Charge by the page for things that are now free. Charge by the minute for access at all. $25 for a copy of an SEC filing for a company.
Will ISPs be approaching us demanding payment? I don't know. We don't have any money to give them.
What can be done? The easiest route would be for the FCC to declare that Internet service providers are common carriers that cannot discriminate based on content, sender, or recipient. That doesn't mean they can't have tiered plans and can't change their rates. This change will not stifle innovation (apart from preventing innovative means of extortion) as we've had net neutrality until now. Will it happen? The FCC chair was the head of the National Cable Television Association and the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, and so he sides with the large ISPs.
But you can comment on the FCC's proposal to allow ISPs to charge people who aren't their customers for "Fast Lane" access (which really means everyone else gets the really slow lane). Go to http://fcc.gov/comments and comment on FCC Dockets 14-28 and 10-127. Comments are accepted until July 15th.
I suggest a comment like the following:
The proposal to abandon Net Neutrality on the internet in favor of a multi-tiered content-biased system is deeply flawed. It would:
Edit: The FCC web site no longer shows a link to the comments page. It is here
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Something like this was bound to happen. In a way the movie "Tron" was about such an occurrence.
Several states want to tax internet traffic or at least internet commerce. In their eyes they see they are losing billions of dollars of tax revenue and they don't see the overall benefit of internet communication and commerce to the entire populace.
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I have filed my "complaints" at both 14-28 and 10-127.
I added:
"Distributed computing projects held at universities accross the nation would be penalized without net neutrality. I contribute to several such projects; the greatest of which is SETI@home. While SETI@home is run by staff at UC Berkeley, the project itself is distributed world wide. It is a non-profit orginization that allows users to contribute from around the world to utilize individual computers to analyze data; then upload the results back to the SETI@home staff at UC Berkeley. Other distributed computing projects that would be adversely affected by the loss of net neutrality include those that study diseases to find cures for malaria, AIDS, and more. Study of the stars via Einstein@Home would most likely be lost if net neutrality is not maintained in its current form.
Please keep net neutrality just the way it is."
I hope that together we can stop the nonsense.
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The net should remained neutral but if this passes it will effect streaming video the most. Distributed computing not so much if at all. Distributed computing uses massive amounts of computing power but relatively little bandwidth. A 13 minute video in 720p uses 150 mega bytes. If I recall correctly an AP WU is 2 mega bytes down to me and much less back to SETI. An AP WU doesn't need full bandwidth, it can wait a second without harm unlike a video where a one second pause runes the user experience.
The Bell System was a common carrier but the people wanted competition. Be careful what you ask for you just may get it.
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Pour la communauté française qui souhaite en savoir davantage au sujet de la perte de neutralité du Net, quelques articles récents :
Le principe de neutralité du Net adopté au Parlement européen
Neutralité du Net : les FAI vont-ils gagner la partie aux Etats-Unis ?
Neutralité du Net : la FCC bridée par un hébergeur
Neutralité du Net : la FCC américaine adopte les "voies rapides"
Neutralité du Net : une perte de temps, selon un ex-commissaire de la FCC
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What does loss of net neutrality mean for volunteer computing? Quite possibly the end.
SETI@home is the scientific experiment that most excites the imagination of people worldwide.
Eric, is there any thing more people worldwide can do ?
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I wish as Canadian, I was able to respond to both orders put forth by the FCC. Unfortunetly, I cannot. The sad part is, the outcome will affect me and I do not have a say.
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I was interested to read Eric Korpela's comment.... "Most people in the United States only have access to one broadband provider". I always thought the US like the UK was a land of competition and survival of the fittest!
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The net should remained neutral but if this passes it will effect streaming video the most. Distributed computing not so much if at all.
It's not about bandwidth- it's about being able to even access web sites.
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I always thought the US like the UK was a land of competition and survival of the fittest!
It is, and the biggies have bought up all the smaller players until there are several large players, that are effectively monopolies in their region as each of them operate in different parts of the country.
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It's such a shame that monopolies can ruin society through their own greed. Government is failing if it cannot put a check on these companies.
I hope that the US Government takes this seriously and looks into this threat to scientific communities and research projects online. Perhaps a monopolies commission should take a good long hard look at the ISPs mentioned. In this day and age, consumers should be able to have the choice of a multitude of ISPs so they can pay for the service that meets their consumer and ethical standards, and not be forced to use one company who does not meet their standards.
