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Graduate medals recognise outstanding alumni
31 October 2012
Some of the University of Sydney's most outstanding alumni have been recognised with graduate medals, awarded to exceptional students who have graduated or completed requirements for their degrees in the previous year.
The graduate medals include recognition of undergraduate and postgraduate excellence and community achievement, as well as awards for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student achievement, sporting achievement, and international student achievement.
Convocation Medal for Undergraduate Achievement
First awarded in 1980, the Convocation Medal honours bachelor's degree graduates who have shown strong leadership and enriched the diverse life of the University.
This year's winners include Patrick Bateman (BEcSocSc (Hons) '10, LLB '12) and Andrew Thomas (BEc (Hons) '11).
- Patrick Bateman is a world-class orator, student union advocate and community volunteer. He achieved excellent academic results throughout his studies, and was recognised with numerous prizes from the University and St Paul's College. Patrick co-founded the Public Speaking Society through the University of Sydney Union (USU), and as USU president from 2009 to 2010, increased membership by 30 percent and brought the union to a budget-neutral position. In 2011 he was named world champion in the Phillip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition - the largest and most prestigious mooting competition in the world. Patrick is also a dedicated volunteer for Lifeline and has also volunteered in a juvenile detention centre in Capetown.
- Andrew Thomas has used his outstanding academic success to make valuable contributions to the University and the wider community. Along with receiving numerous prizes and scholarships, he has successfully represented the University nationally and internationally as a debater and public speaker. He has also served on a number of representative bodies, including the Academic Board. Along with a fellow resident of St Paul's College, Andrew raised $40,000 for a school and Uganda for the African Foundation for People in Need. He has also volunteered with the Redfern Legal Centre and with microfinance organisation Opportunity International.
Edmund Barton Medal for Master's by Coursework Achievement
Now in its second year, the Edmund Barton Medal honours the achievements of alumnus Sir Edmund Barton, who was the first prime minister of Australia and founding justice of the High Court. During his time at the University of Sydney, Barton was one of the rowing four that took part in the first inter-university boat race, held in Melbourne in 1870, as well as playing football for Sydney University Football Club and performing in a University dramatic show presented to the Duke of Edinburgh.
- Joanna Whitney (BSc (Vet) '02, BVSc '04 MVSc (honoris causa) '11) receives this year's Edmund Barton Medal in recognition of her outstanding achievements in veterinary science. Throughout her studies, Joanna received a number of academic awards while working as a full-time clinician at the University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Her research has had a marked effect on the state of veterinary care, leading to improved tests for fungal infections in cats and strengthening the Faculty of Veterinary Science's reputation as an international leader in feline medicine. While she was completing her academic studies, Joanna also met the demanding requirements for additional professional qualifications, mentored undergraduate students and veterinary nurses, and assisted in the launch at the hospital of anaesthesia rounds and an after-hours emergency service.
John Harsanyi Medal for International Student Achievement
The John Harsanyi Medal, named in honour of John Charles Harsanyi (MA '53, DScEc '95), a Hungarian-Australian-American economist who won the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, is awarded for the first time this year.
Harsanyi arrived in Australia as a survivor of the Nazi Holocaust and refugee from Stalinist Hungary in 1950, and worked full-time to put himself through postgraduate evening classes at the University of Sydney.
- Christian Sautter (MInternatBus&Law '11), who receives the inaugural John Harsanyi Medal, maintained excellent academic results throughout his Master of International Business and Law while also dedicating his time to volunteer work. As a student ambassador, Christian helped to improve the experiences of current and future students, assisted with a number of key events, and mentored at Sancta Sophia College. He demonstrated his leadership talents as a team leader at 180Degrees Consulting, an international pro bono student consultancy that works with not-for-profit organisations. In June 2011 he was accepted into the Graduate institute of International and Development Studies, which allowed him to study at the World Trade Center and the United Nations headquarters, as well as completing a certificate in international trade and development in Switzerland.
Nigel C Barker Medal for Sporting Achievement
Another award established this year, the Nigel C Barker Medal, honours graduates who have achieved academic excellence and contributed through sport to the University and the broader community.
The medal is named in honour of Nigel Chase Barker (BE 1909), a world record-breaking athlete and rugby union player who was arguably the University of Sydney's first Olympian.
- Gymnast-turned-diver Alexandra Croak (BAppSc '10, MHlthSc (Sexual Hlth) '12), who receives the inaugural Nigel C Barker Medal, is the fifth Australian female to become a dual Olympian in two different sports, competing in artistic gymnastics at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and diving at the Beijing 2008 Games. She is also the first Commonwealth Games athlete to achieve gold medals in two different sports, with gymnastics at the Manchester 2002 Games and diving in Dehli in 2010. She achieved academic success throughout her studies, as well as dedicating her time as an ambassador for the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience, the Australia Day Committee and Camp Quality.
Rita and John Cornforth Medal for PhD Achievement
The Rita and John Cornforth medal was established in 2011 to commend the academic and community achievements of PhD graduates. The medal is named in honour of Sir John Warcup 'Kappa' Cornforth AC CBE FRS (BSc '38, MSc '39, DSc '77) and Lady Rita Cornforth (BSc '37, MSc '38), who were among the most outstanding students in their respective years. John went on to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975 for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions. He has been deaf since his teens, and Rita has relayed speech to him by lip-reading throughout their life together. Rita and John both accepted postgraduate scholarships in 1938 to work at the University of Oxford, and had a profound influence on the study of penicillin during World War II.
- Jodie Ingles (PhD (Medicine) '11) is an outstanding researcher in the field of genetic heart disease, and has made significant contributions to the discipline. She has published 20 high quality peer-reviewed papers, 14 of which arose from her PhD research into the psychosocial aspects of genetic heart disease in the young. Jodie also established the world's first National Genetic Heart Disease Registry in Australia and Australia's first Genetic Heart Disease Clinic, which is being used as a model for similar centres in Australia and overseas. Most recently, she was awarded the NHMRC early Career Scholarship, co-funded by the National Heart Foundation of Australia.
Sister Alison Bush Medal for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Achievement
Established this year, the Sister Alison Bush Medal honours the academic and community achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduates. Sister Alison Bush, descended from the Ngalakan clan Ngukurr (Roper River) in the traditional language group of Garawa Borroloola, was an icon and pioneer who dedicated her life in service to others. A member of the Stolen Generation, Sister Bush was the first Aboriginal midwife to work at a major hospital in New South Wales, delivering more than 1,000 babies during her 40 years of service at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA). She had a long history with the University's Sydney Nursing School, and presented lectures and clinical advice to students on placement at RPA. Sister Alison spent the last decade of her life travelling to remote areas of Australia in her role as an Aboriginal Liaison Midwife.
