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Callous thieves stole a car and hundreds of pounds worth of jewellery from a family on the same day of a relative's funeral.
Over 50 items of gold jewellery and a green Vauxwagon Golf were stolen from a house in Franklin Road, North Fambridge on Thursday morning, between 7:30am and 1pm.
The theft occurred while nurse Karen Bache was at the funeral of her dad Cyril Lewis, 81, in New South Wales, Australia.
Her husband arrived home from his work as a farm advisor at around 1pm to see the house completely ransacked.
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FALL AND DIVIDE To Support FINGER ELEVEN At Blue Mountain Ski Resort Show
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Toronto-based progsters FALL AND DIVIDE, who recently issued their self-titled debut album produced, mixed and mastered by RUSH engineer Rich Chycki, will support FINGER ELEVEN at Blue Mountain near Collingwood, Ontario on February 21st as part of College & University Week. Go to this location for event information and to purchase tickets.
Fall And Divide recently released a new video for the song 'Pieces'. Check it out below:
The tracklist for their new album is as follows:
'To Be'
'Never The Case
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'This Life'
'No Evil'
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'The Shelter'
'Once And For All'
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DMX recently called Plies one of the worst rappers in the game. "The worst? I'm sure I don't even know who the worst is…he has to be one of the worst. Bruh bruh? Are you serious?! How do you even fix your mouth to say that or spell that?" he said in a recent interview. "We as artists are teachers, if you teach people to spell like that or talk like that and if you do then you are dumber than the people you're supposed to be teaching…that ain't right." No idea what that last part means, but we know it ain't right. [HipHopWired]
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As the mother of a teenaged daughter, news that nearly 10 percent of adolescents report perpetrating some form of sexual violence in their lifetime disturbs me. The sexual violence list includes coercive sex, forced sexual contact—and even rape.
Can we blame the media? The study's name, "Growing Up With Media," suggests media is indeed playing a role in flashing images of sexual violence across the eyes of modern youth. Considering the prince of the power of the air is working overtime to pollute our young souls with all manner of immorality and violence, I think laying the some of the blame at the media's doorstep is appropriate. But laying blame isn't going to solve the problem. And the problem turns my stomach.
According to the study, 3 in 4 victims were romantic partners of their perpetrators. Coercive language and emotional manipulation are more common than physical force, but let's not underestimate the lasting impact of words. Sixty-three percent of perpetrators in the study said they used expressed anger toward their victims—or made them feel guilty—to coerce them. Five percent reported using outright threats, and 8 percent admitted using physical force to get their way with their victim.
This isn't something to brush under the rug. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), teens who experience intimate partner, or dating, violence are at risk for a host of negative outcomes. They are 4 to 6 times more likely to become pregnant than their peers. And in one study, they reported lower self-esteem and emotional well-being, more suicidal thoughts and attempts, and were more likely to have eating disorders than adolescents who did not experience dating violence.
It should come as no surprise that the sexually violent perpetrators blame their victims. Fifty percent said the victim is completely to blame, and 60 percent get away with the sexual violence—or at least they think they do. God sees everything. And this study concludes that these troubled youth are seeing too much of what God doesn't want them to see: sexually violent media. The bottom line: Youth who reported viewing violent sex online, on television, at the movies or in magazines were more likely to commit violent acts.
Nevertheless, we can't blame all this on the devil or the media or even the sexually violent teens. We can't even lay all the blame at parents' feet. I know all too well that you can't completely control what your teenagers see or do 24/7—even if you install the best Internet monitoring software and smartphone spyware and have strict rules in your household. Peer pressure and "FOMO"—Fear of Missing Out—drive teens to explore all sorts of dangers that can lead them into the grip of sexual violence. So, ultimately, the blame game isn't solving the problem at this point. The devil isn't about to let go of his stronghold in the media.
The best way we can stop the rise of teen-on-teen rape is to stay vigilant and be ready to help. The American Bar Association lists warning signs as suspicious bruises or other injuries, failing grades, loss of interest in activities or hobbies that they once enjoyed, excusing their dating partner's behavior, needing to respond immediately to calls or texts from their partner and/or fearfulness around their partner.
If you suspect a teen you know is the victim of sexual violence, take action. You can contact the National Dating Abuse Helpline and other agencies to get advice. Please, just don't sit by and watch—and while we are at it, let's keep our homes free from media that depicts sexual violence.
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The MSc in Psychology of Health & Wellbeing is designed to prepare psychology graduates for the next stage of their career in research or applied areas of psychology relating to health and wellbeing.
Keele has a vibrant, well-established and ever-expanding community of researchers in the psychology of health and wellbeing. Students will benefit from their expertise across a wide range of areas including illness, disability, ageing, health promotion and health literacy, experiences of cancer, and stress. Keele is also expanding research in positive psychology, exploring the benefits of arts activities for wellbeing, physical exercise, social engagement through the arts, and ecotherapy. MSc students are made to feel part of this research culture both through the formal modules and through involvement in research seminars and meetings.
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The programme provides taught content and research training in a range of areas in the psychology of health and wellbeing, building on areas of staff research expertise. Strengths include the critical social approach to the study of health, illness, ageing and wellbeing; positive psychology; qualitative, participatory and arts-based research approaches; health promotion and community development; the impact of material deprivation and social exclusion on health and wellbeing; participatory action research; health promotion research and evaluation; and ecopsychology: people's relationship with the natural world and how it can help in healing.
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My dear ol' dad, an avid reader, regularly brought The Village Voice back to my parents' Bronx apartment every Wednesday. He'd pick it up on his way home from his downtown Manhattan gigs during the '70s and '80s. In the winter of '88, personal heroes of my private teenage universe grouped together on the 19 January cover of the Voice like a Justice League meeting: Run-DMC, MC Shan, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Kool DJ Red Alert, Roxanne Shanté, Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew, Mr. Magic, and many more.
The essays inside by writers Greg Tate, Harry Allen, Nelson George, and others deconstructed hiphop culture in a fashion antedating the hiphop press of XXL, Rap Pages, Vibe, Ego Trip, The Source, and Blaze, which later came to prominence in the '90s. Recently, while browsing magazines at a kiosk in the neighborhood of Montparnasse, I caught MC Jean Gab'1 gracing the cover of the final issue of France's revered hiphop organ, Radikal, and that nearly 20-year-old edition of the Voice sprang to my mind.
Founded in 1996, Radikal garners the most respect of all French hiphop publications. Though predated by L'Affiche and RER, Radikal's quality level of writing and in-depth coverage of hiphop made it the top choice for discerning readers seeking critical evaluation of the culture. But this was the final issue. So I decided to initiate an investigation into the sad demise of this fine, nine-year-old rap mag.
Two years ago, The Source launched a French version of its brand into the marketplace. With Radikal in hand, bystanders brushing past on the chilly rue de Rennes, I wondered: was a French-language version of The Source yet another example of American cultural imperialism shutting out local business? Standing in front of a vacant neighborhood café, I could literally sight a busy Starbucks in the distance shades of the same issue.
With British Esquire and Italian Vogue as proven successes (par example), why not a French Source? Partnered with Paris-based Arcadia Editions, Source founder David Mays made the bold move to corner the French market with the first international branch of a hiphop magazine one that would interview local MCs, DJs, graf artists, and breakers as well as translate articles on the States' rap superstars from the original American edition. Since its inception, Source covers have included Lino, 113, and La Caution as well as Nas, Jay-Z, and Ludacris. Editor-in-chief David Dancre maintains a balanced mix to maximize interest from fans of homegrown rappers and the more worldwide-known Rap City staples.
"The French version of The Source started tragically," Olivier Cachin, the former editor-in-chief of Radikal, tells me. "They sold, despite a heavy marketing launch, only 14,000 copies of the first issue with [famed French hiphop trio] IAM on the cover, out of 70,000 copies printed. The Radikal issue we put out at the same time, also with IAM on the cover but with no promo at all, sold only 800 copies less than The Source."