Unfortunately, if this goes ahead and net neutrality is lost, most scientific projects and distributed computing will be forced to rely on Europe/Australasia/etc. This would be a great loss, as a large percentage of the internet is based in the USA and a large proportion of computing power will be lost with it.
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I tried to comment on their site and it seems to be broken at the moment and will try again.
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This is something that has already been decided in Canada. We went Net Neutrality.
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I always thought the US like the UK was a land of competition and survival of the fittest!
And that's not all of it. In my area (Mid West U.S.) the one and only broadband ISP made a deal with our city to keep competition out. We have ONE choice for broadband. :( When I lived in San Diego, CA we had several choices for broadband. :)
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In the UK British Telecom runs the UK internet backbone on behalf of the country and the government. Due to local loop unbundling overseen by Ofcom, BT lost it's monopoly and have to allow various ISP's to put their equipment in BT's exchanges. Also most major cities and towns have now been "passed" (damn silly term) by the Cable TV companies. In addition the public utilities of water, gas, and electricity now offer internet access. There is lots of choices, but the UK is smaller than some US states so it is different here.
I think Eric is quite right to raise this issue, but it is as much a political one as a technical one. I don't think it will prove to be the death knell of public distributed computing, but it could make it more difficult and expensive to participate in future.
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This is nothing but GREED and lawful BLACKMAIL if aloud to go through and the end of ALL ISP's, computer sale and some computer manufacturers will suffer loss of revenue or closure with some ISP's having idle equipment due to lack of customers. THIS IS PURE GREED AND NOTHING MORE IT WILL NOT IMPROVE OR EXPAND THE SERVICE ONLY CHOKE IT UNTIL IT DIES.
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Where do I send my comments?? I saw only 2 Bill numbers, or at least they looked like it! Lee Robinson W. Palm Beach.
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Dan, you CAN reply! Freedom of speech is still in vogue here, and you can let them know how you feel about their effect on YOU!! Lee Robinson
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The commission for the building arguably began with the strained conditions of Atlanta's library system in the 1960s. As with many US metropolitan areas, rapid population growth following WWII surpassed the capacity and function of municipal services which remained largely unimproved since before the 1940s. In January 1968, Carlton Rochell assumed the post of Atlanta Library Director. Rochell, a native of Tennessee, became a leader in the advancement of library systems across the American South. Prior to Atlanta, he served 5 years in Anniston, Alabama where he successfully merged and desegregated the city and county systems.
Rochell's hiring had followed a 1964 assessment of the Atlanta system by Joseph Wheeler, an authority on public library operations. Wheeler had identified many deficiencies in services as compared to similar municipalities. Rochell carried these findings further and suggested an inventory gap of approximately half a million volumes and advocated for establishing both a children's program and an audio/visual collection. Momentum gained for an update to the Atlanta library system and modernization of the central repository. In anticipation of expansion, the Library Board successfully purchased the remaining parcels on the city block with the intent to increase the present facility from 80,000SF to 200,000 SF.
Records suggest that Rochell was attuned to the discourse of modern architecture in the 1960s. Through his leadership the Library Board solicited the interest of multiple architects in New York, including Paul Rudolph, but ultimately selected Breuer in 1969. The commission was to plan and design an entirely new building for 1,000 users and 1 million volumes, based on an ambitious 275-page program.
It should be noted that this was not Breuer's first contact with the city of Atlanta. In 1946, shortly after his emigration to the United States from Germany, Breuer was a participant in a design competition for a "Realistic House in Georgia" sponsored by Rich's Department Store and the magazine "Progressive Architecture". Seven years later, he visited the city as a keynote speaker for a modern design lecture series, created by the Atlanta Vassar Club and honoring his design of the college's Ferry House dormitory.
Despite the 1969 selection did not advance due to local indecision on whether the new facility should be constructed at the current library site or a new site. At some point later in 1970, Breuer's office was apparently released to prepare a schematic design for redevelopment of the existing library site. The submission, made March 1971, established the fundamental concepts for the library as ultimately built. The proposal accompanied an estimate of $15.2 million and a 2 – ½ year construction duration. The Library Board quickly presented the design concept to the public and it was warmly reviewed by popular columnist Celestine Sibley in an Atlanta Journal Constitution Magazine article the following month.
