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Your old games are worthless
Sony may have promised everyone a program which would allow you to trade in your old UMDs for credit or download tokens or some such, but now that we're at launch, the company has admitted that their plan to help those of us with large UMD collection... never really existed. If you buy a PSP Go, your UMDs are worthless; there is nothing to be done with them.
It's somewhat infuriating to see a sticker announcing a voucher for Rock Band: Unplugged that comes with a few free songs and access to the store. So you don't get the full copy of the game, but you can buy a track or two if you want. The problem is, I have a copy of Rock Band: Unplugged. This is a recent game, released when everyone knew the PSP Go was coming down the line. To continue to play it, I can either keep my old PSP around, or rebuy it. There is no way to verify my copy of the game and receive a download to use it on the PSP Go.
Sony will soon release Blu-ray discs with transfers for a PSP version of the film, so you're telling me there is no way that physical games could come with codes allowing you to download the game via the PlayStation Network? That way you could have a copy to play or loan to a friend, trade it in when you got bored with it, and Sony could still tie the downloaded copy to hardware or your PlayStation Network account.
The phantom 2GB
When it comes to storage, what it says on the box and what you see as being available rarely line up. The PSP Go is supposed to come with 16GB of internal storage, but when you first turn on your virginal system you'll find 14GB free for your games, movies, and songs.
How much would a 2GB M2 card cost to make up the difference? Depending on where you shop, $20 to $40. This isn't false advertising, the hardware does have 16GB of internal memory, but you won't be able to use all of it. Be aware.
The price
Here's the number one thing that may take down the system before it's barely off the ground. The PSP Go is a $250 piece of hardware. That's $50 less than a PS3, which you can also use as a Blu-ray player. The PSP Go won't be able to play all those cheap UMD movies that are on the market these days, it won't work with your old games, and the screen is actually smaller than the existing models of the hardware... yet it's much more expensive. As we found out, we're not paying for enhanced wireless capabilities, so where is the value here?
For $200 you can buy a PSP 3000 that comes with a 4GB Pro Duo card, a movie, and a current game; there are a ton of great packages out there with different colors and games for you to choose from. The PSP is a great system, and that's a pretty good deal. If you don't need something shiny and new you can pick up a used system for as low as $100 online, and that's a heck of a bargain as well. Want to take advantage of all those games released on the PlayStation Network? Any existing PSP can do that.
In the middle of a recession, Sony has released the most expensive portable system on the market, and as an added bonus the company seemed to go out of its way to give the finger to existing customers. You can't even trade in your older system for the newer one to help with the price, because then you can't play your games.
There are reasons for the pricing, of course. It gives retailers a higher margin so they'll stock the hardware, and the hinge mechanism is expensive, but none of them are very good ones from the one point of view that counts: the customer's.
The PSP you have is already a Go
In one sense, Sony has released a service as much as they've released a new piece of hardware. From now on, every PSP game will be offered as a digital download as well as a physical release. The thing is, you don't need a PSP Go to take advantage of this, as every PSP with a memory stick can jump online and download the games directly from the server if you're interested in digital distribution.
Heck, Pro Duo prices are even reasonable these days; I picked up a 4GB Pro Duo card for my PSP 3000 for $30 on sale, and this was at GameStop. Sony has been sending us download codes for their games to review for the past month or so, which means we've been using our PSP 3000 as a digital platform for the same amount of time. It's a pretty good system, with the ability to download games directly from Sony's servers or to play existing UMD-based games.
So you don't need a PSP Go to take advantage of Sony's digital ecosystem, and in fact, if you upgrade you're locking yourself into Sony's pricing structure. Gamers with PSP or PSP 3000 systems can check prices on the digital store as well as a multitude of physical retailers for sales, pre-order bonuses, used games, the works. On the PSP Go you'll sometimes pay more for your digital copy than you would for a copy of the same game with a UMD, case, and physical instruction manual.
Ultimately, this is the rare case where an old product gives you more freedom, more features, and at a better price. Of course, an older PSP won't have Bluetooth, and the screen won't slide to hide the controls, but existing customers can cry themselves to sleep on piles on cheaper games if they become upset.


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The National Security Agency has secretly collected data about millions of domestic and international calls by Verizon customers. Jeffrey Brown gets debate on the privacy and civil liberty concerns from Kate Martin of the Center for National Security Studies and former NSA official Col. Cedric Leighton. Continue reading

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Hope Medical Center is staffed by a team of Guinean medical professionals and missionaries who come from around the globe.
Moise † and Nowei Mamy
N'Zao is the home of Moise and Nowei. They are both from Guinea. They are the co-founders of Hope Medical Center. Moise and Nowei are both gifted evangelists. Nowie teaches primary health prevention to patients at the Medical Center. Moise lost his life when the team he had joined was attacked by villagers on September 16 2014. The team, including government officials, joined forces to reach out to the population in teaching on the prevention of the Ebola Virus disease. During the attack 9 people lost their lives. Moise served as executive coordinator of the N.G.O. "the water of life". Moise was also the President of the Mano CMA Church in Guinea.
Jon and Anja Erickson
Jon came to Guinea in 1990. He and Moses Mamy were doing church planting and evangelism among the Mano people group. Anja came to Africa in 1991 and worked in Gabon until she married Jon in 2002 and moved to Guinea. They are co-founders of Hope Medical Center. Jon is involved in community development, church planting/evangelism and Anja is an R.N. heading up the medical training programs at Hope. Jon is American and Anja comes from the Netherlands.
Dr. Jean and Jacqueline Yaradouno
Dr. Jean and Jackie arrived in January 2011 at Hope. They are both Guineans but trained in Gabon at the Bongolo Evangelical Hospital. Dr. Jean graduated as a general surgeon through the P.A.A.C.S. program. DR. Jean is the medical director of Hope Medical Center. Jackie has finished her nursing degree. She is working par-time in the in-patient ward. They have 2 daughters and a son.
Jairus and Adeline Bohimbo
Jairus is a nurse anesthesiologist and Adeline is a nurse and midwife and is the nurses supervisor. They are from Cameroon and Gabon. They both served at C.M.&A.'s Bongolo Evangelical Hospital in Gabon before God called them to Guinea. They have served at Hope since 2007. After receiving his nurses training at Bongolo Hospital, Jairus received further training in administering anesthesia. They have 5 children.
Dr. Simeon and Kadiatou Guilavogui
Dr. Siméon and Kadiatou started to work at Hope in June 2011. Dr. Siméon is an MD in general medicine. He is head of the out-patient clinic. Kadiatou works as cashier in the mornings and is the medical warehouse manager. They both are Guineans.
Agaath Bakker
Agaath is an RN from the Netherlands. She started to work at Hope in June 2013. She heads up the internship program that Hope has for national medical staff.
Mr. Ce Seny and Julienne Haba
Mr. Ce Seny started to work as the administrative and finance director in January 2017. Julienne is the hostess for the guesthouse. Both are Guineans. They have 2 children.


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We're not planning on going anywhere in winter, if nothing else I am a sook about the cold :) But thanks! (And it would definitely be cool to meet you. If I was going by myself I'd be tempted to choose cities based purely on where the people I know live :D)


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As the snow is falling here on the East coast, I'm dreaming more than ever about a fabulous beachside wedding! And the spot I'm currently obsessing over? Virginia Beach.
With miles of picturesque beaches and gorgeous reception venues, Virginia Beach is the perfect coastal destination for your big day! Offering couples beautiful, mild temperatures from spring until fall, the lovely locale is the only Southern beach that allows couples to choose and reserve the exact spot on the 35 miles of waterfront where they want to make it official; all you need is a Beach Wedding Permit. Permission for archways, tents and chairs — along with other personalized decor — are all covered with the permit to bring your perfect beach wedding to life at the time and place of your liking! Whether you're drawn to the Oceanfront in the Resort Area with its three-mile boardwalk or the historic First Landing State Park with the scenic Cape Henry Lighthouse, there are some seriously incredible spots to host your perfect big day.
