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The Farr Side: Rock Hall: Who's in, who's not?
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced its nominees for induction into the class of 2019.
It's an honor to be on the nomination list, but let's make one thing clear: It doesn't mean you're a shoo-in for inclusion.
Each year, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame names 15 artists for possible induction, but only five are chosen.
The 2019 nominees include first timers Def Leppard, Devo, John Prine, Roxy Music, Stevie Nicks and Todd Rundgren. They join rapper LL Cool J and Kraftwerk, each having been nominated four times prior to this.
Also making the cut again are Janet Jackson, MC5, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, The Cure and The Zombies.
I'm a huge music buff, so learning the list of hopefuls is a big deal for me. But almost every year, I'm surprised every year by who is not on the list. The same can be said once again.
If it were up to me, the five inductees for 2019 from this list would be Janet Jackson, Def Leppard, Stevie Nicks, LL Cool J and The Cure.
To be eligible, an individual artist or band must have released its first commercial recording at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination. This should get you wondering about who is nominated and who was not.
Let me help you comprehend something: Mariah Carey is eligible for induction.
Naysayers may shrug at artists like Janet Jackson being in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Why shouldn't she be? Rock 'n' roll encompasses much more than "rock" music. It reflects the times and often the trends. Being a "pop" star, or someone popular, shouldn't make you any less of an artist.
That's why you see artists like LL Cool J nominated. What he brought to music changed the landscape, as Elvis Presley once did.
Jackson is the seventh biggest-selling artist of all-time. Her career could have been a joke, following her famous brothers.
After two so-so albums, she broke into the business in a massive way with the 1986 LP "Control." That album alone did so much for music at the time, and also made people see her as her own star.
"Control" produced six huge singles, but it was her iconic album "Rhythm Nation 1814″ three years later that rewrote the record book. The album gave her eight more major singles and established her as a superstar, among the ranks of Madonna and Whitney Houston (Houston was overlooked for induction again).
Jackson released several more albums, all with a slew of hit singles. She has scored 33 No. 1 hits on various Billboard charts, which rivaled her brother Michael's success. She is definitely worthy of the distinction.
"Pyromania" and "Hysteria" were massive albums for Def Leppard in the 1980s. Back in my day, you weren't cool if you weren't jamming to the British rockers. The band became iconic when drummer Rick Allen survived amputation of his left arm. Other bands might have moved on, but not Def Leppard. Allen came back bigger and better than ever for the band's biggest album, "Hysteria."
More on the nominees in a future column.
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As the Supreme Court considers the merits of adopting or banning same-sex marriage, many politicians are voicing their support for changing the law.
But just as smart shoppers know to look beyond an advertisement to read the fine print, Americans should look beyond the surface issues to the surprising details no one is discussing.
Here is the way same-sex marriage is "advertised" today:
1. Legalizing same-sex marriage will allow gay and lesbian couples to have the same hospital visitation rights, etc. as other married couples.
2. Legalizing same-sex marriage will put an end to discrimination by affording gay and lesbian couples the same rights as heterosexual couples.
3. Same-sex marriage won't affect other types of marriages.
What's the big deal, right?
Here is the fine print below the advertisement, just a few of the implications of legally redefining marriage.
1. When it comes to the family, there is no qualifiable difference between a mom and a dad.
Supporting same-sex marriage is saying the law of the land should reflect the fact that two dads are just as good for kids as a dad and mom. Gender plays no role in parenting. No civil institution should reinforce the idea that men and women bring different gifts and skills to parenting. No civil institution should uphold the notion that boys and girls benefit from fathers and mothers in different ways.
(Think this is a stretch? Consider the outcry towards outspoken homosexual actor, Rupert Everett, when he publicly agreed with his mother that children need a mom and dad.)
2. Marriage will be based on the intensity of a couple's emotional bond.
Historically, marriage has been envisioned as a physical and emotional bond designed for procreation and family life. Laws have regulated marriage differently than other friendships and relationships because society has recognized and sought to preserve the notion of an institution that points beyond the partners to the responsibility of raising children.
Supporting same-sex marriage means redefining marriage as something no longer comprehensive (directed toward procreation and family life), but primarily emotional in nature. It's about the romantic feelings of the partners, not the exclusive fidelity of a man and woman who agree to constitute and nurture a family.
The case can be made that gays and lesbians want permanence as well as emotional union, and the push for same-sex marriage shows they are willing to go to great lengths to manufacture a sort of permanence in order to sustain the emotional bond.
Still, once marriage is totally separated from reproduction, it will likely become as inconsistent as our emotional whims. If marriage is based on something other than complementarity, why should it be exclusive? Why permanent? Why should the government be involved at all?
3. Disagreeing with same-sex marriage is a sign of bigotry and should not be tolerated.
Supporting same-sex marriage is saying the law should enforce a new "norm" on how marriage is defined. The law should lead society to adopt this new norm and question anyone who opposes it.
In light of the new definition of marriage enshrined in law, those who believe marriage is for a man and woman, with an eye toward reproduction and the establishment of family, will be marginalized as intolerant and narrow-minded, subject to the same treatment we reserve for racists and bigots.
(You don't have to be a prophet to see this on the horizon. Examples: here's a wedding vendor who closed his business; here are the adoption agencies that have shut down rather than violate religious conscience.)
4. Same-sex marriage will be taught as normal in all public schools. What is legalized is normalized.
Shortly after same-sex marriage was legalized in Massachusetts, a second-grade teacher read students "King and King" – a story about a prince who chooses another prince for a husband. Concerned parents spoke out. The courts ruled against them. And why not? "Two husbands" is the law of the land there.
Supporting same-sex marriage means doing away with the idea of having a "norm" that leads to social stability. It is not extending marriage to some people; it is changing the definition of marriage for all people.
5. Legalizing same-sex marriage will lead to the legalization of "marriage" in other cases.
If marriage is a contract based primarily on romantic feelings, why should the state discriminate against brothers and sisters who wish to marry? If a bisexual insists on the need for both a male and a female spouse in order to be satisfied, why should the law discriminate in favor of couples instead of threesomes?
(Think this is far-fetched? Brazil already has a case on the books: a civil union for a trio. The notary cited the changing definition of marriage and family as justification. This columnist from the UK agrees. Why resist?)
Those in favor of same-sex marriage say traditional marriage laws are discriminatory. If we apply the same standard across the board, we must admit same-sex marriage is discriminatory too. Any law that regulates marriage establishes limits. Discussing marriage laws should prompt us to ask the question no one is asking: just what is marriage anyway?
Considering the current flow of our society, the legalization of same-sex marriage seems inevitable.
Those of us who continue to advocate for the traditional definition of marriage are painted as mean-spirited and regressive. Still, informed citizens ought to consider the implications of overhauling one definition of marriage and replacing it with another.
Recommended Reading: What Is Marriage? by Sherif Girgis, Ryan T. Anderson, and Robert George

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From Traci Brimhall's "The Unverifiable Resurrection of Adão da Barco," a poem in the current issue:
First, a tourist finds a poem in the leper colony,
carved in a kapok, ants swarming sap in the cuts.
Then a fisherman uncovers instructions for a rain dance,
an usher discovers recipes for the jubilee.
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France vows to prevent C. African Rep. breakup
BOZOUM, Central African Republic (AP) – Thousands of international troops dispatched to volatile Central African Republic are there to help keep the country from breaking apart, France's president said Friday, days after the French parliament voted to prolong the country's mission in its former colony wracked by violence between Christians and Muslims.
It was the second visit to the capital, Bangui, by French President Francois Hollande since France boosted its troop levels here to 1,600 in December as part of "Operation Sangaris." Three months later, France has promised another 400 soldiers, and the neighborhood immediately surrounding the airport remains a hotbed of fighting between peacekeepers and the militiamen they are seeking to disarm.
With a European force of 1,000 on the way and African forces already there, Hollande said a total of 9,000 soldiers would be in place to "end the score settling, re-establish the government's authority, allow dialogue and avoid that the slightest attempt to partition Central African Republic."
The French mission has become more complex than anticipated, raising fears of a protracted and bloody conflict. Already two French soldiers have been killed while trying to disarm fighters here.
