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In strictly stylistic terms, filmmaker Whit Stillman and novelist Mark Leyner don't have a lot in common. Stillman came to prominence in the Nineties as the writer and director of three celebrated indie films – Metropolitan, Barcelona and The Last Days of Disco – that told the stories of urbane, witty young preppies. Leyner made his name around the same time with Et Tu, Babe and The Tetherballs of Bougainville, deeply absurd comic novels overflowing with meta conceits and peculiar jokes.
Though their writing is very different, Stillman and Leyner share a unique experience: their latest projects are their first major work to be released in nearly 15 years. Leyner's new book, the strange and hilarious The Sugar Frosted Nutsack, hit stores on March 26th, and Stillman's delightfully skewed fourth film, Damsels in Distress, opens in New York and Los Angeles this weekend.
Rolling Stone recently sat down with both writers to discuss their new work, find out what they were up to over the past decade and compare notes on their experiences in the movie business.
It's been about 15 years since you last released a major project. What were you doing in that time?
Mark Leyner: When The Tetherballs of Bougainville – which is the last novel of mine, before this one, The Sugar Frosted Nutsack – came out, I had just had my daughter. My wife and I had a sense, which was borne out of some anxiety but was prescient in a way, that the publishing business was gonna undergo changes. Certainly, some kind of contraction. I just started thinking this might not be a viable way to absolutely support this little family, so I thought about ways to make money. I think the two most typical ways for a writer are journalism or teaching. And I had done a bunch of journalism, and I did advertising early on.
Someone had gotten in touch with me about a book, a guy named Jeffrey Levy in L.A., and we did a script, and that didn't really go anywhere. But then I had an idea about a punk surgeon. This was for MTV, and the show was called Iggy Vile, M.D. A pilot was made of it, and that kind of introduced me to the world of L.A. entertainment business. With the exception of the three books I did with a doctor friend of mine, which that were so much commercially successful than my fiction ever was or will be, I kind of made money with script doctoring and getting involved with some movies and TV whatnot.
Whit Stillman: Did that end up with some credits on screen?
ML: A film called War, Inc. which starred John Cusack, Ben Kingsley and Marissa Tomei and Hilary Duff – a kind of strange quartet – came out.
WS: And you were a credited writer? What year was that?
ML: I think that's about four years ago.
WS: See, he cheated on his hiatus. He had actually published work that came out! I think you count publishing a novel or being credited or even not credited but doing credit work on a film or TV that sees the light of day as breaking the purity of your hiatus. See, I don't date my own hiatus as 14 years, other people do. I try to shave some time off it. I published a novel based on the story of The Last Days of Disco in 2000 called The Last Days of Disco, With Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards. Unfortunately, a lot of people in the press don't count it as a real novel because it comes off a movie, but I count it as a novel and fully stressed it. So I count my gap from there. I sent in the first draft of this film, Damsels in Distress, in December of 2009, and they said in January of 2010 that they would do it.
ML: Who is 'they?'
WS: They were Mark Shaffer and Chris Glatzer, who for the films Barcelona and The Last Days of Disco were the executives of the company Castle Rock. They are still with Castle Rock but in this case, after commissioning the script with Castle Rock, they decided to do the film independently because it's not a Warner Bros. film. And so I kind of date my decade of troubles, and I think in the old days you would call it the "naughty aughts" – I remember my father referring to the first decade of the 1800s as the "naughty aughts." That didn't catch on for the 2000s, but I think we should bring it back. I was unproduced in the naughty aughts. Actually, many times during that decade, I thought I had a go project but it just didn't work out.
What were those projects? I remember there was one, something based on Christopher Buckley's book Little Green Men.
WS: Yes. Very Green. That was really frustrating because we had a script and there was a producer involved who had not really made films, and he adored the novel. That's always a problem. He adored every word of the novel, and he had very clear ideas of how he wanted to do it. We got into this jam where five distributors actually said they considered me a positive element for the film, but they didn't see the script that these guys had with me as a director. And I said, "Well that makes sense, because I don't see me with that script either." I decided to write my version of it to please these distributors and I really love what happened with that, but I only was following the first third of Little Green Men. I felt bad because a lot of the people involved just wanted to do exactly the novel without taking into account that people had been trying to do the novel for a long time without being able to do it. Most good screenwriting teachers say you cannot follow the book down to the oblivion of, you know, non-films.
Mark, did you have similar experiences with projects that got mired in similar problems?
ML: I think people got in touch with me either knowing my work, or probably more frequently just knowing a plot or sort of buzz about something I did and sort of saying, "Get that guy that writes the crazy stuff in here."
WS: There is a lot of that. One of the problems was a lot of the people didn't really know my films, and they just sort of heard that they were well-regarded and accepted that, but it wasn't their taste. So in the creative process, I could never please them because they might see that the finished films I worked on because other people liked them, but they had never been in the kitchen with me. They didn't know like the first version of something was going to be.
ML: It's a big problem. You start to suspect that they just want to have said that they had a meeting with a kind of cool writer or something. But they don't want to read anything by that writer. Then when you turn work in, they are kind of stupefied or appalled. I'm making a horrible generalization but they say, "What the fuck are we supposed to do with this?"
You both have very distinct aesthetics. Were you being encouraged to tone that down?
WS: Of course. It's terrible to write what are essentially comedies for people with no sense of humor. Everyone thinks they have a sense of humor, but observably not. I think I wrote the funniest scene I have ever written in my life for Little Green Men, and the person who is the development person at the company I was trying to do it for is foreign and very pretentious and very serious and very dramatic. Very dramatic, everything is dramatic. When he was explaining why he didn't like my draft, it was just such a hilarious conversation; this person was sort of struggling to say, "This is weird, this is strange."
ML: One of the things that struck me as unique about Hollywood is that I never had bad meetings. There were all enthusiastic, but meaninglessly enthusiastic. I'll give you an analogy. I wrote these funny medical books with a buddy of mine that works at Bellevue in the ER. He's a big, prestigious ER doctor there. When I met him, we were having a conversation and I asked him how he told people that a relative had died. He said you have to be very blunt with them and direct, and use the word "dead." You can't use euphemisms because people don't want to accept that the person is dead and they will just grasp onto whatever metaphor you use, like "He's left us now." They'll say "Where? I want to go see him, I'll get a cab there." So you have to say "dead." In Hollywood, no one ever tells you you're dead or that anything is dead. My experience was your agent will tell you at some point. It just kind of withers and withers.
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York school district leaders with Rick Jiran, Duke Energy's district manager for government and community relations, announced the grant at York Comprehensive High School. It is, they said, a prime example of businesses and schools teaming up to help students.