See what I mean? Absolutely stunning! Add up the 14 miles of free public beaches, gorgeous state parks and wildlife refuges and relaxed beachfront communities, and it's seriously easy to fall in love with Virginia Beach! For a complete list of all of Virginia Beach's wedding locations, head over here, and for tons of incredible inspiration and even more info, check out Virginia Beach on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest, as well as the official Virginia Beach site! Happy planning, my dears! xo


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Stars bench defenseman Goligoski; 'Alex needs to get back to Alex's level'
EDMONTON, Alberta — Stars defenseman Alex Goligoski was a healthy scratch Wednesday night against the Edmonton Oilers.
That tells you how much the Stars are concerned about Goligoski's play.
Goligoski, 27, was acquired from Pittsburgh in 2011 for James Neal and Matt Niskanen. He signed a four-year deal for an average of $4.6 million last year. He has the second-highest cap hit on the team this season behind Jamie Benn, and he leads the Stars in average time on ice at 22:14. He has no goals, three assists and is a plus-2.
So sitting him out in favor of Philip Larsen was a big move.
"Alex needs to get back to Alex's level. It's pretty cut and dried," coach Glen Gulutzan said.
Goligoski said he understands he has been struggling and has had a talk with the coaches about the decision to scratch him.
"They want more, and I want more. I understand that," he said.
Asked if he thinks he might be putting too much pressure on himself and trying too hard, Goligioski said yes.
"I think it's probably a little of that," he said. "I just have to relax and simplify my game, and just make the smart play."
Goiligoski said this is his first healthy scratch since his first season in the NHL.
"It's hard. It's not fun, but I just have to keep working," he said.
Larsen had been a healthy scratch the previous three games and said he was excited to return to the lineup. He added that he also has been challenged by the healthy scratches.
"It's tough thing in your mind, but you have to deal with it," he said. "Then, when you get a chance, you just go out and play your game and play your best. You can't try to do more than that."
Gulutzan was asked if Larsen had learned anything by watching during his healthy scratches, and he gave an answer that might also apply to Goligoski.
"I think anyone can learn from watching," he said. "It stings a little bit, and you should come back hungry. …We've got a lot of guys battling for a few spots, and this is the way it's going to be for the rest of the year. We need guys to battle for position."


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OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL -- Redbox said it has dropped a lawsuit against Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group after striking an agreement with the studio that allows the Coinstar subsidiary to rent new-release DVDs and Blue-rays through its kiosks 28 days after the latest discs hit the shelves.
Warner officials said the 28-day delay allows the studio more time to sell new DVDs in stores without competition from Redbox's $1-a-night rental kiosks. Through the agreement, Redbox will pay less for the studio's discs and be supplied with enough copies to satisfy demand. The pact also requires Redbox to destroy discs rather than resell them when it is done renting the movies.
The two-year distribution deal ends Redbox's lawsuit against the studio filed in August. Redbox has sued several studios for limiting its access to new-release movie discs, and reached agreements last year with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Lions Gate Entertainment to distribute new DVDs on their release dates. Paramount Home Entertainment currently offers titles on a limited basis through Redbox.
The self-service DVD rental giant remains in legal battles with 20th Century Fox and Universal, which it says continue to unfairly restrict its access to new releases for distribution to its more than 20,000 machines nationwide.
Without distribution deals with some of the largest studios, Redbox has reportedly been purchasing 40% of its new-release DVDs from Walmart and Target stores. Pressures mounted this month when the retail giants reportedly imposed strict limits on the number of DVDs any one customer could buy at one time to ensure new releases are accessible to as many customers as possible. Read more about DVD purchase limits.
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Published Tuesday, July 16, 2013 | 8:20 a.m.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday defused the "nuclear option" he'd been threatening to detonate in the Senate, all but ending speculation that he'd make good on threats to end the procedural filibuster for executive nominations.
"I think we see a way forward that will be good for everybody," Reid said, indicating that Senate leaders still had "a few little i's to dot and t's to cross."
"I think everyone will be happy," Reid said. "This is not a time to flex muscles..It is a compromise. I think we get what we want, and they get what they want. It's not a bad deal."
Reid gave full credit to Arizona Sen. John McCain, a Republican, for coming up with a compromise that will allow Democrats to get the votes to confirm at least some of the seven nominees that Reid demanded receive a vote, in lieu of exercising what he claimed was his right to change the standing Senate rules by simple majority.
Republicans contended that Reid's reading of the Constitution — "each House may determine the rules of its proceedings" — was flawed, and that it takes 67 Senators to approve a change to the rules.
Republicans lent enough support to Democrats Tuesday to move forward with the confirmation of Richard Cordray, the nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency that Republicans have long despised.
Nevada's Dean Heller did not vote in favor of Cordray's nomination. But 17 other Republicans helped get a procedural motion on Cordray's nomination, a filibuster-proof 71 to 29 vote.
Republicans were poised to lend enough support to Democrats to approve Richard Cordray, the nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — an agency that Republicans have long despised.
"This is a gesture of good faith," Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee said Tuesday morning. "I hope members on the other side will note this good-faith effort."
Republicans have been seeking a good-faith measure in exchange for their cooperation — specifically, a sign from Democrats that they will ask President Barack Obama to send the Senate new nominees for the National Labor Relations Board.
Obama appointed Sharon Block and Richard Griffin during what he claims was a congressional recess. But Republicans in Congress claim that the few days they were on break were not enough of a gap to warrant the president circumventing the congressional approval process.
Thus far, the courts have sided with Republicans.
Before the Cordray vote, Reid advised senators not to talk details of the deal until it was finally struck, informing senators they would be fully briefed on the final compromise by lunchtime.
Senators stayed in the Capitol until nearly 10 p.m. Monday, meeting in a closed-door session in the Old Senate Chamber, the main meeting room for the Senate from 1810 to 1859. The meeting ran for three and a half hours, but lawmakers from both sides of the aisle praised the session as time well spent.
"It was a long but productive discussion," McCain said.
Reid said, "I hope that everyone learned the lesson last night that it sure helps to sit down and talk to each other."
The Senate's favorable vote for Cordray's nomination bought senators more time to finalize a deal on filibusters and nominations, while the official debate goes on.


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Boston is one of the best cities in America for exploring.
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Boston is one of the best cities in America for exploring.
Boston is steeped – in both history and tea. Take a history lesson from the streets on the Freedom Trail. Stay in a stunning hotel that serves a classy afternoon brew or head to the famous Samuel Adams brewery for something more robust.
Book flights to Boston for a holiday that goes down in history. Off the beaten track, try popping into the Mapparium or the Institute of Contemporary Art, or let the many Monet masterpieces make a good impression at the Museum of Fine Arts. On family holidays, go to the Children's Museum and the Aquarium, and adventure aboard the USS Constitution, where the navy wear period dress and you can buy and fly your own flag.
Be sure to visit our luxurious new lounge
We've now opened the doors to a spectacular new lounge experience at Boston Logan International Airport.
Wrapped up in the sea and served with a side of mountains, Vancouver's surroundings are as integral to its DNA as its shiny skyscrapers. From roller-skating the seawall to bombing down the ski slopes, this friendly, green city has something for everyone.Подробнее...
Nowhere in America has such a rich visual language as the six states of New England: land of lobsters and lighthouses, clapboard houses and autumnal forests, wild coastlines and historic cities. Go from Boston, gateway city to the region, and explore the fruits of the seasons in New York, Cape Cod and Vermont.Подробнее...
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Volvo Car Group started production of the first engine variants in its new, high-efficiency four-cylinder engine family. The development and production take place in-house at Volvo Car Group and form a vital part of the company's strategy for independence. The strategy of four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines and driveline electrification is the path that Volvo […]+ Read More
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Volvo has announced the creation of a new family of diesel engines, including a new fuel injection technology. Volvo Car Group's new engine family VEA (Volvo Engine Architecture) will be launched this autumn with what the company said is a world-first, the i-ART technology. Per Volvo, the i-ART technology helps to cut fuel consumption in […]+ Read More


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I don't remember who posted about the Hot Wheels event at k-mart, but thank you! Not only did I find the LaFerrari I had been looking for, but also a white E30 M3, NSX concept, a red Delorean (which looks really strange when not in brushed steel), a Rroadster that reminded me of the Jag concept thr name of which escapes me, and a blur Batmobile for my son.