Later in 1971, Atlanta businessman and philanthropist Robert Woodruff donated to the city a 75,000 SF parcel of properties he had purchased on Peachtree Street between Auburn and Edgewood Avenues. This prospect lead to a requested submission for an alternative schematic design (referred to as the Five Points site) and submitted by Breuer's office (in collaboration with local architects Stevens & Wilkinson) in December 1971. The course of official decisions that followed submission of the two proposals is currently unknown, but the project effectively stalled. The Woodruff land donation did proceed to be developed as Central City Park (current day Woodruff Park), opening in 1973.
A significant project delay was also due to a dispute between the autonomous Library Board and city government over the bond referendum. Although a public vote was initially scheduled for the spring of 1972, successful passage for the $18.9 million library improvement bond was delayed until 1975. Breuer's contract for construction design services lingered through the city's procurement process until May of 1976. Breuer's design development submission was ultimately submitted in July.
Breuer had initially undertaken the project in collaboration with design partner Hamilton Smith. Smith was one of Breuer's first partners, having gained the position in 1964 during his leadership of the Whitney Museum project. The timing of the Atlanta project delays coincided with Breuer's declining health and substantial retirement from practice in 1976. Although Breuer was kept abreast of all his ongoing projects, Smith's responsibility in executing the Atlanta library design concept cannot be underestimated.
Although Atlanta-based Stevens and Wilkinson took responsibility for the construction documents, Breuer's office remained closely involved in the development of project details, most notably leading the design for the custom pre-cast concrete façade panels. Following commence of construction, members of Breuer's office made routine visits to Atlanta to monitor the activity and progress on site.
Due to his health, Breuer was unable to attend the building's dedication ceremony on May 25, 1980, and he died a year later on July 1, 1981 at the age of 81.
The Atlanta Fulton County Central Library is the main library and central headquarters of a combined city-county library system. The building occupies an entire urban block within downtown Atlanta, adjacent to the Fairlie Poplar Historic District. The library occupies a sloping site and has a terraced pedestrian entrance on its east elevation at Forsyth Street with vehicular service entrance on Fairlie Street. The rectangular building includes 10 stories, two of which are below grade.
The building section recalls grand civic libraries in Boston and Paris in its organization according to a "piano nobile". The open ground floor was originally programmed for circulation and general customer services, while the main reading rooms exist above the street level entrance and are accessed by a side northern staircase. Once ascended, occupants arrive at an expansive three-level volume of reading levels and book stacks, which are visually and vertically connected via a central monumental staircase.
Currently, the building retains the majority of its original programmatic layout, including: Lower level- Children's Department, Art Gallery, Auditorium; First floor- Circulation & Customer Service; Second through Fourth floors- Book Stacks and Reading Rooms; Fifth floor- Special Collections, Offices, and Exterior Terrace; and Sixth through Eight Floors- Administration and Central Repository.
The library was conceived at a period in facility design which prioritized four factors: storage capacity for volumes ranging in the millions, publicly-accessible stacks, extensive climatic control systems, and restrictive lighting criteria to minimize UV damage to collections. The building expresses these design factors in it's three-level storage facility, large floor plates, high-bay mechanical loft, and the controlled use of natural lighting.
The building's division of levels is revealed at the exterior through a pattern of large-scale concrete façade panels which span the 15-foot floor heights. The irregularity of the individual floor plates is also expressed through setbacks and cantilevers which alternate at each elevation. The resulting geometric massing is monumental, and yet responsive to the pedestrian-scale within the dense urban site.
The expansive building interior was achieved by a robust structural system allowing for large unobstructed floor plates. The interior, and in particular the multi-level reading room, is animated by the introduction of natural light at strategic locations. A wide multi-story window at the second and third floor levels is located on the east exposure. Light from this elevation intersects illumination from four circular skylights, directly above the monumental staircase, which provide light from the upper roof terrace.
Construction of the 245,000 SF library was executed by Washington D.C.-based George Hyman Construction Company (founded 1906) and the Ozanne Company – one of the oldest African-American owned construction companies in the country. The construction contract was notably completed ahead of schedule and under budget. These positive conditions allowed for immediate construction of the seventh and eight floor levels, which were originally engineered for erection in a later phase.
In the early months of 1977, Atlanta's existing 1902 library building and its 1950 addition were emptied of their collections. Demolition of those buildings and site preparation began in March. Sitework included extensive excavation to accommodate lower level parking, a sub-grade 300-seat theater, and structural footings to accommodate the substantial steel structural system.