"This is about workforce development and community development," Jiran said of the grant. He said the dual-credit program "is easy to support. It is industry working with today's students for tomorrow's jobs."
The grant will benefit students in York's middle college program, who can take classes at York Technical College and earn high school and college credit at the same time.
The middle college program targets low socioeconomic groups who might not otherwise go to college. The district transports students to the Rock Hill campus four days a week and picks up the cost of tuition and books.
Superintendent Vernon Prosser said the York district also foots the bill for students not in the middle college program to take dual-credit classes on the YCHS campus, through York Tech and the University of South Carolina at Lancaster. Those students will benefit, too.
"The program is wonderful, and Duke has allowed us to continue to do some of the things we do," Prosser said. "They put the focus on the classroom learning. This is for the students, for them to get a jump start on college."
The four-year-old middle college program, which began in Clover schools and was quickly expanded to York schools, began with about a dozen York students. It has grown each year, Prosser said.
He said the grant will allow the middle college program and other dual-credit offerings to be expanded. "It adds to what we're already doing," he said. "Duke is helping us do more at a faster rate."
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PLATTSBURGH — Plans for a new Kinney Drugs at the former Checkerhills Farm site received conditional approval from the Plattsburgh City Planning Board on Monday night.
That's where the existing store adjacent to the property would move; no decision has been made on what would happen to that building.
Dr. Thomas Brown, who owns the Checkerhills Farm property with Matt Sames and Bill Davis, said demolition is slated to begin toward the end of January, after the Clinton County Christmas Bureau vacates the building and the partners are able to sell what they can from the interior. Demolition will force Bob's One Stop and the redemption center to move farther north on the property.
He said they will seek bids on the project as soon as possible, as Kinney is still waiting to hear if the project is a go.
"They want to be in there Oct. 1 (2013)," Brown said.
The partners will continue to own the property and would lease the store to Kinney Drugs.
Fesette Realty owner Neil Fesette said he and one of his agents, Steve LaBombard, worked with the property owners to negotiate a lease deal with Kinney Drugs. He said it allows for an upgrade to the new Kinney Drug store prototype, similar to the one on Cornelia Street in Plattsburgh.
"This solidifies them on Boynton Avenue for many years to come," Fesette said.
The new store would be about 11,635 square feet, up from about 9,000 square feet at the present location. Its facade would feature 4 feet of medium brown split-face masonry on the bottom and beige Hardie-board siding above.
The entrance would be on the southwest corner of the building. There would be a drive-through pharmacy window on the east side.
Access to the property would be available from both Boynton Avenue and Veterans Lane.
The pharmacy and stockroom would be located in the rear of the store, with registers up front.
Parking areas would be on the south and west sides of the store. Lights in the parking area would be about 25 feet in height, designed to focus illumination downward to keep it from spilling off the property.
Karl Weiss of Robert M. Sutherland said the project involves construction of catch basins and an underground stormwater runoff collection system. The property would also be graded to keep runoff on site, so the collection systems can work and eventually send the water to the city stormwater collection line on Boynton Avenue.
"We're actually improving the way stormwater is being managed currently," he said, adding it has been designed to meet State Department of Environmental Conservation standards for 10-year and 100-year storm events.
The project also includes improvements and better delineation on Monroe Way, located between the Checkerhills building and the existing Kinney Drugs, which provides access to the other businesses on the property.
Neighbors voiced concerns about the project.
Terry Drake lives at the southeastern corner of Lozier Place and Boynton Avenue, while Esther Dominy's home is on the southwest corner.
Drake said while she is not opposed to a new Kinney store, she has had problems in the past with stormwater runoff flowing onto her property. She said trucks leaving Monroe Way often drive over the curb and onto her driveway. That will only get worse if Monroe Way is made narrower, she said.
Dominy said trucks that leave Kinney and head west have to cross the center line on Boynton Avenue and do so again if they try to make the turn to Route 22/374. She said traffic already backs up rapidly when a train goes through the crossing on Boynton Avenue.
Chris McLear said he owns property at 196 and 198 Oak Street. He is concerned about the proximity of the Veterans Lane entrance and the intersection of Oak and Boynton Avenue, especially for those who want to turn left onto Veterans Lane, which is already problematic.
The plan was approved with several conditions. The main one was to evaluate the need for a dedicated left-turn lane from the eastbound lane of Boynton onto Veterans Lane.
One possibility is to include that in the city's plan to rebuild Boynton between North Catherine Street and Oak Street next summer. City Engineer Kevin Farrington said the city would be remiss if it didn't look at that, as it would not only benefit Kinney but also the other businesses on Veterans Lane.
Another condition of approval was for construction of a sidewalk along Boynton Avenue and one to the front of the store.
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I'm actually a bit surprised that Gavin Newsom's allies haven't made a bigger push to take back control of the San Francisco Democratic Party, which will play a key role in the fall supervisorial races. It looked for a while as if the downtown folks were organizing to put a slate of strong candidates with solid name recognition on the ballot. But when the Department of Elections closed Friday afternoon, and the deadline for filing passed, there weren't that many new names on the ballot. Here's the list. (PDF).
Twelve candidates will get elected in each of the two San Francisco Assembly districts. On the east side of town, in AD 13, eight progressive incumbents, including Sups. David Campos and David Chiu, former Sup. (and current DCCC chair) Aaron Peskin are running. So is School Board member Kim-Shree Maufas and former state Sen. Carole Migden. Supervisorial candidates (and incuments ) Rafael Mandelman and Debra Walker are running, as are former supervisorial candidates Eric Quezada and Alix Rosenthal.
Not a lot of star power in the more moderate camp. Other than former Sup. (and incumbent) Leslie Katz and sup. candidate (and incumbent) Scott Wiener, it's not a powerful crew. So the progressives look to do well -- as they usually do -- in D 13.
D-12 is a little more conservative in general -- and there are lots and lots of candidates, meaning name recognition is even more important. I'd thought maybe somebody would talk Sup. Sean Elsbernd or Sup Carmen Chu into running. But no: the only elected officials on the list are progressives, including Sups. John Avalos and Eric Mar, School Board member Sandy Fewer, and Community College Board member Milton Marks. Then there's incumbent (and former Sup.) Jake Mcgoldrick.
The moderate, pro-Newsom camp -- the folks who would try to shift the Democratic Party endorsements away from progressives in swing supervisorial districts -- may be large, but not terribly deep. Incumbents Tom Hsieh and Megan Levitan are, of course, running again, and there's Bill Fazio, who once ran for district attorney.