The arrival of additional French forces in early December coincided with a coup attempt by Christian militiamen seeking to overthrow a Muslim rebel government accused of committing scores of human rights abuses. The French troops initially were warmly welcomed by many in the capital of Bangui, with Christian refugees cheering at the sound of French helicopters overhead.
In recent months, though, frustration has grown with the lack of security in many neighborhoods. The burned remains of looted Muslim shops are now littered not only with anti-Muslim graffiti but also with "No to France" and "Sangaris leave!"
The Sangaris forces are now fanning out even deeper into the turbulent countryside in this nation of 4.6 million people. French troops have arrived within the last week in the southwestern town of Carnot, located 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the Cameroonian border.
Local Christian militia and fighters from further afield have attacked Muslims, saying they are trying to disarm the remnants of a brutal Muslim rebel regime that was ousted from power in January. The Christian anti-Balaka fighters already have issued an ultimatum.
"If the French disarm us, how are we going to do our work to protect our people?" says Stephane Orofei, 28, a local militia leader. "The Sangaris have a week to leave our town."
The head of the Sangaris mission, Gen. Francisco Soriano, said he was hopeful that the deeply divided community could heal its wounds. Upon arrival, he met with religious and town leaders.
"I know that many families here have truly suffered, but we must look forward now," Soriano told the community meeting.
"Central African Republic needs all its people, Christians and Muslims," he later told the AP. "They have to relearn how to live together."
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On this page, you will find links to articles that show you how to treat common women's health issues with herbal remedies. While you can find all of our herbal treatments at the main Herbal Remedies page, this section is for women only.
- Menopause is a condition that usually strikes women in their 40s or 50s and is accompanied with symptoms like hot flashes and insomnia. Find out how to treat these problems naturally in Herbal Remedies for Menopause.
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- An herbal tea made from calendula can be used to treat bladder infections. Find out how in Calendula: Herbal Remedies.
- Chamomile is from the genus Matricaria, which is derived from the Latin word for "womb." Naturally, this herb is used to treat a number of gynecological conditions. Much more than just a tea, Chamomile: Herbal Remedies will tell you about the healing powers of this plant.
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- Cramp Bark, as the name implies, is primarily used to ease uterine cramps. Get all the details in Cramp Bark: Herbal Remedies.
- Unlike most of the other herbs that only treat menstruation, Dong Quai actually treats symptoms of premenstrual syndrome, or PMS. Dong Quai: Herbal Remedies will show you how.
- Juniper berries, aside from being used in gin, have antiseptic effect and are commonly used in treating urinary tract infections. Find out more in Juniper: Herbal Remedies.
- As the name suggests, motherwort is used to treat issues related to childbirth. However, motherwort can treat many gynecological issues from menstruation to menopause. Learn more in Motherwort: Herbal Remedies.
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CRS: Armenia Update, September 3, 2004
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Title: Armenia Update
CRS report number: RS20812
Author(s): Carol Migdalovitz, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
Date: September 3, 2004
- Abstract
- Armenia experienced domestic political turbulence in the 1990s. Since the October 1999 assassinations of the Prime Minister and the Speaker of Parliament, President Robert Kocharian has maneuvered among potential opponents and none appears able to challenge his dominance. International financial institutions have aided the transition from a centrally-planned to a market economy, but political instability and other problems slowed advances. A majority of the population remains poor, prompting high emigration. A cease fire holds in the war with Azerbaijan over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, although the peace process has been suspended. Armenia relies on Russia mostly for security and the United States for economic aid. Relations with neighboring Iran are good, but those with Turkey are troubled. Congress has been generous to Armenia.
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After two seasons on the air, TNT has cancelled Dark Blue. No season three for Carter Shaw and his LAPD team.
Dark Blue stars Dylan McDermott as the leader of an undercover unit whose members are so covert that some of the members of the department don't even know they're involved. The rest of the cast includes Omari Hardwick, Logan Marshall-Green, Nicki Aycox, and Tricia Helfer.
The cancellation of the cop drama doesn't come as much of a surprise. Despite a decline in ratings, the series was renewed for a second season last December. The second round of 10 episodes began airing in August and the numbers were worse than they'd been in year one.
Season two averaged a 0.6 rating in the key 18-49 demographic and 2.25 million total viewers. Those figures make the series the worst performer of TNT's summer season and ripe for cancellation.
Dark Blue ended its run with two episodes on September 15th.
What do you think? Are you sorry to hear that the TV show has been cancelled? How would you have ended the series?
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Mike Tyson set to take his stage show on the road
Apparently, we haven't heard the last of Mike Tyson yet. The former heavyweight champion's stint on Broadway this past summer -- a one-man show written by his wife, Kiki Tyson, and directed by Spike Lee -- was one of the year's greater theatrical curiosities. Now comes word that Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth will launch a 10-week tour in February.
Tyson, who first made the announcement Tuesday on Jimmy Kimmel Live, is poised to bring his verbal punches to 36 cities, starting in Indianapolis and moving through Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston and Washington, D.C.
Speaking with USA TODAY last July, Tyson said that he regarded show business much as he had boxing, as a fraternity that he felt privileged to join. "I saw a Judy Garland performance from the '50s that was like nothing I'd ever seen -- she took it to a whole other level. Now she's gone, and I have the chance to be on Broadway. I'm very lucky."


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Jim Cramer Chooses Mindless Panic Over Mindless Boosterism
[There was a video here]
The last time the economy collapsed, CNBC money-clown Jim Cramer basically said, "Don't panic! Buy Bear Stearns! What could go wrong?" That advice didn't work out so well for him. So this time, he's modulating.
In the above exchange from this morning, CNBC anchor Simon Hobbs takes Cramer to task for suggesting that investors pull their money out of the financial sector based on fears that European banks may be running out of cash. If people take Cramer's advice, Hobbs says, "the rest of the equity investors will go, 'We're going to have a major implosion of a bank, with all the contagion risks that that involves'—and that is not going to happen here, Jim."
To which Cramer erupted in response: "I got crucified because I said that you could keep your money in Bear Stearns. I got crucified in this country. I learned my lesson, too."
Basically Jim Cramer has surveyed the vast stream of data available to him, applied his decades of experience and fingertip feel for financial markets, and decided to do the thing least likely to get him yelled at by Jon Stewart. You can't win, Jim Cramer! The reason you can't win is that you are a clown.


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Heliconius numataMargarita Beltrán
Early stages: Eggs are yellow and approximately 1.4 x 0.9 mm (h x w). Females usually place 1 to 2 eggs on growing shoots and tendrils of the host plant. Mature larvae have a white body and black spots, black scoli, and head and anal cap are orange; length is around 2 cm. Caterpillars are gregarious in small numbers (Brown, 1981).
Geographical Distribution
Heliconius numata is distributed from Venezuela to South Brazil. The map below shows an approximate representation of the geographic distribution of this species. The original data used to draw these maps are derived from Brown (1979) which is available at Keith S. Brown Jr. (1979). Ecological Geography and Evolution in Neotropical Forests.
H. numata occurs from sea level to 1,800 m in tall forests. Usually individuals fly rapidly in the middlestory. Females mate multiply and adults roost solitarily or in small groups at night at 2-10 m above ground on twigs or tendrils.
Hostplant: H. numata larvae feed primarily on plants from the subgenera Granadilla, Astrophea and Distephana (Passifloraceae) and from the genera Dilkea and Tetrastylis (Brown, 1981).
Brown K. S. 1981 The Biology of Heliconius and Related Genera. Annual Review of Entomology 26, 427-456.
Cramer, Pieter [1721_1776] 1780. De uitlandische Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America. Papillons exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique. Amsteldam, S. J. Baalde; Utrecht, Barthelemy Wild and J. Van Schoonho-ven & Comp. 4(25/26): 1-28, pls. 289-304.
Information on the Internet
- Mathieu Joron homepage. Information about genetics and mimicry in Heliconius numata.
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Google Wallet has run into technical glitches, although the extent of the problems is not clear.
Google's Web site says the new mobile payment service is having "slower than normal wait times to add [credit and debit] cards to Google Wallet."
Also, Google Wallet over-the-air updates to Nexus S smartphones are going slowly and the app did not reach all users by late Friday, when Google had said the update would be rolled out.
A Google Help Desk representative named Dave said via phone on Saturday at 7:36 a.m. (ET): "The [Google Wallet] rollout is kind of a slow rollout. They are still working on that. There's no specific time frame for when it will be complete. You should see it soon."
