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'Do something!' Protests dog Trump's Ohio shooting visit
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Pain and anger from the weekend's mass shooting were visible and audible Wednesday as people in Dayton, Ohio, greeted President Donald Trump's visit with the city's new rallying cry: "Do something!"
Trump's visits to Ohio and Texas , where a combined 31 people were killed and dozens wounded in less than 24 hours over the weekend, were regarded warily by local officials concerned about the often-combative president's rhetoric while emotions are raw. Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, a Democrat, had questioned the visit and expressed disappointment in the Republican president's remarks in the shooting's aftermath that included an erroneous reference to Toledo instead of Dayton.
Some 200 protesters gathered outside Miami Valley Hospital as the president and first lady Melania Trump met with medical staffers. There were smaller demonstrations elsewhere around the city.
Trump's visit came days after a 24-year-old gunman opened fire early Sunday in the city's popular Oregon entertainment district, killing nine and injuring 37 before police patrolling the area fatally shot him within 30 seconds of the melee. Authorities said 14 people were treated for gunshot wounds and the other injuries were sustained while people were fleeing the scene. Three people remained hospitalized at Miami Valley Wednesday in stable condition and one person was in fair condition in another hospital.
Holding a sign that said "Not Welcome Here" outside Miami Valley, Lynnell Graham said she thinks Trump's response to the shootings has been insincere.
Dorothee Bouquet stood in the bright sun with her two young children. She says she told them the protest was "to tell grown-ups to make better rules."
They also chanted "Do Something!" That chant began as the state's Republican governor spoke at a Sunday evening vigil.
Among the victims of Connor Betts was his 22-year-old sister.
The family of Betts and his sister, Megan Betts, released a statement through police Tuesday night, saying they are devastated and cooperating with law enforcement's investigation.
It's unknown whether any of the Dayton victims were targeted. Besides Megan Betts, the others who died were Monica Brickhouse, 39; Nicholas Cumer, 25; Derrick Fudge, 57; Thomas McNichols, 25; Lois Oglesby, 27; Saeed Saleh, 38; Logan Turner, 30; and Beatrice N. Warren-Curtis, 36.
The FBI announced Tuesday it's opened an investigation into Betts' desire to commit a mass shooting and his interest in violent ideology.
GOP Gov. Mike DeWine said it's clear Betts exhibited anti-social behaviors in high school that should have alerted those around him to a problem. Two former classmates told The Associated Press that Betts was suspended from Bellbrook High School after a hit list was found scrawled in a school bathroom. That followed an earlier suspension after Betts came to school with a list of female students he wanted to sexually assault, according to the two classmates, a man and a woman who spoke on condition of anonymity out of concern they might face harassment.
But Betts had no apparent criminal record as an adult, and police said there was nothing that would have prevented him from buying a gun.
DeWine on Tuesday called on the Republican-led Legislature to pass laws requiring background checks for nearly all gun sales, allowing courts to restrict firearms access for people perceived as threats, and improving access to in-patient psychiatric care for those who need it most.
Special Agent Todd Wickerham, who announced the FBI investigation, didn't say if agents are looking at whether the Dayton shooting should be treated as domestic terrorism, as the agency has done in the recent El Paso, Texas, and Gilroy, California, shootings. He said Betts hadn't previously been on the FBI's radar. He also said no evidence had emerged that the attack was racially motivated.
A woman who said she met Betts in a college psychology class and briefly dated him earlier this year spoke to reporters Tuesday and wrote an online essay, saying the two bonded over struggles with mental illness .
Adelia Johnson, 24, said she was in treatment but that Betts "didn't want to seek help because of the stigma." He told her he thought he had mental illnesses including bipolar disorder, she said.
On their first date, Johnson said Betts showed her a video of last October's Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in which a man shouting anti-Semitic slurs opened fire and killed 11 people.
"When he started joking about his dark thoughts, I understood," she wrote. "Dark thoughts for someone with a mental illness are just a symptom that we have to learn how to manage."
Associated Press writers Dan Sewell in Cincinnati, Julie Carr Smyth in Columbus and Robert Bumsted in Dayton contributed.
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I refuse to allow myself to get too excited about the chances of Obamacare ultimately being declared unconstitutional, but I'm definitely semi-psyched that this horrid law has been declared void by another federal judge. Here's what the Washington Examiner has to say.
The full text of the decision from Federal Judge Roger Vinson is not available yet, but according to reporters who've seen the decision, he's ruled the entire Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. The ruling favors of the 26 state attorney generals challenging the law. The judge ruled the individual mandate that requires all Americans to purchase health insurance invalid and, according to the decision, "because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire Act must be declared void."
By the way, my skepticism has nothing to do with the legal merits. I have no doubt that our Founding Fathers would be horrified by much of what happens in Washington, and there is no doubt in my mind that Obamacare is wildly inconsistent with the original intent of the Constitution.
But the courts have done such a lousy job of protecting economic liberty ever since the 1930s and 1940s that I'm afraid some appeals court will give Obamacare a free pass.
But, at least for today, let's celebrate.


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The Secret Beyond Matter
The Courage of the Faithful
Courage According To The Qur'an
True courage, as outlined in the Qur'an, is showing determination in respecting all of Allah's limits, without exception, and without hesitation, fearing none other than Allah, and not deviating from this course whatever the circumstances or the condition. Essentially, courage is the virtue that arises as a result of faith, in those who fear no one but Allah, and who are deeply devoted to Him.
Those who believe in Allah show courage as an outcome of their fear of Allah and their longing for the Hereafter. Because they are sincere, they are also courageous. For the good pleasure of Allah, they adopt the manners taught by the Qur'an, and strive to persuade others to do the same, not remaining silent in the face of evil acts committed around them. They take on the responsibility of struggling against evil, and speaking of truth, beauty and virtue.
The very basis of the courage of the faithful is their love and fear of Allah, and their rendering sincere effort to earn His good pleasure. For that reason, their courage in fulfilling the requirements of morality is not dependent on specific circumstances. In all conditions, a believer retains the courage that results from trusting in Allah.
As for the courageous acts of unbelievers, these are carried out solely for their own gain or other worldly ambitions. Therefore, those who are removed from the light of the Qur'an apply what they deem as courage to the wrong situations. In matters where true courage is required, they may actually falter. As such, the courage they usually exemplify is of little purpose, and of no benefit to themselves, with regards to the Hereafter.
Being bound by his conscience, a believer cannot fail to be courageous. For example, if an innocent person is accused, and he is aware of his innocence, he defends the person, for the good pleasure of Allah, even if it is in conflict with his own interests, or places him at risk. This is a true example of outstanding courage. The source of this courage exemplified by the faithful is their fear of Allah. Because, Allah instructs us in the Qur'an:
… Do not conceal testimony. If someone does conceal it, his heart commits a crime. Allah knows what you do. (Surat al-Baqara, 283)
As told in the above verse, concealing evidence is defined by Allah as unlawful. Because they fear any shortcomings or hesitation in obeying Allah's commands, the faithful display exemplary courage in following Allah's prohibitions.
In a society that does not abide by the Qur'an, a person who listens to the voice of conscience, and defends the rights of the downtrodden, is asked questions like, "Are you his lawyer?" or "Is it your job to defend him?", in an attempt to belittle him and cause him to give up. The truth, however, is that what he is doing is a noble example of morality, and which deserves appreciation. If the person being criticized also fails to adhere to religious morality, he will be unable to withstand the criticism of those around him, and be inclined to his own selfish interest. But, if this person is a believer in Allah, who follows the Qur'an, he never hesitates in implementing the morality which Allah has commanded.