Myra Kopp, wife of former state Sen. (and retired judge) Quentin Kopp, is a candidate, and while she may be a little more politically conservative than Avalos and Mar, she's not going to be in the Newsom camp, either; she's more of an independent wild card.
Paul Hogart agrees with me that the progressives seem well situated to keep control of the DCCC, although it's never a sure thing: there are no contribution limits for these races, and since it's a low-profile office, big money can make a big difference. Let's see what downtown tries to do to buff up and promote its candidates in the next two months.
Is this the place where maladjusted losers with no life come to rest? I've never voted for anyone on the DCCC, mainly because I don't care. Which appears to be the attitude of most San Franciscans considering how few mark their ballots for these races.
Hope Johnson's name isn't listed amongst your progressive list. Why is that. Oh right, she doesn't have a big name recognition with the gay male populace. Yet.
Hope Johnson for DCCC!
There are a lot of candidates, and obviously I didn't name them all. We'll be sending out a questionnaire for DCCC contenders and making endorsements based on their positions on issues, experience etc.
You must be kidding.
Carol Midgen? This will give her something to do now that the Waste Managment Board is no longer around to pay her a sinecure.
Carol Midgen? I suppose she needs something to keep herself busy now that the Waste Management Board sinecure has expired.
She's a liar, and a political deadbeat. And her daughter's a thief. sfgate, 3.29.10
No one in SFUSD will stand up to Maufas and Fewer. The last thing we need is to do is give any more voice to these demagogues who tie up progress and procedures in the name of equity and social justice when they are just primping for the home viewers and name recognition.
Fewer's "New Day" is old rhetoric and past practice.
Enough with these creeps!
Wow! I didn't even know there was a DCCC.
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This winter weather has been a bust so far, but you all know that we're going to get blasted eventually, and there's nothing better than being prepared.
Ohio Highway Patrol reports from December 2010 through March 2011, 37,429 crashes happened on snow, ice or slush covered roads, killing 46 people and injuring 7,844. Speed was reported as the main cause in 77 percent of these crashes.
The state Highway Patrol and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have offered some tips for driving safely in the snow and items you should keep in your car in case of an emergency.
• Allow extra time to get to your destination, maintain a safe distance between your vehicle and the traffic ahead, pay close attention to bridges and overpasses because they freeze first.
• If your car breaks down, turn on your hazard warning lights, get your car as far off the road as possible and call 1-877-7-PATROL for help. Stay in your car until help arrives.
• Stock your car with the following items in case you are stranded:cell phone with car charger, road flares or reflectors, "help" or "call police" signs, first aid kit, flashlight, blanket/sleeping bag, small shovel, bottled water and energy foods, candles and matches, tow strap/chain, rock salt, and sand for traction.
• Minimize travel. If travel is necessary, keep a disaster supplies kit in your vehicle.
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H2OpenPlus Summer Sunset Series is a 7-part series of races on Lake Castaic in Southern California held on 15 May, 12 June, 26 June, 10 July, 31 July, 7 August and 21 August 2013. The series includes the Fran Crippen Mile on the 15 May event, and the Marston's 1K Open Water Swim, 400 Meter Open Water Swim, 5K Trail Run, and Swim/Run Aquathon on the other dates for the 2013 season.
The series consists of open water swims of varying lengths in the Lower Castaic Lake along with a scenic 5K trail run through the park. Participants have several options including the swim, the run, or doing both events as part of the Swim/Run Aquathon.
The series begins at 6 pm on each date and is organized by H2OpenPlus that also helped organize the 2013 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships.
The mission of H2OpenPlus is to promote, educate and encourage family fitness through community events and programs. H2OpenPlus is a community of open water swimmers, triathletes, runners, cyclists and adventure racers of all ages and abilities. H2OpenPlus' primary goal is to work with schools in the community to help promote fitness and a healthy lifestyle among youth as well as to promote sports and athletes and encourage new people to become more active. H2OpenPlus hosts a number of athletic events, clinics and programs including the popular Iron Horse Duathlon Run-Bike-Run Series held over the winter at the Iron Horse Trail Head Park in Santa Clarita, California.
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The committee confirmed that University Action Projects (UAP) are the primary drivers for achieving our strategic goals at the university level. University Action Projects were identified in a campus-wide process in the spring of 2011. UAPs will be re-evaluated annually in the spring, terminating completed projects and adding new projects.
Review Strategic Plan Website Update: The Strategic Plan Website is accessed through the Mission, Vision and Values link on the NSU Homepage. The website will be updated as per the attached structure. Needs to be updated as follows:
Simplified Strategic Goals with bullet points for University Action Projects (attachment).
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The committee approved the upgrade of two projects to University Action Projects: Global projects and Develop a Collegial Governance Policy for NSU.
Other pages with minor revisions: UPG to UPC; Introduction paragraph; Contact Us.
Consideration of Colleges and Division strategic projects in UPC reporting was deferred for later.
Update on Developmental Projects (Developmental Projects will be considered for future consideration as University Action Projects):
Administrative Prioritization/Personnel Efficiency Study - David Koehn and the cabinet are coordinating this project. This is a major effort for the university.
Develop Campus Destinations for Culture, Entertainment, Sports - The review team had its initial meeting on Nov 14, and will continue to meet in the spring – no action necessary at this time. Initial development team includes Kin Thompson, Tony Duckworth, Phyllis Fife, Robin Parsley, Kathleen Kennedy, and Amy Aldridge-Sanford.
Campus-wide Assessment – Tammy Willis has had an initial meeting to identify opportunities for this team, and will continue to meet in the spring. No action at this time.
Textbook Alternatives – A team was set up to structure this project and explore alternatives. The team includes Sheila Self, Megan Weaver and Sophia Price . A major concern is the high cost of text books.
Spring plans for New Ideas for University Action Projects
Brief update on University Action Projects was presented at the November 14 Assembly, which will be followed up by posting Strategic Plans and University Action Plans on the website in December.
Dave Kern will prepare a note to key stakeholder groups to identify potential priority projects in the spring. Criteria for University Action Projects will be included in the document. The potential projects will be distributed to the campus community for comment and feedback, including a university assembly. The objective of the process is to identify a few major projects to be added to the existing list as some of the current UAPs are completed. Submission of new ideas (February) will include comparison to the criteria, potential leaders/team members, resource requirements/sources, explanation why it should be a University Action Project, and potential key actions in the first year.
UPC and Cabinet Review are planned for March/April to select University Action Projects. Recommendation to the Cabinet (May).