According to Cachin, from the outset The Source has been plagued by the same financial challenges as those that have led Radikal to close its doors. French Source readership has dropped to an approximate monthly low readership of 6,500, down from the 80,000 they'd been expecting. Cachin warned me the transatlantic plug may soon be pulled. Within weeks of Cachin's tip-off, local hiphop journalist Epee Hervé confirmed for me that the French Source has joined Radikal's fate: two hiphop mags cancelled in the same season. (The Source's David Mays and David Dancre did not respond to my interview requests.)
German publisher Pop Media, the owner of Radikal, shut down its French publishing interests in the late summer, leaving its rock mag Velvet and France's beloved hiphop outlet in a lurch. Pop Media claims losses of 600,000 euros from its French venture. Though Radikal's treatment of both local and American hiphop was thorough by Parisian standards, Cachin complains, "It's a bit different, 'cause the French press doesn't have the same access to artists as the American press. US rappers tend to care less about foreign press and they have 10 minutes maximum to do photos, whereas in the US they have long photo sessions."
Repercussions related to the demise of Radikal may not be immediately apparent, but consider this. The incisive, intellectual reporting that The Village Voice devoted to hiphop back when no one else thought to treat the culture seriously had grave implications for a whole generation of young African-American writers. Hundreds of budding black music journalists graduated from college student newspaper staffs and were provided opportunities to write about the music and culture they loved by an American hiphop press that mirrored a model the Voice exemplified first.
Writers taking MCs to task for questionable lyrical content and violent antics outside of recording studios and concert halls as well as providing critical evaluation from a much more knowledgeable standpoint than grizzled rock critics biased against rap was arguably helpful for hiphop on a whole, aiding the culture in mapping out a plan for viable longevity that's allowed it to last over 30 years.
Many of these writers transcended the color line to write about rock music and pop culture as well, reaching outside urban publishing to post bylines in The Nation, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and the like. Other former hiphop scribes moved above and beyond music into the realm of fiction, or garnered recognition as essayists. Négritude, the French literary movement of the '30s, flowered under the heavy influence of the Harlem Renaissance. It was a French magazine, l'Étudiant Noir, that first coined the phrase in 1935, in an article written by 22-year-old Martinican poet Aimé Césaire. (Césaire was a cofounder of l'Étudiant Noir, in fact, and would also go on to start the literary journal Tropiques at 28.) The death of Radikal makes the possibilities of a new millennium négritude (young French writers of color taking cues from the modern hiphop generation writers of America) less likely.
Epee Dingong, a graduate of Paris's prestigious Centre de Formation des Journalistes, says, "The French hiphop journalism is underground. In French journalism, most people are white. I believe in the future there will be more [French versions of] Dream Hampton, Kris Ex, Touré, Danyel Smith, Bönz Malone, Lola Ogunnaike, Miles Marshall Lewis. It's just a long process. When I was at CFJ and I said I do hiphop journalism, some journalists from famous daily newspapers were really surprised and skeptical about this kind of press. They said they don't respect it or consider hiphop journalism as a form of serious journalism."
While black music writers in the US have gone on to become authors, screenwriters, TV producers, etc., in France the struggle for the legitimacy of hiphop journalism continues. And while the most recognized of French hiphop writers Stéphanie Binet and Antoine Garnier, among others still have lighter celebrity fanzines like Rap Mag and Rap US to sharpen their skills, the loss of the more respectable Radikal is a regrettable fatality.
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Hi Sharon,
I'm sorry you are going through another scare. I did some research on the web myself and it seems there could be a number of reasons for a rash so I wouldn't panic. It is one of the signs of IBC but I could find nothing linking radiation treatment to causing IBC. My radiated breast is very different inside. Firmer and heavier. Could they be more sensitive to environmental things like soap, etc. I really don't know. Definately see someone as soon as possible because until you do you will be stuck in this fearful place. I wish I could be of my help.
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Monday, 25 February 2013
On the Oscars: How can you be the supporting actress when you're the only actress?
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- Alice said...
The actual name of the category is "Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role", I think that Amy Adams does fit in this category for The Master, but I'm not so sure about Anne Hathaway (haven't seen the movie though). There's no doubt in my mind that although Amy Adams is the main female character in The Master, she's certainly not one of the main characters.
The problem is that most of the time women are in the supporting roles.
Both the division between actor and supporting actor and between actor and actress are stupid anyway. If you're good, why does it matter what gender you are? And in The Master for instance, it's not really obvious who is the main actor, I wouldn't say that Hoffman is a supporting actor. They should have only one category, but of course that would mean four times as less oscars…
I just remembered that Paul Thomas Anderson wasn't even nominated. This just goes to show that these awards are a farce anyway!
- 25 February 2013 at 15:52
- sian and crooked rib said...
Good point, I see what you mean. And yes, problem is that women are so often put in the supporting role. And that the oscars are too stupid to give the master more awards..!
- 25 February 2013 at 20:02
- Tavi said...
Because Fantine IS a supporting role. She's not the "star" as you say. Even if they overpromoted the movie with Anne Hathaway's face on posters, it makes no difference to the role itself. She may have the biggest female part, but it is still a supporting part and almost over completely by the end of the first act.
It's not like she's the love interest of the main character, or the main character herself, both of which roles normally do carry the Best Actress nomination. It's a nice role, but it's not a principal one. A lot of actresses in the musical find it rather boring to have to wait around the 2nd act just to appear at the end for a brief time.
It's sad you find it boring. Do you mean the way it transferred itself into movie format, or the musical itself?
- 26 February 2013 at 17:30
- sian and crooked rib said...
I guess then perhaps that it's more a problem how so many films place women in supporting rather than major roles. Which means even when a woman is the lead actress in a film, she is still in a supporting role. It's very normal therefore to have a film like The Master (which, I cannot emphasise enough, I loved!) and Les Mis where the focus is very male, where the men are the leads and women are in supporting roles. But a film where women are in the lead roles and men are supporting is far rarer and is generally commented on as unusual - e.g. Bridesmaids. The exception that proves the rule are perhaps the SATC? Anyway, these comments have given me plenty of food for thought...!
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Officers with the Bennettsville Police Department and agents with the State Law Enforcement Division raided six convenience stores Monday and say they seized 41 video gaming machines.
Police arrested five people on charges of keeping of a gaming house and cited 12 people for gambling.
Officers say the special operation is the result of a month long undercover investigation.
Police say they got tips the stores were paying out cash for winnings.
They say some of the machines seized include video poker machines and those often called "sweepstakes" machines.
Officers temporarily shutdown the stores as they confiscated machines. Customers trying to buy gas from the stores were turned away. Because so many stores were raided in such a small area, many drivers ran into major headaches trying to find a store that wasn't closed by police.
One customer told us having to drive around to find gas was worth it though, since the machines are an addiction for many who spend their hard earned paychecks trying to win big money.
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LANGHORNE, PA November 25, 2003 . . . Two of the most popular and talented competitors in stock car racing, one on dirt and one on asphalt, have been voted into the Eastern Motorsport Press Association Hall of Fame. Former NASCAR National Modified Champion Bugsy Stevens and former Flemington, NJ Speedway standout Stan Ploski Jr. will be inducted as part of the press organization's annual convention set for January 23 through January 25th at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center in Trevose, PA.
Both Stevens and Ploski were "locked into" the Hall of Fame by vote of the EMPA Board of Directors. In addition veteran Modified stock car racer Kenny Brightbill will be presented with the very prestigious "Junie" named in honor of Winston Cup car owner Junie Donlavey. The award recognizes those in the sport who were able to accomplish so much during their career while "retaining their independent status."
Boundless Motorsports, the group that has announced the purchase of DIRT Motorsports and the O'Reilly World of Outlaws, will receive the Newsmaker Award. Representatives of Boundless and DIRT have announced that they will be on hand for the convention.