- The inaugural Sister Alison Bush Medal is awarded to Scott Wilson (GradDipIndigH (SubUse) '10, MIndigH (SubUse) '12), a national leader in the fields of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and substance use. As director of the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council for the past 17 years, he has played a significant role in shaping national policy on alcohol and drug use. He is also a member of several organisations that work to address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander substance misuse, including the National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Council, the Alcohol and Drugs Council of Australia, the National School Drug Education Committee, the Close the Gap National Steering Committee and the National Drug Research Institute. Scott also received the 1997 ADCA Australia Day Award and the Australian Centenary Medal for Services to the Community in 2003.
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Students from multiple colleges and universities including Hope College will perform together in a concert by the Michigan Intercollegiate Honors Band on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m. at Hope in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The band will be performing Roger Cichy's "Divertimento"; Eric Whitacre's "October"; Carter Pann's "Richard & Renee"; and John Phillip Sousa's "Easter Monday on the White House Lawn."
The Intercollegiate Honors Band is a joint collaboration of Adrian College, Albion College, Alma College, Calvin College, Cornerstone University, Grand Valley State University, Hillsdale College, Hope College, Olivet College and Spring Arbor University. Students in the band are nominated by their band director and come together for one day of rehearsals, capped by the concert in the evening.
The guest conductor this year is Carolyn A. Barber from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street.

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Best of Honolulu 2011: Entertainment
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Hawaii 5-0 won readers' pick for best new thing in Honolulu.
Photo: Courtesy of CBS
Readers' Picks
Movie Theater
Film lovers voted for Consolidated Ward 16 as their favorite place for big-screen movie watching. Did you know you can book theater space during non-showtimes for early school shows, private screenings, conferences or even church services?
New Thing in Honolulu
We mourned the loss of Lost—but readers rejoiced when Hawaii Five-0 came back to town! Once again, locals are being treated to celeb sightings and spotting film crews in their neighborhoods. The show's even fun for those who don't dig it on a critical level: One episode's reference to nonexistent Kukui High has inspired a cult webpage where you can browse the faux yearbook, buy Fighting Nuts garb and hear a rendition of the class song (which urges sports teams to "raise your nuts up to the sky"). Hooray for Hollywood!
Arts Venue
A world-class collection with 5,000 years' worth of art is housed right here in Hawaii at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. "We have a Van Gogh that is sought out for exhibitions around the world," says Lesa Griffith, the director of communications. Students and kamaaina get excellent values on annual passes. Since our poll, there's been big changes in the art world; check out page 43 for more. 900 S. Beretania St., 532-8700, honoluluacademy.org.


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On June 15th 2013, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird noted of the Iranian election of "moderate" Hassan Rowhani that "…none of the eight regime-approved candidates represents a real alternative for Iranian voters. The person tagged to replace Ahmadinejad will simply be another of Ayatollah Khamenei's puppets in the tragic and dangerous pantomime that is life for all Iranians."
These were heartening words for Iranian-Canadian exiles, an astute assessment of the brutal reality of the Iranian regime.
Baird's words appropriately recognized that the "moderate" Rowhani has always been a loyal supporter of the Islamic regime during all its phases of oppression, torture, rape, and executions. In July of 1999, during the largest pro-democracy protests Iran had seen in 20 years, while another so-called reformist, Mohammad Khatami, was the Iranian President, Rowhani was responsible for ordering the arrest, torture and murder of students who were fighting to bring genuine democracy to Iran.
For the past three decades, Iranian-Canadian pro-democracy activists have encouraged the Canadian government to take a firm stand against the regime in Iran: to condemn its human rights violations, to isolate the regime politically, and to close the regime's embassy in Ottawa. Baird's condemnation of the sham election was a sign of hope that the Harper government was choosing to stand with the people of Iran against the Islamic dictatorship.
Not surprisingly, however, the Iranian regime's agents and lobbyists in Canada quickly initiated and orchestrated a response not only to give meaning to the sham election but also to generate credibility for the regime both inside and outside Iran. Please click HERE for the link to the original article
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I had the opportunity to go to New York this past weekend for the first time ever. I initially wasn't sure if I was brave enough to go by myself but couldn't pass that up.
Friday night I stayed in the lower east side, wandered around by myself, found my first slice of NY pizza then had a few drinks and took a...
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I've not any recommendations but that sounds like something I'd want to do. Sometimes it's nice to explore by yourself. Solo adventures.
I moved out of NYC for 6 months once and couldn't stand CO so I went to AZ hated it more. Also The only other place other then NYC I can handle PPizza wise is Italy. There were so many good parties and Club events that me othd other groups have with so much international talent. You should def hit up some clubs next time.


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Open Beam is an open ended construction system composed of aluminum extrusions, standard metric hardware, and ABS joining plates. It is used to build CNC machines, 3D printers, time lapse photography rigs, and pretty much anything else you can think of. I first discovered Open Beam while doing research for my own CNC machine.
The creator of Open Beam, Terence Tam, successfully funded it with Kickstarter this past summer. After being so happy with the product I contacted Terence for an interview. He graciously took time out of his busy schedule to speak with me about OpenBeam, how an engineer cooks a turkey, and lessons learned from running a Kickstarter project.


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Allah has set forth Ibrahim (as), Ishaq (as) and Yaqub (as) as examples for true believers, as in the following:
And remember Our servants Ibrahim, Ishaq and Ya'qub, men of true strength and inner sight. We purified their sincerity through sincere remembrance of the Abode . (Surah Sad: 45-46)
Allah also stressed that Musa (as) reached a high level of purification. A verse states as follows:
Mention Musa in the Book. He was truly sincere and was a messenger and a prophet. (Surah Maryam: 51)
We must ponder deeply the high morality of Allah's prophets, and strive like them to become purified servants.
The Qur'an announced that only those who are blind and deaf will not benefit from the reminders and verses of Allah. True believers, on the other hand, are "those who, when they are reminded of the Signs of their Lord, do not turn their backs, deaf and blind to them." (Surat al-Furqan: 73) Those who fear Allah and guard against evil are capable of perceiving the wisdom of the verses of the Qur'an. They draw lessons from them, and thus, acquire sincerity. Therefore, believers could never be indifferent to such reminders from Allah. Even if someone has until then failed to think about the importance of sincerity, just one moment spent to check his intentions would be sufficient to purify himself. With Allah's permission, this improvement converts later deeds into pious ones, and grants the person the honor of being "the best of creatures" in Allah's sight.