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Three ASEAN Basketball League Players were selected in the Philippine Basketball Association Draft, led by June Mar Fajardo, who was selected as the first overall pick. As expected, Fajardo was selected No. 1 overall by the Petron Blaze. The 6'10" center vowed to help his new team. "I thank Petron for putting their trust in me. I will play really hard and try to improve my game so that I can help the team," said the former San Miguel Beermen's big man who wants to improve his perimeter shooting and speed. "I'm ready to take on a new challenge," added Fajardo.
Fajardo was only averaging 4.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game during the ABL regular season but one area that Fajardo shines, as you might expect, is on defense. Fajardo's size and strength plus his great defensive awareness made him one of the best defenders in the ABL. Everything he does might not show on the stat sheet but Beermen's head coach Bobby Parks was always a big fan of Fajardo's game. "He is the future big man of the Philippines," said coach Parks about Fajardo.
Former AirAsia Philippine Patriots' Aldrech Ramos was selected at 5th overall by the Barako Bull. But Ramos did not last long as a Barako Bull player as Ramos was traded to the B-Meg Llamados. Ramos' best game in the ABL came on April 21st when he scored 14 points and grabbed 8 rebounds against Indonesia Warriors.
Last but not least, former Indonesia Warriors' point guard Jerick Canada was selected 28th overall by the Ginebra. Canada played a big role in Warriors' championship team last season. He is super quick and his pesky defense would bother opposing guards. Canada is also a good passer with three-point range. He plays bigger than his listed height of 5'9'', and he isn't afraid to mix it up in the lane.
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As those that know me will know, I'm a big fan of Apple products. Some call me a fanboy – but my view is that I like them because they work. I've owned my Mid-2012 MacBook Pro 15″ since… Mid-2012, and have barely lost a day of productivity. The last time the MBP was out of action was when I dropped it on the corner onto granite, and dented it. Apple took it in and replaced nearly everything, a process which took a few days.
That said, 3 years is a long time in technology, and the MBP has seen better days. It's out of warranty and some of the connectors have stopped working, and it's getting a bit slow. It's time for a replacement and the rumors are that Apple will have a new machine in Q1 of 2016.
And here it is that I find myself browsing the world of computers.
Why not the iPad Pro or MacBook?
I love the new MacBook, it looks great. But, for me it is underpowered and the keyboard is a little cramped, and I'm certain that it's not well built enough to survive the pounding that anything I own will go through. I went through 3 MacBook Airs before I was smart enough to move to the Pro, and those light machines can't handle it.
As for the iPad Pro… it's just a big iPad. That will suit some people, and the screen and battery life are glorious, but I can't download 20GB of email from Office 365 locally, or curate complex documents. A few of the reviews have said the same – the iPad Pro is an awesome consumer device, but it's no laptop replacement.
A Mid-2015 MacBook Pro isn't an option – it's way too incremental an improvement over what I've already got. So Apple… you're out!
Then it must be the Microsoft Surface Book?
The next logical device is the Microsoft Surface Book. On paper, it looks like it's the ultimate laptop convertible. There seems to be no downside to this thing! It's a laptop… it's a tablet… with 12h battery life and no downside.
My take on the Surface Book is that it's very much a first generation device. Is it the future of computing? Hard to tell. Certainly, it appears to offer the best of both worlds, but the battery as a tablet is very limited, for example, and it can't charge from base station to tablet – you have to be plugged in. I also heard various problems with docking and undocking the base.
I walked into Best Buy and they admitted that whilst they did have Surface Books in stock, I couldn't see one because their demo device didn't power on any more and they were awaiting a replacement from Microsoft. That sealed the deal.
Microsoft Surface Pro 4
And so it is that I find myself writing this on a Microsoft Surface Pro 4. I'm sat on the sofa, tapping away on the keyboard on my lap, with the kick stand propping up the screen. The keyboard case is remarkably stiff and I find myself typing remarkably quickly, though I'm still not quite used to the offset keyboard, so accuracy is off.
For the last week I've been traveling with both my SP4 and my trusty MacBook Pro, so I can be sure not to lose productivity. I'm not ready to make a final conclusion yet but I think you'll find the initial findings interesting.
It is conceptually amazing
The concept of the SP4 is amazing. It's light, it's a tablet, and it has a detachable keyboard. It claims a 9 hour battery life and Windows 10 is convertible-friendly, so you can switch in between use cases on a dime.
The screen is fantastic – detailed and crisp with great colors, and the kick stand means you can get comfortable on any surface. Microsoft Edge is a good browser and is quite effective in tablet mode, which is very nice browsing on the sofa, where you can detach the keyboard and save all that weight.
I've got the i5 version so it's not got the raw power of a MacBook Pro, but I find it responsive and speedy enough for my needs. I figured the i5 version would have better battery life, and it's far less expensive. Office 2016 is also awesome, and can be downloaded via your Office 365 subscription.
It excels at some things
The SP4 absolutely excels at some things. For example I just ran an off-site, and I used OneNote with the pen to take notes, taking pictures of white boards with the camera, and it was awesome.
Same with being used for email in a café or train station – you can pull it out, and the keyboard is remarkably good to get out content quickly. I used the iPad Pro keyboard and was much less impressed. It can't match a full size keyboard like the MacBook Pro, but it's not far off.
It misses the mark in the real world
I've been trying to work with the SP4, but so far it's not met my expectations. See, there are deal breakers.
First, the Wi-Fi is flakey. This is well documented on the web, and running all the updates in (which takes 4 reboots and over an hour) helps. But I still can't access my iPhone hotspot, which means I get no internet on the go.
Second, the claimed 9 hour battery life is simply not true. In very modest use, it's 3-4 hours of browsing and email. I don't understand how a consumer product company is allowed to make statements like this. I guess you might be able to get 9 hours of video playback with the screen turned off.
Third, the usability is off. I put the SP4 down and then pick it up some while later and open the keyboard flap. It doesn't turn on, you have to press the button for this. And depending on how deep it has gone to sleep, you have to wait several minutes for it to come to life. Or sometimes it doesn't come to life at all and you have to hard reset.
I've taken a hard line – I must try to use the SP4 first, and use the MBP as a backup device, but too many times I've got frustrated with the SP4 because I had actual work to do, and pulled out the MacBook Pro.
Fourth, the tablet mode isn't quite right. I had a Lenovo Yoga, and that converted automatically between tablet and PC mode when you flipped the keyboard. Not so with the SP4, you have to manually switch, which is frustrating. What's more, many apps (Slack, for instance) aren't tablet-enabled, so they aren't responsive and the on-screen keyboard gets in the way. Slack is my primary messaging tool, so that's another deal breaker.
And last, the so-called lapability factor of the SP4 is off. The kick stand means that the keyboard is 3″ closer to you than in the MacBook Pro, which means that the SP4 is horribly uncomfortable on an airplane or train, and because it doesn't have a hinge, the keyboard and screen don't support each other. On a flat surface, it's awesome, but elsewhere, it's really unpleasant.
Final Words
I'll be traveling with the MBP and SP4 over the next few weeks and I'm hoping I come to like the SP4 more. Perhaps it will come into its own in situations I haven't encountered yet.
But for a fourth generation device, the SP4 has too many deal breakers.


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CAIRO — On one level, President Barack Obama's speech succeeded in reaching out to Muslims across the Middle East, winning widespread praise for his respectful approach, his quotations from the Koran and his forthright references to highly fraught political conflicts.
But Obama's calibrated remarks also asked listeners in a region roiled by hatred to take two steps that have long been anathema: forget the past and understand an opposing view. For a president who proclaimed a goal of asking people to listen to uncomfortable truths, it was clear that parts of his speech resonated deeply with his intended audience and others fell on deaf ears, in Israel as well as the Muslim world.
"As long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace. ... This cycle of suspicion and discord must end," Obama said. "I've come here to Cairo to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world, one based on mutual interest and mutual respect."
Again and again, Muslim listeners said they were struck by how skillfully Obama appropriated religious, cultural and historical references in ways other American presidents had not. He sprinkled the address with four quotations from the Koran and used Arabic greetings.