Kathy Reese reported on the AQIP team's initial review of incorporating the AQIP approach into NSU"s Strategic Planning process, and integrating with our approach to University Action Projects. The team plans to report on findings and recommendations in March. Team members are Pam Fly and Jerrett Phillips. The team's initial review identified two approaches: Pathways and AQIP. A potential advantage of AQIP is in its ongoing methodology that engages the university in a series of projects. There are some similarities to the current UAP process, although the AQIP projects will be limited to approximately three and require external review of the projects prior to selection.
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Fog is a wonderful giant air conditioner, but there are times when you want clear skies to take in the views looking up and down the coast and most importantly out over the ocean. Well, we couldn't wait any longer and decided to head out and explore our favorite walk above the Pacific Ocean on the Coastal Trail. The section of Coastal Trail that we prefer is between Pantoll and Willow Camp trail. This allows for a nice loop using Cataract and Old Mine or Easy Grade trails to get there.
When we headed out to Coastal Trail this week the fog was thick, but it was below the trail creating an ocean of fog and cool weather for hiking. Once in awhile the fog would surge and cover the trail briefly then retreat, playing a game of hide and seek with the hill along the ridge.
The trail is relatively flat and contours along the ridge through mixed forest and open grassland. At an elevation of 1,500' to 1,800' the trail is often high above the fog, but we prefer clear weather when possible for this hike. As we move into fall the coastal upwelling that causes the fog will diminish and the clear fall days will arrive. Keep this hike in mind for just such an occasion.
We prefer to do the hike starting with the inland route. From Pantoll go up Old Mine Trail, which is a bit steep, or Easy Grade Trail to Mountain Theater, which adds a nice extra destination for the loop. Then head down Cataract Trail from Rock Springs parking area until you reach the bridge heading over to Laurel Dell Fire Road. If it is windy on the coast side you can continue an extra quarter-mile to the Laurel Dell picnic area for some protection from the wind.
One of my favorite moments of the hike is when you crest the ridge from Laurel Dell and look out to sea, even if it is covered in fog. It is such a dramatic and sudden change from the sheltered forest to the windswept grasslands and sweeping views of the last coastal ridge before the Pacific Ocean.
The trail leading down to Coastal Trail is just across the street. Head down and be sure to go left on Coastal Trail, so you head back to where you parked. The next two miles are loaded with fantastic views. Be sure to turn around and look north once in awhile for a different perspective. There are numerous beautiful spots to sit and take in the view or have a romantic picnic. Because of the thermal air currents that often rise up along the bluffs you can often look down on Turkey Vultures and Hawks riding the currents just below. If it is a clear day be sure to look out to the horizon for the Farallon Islands 27 miles out to sea. Coastal Trail winds all the way back to Pantoll.
There is water available at the Pantoll parking area, but none along the route. The Coastal Trail portion is very exposed, so bring plenty of sunscreen and a hat. Also, Coastal Trail is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) and does not allow dogs.


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The Rookie Rumble competitions are an incredible success. With a combined total of 1077 benchmark results submitted by 380 Rookie overclockers in the past three weeks, we have never seen such great activity during a Rumble. The competitions are getting tougher and the scores are getting better too, which means that the Rookies are learning fast and are more than ready for a step up to the Novice or Enthusiast League.
In the latest editions, we celebrate JunkDogg and Nvidiaforever2's victories and crown them to the new Kings of the Rookies!
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In last week's write-up we brought up a couple of arguments why your team should recruit a Rookie. During our journey to find out more about Rookies who already joined an overclocking team, we stumbled on a small but active UK-based team operating under the name Team MLG. Team MLG is a fairly small overclocking team. The team originates from a gaming community of 111 members based in the UK. Founded by Paul "Huddy" Hudson and a couple of his gamer friends, the community recently started overclocking at HWBOT. We got in touch with the Team Captain Gregster and asked him a couple of questions about the team, HWBOT and overclocking. Continue to the full interview ->
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With the introduction of the new Overclocker Leagues, the Rookie overclockers now have a prominent place in the HWBOT community. The Rookies have always existed, but only recently surfaced via the Rookie Rumble competitions. The Rookie Rumble is a competition only for Rookies – the overclockers who have been at the site for 3 months or less. Every month we see new record highs of Rookies joining the site, but where will the Rookies learn the tricks of overclocking? Time to recruit the Rookies!
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Just like last year, we are teaming up with Cooler Master for the Team Cup. Cooler Master will be providing a total of 6x V1200 Platinum PSU, 9x V850 PSU, 12x Nepton 280L AIO cooling units and a bunch of T-Shirts for the top-5 teams of this year's Team Cup. In addition, the winning team will be offered a Pro OC sponsorship including hardware and cash support to compete in the next season of HWBOT Pro OC.
About the HWBOT Team Cup 2014
It has been a long wait for the Team Cup fanatics, but it's finally here! The HWBOT Team Cup 2014 continues the tradition of the Team Cup series featuring a challenging series of benchmarks to be run with a wide variety of hardware. Just like the previous years, the Team Cup is split up in separate competitions. This year we have four: a CPU challenge, a GPU challenge, a Memory challenge and a Miscellaneous challenge.
You can find an overview of the benchmark and hardware limitations in the four sub competitions on the Team Cup competition page: http://hwbot.org/competition/team_cup_2014.
The timeframe is the same for each of the sub-competitions. We start on June 1st 12PM GMT+0 and wrap things up on August 31st 12PM GMT+0. Over the course of the three months you can submit to any of the stages in the four sub-competitions and gather points for your team. On August 24 1PM GMT+0, seven days before the end of the competition, an elimination takes place and only the five best teams will be allowed to continue submitting until the very end.
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Digitimes' press release we relayed last week to the community has sparked an interesting discussion amongst some of the forum members. The debate mains revolves around the word "leading" Digitimes uses to describe G.SKILL's position in the world of overclocking. Is it appropriate to use this word, or yet another term used by marketers to make things sound better than they really are?
A couple community members asked our Project Manager to run a couple of queries on the HWBOT database to (dis)prove the statement. The data turns out to paint quite an interesting picture. In this week's editorial we present you the numbers and figures from the database so you can make your mind up about who is leading the world of DRAM overclocking. Enjoy! -> Read More ->
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Virginia linebacker LaRoy Reynolds admitted afterward that the anticipation for Tuesday's pro timing day was getting to him a little bit.
"I couldn't sleep for two days, so that was the biggest thing," Reynolds said after his audition for NFL scouts. "But it's just a mindset. It's just like going into a game."
Reynolds was one of a dozen former Virginia players to be measured and tested by NFL scouts on Tuesday. The event was attended by 23 scouts from 21 different NFL teams.