Otherwise, if one sullies his deeds done to acquire Allah's assent, by letting worldly ambitions interfere and invalidates them, instead of aiming to acquire sincerity, then he will certainly be acting immorally. This person may strive day and night and consider himself guided on the straight path of morality. However, he will not be among those who turn to Allah purely, as he does not strive to acquire sincerity. Surat al-Kahf puts forth the example of such losers as follows:
Say: "Shall I inform you of the greatest losers in their actions? People whose efforts in the life of this world are misguided while they suppose that they are doing good." (Surat al-Kahf: 103-104)
However, when he looks back upon his life, he will realize that there is nothing left to indicate that he had spent those years in this world. Neither the people whose consent he strove to acquire, nor the worldly goals he pursued, nor his arrogance, nor the devil who deceived him to damage his sincerity, will stand by him. He will stand in Allah's presence alone and unaided, as he failed to turn to Him with a pure heart, and had harmed his sincerity by combining his faith, service and worship with other impurities. In Surat al-Hadid, Allah announces that this worldly life is nothing but a great deception:
Know that the life of the world is merely a game and a diversion and ostentation and a cause of boasting among yourselves and trying to outdo one another in wealth and children: like the plant-growth after rain which delights the cultivators, but then it withers and you see it turning yellow, and then it becomes broken stubble. In the hereafter there is terrible punishment but also forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure. The life of the world is nothing but the enjoyment of delusion. (Surat al-Hadid: 20)
Would one like to see that he has been striving in vain, in spite of his greater effort, merely because he had failed to endeavor to acquire sincerity, and did not live in accordance with the spirit of the Qur'an? Or, would one like to be one of the "best of creatures" who is granted "a wage which never fails" by purifying his intentions, heart and conscience and turns to Allah with heartfelt devotion, firmly embraces Him, and desires to acquire nothing but His consent? It is apparent that, for anyone who loves Allah, and who wishes to befriend Him and to turn to Him, the latter option is the only option to be taken.
Therefore, with this book, we are inviting all those sincere believers, who love Allah, wish to befriend Him, and turn to Him, to search for the secret that leads to being among the successful. As Bediuzzaman mentioned, a single deed performed sincerely may well be more precious than thousands of insincere ones. Always keep in mind that if your intentions are sincere, and your deeds are pious; even the most trivial of them which you perform for Allah's sake, will not go unnoticed by Him. Because as He informed us in the Qur'an, "Your Lord knows best what is in your selves. ..." (Surat al-Isra': 25) and "…Allah knows those who have do their duty." (Surah Al 'Imran: 115)


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The Best Chapter Publication Award was established in 1991. It is administered by the Chapter Assembly.
1.1 The award shall consist of a certificate to be presented to the Chapter Chair and all Chapter members associated with the publication, e.g., the editors of a chapter newsletter, website or wiki. The award shall be presented by the Chapter Assembly Director during the Chapter Assembly Meeting (held during the ASIS&T annual meeting).
2. Purpose of the Award
2.1 The purpose of this award is to recognize the best publication produced by a Chapter (or jointly by two or more chapters) during the previous year (July-June).
3. Eligibility
3.1 Any type of Chapter publication is eligible, including newsletters, meeting proceedings, websites, wikis or other publications. To be considered, a publication must be accessible to the jury members. Any electronic and/or self-published material should be sent to HQ in order to be considered.
3.2 Each year, the Jury shall consider publications produced between July 31 of the previous year and June 30 of the current year.
4. Administration
4.1 The Best Chapter Publication Award is sponsored by the Society-at-Large and is administered by the Chapter Assembly.
5.1 Nominations shall be solicited by email from the Chapter Chairs by the Chapter Assembly Director.
5.2 Nominations can be made by any ASIS&T member. The members of the Chapter Assembly Advisory Committee (in their role as individual Chapter liaisons) shall also be responsible for soliciting nominations from Chapter officers. Advisors themselves may also submit nominations.
5.3 Nominations shall be submitted electronically to the Chapter Assembly through the Start Conference Manager .
6. Jury Committee
6.1 The Chapter Assembly Director, Deputy Director, and Advisors shall serve as the Jury for this award, with the Chapter Assembly Director serving as Jury Chair.
6.2 Members of the Jury may serve a second term, if, at that time, they serve the Chapter Assembly as Director, Deputy, or Advisor.
6.3 If any Jury member has been nominated for this award, the Jury Chair shall appoint another ASIS&T member to serve on the Jury, in place of the nominee.
7. Selection of the Awardee
7.1 The criteria by which publications shall be evaluated include:
(a) Relevance for the Chapter's members;
(b) Societal or scholarly significance of the topic discussed;
(c) Creativity and originality of the content;
(d) Clarity of expression;
(e) Presentation quality.
7.2 Each juror ranks all eligible nominations based on the evaluation criteria. Each criterion has a maximum value of 20 points, with the maximum number of points each publication could receive being 100.
7.3 The Jury Chair totals the points from all jurors, and the winner is the publication with the highest average score. To receive the award, a Chapter publication must have an average score of 80 points or higher.
7.4 If two or more Chapter publications receive identical scores, the Jury shall decide if more than one award should be given. If necessary, run-off votes may be taken or the Jury Chair may convene a conference call to resolve the decision.
7.5 If there are no appropriate candidates, the award need not be given in a particular year.
7.6 The Jury Chair shall communicate the Jury's decision to the ASIS&T President, the Chair of the Awards and Honors Committee, the ASIS&T Executive Director, and the recipients of the award prior to the annual meeting. Prior notification will allow the recipients to be present to accept their awards.
7.7 The Jury Chair shall provide a 50-250 word abstract, stating why the award was given. This abstract will be used to publicize the award. Material for this abstract can be taken from the voting rationales provided by the members of the Jury.
7.8 The Jury Chair shall submit the results of Jury deliberations to ASIS&T Headquarters, after the selection of awardee(s) has been completed.
8. Presentation of the Award
8.1 The Award shall be presented to the winners by the Chapter Assembly Director during the Chapter Assembly Meeting (held during the ASIS&T annual meeting).
9. Publicity
9.1 The award shall be publicized through the Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology, and on the winning Chapter's website. Publicity is the responsibility of ASIS&T Headquarters.
10. Deadlines
10.1 ASIS&T Headquarters and the Jury Chair shall solicit nominations.
10.2 Jurors shall submit their evaluations electronically to the Jury Chair before the ASIS&T annual meeting.
10.3 Selection shall be made and the ASIS&T President, the Chair of the Awards and Honors Committee, the ASIS&T Executive Director, and the award recipients shall be notified by prior to the ASIS&T annual meeting.