This person listens to his conscience and has the courage to fight for justice, even under the most difficult circumstances. When he encounters a wrong, he tries to counter it with virtue, as instructed in the verse. For this reason, he may be accused of being naïve, and be looked down on by those who do not follow the morality of the Qur'an. Nevertheless, he persists in his superior morality, even if those around him mock his behavior. A fine example is given in the Qur'an of not fearing the condemnation of accusers, but remaining brave and showing determination:
You who believe! If any of you renounce your religion, Allah will bring forward a people whom He loves and who love Him, humble to the believers, fierce to the disbelievers, who strive in the Way of Allah and do not fear the blame of any censurer. That is the unbounded favor of Allah which He gives to whoever He wills. Allah is Boundless, All-Knowing. (Surat al-Ma'ida, 54)
We can explain this matter further with examples from our own lives. A person meets a poor man in the street who needs help. He wants to help, but those around him try to dissuade him. "Leave him be," they say, and, "Is it your job to help him?" mockingly to prevent him from doing so. In such a situation, the person is faced with a choice.
Some, fearing that their friends will look down on them, or that they may lose them, reject the right moral way and leave the needy person to his own devices. But, a Muslim helps the person without fearing any blame, because he knows that the needy person has been created by Allah, and put before him for a purpose. This may be a test of whether or not he will demonstrate steadfastness in being moral. A believer with insight knows right away that Allah has especially ordained this moment, and chooses the kind of behavior complying with Allah's good pleasure. If his friends mock him, it does not put him off at all. He behaves courageously in doing what he knows to be right.
From time to time, a person determined to act morally may encounter others who oppose him and who try to make him abandon his morals. When we study the verses of the Qur'an, we are led to understand such a situation as a test. As explained in the Qur'an, good people will always come across wicked people, who want to impart their wicked ways to others. Therefore, they try to interfere with those who do good. Allah tells us this truth in several verses:
… Who could do greater wrong than someone who denies Allah's Signs and turns away from them? We will repay those who turn away from Our Signs with the worst kind of punishment because they turned away. (Surat al-An'am, 157)
Have you seen him who denies the religion? He is the one who harshly rebuffs the orphan and does not urge the feeding of the poor. So woe to those who pray, and are forgetful of their prayer, those who show off and deny help to others. (Surat al-Ma'un, 1-7)
The Qur'an draws our attention to the fact that those who resist Allah will do their utmost to prevent the spread of virtue. However, as it is a means of separating the good from the wicked, it will nevertheless be for the advantage of the believer. We are told so in the following verse of the Qur'an:
Those who disbelieve spend their wealth barring access to the Way of Allah. They will spend it; then they will regret it; then they will be overthrown. Those who disbelieve will be gathered into Hell. (It is) so that Allah can sift the bad out from the good, and pile the bad on top of one another, heaping them all together, and tip them into Hell. They are the lost. (Surat al-Anfal, 36-37)
Some commit evil acts because they are influenced by bad people. When they want to do good, their friends regard it as strange, and try to harass them by word and action. Being influenced by Satan, they present wickedness as virtuous and virtue as evil. The weak-willed, shy and timid are affected by such people and give up performing good. They easily conform to the behavior of people of low morality.
By abandoning what they know to be right and opting for base morality, in order to conform to those around them, and earn the admiration of those who are not on the right path, they do themselves great harm. In choosing the wrong path, so as not to be blamed or rejected by others, and conforming to wicked ways, they are actually oppressing themselves. These people, who then tolerate base morality, so as not to lose friends, not knowing that their true friend is Allah, are not aware that they are lowering themselves in the sight of Allah, and will suffer for it in the Hereafter.
However, those who, at all cost, are courageous and stay determined to follow the instructions of Allah, and of those of superior character, who are compassionate, merciful, just, self-sacrificing, devoted and magnanimous, who invite others to do good, think positively and regard everything as a blessing, may be belittled and rejected by other, but it does not bother them. Because, in this world, and the Hereafter, they will be exalted by Allah, and set above those who turned their faces from what is right.
Courage, according to the Qur'an, requires fearing nothing and no one other than Allah; not hesitating to act in the way which conforms the nearest to Allah's good pleasure, and showing determination. Amongst the most important characteristics of the faithful are that they do not give up when faced with difficulty, and fear nothing and no one but Allah. They know that there is no power other than He. This fosters courage in them, to overcome any kind of fear. An example of such exemplary behavior is given in the Qur'an:
(Prophets are) those who conveyed Allah's Message and feared (and respected)Him, fearing no one except Allah. Allah suffices as a Reckoner. (Surat al-Ahzab, 39)
To defeat the evil alliances that are established by those who enjoy wickedness, and want others to be like them, requires one to be as brave as the prophets, and the pious faithful who strove at their sides for good to prevail. The basis of this courage is a sincere faith purged of idolatry.
Those who do good, and urge others to do the same, will draw the attention of the wicked conspirators, and efforts will be made to divert them from virtue. This truth has been demonstrated a thousands times over. Efforts have been made throughout history to prevent every Muslim from living according to the superior morality and inviting others to it.
For example, in a society where the morality of the Qur'an is not adhered to, when a person begins to perform his daily prayers, attempts will surely be made to stop him, by saying things as, "You're still young. Never mind now, you can perform your prayers in the future," or "I take the responsibility of your sins." However, worship is something which must not be impeded but encouraged. Allah has this to say in the Qur'an about those who prevent others from fulfilling their acts of worship:
Have you seen him who prevents a servant when he goes to pray? Do you think he is rightly guided or commands fear of Allah? Or do you see how he has denied and turned away? Does he not know that Allah sees? No indeed! If he does not desist, We will grab him by the forelock, a lying, sinful forelock. Let him call his attendants; We will call the Guards of Hell! No indeed! Do not obey him, but prostrate and draw near. (Surat al-'Alaq, 9-19)
Satan does not want even a single person to emerge with the truth, who lives according to the morality of the Qur'an, and directs his thoughts towards the Hereafter. For this reason he sends his cohorts to assault those who scrupulously adhere to the Qur'an, and tries to wear them down, frighten them and influence them negatively. Satan carries out this activity directly with blandishments and stratagems, but also through those who have come under his influence and made him their friend. Allah informs us that this method of Satan's can have no effect on the faithful:
That was only Satan who intimidated his adherents. But do not fear them—fear Me if you are believers. (Surah Al 'Imran, 175)
In the following verses, the courage and determination in religious matters of those who fear Allah, and the fine reward they will receive from Him are described:
(Believers are) those to whom people said, "The people have gathered against you, so fear them." But that merely increased their faith and they said, "Allah is enough for us and the Best of Guardians." So they returned with blessings and bounty from Allah and no evil touched them. They pursued the pleasure of Allah. Allah's favor is indeed immense. (Surah Al 'Imran, 173-174)
One who behaves bravely, listens to his conscience and, recognizing what is right, proceeds along the correct path without fearing anyone, will achieve salvation. He will be blessed with the mercy, pleasure and bounty of Allah in Paradise. As for the one who lends an ear to the blandishments of Satan, he is driven to the depths of Hell, where he will be forced to remain eternally.
The duty of a believer, as Allah has commanded, is to urge others to accept the virtuous and the correct. This is the main duty of the faithful. However, it must also be realized that in carrying out this task a person may meet various difficulties, or more correctly, trials. Efforts will be made to impede and oppress him, and he will suffer from various forms of slander and punishments, because this is a promise Allah informs us of in the Qur'an:
Or did you suppose that you would enter the Garden without facing the same as those who came before you? Poverty and illness afflicted them and they were shaken to the point that the Messenger and those who believed with him said, "When is Allah's help coming?" Be assured that Allah's help is very near. (Surat al-Baqara, 214)
As Allah vows in the above verse, every believer who hopes to enter Paradise will endure trials like those experienced by the faithful in the past. At this point, they will devote themselves to Allah, trust in Him, remain determined and courageous, knowing that all trials are a part of life.