Unlike many of his former teammates, Reynolds didn't get any postseason bowl game invitations, so Tuesday was his first chance to boost his stock in front of NFL eyes. And Reynolds didn't disappoint -- his performance included running the 40-yard-dash in an unofficial time of 4.5 seconds, and he did 28 reps on the bench press.
"When you get an opportunity like this, you've got to make the most of it," said Reynolds, who has gained 13 pounds since the end of last season. "So I feel like I did that."
The biggest draw at this year's pro day was offensive tackle Oday Aboushi, the only Virginia player invited to last month's scouting combine. But he struggled in Indianapolis, including a disappointing 17 reps on the bench press.
Aboushi improved on all of his numbers on Tuesday, including 21 reps on the bench press. Afterward he called his performance "a great day."
"To have another shot at pro day, and be grateful after what happened at the combine, I could kind of redeem myself at pro day," he said. "So I definitely had something to prove at pro day."
Among the crowd of scouts and teammates watching Tuesday's pro day was Virginia head coach Mike London.
"A couple of these guys, I think they made more of a dent in what teams might be thinking about them," London said. "I know they're competing against other places that are having their pro days as well. But these guys, as I said, I think did a good job today."


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We know; Joan Jett has a bad reputation for loving rock 'n' roll, but don't let that stop you from seeing the Godmother of Punk as she rolls through Newcastle with The Blackhearts. The innovative feminist icon takes the stage at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Newcastle Casino, 2457 Highway 62 Service Road in Newcastle. Call 387-6013 or visit mynewcastlecasino.com.


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Situated in Scarborough, this hotel is close to Nonesuch River Golf Club, Maine Mall, and Scarborough Downs. Also nearby are Beech Ridge Motor Speedway and Sable Oaks Golf Course.
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Recreational amenities at Portland TownePlace Suites by Marriott include a fitness center and a seasonal outdoor pool. Other amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access and dry cleaning/laundry services.
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Portland TownePlace Suites by Marriott features a fitness center and a seasonal outdoor pool. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. This Scarborough hotel also offers a picnic area, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Portland TownePlace Suites by Marriott is a smoke-free property.
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Asian Shrimp & Noodle Salad with Cucumber & Carrot
Serve with St. Supéry Oak Free Chardonnay
This tasty Asian style salad is perfect for a fresh and light summer meal or first course and pairs wonderfully with the Semillion / Chardonnay blend.
For the Dressing:
¼-cup rice vinegar
¼-cup fish sauce
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons fresh limejuice
2 garlic cloves – minced
½-teaspoon red pepper flakes
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1 pound large shrimp – shelled and deveined
1 English cucumber – peeled, seeded and cut into julienne strips
1 large carrot – peeled and cut into julienne strips
¼ cup chopped cilantro
¼ cup chopped mint
1 package Maifun rice stick noodles (6.75 oz.)
Stir all dressing ingredients together until the sugar is dissolved. Cover and refrigerate. Cook the shrimp in simmering salted water until they turn pink, about 4 or 5 minutes, and allow to cool. Soak the Maifun noodles in hot water according to package instructions and rinse with cold water.
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Moose auction bidding open in Vt.The Associated Press | July 19,2013MONTPELIER Vermonts 2013 moose auction is open for bids.
The auction for five moose hunting permits is open until Aug. 21 with a minimum bid amount of $1,500.
Winners will choose to hunt in one of several wildlife management units open to moose hunting. Theyll be able to choose to hunt during the Oct. 1-7 archery season or in the Oct. 19-24 regular season.
Bids do not include the cost of a hunting license or moose hunting permit fee.
Information about the auction can be found at www.vtfishandwildlife.com.
Proceeds from the moose hunting permit auction help fund Vermont Fish and Wildlife educational programs. Winning bids are typically at least $4,000.
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The United Way of the Capital Region touches many central Pennsylvanians who are in need by funding important programs administered by local nonprofit organizations. Many of the organizations supported by United Way are also served by Messiah students through their service and learning activities with the Agapé Center.
For more than 10 years, College employees have been encouraged to donate to the United Way during the United Way Employee Pledge Drive. The Employee Pledge Drive is a Messiah College campaign in which 100% of donations go to a nonprofit of choice. In addition, Messiah College has begun hosting "Movie on the Green," a donation-only event for students and families to enjoy a movie projected over the Eisenhower Lawn.
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People feel a lot of "Great" in the Twin Cities.
And "Falls" and "Future" and "Forward" and "Together." Not to mention the words "Twin" and "Cities" and "L-A," as you might expect.
Those were among the most commonly used words in the many suggestions made by Sun Journal readers for a new Lewiston-Auburn slogan to replace "It's Happening Here."
A subcommittee from the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce and the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council has been working on a new slogan project for about a year.
Calvin Rinck, marketing director for the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council, said the group hopes to start advertising for a marketing firm to lead a formal naming process this summer.
But back in February, Sun Journal Executive Editor Rex Rhoades decided to ask readers for their ideas. He asked them to send their slogans and tagline suggestions to the paper and he promised a $20 bill in a gold-colored envelope to the creator of the best one.
Readers responded, sending in 151 suggestions. Most submitters were from Maine. One was from Michigan. Starting today, we're asking readers to vote on their favorite. Two weeks from now, we'll announce the winner. Maybe Rinck's group will find the input helpful in eventually creating a new slogan for the Twin Cities.
But that's not the way professional slogan-wranglers usually work, according to California-based writer and consultant Eric Swartz. Professional tagline creators usually try to figure out the message first, then hone it down to the simplest, most basic phrases.
"A tagline expresses an idea," he said. "A tagline is incidental, almost an empty vessel, if it does not have a good idea running around in it somewhere. It's just words."
Swartz, known online as the Tagline Guru, makes his living helping communities, businesses and advertising firms come up with exactly the right phrase to describe what they're selling.
Swartz said there are differences among a moniker, like Bangor's appelation as the "Queen City of the East," a motto like Auburn's "No Steps Backward" and a slogan or tagline like "It's Happening Here." The first two are names or identifiers that could be historical or anecdotal.
But slogans have a purpose — selling the community.
"If there's a good idea underlining it, something bold, imaginative or even funny, it makes people want to know more or learn more," Swartz said. "The thinking has to go beyond the city limits when they create their tagline. And they have to think of who they want to attract: Is it tourists or do they just want to build the business base?"
The slogans our readers sent in included the gooey, the puzzling and the personal.
One suggested "Crystal Blue Persuasion," a pop song that was atop the charts when he graduated from Lewiston High School.