[Approved by Board: 10/31/91] [revised 6/08]


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'Red Widow': May cause whiplash
Watching the two-hour pilot for ABC's "Red Widow'' got me thinking — once again — about the remarkable pacing of "Breaking Bad.'' The AMC series may have ruined the possibility of nuanced character development for most other TV series. We've been able to intimately watch Walter White change across almost five seasons, with an incremental progress that has made each tiny shift visible and distinct. The man lost his heart, his dignity, his family, his morality, step by excruciating step. His journey has shown personality change as a kind of gradual erosion.
"Red Widow'' is about a Bay Area housewife and mother of three named Marta Walraven (Radha Mitchell) who becomes a mob criminal after her drug-smuggling husband is shot to death. Her evolution is whiplash fast, and by the end of the premiere, Sunday at 9 p.m. on Channel 5, she's using her sex appeal to help along an elaborate drug deal. She's charging into the office of evil crime boss Nicholae Schiller (Goran Visnjic) to give him a piece of her mind. Sure, Marta still exhibits signs of wariness and fear, but I'm guessing by next week's episode she'll be packing heat.
This is, of course, network TV, which is far less tolerant of TV projects that have a more deliberate stride. So there's no point in expecting a lot of shading. But still, watching Mitchell as an actress trying to morph from a contented wife into a corrupt widow in a single sitting is painful. One minute, she's so enveloped by denial that she doesn't quite realize her husband (guest star Anson Mount), her brother, Irwin (Wil Traval), and their friend Mike (Lee Tergesen) are exporting pot as a livelihood. The next, she's picking up where they left off. And yet, because this is network TV, Marta will need to remain likable, and she will probably fall short of becoming fascinatingly malicious. This isn't "Revenge,'' after all; the tone is very middle-of-the-road.
"Red Widow'' has been adapted from a Dutch series called "Penoza'' by Melissa Rosenberg. The show has a few diverting subplots that make Marta's clunky transition and Mitchell's awkward performance easier to get through. Marta's brother has stolen kilos of cocaine from Schiller; he blames that crime on his late brother-in-law, which screws with Marta's beloved memory. Marta's father, Andrei (Rade Serbedzija), is part of the Russian mob, but even he is cowed by the power of Schiller. Marta's older son, teenager Gabriel (Sterling Beaumon), is an observant kid who's quietly becoming his mother's attaché. And FBI agent James Ramos (Clifton Collins Jr.) prowls around Marta's spectacularly beautiful house, ignoring the fact that his own wife is a drug abuser.
All of these byways add to "Red Widow,'' and at least two members of the cast — Beaumon, with his inscrutable face, and Traval — give the drama a desperately needed sense of mystery as they stand on the sidelines of Marta's life. They don't negate the absurdity that is Marta and her nonsensical personality, but they make the premiere a little less of a slog. Perhaps, as the show develops across the eight episodes of the season, Marta's silly conversion will take a back seat to the present tense of these stories. Now that the preamble about how Marta became the titular figure is over, Rosenberg and Mitchell can pull up anchor and just let the widow become a full-on monster.
If "Red Widow'' were more psychologically twisty or more excessive and over-the-top, it could be more engaging. As it is, the show is ludicrous and not much fun.


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Managing Power in Mobile Handsets
Most of today's smartphones employ separate dedicated CPUs for applications processing, multimedia and graphics, and for real-time wireless baseband modem operations. As multicore CPUs (and virtualization) become ubiquitous, designs are migrating these separate operations onto partitioned single and multicore processors. A good example is a mass-market smartphone such as the Motorola Evoke.
Lower-cost mass-market smartphones consolidate diverse functions onto a single processor with one or two cores. Next-generation devices will build on silicon with even greater numbers of available cores, and will surely find ways for each subsystem to consume available compute capacity.
In these devices, one subsystem would be the baseband modem, whose real-time software stack handles a load that fully occupies one or more cores during peak processing (e.g., for streaming or voice conferencing), but typically consumes perhaps a fifth of a single core's capacity when quiescent. Another subsystem would be a HD multimedia stack, requiring an additional core (or more) at full load, and zero when no media is displayed. A GUI stack might use a half core during heavy user interaction, and zero when quiescent. User applications would consume any remaining computing capacity when executing; and they would occupy either zero cores when quiescent, or represent some other finite load with background processing.
DVFS Challenges
Clearly, each of the functional stacks and the operating systems that host them present unique challenges to managing power with DVFS. In combination on a multicore CPU, it becomes nearly impossible to determine useful DVFS operation points and policy for transition among them, both on a per function basis and a coordinated one.
The aforementioned scenario clearly illustrates that localized DVFS scheme are inadequate to address the needs of next-generation multi-stack multicore designs. Further analysis of the scenario also highlights the limitations of coarse-grained assignment of functions to available CPU cores:
- Peak loads for different subsystems can consume most or all of one or more cores' compute capacity.
- Gross assignment/dedication of functions to cores can waste available compute capacity and potentially starve functions at peak load.
- Real-world total load is unpredictable due to third-party applications (e.g., with Android Market), and additional demands placed on communications and multimedia stacks from those applications and the traffic they generate.
- Scalable loads dictate sharing of available CPU cores across functions.
- Most silicon cannot run stably at all frequencies and voltages. Real-world energy management paradigms build on discrete stable pairings of voltage and frequency (operating points).
Energy Conservation and Virtualization
Rather than try to salvage legacy power management paradigms from each functional domain, let's employ the approach favored by data center IT managers — using virtualization for energy conservation.
DVFS wrings incremental gains in energy efficiency by reducing voltage and clock frequency. A given CPU offers developers and integrators a set of safe "operating points" with fixed voltages and frequencies. With varying load, EM middleware or EM-aware OSes transition from operating point to operating point (Figure 2).
A logical extension of applying DVFS is reduction of voltage to 0 VDC and completely stopping the CPU clock. That is, utilizing only two operating points — Full Stop and Full Throttle — but employing them across the range of available cores: OP1 uses one core, OP2 uses two, etc.
In multicore systems without virtualization, or with simple partitioning, wholesale shutdown of CPU cores presents nearly insurmountable challenges, because loads (OSes and applications threads) are tightly bound to one or more cores (complete CPU affinity, as in Figure 3):
- Shutting down a CPU core requires a policy decision between a shallow sleep mode (with fast entry and exit, but significant remaining leakage power) and a deep sleep mode (with low leakage power but high overhead at both entry and exit).
- Migrating loads across CPUs is nearly impossible; only loads already running as SMP can shed CPUs, but not migrate across them.