If, under such circumstances, a person compromises his religion in any way whatsoever, it is truly dishonorable for him. If the person is sincere, there is nothing to fear. In fact, in the verses of the Qur'an, Allah informs us of the good news that for every difficulty there is relief, and that He will not burden anyone beyond their ability to cope with it:
For truly with hardship comes ease; truly with hardship comes ease. (Surat al-Inshirah, 5-6)
As for those who believe and do right actions—We impose on no self any more than it can bear—they are the Companions of the Garden, remaining in it timelessly, for ever.
We will strip away any rancor in their hearts. Rivers will flow under them and they will say, "Praise be to Allah Who has guided us to this! We would not have been guided, had Allah not guided us. The messengers of our Lord came with the Truth." It will be proclaimed to them: "This is your Garden which you have inherited for what you did." (Surat al-A'raf, 42-43)


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Forget what's No. 1 at the box office this week. The most exciting new film features the intricate workings of the body, filmed by scientists using ground-breaking technology. For the first time in Australia, scientists at Sydney's Centenary Institute have filmed an immune cell becoming infected by a parasite and followed the infection as it begins to spread throughout the body.
Professor Wolfgang Weninger, head of the Immune Imaging program at the Centenary Institute, says the discovery (published in PLoS Pathogens) was made possible using high-powered multi-photon microscopy which allows real cells to be viewed in real time.
"Using multi-photon microscopy, we studied dendritic cells in the skin. Under normal conditions we found the cells in the epidermis were static, whereas in the dermis they were very active, moving around as though seeking out pathogens," explains Weninger. "Once we established this, it was fascinating to introduce the Leishmania infection and watch as the parasite was picked up by the cells and the process by which it began to spread throughout the body."
Leishmaniasis affects up to 12 million people in parts of Africa, the Middle East and South America. The disease causes skin sores and can affect internal organs such as the spleen, liver and bone marrow. If left untreated, it can be fatal.
The ability to visually follow a pathogen on its journey through the immune cells provides critical insight for future vaccine design and has potential to improve current vaccinations.
"We now have a general idea of how pathogens are recognised by the immune system and which cells are involved," Weninger says. "This means we can look at identifying the molecules responsible for the uptake of Leishmania infection and these molecules could become vaccine targets. Additionally, we can investigate the immune responses of other infections which could lead to better vaccines. On the other side of the story, scientists can now visualize the pathway of current vaccines in the immune system, providing greater understanding and the potential for refining current interventions against disease."
Centenary Institute executive director Mathew Vadas says the multi-photon microscope used to film this immune process is the Hubble telescope of medical research. "The Hubble allowed the universe to be seen with absolute clarity, which wasn't before possible from earth," he explains. "This is exactly the same as multi-photon microscopy – it provides a unique and innovative view of cells, unveiling a whole new understanding of how immune processes work."


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I know I probably didn't have to devote an entire post to this, but eh. Very recently I discovered another blogger who has an Instagram account linked to her blog. Which in itself isn't unique because people do that all the time. But her Instagram account is all about books! I know people do this, but I don't think I'd ever seen it up close. When I saw it I thought it looked pretty awesome and it made me want to join in on the fun.
I think it's a thing to call these types of accounts "Bookstagram" accounts. I think. And I figured since I have the blog, I have the BookTube channel, and I'm about to start working in a bookstore that I might as well start taking some pictures of all these bookish things I'm going to encounter and discuss. Even though I am not great with a camera in my hands, but I think there are filters on there or something? I really have no idea.
Anyway, if you would like to see some mediocre bookish pictures in the future, then you can follow my newly created Instagram account here. There isn't anything on it at the moment. I'll start taking pictures once I'm off work today. I'm not even sure what I'll be taking pictures of. Ha!
If you have one of these types of accounts, then I'll follow you! And probably a bunch of celebrities I may or may not be in love with. Hehe.
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Hi all! Chris Holden and I did another episode of the CrunchCast, a video game artist podcast. In this episode we talk about virtual reality projects we've been working on together, game dev in general, and a bit about my new book. Enjoy!
Category Archives: Podcasts!
CrunchBites – Interview Prep
Here's the latest episode of CrunchBites, which are highly-focused 15 minute long video podcasts about the game industry where we answer one viewer's question. In this episode, Chris Holden and I go over the steps of interview preparation and research. Check it out below, and subscribe to the channel! New CrunchBites are released every Tuesday, so stay tuned!
CrunchCast #30! Interview etiquette and VFX.
Everyone's favorite game dev podcast is back! This week I join Chris Holden, Jesse Sosa and Lee Amarakoon to discuss the business of VFX and the world of interview etiquette. Check it out below, and tell your friends!
CrunchCast #27: CES, Student Prep and Relocation!
Another new CrunchCast is up this week! This time we have Chris Holden, Bryan McConnell, Patrick Morrison and me discussing the International Consumer Electronics Show, making better and more hireable students, and the intricacies of relocation!
CrunchCast #22! Indie games and surviving being "the new guy!" (audio only)
This week's CrunchCast is online and Chris Holden, Bryan McConnell, Jesse Sosa and I discuss indie games and what it's like to be "the new guy" and how to survive it. Check it out below or at http://www.crunchstudios.com! (apologies for this being audio-only… technical difficulties with video recording were had.)
CrunchCast #15! Applying for jobs, schools, concept art and crazy talk!
This week's CrunchCast is online and Chris Holden, Bryan McConnell and I discuss the ins and outs of applying for work in the games industry and why it can take so long, the quality of various art schools and what you can get out of attending, the importance of concept art as a secondary skill and then devolves into crazy conspiracy talk. Check it out below or at http://www.crunchstudios.com!
CrunchCast #14 online! UFC 135 and work speed.
Time for another CrunchCast! Episode 14 is online now and viewable below. I was actually in Denver in-studio for this one! Chris Holden, Bryan McConnell and I went to watch the Ultimate Fighting Championship #135 live and in person, and in this podcast we're talking about that and also average work speed for artists. Check it out below or on www.crunchstudios.com!
Presenting the CrunchCast!
Hi, everybody! I wanted to pimp out a game development video podcast my good buddy Chris Holden has put together. I've been a guest on it several times now and I've had a blast with him talking game dev, portfolios, breaking into the industry, and so on. The language can get pretty salty. I present to you…
And here's CrunchCast #13, the most recent episode:
I'll be posting these weekly as they're recorded. Hope you guys enjoy it! If you have any questions you'd like answered on the podcast, email email@example.com!


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Labille-Guiard, Adélaide
Labille-Guiard, Adélaide ädāläēd´ läbē´yə-gēär´ [key], 1749–1803, French painter. Labille-Guiard was a painter of the French nobility before the Revolution and survived to paint the citizens of the Directory. Emerging from the 18th-century tradition of powdered wigs and shimmering satins, she captured informal moments in the lives of her subjects, frequently depicting them interrupted from some pastime. Her self-portrait (1785) is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Immigration markup begins May 9
The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin marking up the so-called Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform legislation on May 9, the panel's chairman announced Thursday.
Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said any amendments to the legislation, formally known as the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, will be made public on the committee's website before the markups begin.
The chairman predicted that dozens of amendments could be filed, so several subsequent markup dates have been scheduled: May 14, May 16, May 20, and any time after that may be needed to finish the legislation.