Imam Yahya Hendi, a Georgetown University chaplain who specializes in Koranic translation, said the first passage that Obama cited effectively framed a frank speech. The president said, "As the Holy Koran tells us, 'Be conscious of God and speak always the truth.' "
"It says, 'I'm going to be truthful,'?" Hendi said. "It says, 'Sometimes the truth is painful. I'm going to take you to it and some of it will be painful.' "
Obama took note of longstanding historical grievances like the stain of colonialism, U.S. support for the Iranian coup of 1953 and the displacement of the Palestinian people. His speech was also embraced for what it did not do: use the word terrorism, broadly seen here as shorthand for an attack on Islam.
In effect, Obama structured his speech almost like a Friday sermon, blending a political, social and religious message. In style and substance, some regional analysts said, the speech sought to undermine the message of radical terrorists like Osama bin Laden.
"Al-Qaida benefited from the previous rhetoric about the clash of civilizations in mobilizing and recruiting individuals as part of fighting a crusade," said Mohammed Abu Rumman, research editor at Al Ghad daily newspaper in Amman, Jordan.
Perhaps inevitably, by seeking to present balance to the many conflicts that divide the region, Obama angered some on both sides. Many Arabs and Israelis alike furiously rejected what they saw as his attempt to present their suffering as morally equivalent. They picked at the content of the speech almost like a biblical text.
"How dare Obama compare Arab refugee suffering to the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust," said Aryeh Eldad, a parliamentarian from the rightist National Union Party in Israel.
Said Ahmed Youssef, the deputy foreign minister in the Hamas government in Gaza, "He points to the right of Israel to exist, but what about the refugees and their right of return?"
The speech included a list of topics that have soured relations with Muslims. As each topic was addressed, from religious tolerance and women's rights to nuclear weapons and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, he was greeted with warm applause or icy stares, depending on who was listening.
While many listeners generally agreed with Obama's comments about violence and extremism, some said they disliked his characterization of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Political opponents of the region's autocratic governments also expressed disappointment. "What touched on democracy and human rights in the speech was far less than what we wanted," said Ayman Nour, Egypt's most prominent political dissident, who was imprisoned after challenging President Hosni Mubarak in the last election.
On the flash point of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the president did little to impress his Muslim audience — and barely enough to calm the anxieties of some Israelis. Some seemed to understand Obama was trying to move the debate by balance and indirection.
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Roman Catholicism
Roman Catholicism is part of the Catholic Church that follows the western rites or traditions. Together with the Eastern Catholic Churches, it forms one of the three major branches of Christianity, along with Protestantism and Orthodox Christianity. The Catholic Church is the largest denomination in Christianity. Its head is the Pope. The church has a long history and its position has evolved on many issues over the centuries.
Christianity grew out the churches established by missionaries, such as Paul, in the countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. During this time, much of the Mediterranean region was under Roman control. The Roman empire split into a Western and Byzantine empires in 395 CE. This political separation allowed Christianity to develop along separate lines, with different traditions and liturgy. The Western empire collapsed in 476 CE although the papacy continued in Rome. The relationship between the western Latin and eastern Greek churches gradually declined, particularly when the Franks gained sufficient influence with the papacy to cause their king to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 CE. This action was taken as a snub to the Eastern emperor and the Byzantine empire. Political and theological differences finally resulted in the East-West or Great Schism which separated the empires and churches in 1054 CE. The Western church, lead by the Pope in Rome, became the Catholic Church, generally located in western Europe. The Eastern church became known as the Orthodox Church and was generally located in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The official sacred text is the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible. The church maintains lists of approved translations, which usually differ from Protestant versions. Throughout the Middle Ages, the Bible was only available in the Latin Vulgate translation in the Western church. [1] However, most lay Christians were illiterate or could not read Latin. In 1199, the Catholic Church banned any further unauthorised translations of the Bible.
- "[...] the Catholic Church resisted the idea of bible translations, not only into modern languages currently, but even when the Latin Vulgate was written about 1000 years earlier. Catholics wanted their interpretation to be the only interpretation. It wasn't a conspiracy, just a firm belief that their interpretation was the right one. [2]"
The papacy has been based in the Vatican during the early church and on a continual basis since 1378. The Vatican is now a small independent state within Rome. For this reason, the senior leadership of the Catholic Church is sometimes referred to as "the Vatican" or simply "Rome".
In 1517, Martin Luther sent his Ninety-Five Theses to several bishops. In it, he criticised Catholic theology and practices, including the sale of indulgences. He also emphasised personal Bible reading and translations into local languages. This eventually caused a schism in the church and lead to the protestant movement.
The English king Henry VIII was involved in a divorce dispute with the Catholic Church. In 1534, the king declared himself the head of the Church of England, causing a schism with Rome and the king to be excommunicated. The Church of England was later reunited with the Catholic Church in 1555. The Church of England again schismed in 1558 under Elizabeth I.
In 2013, Pope Francis was selected by the cardinals lead the church.
Social policies
The contemporary Catholic Church is characterised by:
- Opposition to contraception
- Opposition to abortion
- Opposition to homosexual acts and homosexual marriage
- Opposition to fornication and adultery
- Remarriage after divorce is forbidden
- Freedom of conscience (historically it was opposed)
- Freedom of religion: people are not forced to believe or stay within Catholicism (historically it was opposed)
Many of these policies are also used by some other denominations. Although contraception is officially banned by the church, this teaching is largely ignored in many cultures.
In a break with the inaction of previous leaders, Francis has spoken on a range of social and environmental issues. Francis criticised the senior leaders of the Catholic church as being narcissistic, hardened, excessively active, uncoordinated, non-spiritual, boastful bureaucrats. [3]
Dogma and practices
While most Christian apologetics are common to Catholicism, there are some doctrines, practices and related apologetics that are strongly emphasised or uniquely Catholic:
- Apostolic succession
- Transubstantiation and Eucharistic miracles
- Veneration of Mary and Marian apparitions
- Opposition to women priests
"I declare that the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women and that this judgment is to be definitively held by all the Church's faithful."
- — Pope John Paul II, 1994[4]
- Celibacy of priests
- Papal infallibility (which only applies in some circumstances)
- Excommunication
- Intercession of the saints
- Usually a non-literal interpretation of the Bible
- Catholics believers do not have such an emphasis on interpreting the Bible for themselves. This was probably motivated by the desire to exercise control on how the Bible was interpreted. The Bible is not the final authority (referred to as Sola scriptura). The church emphasises the role of apostolic tradition or oral teaching, known as sacred tradition, as well as the Bible. [5]
- Hinted at potential salvation for non-believers: "those who, without fault, have not yet arrived at an express recognition of God" [6]. Apostates are probably out of luck.
- A sin is either "mortal" or "venal".
- Venal sins have a finite "temporal punishment" inflicted before death or in Purgatory [7]
- Temporal punishments can be remitted by indulgences.
- Primacy of the gospels over other scripture. [8]
More Catholic doctrine
The Crusades were a series of military expeditions sent by various European kingdoms during the Middle Ages. They were directly initiated or sanctioned by the Catholic Church. They aimed to recapture Jerusalem from Islamic states, persecute heretics and Jews, and gain converts by force.
Initiated in 1250s, the Inquisition refers to various institutions in the Catholic church to promote orthodoxy and persecute heretics, potential apostates and Jews. During the Late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, these institutions were active in many questionable activities including torture to gain forced confessions (although less than other tribunals of the time), execution of thousands of people by burning people alive, confiscation of property, forced exile, imprisonment, anonymous denunciation and censorship. The last execution by the Inquisition was in 1826.
Historic opposition to science
Historically, the church has opposed scientific discoveries that were considered threatening to its theology. In 1633, the Inquisition tried and condemned Galileo Galilei over his astronomical observations that supported the heliocentric theory.