Another suggested the earnest "A Really Nice Place, believe me!" And another put forward the innocently honest "We've Got It All — Or Soon Will Have It." (For the full list of suggestions from readers, go to www.sunjournal.com.)
While Swartz didn't cast his professional judgment on those two in particular, he said things like community pride and a vision for what the community could be are elements to consider in the making of a successful slogan.
"It has to resonate with the residents," Swartz said. "It has to resonate with who they feel they are."
Swartz has helped design winners for other communities and organizations, such as "Real East Texas living" for Longview, Texas and "Our roots are showing" for the Tri-Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau in central California.
"Tri-Valley was a lot like your Twin Cities," Swartz said. "It was a large area with a lot of constituent interests and everyone wanted the slogan to hit their key attribute. In this case, it had three things that made it unique: a wine-growing region, historic downtowns and an unpretentious, down-to-earth personality. I came up with one slogan that encompassed all three and everyone walked away happy."
He curates and collects other city slogans on his website, ranging from winners to clunkers. Favorites include Yuma, Ariz.'s punny "Enjoy Our Sense of Yuma" and the one for Eagle Pass, a Texas border town with the colorful slogan "Where Yee-Ha Meets Ole."
"You have to communicate an experience that can't be duplicated anywhere else," he said. "Otherwise, you really do have a cookie-cutter, 'me too' kind of slogan."
That can make a big difference.
"Remember that Cleveland used to be 'The Mistake by the Lake,'" he said. Then they built the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.
"Now, 'Cleveland Rocks,'" he said.
Other tips: Make the tagline memorable. Show why the area is unique and pleasant and a place people want to visit.
Most of all, be concise.
"If you can't put it on the back of a business card or make an elevator pitch, people just walk away with just a lot of gobbledygook," Swartz said. "It doesn't help if there is nothing succinct, terse or a compelling idea."
And what a community does with its new slogan is what really matters.
"You're better off with a mediocre slogan that actually gets marketed and promoted than a great one that gets left on a shelf," he said. "A slogan is as good as it is communicated on your websites and everywhere else."
In that respect, Swartz said the Twin Cities' "It's Happening Here" campaign was a winner. Local marketing officials on both sides of the Androscoggin used it in television commercials, in print ads and brochures and at trade shows around New England.
"It's like a commercial; you have to keep hammering on it," he said. "If it's good, it'll catch on."
The unusual, funny or puzzling from the slogan entries
- Crystal Blue Persuasion
- LA - AL Turned Good
- Legitimate Lewiston Auburn Accompany
- Legitimate Lewiston Auburn Always
- L-A: "She's A Brick-House!"
- Checking our Review
- Bridging the G.A.P.S. (Gray Areas People Support) changing the world
- Exlax: It Has LA In It!
- Old Cities Never Die, Just Fade Away
- History Never Dissolves
- Lewiston.....across from Auburn!
- A Variety Show
- Great Falls A-fire!
- No Greater Goals
- All Worlds Overlap
- L-A: Walking distance to beach!
Maine monikers and mottoes
- "No Steps Backward" — Auburn
- "The Queen City of the East" — Bangor
- "The City of Ships" — Bath
- "Earmuff Capital of the World" — Farmington
- "Land of the Porcupine" — Madawaska
- "The Star City" — Presque Isle
- "Lobster Capital of the World" — Rockland
- "A Place to Watch" — Skowhegan
- "Toothpick Capital of the World" (former slogan) — Strong
- "The University City of Maine" — Waterville
- "Our Latchstring Always Out" — Yarmouth
Slogans from other Auburns and Lewistons
- "Home of Freedom Crossing"; "Birthplace of Niagara" — Lewiston, N.Y.
- "Loveliest Village on the Plains" — Auburn, Ala.
- "Home of the Classics" — Auburn, Ind.
- "The Redbud City" — Auburn, Ill.
- "The heart of Winona County in Southeastern Minnesota" — Lewiston, Minn.
- "Idaho's Only Seaport"; "Idaho's First Capital" — Lewiston, Idaho
- "More Than You Imagined" — Auburn, Wash.
- "Endurance Capital of the World" — Auburn, Calif.
The gold standards: Some of the most memorable place slogans in the U.S.
- "What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas" — Las Vegas, Nev.
- "The City That Never Sleeps" — New York, N.Y.
- "Always Turned On" — Atlantic City, N.J.
- "The Sweetest Place on Earth" — Hershey, Pa.
- "Keep Austin Weird" — Austin, Texas
You may forget the town, but not the slogan
- "Don't Pass Gas, stop and enjoy it!" — Gas, Kan.
- "All our creativity went into the name" — Iowa City, Iowa
- "It's not the end of the earth, but you can see it from here" — Bushnell, S.D.
- "It's a location, not a vocation" — Hooker, Okla.
- "Where the ducks walk on fish" — Linesville, Pa.
- "Home of the Ding Dong Daddy" — Dumas, Ark.


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Fern Coalson Hudson, age 101, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013. There will be a visitation at Galbreaith-Pickard Funeral Chapel, 913 N. Elm Street Weatherford, on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, from 4-6 p.m.
A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, at 10 a.m. at Bethesda Cemetery, with a memorial service to follow at 11 a.m. at Bethesda United Methodist Church, 6657 N. FM 113, Weatherford.
Fern was born Feb. 16, 1912, to Vines and Mattie Coalson, in Garner. She was one of seven children: Gladys, Wayne, Brooks, Lem, Fern, Marshall and Lou. Fern married D.R. Hudson on Nov. 25, 1937, and was married for 63 years before D.R. died on June 19, 2000. She taught school in Mineral Wells at Sam Houston Elementary for 35 years. Fern was active in many organizations, D.A.R. and Eastern Star, and was a charter member of the Weatherford Retired Teachers Association.
Survivors include her daughter, Nancy Hudson Owen and her husband, Jerry, of Arlington; grandson, Chris Owen, of Weatherford; great-grandson, Harley Owen, of Weatherford; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
Memorial: Bethesda United Methodist Church, Weatherford College or Covenant Hospice.
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TRAVERSE CITY — Marjorie M. Pifer, 78, of Traverse City passed away Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City.
Marjorie was born on March 27, 1934, to the late John Everett and Luella (Henry) Speers in Owosso.
Marjorie entered into marriage with Allen A. Pifer on Sept. 1, 1956, in New Lothrop.