Computerworld called the Help Desk to see why a Nexus S phone in hand had not received the Google Wallet by Friday night, four days after Google Wallet was officially launched.
Two Google spokesmen were asked to comment on the status of the rollout and the wait times for adding cards to Google Wallet, but did not respond as of mid-day Saturday.
Bob Egan, a mobile commerce analyst at The Sepharim Group, said the rollout probems "are a really big deal.... It shows Google's preparation for launch isn't production ready, especially in the context of a payments market" where security and customer expectations are heightened.
"If setting up Google Wallet is complex, unreliable or leaves consumers unexcited, where they find themselves asking, 'Why did I do this?' then Google Wallet will be stillborn," Egan added.
A Google spokeswoman had said Wednesday, that "100% of users should have the update by EOD Friday" after earlier saying the update would be completed on Wednesday.
Google launched Google Wallet on Monday, saying there would be an over-the-air rollout of the Google Wallet app and that the service was "now available on Nexus S 4G on Sprint."
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Lengthy wireless software rollouts are common, usually taking several days so networks won't get jammed, analysts said. Google and various Android smartphone wireless carriers have come under fire for requiring Android OS version updates, but mainly for promising the rollouts would start at a certain time and then delaying the start of the rollout.
Consumer Reports blogged on Wednesday that Google had rushed to get the first digital wallet on the market, adding that Google's "promotional promises seem to have gotten a little ahead of themselves."
Such a delay might not normally be a concern, except that Google and its partners -- Sprint, MasterCard, Citi and First Data -- put enormous time and money into the Google Wallet app.
The idea of being first in the U.S. with a major rollout using Near Field Communications technology inside smartphones is notable. The stakes are high: the long-term future of mobile wallets is expected to be lucrative, worth many billions of dollars in the U.S., to banks that collect transaction fees and to technology companies such as Google that receive revenues for making coupons and other offers available to users.
Analysts questioned how serious the delay really is, and how many users are already connected. They also questioned whether the wait times for adding credit cards could be a sign of a bigger problem with the complex network, systems and the money exchange infrastructure behind Google Wallet.
The Google Wallet Web site first posted a notice on Wednesday of the problem in adding credit cards to the app, the same notice that was still live today.
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Are You a Good Leader?
You will be if you draw on key ethical principles. Here's how to do it, whether you're a CEO, a banker, an entrepreneur, or anyone else in business
"Never underestimate the other guy's greed." This isn't just a classic line from the 1983 Brian De Palma film, Scarface (written by Oliver Stone). It also reflects the attitude that has caused the economic disaster we're now clawing ourselves out of.
Isn't it time for a new way of thinking?
I propose the following leadership guidelines for C-level executives, investment bankers, entrepreneurs, and everyone else whose decisions can affect the financial well being of other people.
At a time when companies are slashing their labor forces and freezing salary increases, and when some employees are being asked to take lower-paying positions, it is deeply unethical for leaders to retain their sky-high compensation and to expect enormous bonuses. They should follow the example of Michael Kneeland, CEO of United Rentals, who recently asked for, and was given, a 20% pay cut. Let's hear more reports like this one.
[wcm_restrict]2. KNOW YOUR PRODUCT.
According to a recent three-part story in The Wall Street Journal, the willingness of investors to buy and sell financial products whose complexity they didn't fully understand was one of the primary catalysts of the bust. From our current sober perspective, it seems unbelievable that self-identified experts could be involved in transactions with so much at stake and at the same time be ignorant about exactly what it is they were buying or selling, but this is what happened, and on a grand scale, no less.
Because money was being made in these deals, no one thought to question what was going on or had the strength of character to speak up about any suspicions. However, knowing your product isn't a nicety of doing business. It is an ethical obligation – to your company, your clients, and yourself.
Most of us were taught that we should treat people the way we'd like to be treated ourselves. However, too many business leaders have failed to take this seriously. Instead, the guideline seems to be, "Get all you can by any means necessary." Look at credit-card companies that charge exorbitant interest rates, changing customers' fees without telling them why. These companies defend such practices on the grounds that they will lose their competitive edge if they don't play hardball.
This kind of leadership is shortsighted, unfair, and ultimately bad for business, since the consequences will be more federal regulation and oversight. Good leaders know that if they don't regulate their businesses themselves, someone else will.
A leader has an ethical obligation to be honest with stakeholders about issues that directly concern them. One of these issues is the leader's own health. Consider the recent 10% drop in Apple stock after CEO Steve Jobs announced that he was taking a five-month medical leave of absence. Because Jobs battled pancreatic cancer several years ago, there was speculation that his cancer had returned, even though Jobs had announced earlier that he was merely suffering from a "hormone imbalance." While stockholders may have punished Jobs for his announcement, he did the right thing in saying he was taking a leave for medical reasons. There is no shame in being ill, and true leadership involves being forthcoming about one's illness—and anything else that can affect the flourishing of the organization.
When you can reasonably foresee that a decision is likely to hurt people and you make that decision anyway, you're being both irresponsible and stupid. For example, subprime mortgage lenders and brokers who lend money to people likely to default are enriching themselves at the expense of the rest of us, since the federal government may be called upon for financial rescue.
What such predators don't realize is that in the long run, their practices will come back to haunt them in the form of bankruptcy filings, bad PR, and perhaps even prison time for the worst offenders. The good leader recognizes that preventing harm to clients and company alike is both an ethical responsibility and a wise business policy.
It is easy to take advantage of a situation for financial gain, but doing so isn't consistent with good leadership. After Hurricane Ike hit last year, the wholesale price of gasoline shot up, which was nothing more than price gouging.
In the short run, companies that exploited a natural tragedy may have profited financially, but the long-term negative consequences are real and significant: In New York State, for example, more than a dozen companies were fined more than $60,000 for unfair business practices following Hurricane Katrina. Of course, the reason to do the right thing is simply because it is the right thing to do. But it is also true that taking the low road can be harmful professionally and personally.
…and keep the promises you make. There are rare circumstances in which we not only have a right but an ethical obligation to break a promise, but generally speaking, we have a strong duty to be true to our word. This is, after all, one of the primary ways that we show our respect to people. Recall that last March, Dr Pepper said it would give out free cans of soda to "everyone in America" if Chinese Democracy, the long-overdue album from Guns 'n' Roses, came out by the end of the year. When Axl Rose surprised the music world by releasing the album in November, the beverage company was unable to deliver a soft drinksto everyone who wanted one (Whether it's ethical for a band that has only one of its original members to call itself "Guns 'n' Roses" is another matter.) Good leaders are careful to make only those promises they are likely to keep and keep the promises they do make. When they are unable to keep those promises, they own up to it, which brings us to the next rule of good leadership:
Transparency and accountability should be the new buzzwords. This means, in part, that business leaders who make mistakes should apologize to those they have let down and do whatever is necessary to make amends. In the wake of the toy industry's lead-paint scare in 2007, Mattel CEO Robert Eckert took the high road and told a Senate subcommittee that the company failed "by not closely overseeing subcontractors in China whose toys didn't meet U.S. safety standards," and that Mattel was working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ensure that these products would be safer. It must have been extraordinarily difficult for Eckert to apologize publicly, but by finding the courage to do so, he demonstrated ethical leadership.
We often recite—incorrectly—President Calvin Coolidge's statement, "The business of America is business." (What he actually said was, "The chief business of the American people is business.") But far more important is what followed that statement: "Of course the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence." Coolidge's policies are often blamed for bringing about the Great Depression, but if enough people had heeded the latter statement, perhaps our history would have been different. Money has no intrinsic value; it is good only for what it can get us. For the good leader, this means that the ultimate goal in business—and life—is not hoarding riches but making things better for all, especially the neediest.
The relentless quest to be No.1 can blind us to what's really valuable in life: being a decent human being. Yes, good leaders are enthusiastically devoted to accomplishing their mission, but this pursuit cannot be at the expense of the well being of others. For example, leaders with the unenviable task of letting people go will avoid taking the easy way out . No one likes being the bearer of bad news, but the good leader does so with the dignity that leadership of the highest order demands.