In recent times, the church has become more accepting of science. It reversed its position regarding Galileo in 1992 and has since praised Galileo's discoveries. The current view of the church is that science and faith cannot be in conflict:
- "methodical research in all branches of knowledge, provided it is carried out in a truly scientific manner and does not override moral laws, can never conflict with the faith, because the things of the world and the things of faith derive from the same God [9]"
The Catholic Church generally (and unofficially) accepts both evolution and creationism but rejects young Earth creationism. Some Catholic organisations argue against evolution. Incidentally, Gregor Mendel was a Catholic friar and the founder of genetics.
Historic sale of indulgences
Indulgences are a remission of temporal punishment for venal sins that have already been confessed. They are granted by the clergy for various works, such building churches visiting shrines, charity or pious conduct. The specific actions that qualify have been revised from time to time. During the Middle Ages, indulgences were available for monetary payment and became extremely popular. They were used to fund large building projects, such as cathedrals, hospitals, schools and to pay for costly appointments. Many indulgences were sold that were contrary to official church doctrine; accusations were made against Johann Tetzel that he told an indulgence for full forgiveness for all future sins. The sale of indulgences were a means of defrauding credulous believers and gaining immense wealth for the church. Apologists argue that the sale of indulgences was never official church policy. [10] However, Pope Leo X himself gave indulgences for payment. In the contemporary church, payments are no longer an acceptable means of gaining indulgences.
Although technically banned, the buying and selling of religious offices became widespread in the 9th and 10th centuries. This is referred to as simony. The practice reduced after reforms were introduced. These positions were often funded by the sale of indulgences or relics.
Christians have persecuted Jews since the early church. Many of first writers within the early Christian organisations that became the Catholic church were explicitly anti-Semitic (e.g. St. Augustine). It took until 1965 for the Catholic church to declare that contemporary Jews were not to he held responsible for the death of Jesus. [11]
Opposition to contraception
The Catholic Church has a long standing policy against the use of contraception (except the unreliable NFP method), even when it may prevent the spread of disease. This includes undermining efforts to encourage the use of condoms by spreading misinformation. [12] However, there is some evidence that HIV infection is not prevented by promoting the use of contraception, partly because people using contraception may perform riskier sexual acts. [13] The correct use of condoms is effective at greatly reducing the risk of infection by a variety of STDs. [14] The church's stance is a form of religiously motivated medical neglect.
The church's view stands in contrast to almost all other Christian denominations.
Opposition to abortion
The church has been opposed all direct abortions and claims their position is unchangeable. Procuring or performing an abortion leads to an automatic excommunication. This includes:
- no abortions for women who are too unwell to carry the pregnancy to term, unless the treatment for the mother indirectly causes the abortion.[15]
- no abortions for rape or incest victims [16]
- no abortions even if the baby would be severely deformed.[16]
It does allow termination of ectopic pregnancies or the uterus is itself cancerous. The church's stance is a form of religiously motivated medical neglect.
Lack of open opposition to the Nazi party
Pope Pius XII was the leader of the Catholic church before and during world war 2. He is sometimes accused by writers, such as John Cornwell, of not doing enough to publicly oppose the Nazi regime. His defenders point out that he spoke out against war but was limited in what he could achieve, given that Italy was allied with the Nazi government. Pius XII provided discrete assistance to Jews, resistance fighters and allied forces.
"[Pius XII] had so little scope of action that it is impossible to judge the motives for his silence during the war, while Rome was under the heel of Mussolini and later occupied by Germany. ... But even if his prevarications and silences were performed with the best of intentions, he had an obligation in the postwar period to explain those actions"
- — John Cornwell
The pope's actions compares poorly to (exceptional and rare) Christians such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who opposed the Nazis on moral grounds and was executed as a result. Partly due to the secrecy of the Vatican, the exact events surrounding Pius XII are still secret and remain controversial to this day.
Misuse of funds
There has been many instances of questionable use of funds, a general lack of transparency on how money is allocated and unwillingness to be audited by a 3rd party [17]
Child sex abuse
Since around 2000, the world media has been reporting on widespread child sexual abuse committed by priests. The abuse mostly occurred between 1950 and 1980. At the time of abuse, the age of the victims was typically between 11 and 14 [18] but was as low as 3 years old. The Catholic church, being the largest denomination in Christianity, is the church of a significant proportion of abusers. The Catholic church's response to abusive priests was often to cover up the abuse, using a "code of silence" and transferring the priests into new areas where they sometimes continued to abuse children. Information concerning criminal acts was not passed to the police. The U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child said: [19]
- "[The Vatican] has not acknowledged the extent of the crimes committed, has not taken the necessary measures to address cases of child sexual abuse and to protect children, and has adopted policies and practices which have led to the continuation of the abuse by, and the impunity of, the perpetrators"
Current attitude to atheists and apostasy
The Catholic Church regards secularism as a threat:
"it is imperative that the entire Catholic community in the United States come to realize the grave threats to the Church's public moral witness presented by a radical secularism which finds increasing expression in the political and cultural spheres."
- — Benedict XVI [20]
Some Catholic leaders claim that atheists are not fully human. [21]
- "Man is by nature and vocation a religious being. Coming from God, going toward God, man lives a fully human life only if he freely lives by his bond with God. [22]"
"There is something not totally human if you leave out transcendent [God] and you [atheists] are not fully human. They have an impoverished understanding to what it is to be human. We are all made by God."
- — Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor [21]
Leaving the church
Since the church does not impose any material punishment for leaving the church, the main adverse consequence is the potential disapproval from family and society. The penalty of apostasy in the Catholic Church is automatic excommunication. [23] Excommunication is said to be Latae sententiae because the sentence is automatically imposed, if the apostasy is a wilful act carried out by an informed person. [24] An excommunicated person is forbidden to receive the sacraments (communion, weddings, etc) but is still allowed to attend church events. [24]
Between 2006 and 2009, act of actus formalis defectionis ab Ecclesia catholica was a way to inform the church of defection. It is unclear if this is required for an apostasy to be considered "formal", rather than "material". This act required notification of a competent ecclesiastical authority. [25] After 2009, changes to canon law abolished this procedure and inquiries to find an replacement have not been answered. [26]
The church never changes its teachings
- "Of course no teachings have been changed. I expect nothing less of the media to completely misunderstand everything, but the rest of us would have to be complete idiots to think the Church has changed its teachings. Catholicism is a religion of absolutes: it doesn't change with the whims of the culture, or hide under the banner of "progressivism." Think about it, Catholics believe the Church is the fullness of truth. 2000 years ago morality was the same as it is today, and the same as it will be 2000 years from now.[27]"
The church as changes its position on a number of issues including the use of torture, owning slaves, the suppression of heretics and other religions by force[28], geocentrism, the importance of marriage, the acceptability of sexual pleasure, lending money at interest, etc.
See also
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Darren Roberts, Where Did We Get A Bible?, 2012
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ [5]
- ↑ [6]
- ↑ [7]
- ↑ [8]
- ↑ [9]
- ↑ [10]
- ↑ [11]
- ↑ [12]
- ↑ [13]
- ↑ [14]
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 [15]
- ↑ [16]
- ↑ A Report on the Crisis in the Catholic Church in the United States (John Jay Report), 2004
- ↑ [17]
- ↑ Address Of His Holiness Benedict XVI To The Bishops Of The United States Of America On Their "AD Limina" Visit, Thursday, 19 January 2012
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 [18]
- ↑ [19]
- ↑ Code of Canon Law, Book 4, Part 2, Title 1, 1364 [20]
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Colin B. Donovan, "Heresy, Schism and Apostasy" [21]
- ↑ Actus Formalis Defectionis Ab Ecclesia Catholica, 13 March 2006
- ↑ Church Continues to Block Formal Cessation of Membership, 20/07/2011 [22]
- ↑ [23]
- ↑ [24]
External links
- Holy See (Vatican) website
- Catechism of the Catholic Church


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Who is/was it then?
Can't access the first 13 pages of this as they just get blocked by our work firewall/restrictions. Can someone just put the score/summary in a sentence here for me please? Much appreciated. I have tried to find out on all sorts of sites and failed - and I hate it!
I got the Lucas thing wrong. Will be right on Henderson though. Play him RM, play him CM - Not good enough and never will be.
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Somebody most certainly in the 2007 tour no doubt.