Members of the EMPA are now voting on additional selections for the EMPA Hall of Fame. Only three can be voted for out of the group that includes the late Bob Weikert (one of the most successful sprint car owners in the history of the sport), drag racing champion Joe Amato, former sprint car racing great Bobby Allen (an original outlaw), the late Ron McBee (an outstanding late model racer back in the seventies), Lou Lazzaro (a king pin in New York State racing when drivers performed on both dirt and asphalt), Ken Squier (founder of the Motor Racing Network and outstanding TV motorsports commentator), Gil Hearne (eight time champion at Wall Township Speedway and all time leading feature winner) and Glenn Fitzcharles (all time leading feature winner with the United Racing Club sprint cars and outstanding modified stock car racer).
In addition EMPA members are now voting on their selection for Richie Evans Northeast Driver of the Year. Included as candidates are DIRT standout Alan Johnson, Central Pennsy sprint star Greg Hodnett, NHRA Alcohol Funny Car chamion Frank Manzo, NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series National Champion Mark McFarland and late model racing ace Gary Stuhler.
Candidates for the Al Holbert Memorial National Driver of the Year include leading NASCAR Winston Cup race winner Ryan Newman, NASCAR Winston Cup champion Matt Kenseth, USAC triple crown champion J.J. Yeley, Indy Racing League champion Scott Dixon, many time ARCA champion Frank Kimmel and International Hot Rod Association standout Clay Millican. Voting will be completed by December 15, 2003.
Other awards presented at the convention include the prestigious Frank Blunk Memorial Award (name in honor of the late New York Times motorsports writer), Ace Lane Sr. Memorial Award and the Art McHugh Memorial Award.
In addition media members will be receive a number of awards for their outstanding journalistic, broadcasting and photography efforts during the year.
The annual convention has been presented for more than 30 years and attracts more than 125 professional media that cover all types of motorsports on a regular basis.
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AMD's Enduro Switchable Graphics Levels Upby Jarred Walton on September 6, 2012 3:00 AM EST
Recap: AMD's PowerXpress, aka Dynamic Switchable Graphics, aka Enduro
Getting back to the switchable graphics, AMD has gone through a variety of names over the years. Here's AMD's summary slide, which I'll discuss in detail:
Originally introduced as PowerXpress back in 2008, the first AMD switchable graphics solutions were like that found later in the ASUS UL80Vt and similar laptops: you had to flip a switch, and in the first iterations you would then need to reboot the laptop so that the BIOS could disable the discrete GPU and activate the integrated GPU. It was messy and a bit inconvenient, and NVIDIA's early studies showed that many users ended up not using the feature—they would either run on dGPU all the time or on iGPU all the time. Both AMD and NVIDIA had a second series of switchable graphics designs where the need to reboot was removed; the first Alienware M11x could switch GPUs in about 10-15 seconds, and the same was true of HP's first ENVY laptops. These were using PowerXpress 2.0 and 3.0, and for most people the switching side was adequate: you'd run on dGPU when plugged in and switch to iGPU when on battery power.
Last year, AMD took a step forward with their switchable graphics by introducing PowerXpress 4.0, which also renamed the technology to Dynamic Switchable Graphics (DSG for short). I got a chance to do a head-to-head of the technology using a Sony VAIO C laptop provided by NVIDIA. You know a company is confident that they're going to win a technology comparison when they'll actually give you a competitor's product. In some cases, DSG was just as good as Optimus: you could launch a supported game and never realize all the extra stuff happening in the background; unfortunately, there were several titles where it wasn't quite as convenient as we would have liked, and OpenGL support from DSG was completely missing.
Step forward to early 2012 and we got another update to PowerXpress 5.0 (note that PowerXpress is now only used internally by AMD and hasn't been their marketing name since before PX4.0) along with a rechristening: Dynamic Switchable Graphics was out and Enduro was in. If nothing else, at least it makes my job easier as Enduro is much more concise. There's also the fact that the GPUs are no longer "switching", as the iGPU is always running; now the dGPU is simply supplementing the iGPU when needed. Along with the name change, AMD added OpenGL and OpenCL support to the mix, and with their Zero Core Technology (which is also part of their 7000 series desktop GPUs—a case of mobile design influencing desktops) the need to keep a small portion of the chip alive (aka BACO: Bus Active Chip Off) was removed. OEMs could also ship with custom profiles for applications, so for example Dell might want all of their extra utilities to default to running on the iGPU.
Hopefully this problem goes away next month!
Other than those changes, the UI and driver updates situation on early Enduro solutions remains largely the same as with DSG/PX4.0—and that's what I initially received with the Clevo P170EM, with drivers from around March 2012. A quick check at AMD's site also let me know that there weren't any new drivers available, as the P170EM wasn't currently supported by the latest Mobility Catalyst drivers.
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TokamakH3 - Friday, September 07, 2012 - linkReading the article, one would never know the P170EM he has is much less powerful than an exactly spec'd MSI or Alienware system, all because of Enduro. Reply
sirizak - Thursday, September 06, 2012 - linkCan we get a comment from Anand in here that he is taking this issue up with AMD? He may just have enough reputation to wake them from their slumber on this ongoing and damaging issue.
Please Anand, help us fight the good fight!! Reply
silverblue - Thursday, September 06, 2012 - linkI think the fact that Jarred works at AT should be more than enough. :)
If AMD are having developmental issues, it'd be nice if they could open up their development more, get more external help. Not every gamer shies away from diagnosing a good problem, and there's a lot of clever people out there who can at least pinpoint issues with certain hardware configurations. All too often, complaints drown everything else out. Reply
hulawafu77 - Thursday, September 06, 2012 - linkUnfortunately AMD is giving the cold shoulder to everyone on this issue. Caveman on Rage3D has confronted a stone wall when inquiring about progress on Enduro. AnandTech did reach out to AMD and all they got was a rumored fix with two drivers for a 12 month period with proper GCN support. That's incredible...
We have one tweet for the customers, that's it. Nothing more. If it wasn't for Anandtech here, we wouldn't eve know there is a suppose Enduro 5.5 in the works, if that is actually being worked on. Andandtech was not given a test build on the driver to see if it actually works. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, September 06, 2012 - linkThis whole article is a result of us "taking it up with AMD". I know people who already bought the product want it fixed yesterday, but that's just not the way things work, especially with driver development. Mess up the drivers in some small way and everyone gets BSODs. Heck, they could have everything ready for the drivers to release and just need to do a solid two months of QA before sending it out to the public. I won't share the specifics, but let me just say that if AMD had given me the beta driver and I had tried to do the install on my own, I'm pretty sure that I would have ended up doing a full reinstall of my OS and apps. That's not because the driver is broken, but the install routine wasn't fully optimized at the time (two weeks ago). That's part of what they're still working on, along with other performance optimizations. Reply
Seanzky - Thursday, September 06, 2012 - linkQuick question, Jarred. I'm not trying to put you on the spotlight here, but maybe you know. Obviously, we've already tried reaching out to resellers and even Clevo. Do you think their silence to our inquires means they ignored us or do you think they actually relayed our concerns to AMD? Because if it were the latter, I would think AMD gave them the same assurance AMD gave you which the resellers would do well to relay to us. Your article, I call it the "great hope for Enduro", is the first I've ever heard of AMD working on anything remotely related to the issues we're experiencing. Honestly.
What are your thoughts on those because I feel like resellers are somewhat avoiding us based on some of the feedback I've seen. I just want to know this isn't my imagination or paranoia. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, September 06, 2012 - linkI think the resellers were trying to avoid telling people that there are no immediate fixes available. I'm sure they brought it up with AMD, and AMD's response was likely, "We're working on it but don't have a definite time for when our fix will be available." When that happens, the best thing from the reseller's standpoint is usually to say nothing. I'm not saying it's best for the consumers, mind you, but it's better to keep your mouth shut than to admit to problems, and if anyone is really vocal you just let them return the product.
As for AMD, I commented above just a second ago that I'm betting the driver team eventually had to come back and tell marketing and management that they needed a solid six months of time to fix and test the new drivers before they could address the problems with Enduro. Management was likely pissed, but what can you do when your drivers aren't working the way you want? It's not like you can just hire new people or do a quick hack that makes everything better, so you have to wait, and again silence is often better than promising something you can't deliver (yet).