It's admirable to be passionate about your job, but passion can easily become obsession, and that's where the danger starts. When your life's work becomes your life, it is time to take a step back and reevaluate your priorities. I've already shown why you ought to take vacations and stay home when you're sick. More critical than either of these is recognizing what's really important in life—and it's not your career, no matter how satisfying that may be. Good leaders not only make room for family, friends, and spirituality; they know these are the things that truly make life worth living.
It should be obvious by now that the above rules apply not just to those in the financial sector but to everyone else, too. They are, after all, based on the five fundamental principles of ethics: Do No Harm, Make Things Better, Respect Others, Be Fair , and Be Loving. As Peter Drucker pointed out, it is not enough to do things right; we must also do the right things. The good leader today is concerned not only with getting from A to B, but with deciding whether B is worth getting to in the first place.[/wcm_restrict][wcm_nonmember]
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Malaysia is unique among Muslim countries in operating both conventional interest-based banking side by side with Islamic finance.
In the past decade the industry has made steady inroads and now accounts for 20 percent of the local banking assets.
And in these times of economic uncertainty, it is not just consumers but also governments and major corporations that are looking for funding through Islamic channels, which are not just profit driven but based on ethical considerations.
Dr Soualhi says Malaysia has put in place a strong regulatory, legal and Shariah framework. That has helped Malaysia become the largest issuer of sukuk or Islamic bonds in the world, to the tune of 150 billion US dollars.
It's also gaining reputation for coming up with new Shariah-compliant products and services, as well as becoming a hub for education specializing in Islamic finance. But some people in the industry say there is still plenty of room for improvement and growth.
Islamic finance is one of the key areas the government has identified to move the economy forward. Globally the industry is worth an estimated one trillion dollars and expected to grow by at least 25 percent a year.
Although Malaysia is one of the leaders in Islamic banking, it also faces stiff competition from even non-Muslim players like London and neighboring Singapore, which are keen to grab a slice of the Islamic finance pie.
(Press Tv / 15 June 2012)
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I'am writing an ECU tunig software HUD ECU Hacker for which I need a 3D Viewer which displays the calibration tables.
I searched a ready-to-use 3D Control in internet but could not find what fits my needs.
Huge 3D software projects like Helix Toolkit are completely overbloated (220 MB) for my small project.
Commercial 3D software from $250 USD up to $2900 USD is also not an option.
I found WPF 3D Chart on Codeproject.
It is very fast because WPF is based on ActiveX which uses hardware acceleration.
The graphics processor can render 3D surfaces which must be composed of triangles.
But it is difficult to render lines. Each line would have to be defined as 2 triangles.
I need lines for the coordinate system.
I also need lines which display discrete values on the 3D surface.
I want each value in a data table to be represented as a polygon on the 3D object.
The screenshot above shows the representation of a data table with 22 rows and 17 columns.
I found it too complicated to implement this in WPF.
Extra work must be done to integrate a WPF control into a Windows.Forms application. See this article.
Then I found Plot 3D on Codeproject.
This is more what I'am looking for but the code is not reusable and has many issues.
It is one of these many projects on Codeproject or Github which the author never has finished, which are buggy and lack functionality.
There is no useful way to rotate the 3D object. Instead of specifying a rotation angle you must specify the 3D observer coordinates which is a complete misdesign.
After fixing this I found that rotation results in ugly drawing artifacts at certain angles.
The reason is that the polygons are not painted in the correct order.
The code has a bad performance because of wrong programming. For example in OnPaint() he creates each time 100 brushes and disposes them afterwards.
The code has been designed only for formulas but assigning fix values from a data table is not possible.
I ended up rewriting Plot 3D from the scratch, bug fixing and adding a lot of missing functionality.
The result is a UserControl which you can copy unchanged into your project and which you get working in a few minutes.
The features of my control are already listed above.
As my code does not use hardware acceleration the number of polygons that you display determines the drawing speed.
Without problem you can rotate and elevate the 3D objects of the demos in real time with the mouse without any delay. However if you want to render far more polygons it will be obviously slower.
For my purpose I need less than 2000 polygons which allows real time rotating with the mouse.
Download the ZIP file and then run the already compiled EXE file and play around with it and you will see the speed.
The screenshot above shows the data from a data table with 22x17 values displayed as 3D surface with coordinate system.
int[,] s32_Values = new int[,]
{ 9059, 9634, 10617, 11141, ....., 15368, 15368, 15368, 15368, 15368 }, // row 1
{ 9684, 10387, 11141, 11796, ....., 15794, 15794, 15794, 15794, 15794 }, // row 2
{ 34669, 34210, 33653, 33096, ....., 27886, 26492, 25167, 25167, 25167 }, // row 21
{ 34767, 34210, 33718, 33096, ....., 27984, 26492, 25167, 25167, 25167 } // row 22
cPoint3D[,] i_Points3D = new cPoint3D[s32_Values.GetLength(0), s32_Values.GetLength(1)];
for (int X=0; X<s32_Values.GetLength(0); X++)
for (int Y=0; Y<s32_Values.GetLength(1); Y++)
i_Points3D[X,Y] = new cPoint3D(X * 10, Y * 500, s32_Values[X,Y]);
graph3D.AxisX_Legend = "MAP (kPa)";
graph3D.AxisY_Legend = "Engine Speed (rpm)";
graph3D.AxisZ_Legend = "ADS";
graph3D.Raster = eRaster.Labels; // Show axis, raster lines, labels
graph3D.SetSurfacePoints(i_Points3D, eNormalize.Separate);
When you use discrete values for X,Y and Z which are not related like in this example make sure that X,Y and Z values
are normalized separately by using the parameter eNormalize.Separate because X < 300 and Z > 30000.
Or you can write a C# callback function which calculates the Z values from the given X and Y values.
delRendererFunction f_Callback = delegate(double X, double Y)
double r = 0.15 * Math.Sqrt(X * X + Y * Y);
if (r < 1e-10) return 120;
else return 120 * Math.Sin(r) / r;
PointF k_Start = new PointF(-120, -80);
PointF k_End = new PointF( 120, 80);
graph3D.SetFunction(f_Callback, k_Start, k_End, 5, eNormalize.MaintainXYZ);
This code defines a modulated sinus function which is displayed on the X axis from -120 to +120 and on the Y axis from -80 to +80.
The last parameter (5) is the density which defines the count of polygons: (2* 120) / 5 = 48 polygons on the X axis and (2* 80) / 5 = 32 polygons for Y, which results in totally 1536 poygons.
When you use functions make sure that the relation between X,Y and Z values is not distorted
by using the parameter eNormalize.MaintainXYZ.
Or you can let the user enter a string formula which will be compiled at run time:
String s_Formula = "12 * sin(x) * cos(y) / (sqrt(sqrt(x * x + y * y)) + 0.2)";
delRendererFunction f_Function = FunctionCompiler.Compile(s_Formula);
PointF k_Start = new PointF(-10, -10);
PointF k_End = new PointF( 10, 10);
graph3D.SetFunction(f_Function, k_Start, k_End, 0.5, eNormalize.MaintainXYZ);
List<cScatter> i_List = new List<cScatter>();
for (double P = -22.0; P < 22.0; P += 0.1)
double X = Math.Sin(P) * P;
double Y = Math.Cos(P) * P;
double Z = P;
if (Z > 0.0) Z/= 3.0;
i_List.Add(new cScatter(X, Y, Z, null));
graph3D.Raster = eRaster.Labels; // Show axis, raster lines, labels
// You can also specify MaintainXY or MaintainXYZ here
graph3D.SetScatterPoints(i_List.ToArray(), eNormalize.Separate);
You can either pass a Brush to cScatter for each point in the graph.
Or you pass null and a color from the color scheme is used.
Well, this code has just been written on 14th february 2021.
List<cScatter> i_List = new List<cScatter>();
// Upper (round) part of heart
double X = 0.0;
double Z = 0.0;
for (double P = 0.0; P <= Math.PI * 1.32; P += 0.025)
X = Math.Cos(P) * 1.5 - 1.5;
Z = Math.Sin(P) * 3.0 + 6.0;
i_List.Add(new cScatter( X, -X, Z, Brushes.Red));
i_List.Add(new cScatter(-X, X, Z, Brushes.Red));
// Lower (linear) part of heart
double d_X = X / 70;
double d_Z = Z / 70;
while (Z >= 0.0)
i_List.Add(new cScatter( X, -X, Z, Brushes.Red));
i_List.Add(new cScatter(-X, X, Z, Brushes.Red));
X -= d_X;
Z -= d_Z;
graph3D.SetScatterPoints(i_List.ToArray(), eNormalize.MaintainXYZ);
This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)
comboRaster.SelectedIndex = (int)eRaster.Off;
comboRaster.SelectedIndex = (int)eRaster.Labels;
Elmue wrote:> But it is the labels that disappear, not the planes.