Introducing virtualization neatly addresses the challenges of CPU shutdown and CPU core affinity. First, instead of binding loads to actual CPUs, the presence of a full-featured Type I Hypervisor associates subsystems with dedicated virtual CPUs. Based on real compute needs and on policy established at integration time, the hypervisor can bind virtual CPUs to one or more physical CPUs (Figure 4) and/or can share available physical CPUs among virtual CPUs as needed (as suggested in Figure 1).
To facilitate energy conservation, a hypervisor enables full stop of underutilized CPU cores by (re)mapping virtual CPUs (and their loads) onto fewer physical CPUs (Figure 5).
This neat trick is only possible via the construct of virtual CPUs, which facilitate arbitrary mapping of loads to physical silicon and migrating running loads transparently across CPU cores. The resulting consolidation means that, on average, more CPUs are in an off state and they remain there for longer, saving substantial energy and over time.
Quiescing whole cores leads to linear (and therefore highly predictable) performance-energy tradeoffs, unlike DVFS, and is therefore easier to manage. Moreover, DVFS can still be employed on the active cores for fine-tuning energy-performance tradeoffs. Since power management is now handled by the hypervisor, with full knowledge of performance requirements, hardware-imposed constraints such as common core voltage are readily incorporated.
Virtualization: Ideal for Global Energy Conservation
As mentioned earlier, embedded operating systems are notoriously poor at resource management. Those with native power management schemes have "been taught" to monitor their own loads and make energy policy transitions. They are not, however, equipped to manage power and CPU utilization outside their own limited domain, on other CPU cores running different operating systems and loads. For multiple, diverse hosted OSes in a multicore system, effective power management must "step outside" of the local context of functional subsystems (baseband, GUI, etc.) to a scope that encompasses all subsystems together.
This article has offered a brief review of power management mechanisms and energy conservation, and challenges presented by modern multicore systems. Of currently available software-based energy conservation mechanisms, only virtualization is positioned (in the global architecture/stack) to manage power for all cores and all functional subsystems in concert. Because it is the hypervisor that actually dispatches threads to run on physical silicon, it is uniquely and ideally placed to comprehend real CPU loading (not calculated guest OS loads) and to scale power utilization by bringing available cores in and out of service.
— Rob McCammon works at OK Labs, where he owns the roadmap and lifecycle for mobile virtualization solutions and the OKL4 product line. Rob also heads up OK Labs' Virtualization Integration Practice.
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The veggie-loaded pasta salad that a certain someone (no naming names, now) just might have consumed five meals in a row, including breakfast and a bedtime snack. It's that good (but I'm still not givin' up who). There's no mayonnaise here, the dressing is a tangy-creamy vinaigrette with feta cheese. It's a great "dish to carry" choice for potlucks and picnics, funerals and family gatherings and is a definite addition to Favorite Summer Salads.
Say hello to what just might be the summer's salad obsession, a vegetable-packed pasta salad dressed in a feta-tangy creamy vinaigrette.
The recipe comes from dear family friend Elizabeth, a Scotswoman who emigrated to Canada many years ago who's been 'adopted' by my Canadian family. Elizabeth made her pasta salad for a post-wedding brunch in Toronto last month and after my second, no third, helping, I just knew I (and Kitchen Parade readers!) needed the recipe post-haste. (Who else takes pictures of recipes on phones to e-mail to themselves?)
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For the rest of the summer, this is going to be my "dish to carry".
GREEK PASTA SALAD with
Time to table: 3 hours
Makes 14 cups (but easily halved), a huge batch that fits most handily into a gallon-size ice cream bucket
- 1 pound (about 4 cups) mini pasta shells
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 red pepper, diced
- 1 green pepper, diced
- 4 green onions, white and green parts, chopped
- ½ cup Kalamata olives, chopped
- 6 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 2 - 4 teaspoons (see TIPS) minced fresh garlic
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon table salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 4 ounces feta
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 8 ounces cherry or grape tomatoes, quartered (see TIPS)
- 1 large cucumber (see TIPS), chopped
- 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro or Italian parsley
PASTA Cook the pasta according to package directions, drain well. While still warm, transfer to a large bowl and stir in olive oil. Stir in peppers and olives.
VINAIGRETTE In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients except olive oil. With the back of a fork, smash the feta until it 'creams' the vinaigrette, leaving small bits of feta intact. Whisk in the olive oil. Stir the vinaigrette into the pasta. Refrigerate for 1 – 2 hours until cold.
BEFORE SERVING Stir in tomatoes, cucumber and cilantro. Serve cold.
LEFTOVERS The salad keeps several days (see TIPS).
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This week, we were surprised by the news that Emily Dickinson was a passionate baker, and it got us to thinking. Of course, some authors have exactly the hobbies you'd think they would — Hemingway was an avid hunter and fisherman, of course — but others are a bit more surprising. With so many cultural icons and celebrities, we tend to pigeonhole them like characters, fitting them into the roles they are most famous for instead of thinking of them as fully realized human beings — but famous authors have weird hobbies just like the rest of us, a few of which even make us think twice about that literary figure we thought we knew so well. Click through to see a few very surprising hobbies of famous authors, and let us know if you have the inside scoop on any more!
Though a recluse for most of her life, Emily Dickinson loved to bake, and would often lower a basket full of baked goods from her window to the children waiting in the street. Now, happily, you can recreate her coconut cake in your own kitchen — though you may not be able to recreate the poems it fueled quite so easily.