The fact that AMD gave me a firm deadline of October 31 for the public release of the drivers I'm using is really good news. Last year when I ripped on DSG (pre-Enduro but essentially the same), AMD told me they were working on getting regular driver updates "soon" and independent AMD and Intel driver installs "after that". I asked for some time frame and got hemming and hawing. This time, we have a date, we have beta (or maybe pre-beta) drivers in hand, and I really do expect AMD to at least get the 9.0 series Enduro Catalyst drivers out by the end of October, and hopefully sooner. I think those drivers will still have issues, but provided all of the framework is in place for future updates, things can only go up from there. Reply
Seanzky - Friday, September 07, 2012 - linkI hope your optimism ends up right over my lost of faith in AMD. It would really suck, to say the least, if this was AMD taking us for another spin. Reply
andrewaggb - Thursday, September 06, 2012 - linkI've always stuck with non-switchable graphics despite the worse battery life because I wanted a guarantee of driver updates.
This sounds terrible though. And deleting threads and not responding sounds a lot like people trying to cover up a problem. That makes me not very optimistic that a new magic driver will fix the problem.
Best of luck. I've had excellent driver feedback/response from AMD in the past, so it's sad to hear things have gone way down hill. Reply
hulawafu77 - Thursday, September 06, 2012 - linkSo do we all with high performance. But AMD is now implementing switchable graphics muxless design to even their high end products.
Let's just hope AnandTech's inquiry into switchable graphics support is correct and AMD is taking this seriously. Reply


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Generic Name: urofollitropin
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Applies to urofollitropin: powder for solution
In addition to its needed effects, some unwanted effects may be caused by urofollitropin (the active ingredient contained in Metrodin). In the event that any of these side effects do occur, they may require medical attention.
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You should check with your doctor immediately if any of these side effects occur when taking urofollitropin:More common:
- Abdominal or pelvic pain
- bloating (mild)
- Abdominal or stomach pain (severe)
- bloating (moderate to severe)
- chest pain or trouble breathing
- decreased amount of urine
- feeling of indigestion
- headache, sudden and severe
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- pelvic pain (severe)
- shortness of breath or wheezing
- skin rash or hives
- swelling of the arms or lower legs
- weight gain (rapid)
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Some of the side effects that can occur with urofollitropin may not need medical attention. As your body adjusts to the medicine during treatment these side effects may go away. Your health care professional may also be able to tell you about ways to reduce or prevent some of these side effects. If any of the following side effects continue, are bothersome or if you have any questions about them, check with your health care professional:Less common or rare:
- Breast tenderness
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- headache
- hot flashes
- nausea
- redness, pain, or swelling at the injection site
- vomiting
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After you stop taking this drug, it is possible that you may still experience side effects that need medical attention. If you notice any of the following side effects check with your doctor immediately:
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Applies to urofollitropin: injectable powder for injection, intramuscular powder for injection, subcutaneous powder for injection
The most common adverse events were multi-fetal gestation and birth, abdominal cramps, headache, and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS).[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Multi-fetal gestation and birth (up to 66.7%), ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) (11.4%)
Common (1% to 10%): Hot flashes, vaginal hemorrhage, ovarian disorder (pain, cyst), urinary tract infection, cervix disorder, post retrieval pain, uterine spasms, vaginal spotting, breast tenderness, vaginal discharge, infection fungal, pelvic pain
Frequency not reported: Abnormal ovarian enlargement
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Two people were arrested on suspicion of possession for sale and cultivation of marijuana after deputies and an environmental scientist served a Humboldt County Superior Court search warrant in the Burr Valley area this morning, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies found the two suspects, 1,598 growing marijuana plants ranging in size from 1 to 5 feet tall, about $3,600 in cash, 23 pounds of processed marijuana, 3 ounces of methamphetamine, scales and other items associated with the sale and distribution of drugs on the property, according to a sheriff's office press release. Deputies and the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board environmental scientist also found evidence of excavation of a wetland spring and discharge of fill to the wetland without permits, which are criminal and civil code violations of the state Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, according to the release.
Washington residents Robert Blaine Gilcrease, 53, and Jean Marie Gaddy, 51, were arrested on suspicion of possession for sale and cultivation of marijuana, the release stated. Gilcrease was arrested on suspicion of allowing drugs to be on the property, and Gaddy was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance for sale. Both suspects were taken to the Humboldt county jail and booked. Bail was set at $50,000 each.
Additional criminal charges for violations of the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act may be sought, and the investigation is ongoing, according to the release.


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Tomb Raider Legend is another of Lara's adventures in finding hidden treasures around the globe. The story in Legend takes Lara through many countries and is a based a lot more outside the ancient tombs than a lot of previous games.
The graphics are very clear and the action is smooth. The camera does have an annoying habit of regularly being in the wrong place when being attacked or searching around.
The gameplay is a lot more shooting and finding and flicking switches than the problem solving and agility that made the series an initial success and which has lead to numerous games failing to meet the high standards set out back in the ninties.
A major annoyance is that the button configuration is different to the Anniversary edition released a year later and is available as a double pack. Configuration cannot be changed in the options. Playing one game after the other leads to frustration as you run towards a cliff only to shoot the other side rather than majestically leaping to safety.
Ignoring the other games in the series its a good game in gameplay, graphics and story line and for those who don't like puzzles which are too in depth will really enjoy this as a platformer/shooter/adeventure game. For fans of the Tomb Raider puzzles you may find you finish the game feeling a little let down.
Times have really changed since Lara Croft first burst into our Consoles almost 15 years ago. I remember playing the very first Tomb Raider back then and loving every minute of it, even though back then it was pretty different for an action hero to be female this game was always superb. Funnily enough it just popped into my head that back then there was a rumour that you get Lara naked with a cheat. Ha ha I think I even tried it at the time.
Anyway the game has evolved since then in many ways, it looks sharper and much improved from how blocky it was back in the day and to be frank, the whole background and environment of the game is great to look at.
The game play is the same as it was back then really and pretty easy to get used to, some awkward camer angles that can annoy from time to time but generally the game is easy enough and fun enough to play.
Sound effects are all pretty cool as the gunshots and everything all sound extremley realistic .
The story mode itself is pretty long too and should keep you busy for a fair amount of time, it's well presented and has a decent plot too.
All in this is another great game in the long line of Tomb Raider games, for a handheld game it's ultra-fun to play, thumbs up from me.
Tomb Raider: Legend, released in 2006 can be seen as a downfall for the Tomb Raider series. The biggest difference with the PSP game and the game on other consoles is the hard controls. But if you can learn to live with the control, you'll find that the game is an ongoing adventure, however it is the exact same as the game on any other console; expect to solve the same puzzles and do the exact same thing.
Lara must piece together her broken memories in order to remember her past. It's a bit of a pointless story line, but I'm sure you could deal with it when you start shooting people and riding on the bike. I found that some of the levels were quite challenging, especially the one in the ruin where you must move boulders, climb up walls, and swing to one side of the room from another. In this game, you travel all over the world to places like Japan. Actually, the Japan level is one of my favourites as you scale along the sky scrapers and on to the roof of an enemie building and shoot all of the guard dogs and men.
There are eight different levels in the game. You fight many different guys, and there is some blood shed. Some of the bad things I can point out about this game is that the camera angles suck, and also there isn't much to do when Lara shoots her gun. It is sort of simple. Also, some of the angles to shoot objects are pretty badly done. The analog stick on the PSP makes moving pretty hard, especially when you need to do some hard jumps.
Over all I'd say that this game was a waste of money, some of the levels were nice, but it wasn't really worth it.


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Two charged in connection with robbery, shooting in Wilson
Posted September 29, 2013
Wilson, N.C. — Wilson police arrested charged two men Saturday in connection with an attempted robbery and shooting, Wilson police said.