Breuer's office had worked in partnership with local Atlanta Firm Stevens and Wilkinson to produce both the architectural and engineering construction documents for the project, however the structural engineer of record has not been identified through research to date. Breuer's office maintained responsibility for the majority of visible interior details in the project including custom millwork, handrails, hardware, wall finishes, and furniture - most notably for the children's reading room. Notable building innovations included a computerized catalog system, automated compact shelving, AV listening booths, and a sub-level theater.
The building opening and dedication occurred on May 25, 1980, presided by Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson; Mary Lu Mitchell, Chairman of Library Board of Trustees; and Ella G. Yates, who assumed the Library Director position in 1976.
The site of the the Atlanta Fulton County Central Library is located within the northeast quadrant of the 10-acre Fairlie Poplar Historic District. As defined by the National Register of Historic Places, the district represents Atlanta's historic central business district and includes the largest concentration of commercial and office buildings in Atlanta from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Individually, the buildings represent some of the city's finest late Victorian and early 20th-century commercial buildings, and range from storefront commercial buildings to skyscrapers.
The site of the current library was also the site of the city's 1902 library building, designed by New York architects Ackerman and Ross, and the donation of American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. For the next sixty years, the site continued as the center of operations for a growing municipal library system, including an addition constructed in 1950 and multiple renovation campaigns. The determination to replace the existing facility in 1969, prompted preservation interests for the original 1902 building. In response to an ad-hoc committee of concerned citizens including modern architect Joseph Amisano, city historian Franklin Garrett, and Secretary of State Ben Fortson, the exterior façade of white Georgia marble columns, arches, and frieze were carefully dismantled and committed to storage for future use. The materials were eventually re-erected as a free-standing architectural monument in advance of the the 1996 Olympics. Referred to as the "Carnegie Education Pavilion", the monument is located in Hardy Ivy Park and was designed by architect Henri Jova.
The Atlanta Fulton County Central Library displays a degree of structural sophistication and innovation common to work throughout Breuer's career. Both the scale and flexibility of the building layout are attributed to a steel structural system which provides the 30' by 45' primary column bays. The system was additionally engineered for 15-foot floor to floor spans of the public floor levels.
By the 1960s, Breuer was internationally regarded as a pioneer in the use of concrete construction. Within the course of Breuer's career, the Atlanta project is particularly significant for its novel use of a pre-cast concrete façade. Although the use of exterior stone veneer was a common treatment among Breuer's civic designs, multiple conditions in the library project prompted a uniquely engineered exterior system. Foremost, the precast panels yielded a far more structurally efficient assembly and eliminated the need of back-up walls to anchor masonry veneer. But additional innovations and economies were achieved through advanced manufacturing techniques at an off-site production facility. Sizes for the reinforced panels were maximized so that the exterior composition of panels would directly reflect the geometric arrangement of floor levels. Pre-casting also allowed production of complex, three-dimensional structural shapes which were not feasible in stone. Notably the many cubic angles of the exterior were manufactured as individual units to eliminate the presence of corner joints. Compound molds were also used to achieve the continuous splayed jambs throughout the building's large scale windows. Following completion, the project received a special recognition from the American Prestressed Concrete Institute.
Breuer's embrace of the material carried with it a sensitivity to the immediate perception of it's surface. As quoted in a 1973 publication, he stated "the greatest esthetic design potential in concrete is found through interrupting the plane in such a way that sunlight and shadow will enhance its form, while through changing exposure a building will appear differently at various moments of the day." In Atlanta, the scale of the façade panels was softened through the texture of a surface treatment. The panel formwork was designed with a diagonal pattern of narrow ribs across each exterior plane. After being released from the forms, the hardened concrete ribs were meticulously bush-hammered by hand to achieve the rough, irregular surface which provides such visual contrast to the scale and regularity of the panel geometry.
The Atlanta Fulton County Central Library represents one of the city's largest investments in an educational or cultural facility in the 20th century. The facility's funding resulted from a popular campaign to pass a tax referendum to improve the public accessibility and services of the city's main library. In addition, the building represents the expansion of civic facilities during a significant period of city governance.