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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Biker babe (finished image) Log in to check your private messages Goto page 1, 2 Next Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Biker babe (finished image)" AmemberMember #Joined: 24 Nov 2000Posts: 126Location: Australia Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2000 9:41 pm Hi there people, first, I must ask anyone who is offended by this image to please email me so I can remove it. I am not sure if depictions of nudity are OK on the forum.....when you draw life models from time to time, you tend to lose perspective on these things! It's more "Shiny vehicles" stuff - what is it that makes a combination of women and fast bikes/cars/etc such an alluring one??? I call this piece "Tail End". Enjoy, crit or flame as you see fit. PS: Yes, I cheated - that sky comes from a photo! Cheers, A. Back to top AwetopsymemberMember #Joined: 04 Oct 2000Posts: 3028Location: Kelowna Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2000 9:46 pm Umm its very comic book-esque.... dunno why it has to be nude... but it is a very good drawing. ------------------ I think Im wearing out my CTRL-'z' http://noelsart.cjb.net Back to top faustgfxmemberMember #Joined: 15 Mar 2000Posts: 4833Location: unfortunately, very near you. Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2000 9:50 pm i could be wrong but the perspective looks a bit awkward, mainly for the back lights of the bike and the stuff around them. ? ------------------ sky high with a heartache of stone you never see me 'cos i'm always alone firstname.lastname@example.com / icq#35983387 Back to top jHofmemberMember #Joined: 23 Jun 2000Posts: 252Location: Chicago, IL Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2000 9:54 pm Be some cold-A metal to be sit'n on... Looks pretty sweet. The tail lights, are they sopuse to be tilted from the main body? Yoinks! -Hof Back to top TheMilkManmemberMember #Joined: 04 Nov 2000Posts: 797Location: St.Louis Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2000 11:14 pm Are all you people hi..that is fucking awsome !!! Wow man you do good work that is for sure..and yes faust you are wrong the perspective is fine. Hey man dont worry about nudes here if the kids get offended they can pack there bags and get the fuck out...this is very very cool man you did a great job with that metal on the bike..please post more...nude or not..!!!! Ohh one thing...the right side if the tail light...the top line is not even with the left side and it is make it look crooked...hmm not such an easy fix but give it a shot!! Ohh and about the sky no one would have known it was a fake ..should have kept that to yourself [This message has been edited by TheMilkMan (edited December 26, 2000).] Back to top burn0utmemberMember #Joined: 18 Apr 2000Posts: 1645Location: california Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2000 11:21 pm I do agree with faust, the perspective from the front and back r diffrent, doesnt look to bad tho, i like it Back to top anticzmemberMember #Joined: 08 May 2000Posts: 285Location: San Diego, CA, USA Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2000 11:23 pm Dam!!! Very sleek and sexy. Metal has a nice feel to it. Nice skin tones also. Some of the line work looks a little rough, but I don't mind it at all. Cool image ------------------ ======================= Mike B. - Supervising Janitor anticz.com ======================= Back to top jHofmemberMember #Joined: 23 Jun 2000Posts: 252Location: Chicago, IL Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2000 11:29 pm MilkMan you type as mean as you look. Seriously, look over your responses to other people in other topics lately. Now, don't get me wrong here, your a better artist than me. But you could tone down a pinch. [waiting for the negative response.] -Hof Back to top FlinthawkmemberMember #Joined: 14 Oct 2000Posts: 415Location: Los Angeles Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2000 11:59 pm Wow, very nice. Not sure that she's gunna enjoy moving very fast without some protection but a nicely executed image. The reflections on the bike and the helmet are great and the upon closer inspection *raises eyebrow* the anatomy seems to be right on. I wonder how this image would look without the lines though. I think it'd look very nice, very real if you tried a version without the slightly sketchy lines. For the record I've no problem with the nudity since you handled it tastefully and the image is well done whether the nude is in it or not. It seems to fit the 'pin-up' mood of this pic anyway Good work, let's see some more. -Flinthawk Back to top redixjunior memberMember #Joined: 26 Dec 2000Posts: 22Location: Sydney,NSW,Australia Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 12:02 am did you draw that with a pencil, scan it, then colour it? just curious how most drawings are done here, Back to top AnthonymemberMember #Joined: 13 Apr 2000Posts: 1577Location: Winter Park, FLA Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 12:10 am The bike is definately bending. Nice image though-why not paint the sky too, you have the talent! ------------------ -Anthony Carpe Carpem Back to top AmemberMember #Joined: 24 Nov 2000Posts: 126Location: Australia Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 1:04 am Thanks guys. Redix - the image is drawn in "non-repro" blue pencil, then inked (in my rough style!), scanned, and then overlayed as a "multiply" layer. The blue lines are removed with a little PhotoShop magic. In the old days (!) the same magic was achieved with a photocopier. I never bother with an eraser. Faustgfx and others: You can see you're right by looking at the crooked guide lines I used when setting up rear of the bike. Ooops! I think in future I need to spend a little more time setting up the composition and perspective before launching into ink and color. Cheers, A. OK, and here's another version, the very sensible armoured-suit version, for those of us who actually have bikes and can't stand the idea of someone coming off at speed and scraping away all that lovely skin.... =) [This message has been edited by A (edited December 27, 2000).] [This message has been edited by A (edited December 27, 2000).] Back to top RinaldomemberMember #Joined: 09 Jun 2000Posts: 1367Location: Adelaide, Australia Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 1:09 am Utterly stupid IMO, but very nicely done (and nice to look at ) good skin tones and nice job on the reflections. Back to top RagnarokmemberMember #Joined: 12 Nov 2000Posts: 1085Location: Navarra, Spain Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 3:02 am Very nice. The skin tones are great, so are the reflections. I'm sure you could make a great sky too. And erasing the rough lines would make the picture perfect. Back to top OkkEmemberMember #Joined: 04 Dec 2000Posts: 87Location: the Netherlands Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 5:04 am /me LIKES!! Back to top fazedesignmemberMember #Joined: 28 Nov 2000Posts: 115 Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 6:38 am Very cool man, I love the rough style, its very cool, not alot to criticise on really... Back to top [Shizo]memberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 3938 Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 7:07 am oh sheeeeeezus! Very 1337 The cylindrical things on the back make it feel more "massive" but i think you should have drawn that metal grid thing behind her right foot as in the sketch. Reflections are 1337 ------------------ nothing really matters to me Back to top LeomemberMember #Joined: 24 Oct 1999Posts: 328Location: Russia Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 7:36 am Hey A, neat image. Nudity is OK on the forum ...if it's not a prOn. I think the problem is that you trying to mix 2 styles: comics and reality. If it's just a comic illustration well everything is ok... i shut up. BUT if it supposed to be a real life pic... man you need some more pixels! As someone mentioned before she needs some protection. Naked girls on shiny bikes looks sweet but do you see them in real life? Also lighting is a key. Primary lightsource is sun located at down-right. A few lights can be placed at bike control panel and tail. Keep this in mind and paint/render... Bike is okie but girl need some work. Just my humble opinion. ANyway keep posting. Btw, why not to use a standart grey pencil? It can be easy erased. -leo Back to top DivesmemberMember #Joined: 22 Sep 2000Posts: 392Location: Finland Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 7:41 am actually nudity is encouraged Like the one with clothes on more though. Back to top BubonicmemberMember #Joined: 21 Sep 2000Posts: 209Location: Long Island, NY, US Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 7:56 am