I don't know what you want to say with this?
Elmue wrote:I'am planning to implement even more: That the user can select multiple points with the mouse for editing the data.
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Towing and pushing their keelboat up the shallow, winding Missouri River in 1804, Lewis and Clark's band of explorers emerged from woodlands into the jaw-dropping vastness of the Great Plains of South Dakota. Today, modern dams have largely tamed the river on its north-south run through the state's heart to a dogleg near the Nebraska border. Even so, many spots along the broad Missouri valley still evoke the endless, rolling sea of grass the explorers found. Drive the Native American Scenic Byway to get a sense for the prairie, and stop in at the towns and small cities along the route.
The four huge, serpentine reservoirs formed along the river—Oahe, Lewis and Clark, Francis Case, and Sharpe—have an appeal all their own, with campgrounds, marinas and parks dotting thousands of miles of shore. South Dakota's Park's and Recreation Department maintains many areas around the lakes. For information on those, as well as about fishing, camping, hunting and other activities: (605) 883-3391; gfp.sd.gov
This popular Interstate-90 travel oasis (population: 2,270) overlooks the Missouri River where it forms Lake Francis Case.
What to do
Akta Lakota Museum and Cultural Center Artwork by contemporary Native American artists shares space with historical weapons and clothing. Free. (800) 798-3452; aktalakota.org
Native American Scenic Byway This byway twists and dives across a rolling sea of grass for 357 miles from Chamberlain north to Bismarck, North Dakota; the 100-mile stretch from Chamberlain to Pierre is especially scenic. byways.org
View from the Native American Scenic Byway.
Casey's Cafe Cheeseburgers draw hungry families to Casey's. Don't pass up the pie for dessert (605) 734-6530).
Derby Coffeehouse Stop in for espresso drinks, pastries and lunch all week and ribeyes and seafood on Friday and Saturday nights. (605) 234-1380
Where to stay
Cedar Shore Resort Along the shore of Lake Francis Case in Oacoma, a modern resort offers rooms with balconies, plus a pool. (888) 697-6363; cedarshore.com
For information: Chamberlain–Oacoma Area Chamber of Commerce/CVB (605) 234-4416; chamberlainsd.org
The state capital (population: 13,900) serves as the gateway to 231-mile-long Lake Oahe.
What to do
Casey Tibbs South Dakota Rodeo Center Casey Tibbs isn't a household name, but Tibbs, who died in 1990, is a rodeo legend. So is trick rider Mattie Goff-Newcombe, who is captured in bronze on one display. This fun museum in Fort Pierre features memorabilia and gripping video footage. (605) 494-1094; caseytibbs.com
South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center See several prized artifacts, including the Verendrye Plate, a lead tablet claiming the area for France. (605) 773-3458; history.sd.gov
South Dakota Discovery Center Catfish and other Missouri River natives swim in huge tanks. Kid-friendly activities include digging for bones. (605) 224-8295; sd-discovery.com
South Dakota State Capitol Take either guided or self-guided tours of the capitol, built between 1905 and 1910. (605) 773-3688; state.sd.us/boa/tours
State Capital Inner Dome. Pierre, South Dakota.
Where to eat
Cattleman's Club Steakhouse Dine on reasonably priced steaks in a down-home setting. (605) 224-9774; cattlemansclubsteakhouse.com
Where to stay
Best Western Ramkota Hotel The hotel overlooks the river. Ask the RiverCentre Cafe chef to cook the fish you catch in nearby Lake Oahe. (605) 224-6877; pierre.bwramkota.com
For information: Pierre Area Chamber of Commerce (800) 962-2034; pierre.org
The Missouri River flows past restored 19th-century buildings in a lively town (population: 14,454).
What to do
DJ's Specialty Resort and Sports Rentals Rent gear to paddle the Missouri River below Gavins Point Dam. (605) 665-3206; djssportsrentals.com
Lewis and Clark Recreation Area Get a day pass for the beaches near Yankton. (605) 668-2985; lewisandclarkpark.com
Riverside Park This downtown park features picnic spots, a playground and trails. (605) 668-5231; cityofyankton.org
Where to eat
Ben's Brewing Company Yankton's first brewpub is a casual place to spend an evening. The pizzas are great. (605) 665-5771; bensbrewing.com
JoDean's Join Yankton locals dining from the 50 feet of all-you-can-eat buffet and a dessert bar. Or step up to the bar dating to the 1880s. (605) 665-9884; jodeans.com
Where to stay
Lewis and Clark Resort In Lewis and Clark Recreation Area, find cabins and motel rooms, plus a sand beach. (605) 665-2680; lewisandclarkpark.com
For information: Yankton Convention and Visitors Bureau (800) 888-1460; visityanktonsd.com
A longtime Missouri River port town, Vermillion (population: 10,000) is now home to the University of South Dakota.
What to do
The Austin-Whittemore House This 1882 Italianate villa is a repository of Vermillion and regional history. (605) 624-8266; cchssd.org
National Music Museum Take a look at almost 15,000 instruments from around the world at this museum on the University of South Dakota campus. Highlights include three guitars from the Johnny Cash collection. (605) 677-5306; orgs.usd.edu/nmm
Spirit Mound Historic Prairie Lewis and Clark explored here after hearing the Native American legends of "the little devils." Hike to the top of the mound and take in the view. Free. (605) 987-2263; sdgfp.info
Spirit Mound Historic Prairie.
Where to eat
Red Steakhouse Be prepared to shell out, but it's worth it: The salmon is flaky, the steaks are tender. (605) 624-0079; theredsteakhouse.com
For information: Vermillion Area Chamber and Development Company (800) 809-2071; vermillionchamber.com


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|System: X360, PS3, PC
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Transmission Games
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Ubisoft
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Sep. 15, 2009
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-16
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Teen
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
by Nathan Meunier
It's a bit of a head-scratcher. Why would 505 Games and Ubisoft both choose to release World War II flight combat games not only in the same month but within a week from one another? Was it a perfect storm or poor planning? It's hard to say. Regardless, air combat enthusiasts seeking to get in on the action will have a choice to make. Don't worry. We'll help make it easy for you.
Practically nipping at the heels of Il-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey, Transmission Games' Heroes Over Europe completely does away with any attempts to provide a realistic flight combat simulation experience like its competition and instead hones-in on the guns-blazing, full throttle arcade action that's already fairly commonplace in the genre. Some players may prefer to embrace simplicity and enjoy focusing on being in the moment while sending entire squadrons of bombers and fighters planes plummeting in a fiery demise. Heroes Over Europe certainly has all of that and more, but it's rough around the edges in more than a few areas.
The game's story follows three different pilots from three different nationalities who interact constantly through amusing and personable radio chatter while filling Luftwaffe aircraft full of holes. You'll play as each character at different times throughout the game's 14 main missions, though the timeline of battles and locations jumps around jerkily from mission-to-mission. This inconsistency in the transitions can be jostling like a nasty bout of turbulence, but the interactions between characters and seeing the human side of a gritty war filled with chaos, explosions, and death is definitely engaging. The radio dialogue is almost always present, and the fact conversations extend beyond the typical "enemies at two-o-clock" banter adds to the experience rather than detracting from it. It's a little surreal when your wingman starts chatting about how his wife and family are actually somewhere down in the city below you that's about to be bombed to hell by incoming bogies you have to pick off. There are a lot of moments like this in the game, and they help to pull you into the experience.
Even with compelling plot moments, Heroes Over Europe is primarily about hopping into the cockpit with your trigger fingers itching and not touching down until after a protracted airborne tussle that results in the highest kill count possible. Multi-tiered mission objectives send you on a quite a few different tasks, including some unusual jobs like defending firefighters from bogey strafing runs and blasting submerged mines to clear a safe path for friendly ships. These odd errands break up the repetitious nature of other missions. So much of the game boils down to simply flying around and blasting the hell out of everything in sight. The underlying mechanics make this an enjoyable task at first, but it gets ridiculous when you start dreading the decimation of the current wave of enemy ships you're battling because it means there's going to be four more behind them and a few more behind those four. It doesn't take long before the air combat starts to feel like a grind.