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You know what, I'm writing this here now and I'm going to put it in my signature and leave it there for the next 5 years, no matter how embarrassing it might or might not turn out to be: Jordan Henderson is going to be a fantastic player.
Dani looks ready & boss
If you can't trust Kenny, you need to find another club, seriously.
That was Hong Kong, no? This first game in China proper according to ESPN fella. Anyway he's achieved something. Improbable as that seems.
Hong Kong is part of China. Our tour there in 07.
Liverpool dominating. 2-0 up. Poulsen and Ngog. Cole creator of both goals. One was a cross into the box from the right wing and the other through the middle for Ngog. Pachecho missed a sitter and Shelvy had a thunder shot just miss the top corner...Liverpool now all over this chinese side.Stadium sold out. Good atmosphere. 35 minutes gone.
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Wednesday, Dec. 4 — Q: My boyfriend of two years has always disparaged gentlemen's clubs. I truly believed him until he visited his family and I searched Google Maps on his computer for something in his hometown. The text box predicted "strip clubs" there. I confronted him, and looking to prove me wrong, he showed me his "places" history. Various searches for strip clubs showed up. (I don't think he understood that Google keeps track of that stuff.) He claimed he didn't do these searches and suggested that his brother or someone who borrowed his computer did. We have sex regularly, and he is loving and treats me very well, so I put aside his lying and gave him another chance. I should say that I understand men's interest in these clubs; I just don't feel it's right for guys in relationships to go because of the possibility of cheating happening. Disturbingly, I just found some Hooters coupons with his stuff. I think that the fact that he may go to these places doesn't bother me as much as the fact that he's lying about it.
A: A woman wants to believe a man when he claims he hates those nasty "gentlemen's clubs." Yeah, the last thing any man wants to see is a totally hot 21-year-old with enormous breasts doing upside-down splits on a pole.
There's that line from politics: "It isn't the crime; it's the cover-up." Not only did your boyfriend pre-lie, laying out the above bed of lies like lettuce on a cottage cheese plate, but he followed up with the obvious honker that it had to be somebody else searching for nudie bars on his computer. Yes, it was probably Granny, who, like many women her age, loves to go to strip clubs and make it rain Social Security checks.
Still, fantasizing and cheating are two different things. Sure, some guys who go to strip clubs are looking to get some on the side, but a guy can do that at the office or the corner bar without breaking out a wad of Benjamins. And Hooters? Naughty in concept, but in reality, a place to eat heavily battered chicken strips while having platonic conversations with a married waitress in gym clothes and 1980s pantyhose. As for those coupons your boyfriend had, nothing helps a guy seduce a waitress like whipping out a voucher for 10 percent off. ("Hey, big spender!")
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ST. PETERSBURG — Police are looking for a man they say demanded money from two ATM users at gunpoint last week.
On Jan. 25, at 9:05 p.m., the robber had a gun drawn when he approached a man using an ATM at Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union at 34th Street S, police said. The man at the machine was about to make a withdrawal, but he escaped without giving the suspect cash.
On Friday, the same robber approached another man with a revolver while he made a withdrawal from that ATM at midnight, said St. Petersburg police spokesman Johnny Harris.
The robber demanded that the man withdraw money twice before he ran away.
The suspect has dark skin and could be between 20 and 25 years old, about 170 to 180 pounds and about 5 feet 8.
The robber wore a black T-shirt, denim shorts, a blue or black bandana, and a white Hershey's Kissables racing jacket with light blue sleeves.
Police are asking anyone with information to call the robbery unit at (727) 893-7179.
Harris said people who call police or Crime Stoppers could receive a reward.
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QuoteActually, now I'm wondering, what does the nunchuck do about it? Since people plug them right in, don' they?Now that's an excellent question. My guess would be that the ASIC in the nunchuck does some level conversion.
Actually, now I'm wondering, what does the nunchuck do about it? Since people plug them right in, don' they?
QuoteThere are a lot of interesting devices out there that use the i2c interface (the new Wiznet 5300 chipUnless I am completely misreading the W5300 product page the 5300 doesn't have SPI let alone I2C. The 5100 has SPI but no I2C.--Phil.
There are a lot of interesting devices out there that use the i2c interface (the new Wiznet 5300 chip
Wow, lots of energy here!We love to see people developing products and standards around Arduino: it might help sell Arduino boards, but it also greatly increases the choices available to the community, which is more important. And, of course, we love to see other people building on and benefitting from our work; that's one of the main reasons it's an open-source project.A standard around I2C shields would be wonderful. Does someone want to open a thread in the hardware development forum to start hashing it out? The Arduino team would be happy to help create and support it. We're also always interested in adding new products to Arduino - and, of course, sharing the profits from those products with their creators. We try to balance that with the desire to keep the core line small, so that beginners have an easy time getting started. If you have an idea, we'd love to hear about it and see if it makes sense to include - if not, we're happy to see it developed independently. If money is ever a problem, I'm sure we can find a way to help.As for coordinating and discussing development: you're welcome to use the forums (e.g. the ones on hardware and software development), the playground (which is publicly editable), and the developers mailing list for discussion and coordination. I also just created an Arduino playground project on Google Code that includes a Subversion repository. I'd like it to be publicly editable in the same way as the playground wiki, but I don't think Google Code supports that - so if you want access, just post your Google account username and I'll add you. We could set up more infrastructure, but I think we can accomplish a lot with a wiki, a forum, a mailing list, and a version control repository. If you've got other ideas, please throw them out there.Again, it's great to see this kind of discussion, and I'm happy to do what I can to help.
Sorry, i2c was used on the W3100.
As I was thinking about this, a never ending string of stacking uShields could get a little tricky amp wise. Please correct me if Im wrong, but the blink-m uses two of the arduino (analog) pins as source for 5v and ground. This will only be good for 40mA correct? Stacking them is an open invite for some dead i/o pins if you ask me. Much beter to have the convenience of sticking on a little piece of kit that gives some functionality (such as a bad ass blinky light *OR* 3axis sensor, etc) and when you need the kitchen sink you can whip up the breadboard with the appropriate wiring. The trade off of convenience versus full functionality rather than trying to be the be all end all.
Finally, I would just like to say that I ABSOLUTELY love the chaos that happens with the Free/Arduino development. Its like a scene from the Smurfs, where the sun is out, the grass is green, and the butterflies lazily fly by when you are first introduced to this cute little blue guy that promises fully web enabled wine racks or blenders that speak to their owners. Then you pull back the curtains just a little bit and theres all this stuff being made, developed, proposed, and so on. Its like going to your first punk show in the 80s and having the biggest WTF moment of your life. Tod had been talking about 'smart leds' for a couple years and then one day out of the blue (to most of us) the happy arduino has a new blinky friend. Yeah its of lot of work and we all have our reasons for doing it but this chaotic development is downright fun if you ask me. Sure there could be more coalescing amongst some of us as we develop new things but I am very happy with this convoluted, prismatic, and even sometimes problematic landscape that has sprouted up around this platform. And that to me is an advantage of the open hardware movement and I applaud the foundation for their work and foresight to allow that to happen as well as the indie makers that in part made things happen anyway.


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Alec Baldwin stalker to go on trial
Genevieve Sabourin, who has refused offers to settle the charges out of court, says they stem out of an "misunderstanding"."They have no case," she said Tuesday, insisting again that she did "absolutely not" stalk Baldwin.
Judge Erika Edwards set next month's trial date.Sabourin was arrested in April 2012 days after showing up at Baldwin's Manhattan apartment when the star of the TV comedy hit series "30 Rock" filed stalking charges.He accused Sabourin of sending love-struck emails and asking him to marry her.
The actress claims to have had a sexual relationship with Baldwin, having first met him in 2002, and that they had romantic ties afterwards.Baldwin has admitted to seeing Sabourin again in 2010, but only for dinner.The judge on Tuesday warned Sabourin that she was still barred from going anywhere near Baldwin, who married second wife Hilaria in 2012.
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Plano West dominated by The Woodlands in opener of regional semifinal series
GEORGETOWN – The Woodlands' senior ace Ryan Burnett scattered two hits in a dominating, complete-game performance and the Highlanders scored four runs via errors during an 8-1 victory against Plano West in the opening game of the best-ofthree Class 5A Region II semifinal series late Friday at East View High School.