Wow A, amazing image.. I spent some time just looking at the reflection of the sky on the bike it self.. really good job.. Some people say that real life and comic books don't mix.. I don't think thats true.. I love the combonation of both.. my favorite artist has that style. Travis Charest, check out a cool site with his artwork.. http://come.to/travischarest Keep up the great work.. Back to top SumalethAdministratorMember #Joined: 30 Oct 1999Posts: 2896Location: Australia Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 7:57 am One of my fave pics to be posted in recent months (either version, both well done). Row. Back to top jaycejunior memberMember #Joined: 19 Oct 2000Posts: 11 Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 9:07 am I'am not against any nudity or such. But i really like the stretch-suited version much more. I really love the way this suite followes the skin and bends and so.. Hmm could i be a fettischist in denialphase ??? :-) Back to top afexmemberMember #Joined: 04 Nov 2000Posts: 136Location: South Portland, Maine, USA Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 9:54 am I like the picture, although i would rather see it without the black line work maybe just blend the line work into the skin or something... Back to top mattreadymemberMember #Joined: 12 Oct 2000Posts: 114 Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 10:11 am i agree with afex...maybe a little more "softening" of the line work...very awesome! reminds me a bit of Simon Beasley work on the Heavy Metal books. Too bad she's not on an R1, the baddest bike to grace my garage ------------------ http://www.mattready.com [This message has been edited by mattready (edited December 27, 2000).] Back to top Rob MmemberMember #Joined: 18 Sep 2000Posts: 266Location: Puyallup, WA, USA Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 7:26 pm Images wouldn't load for me and I couldn't access your homepage either. Please tell me they aren't gone. I only got a glimpse of your pic at work but had to back-button out pretty quick since looking at nudity in any form is a big no-go for a government employee. Back to top daz199memberMember #Joined: 30 Dec 1999Posts: 415Location: Surrey, BC, Canada Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 8:37 pm awesome love tha coloring she'd look better if she was leaning forward, it would look like she was goind fast yeah Back to top Rob MmemberMember #Joined: 18 Sep 2000Posts: 266Location: Puyallup, WA, USA Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 10:25 pm Thanks for the e-mail Alun, the images show up now. Your server may have been having problems earlier, I suppose. Either way, I love your style and look forward to seeing more of your work. Back to top dr . bangmemberMember #Joined: 07 Apr 2000Posts: 1245Location: Den Haag, Holland Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 11:07 pm E R E C T I O N OO/////////////D Back to top -- Transcendent --memberMember #Joined: 12 Nov 2000Posts: 251Location: Somewhere, Sometime, Somehow Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2000 11:44 pm Oh dear - I suppose she's fighting for the rights of motorcycles ? Great work. I like both versions - though the stretch suited version is a little more peasing to the eye. Back to top MarumanmemberMember #Joined: 26 Oct 2000Posts: 179Location: Australia Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2000 2:16 am .::creams pants::. 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Actually I am not interested about celebs .Those who are real should get more respect and love
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Celebrities are everywhere nowadays: on TV, in magazines, online. Is this preoccupation with famous people harmless fun or is it bad for us? How many people are truly obsessed with modern media idols? And on the other side of the coin, can fame be harmful to the celebrities?
Studies suggest that the vast majority of teenagers do not really worship celebrities. Researchers have identified three kinds of fans. About 15% of young people have an 'entertainment-social' interest. They love chatting about their favourite celebrities with friends and this does not appear to do any harm.
Another 5% feel that they have an 'intense-personal' relationship with a celebrity. Sometimes they see them as their soulmate and find that they are often thinking about them, even when they don't want to. These people are more at risk from depression and anxiety. If girls in this group idolise a female star with a body they consider to be perfect, they are more likely to be unhappy with their own bodies.
That leaves 2% of young people with a 'borderline-pathological' interest. They might say, for example, they would spend several thousand pounds on a paper plate the celebrity had used, or that they would do something illegal if the celebrity asked them to. These people are in most danger of being seriously disturbed.
What about the celebrities themselves? A study in the USA tried to measure narcissism or extreme self-centredness, when feelings of worthlessness and invisibility are compensated for by turning into the opposite: excessive showing off. Researchers looked at 200 celebrities, 200 young adults with Masters in Business Administration (a group known for being narcissistic) and a nationally representative sample using the same questionnaire. As was expected, the celebrities were significantly more narcissistic than the MBAs and both groups were a lot more narcissistic than the general population.
Four kinds of celebrity were included in the sample. The most narcissistic were the ones who had become famous through reality TV shows – they scored highest on vanity and willingness to exploit other people. Next came comedians, who scored highest on exhibitionism and feelings of superiority. Then came actors, and the least narcissistic were musicians. One interesting result was that there was no connection between narcissism and the length of time the celebrity had been famous. This means that becoming famous probably did not make the celebrities narcissistic – they already were beforehand.
So, what can we learn from this? People who are very successful or famous tend to be narcissists and are liable to be ruthless, self-seeking workaholics. As we can see from celebrity magazines, they are also often desperate and lonely. They make disastrous role models.
Do you agree that celebrities make disastrous role models? Which celebrities do you think are good role models?
Actually I am not interested about celebs .Those who are real should get more respect and love
Not all the celebraties are standing in the same zone.they have regardless inclination irrepectively...we can't hoot every one because some of them r really holding amiability...influential celebraties are helping the destitute by creating charity.so we should follow only those who are worthy of fame in the true sense of the term.
I agree with that statement, most of them are disastours role model, bad entertain, and bad manners for sure. In my opinion there are still good role model for celebrities, I dunno actually bcs I seldom watch TV program but I guess Yon-Sama. If you know him, an korean actor :)
i really liked this text about celebrities my favorite celebretie rapper sjors i really liike his song and i hope he is making new songs soon.
I'm inspired from some celebrities such as Eminem,mad Demon and jet lee. They are attract us whenever I watch Film or TV. But some celebrities ridiculous. They wants to make media attention from what they do.Some celebrities over rated.They are lucky because They are related rich family.They have not talent .I have jealous to some celebrities .I want to live in big house .I want to learn high salary.Celebrities have huge money.
A demon loves narcissists....
Wow, I feel scared but I can hoot them with laughter......!
Beyond all things, with Anpanman is around, we don't give a hoot!
I´m not really interested on celebrities. My personal opinion is that It is weird to be obsessed with a celebrity besides It is really a problem for your psychological health. We must do things prudently. Do not cross the line.
I personally like humble celebrities. Not all celebrities are bad, a lot of them really do try to make a change and the world a safer place. Take Shailene Woodley as an example. She always takes part in charity works and always lets her fans know about problems all around the world. She is an amazing idol for teens and younger kids as well.
I dislike celebrities who pretend like they work hard when in reality everything is handed to them. They are not appreciative of their fans and they are very rude from time to time. They also often complain that they want to be normal like everyone else.
I think celebrities who get famous for doing nothing are usually the type to do the things I mentioned above.