True to the arcade aesthetic, learning to fly is effortless and any plane you fire up seems to maneuver with an unnatural ease in the sky. Though there's a marked difference in the standard arcade mode controls and the "professional" level control scheme, both are pretty straightforward and simple to handle. You don't have to worry about stalls or spinning out of controls due to poor flying. This is fine for the average player, but the flight realism is going to be too limited for sim-level gamers. And while it's pretty awesome when your plane gets riddled with bullets to the point where you can actually see through the wings and tail of your fighter, it's pretty damn silly when you realize there's no way the thing would still be airborne in such a condition. Furthermore, there's not enough difference in the handling of the various planes you'll pilot to make unlocking them feel special.


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Over the years you learn how to do many things in Photoshop. Some of them, no matter how many times you do them, are time consuming and tedious. Selective focus, causing certain aspects of a photo to pop out while dimming other elements, such as backgrounds, is one of those tedious processes. Typically, selective focus is achieved during the photography process itself, or with tedious manual processes in Photoshop.
So, I am always elated when somebody comes up with something to make these kinds of tasks easier. Enter FocalPoint from OnOne Software. Take a look at this Before and After and put away your dodge and burn tools.
 The interface is relatively easy and straightforward.
 I found out about this nifty tool at: http://sharingbaba.com/softwares/?p=3423
You can download a trial version or purchase FocalPoint at: http://www.ononesoftware.com/detail.php?prodLine_id=35
I liked it. So will you.
William Harrel – www.williamharrel.com


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The OpenSolaris project, which has been slowly gaining momentum over the past year, issued its first official release last week. Designed with an emphasis on usability and easy installation, OpenSolaris aims to provide a complete desktop platform for users and developers built on top of Sun's Solaris kernel. We have been testing OpenSolaris 2008.05 in order to see how it compares to modern Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora, and OpenSUSE.
When the OpenSolaris concept first emerged, there was a lot of confusion about the scope and purpose of the project. This was initially a serious impediment that made it difficult for a community to grow organically around the technology. That changed when Sun brought in Ian Murdock to build a real platform strategy for OpenSolaris. He envisioned OpenSolaris as a cohesive desktop software stack that would enable users to download and install a complete environment that would be practical for regular use.
The OpenSolaris community has attempted to fulfill that vision by bringing together the OpenSolaris kernel and a multitude of open source software components that are commonly found in desktop Linux distributions. The developers sought to adopt some common Linux idioms in order to ease the transition for Linux users and make the experience as seamless as possible.
Viewed in the context of those design goals, the first release of OpenSolaris definitely delivers on much of what it promises. I began my testing with considerable skepticism, but soon found that it exceeded many of my expectations. Although OpenSolaris 2008.05 represents an impressive leap forward for the project, it isn't ready to replace desktop Linux distributions yet. We encountered some significant problems with configuration and hardware support in this release which indicate that it still needs more work before it is appropriate for broader desktop adoption.
Looking good
The most impressive aspect of OpenSolaris is the installation experience, which is painless, intuitive, and easily on par with Ubuntu and Fedora. OpenSolaris is installed from a LiveCD, a complete OpenSolaris environment that boots from a CD and includes a graphical installation program. The installer walks the user through a series of simple steps to handle partitioning and user login configuration. After all the steps have been completed, the program installs the operating system to the drive and prompts the user to reboot.
OpenSolaris uses the open source GNOME desktop environment, which is also used in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. This means that the panels, file manager, and basic user interface components should all be very familiar to many Linux users. Sun uses a standard two-panel layout and makes few customizations to the environment. One of those customizations is a unique and distinctive theme called nimbus, which has soft colors, smooth gradients, and a slightly bubbly look. It's not as snazzy as Murrine, but it's a nice improvement over Clearlooks and it beats the crap out of Ubuntu's brown.
The default installation comes with the typical GNOME desktop applications, including basic utilities, the games collection, and multimedia applications like the Totem video player and Rhythmbox audio player. It also comes with Evolution and Thunderbird for e-mail, Firefox for web browsing, and the Pidgin instant messaging client. Unlike Ubuntu, OpenSolaris doesn't include OpenOffice.org in the default installation.
I only encountered a few annoyances with the software in the default OpenSolaris installation. It omits GNOME's Mono-baed Tomboy note-taking program which I use extensively on Ubuntu. I was also disappointed to find that OpenSolaris doesn't seem to include Mono at all. Another issue that might frustrate some prospective users is that OpenSolaris doesn't always offer the most recent versions of the included software. For instance, it ships with GNOME 2.20 rather than GNOME 2.22, which means that the desktop environment in OpenSolaris lags behind Ubuntu and Fedora by approximately six months. I noticed a few other examples of version lag too, like the inclusion of Python 2.4.4 instead of the more recent 2.5.
Rough spots with hardware support
Although the software experience is mostly pretty good, hardware support still needs a bit of work. There are a few rough spots where the developers haven't completely finished grafting existing front-end configuration tools onto underlying Solaris infrastructure. Networking was particularly problematic for me and I was not able to get an Internet connection at all, even though it did successfully detect my network adapter.
OpenSolaris ships with an automated network configuration system called Network Auto-Magic (NWAM), which appears to be slightly less than magical. When OpenSolaris didn't connect automatically and I attempted to launch GNOME's network configuration tool so that I could manually configure my network settings, I got an error message informing me that the network configuration tool isn't accessible while NWAM is active. After disabling NWAM from the command line, I was able to get into GNOME's network settings tool, but I still wasn't able to get a connection.
One of the most significant features in OpenSolaris 2008.05 is the new package management system which can download and install packages and supports dependency resolution and rollbacks. It is still a work in progress and I didn't get a good opportunity to put it through serious testing because of the network issues, but it looks like a pretty good solution. The command line utilities for it feel very intuitive and work a lot like APT. The graphical front-end utility looks and feels a lot like Synaptic, which means that it is easy to use. The Internet package repositories seem to have a reasonable selection of software, including popular programs that aren't in the default installation like the aforementioned OpenOffice.org.
After spending some time with OpenSolaris, I'm reasonably convinced that the project has the technical potential to eventually compete with desktop Linux distributions. For a first release, version 2008.05 is not bad, and future releases could be quite good if the developers continue to push it forward as they are now. The question, however, is whether or not it can provide enough added value to compel people to switch.
OpenSolaris has some unique and innovative features, but it isn't clear yet how useful these things will be to average desktop Linux users. The platform has a lot of cool technology under the hood, like the impressive ZFS filesystem, and the DTrace tuning and monitoring utility. These features could be valuable to computer programmers and system administrators who know how to take advantage of them, but many users won't even know they exist. Finding ways to bring these features to the forefront will be the most important challenge for the OpenSolaris project. There are already a few intriguing ways that they are doing this, like using ZFS for package management rollbacks, for instance. The developers could also take a few hints from Apple, which has produced an excellent front-end for DTrace.
Although the OpenSolaris development community still has a lot of work to do before the operating system is ready to take on Linux on the desktop, the progress so far indicates that the project deserves further attention. We will keep an eye on future releases to see how the platform evolves.


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In a new study, researchers provide insight into how Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite of people and other animals, triggers an immune response in its host. The report will appear online Jan. 19 in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
A strong immune response spares T. gondii-infected hosts from deadly infection—an event that may also benefit the parasite, which relies on survival of the host to ensure its own transmission. But how the infected host elicits an immune response isn't completely understood. Like many other parasites, T. gondii resides within specialized vesicles inside infected host cells, but the process by which peptides from the trapped bugs are processed by infected cells and presented to killer T cells is mysterious.
Romina Goldszmid and her colleagues at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda used T. gondii infections in mice to study how portions of the parasitic proteins escape the vesicle in a process known as cross-presentation. They found that the parasite gets noticed by the immune system when the membrane of the bug-containing vesicle fuses to the endoplasmic reticulum—an organelle normally involved in presenting pathogens to T cells—allowing a swap of parasitic peptides.


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Police: Man caught in middle of crime spree
Suspect allegedly robbed store before attempting to rob 2 others
Police said they caught a suspected thief red-handed in the middle of a crime spree in the Queen City Friday night.