The Atlanta Fulton County Central Library is notable not only as the most significant project of Breuer's late career, but also as an evolution in his twenty-year exploration of the library building typology. Throughout those years, Breuer produced designs for six library projects. His experimentation with the programme was first realized in the design for the public library in Grosse Pointe, Michigan (1951-52). In that project and others to follow throughout the 1960s (Hunter College-1960, St. John's University-1966) his design approach was defined by relatively simple schemes of rectangular forms. The exterior appearances, while suitably scaled for their sites, belied complex and expressive structural systems devised to provide expansive reading rooms with minimal intrusion of columns. The projects were also noted for their experimentation in modulating natural light with large screening systems, clerestories, and skylights. The Atlanta project – the largest among Breuer's libraries – was a bold departure from the low-slung, box-like compositions that defined his earlier projects. Breuer and his team's attention to the volumetric experience of a reading room however, remained constant. The requisite scale of the Atlanta project prompted a complex and decisively urban composition of circulation and secondary spaces which sets it apart from the other work in Breuer portfolio. The refinement of the building programme, along with the resulting composition, may be regarded as a unique resolution of his library designs with the urban form-making pioneered in the Whitney Museum (1966). And because the building occupies a full city block versus the Whitney's corner site, the sculptural concepts could be more fully realized.
The commission and design of the Atlanta Fulton County Central Library coincided with a national focus on the status of American libraries. The National Advisory Commission on Libraries (NACL), appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966, was charged with examining libraries nationwide and determining the role of federal support for the future. It was recommended that a National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) be established for the purpose of long-range planning. This commission was created in 1970 with the goal to "eventually provide every individual in the United States with equal opportunity of access to that part of the total information resource which will satisfy the individual's educational, working, cultural and leisure-time needs and interests, regardless of the individual's location, social or physical condition of level of intellectual achievement."
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More than a handful of large- and mid-cap companies had solid performances over the past year. Walgreen (NASDAQ:WBA) surged 41%, finally moving on from its now-resolved snit with pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts. Its pharmacy volume is picking up, and it has invested heavily in international growth, via a purchase of Europe-based Alliance Boots. It has also entered into a promising alliance with U.S. drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen.
Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) gained 25%, recently hitting a 52-week high despite margin compression due to rising prices. It also may be affected by Washington's sequester, which is furloughing USDA meat inspectors, which can slow down business -- though Tyson isn't too worried about that. Management is bullish for its longer-term prospects, and Tyson's forward P/E ratio of 9 is intriguing.
Other companies didn't do as well last year but could see their fortunes change in the coming years. Food giant Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) gained 5%, but some analysts, such as those at BMO Capital Markets, see it as a bit overvalued now; BMO cut its rating to market perform. The company recently raised its dividend by 9%, and it now yields 2.3%. In February, it posted strong second-quarter results, despite weak corn processing numbers.
A market darling not so long ago, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (UNKNOWN:GMCR.DL) added 3%. Investors have been worried about the patent expiration for its K-Cups, but the company has continued signing big deals with many major food names -- such as Lipton. (My colleague Alyce Lomax finds instant K-Cup servings of tea silly, though, as we've always had tea bags.)
The big picture
A well-chosen ETF can grant you instant diversification across any industry or group of companies -- and make investing in and profiting from it that much easier.


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Today is Jesse and my 6th Wedding Anniversary. I can't believe it's been 6 years. We have both grown so much. Here are some pictures and memories from our Wedding Day, November 21, 2002:I woke up that morning and I remember thinking to myself, "Wow, this is just like any other day." I thought it would feel much different when I woke up, but it was very real, and I liked that.
Jesse came to my house to drive with me and my Mom to the Salt Lake Temple (we went in my Mom's car...this part is important later). I was so nervous to see him. It was awkward...I wondered what to say to him, I mean, we were on our way to commit ourselves to each other for Eternity. I felt like such a nerd the whole drive down town. I don't know why, I just did. I was so excited though, I just couldn't find words to express it.
We parked at the Conference Center and then started walking to the Temple. As we were walking Jesse turned to me and said, "Do I need my tux?" And I really thought I was going to cry at that moment. The night before I said to him, "All you need in the morning is yourself and your tux. We will be getting pictures outside of the Temple after we get married (obviously) and you will need to be in your tux for them." Well, he didn't listen to me. My cute Mom turned to me and said, "Don't worry. Today is not a day where you need to worry. I will take care of it. It will be here by the time you get your pictures taken." So Jesse and my Mom called Jesse's Mom, Jan, and she came downtown, got the keys to Jesse's car, drove back to my house in Sandy, picked up the tux, and then brought it to the Temple. She was a life saver that day! And look how nice he looked in it:In the Temple Jesse and I were lucky enough to have his Mission President's parents as our Temple workers. That was such a sweet surprise. Jesse's Mission President had worked it out so they could be there with us. That meant the world to Jesse, as he still missed Taiwan and still had such a strong connection to his mission. After we got ready we were sealed by Ned Winder. He was one of the funnest, sweetest, kindest, and most spiritual men you will ever meet. He has since passed away, but I have such fond memories of him from my childhood. We used to go to Winder Dairy and see the Christmas lights every year, and we would also see him around our neighborhood and he was always so interested in what was going on in our lives. He was a great friend to my Dad and to my Grandma, and I always looked up to him so much. I was so grateful that he could be the one to perform the ceremony.