I'm not really interested at celebrities because I think that they all are fake. As some of the users said, real celebrities are scientists and sports people because they're showing us the right way to be healthy and they develop the humanity. Although, not all the actors and singers are bad, because some of them help poor people by donating for associations, which is real generous.
In my opinion,celebrities are one of our life teachers.They can teach both good and bad things.Sometimes we can learn bad habits from them.Sometimes we can learn good deeds from them.For example,Angelina Jolie is the most popular and influential person among celebrities.She has won many movie awards.Further more,she has awarded by United Nations for her humanitarian efforts.Because of her more and more people are interested in the problems faced in Africa.People don't want to listen to the boreing speech of politicians.So in that ways,celebrities can give good things.
In my college, there're few fans which even say they'd rather didn't have parents more that didn't have their idol. And I aggressively disagree with this. How sad for their young minds-
I'm not really interested in celebrities, you know. I don't think they show off or something, but I think they shouldn't take the common people for granted. Many people are mad on celebrities, and the celebrities just pick the rich ones and push away the poor. That's arrogant, in my opinion.
I love celebrities!!! They are OK
Well, when we talk about celebrities, we immediately think about famous singers or actors, but we forget about clever scientists who made a huge difference in this world, and who truly deserve to be talked about, imitated, and to be extremely wonderful role models. Creative minds and inventive spirits have a large effect on our life style, and we have to be grateful for them. And I think that they're not harmful for their "fans", nor for themselves. They've only the candles that God sent to us so that we're leaded to the right path.
I'm not interested in celeboorities actually.
They're mostly fake....
There are celebrities who don't deserve to be seen as role models, because they haven't done anything right and appropriate. I think that good role models are the sportspeople, because they promote a healthy lifestyle and dedication. Also good role models are the activists such as Malala Yousafzai. Unfortunately everyone today is obsessed with people who don't motivate them to be a better person.
I guess if your idol is Nandi then u hav nothin to worry mbout. Am I rite Selena??
Fame is not completely good but I thing that Anglina Jolie is a good role model
No, I don't think that it should be the celebrities responsebility to make sure that no one is jealous of them or any other thing that eople might feel for them
I depends....if your idol is justin bieber than yes.
My idol is justin bieber
Is it the same as you?
Yes, I do. Celebrities make often disastrous role models. For example teenagers idolise female stars with a perfect body because they are unhappy with their own bodies. Many celebrities are narcissistic and worthlessness.
Luis Suarez, one of the best soccer players on the planet, has a history of biting his opponents during matches. He is probably the worst role model.
Talora Swift is an example of good role model. Her cencerts have a positive message for young girls and she always conduces herself as if her parents arte watching her every more. I like this example of role model.
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Speaking to myself, I think celebrities are both good and bad. it's depend on the ways we learn and imitate them
is my manny pacquiao idol, and she have a good effect on me. She is a really good ! :)
In my opinion, any celebrity should be a role model. Because they are just like the ordinary people(they make mistakes and also good things). Sometimes I feel like celebrities do things that are out of their original behaviour just because they don't want to disappoint the people that like them, sometimes I feel like they feel pressured to be perfect. But, if somebody still wants a role model they have to look for good people, somebody who have the same beliefs that you have, not always a celebrities are disastrous role model.
Celebrities can be good and bad.For example :Taylor Swift got famous 'cause songs about breakups,not because good voice,so that is kind of 'bad' celebrities.I like all celebrities,but there should be difference between ones who are good at their job and ones who are bad at their job!
I think the celebrities who got affected by fame are the bad ones. I don't like when I see a person that is supposed to be a role model, and it acts like a...I don't know, is there a word for person that only cares for money and fame, or how many likes or followers he/she will get on social media?
I think that it depends on what the celebrities does. E.g: Taylor Swift, she is a real role model for many teen girls nowadays, but she is still normal, not like Madonna.And Eminem, a famous rapper, always swear on his music. Really though, I do not like any celebrities.But it is a good and interesting question
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And now I have all kinds of great ideas for a d-clone myself. I just got back from town and I got me four books on software engineering. Couldn´t get them from the library because I have a strange taste and those are out of production. But man, now I have less money for food the next two weeks, so gotta read them to keep my mind busy.
If you say it sucks I just take your word for it. Thought it would still be better than real mmorpgs. But seriously, the more I think about this ingame-real-money-buy crap the less I want to test it, no matter what promises they make to keep it "humanitarian". Fucking corporate bastards are just testing out the waters with what they can get away with later on.
Hey you know what, I also started thinking about animations. It was something I also noticed in the Mythos vids. I never understand why when moving from 2D to 3D they think it´s a good idea to make the animations all wiggle-waggle smooth. It completely sucks, the feel sucks. Take D2 and the Amazon with Javalin and shield and run around and hit stuff, it completely rocks, you feel badass and have this amazing impression of close-control. And that´s because the character is as it should be when combat-ready: it´s completely strained and under body tension. When it moves where you click it runs quickly and very responsive to that place and when stops very immediate and precise. You can see how she is electrified and ready to kick some ass, and their movements are quick in execution as well as they are abruptly ending when done, without much pansy animation bullshit to make it fade out softly. When moving to 3D they just don´t nail that important feel.
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MONTICELLO – A reputed member of the Latin Kings street gang, who was arrested for burglary in June, has been arrested again, this time for felony criminal mischief.
Michael Galicia, 19, of Harris, was caught on June 12 while burglarizing a garage where antiques were stored in the Town of Liberty. He was out of jail on 'pre-trail release' when he was arrested again, last Thursday, June 26.
Galicia and a 15-year-old relative allegedly spray painted graffiti on the Ferndale Medical Arts Center and Handsome Freddies apartments in the Town of Liberty, causing several thousand dollars in damage.
Sullivan County Sheriff's deputies were alerted to the damage by a business owner and conducted a series of neighborhood interviews.
Deputy Richard Morgan eventually developed information that led to Galicia, said Sheriff Michael Schiff, who said spray cans were recovered and a confession was secured from the suspect.
The sheriff's office has passed the information on to the school resource officer in Liberty where similar graffiti has appeared recently.
Galicia was charged with felony criminal mischief and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a minor.
His pre-trial release was revoked and he was remanded to the Sullivan County Jail in lieu of $2,500 bail.
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Think sustainability and environmental studies are all about the sciences? Talk to Associate Professor of English Alf Siewers and he'll open your eyes to literature's impact on everything from community development along the Susquehanna River to the establishment of the National Park System. Siewers is an expert in the growing field of environmental humanities, which examines the way social behaviors and cultural ethics shape our environment.
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