Manchester police officers were first called to a report of a robbery at Cross Town Variety on Bremer Street.
As they were on their way, a second call was received from Bremer Street Food Mart for another reported robbery. The description of the suspect in each of the robberies matched, officials said.
"A guy came through the door, obviously, and said he was going to shoot me if I didn't give him the cash," Bremer Street Food Mart representative Hash Sharma said.
Sharma said he took action.
"I jumped over the counter and went after the guy, and he went out the door," Sharma said. "You're not going to back down to a punk, not in my store anyway."
Meanwhile, a Manchester police officer reported an attempted robbery happening at Uncle Bob's Market. The officer attempted to stop the suspect, who also matched the description of the first two robberies, but the man fled on foot.
"He came to the register and told the guy he had a gun in his pocket," Uncle Bob's Market owner Praidp Patel said.
Authorities said a team of officers chased the suspected burglar until Robert Oxley, 31, was caught.
Oxley faces both robbery and attempted robbery charges.


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Meet Kelli Space. She went to Northeastern University to get a degree in sociology. And she graduated in $200,000 of student loan debt. In the economy's newest trillion-dollar crisis, she is the 1 percent.
Kelli is not the face of America's student debt problem. Among the 37 million people in this country with student loans to pay off, the median balance is $12,800. A whole 72 percent of borrowers have less than $25,000 left in debt, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
No, students like Kelli are the rarities, the white rhinos. Only about 5 percent of borrowers owe more than $75,000. The question is: How do they get there?
In some cases, the answer may be that the students simply didn't understand the decision they were making, at least according to a new study of high-debt borrowers by youth advocacy group Young Invincibles. The group surveyed about 6,500 former undergraduate and graduate students, who owed an average of $76,000 in loans (those who only had a bachelor's degree averaged $54,000). A full 65 percent responded that they either misunderstood or were surprised by some aspect their loans.
A whole 20 percent were taken off-guard by the size of their monthly payments. Another 20 percent were surprised by their repayment terms. About 15 percent hadn't fully anticipated the interest rate they would be paying. Although more than 3,500 graduates took out both federal loans and private bank loans, almost two-thirds said they didn't know the difference between the two (hint: private loans tend to be a lot more expensive to pay off).
"I did not fully understand the extent of what I was getting myself into," one former student, who took out $150,000 in loans, told the researchers. "All I knew was in order to pay tuition, I would need to take out private and federal loans. I was also repeatedly told by several people that I would easily be able to pay off the amount, even though it seemed pretty steep. When I graduated and fully did the math, I knew I was in trouble."
Whose responsibility is it to make sure these students understand their actions when they sign a loan term sheet? The study suggests colleges and universities themselves might need to take a firmer hand in educating young people before they commit. According to the survey, 80 percent of borrowers either learned about their loan options from a college counselor or website. These schools are already providing information. They may just need to provide better information.
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As you may know, Brian, Chayton and I are currently planning for, and preparing to get chickens this coming spring. We set up the coop last fall and are now spending the winter reading up on heritage breeds and sourcing out local breeders.
Last November, we headed to Red Deer, Alberta to attend the 2014 Annual Canadian Heritage Breeds Urban Farm Show. This is an annual three-day show and we were excited to attend and do a little hands-on research on chickens. The event included a heritage livestock display, a Fancy Pigeon and Racing Homer show, a trade show area, competitions, silent auction, children's activities, Chicken John's petting zoo, and a banquet and awards ceremony for those participating.
What is a heritage breed? According to the CHB website:
Giving a concrete definition of the term 'heritage' can be a difficult task. The broadest definition of a heritage breed of livestock is: a breed that was developed and used on farms, ranches and homesteads before the advent of modern industrial agriculture. With a few exceptions, they are breeds that thrive in outdoor situations, are able to forage for some of their own food and have a long reproductive lifespan. Our heritage breeds range in age from mere decades to several centuries of history, but common among them all is a unique adaptation to both the farms they come from and the farmers who keep them.
We ended up going on Sunday afternoon when things were starting to wind down but we were still able to view most of the chickens. We are just learning about heritage chickens and are amazed at the incredible diversity of the breeds. It was even more exciting seeing the birds 'in real life' rather than just in books. They were all so beautiful (some were quite comical) and I can see how collecting and raising heritage breeds can be both fun and addictive!
I took a lot of pictures and decided not worry about trying to document the names of each breed this time around (there were so many) but rather just enjoyed their beauty in the moment knowing that there would be plenty of time later to learn each of their breeds/names.
Sadly, the pictures are taken through the cages but I hope they are enough to give you a taste of the wide variety of heritage breeds. At the show, the chickens were grouped by their size (small, medium and large) and then further grouped according to their breed.
We also saw ducks, geese and pigeons.
There was also an area at the back with birds for sale.
We really enjoyed attending the show and look forward to attending more shows in the future. We are now in the process of making the final choices and ordering our chicks for the spring. In just a few months, a matter of weeks, really, we will be starting our coop! In the meantime, these pictures are enough to enrich our research and learning about heritage breeds of chickens. I hope you enjoyed them, too.


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Already this is an entirely dated picture. A week in allotment time is six months in normal. The California poppies have collapsed beneath the weight of their stems, the central path has become powdery and yellowed under the harshness of the sun. Bees like mauve. So they are still feasting, swarming over the borage, the geraniums, the sweet peas and the lavender. What's left, just, are the nasturtiums, redly hot and peppery, calendula, verbena bonariensis (I never got round to finding a replacement for my frostbitten lemon verbena, so I have mint tea instead, a few hairy leaves in some boiled water can be a virtuous start to the day).
The heat requires shade. I am growing, from a root cutting given me by an allotment friend, a grape vine which is still in its curly glossy beginnings. It went into shock at first, a state I know well. But it has recovered. The plan is to train it over a structure and then sit under it with a Pimm's getting steadily drunk, with ice cubes. See borage flowers below for cucumber notes.
I still find that the allotment works for me. It doesn't stop anxiety, over-thinking, self-absorption, worry, but it diverts them into small achievable tasks. And before you know it, you're semi normal again! You've just had a conversation with someone! You strung a sentence together. I find that time passes and at the end I've been delivered into my body again, for free. Well, £70 a year is quite reasonable if the brief is: grow vegetables and some fruit and find sanity.
I cycled to the allotment on Friday to pick something for dinner, sorrel, some parsley, a few gooseberries dusty in my hand; whatever looked easy and pickable. It was early evening, a time I find ripe with difficulty (what have I achieved today? Ever? Etc). I met two children on the path, five and a half and seven years old they told me, who came with me to help me pick. The boy was barefoot. I had never met them before but we became instant friends, not sure how this happened but they trooped over to my plot to help me full of chatter and questions. Do you have any pets? The boy asked. No. Not a dog? Not a cat? No. This worried him, I could tell.
We picked some radishes and marvelled at their perfect spherical shape and hot pink colour. Do you like radishes? No, they both said. Too spicy. But they enjoyed washing them under the tap, revealing their perfect pinkness, glimmers of white beneath, the pink shorn away by bite marks. Have a nasturtium, I said, and the boy put a petal in his mouth and instantly looked aghast. What were we doing eating flowers? He stood there, face shut in some internal torment of wrongness. I can't eat this, he said quietly, and spat it out.
He was quickly diverted by the task of separating out equal bouquets of radishes to take back to their mum. I'd forgotten how ferocious this can be, making sure it was 'fair'. The girl had all the big ones, so a reshuffle was required. As we walked back with our stash, this happened.
Boy to me: What are you going to eat with your vegetables?
Me: I think I might have some fish.
Boy (excited): So you DO have pets?
See what I mean? Diversion. Meeting people. Radishes. Pets. Children. Barefoot. Bike.
And then I felt normal. Happy summer holidays to you all.
P.S These are borage flowers. They have the merest hint of cucumber about them. You can add them to salads and ice cubes to put in drinks if you fancy. They lack the kick and personality of nasturtiums but are very pretty.


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Some mad flexi-OLED prototypes have been shown off by other companies before, but HP's getting in on the act with screens that could be used for a multitude of purposes, and hopefully as soon as 2013.