After the sealing we had our pictures taken. It was a VERY cold day. The sun was shining so the pictures don't look like it was 40 degrees outside, but it was. My arms were numb by the time we were done, but I still had a blast posing with my cute husband!Next we had our luncheon at Marie Calendars on 3900 South and 1100 East. It was such a nice, filling, and relaxing luncheon.After the luncheon we went and took a nap at my house. I don't even remember letting my head hit the pillow. We fell right to sleep. Neither of us had slept much the night before, so we were happy to squeeze in an hour of rest (and yes, we really did take a nap people...)
It was an absolutely perfect day. I am still so grateful that Jesse and I found each other, that he proposed, that I accepted (hahaha), that we had an amazing Wedding Day, and that through these last 6 years we have learned so much about ourselves and each other. I am excited to see what the next 6 years bring!!!! I LOVE YOU JESSE!!!!! And I am so proud to be a Hubbard!


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It's a charm-off! Robert Downey Jr. stopped by Castle for a quick exchange of banter between the man himself, Nathan Fillion. Alas, the whole thing didn't go much further than, "I'm Iron Man, fuck off! That's a wrap everybody!"
But instead of seeing this plug for what it really is — a quickie commercial for The Avengers directly aimed at all the families enraptured by Fillion's roguish good looks — we're going to view this as a secret wink of what's to come in the Marvel movie world. Thus confirming that Fillion has landed the part for Henry Pym in the bag. Clearly that's exactly what's happening right here.
Besides that, this episode held the infamous Firefly reunion starring Adam Baldwin. And yes, there was much quipping to be had. Did everyone shriek a little when they started passing around a brown coat? When will it be Alan Tudyk's turn?


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A woman and at least one of her three children were ejected from a vehicle early Monday night following a head-on crash near Bay City.
The wreck occurred at 5:50 p.m., about a quarter of a mile north of Farm-to-Market Road 521 on state Highway 35.
The driver, whose name was not released, was traveling north on the highway behind a 2013 Ford dually carrying a large dollhouse in its bed.
A large gust of wind pulled the dollhouse out of the truck, and in an attempt to miss hitting it, the woman, who was driving a red 1997 Ford Explorer, swerved and spun out of control before crashing into a GMC pickup truck that was traveling south, Department of Public Safety Trooper Devon Wiles said.
The three children in the Ford Explorer, ages 8, 9 and 14, were taken by helicopter to Memorial Herman Hospital in Houston. Their names were not released.
Wiles said no one in the Explorer was wearing seatbelts.
The woman was transported to a hospital in Bay City, as well as the male driver and female passenger in the GMC truck.
The driver of the Ford dually will be issued a citation for failure to secure a load. The driver of the Ford Explorer will be issued a citation for not wearing a seatbelt, a Class C misdemeanor, the trooper said.


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Andy Capwell's American Idol Recap and Predictions
Season 12 of American Idol is down to the top ten, after tonight, they'll be down to the top nine. Last night the top ten, sang songs that past American Idol winners either sang during the show or had sung after winning the show. Here's my quick recap of their performances last night.


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Know Your Ship Terminologyby Kuki, CruiseMates Cruise Director | November 28, 2003
There are some things you really need to know before heading out on a cruise. OK, "need" may be too strong a word. The cruise line's not going to give you a test before they let you onboard. And not knowing these things won't mean you'll be denied passage.
But even though there's no skill-testing, brushing up on cruise ship terminology is a good idea for all passengers. Knowing the correct words to use -- or not to use -- might save you an embarrassing moment in a conversation with fellow passengers or crew members.