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Leahy asked senators on the panel to file all amendments to the bill by Tuesday, May 7, by 5 p.m.
The committee, which has jurisdiction over immigration legislation in the Senate, has held six hearings this year on immigration reform – the latest on Tuesday, when Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testified on the Gang of Eight bill.


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Edwards, John Reid (Johnny Reid Edwards), 1953–, U.S. politician, b. Seneca, S.C., grad. North Carolina State Univ. (B.A., 1974), Univ. of North Carolina (J.D., 1977). The son of a textile-mill worker and a postal employee, he was raised in a small North Carolina town and was the first person in his family to attend college. For two decades he had a successful practice as a trial lawyer, specializing in personal injury cases. A vigorous and photogenic Democrat, Edwards turned to politics in 1998, defeating the Republican incumbent to become a U.S. senator from North Carolina. In office, he served on the intelligence committee and supported such causes as affirmative action, abortion rights, and the reform of health-care insurance and campaign finance laws. Edwards ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, but was picked by the nominee, John Kerry, as his running mate. Kerry and Edwards lost to President Bush and Vice President Cheney in the Nov., 2004, election. Edwards subsequently ran unsuccessfully for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. In 2009 it was revealed that he had had an extramarital affair and fathered an out-of-wedlock child. He was charged in 2011 with campaign funding violations arising from a cover-up of the affair, but his trial in 2012 ended largely in a mistrial, and the charges subsequently were dropped. He reestablished a law practice in 2013.
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Seattle WR Sidney Rice has a bruised foot, could be in question for Sunday vs. Buffalo
RENTON, Wash. – Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Sidney Rice has a bruised foot, is in a walking boot and could be in question for Sunday's game against Buffalo in Toronto.
Seattle coach Pete Carroll said Wednesday that the foot problem came out of nowhere. Rice doesn't remember aggravating the foot in last Sunday's blowout win over Arizona, but he woke up Monday morning in pain.
Rice had just two catches in the Seahawks' 58-0 win over the Cardinals. Rice leads the Seahawks with 45 receptions for 658 yards and seven touchdowns.
Seattle is also likely to be without reserve cornerback Marcus Trufant, who is still bothered by a hamstring problem. Rice, Trufant, safety Kam Chancellor (groin) and defensive end Red Bryant (foot) did not participate in practice on Wednesday.


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There's nothing cooler than a motorcycle jacket, but if a leather (or faux leather) style feels a bit too tough, or you're looking for a lighter option for spring, try the biker jacket's girlier cousin—the faux-to jacket, or fabric moto jacket. From super-cute knit and denim versions to embellished tweed and wool styles, there are tons of non-leather options to choose from this season, making it easy to find the perfect one to transition your look into spring.
Shop the trend:
1. Blush Pink. Futuristic Knit Moto Jacket, $32.80, Forever21
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2. Denim. Oasis Biker Jacket, $62.96, Asos
3. Embellished. Baroque Beaded Biker Jacket, $105, Pixie Market


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When I was a kid, I was a DC Universe guy all the way, with rare forays into the Marvel Universe to read a few X-Men books, and the occasional Silver Surfer 100 page spectacular (remember those? I loved those oversized one shots in the 70s and 80s.)
I realized last week, though, that the bulk of the DCU does absolutely nothing for me these days, and I've stopped reading DC books, even Batman, which I don't even recognize at the moment.
The Marvel Universe, however, has been blowing my mind and pleasing me greatly for at least the last year, mostly because Brubaker, Fraction and Gillen all write Marvel titles, that kick all kinds of ass. I've been reading Captain America, Uncanny X-Men, Invincible Iron Man, Secret Avengers, Thor, and Osborn, and I eagerly anticipate every Wednesday with an excitement I haven't felt since I was a teenager.
Yesterday, via Reddit, I came across this article at Platypus Robot: A Marvel Universe Primer. It gives some basic history of the Marvel Universe, and suggests some starting points for new readers. If you or someone you know is interested in reading some amazing stories but don't know where to start, check this article out; I think you'll find it quite useful.
What are you reading these days? Who's that artist or writer you will follow to the ends of the multiverse? And where are those pictures I ordered? Is Don on the phone?


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Nashua police commissioner resigns over duck controversy
Pappas says he regrets role in incident
Nashua Police Commissioner Tom Pappas has resigned his position after helping a state representative who ran over and killed several ducks in December.
VIDEO: Nashua police commissioner resigns
Pappas said in a letter to Gov. Maggie Hassan that he regrets his role in the incident.
"I deeply regret my part in the events of December 23, 2013, and apologize to you, the Nashua Police Department and the public for the disruption that has occurred as a consequence of them," he said in the letter.
In December, state Rep. David Campbell, D-Nashua, ran over and killed several ducks outside the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Campbell left the scene before police arrived. Pappas later made a call to the police department, saying Campbell was a friend and asking if it was OK if he came in for questioning the next day.
Police agreed, but the Attorney General's Office is investigating whether further action is needed.
"I am determined to move forward productively and positively by cooperating in any manner necessary with the investigation being conducted by the Attorney General's Office," Pappas said in his resignation letter.
Nashua Alderman Ken Siegel of Ward 9 said Pappas did the right thing.
"I just think he was trying to help a friend, and unfortunately he made a bad decision, and now he did the honorable thing and he resigned," Siegel said.
Siegel said Campbell should do the same.
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Two artists attempted to create a performance art piece by establishing a Wikipedia entry entitled "Wikipedia Art," which could then be freely edited and "transformed" by anyone choosing to do so. The page lasted a mere 15 hours before being summarily deleted by Wikipedia editors and admins. Now, the pair's archive and continuing discussion of the project is being threatened by the Wikimedia Foundation's legal counsel, which has effectively threatened to pursue legal action against the artists for trademark infringement.
"Wikipedia Art is an art intervention which explicitly invites performative utterances in order to change the work itself," reads the archive of the original Wikipedia post made by artists Scott Kildall and Nathaniel Stern. "The ongoing composition and performance of Wikipedia Art is intended to point to the "invisible authors and authorities" of Wikipedia, and by extension the Internet, as well as the site's extant criticisms: bias, consensus over credentials, reliability and accuracy, vandalism, etc."
The pair meant for the article to be a functional critique of Wikipedia as an information source, using Wikipedia as the "venue" and its users as participants in the "performance." Whatever your opinions are about what constitutes art and what doesn't, it didn't meet Wikipedia's guidelines for an encyclopedic article, and ultimately the editors decided it should be deleted.
Once the article had been marked "AfD"—or Article for Deletion—there was substantial discussion on Wikipedia, which continued on various blogs after the deletion took place. That is precisely what Kildall and Stern were hoping to achieve, so the duo created wikipediaart.org to track the discussion and archive the various forms the page took in the 15 hours it was live on Wikipedia.
The site went live February 16 but, on March 23, Kildall recieved a letter from Douglas Isenberg, counsel for Wikimedia Foundation. Isenberg wrote that he had been asked to investigate whether the use of the word "wikipedia" violated a number of statutes, including the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, the Trademark Act, the Federal Trademark Dilution Act, as well as "state and common law trademark and unfair competition statutes." Isenberg's letter requested that the wikipediaart.org domain be transferred to Wikimedia, but noted the group had no intent "to interfere in any way with your right to create and maintain an editable art project under another name."
Kildall and Stern sought the advice of counsel and James Martin sent a reply to Isenberg on the pair's behalf, noting that the wikimediaart.org site did not claim to be connected with or endorsed by Wikipedia in any way. He also noted that the site was not being used for any commercial purpose whatsoever. "We are disappointed by Wikimedia's efforts to suppress free speech by threatening legal action," wrote Martin. "We have concluded that my client has not violated any of Wikimedia's legal rights."