The contest was delayed almost two hours by torrential rain and was only able to be played because the Patriots' Baseball Complex has field turf rather than natural grass.
Burnett, who has signed a letter of intent to play at TCU next season, allowed only a solo home run to Plano West's Mason Gentry in the fifth while striking out eight and walking three. Burnett (13-1) retired the last seven batters he faced.
By the time Gentry launched his home run, The Woodlands (33-3) had already built an eight-run lead thanks to eight hits and four Wolves errors, way too much of a deficit for Plano West to overcome against one of the top prep pitchers in the state.
Plano West starter Nick Gripp (8-3) took the loss, surrendering eight hits and four earned runs. He struck out nine and walked four in 5 1/3 innings before being relieved by Michael Colvert in the sixth.
Charlie Warren and Chris Andristos each had two hits and scored twice for the Highlanders. Plano West's only other hit was a single by Connor Smith.
Game 2 of the series is set for noon Saturday; the Wolves (23-12-1) will need to win that contest to extend their season to a deciding third game 45 after the conclusion of the first game.


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- Microsoft annouces Surface, a multi-touch gesture-based coffee table straight out of a Tom Cruise movie
- EBay buys StumbleUpon
- CBS buys Last.fm
- Apple adds EMI's DRM-free tunes (and Paul McCartney) to the iTunes Store
- Steve Jobs announces a much larger (160GB) model Apple TV, and says YouTube videos will be coming to the device soon (this means, apparently, video re-encoded in H.624 instead of Flash)
- Jason Calcanis launches Mahalo (Alpha) - people-powered search engine
The "proof-of-concept" application that Google has released into the wild is none other than the life-changing Google Reader, and it helps illustrate the possibilities pretty well. Download Gears, login to Reader, and you're asked if you want to move offline. Google automatically downloads 2000 of your recent items to your computer, for viewing anytime, anywhere. Mark an item as shared, or starred, or just read a ton - and the next time you're online, everything gets synced. The best part is Google Reader now has the one thing that desktop readers excelled at exclusively: speed. No more waiting for the next 20 feeds when you reach the bottom of the ones that have loaded. Super fast.
Now take this idea and apply it to, oh, Google Docs and Spreadsheets. Ooh, now Microsoft better watch out. Especially since another of their arch-nemeses is online (offline?) with Google: Adobe. Yeah, that's right - the guys behind super-successful, super-ubiquitous Flash, and the recently introduced desktop enhancing Apollo.
And to all the GMail naysayers - in no time I'm sure that this wonderful email client will be the poster child for straddling the on- and off-line worlds.
I can't wait to see what other companies do with this - how it affects video, photo-sharing, calendars, social networks, etc.
We're moving towards connectivity 100% of the time, but that's a long way away (even for city dwellers like me). What Google Gears does, however, is introduce the idea that it doesn't really matter if we're connected or not at any given time. The data will be with us constantly - ours, and safe where we can access it even when the power is out - and yet it will sync across multiple machines and devices whenever we're online, utilizing the resources of the web and allowing collaboration and communication with others all over the world. It's not one or the other - it's both.
Hmm. What about Amazon? I wonder - they seem awfully quiet the last few days. What are they brewing?
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With the release of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" right around the corner we have out today some new benchmarks of various AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards when testing them with the latest Linux GPU drivers on Ubuntu 14.04 at 4K (3840 x 2160).
Under the Linux microscope today is the Intel Iris Graphics 5100 (GT3) found on the Core i7 4558U CPU within the ASUS Zenbook UX301LA "Haswell" ultrabook. How do the Intel Iris Graphics performance compare between Windows 8.1 and the soon-to-be-released Ubuntu 14.04? We can tell you the answer today with a fresh round of multi-OS OpenGL benchmarks from this high-end Intel ultrabook.
After this week already seeing how the open-source graphics drivers supplied by Ubuntu 14.04 LTS allow Radeon Gallium3D to run at ~80% of the Catalyst Linux driver and how open-source graphics still struggle with older hardware, our latest testing of the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS development version that will be released next month leads us to benchmarking 30 different AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards under this popular desktop Linux distribution.
After last week delivering the first NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti "Maxwell" Linux review, today at Phoronix we're looking at the GeForce GTX 750 (non-Ti) under Ubuntu Linux using an eVGA GTX 750 1GB model.
When NVIDIA was doing their press briefings for their new Maxwell architecture they frequently talked up its power efficiency and how the power efficiency is four times greater than where it was four years ago with Fermi... But how is Maxwell and NVIDIA's power efficiency compared to hardware from ten years ago? In this article we have done fresh benchmarks -- with power consumption, thermal, and performance-per-Watt measurements -- of NVIDIA's mid-range graphics cards from the week-old GeForce GTX 750 Ti to as far back as the GeForce 6600GT (NV43) graphics card from 2004.
With the AMD E1-2100 "Kabini" APU on the ECS KBN-I motherboard sporting Radeon HD 8210 integrated graphics, I decided to benchmark this APU from an Ubuntu 14.04 development release in a few driver configurations with both the open-source Radeon Gallium3D driver and the proprietary Catalyst stack.
Back on Tuesday I delivered a launch-day review of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti on Linux. This first graphics card built on NVIDIA's new Maxwell architecture has been running fantastic under Linux for being a mid-range graphics card. The GM107 GPU core found on the GTX 750 Ti is incredibly power efficient, as was shown in numerous articles on launch-day. For those curious more about the GeForce GTX 750 Ti Linux performance, here are some more OpenCL and OpenGL performance results.
This morning NVIDIA is unveiling their "Maxwell" family of graphics processors that succeed Kepler. With some past generations of NVIDIA hardware we have had to wait a while as Linux users to see how they would work and perform under non-Windows platforms, but I can tell you this morning that the brand new GeForce GTX 750 Ti is already running great on Linux and is delivering terrific results as a sub-$200 mid-range NVIDIA graphics card. Here's the first Ubuntu Linux review of the GeForce GTX 750 Ti Maxwell graphics card.
When reviewing the AMD Radeon R9 290 under Linux back in November we found the Catalyst Linux performance to be quite poor for this high-end "Hawaii" graphics processor compared to the pleasurable performance reports under Windows and a strong showing against NVIDIA's wares. Even with succeeding updates we still found the R9 290 Linux performance to be poor -- and that's for the high-performance Catalyst driver over the open-source RadeonSI Gallium3D-based driver. In this article are fresh benchmarks of the high-end NVIDIA GeForce and AMD Radeon graphics cards from Ubuntu Linux using the latest beta graphics drivers.
Following last week's exciting NVIDIA 334 Linux beta driver release, here are benchmarks from nine different GeForce graphics cards to complement yesterday's 9-way AMD Radeon comparison on Ubuntu with the latest Linux driver beta.
For those in the market for an affordable mid-range graphics card that will run just fine on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions while having the choice between the open-source RadeonSI Gallium3D driver and the binary but high-performance Catalyst driver, meet the Sapphire Radeon R7 260X. Our Linux hardware review for today is looking at the Sapphire 100366L Radeon R7 260X 2GB graphics card.
After this weekend carrying out a 25-way open-source Linux graphics driver comparison featuring AMD Radeon, Intel HD Graphics, and NVIDIA GeForce hardware, the tables have now turned to look at nearly the same assortment of hardware but when using the high-performance, proprietary Linux graphics drivers. We've also upped the demanding OpenGL benchmarks used -- including the Source Engine -- as we see how the AMD and NVIDIA binary graphics drivers are doing to start 2014.
As alluded to in days earlier after finding major open-source Radeon driver improvements -- including the newer RadeonSI Gallium3D driver -- I've been conducting a fresh graphics card comparison spanning many graphics processors and looking at the latest open-source driver performance on the Intel, NVIDIA, and Radeon fronts under Ubuntu Linux. In this article is a 25-way Intel Haswell HD Graphics vs. AMD Radeon vs. NVIDIA GeForce graphics comparison from Ubuntu 13.10 with the upgraded Linux 3.13 kernel and Mesa 10.1 development driver code to provide a very bleeding edge look at what the open-source drivers have to offer the Linux desktop users.