To begin with, always keep in mind that you're boarding a "ship," not a "boat." In some ports, you may have to take a boat to and from the ship. In fact, most ships now carry their own boats, i.e. lifeboats and tenders. Here's what I've found to be the easiest way to remember the difference between a boat and a ship: If you think someday, in your dreams, you might be able to afford to own one, it's a boat. If not, it's a ship!
There's certainly no shortage of confusing nautical terms. "Port" comes to mind immediately -- only because it can carry so many meanings.
The ship departs from, and arrives at, a port. While you are onboard, sometimes you may find yourself on the port side of the ship. And while you're enjoying your cruise, you'll likely visit a port or two. In fact, all this may get you so confused, you'll stop by the bar and drink a glass of Port.
For the cruiser, the most important use of the term is likely to be port side, only because it specifies location on the ship. So without understanding it, you may never find the place you're supposed to sleep.
The port side is the left side of the ship, when you are facing forward (i.e., toward the pointy front end of the ship). Here's a simple rule for remembering this: Left has four letters, and port has four letters. The right side of the ship is the starboard side, but since that doesn't have the same number of letters as "right," there's no easy way to remember it.
Of course, you might have trouble figuring out which is the left side if you're not sure which way is forward. It's easy to know which is the pointy end of a ship if you're on the pier looking at it, but when you're standing out on deck, how do you know which way is toward the pointy end?
Don't worry; the cruise lines take care of us dummies. Find a stairway or bank of elevators and there will likely be a deck plan of the ship, with the pointy end clearly indicated. Failing that, if you're at sea, look out a window. The direction the ship is sailing into is the direction of the pointy end. And if that's not the case, you'd best go find your life jacket.
I just mentioned the term "deck plan." For some reason the various levels on the ship are called decks, not levels or floors. They are not decks of cards, and even if it's Christmas you aren't going the deck the halls. On some nights, however, on each deck you may find the passengers all decked out.
Some cruise lines take pity on us dummies and keep it simple, listing decks numerically -- Deck 1, Deck 2, etc. But there are others that (I'm sure just for the entertainment of the staff) give names to their decks. So you could find yourself searching for Aloha Deck, or Caribe Deck, etc. Still other cruise lines, obviously run by practical jokers, name their decks in foreign languages. I'm just waiting for some insidious cruise line executives to use hieroglyphics to identify their decks.
The pointy end of the ship I discussed earlier is in fact called the bow, and the back end of the ship is called the stern. If you want to reach the bow, you head in a forward direction. But if you want to reach the stern you don't head backwards; you head aft. Why? Just to confuse us, of course.
You know, I started writing this article thinking I could be helpful explaining nautical terminology to cruisers, but I've come to realize that if I keep this up, I may drive everyone, including myself, to drink. So I'll leave you with what is probably the single most important nautical term a cruise ship passenger needs to know. FUN!
That's a term everyone who ever boards a ship knows well before their cruise is over.


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The Dumagats are an indigenous people of the Philippines who believe that nature is sacred. Every April, family members bring their pets and livestock and camp out along the river for five days to sing, dance, eat and give thanks for all that the earth has given them.
CFCA respects the Dumagats' values and traditions and is working with them to help preserve their way of life. About 200 Dumagats are sponsored through CFCA's Antipolo project.
In this video, the Dumagats are observing Paskuhan sa Tag-araw, a celebration of nature.
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Speedtest.net is a popular and easy way to test out your network connection speeds. The Speedtest.net Windows Phone app brings all that testing goodness to your Windows Phone 8 device.
The app will discover your download and upload speeds, chart the results to show connection consistency, track past tests, and allow you to share with others your test results. Or at least that's what the app should do.
We've used the Speedtest.net website and it's a useful tool in determining network speeds. Unfortunately, we can't get past the Welcome Screen on the Windows Phone app and based on the comments in the Windows Phone Store, neither can others.
When you first launch the Speedtest.net app it searches for a network to ping and test speeds. For whatever reason, the app can't identify any networks and generates a "Network Connection Issue" error and the app never gets out of the gate. We tried it with the WiFi disabled and the Microcell disabled with the same results.
Speedtest.net is a free app for Windows Phone 8 devices and you can find it here in the Windows Phone Store. Hopefully this network issue can easily be resolve and we can all start bragging on who has the fastest network in town.


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oronr needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 80 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
We are a new internet marketing firm in Melbourne, Australia. We are currently setting up the company and we need a logo asap so we can start promoting it.
We here to help corporate customers with marketing their sites on the internet. We help them to grow, get more leads and more customers.