Isenberg responded by with what essentially reads as a threat to take the case to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy of the World Intellectual Property Organization. Paul Levy of the Public Citizen Litigation Group stepped in, on a pro bono basis, on behalf of the artists.
Levy, who has worked to defend fair use of trademark names in the past, strongly opposed Wikimedia Foundation's attempt to skirt US law—which precedent suggests would protect the site on free speech and fair use grounds—by filing a UDRP claim with WIPO. "Even if you end up deciding... to file a UDRP claim," Levy wrote in an e-mail to Wikimedia counsel Mike Godwin, "I have indicated that we will seek a declaratory judgment of non-infringement because we are not willing to allow this dispute to be resolved by reference to private law instead of the law of the United States that governs both your client and mine."
Mike Godwin, lead counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation, insists that no threat was made to pursue legal action, and that Wikimedia Foundation simply wanted the artists to post a disclaimer. "The possibility of a disclaimer is inherent in the suggestion that we resolve our differences amicably," Goodwin told Ars via e-mail. "A disclaimer is one way of doing this." However, none of Isenberg's correspondence mentions a disclaimer as a possible resolution.
Godwin went on to say that the Wikimedia Foundation is not pursuing any kind of lawsuit against Kildall and Stern. "We're not and we don't indicate in the Isenberg correspondence that we are." However, Isenberg's second correspondence contains a fairly obvious threat to pursue legal action with the WIPO. "I think it would be helpful to draw your attention to a recent domain name dispute between Wikimedia and the registrant of the domain name visualwikipedia.com," Isenberg wrote in response to Martin's letter on behalf of Kildall. "The registrant of that domain name refused to cooperate with Wikimedia, after which Wikimedia filed a complaint pursuant to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ("UDRP"), resulting in a published decision ordering the domain name transferred to Wikimedia."
There's certainly an irony to the situation: a non-profit foundation's online knowledge repository, which largely exists because of free speech and fair use, is suggesting the threat of legal action that could stifle free speech and fair use. That irony, however, seems lost on the Wikimedia Foundation. Like previous legal action against Wikipedia itself, the threats seem to draw attention to the Wikipedia Art site and make Wikimedia Foundation look bad, playing right into Kildall and Stern's project. Hopefully Wikimedia Foundation will see the folly in pursuing this action and, instead, focus on its core mission: to provide a free, online encyclopedia of "notable" human knowledge.
Further Reading:
- The EFF's Corynne McSherry likewise noted the irony (and in her opinion, futility) of Wikimedia pursuing legal action in this particular matter, despite the EFF being a staunch advocate for Wikipedia in the past.
- Scott Kildall is documenting the legal wrangling, including copies of some of the correspondence from Isenberg, Martin, and Levy.
- The Wikimedia Foundation's primary counsel, Mike Godwin, responds to the controversy in a message to the foundation's mailing list.


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McGwire, Mark David məgwīr´ [key], 1963–, American baseball player, b. Pomona, Calif. A muscular first baseman who was a college and Olympic (1984) star, McGwire broke into the American League as Rookie of the Year in 1987 with the Oakland Athletics, hitting a record 49 home runs for a rookie season. In succeeding years he sometimes struggled for hitting consistency but showed great power, hitting 52 homers in 1996. In 1997 he was traded in midseason to the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League, and he completed his second successive year with 50 or more home runs, a feat achieved previously only by Babe Ruth. In 1998 he and Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs mounted an assault on the single-season home-run record (61) held by Roger Maris. McGwire hit two in the year's final game to end with 70; Sosa finished with 66. In 1999 the pair repeated their achievement, McGwire hitting 65 homers, Sosa 63. McGwire's single-season home-run record was broken in 2001 by Barry Bonds. Plagued by injuries, McGwire retired the same year with 583 lifetime home runs. His achievements have been tarnished by the fact that they were accomplished with the aid of anabolic steroids (which was long suspected and publicly admitted in 2010). McGwire became the Cardinals hitting instructor in 2010.
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Mozilla Corp. will walk away from Google Inc. and the millions it collects from the search company each year, if that's what it takes to stay independent, the open-source developer's CEO promised yesterday.
"We've spent a lot of time and energy making sure that Google understands that it cannot turn us into an arm of Google," said Mitchell Baker, CEO of Mozilla and chairwoman of the Mozilla Foundation. "The things that make Mozilla and Firefox a success [are] the product, and the community that cares about it."
First and foremost, we would protect those things," Baker said. "If the protection of those things would come into conflict with Google, or any of our search partners, we would opt for the community who built Firefox and love Firefox."
If it came down to that choice, Baker was optimistic that Mozilla could do without Google's largess. "There are other ways to make money from a browser," she said. "We could have a more diverse revenue stream. The key is to find business models, or I should say revenue models, that help get things done. Search is a great example, but it's not the only example. Necessity is the mother of invention, and I'm quite confident there are or will be other ways to find revenue that our users are comfortable with."
Tuesday, Baker released the company's 2006 tax return and audited financial statement, which showed that Mozilla's revenues had grown 26%, to $66.8 million from $52.9 million, over the previous year. The bulk of 2006's revenues, the statement said -- 85% to be precise -- came from Google. Mozilla and Google signed a two-year contract last year that pays the former for assigning the latter as the browser's default search engine, and for click-throughs on ads placed on the ensuing search results pages.
The tight ties between Mozilla and Google have come under criticism, such as when Google paid part of some Mozilla employees' salaries, or because of the dependence of Mozilla on search payments for its income. After seeing the 2006 numbers, for instance, Frank Watson, a blogger on SearchEngineWatch.com, said Mozilla should take a new name: Googzilla or GoogleFox.
Baker said those critics missed the point. "We always keep in mind that the contract [with Google] is not forever," she said. "We have a rainy day fund just for that reason. With that, we feel we can pay the mortgage for some period of time if we had to walk away."
According to the financial statement and tax return, what Baker called a "rainy day fund" amounts to $50.8 million in investments and $13.2 million in cash. Those savings have accumulated because of the dramatic difference between Mozilla's income and expenses. While 2006 revenues totaled $66.8 million, expenses were a relatively small $19.8 million.
"We are very focused on spending money well," Baker said. "We treat that money very carefully and don't want to race out and spend on something that might or might not work out. That money was hard won, and not just by us, but by the entire Firefox community."
Even so, expenses have climbed during 2007 and although they will still be outweighed by revenues when the year is out, Baker said Mozilla was spending more. "People, that's a lot of it," she said, noting that 70% of 2006's expenses went toward full- and part-time salaries. Mozilla will also incur additional infrastructure costs this year -- it brought online a European data center in 2006 to better distribute Firefox -- and may begin funding some still-secret projects if not this year, then in 2008.
But the $64 million that Mozilla banked has raised questions from some followers of Thunderbird, the e-mail client that Baker spun off this summer. "So why are you cutting Thunderbird loose then?" asked a user named Kendall in a comment to the blog entry Baker posted Tuesday.
In July, Baker announced that Mozilla was considering cutting Thunderbird loose, and cited Firefox as the company's first priority. The e-mail program's users raised a ruckus over the move, which was finalized last month when Baker said Thunderbird development would be managed by a new corporation, as yet unnamed, seeded with $3 million from Mozilla. Three weeks ago, the only two paid Thunderbird developers quit the project.