According to investigators, Darryl Jay Barnes III, 22, and Mario Antwan Purkett, 25, shot two men in the 700 block of Vance Street Northeast at about 12 a.m. Saturday.
Officers responding to a shooting call found Charles Artis and James Jones both suffering from gunshot wounds. They were taken to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, where they were treated for injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening.
About an hour later, officers responding to a call on Crawford Street discovered that Purkett had also been injured in the Vance Street shooting. He was also taken to Vidant Medical Center, where he was treated and released.
Purkett, of 304-1 Lee St., is charged with attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon, discharging a weapon into occupied property inflicting serious injury and probation violation. He was in the Wilson County jail Sunday under a $135,000 secured bond.
Barnes, of 314 Daniel St., is charged with first-degree burglary and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. He was in the Wilson County jail Sunday under a $50,000 secured bond.
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Busta Rhymes turns down plea deal
Busta Rhymes rejected a plea deal Tuesday that would have landed him in jail for one year, Reuters reports. The Manhattan district attorney's office says Rhymes would have served one year for charges of assault, and fined $1,500 and sent to an anti-drunken driving program for driving with a suspended license in exchange for a guilty plea. He also faces DUI charges from an arrest last Thursday. Now he'll take his chances with another court date on July 10. See, Paris? It could be so much worse.
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I was, at one time, an NRA Certified Instructor for Pistol, Personal Protection and Home Firearms Safety. I was also a Tennessee Dept. of Safety Certified Instructor and taught the State required course for the Tennessee Handgun Carry Permit. None of these programs required much more than good basic shooting skill and most of the instruction was geared toward beginners or the average shooter who visits a typical static shooting range once or twice a month.
If your fundamentals need work and you want to sharpen your basic skills then these programs are OK but if you want a fairly advanced course focused on the latest methods I suggest paid training from a reputable facility/instructor teaching the most modern techniques. I have taken training from instructors like Ken Hackathorn (pistol and carbine), Rob Haught (shotgun), (Super) Dave Harrington and others of lesser fame. They were ALL better than any NRA class I've had or taught. Don't get me wrong, the NRA courses are great courses...just not advanced.
Joining a local club that shoots IDPA or USPSA style matches is a lot of fun and can be an excellent source of training if you approach it in that way. Most clubs have reasonably proficient shooters who can also instruct...not all can do it but some can.
I no longer maintain my certifications but I am a Certified IDPA Safety Officer and Safety Officer Instructor. I also teach an intermediate and advanced Defensive Pistol (advanced pistolcraft/not advanced gunfighting) course to friends, family, club members and other select individuals (for no fee) just to keep my instructing skills sharp. There is no real certification for most of the advanced pistol training that is available but many instructors keep their NRA certifications current for insurance and business reasons. The NRA courses, at least the ones I'm aware of, are not really intended for advanced training.
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PHILIP LAWVERE's Pleasure To Kill! - Legendary KREATOR, CELTIC FROST, RAGE Cover Artist Opens Up To BraveWords
January 5, 2013, 4 years ago
You may not recognize the name, but his iconic covers are etched in the metalhead minds of millions. He was born May 19th, 1962 and has roots in Berkeley, Halifax, Manhattan, Boston, Greece and Berlin where his hardened vision caught the eyes of a young Karl Walterbach of Noise Records fame. His name is Philip Lawvere and he has a pleasure to kill! I mean, his insignia can be found on such classic album art from KREATOR, CELTIC FROST, RAGE, DEATH ROW, WARRANT, VENDETTA and HELLOWEEN!
BraveWords' "Metal" Tim Henderson caught up with the 50 year-old artist recently to talk about his influential past and "unwritten" future. Read on…
BraveWords: Talk to us about your background and education growing up.
Lawvere: "My childhood was so crazy that I've been told by a number of people it would make a good book. We move around a lot, and my mother was married multiple times. I was born in Berkeley, CA during the protest years of the sixties, and my she and my dad were active politically, and perhaps subversively... They moved me to Canada when I was two, to avoid both the FBI and the Vietnam draft, and then later on to Spanish Harlem in Manhattan, ending finally in Boston where I went to high school. My mother's husbands have ranged from a renowned mathematician F.W. Lawvere (my father), to a black bank robber who was incarcerated throughout my high school years, and lastly a Greek fisherman who she married after I left home. I later ended up in Greece fishing with him. So, I've had some interesting male role models you could say. As far as school goes, I left the 'educational system' at sixteen, moved out of my mom's house and started working. First for a fancy architectural firm where I learned a bit about mechanical drawing, which lasted only a couple months. I did odd jobs there too, and one day they had me paint the office walls... unfortunately, I splattered two paint drops on a priceless japanese antique painting. They had to have it restored by a museum... after that I worked for a silk screen company for a year and a half in Gloucester, MA, where I learned a bit about graphic design. Aside from that I have never studied art, and I haven't held a steady job either, since those days at 18 years old. Lucky me eh? I should appreciate that fact more. It's been a rough ride though, keeping myself fed through the years, but I simply can't stomach having a boss. I'd rather be dead. That's why I've never really made any money either, because I'm not one to compromise myself just to please others or make a buck. I'm famous too, for getting my friends to quit their jobs so they can hang out with me and drink, ha ha!"
BraveWords: What were your key influences? Were they musical? Movies? Comic book or other album art?
Lawvere: "All of the above. Except instead of comics, I was more into the Conan books of Robert E. Howard. The difference being that the images were all in your head instead of drawn out for you. You only had the amazing covers of Frank Frazetta to inspire you before you read them. I worshipped him s a boy, and still deeply respect his art now. These days though, kids get everything presented to them in glorious CGI. The Lord of the Rings, Narnia etc were all things that you could only read in books when I was a boy, and visualize yourself in your own mind. I think they've done a phenomenal job of creating those films though, with some of the scenes in Narnia (first one) so close to what I had seen in my mind as a child that it was eerie. C.S. Lewis had that incredible ability to put you in his world... like the books themselves were the magic wardrobe. I recognize that now, in how the makers of that movie saw the same things, and felt that same mood that I did. They've still never made a decent Conan movie though in my opinion. They actually make me embarrassed to be a fan of the books. I would say that the Spartans 300, came closest to looking like a living Frazetta painting. Personally though, I'm fan of true Greek history (why I live in Greece) and I don't like when any history is purposefully blown out of proportion or distorted for the sake of entertainment. Greek history is full of amazing facts, so there's no need to make it into anything bigger than it was. One day I hope to paint the major moments of Alexander the Great's Life. I have to mention the Dune books of Frank Herbert too, which were a huge Influence on me. Then Kurt Vonnegut, Dostoyevsky, and Nikos Kazantzakis as far as non-fantasy writers who were my bread and butter growing up. I read so much when I was a kid... then stopped for some reason."
BraveWords: At what point in your life did you decide album art is what you were meant to do.
Lawvere: "This year, ha ha ha. I never had a clue that people had responded as they did to those covers I painted in the eighties. I was just blown away when I found out that fans liked my work so much. I have to say though, that the whole question of what I'm 'meant to do' has plagued me my whole life. Sometimes I think I was 'meant' to spend my whole life wondering what I was meant to do... I've tried many different things besides painting, like photography, animation, web development, flash design, programming apps, owning a restaurant, acting, even singing and playing live... I get really bored doing only one thing. One of my sites that I built around twelve years ago is a virtual, on line guitar in Flash, called Chordman.com. It was really ahead of it's time... but now there are iphone apps that do everything it does and more.. I never thought to ask any money for it then, but it's still there. I also tried to start a social network site back then too, long before either MySpace or Facebook existed. I had bought the name Facelist.com. I swear to god."
BraveWords: When did you decide in your career could you make a decent living off your art.