The name of our new business is OUTNET - your outlet for the net!
We are targeting corporate customers with our company.
Obviously the logo should contain the text " OUTNET".
Further the logo should contain the subtext "Your Outlet For The Net" This should not attract to much attention though.
I'd like you to go to http://www.outnet.com.au in order to see the colours of the website - I want you to use the same colours.
To keep it simple i will give a list of keywords of what we want in the logo:
- Clean
- Eye catching
- Simple
- Recognizable
- Growth
- corporate
Make sure you check the colours on the website and use them.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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He paced the field and quietly made his way from one squad to the next. His time with the Marines was almost over.
He paced the field and quietly made his way from one squad to the next. His time with the Marines was almost over.
Sgt. Ryan J. Schmidt, the chief instructor for 2nd Marine Logistics Group�s Corporals Course, patiently offered advice on tactics and maneuvering as his students prepared for their final head-to-head challenge here Feb. 5 and 6.
The three squads of Marines were on their own within an hour. They locked horns in a cat-and-mouse game of patrols and ambushes throughout their wooded training field, where Schmidt served only an as observer.
A machine gunner by trade, the 25-year-old native of Kaukauna, Wis., rededicated his time to fostering the young leaders of the Marine Corps. The veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan threw himself into the task nearly one year ago and has seen approximately 350 corporals pass through his classes.
Schmidt and the other instructors at Corporals Course spend an average of four weeks drilling each group of Marines on the duties and responsibilities of a noncommissioned officer, military traditions, leadership styles, fitness and small-unit tactics.
�It seems like no matter where I go, I see them,� said Schmidt. �Just to see the amount of influence myself and the other instructors have had on NCOs within [2nd] MLG from the time we have been here is amazing.�
It means hours in the classroom for students and instructors alike. It also means pain and sweat as they put their bodies through the forge of physically demanding challenges designed to push Marines to their limits.
�They definitely find their breaking point,� said Schmidt, �but they leave equipped with a lot more knowledge than what they came to us with, and their physical abilities are absolutely enhanced.�
The students gained confidence as well. Many of the corporals even move on to higher leadership positions shortly after they graduate the course, he added.
�The biggest thing is to make it stick,� said Schmidt. �How do I [as an instructor] make it stick?�
After volunteering to work at the course and passing the screening processes, Schmidt took on the challenge with vigor. Training the unit�s NCOs came before anything else for him.
The dedicated instructor is comfortable in the knowledge that his wife and three children are safe. It is his students who weigh most on his mind.
�It�s the Marines that come through here,� he said. �If they need me, I�m here. If they need the other instructors, they�re here. I tell them the first day they check in with us, if they need me to stay here from day one all the way until the day they graduate, night and day, I will be here.�
Making his lessons stick means using a variety of teaching methods, said Schmidt. The course is filled with a combination of classroom instruction, hands-on experience and practical application.
�If you can impact [the Marines] and influence them, they take that away and bring it back to their unit and influence the Marines that are subordinate to them,� he said. �I have a real love for it.�


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Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates the non-governmental use of radio frequencies that include both radio and television (also cable TV) broadcasts used for communications and entertainment. The Commission receives complaints about television and radio broadcasting and interference, including citizen's band and amateur radio. The FCC also has jurisdiction over long distance telephone companies.
FCC National Call Center (NCC)
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
Toll Free Numbers:
(888) 866-418-0232 Fax
Elections and Political Candidate issues:
(202) 418-1440
Complaint Jurisdiction:
The FCC is able to advise consumers of their rights on the following issues: telephone slamming Telephone, Consumer Protection Act -unwanted telephone solicitations, unwanted FAX solicitations, cable broadcast interference, telephone pay-per-call services cellular bill & service complaints, indecent or obscene broadcasts, CB interference, telephone dial-a-porn television & radio broadcast programming, telephone calling cards, television or radio reception interference.
Complaints outside jurisdiction:
Cable TV service or billing, problems, false or misleading advertising.
For complaints about political broadcasting:
FCC Fairness and Political Programming
Broadcast Branch - Mass Media
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Washington, DC 20554
(888) 225-5322
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The FCC Complaints and Investigations Branch Mass Media handles complaints pertaining to TV and radio program or advertising content. Does not handle complaints concerning false or misleading advertising. All complaints must be in writing.
FCC Complaints and Investigations Branch Mass Media
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