The durable screens would work in both low-light and direct sunlight, with HP's head of Information Surfaces Lab, Carl Taussig, saying they "want to mix screens to be somewhere between a reflective surface, which is like a piece of paper, and for it to be transmissive, much like the screen on an iPhone." I'm still waiting for the day that cardboard boxes of cereal talk to us, and chocolate bar wrappers advertise how scrumptious they are, but HP envisions a future with a more important role.
"The Army has been asking for flexible displays so soldiers can wear screens that wrap around their wrist and can transmit information about an enemy in real-time," said Taussig, who also described of "prices or discounts on products that change in real-time, rather than employees having to change paper price tags."
The latter in particular could have scary consequences when paired with other technology—image a price-tag that suddenly leaps in price depending on how valuable the customer is to the shop, making for some unfortunate Pretty Woman-style discrimination. [NY Times]


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The amount of Rad in the air now Dooms Humanity to a relatively quick Extinction
TOTAL GAMMA RADIATION YRTW No 17 and 18
Read the entire article HERE
Facing a Dying Nation
Table of Poisoned American Cities Total Gamma Radiation
CPM and nanoSieverts by City and State
Dr. Paolo Scampa on a 120kt Nuclear Detonation
The 120 kiloton detonation takes only 600 nanoseconds. Here Dr. Scampa describes it in only 195 words….
…..by Dr. Paolo Scampa
Translated from French by Google. The original appeared in the AIPRI Blog here. (19)
Fukushima Liability set by Japanese Court
What? Sue TEPCO and the Government of Japan over Fukushima Daiichi … and Win! Incredible! You bet your bottom dollar!
Lead Attorney Katsuyoshi Suzuki is the Super Lawyer who beat the combined forces the Tokyo Electric Power Company [TEPCO,] a huge corporation and the Japanese government. He and the legal team are to be applauded world wide…….. [ read more here ]
As one person wryly observed "it's a judgement against a shell company and a bankrupt extinct-ed country. So what? there is nothing there."
As they say, we will see what happens. The Japan Times said "In first, the ruling was the first of 30 similar class-action suits filed nationwide involving more than 10,000 plaintiffs."
YRTW ELE readers can read the Japan Times article "In First, Government and TEPCO Found Liable for Fukushima Disaster." Anyone can lookup the case on my Soc Media accounts. See under "Resources" below.
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Burritt, Elihu
Burritt, Elihu, 1810–79, American reformer, b. New Britain, Conn. A blacksmith, he studied mathematics, languages, and geography and became known as
the learned blacksmith.Profoundly idealistic, he supported many reform causes—antislavery, temperance, and self-education—and he pleaded for them when he edited (1844–51) the weekly Christian Citizen at Worcester, Mass. Most of all, however, he worked to promote world peace, organizing world peace congresses. Burritt argued for cheaper international postal rates and greater intellectual exchange among nations. Among his much-read books were Sparks from the Anvil (1846) and Ten Minute Talks (1873).
See M. Curti, ed., The Learned Blacksmith (his letters and journals, 1937, repr. 1973); biography by P. Tolis (1968).
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Graduate students lauded as excellent teachers
The Princeton Graduate School has given awards to six graduate students in recognition of their outstanding abilities as teachers.
The annual Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni Teaching Awards are sponsored by the graduate alumni and are selected by the Graduate School administration. The five 2008 winners are Abigail Heald and Briallen Hopper, both of the English department, Patrick Murphy of the electrical engineering department, Mary Steffel of the psychology department and James L. Wilson of the politics department.
A sixth student, Elidor Mehilli of the history department, received the Friends of the International Center Excellence in Teaching Award, which is given annually to an international graduate student.
All were honored at the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni's Tribute to Teaching Dinner on Friday, May 30. Each winner received $1,000.
Heald, who came to Princeton in 2001 after earning her bachelor's degree from Colgate University, will earn her doctorate this year. She has distinguished herself as a teacher, leading precepts in such classes as "Shakespeare II," "Milton" and "Shakespeare and Film." Professor William Gleason hand-selected her to serve as the graduate co-instructor for the English department's pedagogy seminar, an assignment only entrusted to the "most talented teaching assistants," he said. One student said that "Abby teaches wisdom and courage and patience." Using characteristic flair and good humor, Heald, according to Professor Esther Schor, "has already made a mark on students from many majors."
Hopper came to Princeton in 2002 after earning her bachelor's degree from the University of Puget Sound in Washington and conducting postgraduate studies at the University of York in the United Kingdom. She served as a preceptor for "American Short Fiction" and "African American Satire." Students and faculty remarked on her ability to instill confidence in her students as well as enhancing students' abilities as writers. "I feel that the personal attention that I received from her has truly enhanced my ability to critically analyze texts and create arguments," a student said. Kerry Walk, director of the Princeton Writing Program, said, "Briallen is a teacher whose greatest gift is to inspire students to take their thinking and writing to the next level -- and then to the level beyond that one."
Murphy came to Princeton in 2002 after earning his bachelor's degree from Boston University. He led precepts for a number of courses at Princeton including "Integrated Circuits Practice and Principles," "Electronic Circuits" and "New Eyes for the World: Introduction to Photonics." Students appreciated him for his patience, kind manner and communication skills. "Patrick's teaching is clear and concise and his teaching style is appropriately casual and exploratory," a student said. Professor Claire Gmachl praised him for his troubleshooting abilities, particularly in one course, where he aided non-science and non-engineering students with software and circuit board problems as they constructed electronic products from scratch. "He individually approached the students and met them at their experience and motivation level, and then guided them to greater achievement and satisfaction," Gmachl said.
Steffel, a fourth-year student, earned a bachelor's degree from Columbia University. She led precepts for a number of courses, including "Introduction to Psychology," "Social Psychology," "Psychology of Decision-Making and Judgment" and "Theories of Psychotherapy." One student said she was "the best graduate student instructor I had during my time at Princeton." She was praised for the enthusiasm and excitement she brought to the classroom and for her abilities as a "phenomenal" discussion leader. Another student added that "she cares deeply about enriching her students." According to Professor Ronald Comer, "Mary is one of the most skilled and dedicated graduate student instructors with whom I have worked in my 33 years at Princeton."
Wilson is a third-year student. He earned his bachelor's degree from Harvard University and his J.D. from Yale Law School. He has led precepts in "Democratic Theory" and "Modern Political Theory." Professor Philip Pettit said, "I have rarely come across a preceptor who has been so successful at simultaneously arousing the enthusiasm of his students and enabling them to make the most of their talents." Students praised him for his commitment to them. Professor Leif Wenar said he possessed a "natural teacher's conviction" that each student, regardless of ability or background in the subject, should be shown how he or she can engage seriously with the course material.
Mehilli, a third-year student and a native of Albania, received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University. This year, he led precepts for "The Soviet Empire" and "A History of the World Since 1300." Students said they were greatly encouraged by him to participate and ask questions. He is highly regarded for his deep knowledge of the subject area as well as for his sense of humor. Professor Jeremy Adelman said, "Elidor's students worship him, and they might well. He is a deeply engaged instructor who has a special knack for motivating and challenging students."


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When I saw trailers for Adventureland last year I was interested as soon as I saw that it was filmed at Kennywood. The amusement park in the movie is referred to by the fictional name "Adventureland", but long shots with Phantom's Revenge looming in the background are dead giveaways. I got my wife to buy in when I told her that her favorite actor Ryan Reynolds was in it. It looked like a quirky coming of age comedy about a memorable summer working at an amusement park in the 80's. Unfortunately, it wasn't funny and I didn't care about the characters at all.
It was a waste of 90 minutes that dragged on and on as a 20-something love story that took place at an amusement park and the surrounding Pittsburgh area. Most of the scenes focused on the games area where the main characters worked. I haven't been to Kennywood in years so I'm not sure if those are real parts of the park or if they were built for the movie. There are quick glimpses of the park's classic woodies like Thunderbolt, Racer, and Jack Rabbit. But sadly, they were all quick shots and no scenes took place on any roller coasters or even in any stations.
I would have been okay with the lack of coaster appearances if the movie were any good. I wouldn't reccommend Adventureland for coaster enthusiasts or even just for anyone interested in a good movie. I don't know how it recieved an 88% fresh on RottenTomatoes. The only redeeming quality was the 80's music used in some of the scenes. Next up, Wild Adventures in Zombieland!
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