Yesterday, Baker said she couldn't say how, or even whether, revenues from Firefox would continue to fund the Thunderbird company. "We would like the new mail company to have its own revenue source rather than it continuing to come out of Firefox," she said. "It's our hope that it finds other sources of revenue. But do we expect that it would be 100%? Not necessarily. Will we fund it for a while? Absolutely."
But the big picture, Baker maintained, is not Thunderbird, or even Firefox, Mozilla's most successful product. "The point isn't just to build Firefox," she said. "The point is to demonstrate how Internet tools can actually be better, be safer, be more open. That's the point that drives us."
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Following on from my previous post, I have moved a little further along the road towards creating my first-ever paperback *shivers as a life-long dream seems possible*.
Firstly, I set up a CreateSpace account alongside my Amazon author's account, then proceeded to navigate CS's user-friendly set-up menu. I was offered a plethora of differing sizes for my physical book, and after having discussed this with other bloggers, I finally settled on the 6×9″ format.
I then downloaded the novel template (6×9″), after which 'A Construct of Angels' (already formatted in Word) was pasted into the template so I could make any adjustments to the layout.
Here's where the gnashing of teeth began…
When I scrolled through the virtual book (complete with flipping pages feature…it's looking more like a real book already), I found a problem. Not Major by any means, but nether was it minor.
For some reason, my the formatting contained within my original layout caused the whole MS to leave random (it seemed) spaces at the bottom of every page, giving it a chewed-off appearance . I had to spend three nights inside the Word document copying and pasting text from the top of the previous page into the end of the text from the one above. Sometimes there was only one blank line; other times there were five.
Weird. This was the point where I wondered if I should finally make the move to Scrivener…
Patience required, definitely. Still, I wanted it to be right, so I put in the time to set it all up properly.
Save, copy, paste and check the format on CS once again – more flicking through virtual pages with a beady eye on the spacing.
Then the next problem reared its head. I use two images within my text. CreateSpace's automated formatting checker decided that the resolution of these images was too low to print properly. Now, this is an image of some handwriting – some very poor handwriting, as it happens…if you think 'spider that scuttled through a puddle of ink' then you won't be far off. Yes, it's ncessary to the plot.
Guys, it doesn't NEED to be hi-res.
I DID try to change the resolution using Paint and then PhotoImpact, but to no avail. I can live with it. The question is, will CreateSpace let it pass?
The next stage is the cover.
I sent the details of the size, page colour and page count to Ravven who has tweaked the original artwork to match. Thanks, Ravven!
Now that the final piece is in place, and CreateSpace is happy with the format (low-res image notwithstanding), I have ordered the proof copy from the US printers (the proof has to come from the US, but subsequent purchased copies are created in the UK for UK buyers) and wait for its arrival with teeth gound and breath held.
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PLoS ONE has often been the source of attention on IJPE and elsewhere, becoming in 2010 the world's largest journal then doubling in size in 2011, publishing close to 14,000 articles that year. No wonder PLoS ONE is leading the new tendency to competition in open access, attracting a number of clones.
No doubt many a competitor is wondering how they'll ever get a edge when PLoS ONE is so far ahead - that's my guess as to why Mary Anne Liebert is starting out by providing free publishing services.
So here is a thought - could a well thought out noncommercial approach give a publisher an edge over PLoS ONE, with its insistence that all authors accept the CC-BY license? There just might be something to this. My own perspective is that as an open access advocate of course I want to freely share my work - but not for sale! My preference for including the noncommercial element in a CC license is by no means unusual - my understanding is that NC is the most popular of the CC elements. I've even been thinking that when I next get around to doing some writing to submit for publication, I just might go for Nature's Scientific Reports rather than PLoS ONE - much as I like PLoS and PLoS ONE, Nature will let me have my preferred NC license, and PLoS ONE won't.
When we scholars come up with our own open access mandates, sharing our work, "but not for a profit" is part of the deal, as illustrated by the leader with this approach, Harvard, and MIT. This kind of suggests that scholars don't want to give away their work to just anyone to sell for a profit, doesn't it?
So what would a good noncommercial policy look like? First of all, if authors are paying to make their work open access, then it should be open access, and the copyright (including any reserved commercial rights) should belong to the author. This would protect the publisher from having a competitor take their whole journal and use it for commercial purposes that would undermine the working publisher's revenue streams, while making it clear to authors and funders alike that the purpose is not to sneak in other enclosures for the purpose of making more profits.
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A Ukrainian couple's inability to rein in their passion for each other ended in tragedy when a woman was killed by a locomotive and her partner had his legs torn off during pre-dawn love-making on a railway track, police said Sunday.
The accident took place in the southeastern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhia early Saturday.
"Returning from our friends', my girlfriend and I could not overcome our passionate nature and wanted to feel a sense of thrill near a railway track," a police statement quoted the 41-year-old man as saying.
A police spokesman separately told AFP Sunday that the pair was believed to have been drunk.
The woman died on the spot while the man was hospitalized with his legs torn off below the knee.
Police did not release the names of the victims, saying it had opened a criminal probe over the safety violation.


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I am a writer, lecturer and professor of English and cultural history at Liverpool John Moores University. My most recent books are Queuing for Beginners (2007), a cultural history of daily habits since the war, inspired in part by the Mass-Observation surveys of the 1930s and 1940s: On Roads: A Hidden History (2009); and Armchair Nation: An Intimate History of Britain in Front of the TV (2013). As well as publishing articles in obscure academic journals, I write for the Guardian, the New Statesman, the Financial Times and other publications. I am a literary and cultural historian focusing on the very recent past, with a particular interest in the everyday. My latest book is Shrinking Violets: A Field Guide to Shyness (Profile 2016), which was published in February 2017 in a revised North American edition by Yale University Press as Shrinking Violets: The Secret Life of Shyness.
This website is an archive of the writing I have done over the years, assembled in an effort to persuade myself that I haven't been entirely wasting my time. 'A luxurious task, this cobbling up of ancient toil,' as Ronald Blythe puts it.
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About 5.9 percent of AT&T shareholders have voted for a proposal calling on the company to commit to net neutrality principles on its wireless networks, but supporters of the measure called the vote a success.
The vote, at AT&T's annual meeting in Salt Lake City Friday, met the 3 percent threshold for the proposal to be automatically placed on next year's ballot, according to Trillium Asset Management, the investment advisor that presented the proposal to AT&T shareholders. Investors holding AT&T stock worth about US$11.4 billion voted in favor of the resolution, Trillium said.
An AT&T spokeswoman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on the vote.
Supporters of the measure will continue to press the issue with shareholders and AT&T management, said Jonas Kron, vice president at Trillium. The goal of supporters this year was to meet the 3 percent threshold set by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for resubmitting a proposal, he said in an email.
"This means that the issue is going to remain on the company's agenda with its shareholders for at least another year," he said.
Supporters see the issue as a long-term one, especially because the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's 2010 net neutrality rules face court challenges, Kron added. Shareholder efforts to require corporate disclosure of political spending started in 2004, with an average vote of about 9 percent in favor, he said. Since then, about 100 corporations have adopted political disclosure rules.
One large proxy advisory firm "gave a very qualified recommendation to vote against the proposal and it's not at all clear that as net neutrality continues to develop and grow" that the firm will continue to side with AT&T against the measure, Kron said.
Similar proposals on wireless network neutrality are scheduled for votes at the upcoming annual meetings of Verizon Communications on May 3 and Sprint Nextel on May 15.
The net neutrality provisions ask the carriers to pledge to avoid selectively degrading connections to some Internet content in favor of content they are affiliated with.
The proposals ask each company to publicly commit to "operate a neutral network with neutral routing along the company's wireless infrastructure such that the company does not privilege, degrade or prioritize any packet transmitted over its wireless infrastructure based on its source, ownership or destination."