Lawvere: "I never did, ha ha. Which is not to disillusion any up and coming, hopeful artists. Lot's of guys make great livings of of it. I've just never been very money oriented. I value my freedom a thousand times more than money, so I never became very business like about my art. If you look back on my eighties stuff, you see I only did a few covers per year... because I was off doing lot's of other things, even then. Some guys are like factories churning out a cover a week, which I can't see myself doing... but I am going to try to grow up now, and be a bit more dedicated…"
BraveWords: It appears that you left the scene for a while. Any particular reason (without getting too personal)?
Lawvere: "At one point Kreator decided that they had had enough Lawvere covers, and Karl W. managed to get H.R. Giger on board to do their next cover - as well as Celtic Frost's (Tom G. Warrior actually disliked my Emperor's Return cover). Giger was pretty much the most famous artist in the world then, with the success of Alien, and I felt totally out classed. So, I left cover painting at that time, feeling like a real amateur compared to him. Who would have guessed that years later my work would out sell his as t-shirts? Also, it had been the same story for a while too... more blood, more gore, and more skulls please. The Kreator Out Of The Dark cover was actually a bit of fun on my part. I thought okay, you want blood hmmm? I'll just serve up a decapitated head in a soup of it. You see, while I do embrace the dark side, as people can see in my work, fantasy art is more than just that to me. I also like the heroic figures, and sexy women. I hope some bands will ask for that too! Anyway, I then moved on to live in Greece and fish with my mother's new husband. I reverted my name to the original french spelling of La Vere too. For 25 years no one knew where 'Phil Lawvere' was, and I had no clue that Thrash had taken off like it did. When the web exploded I was no where to be found on line, under my true name. Finally though, my ex girlfriend from that time in Berlin Miki, followed up on the websites that I owned and had registered as Philip Lawvere, and contacted me to inform me that I had become the 'king of thrash cover art' ha ha ha... one fan actually did call me that. I'm not worthy."
BraveWords: Do you own all your art or is there some bands outrightly own now?
Lawvere: "I've never sold an original to a band thus far, and sadly my ex-girlfriend's mum threw away all my old work which I'd left behind in Berlin. She's the sweetest woman though, and I know they were pretty creepy for her, so I just have to laugh about it and forgive her! I've also never signed away the copyrights to a piece... which is another issue entirely. However, untold thousands of t-shirts and merch have been sold in the last 25 years, and I've never gotten a single penny in royalties. In the last years I've tried to contact Mille Petrozza and Karl Walterbach, because it's time Kreator came to some agreement with me on that. I offered to forget the last 25 years in return for a standard industry royalties agreement on present and future sales, but ultimately all I got from Karl is 'stop annoying us with your absurd claims'... his actual words in a one line email. Karl always claims to be speaking on Mille's behalf, but I've never actually gotten a single response from him. Now, I just want to tell the fans the story on line, and ask for their opinion. Let the voice of their own fanbase talk some sense into them! So anyone interested, please read the story at Philiplawvere.com. There's a Facebook post there to add your opinion, which I would really appreciate."
BraveWords: What are your feelings about the digital generation reducing the size of art for the CD, iPod etc...
Lawvere: "I'm old school. Imagine that I haven't done a cover since before CDs became the common format! The CD/iPhone size restriction is now an issue to me, and so I'm thinking more in terms of having strong graphic impact within that limitation. I did two new covers for German thrash bands Minotaur and Nocturnal recently, but was still thinking in the old school way, so I created whole scenes for them. Luckily, they both have strong central characters, so I'm going to suggest to them now that they crop the paintings on the front cover to accommodate the small size of a CD. Then, they can use the full paintings on the reverse side. I'm really happy that vinyl has made some small comeback now. Picture discs too, are something I identify with metal. Back then, I also did an amazing pop-up, folding album sleeve for Helloween, which is on my website. It literally jumped out and bit you in the face when you opened it ha ha! I set up a mini factory in a Berlin night club run by a friend of mine, and we cranked out a limited 2,000 editions of that. My own copy is really beat up after years of showing it off!"
BraveWords: Let's talk about your famous art. What's your personal favourite and why?
Lawvere: "The Kreator Pleasure To Kill cover beyond a doubt. It's the one that came closest to what was in my mind. The meaning of the picture was lost in the name of the album though, which wasn't really what I was trying to illustrate. The demon represents the consciousness, in it's perpetual battle against illusions, misperceptions, and lies. It's an endless battle, that must be continuously fought - as you see by the pile of bones, and relentless approach of new skeletons. Since they're already dead though, they aren't being 'killed' as the album title suggests... but smashed like the illusions they are. I would find no pleasure in killing anything."
BraveWords: You are probably most known from the Kreator material. How did you meet Mille? Were these original pieces or did Kreator commission you to create them? What happened after 1988? Opinion of Kreator art now? Have you pitched any to them lately?
Lawvere: "Fans will be surprised to learn that I have never met Mille, as with most of the bands at Noise. I dealt directly with Karl Walterbach in his office most of the time. Pleasure To Kill for example was something I had painted for myself, and which the band only chose to use later (Mille confirms that in interviews). As far as their cover art since then, they've reused my demon head in multiple images, even distorted it by adding things etc. That's not really cool to do without permission of the artist... but I was hard to find, and some even thought I was dead. Just like Hieronymus Bosch, who's art was also 'lifted' for their cover... but his copyright has long expired, since the law grants it 'for the life of the author, plus 70 years'. No new covers are likely to happen either, while they are ignoring my royalties petition. People have told me to drop it, and use my association with them to get new work... but they don't know me very well."
BraveWords: Can you tell us about your dealings with Celtic Frost and Rage.
Lawvere: "As I say, I rarely met with bands, just Karl. Never met anyone from CF, and RAGE only briefly in an office meeting. People might be surprised to learn though, that I actually named both Rage and Kreator. Karl had wanted to change TORMENTOR's name (Kreator's original moniker) to CREATÜR, like creature with an umlaut or something like that, and I suggested calling them Kreator... like God the Creator, but with a K - as with Amerika. I told him American metal fans would love that, and they did. Then there was a band called RAGING AGRESSION. I had that typically American approach of distilling everything down to it's simplest form, and suggested that they just call themselves Rage. That sounded far cooler to me as a punk. I designed their logo too, with the chains bursting open around the letters."
BraveWords: How often would a band give YOU ideas?
Lawvere: "Rarely. If anything Karl and I would discuss ideas in his office, but he was always receptive to my concepts. Often I'd just bring him something I'd already done. There was one painting I remember, that I had done on my own called Techno Junkie (meaning technology, not the music) which was a cyborg injecting himself in the arm with an electric cable. Karl really liked it, and the plan was to use it for VOIVOD I think. Somehow that never came to be, and the painting was eventually thrown out with all the others by my girlfriend's mum. Pity, it was cool for it's day. Funny though, that question also made me remember one incident, when the lead singer of a kind of traditional rock metal band that Karl had taken on, tried to give me specific instructions. I remember this dude that looked like a watered down Mick Jagger staring at me really intensely, and saying that he wanted 'a silver tray, with a bottle of Jack Daniels, a packet of condoms, and a line of coke' as their cover. I just looked over at Karl like 'who is this guy?'"
BraveWords: Early German thrash appears to be your specialty. Is this a result of your musical taste?
Lawvere: "My musical taste leaned towards the hard, loud and fast hardcore punk of the early eighties, and without that interest I would never have met Karl Walterbach, and learned about thrash or trash as he still calls it... he was instrumental in it's development, so maybe we should be calling it what he does. You could say it was a case of being in the right place, and the right time too. It's hard to explain to people today what it was like in Berlin at that time. A city entirely surrounded by a wall, and beyond that guys with machine guns. Over your head was the plausible threat of nuclear armageddon, each day. Inside the walls though, was the most fantastic diversity of art and music and punks, rockers, skinheads, gays, squatters etc. the misfits of Germany - who's alternative youth all moved to that city. If I remember correctly, residing there meant that they didn't have to do mandatory military service - so you can imagine how it collected characters. It was perfect crucible to boil and explode artistically, emotionally and musically. I spent five years there."
BraveWords: Which piece of your art is the most valuable? Financially and closest to your heart?