Marjorie was an active and supportive member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church. She was on the Women's Synod, the church board as well as the WELCA. Marjorie was a dedicated RN, working at Traverse City State Hospital, Osteopathic Hospital and retiring in 1996 as nursing supervisor from Munson, where she worked for 20 years. Marjorie was a caring and supportive wife alongside her husband as he spent 35 years giving historical programs to children in schools and camps all over the state. She was an active member of DAR, DAV, Sons of the Union, and volunteered at Interlochen Arts Academy.
Marjorie is survived by her loving husband of 56 years, Allen A. Pifer of Traverse City; their children, Tonja (Timothy) Carlson, Todd (Joyce) Pifer, and Rev. Tamara (Nathan Stevens) Pifer; daughter-in-law, Judy (Dehl); 10 grandchildren; sisters, Juanita Garcia and Alice (Edward) Sunderland; and eight great-grandchildren.
Marjorie was preceded in death by her son, Takis Pifer; one brother, Greel; and her parents.
Visitation for friends and family will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home. Funeral services will take place at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Traverse City, with Rev. Paul Busekist officiating. Graveside committal services will be held in Zion Cemetery, Ogden Twp., Mich., at a later date.
Flowers are to be provided by Pifer's Greenhouse, Blissfield, Mich. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Allen and Marjorie Pifer Family Endowed Scholarship Fund, care of Northwestern Michigan College.
Please share thoughts with the family at www.reynolds-jonkhoff.com
The family is being served by the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.


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Problems in the World today Part 1
It is quite obvious that we are living in a world with many problems...
and i am certain that all of our views on the major issues will stagger and cross completely....in this year and coming upon the world change date of Dec 21st 2012 i can say that my view of the biggest problems in our world
is that of recognition...
no one recognizes that there are any problems!
We direct the blame not to the actual problem but rather to small details and fragments
and excuse that as not an issue as well
We are walking in a time predicted by the likes of MILLIONS of believers
the end of the world
judgement day
the revelations
what ever you want to call it....it is written there...the call of the end of the times
and i watch millions of people
too scared to admit there could be such a thing, yet praying to a God to be saved
Failure to recognize
failure to admit
failure to contribute
or make any effort to make a change
Free country of America rules us all now?
With their corruption and controvery and contradictions
And no one does a thing about it
Let as many people die as you must in order to keep your family safe??!
The greed, the wealth and lack there of wealth has turned what could have been the most powerful country into a failing country to which all neighbours seek revenge or fear wrath of
It effects the entire planet
Failure to internationally recognise major issues
Nuclear weapons admitted
Child pornography admitted
Women being exposed and abused for the sake of men and their $$??
Women saying WE ARE FREE
but running down the street to the nearest porn director to become famous as a slut?!
Women allowing this behavior and not even fighting for our rights?!
You are raising children into a world of filth!! And you cannot see what you are doing in order to satisfy the likes of a man?!
You are still enslaved and....? No one recognises
It is illegal to grow marijuana in a nation of alcholics?
Of course it is! To better enslave you all
Life is tough, so get drunk and pretend it doesn't exist!
Failure to recognize
Maybe there are some that do recognise, but then fear stops them from trying to make a difference...any difference, any stand against any voice is a difference
But, with a system structured and in place that if you cross the preverbial gorvernment line, or means of brainwashed thinking
you suffer the consequences
The consequences of course usually involving, prison, poverty, death or suffering in some means
But, stay true to the path and you are rewarded
money and power money and POWER
When really and truly the power is there without the money
masses of people hold more power than any one man and his vision of domination of the masses
Let me ask you this
how is it that you can feel ok knowing that people in a nation, thousands and thousands of people are out there dying, women and children are dying and being punished for an act that only few men did?
In order to keep your family safe you can sleep at night knowing children are dying every day??!
Why do we stand for war and for death and slaughter
in order to stop it from happening to us????
Why must people suffer for you to have your wonderful house and fantasy lifestyle?
When you live in a world of lies!
Fooling ourselves and giving up trust to the hands of the criminals
Living in lies just to maintain our picture perfect lifestyles?!
Failure to recognise i am listing as the NUMBER one problem in our lives today
Failure to have the guts to make a difference
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Heikkila's parents, individually and on behalf of his minor daughter, sued Hemphill, alleging he failed to keep a proper lookout and yield the right-of-way. Suit against Hemphill's mother and brother, who owned the car he was driving, alleging vicarious liability for his negligence.
The plaintiffs sought lost future earnings of about $793,500 based on Heikkila's estimated lifetime earnings as a manager.
The trial court issued a directed verdict for the plaintiffs on liability, and the case went to the jury solely on damages.
The jury awarded about $2.8 million, including $1 million to Heikkila's daughter, $500,000 to each parent, and about $800,000 in economic damages to the estate.
Citation: Heikkila v. Hemphill, No. 2008 33442 CICI (Fla., Volusia Co. Cir. Mar. 25, 2011).
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You've no doubt heard the news that breast cancer cases have dropped by seven percent in the most recent figures. Doctors and women are celebrating, but what caused the drop?
Las Vegas oncologist, Heather Allen is excited at the news. Researchers at MD Anderson found a 7-percent decline in all types of breast cancer between 2002 and 2003.
Dr. Allen said, "For all those years in the 1990s, when the incidence of breast cancer went up 2-percent every year, you have to start really asking -- is it our environment, our genes? What is it? And try to eliminate those factors."
The authors of the study said the most likely reason for the drop is the decreased use of hormone replacement therapy. When it was linked to increased problems back in 2002, prescriptions dropped in half. Dr. Allen says it's too soon to draw steadfast conclusions, but the data falls in line with other recent findings.
"I think we have felt for a long time that there is a connection between long term use of hormone replacement therapy and the incidence of breast cancer. And the Women's Health Initiative, which was a very large federal study, that was reported in 2002, made that connection very clear," Dr. Allen continued.
But there could be other reasons. Dr. Allen believes the major decline may also be related to the increased use of Tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer in high-risk women.
She said, "In high risk women, they treated half of them with Tamoxifen for five years and didn't treat the other half. And there was a 50-percent decrease in the incidence of breast cancer in the women who took Tamoxifen. So, since the late 1990s, we've seen more use of Tamoxifen in high risk women."
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I have a B.S. in Speech Communication from UW-Superior in 2010 and a M.S. in College Counseling and Student Development from St. Cloud State University in 2012.
What is your favorite college memory?
Just one? My freshman roommate had a beta fish that was near the window. One winter night we were warm so we cracked the window open. When we woke up, the poor fish was frozen.
I am an avid bowler and volleyball player. I also am a huge Star Wars/Joss Whedon nerd. I also love planners.
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Gene Marks, Contributor
I cover technologies helping companies be quicker, better, wiser.