The proposals at AT&T and Verizon were filed by Trillium, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica in Atchison, Kansas, and several individual investors including Michael "Mike D" Diamond of music group the Beastie Boys. The proposal at Sprint was filed by the Nathan Cummings Foundation.
Grant Gross covers technology and telecom policy in the U.S. government for The IDG News Service. Follow Grant on Twitter at GrantGross. Grant's e-mail address is email@example.com.


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The ARP Synthesiser company was started by the engineer and musical enthusiast Alan Robert Pearlman – hence 'ARP' – in 1970 in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA. Previous to ARP, Pearlman had worked as an engineer at NASA and ran his own company Nexus Research laboratory Inc., a manufacturer of op-amps (precision circuits used in amplifiers and test equipment) which he sold in 1967 to fund the launch of the ARP company in 1969. The inspiration for ARP came after he played with both Moog and Buchla synthesisers and being unimpressed by the tuning instability of the oscillators and lack of commercial focus – especially the keyboardless Buchla Box – and became determined to produce a stable, friendly, commercial electronic instrument.1Trevor Pinch, Frank Trocco, (2004) Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer, Harvard University Press.
"If you would like to spend your time creatively, actively producing new music and sound, rather than fighting your way through a nest of cords, a maze of distracting apparatus, you'll find the ARP uniquely efficient . . . matrix switch interconnection for patching without patch cords…P.S. The oscillators stay in tune."
ARP Advert 1970
The companies first product was the ARP 2500, a large monophonic modular voltage-controlled synthesiser designed along similar lines to the Moog Modular series 100. The 2500 had a main cabinet holding up to 12 modules and two wing-extension adding another six modules each. The interface was designed to be as clear as possible to non-synthesists with a logically laid out front panel and, unlike the Buchla and Moog Modular, dispensed with patch cables in favour of a series of 10X10 slider matrices, leaving the front panel clear of cable clutter. The 2500 also came with a 10-step analogue sequencer far in advance of any other modular system of the day
Despite the fact that the 2500 proved to be an advanced, reliable and user-friendly machine with much more stable and superior oscillators to the Moog, it was not commercially successful, selling only approximately 100 units.
Modules of the ARP 2500 2Peter Forrest, (1994) The A-Z of Analogue Synthesizers, Susurreal Publishing, Devon, England
|Module #
|Type of Module
|power supply
|dual envelope generator
|This module contains two ADSR envelope generators (actually labeled "Attack", "Initial Decay", "Sustain", and "Final Decay"), each switchable between single or multiple triggering. There is a manual gate button as well as a front panel input for gate/trigger and a back panel input for a sustain pedal.
|dual envelope generator
|(same as 1003, except re-positioned trigger switches and gate buttons)
|A Voltage Controlled Oscillator with a range from 0.03Hz to 16kHz, this module can function as a VCO or an LFO. It features separate outputs for each of its five waveforms (sine, triangle, square, sawtooth, and pulse) and 6 CV (control voltage) inputs, as well as a CV input for Pulse Width Modulation.
|This module is the same as the 1004, except each waveform has its own attenuation knob for mixing all the waveforms together. There is a separate output to for the mixed waveforms.
|This module is the same as the 1004, except each waveform has its own rocker switch to route any or all of the waveforms to an extra mix output.
|This module is the same as the 1004r, except it uses toggle switches.
|VCA andRing Modulator
|This module is half Voltage Controlled Amplifier and half Balanced (Ring) Modulator. It is switchable between linear or exponential voltage control, and features 11 inputs, 3 outputs, and illuminated push-buttons.
|VCF and VCA
|The Voltage Controlled Filter (24dB/octave, low-pass, with resonance) and Voltage Controlled Amplifier (switchable between linear and exponential) in one module
|Convenience Module
|This module routes two jack inputs to any of the upper ten lines of the lower matrix. (Remember, most of the patching for this instrument is done from these matrix sliders).
|dual noise generators
|This module features two random voltage generators outputting white or pink noise and two slow sample-and-hold circuits, four outputs in all.
|dual VCO
|Both oscillators feature the same waveforms as 1004 with a switch for high and low frequency ranges. There are a total of 10 control inputs and 2 audio outputs.
|Preset Voltage module
|This module contains eight manually or sequencer-driven gated control-voltages, each with two knobs sending control voltages to separate outputs. It can be connected, via the rear panel, to module 1027 Sequencer or module 1050 Mix-Sequencer.
|This is a 10X3 sequencer with 14 outputs (including 10 separate position/step gates), 6 inputs, buttons for step and reset, and a knobs for pulse repetition/width, which controls the silence between the steps.
|Dual Delayed-Trigger Envelope Generator
|This module is the same as the 1003 ADSR module except it has two more knobs to control gate delay.
|Sample-and-Hold / random voltage
|Voice Module
|This all-in-one module contains a VCO, VCF, VCA, and two ADSR envelope generators, as well as 16 inputs, and four outputs. (Note: Most modules feature a spelling mistake "Resanance" instead of "Resonance".)
|quad envelope generator
|This module is basically a 1003 and a 1033 combined into one module.
|Multimode Filter / Resonator
|This module features 15 inputs, 4 outputs and an overload warning light.
|This module features two 4X1 mixers with illuminated on/off buttons.
|This keyboard features a 5-octave, 61-note (C-C) keyboard with the bottom two octaves (C-B) reverse colored to show the keyboard split. The top half of the keyboard is duophonic. There are separate CV (1v/octave), gate, and trigger outputs for each side of the split, as well as separate panels on either side of the keyboard with controls for portamento, tuning, and pitch interval.
|Dual-Manual Keyboard
|Two 3001s, one on top of the other, with the bottom octave (C-B) or two octaves (C-B) of the top keyboard reverse colored to show the split.
The ARP 2600 (1971)
The ARP 2600 was designed to be a commercially viable portable, semi-modular analog subtractive synthesiser with built in modules i.e. a versatile but not-too-complicated synthesiser, targeted at the educational market; schools, universities and so-on. The inbuilt modules could be patched using a combination of patch cables or by using sliders to control internally hard wired connections:
"ARP 2600 The ultimate professional-quality portable synthesizer Equally at home in the electronic music studio or on stage, the ARP 2600 provides the incredible new sounds in today's leading rock bands The 2600 is also owned by many of the most prestigious universities and music schools in the world Powerful. dependable, and easy to play. the 2600 can be played without patchcords or modified with patch cords. This arrangement provides maximum speed and convenience for live performance applications, as well as total programming flexibility for teaching, research composition and recording. An pre-wired patch connection(s) can be overridden by simply inserting a patchcord into the appropriate jack on the front panel.