Lawvere: "Again the Kreator Pleasure To Kill painting, without a doubt. As far as it's value goes though, I traded it for a cheap electric guitar back then. I remember telling the guy that he had invested in something that would be famous one day - which at the time I felt was an exaggeration, but I wanted the guitar and had no money for it, ha ha! I'm told that he has since retired and moved to somewhere like Tahiti or the Bahamas. His name is Jurgen Shwartz, and his guitar store was called Be Bop Music in Shoeneburg, Berlin - in case anyone wants to track him down. I have tried with Google and failed, but I bet he'd sell it cheap if anyone reaches him... please let me know if someone does find it!"
BraveWords: Name your top five favourite album artists.
Lawvere: "There are so many amazing artists and covers that have come along since my day and deserve a mention here. I'm still discovering them, so I'd rather not list them because I'll just miss someone who I'll find out about later, and regret not including them. I will say that I am very impressed by the work of Brent Eliot White, who has been quite kind in giving me advice about the current scene. He works digitally though, and I think that rather than try to compete with that kind of detailed, spectacular images, I'm just going to do pieces in the old school, oil painting style that people know me for. It's all I've got going for me in the face of talent like his and others."
BraveWords: Name your top 10 album art (aside from your own!)
Lawvere: "As per my last answer, instead I prefer to name covers that as a kid, inspired me to pursue cover art.
1) MOLLY HATCHET- Molly Hatchet (artist: Frank Frazetta)
2) Molly Hatchet - Beating The Odds (artist: Frank Frazetta)
3) Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster (artist: Frank Frazetta - you ger the idea.... Frank was god to me.)
4) QUEEN - News of the World (artist: Frank Kelly Freas - classic old sci fi)
5) KISS - Love Gun artist: Ken Kelly (this was just cool of them to do, looking like fantasy art characters themselves)
6) JANIS JOPLIN - Cheap Thrills (artist: R. Crumb; Google this iconic 70s cartoonist! Fat Freddie forever!)
7) THE BEATLES - Yellow Submarine (artist: Peter Max; loved him when I was a kid)
8) PINK FLOYD - Animals (artist: Hipgnosis group)
9) LED ZEPPELIN - Houses Of The Holy (artist: Aubrey Powell - I used to stare at this a lot in high school. Stoned.)
10) BILLY COX - Nitro Function (artist: Roger Dean - I loved all Dean's work but I just remembered this one)"
BraveWords: What does the future hold?
Lawvere: "Well, I'm in a strange position. I haven't painted in 25 years, so there's going to be a few things that are inevitable. In some ways I've grown, and my paintings are going to reflect that. I will probably have improved at some aspects of illustration, but want to be careful to preserve the feel of my work that the fans remember. I'll be moving to old school, hand painted oil paintings to revive that, whereas like lots of people I had gone digital for a while. I'm also quite prepared for some people to declare my old work 'better', since it lives for them back there in history. It has developed a sort of mythical status for some fans, who will be hard to please - people can get very protective, and opinionated about things like that. I hope the purists will respect my attempt to keep it real and hand paint, instead of compete with the fantastic results available with digital media. That's my intention at least. I also anticipate a lot of growth in my abilities over the next year or two, and onwards. As I begin to paint in much larger volume than I ever did as a kid, my skills will develop more. I hope also to branch out to book covers and games etc. and become a serious fantasy illustrator. I also hope to do more classical portraits and figure paintings. 'The future is unwritten' as Joe Strummer said though, and I'd love to close with a quote from him."
For more on Philip Lawvere visit Philiplawvere.com.


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Qualcomm Reveals Political Gifts to Nonprofits in N.Y. Deal
Cellphone chip maker Qualcomm released a list of its donations to politically active tax-exempt organizations Friday as part of a settlement with the New York State comptroller's office, reports The New York Times.
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli sued the tech firm last month on behalf of the New York public employees' pension fund, asserting its right as a Qualcomm shareholder to review the company's political spending. State officials have pursued disclosure regulations for tax-exempt 501(c)(4) groups that engage in politicking but are not required to identify their contributors.
Qualcomm published a list of previously undisclosed contributions on its Web site after Mr. DiNapoli announced the settlement, under which he dropped the lawsuit. The comptroller called the agreement and the firm's disclosure "a significant milestone" in transparency on corporate political spending.


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Theo Epstein became the youngest general manager in major league history when he was hired, at age 28, as GM of the Boston Red Sox. Epstein, who turned 30 one month ago, now has 14 months under his belt as GM and 11 years in professional baseball. He also has three decades of experience with the Red Sox; Epstein grew up in Brookline, Mass., within walking distance of Fenway Park. As GM, he still walks to the ballpark every day. (Hours after this interview, the Red Sox re-acquired veteran designated hitter Ellis Burks. Burks, when he came up as a rookie with the Red Sox in 1987, was patrolling center field in front of his 13-year-old future GM.) Baseball Prospectus spoke with Epstein at his office inside a snow-covered Fenway Park.
Baseball Prospectus: Your Major League Baseball career started as an intern (at age 18) in Baltimore's PR department. What were you studying at Yale, and how did you get your foot in the door with the Orioles?
March 13, 2002 3:51 pm
As noted in my last column, operating losses account for only $232 million of the $519 million Major League Baseball claims to have lost in 2001. Another $112,491,000 represents net interest expenses. Here's how the interest was distributed.
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As noted in my last column, operating losses account for only $232 million of the $519 million Major League Baseball claims to have lost in 2001. Another $112,491,000 represents net interest expenses. Here's how the interest was distributed:
Team Interest Chicago Cubs $4,665,000 Chicago White Sox $2,263,000 New York Mets $2,152,000 Kansas City Royals $1,611,000 Atlanta Braves $1,139,000 Toronto Blue Jays $593,000 Boston Red Sox $51,000 Philadelphia Phillies ($239,000) Seattle Mariners ($682,000) St. Louis Cardinals ($962,000) Florida Marlins ($1,640,000) Colorado Rockies ($2,078,000) Cincinnati Reds ($2,633,000) San Diego Padres ($2,815,000) Montreal Expos ($2,835,000) Cleveland Indians ($2,869,000) Houston Astros ($3,056,000) Oakland Athletics ($3,939,000) Minnesota Twins ($4,327,000) Pittsburgh Pirates ($4,677,000) Anaheim Angels ($4,978,000) New York Yankees ($6,089,000) Texas Rangers ($6,815,000) Milwaukee Brewers ($7,128,000) Tampa Bay Devil Rays ($7,421,000) Arizona Diamondbacks ($7,774,000) Baltimore Orioles ($8,385,000) San Francisco Giants ($12,831,000) Los Angeles Dodgers ($14,437,000) Detroit Tigers ($16,354,000) TOTAL: ($112,491,000)
The positive figures are no surprise. Every club--well, every one but the Expos--starts the season with an eight-figure bank balance, thanks to advance sales of luxury boxes, season tickets, and single-game seats. By the time the players start to collect their salaries, this money has been earning interest for months.
Thus, to estimate the interest actually paid by the other clubs, their reported interest expenses must be adjusted to reflect the offsetting interest income. This presupposes, of course, that interest earned on season tickets and luxury boxes is actually reported on the team's balance sheet... which doesn't appear to be the case for the Boston Red Sox. It's hard to imagine how the Red Sox, a club with no long-term debt, could have netted just $51,000 interest on local revenues of more than $150 million.
Since the two Chicago teams reported the most interest income, I'll use the average of their effective interest rates to estimate the total interest received by all 30 clubs. The Cubs earned 3.59% interest ($4,665,000 on total operating revenues of $129,774,000); the White Sox 2.03% ($2,263,000 on $111,682,000), for an average of 2.81%. Multiplying this rate by MLB's gross revenues of $3,547,876,000 yields an estimate of almost exactly $100 million in interest revenue--$99,695,000, to be precise. Since MLB reported net interest expense of $112,491,000, the 30 clubs paid more than $210 million in interest during 2001.