Earlier this week I delivered a wide range of NVIDIA GeForce and AMD Radeon graphics card tests from Ubuntu Linux and the focal point was the tests being done from the new AMD A10-7850K "Kaveri" APU. That testing found NVIDIA is leading over AMD with their binary graphics driver (of course, the same can't be said with AMD's superior open-source driver as yesterday's data showed), but how is the Linux OpenCL performance comparing between drivers and hardware? Here's the same set of NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards being benchmarked under Ubuntu with now looking at the OpenCL performance.
The latest benchmarks of the AMD A10-7850K APU to share on Phoronix and to complement yesterday's Windows vs. Linux OpenGL comparison are benchmarks of the APU's Radeon R7 Graphics compared to numerous AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards.
With having picked up an ASUS Zenbook Prime UX32VD recently that features Intel HD Graphics 4000 and the discrete NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M graphics, I decided to run some benchmarks seeing how the currently available Linux solutions for supporting NVIDIA's "Optimus" technology are comparing to Windows 8.1. The benchmarks in this article compare the performance of this Core i7 3517U ultrabook between its stock operating system to Ubuntu 13.10 with its stock open-source packages, to using DRI PRIME, and then lastly using the "Bumblebee" solution with the NVIDIA binary driver.
After last week delivering a 21-way graphics card comparison on Linux using the open-source Intel, Radeon, and NVIDIA (Nouveau) graphics drivers, this week at Phoronix we have a 27-way graphics card. This time around all of the graphics cards were tested using the closed-source/proprietary AMD Catalyst and NVIDIA graphics drivers.
Published on Phoronix yesterday was a 21-way Linux GPU comparison using the open-source Intel / AMD / Nouveau graphics drivers. That article was followed by a fresh look at the Intel Windows vs. Linux performance. To get started on another day of Linux benchmarking to help users find the right PC hardware this holiday season, here's OpenCL compute benchmarks from nine different NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards while running Ubuntu Linux.
Last week on Phoronix there was the first Linux review of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti that also included results from other GeForce GTX 700 GPUs -- including the TITAN -- and earlier Kepler and Fermi GPUs while on the AMD side was a range of Radeon graphics card up to and including the AMD Radeon R9 290. For today's Linux review to kick off a new week of benchmarking is a closer look at the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN when running Ubuntu Linux and comparing the OpenGL performance to Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64.
Several days ago I published my review of the AMD Radeon R9 290 on Linux. While the graphics card is hopeful and has received a fair amount of praise on the Windows side, I found the current Linux performance to be troubling and offered bad OpenGL performance. On Friday AMD released a new Catalyst 13.11 beta and there was hope the R9 290 series performance was corrected, but that is not the case: the performance still is ridiculous on Linux.
As some good news for the Linux graphics community after discovering the AMD Radeon R9 290 is currently a big disappointment on Linux (likely due to the Linux Catalyst driver not being kept up as well as the Windows Catalyst version), I was testing the GeForce GTX 780 Ti along with some other new NVIDIA GPUs and it's been a breeze. The GeForce GTX 780 Ti in particular has been a beauty on Linux and is the focus of today's Linux hardware review.
AMD unveiled the Radeon R9 290 graphics card at the beginning of November as one step down from the new flagship Radeon R9 290X graphics card. Numerous Windows reviews praised the graphics card for its great performance, but what wasn't clear at the time was how the Linux performance and compatibility was for this new $399 USD graphics card. AMD hadn't offered any review samples to Phoronix for conducting any Linux-based testing and benchmarking, but it's more clear now why that didn't happen: the Linux performance isn't stellar. I bought an XFX Radeon R9 290 and now there's many Linux benchmarks coming out of this graphics card that's riddled by what might be driver issues. I already regret having purchased the AMD Radeon R9 290 for use on Linux; the graphics card is hot, power hungry, noisy, and the OpenGL results aren't too good.
For your viewing pleasure today is a 13-way AMD Radeon graphics card comparison when testing out the open-source Radeon Gallium3D drivers on the wide spectrum of ATI/AMD GPUs while looking at the performance for Valve's Source Engine with Counter-Strike: Source and Team Fortress 2. Given the imminent arrival of Steam Machines and SteamOS to push Linux gaming into its long-awaited spotlight, is AMD's open-source Linux graphics driver capable of delivering a reasonable level of performance?
If you are after a low-end graphics card for use on Linux, up for review today is the Zotac GeForce GT 610 Synergy 1GB graphics card that sells for less than $50 USD. The results in this Linux hardware review compare the GT 610 to a range of other AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards using the proprietary drivers under Ubuntu Linux. Even if you're not interested in the GT 610, this article makes for a nice 12-way Linux graphics card comparison with the very latest AMD/NVIDIA GPU drivers.
For some weekend Linux benchmarking we tossed six NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards against four AMD Radeon graphics cards to get some idea for how the new OpenCL Linux benchmarks are running via the Phoronix Test Suite.
While Intel's Broadwell processors won't be launching until 2014 as the successor to Haswell, this weekend the initial open-source Linux GPU kernel driver was published ahead of the Linux 3.13 kernel merge window. The changes are massive and it's looking like the Broadwell graphics improvements will be astonishing and provide significant improvements over Haswell and earlier generations of Intel graphics.
This week I featured the first Linux review of an AMD Radeon Rx 200 series graphics card in the form of an AMD Radeon R9 270X "Curacao XT" benchmarked on Ubuntu. If you're looking to buy a new graphics card for use on the Linux desktop but prefer NVIDIA hardware or buying a GPU isn't dependent upon the incomplete RadeonSI driver, being looked at today on Phoronix is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Kepler graphics card.
Earlier this month AMD announced the R9 series graphics cards that included the $200 Radeon R9 270X offering based upon the "Curacao XT" graphics core. This Volcanic Islands graphics card in Microsoft Windows benchmarks has been faster than a Radeon HD 7870, but today we have the first Linux test results and compatibility information available. This article serves as our first Linux review of the AMD R9 270X -- or any Rx 200 series graphics card for that matter -- in the form of the Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB.
At Phoronix we have delivered a ton of Intel Haswell coverage and when it comes to the much-improved graphics capabilities on these latest-generation processors we have tested the HD Graphics 4600 that's commonly found on the Core i5/i7 desktop CPUs and the high-end Iris Pro 5200 graphics found on a few processors. For low-end Intel Core i3 "Haswell" CPUs there is also the HD Graphics 4400 model, which is what we're testing today. The Intel HD Graphics 4400 comparison is being compared on Ubuntu Linux to a variety of other Intel Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, and Haswell graphics cores.
To get October off to a good start, in this article are benchmark results of sixteen Intel HD, AMD Radeon, and NVIDIA GeForce graphics processors all being tested from the latest open-source Linux graphics driver stack. The test setup is powered by the Linux 3.12 development kernel and the Mesa 9.3.0-devel OpenGL drivers.
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text: Starting a new thread for this. On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Anne Archibald <email@example.com> wrote: > I think we have one major lacuna: vectorized linear algebra. If I have > to solve a whole whack of four-dimensional linear systems, right now I > need to either write a python loop and use linear algebra on them one > by one, or implement my own linear algebra. It's a frustrating lacuna, > because all the machinery is there: generalized ufuncs and LAPACK > wrappers. Somebody just needs to glue them together. I've even tried > making a start on it, but numpy's ufunc machinery and generic type > system is just too much of a pain for me to make any progress as is. Please be more specific: what (which aspects) have been "too much of a pain"? (I ask out of ignorance, not out of challenging your opinion/experience.) > I think if someone wanted to start building a low-level Again, please be more specific: what do you mean by this? (I know generally what is meant by "low level," but I'd like you to spell out a little more fully what you mean by this in this context.) > generalized > ufunc library interface to LAPACK, that would be a big improvement in > numpy/scipy's linear algebra. Pretty much everything else strikes me > as a question of notation. (Not to trivialize it: good notation makes > a tremendous difference.) Thanks, Anne. DG > > Anne > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > firstname.lastname@example.com > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion >


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