In case you haven't heard, Steve Jobs passed away.
The praise has been pouring in. And deservedly so. He was a genius. A man that made a tremendous impact on the world. During the week, I probably read thirty or forty blogs and columns about his life and accomplishments. I even wrote a little homage to him myself in the Huffington Post. But I wasn't learning as much about him as I had hoped. Sure, I learned about his story, his rise with Apple, the "wilderness years," his triumphant return, the iProducts. But I wasn't learning much about Steve Jobs the person. The boss.
That is until I read this great piece from Ryan Tate. And I really began to learn something about Steve Jobs. Jobs wasn't successful just because he was creative, brilliant and hardworking. There are a lot of creative, brilliant and hardworking people running technology businesses. Jobs had an extra little something going on that further separated him from his peers: He was a jerk. Good for him.
I am not creative or brilliant. I work hard. But I like my vacations, my time watching my kids play sports, the odd nap on a Sunday afternoon too. I don't think I'm anywhere near as hard a worker as Jobs was. And I'm not a jerk like Jobs was. Which is the biggest reason why I'm just a moderately successful business guy, and not a super billionaire. That's because being creative and hard working isn't that uncommon. Being a jerk is.
Tate says that Jobs exercised censorship and authoritarianism. To put anything on an Apple device you needed Apple's permission. "Apple's devices have connected us to a world full of information," he writes. "But they don't permit a full expression of ideas. Indeed the people Apple supposedly serves – the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers – have been particularly put out by Jobs' lockdown."
Jobs wasn't about to let anyone use his products for activities that would negatively reflect on his company. He knew the risks of giving up control. He knew that people would accuse him of restricting free expression. He didn't care. He was a jerk. My products are misused all the time. I have clients turning off internal controls, resetting security and converting contact management databases into inventory systems because it's cheaper than buying a true inventory system. Because I'm not a jerk I say nothing. I just take the money. And in just about every case, these same clients have turned into non-clients. Because they inevitably ran into security and operational issues that turned their investment into a loss. And blamed me. I'll never be as brilliant as Steve Jobs. But if I were to exercise a little more control over how our products are used (in other words: be a jerk more often) I may be a tad more successful.
"Inside Apple," Tate continues, "there is a culture of fear and control around communication: Apple's "Worldwide Loyalty Team" specializes in hunting down leakers, confiscating mobile phones and searching computers. In the creepiest example of Apple's fascist tendencies, two of Apple's private security agents searched the home of a San Francisco man and threatened him and his family with immigration trouble as part of a scramble for a missing iPhone prototype." Wow, the Apple Gestapo. I love that too.
Actually Gene:
Evidence would seem to the contrary.
You are a Jerk. To call someone who has passed away, during the week everyone is measuring his contribution to society, to put a negative spin? Marks you as a Big Fat Jerk.
In fact Gene, I have never seen a bigger Jerk.
You are up to Prickly Proportions there fella.
Gene is a Jerk.
And that is the irony herein.
Jobs was a Jerk privately.
You are a Jerk Publicly.
If the shoe fits, Gene the Jerk.
Congrats! You earned the title: Gene the Jerk.
I'm hoping people will get tired of the Jobs thing altogether. He sold phones and other things people can live without. And yet, the news can't stop talking about he and Apple as if they discovered fire and the wheel. Get over it.
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>>>Like I mentioned before, his allegiance was to his customers, his employees, and his shareholders. As a businessman he would do whatever he needed to do to keep costs at a minimum. <<<<
Oh please! Steven Jobs' allegence was to enhancing his profit margin as much as possible–pretty much like most other businessmen. That's why an "unlocked-no plan" iPhone4 sells for around $550, even though parts, labor and transport for manufacturing the phone come in at only around $180.
No kidding. Mac notebooks tend (tend is important) to be priced at twice the cost of PC based machines with similar hardware but Jobs cared about the working man? Yeah right. He took advantage of fools who were willing to buy the snake oil he sold. For that I tip my hat to the man. Let the fools part with their money.
He was a competitor who hated to lose and did what he had to in order to win. No Buddhism, caring, etc involved. He was an ego maniac and abused anyone he looked down upon. Sure the formula worked in business but with all the hoopla about his death I've seen not a speck of anyone saying he was a good person. Plenty of talk about his business skills and how great they were but not one kind word about the man as a human being.
Seems I'm one of the few willing to see this tree in the forest of the phony who morn a man they never knew. And a man who likely wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire.
No kidding! You counted parts, labor for the parts and transport for manufacturing the phone, and you didn't counted Apple employees works and brains?
Point taken, if by "jerk" you mean "sociopath." Top dogs are all sociopaths just like Jobs, Gates, and the lot. It's been said that the percentage may be around 5 per cent, but I'd like to argue that in certain realms, the number is asymptotically approaching 100 per cent.
Interesting combinations of thoughts — but not withstanding the theory on stress causing his cancer through entrepreneurship (irrelevant?), the Obama lost comments (CNBC has no archives), and that Jobs was not likely a traditional Buddist, I was caught by the following contradictions that did not make much sense.
"Jobs was not the man in the grey flannel suit. (OK)That doesn't mean he was a good man. (Huh?) It just means he was a great man. (What?) He lied, denied paternity of his first daughter, humiliated and berated underlings, competitors and any other businesses he didn't happen to like, ……"
Huh? Not a good man — it just means he was a "great" man? I, and many others, do NOT equate goodness or greatness to people who lied, deny paternity, embarrass and humiliate others. I am not sure whether the author gave those words enough though, because this did not make sense to me. Maybe there is a secret grey flannel explanation?
I think a better point could be made that Jobs had some serious flaws, maybe even more than we will ever know. The bios that have been published since his passing have apparently been factual about the lies he told to initially avoid paternity of his first daughter, that he was infertile, etc And then he had three kids with his next wife? Am I the only one that feels it is time to balance the equation a little more before he obtains mythical status that he is not worthy of as a human? Another blogger (Gene Marks) with over a 100K of views mentions that Steve was known to be a jerk on many levels, and points out that a significant flaw among other things.
Apparently, there is a Jobs approved biography coming soon. Maybe it will be interesting to see how he oversaw/controlled what is said about these more flawed parts of his life. Greatness should be a term reserved for people who have passed the test of time — I just think it might be too soon to jump to that conclusion when looking at his life as a whole.
There is still much time to consider the whole man…especially when it is such a short time since his passing. He may be treated well by those who will overlook all the flaws, but there are many I feel will place a different perspective on the whole picture. My two cents.
Disregard — I meant to post to another article.