November 26, 2001 12:00 am
After the 1975 Andy Messersmith arbitration ruling in which the reserve clause was deemed to cover one, and only one, season, Major League Baseball and the Players Association eventually agreed on a structure for free agency, but the antitrust exemption remained. The Supreme Court has made it clear that it would not overturn the exemption, insisting that only Congress could do so.
Baseball is the only major sport that has an exemption from antitrust law. Whenever Major League Baseball is involved in a major controversy, Congress starts talking about revoking the exemption. This talk reached a fever pitch during the 1994-95 players' strike, but nothing happened. After that labor war, MLB and the Players Association agreed to lobby Congress for a limited repeal of the exemption where labor matters are concerned.


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I had the good fortune of meeting Robert E. Lane when my friend Robert Lane (no "E" and no relation to the former) introduced us. They met by chance and by virtue of sharing the same name. When I first met Robert E. Lane, he had the idea for GrayisGreen.org and now, through his efforts and the efforts of others, it has come to reality.
Below is a description of the National Senior Conservation Corps. I love the energy and attitude that they, and their entire generation for that matter, bring to tackling tough problems (and they have tackled a few!).
So congratulations Robert E. Lane and thank you Robert Lane for the introduction.
GrayisGreen.org is a product of the elderly residents of Whitney Center, a retirement home in Hamden, Connecticut. While the generation born in the 1930s may be called seniors, we elderly were born in the 1910s and 1920s. With one exception, ours is an honorable history. We grew up in – and survived – the depression, defeated Fascism, Nazism, and Japanese imperialism, created the United Nations, held steady in the Cold War and, along with our children, defeated the tyrannical Communist system. We have been called the "Civic Generation" because, more than earlier and later generations, we took an interest in public affairs, turned out to vote, organized civic groups to fight for civil rights, civil liberties, and the relief of illness and poverty.
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urk what's waiting for the Monster High ghouls when they bring their killer fashion to the howlways of the spooktacular Haunted High! When the ghouls of Monster High follow Spectra Vondergeist one day, they discover a creeperiffic Ghost World with an all-spirit school. But their scary-cute student bodies are hardly welcome with the very strict Principal Revenant, and she punishes Spectra with frightful detention chains that prevent her from re-joining Monster High. Now, it's up to the imperfectly perfect friends to take on ghostly forms in order to save one of their own from disappearing forever!Overview from themoviedb.org
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When Nissan launched its luxury Infiniti brand in 1989, the ads were derided as "rocks and trees." Ever since that cryptic campaign, it seems, Infiniti has been trying to fashion an image. Its new ads show a brush rendering a car's silhouette in Japanese calligraphy. Let's hope the ink is permanent because the new M56 is artfully done.
Appearance: The first thing we noticed about our tester was its Malbec Black paint, which had a deep cherry tone that glistened in the sun. And this sedan does seem to have been designed using a paint brush, as there are no hard angles or lines. The curvy fenders and bulging wheel wells fit snugly over the 20-inch aluminum-alloy wheels and give it an aggressive, sports-car look. All these lines seem to converge near the hood, which slopes downward into the double-arch grille. And the wide-set headlights accentuate the fenders. The roof arches gently down to the trunk. There's not much of an overhang — front or rear — given the placement of the wheels. Chrome accents the grille, door handles and window trim.
Performance: These days it seems that every performance sedan exceeds 500 horsepower. Why? The direct-injection, 5.6-liter V-8 cranks out 420 horses, more than enough for drivers who want to test all of the M56's electronic safety features. The seven-speed automatic shifts smoothly. We especially liked the large magnesium shifters for manual mode as well as Nissan's excellent rev-matching transmission. Then there's the drive selector, a dial that lets you pick Standard, Eco, Sport or Snow modes. Some have complained that all these electronics spoil the car's performance as they adjust the throttle control and gearing. Peter noticed an occasional clumsy downshift, but aside from that, we didn't experience any issues. Maybe that's because we kept it mainly in sport mode.
Interior: Peter loved its snug cockpit and comfortable seats. There is definitely some of the Nissan's sports-car DNA running through the interior, which has been given an upgrade of Infiniti materials: plenty of leather, wood-trim and soft-touch surfaces. (Even Inifinti's blue-faced analog clock has been changed to a more sophisticated white.) The Active Noise Control keeps cabin noise to a minimum and our tester had plenty of other goodies, such as a rearview monitor (standard) and Blind Spot Warning with Blind Spot Intervention that brakes to change your driving line if it detects a car. The Forest Air system filters odors and allergens, and replicates a natural breeze. We didn't notice much of a difference, but it was cool and quiet.
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Sound off: Bose speakers are subtly housed in the shoulder of the front seats.
Classy color: Loved the dark Malbec Black hue.
Cockpit: I like how the dash arches over the gauges .
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Handling: Very responsive and precise, making driving a lot of fun.
Power: Exhiliarating, but not excessive. Smooth, consistent pull.
Design: A sedan that's stylish, sporty and sexy.
The bottom line: When we drove an Infiniti M35 sedan last year, we were disappointed with its performance and handling. No such qualms with this M56, which should immediately competitive in the luxury-performance class.


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I can't think of anything, because I'm still kinda marveling at what you've posting lately!
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In Chad, UNICEF and partners step up emergency response to food crisis
By Eva Gilliam
N'DJAMENA, Chad, 11 April 2012 – Khadija's 6-month-old son, Nawal, had been suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea for days, but she thought it was related to his teething. Finally, when his fever did not go down, she brought him to a clinic in N'Djamena, where he was diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition.
"We have some trouble at home with [having] enough to eat," explained Khadija. "My husband is a motorcycle taxi-man, but what he makes is no longer enough to feed the family."
Khadija is not alone. Hundreds of mothers were bringing their children into the Notre Dames de Apostles clinic in the nation's capital.
"Yesterday, we treated 62 cases of severe malnutrition," said Sister Merceline M'po, a nurse and nutritional expert at the clinic. "And today we have over 70."
Crisis for already fragile children
But in 2011, the rains did not come.
The failed rains, coupled with low crop yields, are causing a dramatic increase in rates of malnutrition – not only in Chad, but throughout the Sahel region.
This year, Chad's lean season is expected to run from April to September instead of the normal June to September. Making matters worse, the Government of Chad estimates that the price of cereals has increased 22 to 43 per cent. The rising costs are affecting not only children but also the health system charged with treating them.
"Last year, a bag of flour for feeding the children with moderate malnutrition cost us 15,000 francs [US$30]. This year, it is at 24,000 [US$48]," said Ms. M'po. "If it is hard for us to buy that, imagine what it is like for the families."
Response wastes no time
"WHO and partners have introduced new criteria which enable us to diagnose children under-5 with severe acute malnutrition earlier, thereby allowing us to refer children to the health centres earlier to be treated before the most critical stages," said Dr. Yaron Wolman, Chief of Health and Nutrition section at UNICEF.
UNICEF and partners have wasted no time. In Chad, over 276 feeding centres are being supported by UNICEF, and additional efforts are being rolled out.
"We have seen for months that this is coming, and we have been working with the Chad Ministry of Health and other partners to scale up, including the number of screening centres, and get a head start through these first few months of crisis. But beyond that, we need international assistance," Dr. Wolman said.
A problem with many roots
To address this, UNICEF and partners are responding to the crisis with an integrated approach.
"Addressing the immediate needs of malnutrition, this is, of course, the nucleus and the basis of our response," said Dr. Wolman. "But our response also includes also health interventions, water and sanitation, education, HIV/AIDS interventions, protection interventions, and a whole package of high impact interventions, which will reduce incidences, and mainly which will reduce mortality, which is related to malnutrition."
According to UNICEF's estimation, 127,000 Chadian children under the age of 5 will face severe acute malnutrition over the next eight months. An additional 300,000 children under 5 will suffer from moderate acute malnutrition in the same time span.
"If we don't respond quickly, it's going to get worse," said Ms. M'po. "We will become overwhelmed by cases, and the children will die."
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