The ARP 2600 is easily expanded and can be used with the ARP 2500 series.Renowned for its electronic superiority, the oscillators and filters in the 2600 are the most stable and accurate available anywhere Accompanied by the comprehensive, fully illustrated owner s manual, the ARP 2600 is recognized as the finest, most complete portable synthesizer made today
3 Voltage Controlled Oscillators 03 Hz to 20 KHz in two ranges Five waveforms include: variable-width pulse. triangle. sine, square, and sawtooth
1 Voltage Controlled Lowpass filter Variable resonance, DC coupled. Doubles as a low distortion sine oscillator.
1 Voltage Controlled Amplifier Exponential and linear control response characteristics
1 Ring Modulator. AC or DC coupled
2 Envelope Generators.
1 Envelope Follower.
1 Random Noise Generator. Output continuously variable from flat to -6db/octave
1 Electronic Switch, bidirectional
1 Sample & Hold with internal clock.
1 General purpose Mixer and Panpot.
1 Voltage Processor with variable lag.
2 Voltage Processors with inverters
1 Reverberation unit. Twin uncorrelated stereo outputs
2 Built-in monitoring amplifiers and speakers, with standard stereo 8-ohm headphone jack.
1 Microphone Preamp with adjustable gain
1 Four-octave keyboard with variable tuning. variable portamento, variable tone interval, and precision memory circuit.
DIMENSIONS: Console 32″ x 18″ x 9x Keyboard 35″ x 10″ x 6″ WEIGHT: 58 Ibs" 3ARP 2600 Promotional material 1971
ARP 2800 'Odyssey' 1972
By the mid-1970s ARP had become the dominant synthesiser manufacturer, with a 40 percent share of the $25 million market. This was due to Pearlman's gift for publicity – the ARP2500 famously starred in the film 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (1977) as well as product endorsements by famous rock starts; Stevie Wonder, Pete Townsend, Herbie Hanckock and so-on – and the advent of reliable, simpler, commercial instrument designs such as the ARP 2800 'Odyssey' in 1972.
The ARP 2800 'Odyssey' 1972-1981
The Odyssey was ARP's response to Moog's 'Minimoog'; a portable, user-friendly, affordable performance synthesiser; essentially a scaled down version of the 2600 with built in keyboard – a form that was to dominate the synthesiser market for the next twenty years or so.
The Odyssey was equipped with two oscillators and was one of the first synthesisers to have duo-phonic capabilities. Unlike the 2600 there were no patch ports, instead all of the modules were hard wired and routable and controllable via sliders and button son the front panel. 'Modules' consisted of two Voltage Controlled Oscillators (switchable between sawtooth, square, and pulse waveforms) a resonant low-pass filter, a non-resonant high-pass filter, Ring Modulator, noise generator (pink/white) ADSR and AR envelopes, a triangle and square wave LFO, and a sample-and-hold function. The later Version III model had a variable expression keyboard allowing flattening or sharpening of the pitch and the addition of vibrato depending on key pressure and position.4Mark Vail, (2000), Vintage Synthesizers: Pioneering Designers, Groundbreaking Instruments, Collecting Tips, Mutants of Technology, 2000 by Backbeat Books.
ARP Production model timeline 1969-1981:
- 1969 – ARP 2002 Almost identical to the ARP 2500, except that the upper switch matrix had 10 buses instead of 20.
- 1970 – ARP Soloist (small, portable, monophonic preset, aftertouch sensitive synthesizer)
- 1972 – ARP Odyssey
- 1972 – ARP Pro Soloist (small, portable, monophonic preset, aftertouch sensitive synthesizer – updated version of Soloist)
- 1974 – ARP String Ensemble (polyphonic string voice keyboard manufactured by Solina)
- 1974 – ARP Explorer (small, portable, monophonic preset, programmable sounds)
- 1975 – ARP Little Brother (monophonic expander module)
- 1975 – ARP Omni (polyphonic string synthesiser )
- 1975 – ARP Axxe (pre-patched single oscillator analog synthesiser)
- 1975 – ARP String Synthesiser (a combination of the String Ensemble and the Explorer)
- 1977 – ARP Pro/DGX (small, portable, monophonic preset, aftertouch sensitive synthesiser – updated version of Pro Soloist)
- 1977 – ARP Omni-2 (polyphonic string synthesiser with rudimentary polyphonic synthesiser functions – updated version of Omni)
- 1977 – ARP Avatar (an Odyssey module fitted with a guitar pitch controller)
- 1978 – ARP Quadra (4 microprocessor-controlled analog synthesisers in one)
- 1979 – ARP Sequencer (analog music sequencer)
- 1979 – ARP Quartet (polyphonic orchestral synthesiser not manufacted by ARP – just bought in from Siel and rebadged )
- 1980 – ARP Solus (pre-patched analog monophonic synthesiser)
- 1981 – ARP Chroma (microprocessor controlled analog polyphonic synthesiser – sold to CBS/Rhodes when ARP closed)
The demise of ARP Instruments was brought about by disorganised management and the decision to invest heavily in a guitar style synthesiser, the ARP Avatar. Although this was an innovative and groundbreaking instrument it failed to sell and ARP were never able to recoup the development costs. ARP filed for bankruptcy in 1981.5and fall of ARP instruments' By Craig R. Waters with Jim Aikin
- 1Trevor Pinch, Frank Trocco, (2004) Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer, Harvard University Press.
- 2Peter Forrest, (1994) The A-Z of Analogue Synthesizers, Susurreal Publishing, Devon, England
- 3ARP 2600 Promotional material 1971
- 4Mark Vail, (2000), Vintage Synthesizers: Pioneering Designers, Groundbreaking Instruments, Collecting Tips, Mutants of Technology, 2000 by Backbeat Books.
- 5and fall of ARP instruments' By Craig R. Waters with Jim Aikin


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Motley Crue Guitarist Mick Mars: 'I'll Keep Rockin' Till I Fall Down'
Motley Crue have been around the block a time or ten, but guitarist Mick Mars says he has no intention of slowing down any time soon. In an interview with the Miami New Times, the 61-year-old musician vows to keep playing until the day he dies.
The group's new single is called 'Sex,' and it's a return to the sleazy riffing that was once Motley Crue's trademark. Asked if the band plans to release future singles titled 'Drugs' and 'Rock 'n' Roll,' the guitarist laughs. "Right now, we're out on tour. But after we're done with the road, there's bound to be a bunch of things headed in that direction, like 'Girls' and 'Feelgood'… we'll be getting back to the good old rock days."
Mars admits that sex changes with age, but adds, "Lots of things change. One doesn't . . . I'm still no gentleman. I'm still as big an a–hole as ever. Lewd and aggressive." Apart from that, Mars says he no longer drinks or uses drugs, and that makes him a better musician. "I don't have many vices, except playing my guitar too much," he relates with a laugh. "I guess I'm kind of a boring guy these days. But that's how I'm gonna keep going with Motley Crue as long as I can."
The guitarist says he knows he can't tour forever, but he expects to remain involved with music, whether it's writing and playing for TV and movies, producing young bands or something else. "But one way or another, I'll keep rockin' till I fall down. Definitely."
Motley Crue are currently on tour with Kiss.


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The U.S. Census Bureau today released its 2010 Demographic Analysis estimates at a news conference at George Washington University – the first of three major Census Bureau releases in December. The data involve five series of national-level estimates of the population by age, sex, two race groups (black and non-black) and Hispanic origin (for under age 20). Demographic Analysis attempts to estimate the national population of 2010 but uses a very different technique than is used for the 2010 Census. Demographic Analysis estimates are developed from historical vital statistics and estimates of international migration. Separate from 2010 Census counts, these estimates provide one way of measuring the size of the U.S. population and will be used to analyze the 2010 Census results coming later this month.
On Dec. 14, the Census Bureau will also release American Community Survey (ACS) data for the 5-year period from 2005 to 2009. The ACS is a sample survey sent to 3 million households every year that provides vital social, economic, housing and demographic characteristics about our country. This is the first set of 5-year estimates for the ACS, which every year will produce more than 11 billion pieces of data covering some 670,000 geographical areas, including every county and community in the country.
Finally, by Dec. 31 as required by law, the Census Bureau will report the first set of data from the 2010 Census: the national and state populations as well as the apportionment of seats to each state in the U.S. House of Representatives. See today's Demographic Analysis press release and the complete Demographic Analysis tables. Visit http://www.census.gov/ to learn more about upcoming Census releases.
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